Monthly Archives: May 2011
Syracuse Chorus – Down With DOMA
From the Syracuse Gay & Lesbian Chorus.
Read More »Trouble At The Log Cabin Convention
At the Log Cabin Republicans convention in Dallas, an LCR member was assaulted and called “faggot” in the lobby bar of event’s host hotel. According to a police spokesman quoted by the Dallas Voice, the Log Cabin member had been whistling at a straight patron of the bar before the attack. Sr. Cpl. Kevin Janse, a spokesman for DPD, said …
Read More »Tweet Of The Day – Chuck D
While I disagree with him in this instance, I quite like Chuck D, even if he’s the man who gave the world Flavor Flav. One of the most thrilling (and honestly, terrifying) shows I ever attended was a late 80’s Public Enemy gig in Miami.
Read More »Already On Sale In DC
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Read More »NRA Fires King & Spalding
The NRA has joined the state of Virginia in firing the Atlanta-based law firm King & Spalding. According to the NRA, the organization has no official position on DOMA. In a letter dated today to King & Spalding chairman Robert Hays, NRA general counsel David Lehman said the firm’s decision was “indefensible” but emphasized that the NRA’s action in dropping …
Read More »MINNESOTA: Catholic Bishops Support Constitutional Marriage Ban
Minnesota’s Catholic bishops have issued a joint statement in support of the pending constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, which may go on the ballot this November. An excerpt: “Our own State’s constant recognition of marriage is based on the evident fact that only the sexual union of a man and a woman has the natural capability to bring forth new …
Read More »Hillary Clinton: War On Terror Goes On
New York City’s Tabloids React
FLORIDA: “Docs Vs. Glocks” Bill Advances
The GOP-dominated Florida legislature has made it a crime for a doctor to ask a patient if he owns any guns. Because even potentially violent mentally ill people have a right bear arms. The measure (HB 155) cleared the Senate Thursday on a 27-10 votes and goes to Gov. Rick Scott for his signature, two days after the House also …
Read More »Bin Laden News At The Ballpark
News of Bin Laden’s death rocketed around the stadium at last night’s Phillies-Mets game, leaving the players a bit befuddled as to why the fans were suddenly cheering and chanting.
Read More »Trump Reacts To Mockery
“I didn’t know that I’d be virtually the sole focus. I guess when you’re leading in the polls that sort of thing tends to happen. You raise to a certain level in the polls and boy does the world come after you. But I was certainly in a certain way having a good time listening. I don’t think the American …
Read More »Original Cop Sues Village People
Victor Willis, the original “cop” in Village People, is suing the band for $1.5M in royalties. Willis left the band in 1980 and was later arrested several times for drug possession. The village person penned the band’s most infectious hits — including “Y.M.C.A.,” “Macho Man,” “In the Navy,” and “Go West” — and deserves his fair share of the funky …
Read More »Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch
Dan Choi On Bin Laden’s Death
Starts at 7:40.(Tipped by JMG reader Sean Chapin)
Read More »Bin Laden Buried At Sea
The Associated Press reports: A U.S. official says Osama bin Laden has been buried at sea. After bin Laden was killed in a raid by U.S. forces in Pakistan, senior administration officials said the body would be handled according to Islamic practice and tradition. That practice calls for the body to be buried within 24 hours, the official said. Finding …
Read More »Virgin Leathermen?
Hugging Towers
One week after 9/11, I rescued the above unsigned painting from the front wall of the elementary school on my Chelsea street. It was one of hundreds affixed there in what doubtlessly was a group therapy project for the children. A violent rainstorm had just begun when I removed it and by morning the hundreds of other drawings lay ruined …
Read More »Photos Of The Day – New York Firefighters Arrive In Times Square To Wild Cheers
NYFD ladder trucks arrived in Times Square around 12:30am to the wild cheers of the ever-growing crowds. I tried to get down there myself to witness some history, but at this writing there’s about 200 people frantically waving for cabs along my block on the Upper East Side. NOTE: The above photos have been retweeted so many thousands of times …
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