Monthly Archives: August 2011

Star Trek: The Theme Park

Good news: Funding has been approved for a Star Trek theme park. Bad news: It’s gonna be in built in Jordan.

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Photo Of The Day

The Second Avenue subway continues to sprout giant structures along my block. Whatever this thing is, a huge truck just drove down into it. I’m dragging you poor folks along on this decade-long project!

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Romney: Corporations Are People

Especially when they anonymously donate millions to your campaign! I loved the mocking laughter and heckling that followed Romney’s nonsense.

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CNN Poll: Rick Perry Zooms To Second

CNN reports: As Rick Perry moves closer and closer to a run for the White House, a new national survey indicates that the longtime Texas governor is close to the top of the pack in the hunt for the Republican presidential nomination. According to a CNN/ORC International poll, 15 percent of Republicans and independents who lean towards the GOP pick …

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Pat Condell – Britain Is A Riot

Whoa. Stand back.

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Christine O’Donnell Reads From Her Book

“They call us ‘wackos’! They call us ‘wingnuts’! We call us ‘we the people!'”

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Petition: Let Bert & Ernie Get Married

A petition drive launched on Change.org asks the producers of Sesame Street to allow long-rumored boyfriends Bert and Ernie to marry. Chicago resident Lair Scott started an online petition at Change.org to pressure the Sesame Street Workshop to “Let Bert & Ernie get married on Sesame Street.” The petition reads, “We are not asking Sesame Street to do anything crude …

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Joe Manganiello – It Gets Better

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NOM Will Have Trouble Spinning This

According to a just-released poll, a majority of New York voters are either “more likely” to support pro-marriage legislators or simply don’t care about the issue.

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Pomplamoose – Monster Mask

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Manchester Pride To Go On Despite Riots

The organizers of Manchester Pride say this month’s events will take place as planned despite the continuing crisis roiling Britain. Jackie Crozier, festival director of Manchester Pride, said: “What happened last night in Manchester is an absolute disgrace. We live amongst some fantastic people in an amazing city that has grown on its own organically. “We must now stand up …

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Bachmann Institute For Curing Gayness

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SAN FRANCISCO: Ruth Brinker, Founder Of Project Open Hand Dies At Age 89

Ruth Brinker, who founded San Francisco’s Project Open Hand, has died at the age of 89. Project Open Hand was the world’s first charity to provide meals to people with AIDS. In 1985, having retired from a career in food services, Ruth heard about a neighbor who died of AIDS. She was shocked to discover that malnutrition was as much …

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Gay Couple Loses Deportation Fight

Despite a number of recent wins on this issue.

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NEW YORK: Catholic Archdiocese Opposes Sex Education In Public Schools

It may be hard to believe, but sex education is currently not available to all public high school students in New York City. Each school is allowed to decide whether to offer the courses and only about half do. Bloomberg wants to change that, much to the outrage of busybodies from the Catholic Church. In the first serious challenge to …

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FDA Approves New HIV Med

Yesterday the FDA approved the second all-in-one daily combination pill for the treatment of HIV infection. The first such medication, Atripla, has been on the market for several years. Complera, a complete single-tablet regimen containing Janssen Therapeutics’ Edurant (rilpivirine) and Gilead Sciences’ Viread (tenofovir) and Emtriva (emtricitabine), was approved August 10 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according …

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Quote Of The Day – Rep. Allen West

“I like chocolate chip ice cream, and I will continue to like chocolate chip ice cream. So there’s no worry about me changing to vanilla. I like to, you know, ride my motorcycle. What do you want me to do? You want me to change my behavior and ride a scooter? I’m not into that. People can change their sexual …

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Open Thread Thursday

What languages do you speak? Which do you wish you did?

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Mike Bickle: Demons Have Attacked Me Physically At Least Ten Times

This guy shared the stage with TX Gov. Rick Perry at Houston’s prayer rally.

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Budget Deficits For Dummies

This is a clear explanation, actually.

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