Monthly Archives: November 2011

SEATTLE: Gay Man Dies Two Weeks After Possible Hate Crime Bashing

Seattle hair salon owner Danny Vega has died after two weeks in a coma that resulted from a brutal street attack by several men. Vega’s family believes the assault was a hate crime, although the police are not investigating it as such. On Nov. 15, Vega, a prominent figure in the city’s Filipino American community, was taking an evening walk …

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DADT Repeal Goes Well For USMC

USMC Commandant James Amos once argued fiercely against the repeal of DADT. But now he says things are going well. The apparent absence of angst about gays serving openly in the Marines seemed to confirm Amos’ view that the change has been taken in stride, without hurting the war effort. In the AP interview, he offered an anecdote to make …

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Oh! Canada!

(Tipped by JMG reader Richard)

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New From Herman Cain

9-9-9 has been widely discredited as favoring the super-wealthy, but super-wealthy advocate Herman Cain is still pushing it.

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Hate Group Expects To Lose Prop 8

Save California head Randy Thomasson says he expects the Ninth Circuit Court to uphold the overturn of Proposition 8. “It doesn’t look very good there,” he warns. “Stephen Reinhardt, he’s heading up this three-judge panel, he’s the ultimate judicial activist.” And Thomasson is not sure about how Justices Michael Daly Hawkins and Norman Randy Smith will vote on the merits …

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San Francisco Marches For Harvey Milk

Sean Chapin sends us his video of yesterday’s Harvey Milk March in San Francisco. Milk was assassinated November 27, 1978.

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SPOILER: The Walking Dead

Stay out of the comments if you’ve not yet seen last night’s “mid-season closer.” Otherwise dive in and dish.

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How To Fix The Economy

The douchebag who posted the above sign is complaining that people are complaining about his sign. And quelle surprise, he’s one of the Hillbuzz/Larry Sinclair conspiracists too. Also (and for the perfect Tea Party hat trick) he’s a racist. (Via – Think Progress)

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Afternoon View – Uniqlo Fifth Avenue

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Chaz Bono Proposes To His Girlfriend

Hollywood Reporter has the story.

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NASA Launches Mars Rover

Los Angeles Times reports: With the roar of an Atlas 5 engine, NASA on Saturday began its boldest venture yet to another planet — sending the Mars Science Laboratory on an eight-month journey expected to provide more detailed information about whether the Red Planet is, or ever has been, hospitable to life.Its payload was the rover Curiosity, the largest and …

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Bible Verse Of The Day

The Friendly Atheist tells the story of the Christian bookstore who denied a patron’s request to place the above Bible verse on a t-shirt. They had a t-shirt printer that was used to put verses. I asked if a printing of a Timothy 2:12 shirt was reasonable. Being Christians, they had never looked that far into the Bible, so they …

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Save Us From Big Government!

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RUSSIA: St. Petersburg’s Anti-Gay Bill To Be Considered On November 30th

As anti-gay laws continue to fester across Russia, activists in St. Petersburg report that a vote on the local “Don’t Say Gay” bill has been postponed until November 30th. Via the petition site All Out: Political leaders in St. Petersburg are about to vote on law that will make it illegal for any person to write a book, publish an …

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MUSEUM SHOW: 30 Years Of Art & AIDS

Embiggen the above image for details or go here. Via press release: Starting on November 29, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art will generously donate its gallery, for a third year, to host, “Art & AIDS: 30 Years,” an exhibition featuring 50 artists living with HIV/AIDS. Over 150 works of art, utilizing diverse media, will be on display …

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PreScriptures

Each bottle contains $3.99 worth of the lord’s words. The perfect gift to slip onto the pill tray of a dying loved one. (Source)

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Crazy Eyes: Buy My Book

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Archbishop Timothy Dolan: I Was Tricked Into Thinking Gay Marriage Wouldn’t Pass

New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan says he and other Catholic bishops didn’t strongly fight the marriage equality bill because they were deceived into believing it had no chance of passage. “We fell for the assurances of people that we thought were political allies that this wasn’t going to go anywhere,” Dolan told Arroyo, pointing out that there was “some credibility” …

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NBA Strike To End?

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British Government Warns Ex-Pats Of Potential Riots Over Euro Collapse

The British government has advised its embassies across Europe that they are to write up emergency plans to assist ex-pats in the event of rioting over the collapse of the Euro. Diplomats are preparing to help Britons abroad through a banking collapse and even riots arising from the debt crisis. The Treasury confirmed earlier this month that contingency planning for …

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