One of my favorite celebs on Twitter.

UPDATE: Once again I have angered Herr Barron by screen-capping his words verbatim and posting them without comment. And as always, he responds with an infantile “you’re FAT” response like the one below. I’ve always wondered how a certain member of GOProud’s board of directors feels about these comments.

Newt Gingrich’s campaign team failed to file the paperwork necessary to have his name appear on Missouri’s primary ballot in February. Does it matter? Maybe. Missouri’s primary is a “beauty contest,” meaning that no delegates will be awarded. The state Republican Party will hold caucuses in March for that purpose. However, Missouri is a major state, and the nonbinding contest …

Story here.

The Supreme Court has declined to block the release of the names on Washington State’s Referendum 71 petition. The decision is seen as portending against NOM, should their similar battle ever reach the nation’s highest court. “This means we can once again release these public records,” said Katie Blinn, co-director of state elections in the office of Secretary of State …

That’s the president’s hand clutching the note that an OWS protester slipped him after his jobs speech in New Hampshire this afternoon.

Fifteen members of India’s trans-identified hijra community were killed in a tent fire yesterday as they gathered to observer the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Members of Sangama and the Karnataka Sexual Minorities Forum on Monday condemned the Delhi Government for not putting fire safety systems in place which, they said, led to the charring to death of 15 hijras in …

More good news in the world of sports. Major League Baseball, which saw Jackie Robinson break the color barrier in 1947, today will announce incremental progress in another civil rights issue. The new Collective Bargaining Agreement adds “sexual orientation” to its section on discrimination, a person with direct knowledge of the agreement told the Daily News. Article XV, Section A …

You are OPPRESSING their campaign to deny you the civil rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution! Stop that fucking oppression, you homofascists! STOP IN THE NAME OF JESUS!

This morning I posted Mitt Romney’s first national TV ad, which shamelessly uses an old McCain quote being re-quoted by the president. In the clip below, Think Progress gives Romney a taste of his own medicine.

NYC Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (in the dark shirt), who represents Queens, will become the city’s first openly gay elected official to marry since it became legal in June. The Sunnyside Post reports: Last Monday at a Puerto Rican restaurant, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer was presented with an engagement ring and a marriage proposal from his long-time partner. Van Bramer, …

This building at East 72nd and Second will be the first to go for the coming new subway station. The apartment building on the opposite corner has already been vacated too. This post is yet another in my campaign to drag every one of you along while they build the Second Avenue subway. And speaking hanging on, another explosion is …

Read the entire job description.

JMG reader Chris writes this morning to chortle that he recognized Michele Bachmann’s intro music on last night’s Jimmy Fallon Show. It was Fishbone’s 1985 ska classic, Lyin’ Ass Bitch. Fallon’s band leader Quest Love tipped the gag earlier in the day via Twitter.UNRELATED: Ten years ago I met Quest Love while we both pawed over the import bins at …

A bit of a trip back to the late 90s. Makes me miss SF.

The British government now says it was misunderstood over plans to cut humanitarian aid to nations that abuse their LGBT citizens. The plan was denounced by more than a dozen African nations as well as human rights activists both in the nations likely to be affected and in Britain. LGBT activist Peter Tatchell reacts: “The commitment of the UK government …

“I’ve gotten a lot of nasty comments from Christians who don’t think that the stand I’ve taken is right. They need to read the Book of Romans. You know, Christ is very clear. We are either for him or against him; we’re not supposed to be lukewarm; we’re either hot or we’re cold. And there was never a question in …