Monthly Archives: March 2012

Just Added To GLAAD’s List

GLAAD has added Pat Robertson and NOM to their list of anti-gay sources that the media should properly vet before airing. Five individuals from NOM are already on the list.

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Afternoon View – Garbage Shot

When the folks in my building toss out books and magazines, they sometimes leave such items on top of the cans in case other tenants want them. Today: Edgar Allen Poe, investment strategies, Irish architecture. Also: the 2002 Britney Spears calendar. Score.

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Maggie Dismisses Race-Baiting Charge

In an interview just concluded on MSNBC, former NOM head Maggie Gallagher shrugged off charges of race-baiting. Kudos to Thomas Roberts for his opening question: “Maggie, do you continue to defend your own race-baiting to further bigotry and homophobia on a national level?” Video to follow… UPDATE: Equality Matters has the clip first.

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Michelle Duggar: Overpopulation Is A Lie

“Because really, the entire population of the world, if they were stood shoulder to shoulder, could fit in the city limits of Jacksonville. So if you realize that aspect of it, you realize that we’re nowhere near being overpopulated. We’ve had other countries coming to our doorstep, asking us to please let their people know that they need to have …

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WISCONSIN: Recall Election Ordered For Union-Busting Gov. Scott Walker

After more than 900,000 petition signatures were submitted, the Wisconsin government has ordered a recall election for Tea Party puppet Gov. Scott Walker. The Government Accountability Board voted 5-0 to order the recall, a move that has been expected for weeks given the high number of signatures gathered between November and January. It took 540,208 signatures to trigger a recall. …

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HomoQuotable – John Waters

“When I was young there were beatniks. Hippies. Punks. Gangsters. Now you’re a hacktivist. Which I would probably be if I was 20. Shuttin’ down MasterCard. But there’s no look to that lifestyle! Besides just wearing a bad outfit with bad posture. Has WikiLeaks caused a look? No! I’m mad about that. If your kid comes out of the bedroom …

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Today’s Viral Video

Trending in Twitter’s top ten. Sample media tweet: “Drunk suspect sings Bohemian Rhapsody in back of squad car. Nails it.” Over a million YouTube hits in 24 hours.

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Voters Don’t Understand NC Marriage Bill

Public Policy Polling reveals today that many of North Carolina’s voters don’t understand Amendment 1, which will be voted upon on May 8th. When voters are informed that the amendment bans both gay marriage and civil unions their tune changes quite a bit. Only 41% of voters say they’ll support it knowing that, while 42% are opposed. So despite the …

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Headline Of The Day

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Bachmann: People Don’t Buy Insurance Because They Don’t Feel Like It

And not because they’re poor or uninsurable.

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NYC Bans 50 Words From School Tests

The NYC Department of Education is raising eyebrows after issuing a list of 50 words it plans to strike from standardized tests because they are “distracting to segments of the city’s diverse student population.” Such tests have been criticized over the years for using word problems that are alien to impoverished children, such as questions about silverware settings at the …

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Barber: No Evidence Of Anti-Gay Violence

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Fred Karger On MSNBC Today

It was openly gay GOP presidential candidate Fred Karger whose legal tangles with NOM led to the unsealing of those devastating documents. Karger writes us this morning: I am scheduled to be on Thomas Roberts’ show today, Friday during the 11:30 am to 12:00 noon segment on MSNBC. I’m being interviewed regarding the recently released explosive NOM documents that came …

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Wingnut Group Denounces Bully Makers For “End Run” Around Rating System

After the MPAA gave Bully an R rating, its filmmakers decided to release the film today without a rating at all. In response, AMC Theatres announced that it would allow children under 17 to see the movie with a parental permission slip. All this has infuriated the Christian “watchdogs” of the entertainment industry, the Parents Television Council. “They’re doing an …

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Rep. Paul Ryan To Endorse Romney

Buzzfeed has the exclusive scoop: Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the icon of the anti-spending movement in the Republican Party, has communicated to former Senator Rick Santorum that he will endorse Mitt Romney, according to a source familiar with the conversation. Ryan’s staff called Rick Santorum today as a courtesy to announce the news. The announcement from Ryan himself is expected …

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Morning View – Refreshment Dykes

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DMV Preaching Case Continues

You may recall the case of the men arrested for refusing to stop preaching to a line of people waiting for a California DMV office to open. The arrests were made last spring and this week a judge refused to dismiss the charges. The preachers have issued a press release. An excerpt: Initially, when Mr. Mackey was arrested, the CHP …

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Just In From Pastor Jazz Hands

“Mitt Romney is a Mormon and Barak Obama is a Muslim or something else-but definitely not a Christian. Romney believes in another Jesus, not the Biblical Jesus. Romney’s Jesus is a created being, the spirit brother of Lucifer. Romney thinks he will become a God. Christians consider this evil. Jesus is the second Person of the Godhead — God eternal. …

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DNC Sings Against Romney & Ryan

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Brian Brownshirt Responds To Scandal

“Let me be the first to say that the tone of the language in that document as quoted by the press is inapt. Here’s something I know from the bottom of my soul: It would be enormously arrogant for anyone at NOM to believe that we can make or provoke African-American or Latino leaders do anything. The Black and Hispanic …

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