Monthly Archives: April 2012

Beat Poetry Counts

Andrew Sulliven points us to this rip on the “ethnic advertising” of fast food chains. He says: “I’m just not sure whether to laugh uproariously at this, disdain it as racist, or appreciate it as post-racist, or, well, you decide.”

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Teabagger Performs Racism Song Outside Supreme Court SB 1070 Deliberations

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Has Another “Ex-Gay” Given Up?

You may remember John Paulk as the nationally infamous “ex-gay” activist once touted on the cover of Newsweek as the poster boy and chairman for Exodus International. Paulk was chased out of the organization some time later after activist Wayne Besen accosted him in a DC gay bar, where Paulk claimed he had only dropped in to get directions on …

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GLAAD Challenges Romney On Boy Scouts

GLAAD today kicked the current Boy Scouts controversy into the lap of Mitt Romney, digging out the above 1994 quote. Over 155,000 people have already signed the petition asking the Boy Scouts to reinstate den mother Jennifer Tyrrell, who was booted from her volunteer position for being gay.

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FRC Slams Romney On Homocon Hire

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God Hates Gay Marriage, Y’all

(Via Good As You)

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Ray-Ban Launches Gay Campaign

Source.

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Former Liberia President Charles Taylor Found Guilty Of Crimes Against Humanity

Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia and the one-time business partner of Pat Robertson, was found guilty today of a long list of war crimes, including crimes against humanity. Taylor faces life in prison. His trial lasted five years, during which the court heard a catalog of horrific acts committed by rebels whom Taylor helped arm in Sierra Leone’s …

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Overseas Highway Named Most Scenic

In a sort of advertorial branded by Toyota, today Buzzfeed ranks the twenty most scenic drives in America. I mention this only because the Florida Keys Overseas Highway, which I’ve driven twice in the last year, tops the list. I’ve also driven #10, the Redwood Highway, and #19, the Outer Banks Highway.

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State NAACP Head William Barber Preaches Against NC’s Amendment One

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Mexican Immigration Trend Reverses

For the first time in almost 100 years, more Mexicans are leaving the United States than entering. A four-decade tidal wave of Mexican immigration to the United States has receded, causing a historic shift in migration patterns as more Mexicans appear to be leaving the United States for Mexico than the other way around, according to a report from the …

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The Regrets Of The Dying

A palliative care nurse has written a book based on the five regrets most often expressed by her dying patients. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. I wish I …

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NORTH CAROLINA: Numerous Professional Groups Oppose Amendment One

Via press release: At a press conference held Wednesday, April 25, at the North Carolina General Assembly, representatives from the North Carolina Pediatric Society joined with colleagues from the North Carolina Psychological Association, the North Carolina Psychiatric Association, National Association of Social Workers, North Carolina Chapter and the Carolinas Chapter of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists in opposing Amendment …

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Obama Slams Romney On Foreign Policy

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Obama Isn’t Christian, Part 97

“For Obama, the poor are the victims of the rich, Blacks and Hispanics are victims of Whites, women are the victims of men, Muslims are the victims of Christians and Jews and homosexuals are victims of heterosexuals. There it is, the Obama agenda. An agenda based on envy and covetousness, licentiousness and lies. Obama’s values are not Christian, biblical values …

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New Pew Marriage Poll

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“Ex-Gay” Researcher Apologizes

“I believe I owe the gay community an apology for my study making unproven claims of the efficacy of reparative therapy. I also apologize to any gay person who wasted time and energy undergoing some form of reparative therapy because they believed that I had proven that reparative therapy works with some ‘highly motivated’ individuals.” – Dr. Robert Spitzer, Columbia …

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FRANCE: Sarkozy Calls For End To European Union’s Open Borders

This is how Sarkozy is going after Marine Le Pen’s fascist supporters. The French presidential runoff is in two weeks.

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Headline Of The Day

Notice that they don’t limit the offer to women.

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Christine Quinn To Marry Next Month

Yesterday the New York Times revealed that NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn will marry her girlfriend next month in Manhattan. After years of advocating for the right of gay men and lesbians to marry, Christine C. Quinn, the speaker of the New York City Council, is about to become one of the most prominent elected officials in the nation to …

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