Gothamist has the story: The world record in human tower building was SHATTERED yesterday when a team of brawny Catalonian tower builders climbed on top of each other at the rooftop lounge at 230 Fifth. Human tower building, it seems, is a time-honored tradition in the Catalonian region, where people have built multi-story human towers called “castells” for over three …

The right-wing Daily Caller reports: In a statement provided to TheDC, both the former vice president and his wife, Lynne, said they are “delighted” the couple could have their “relationship recognized.” “Our daughter Mary and her long time partner, Heather Poe, were married today in Washington, DC,” the Cheneys said. Poe and Mary Cheney have two children: Cheney gave birth …

“No same-sex couple, married or not, can ever under any circumstances combine biological, social and legal parenthood into one bond. For this and other reasons, gay marriage has become a significant contributor to marriage’s continuing deinstitutionalization, by which I mean marriage’s steady transformation in both law and custom from a structured institution with clear public purposes to the state’s licensing …

I get some interesting press releases, that’s for sure. Since 1995, we are proposing that the most and 100% effective HIV vaccine is in the Cockroaches. Approaches and solutions: Cockroaches are the oldest living and most powerful on earth. This is estimated to be 350 to 400 million years. They have survived major disasters, weather phenomena and the atomic bombs. …

Free Republic, Glenn Beck’s The Blaze, and other wingnuts sites are going nuts today on the news that several LGBT activists visiting the White House for the Pride reception took turns photographing themselves flipping off the Reagan portrait. The photos were published this morning by Philadelphia Magazine, but thanks to closet-case Matt Drudge’s screaming WWIII-style headline, the title’s site has …

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Dan Avery tips us to a brilliant video take on my favorite track of the summer. We thought we loved Scissor Sisters’ “Lets Have a Kiki,” when we first heard it last month. But we didn’t know love until we saw this inspired video remix by Boston party people Craig MacNeil and Blythe Russo, the folks behind Videodrome Discothèque. As …

The self-hating homosexuals behind “Journey Into Manhood” have issued a press release denouncing California’s pending bill to ban “reparative therapy” for minors. “SB1172 is blatant discrimination,” said Rich Wyler, founder and director of People Can Change. “It allows and even encourages gay-affirming therapies for minors while banning ‘straight-affirming’ alternatives. It disregards the client’s right to self-determination, and tells him that …

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That’s not gonna happen. But Klein probably won’t complain.

Stock up on popcorn. An obscure rule change made four years ago by the Republican Party has opened the door for Paul forces to cause a major headache for Mitt Romney when he tries to nominate his choice for vice president at the party convention in August. The Republican National Committee could change Rule 40 in the week leading up …

Last week GOP flacks went ballistic over “elitist Hollywood-owned” Obama and his celebrity-filled fundraiser at the home of Sarah Jessica Parker. And last month, the president got the same treatment for George Clooney’s event. But it’ll be radio silence on this David Koch soiree, bet on it. Source.

After the interview, Fischer tweeted: “Interview w/ Fred Karger today proves disagreement is not hatred. He doesn’t hate me, I don’t hate him. In fact, I like him.” Karger told Fischer that he’s ending his campaign next week.

A setback in Australia. The Australian state of Queensland will remove gay couples’ ability to have children through surrogacy and downgrade civil partnerships to the class of ‘registered relationships’, after a debate in Parliament last night. The Legislative Assembly in Brisbane agreed to extensively alter the provisions of the Civil Partnerships Act 2011, which came into force in February this …