Monthly Archives: August 2012

TSA Freaks Out After Man Swims Ashore At JFK And Strolls Across Runways

JFK has a $100M anti-terrorism security system but it couldn’t stop a man with a broken jet-ski who swam three miles to shore then walked across two of the busiest runways in the world. Daniel Casillo, 31, was able to swim up to and enter the airport grounds on Friday night, past an intricate system of motion sensors and closed-circuit …

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Scott Lively: David Barton’s Book Of Lies Was Brought Down By A Gay Conspiracy

Even though David Barton’s book of lying lies was actually brought down by a coalition of evangelicals and Christian historians, Scott Lively blames relatively gay-friendly Christian university professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton and “anti-Christ” gay blogs such as JMG. I have my own little conspiracy theory and it centers on David Barton’s emergence as a vocal opponent of the “gay rights” …

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Did Chick-Fil-A Franchise Block Adam Lambert From Winning American Idol?

An interesting conspiracy theory has been floated on Yahoo. While every measurable indicator favored an Adam Lambert victory around the nation, back in Conway, Arkansas Chick-fil-A mounted a campaign to change that outcome. Week after week people gathered to vote at Chick-fil-A sponsored events. It was not just ordinary voting, but power texting with multiple phones and after hour voting …

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

Clip description: The freedom to marry for gay and lesbian Americans is poised to take center stage at the Democratic National Convention in September. We’ll take a look at exactly what the Democratic party is proposing. With four states facing major showdowns over marriage this November, advocates are already looking ahead to 2013. And what’s next after a setback for …

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Transman Wins Big Brother UK

Yesterday transman Luke Anderson was named the winner of this season’s edition of Britain’s Big Brother. Luke left the house to huge cheers and was presented with the £50,000 prize money by Brian Dowling, as fireworks went off above the Elstree compound. “It’s great to feel acceptance,” Luke said of his win. “I don’t think it’s sunk in yet. A …

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Ryan Confirmed For FRC’s Hatefest

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Martian Photo Coolness

You will now go waste a good chunk of your day playing with the Mars Greeley Haven 360 panorama camera. (Via Americablog)

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REI Endorses Marriage Equality

Major national camping and sporting supplies retailer REI has endorsed marriage equality. The company is headquartered in Washington state. Via press release from Washington United, here is the statement from REI president Sally Jewell: REI is taking a position in support of marriage equality—an issue that is important to the co-op as an inclusive organization and a welcoming place to …

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CHICAGO: Hate Groups Furious That Gays Heckled Priest Who Crashed Their Protest

NOM is ever so pissed that a Catholic priest was heckled by gay protesters after he disobeyed police orders and crashed a group of picketers outside a Chicago Chick-Fil-A so that he could mumble incantations over his voodoo beads in their faces.

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Gotye – Somebodies

Australian pop star Gotye has taken some of YouTube’s 800 million parodies and covers of his cursedly inescapable mega-hit and remixed them into an original tune. One critic observes: “It’s just as annoyingly awesome as the original. He’s one of the first artists to take covers of their own song, and create new music. Talk about crowd-sourcing talent.”

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Butter Flavoring Linked To Alzheimer’s

If you’ve been looking for one more thing to worry about, here it is. If you’re a fan of butter-flavored microwave popcorn, a new study finds a flavoring used in the product may trigger Alzheimer’s disease. University of Minnesota drug-design expert Robert Vince, PhD, and colleagues found that diacetyl causes brain proteins to misfold into the Alzheimer’s-linked form called beta …

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Paul Ryan Heckled At First Solo Event

Ryan pointed the hecklers out to the cops who then dragged them away from the stage. Freepers and Breitbarters are already claiming the Obama campaign paid the hecklers to be there.

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Feminist Helen Gurley Brown Dead At 90

Famed feminism pioneer, one-time Cosmopolitan Magazine editor, and well-regarded Manhattan philanthropist Helen Gurley Brown has died at the age of 90. Ms. Brown, who wrote “Sex and the Single Girl,” took over at the magazine in 1965, giving it its sexually frank tone. She remained editor until 1997 and is still listed as editor in chief for Cosmopolitan International on …

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AFA’s Free Bible With Extra Hate

One Millions Moms is offering middle school students a free comic book version of the bible which includes extra hate for those unimpressed by the original. During this vital project, in a very effective and unique evangelism outreach, a “Truth For Youth” Bible (TFY), will be given to all teenagers who commit to give the Bibles to their unsaved friends …

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Mass Shooting In Texas

Reuters has an initial report: Multiple people, including law enforcement officers, were shot on Monday when a gunman opened fire near Texas A&M University, police in College Station, Texas, said. “We have multiple people who have been shot,” police spokeswoman Rhonda Seaton told CNN, adding that law enforcement officers were among those. Police had the shooting suspect in custody, according …

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Homocon Tweet Of The Day

So we were born that way, yet are utterly unworthy of the civil rights guaranteed all Americans by the U.S. Constitution. GOProud approves.

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New Politico/GWU Poll: Still Tied

The poll was conducted prior to the Ryan announcement, which usually provides a short-lived “excitement” bump for the non-incumbent. Details. Cross-tabs. Questions.

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I Got Polled

After ignoring an unknown number for several days, I finally Googled their persistent ass and took the next call from Quinnipiac, whose soft-spoken young man first led me through the usual opening qualifiers: gender, age, education, zip code, party affiliation, recent voting history, etc. The next 40 or so questions dealt mostly with the 2013 NYC mayoral elections with a …

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Tea Party Site Of The Day

OMG! For America. As in “Obama Must Go.”

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4chan Freeps Mountain Dew Flavor Poll

Fapple! Source. (Via JMG reader bstewart23)

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