The Romney campaign has sent out a press release containing what we presume is the bulk of tonight’s acceptance speech by Mitt Romney. An excerpt: To the majority of Americans who now believe that the future will not be better than the past, I can guarantee you this: if Barack Obama is re-elected, you will be right. I am running …

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Etch-A-Sketch has issued special 2012 red and blue models to capitalize on the famous gaffe by a Romney advisor. (Via Andrew Belonsky)

Today David Pakman hosted Truth Wins Out founder Wayne Besen and anti-gay activist Michael Brown, who is part of a massive push by hate groups to force networks into banning Besen from their shows. Besen: “I’ll tell you what, pal. Why don’t you sue me? Because you are a liar and I’m calling you a liar. And if you think …

The teabaggers are disappointed. They wanted Palin or Hologram Reagan. Still it’s an interesting choice considering this from Eastwood last year: “These people who are making a big deal about gay marriage? I don’t give a fuck about who wants to get married to anybody else! Why not?! We’re making a big deal out of things we shouldn’t be making …

Does this mean the world won’t meet Snooki’s baby?

UPDATE: TMZ’s video player was borking the JMG template so you’ll have to watch the clip on their site. Commenters below have noted that Schock is strolling through Ybor City’s gayborhood with the local bathhouse visible over his shoulder.

“The goal of the gay rights movement is to take a state that has same-sex marriage and to use that state as a battering ram and a lawsuit before the Supreme Court to force every state to have same sex marriage. So I’m sorry that Orrin fell for it. But if only your side was willing to allow each state …

Election officials in Washington state have told the local Catholic Church that their plan to take up a collection against gay marriage during mass would be a violation of campaign finance laws. Lori Anderson, a spokeswoman for the state’s Public Disclosure Commission, told LGBTQ Nation on Wednesday that the request is illegal under the terms of Initiative 134, which Washington …

Christian activist Charles Carter describes his YouTube channel this way: “This channel is dedicated to the issue of Homosexuality as not merely sin but as extra-ordinary sin!! It is a spiritually militant response to a malignant sin. If you are offended by this material, know that it is God’s truth that offends you.” Today Carter warns Dan Savage that God …

New York Assembly candidate Ben Akselrod says “negrohood” was just an “unfortunate typo” in the campaign flyer sent to voters in his Queens district. He must have a different keyboard than the rest of the us. His campaign manager has resigned.

As Folsom Street Fair approaches, Chelsea’s kinkwear outlet Nasty Pig has published a history of their company. Even if you’re not in the scene, you might be interested in how leather fashion has evolved over the last couple of decades. Also interesting is that Nasty Pig has been sued for spoofing Absolut and Major League Baseball. Naughty photos at the …

Well? Is he? (Via JMG reader TedBear)

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Gizmodo notes that Amazon says it’s all out of the Kindle Fire. For the moment. Staples’ U.S. retail chief Demos Parneros recently said Amazon was prepping “five or six” new tablets. What that likely means—if there’s any basis to it at all—is several storage options in two different sizes. So theoretically, a 7-inch Kindle Fire with 8GB, another with 16GB, …

Ruh-roh. One of New York’s most expensive neighborhoods will be sprayed this week with pesticide to combat the West Nile virus, officials said Tuesday. The city regularly sprays against the mosquito-borne disease, which has seen a surge in outbreaks in the United States this year. Friday’s spraying is notable because it will target Manhattan’s prestigious Upper West Side neighborhood and …