Monthly Archives: November 2012

Headline Of The Day

Via the tabloid Daily Mail: The full extent of the revolt among Tory MPs over plans to allow gay marriage was revealed last night. In all, 118 Conservatives out of 303 have written to constituents indicating their unease. If they all vote against, it would be the biggest Tory rebellion in modern times. Among the 118 is gay MP Conor …

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Actor Larry Hagman Dead At 81

Actor Larry Hagman died yesterday at the age of 81. Hagman was at Medical City Dallas Hospital when he died Friday afternoon from complications of his recent battle with cancer, the Dallas Morning News reported, citing members of his family. Despite his fragile health, the actor had returned to Texas from his home in California to film season one of …

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Op-Ed Of The Day

From the op-ed pages of today’s Chicago Tribune: I’ve got a suggestion for cutting short the GOP angst: Sarah Palin for president in 2016. You think I’m joking? Think again.  In 2008, Palin, running as my party’s vice presidential candidate, was widely supposed to have cost John McCain the election. But that wasn’t so. A national exit poll conducted by …

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NBC Nixed Marriage Ad By Chelsea Clinton

Chelsea Clinton recorded a spot in support of Washington state’s Referendum 74 but NBC News prevented its airing because she works for them as a journalist. Chris Geidner reports at Buzzfeed: Clinton, a vocal proponent of marriage equality, cut the video for a group supporting the Washington state measure, as well as a second video for another group. But NBC, …

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Jeb Bush 2016?

Via New York Times: When Senator Marco Rubio of Florida held a strategy session here to discuss his own political future last week, the question of Mr. Bush, a mentor, hung over the room; a decision by Mr. Bush, 59, to seek the Republican nomination would almost certainly halt any plans by Mr. Rubio, 41, to do so or abruptly …

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Walmart Customers Riot For Cell Phones

The most predictable video of the year?

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Uganda May Vote On Anti-Gay Bill Today

Earlier this month we learned that Uganda’s infamous “Kill The Gays” bill was being pushed to a vote as a “Christmas gift to Christians.”  Alerts went out yesterday that the bill may be voted upon as soon as today.  This morning the BBC reported a claim the the death penalty has been been dropped from the legislation. A committee of …

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UK Fast-Tracks Marriage Vote

It appears that Britain is fast-tracking a legislative vote on same-sex marriage. David Cameron and Nick Clegg are planning to hold a vote on gay marriage in the new year, settling the issue long before the general election in 2015. Downing Street said originally that same sex civil marriage would be introduced at some stage before the next General Election …

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Christmas Shopping With Karl Rove

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RUSSIA: Court Acquits Madonna Of Threatening National Birth Rate By Promoting Homosexuality

Today a Russian court dismissed charges against Madonna brought by a local Orthodox Church group who claimed that her violation of the ban on “promoting homosexuality” would cause the nation’s birth rate to plummet because all the boys would become lustful cockmonsters. Or something. On Thursday a court St Petersburg ruled against the plaintiffs, members of various conservative groups who …

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Cher – Woman’s World

A snippet of an unfinished version of this track leaked out last month, causing Cher to express some anguish on Twitter. Today the final version was posted to the official Warner Brothers YouTube channel.

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Afternoon View – Central Park

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Guest Post – Carl Siciliano

Dear Friends, When disaster strikes you really find out who your friends are. Sandy did not spare the Ali Forney Center. While fortunately our eight housing sites were unharmed, and all our kids and staff came through safely, our drop-in center was utterly devastated. Four feet of water flooded the entire space. The floors, walls, outlets, were destroyed; all the …

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Pope Ratzi: This Year Is 2019 Not 2012

Pope Palpatine has issued a book declaring that the birth of Jeebus is off by several years. “The calculation of the beginning of our calendar – based on the birth of Jesus – was made by Dionysius Exiguus, who made a mistake in his calculations by several years,” the Pope writes in the book, which went on sale around the …

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Brian Brown Is Thankful

“I wish you every happiness this Thanksgiving, every opportunity to know the joy of gratitude. Gratitude for this country we share that still gives us the right to fight for what we think is right. Gratitude for each other, for the knowledge we do not fight this great battle alone. So many millions of loving, decent law-abiding Americans have come …

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It’s About Love

The music for this celebratory clip (another one!) is San Francisco by The Mowgli’s. Their five-song EP is now available on iTunes.

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UN Condemns Gay Death Penalty

Yesterday the United Nations approved a resolution that condemns the killing of LGBT persons either by governments or via “extrajudicial” means such as hate crimes. Via press release from the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission: An international coalition of organizations dedicated to human rights celebrated yesterday’s historic vote in the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly …

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Obama Pardons Turkey And Jabs Romney

Today President Obama continued the White House tradition of “pardoning” a turkey. But he couldn’t resist a jab at Mitt Romney during the ceremony. “They say that life is all about second chances and this November I can’t agree more,” Obama said. “So in the spirit of the season I have one more gift to give,” Obama joked in apparent …

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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr To Resign

The family of Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr announced today that he will resign from Congress. Jackson, 47, a South Side Democrat, has been treated for bipolar depression and has been on a medical leave from Congress since June. He has been under investigation by federal authorities for alleged misuse of campaign dollars and also has faced a congressional ethics probe. …

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Silly Survey Of The Day

Travel + Leisure polled their readers about which cities have the most and least attractive residents.  Most Attractive 1. Miami 2. San Diego 3. San Juan 4. Charleston 5. Los Angeles 6. Nashville 7. Austin 8. Savannah 9. Honolulu 10. Minneapolis Least attractive: Anchorage, Baltimore, Philly, Orlando, DC.

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