Monthly Archives: May 2013

Headline Of The Day

Via Mashable: The magazine’s website, SI.com, drew 3.713 million unique visitors Monday. Its previous high came on Feb. 9, 2010, when the site drew 3.663 million unique visitors for both its Winter-Olympics coverage and launch of its annual swimsuit issue. The site also reported a record-setting mobile day, with 740,000 unique visitors generating 1.5 million pageviews via smartphones and other …

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KENTUCKY: Two Year-Old Killed By Five Year-Old With Gun Sold As “My First Rifle”

A two year-old Kentucky girl has been shot and killed by her five year-old brother, who was playing with a gun sold as “My First Rifle.” Cumberland County Coroner Gary White told the Lexington Herald-Leader the family had not realized a shell was left inside the gun. The boy picked up the gun from where it was kept in the …

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Three New Arrests In Boston Bombing

Story developing… UPDATE: Early details. Three college students have been arrested in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings, a Boston police source said this morning. The Boston police official Twitter account said that three additional “suspects” had been taken into custody. The source said the three had been arrested by federal authorities.

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Wingnuts Turn On Paul Ryan

World Net Daily and the rest of the wingnut-o-sphere are super upset with Paul Ryan.

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David Letterman And Dr. Phil Denounce Anti-Gay Detractors Of Jason Collins

Last night David Letterman and Dr. Phil discussed the coming out of Jason Collins, comparing him to Jackie Robinson. Dr. Phil: “We’ve got some mouth-breathers out there that still respond to this like it’s something wrong.” Letterman: “God created man in his own image. Why do we single this group (gays) out?” The discussion begins at the 5:45 mark. Worth …

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FRC Cheers Texas Attorney General

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said yesterday that municipalities are breaking the state constitution if they offer domestic partners benefits. And because they don’t want gay people to have health insurance, that makes the Family Research Council very happy. Via press release: In three cities and a school district, liberal Texans have tried to undermine the 2005 marriage referendum by …

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NBA Fans React To Jason Collins News

At the Barclays Center, home to the Brooklyn Nets.

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Christian School Tells Gay Couple To Break Up Or Their Son Will Be Expelled

A private Christian high school in a northern province of South Africa has told a married lesbian couple that they must break up or their son will be expelled. Legally married Samantha (27) and Kally Mabe (26) told The Star newspaper that they were called to a meeting with the principal of Secunda Highveld Christian School and were told their …

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BRITAIN: Hundreds Of Anti-Gay Marriage Activists Protest David Cameron

From the group’s YouTube channel.

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JMG Commenting Reminder

As I regularly do, today I again caution you that even the most idle and “jokey” threats of physical harm to any person or property are completely unacceptable on JMG.  Also strongly discouraged are expressed wishes of physical harm to others by any means, including natural ones. Please remain aware that JMG comments are often scoured by the enemies of …

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Brazil Adds Three More Marriage States

Two weeks ago I reported that the tenth Brazilian state had legalized same-sex marriage.  Things are moving fast down there.Via Freedom To Marry: Yesterday, marriage continued moving forward in Brazil when the Corregedor Geral de Justiça in two additional states – Paraíba and Santa Catarina  – authorized marriages between same-sex couples. Now, fourteen of the 27 jursidictions in Brazil (13 …

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Village Voice On Christine Quinn

JMG reader Steve Weinstein has written a lengthy look at the LGBT detractors of NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s mayoral candidacy.  An excerpt:  At her public appearances, on the web, in social media, and in the pages of newspapers from the Daily News to Gay City News, Christine Quinn is being subjected to a protracted ideological litmus test. But no …

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Senate Committee To Consider Adding LGBT Couples To Immigration Reform

Next week the Senate Judiciary Committee will reportedly consider adding LGBT couples to the immigration reform bill presently before Congress. Chris Geidner reports at Buzzfeed that such a change will surely add fuel to the already hotly contentious debate. Although the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” senators did not include language allowing Americans in same-sex relationships to sponsor their foreign partner …

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Kings Of Tomorrow – Fall For You

From the guy behind the massive 2000 hit, Finally, more downtempo house loveliness.  Very Mister Sunday. (Tipped by JMG reader Bill)

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Ted Nugent: Soldiers Commit Suicide Because Obama Hates The Constitution

“We have an epidemic, an unprecedented increase in heroes of the U.S. military committing suicide, and I’m going to tell you why. And I’m sure the leftist blogs are going to attack me, misquote me, but I’ll tell you why more and more warrior heroes of the military are killing themselves: Because they are in absolute frustration and heartbreak that …

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From The Denver Post

Source.

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NY Times On AIDS “Cure” Stories

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Civil Unions Begin In Colorado

Colorado’s first civil unions took place moments after midnight local time.  Photos are going up on Twitter and we’ll excuse the sideways shots because folks are understandably excited.

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Ben Shapiro: Not Enough LGBT People Are Killed To Bother Complaining About

“Approximately 1,300 hate crimes based on ‘sexual orientation bias’ were reported by the FBI in 2011. There are approximately 9 million gays, lesbians and bisexuals in the United States, according to a UCLA study. That would mean that about one of every 7,100 LGBT people in the United States became a hate crime victim in 2011. That same year, there …

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THURSDAY: Ocean State To Tenth State

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