Monthly Archives: August 2013

Time-Warner Cable Vs CBS

All Time-Warner Cable customers got this email yesterday: CBS Corporation, the owner of several TV networks and broadcast TV stations, has made outrageous demands for the right to continue delivering their programming to our customers. As a result, several CBS-owned channels have been removed from your lineup while we continue to negotiate for fair and reasonable terms. We deeply regret …

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Raven Simone Comes Out

Actress Raven Simone (The Cosby Show, That’s So Raven) has come out. According to a report from Pop2It, it was the Supreme Court’s striking down of the Defense of Marriage Act earlier this summer that prompted the 27-year-old to go public. “I can finally get married! Yay government! So proud of you,” she tweeted. A rumor about Simone’s sexuality hit …

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Afternoon View – Fire Island Pavilion

This (I think) is the third Fire Island Pines Pavilion, which contains two bars, a nightclub, a gym, and several retailers. It’s rainy and grey here today and most folks haven’t yet ventured out of their houses.

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CALIFORNIA: San Diego County Clerk Drops Bid To Stop Same-Sex Marriages

San Diego’s Union-Tribune reports: San Diego County Clerk Ernest Dronenburg has withdrawn a petition asking the state Supreme Court to rule on whether same-sex marriages have truly become legal in California. In a news release sent out Friday afternoon, Dronenburg said he canceled the petition because it covered the same ground as another petition filed earlier to the court.  The …

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What The Tea Party Wants

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National Gay & Lesbian Sports Hall Of Fame To Induct First Class Of Honorees

Tonight the National Gay & Lesbian Sports Hall Of Fame will induct its first class of honorees in Chicago. Dave Pallone, who was part of Chicago history when he umpired the first night game at Wrigley Field, is returning to Chicago to take part in another chapter of American sports history: His inclusion in the inaugural class of what organizers …

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Sec. Of State John Kerry: Visas Are Now Available For Same-Sex Couples

Secretary of State John Kerry today announced the immediate availability of visas for same-sex couples. Via Metro Weekly: “If you are the spouse of a U.S. citizen, your visa application will be treated equally. If you are the spouse of a non-citizen, your visa application will be treated equally. And if you are in a country that doesn’t recognize your …

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Afternoon View – Fire Island Marina

I’m with Father Tony as the guests of the hamlet of Fire Island Pines for a weekend press junket. I’ll have more photos tomorrow and Sunday should the FSM provide me with reliable internet, something that Fire Island is notoriously short on.

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FKA Twigs – Water Me

Strange. Hypnotic. Shades of Massive Attack.

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Scott Lively Has The Papal Sadz

“Clearly, Pope Francis is NOT endorsing homosexual conduct as so many in the liberal media have dishonestly claimed. He affirms the Catholic Catechism, which is explicit on that point. My concern is about his use of the phrases ‘a gay person’ and ‘the fact of that person being gay.’ Saying ‘a gay person,’ instead of “a person who struggles with …

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Every Country In Four Minutes

A man who visited every country in the world has edited down all of his video into a single four-minute clip. Gawker recaps his story: In November 2012, Liverpool resident Graham Hughes successfully became the first person to ever visit all United Nations member states without flying. The Atlas-ian task took Hughes nearly four years, during which he traveled to …

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SWEDEN: Topless FEMEN Activists Storm Russia’s Embassy In Stockholm

Two of Ukraine’s famed FEMEN topless activists climbed a fence yesterday and rushed into Russia’s embassy in Stockholm in a protest over LGBT rights. The two women, linked to the Ukrainian feminist group Femen, waved a rainbow flag at the embassy’s grounds and carried a sign saying “homosexual propaganda on Russian ground.” They were supported by two other activists outside …

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Quote Of The Day – Maggie Gallagher

“Professor Nicholas Cummings, rather a giant in the field of psychology who gave a deposition in this case, published an op-ed Wednesday in USA Today. Some have accused Cummings of supporting damaging forms of what they call ‘reparation therapy.’ But the SPLC lawsuit originally claimed any form of sexual-orientation change therapy was necessarily fraud because it never helps people. Cummings’s …

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One Million Moms: We Killed Save Me

“Dear Joe, Thank you for not taking the summer off! This summer has been a busy one, but our efforts have paid off. 1MM has been productive and has closely monitored several television programs this season that need to be taken off the air. Many sponsors have pulled their support – too many to list here – and as a …

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Auto-Play Ads Coming To Facebook

Oh THIS won’t be annoying. It was only a matter of time before Facebook started bringing auto-play ads into users’ news feeds. Unnamed sources tell Bloomberg that Facebook will start letting marketers “buy their way directly” into Facebook users’ feeds “with a 15-second pitch” that will cost them between $1 million to $2.5 million per day to buy. Bloomberg’s sources …

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MINNESOTA: Rep. Keith Ellison Celebrate Marriage Equality With A Song

Just amazing.

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Manchester To Send Sister City Of St. Petersburg Letter Denouncing Anti-Gay Bill

The city leaders of Manchester will send a letter to their sister city of St. Petersburg which denounces Russia’s “homosexual propaganda” bill. Deputy leader Sue Murphy said the city would not be “severing ties”, but a protest letter would be sent. “I’m writing to the governor to express our concerns about the way people are being treated as a result …

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Headline Of The Day

The Human Rights Campaign reacts: “Today the U.S. Senate confirmed five highly qualified nominees to important posts who happen to be gay,” Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin said in a statement to BuzzFeed. “It is a testament to President Obama and the U.S. Senate that the sexual orientation of these nominees was irrelevant to their qualifications for their posts, …

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MINNESOTA: Anti-Gay Christian Group Vows To Punish Pro-Marriage Politicians

As same-sex marriages became legal in Minnesota, the anti-gay Minnesota For Marriage (home to Kalley Yanta) yesterday vowed that it will punish gay-friendly legislators during the 2014 election. With the financial help of NOM, of course. Minnesota for Marriage said it will support lawmakers who took politically difficult votes against the gay marriage bill and encourage opposition to those who …

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CZECH REPUBLIC: Pastafarian Wins Right To Wear Pasta Strainer For ID Photo

A man in the Czech Republic has won his religious battle to wear a pasta strainer on his head for his official government ID photo. Prankster Lukas Novy, from Brno in the Czech Republic, claims that his Pastafarian faith means he has to wear the sieve at all times. Officials ruled that turning down Novy’s request would be a breach …

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