The Independent reports: As sending positive brand signals go, naming your mascot Fukuppy is probably a step in the wrong direction. Indeed, it would seem this refrigerator company have had their very own fukuppy with the unfortunate christening of this cartoon egg. Social media users seized on the winged ovum’s name to ridicule Fukushima Industries’ mascot, with initial reports linking …

Anti-gay forces in San Antonio have failed to gather the required signatures needed to place a repeal of the recently passed LGBT non-discrimination bill on the public ballot. Pastor Gerald Ripley, a petition leader, estimated the group collected about 20,000 signatures, well below the required 61,046, or 10 percent of eligible voters. The council adopted the ordinance last month after …

The Nerdist has a review: From one of the brilliantly twisted minds that brought you Neil’s Puppet Dreams comes the retelling of Rambo you never knew you needed, complete with three musical numbers and more homoerotic subtext than a Whitesnake music video: Michael Serrato’s Rambo…But Gay. Okay, maybe subtext is a generous term, but as Serrato explains in the video, …

“First of all, I don’t if you’re aware of this, but when I had a heart attack three years ago, I was uninsured, and I haven’t been able to get insurance ever since then. Listening to all the pressure on the president to negotiate, a lot of it from inside this room, it made me think, is there a chance …

If you go to any of the Tea Party sites today, you’ll see that they are VERY UPSET about the above sign displayed at an Organizing For Obama rally at the US Capitol. And in the comments of those posts, you’ll see many, many examples of the most common epithet long used against progressives: “libtard.” (Less commonly, “leftard.”) The sign …

“Either you believe that we need radical, positive, oriented solutions for this country and you willing to fight for them or you’re not. Is it a third party we need? I’ve often argued no. I’m not so sure anymore. It may be time for a new conservative party in America. I’m sick of these guys. The problem here is the …

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Clip description: “The bullying footage used in this video was all filmed and posted by the perpetrators. Under Putin’s leadership, Russia has enacted a series of anti-gay laws. A boycott of Russian vodka was called by human rights activists. This video is in support of that boycott.”

A JMG reader wrote this morning to report getting a robocall from Brown in support of Lonegan.

“The Portland Trail Blazers are in support of the Freedom to Marry and Religious Protection ballot initiative. We do so as believers in individual choice as a fundamental right of all people.” Source. (Tipped by JMG reader Glenn)

“I was in the New York State Court of Appeals courtroom in 2005 when New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s lawyers argued to reverse the state of New York’s first court ruling in favor of marriage equality. Now Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey is making increasingly desperate attempts to appeal his own state’s decision before New Jersey couples can …

Even though the registrar declined to sign the license, this may be the sweetest video you’ll see all week. Via Asheville’s Citizen-Times: Brenda Clark and Carol McCrory, of Fairview, were first in line. “We are hopeful that Attorney General Cooper will do the right thing and recognize out right to marry after 25 years in a committed relationship,” Clark said. …

An electronic billboard for an Indiana shopping center features an Obama=Hitler message from the insane Lyndon LaRouche freaks. New Civil Rights Movement blogger David Badash notes that the Facebook page for CVS is being deluged with complaints. Badash adds that the sign is “not directly under their control.”

His followers are piling on.

“The Republicans have got to wave the white flag and say, ‘We fought a good fight and now it’s over.’ They cannot shut the government down and then bring about a default. We can’t do it. I mean, it would be devastating economically to every human being and the Republicans just can’t get tarred with that. So they tried and …

Via Business Insider: There are a lot of ways to make New York City’s subway system better. More lines. Cleaner, faster, more high-tech trains. Lower fares. WiFi everywhere. All of that, however, would cost a lot of money — and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority doesn’t have much cash on hand. But there are ways to make things nicer without heavy …

Actually, she is. And the baggers are already having a field day.

Gay couples lined up this morning outside the office of the Buncombe County registrar, who is issuing but not signing marriage licenses today. Attorney General Roy Cooper is defending the state against the lawsuit brought by the ACLU, even though he personally supports marriage equality. Buncombe County is home to Asheville, arguably the most liberal city in North Carolina.

Globovision reports that 22 LGBT people have been murdered so far this year in Honduras. Five were murdered this month alone. Via Google Translate: Members of the gay community of Honduras on Monday marched to the Attorney General to clarify and justice for the murder of about 22 companions so far in 2013, five of them in the last month. …