Monthly Archives: January 2014

Steven Seagal For Arizona Governor?

Washed up movie star Steven Seagal says he’s thinking about running for governor of Arizona. The “Marked for Death” actor told KNXV-TV that he is considering a shot at the state’s highest office and has had a talk about the bid with the self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in America. The 61-year-old made the comments while talking about his newly released reality …

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Liz Cheney Drops Senate Bid

“Serious health issues have recently arisen in our family, and under the circumstances, I have decided to discontinue my campaign. My children and their futures were the motivation for our campaign and their health and well-being will always be my overriding priority. Phil and I want to thank the thousands of people in Wyoming and all across the country who …

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GOP Rep. Peter King: Rand Paul Doesn’t Deserve To Be In the Senate

Mediaite recaps one of the meow-rich GOP infighting moments we’ve seen in quite a while: Appearing on Fox News Channel on Sunday, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) defended the National Security Agency from attacks on its intelligence gathering practices. He specifically said the charges made against the NSA by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) are “lies” and that he “doesn’t deserve to …

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Seattle Nightclub To Stage NYE Redux

Seattle’s gay nightclub Neighbours is inviting patrons back to finish the New Year’s Eve party that was interrupted by an arsonist. From their Facebook page: The staff and management at Neighbours Seattle would like to say THANK YOU to everyone that has been so understanding and supportive over the past few days; it was because of that support and outpouring …

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Quote Of The Day – Evander Holyfield

“If you were born and your leg were turned this way – what would you do? You go to the doctor and get it fixed back, right? All I’m trying to tell you, you know how handicap people are born? You can’t say because they [gay people] are born that way you can’t move that. Yes, it is a choice. …

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SPOILER: Downton Abbey

Stay out of the comments if you’ve not yet seen last night’s debut season four episode. Otherwise dive in and dish.

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Tweet Of The Day – Trestin Meacham

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Blaze At Manhattan High-Rise

The New York Daily News reports: A massive blaze at a Midtown Manhattan high-rise has critically injured two people as firefighters rushed to control the flames. Firefighter spokesman Danny Glover said the fire reported to authorities shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday was on the 20th floor of a building at 43rd Street and 10th Avenue. He says about 40 units …

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Downton Abbey Returns Tonight

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New York Post Cover Draws Heat

Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post cover is drawing heat from all sides today.  Business Insider recaps: The New York Post has provoked enraged responses on Twitter with its offensive cover about the murder of an Hasidic Jewish landlord which asked “Who didn’t want him dead?” Menachem Stark, a 39-year-old father of eight, was shoved into a light-colored Dodge caravan outside …

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DC Eagle Nightclub To Relocate

Washington DC’s Eagle nightclub has been granted a 30-day extension on its lease and will remain open through the end of this month, much to the relief of Mid-Atlantic Leather attendees. Yesterday the Leather Journal  (not office safe) published details about a new location scheduled to open late this summer. The updated 16,000 square-foot building, which was originally a slaughter …

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Sarah Palin’s New Year’s Resolution

“Be even more aggressive in calling out media for practicing lapdog laziness. Hey reporters, we know that once Barack Obama got elected you bailed on keeping government accountable; you’ve been abject failures there. Case in point: Nixon’s presidency was over once reporters busted him for allowing his people to spy on political opponents. Today, the Obama Presidency’s hallmark is spying …

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The Man Who Invented San Francisco

The Days Of Anna Madrigal, the ninth and final installment of Armistead Maupin’s legendary Tales Of The City series, will be published later this month. Yesterday the Guardian heaped praise upon Maupin. An excerpt: Quentin Crisp once introduced him with the boast: “This is Mr Maupin. He invented San Francisco.” More importantly, Maupin virtually invented the mainstreaming of gay life …

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Because Language

Via the New York Times: After a year dominated by upstart words like “selfie,” “bitcoin” and “twerk,” the American Dialect Society’s Word of the Year for 2013 seems slightly banal: “because.” Ben Zimmer, chairman of the dialect society’s new words committee, explained that casual online usage had transformed “because.” “No longer does ‘because’ have to be followed by of or …

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UTAH: Former County Sheriff Calls For Uprising Against Same-Sex Marriage

“The people of Utah have rights, too, not just the homosexuals. The homosexuals are shoving their agenda down our throats. We have a right to raise our kids without homosexuals being part of the Boy Scouts, the schools and teachers and doing everything. They can be all that, but don’t shove your agenda down my kid’s throat. We have a …

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Billboard Of The Day

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Freep This Utah Poll

Right here. (Tipped by multiple JMG readers)

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Schock Makes Instagram Account Private

A few days ago John Aravosis posted an AmericaBlog column titled The 7 Gayest Aaron Schock Instagram Posts Of 2013 in which he needled Schock’s famous sense of fashion and devotion to bodybuilding. That AmericaBlog post was referenced in yesterday’s Facebook piece on Schock by CBS reporter Itay Hod. And JMG reader Michael reports that Schock today made his Instagram …

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Chelsea Clinton Cheers Chris Kluwe

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