Monthly Archives: April 2014

UN Posts Video For Indian LGBT Rights

Via press release: The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Wednesday launched the first ever Bollywood-style UN music video at a press conference in Mumbai to promote its Free & Equal campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. The two-and-a-half minute video, called “The Welcome”, stars actress and former Miss India Celina Jaitly. Jaitly, …

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Harry Potter Vs Star Wars

3.5M views in one day.

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Oklahoma Botches Execution

The New York Times reports: What was supposed to be the first of two executions here Tuesday night was halted when the prisoner, Clayton D. Lockett, began to twitch and gasp after he had already been declared unconscious and called out “man” and “something’s wrong,” according to witnesses. The administering doctor intervened and discovered that “the line had blown,” said …

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Pope Francis, Marxist

Teabagistan is screaming “Marxist.”

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TENNESSEE: Wedding Venue Changes Mind, Will Welcome Same-Sex Couples

On Sunday I reported that Tennessee’s Mint Springs Farm had turned away two Iraq vets, telling them that it was against state law to host a same-sex ceremony. Last night the venue tweeted me to point out a policy change. From their press release: As the owners of Mint Springs Farm, we have had time to regroup and reflect. We …

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Percussions – Ascii Bot

Jean Michel Jarre + Giorgio Moroder + Kraftwerk?

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is Dconstructed, an album of Disney tracks remixed by globally famous EDM acts including Armin Van Buuren’s take on Idina Menzel’s smash hit Let It Go. Enter to win a copy of DCONSTRUCTED and a pair of Urbanears headphones! DCONSTRUCTED: A brand-new compilation of classic and current Disney music remixed by …

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David Geffen Might Buy The Clippers

Gay billionaire and Hollywood mogul David Geffen is reportedly interested in buying the Los Angeles Clippers. Earlier today the commissioner of the NBA ordered Clippers owner Donald Sterling to sell the team. Via the Wall Street Journal: With a potential sale on the horizon, attention turned to possible buyers, such as Ron Burkle, founder of private-equity firm Yucaipa Cos. and …

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Sarah Palin: Only Leftist Wusses Complain About The Waterboarding Of Terrorists

“Actions to stop terrorists who’d utterly annihilate America and delight in massacring our innocent children? Darn right I’d do whatever it takes to foil their murderous jihadist plots, including waterboarding. Whatever one thinks of my one-liner at the NRA rally about treating evil terrorists the way they deserve to be treated to prevent the death of innocent people, it’s utterly …

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Celebs Praise NBA Commissioner

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Glenn Beck: Hillary Clinton Will Be Having Sex With A Woman In The White House

“If it becomes popular.” WUT.

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NRA: Do You Believe In The Good Guys?

From the new ad by the NRA: Do you still believe in the good guys? Because you’re surrounded by a world where madmen are famous and good ones, forgotten…where filthy crimes go unpunished, where killers and con artist’s pray on anyone who still follows the rules? It takes courage to be free. A special kind of backbone to reject the …

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US Department Of Education Declares: Title IX Protects Transgender Students

The US Department Of Education today issued a declaration that Title IX of the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination against transgender students. Today’s announcement appears to provide nationwide federal protections similar to those recently approved in California, which anti-gay groups continue to attempt to repeal. An excerpt: Title IX’s sex discrimination prohibition extends to claims of discrimination based …

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Andrew Sullivan On Sterling’s Ban

“If Brendan Eich had made comments telling his friends to keep away from faggots, if he’d used any such terminology or had ever been shown to have discriminated against gays in the workplace or in his daily interactions, then his case would be very similar. But no such comments are in the public or private record, and there’s zero evidence …

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Sterling Banned From NBA For Life

The NBA commissioner just announced that Donald Sterling has been banned from the NBA for life. Sterling is being fined $2.5M and the commissioner added that the league will force him to sell the team. VIDEO: Watch the commissioner’s blistering statement.

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Two Muddy Pills

Gentle readers, many of you who’ve been here since the early years will recall that this here website thingy launched as a place for my short stories. In honor of today’s tenth anniversary of JMG, below is a piece from my cache of unpublished stories. I first read this story in public before an audience of several hundred at last …

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TODAY: Ten Years Of JMG

Today is the TENTH blogiversary of this here website thingy. As is tradition for today, here is my very first post. April 29th, 2004 I was born and raised in rural North Carolina. My fondest childhood memory is of playing in the dense, acrid, poison fog that was belched out by the county mosquito control truck during its daily dusk-time …

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Ukraine Withdraws LGBT Rights Bill

The Ukrainian government has withdrawn an employment rights bill and resubmitted it without sexual orientation protections. The move might imperil Ukraine’s bid for closer ties to the European Union. Claude Moraes MEP, Rapporteur on Ukraine and Member of the LGBT Intergroup, reacted: “It is extremely worrying that Ukraine’s government seems unwilling to adopt legislation that would ensure protection from discrimination …

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Obama Praises Canonization Of Popes

Via White House press release: Today, Michelle and I join Catholics around the world in celebrating the canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II. The work and witness of both Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II shaped not only the Catholic Church but the world. Pope John XXIII articulated powerful roles for the Church in …

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World Net Daily Defends Donald Sterling Because Obama Is Gay And Benghazi

“And as quick as you can say ‘Mac-Daddy sissy,’ Obama, with the blood of the Benghazi Four (Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glenn Doherty) on his hands; the IRS scandal; Fast and Furious (and the blood of Brian Terry and Jaime Zapata also on his hands); unemployment at unparalleled highs; America becoming a food-stamp nation; Japanese reports …

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