Yearly Archives: 2014

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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CBS News Reporter Itay Hod: That GOP Congressman From IL Is Definitely Gay

“Here’s a hypothetical: What if you know a certain GOP congressman, let’s just say from Illinois, is gay… and you know this because one of your friends, a journalist for a reputable network, told you in no uncertain terms that he caught that GOP congressman and his male roommate in the shower… together. Now they could have been good friends …

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Quote Of The Day – Chris Kluwe

“I’m glad they’re taking it seriously. This is something I wrote down, because it’s what happened to me, and I’m 100 percent confident in what I wrote, and there are witnesses that will back me up. Let the investigation begin.” – Chris Kluwe, telling USA Today that he intends to cooperate with the Vikings’ investigation to be conducted by the …

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Ted Cruz Is Still A Canadian

Source.

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Rachel Maddow On Utah’s Marriage Battle

“It turns out, Utah screwed it up.” Great recap.

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Peter Sprigg On Marriage Math

“Advocates of redefining marriage to include homosexual couples have taken to using a new statistic that is apparently intended to communicate the growing acceptance of such redefinition. Instead of talking straightforwardly about the number of states which now issue civil marriage licenses to same-sex couples (eighteen as of this writing), they will say something like ‘XX% of Americans now live …

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Porno Pete To Porno Pete

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Phil Everly Dies At Age 74

Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers has died. The Los Angeles Times has the obituary: Phil Everly, who with his brother, Don, made up the most revered vocal duo of the rock-music era, their exquisite harmonies profoundly influencing the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Byrds and countless younger-generation rock, folk and country singers, died Friday in Burbank of complications from …

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Freep This Minnesota Poll

Lower right of this page. (Tipped by JMG reader Richard)

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Bob Barker Slams Obamacare

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SEATTLE: Two US Soldiers Credited For Dousing Arson Attempt At Gay Nightclub

Seattle’s KIRO-TV reports: In the first few seconds after the fire roared up the back stairway of Neighbours nightclub in Seattle, US Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Bostick [ABOVE] was one of a few New Year’s Eve revelers who reacted immediately. “I’m embarrassed to say, my first move was to go after it with cups of water. Then I quickly realized, …

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