Joe Jervis

Hulu Time

I’ve been checking out Hulu, the new joint venture from NBC and Fox. Hulu features free streaming of TV shows and movies, but you have to watch an ad a few times during the course of the presentation. AfterElton complains that there isn’t much content of gay interest, but I’ve watched a couple of black-and-white episodes of Bewitched. That’s pretty …

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Sebastian Horsley Turned Back From U.S.

On the eve of his book tour, notorious author Sebastian Horsley (Dandy In The Underworld) has been denied admission to the U.S. Sebastian Horsley, a British author who has written an eyebrow-raising memoir detailing a life of rampant drug use and voluminous encounters with prostitutes, was turned back at Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday as he tried to enter …

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Bill Richardson Endorses Obama

From the NY Times: “I believe he is the kind of once-in-a-lifetime leader that can bring our nation together and restore America’s moral leadership in the world,” Mr. Richardson said in the statement, provided by the Obama campaign early Friday morning. “As a presidential candidate, I know full well Senator Obama’s unique moral ability to inspire the American people to …

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Huge Setback For CA Wingnuts

In a stunning blow to California’s rightwing, an appeals court judge has ruled that parents who homeschool their children must have teaching credentials. The ruling arose from a child welfare dispute between the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services and Philip and Mary Long of Lynwood, who have been homeschooling their eight children. Mary Long is their …

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Snooped: Obama’s Passport File

Barack Obama’s passport information was breached by three State Department employees. Two contract employees of the State Department were fired and a third person was disciplined for inappropriately looking at Democratic Sen. Barack Obama’s passport file. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the department itself detected the instances of “imprudent curiosity,” which occurred separately on Jan. 9, Feb. 21 and …

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On Rev. Wright’s HIV Claim

Slate discusses Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s charge that the U.S. government invented AIDS to kill blacks. Barack Obama rebuked his former pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright on Tuesday for giving sermons in which he blamed the government for creating a racist state and “inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color.” Wright isn’t the first to …

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The Taxi Of The (Ugly) Future

Here’s the monster that Ford is trying to sell NYC, which is looking to replace its entire fleet of Crown Victoria taxis. Aside from being super fugly, the thing only gets 19 mpg. Ford is calling it the “taxi of the future.” Well, everyone has been saying the future won’t be pretty.

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ABC News Races Fox To The Bottom

Hillary Clinton just released her 17,000-page schedule from her days as First Lady to the National Archives. And already an ABC News “investigative unit” has pored over the pages to discover the shocking news that she was actually at home at the White House on the day of the famous Monica Lewinsky blue dress incident. Hillary Clinton spent the night …

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Blink, Blink

To prove his YouTube fantabulousness, Chris Crocker blinks twice and gets 900K views. I suppose this is a statement on internet fame. Shrug.

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Moscow Pride Crosses Fingers

The organizers of Moscow Pride have invited the mayors of Paris, Berlin, and London to their event in the hopes forcing their local authorities to allow Pride festivities to take place and to act respectfully during the events. The organisers of Moscow Pride have invited the Mayors of London, Paris and Berlin to attend this year. Last year’s event was …

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FL Bill Would Ease Gay Adoption Ban

A change may be coming in Florida’s gay adoption law, although wingnut state Sen. Ronda Storms (left) plans to block the bill in committee. A state senator has filed legislation to ease a three-decade old ban on gays adopting children in Florida. Sen. Nan Rich (D) has filed similar bill over the past three years but none has made it …

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Black Man Asks For Change

From The Onion: According to witnesses, a loud black man approached a crowd of some 4,000 strangers in downtown Chicago Tuesday and made repeated demands for change. “The time for change is now,” said the black guy, yelling at everyone within earshot for 20 straight minutes, practically begging America for change. “The need for change is stronger and more urgent …

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HomoQuotable – Rita Mae Brown

“The funny thing is, I don’t believe in straight or gay. I really don’t. I think we’re all degrees of bisexual. There may be a few people on the extreme if it’s a bell curve who really truly are gay or really truly are straight. Because nobody had ever said these things and used their real name, I suddenly became …

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Open Thread Thursday

What’s your darkest secret?

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CA State Sen. Carole Migden Fined $350K

In the largest such judgment against a state politician, California State Senator (and open lesbian) Carole Migden (D-SF) has been fined $350,000 for 89 instances of campaign finance and disclosure violations and for personal use of campaign funds. Migden’s attorney claims that the violations were a result of her 10-year bout with leukemia, saying, “She was battling cancer at the …

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SNL Does Christian Siriano

They should just rename SNL to The Amy Poehler Show.

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And Robots Shall Rule The Earth

This is Big Dog, a robot from Boston Dynamics, demonstrating his chops on ice, rocks, and snow. Pretty damn impressive. (Via – By The Bayou.)

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Bottoms For Obama

Cuz tops must be for Hillary. That seems right somehow, but I’m not sure why. Of course, with the reputed ratio of bottoms to tops in the world, this can only be good news for Obama. Get your Bottoms For Obama merchandise here. (Via – Dan Savage)

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HomoQuotable – Angelo Pezzote

“If I feed a plant poisoned water, it can’t help but absorb some of the poison. We too internalize society’s heterosexism and homophobia that surrounds us, thus imposing limiting standards on ourselves. Those standards are so prevalent that they become a part of us, running our lives whether we’re aware of them or not — whether we believe them or …

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Polish Prez Mocks Gay American Wedding

Speaking to a national television audience, the president of Poland played a video of two American men getting married in Canada as he mocked the EU’s rules on same-same unions. A gay man from the United States on Tuesday voiced outrage against Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski for publicly using a video of his marriage to bash the EU’s proposed charter …

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