Not your average 30 second spot, this one is two minutes.

Here’s the latest YouTube phenomenon: Christian band Sonseed (!) performing Jesus Is My Friend on local New York TV back in 1984. It’s like the Gay Osmonds go ska. I think this might win the internet. Almost one million views already and tons of response videos. Sample lyrics: Once I tried to runI tried to run and hideBut Jesus came …

Another fantastic entry from Strange Maps, this one showing the populations of China’s 34 provinces relative to countries of similar population. The top ten: Guangdong (113 million) Germany Henan (99 million) Mexico Shandong (92 million) Philippines Sichuan (87 million) Vietnam Jiangsu (75 million) Egypt Hebei (68 million) Iran Hunan (67 million) France Anhui (65 million) Thailand Hubei (60 million) U.K. …

From the Liberty Counsel, comes this insight into the REAL cause of Washington Mutual’s demise. Google’s cofounder and President of Technology, Sergey Brin, posted a statement Friday on the company blog against Proposition 8, the proposed constitutional amendment that would protect marriage in California as the union of one man and one woman. The blog post admitted that marriage was …

Gay marriage is also apparently responsible for the crisis on Wall Street. Via PageOneQ: Christian fundamentalists are suggesting gays and lesbians are to blame for Wall Street’s woes, a frequently made charge in the wake of national calamities. In a September 25th blog post titled ‘The Nation Will Right Itself If It Fixes Sex’, Christian Civil League of Maine Executive …

Via Christian Newswire: Voters in several U.S. states soon will decide whether same-sex marriage will be permitted in their state. However, most voters are unaware of scientific research which reveals that social endorsement of homosexuality, as would be the case with the legalization of same-sex marriage, will lead more individuals into a homosexual lifestyle. Trayce L. Hansen, Ph.D. [JMG: pictured …

McCain calls a shouted question to Palin from a person on the street “gotcha journalism”. Hilarious.

I blogged this yesterday, but here’s the actual clip. The chickenshits have blocked comments on YouTube, but you can still go rate it down.

My mom sent us this photo of the erosion of Fort Lauderdale’s gay beach over the weekend. A combination of high winds and high tides caused by a storm off of North Carolina sent waves crashing over the seawall along A1A and washed away lifeguard towers. Beach erosion in southern Broward County is a continuous problem as the proliferation of …

Courtesy of the publisher, this week’s Swag Tuesday offering is an autographed copy of noted photographer Jeff Palmer’s new coffee table book, Touch, which is now available through the artist’s site (NSFW). This new book is “touching” in the true meaning of the word — Jeff Palmer’s artistic male photography presents images of men touching… sometimes themselves, and sometimes other …

“Here’s the story. There’s a terrible crisis affecting the American economy. We have come together on a bill to alleviate the crisis. And because somebody hurt their feelings, they decide to punish the country. I mean, I would not have imputed that degree of pettiness and hypersensitivity. We also have — as the leader will tell you, who’s been working …

Last month both McCain and Obama stated opposition to the decades-long Columbia University ban on on-campus ROTC activities. This weekend Columbia president Lee Bollinger emailed students to affirm that the ban would remain in place as long as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” remains military policy. “Under the current ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy of the Defense Department, openly gay and …

Undeterred by Mayor Bloomberg’s repeatedly stated opposition to adding more holidays to NYC’s school schedule, Muslim activists are using Rosh Hashanah today to again push for the addition of Muslim holidays. Estimates of the number of Muslims in New York City range from 600,000 to 850,000. Their children comprise about 10-12 percent of the more than 1 million students in …

The House of Representatives just voted down the bailout bill by a vote of 226-207. Democratic: Yes – 141 No – 94 Republican: Yes – 66 No – 132 Totals: Yes – 207 No – 226 Supporters of the bill are working the House floor attempting to turn some of the No votes to Yes, so those totals will likely …

Bristol & Levi would like a meat grinder, Precious Moments figurines, and a camouflage diaper bag.

“As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where do they go? It’s Alaska.” – Sarah Palin. (Image via Boing Boing via – Andrew Sullivan)

Several times this weekend I tried to post this clip of Sarah Palin working the pageant runway in 1984, but the Republicflacks kept getting the clip pulled. I guess they’ve given up since so many folks are reposting it on their own. The Alaskan guy who posted this portion has promised to also post her flute solo talent segment. What …

Since this cartoon first appeared in the online edition of the Washington Post three weeks ago, over 750 emails of complaint have poured in from people who think speaking in tongues is nothing to laugh at. Oh, wait…I’m ’bout to get caught up in the spirit! Obama Obama bo bama, bonana fanna fo fama, fee fi mo mamah, Obama! Whew!