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Andrew Sulliven points us to this rip on the “ethnic advertising” of fast food chains. He says: “I’m just not sure whether to laugh uproariously at this, disdain it as racist, or appreciate it as post-racist, or, well, you decide.”

You may remember John Paulk as the nationally infamous “ex-gay” activist once touted on the cover of Newsweek as the poster boy and chairman for Exodus International. Paulk was chased out of the organization some time later after activist Wayne Besen accosted him in a DC gay bar, where Paulk claimed he had only dropped in to get directions on …

GLAAD today kicked the current Boy Scouts controversy into the lap of Mitt Romney, digging out the above 1994 quote. Over 155,000 people have already signed the petition asking the Boy Scouts to reinstate den mother Jennifer Tyrrell, who was booted from her volunteer position for being gay.

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Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia and the one-time business partner of Pat Robertson, was found guilty today of a long list of war crimes, including crimes against humanity. Taylor faces life in prison. His trial lasted five years, during which the court heard a catalog of horrific acts committed by rebels whom Taylor helped arm in Sierra Leone’s …

In a sort of advertorial branded by Toyota, today Buzzfeed ranks the twenty most scenic drives in America. I mention this only because the Florida Keys Overseas Highway, which I’ve driven twice in the last year, tops the list. I’ve also driven #10, the Redwood Highway, and #19, the Outer Banks Highway.