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#1 Thirty Years Ago Today

One of the first and definitely the cheesiest of the beefcake pop music videos that would follow. Video bars were still in their infancy, but I vividly recall how the entire room would stop for this. The final scene always delivered a shout.

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The DMV Is Oppressing Religious Liberty!

Remember the Christianist screams about religious liberty when Christmas carolers were asked to stop annoying the captive audience at a post office? How about if the cops tell you to stop reciting from the Bible to a captive audience at the DMV? The AFA is outraged, I tells ya. The two men were arrested for reading from the Bible to …

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DNC Shortens Dem Convention

It’s all a done deal, after all. Via press release: Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced in a press conference in Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium that the convention would be shortened by one day, from four to three days. The Monday of convention week, Labor Day, will be designated as a day to celebrate the Carolinas, Virginia …

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Anti-Gay Cracker Barrel Founder Dies

The founder of the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain has died. The New York Times launches into his legacy in the very first sentence of their obit. Danny Evins, who created Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, a restaurant heavy on grits and nostalgia, expanded it into a $2 billion chain and then fought a losing battle to discriminate against gay employees, …

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Cruise Ship Death Count Rises To 11

And more are still missing including two Americans. Today the local port authority released a transcript in which they accuse the captain of abandoning the ship during rescue operations. Another report claims that ship ran aground after the captain veered off course in order to sound the vessel’s horn at a friend on the shore. He is presently in jail …

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