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As of yesterday you now need a passport to enter Canada and Mexico – rendering 70% of the country unable to visit even our closest neighbors. American travelers entering the U.S. by land, air or sea from Mexico, Canada, Bermuda or the Caribbean are now required to carry a U.S. passport. “The basic, number one rule is that everyone should …

JMG reader Clint in Boston took my photo of the Astor Place subway entrance and did some Photoshoppery magic, including popping me into the picture. It’s like an artist’s rendition of a future subway stop with a stalkery old dude added for local color. Love it.

The Engine Company 31 station was built in 1895 and designed by Napoleon LeBrun, who with his sons were the official architects for New York Ciy’s fire department in the latter half of the 19th century. The building was added to the National Registry of Historic Places in 1972 when the fire department vacated the premises for the Downtown Community …

(Via JMG reader Richard)

Duncan Osborne at Gay City News has discovered that the National Mall in Washington DC has already been booked by three other groups for the weekend suggested for a 2009 March On Washington. The organizers of the proposed march on Washington should have checked with the National Parks Service before they began announcing the October dates for that event. “It’s …

Hours after a similar statement released by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, President Obama has issued his own recognition of LGBT Pride Month. Here is his complete proclamation (PDF). BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Forty years ago, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City resisted police harassment that had become …

From YouTube member Fagottron, a strangely gorgeous take on Mary Poppins. Free MP3 download here. (Tipped by JMG reader Alan T)

And his name, naturally, is Lucky. Gothamist has the story. Lucky went to the kitty hospital briefly for treatment of a broken toe and jaw, but will be fine. Nearby window-washers caught it all on film.

As long as it’s handled completely at the state level.