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DNA Spray

A business district in Amsterdam has begun using “DNA spray,” an adhesive mist triggered by store clerks, motion detectors, or by remote camera surveillance operators during a robbery or holdup. Chemical markers injected into the mist identify the precise time and location of the incident. “The procedure is simple: during a holdup a nebula of invisible liquid with a synthetic …

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Tim Pawlenty At CPAC

How much do some CPAC attendees want Pawlenty to be the next president? So much so that they’ll launch into chants of “USA! USA!” after the most tepid of statements.

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Hissey Fit

“I don’t really like gay people,” sniffs GOProud member Matt Hissey. “Stereotypical gay people frustrate me,” he adds with a dramatic toss of his frosted blond hair before launching into an attack on nellie men who need to be more “normal and straight-acting.”UPDATE: JMG readers Vincent and Damian remind us that this isn’t the first time Hissey has appeared on …

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HAWAII: Civil Unions Pass In House!

The Hawaii House has just approved its civil unions bill by a vote of 31-19! The bill now goes back to the Senate, which passed a similar version of the measure last month. If the Senate agrees to changes in the bill made by the House, the measure would go to Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who supports civil unions legislation. Senate …

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At Last Night’s GOProud Party

Over at Slate, Dave Weigel has recapped last night’s GOProud party at CPAC, which sported an open bar sponsored by the Poker Players Alliance, a group that lobbies lawmakers for the legalization of internet gambling. I don’t recall having seen online poker on GOProud’s 2011 agenda, but whatevs, because this is the best part of Weigel’s review: A word about …

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L2 – Boys Or Girls

Catchy tune in which the singers worry that their “more bitchy than me” boyfriends might have an eye for the dudes, too. Remember Josie Cotton’s Johnny, Are You Queer? I suppose the “can’t make up your mind” and “make-up in your male-purse” bits will put some people off. L2 were formerly known as the Labbadia Sisters. (Tipped by JMG reader …

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Pentagon Issues DADT Repeal Plan

Servicemembers United is pleased: “The Repeal Implementation Plan prepared for the Secretary of Defense lays out a comprehensive and deliberate path forward for implementing this policy change throughout the force,” said Alexander Nicholson, Executive Director of Servicemembers United and a former multi-lingual Army interrogator who was discharged under DADT. “In typical military fashion the plan is quite thorough and some …

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