“Hawaiians are dealing with the same onslaught of bad bills they have become accustomed to in the last several years. A proposal to legalize civil unions, much like the one two years ago, barely passed its first big test in the Senate Judiciary Committee after almost three hours of debate. Like the 2009 fight, this one could hinge on how …
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Catpacks?
According to Buzzfeed, the latest silly trend in Brooklyn is the catpack – a meshed backpack for carrying your kitty around town. Sometimes I feel bad that Shelley never gets out of my tiny apartment, but I’m very confident that if I tried this with her, the screaming would be heard from here to Harlem. Maybe these are just for …
Read More »Dan Choi Refuses To Pay Army
Lt. Dan Choi has issued a public letter to the president in which he says he will not pay a $2500 debt the Army claims he owes as a result of being discharged early under DADT. Embiggen the above image for the complete letter.
Read More »China To Create World’s Largest City
Chinese urban planners will join nine large cities near Hong Kong into one sprawling 16,000 square mile city which will be 26 times larger than London. With 42 million people within its boundaries. The new mega-city will cover a large part of China’s manufacturing heartland, stretching from Guangzhou to Shenzhen and including Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, Huizhou and Zhaoqing. …
Read More »PhoboQuotable – Imam Abdallah Adhami
“An enormously, overwhelming percentage of people struggle with homosexual feeling because of some form of violent emotional or sexual abuse at some point in their life. Again, not necessarily in their childhood. A small, tiny percentage of people are born with a natural inclination they cannot explain. You find this in the animal kingdom on some level as well.” – …
Read More »Snow Closes NYC
NYC Mayor Bloomberg this morning announced the closure of all city offices and made the very rare move of announcing a snow day for public schools after almost two feet of white stuff clobbered the city in the last 24 hours. By the way, thundersnow sounds rilly, rilly weird. “New York City almost never takes a snow day, but today …
Read More »Joy Behar On Crazy Eyes’ SOTU Response
Behar and her panel have a field day.
Read More »INDIANA: Chick-Fil-A Booted From College Campus Over Anti-Gay Donations
Indiana University’s campus in South Bend has removed Chik-Fil-A as a food vendor over reports that the company backs anti-gay hate groups. Chick-Fil-A did not have a physical on-campus South Bend store and only sold meals one day a week. News of the ban spread quickly, prompting Chick-fil-A’s president to release an online statement defending his company. “Providing food to …
Read More »Rachel Maddow: Tea Party Express Is A Secret GOP-Funded Astroturf Group
And she hands CNN their heads for airing Bachmann’s speech.
Read More »Anderson Cooper On Harps Story
“This is a learning moment for everybody.”
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