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France’s lower legislative body has nearly unanimously approved a bill that bans women from wearing burqas or face veils. The vote was 335 to 1. The measure must still go to the French Senate before it becomes law. The Senate is expected to vote on it in the week of September 20. Amnesty International immediately condemned the vote. “A complete …

Rep. Michele “Crazy Eyes” Bachmann says that the Obama administration is “turning our country into a nation of slaves.”

Perhaps looking to capitalize on the current hysteria in the New York press, a pesticide company has released a list of the top ten most bedbug-infested cities in North America. Be advised that the press release that accompanied this list also directs readers on where to buy the company’s products. They suggest their travel size for pre-treating hotel rooms and …

Although the Christianist right has been screaming blue bloody murder, we haven’t heard much from the teabaggers about last week’s DOMA ruling. According to the Washington Post, Tea Party libertarians and Tenthers are quietly thrilled with the ruling’s affirmation of states’ rights. The silence is by design, activists with the loosely affiliated movement said, because it is held together by …

The Pentagon is furiously denying yesterday’s allegation by AmericaBlog’s John Aravosis that they are considering building separate living quarters for gay troops if DADT were to be repealed. According to Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morell, they were only talking about adding showing curtains. Morrell told Hotsheet that the suggestion the survey could lead to segregation is “absurd.” “No one is talking …

Magic Underwear Inc has sent a letter to its members in Argentina, calling for opposition to same-sex marriage. “The doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is absolutely clear: Marriage is between one man and woman and is ordained of God,” said the July 6 letter from church President Thomas S. Monson. A copy of the letter …

Kind of curious that the cop was wearing a microphone.

Mercurial New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner died of a heart attack this morning in Florida at the age of 80. Since Steinbrenner bought the team in 1973, the Yankees have won eleven pennants and seven World Series. He retired from day to day operations in 2006, handing over the business to his two sons. Steinbrenner is widely credited as …

Calling it a “major threat” to public safety, the Federal Trade Commission has issued an unusual warning to the owners of the defunct gay youth title XY Magazine, noting that since many of their former subscribers probably live with their parents, they could be endangered by the sale of its mailing list. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has warned two …