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Today In Mildly Interesting Trivia

Mattel announced yesterday that they are changing the rules of Scrabble. Proper nouns such as place names will now be allowed. Mattel said there would be no hard and fast rule over whether a proper noun was correct or not. A spokeswoman for the company said the use of proper nouns would “add a new dimension” to Scrabble and “introduce …

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HomoQuotable – Michael Jensen

“It’s 2010 and CNN expects me to seriously sit here and expect that this issue is really still up for debate? It certainly is in some quarters, but those are quarters that at this point respectable journalists should stay out of. I guess this means we can look forward to other CNN segments including ‘The Holocaust — did it really …

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NYC’s St. Vincent’s Hospital To Close

St. Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan’s West Village voted to close itself last night after failing to resolve an estimated $700M in debt. The famed hospital served the gay community as a sort of ground zero during the early years of the AIDS pandemic. The exact timing for the closing of St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan, which has about 400 inpatient beds, …

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Spirit Airlines To Charge For Carry-Ons

Spirit Airlines announced yesterday that they will begin charging passengers $20-$45 to place carry-on bags in the overhead bins. SRSLY. The cost depends on whether passengers are members of the airline’s ultra-low fare club and whether they “pre-reserve” their carry-on bag in advance. Each passenger will still be able to bring one personal item that fits under a seat for …

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VA Gov. Bob McDonnell Recognizes Confederate History Month

VA Gov. Bob McDonnell has issued an order recognizing April as Confederate History Month, saying that it’s important “to understand the sacrifices of the Confederate leaders, soldiers and citizens during the period of the Civil War.” McDonnell’s most recent order of this type recognized Christian Heritage Week. April’s Confederate History Month recognition is at least the fourth proclamation McDonnell has …

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Anti-Gay Family Research Council Sees CA$H In Fight Against ENDA

The Family Research Council has launched a fund-raising drive based on their claim that all good Christians will be forced…FORCED!…to hire men in dresses if ENDA passes. Do you think it’s right for liberals running the government to … * Force a Christian bookstore to hire a man . . . who dresses in women’s clothing?* Force your child’s religious …

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Appeals Court Overturns Net Neutrality

In a decision that may have far-reaching impact on how you view streaming internet video, today a U.S. Appeals Court overturned the FCC’s ruling that internet providers must provide equal access to all information on their networks. The court’s ruling also could pose legal problems for the FCC as it seeks to enact the expansive National Broadband Policy it unveiled …

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CNN Asks: Does Gayness Need A Cure?

Masked in a story about the move to delete an archaic California law requiring the state to seek a cure for homosexuality, CNN unbelievably handed the issue off to the wildly insane “ex-gay therapist” Richard Cohen, who infamously recommends beating your gay away with a tennis racket and a pillow. In 2002 Cohen was ejected from the American Counseling Association, …

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