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Tickle Me Massa

Yesterday on Glenn Beck’s show, former Rep. Eric Massa said that he’d had same-sex tickle fights with his staffers, prompting one of the most hilarious Twitter threads I’ve read since joining the service. According to Massa, it was those tickle fights that prompted the charges of male sexual harassment. (His story is changing every 12 hours!) And last night Larry …

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PhoboQuotable – Slaggie Gilamonster

“In the spring of 2009, a few states moved to gay marriage and public opinion seemed to shift abruptly in gay marriage’s favor. But by May of that year, support for gay marriage just as abruptly tumbled. Why? “I believe I was the first person, in the National Review cover story The Carrie Effect, to publicly credit the impact of …

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Save California Nutters: Roy Ashburn Should Resign Because He’s Gay (Even Though There’s No Such Thing)

And predictably, the wingnuts begin to eat their own. Randy Thomasson, execudouche director of Save California: Now he’s completely “out.” Monday morning on the radio, Republican State Senator Roy Ashburn of Bakersfield said “I’m gay.” But Roy Ashburn is mistaken. No one is “gay” because the so-called “gay gene” does not exist. What’s more, there are thousands of Americans who …

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VIDEO: Utah’s Final Solution Presser

Here’s yesterday’s press conference by hoaxers Patriots For A Moral Utah. It actually comes across better on video. The spokeswoman totally nails the type. “We don’t hate homosexuals, we just don’t want them to cram their members down our throat.” HAH. And they’ve just put up a website. BTW, I don’t think the protesters are in on it.

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Ethics Probe: Former Rep. Eric Massa Sexually Groped Several Male Staffers

Just-resigned Rep. Eric Massa says he’s only been guilty of “salty language” around his employees. But others say differently. Former Rep. Eric Massa has been under investigation for allegations that he groped multiple male staffers working in his office, according to three sources familiar with the probe. The allegations surrounding the New York Democrat date back at least a year, …

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Quote Of The Day – WaPo Ombudsman

“Did the Post go too far? Of course not. The photo deserved to be in newspaper and on its Web site, and it warranted front-page display. News photos capture reality. And the prominent display reflects the historic significance of what was occurring. The recent D.C. Council decision to approve same-sex marriage was the culmination of a decades-long gay rights fight …

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Crazy Sarah Palin Roundup

It turns out that Sarah Palin’s story about going to Canada to get health care, which she described yesterday as “ironic”, isn’t the same story she told about the incident just a few years ago. Also: She just compared herself to God.

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Bill Brady’s Anti-Gay Bill Dies In Illinois

Illinois state Sen. Bill Brady’s anti-gay bill just got shot down. Equality Illinois just announced that Senate bill 3447, which aimed to allow certain tax-exempt organizations to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and religion, is dead. The bill never made it out of a Senate Judiciary committee. In an email to supporters, Equality Illinois CEO Bernard …

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HIV Hides In Bone Marrow

Researchers have learned that HIV can lie dormant for years in bone marrow, evading drug therapy and later activating to cause disease. The issue of “hidden” HIV has been one of the biggest obstacles to attempts to completely clear the virus from the body. Dr. Kathleen Collins of the University of Michigan and her colleagues report in this week’s edition …

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