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Crazy Eyes Raps Thrift Shop

Rep. Michele Bachmann has posted a Buzzfeed list titled “16 Things I’ll Miss About Being In Congress.” Fourth on her list is “Speech Prep With My Staff.” For some reason, speech prep includes rapping a snippet from Macklemore’s Thrift Shop, last year’s top selling US single. It boggles the mind that Bachmann enjoys the music of one the nation’s most …

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Headline Of The Day

Via the Independent: Thousands of people have resigned from the Lutheran church in Finland after its Archbishop said he rejoiced “with my whole heart” following the government vote to legalise same-sex marriage. According to Finland’s YLE, between the time that the vote went through on Friday and midnight on Saturday almost 7,800 people had resigned from the church using an …

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De Blasio On World AIDS Day

De Blasio’s comment reminds me of what an AIDS educator once told me was his advice to gay men: “When asked if you are HIV+, for many of us there are only two possible answers: ‘Yes’ and ‘I don’t know.'”  From the SF AIDS Foundation: There’s a period of time after a person is infected during which they won’t test …

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