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Games Of Thrones Sets Piracy Record

Sunday’s season finale of Game Of Thrones set an unusual record. Once again the show has broken all records for illegal viewing, clocking up more than 1.5 million downloads during the first 12 hours. The news is unlikely to bother program maker HBO all that much: famously, Jeff Bewkes of parent company Time Warner described Game of Thrones’ status as …

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NEW YORK CITY: Obama Speaks At Democratic LGBT Fundraising Gala

Via the Los Angeles Times: President Obama got two sustained standing ovations at the annual LGBT gala in Manhattan on Tuesday night — one for promising an executive order the group has long wanted and one just for walking into the room. After taking the stage at the Democratic National Committee fundraiser, Obama had to wait for at least a …

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Perkins Has The Executive Order Sadz

“Considering the decisions of this administration, every month feels like ‘gay pride month.’ But this year, the President had something special in mind for his activist friends. The President will soon be issuing an executive order mandating that all federal contractors and subcontractors give special treatment to homosexuals, transgenders, and cross-dressers in the workplace. This action is wrong on the …

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Fort Lauderdale Commission To Vote On Resolution Endorsing Same-Sex Marriage
UPDATE: Resolution Passes By 3-2 Vote

The vote is tonight. Via the Broward-Palm Beach New Times: A Fort Lauderdale measure asking commissioners to openly support marriage equality and gay rights is in danger of not having enough votes to pass Tuesday. The measure, sponsored by openly gay Commissioner Dean Trantalis, is nonbinding. However, it would speak loudly for city officials to openly support marriage equality — …

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Sen. Orrin Hatch Demands Religious Exemptions In LGBT Executive Order

Yesterday it was announced that President Obama plans to issue an executive order forbidding federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT employees. Today Sen. Orrin Hatch declared that he wants to create the same gaping religious loophole in the order that has caused several major LGBT rights groups to denounce ENDA. “While the specifics of this executive order are not yet …

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Freep This NOM Petition

In a pathetically transparent ploy to build their money beg list, NOM has launched a “petition” at the Washington Times where they vaguely promise to send your name to someone in “our government.” Feel free to add your “name” and “email” to the list. Among the fewer than 200 signees so far you’ll find Ima Cretin, Moonie Van Moonie, Bigot …

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OK Go – The Writing’s On The Wall

Stereogum reviews the clip: For years now, power-poppers OK Go have been more famous for their ability to put together intricately choreographed homespun viral videos than for their music. Their clip for the new single “The Writing’s On The Wall” might be the band’s most ambitious yet. It sends them through a series of optical illusions in a Brooklyn warehouse, …

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