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Pastor Rick Warren’s Son Commits Suicide

From today’s New York Times: The 27-year-old son of the Rev. Rick Warren, one of America’s most influential religious leaders, committed suicide, Mr. Warren said in an e-mail released on Saturday to staff members and congregants at his 20,000-member Saddleback Valley Community Church. Rick Warren said in the e-mail that his youngest son, Matthew, had “struggled from birth with mental …

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Anthony Weiner For NYC Mayor?

Once again rumors are flying that former Rep. Anthony Weiner may be considering a run for mayor of New York City. Political insiders were abuzz at news that Weiner and his wife, Huma Abedin, had granted a lengthy magazine interview for the first time since his resignation in an embarrassing sexting scandal in 2011. “The magazine piece is step one …

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Tired Old Queen At The Movies #114

Clip description: STAGECOACH (1939) The action is fast and furious as John Wayne takes us on a bumpy journey across Monument Valley in John Ford’s legendary western classic, STAGECOACH. This is the film that became the blueprint for every western since. Shot on location, the film made a star out of Wayne and supplied excellent supporting roles for Claire Trevor, …

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Archdiocese Of San Francisco Responds To Flap About Anti-Gay Facebook Avatar

During last month’s Supreme Court hearings on Prop 8 and DOMA, the Archdiocese of San Francisco changed their Facebook avatar to a division symbol with a scriptural reference beneath.   The avatar was later deleted along with hundreds of furious comments.  Yesterday the Archdiocese finally responded to media inquiries about the incident. Via San Francisco’s KQED: Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has been …

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Wil Wheaton Vs Tea Party

Former Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Wil Wheaton has a massive online following and yesterday he made the above comment to his 2.2M fans on Twitter, directing them to a hashtag used by Tea Party fans.  (#TCOT = top conservatives on Twitter.)  Michelle Malkin’s Twitchy responded in their characteristic fashion.

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TRAILER: Bridegroom

Clip description: BRIDEGROOM gives an intensely personal edge to the ongoing debate over the legal rights of same-sex couples. Interviews, photos and video footage all testify to the uncommon connection that drew together Shane Bitney Crone and Tom Bridegroom. For six years they remained united despite extreme challenges from both family and society, until a tragic accident tears apart their …

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Ben Carson Apologizes Again

Last week Tea Party hero Dr. Ben Carson issued an insincere faux-pology after he’d appeared on national television to compare gay people to pedophiles and animal-fuckers.  Yesterday Carson was forced to make a more unequivocal apology to his employers at Johns Hopkins University.    “As you know, I have been in the national news quite a bit recently and my 36 …

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