Tag Archives: 2010

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Fact-checking site Politfacts has released their Biggest Political Lies Of 2010 list. Here’s their readers’ picks. Unsurprisingly, almost all of the liars are Republicans. Surprisingly, Crazy Eyes isn’t the #1 GOP liar. 1. ObamaCare is a “government takeover” of health care. — Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio; Rep. C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla.; the Republican Party of Florida; Lt. Gov.-elect Rebecca Kleefisch, …

The two runners-up were WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the Tea Party. TIME says about Zuckerberg: At 26, Zuckerberg is a year older than our first Person of the Year, Charles Lindbergh — another young man who used technology to bridge continents. He is the same age as Queen Elizabeth when she was Person of the Year, for 1952. But …

Yale librarian Fred Shapiro’s annual list of the year’s most memorable quotes is out and Christine O’Donnell lands on the top ten twice, including at #1. 1. (TIE) “I’m not a witch.” Christine O’Donnell, television advertisement, Oct. 4.1. (TIE) “I’d like my life back.” Tony Hayward, comment to reporters, May 30.3. “If you touch my junk, I’m gonna have you …

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Billboard Magazine has issued its annual rankings of the biggest hits of the year. Here’s the 2010 pop Top Ten. 1. Tik-Tok – Kesha2. Need You Now – Lady Antebellum3. Hey Soul Sister – Train4. California Gurls – Katy Perry5. OMG – Usher6. Airplanes – B.O.B.7. Love The Way You Lie – Eminem/Rihanna8. Bad Romance – Lady Gaga9. Dynamite – …

Double rainbows, Jimmy McMillan, Antoine Dodson, Alexander McQueen, Haiti, BP, Pakistan, vuvuzelas, and more.

We usually don’t hear from DJ Earworm until he issues his wildly popular end-of-year Billboard Top 25 mashups, but he’s already done one for the halfway mark of 2010. As you might expect, it’s an auto-tune-athon.

Here’s today’s update of this winter’s snow on the ground right now. (Via – Gothamist)

MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLEJeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLESandra Bullock, “The Blind Side” MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLEChristoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds” FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLEMo’Nique, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE“Inglourious Basterds”MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIESKevin Bacon, “Taking Chance” FEMALE ACTOR IN …

Last month the Weblogs Awards, for which this here website thingy has been a finalist and winner in years past, announced that they were packing it in and there would be no awards for 2009. Which was kind of a relief, because as Monica Geller as I tend to get about these things, that Air America nonsense burned us all …

The winners…..Best Motion Picture – Drama “Avatar”Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side” Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart” Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical “The Hangover” Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Meryl …

Happy Palindrome Day. Here’s one Palin-drome to get you started: Harass Sarah.

Fifteen gay couples celebrated the New Year by wedding on the steps of the New Hampshire statehouse last night, as same-sex marriages became legal at 12:01am. After 19 years together Linda Murphy and Donna Swartwout tied the knot at 12:01 a.m. Friday, when New Hampshire’s law legalizing same-sex marriage took effect. They were among several couples early Friday who married …

And a Merry Toshiba!

It was a year of homophobes and haters, but also one of heroes, milestones, and some pretty terrific victories. I cranked out about 6000 posts on this here website thingy and you folks responded with over 300,000 comments as traffic more than doubled. JMG got some great notice from the Anti-Violence Project, the Advocate, Instinct Magazine, and After Elton, although …

Same-sex marriage rights go into effect at midnight tonight in New Hampshire. While everybody already with a civil union in New Hampshire will automatically convert to a legal marriage by the end of 2010 (if they do nothing), some folks are getting hitched tonight to speed the process along.