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LGBT Americans cannot marry in 31 states – but Charles Manson can get married in prison. Afton Burton was 16 and living with her parents in Illinois when she discovered Charles Manson. Now, nine years later, her name is Star, she’s 25 years old, and she considers herself Charles Manson’s wife, even though it isn’t official yet. “He filed for …

NOM spun off the Ruth Institute a couple of years ago. (Via Good As You)

From the you-can’t-make-it-up-department in Provo, Utah: Homophones, as any English grammarian can tell you, are words that sound the same but have different meanings and often different spellings — such as be and bee, through and threw, which and witch, their and there. This concept is taught early on to foreign students learning English because it can be confusing to …

New York City woke up yesterday morning to see that the massive American flags that fly atop each of the towers of the allegedly highly-guarded Brooklyn Bridge had been replaced by white flags. Surveillance footage shows that the flag’s spotlights suddenly winked out around 3am and investigators found that they’d been covered with aluminum tins. Getting to the top of …

Wut. Not office-friendly.

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See those crosses? See that flag backdrop? Obviously, this is a guy that all of Teabagistan can get behind! Or maybe not, depending on how they feel about multiple arrests involving an extremely unusual sexual fetish called “cranking.” Which, perhaps surprisingly, has nothing to do with drugs. (Tipped by JMG reader Ron)

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“Don’t hold this against me, but I’m going to blurt it out. How do I say this? Men in the South, they are a little effeminate. They just have effeminate mannerisms. If you were just a regular person, you turned on the TV, and you saw Eric Cantor talking, I would say, and I’m fine with gay people, that’s all …

New Orleans funerals have always been known for being celebrations of a life fully lived rather than somber reflections on loss, but this may be pushing it a bit too far. Via WGNO-ABC: In life Miriam Burbank loved a cold beer, and an occasional scotch. So it’s only fitting, that it all be captured as part of her home-going. “I …

UPDATE: Take a visit to their full Twitter feed. As you’ll see, the account’s author is a vegan and a pet lover (presumably because Hitler was supposedly both).  Also, the Nazis really like to cite Matt Drudge.

This week Rep. Michele Bachman appeared on the Hallmark Channel’s Home And Family show where “lifestyle expert” Kenneth Wingard gave tips on throwing a proper tea party. At the 5:00 mark, Bachmann reveals that she took a napkin-folding course shortly after she married Ladybird.  And then she demonstrates.

Donald Trump is promoting a new golf course in Ireland, where he got a bizarre welcome from a warbling soprano who was accompanied by a harp. Via the Irish Journal: The 67-year-old billionaire — best known in recent years for his role as host of The Apprentice, and his ‘birther’ campaign against Barack Obama — caused a stir among tourists …

“Not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with Applebee’s International, Inc., or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.” Here’s the site.  The app IS available at the iTunes store.

Even Drudge’s fans are wondering what this is about. My favorite response tweet: “Everything like such as? #maps.”

Via Orlando’s WFTV: The same government that won’t let us have commercial drones or home DNA testing kits has made yet another brilliant regulatory decision. The U.S. Treasury’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau has just approved — wait for it — powdered alcohol. A Bevlaw blogger first spotted the application, which approves seven different varieties of powdered alcohol. …

The Jelly Bean Prayer Bag is only $6.99. One presumes that Jesus’ Blood is cherry-flavored. The gourmet jelly beans with meaning! Each individual bag features “The Jelly Bean Prayer,” a beautiful prayer that shares what each colored bean represents. There are 8 different jelly bean flavors and approximately 17 individual packets inside the large bag. Great for Sunday school lessons, …