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• Glen Beck - "Abolish Medicare"

  Most mornings I stroll through the mall attached to my office building and sit at a coffee shop to read and get my morning dose of caffeine. As with many malls in America, this one has its share of "mall walkers", mostly senior citizens out to get some exercise and [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 8:16am EST
  

• Former GOP Lawmaker In S&M Scandal.

  OK, when a politician says he is "leaving office to spend more time with his family", that always means caught with his hand in the cookie jar, either sexually or monetarily. Well the case of former Missouri Speaker of the House Rod Jetton ( is that a porn name or [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 10:47am EST
  

• Is The Senate Selling Out? Dropping Public Option.

  Carefully parsing his words, Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader said the Senate had reached a "broad agreement". That is double speak for throwing in the towel. Other Senators leaked the details to the press and the "broad agreement" includes dropping the public option on health care in favor of [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 8:06am EST
  

• Pepsi Says They Are Appalled By Beenie Man Concert

  Apparently enough people wrote Pepsi about their sponsorship of a Beenie Man concert in Uganda that they issued the following statement.
  
  "We are appalled by the performer’s lyrics and find them repugnant. Our bottling partner in Uganda was not aware of the performer's views and never would have" [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 3:32pm EST
  

• Stem Cells To Kill HIV? Hope Or Hype?

  This year I have posted at least three stories on dramatic advances in the fight against HIV/AIDS only to be crestfallen by the follow up that either indicated the stories were complete hype or the results when reanalyzed were inconclusive. Now comes an announcement by UCLA that they have [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 8:18am EST
  

• McDonald's To Transgender Applicant - "We Don't Hire Faggots!"

  Seems like some folks just can't handle transgendered people. The manager of a McDonald's in Florida left a message for a transgendered job applicant on their answering machine. The gist of it was this:
  "It doesn't matter how many times you go down there: You will not get hired. We" [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 12:40pm EST
  

• Joe Lieberman - Self-Interest Over The Public Interest

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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 11:24am EST
  

• Uganda Make Me Crazy!

  After being pounded by emails and comments from Ugandans defending their Middle Ages bill which makes homosexuality a capital offense, now it looks like Pepsi is in the mix. The soft drink sponsored concerts by Beenie Man, the Jamaican singer whose lyrics endorse killing gay people.
  
  At the [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 8:03am EST
  

• Porn Study Ends - No Porn Virgins Found!

  Well that must have been a disappointing moment. Researchers at the University of Montreal failed to find a single male in his 20s who hadn't been exposed to porn. Back to the drawing board on that study!
  
  So next time someone gives you grief for watching porn give' [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 4:55pm EST
  

• Fair Park Esplanade Fountains Dazzle This Weekend!

  For those who know me, it's no surprise I am excited about the new fountains going into Fair Park. The installation was inspired by the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas and will give the park's esplanade a wonderful focal piece. Additionally, the two statues often referred to as the "chorus" [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 3:06pm EST
  

• New York Senator Monserrate - Convicted Abuser Voted Against Gay Marriage

  A nice little tidbit exposed on the Daily Show. Once again Jon Steward is a better reporter that CNN, FOX, and all the other networks combined. He even showed the surveillance footage used to convict him of assault against his girlfriend.
  
  It's here in this segment of The Daily' [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 10:16pm EST
  

• Uganda Be Kidding Me!

  

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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 4:30pm EST
  

• NY Democrats Who Voted Against Marriage Equality - Traitors!

  OK so here are the names of the NY Senators who voted against Marriage Equality:
  AddabboAubertineDiazHuntleyKrugerMonserrateOnoratoStachowskiNone should be reelected and any LGBT person or their allies should actively work to oust them in the primary. With Democrats like these they might as well be Republicans (but please don't elect more' [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 2:44pm EST
  

• Bishop Says "Gays Won't Go The Heaven" - What About Pedophile Priests & The Church That Protects Them?

  Well, the headline says it all. Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan made the statement that homosexuals and transsexuals "will never enter the kingdom of heaven".
  
  Then in a backhanded attempt to sound like a man of God he intoned, "People are not born homosexual, they become homosexual, for different" [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 3:52pm EST
  

• This Christmas, Pass The Red Kettle By

  It's hard to miss the Salvation Army red kettles. They are outside most store and malls with a volunteer ringing a bell which I am sure drives retailers crazy.
  
  I used to drop a dollar or two into the pot every time I passed one until I found out [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 9:47am EST
  

• Merry Christmas, You're Deported!

  Ah, in the spirit of the season the Salvation Army and Houston Fire Department are asking for birth certificates or Social Security cards for the children they are handing out toys to. Yes, St. Nick now works for the IMS in Houston. Something you might want to remember when [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 3:04pm EST
  

• Whale Go Boom!

  OK this is an old video, but I first saw it almost 40 years ago when it was first shot... of course the it was on 16mm film.
  
  News reporter Paul Linnman of Portland, OR was sent to cover the story of a dead whale that washed up [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 2:17pm EST
  

• Minaret Ban In Switzerland?

  I can't imagine this happening here...note the irony in my voice.
  
  Right wing voters in Switzerland look poised to win an election that will prohibit mosques from building minarets. Seems they don't want people thinking that radical Islam is spreading in their country. So they ban minarets?
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 8:16am EST
  

• Tarzan Toy - A Boys Favorite Plaything?

  This one is amazing, and just in time for Christmas!
  
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 6:22pm EST
  

• Dubai Awash In Debt - Asks For Hiatus On Repayments

  The city state of Dubai, also known as what I call the "Architecture Factory" is putting on the brakes. Driven by immense debt incurred in it's insane building projects, like the worlds tallest skyscraper in the middle of the desert or the palm shaped islands, the emirate is over $60 [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:54pm EST
  

• GOP Rewriting History Again - No Terror Attacks Under Bush?

  Sure feels like 1984 at least the fictional one. Dana Perino is trying to rewrite history in an interview where she claims there were no terrorist attacks under the Bush administration. Hummm? So what was 9/11 and that Anthrax thing?
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:43am EST
  

• Atlanta Police Sued By Eagle Patrons

  Lambda Legal is representing 19 individuals in a lawsuit over the police raid on the Atlanta Eagle. From an interview in OnTop Magazine, Greg Nevins, supervising senior staff attorney in Lambda Legal's Southern Regional Office made this statement:
  

  “The illegal activity going on in the Atlanta Eagle that [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:09am EST
  

• An Ocean On Mars?

  Last night my partner and I were looking at Google Mars. It's a wonderful program developed from the photographs taken by several Mars probes and includes details I had never seen before. We were postulating the features that are obviously due to erosion.
  
  Today, I find this [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:17am EST
  

• Anti Gay Hate Crimes Rise Alarmingly

  The latest report from the FBI shows that hate crimes against LGBT people are rising at a rate of nearly 11%. That is reason for alarm.
  
  The statistics are a bit dusty, since these were from 2008, but I guess it takes time for law enforcement officials from around [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:06pm EST
  

• DADT Hearings On Hold - Indefinitely

  Senator Carl Levin, who in October said that Don't Ask Don't Tell would be brought up at a Senate hearing in November has apparently decided it is not a wise move and has pulled it off the table.
  
  In an article on the blog LezGetReal.com sources are quoted [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:05am EST
  

• Airport Blogging

  Stuck at the airport so I am bored. Only bright spot was watching a crowd of Palin fans "boo" her as she left a book signingbefore signing all their books. Small comfort!Dungeon Diary [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:35pm EST
  

• Jon Stewart & Mick Foley On Protecting Gay Rights

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:23am EST
  

• Virginia Foxx Rewrites History

  The Republicans continue to try to rewrite history. If it wasn't bad enought that Fox News is using faked footage to imply broad support of the radical right agenda, now another Fox, this one in Congress is just plain telling big fat lies!
  
  Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) told' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:31pm EST
  

• Fox Claims Disciplinary Action For Fake Footage Of Palin

  In the category of "I'll believe it when I see it", Fox has said they will discipline the people responsible for the fake footage of alleged crowds at a Sarah Palin book signing. The actual footage was of a campaign rally last year.
  
  This follows their other' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:47am EST
  

• Fox News Fakes More Footage!

  Fox News, or as I call it the "all GOP Channel", has been fudging their footage again. This time in support of their favorite celebrity, Sarah Palin. Afternoon host Gregg Jarrett breathlessly spoke of the huge crowds Palin is drawing at her book signings and the showed footage of her [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:07pm EST
  

• Memphis Billboard Vandalized By Bash Back

  Well once again what looked like homophobia was really an internal squabble, or not. The billboard that was vandalized in Memphis that was promoting the inclusion of gays in the military was defaced by a group "Bash Back" who apparently feels the fight for equality is best served by [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:52am EST
  

• Palin Gets On My Nerves

  Will someone call Sarah Palin and tell her that her 15 minutes of fame are up!
  
  Her fiction filled book seems to be everywhere, yet I have met no one but pundits and fact checkers who have read it. She is all over television and frankly, she gives [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:04am EST
  

• Water on the Moon!

  Water on the MOON! Now that is big news.
  
  The recent NASA mission that bombarded the lunar surface generated a plume including a significant amount of water vapor. This means our vision of the moon being a cold dry place is wrong and it could have implications [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 2:33pm EST
  

• Coney Island Redux

  Last month, my partner and I paid a cold rainy visit to Coney Island to make a pilgrimage to Gargiulio's restaurant. It's a tradition for me to have a great Italian dinner at one of Coney Island's landmarks. The other landmarks are dwindling. Astroland, though never a great amusement park' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:36am EST
  

• GOP Funds Abortions

  No really! Their health insurance program for the Republican National Committee actually pays for abortions. The hypocritical votes of Republicans forcing a "no publicly funded abortions" clause in the health insurance reform is amazingly cynical.
  
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 7:33pm EST
  

• Lou Dobbs - Buh Bye!

  Tonight Lou Dobbs leaves CNN. I suspect in a few days he will show up on FOX. His once semi-coherent voice has become a shrill call for the right as he rants about illegal aliens and other far right diatribes.
  
  Perhaps he will be happier somewhere else?Dungeon Diary[...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:28pm EST
  

• Veteran's Day

  I always try to spend a few moments in meditation remembering the veterans who have gone to war in the name of our freedom. Though I have often disagreed with the government as to the need for the wars they wage, I never have lost respect for the men and [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 8:29am EST
  

• AIG CEO Feels Restricted By Government Pay Czar

  Spending the first two weeks on the job telecommuting from his villa on the Adriatic Sea where he oversees wine production in his vineyard, Robert Benmosche feels pinched. Apparently he resents government oversight of the company the US Taxpayers now own and wants more "freedom" to dole out bonuses [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 8:22am EST
  

• Mayan Calendars & UFOs

  As the opening day of the new disaster movie 2012 nears, the internet is abuzz with pseudo-science! Talk of the end of the world abounds and yet it is nothing new. Back in 1844 a guy named William Miller claimed that Jesus was coming back and he knew the exact [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 8:06am EST
  

• Don't Ask, Don't Give

  Interesting tactic launched by the folks at AmericaBlog and one that might get the attention of the White House. The Gay-TM is officially turned off until the President and his people begin prodding Congress to do the right thing and repeal DOMA, DADT and pass ENDA! So many acronyms!
  
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 4:34pm EST
  

• Far Right Forms New Party In Florida

  Conservatives have circled the wagons in Florida and are engaged in a circular firing squad. Not content with Charlie Crist who many of the right wing-nuts consider too liberal they have formed a new political party. The Tea Party!
  
  This is pretty good news for progressives. If the [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 12:49pm EST
  

• Joe Leiberman Still In The Pocket Of Health Insurance

  How to put this tactfully? Sen. Joe Lieberman is a dick. yup that just about sums it up as kindly as I can put it. He has sworn to kill the health care bill so long as there is any chance of reasonable and affordable insurance for all Americans. [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 10:08am EST
  

• Fundamentalists Stone Adulterer

  Ah the delights of fundamentalism!
  
  In Somalia, the country without a government, or at least one that works, a crowd of fundamentalists stoned an adulterer to death. The woman he impregnated will be killed once she has her baby. I guess "life is sacred" to these Muslim [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:21am EST
  

• Jon Stewart Does A Killer Glenn Beck Impression!

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:41pm EST
  

• The Truth About Health Insurance

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:20pm EST
  

• Stupid Torture Gadget - As Seen On TV!

  It's no secret that I am kinky, but even I have to wonder at the genius of this product. It forces the wearer to be humiliated but to perform an uncomfortable exercise that borders on torture. And to think I try to come up with SM ideas when there are' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:59am EST
  

• Democrat Wins NY Seat Held For 150 Years By GOP

  While some pundits are making hay with the GOP wins in New Jersey and Virginia gubinatorial races, the New York District that has been staunchly Republican for 150 years elected a Democrat to the US House. The race, breathlessly watched by conservatives because of it's ultra right wing candidate, Doug' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:36am EST
  

• Maine Marriage Fails By Thin Margin

  Score another win for bigotry and the Mormon and Catholic Church! Voters in Maine rejected the Same-Sex Marriage law spurred on by church funded campaigns. The margin of victory was very thin, but enough for a defeat, making Maine the second state to take away rights from LGBT people.
  
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:29am EST
  

• Ohio Rapist May Be Murderer - Met Victims Online!

  The home of a convicted sex criminal in Cleveland, Ohio continues to yield bodies of victims. What's worse is the stench from the bodies had been reported for a long time yet nothing was done. Located next to a building where they made sausage, authorities suspected it was the' [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 4:46pm EST
  

• Real Free Credit Report! The FTC Flexes Its Creative Muscles

  Those ads with the singing slackers whose credit got screwed up have always seemed a bit strange to me. I checked out the alleged "free" report and the catch is that you have to sign up for a paid service to get the "free" report.
  
  Now the FTC, which [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:36am EST
  

• "This Is It" Really Is!

  I just got back from seeing Michael Jackson's "This Is It" and I am exhausted. What an emotional rollercoaster of a film. The music and dancing, even though it was rehersal was thrilling. The concert, if it had come to fruition would have been legendary. That was part of the' [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 10:15pm EDT
  

• Senate Adds $50 Million For "Abstenince Only" Sex Education

  "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
  
  That bumper sticker wisdom is something I hear in 12 step meetings and though it has been overused, it is true. Pity the Senate never heard it!
  
  Yes the Senate...same group who brought you [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 8:14am EDT
  

• Obama Signs Hate Crimes Bill!

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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 3:40pm EDT
  

• Piano Playing Cat - Mindless Video For Wednesday

  I love cats and I play the piano...so enjoy this clip from YouTube!
  
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 12:30pm EDT
  

• The GAP Goes Anorexic

  Walking by the GAP this morning I saw their visual merchandise people putting up a new window display. This isn't anything unusual since they change these displays about every month, but the image today was startling. There was a larger than life photo of what I assume was a woman' [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 7:54am EDT
  

• Glenn Beck Video Parody

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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 8:02pm EDT
  

• Repeal Of DADT On Agenda For November!

  The wheels of the Gods grind exceedingly slow...but it looks like the Senate Armed Services Committee will take up the repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell in November". A spokeswoman for committee chairman Carl Levin confirmed this to CNN on Friday. Maybe this will be the beginnings of real [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 10:40pm EDT
  

• New Site Tells Story Of Atlanta Eagle Raid

  "On September 10, 2009, a SWAT-team of Atlanta police officers detained and searched over 60 people without a warrant, probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion of any criminal activity, just because they were patrons at a gay bar called the Atlanta Eagle."Thus begins the web site put online to [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 10:11pm EDT
  

• Microsoft Launches Retail Store - Apple Store Knock-off?

  Remember when Microsoft mimicked the Macintosh Graphical User Interface and called it Windows? Well now they have knocked-off the Apple Store and called it the Microsoft Store. Window dressing!
  
  The new store opened in Arizona to much brouhaha from Microsoft and immediately underwhelmed patrons. The new store was [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 8:50am EDT
  

• Hate Crimes Bill Finally Passes And Includes LGBT Protections!

  Attached to a defense appropriation bill, the Matthew Shepard-James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act is finally law or at least will be when President Obama signs it today.
  
  This long awaited step toward full rights and protections for all people has languished in Congress for far too long. The [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 7:57am EDT
  

• GOP Tries Lying Again, This Time On Twitter!

  So the GOP is not content to be a marginalized party of racists and hate mongers, now they are trying to defraud the American public by creating fake accounts on Twitter and masquerading as pissed off Democrats. Twitter caught wind of the scam and shut them down.
  
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 2:57pm EDT
  

• Sen. Dan Inouye Favors Rape!

  Yes, now a Democrat has moved toward the Pro Rape camp and seems to be wanting to remove the Franken amendment from the Defense Appropriation Bill. That is the amendment that would alloy victims of "gang Rape" to sue their employers when they were raped on the job. Specifically [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 12:36pm EDT
  

• Pat Robertson Thinks Gays Want To Destroy Marriage...And Other Fantasies

  Sometimes Pat Robertson can be downright funny, but most of the time he is annoying and occasionally infuriating. After watching this clip, I am not sure whether to be mad or laugh. Pat on his hour of propaganda, the 700 Club has determined that gays are not out to gain [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 8:03am EDT
  

• South Pacific On Broadway - What A Show!

  Last week my partner and I spent a few days in New York City after the National Equality March. We were lucky to get tickets for the revival of South Pacific, the Rogers and Hammerstein classic about love, war and racial prejudice set on a military base.
  
  The [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 10:20pm EDT
  

• Pope Recruits Homophobic Anglicans

  In a direct response to the inclusion of LGBT people in the Anglican church, the Pope has made it easier for Anglicans to convert to Catholicism. According to a New York Times article:
  Pope Benedict XVI approved a new church provision that will allow Anglicans to join the Catholic [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 11:33am EDT
  

• Frail & Emaciated - The Latest Fashion?

  
  By the look of the runway models at the recent Fashion Week in New York you would have thought the country was suffering from Cholera. The frail and sickly looking twigs that pass for models border on the disgusting. Ralph Lauren even recently [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 8:13am EDT
  

• Is FOX Real News? Is Pro-Wrestling Real?

  Finally the administration is telling the truth and it's high time the media listened. Here is the deal:
  
  FOX News is simply a propaganda arm of the Republican Party.
  
  There are no "ifs", "ands" or "buts" about this and anyone who hase even half paid attention knows' [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 1:08pm EDT
  

• Balloon Boy - Or Not!

  I go out of town for a few days and don't watch TV and what do I miss? BALLOON BOY!
  
  I caught a glimpse of it in J&R Music World in New York. For the uninitiated, J&R is a temple to anything electronic. A block long complex of stores' [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 10:48pm EDT
  

• Another Reason Our Health Care System SUCKS

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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 7:44pm EDT
  

• Pilgrimage To The Smithsonian

  OK, I admit it, I am sooooo gay! We spent our last day in Washington at the Museum of American History, home of the original Ruby Slippers worn by Judy G in the Wizard of Oz. OK it's just a pair of shoes, but still I had to see them [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 7:11pm EDT
  

• And Now The Money Shot From The Oozenator!

  
  This is a real kids toy that looks like a behind-the-scenes tool for porn producers. Go figure!Dungeon Diary [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 5:47pm EDT
  

• A Few More Photos of The Equality March in DC

  
  
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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 6:15pm EDT
  

• Thousands of LGBT People March On Washington - Where Is Barney Frank?

  He's off to the west coast to raise funds to Democrats. His opinion of the march, "Barack Obama does not need pressure." Commenting on Michelangelo Signoreli's radio program Frank says we should model ourselves as lobbyists on "the National Rifle Association." He says people should not come to Washington and [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 6:01pm EDT
  

• Equality March Draws Thousands

  
  It was a big turnout for the National Equality March. I would estimate close to 200,000 or more.
  Wonderful weather for the march and lots of news media, and that is what we hoped for!
  
  
  I was tired but [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 5:08pm EDT
  

• Obama Says He Will End DADT

  President Obama did what no sitting president has done before last night. He spoke to the Human Rights Campaign at their annual dinner. Though there were protesters gather outside, the scene inside was much more cordial.
  
  He opened with a joke, saying, "It's a privilege to open tonight for" [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 7:01am EDT
  

• Washington, DC - City Of No

  
  When I was a child, my family took me to Washington, DC to see where the sausage was made. They didn't call it that, they used terms like "how our government works", but you get the idea.
  
  Back then it seemed every street had' [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 3:57pm EDT
  

• In Washington, DC.

  After an uneventful flight and a short train ride from Baltimore, we are in DC. The low light of the trip so far was the amazingly lack luster service at American Airlines ticket counter. Other than a half hour wait to speak to a ticket agent who was on the [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 2:27pm EDT
  

• Off To Washington!

  I am leaving for Washington DC in the morning. My partner and I will be attending the March and various activities while there. I will be posting to my blog here and to the Dallas Voice blog with reports from the March and the events in DC. Hope to have [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 11:56am EDT
  

• Republican Senators Vote In Favor Of Covering Up Rape

  I have often spoken about "family values" in this blog, usually in the context of the Republican lawmakers who seem to have none of them. Now I offer further proof that a big portion of the GOP is not only against"family values" but pro-rape. What?
  
  Yup, just look [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 8:14am EDT
  

• Larry Wilmore Plays The Race Card on The Daily Show

  So it was a funny bit, but even better Larry Wilmore did some nice slight of hand on the Daily Show last night. Two of my favorite things, magic and political commentary, great work Larry.
  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cPlaying the Race [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 11:28pm EDT
  

• Brand America - Number One!

  It seems like forever since the USA was considered a respected member of the international community. Today comes the report that our brand, the USA, is the most admired country in the world.
  
  According to the National Brand Index (NBI), the US rose from #7 to the top spot. [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 3:16pm EDT
  

• Glenn Beck Loses More Sponsors!

  Even more companies have decided to distance themselves from Glenn Beck, the poster child for the right wing lunatic fringe.
  
  The total of advertisers who have walked away from Beck's show is now 80 and growing. Internationally his sponsor base is slipping as well. Think Progress poster these [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 2:41pm EDT
  

• Another Reason to March On Washington - DADT

  As I get ready to travel to Washington D.C. for the National Equality March, I find another reason to go and to be vocal when I get there. When Senator Harry Reid sought President Obama's help in repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell he got this response:
  "The President appreciates" [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 8:51am EDT
  

• Depression, Psychosis - Go to the Emergency Room , The GOP Health Plan!

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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 9:17pm EDT
  

• It's Official - Florida Hates Gays!

  That is the message sent by a court ruling in a Dade County Federal Court when it threw out a lawsuit by the partner of a lesbian who was dying in the hospital. Her partner of 17 years was denied the right to visit her as she died.
  
  To [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 8:20am EDT
  

• Send Max Baucus Your Health Care Bills!

  Watching Stephen Colbert and he had a GREAT idea. Max Baucus stated clearly he wanted a health care bill, yet he ditched a public option. Colbert's idea? Send Baucus your health care bills.
  
  His address is here.
  
  He and the other lame guys in Washington need a [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 10:51pm EDT
  

• Dems Cave On Public Option

  OK, let's just get this out in the open. Democratic Senators and House Members are PUSSIES!
  
  They have a super-majority and the American public wants a public option, so what do they do? Strip it out of the health care bill.
  
  What would you call that? Pussies for [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 10:34pm EDT
  

• Right Wing Confrence Calls For Violent Revolution

  Say what? Yup, pretty much the story. The "How To Take Back America Conference" featured a speaker who advocated a citizen's arms buildup in preparation for a violent confrontation with the government.
  
  Kitty Werthmann led a workshop called “How to recognize living under Nazis & Communists.” During the strange [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 4:28pm EDT
  

• Vandals Destroy Gay Soldier Billboard

  
  A billboard promoting National Coming Out Day in Memphis was vandalized and ripped to shreds according to news reports. The billboard pictured a marine and said, "I'm gay and I protected your freedom"
  
  Funny how the right wingnuts always talk about how much' [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 12:23pm EDT
  

• Good Morning!

  Just once I want to wake up and feel like this!
  
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 10:15pm EDT
  

• Great New Ad parody

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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 5:14pm EDT
  

• Will Ferrel On Health Isurance Reform

  Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will FerrellDungeon Diary [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 6:28pm EDT
  

• Anti Gay Marriage Forces In Maine Lying Again!

  Surprise, surprise! The anti-gay Catholic Church funded groups in Maine are lying again. I guess that 10 commandments thing only applies when you want it to. They are claiming that schools would be required to teach about same-sex marriage in their curriculum. The truth is it's not an issue.
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 12:23pm EDT
  

• Arizona Steals Benefits from LGBT Couples

  The leatherfaced governor of Arizona signed a bill that steals the benefits that had been available to LGBT couples who are state employees. Jan Brewer signed the bill in the name of cost savings. I wonder how cutting benefits to straight couples as a cost saving measure would go [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 8:24am EDT
  

• Lingerie Football! Sign Of The End Times?

  Just when I thought I had seen every cheesy exploitation trick in the book along comes Lingerie Football! Yup, you heard me, Lingerie Football, and no it isn't a bunch of guys in camisoles. This is a team of buff, tanned, fitness model women in sports bras and trunks with' [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 12:23pm EDT
  

• Dallas Gay Pride Parade A Hit!

  It was the largest crowd I can remember for this year's Alan Ross Freedom Parade, (aka, Dallas Gay Pride Parade). Cheering parade watchers lined Cedar Springs from the corner of Wycliff all the way to Turtle Creek and then up that street to Lee Park. Estimates put the crowd at' [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 8:24am EDT
  

• Carrie Prejean Attempts Speech

  Carrie Prejean, former Miss California and gay marriage hater, spoke to the Values Voters Summit today. I watched a tape of this speech and I have to wonder, how could anyone not fall asleep during it. She sounds like she is trying very hard to formulate every word. I had [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 10:18pm EDT
  

• Bill O'Reilly Back Public Option For Health Insurance

  Once again I am taken aback! Now Bill O'Reilly is coming out in favor of a "public option" to private health insurance? OMG!
  
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 4:22pm EDT
  

• Insurance Company Gets Justice - Fined $10 Million For Revoking HIV+ Teens Insurance

  It's about time we took a good long look at the health insurance companies in this country. I guess the South Carolina Supreme Court feels the same way. Today they ordered Assurant (formerly called Fortis) to pay $10 million for revoking the insurance policy of a 17-year-old college student [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 11:49am EDT
  

• Baucus Is An Idiot And A Whore!

  After getting seven figures from health insurance lobbyists, Max Baucus has trotted out his crappy bill and it stinks to high heaven. It is exactly what I was afraid of, a bill that mandates everyone must buy insurance and gives all that money to insurance companies. What a f*%king surprise?!?
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 9:06pm EDT