So what's next for Bush & Co.?
I started writing this as a response to a post about going into Iran:Go into Iran? I have no doubt that they want to do that. But they have nothing to go into Iran WITH! We're already overextended in...
View ArticleLiberals are so intolerant!
Mark Morford was so good today in the SF Chronicle it's hard to know where to begin. Here's just the start of his answer to the rethugs asking him "where is that famous so-called tolerance I thought...
View ArticleIs your priest gay?
Yes friends, it has come to this. As John Aravosis writes at Americablog: "the Vatican is now making clear that the sexual tension a normal adult feels in the company of other adults leads those normal...
View ArticleMr. Sulu comes out.
George Takei, best known for playing Mr. Sulu in the original Star Trek series has officially come out as a gay man in the Los Angeles gay paper Frontiers. George and his partner Brad Altman have been...
View ArticleCan we beat the rethugs at their own game?
In an excellent, but underrated diary End Game: The Elephant Gambit Denied, which I highly recommend, GreyHawk likened current political events (and in particular, republican losses) to a high stakes...
View ArticleXmas' Greatest Hits (no poll)
OK, so it's a dubious choice of diary topics given that I'm an urban hermit and confirmed old curmudgeon and plan to order pizza today before Pizza Orgasmica closes, but here goes. This is my all-time...
View ArticleAction Alert: Web Braille Shut Down for "Security" Reasons
Earlier today, mjohnson posted a diary about the shutdown last Thursday of the Library of Congress' National Library Service (NLS) Web Braille site for unnamed "technical and security difficulties"....
View ArticleOlbermann drops the ball on skinheads in the armed forces.
Worst. Segment. Ever! Keith Olbermann (whom I adore) blew it completely tonight. His #2 segment on Countdown (MSNBC) was about the Southern Poverty Law Center ([http://www.splcenter.org SPLC]) report...
View ArticlePatricia Todd wins in Alabama!!!
Patricia Todd is set to be the first openly lesbian member of the AL legislature after beating back a challenge to her win in the Democratic primary runoff (she has no Republican opponent in District...
View ArticleWhat's 'enough' for the Greens?
As someone who has believed for 30 years that we need to 'save the planet' I am continually astonished when I come across what I think are counter-productive attitudes among self-described Greens and...
View ArticleFirst Marine injured in Iraq comes out!
Sgt. Eric Alva, the first Marine injured in Iraq is stepping forward to oppose Don't Ask, Don't Tell.In the Washington Post, Alva, who lost his right leg to a landmine, speaks out.More after the break...
View ArticleRichardson still doesn't get it.
Gov. Bill Richardson has been trying to 'fix' his flubs at the Logo/HRC forum last week from the moment he walked off the stage. But it doesn't seem to be helping. Now he has talked about it in an...
View ArticleMilitary Campaign Appearances: IOKIYAR
Ahh, the old double standard--military personnel are prohibitied from appearing in uniform at political campaign events UNLESS it's for a republican.From the Boston Globe:Seven on-duty Army personnel...
View ArticleBREAKING! Laws don't stop abortions.
To quote Gomer Pyle, "Surprise, surprise, surprise!"Women are just as likely to get an abortion in countries where it is outlawed as they are in countries where it is legal, according to research...
View ArticleI'm a gay white male amputee with ADD NOT voting for that gay white male...
BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ONE. So unless you're an albino lesbian dwarf, or a Lithuanian Canasta addict with Rosacea, would y'all kindly STFU because I don't want to hear about it. Black...check....
View ArticleNo gays at this debate! (NOT!)
Well, fuck this fucking shit.They had a Democratic debate in Las Vegas tonight (but Brian Williams thought he was in Los Angeles--for this he gets millions and millions of dollars).So not only did the...
View ArticleMoses 'high' on Mt. Sinai.
Moses was stoned. That's what Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem wrote in the Time and Mind journal of philosophy."As far as Moses on Mount Sinai is...
View ArticleWe're all Possums.
HuffPo is reporting that Sen. Obama has unveiled a new emblem that combines his campaign logo, the presidential seal, and "Yes, we can!" in latin.It sucks.More after the flip...
View ArticleWhere are all the Obamabots?
I'm freaking serious here, people. Where are all the koolaid drinkers who were shoving Obama down our throats 24/7 and endlessly calling Hillary the antichrist now that they could possibly do some...
View ArticleSWAT Teams Raid Christian Biker Gang!
I swear, you can't make this shit up. According to the AP, police in Orange and Riverside Counties (California) arrested eight members of the "Set Free Soldiers" gang (apparently they don't believe in...
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