Do you think this should be the final season of American Idol?
I say, YES!
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Moose Mess's New Book
It's called America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag.
It should be called, I'm a Mess: Fee Fie Foe Fum
It should be called, I'm a Mess: Fee Fie Foe Fum
NOM's Fake Video is Too Funny... Part 2
This looks like something Stan Freberg would make as a joke, for example:
Interesting Quote: Brian Brown
“In the last two weeks, we’ve seen mothers harassed, children threatened, and outrageous efforts to disrupt and drown out our rallies from gay marriage activists. Rather than repudiating these tactics, major gay rights leaders are now blaming NOM for the behavior of their own supporters. This is irresponsible and wrong, and we call on them to repudiate these tactics, which are being driven by their outrageous persistent efforts to paint Americans who believe marriage is one man and one woman as haters or bigots. What they really hate is that we are showing middle America the real face of the gay marriage movement, on videotape, for all the world to see.”
Oh, Brian please.
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Happy Belated Birthday, Kate Bush
This woman... I can't explain it, she is the ultimate muse.
Love you, Kate! Happy Birthday!
Here's one of my favorite songs
The Starlite Lounge will close
One of most iconic gay bars is closing down.
Brooklyn's own, Starlite Lounge, will end it's 40 year legacy today.
In a message posted on the home page of the Starlite Lounge website, the establishment’s management and staff remark, “It is with a heavy heart that we are forced to announce that the Starlite Lounge has lost its highly-publicized battle to stay open in its landmark location.”I went to the Starlite years ago when I was working at Cornell. I loved it! It was full of life and flash... I hate that it's closing down.
The lounge is described on the site as “the oldest black-owned non-discriminating bar/club in the heart of Brooklyn, New York.” The lounge’s clientele ranges from drag queens and locals to fashion models and celebrities.
Even Madonna is rumored to have visited the Starlite.
If I was ballin', I would buy it and keep it going.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
A Gay (Kiss) on an Ultimate Spider-Man Cover
This is a first.
If you look at your right, you can see a loving gay couple sharing a moment.
I think it's cute.
In Memphis: Councilwoman Janis Fullilove is getting Death Threats for Supporting Gay Rights
This is unacceptable, for realz!
Mark Wahlberg gets his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Mark Wahlberg got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday.
Congrats, Mark! You've come a long way.
WATCH the Original Tara from True Blood
I found this gem from True Blood. Rutina wasn't the 1st Tara... She was
I like this Tara better
I like this Tara better
New Rumor: JLo will replace Ellen on American Idol
I hope this is a rumor. Folks are saying it's JLo will replace Ellen on Idol.
ET reports:
What do you think?Jenny from the block is going to take undiscovered talent from their own hometown blocks and turn them into blockbuster successes. Multiple sources confirmed to ET on Thursday night that a deal is signed, sealed, and delivered for Jennifer Lopez to permanently preside as a judge on "American Idol."
Back in 2007, JLo mentored "Idol" contestants and will now be returning to the show for good to nurture contestants week in and week out during their season 10 journey to be crowned the next "American Idol."
"American Idol" told ET they have "no comment on any of the rumors or speculation."
Anne Rice is not a Christian anymore!
Our favorite author of dramatic vampires has left Christianity.
"In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control," the author wrote Wednesday on her Facebook page. "In the name of ... Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen."
Rice, 68, is best known for "Interview With a Vampire" and other gothic novels. Raised as a Catholic, she had rejected the church early in her life but renewed her faith in recent years and in 2008 released the memoir "Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession."
In a telephone interview Thursday, Rice said she had been having doubts for the past two to three years. She was troubled by the child abuse scandals in the church, and the church's defensive reaction, and by the ex-communication of Sister Margaret McBride, a nun and hospital administrator who had approved an abortion for a woman whose life was in danger.
"I believed for a long time that the differences, the quarrels among Christians didn't matter a lot for the individual, that you live your life and stay out of it. But then I began to realize that it wasn't an easy thing to do," said Rice, speaking from her home near Palm Springs, Calif. "I came to the conclusion that if I didn't make this declaration, I was going to lose my mind."
Well, that why I left too, Anne.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Ellen is LEAVING American Idol
Wow, that was fast!
Ellen DeGeneres is leaving Idol:
“A couple months ago, I let FOX and the American Idol producers know that this didn’t feel like the right fit for me,” she said in a statement. “I told them I wouldn’t leave them in a bind and that I would hold off on doing anything until they were able to figure out where they wanted to take the panel next. It was a difficult decision to make, but my work schedule became more than I bargained for.”
The Emmy winning star remains the host of her popular daily syndicated talk show. As the fourth judge replacing Paula Abdul, she never seemed to find her footing on the show.
“I … realized this season that while I love discovering, supporting and nurturing young talent, it was hard for me to judge people and sometimes hurt their feelings. I loved the experience working on Idol and I am very grateful for the year I had, I am a huge fan of the show and will continue to be.”
Sherrod Says She's Going To Sue Breitbart's Evil Ass
I am glad to hear this, so glad.
Shirley Sherrod is going to sue Andrew Breitbart for this racist foolishness.
Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted an edited video of her making racially tinged remarks last week.
The edited video posted by Andrew Breitbart on his BigGovernment.com website led Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to ask Sherrod to resign, a decision he reconsidered after seeing the entire video of her March speech to a local NAACP group. In the full speech, Sherrod spoke of racial reconciliation and lessons she learned after initially hesitating to help a white farmer save his home.
She said she doesn't want an apology from Breitbart for posting the video that took her comments out of context, but told a crowd at the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention that she would "definitely sue.''
Vilsack and President Barack Obama later called Sherrod to apologize for her hasty ouster. Vilsack has offered her a new job at the department, which she is still considering.
"I have many, many questions before I can make a decision,'' Sherrod told the group. "I don't know what will happen from this day forward in terms of whether I'll be back in the department or what I'll do.''
E-mails to Breitbart's websites seeking comment were not immediately returned Thursday morning.
Take EVERYTHING you can from him!
Interesting Quote: Tom Hardy
"Of course I have. I'm an actor for f*ck's sake. I've played with everything and everyone. I love the form and the physicality, but now that I'm in my thirties, it doesn't do it for me. I'm done experimenting but there's plenty of stuff in a relationship with another man, especially gay men, that I need in my life. A lot of gay men get my thing for shoes. I have definite feminine qualities and a lot of gay men are incredibly masculine. A lot of people say I seem masculine, but I don't feel it. I feel intrinsically feminine. I'd love to be one of the boys but I always felt a bit on the outside. Maybe my masculine qualities come from overcompensating because I'm not one of the boys."Tom admitting he has dabbled in sexual relations with guys.
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Arizona's Wicked Governor, Jan Brewer will appeal the Block on SB 1070
This spotted dog doesn't know when to quit! Jan wants to appeal the block on the racist immigration law.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said Wednesday she would swiftly appeal a judge's ruling blocking key parts of a new state immigration law, vowing to take it all the way to the Supreme Court.Jan, give it up."This fight is far from over. In fact, it is just the beginning, and at the end of what is certain to be a long legal struggle, Arizona will prevail in its right to protect our citizens," Brewer said in a statement.
She said the state would soon file an expedited appeal after District Judge Susan Bolton blocked parts of the law which would have given police the power to check the immigration status of all suspects.
Bolton also suspended parts of the law, which goes into effect on Thursday, requiring everyone to carry proof of their residency status and making it a crime for illegal immigrants to seek work.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
UPDATE: GetEQUAL shut down of the Capitol Rotunda
See the protest below
Metro Weekly has the deal:
Metro Weekly has the deal:
A little before noon today, July 28, eight individuals associated with Get Equal, who had been taking an ordinary tour of the U.S. Capitol, began a protest once they reached the Capitol Rotunda. As statues of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and others surrounded them -- including a bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. -- the eight were arrested within an hour for "Unlawful Conduct - Demonstrating in the Capitol Building," according to the U.S. Capitol Police.
At first, the eight stood silent in the middle of the Rotunda with signs serving as a "reminder" to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) that she had promised a vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act this year. The eight then, as the Rotunda was being cleared of visitors and media, sat down, began pounding the marble floor and chanting for a vote on ENDA.
"Speaker Pelosi, I am somebody," the eight chanted, "And I deserve job protection, right here, right now."
Those arrested, according to Get Equal, were Orelia Busch, Charles Butler, Sean Carlson, Shannon Cuttle, Robby Diesu, Erica Knapp, David McElhatton and Zack Rosen of the blog The New Gay.
Okay, but I want to see this action done to our enemies too. I haven't seen much of that yet.
Judge Blocks a Key Parts of Arizona's SB 1070 law
Judge Susan Bolton just blocked the key pieces of Arizona broke ass immigration law.
NY Times reports:
In a ruling on a law that has rocked politics coast to coast and thrown a spotlight on the border state’s fierce debate over immigration, United States District Court Judge Susan Bolton in Phoenix said some aspects of the law can go into effect as scheduled on Thursday.
But Judge Bolton took aim at the parts of the law that have generated the most controversy, issuing a preliminary injunction against sections that called for officers to check a person’s immigration status while enforcing other laws and that required immigrants to carry their papers at all times.
Judge Bolton put those sections on hold while she continues to hear the larger issues in the challenges to the law.
“Preserving the status quo through a preliminary injunction is less harmful than allowing state laws that are likely preempted by federal law to be enforced,” she said.
“There is a substantial likelihood that officers will wrongfully arrest legal resident aliens,” she wrote. “By enforcing this statute, Arizona would impose a ‘distinct, unusual and extraordinary’ burden on legal resident aliens that only the federal government has the authority to impose.”
The judge’s decision, which came as demonstrators opposed and supporting the law gathered here and after three hearings in the past two weeks in which she peppered lawyers on both sides with skeptical questions, seemed unlikely to quell the debate.
Miss Jan Brewer was not available for comment
Condoleezza and Aretha perform Together
This is cute. Aretha and Condi perform together at Philadelphia Orchestra at the Mann Music Center for charity.
Good to see Condi let her hair down.
Good to see Condi let her hair down.
Only 10% of the DADT Surveys are done
This is interesting. Just 10% of the 400, 000 DADT surveys are completed.
Here's the scoop from Stars & Stripes
Only about 10 percent of the 400,000 "don't ask, don't tell" surveys sent out three weeks ago have been returned, and Pentagon officials are lobbying troops to fill out the rest before the Aug. 15 deadline set for the research.
The survey, featuring more than 100 questions on perceptions of troops’ morale and behavior before and after a repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, is designed to give a Defense Department working group a better sense of servicemembers’ concerns about allowing openly gay troops in the ranks. Originally, researchers had planned on contacting only 200,000 troops with the survey, but Defense Secretary Robert Gates doubled that number to get a broader range of reactions.
But gay rights groups have questioned the value of the survey, and the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network warned closeted gay troops against participating in the exercise. Even though the survey will be conducted by e-mail through an outside contractor, SLDN officials said that promise of anonymity didn’t offer enough security for troops who still could be kicked out under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law.
Defense officials could not say whether that negative reaction has hurt response rates, but are urging everyone who received the survey to fill it out. A similar survey will be sent out to 150,000 military family members next month.
I wonder if the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network will be blamed for the low turnout. It's a possibility and an ugly fallout if that happens. I hope they have a spin ready, because this may not be pretty if the survey below 50%.