I’m an uncle!
Landon was born at 7:56 a.m. on July 4th, weighing in at 10 lbs, 2 oz., and 23 inches in length. YAY. I’m already searching online for Obama onesies!
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Homophobia irks me. Being gay and being born and raised in the Deep South, there’s a deep divide over how people think, based on what they’re taught, and what they’ve actually experienced. I can assure you my extended family, who despite my pleasure, occasionally use the N-word, and repulse from news about “the gays,” continue to do so because they don’t have friends or acquaintances who are African-American, or who are LGBT, or Jewish… or Muslim… pretty much anything not really shouting out its existence in Dixie… and don’t fundamentally understand why their views are so offensive to me.
Now, I ... Flag postHere’s a happy story, thats kinda reminds me of the San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders’ reversal on gay rights. Rep. Steve Rothman (D-NJ) has reversed his stance on gay marriage, after his step-daughter came out to him as a lesbian. Rothman then joined the House’s GLBT Caucus.
Congressman Steve Rothman says a member of his own family persuaded him to change his position on same-sex marriage.
The Bergen County Democrat says he now supports gay and lesbian couples’ right to marry, and has become a member of the House Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Caucus.
Rothman said his 19-year-old stepdaughter, who ... Flag postRumor has it San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who’s famously made news in recent years around gay marriage, launched a 2010 exploratory bid for California Governorship on Tuesday. That move puts him ahead of the Democratic pack to replace Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is term-limited.
I wonder out loud if the Governator would then look to take on Barbara Boxer or Diane Feinstein in a U.S. Senate race, but I get the feeling Arnold would rather be an executive, and not one of a group of 100 senators.
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Okay. Here me out.
Those fools at American Family Association’s OneNewsNow site, really are funny. No, not in that way (I guess). They started automatically replacing any use of the word “gay” with the word “homosexual” in any of the AP stories they run. Because “homosexual” is scientific and makes the skin crawl like you’re in church… and “gay” makes you feel like you’re watching, hell network news. … leading to instances in which proper names are reformatted to meet their ridiculous standard, such as this article about sprinter Tyson Gay winning the 100 meters at the U.S. Olympic track ... Flag post
Sneaky snapshots from Prince Harry’s tour of Iraq Afghanistan are surfacing.
Hat tip to TowleRoad.com.
Share on Facebook ... Flag postYes, its now official. “Monster Head” Barry Bonds’ home run ball has made it to Cooperstown. Go A-Rod!
AP: Now branded with an asterisk, the ball Barry Bonds launched for his record 756th home run nearly a year ago landed Tuesday night in the Hall of Fame.
The souvenir arrived in Cooperstown, N.Y., after a strange day of back-and-forth statements between its owner, fashion designer Marc Ecko, and the shrine.
“We are very happy to receive the baseball as a donation, and not as a loan,” Hall spokesman Brad Horn said. “We look forward to adding this ball to our permanent ... Flag post Flag post Flag post
Brno, Czech Republic: At least 20 people were injured when the Czech Republic’s first ever Gay Pride parade was attacked by rightwing extremists armed with tear gas even before the event was due to begin in the city of Brno.
Havana, Cuba: Cuba’s first gay pride parade was abruptly cancelled yesterday, moments before it was to begin.
The unofficial march, organised with Florida’s Unity Coalition, was not sanctioned by Cuba’s National Centre for Sex Education, which is headed by Mariela Castro, the daughter of President Raul Castro.
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The much awaited follow-up to Casino Royale, the 22nd James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, has been released online.
In the film, Bond battles Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a member of the Quantum organisation posing as an environmentalist, who intends to stage a coup d’état in Bolivia to take control of its water supply. Bond seeks revenge for the death of Vesper Lynd, and is assisted by Camille (Olga Kurylenko), who also wants to kill Greene.
The title was chosen from an unrelated short story in Ian Fleming’s For Your Eyes Only (1960).
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Last week, it was the Japanese invention of a Smart Car that ran completely off of water (and unfiltered water at that.) Now comes word of Britain’s Prince Charles converting his Aston Martin DB6 to run off of 100% bio-ethanol fuel distilled from surplus British wine.
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We all know the rest of the world just loves Barack Obama. They certainly have a more positive impression of him than John McCain. But even more interesting is this gem: Canada likes Barack Obama more than their own leaders…
A new poll suggests Canadians would prefer to vote for Barack Obama rather cast a ballot for their own political leaders, while 45 per cent of Americans envy Canada’s health care system. The bi-national survey, conducted by the Strategic Counsel for CTV and The Globe and Mail, showed that here in Canada, Obama was more admired than ... Flag post Flag postGeneral Wesley Clark, a potential veep for Barack Obama, is pulling out the big guns in going after John McCain and his heavily touted military experience.
McCain frequently points out that he led “the largest squadron in the U.S. Navy,” but Clark said on CBS television that that was not enough to support a claim to the presidency.
“He hasn’t been there and ordered the bombs to fall” as a wartime commander, the general said on CBS. Clark is mentioned as a possible Obama running mate, although he originally supported Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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