tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200307002012-01-24T10:13:07.689-06:00Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.comBlogger31591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-56644034941961331482012-01-24T08:08:00.002-06:002012-01-24T10:13:07.695-06:00

over at Joe.My.God., but not for the reasons the participants might think. It's Joe's report on Dan Savage being glitter-bombed by an "activist" whose objections to Savage include everything but the kitchen sink: A group of six activists, who named themselves The Homomilitia for the event, said they confronted Savage as he entered the theatre through a back-alley entrance. In an interview with

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Thanks to Joe.My.God.

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From serving military personnel in Bagram, Afghanistan:

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His name is Scott Moody and he claims to be an economist. That's his basis for supporting the repeal of same-sex marriage in New Hampshire -- it's going to hurt the state's economy because all the children will disappear, or something. (He doesn't mention that every projection that's been done by a real economist, and statistics derived from jurisdictions in which same-sex marriage is

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-32592767261958349932012-01-19T14:50:00.002-06:002012-01-19T14:50:49.398-06:00

Anime News Network yesterday had a small black diagonal bar across the search key that said "censored."

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I forget exactly where I ran across this one, but it's sort of staggering: Classical Indian music has a written tradition of about 4,000 years. Think about that.

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-22688402537363988122012-01-18T05:30:00.000-06:002012-01-18T05:30:22.148-06:00

Going dark for the day proved to be beyond my capabilities, even though the Webmaven at Sleeping Hedgehog kindly provided a widget -- which Blogger will not accept -- and a link to further instructions, which I didn't understand. (It's like they always start at step 3, you know?) So, this is my protest of the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) two bills which will allow

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-69601437923487140912012-01-17T06:30:00.002-06:002012-01-17T11:06:41.165-06:00

For the next time you encounter someone who "knows" that married biological parents are the "best" for children. But research on families headed by gays and lesbians doesn't back up these dire assertions. In fact, in some ways, gay parents may bring talents to the table that straight parents don't. Gay parents "tend to be more motivated, more committed than heterosexual parents on average,

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No, it's not Darwin's bones, it's fossils he and his friends discovered. Dr. Howard Falcon-Lang, a paleontologist at Royal Holloway, University of London, said Tuesday that he stumbled upon the glass slides containing the fossils in an old wooden cabinet that had been shoved in a "gloomy corner" of the massive, drafty British Geological Survey. Using a flashlight to peer into the drawers and

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just how unique human beings are: After watching a snowboarding crow, I have to think maybe not so much.

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Don't get your hopes up. I've railed against the corporate press before, but things seem to be coming to a head lately. The first salvo was this article by the Times' public editor, Arthur Brisbane: I’m looking for reader input on whether and when New York Times news reporters should challenge “facts” that are asserted by newsmakers they write about. "WTF?" you say, "Isn't that what

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Social Conservatives Officially Unite on Rick Santorum As Romney Alternative Oh, please, please, please! Thus ends the Republican party as we know it.

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And here's some of what they've found: First, from Lambda Legal, Shit Homophobic People Say: I'm not sure of the value of this as an anti-anti-gay message, if only because half the people who see it are going to either believe what these mendacious assholes are saying or be scratching their heads wondering "What's the point?" (Ann Coulter talking about those who were "born gay" versus those

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-46076597091764039712012-01-11T11:46:00.000-06:002012-01-11T11:46:41.464-06:00

The Republicans are real big on pledges, it seems. This one actually happened last October, but now it's suddenly in the news, and it's a real hoot: Last October, Morality In Media (MIM), the “leading national organization opposing pornography and indecency through public education and the application of the law,” launched an effort to get presidential candidates in both major parties to commit

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-87401186637576536912012-01-10T07:08:00.002-06:002012-01-10T17:15:09.405-06:00

Interesting music video from Bye June, via Towleroad: Seems appropriate, with marriage bills being introduced in New Jersey and Washington State. Also from Towleroad, here's a news conference from New Jersey: And here's Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire's statement on her support for marriage equality. Something tells me that Illinois, being the average state, will be the 25th to legalize

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-60105861486431505642012-01-09T04:54:00.000-06:002012-01-09T04:54:01.614-06:00

The tail end to a story about the questions the Republican candidates are being asked in New Hampshire, which notes that Iowa and New Hampshire may not reflect the mood of the rest of the country, being largely rural and overwhelmingly white, but this one is -- well, I think it may not be only the voters in New Hampshire are out of touch: For the record, Romney said he owns only three houses.

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-43815664559391827772012-01-08T06:56:00.001-06:002012-01-10T12:22:49.466-06:00

Rick Santorum is the gift that keeps on giving. Here's a recap of some of his more stellar moments on the campaign trail. On Social Security, he's hewing to the 1% line, complete with scary deficit mantra. Clearly aware of the risks, Santorum argued that everyone must sacrifice now because the nation's "house is on fire" with soaring federal debt. He argued that he is being courageous and

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-35746219779771885562012-01-07T15:00:00.000-06:002012-01-07T15:00:46.251-06:00

That I note that Chicago's archbishop, Cardinal Francis George, has apologized for likening the "gay liberation movement" to the KKK. Here it is, from the archdiocese's website: During a recent TV interview, speaking about this year's Gay Pride Parade, I used an analogy that is inflammatory. I am personally distressed that what I said has been taken to mean that I believe all gays and lesbians

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-27882076916241198102012-01-07T06:14:00.000-06:002012-01-07T06:14:21.177-06:00

Thanks to Digby.

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I mean, how clueless do you have to be? (I'm being very kind here, and not mentioning the cynical manipulation that is probably behind this tweet.)

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That's what brothers are for.

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Interesting post by Steve Benen on Obama's recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: President Obama raised quite a few eyebrows this morning when the White House announced a recess appointment for Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It was an unusual display — congressional Republicans abused the rules and told the

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Washington State, that is, and it's looking like a good possibility for this year. Governor Christine Gregoire will introduce the enabling legislation in the upcoming legislative term: Standing before supporters of marriage equality, Gov. Chris Gregoire today announced she will introduce historic legislation that if passed, would allow same-sex marriages in Washington state. “It’s time, it’s

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From Dr. Science at Obsidian Wings: [T]radition doesn't need to have meaning to be traditional, all it needs is repetition. Take that, Maggie! (The link is to a "tab dump" post with some interesting tidbits.)

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Courtesy of Tim F. at Balloon Juice: Mitt Romney, Ron Paul face awkward moment after unexpected emergence of Santorum Go read his post -- and the comments, some of which are priceless.

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That's the "commanding lead" that Romney had over Santorum in the Iowa caucuses. From NYT: The Iowa caucuses did not deliver a clean answer to what type of candidate Republicans intend to rally behind to try to defeat President Obama and win back the White House. With 99 percent of the vote counted, Mr. Santorum and Mr. Romney, whose views represent the polar sides of the party, each had 24.6

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-5813855978854737712012-01-02T08:57:00.000-06:002012-01-02T08:57:03.730-06:00

For those who are still worried about the deficit, this column by Paul Krugman is worth reading. People who get their economic analysis from the likes of the Heritage Foundation have been waiting ever since President Obama took office for budget deficits to send interest rates soaring. Any day now! And while they’ve been waiting, those rates have dropped to historical lows. You might think that

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I know because my computer has a little time/date thingy down in the corner, and it says "1/1/2012." It's not really all that different from yesterday -- unfortunately. (Yes, I've been reading the news and the blogs this morning. Sigh.) Someone mentioned New Year's resolutions on a blog post yesterday. I gave up on those years ago -- just one more set of expectations that I'm not going to

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-51587145737546967502012-01-01T07:09:00.001-06:002012-01-01T14:41:21.648-06:00

I was going to title this post "Lo! How the Mighty have fallen!" in honor of Cardinal Francis George, the archbishop of Chicago, who has not only put his foot in it knee-deep with regard to the annual Pride parade, but decided that stupidity was the better part of valor by doubling down on it. Now he has the Tribune on his case. Read the whole thing -- it's delicious. I especially like this

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-12752169760123012162011-12-31T07:29:00.000-06:002011-12-31T07:29:01.321-06:00

Joe's on a roll -- or has been. I'm catching up.

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From Joe.My.God. Paul Angelos, a "gay matchmaker" who obviously doesn't know anything about gay men: "If you were to put all gay men together in a big warehouse and place the 'bottoms' on the left and the 'tops' on the right, you'd start seeing negative consequences of the anal sex play out in real life for the bottoms such as: disrespect for their general health, failure at work, failure in

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Via Joe.My.God., this quote from Ron Paul: "Employee rights are said to be valid when employers pressure employees into sexual activity. Why don’t they quit once the so-called harassment starts? Obviously the morals of the harasser cannot be defended, but how can the harassee escape some responsibility for the problem? Seeking protection under civil rights legislation is hardly acceptable." Oh,

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The GOP campaigns for the Iowa caucuses (you know, that's the one where the fringiest loons in Iowa turn out to pick a winner who can't possibly get the nomination because he/she is certifiable) just get better. Michele Bachmann's Iowa co-chair endorsed Ron Paul. That's funny enough, but this bit is priceless: Sorenson, in fact, appeared at a Bachmann event just this afternoon — a stop at the

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-66059398634426693202011-12-29T08:53:00.001-06:002011-12-29T08:54:37.602-06:00

I created it this morning, and it's sort of a reflection on my post of a couple of days ago featuring the Helsinki Complaints Choir. It denotes those natives I run into in the city whose behavior irritates me, and also a large part of the legislature: Illinoisances

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Interesting post by Richard RJ Eskow at Crooks and Liars on austerity economics and its sad history. One of those deaths should have completely altered the political debate in Washington. The name of the deceased was "Austerity Economics," and it was first glimpsed in a 1921 paper by conservative economist Frank Wright. Austerity died of natural causes brought on by prolonged exposure to reality

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-70247088649739641052011-12-28T12:05:00.000-06:002011-12-28T12:05:34.085-06:00

By way of background, for those who may not know the particulars, because of last year's record attendance (850,000) and attendance expected to be in the range of 1 million this year, the City of Chicago asked the organizers of the Chicago Pride Parade to change the route and starting time. The new route passes Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church on Belmont Avenue, and the new starting time

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-47540050992608020782011-12-28T10:22:00.002-06:002011-12-28T10:22:59.653-06:00

Does anyone care?

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Those right-wingers sure do love their cross-hairs, don't they? Jeremy Hooper seems to have broken this one. Sort of gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "shotgun wedding."

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Given some of the remarks I made in my Christmas Day post, is it any wonder I find this one irresistible? Via David Drumm at Jonathan Turley.

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First off, whatever holiday you are observing now, blessed be. That comes from my own tradition, and although the official day was Tuesday night/Wednesday, one can still legitimately observe Yule today. Here it's sunny, with a forecast for highs in the 40s. On Christmas Day. In Chicago. There's something very wrong with that. I have no problem with "Merry Christmas" as a greeting -- I

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-46223999585737339562011-12-23T10:59:00.000-06:002011-12-23T10:59:33.896-06:00

I've seen this story a couple of places this morning, but Little Green Footballs has the best presentation. Especially the photos.

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This story made my week: The gay and lesbian community of Minnesota has issued a letter of apology to recently resigned Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch for ruining the institution of marriage and causing her to stray from her husband and engage in an "inappropriate relationship." "On behalf of all gays and lesbians living in Minnesota, I would like to wholeheartedly apologize for our community's

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-18120029430917936262011-12-21T11:03:00.000-06:002011-12-21T11:03:22.754-06:00

This article on teaching gender-variance. It's intelligent, thoughtful, and creative. Tony Perkins is gonna hate it.

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I just ran across this little tidbit again in a story about Bob VanderPlaats, Iowa's own homegrown professional gay basher, endorsing Rick Santorum, noting that Santorum has failed to gain any traction in the polls. Santorum is also the only GOP presidential candidate to campaign in all 99 of Iowa’s counties and has participated in over 350 town halls. Maybe that's his problem.

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-81423920298819267422011-12-17T08:20:00.000-06:002011-12-17T08:20:33.446-06:00

Not having read the Defense Authorization Bill myself, I'm having to rely on sources. It seems NYT, which I quoted yesterday, didn't really read it either. Adam Serwer brings some much needed clarity to the subject: A last minute compromise amendment adopted in the Senate, whose language was retained in the final bill, leaves it up to the courts to decide if the president has that power,

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-37971243008369507502011-12-16T11:21:00.002-06:002011-12-16T12:01:52.899-06:00

Is anyone really surprised at this? President Obama came into office pledging his dedication to the rule of law and to reversing the Bush-era policies. He has fallen far short. Mr. Obama refused to entertain any investigation of the abuses of power under his predecessor, and he has been far too willing to adopt Mr. Bush’s extravagant claims of national secrets to prevent any courthouse

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-67788855714654270592011-12-16T10:58:00.000-06:002011-12-16T10:58:24.833-06:00

Actually they don't, but I try to keep this blog family-friendly. So kids, cover your eyes: The Mayor is a lying prick. That's my mayor, as in Rahm of Chicago. At least now we know where the Obama administration's disdain for Constitutional freedoms comes from: Emanuel also wants aldermen to double the maximum fine to $1,000 for protesters charged with resisting or obstructing a police

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-28597247570434431582011-12-16T05:01:00.000-06:002011-12-16T05:01:02.923-06:00

"The trouble with capitalism is capitalists; they're too damn greedy." From none other than Herbert Hoover.

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The not-Witch who ran for the Senate somewhere or other a couple of years ago? She's still around. This is why she endorsed Mittens: "That's one of the things that I like about him -- because he's been consistent since he changed his mind." Via various sources.

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Happy War on Christmas!

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This is not really a review -- Geliebter Freund is just my latest translation project, a typical school-boy romance, childhood friends reunited variety. It seems to bear out my reaction to my only previous experience with Hidaka -- her stories are low-key and fairly uneventful, with a lot of psychological introspection. I'm having trouble getting into this one, but I'm not sure if it's the

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-23281400796235902922011-12-07T11:28:00.001-06:002011-12-07T11:34:08.706-06:00

you get tinnitus of the brain. This exchange between Tony Perkins (a/k/a Satan Incarnate) and Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Fantasyland)(well, actually she's from Missouri, as if that's a big surprise) is in response to the creation of a Pagan worship space at the Air Force Academy: Perkins: Do you see this as a part of a growing trend that we see that there is really kind of a marginalization of

Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13760530671721879107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20030700.post-79292044424360852602011-12-06T16:43:00.000-06:002011-12-06T16:43:33.240-06:00

Sec. Hillary Clinton's speech on Human Rights Day. It's a tremendous speech. I had no intention of watching the whole thing, but I couldn't stop. And there's always the added benefit of hearing the heads exploding as the professional gay bashers see it. (Not that I expect most of them to actually watch the thing -- they'll just feed off each other's comments.) Not only is it a strong

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David Atkins over at Hullabaloo has come up with a phrase I really like a lot: "asshole objectivism." That pretty much describes all the Randians I've seen in print. That was in this post, about Donald Trump taking Newtie's idea to put poor kids to work as janitors. From First Read: Trump explained: "He did mention if I could do something for some of the kids in very, very poor schools

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This post, from a gay Marine, about DADT repeal and attending the Marine Corps Birthday Ball with a date for the first time. It's long, but read all four parts. With people like this man defending us, I feel better.

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From WaPo. You can read the whole thing -- there's no substance to it, so it won't take long. Or you can read the headline, which pretty much tells the story. Newt Gingrich as president could turn the White House into an ideas factory Strangely enough, the only people they talked to about Newt's "ideas" were from conservative think tanks. How do you suppose that happened? It's now become "he

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Here's his website. Here's another video:

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A heartening story from AP: A federal judge in New York has struck down a $285 million settlement that Citigroup reached with the Securities and Exchange Commission, citing a need for truth about the financial markets. My guess is that Citigroup will appeal the decision, and when it gets to the Supremes, they will find that corporations have as much right to secrecy as, for example, the President

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Just a few tidbits from this morning: From Huffington Post, this choice bit of news: As cities around the country have swept Occupy Wall Street camps from their plazas and parks in recent weeks, a number of mayors and city officials have argued that by providing shelter to the homeless, the camps are endangering the public and even the homeless themselves. Yet in many of those cities, services

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Ran across this one on LGBT/Think Progress. It's an ad from Get Up! Action for Australia: I got all sniffly.

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This post from Pressthink strikes me as right on top what a lot of other commentators are missing: OWS is the first American protest of the Internet age. I’ve been glued to media coverage of #Occupy, and I saw something this week that I thought you’d be interested in. Tim Pool. Something very special is happening here. Basically he’s a protester-turned-reporter with a cell phone who is doing

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I titled Saturday's post "Who Owns the Police?" Any questions? No questions, but here are some further answers, via Digby: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Check out Digby's post -- she links to the full text of the memo and MSNBC's story.

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Via Box Turtle Bulletin, this story from AP on Capt. Steven Hill, the soldier who asked Rick Santorum about reinstating DADT and got boos from some of the audience for his audacity. Santorum's response is typical of the man, and shows starkly why he's not fit to be commander in chief or anything that remotely resembles president of the United States: Santorum replied that he would reinstitute

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This is the first story that I read this morning. The cops now say they feared for their lives because of the crowd that was gathering around them! Look at that photo. Look at this even better photo. What do you see? A dozen students on the ground looking at their feet, and some onlookers all holding up cameras at a respectable distance - you'll note the other cops aren't looking terribly

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Here's a very good post from Pam Spaulding that summarizes everything I know about the Sandusky/pedophilia nightmare at Penn State, and adds a few items I wasn't aware of. I've read all sorts of reporting and commentary on this, and in most cases the commentary is pretty solid -- Paterno and Spanier should certainly have been fired, and a few others -- Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, at least --

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Nice little list from Daily Kos. The first couple are really good -- banks arresting customers who want to close their accounts? (Did I mention somewhere along the line that the banksters just don't get it?) The refreshing parts are the reactions of the police. "He has the right to speak and the right to hand out flyers. Unless he blocks you or causes a disturbance, he has the right to be

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I haven't been posting. It's been a hellish week or so, and I'm looking forward to a nice long weekend to recover. And the news -- well, please, doesn't the media ever get tired of the pack of losers running for president? Pah. I'm working on another BL manga translation, so maybe I'll be far enough along to write on that this weekend, but unless something in the news really catches my eye --

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A very interesting piece from Matt Stoller at AlterNet on the effect of the Occupy movement. And at this point, I think one has to call it a movement, for reasons that Stoller clarifies: The protests are a ball of raw energy, with one basic message: The 1 percent on Wall Street have taken advantage of the 99 percent of the rest of us. Yet this message is resonating, deeply. What the occupiers

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Via Joe.My.God., this gem from Rev. Jason McGuire, who seems to be NOM's go-to guy in New York State: “It is not a bigoted statement to say that children need a mother and a father,” he wrote in a letter to Cuomo today. “I contend that many of the issues our state is struggling with can be traced back to absentee fathers, a general lack of parental involvement and the breakdown of the family:

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I mean, when you've got the Marines against you, you're finished. “#OccupyMARINES Are Currently Assessing The Current Situation To Ascertain What Is Currently Needed To Support OWS America. We Are Humbled At The Substantial Support OWS America Has Provided And Ask That Everyone Continue As You All Do While We Implement Organization Nationwide. As We All Know, ‘Occupy’ Groups Are Being

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Baby meerkats. Here's the rest of the pictures. There's a -- tribe? -- of meerkats at Lincoln Park Zoo, as well as a group of dwarf mongooses. A couple of years ago the meerkats had young, which are too cute to deal with, almost. Ditto baby dwarf mongooses.

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From Gen. James Amos, Commandant of the U.S. Marines: That's the way it's supposed to be.

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that these people are being treated seriously. First, Ron Paul: Take a look at the state of Nevada. Do the people own the property in Nevada? No. Who’s the biggest landowner? It’s the federal government. I would like to see the development of this state the way that Texas had the privilege of developing. Before we went in the Union, it was owned entirely by private owners and it has developed

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An article that could have been -- well, it could have been a lot of things, but don't look for any real insights here. It's all a surface reading, and the surface isn't even right. Like this: In fact, the two movements do share key traits. They emerged out of nowhere but quickly became potent political forces, driven by anxiety about the economy, a belief that big institutions favor the

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From my Web pal Nikolaos in Oz: A Polish immigrant went to Vicroads to apply for a driver's licence. First, of course, he had to take an eye sight test The tester showed him a card with the letters 'C Z W I X N O S T A C Z.' 'Can you read this?' the optician asked. 'Read it?' the Polish man replied, 'I know the guy.'

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I recently picked up Satoru Ishihara's Kimi Shiruya -- Dost Thou Know? again after quite some time. Looking back, I realize that I've written quite a bit about this book (not only a Review in Brief, but another extended essay, and a a Friday Gay Blogging commentary, not to mention a review at GMR that has since been moved to Sleeping Hedgehog. So what can I find to say that's new? Not much,

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Someone just called the newspaper where I work to ask about the price of an ad to advertise her Web site.

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Good news from California, via Joe.My.God.: O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! From a Stop SB 48 email blast: "The News is Not Good ... it is doubtful we will get the number of signatures we need to qualify. Unfortunately the last several deliveries of mail have not been what was expected and a large number of petitions have been pulled out because of errors. From all appearances, we would need a

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Because I've been down in the dumps and need it. First, this story about the Oregon U.S. Attorney's office's It Gets Better video: Ever since he heard Savage talk about the "It Gets Better" project, Holton said making a video has been on his to-do list. He said he wasn't sure what to expect when he put out the call for participants, and he was moved by his colleagues' willingness to share their

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This post from Ed Brayton.

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The Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, which are now spreading around the country, represent one of the biggest media failures of the decade. The contrast with the coverage of the early Tea Party demonstrations is, I think, revealing of the influence of corporate money on the MSM -- which in effect means that we have very little in the way of independent news any more. Remember that the Tea

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Surprisingly interesting video of activities of some of the inhabitants of the jungles of northern Indonesia. There are animals here I've never heard of. Thanks to Little Green Footballs.

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I'll be perfectly frank: Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York is a pretty disgusting person, and like most of the Catholic hierarchy, has now proven himself a) anti-American, and b) morally bankrupt. He wrote a letter to the President threatening religious war if Obama doesn't stop supporting The Gays. Lance Mannion has a come-back that strikes me as the best possible retort. It's impossible

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From his speech at the HRC Annual Dinner: We don’t believe in a small America. We don’t believe in the kind of smallness that says its okay for a stage full of political leaders, one of whom could end up being the President of the United States, being silent when an American soldier is booed. We don’t believe in that. We don’t believe in standing silent when that happens. We don’t believe in

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Any base, anywhere. Signed Chaplains Memo(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = "http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })(); And let's just slide around DOMA: Signed Facilities Memo-1(function() {

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First, from the rapidly fading Ann Coulter, this, via Joe.My.God (with my reactions in bold): "Only eight Republicans in the entire U.S. Senate supported eliminating Don't Ask, Don't Tell. (There are a lot more than Republicans in the Senate; in fact, the majority are Democrats.) It's safe to assume that no one on the stage supported this sexualization of the military, except maybe one of the

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Via Joe.My.God.

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It seems there's been a spate of public honesty lately, usually from people who probably shouldn't have opened their mouths. The latest example to cross my radar is one Alessio Rastani, a stock trader who tells all. From David Atkins at Hullabaloo: But of course, the greatest honesty in his rant is not about his love of profit from economic calamity, but rather his frank admission that the

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I guess you don't need to pay any attention to the Constitution if everyone agrees. "Operation ROC resulted from meetings with church leaders," Bay Minette Police Chief Mike Rowland said. "It was agreed by all the pastors that at the core of the crime problem was the erosion of family values and morals. We have children raising children and parents not instilling values in young people."

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We're right in the middle of it, more or less, and I was thinking that I should make a comment or two, and then I ran across this post by Batocchio at Vagabond Scholar. He pretty much says everything I was going to say, and probably much more politely. Read it. It's long, but read it. One thing to notice, and that's the frequency with which "age appropriateness" comes up as a reason for

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Fascinating article from National Geographic on the recent discoveries on our Neanderthal genetic heritage. This is part of a discussion at Nick's Place sparked by the news that the Australian Aborigines were the first modern humans to migrate out of Africa, which I commented on a couple of days ago. Two things that strike me about this whole thing: people were amazingly mobile throughout

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I'm about to head out the door (I have editing to do today, and somehow it goes better out at the coffee shop), but I was just browsing around waiting for the rain to stop (or at least lighten up) and ran across this old post on "Top Ten Most Memorable Anime Characters" from Jan Suzukawa at Neo-Shonen Fujoshi. I particularly like her comments about Naoe Nobutsuna from Mirage of Blaze, which was

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Now that I've finished volume 8 of When a Man Loves a Man (and if volume 9 ever comes down to a reasonable price, I'll go back and finish the series), I've gone on to a BL manga by an artist new to me, Masara Minase. If Der bittere Kuss der Lüge is any example of her work, I'll really be looking forward to the next one on the stack, a two-volume series. Tatsuya Soga is trying to find a

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Via my Web pal Nikolaos, this article about human migration: DNA from the hair demonstrates that indigenous Aboriginal Australians were the first to separate from other modern humans, around 70,000 years ago. This challenges current theories of a single phase of dispersal from Africa. An international team of researchers published their findings in the journal Science. While the Aboriginal

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about the teabaggers booing a gay soldier (or a YouTube of a gay soldier) at the last Republican "presidential" debate. Greg Sargent has what seems to me to be the best summary of what actually happened, and what the real outrage was. Putting aside the question of whether the “audience” really booed Stephen Hill at last night’s debate — that’s an overstatement by any measure — the simple fact

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It's gone. Here's a good summary of the whole thing from Jim Burroway at BTB. Here's the official statement from the Army. One thing that Burroway touches on is the FRC's latest scare/fundraising letter. Laurel Ramseyer at Pam's House Blend goes into more detail, but I think she misread it a little bit. Perkins is just claiming to be a powerful voice for religious liberty, which is bullshit

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I remember feeling like this during my Party Boy years: You’re not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on. — Dean Martin

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