April 7, 2008
Nazi sadomasochistic dungeon orgy! With prostitutes!
Filed by Bil Browning | April 07, 2008 11:50 PM |I was watching the Daily Show tonight during Nathan Lane's segment. They were talking about his new play, but Nathan mentioned a European sex scandal that I hadn't heard. Max Mosley, the head of Formula One is embroiled in a...Read More
Hillary shows up for the dance
Filed by Bil Browning | April 07, 2008 10:35 PM |HIllary Clinton's campaign has hit the airwaves finally with an ad featuring Senator Evan Bayh. Bayh, a former presidential candidate himself, dropped out of the race early and endorsed Clinton. He's long been rumored to be her vice presidential pick,...Read More
Taking it back...
Filed by Mike Rogers | April 07, 2008 9:00 PM |So, I give up. I'm over the whole "It's not outing, it's reporting" thing. Everyone else uses 'outing' so that's that. A real outing hero, Peter Tatchell, was detained in the UK protesting the Olympic torch: Peter Tatchell, the gay...Read More
What The Frack Is A 'Black Issue'?
Filed by Monica Roberts | April 07, 2008 7:50 PM |I read Bil's commentary about a former Projector who unsubscribed from the e-mail feeds because of their perception that The Project was focused too much on 'Black Issues' Excuse me? What the frack do they mean "Black issues'? That's about...Read More
Hot Spots: My Florist Draws in Phoenix Faithful
Filed by Serena Freewomyn | April 07, 2008 3:45 PM |Editor's Note: Hot Spots is a new weekend feature. TBP contributors will be reviewing hot spots in their city. If you've got a suggestion for a hot spot we should review or you'd like to write one yourself, send us...Read More
Rickrolling, bisexual John Mayer, George W. Bush Sewage Plant and more
Filed by Bil Browning | April 07, 2008 3:30 PM |I'm rushed for time today, but I thought I'd put up a roundup of stories I wanted to blog about but haven't gotten around to yet. Give 'em a click. Rickrolling is homophobic. One of Pam's diarists gives it a...Read More
Look what Timothy Kincaid found....
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 07, 2008 2:21 PM |With all this talk about Obama's pastor, it's interesting not only how McCain is getting away with pandering to the Religious Right's lowest common denominator, but how no one in the mainstream media has even cared to look up what...Read More
Celebrating allies: profile of NC Lieutenant Governor candidate Dan Besse
Filed by Pam Spaulding | April 07, 2008 2:18 PM |It's important to recognize -- and encourage -- our allies in the effort to move LGBT rights forward. In the past I've interviewed or profiled politicians in Red states who took public stands in favor of LGBT equality. Virginia Delegate...Read More
McCain on economics
Filed by Sara Whitman | April 07, 2008 1:00 PM |I'm not advocating for Ron Paul. Everytime I see his name I think of Ru Paul. Who I would vote for. iPhone users: Click to watch Someone needs to explain the effect of his 100 year war in Iraq....Read More
Codpiece worship
Filed by Ed Team | April 07, 2008 12:01 PM |"Is there really no occasion where the McCain's Hannah Montana fanboys don't find it necessary to mention his mighty warrior mien? Even questions from high schoolers? I can't take another four years of codpiece worship. I just can't." --digby on...Read More
Obama goes for the pocketbook
Filed by Bil Browning | April 07, 2008 11:30 AM |Obama has a new ad this week for Indiana voters. This time, he's hitting the #1 pocketbook issue in the nation - gas prices. This ad should play well for him here. (See the recent Jill Long Thompson example.) While...Read More
The Bloggerist, #1
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 07, 2008 10:42 AM |Here's a great xkcd. Lots more bloggeristing after the jump....Read More
Black History: Slave Names
Filed by Storm Bear | April 07, 2008 10:07 AM |click to enlarge The vast majority of African-Americans in the United States were enslaved prior to the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. During enslavement, slaves' names were assigned by their owners. Others received a name...Read More
Barack Obama on gay marriage
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 07, 2008 7:33 AM |iPhone users: Click to watch Barack Obama gets asked about same-sex marriage, answers with the same old civil unions blah blah blah. Bonus urban schools question....Read More
