May 2, 2008
50 Ways to Keep Your Lover: # 39-40
Filed by Michele O'Mara | May 02, 2008 6:00 PM |In my book, Love Tips and Trips for Gay and Lesbian Relationships, I have identified 50 Ways to Keep Your Lover. My post last Friday offered strategies 37-38, this week I am sharing strategies 39-40. Look for more strategies next...Read More
Queer music Friday - Billy Strayhorn
Filed by Alex Blaze | May 02, 2008 5:00 PM |Billy Strayhorn was the openly gay song writer behind many of Duke Ellington's hits. He also won the Esquire Silver Award in 1946 for his arrangements. Here's the video for "Take the A Train": iPhone users: Click to watch And...Read More
Horserace, Schmorserace: Curmudgeonly Queer Political Pragmatism 101
Filed by Marla R. Stevens | May 02, 2008 4:00 PM |Is Obama really the Teflon Gipper meets the Dalai Lama or is he just an ambitious, smart Chicken George who has figured out how to hide whoever he is behind a calm demeanor and a big enigmatic smile?Read More
Orentlicher flips Myers the bird
Filed by Bil Browning | May 02, 2008 3:15 PM |David Orentlicher's campaign quickly responded to the Myers campaign's threatened legal action with their own press release. Just as I did, they tell Myers to go take a hike. Statement after the jump....Read More
California Set to Kill Medi-Cal Recipients
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | May 02, 2008 3:10 PM |This is a shocking headline, right? I made it up just to get attention, right? Wrong. The California legislature recently passed Assembly Bill X35 and Assembly Bill X36, containing provisions that will kill people if put into effect in July....Read More
Myers continues his war of words
Filed by Bil Browning | May 02, 2008 2:45 PM |So now the Myers for Congress campaign wants to sue me, the David Orentlicher campaign and American Values Alliance blogger Sheila Kennedy. Welcome to the club, Sheila! No word yet about Blue Indiana or Tyrion himself. Keep trying guys, they're...Read More
Tyrion's FAQ: Now with 100% More Lawsuits
Filed by Tyrion Lannister | May 02, 2008 2:15 PM |Hey, Tyrion, I heard someone's trying to sue you again. Yep. It's defamation of character they say. What'd you do this time? Well, there's this fella, Woody Myers, who's running for Congress in Indiana's 7th Congressional District. Back in the...Read More
God Damn, America!
Filed by Alex Blaze | May 02, 2008 2:00 PM |You've been pretty busy lately! Yesterday was May Day, Mission Accomplished Day, and, I noticed one day too late, National Day of Prayer. My calendar just isn't big enough for all those holidays. Maybe I need to get the one...Read More
The lawsuit threats rain down
Filed by Bil Browning | May 02, 2008 1:00 PM |Woody Myers held a press conference to complain about David Orentlicher's recent television ad taking Myers to task for working against the Patients Bill of Rights. Of course, he threatens to sue. Myers' press release after the jump....Read More
Yes, They Can
Filed by Kate Clinton | May 02, 2008 12:30 PM |Yes, they killed the DC Madam. Another woman who was employed at the same escort service was arrested on prostitution charges and committed suicide before she could go to trial. I know, I know, I live in the house that...Read More
Maybe this "worthless white n---er" matters this time around
Filed by Bil Browning | May 02, 2008 12:00 PM |[UPDATED:] The video is fake. I hope they catch the little slimeball that posted this to YouTube. I've removed the video and the allegation from the post. Know what's just as bad as a racist? Using institutionalized racism to create...Read More
A day in the life of a stay-at-home blogger
Filed by Bil Browning | May 02, 2008 11:15 AM |6:45am - Wake up & start day with the breakfast of champions - a cigarette and a cup of coffee 8:00am - Take Paige to school and start working on the blog 9:00am - Some back-end changes take a bit...Read More
Black History: Emancipation
Filed by Storm Bear | May 02, 2008 10:33 AM |click to enlarge The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. The first one, issued September 22, 1862, declared the freedom of all slaves in any state...Read More
Why does the Woody Myers campaign want to sue me?
Filed by Bil Browning | May 02, 2008 10:00 AM |It must be that time of week. Yesterday I was contacted by an attorney for the Myers for Congress campaign threatening to sue me over Tyrion's post about Woody Myers history as a health insurance industry insider. While the post...Read More
Another young gay person murdered in South Florida
Filed by Waymon Hudson | May 02, 2008 10:00 AM |Another black gay youth has been gunned down in Fort Lauderdale. Shanesa Conaway, 22, was shot to death on April 26 during a domestic dispute between her partner, Shameca Davis and Kevin Cartwright, the father of Davis' two children. Conaway...Read More
NC: Jim Neal and Kay Hagan spar in only televised debate
Filed by Pam Spaulding | May 02, 2008 8:50 AM |North Carolina U.S. Senate candidates Jim Neal and Kay Hagan faced off Tuesday in a televised debate from UNC-Greensboro (Full video is on Spartan TV). NC LGBT news outlet Q-Notes has excellent coverage of the debate and what is included...Read More
Quick note
Filed by Bil Browning | May 02, 2008 7:45 AM |I forgot to mention this yesterday - I'm getting ready to go on Abdul in the Morning with Thomas Cook from BlueIndiana.net and Josh Gillespie from Hoosier Access. Blogger wars! You can listen to the interview here....Read More
Ben Stein on evolution
Filed by Ed Team | May 02, 2008 7:45 AM |"When we just saw that man, I think it was Mr. Myers [i.e. biologist P.Z. Myers], talking about how great scientists were, I was thinking to myself the last time any of my relatives saw scientists telling them what to...Read More
Cup Of Brown Joy
Filed by Bil Browning | May 02, 2008 7:00 AM |iPhone users: Click to watch I know Alex always does the Queer Music Friday post, so I wanted to get the day started with the queerest damn music video I've ever seen....Read More
The Marion County Democratic Party has lost its collective mind
Filed by Bil Browning | May 02, 2008 1:45 AM |NOTE: Updated with documentation of party rules after the jump. No joke. On Monday, I reported about a letter I received from MCDP Chairman Mike O'Connor threatening precinct committee people with repercussions if they support any candidate other than the...Read More
