January 8, 2009
Naked Leonardo DiCaprio and Venus Williams! Michelle Obama "whitey" video found!
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 08, 2009 8:00 PM |Have you all seen those naked photos of Leonardo DiCaprio and Venus Williams? (Click to enlarge and get rid of the censor boxes!) Also too, do you remember how right-wing bloggers said that there was a video out there where...Read More
Here Comes the Sun...
Filed by Sara Whitman | January 08, 2009 6:00 PM |The sun is in the perfect spot on the horizon and the light is pouring into my office. Sure beats a SAD light box, not quite as good as Hawaii. It almost seems to radiate enough heat to go sit...Read More
Martin Luther King Jr Day Interfaith Worship Service
Filed by Bil Browning | January 08, 2009 5:00 PM |I'm thinking about checking this out. Anyone else want to go? The 2009 Martin Luther King Jr. Day interfaith worship service will be held on Monday, January 19, 11:00 AM at Lockerbie Central United Methodist Church, 237 N. East St.,...Read More
My first television interview
Filed by Bil Browning | January 08, 2009 4:30 PM |Jerame and I have been going through a bunch of old video tapes and converting them to digital and we found a gem the other night - my first television interview. I was 19 and had just come back from...Read More
Saying good-bye to Boi from Troy
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 08, 2009 3:30 PM |Scott Schmidt, aka Boi from Troy, is hanging up his keyboard and has stopped blogging. I got the message in my RSS feed last week and was surprised that I was a little upset. I've at least scanned the boi's...Read More
You Don't Know Barney Frank
Filed by Michael Crawford | January 08, 2009 2:30 PM |Jeffrey Toobin has an exhaustive profile of Rep. Barney Frank in the New Yorker. Frank is the dean of gay members of Congress and widely considered the funniest member of Congress for his quick and biting sense of humor. While...Read More
Analysis of California Prop 8 Results
Filed by Juan and Ken Ahonen-Jover | January 08, 2009 2:00 PM |A new study of the California Proposition 8 results debunks many of the myths surrounding Prop 8. Below are our conclusions after reading the new study released today by Professors Patrick Egan and Kenneth Sherrill about Proposition 8, which revoked...Read More
House rules go gender neutral
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 08, 2009 1:30 PM |Via Amanda Terkel, here's a bit of the changes to the House's rules:...Read More
1st Openly Gay Cabinet Member? Help Make it Happen!
Filed by Guest Blogger | January 08, 2009 12:30 PM |Editor's Note: Guest blogger Paul Sousa is a 21 year old graduating senior in Boston, MA who will be attending law school to pursue his passion in September. He is a community organizer who is co-chair of Join the Impact...Read More
Brent Steele and Johnny Nugent are nuts
Filed by Douglas Meagher | January 08, 2009 12:00 PM |State Senators Johnny Nugent (R-Lawrenceburg) and Brent Steele (R-Bedford) have introduced legislation to prohibit state universities from banning student possession of guns on campuses. Their apparent reasoning is that, in light of recent tragedies such as the Virginia Tech killings,...Read More
The big reveal: Who are this week's winners?
Filed by Bil Browning | January 08, 2009 12:00 PM |Congratulations to GregC, the winner of our first "Design a Bilerico Project logo" contest. Greg's Lunar New Year logo was chosen by the majority of Projectors. Greg was the first to submit a design and has won a fabulous prize...Read More
The Naked Boy Giver
Filed by Father Tony | January 08, 2009 11:00 AM |I'm making a bit of a detour this week to comment (with owner's permission) on an irresistible post I read at a blog called Naked Boy Chronicles Here's the post abbreviated: I have a problem letting go I did not...Read More
The Obama Doctrine = Tea Parties
Filed by Bruce Parker | January 08, 2009 10:00 AM |I was elated when President-elect Obama named Hillary Clinton as his nominee for Secretary of State. I have made no secret of my deep affection, respect and obsession for all things Hillary Clinton related. She is brilliant, a savvy politician,...Read More
Kenneth Starr pretends like he understands self-restraint
Filed by Ed Team | January 08, 2009 7:30 AM |"We will not mince words. The attorney general is inviting this court to declare a constitutional revolution." --Kenneth Starr on Jerry Brown's suit to overturn Prop 8...Read More
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 08, 2009 7:15 AM |Click to enlarge and to get rid of those censor boxes. h/t to Joe and Andy. I did the racially- and gender-inclusive version of the meme, of course, because I can't do anything without a smug sense of liberal superiority....Read More
impACT Florida video
Filed by Bil Browning | January 08, 2009 7:00 AM |This low-budget YouTube video for impACT Florida reminds me of some of my own first steps towards activism. Hat tip to Andrew, one of the producers, for sending it in....Read More
