July 17, 2008
Note to McCain: Obama can read
Filed by Storm Bear | July 17, 2008 | 11:20 PM |click to enlarge You can read, I can read and I am pretty sure Obama can read. We can read all about the Iraq war, we can see it in video form. McCain keeps pushing the meme that the...Read More
It's time for the reminder
Filed by Bil Browning | July 17, 2008 | 6:00 PM |We've gotten a ton of e-mails from PR reps this week, so it seemed like a good idea to remind everyone that you can advertise on the Bilerico Project. You can purchase BlogAds directly from the site or e-mail me...Read More
Fred Phelps's church to protest Tony Snow's funeral
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM |They do have a knack for consistency, the Phelpsians: they hate just about everyone. Yes, today they're marchin' on former White House press secretary Tony Snow's funeral. The problem with him is that Bush signed a law banning funeral protests...Read More
Shared Spaces
Filed by Eric Leven | July 17, 2008 | 4:00 PM |I ran into Aaron at Nowhere Bar and we got to talking about the whole "Save the Roxy" topic and the case for dwindling New York City nightlife. He opened up a topic which is always on our minds but...Read More
Midweek bits and pieces
Filed by Bil Browning | July 17, 2008 | 3:00 PM |It's time for a roundup of little tidbits I wanted to share, but didn't get have enough time to blog about. I found them interesting while surfing this week. Want to know who's funding California's Proposition 8 to amend the...Read More
Congrats to Kay Ryan!
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 17, 2008 | 2:00 PM |Lesbian poet Kay Ryan was just named the US's next poet laureate. "I so didn't want to be a poet," Ms. Ryan, 62, said in a phone interview from her home in Fairfax, Calif. "I came from sort of a...Read More
Black In America
Filed by Monica Roberts | July 17, 2008 | 1:00 PM |Next week you may want to either tune in or set your Tivo's for an upcoming CNN program hosted by Soledad O'Brien. It's called Black In America and the four hour show spread out over two nights will be broadcast...Read More
HIV travel ban repealed, PEPFAR funding passed
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 17, 2008 | 12:00 PM |The Senate did something useful for once, probably because it didn't involve a confrontation with the president: they just passed the Lantos/Hyde U.S. Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act. This bill:passed without a provision requiring abstinence-only education,designates...Read More
The grieving process starts
Filed by Bil Browning | July 17, 2008 | 11:00 AM |Since we started Bilerico Project, my icon picture has stayed the same. It's me and my little buddy, Fritz. Fritz is a rat terrier and he's 16 now. Fritz and I have lived together longer than any other relationship in...Read More
Jealousy, Friendship and Bisexual Chopped Liver
Filed by Guest Blogger | July 17, 2008 | 10:00 AM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Greta Christina is editor of the new anthology, "Best Erotic Comics," and "Paying For It: A Guide by Sex Workers for Their Clients," a book of advice for sex work customers, written by sex workers and...Read More
Bye Bye Brit
Filed by Mike Rogers | July 17, 2008 | 9:00 AM |I wonder if Brit will now feel comfortable coming out about the real story behind his son Sandy's "suicide"? WaPo: Fox's Hume to Step Down Brit Hume, a top anchor and executive with Fox News since the channel was launched...Read More
The name they took for themselves was Wraeththu
Filed by Ed Team | July 17, 2008 | 7:30 AM |"It was said it had started as small groups of youths. Something had happened to them. Perhaps it was just one group. Perhaps, once, on a street corner of a damp, dimly-lit city suburb, an essence strange and huge had...Read More
Campaign Time
Filed by Bil Browning | July 17, 2008 | 7:00 AM |iPhone users: Click to watch Jib Jab's latest skewers both Obama and McCain while tossing in a few good smacks at Hillary Clinton too. As I heard Jack Cafferty say last night on CNN, "This'll actually make you laugh out...Read More
