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The Rapid City Police Department says Newsome, an aircraft armament system craftsman who spent nine years in the Air Force, was not cooperative when they showed up at her home in November with an arrest warrant for her partner, who was wanted on theft charges in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Newsome was at work [...]

To the Campus Community,
On the night of February 26th the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center experienced acts of vandalism. The entrance to the LGBTRC was defaced with derogatory and hateful words that target the Queer community.
This vicious hate crime demonstrates the need for community centers like ours to exist in order to offer [...]

Two parents are suing the Alameda County school district in California because they don’t want kids to be taught that it’s wrong to beat up gay kids.
Lesson 9 is a once a year 45-minute presentation that suggests respect for all students. THAT is what they are suing about.
via Joe. My. God.: [...]

Under pressure, the NCAA pulled the ad yesterday:”The decision by the NCAA came in response to vocal protests from a small number of advocates for gay and lesbian athletes, who complained that the group’s views that homosexuality and abortion are immoral are inconsistent with the NCAA’s stated nondiscrimination policy. ‘Focus [...]

2009–10 Toyota vehicle recalls – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
I am sick of people complaining and whining about Toyota.  The first recall was because a dealer put the WRONG mats in a Lexus and they got stuck against the pedal.  They recalled 3.8 million vehicles voluntarily because it’s possible to install the wrong [...]

Mitchell says that by being willing to kill homosexuals, Ugandans are now “more American that Americans” and he closes by quoting Martin Luther King: “The moral arm of the universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
Its times like these I wish America was more like Britain and we could just ban these people from [...]

If people are already in the military and gay—from my former unit alone I know close to a dozen—what is it that people are afraid will happen with the repeal of DADT? Are people afraid that the day after DADT is rescinded; gay soldiers are going to walk in wearing a feather boa and buttless [...]

Apparently “Gay men and lesbians” is friendlier than HOMOSEXUALS! to some people.
On the “serve openly” question, 44% were in favor when the word “homosexual” is used, and 42% were opposed. When that word was swapped for the alternate “gay men and lesbians” wording, support for serving openly jumped to 58%. Just 28% were opposed.
via Poll: [...]

Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan moved up so many notches in my book after I read his piece in USA Today – No Lectures
Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaeda. Terrorists are not 100-feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear [...]

Full Episode | February 1, 2010 – Austan Goolsbee | The Daily Show.
Last night’s Daily show was pretty awesome.  Jon Stewart brought his a game and it was pretty funny.
The moment of zen really was awesome, its from the same roundtable discussion as Krugman calls FOX News ‘deliberate misinformation’ to Roger Ailes’ face

YouTube – Mrs. Betty Bowers: Less is Mormon!.

I love the Thomas Jefferson quotes @ the bottom of the video.
“And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the [...]

Maya Lin – Unchopping a Tree on Vimeo on Vimeo

via towleroad
Rain forests are currently being destroyed @ a rate of 90 acres per minute.  Deforestation is reponsibile for 20% of global warming emissions.
see the stupid flash site @ whatismissing.net for more info.

The Whopper Bar will sell beers from Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors alongside its Whoppers and fries in an effort to compete with casual dining restaurants in areas with high pedestrian traffic. Beer options will include Budweiser, Bud Lite, Bud Lite Lime and Miller Lite.
via Burger King to Sell Beer at ‘Whopper Bar’ in Miami – Slashfood.
Awesome.
I [...]

We have our first teabagger U.S. Senator. Or at least, the first swept into office with their support.
via Joe. My. God.: MA: Scott Brown Wins, Coakley Concedes.
And there goes the country.
I wish there was some easier way to just give up.  People are so stupid it just makes me head want to explode.

Voting for the finalists in Chase Bank's $1 million “Big Idea” charity contest begins today. Three worthy LGBT organizations made the final cut. Go vote for your favorite: GLSEN, The Trevor Project, or the Matthew Shepard Foundation.
via Joe. My. God.: Chase Bank $1M Prize Finalists: GLSEN, Trevor Project, Matthew Shepard FDN.
you get 5 votes
Matthew Shepard [...]