Tin Foil Soldier

» Orson Scott Card Wants YOU (To Rise Up Against The Gay Menace) | Cracked.com
There is no question, absolutely none at all, that you are fighting a battle you can’t win. In a hundred years, flamboyant gay guys will be getting married in fabulous dresses on your grave, and there’s absolutely nothing you can do [...]

Joe. My. God.: Worst Person In The World: Stuart Shepard
Last night Keith Olbermann tapped Shepard as the “Worst Person In The World.”
Keith Olbermann is apparently kinda funny as well, in that sarcastic newscaster way that makes MSNBC watchable.
see Prayin for Rain

SWAT team raids mayor, shoots family dog because someone mailed them pot - Boing Boing
Cheye Calvo, mayor of DC suburb Berwyn Heights, was raided by a SWAT team after 30lbs of marijuana was delivered to his home. They broke down his door, shot his two black labradors, and interrogated him and his wife as their [...]

P G & E Donates $250,000 to Defeat California Gay Marriage Ban - Towleroad
Pacific Gas & Electric has donated $250,000 to defeat Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage ballot measure in California, according to the L.A. Times
and
Joe. My. God.: WordPerfect Founder Bruce Bastian Pledges $1M To Fight Prop 8
Utah resident and WordPerfect cofounder Bruce Bastian has [...]

Dr. Bronner’s: Keeping it cool! - Green Daily
There is a post about Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps on Green Daily so I felt that now is a perfect time to tell the world that I love the crazy Dr.’s soaps.
I buy the big 32oz containers of it at Lori’s Natural Foods and just refill the more [...]

Joe. My. God.: Schwarzenegger On Meet The Press
MR. BROKAW: You have a lot of propositions on the ballot again this fall. One of them would mean a constitutional ban on gay marriages. Do you support that?
GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER: No, not at all. As a matter of fact, I think the Supreme Court made a decision there. [...]

5:01 PM - Towleroad, More than gay news for more gay men
At 5:01pm today, history will be made as gay and lesbian couples begin marrying in California, led symbolically by the marriage of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, the couple of 50 years who were first married in San Francisco City Hall in 2004
(their 2004 [...]

So I keep seeing Dixie paper plate commercials on TV and I hate them.
The all show mom’s saying that they like Dixie plates because they get to spend more time with their kids. Maybe they should just watch a little less TV instead? They are encouraging wastefullness because we have become a greener [...]

2 Months After New Jersey’s Civil Union Law, Problems Finding True Equality - New York Times
Nickie Brazier called U.P.S., where she is a driver, to add Heather Aurand to her health insurance the day after their Feb. 22 civil union in New Jersey, knowing it would save them $340 a month. But U.P.S. said no. [...]

FOX Talking Heads Upset Ellen Can Talk About Marriage Now - Towleroad, More than gay news for more gay men
from commenter Alex:
just think how great it is that Fox just did a piece where everyone was in agreement that it was okay to be gay, that gay marraige was perfectly appropriate and fair, and that [...]

Joe. My. God.: University Official Canned For Anti-Gay Column
Crystal Dixon, Previous VP of HR @ University of Toledo:
I cannot wake up tomorrow and not be a Black woman. I am genetically and biologically a Black woman and very pleased to be so as my Creator intended. Daily, thousands of homosexuals make a life decision to [...]

The PFLAG National Blog » Blog Archive » Father Knows Best: Having a Gay Son is Great
As a matter of fact, I also have a straight son. The three of us went fishing, threw snowballs at each other, wrestled, chased each other around Uncle Frank’s house, argued and fought, played soccer, played catch, watched movies, [...]

Hot Toddy’s Toaster Oven: I’m sorry, Eric
“We need to work to get everyone to be equal.”
Sure, sometimes it may seem like the Human Rights Campaign is annoying, or fighting stupid battles, but they are still fighting the good fight.  They fight for Eric Breidenbaugh, they fight for people who can’t share insurance, for those who [...]

Hackers Publish German Minister’s Fingerprint | Threat Level from Wired.com
According to CCC, the print of Schauble’s index finger was lifted from a water glass that he used during a panel discussion that he participated in last year at a German university. CCC published the print on a piece of plastic inside 4,000 copies of its [...]

So I have a dilemma, the dilemma of the thrifty environmentalist.
I have an electric toothbrush that I bought at my dentist’s office for 5 bucks.  That gets me the batteries and brush and everything.  After a while, the brush head needs to be replaced.  At Wegmans, 3 replacement brush heads cost $20.  Add to that [...]