05/13/2009
News: Pluto, Kanye West, Anchorage, Reynolds Price, Grizzly Bear
Anchorage, Alaska considers gay rights ordinance: "A proposed ordinance to ban discrimination against homosexuals in
hiring, housing and education will be considered by the Anchorage
Assembly next month."
Venetia Phair: The girl who named Pluto at age 11 has died, at 90: "Phair suggested the name to her grandfather at breakfast in 1930."
Kanye West launches ALL CAPS attack at Twitter.
Gay Eurovision fans told: "You're not safe in Moscow."
Henry Cavill gets curly for Vman.
Are Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church shifting their hate focus from gays to Jews?
Judge says Lawrence King's parents can sue foster home where he was living for allowing King to express his sexuality: "King's parents say that
personnel at Casa Pacifica were negligent in counseling him to express
his sexuality, which included wearing makeup and high-heeled boots.
They allege the counseling placed the boy in danger."
I'm looking forward to the Glee pilot but pissed we'll then have to wait till autumn.
NYT: New Reynolds Price memoir "like a boisterous coming-out party.": "Mr. Price hasn’t exactly hidden the fact that he is gay; he is simply a
private person who hasn’t tattooed this information, in curly script,
on one of his biceps."
Activist: Reports of same-sex wedding ceremonies in India "every week."
Metering: the end of the internet as you know it. "Time Warner Cable's usage penalty would take the unlimited service we
enjoy today (albeit slow compared to other nations), and make Internet
more like cell phones, where you get overcharged by companies making
record profits. It is the latest version of the Net Neutrality debate:
should the companies that deliver Internet be allowed to block it, slow
it down, or in this case, overcharge for it?"
Japan Airlines 747 sucks luggage container into engine at LAX - video.
Christian college student/porn actor John Gechter strikes deal: “'(GCC) offered me a deal
that if I withdrew, they would let me transfer a few courses that I
need to graduate,' Gechter explained. 'I’ll be able to transfer those
credits to GCC and I will still graduate with a GCC degree.' He said he plans to move to
New York City in the next few weeks, where he will be headlining a
play, “Love for Sale,” and also be taking his two bio-chemistry courses
this summer."
Star Trek hits Japan.
Atlantis astronauts grab Hubble telescope, begin dangerous repair mission.
A chat with Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste.
Prop 8 as tarantula t-shirt.
Family of 'bulllycide' victim Jaheem Herrera decides to sue school: The purpose of the suit is to hold Dekalb County responsible for the
actions that led to Jaheem’s death and to force a change in the school
policies on handling bullying. This case
will send a message that we as a community will no longer tolerate
school systems that tolerate terror in the classrooms.”
Radical gay agenda hovers over Dublin, Ohio.
Parents sue D.C. police over 2008 shooting of gay son: “At
least eight rounds were fired, and five pierced David’s body. The trajectory of the rounds that hit David, as
well as those that missed him, establishes that the officers fired
downward."
Michigan to consider expanding hate crimes laws.
Scottish minister compares struggle against gay clergy to war with the Nazis: "His comments will widen divisions within the Kirk over the appointment
of an openly gay minister to a parish church last year. The row
threatens to overshadow next week's annual General Assembly, which is
due to debate a petition signed by one third of ministers calling for a
ban on homosexuals in the pulpit."
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Well, the Revvvrrruhnd Ian Watson is sadly mistaken; the war against gay clergy is like the war BY the Nazis. You'd think he'd have better grammar than that. Right thought, wrong preposition.
Posted by: woodroad34 | May 13, 2009 3:11:46 PM
But how do you tell gay and non-gay Eurovision fans apart? Crazy (and I mean that as a term of endearment) does not know gender preference.
Posted by: hugo | May 13, 2009 3:17:23 PM
I'm starting to love Kanye West. Twitter is the stupidest, most overhyped waste of technology since the Segue aka the "idiot mover".
The Shitter is really going to hit the fan when we see the series of stalkings, rapes, burglaries and maybe even murder because of morons giving their personal info and whereabouts out to the world.
Posted by: paul c | May 13, 2009 3:24:59 PM
But, Paul, I heard Kanye has a Snuggie.
Posted by: crispy | May 13, 2009 3:48:06 PM
I hope it's the Louis Vuitton edition.
Posted by: paul c | May 13, 2009 3:51:56 PM
That Reynolds Price memoir sounds fabulous!
Posted by: David Ehrenstein | May 13, 2009 3:54:11 PM
That's the point of twitter: more control of personal information. If people misuse it, it's still far safer than facebook/myspace.
Also, thank you thank you for covering Grizzly Bear when you do - their new record is certainly best of the summer, probably of the year.
Posted by: Chris | May 13, 2009 4:30:16 PM
I don't get the whole Gay priest thing. If you are a priest aren't you supposed to give up sex? How can a priest have any sexual orientation? Unless one gets inside someones mind when they're whacking it, who knows who's Gay or straight? Furthermore, if you are Gay why the hell are you involving yourself with the Catholic church? The whole issue is stupid.
Posted by: Derek Washington | May 13, 2009 5:23:14 PM
Hey Derek, the Scottish Church is Protestant, so their priests do not swear to celibacy. You mean you don't keep up with each and every xian sect? ;-)
Posted by: David R. | May 13, 2009 5:25:07 PM
Henry Cavill is God!
Posted by: peterparker | May 13, 2009 5:53:02 PM
Yes Henry Cavill is so damn hot! He'd be a perfect addition to the Men-at-play stable.
Posted by: bading | May 13, 2009 6:11:02 PM
I'm glad the parents of the gay child bullied to death and the parents of the gay man killed by heterosexual police are suing. Their lives were valuable. People need to be held accountable.
Posted by: Bill | May 13, 2009 8:45:18 PM
Re: cops murder guy. How does the fact that the police responded to previous calls to the house justify their murder of this guy?
Re: Phelps clan. They are in deep shit the second they pull their bigoted crap against Jews and black people. No one will stand for that like they do for bashing gays.
Re: internet charge. Fuck that!
Posted by: shane | May 14, 2009 8:39:00 AM