Mister Rogers Remixed, Autotuned: VIDEO

"Did you ever grow anything in the garden of your mind?"

PBS Digital Studios grew an idea for a remix:

When we discovered video mash-up artist John D. Boswell, aka melodysheep, on YouTube, we immediately wanted to work together. Turns out that he is a huge Mister Rogers Neighborhood fan, and was thrilled at the chance to pay tribute to one of our heroes. Both PBS and the Fred Rogers Company hope you like John's celebration of Fred Rogers' message.

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In related news, did you ever see the video of Fred Rogers single-handedly convincing Congress not to cut funding for PBS? It's a must-watch.

Zach Wahls Talks About Boys Scouts Review of Policy on Gays: VIDEO

Zack Ford and Josh Israel at Think Progress posted a great interview with Zach Wahls about the Boy Scouts decision to review its policy on gays.

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Said Wahls:

It’s not a smokescreen. This proposal was made after Jen Tyrrell’s pettion on Change.org. So even though this has been brought up in the past, it’s never gotten nearly the level of attention that it has today. And as another departure from the past, there’s never been a group — which I actually launched in coordination with a number of other Eagle Scouts today called Scouts For Equality — and we’re going to be working with a number of different groups to really build a community of scouts — Eagle scouts, former scout leaders, that sort of thing — we’re really going to work toward making this policy change.

Lawrence O'Donnell on Mitt Romney's Cop Uniform Fetish: VIDEO

On last night's The Last Word, Lawrence O'Donnell reported that Mitt Romney used to brag about impersonating a police officer:

When Mitt Romney wasn't gay bashing kids whose hair he didn't like, Mitt Romney 's other favorite sick thing to do was to impersonate a police officer. In an exclusive article just released tonight by the National Memo, details emerge of a Mitt Romney who as a college freshman at Stanford University allegedly admitted to fellow dorm mates that he sometimes disguised himself as a police officer, and laid out on his bed was a Michigan state trooper's uniform. One of the people who saw the uniform said he told us that he had gotten the uniform from his father, George Romney , then the governor of Michigan, whose security detail was staffed by uniform troopers. he told us that he was using it to pull over drivers on the road. 'He also had a red flashing light that he would attach to the top of his white rambler. We thought it was all pretty weird....'

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Facebook Group Warns Blood Will Flow if Croatia Gay Parade Happens, Shows Off Gasoline Bombs

Organizers of a Facebook group warning that blood will flow in the streets of Split, Croatia if the gay parade happens posted a photo of bombs intended to harm marchers today.

I reported on the page once before back in March, but it's still live.

According to Reuters: "Several nationalist and war veteran groups have issued warnings against this year's June 9 march in Split, calling it a shameful provocation by sick people to which we will respond'".

Several government officials have pledged to join the march, calling it a test of the nation's democracy ahead of its plan to join the European Union.

Towleroad Guide To The Tube # 1141

QUESTION: Can something be a robot and an insect, which is a term for a biological creature?

JUST A HISS: Spidey meets the Lizard.

iPHONE 5: Is coming...

Best. Pig. Ever. (Second Hamlet reference of the day.)

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News: Netroots, Grindr, Vatican Reading List

Mark-Paul Gosselaar does not understand the beauty of Saved by The Bell.

Matt Bomer makes one hot dad...

...And he looks nice shirtless, too.

Yet another study shows that homophobia harms.

According to the tabloids, Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworh are engaged. 

Gays in New Zealand are hoping Lady Gaga can help their equality cause.

"It is more frontal assault on impressionable kids who are trying to figure it all out," says conservative comic publisher Art Ayris about the gay Green Lantern.

Rep. Steny Hoyer's daughter, Stefany Hoyer Hemmer, has come out. "The momentum in Maryland right now for the adoption of the gay marriage law is fast-paced. I’m 43 years of age, and I’ve been gay my whole life and I just figured this is a good time to lend my name to the cause."

Logan Marshall-Green once played a shark in a play. The costume was a fin and speedo. It was a great 90-minutes.

Would you take reading advice from the Vatican?

And did you see Venus pass by the sun? Won't happen again for over a century.

Michelangelo Signorile interviews Zach Wahls at Netroots.

Testing for Down's syndrome. Discuss.

Grindr and pride. Erm, discuss?

CNN contributor Dana Loesch praises hateful 14-year old who claims Obama makes people gay. "Another conservative teen under attack for being ... a conservative teen."

Mariah Carey's children are more well-traveled than probably most of us.

Headline of the day: "One Direction, or Both Ways?" Boy band examination.

The Enterprise space shuttle in front of the Statue of Liberty. There are no words.