PHOTO OF THE DAY: Barack Obama watches proudly from Air Force One as Biden debates Ryan. BY SAM GREISMAN A look back at today's big stories ELECTION 2012 The Vice Presidential candidates held their first and only debate l…
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Archives for October 12, 2012
Posts from October 12, 2012
The OXD Mirror: New Music for 10.12.12
BY OCCUPY THE DISCO / JOSH APPELBAUM The OXD Mirror is a weekly music column brought to you by the boys of OCCUPY THE DISCO (OXD), a New York City based movement created by three music lovers, Ru Bhatt, Josh Appelbaum, a…
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Florida Eagle Scout to Give Badge to Boy Scout Denied One for Being Gay: VIDEO
Dr. Andy Zerbinopoulos of Jacksonville, Florida thinks it's not fair that Ryan Andresen, the Boy Scout who earned an Eagle Scout badge but was denied it by the BSA because he's gay, can't have one. So Zerbinopoulos says he's sending A…
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Chick-fil-A Selling Party Trays ‘Only a Fruitcake Wouldn’t Love’
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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1229
DEB BUTLER: Out NC Senate candidate wields transvaginal probe in campaign ad. A FLAT LIKE NO OTHER: The future of homes? ENDEAVOUR: The Space Shuttle's aerial view in its pass over Southern California last month. BRYAN FISCHER: "[We] cannot…
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News: Stephen Amell, STDs, Narth, Frank Ocean, DOMA
Milk cinematographer Harris Savides dies at 55. Donald Suggs dies at 51: "Donald was an infectious character, and his biography was matched only by his laugh. Before joining Grassroots Leadership, Donald had been a senior editor at The Vi…
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Gay Wedding Video of the Day: Eli and Dave
Eli Puterman writes us: "I just got married to the love of my life, Dave Shortt, this past Sunday in Rigaud, Quebec. On the wedding day, Dave featured the following 6 minute animated video about our families and our life together as a couple for…
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Ed Koch Wants Larry Kramer to Get Presidential Medal of Freedom
Ed Koch reviews How to Survive a Plague but fails to mention his own failed response to the AIDS crisis and its role in the film. Koch suggests, too, that Larry Kramer and other AIDS activists should get the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Kramer…
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The Obama Campaign Calls Out Ryan’s ‘Troubling Pause’ on Abortion; The RNC Mocks Biden’s Laugh: VIDEOS
Two new videos are out in response to last night's Vice Presidential debate, one from the Obama campaign and another from the RNC. The Obama video calls out the Romney-Ryan strategy of doubling down on repeatedly debunked attacks, making its cent…
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Florida Log Cabin Republicans Chapter Uses Slain Libyan Ambassador’s Body in Ad Attacking Obama
The Broward County Log Cabin Republicans this week published an Obama attack ad containing a photograph of the body of slain Libyan Ambassador Chris Stevens in the Florida Agenda (p. 27) billed as Florida's largest LGBT newspaper, the Bilerico Pr…
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