Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1244

GLENN BECK on THE ELECTION: Declares "the body of America is even sicker than I thought it was" and recommends his listeners buy farmland and guns.

OOPS: Plane crashes into moving SUV on Texas runway.

STAR WARS: Princess Leia joins the cast of Hipster Disney Princesses.

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Breitbart.com Dishonestly Edits Video; Congresswoman Receives Threats

In death, as in life, Andrew Breitbart inspires terrible journalism.

On April 19th, U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke, a Democrat of New York City, spoke to a gathering of Democrats in the neighborhood of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. She spoke about the importance of civil society; about the public institutions that shaped and influenced her early life. The Brooklyn Academy of Music. The Brooklyn Botanical Garden. The Brooklyn Museum. Prospect Park. She spoke about a lot of other things as well: obstructionism in the federal government, the Paul Ryan budget, the importance of entrepreneurship.

Rep. Clarke also spoke passingly about the Tea Party.

The hacks at Breitbart.com did what they so often do, and edited Rep. Clarke's remarks so they appeared to be about something other than what they're about -- so that they appeared to be a shrill diatribe against "crazy" Tea Party supporters. Rep. Clarke's edited speech was picked up last week by Glenn Beck's The Blaze, and now Rep. Clarke's receiving threats of violence from Tea Party folk. She felt compelled to alert the police on Thursday.

Watch Rep. Clarke's edited remarks AFTER THE JUMP, followed by her actual address, delivered in three parts.

NEWS: Afghanistan And Egypt; Brad And Ellen; Glenn Beck, Louis Farrakahn, And Andy Samberg (VIDEO!)

 "LGBT Rights Window Closing In Egypt":

In many ways, the huge demonstrations of early 2011 that took place in Tahrir Square and led to the toppling of President Hosni Mubarak inspired Egypt’s gay community to join the call for a new, more democratic nation.

But now more than a year into the revolution, Egypt’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community has stepped back out of the public eye and retreated into the shadows once again.

... On a recent reporting trip to Egypt ... I met Taher Lamey, a doctor and member of the LGBT community who volunteered in the tented field hospitals of Tahrir helping victims of attacks by Egyptian security forces.

... In the heady days following the toppling of Mubarak, [Lamey] said he had high hopes for the revolution. He said, “The best of the country is involved in this. But they won’t win. If these people were in charge you would expect a lot from this country. International connections, democracy, social justice, social welfare..”

And, he believes, LGBT rights.

“I’m sure also that would have definitely been better because they’d have been liberals, ” he explained.

But in a country whose newly elected parliament is controlled by a two Islamist parties that control more than two-thirds of the seats, that possibility, he added, is “a long way off.”

Taher sighed and said he’s thankful he also holds a Dutch passport.

“I could leave. I have a fear of what happens next. I think we will be the next Iran,” he says.

 Australian political advetisement: homophobic, xenophobic and racist -- all at once! 

 American soldier loses it; goes on door-to-door killing spree in Afghanistan. Nine children, seven adults die:

Residents of three villages in the Panjwai district of Kandahar Province described a terrifying string of attacks in which the soldier, who had walked more than a mile from his base, tried door after door, eventually breaking in to kill within three separate houses. At the first, the man gathered 11 bodies, including those of four girls younger than 6, and set fire to them, villagers said. 

 Ohio Attorney General and Santorumfan Mike DeWine squashes effort to get marriage equality on state ballot:

Mike DeWine said Friday that Freedom to Marry Ohio had submitted the initial required 1,000 voter signatures but had not supplied an adequate description of the measure.

 Newt Gingrich campaign zeroes in on new target: Good Christian Bitches. 

 Scientists "now have a glimpse of the brain's bio-molecular code for memory."

 Glenn Beck vs. The Nation of Islam vs. Barack Obama.

 Brad Pitt shows Ellen around New Orlean's 9th Ward ...

 ... in advance of a star-stuffed benefit last night for his foundation, Make It Right, which is rebuilding the ward's homes and bringing home the city's displaced citizens. Brad Pitt! He's awesome. 

 Lots of people say Andy Samberg's parody of other comedians' parodies of Sarah Palin's on last night's SNL was amazing. I'm not one of those people. Are you? Find out AFTER THE JUMP ...

Glenn Beck Asks Michele Bachmann About 'Activist Elijah', Whose Mom Doesn't Need Fixing: VIDEO

Glenn Beck asks Michele Bachmann about the "activist Elijah" incident in which an eight-year-old boy was prompted by his mother to tell her, "My mom is gay and she doesn't need any fixing".

Bachmann calls the incident "shameless".

Says Beck: "They're coming with children to attack you on this...this is the nuclear bomb in politics...accusing you of [being a] homophobe or whatever - they''ll do this to anybody they want to destroy...Are you a homophobe?"

Replies Bachmann: "Well, of course not. I believe that we love all people. And I do. I love everyone."

She then goes on to tell Beck she doesn't believe that gays should be able to marry or have civil unions, but repeats her assertion that they are able to marry someone of the opposite sex.

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...

(via good as you)

NEWS: George Michael Improves, Pakistan Rages, Black Friday Brawls, And The Russian Bird

Apparently, this Russian newswoman wasn't really giving Barack Obama the finger. She thought she was only broadcasting audio, and the intended audience of her bird-flip was somebody in the studio. She was fired anyway.

 George Michael is improving, says his lover.

Joseph Epstein explains how gossip, trivia, and stupidity took over the news.

Also: Chord Overstreet can't keep his shirt on.

 Botched NATO raid leaves 24 dead, may have cost Alliance its most important supply route, and further strains US/Pakistan relations:

Gen Jacobson said a combined force of Afghan and Nato troops were in the area when "a tactical situation developed on the ground", though he gave no more details.

He said close air support was called in, and "we're aware it's highly likely this caused casualties".

Military sources told the BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Paktika province in Afghanistan that a US-Afghan special forces mission had been in the area, where they believed a Taliban training camp was operating.

They said the mission came under fire from a position within Pakistan, and they received permission from the headquarters of Nato's Isaf mission to fire back.

In a statement, Isaf commander Gen John R Allen said the incident "has my highest personal attention and my commitment to thoroughly investigate it to determine the facts".

"My most sincere and personal heartfelt condolences go out to the families and loved ones of any members of Pakistan Security Forces who may have been killed or injured."

 Who are America's biggest religious lobbyists, and how much do they spend?

A Pew study released this week shows that the growing number of religious advocacy groups in Washington spent nearly $400 million last year to influence public policy.

The groups are ideologically diverse, but data collected by Pew shows that conservative groups tend to have the biggest budgets ...

 Nice profile of Zach Huston, the gay high school freshman whose savage beating at the hands of a classmate became a flashpoint in the world's struggle against bullying. (Though his mum said something on the second page that s might strike some readers as impolitic. Thoughts?)

 Rick Perry to campaign with noted authoritarian and publicity hog Joe Arpaio, the Arizona lawman famous for preferring men in pink underwear.

Really, there should have been a Human Planet segment devoted to Black Friday.

Muppet fever rages around the world. Here's a musical retrospective.

What makes Glenn Beck fans laugh on Thanksgiving? Pilgrin jokes! See a whole mess of "Pilgrim Funnies" produced for Glenn Beck's subscription comedy show, BS of A, AFTER THE JUMP. (HT: Little Green Footballs.)

Glenn Beck Says His New Teabagger Clothing Line Will Rebuild America: VIDEO

Glenn Beck is introducing a charity-geared new clothing line, 1791, that he claims will spark a revolution in 'Made in America' manufacturing. He cites Paul Newman as his model.

Think Progress writes:

The clothes are basically J. Crew-meets-Ed Hardy-by-way-of-Etsy. There are lots of polo shirts and fleeces (interestingly, no women’s apparel) with radiant hearts, snakes, and skulls-and-crossbones declaring “Death to Tyranny.”

Check out the totally over-the-top promo, AFTER THE JUMP...

(via andrew sullivan)