Queer Revolution

A few words of wisdom from the world’s most entertaining lesbian:

I was watching Anne Coulter on C-SPAN today and her advice to young women was not to attend law school, but to become involved in the mainstream media. I’m glad that Lizzie followed that path!

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Funeral for my friend.

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Papal Bull?

Much of the queer world is outraged by what is perceived as another attack on gay folk and the transgendered by the Pope.
Surely he has attacked gays in the past. In fact he made a career of it prior to his promotion from Cardinal to Pope. As Cardinal and former head of the Congregation for [...]

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Politics as usual for the RNC

Apparently “Barack the Magic Negro” was just another inside racist joke among the Republican National Committee until recently. Rush Limbaugh played it on his radio show in 2007. Long before then the myth of Rush’s second brain cell had been exposed as a hoax. So his antics were not taken seriously.
The song is blatant racism [...]

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Did Obama assault you too?

“Obama stuck a finger into the eye of every LGBT person in America,” writes Steve Charing. Hillary Rosen claims that every gay person felt like they were kicked in the stomach. And Ari Solomon says it’s a slap in the face to the gay community. Joe Solmonese says only that it is a genuine blow.
Reading [...]

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The Purpose Driven Strife

Rick Warren’s homophobia may not be as treacherous as that of Pat Robertson or the “Reverend” Lou Sheldon but his errors are real and well known.
“I don’t think that homosexuality is the worst sin,” he says. How utterly magnanimous of him. He says, “By the way, my wife and I had dinner at a gay [...]

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Clark Rockefeller and his Gold

The FBI has agreed to return half of the cash and gold confiscated from short term Mount Vernon resident Clark Rockefeller.

Mr. Rockefeller attained notoriety this past summer when he allegedly kidnapped his daughter during a supervised visit in Boston and moved to Charm City to start a new life. That didn’t work out according to [...]

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Snow: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen

Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen sing “Snow,” in the classic musical White Christmas.
Every year I watch this movie during the first snow of the season. This song is sung on the train on the way to Vermont. I like it because it showcases the foursome together.
Happy snowfall Baltimore!

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Bourgeois tendencies from Mt. Vernon

Baltimore City Councilman William H. Cole IV wants to block the convenience store 7-11 from setting up shop in Mount Vernon as a 24/7 operation. He says, according to the Sun, that “A 24-hour location in that area is not going to help the community at all.” The store would be located at the corner [...]

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Lighting up the Washington Monument

Most cities celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus by lighting and decorating a tree, reminiscent of our ancient pagan past. Not Baltimore though.
Here in the greatest city in America we light a giant phallus. Yep. About equidistant on Charles Street between the The Hippo and the Baltimore Basilica the obelisk stands in mute witness [...]

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