Monthly Archives: July 2010

Iowa Teabaggers Compare President Barack Obama to Hitler

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010 An Iowa teabagger group displayed a billboard comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin. The North Iowa Tea Party began displayed the billboard in downtown Mason City last week. Images of Obama, Nazi … Continue reading →

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NOM’s Maggie Gallagher Stops Eating Long Enough to Bash Judge’s Decision Striking Down DOMA

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010 Maggie Gallagher, chairman of the National Organization for Marriage, stopped eating long enough to release this bizarre statement in response to a Federal judge in Boston ruling the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional: “Does … Continue reading →

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French Parliament Overwhelmingly OKs Ban on Burqas

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010 The French Parliament overwhelmingly approved a ban on wearing face-covering, burqa-style Islamic veils today in an effort to protect French values and culture that has slipped away in recent years, as the country’s Muslim population grows … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010 “I think that this war, if it goes on and if it escalates, has the potential to destroy this presidency and to destroy the Democratic majorities in Congress.” – Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Raw Story interview

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Mel Gibson’s Vicious Homophobic Past

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Monday, July 12, 2010 Before Mel Gibson made headlines for spewing anti-Semitic, racist, misogynistic, and anti-immigrant slurs at his ex-girlfriend, the star of such movies as “Road Warrior” and “Braveheart” was known for his highly publicized homophobic rants. In 1991, … Continue reading →

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Catholic Church in Argentina Launches Offensive Against Gay Marriage

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Monday, July 12, 2010 The queer-hating Catholic Church in Argentina has stepped up its offensive against gay marriage in the South American nation. Using Sunday Mass to rally the faithful to protest before Congress on the eve of a decisive … Continue reading →

Posted in Bigots, Catholics, Gay Marriage, International News, LGBT, Mormons, News, Religious Hypocrites | Tagged , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

“Do you currently serve with a male or female Service member you believe to be homosexual?”

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Saturday, July 10, 2010 Here’s the Pentagon’s SURVEY asking 400,000 members of the military if they think gay and lesbian Americans have the same right as they enjoy to serve their nation in the military. The SURVEY is part of … Continue reading →

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Top U.S. Afghanistan Commander: “It’s a hell of a lot of fun to kill”

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Saturday, July 10, 2010 The U.S. military in Afghanistan is facing a new controversy over remarks made by a top commander who declared that it was “fun to shoot people.” A video of Gen. James Mattis (picture above) who was … Continue reading →

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BP Connected to Bloody Wild Horse Roundup

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Thursday, July 8, 2010 According to a shocking investigative report by Chief Investigative Reporter George Knapp at KLAS-TV 8 News NOW in Las Vegas, the Bureau of Land Management’s Calico Hills wild horse roundup last winter proved to be among … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Oil, BLM, BP, Corporate Greed, International News, News, Wild Horses | Tagged , , , , , , | 14 Comments

27,000 Abandoned Oil Wells Litter the Gulf of Mexico

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Wednesday, July 7, 2010 A staggering 27,000 abandoned oil wells litter the sea bed of the Gulf of Mexico and no one, not the oil industry or the Federal government, is checking to see if they are leaking, this according … Continue reading →

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BP Oil Reaches Texas Coastline

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010 Tar balls believed to have originated from BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill have reached the Texas coastline of the Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston’s East Beach during the holiday weekend, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and … Continue reading →

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Relentless Heat

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Monday, July 5, 2010 I hope everyone had a fun and a relaxing July 4th holiday. I took a few days off from blogging and enjoyed the weekend. As you can see from the map, a persistent heat wave covers … Continue reading →

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Conservative Cannibalism

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Friday, July 2, 2010 In the world of politics, what’s more enjoyable than conservative cannibalism? Righties goosestep in a tightly practiced line similar to Kim Jong Il’s army of lemmings. Question Rush Limbaugh? Never. Challenge the myth of the late … Continue reading →

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The Fabulous Miss Lindsey Graham Screams: “I Ain’t Gay”

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Thursday, July 1, 2010 South Carolina’s Fabulous Miss Lindsey Graham tells the New York Times Magazine: “I know it’s really gonna upset a lot of gay men — I’m sure hundreds of ’em are gonna be jumping off the Golden … Continue reading →

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Whistleblower Shocker: BP Deliberately Sinking Oil with Corexit to Hide Liability

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Thursday, July 1, 2010 Testimony before a U.S. Senate investigative panel this week is expected to confirm what many of us have suspected about BP all along; they don’t care one iota about the environment, the dying animals, and the … Continue reading →

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