Why Palin quit (including a Freeper battle cry)

Everyone out there has a theory -- the latest is that Sarah Palin stepped aside as governor of Alaska because she's about to get caught up in a scandal centered related to a building contractor, Spenard Building Supplies that has close ties to the Thrilla from Wasilla and her husband, Todd.

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Ken Hutcherson: Obama has no 'black experience'

Hutcherson photo art via Mike Tidmus.

Oh man, the homo-hating pastor of Antioch Bible Church in Washington state, Ken Hutcherson, has decided to weigh in on the perceived homosexualist statements of President Obama during that White House reception last week.

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Click Here To Meet With Your US Legislators in August. Or Bye-Bye ENDA

Click here to sign up to meet with your US Senators and Representatives in August in your local district to press the case for HR 3017, The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would prohibit job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

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Breaking News: Sarah Palin is Stepping Down

UPDATE:  MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell makes it sound like Palin is stepping down for family reasons and is sick of politics.

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MUST SEE TV!!! WBC to Protest "Fag" Michael Jackson Funeral

Oh am I gonna be glued to the TV when this sh*t goes down. Does anyone else think the WBC will get the living hell beat out of 'em (or worse) (or better depending on how you feel about the WBC)?

In the now infamous words of Michael himself, "Just Beat It! Beat It!"

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Black gay men, AIDS, and no community support

crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

AIDS is killing off black gay men and lack of lgbt community support may an unfortunate factor:Black gay men have less choice when it comes to sexual partners than other groups and, as a result, their sexual networks are closely knit.

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WaPo cancels event selling powerbrokers, lobbyists access to its reporters for $25K and up

Holy crap -- conflict of interest, please? For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post is offering lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to "those powerful few" - Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and the paper's own reporters and editors.

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Guess what's missing from this DCCC "Priority Issues Survey"!

The other day, I received in the mail the following "2009 Priority Issues Survey" from the DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee).

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Barack the Wilsonian?

I was at my activist meeting the other day when one of my activist buddies showed me an interesting snippet from a Woodrow Wilson speech.

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Buck-naked man on US Air flight forces detour

Gee, this event would have made my American Airlines dual flight cancellation drama the other week much more entertaining.

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