Did Al Sharpton Just Out Anderson Cooper?

June 26, 2008 in Humor, LGBT, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Pop Culture, Religion, Video
Tags: afterlife, Al Sharpton, Anderson Cooper, Barack Obama, CNN, Family Research Council, funny, Gay, GLBT, Heaven, hell, homosexuality, Humor, John McCain, LGBT, McCain, Obama, out, outing, Politics & Government, Religion, Roland Martin, Sharpton, Tony Perkins, Video

Me thinks he did.

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Bush Lifts North Korea Sanctions, May Remove From Axis of Evil List

June 26, 2008 in International, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Religion, Science & Technology, Video
Tags: Ayatollah, Barack Obama, bomb, Bush, Cheney, enemies, foreign policy, International, Iran, Iranian Hostage Crisis, Iraq, Israel, John McCain, McCain, North Korea, Obama, Shah, talking

Much has been made of Barack Obama’s comments that he would talk to our enemies, pivoting as a policy shift of not even acknowledging the mere existence of the original Axis of Evil (Iran, Iraq and North Korea) and certainly not negotiating with them to change their policies. Since we’ve effectively blown Iraq to pieces, [...]

What Happened To Stephen Colbert’s Face?

June 26, 2008 in Humor, News & Opinion, Pop Culture
Tags: Colbert, Colbert Report, Comedy Central, face, funny, Humor, Stephen Colbert, wrist, wriststrong

AP: With a bruised forehead, Stephen Colbert has found a new cause célèbre: fighting the glamorization of “face violence.”

As he did after breaking his wrist last year, Colbert has transformed a real-life injury into a mock crusade. Colbert was injured Saturday, and while he’s been cagey about the cause, he’s made no attempt to [...]

John McCain: The Gray Ambition Tour

June 26, 2008 in Humor, LGBT, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Pop Culture, Science & Technology, Style, Video
Tags: challenge, Colbert, funny, Green Screen, Humor, John McCain, Madonna, McCain, Obama, parody, spoof, Stephen Colbert, Video, Vogue

This hilarious Madonna spoof aired Wednesday on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, as part of Stephen Colbert’s John McCain Green Screen Challenge.

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Barack Obama: More Popular Than Jesus

June 26, 2008 in International, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Pop Culture
Tags: Barack Obama, cover, Magazine, Obama, Rolling Stone

Gawker: Barack Obama is on the cover of Rolling Stone again! So soon after the last one. And just one week after he showed up on the front of publisher Jann Wenner’s UsWeekly! In fact, if you have a magazine, you have probably put Barack Obama on the cover. It’s summer, so nothing is really [...]

Senate Polls Update

June 26, 2008 in News & Opinion, Politics & Government
Tags: Alaska, Aravosis, Begich, Big John, Bob Schaffer, Colorado, Cornyn, Dick Zimmer, Dole, Elizabeth Dole, Frank Lautenberg, Georgia, Gordon Smith, Jeff Merkley, Jim Martin, John Aravosis, John Cornyn, Lautenberg, New Jersey, Noriega, North Carolina, Oregon, poll, Polls, Race, Rick Noriega, Schaffer, Senate, Stevens, Texas, Udall, Zimmer

AMERICAblog:
OR: The Chamber of Commerce (yep, you read that right) released a poll showing Gordon Smith barely squeaking by Jeff Merkley 38-34.
AK: The good folks at MyDD continue their series profiling the MyDD Road to 60 list.
CO: Remember this ad from the DSCC? Well, turns out it was right on – tonight Schaffer’s benefiting [...]

Pulp McCain: Stephen Colbert’s John McCain Green Screen Challenge

June 26, 2008 in News & Opinion

A nice Pulp Fiction/John McCain Green Screen Mash-up.

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Larry King Interviews Luke Russert

June 26, 2008 in International, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Pop Culture, Religion, Sports, Video
Tags: CNN, eulogy, interview, King, Larry King, Larry King Live, Luke Russert, memorial, Russert, Tim Russert

Here’s a clip from the 6/25/08 interview:

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Sharapova, Roddick Upset At Wimbledon’s Second Round

June 26, 2008 in International, News & Opinion, Pop Culture, Sports
Tags: Andy Roddick, djokovic, England, Federer, gasquet, Maria Sharapova, Nadal, Roddick, Serena, sharapova, Sports, tennis, upset, Venus, Williams, wimbledon

AP: Former champion Maria Sharapova has been ousted in the second round at Wimbledon by 154th-ranked Alla Kudryavtseva.
Kudryavtseva has recovered an early break in the second set to beat the 2004 champion 6-2, 6-4 on Court 1 on Thursday.
It is Sharapova’s earliest exit from a Grand Slam event since her first full season on the [...]

Supreme Court Strikes Down DC Gun Ban

June 26, 2008 in International, News & Opinion, Politics & Government
Tags: 2nd, 2nd Amendment, Adrian Fenty, Alito, ban, Breyer, court, DC, District of Columbia, Fenty, Ginsburg, gun, guns, right to bear arms, Roberts, Scalia, SCOTUS, Second, Souter, Stevens, Supreme, Thomas

CNN: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a sweeping ban on handguns in the nation’s capital violated the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

The justices struck down the ban in a 5-4 decision, with Justice Antonin Scalia writing the opinion for the majority.

Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty said he was disappointed in the [...]

Jason Mraz: Fly Me To The Moon (Cover)

June 26, 2008 in News & Opinion, Pop Culture, Style, Video
Tags: cover, fly me to the moon, Frank Sinatra, Gay, Jason Mraz, Mraz, Sinatra, song, Video

I just wet myself. Mraz meets Sinatra.

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Ellen DeGeneres Discusses Coming Out with Oprah

June 26, 2008 in Humor, International, LGBT, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Pop Culture, Religion, Science & Technology, Video
Tags: Billy Bob Thornton, Ellen, Ellen DeGeneres, Eva Mendes, funny, Gay, gay rights, GLBT, homo, homosexual, Humor, KD Lang, Laura Dern, LGBT, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey

Wow. It’s been how long since Ellen DeGeneres has her primetime ABC comedy “Ellen”… and I completely forgot about the fact that Oprah interviewed her. Oy vey. But it still speaks to the heart.

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