politics

f*ing obama, with love to sarah silverman

In politics, pop culture on 18 April 2008 with no comments

The Sarah Silverman/Jimmy Kimmel videos had me laughing for days… so why not share this little send up. It’s two weeks old now, but maybe some of you haven’t seen it. And while it’s completely inappropriate, it’s damn brilliant.

george michael takes the stand for sex ed

In film & television, personal, politics on 1 April 2008 with 1 comment

Once again Eli Stone proves to be a. the gayest show on abc and b. perhaps the bravest blatently lefty show on primetime. Here’s a clip from last week’s show with George Michael on the stand.

This clip is a small consolation for the fact that I spent at least 48 hours last week seriously bummed […]

twitter of the day

In net culture, politics, pop culture on 15 March 2008 with no comments

from kateconsumption: “just saw a man on hwy 12 selling Obama shirts from the trunk of his car.”

wanda sykes on ellen

In film & television, politics, pop culture, queer on 13 March 2008 with no comments

At little later on Ellen’s show, Wanda Sykes takes on Sally Kern (and throws in some Barack/Hillary banter just for kicks.)

sally kern needs to join PFLAG

In politics, queer on 13 March 2008 with no comments

My brother tipped me off this morning to a post on QUEERTY that there’s evidence that Sally Kern, of the infamous gays are worst than Islam rant, has a gay son. Awesome. Way to channel your irrational disappointment of your son into public vitriol.
Meanwhile, while those of at work weren’t looking, Ellen’s gotten gayer and […]

how one (not) OK politician feels about us gays

In politics, queer on 11 March 2008 with 1 comment

Tipped off by an email from a co-worker this morning, here’s a pretty damning audio clip of Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern pitching her anti-gay rhetoric that has been transformed into a viral ad for the Victory Fund.