News 6/12/10

(Today in Hair: Snakes.)

President Obama urges lawmakers to approve spending which will avert cutting fees paid to doctors who treat medicare patients.

Flash floods in Arkansas kill at least 17 and leave dozens missing.


Judge Walker sets out a list of questions for Prop 8 closing arguments.

Against all scientific reason the ban on Gay blood will stand for now.

Icelandic parliament unanimously votes for Marriage Equality.

News 6/10/10

(Lady Bird Johnson circa 1962. That's a hairdo.)

All Bow To The Princess. Princess Sparkle Pony marks the opening salvo in the California hairdo electoral battle. Peteykins quotes Carly Fiorina's first slap at Senator Barbara Boxer's coif: "God, what is that hair?" Fiorina went on to describe her opponent's do as "sooo yesterday."

Do You Have This In A 14D? World's oldest shoe discovered in Armenia.

Cute! Gay best friends voted prom king and queen in Hudson, New York. (Via Joe My God.)

"That's Odd. The Blood Usually Gets Off At The Third Floor." If the ban on gay men donating blood is lifted, the Williams Institute estimates that an additional 219,000 pints of blood per year would be added to the nation's supply. (I haven't donated blood since 1989. Hello? I'm ready to open a vein for you people!)

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Oh Crap. Big Earthquake strikes Mexicali, felt all the way up into US. 2 Dead reported so far, many injured.

Humph!  Clash of the Titans retread makes a lot of money at the box office on its opening weekend.

Blast off! Shuttle Discovery lifted off this morning from Kennedy Space Center (formerly Cape Canaveral, formerly Cape Arbuckle.)

Hey China, maybe you could buy more of our stuff to help our economy suck a little less? Can you dig it?

Prick us, do we not bleed? More talk of lifting the lifetime ban on gay men donating blood.

(For your viewing pleasure this morning, here's a picture of Harry Hamlin's nipple from the fantastic Ray Harryhausen fan site Seventh Voyage.com. Head on over there to take a gander at all kinds of super manflesh and wonderful, cheesy movies.)