Morning News 5/15/10 (Pancakes!)

Yeah! Pancakes, bacon and eggs, coffee and orange juice for breakfast over at Sam's Billiards.

Nooo! US, UK embassies urge citizens to stay away from Bangkok, even essential travel.

Yeah! Mary Glasspool will be ordained Episcopal Bishop on Saturday.

Maybe! Elena Kagan's marital status discussed over at NYT.

They're a hot-blooded lot. Former Food Network Chef "the Calorie Commando" arrested for trying to hire homeless hitmen. (What did I tell you about food people?)

Kinder, gentler my ass. FB group calls on David Cameron to sack homophobic Equality Minister Theresa May.

(Photo of Pancakes from Brandon Martin-Anderson via Wikipedia. "North Americans sometimes garnish their pancakes with banana slices." Thanks Wikipedia!)

Morning News 5/12/10

Yes Sir! David Cameron is the new top dog, big cheese, head kahuna... This is the first Conservative government in the UK in 13 years. Lib. Dem. leader Nick Clegg is the new Deputy Prime Minister. This should be interesting.


No Sir!  Mollohan loses in W. Virginia and Sestak is nipping at Specter's heels in Pennsylvania.

Yes Sir! "Noynoy" Aquino set to be next President of the Philippines.

Oops! Apple may have lost another iphone prototype. This one surfaced in Vietnam.

We're trying. BP tries to plug gushing gulf rig.


(The Reagans and the Thatchers at the White House, 11/16/88. Courtesy Ronald Reagan Library.)

Afternoon News Update 5/11/10

I Quit. Gordon Brown resigns from Parliament and as PM. David Cameron is now top dog.

I Also Quit! George Rekers resigns from NARTH.

I'm Crazy! Maine GOP taken over by teaparty.

Oh, Yeah? Newsweek responds to the suggestion that they cram it.

(3 days left to vote in our "Hung Parliament" quiz.)

Morning News 3/24/10

"Ow, my freakin' ears!"

"Well I expect that kind of language at Denny's, but not here!"

Joe Biden swears. Everyone on the planet is totally indignant because we've never heard the F-word before.

"Hey buddy, can you spare a drachma? ...I mean, Euro?" EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn urges Europe to find an EU solution to Greece's debt crisis. But Germany is cranky and says "Go IMF yourself!"

Tory Leader David Cameron had a bit of trouble reaching out to gays in the UK during a taped interview with the Gay Times. After he fumbled through questions about EU votes on gay equality, "(t)he interviewer (told) Cameron: "If we vote for you, we want you to vote for us."
The Tory leader said: "I do, I do. Do you know – can we stop for a second?""

The Cameron interview, and commentary about it, is less than 3 minutes long and well worth a look for the issues it brings up. Politicians are learning to play good lip service to the gay community, but when it comes down to fundamental conviction about our equality as a human rights matter, it is clear that we still have a long way to go.