News 7/03/10

( "OK fine, we'll call him 'His Majesty, the King' rather than 'that putz.'")

• Even though the Flaming Chef did not win the Freedom to Marry blog contest I would like to thank you all for your well wishes, votes and support. I think I owe you all a drink, don't I? Congratulations to Natsha Dillon, Zack Ford and Zack Rosen.

• Oil tanker flips over in Democratic Republic of Congo. At least one of the people who tried to collect the oil was smoking so the damn thing exploded, killing 230 people and injuring almost 200 more. I know smoking is glamorous and irresistible but please quit.

• Indian LGBTs in Dehli celebrate a year of not being criminals.

• Jonathan Rauch thinks we should compromise on Marriage Equality and allow the people to decide whether or not I have equal rights. Up yours Jonathan Rauch.

• On this weekend when we celebrate what a jerk King George III was, let's all remember the things that matter: Meat! Booze! and some other third thing!

Morning News 6/04/10

(Five Minutes To Love, starring Rue McClanahan as "Poochie" produced and wholly owned by Headliner Productions. Image info here.)

World Plunges Into Darkness As Full Impact Of Rue McClanahan's Death Settles On Weary Populace.

...but there is some good news in the world. JMG informs us that today is National Donut Day!

Bill O'Reilly thinks McDonald's should do an Al Quaida commercial, since they've already done a gay commercial. Being gay and being a terrorist are identical to Mr. Bill. I won't link to anything about that jackass. You can find it yourself, but why bother?

Here's the real Mr. Bill saying "No" to drugs with the help of his Nemesis, Sluggo:




Tobacco Companies are concerned about (and suing over) posters of diseased lungs, teeth and brains in New York. Not the glamorous image they'd prefer to help them hook and keep new smokers. Hmmm... Bette Davis smoking and flashing her electric eyes at us as she sips her 5th martini of the night... or rotting molar?

You're right. It is a tough call.

Here's a Busby Berkley style anti-smoking ad that I think you'll love:



A smoker dies every 8 seconds, but...
...let's all focus on those seven seconds in between.

Morning News 3/19/10

Surprise! The House of Representatives should be voting on Health Care Reform Sunday and the Republicans want to kill the sucker dead. Henry Waxman cautioned wavering democrats, "Members who think they have a tough race are not going to find security in voting no," he said. "If this bill doesn't pass, they are going to be wiped out."

Report from the CBO places HCR at $940 billion, which upsets a lot of people. Interesting to note how (comparitively) easily the nation has spent more than that on the wars in Iraq and Afganistan. It is easier to spend money on killing people than it is to make sure that everyone has health care.

"Wouldn't you rather play a nice game of chess?" The U.S. and Russia are finishing up a strategic arms reduction treaty. I'm sorry, what decade is this?

Mississippi Rock Lobster still fighting for the right to go to prom. Constance Mcmillan's school canceled it's prom rather than allow her to attend. Battling facebook pages:

Let Constance go to the Prom with her date: 363,803 fans.

Don't let Constance take her date to the prom: 79 fans.

The Smoking toddler returns. A baby born when the FDA first proposed bans on marketing cigarettes to children is almost old enough to smoke now that the FDA is ready to enact the ban.

Second Hand Gay

The Iowa Family Council's Chuck Hurley says that gay marriage is more dangerous than smoking.

I didn't think I'd get the chance to post this poor toddler twice but, it seems I have to.

Vice!

I snagged this off of FFFFOUND! and I just had to post it here. Is this the worst thing you've ever seen in your life, or is it simply an image from another era when toddlers smoked without shame?
Discuss.