Quick update, one of those times I have a few strangling items that I need to close so I can restart my computer. First up, awesome new cover by Pentatonix:
And sadly, a white buffalo has been killed, Yahoo has the story.
That’s it for now, back with more soon!
Quick update, but I’m hoping to be back with more a little bit later.
First up, check out this awesome preview of The Muppets soundtrack, it’s a lot of fun (and great music of course):
This project reminds me a lot of The July Project I did over at Metblogs, I’ll probably cover it there as well, now that I think about it.
How amazing is Joss Whedon for playing along and doing this? More reasons why I love that guy:
And an awesome video for the Canadian Paralympic Committee:
That’s it for now, have a great one!
Update for everyone, let’s see what we have today. First up, in major Pittsburgh news, a new program called “Mister Rogers for Adults.” is creating a series of short clips to air before movies and online. I love Mister Rogers so much, so this is just amazing. Check out the story here and subscribe via YouTube here.
NYC may be getting an underground park. Which would be a cool compliment to the raised park that is nearing completion:
In sad news, the famous falling bear was struck by a car and killed.
To make you feel better, watch this video about dogs riding in cars.
MaddowBlog covers the new scare tactic by those who ignore science.
North Carolina will vote in less than a week to inscribe anti-marriage equality into their constitution. In a strange and sickening turn, the effort has been endorsed by a White Supremacist group, after it was revealed it was written to “protect the white race.” If that makes no sense to you either, don’t feel bad, it doesn’t to me. Unless they were more concerned about the news that gay couples are more inter-racial and inter-ethnic (could someone explain the difference to me, please) than straight couples.
To cleanse your palate after that sickening development, watch this video on full-screen with the sound on.
Fairly big update for you today, let’s see what I have.
First up, pretty awesome spot via Copyranter:
Tampa Bay drafted a paralyzed player, who would have been in this year’s draft class. Very, very classy.
I was just talking about Stephen King yesterday, so it’s nice to see him asked to be taxed, but here is the more important quote:
I don’t want you to apologize for being rich; I want you to acknowledge that in America, we all should have to pay our fair share. That our civics classes never taught us that being American means that — sorry, kiddies — you’re on your own. That those who have received much must be obligated to pay — not to give, not to “cut a check and shut up,” in Governor Christie’s words, but to pay — in the same proportion. That’s called stepping up and not whining about it. That’s called patriotism, a word the Tea Partiers love to throw around as long as it doesn’t cost their beloved rich folks any money.
This is a bathroom I would never, ever use. Although I guess it would certainly help you shit, just from fear.
MaddowBlog also covers the war on voting, here in Pennsylvania.
Totally not appropriate for work, but I love watching these three grandmas as they watch the Kim Kardashian sex tape:
The Good Men Project has a top ten list, of why you should only read top ten lists. Very clever, I especially like number four.
There’s a big stink about Dan Savage and his recent remarks. I have a lot of thoughts about it, although he sums it up very well. Please have a read here, it’s long, but it’s worth it. And the sad but true follow up, a study has revealed that non-religious are more compassionate that those who are religious. Guess that’s why the “Christian” Right has been able to draw up so much fake outrage and cries of being bullied when someone uses their own freedom of speech to disagree with them and point out some hypocritical facts about parts of religion.
But anyway, go read the first link, totally worth it. Have a great one, I’ll be back with more soon!
Written: 4/26/2012
I don’t really understand politics. I remember my senior year in college, a good friend had to sit me down and explain the basics of each of the two major parties (colors, animals, etc). I’m happy being an Independent, but of course, I vote progressive, but across all parties (including Republican sometimes, since I look at each candidate and compare their views).
Something I don’t know much about is the Libertarian party. I know they’re pretty much obsessed with the limiting of the federal government and letting people make their own decisions, as long as they don’t interfere with anyone else.
I have found that a lot of conservatives call themselves Libertarian, but still rail against LGBT rights. However, I think that those really embracing the ideals would be happy to live and let live.
As science has found though, is that those obsessed with stopping marriage equality, all think their marriage is fine, but they are concerned for everyone else’s.
Opponents of same-sex marriage worry that extending the institution’s rights to gay people will harm heterosexual marriages. But a new study suggests that no one really believes their own relationships are at risk — only other people’s.
The study is a demonstration of the “third-person perception,” a common psychological bias in which people are convinced that others are much more influenced by outside sources such as media and advertising than they themselves are. In the realm of same-sex marriage, people who strongly value authority and tradition were the most likely to demonstrate this third-person effect.
Interesting, but I guess human nature, to consider ourselves impervious, but everyone else easily swayed and influenced. Don’t worry, when a gay couple gets married, they get assigned a straight couple to force to get divorced, so you know, the fears aren’t unfounded.
I’ve been sarcastic lately….sorry about that!
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 4/26/2013
It’s been said before, and we’ll keep saying it. Those who protest too much, against anything, are usually secretly turned on by it (see Larry Craig, Ted Haggard, and the list continues ad infinitum).
And now, Science!:
Homophobia is more pronounced in individuals with an unacknowledged attraction to the same sex and who grew up with authoritarian parents who forbade such desires, a series of psychology studies demonstrates.
Slog, and AmericaBlog have both covered it. So just remember, that guy railing against equal rights? Huge self-hating homo.
And you wouldn’t want to be thought of as gay would you? Guess you’ll have to stop railing against me.
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 4/26/2012
I also have no idea if I spelled “repairative” correctly (spell check says no). Oh well, life moves on, because as it’s main proponent has just revealed, it doesn’t work and his research was wrong:
In a move that serves as a significant blow to “ex-gay” programs and anti-gay organizations, Dr. Robert Spitzer repudiated his much-criticized 2001 study that claimed some “highly motivated” homosexuals could go from gay to straight. His retraction occurred in an American Prospect magazine article that hit newsstands today. Spitzer’s rejection of his own research, which was originally published in the prestigious Archives of Sexual Behavior, is a devastating blow to “ex-gay” organizations because it decisively eliminates their most potent claim that homosexuality can be reversed through therapy and prayer. “Dr. Spitzer’s repudiation of his 2001 study is an earthquake that severely undermines the validity of ‘ex-gay’ programs,” said Truth Wins Out’s Executive Director Wayne Besen, who criticized the study in his 2003 book, Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth. “Spitzer just kicked out the final leg from the stool on which the proponents of ‘ex-gay’ therapy based their already shaky claims of success.”
Ex-gay therapy is destructive to those forced into it, and those who enter voluntarily end up deeper in the closet and harming themselves. It’s so sad to read and watch the stories of those forced into the “therapy.” Although it’s always ironic to hear about the hook-ups that happen from ex-gay group meetings.
But please just understand that sexual orientation in men is set, it cannot be changed. Sure, you can choose how you act and if you want to experiment or repress urges. But you are who you are, and you can’t be changed by quack medicine.
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 4/16/2012
A great piece of advice for straights going to gay clubs. Make sure to check out the whole thing.
Being the craft beer fan that I am, may I give a whole-hearted Amen:
No Fucking Cosmos
Seriously, it’s not 1997 and you are not Carrie Bradshaw. Put down the fucking appletini and order a beer or a vodka tonic like everyone else.
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 4/26/2012
President Obama’s campaign is in defense mode. He has refused to sign an executive order protecting LGBT people in the workplace, at least those employed by the federal government and their contractors.
And I can’t say that he hasn’t done anything for the gay community, quite the opposite. But like Obama himself has said, we need to keep pressuring him to move forward.
But to be fair, good progress has been made:
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 4/26/2012
A lot of good videos are popping up. Things like “It’s Time,” which I’m pretty sure I’ve posted before about.
In that vein, check out this awesome video from the UK:
All my best,
The King of Spades
