Huh.

I'm working evenings this week, so my definition of morning may be different from yours. I'm still in PJs getting ready to head out to work, but two very interesting pieces of news just caught my attention.

The Los Angeles Times is hinting that Governor Brown ::pauses for ivy to do the Snoopy happy dance around her apartment that she never ( Read more... )

Let's just say it's a darned good thing that the chances that I might end up in an elevator alone with South Carolina's Sen. DeMint are slim to none.

Because right about now, I'd deck him.

( behind a cut because it's a long-winded cranky post )

You know how sometimes you say "Hey, you know, if you do this thing? This other bad thing might happen." And most of the world does their best Eddie Izzard and says, "No, surely not." And you just sit there feeling like Cassandra ( Read more... )

First up,
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So, the commentator on NPR had Pat Morrison1 read back this passage that someone else posted (I'm still trying to get my hands on a pdf of the ruling and failing).

The passage in question is:

Because Proposition 8 is unconstitutional under both the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses, the court orders entry of judgment permanently enjoining ( Read more... )

Like most other GLBTQI people, I know a lot of straight people. Statistically, that's a pretty likely thing for most of us. As a book I read years and years ago put it, GLBTQI folks are one of the only marginalized groups who, generally speaking, are not generally born into families who are also part of that group. (Yes, there are others like ( Read more... )

I'm still discombobulated by the jet lag, end of the semester, and general geographical dissociation.

So today's post will include two smart links that will explain some key facts about California politics that anyone with a progressive or left-leaning inclination who doesn't know much about the history of California's wacky politics might like to ( Read more... )

Prop 8 has been on my mind a lot lately, esp. as we wait for the California Supreme Court ruling to come down.

This morning MSNBC has an article on how Iowa won marriage equality that drove home, yet again, why I'm still angry at the way the No on 8 campaign was run ( Read more... )

I keep trying to work up to a big post about rhetorical strategies that I don't see the GLBT community using that I don't understand why we're not using, but I get exhausted every time I think about it.

So, instead, I'm passing along two links from delux_vivens and ladyjax.

SFGate has a detailed analysis of the stats on support for Prop 8 among African Americans ( Read more... )

Yesterday, my craving for Faturger fries got to be too much, so I drove to Buena Park to assuage the craving.

Dude. Those are good fries ( Read more... )