From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE…
Happy LGBT Pride Month
Golly gee, what might we have to celebrate this year? How about this: last year at this time 19 states issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Today that number is 36, aka home to over 70 percent of the U.S. population…
And a favorable Supreme Court ruling later this month---I'll go out on a limb and predict a 6-3 vote with Roberts and Kennedy joining the liberal justices---would expand it to all 50. (The key to the map is
here.)
Or this…
Ireland became the first country in the world to vote in favor of legalizing gay marriage after a resounding victory for "Yes" campaigners. At final count, 62 percent voted in favor of legalizing gay marriage in the country, while 38 percent voted against it. Nearly 2 million people voted, with more than 1.2 million voting "yes" and 734,300 voting "no."
Or
this…
Oregon became the third state to ban conversion therapy, a widely discredited practice aimed at changing the sexual orientation of individuals who identify as gay or lesbian. Democratic Gov. Kate Brown, the first openly bisexual governor in the country, signed on Monday the bill into law, which bars therapists from performing conversion therapy on individuals under 18. Similar laws already exist in California, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. Update: Illinois could be next.
Or
this…
The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation is cheering [New York City] for considering landmarking the famed Stonewall Inn. The Society has lobbied the Landmarks Preservation Commission to protect the Stonewall, often called the cradle of the gay rights movement since patrons in 1969 fought back against police raids targeting the bar based on the sexual orientation of its customers.
Or
this…
Barnard College's Board of Trustees is expected to vote next week on a formal policy governing admission of transgender students. The vote at the Manhattan campus follows those at a number of women's colleges across the country over the past year. The policies, which all acknowledge changing norms regarding gender, differ in their breadth.
Or
this…
"Bruce always had to tell a lie," Jenner said. "Caitlyn doesn't have any secrets. As soon as the Vanity Fair cover comes out, I'm free." Jenner launched a new Twitter account on Monday as @Caitlyn_Jenner, saying "I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. Welcome to the world Caitlyn." It became the fastest account to reach 1 million followers in four hours and three minutes according to Guinness World Records, besting U.S. President Barack Obama's verified @POTUS account that reached 1 million followers in five hours last month.
Bring it home,
President Obama…
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2015 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to eliminate prejudice everywhere it exists, and to celebrate the great diversity of the American people.
Mimosa, anyone?
Cheers and Jeers starts below the fold... [Swoosh!!] RIGHTNOW! [Gong!!]
Cheers and Jeers for Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Note: I haven't seen any of the Republican candidates' long-form birth certificates, have you? What are they hiding?
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4 days!!!
By the Numbers:
Days 'til Independence Day:
32
Days 'til the 15th annual
Fiber Frolic in Windsor, Maine:
4
Percent of U.S. minimum-wage workers who are women:
65%
Percent of Arkansas and Pennsylvania minimum-wage earners who are women, the states with the highest percentage in the country:
70%
(Source: National Women's Law Center)
Year during which Ben Franklin chased a tornado on horseback:
1755
(Source:
Parade)
Number of suspected Nazi war criminals who received over $20 million in retirement benefits from the U.S. government between 1962 and passage of the "No Social Security for Nazis Act" went into effect this year:
133
Number of indicted FIFA officials who have used an article from
The Onion to try and defend themselves:
1
(Source:
CNN)
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Tuesday Words of Wisdom from the Right-wing Blogosphere:
Triple-play from Breitbart:
A Bastion of deep thought.
Jeb will not stop until the entire populations of Mexico City and Managua, San Salvador and Tegucigalpa are deposited north of the border and settled comfortably in one of his affordable housing projects, and given citizenship, welfare, unemployment benefits, EBT card, free college and an electric car.
---Commenter Sipus
LMFAO...71 Yrs old.....that will never heal....this John Kerry Man will be in Pain the Rest of his life.....Ketchup Man
---Commenter Jim Gihooly
Two Bible stories come to mind. Both have gay-hungry men outside the house demanding they come inside and have a "their way with the occupants". Lesson; Gay is not benign and seeks to design the world after itself. If you disagree, then YOU are the problem.
---Commenter BrocinChina
All together now: 1…2…3…
Classy, Classy and Classy!
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Puppy Pic of the Day (hat tip to Adam Blomeke): Fearless prediction: every year on Mother's Day the dog's gonna get a sweater.
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CHEERS to the voice of the Democratic party. The first time I ever saw Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren was in Michael Moore's movie Capitalism: A Love Story. And to think that she's now framing the debate on economic issues---whether they like it or not---for both parties as a sitting U.S. Senator is pretty amazing. This rip-roarin' clip from a Re/code ("Independent tech news, reviews and events from the most informed and respected journalists in technology and media") panel discussion is making the rounds now, complete with a hat tip to Howard Beale:
Thought that might wake you up.
JEERS to the walking, talking human trigger alert. Yesterday Senator and America's most eligible bachelor Lindsey Graham announced his candidacy for president, making him the ninth Republican in the race. (Just ten more GOP announcements and we all get a free fracking well in our back yard). Here are some fun facts:
Mr. Warmth. Er, sorry, I
mean "Colonel" Warmth.
Age: 59
Home state: South Carolina
Billionaire benefactor: None, but he says the ghost of General George "Blood and Guts" Patton tossed him a twenty.
Central campaign theme: "We must bomb everything to save everything, especially our precious bodily fluids."
Voter base: Off-the-grid bunker dwellers.
Location of campaign announcement: Central, South Carolina
Lindsey Graham fun fact: There is nothing fun about Lindsey Graham.
Campaign slogan: "Lindsey 2016: Have Nukes, Will Travel."
CHEERS to today's edition of Conversations We Never Thought We'd Hear:
"What'cha reading?"
"Oh, just some Bernie Sanders sex fiction."
This has been today's edition of
Conversations We Never Thought We'd Hear.
JEERS to today's not-so-boring correction. Last Thursday night at 9:07 pm ET, the Associated Press published their Ten Things to Know for Friday. At the top of the list was this:
1. EX-HOUSE SPEAKER DENNIS HASTERT ACCUSED OF PAYING HUSH MONEY
A federal indictment alleges that the 73-year-old Illinois Democrat paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars, seeking to conceal unspecified misconduct.
Dennis Hastert, who we now know was paying $3.5 million to a male student to cover up some kind of alleged sexual impropriety, is a Republican. A nasty, vindictive, greedy, lying, hypocritical Republican jackass who's now in a heap of trouble. We're sure the venerable AP regrets the error despite not actually fixing the error in four days and eleven hours. Not that we're counting. And nine minutes. And 43 seconds.
JEERS to addictive additions. Thirty years ago today, The R.J. Reynolds Company (motto: "If it's something you can inhale, we'll take it retail!") proposed a major merger with Nabisco that would create a $4.9 billion conglomerate of food and tobacco products. Which explains why 29 years and nine months ago I had to resort to the nicotine patch to wean myself off a sudden addiction to Fig Newtons.
CHEERS to our distant and aloof president. Here is President Obama, distantly and aloofishly spending some quality time with 107 year-old World War II Army Lt. Col. Luta Mae Cornelius McGrath on Memorial Day at the Arlington National Cemetery:
She's the
oldest living female veteran. And she can still lay you out flat with her pinky.
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And Just One More---Ten years ago in C&J: June 2, 2005:
JEERS to page turners spurners. You've read about the official Human Events Online list of the 10 Book That Send Conservatives (including "judge" Phyllis Schlafly) Into Fits, right? In an exclusive scoop, C&J has uncovered a handful of others that are so scandalous they couldn't even print their names without bursting into flames...
Goodnight Moon Because the bunny is wearing blue pajamas and we all know what that means.
This filthy book contains "homosexuality,"
"socialism," "abortion" and "pornography!"
Webster's Dictionary Because it contains every filthy liberal word in it.
Roget's Thesaurus Because it helps you find even more ways to say those filthy liberal words.
The Pet Goat Because even the hardiest freepers cringe when they think about Bush and those seven minutes on 9/11. Ticktockticktock...
Yertle the Turtle Rick Santorum can't read it without fainting. It's just all male turtle on turtle on turtle...wriggling and writhing and wet. What's next...a "Pride" parade??
Richard Scarry's Best Counting Book Ever Because math leads to science. Science leads to heathen claptrap like "evolution" and "global warming" and "stem-cell research."
Alice in Wonderland Written by a reeferhead for reeferheads seeking to legitimize the reefer.
Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun Actually...they can live with that one.
Ten years later, the censorship police are still losing, to which we say: write on.
Have a nice Tuesday. Floor's open...What are you cheering and jeering about today?
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Self-folding Bill in Portland Maine robot cheers, jeers, swims in kiddie pool, then dissolves
---Slashgear
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