January 2009
90 posts
Mormon church reports $190,000 Prop. 8 expenses →
jeffcagle:
Mormon church officials, facing an ongoing investigation by the state Fair Political Practices Commission, Friday reported nearly $190,000 in previously unlisted assistance to the successful campaign for Prop. 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California.
I think this will reignite the push to revoke the LDS church’s 501(c) tax exempt status.
Section 501(c)(3) of US Code Title...
Lesbian Communities Struggle to Stay Vital to a... →
“The younger generation has not had to go through what we went through,” Ms. Greene said. She and other Alapine women described leading double lives when they were younger, playing the role of straight women in jobs and even marriages. “I came out in the middle ’60s, and we didn’t even have the word lesbian then,” Ms. Greene said.
Possibly The Most Enraging Newspaper Memo Yet →
Wow, South Bend Tribune. Way to piss off your already struggling reporters and make yourselves look really, really stupid.
Ugh
I am pretty sure I have the flu. This is wonderful considering I don’t have a day off until Thursday.
Throwing up at work is the best.
I smell a rat, baby
Why did I not own any Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thorton records until today? So good!
You won’t tell me where you been
Whiskey runnin’ all down your chin…
“Our president’s approval rating is somewhere between pictures of baby pandas on...”
– Maddow (via uoma)
“Is this something you would say to your wife, daughter, mother, grandmother, or...”
– Ashlee Simpson-Wentz on Fox News’ response to Jessica Simpson’s weight gain. So true! Go, girl!
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“But I’ve been back there several times, just to look. And it’s...”
– Patti Smith
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Rocker Patti Smith talks about memories of Kedzie... →
(via trishtumbles)
Teen posing as a Chicago cop charged as juvenile →
This story just keps getting better. This 14-year-old supposedly showed up to the department in full uniform, picked up a radio and wrote tickets yesterday. He did this for SEVEN HOURS before someone was like, “Hmm, I wonder why this cop looks so much like my 9th grade nephew.” Seriously…amazing. Second City Cop has some really funny dirt on the situation, which may or may not be...
Did You Know?
dianaparker:
There’s an actual Bob Loblaw and he has/had a law blog (Bob Loblaw’s Law Blog). Of course, it’s attracted numerous comments.
lolz.
Scanner time
Cop: “Well, I don’t have a working computer, but I still have some hopes and dreams left.”
Dispatcher: “In the city of Chicago? Well, I’d say that’s pretty remarkable.”
A man murdered his estranged wife after becoming... →
(via smalltowngayblog)
wow.
Women’s Health, Ungagged →
“President Obama on Friday began dismantling his predecessor’s broad and damaging assault on women’s reproductive health and freedom. He lifted the odious gag rule that President George W. Bush imposed on international family planning groups and began trying to restore financing to the United Nations Population Fund.”
I seriously want to do a celebratory dance right now.
Catholic Church: Fanning the flames of abortion...
dianaparker:
via apropos:
Remember how the Catholic Church has been using all of their money to settle lawsuits for their pedophile priests that they knowingly reshuffled from church to church so they could keep abusing kids? Yeah, that Catholic Church. Well, turns out, they have a new idea! Raising money through fanning the flames of the good ol’ culture war, but with black people this time!...
“More than her husband, she is a natural politician. Barack has said that in a...”
– Carol Felsenthal in “The Making of A First Lady,” Chicago Magazine
Great piece on Michelle in the Feb. issue of Chicago mag!
Obama freezes pay of White House aides →
And tells the lobbyists to peace out for awhile…
::Sigh::
That’s my boy.
Today is truly great.
“I have never seen so many teeth in my life.”
– Chris Matthews, MSNBC, commenting on the smiling crowds in D.C. See? This is what I love about this network’s coverage. Completely insane. (via randomlunatic)
Veronica Mars Creator Working on Big Screen... →
OMFG. Please let this be true.
K Bell, I miss you.
“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”
– Dolly Parton (via kari-shma) Happy Birthday Miss Dolly! (via lickystickypicky)
I can’t tell you how jealous I am that you share a birthday with Dolly.
(via switchbladesusie)
Happy Birthday!!
Chicago march marks Roe v. Wade decision →
Nice balanced article, Trib. You made sure to find the anti-gay people at the Prop 8 protest but couldn’t find any pro-choice people at the anti-abortion rally?
Seriously, very few things piss me off more than these people.
What kind of world would it be without children, Nancy Weber? As if abortions will cause the end of civilization. There happen...
“We’re trading a dogmatic president for one who’s shopping for a dog. It feels...”
– Maureen Dowd
“I learned that the beauty of Chicago comes in cruel chunks, as does its...”
– ALEKSANDAR HEMON, United States of Chicago in yesterday’s New York Times
“What Mr. Obama should have learned living in Chicago is that it takes far more...”
– - ALEKSANDAR HEMON, United States of Chicago in yesterday’s New York Times
This entire thing is great and I will probably post more quotes from it.
My friend/coworker Mike is calling me a hipster,...
When I adamantly denied this, he made me this list, which makes little sense but is really funny:
Things about you that are hipster:
1. Lesbian.
2. You like food.
3. You like blues and jazz.
4. You like The Clipper.
5. You used to be slutty, but have reformed.
6. Your friends.
7. You have two jobs.
8. You are a writer.
9. You are a bartender.
10. You live in Humboldt Park.
11. You have an...
This American Life is on right now...and it's sooo...
Seriously, I teared up twice already. It’s interviews with various Americans about what they expect from Obama.
When Newspapers Are Gone, What Will You Miss?
matsie:
For newsandbooze:
“What’s left is local news, investigative journalism and intelligent coverage of national news. Perhaps 2% of the cost of a typical paper. I worry about the quality of a democracy when the the state government or the local government can do what it wants without intelligent coverage. I worry about the abuse of power when the only thing a corrupt official needs to worry...
“Tomorrow morning the walls will stop spinning, the furniture and books will be...”
– from The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir
::sigh::
“Because it is only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself...”
– Obama’s letter to his daughters. Read the whole, sappy thing here. (via jamiemurnane)
<3
“My biological predisposition is heterosexuality. But you never know. Maybe I...”
– Pam Grier Ready to “Drop More Seeds of Tolerance” | News | Advocate.com (via trishtumbles)
Pam Grier is my hero.
Whew, finally got my Christina Hendricks fix.