Is there anything weirder than the US Presidential race, with politicians referring to their wives overly-made-up cunts-- will Bill Clinton never shut up?-- and grown men bowling 37's?
Yes-- the North Carolina Senate Race, which pits the wife of a former President(ial candidate)-- guess the Republicans don't mind a tough-talking female opportunist if she's on their side-- Elizabeth Dole, versus Jim Neal, a gay Democratic businessman. And he might win...
A school superintendent in Massachusetts is being guarded by the police after yet one-man right-wing douche machine suggested people beat his ass, just for fun. The superintendent's crime? Allowing a children's book with a scene about two kings getting married to be read in school. (Remember when we said we support all forms of free speech? We lied.)
We've been crying tears of joy all week over the Fred Phelps church getting shut down. His Crazy Train organization hates homosexuals, Jews, Catholics, Muslims, and anybody else who doesn't pay their $400 a month church dues. Finally, he pushed the law too far and is facing eviction over a $5 million dollar fine for picketing the funerals of two servicemen killed in Iraq. (The Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church believes all dead Americans in Iraq are God's way of saying "thanks for allowing gays to roam free.") Why can't we do this to every church and organization that offends our sanity?
Perez Hilton had a helluva week. First off, he and John Mayer had a love affair. Then some guy he had IM sex with (honestly-- doesn't anyone have sex in person anymore?!) released the transcripts as revenge for Hilton's failure to follow through on a promise to promote the other dude's blog. We refer you to the great New Yorker cartoon for further comment: "Honey, maybe no one wants to read your blog because it's about you."
'Nuff said. Photo via foolmood.