The Creator of Pepe the Frog Is Voting for Hillary Clinton
Illustrator Matt Furie said it’s been “really weird” to see his cartoon become a symbol of white supremacy.
www.advocate.com/election/2016/9/29/creator-pepe-frog-voting-hillary-clinton
Daily Archives: September 29, 2016
Acquaint Yourself With Britney Spears’ Harem Of Male Backup Dancers
Acquaint Yourself With Britney Spears’ Harem Of Male Backup Dancers
The good people at Attitude are doing God’s work. To honor Britney Spears’ headline performance at the 10th Apple Music Festival in London — and really, just to post a bunch of gratuitous manflesh, because hey — they spent untold hours poring through numerous Instagram accounts in order to unearth the goods on Spears’ harem of well-proportioned backup dancers.
Have an ogle:
“I perform, dance, sing, model.”
Vince Capaldi
Made in Quebec, lives in London. Interests: travel, friends, love, music, life.
Dancer, yoga teacher, massage therapist.
Jae Fusz
Los Angeles-based dancer for Britney, Nicki Minaj, Kesha, Xtina, Miley Cyrus, and Mariah Carey, among others.
Mikey Pesante
He loves life and feels truly blessed. ‘Nuff said.
Dakota Adan
As well as dancing with the Princess of Pop Dakota has also worked as an underwear model, and we’d suggest you get those pictures on you ‘Radar’ as soon as possible.
Brandon was a contestant on season 5 of So You Think You Can Dance, where he placed second runner-up. He’s definitely higher than ‘3’ in our eyes though.
Donald Trump Did Illegal Business with Cuba, Violating US Trade Embargo
Donald Trump Did Illegal Business with Cuba, Violating US Trade Embargo
One of Donald Trump’s company’s did illegal business with Cuba, violating the U.S. trade embargo, Newsweek reports:
A company controlled by Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, secretly conducted business in Communist Cuba during Fidel Castro’s presidency despite strict American trade bans that made such undertakings illegal, according to interviews with former Trump executives, internal company records and court filings.
Documents show that the Trump company spent a minimum of $68,000 for its 1998 foray into Cuba at a time when the corporate expenditure of even a penny in the Caribbean country was prohibited without U.S. government approval. But the company did not spend the money directly. Instead, with Trump’s knowledge, executives funneled the cash for the Cuba trip through an American consulting firm called Seven Arrows Investment and Development Corp. Once the business consultants traveled to the island and incurred the expenses for the venture, Seven Arrows instructed senior officers with Trump’s company—then called Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts—how to make it appear legal by linking it after the fact to a charitable effort.
Trump vowed to maintain the embargo on Cuba on the first day of his presidential campaign, the magazine adds.
Rachel Maddow previewed the new report on her show last night:
UPDATE: Marco Rubio says he’s “deeply concerned” and says Trump will have to “answer some questions.”
“This is something they’re gonna have to give a response to. I mean, it was a violation of American law, if that’s how it happened,” Rubio said on the ESPN/ABC “Capital Games” podcast.
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Olly Alexander Shines in Years & Years’ Music Video ‘Meteorite’ – WATCH
Olly Alexander Shines in Years & Years’ Music Video ‘Meteorite’ – WATCH
Olly Alexander and band Years & Years have debuted a scintillating music video for their new single “Meteorite,” off of the Bridget Jones’ Baby soundtrack.
This latest effort has the same energy and style we’ve come to expect from Years & Years over the last, er, year. In 2016, they released videos for their tracks “Desire” and “Worship” off their breakout debut album Communion that all left an impression.
In “Meteorite”, frontman Alexander continues to work a fashion look that is distinctly his, donning a couture gender-bending outfit emblazoned with 86,000 Swarovski crystals. Alexander says the outfit was an homage to those worn by pop goddesses Britney Spears and Beyoncé.
“It’s an honour to follow in the footsteps of some of my heroes (Britney, Beyoncé etc.) and be decked out in tens of thousands of dazzling crystals!” Alexander told NME.
Watch the video below.
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Hoboken, Alec Baldwin, Bob Schieffer, Zika, Alicia Machado, The Weeknd, Phoenix: HOT LINKS
Hoboken, Alec Baldwin, Bob Schieffer, Zika, Alicia Machado, The Weeknd, Phoenix: HOT LINKS
HOBOKEN. At least three dead, hundreds injured as rush hour train crashes into New Jersey rail station. “Preliminary reports suggest the crash involving train No. 1614 on the Pascack Valley Line was accidental or caused by operator error, according to five law enforcement officials, though they stress it is early in the investigation. NJ Transit confirmed the crash involving the 8:45 a.m. train out of Spring Valley; the agency was expected to hold a news briefing later Thursday. ”
An early look at next week’s cover, “Miss Congeniality,” by Barry Blitt: t.co/wlrJpfxEXd pic.twitter.com/QCCCPlJFT6
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) September 29, 2016
MISS CONGENIALITY. The New Yorker puts Trump’s fat-shaming on the runway.
ALICIA MACHADO. Newt Gingrich continues the fat-shaming: “You’re not supposed to gain 60 pounds during the year that you’re Miss Universe.” Trump: “I will bet you if you put up and added up all the time I spoke to her, probably less than five minutes. I had nothing to do with this person, but they wanted to fire her. I saved her job because I said that’s what I was going to do. Look what happened? Look what I get out of it? I get nothing.”
PPP POLL. Clinton is winner of the debate, also leads in five battleground states: “New Public Policy Polling surveys in Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, conducted on behalf of VoteVets Action Fund, find Hillary Clinton leading in each state. Voters in all five states see Clinton as having been the runaway winner of Monday night’s debate, and they question Donald Trump’s temperament and preparedness for office. Clinton has solid leads in Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Virginia- states seen as important to her path to 270 electoral votes- and modest leads in Florida and North Carolina, where wins would be indicative of a dominant overall victory in the Electoral College. If these results hold up, Donald Trump has no path to victory.”
BOB SCHIEFFER. Can you admit you have no evidence? “CBS News political contributor Bob Schieffer grilled Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, a Donald Trump surrogate, on her use of anecdotal evidence as proof of Americans’ opinions. Rutledge joined CBSN’s political panel ahead of the first presidential debate in Hempstead, N.Y.”
SNL. Alec Baldwin is SNL’s new Donald Trump:
COLIN KAEPERNICK. In danger of losing support? “His comments Tuesday about the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were as needlessly divisive as the ‘pig cop’ socks he wore last month. In case you missed, here’s part of what the San Francisco 49ers quarterback said about Clinton and Trump: ‘Both are proven liars and it almost seems like they’re trying to debate who’s less racist.’NAACP president Cornell William Brooks and Rev. Jesse Jackson are among the civil rights leaders to have praised Kaepernick for his protest of racial inequality and police brutality. But they’ll have a harder time supporting the San Francisco 49ers quarterback after the incendiary comments about the presidential candidates, especially those directed at Clinton, who has strong support within the African-American community.”
ZIKA. Utah case may have been transmitted by casual contact: “Experts are investigating the possibility that the Zika virus can be passed on in sweat or tears, after the infection of a 38-year-old man in the US who appears to have caught the virus at his father’s hospital bedside. Until now it was thought that Zika was only transmitted through the bite of infected mosquitoes and, in rare instances, via semen and from pregnant women to their foetuses.”
PHOENIX. Armed robbers hit two gay bars in same night. “Both crimes happened in the Melrose District. The first happened just after 9 p.m. on Tuesday at Pat O’s Bunkhouse Saloon off Seventh Avenue and Indian School Road. Two victims were robbed at gunpoint in the parking lot. The second robbery happened at Los Diablos off Indian School Road and 10th Place, less than 2 miles away. Police said the suspects entered the back patio through an open gate and robbed patrons on the patio.”
HONG KONG. Transgender women denied entry at airport: “The two transgender women were told they could not enter Hong Kong as immigration officials did not believe they were there to shop and sight see. The pair were then asked to sign documents concerning their gender and were reportedly asked by officers if they were “cut already”, referring to their gender re-assignment surgery. The pair refused to sign the documents and returned to Bangkok.”
STARBOY. The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk.
THIRSTY THURSDAY. Ronald Epps.
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HRC Joins Gabby Giffords and Captain Mark Kelly in Call For Congress to Reduce Gun Violence
HRC Joins Gabby Giffords and Captain Mark Kelly in Call For Congress to Reduce Gun Violence
HRC President Chad Griffin joined Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut Captain Mark Kelly for a rally and round table discussion to urge the majority of Americans who support common sense gun violence prevention laws to vote in November. The events marked the kick-off of a 14-state tour by Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC — which Congresswoman Giffords and Kelly co-founded.
Gay.com Chat Rooms Have Returned From The Dead For Your Cybering Enjoyment
Gay.com Chat Rooms Have Returned From The Dead For Your Cybering Enjoyment
On August 1 of this year, the last remaining users of Gay.com received a message informing them the site had changed management and that the iconic online chatrooms would “disappear” and all their data would be erased. Forever.
“All the personal information you provided in your profile, including pictures and stories, will be permanently deleted,” the message explained. “Unfortunately, you will not able to retrieve any of your old information. … The dating website as you know it, will not be coming back.”
It was a sad day for gays of a certain age whose teens and 20s were defined by those chatrooms, back before Grindr was a thing, and many of them lamented over the fact that that chapter of their lives, albeit one they hadn’t visited in over a decade, would be closed forever.
Related: End Of An Era: Gay.Com Chat Rooms Are No More As Of Today
Well, good news, guys! The chatrooms have been restored.
“Chat is back!” the newly revamped Gay.com has just announced. “The new chat rooms are now available but we are in the process of testing them. All users who registered their accounts before Monday 26th of September, 2016 have been given sneak-peak access. If you haven’t already created an account, make sure to register now and reserve your username!”
And as for all of you who were sad to learn your previous usernames and profiles had been deleted forever, we’ve got good new for you, as well.
Gay.com says: “In order to help preserve your identity and any relationships that you may have built up in the previous version of Gay.com, we have taken steps to reserve usernames for their previous owners. Register your new account using the same Username and Email combination and the username will be released to you.”
Related: If Gay.com Goes Offline and Hundreds of Thousands of People Can’t Hook Up, Does It Make a Sound?
What a relief!
Of course, the question now is: Now that the chatrooms have been restored, will people actually go back to using them? Or have apps like Grindr and Scruff made online chatrooms obsolete?
The Hillary Shimmy Song is the Feel-Good Viral Video of the Campaign Season: WATCH
The Hillary Shimmy Song is the Feel-Good Viral Video of the Campaign Season: WATCH
The Hillary Shimmy, which the Democratic nominee performed after a particularly aggressive and long-winded attack on her at Monday night’s debate, now has its own song, further ensuring its place in the annals of viral campaign moments.
It’s a feel-good moment in a campaign season that has had so few of them.
The song was written by Jonathan Mann, who writes a song a day: “My superpower is that I can take any idea, no matter how complex, and distill it down into a short, catchy, memorable song.”
And the lyrics, via DailyKos:
This dude is coming at me
I just smile and let him be
The dude brought your own rope
He put the bullet in the gun so
I’m just gonna shimmy
Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy
HRC
Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy
Hillary
He just keeps on shouting, “Wrong!”
So I’ll get my Jim Halpert on
He is a flightless bird
I think I’ll never say another word
I’ll just be singing this song
Watch:
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Google Is Hosting One of Kenya’s Most Notorious Anti-Gay Activists at its California Headquarters: VIDEO
Google Is Hosting One of Kenya’s Most Notorious Anti-Gay Activists at its California Headquarters: VIDEO
Google has confirmed it will host one of Kenya’s most outspoken anti-gay activists at its headquarters in Mountain View, California.
Ezekiel Mutua, the head of the Kenya Film Classification Board, has been on a mission to ban any content that “promotes homosexuality” in Kenya.
Ezekiel Mutua is the King of Petty 😂 pic.twitter.com/0tFAT3yM7n
— Masaku (@masaku_) September 26, 2016
Quartz reports that Mutua is best known for demanding that YouTube take down a remix of Macklemore’s “Same Love.” Although his demand was denied, YouTube flagged the video as “potentially inappropriate.”
By Ezekiel MUTUA banning gay songs/cartoons, he just operates in his own world. He enacts his own laws and implements them from his house
— Lord Mutai (@ItsMutai) July 28, 2016
Mutua also banned a film about Kenya’s LGBT community, a podcast co-hosted by a lesbian actor, and a gay speed-dating event in Nairobi that didn’t actually exist. He also said that Netflix is a threat to Kenya’s “moral values and national security.”
RELATED: Gay Activist Files Suit in Kenya’s High Court Calling for Decriminalization of Gay Sex
Mutua confirmed on Facebook that he has successfully received a visa in order to attend Google’s Web Rangers conference on digital literacy and safety.
Thank you @Size8Reborn for offering to work with @InfoKfcb in our campaign to restore moral values #KFCBChuka pic.twitter.com/Q8Sy3ngPWB
— Ezekiel Mutua, MBS (@EzekielMutua) September 25, 2016
A representative for Google Kenya said:
“Politicians have many questions about the internet and Google. To help answer these questions Google has a team that engages with and responds to queries from politicians and sometimes we invite them to events so they can get an understanding of the work we do.”
In June, Nairobi News named Matua “the most unpopular person in Kenya” after he called for the rescheduling of two popular TV shows from the the watershed.
“@OnyangoOnyach: Next thing we will hear is Ezekiel Mutua banning all electricians from touching naked wires!”@martin_taimoo
— Sansee (@niiteevanso) April 28, 2016
Convictions for gay sex in Kenya currently carry a prison sentence of 14 years.
Watch the “Same Love” remix Matua attempted to ban below.
(Image via Twitter)
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Samantha Bee Went to the Stonewall Inn During This Week’s Presidential Debate: WATCH
Samantha Bee Went to the Stonewall Inn During This Week’s Presidential Debate: WATCH
Samantha Bee visited the Stonewall Inn and a sports bar in Times Square to help assess Monday night’s contentious debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
But first, her own analysis:
Bee celebrated the fact that the debate was up against Monday Night Football and actually won the night:
“For once, concussion ball was not as compelling as watching American Democracy playing Russian roulette.”
Bee noted that the debate went fine for Trump for a while, until Kellyanne Conway’s control collar stopped working:
She also mocked Donald’s statement that Hillary has been fighting ISIS for her own adult life. Bee noted that she actually helped Clinton fight ISIS in 2006, in her gap year before Wellesley, and it was easy because ISIS hadn’t even been formed yet. She shared this photo:
Watch:
Bee also took a look at Lester Holt’s moderating technique, which was sadly lacking fact-check.
“Trump warned us that Hermione Clinton would be cheating by doing something called ‘preparing’, like some kind of busybody PTA mom overplanner. But Trump never considered the possibility that she might be a ‘Count of Monte Cristo overplanner’. She spent months building an elaborate trap for Trump and he lumbered right into it. All she had to do was step out of his way while he called a woman fat.”
Bee pointed out the answer to Trump’s question to Clinton about Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe winner he called fat.
“Where did you find this?”
Snapped Bee: “Um, from her. And from your book. You should read it sometime. It’s about you.”
“Now you have a real problem. Not only with her, but with any women who has ever been called fat. Which is all of us. We’ve been dealing with you our whole life.”
Bee also assessed Clinton’s gleeful shimmy, Sean Hannity, Megyn Kelly’s “mean girl” superpower, and the mean thing Trump didn’t say.
ENJOY:
Bee’s correspondents also visited two debate parties to see who won. Ashley Nicole Black went to a viewing party at the Stonewall Inn while Alana Harkin went to Tonic, a sports bar in Times Square.
They found out what the neanderthals at Tonic thought: that Hillary was wearing an earpiece, a pantsuit a bulletproof suit, and a catheter, and also what the ‘human gif generators’ at Stonewall thought: If Donald Trump were a drink, it would be piss.
At the end of the night, the human gif generator faced off against the neanderthal:
And well, it went pretty much as expected.
Watch:
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