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Perhaps Both. Al Gore gives a speech on last night’s SNL, as though he’d become president in 2000. It would be funnier, if it weren’t also more than a little sad. Video and transcript below the fold.

The hubby and I watched the last episode of TransGeneration on Logo last night. As with Rene’s story a couple of weeks ago, I was deeply moved and fascinated by the parents who accepted, embraced, and supported their children through their process of gender reassignment. And, of course, envious.

Yup. The second installment of “Great GOP Moments in Black History” is up. Catch it at PoliticsTV.

See, this is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about before. I quoted Ann Coulter when I posted earlier about Chris Matthews. Now, Ann’s at it again with another prime example of what she, Matthews and others have been getting away with for far too long. She thinks it would be a real […]

Several years ago, I was a regular Oprah viewer. I had my VCR (that should tell you how long ago) set to record her show every afternoon, and I’d watch it while having dinner after work. When I read elsewhere that she confronted James Frey on her show yesterday, I cursed myself for having […]

“We have the media now.”

~ Ann Coulter

 Well, they do. And that’s the problem.

I use this analogy probably more often than I should, but that’s because it’s one that resonates with many people. Remember the schoolyard bully? Every school had one. There was always a moment or two during recess or phys. […]

I’ve written about this before, but yesterdayI experienced a moment of cultural schizophrenia so funny that I couldn’t pass up making note of it here. It started this morning when I scanned my newsfeeds and came across this CNN piece suggesting that American Idol is developing a “mean streak.”
Fox’s talent contest regularly has made an […]

Peacebang has posted an interesting observation about blogger Perez Hilton having “jumped the shark.” I understand where she’s coming from, but I think she’s a little off base.
A week or so ago, he posted a photo of a fat teenaged girl walking on a donkey farm in Australia. Her outfit, very reminiscent of the […]

I got one comment about Noah’s Arc — the Logo network’s show about the lives of a group of black gay male friends — being in danger of cancellation. I haven’t found any concrete information about that, but it wouldn’t surprise me.
And that’s not a statement about the quality of the show. In […]

There is brilliance, and then there is brilliance. And there there is — in a category unto itself — The Boondocks. If you did not see last night’s episode on the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, find someone who has it on Tivo, or get a copy via BitTorrent. I thought the first episode was promising. […]

It’s been a while since I watched her show — there was a time when I taped it every afternoon to watch when I got home from work — but I’ve always been a fan of Oprah’s. And, as far as I can recall, she’s seemed pretty progressive on gay issues. I missed her recent […]

Maybe I’m taking things way too seriously. Maybe I’m still seething over the news in the previous post. But last night even something like Bravo’s Queer Eye, is causing my blood pressure to rise and not in a good way. Don’t get me wrong. I love the guys from Queer Eye. In particular, Jai […]

My third appearance on DemsTV is up on their website, and I think the video podcast will be up on iTunes soon, if it’s not already. I’m on with Matt Stoller of BOPNews, and Garance Franke-Ruta of American Prospect. For what it’s worth I “won” again. I guess two out of three ain’t bad.

I hadn’t […]

Taping another installment of DemsTV tonight. So, expect a quiet evening.

I don’t even know what to say about this, staring the woman pictured above, so I’ll just present it. It’s from FOX’s show, Trading Spouses, which is somehow still on the air while Arrested Development got cancelled. And there’s already a bobble-head doll for sale on EBay.

Via Toby.

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