Florida Vows Not to Let Gays Make a Mockery of Divorce, Either

Adam Weinstein · 10/23/14 01:09PM

Not content simply to ban gay marriage, conservative Florida Attorney General and champion long-starer Pam Bondi filed a brief this week begging a judge not to grant a divorce to a lesbian whose civil-union partner left her alone years ago.

New Batshit Theory: Obama's Ebola Czar Wants to Kill Us All

Adam Weinstein · 10/23/14 11:00AM

Ron Klain, the White House's new "Ebola Czar," is not a doctor. But he is a Democratic staffer. Who once offered a soundbite on the problems of overpopulation in an interview with his college alumni office. Do I have to spell it out for you? Fine. But first, grab some provisions and head to the fallout shelter.

South Carolina Republican Calls Gay Couples "Gremlins"

Adam Weinstein · 10/20/14 01:12PM

Anthony Culler is the Republican candidate for United States Congress in South Carolina's 6th District. He probably wasn't in any danger of beating longtime incumbent James Clyburn in this heavily Democratic district. But he sure does want everybody to know how much he hates the gays.

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Adam Weinstein · 10/15/14 01:28PM

Maybe We're Just Not Bombing ISIS Indiscriminately Enough

Adam Weinstein · 10/15/14 10:22AM

It's been more than two months since America started dropping laser-guided freedom all over the Islamic State. But for some reason, the flowers of liberty aren't blooming in all those new holes we've dug in Iraq and Syria. Perhaps it's because we should bomb more shit, say two experts in talking about bombing shit.

NYT: U.S. Troops Got Untreated Illnesses From Iraqi Chemical Weapons

Adam Weinstein · 10/14/14 09:12PM

In bunkers now held by ISIS militants, and sometimes in streets emptied by bomb threats, scores of American service members secretly helped find and dispose of Saddam Hussein's aging chemical weapons. Now stateside, many troops are sick with mystery ailments the military has at times tried to conceal.

Abortions and Penis Fetishes: Is This the World's Worst Televangelist?

Adam Weinstein · 10/14/14 11:34AM

In the televangelism world, Ernest Angley used to be a big deal, up there with Oral Roberts and Jimmy Swaggart. But the 93-year-old's Grace Cathedral seems quaint and a little creepy now. A new investigation says that might have to do with Angley's weird encroachments into his flock's sexual and reproductive lives.

GOP Rep. Says Congresswoman Will Lose For Being "Ugly as Sin"

Adam Weinstein · 10/13/14 04:53PM

Pictured above is New Hampshire state Rep. Steve Vaillancourt, who likes to watch elections (and tape them with his video camera?). If you will indulge him, he'll explain to you why an incumbent Democratic congresswoman will lose in an upcoming race: because her challenger is hot.

The Billionaire Who Built the Glock Handgun Is a Filthy Sex Machine

Adam Weinstein · 10/13/14 11:27AM

Perhaps we didn't need a former VP of the U.S.'s biggest handgun manufacturer to tell us that the old coot running the company "spends money on mistresses, on houses, on sex, on cars. He bribes people. He's just a bad guy." Still, new court filings tell us how entertainingly horrible he and his family really are.