Month: July 2013

Large Majority Now Support Gay Marriage

Buck Banks

55% to 40%

Majority by which Americans say marriages between same-sex couples should be recognized by law as valid, with the same rights of traditional marriage, a new USA Today poll finds. “The only major demographic groups in which a majority oppose same-sex marriage are Republicans (68%) and seniors 65 and older (51%). Even in the South, which continues to be the only region that doesn’t show majority support for gay marriage, opposition has slipped below 50%.”

Petraeus Is Paid $2,250 Per Hour to Teach a College Course

Buck Banks

$200,000

Amount former CIA Director David Petraeus will be paid a year by the City University of New York to teach course that takes him about three hours of work while aided by a group of graduate students to conduct “course research, administration, and grading,” according to documents obtained by Gawker. “That works out to approximately $2,250 per hour. CUNY adjuncts usually earn less than $3,000 per course.”

There’s No Free Speech in the Pennsylvania State House, at Least No Gay Free Speech

Buck Banks

I did not believe that as a member of that body that I should allow someone to make comments such as he was preparing to make that ultimately were just open rebellion against what the word of God has said, what God has said, and just open rebellion against God’s law.

— Pennsylvania Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R), quoted by WHYY, after using a procedural maneuver to end remarks of openly gay Rep. Brian Sims (D) on the Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage.

GOP Warns Pro Sports Leagues Not to Promote Obamacare

Buck Banks

6

Number of professional sports leagues to whom Senate Republican leaders have sent letters warning them not to provide the Obama administration any assistance in promoting Obamacare,” TPM reports. “The letters, dated June 27, warn the chiefs of the National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, Professional Golf Association and NASCAR that partnering with the administration to publicize the benefits of the health care law would damage their reputations.”

Peggy Noonan Auditions for the Role of “The New Phyllis Schlafly” on Live TV

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Noonan

If you missed former Reagan speech writer Peggy Noonan’s over-the-top performance on ABC’s This Week, Wonkette can catch you up, in superb Wonkette style. The site has the video of Noonan, known for her soaring grandiloquence, gagging verbosity and tortured, drawn-out articulation, condescending over the filibuster by Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis.

Wonkette also points out the ridiculousness of Noonan, who is 62, dismissing Davis, who is 50, as the victim of youthful enthusiasm.

On the one hand, she’s very impressed with “the story of this young woman, she’s so spirited. You know, she has such energy and she seems to have such commitment.” You know, the young woman who is 50 years old and has been in the Texas Senate for four years, after a decade of serving on the Fort Worth City Council, the sweet li’l thing. Sure, her youthful passion is admirable, but these kids, what do they know? Especially those 50-year-old teen moms who have learned nothing from their experience?

Is Noonan queuing up to replace Phyllis Schlafly if and when the old bird finally kicks it? If so, congratulations young lady, you got the part!

See the whole post at Wonkette.