Sunday, December 4, 2011

Short takes: Mike Johanns screws the middle class again, Pizza-stealing NYPD, Christie's exhibiting Liz's rocks

Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns sells out the middle class again

NYPD arrests HIV housing advocacy organization members, denies them food, and eats the pizza they ordered and paid for

Why are you atheists so angry?

Roger Ebert's At The Movies goes on hiatus because of money problems

Topeka, Kansas rejects domestic partner registry after mayor claims it will push the capital city closer to legalizing gay marriage. ALSO: Perhaps Gov. Brownback's new bureaucracy, the Office of the Repealer, will want to get rid of Kansas' law criminalizing sex between gay couples, since the U.S. Supreme Court made such laws unenforceable in 2003

Italian daily Corriere della Sera said Italian TV banned mention of condoms on World Aids Day

Disgraced Atlanta pastor Eddie Long's wife files for divorce Thursday, announces it Friday morning, retracts announcement Friday afternoon, then retracts retraction Friday evening

Christie's auction house charging 30 bucks a ticket to see display of Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry, to be auctioned 12/13-16/11. A "portion" of the monies generated by exhibition admissions, events and select publications related to the sales will be donated to The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF). Also for sale in an accompanying online auction already underway: a Van Gogh, a Renoir and a Degas! Liz didn't fool around when it came to objets d'art

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