Holiday Greetings from Hitler

Hipster Hitler knows the reason for the season - dancing!

Gotta Say it Was a Good Day

It's a bit after the fact, I know, but there's a lot to be said about December 15.

A Very Judy Christmas

Here's Judy, singing a melancholy holiday number on Johnny Carson's show.  Her voice is already going, but the feeling is all there.


I know someone who wouldn't even give me the courtesy of waiting until after the Holidays.  It's a painful feeling.

HT: Sullivan.

Progress

DADT is now a dead letter.  On to the next battle:

Sigh

I loved my time in Italy.  But, like Julia Louie Dreyfus, far too many of my nights ended with me wearing an outsized ten-gallon and getting pecked by a fake ostrich.  Ma c'è una bella vita...!

Yay for Meth Heads!

Move over, Sassy Gay Friend - there's a new gay parody we're okay with.  It's Stefon, from SNL, and he has been providing viewers with family-friendly venues in NYC all year.  See his three skits here, here, and here - in reverse order.

Two Videos

Here's one on the failure of political leadership:

...and here's a bit of splenetics (with bad language):

Both with music!

HT: Savage.

Obama Heckled (on Video)

Not for the last time, I hope.

Juice Boxes and Kettle Chips Are Making Us Gay

Um.

HT: TDW.

PS: LOVE the t-shirt.

Noble Project of the Day

Dan Savage and his partner are putting together a series of videos aimed at gay high school kids at risk of suicide; the project is called "It Gets Better."

John McCain Is an Evil, Lying Bigot and Should Resign

More Folderol from the Family Research Council

Here's an exchange between Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis and the FRC's Tony Perkins, concerning gays in the military:

Maginnis: That's why countries like the ten largest militaries in the world, that have the ten largest militaries in the world say 'no, this isn't the thing to do.' They spin this as if Great Britain and we ought to copy them and the Dutch. Well the fact is that 80 percent of the militaries in the world don't embrace this particular view.

Perkins: Well, those that do, they're the ones that participate in parades, they don't fight wars to keep the nation and the world free. So there's a big difference.

That little dollop of vitriol got laughs and applause from the audience. Keepin' it classy, fellas. Video clip here.

HT: Sullivan.

Betty White Runs a Sweatshop

It's true.

I think it's pretty clear that the Golden Girls made a Tontine pact that whoever outlived the others would become the hippest of them all. As the oldest of the pack, Betty White must have been the long-shot - but look at her now!

Christine O'Donnell: There's More Evidence for Creationism Than for Evolution

Wha-wha-what?!?

Yes, this is what she argued - if you understand the word "argued" to mean "dreamt up" - back in 1996. Her evidence? Yeah, the Bible. Q.E.D., Christine.

What with this, and a forthcoming conference of those who believe that the world is really flat, there has been entirely too much medievalism of late.

Which is ironic, because if we were consistently medieval in our outlook, O'Donnell would of course be burned as a witch.

Gah

Well, here's one movie I won't be seeing.

Absolutely Unbelievable

An assistant attorney general in Michigan has launched a weird, perverse campaign against the openly gay president of the Student Assembly at the University of Michigan. This is just unreal:

More info here. And here's the AAG's blog itself. Unreal!

Gaga Does the Full Court Press to End DADT

I usually wince when celebrities weigh in on political concerns. But Lady Gaga does so with conviction and, more impressively, reasoned argument. Good for you, Gaga. It's worth watching the whole thing.

A Harrowing Tragedy

CNN has a video story that features surveillance shots of a Connecticut woman withdrawing $15,000 from a bank while her family was being held hostage in their home. A short while later, she and her two daughters would be dead. Fortunately, however, her husband would survive, and would live to testify against his alleged tormentors. I remember hearing about this story back in 2007, when it happened. The mind reels before such evil.

Death by Vagina Bubbles

It happens in Japan (stop acting like you're surprised!). Those engaging in sex via astral projection are especially at risk.

I could explain, but - well, actually, I can't explain. Just watch the video (not at work, though!) and marvel at the surpassing weirdness that is Japan.

Thanks, TDW. I think.

UPDATE: At the very start, does that guy ask for kimchee? Is that really the time?

Moments Meowsicaux (That's Right, I Went There)

This is so damn great - two choir boys performing the "Duetto buffo di due gatti," by Robert Lucas de Pearsell, based on excerpts from an opera by Rossini. How the two kids managed to keep straight faces through (most of) the performance is beyond me.

HT, TDW, of course.

But if you just took a boss rip on your bong, you may prefer this version:

Just try to get the song out of your head after watching either one of these videos. It'll be hard, trust me.