It's that time of the day, folks. After gaying it up all day here at AKA William, it was time to turn for a moment (just a moment!) to the larger world. So, here is a list of today's Top 10 Google searches:
1. mamma.com
2. mark cuban
3. mark cuban insider trading
4. scooping
5. eliving
6. johnjay and rich
7. bixby letter
8. momma.com
9. 60 minutes interview with obama
10. not evil just wrong
11. wanda sykes married
Damn. I googled "mamma.com" and killed four birds with one stone: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The SEC says it has charged Mark Cuban with insider trading in shares of Mamma.com" 1, 2, 3, and 8. People are still insider-trading after Martha?
Number 6? "johnjay and rich" you ask? Yeah. It was all about Carrie Moten. She works at a Tucson radio station. "Working Moms: Carrie Moten104.7 KISS FM Carrie Moten, a radio personality with the Johnjay and Rich Show, tells us about the benefits of her job in radio and the flexibility is gives her to work and take care of her kids." There was something about her being naked, but I couldn't find anything. Not that I looked all that hard. I mean, this is "all kinds of gay." Not "all kinds of straight." I wasn't feeling sufficiently inspired.
Number 7? The Bixby Letter is a letter that was written by Lincoln to a mother of five sons who died in the Civil War. A copy of the letter may have been found in Dallas. Funny how Lincoln keeps cropping up now that Obama and his "Team of Rivals" is up and coming. Go Hillary!
"not evil just wrong?" Some right-wing anti-climate-change documentary being promoted by that closeted homosexualist, Matt Drudge
And I personally have a video of Number 9 right here on AKA William because that's how Top 10 I am - Obama's 60 Minutes interview.
I had to cheat a little bit to get some real good gayness going on, but only a little. Today it's the "Top 11."Did you see 11? Yup, our amazing Wanda Sykes is breaking gay googling records!
And, if anyone can explain "scooping" please do because, I mean, I have no idea what it means. It sounds dirty, but I'm going to need some proof.
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Today's Gigantic Media Bar is so big because so much happened over the weekend! Let's get started.
Daily Song:
Fleet Foxes
"White Winter Hymnal"
Television:
SNL
Justin Timberlake as one of Beyonce's "Single Ladies" backup dancers (5:01)
and
Paul Rudd and Adam Samberg get gay and naked in "Everyone's A Critic"
and
"The Kissing Family"
It's real, real gay.
Politics:
4 Prop 8 videos
Melissa Etheridge's wife Tammy Lynn appears on Oprah and attempts to singlehandedly destroy the right for gays to marry. Best line from Lady's Brunch Burger Award-winner Tammy Lynn: "I don't care about the word 'marriage.'"(9:45)
Wanda Sykes comes out! Yup, the woman who convincingly argued that everyone getting fucked in the ass might just save all marriages has come out! Best line in her coming out speech? "I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be black. And I'm proud to be gay." (4:24)
Ashton Kutcher on Bill Maher. Best line from Kutcher: "It's unconstitutional!"
A Mattachine Society-era Michelangelo Signorile puts on the best display of rational thinking so far by any of our gay spokespeople. Best line from Signorile: "Are you going to let me talk, Maggie?"
And then there's medavog, the youtube user who uploaded what could possibly be not just the best Prop 8 video out there, but very possibly the best video of any kind in the past six months.
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Daily Song:
Fleet Foxes
"White Winter Hymnal"
Politics?
And then there's medavog, the youtube user from my hometown of San Diego who uploaded what could possibly be not just the best Prop 8 video out there, but very possibly the best video of any kind in the past six months. Favorite line: "The Berlin wall, to name a few."
Television:
Television:
Paul Rudd and Andy Samberg get gay and naked in "Everyone's A Critic"
Television:
SNL "The Kissing Family"
This should be called "The Gay Kissing Family" (4:10)
Below, via The Bilerico Project, is Obama's call for full LGBT equality, written in 2007. During the past year, Obama has remained consistent in his support of gay rights. He has also remained consistently confusing. How can an African-American man speak of equality for all while arguing for separate-but-equal? When I say I don't understand this, I am not being coy or euphemistic. I honestly cannot wrap my head around this. I mean, Wanda Sykes has done more for the fight against Prop 8 than Obama has.
It's just so frustrating that such a great man won't take the same leap of faith that he is asking us to make. Read Obama's "A Call for Full Equality" below.
[Bilerico editor's statement: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama guest posted at Bilerico Project to explain his support for LGBT civil rights. This post was originally published on November 10, 2007; it seemed appropriate to reprint it tonight, the eve of the presidential election.]Continued after the jump.
Over the last several weeks, the question of GLBT equality was placed on center stage by the appearance of Donnie McClurkin at one of my campaign events. McClurkin is a talented performer and a beloved figure among many African Americans and Christians around the country. At the same time, he espouses beliefs about homosexuality that I completely reject.
The events of the last several weeks are not the occasion that I would have chosen to discuss America's divisions on gay rights and my own deep commitment to GLBT equality. Now that the issue is before us, however, I do not intend to run away from it. These events have provided an important opportunity for us to confront a difficult fact: There are good, decent, moral people in this country who do not yet embrace their gay brothers and sisters as full members of our shared community.
We will not secure full equality for all GLBT Americans until we learn how to address that deep disagreement and move beyond it. To achieve that goal, we must state our beliefs boldly, bring the message of equality to audiences that have not yet accepted it, and listen to what those audiences have to say in return.
For my entire career in public life, I have brought the message of GLBT equality to skeptical audiences as well as friendly ones. No other leading candidate in the race for the Presidency has demonstrated the same commitment to the principle of full equality. I support the full and unqualified repeal of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. While some say we should repeal only part of the law, I believe we should get rid of that statute altogether. Federal law should not discriminate in any way against gay and lesbian couples. I will also fight to repeal the U.S. military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, a law that should never have been passed, and my Defense Department will work with top military leaders to implement that repeal.
As President, I will use the bully pulpit to urge states to treat same-sex couples with full equality in their family and adoption laws. I personally believe that civil unions represent the best way to secure that equal treatment. But I also believe that the federal government should not stand in the way of states that want to decide on their own how best to pursue equality for gay and lesbian couples - whether that means a domestic partnership, a civil union, or a civil marriage. I will also place the weight of my administration behind the enactment of the Matthew Shepard Act to outlaw hate crimes and a fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act to outlaw workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. I have supported fully inclusive protections since my days in the Illinois legislature, when I sponsored a bill to outlaw workplace discrimination that expressly included both sexual orientation and gender identity.
That is where I stand on the major issues of the day. But having the right positions on the issues is only half the battle. The other half is to win broad support for those positions. And winning broad support will require stepping outside our comfort zone. If we want to repeal DOMA, repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and implement fully inclusive laws outlawing hate crimes and discrimination in the workplace, we need to bring the message of GLBT equality to people who are not yet convinced.
That's why I brought this message of inclusiveness to all of America in my keynote address at the 2004 Democratic convention. I reiterated that message in the speech announcing my candidacy for President. Since beginning my campaign, I have been talking about GLBT equality on the stump, from rural farmers to Southern preachers. Just as important, I have been listening to what all Americans have to say in return. I will never compromise on my commitment to equal rights for all GLBT Americans. But neither will I close my ears to the voices of those who still need to be convinced. That is the work that we need to do if we are going to move forward together. It is difficult. It is challenging. And it is necessary.
The American people have been poorly served by two terms of an administration that seeks to manipulate us through fear: fear over national security, fear over immigrants and fear over gay and lesbian couples in loving relationships. Americans are yearning for leadership that will put an end to the fear mongering and instead begin empowering us once again to reach for the America we know is possible. I believe that we can achieve the goal of full equality for the millions of GLBT people in this country. To do that, we need leadership that appeals to the best parts of the human spirit, rather than the worst. Together, we will achieve real equality for all Americans, gay and straight alike.
Wanda Sykes talks to Ellen about Prop 8.
"Five Years on Mars" -- Did anyone else this this one-hour special on The National Geographic Channel? I loved watching those cute little Mars Rovers. It was "Wall-E." Only good.
Adam Levine throws Halloween partyThe New York Times has a great interview with Rutina Wesley, the actress on "True Blood" who plays Tara Thornton, the smart, mean and sexy best friend of Sookie.
“I get to create this girl and make her not the stereotypical — for lack of a better phrase — black woman with an attitude. We see a lot of that. But with Tara we’re also going to see a woman who has been through a lot of things.”
Gay double wedding, includes the father of the groom. I think I saw that on Ashton Cruz . . . .
Ryan Reynolds runs the New York City Marathon in 3:50:22.John Cho, of Harold and Kumar fame (and the new Sulu in the new Star Trek) comes out against Prop 8
Heroes execs fired! Better late than never . . . .
Prisons go green (There was a dumb prison-sex joke that I resisted here. You're welcome.)
Below, a hot Anderson Cooper and his package work out with Kelly Ripa last week.