Mike Tidmus

It’s crystal clear. The overwhelmingly pornographic evidence doesn’t lie (Photoshoppery: mine, Background: the South Park guys) Michael Ventre coined the acronym C.R.A.C.K.P.O.T. (Creepy, Rigid, Arrogant, Cruel, Know-it-all, Pompous, Obnoxious and Treacherous) to describe homo-sex-obsessed fools like Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truthiness about the ‘Mos. It seems America’s least favorite crybaby Christianist is having a [...]

Pride 2009 – official video release (Video: JGL Songs, via YouTube)

Pride News with Ben Cartwright (Video: San Diego Pride, via YouTube) Here’s a round-up of upcoming events in the San Diego area. Additions and/or corrections are welcomed. Drop me an email or add a comment below. Saturday, 28 March: César Chávez Memorial March, Parade & Community Celebration March/Parade: 10:00 am-12:00 pm. Route will begin in Sherman Heights [...]

Great news for free speech enthusiasts around the planet from the group American Atheists: Resolutions that would have banned “defamation of religion” were rejected by international bodies this week, prompting an Atheist group to all off plans to demonstrate at the United Nations building. The so-called “blasphemy” resolution introduced by Pakistan and supported by some [...]

Matt Taibbi on why financial institutions should be broken up (Video: Rachel Maddow, MSNBC, via YouTube) I read this astonishing quote from Matt Taibbi at Geoff Coupe‘s blog this past Sunday morning: The latest bailout came as AIG admitted to having just posted the largest quarterly loss in American corporate history — some $61.7 billion. In [...]

Some good news in the Union-Tribune this morning: San Diego’s City Council has voted unanimously to appeal the verdict in the case of the four firefighters who sued over a brief ride in an all but hermetically-sealed fire engine during the 2007 Pride Parade. City will appeal award to firefighters over parade 2:00 a.m. March [...]