Sen. David Vitter
-Methinks he doth protest too much...-
Robot toilet enthusiast and Ft. Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle has once again raised eyebrows by accusing a gay library moving into the a city-owned building of being a gay porno stash. "When I showed the materials to the city attorney, he said it was likely hard-core pornography," he told reporters. Pressed for specific titles, Naugle refused -- a sure sign of complete bullshit. At a City Commission meeting on the plan, City Attorney Harry Stewart never expressed any such porn concerns, even when asked.
The City Commission voted 3-2 in favor of the Stonewall Library, billed as 'one of the nation's largest collections of gay and lesbian literature' -- not exactly a porno store. "I don't share the mayor's opinions on the gay community or his opinions on censorship," said Commissioner Charlotte Rodstrom, who'd voted for the library.
The report mentions 'recent tensions between the city's gay community' and Mayor Naugle, who -- from my admittedly brief knowledge of him -- strikes me as a complete nutbar. (Miami Herald)
-80 foot tall duck spotted-
Title: Rubber duck
Year: 2007
Location: river the Loire, France
Dimensions: 26 x 20 x 32 meters
Materials: inflatable, rubber coated PVC, pontoon and generator
Assigned by: le Lieu Unique and the Biennial Estuaire
I got to get me one of those -- maybe put a couple Mercury 650 outboards on the back and waterski.
It's the best idea I've ever had... Well, other than buying a bunch of giraffes, getting a ranch, and selling the world's most exotic cheese. (Wooster Collective, via reddit)
-Yeah, good luck with that...-
A conservative Christian group is 'begging' disgraced LA Senator and sex-for-hire enthusiast David VItter to resign. "Arguing for 'intellectual consistency,' the Louisiana-based group 'Christian Conservatives for Reform' have called on Senator Vitter to resign following revelations of his numerous trysts with DC escorts and frequent patronage of brothels," the report reads.
If these guys are expecting consistency out of 'family values' phonies, they must be pretty new at this right wing politics stuff. Besides, if the news that he hired hookers to entertain his diaper fetish weren't enough to make him ashamed to ever show his face in DC again, I doubt a stern finger wagging from a bunch of church ladies is going to do it. (Raw Story)
-Quote of the day-
"I got him pretty good."
An unidentified driver ended Jesse Cantu's San Antonio, TX carjacking spree by hitting him with his truck after Cantu tried to open his door. Cantu 'hobbled away from the scene' and remained at large for a few hours before he was finally arrested, but his spree ended there.
He faces several aggravated robbery charges and has been advised to try taking the bus in the future. (KSAT)
