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Compiled By Jack Nichols
The Scent of a Saint
Yes!!! It's true. The long awaited fragrance from Michael Jackson is now available for men and women. That's right. Not unisex, but two different fragrances. For only $39.99 (3.4 OZ) you and your special someone can own a part of history. MJ fragrance will make the perfect gift for Christmas. Advertisement—December 17 TV News-Crew Rendezvous with Cops Davis, Calif.-- Police recently received an offer they figured they could not refuse when a television production company invited investigators to go along on a rendezvous between a suspected pedophile and a reporter posing as a 13-year-old girl. Richard Zitrin—“ Did Pedophile Sting Blur News Ethics?”--APBnews.com That Elephant Emblem
Robin Tyler—Comedienne and Pioneering Activist West Hollywood's Weenie Police West Hollywood --Undercover police stings often conjure up images of late-night arrests in the silent shadows of dark alleyways. But it was midafternoon Sept. 21 when Brian Miller found himself in handcuffs at Pacific Design Center. The 43-year-old Echo Park decorator had run an errand at the center and was returning to his car when he ventured into a conversation with a stranger standing near the escalators. Although their banter touched on sex, Miller, who is openly gay, said he was not looking for a sexual encounter. But when he turned to leave, Miller found himself pushed against the railing, handcuffed and arrested on suspicion of lewd conduct, a misdemeanor. Miller thinks that what he later learned was an undercover sting operation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department was, in fact, entrapment. x Jeff Adler—“ Sheriff's sting is stung”—Los Angeles Times, December 15 
The Worst of Tony Scalia & the Supremes
1. Stop! In the Name of Bush 2. Dubya Love 3. Where Did Our Votes Go? 4. You Keep Chads Hanging On 5. I Hear a G.O.P. 6. Someday We'll Be Non-Partisan 7. Love Chad The Charlotte Observer--cartoon One Potato, Two Potato… George W. Bush: The President Quayle We Never Had Bumper Sticker—December 15 Breaking News: God Overrules Supreme Court
In a stunning development this morning, God invoked the "one nation, under God" clause of the Pledge of Allegiance to overrule last night's Supreme Court decision that handed the White House to George Bush. "I'm not sure where the Supreme Court gets off," God said this morning on a rare Today Show appearance, "but I'm sure as hell not going to lie back and let Bush get away with this bullshit." "I've watched analysts argue for weeks now that the exact vote count in Florida 'will never be known.' Well, I'm God and I DO know exactly who voted for whom. Let's cut to the chase: Gore won Florida by exactly 20,219 votes." Anonymous—circulating on the Internet Vaclav Havel on Ginsberg's Spontaneous Mind
I have always held the poet in great esteem. I truly appreciated his Howl
when I was a young man, and I was, of course, deeply moved by what I
felt to be his untimely death. I have also greatly appreciated his
sophistication, his intellectual power, and his scope of vision.
Vaclav Havel, President of Czechoslovakia—in his Preface to the forthcoming book (April, 2001) Allen Ginsberg—Spontaneous Mind, Selected Interviews 1958-1996, Edited by David Carter (Harper-Collins) .Politics as Performance The direct action campaigns of the queer rights group OutRage! are an example of a unique political genre - "protest as performance". Our juxtaposition of political themes and cultural forms borrows ideas from performance art to promote an explicit human rights message. This "art of activism" campaigning seeks to profile lesbian and gay emancipation in a way that is both educative and entertaining. Peter Tatchell—in his chapter in The Art of Making a Scene to be published December 31, 2000 and by edited by Henry Rogers & David Burrows, ARTicle Press Birmingham in association with the IKON gallery. Big Apple Boy Scouts
Local Boy Scouts councils yesterday rebelled against their national
group's anti-gay policy, asking for a "timely review" of standards that
wound up getting the Scouts booted out of Big Apple schools.
"The Greater New York Council's Executive Committee has written this
resolution to communicate to the [Boy Scouts of America] National Office
the true inclusive nature of the youth development programs as they are
administered here in New York," the local board said in a statement.
Carl Campanile—“N.Y. Scouts Rebel Against Nay-to-Gays Rule” New York Post, December 16 |
The Republican Party should change their national emblem from an elephant to
a prophylactic because it:
Bush to be smitten later today
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