• A news article about outing people has been written — and there's is no mention Anderson "gayer-than-fauxhawks" Cooper. [AP via NYT]
• Bloomberg in High Holiday campaign calls shocker! [Politicker]
• Some sort of country singer gives us the greatest press release ever, in history. [Some Country Singer]
• There are currently 28 bids for what someone claims are Britney Spears' worn flip-flops, and we have lost just a little more faith in humanity. [eBay]

Inspired by this week's Time, created with this handy generator. Click for full size, then mercilessly mock the next effeminate man you see.

The Battle Over Gay Teens [Time]

· Paris Hilton is cleared by the Baltimore police department of charges she "loosened-up" minors for her reality show cameras with drugs and alcohol. A statement from Ms. Hilton as to the hotness of the findings has yet to be released.
· If you, like me, refer to the day The Comeback was cancelled as 'Black Monday,' there is something you can do: sign this petition to bring my poor Valerie back. Hasn't she been through enough?
· Look! Gay unicorns!
· Look! Lesbian Sasquatches!
· Coffee's one thing, but coke is another." Jennifer Love Hewitt weighs in with some sage advice for a beleaguered Kate Moss. This chick's seen ghosts! She knows! Mmkay?!

But our real worry is: Where will they find priests now?

It's hard to decide what's most comment-worthy in the front-page Metro section piece today on Long Island cruising spots, which we're sure breaks countless gay men's hearts and does little for anyone else.

A belated follow-up for all of you who were shocked yesterday we didn't cover the California legislature's passage of a bill legalizing gay marriage, from the L.A. Times:

We are indeed aware, as several of you pointed out today, that California's assembly yesterday passed a bill allowing for gay marriage, leaving only Gov. Arnold's signature as the final step remaining to the fulfillment of Gavin Newsom's fondest dreams. (We understand some gay and lesbian couples might be pleased with the news, too.) We are further aware, as you also pointed out, that we have not commented upon this development.

An ad currently in rotation on Queerty:

We'd be remiss not to note today's launch of Queerty, "a daily mix of all things queer" written by Bradford Shellhammer and published by David Hauslaib, the Jossip proprietor who with this new project is clearly aiming to become another (admittedly less faggy-seeming) Lockhart Steele.

On top of all the other shit in the world, news broke at the end of last week that truly left us crying into our gin and tonics all weekend: Rush Limbaugh is coming to New York.

A strangely overenthusiastic reader writes in with a lengthy report from last night's New York Liberty game, reporting on celebs in attendance (and unveiling the team's new-to-us nickname, the Libs). The dedicated fan, however, seems to have messed an essential part of the WNBA.

A news brief we happened across today:

We know the Army has been missing its recruitment quotas. But, still, we somehow how think this ad (spotted by a tipster on Friendster) is going after the wrong demographic.

• MTV conspires with Nokia to makes Times Square even more crowded, tourist-friendly, and generally hideous. Swell. [Open All Night]
• Speaking of Times Square: See the debacle that was the "World's Greatest Guitar Smash," celebrating the Hard Rock Caf 's move that famed, benighted intersection. [Cityrag via Curbed]
• Gay Jewish rappers and your great-grandparents' favorite socialist newspaper, which loves them. [Proceed at Your Own Risk]
• And yet Washington State still won't let that dude keep his "F Dubya" license plate. [ToTC]
• Even online, Jews are still crafty and scheming. At least so say the anti-Semites at blottered. [Blottered]

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