Rights
#335 They’re here, they’re discriminated against, they’re used to it (Rights)
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Edition #335
Act 1: First DADT hearing tomorrow – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: High court bans same-sex friendships – The Onion
Act 3: DADT popular in polls – Counterspin
Act 4: Dreaded Bliss in New Jersey – Daily Show
Act 5: They’re here, they’re discriminated against, they’re used to it – The Bugle
Act 6: Fight to serve – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Be almost all that you can be – Colbert Report
Act 8: New law would ban loveless marriages – The Onion
Act 9: Praise for Obama on DADT – The Progressive
Act 10: Gays would get tattoos in the military – Wait wait, don’t tell me
Act 11: A few gay men and women – Daily Show
Act 12: Fight to serve 2 – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Hermaphrodites Can’t Be Gay – Colbert Report
Music:
Move you – Anya Marina
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The King of Carrot Flowers, Pts. 2 & 3 – Neutral Milk Hotel
Starring – Freelance Whales
Redemption Song – Bob Marley
Am I wrong – Love Spit Love
What difference does it make – The Smiths
Wild Night – Van Morrison
I was married – Tegan and Sara
Cat faces – Ugly Casanova
Don’t ask me why – Billy Joel
Old man – Neil Young
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#317 Rights, gay and otherwise, all obvious (Podcast)
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Edition #317
Act 1: From here to neutrality – Daily Show
Act 2: Feingold and Franken beat up Patriot Act – Young Turks
Act 3: The end of prohibition – Slate
Act 4: Don’t ask, don’t tell – Colbert Report
Act 5: Texas bans marriage – Young Turks
Act 6: Texas bans marriage – Wait wait don’t tell me
Act 7: Mormon trespassing – Colbert Report
Act 8: Utah politician outrageous comments on gays – Young Turks
Act 9: Gaywatch Gaywatch – Peter Vadala & William Phillips – Daily Show
Act 10: Skeletons in the closet – Colbert Report
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Can’t get queer from here – Daily Show
Music:
Here comes my baby – Cat Stevens
Your ex-lover is dead – Stars
Change is gonna come – Ben Sollee
What went wrong – Blink 182
It’s a mistake – Men at work
Miss Misery – Elliott Smith
Steal my kisses – Ben Harper
Build me up buttercup – The Foundations
Tuesday’s gone – Lynyrd Skynyrd
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#308 Still legally treated as second-class citizens (Podcast)
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Edition #308
Act 1: California Marriage Protection Act PSA 1
Act 2: When the time is right – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Jim Fouratt on gay rights – Colbert Report
Act 4: Obama speaks on DADT – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: California Marriage Protection Act PSA 2
Act 6: Dan Savage on Obama on DADT – Countdown
Act 7: The gay after tomorrow – Daily Show
Act 8: The aftermath of the gay rights rally – Mother Jones
Act 9: Queer and loathing in D.C. – Daily Show
Act 10: Dan Choi: Don’t Tell, Martha! – The Moth Podcast
Music:
I was married – Tegan and Sara
Right now – Van Halen
Leader – Burning Spear
What have I done to deserve this – Pet Shop Boys
Ain’t no reason – Brett Dennen
Don’t ask me why – Billy Joel
S̩n̩gal Fast-Food РAmadou & Mariam
Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise – The Avett Brothers
Let my love open the door – Pete Townsend
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#291 Rock-ribbed, lily-livered conservatives (Podcast)
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Act 1: Appealing to right-wing fear – Ring of Fire
Act 2: Class of ‘43 – Daily Show
Act 3: Bob Inglis – What are they afraid of? – The Young Turks
Act 4: Cheney testing the constitution – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Cheney’s asault on the rule of law – Countdown
Act 6: Examining the damage left by Cheney – Ring of Fire
Act 7: Continuing the details on warrantless wiretapping – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Doctoring the torture program – The Young Turks
Music:
Green eyes – Coldplay
I Don’t Mind If You Forget Me – Morrissey
Star wars remix – Happy Hardcore
President of what? – Death Cab For Cutie
Under the bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Go ahead – Rilo Kiley
Transit – Albert Hammond Jr.
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#285 Illegal programs past and future (Podcast)
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Act 1: Only in New York! – Daily Show
Act 2: Discussing the Cheney-ordered CIA program – Ring of Fire
Act 3: Peter Phillips on ignoring autopsy reports – FORA.tv
Act 4: Discussing what to do with aquitted detainees – Le Show
Act 5: Obama’s constitution speech(s) – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Darius Rejali on authorizing torture – FORA.tv
Act 7: Comparing Iranian images to US torture photos – Counterspin
Act 8: The heartbreaking story in Iran continues – The Young Turks
Act 9: Hard Corps – Daily Show
Music:
Ottoman – Vampire Weekend
Opportunity – Pete Murray
I will follow you into the dark – Death Cab For Cutie
Change your mind – The Killers
Two of us – Aimee Man, Micheal Penn
I Know I Know I Know – Tegan and Sara
These days – Nico
Struggle – Ringside
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#272 In sickness and health and other rights denied (Podcast)
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Act 1: Gaywatch in Maine and Washington, DC – The Daily Show
Act 2: All aren’t happy with health insurance for all – NPR
Act 3: Mother of hate-crime murder victim interview – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Elizabeth Edwards on healthcare – The Daily Show
Act 5: The rights of the government to spy on us – On the Media
Act 6: Bernie Sanders on healthcare reform in congress – Thom Hartman
Act 7: Drug use and crime in the Netherlands – The Young Turks
Act 8: Maintaining hope in Obama – Mike Malloy
Act 9: Gay marriage bad for small business – The Daily Show
Act 10: The healthcare at Gitmo – Countdown
Music:
Drug Ballad – Eminem
Luna – Smashing Pumpkins
Cemetry Gates – The Smiths
Only ones who know – Arctic Monkeys
Do You Want To Know A Secret – The Beatles
I’m a pilot – Fanfarlo
Think (Freedom) – Aretha Franklin
Liquid Sun – DJ Keoki
Another lesson in love – Danger Radio
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#262 The Big Torture Show (Podcast)
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Act 1: Bowing to the King – Colbert Report
Act 2: Disambiguating the reports – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Declassifying torture memos – On the Media
Act 4: Introduction to SERE – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Torture debate on Newshour – CounterSpin
Act 6: Bush denounces war criminals – Countdown
Act 7: Shep Smith goes to far – Colbert Report
Act 8: Possible procecutions for the CIA – Rachel Maddow
Act 9: Obama speaks from the CIA – Countdown
Act 10: Turning a blind eye to torture – Wait Wait
Act 11: Notes on sleep deprivation – Rachel Maddow
Act 12: How many times does it take? – CounterSpin
Act 13: DIck Cheney runs on fear – Rachel Maddow
Music:
Steal my kisses – Ben Harper
I can see clearly now – Jimmy Cliff
Debate exposes doubt – Death Cab For Cutie
Take me out – Franz Ferdinand
One – Apocalyptica
Auto-tune the news #1 – Schmoyoho on YouTube
In a big country – Dashboard Confessional
Keep it clean – Scott West And Sex On Sunday
Some might say – Oasis
I Will Play My Game Beneath The Spin Light – Brand New
My Favourite Game – The Cardigans
Sleeping in – The Postal Service
It’s not impossible – Ben Sollee
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#261 Love is in the air, let’s shoot it down (Podcast)
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Act 1: Same-sex marriage in Iowa – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: Gay Marriage in Vermont – The Daily Show
Act 3: Newspapers influencing marriage debate – On the Media
Act 4: Getting government out of the marriage business – Colbert Report
Act 5: Traditional marriage in the bible Part 1 – The Young Turks
Act 6: Phone call to the 14th century – Kasper Hauser Comedy Troupe
Act 7: Traditional marriage in the bible Part 2 – The Young Turks
Act 8: Anti-same-sex-marriage ad – Colbert Report
Act 9: Anti-same-sex marriage 2M4M – Rachel Maddow
Act 10: 2M4M 4 Ever! – AndyCobbonUTube
Music:
My Love – The Bird and the Bee
You can’t hurry love – Phil Collins
Another love song – Finniston
What is love? – Haddaway
Love will come through – Travis
Accidentally in love – The Counting Crows
Love will tear us apart – Joy Division
Let my love open the door – Pete Townsend
All my love – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
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#258 RIghts at home and abroad, human and otherwise (Podcast)
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Act 1: Viagra to the Taliban – Wait Wait
Act 2: Story of a wrongful death Part 1 – Democracy NOW!
Act 3: On the Isreal/Palistine question – The Young Turks
Act 4: Story of a wrongful death Part 2 – Democracy NOW!
Act 5: NSA spying on Americans – ABC News
Act 6: State senator on ‘The Gay’ – The Young Turks
Act 7: Let them into the house – Slate.com
Music:
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher – Jackie Wilson
Army Corps of Architects – Death Cab For Cutie
Skilly Widden – Cantiga
No Bravery – James Blunt
Needle in the Hay – Elliott Smith
Fuck you – Lily Allen
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(In)Tolerance (Podcast)
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Act 1: Paul Reikoff on Rick Warren – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: Claim of Privilage – Thom Hartmann
Act 3: The Mormons funding Prop 8 – The Young Turks
Act 4: Alabama super-illegalizes gay marriage – The Onion
Act 5: Tolerance lowers risk for gay kids – NPR
Act 6: O’Reilly and Gingrich on Prop 8 – The Young Turks
Music:
Big Jumps – Emiliana Torrini
Quelqu’un m’a dit – Carla Bruni
Love, Save the Empty – Erin McCarley
Come As You Are – The Bird and the Bee
Love Will Tear Us Apart – Nouvelle Vague
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US, Russia and China oppose UN’s gay rights mission
Of course, let’s not forget the Roman Catholic Church who is opposing gay rights, listing improbable and nonsensical justifications for their intolerance.
“An unprecedented declaration seeking to decriminalize homosexuality won the support of 66 countries in the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, but opponents criticized it as an attempt to legitimize pedophilia and other ‘deplorable acts.’
Cheney approved CIA’s torture tactics
“Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that he was directly involved in approving severe interrogation methods used by the CIA, and that the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should remain open indefinitely.” – Greg Miller, LA Times
Read about Cheney’s confession after the break!
A moral decree from the vatican’t
“The Vatican issued the most authoritative and sweeping document on bioethical issues in 20 years on Friday, taking into account recent developments in biomedical technology and reinforcing the church’s opposition to in vitro fertilization, human cloning, genetic testing on embryos before implantation and embryonic stem cell research,” report Povoledo and Goodstein of the NY Times.
In case you need yet another organisation to give you moral advice and dictate your personal life decisions (as if mom and dad weren’t enough), read about the Vatican’s decree after the break!
Familial terrorism in Pakistan (Video)
“Westerners associate terrorism in Pakistan with suicide bombers, but the real emerging terrorist threat for Pakistani women is being disfigured by acid attacks, often by their own husbands, Nicholas D. Kristof says.” – NY Times Video Opinion
Read on to see the disturbing video about thousands of women’s lifes in Pakistan. Warning: the video contains graphic images and is not suitable for young children.
Justice not for all
Melissa Etheridge spoke out against the approval of Proposition 8. In the Daily Beast, Melissa bravely states that if she does not have the same rights “under the state constitution as any other citizen,” then she (and the entire gay community) should not be expected to pay state taxes “because [she's] not a full citizen.”
Why do people care more about chickens (I’m referring to the recent passing of Proposition 2) than members of their own species? Why are some people more equal than others?
Read further for excerpts from Melissa’s response to Proposition 8. I think she’s got it exactly right.
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