Fuck its silent in here.......

[Slaky]

Fuck it's silent. It's probably because of all the cheddar Morph is quickly unstacking (and maybe just stacking it back up yet).

Think it's bad here? At least we're not Europe ... yet.

It's all Greek to me.

Morph is stacking feta.

Can I get a ruling on this Forkjoke? Is it okay for me to chuckle slightly, or is that only encouraging him?

I laughed. Mostly because I pictured big bricks of delicious feta piled high. Then I drooled. Fork gets the win for creating positive imagery.

[Oleg]

I'm laughing out loudly...

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2010-05-06/news/christian-right-leader-george-rekers-takes-vacation-with-rent-boy/

The pictures on the Rentboy.com profile show a shirtless young man with delicate features, guileless eyes, and sun-kissed, hairless skin. The profile touts his "smooth, sweet, tight ass" and "perfectly built 8 inch cock (uncut)" and explains he is "sensual," "wild," and "up for anything" — as long you ask first. And as long as you pay.

On April 13, the "rent boy" (whom we'll call Lucien) arrived at Miami International Airport on Iberian Airlines Flight 6123, after a ten-day, fully subsidized trip to Europe. He was soon followed out of customs by an old man with an atavistic mustache and a desperate blond comb-over, pushing an overburdened baggage cart.

That man was George Alan Rekers, of North Miami — the callboy's client and, as it happens, one of America's most prominent anti-gay activists. Rekers, a Baptist minister who is a leading scholar for the Christian right, left the terminal with his gay escort, looking a bit discomfited when a picture of the two was snapped with a hot-pink digital camera.

Reached by New Times before a trip to Bermuda, Rekers said he learned Lucien was a prostitute only midway through their vacation. "I had surgery," Rekers said, "and I can't lift luggage. That's why I hired him." (Medical problems didn't stop him from pushing the tottering baggage cart through MIA.)

Yet Rekers wouldn't deny he met his slender, blond escort at Rentboy.com — which features homepage images of men in bondage and grainy videos of crotch-rubbing twinks — and Lucien confirmed it.

At the small western Miami townhome he shares with a roommate, a nervous Lucien expressed surprise when we told him that Rekers denied knowing about his line of work from the beginning. "He should've been able to tell you that," he said, fidgeting and fixing his eyes on his knees. "But that's up to him."

For decades, George Alan Rekers has been a general in the culture wars, though his work has often been behind the scenes. In 1983, he and James Dobson, America's best-known homophobe, formed the Family Research Council, a D.C.-based, rabidly Christian, and vehemently anti-gay lobbying group that has become a standard-bearer of the nation's extreme right wing. Its annual Values Summit is considered a litmus test for Republican presidential hopefuls, and Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter have spoken there. (The Family Research Council would not comment about Rekers's Euro-trip.)

...

In his interview with New Times, Lucien didn't want to impugn his client, but he made it clear they met through Rentboy.com, which is the only website on which he advertises his services. Neither Google nor any other search engine picks up individual Rentboy.com profiles, any more than they pick up individual profiles on eHarmony or Match.com. You cannot just happen upon one.

To arrive at Lucien's site, Rekers must have accepted Rentboy.com's terms of use, thereby acknowledging he was not offended by graphic sexual material. He then would have been transported to a front page covered with images of naked, tumescent men busily sodomizing each other.

Then Rekers must have performed a search. Did he want a "rentboy," a "sugar daddy," or a "masseur"? In what country? And what city? If Rekers searched for a rent boy in Miami, he would have found approximately 80 likely candidates. He must have scrolled down the first page, past the shirtless bears and desperate ex-models, and on to page 2. There, at last, was Lucien.

I hope this is legit.

Update for Long Stroke.

UPDATE: The escort now says Rekers is indeed gay, and that Rekers paid him to perform daily nude body rubs during their European jaunt. "It's a situation where he's going against homosexuality when he is a homosexual," the young man told the New Times, adding that Rekers -- who repeatedly asked for a move he dubbed "The Long Stroke"

[Saul Goodman]

"Pat Quinn: Finally...a governor for us."

That billboard made my day yesterday.  Well, it made about 0.05% of my day.

Who's the "us"?

Was there a photo accompanying the billboard?

Quinn posing with diverse people.

[Dr. Nguyen Van Falk]

Update for Long Stroke.

UPDATE: The escort now says Rekers is indeed gay, and that Rekers paid him to perform daily nude body rubs during their European jaunt. "It's a situation where he's going against homosexuality when he is a homosexual," the young man told the New Times, adding that Rekers -- who repeatedly asked for a move he dubbed "The Long Stroke"

Linked from that link...

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/05/dr-george-rekers-patron-of-male.html

NARTH and Family Research Council co-founder Dr. George Rekers has responded to my inquiry about where to find the hottest male prostitutes. After the above, he continues:

I have spent much time as a mental health professional and as a Christian minister helping and lovingly caring for people identifying themselves as "gay." My hero is Jesus Christ who loves even the culturally despised people, including sexual sinners and prostitutes. Like Jesus Christ, I deliberately spend time with sinners with the loving goal to try to help them. Mark 2:16-17 reads, "16When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the "sinners" and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: "Why does he eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?" 17On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." In fact, in a dialogue with hypocritical religious leaders, Jesus even stated to them, "I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. 32For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him. " (Matthew 21:31).

Like John the Baptist and Jesus, I have a loving Christian ministry to homosexuals and prostitutes in which I share the Good News of Jesus Christ with them (see I Corinthians 6:8-11). Contrary to false gossip, innuendo, and slander about me, I do not in any way "hate" homosexuals, but I seek to lovingly share two types of messages to them, as I did with the young man called "Lucien" in the news story: [1] It is possible to cease homosexual practices to avoid the unacceptable health risks associated with that behavior, and [2] the most important decision one can make is to establish a relationship with God for all eternity by trusting in Jesus Christ's sacrifice on the cross for the forgiveness of your sins, including homosexual sins. If you talk with my travel assistant that the story called "Lucien," you will find I spent a great deal of time sharing scientific information on the desirability of abandoning homosexual intercourse, and I shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ with him in great detail.

Oh, well that explains EVERYTHING! Dr. George Rekers is curing homosexuals ONE BY ONE by hiring them on MALE PROSTITUTION websites! Glory! Praise His Name!

The Family Research Council does their best to disavow "after reviewing the historical records"...

http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=PR10E01&f=RF07B02

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council President Tony Perkins (FRC) released the following statement in response to calls regarding Dr. George Rekers and his connection with the Family Research Council:

"In the past 24 hours FRC has received calls regarding Dr. George Rekers and his connection with the Family Research Council.  After reviewing the historical records we did verify that Dr. Rekers was a member of the original Family Research Council board prior to its merger with Focus on the Family in 1987.

"Reports have been circulating regarding Dr. Reker's relationship with a male prostitute.  FRC has had no contact with Dr. Rekers or knowledge of his activities in over a decade so FRC can provide no further insight into these allegations.

"While we are extremely disappointed when any Christian leader engages in the very activities that they 'preach' against, it is not surprising.  The Scriptures clearly teach the fallen nature of all people.  We each have a choice to act upon that nature or accept the forgiveness offered by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and do our best to ensure our actions, both public and private, match our professed positions."

[Yeti]

Help me out here. My apathetic viewpoint has left me unaware of the details of this Arizona law... So, you have to have contact with the police in a separate matter, right? Speeding, domestic issues, etc..? And then, the federal government has something on their set of laws that says you should have proof of residency and prove it at any time, yes?

[Yeti]

With the nomination of Kagan, I think this place will be better served if we just talk about how she looks like a man in drag.

[ChuckD]

With the nomination of Kagan, I think this place will be better served if we just talk about how she looks like a man Kevin James in drag.

[Quality Start Machine]

With the nomination of Kagan, I think this place will be better served if we just talk about how she looks like a man Kevin James in drag.

PAUL BLART...SUPREME COURT JUSTICE!!!

[Chuck to Chuck]

[R-V]

Obama isn't very good at this socialism thing.

Apparently nominating someone with no judicial track record in order to get a smooth confirmation is more important than having the nards to nominate someone with an actual librul record to replace Stevens.

[Gilgamesh]

Obama isn't very good at this socialism thing.

Apparently nominating someone with no judicial track record in order to get a smooth confirmation is more important than having the nards to nominate someone with an actual librul record to replace Stevens.

I'm not really a fan of the pick either; my choice was Sidney Thomas of Montana.  However, Kagan comes with the reputation as a powerfully persuasive individual.  If she can get Kennedy to join the liberals on many of the cases, that's certainly acceptable in my book.

Plus, she's probably a lesbian too.  Bonus points.

[Quality Start Machine]

Not a fan of the pick.

[SKO]

Obama isn't very good at this socialism thing.

Apparently nominating someone with no judicial track record in order to get a smooth confirmation is more important than having the nards to nominate someone with an actual librul record to replace Stevens.

I'm not really a fan of the pick either; my choice was Sidney Thomas of Montana.  However, Kagan comes with the reputation as a powerfully persuasive individual.  If she can get Kennedy to join the liberals on many of the cases, that's certainly acceptable in my book.

Plus, she's probably a lesbian too.  Bonus points.

I can see why she's persuasive. If you just give in to whatever she asks you can stop having to talk to/make eye contact with her.

[Dr. Nguyen Van Falk]

Not a fan of the pick.

Say no more.

[Quality Start Machine]

Not a fan of the pick.

Say no more.

I figured MikeC would show up with all kinds of talking points & pyrotechnics.

My basic misgiving (which has no value whatsoever) is that judges make decisions that carry ramifications. Kagan has absolutely no experience at this.

It would be tantamount to any of us, who can sit here and pontificate about baseball stats and strategy without any real experience, being appointed manager of the Cubs for life.