George Takei is calling on the power of the boycott in the wake of last week’s Supreme Court ruling in the Hobby Lobby case. Writing on That Blog Is So Takei, the actor and activist begins by noting that “A 5-4 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court (comprised of all men) delivered a stunning set-back for […]
It has been around a week since the Supreme Court handed down their ruling in the Hobby Lobby case and since that time everyone from George Takei to websites like The Daily Beast and Jezebel are weighing in on the case, slamming Hobby Lobby along the way. The main thrust of the complaints is the […]
A photographer pitched a question to Joan Rivers this weekend at a book signing for “Diary of A Mad Diva, shortly after she had officiated a same-sex wedding. Asked whether she thought the United States would see a gay or a woman as president first, Rivers had a rather interesting response, saying that we already […]
The October 15, 2009 broadcast of The Joy Behar Show provides some great insight on conservative media from actor Richard Belzer. In this clip, Behar and her two guests, actor and left-wing activist Belzer and New York Daily News Columnist Liz Benjamin discussed Rush Limbaugh’s failed effort to buy a stake in the NFL’s St. […]
The exact origin and inventor of the margarita is unknown. One of the earliest stories is of the margarita being invented in 1938 by Carlos “Danny” Herrera at his restaurant Rancho La Gloria, halfway between Tijuana and Rosarito, Mexico, created for customer and former Ziegfeld dancer Marjorie King, who was allergic to many spirits, but […]