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www.godhatesfags.comOn Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case brought by the state of Missouri, which has a law banning protesters from funerals. Missouri passed the law in 2006 in order to banish the Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church from disturbing the peace at military funerals. Westboro's members like to spout off about totally unrelated events and U.S. policies -- gay rights, mainly, hence the church's "godhatesfags" domain name -- while the caskets carrying the m
It now comes with a half-hearted apology/introduction full of hillbilly jokes. If you missed it when it debuted on the Interwebz last month, prepare to be embarrassed for Kansas congressman Bill Otto (Republican, duh), who composed an Obama diss track after returning from a family reunion in the Ozarks.("Rapping" starts at 3:14) Shockingly, some people were offended by this. The controversy explained after the jump...
When I received an e-mail a few weeks ago inviting me to sit as one of the sensory judges at the 2009-2010 Midwest Regional Barista Competition, I jumped at the opportunity. At my most delusional, it sounded like "celebrity judge" -- at the very least, it sounded like a great time. Last weekend, I trained for my judging certification and then sat as a sensory judge for the first round of the competition on Saturday. Fifteen shots later, I attended the final on Sunday. Over the next three week
Photo courtesy Kaldi's CoffeeOn Saturday, October 31, and Sunday, November 1, Zach Dyer helped judge the Midwest Regional Barista Competition, with the winner advancing to the national competition in Anaheim in April 2010. In last week's post, Dyer explained how the competition works and described the drinks made by the finalists from PT's Coffee in Topeka, Kansas. This week, he looks at how the finalists from St. Louis' own Kaldi's Coffee Roasting Company fared...Kaldi's baristas focused the
Does the lady even have a forehead? We've never seen it.Fred Phelps, the pastor of Wesboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, is not "gaga" about many people. In fact he hates 'em. Yes, we're talking about you: homosexuals, Jews, priests, presidents and world residents.Now, add to Phelp's shit list one more person: Lady Gaga. In a news release posted on the pastor's website, Phelps says his church plans to picket the performer's concert in St. Louis on January 7. Why? Something about Lady Gaga
Human lightning rod Lady Gaga and her handlers aren't letting many press photographers into her show at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on January 7, but there could be more news cameras outside the venue when her tour hits St. Louis.Timothy Norris / LA WeeklyLady Gaga at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on December 23, 2009. See more photos here.Pastor Fred Phelps, best known for his rallying cry (and Web site URL) "God Hates Fags," has been drumming up support for a protest outside the Fab Fox.Now
