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Apparently Manhunt.com has taken it "up the butt" financially by the swift and angry departure of customers and closing of accounts.

Folks who have asked to have their Manhunt accounts closed have received the following response from Manhunt

Dear Member,

Thank you for contacting MANHUNT Customer Service.

Thank you for taking the time to express your concerns as we are always
happy to hear from our members.

Manhunt as a company has not and does not support any political
candidate in this or any previous election.

A statement from the founder and majority shareholder of MANHUNT
follows.

Sincerely,
Ryan
Manhunt Customer Service


STATEMENT FROM LARRY BASILE, FOUNDER AND MAJOR SHAREHOLDER OF MANHUNT

There has been a depiction this week of MANHUNT being Republican.

All my life, I have never voted to the right, and have always been
generous to 20th Century Democrats, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and
Defenders, HRC, and the NGLTF.

I was arrested at the Supreme Court and FDA in Act-Up actions, and was
the founder of the Grass Roots Gay Rights Fund, which over the years has
raised more than $800K.

I was the Treasurer of Out Week magazine, which was a powerful force in
its time.

I began giving Obama donations in March 2007, and I have sent several
checks that have yet to be reported. The hat and t-shirt I wear say
"Obama for President", as does the sign in front of my house. I refuse
to live in a country that is so marred by war and hate. To me, Barack
is by far the best candidate, probably better than we deserve.

It should be known that Jonathan Crutchley's donation to McCain left the
entire Board in disbelief.

I am disappointed that we have lost some customers, and I understand the
anger. It is too bad for the web site if we lose customers, but PLEASE
never refer to me as a Republican. I consider it an offense.

At the request of the Board, Jonathan has stepped down as Chairman.

Sincerely,
Larry Basile

Update story in BayWindows

For me this is a good news/bad news letter.

It's good news because it clears up the extreme cognitive dissonance of trying to associate Larry Basile with McLame and the Republicans.

It's bad news in that Jonathan Crutchley, although asked to step down as Chairman, is still profitting from the site and will probably continue to use those profits against the GLBT community. It's his right to support whomever he wishes. We as a community don't necessarily have to make it easier for him.

After such a "career limiting move" as Crutchley's response to the inquiries that started this, I think he got a light sentence only being asked to step down and not resign from the board. Mortals such as you or I would have been met by HR and shown the door. Yeah, he's a co-founder and majority shareholder, but after doing such damage to the corporate brand, it's amazing he's not completely ousted from the company.

BARACKY II

The last few months in a nutshell

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*BURP*

The Food tasting meme

1. Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2. Bold all the items you.ve eaten.
3. Cross out any items that you would never consider eating (or eating again)
4. Optional extra: Post a comment http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

To make the filling out of this form and generating the HTML for it a bit easier, reddywhp has played around with some PHP. Go to http://reddywhip.org/lj/foods/ and fill it out there. After filling it out, you will be given the code to copy and paste into your blog.

Livejournal users, remember to use your LJ-Cuts!

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
( The rest of the list is behind the cut )

Pastafarian Rights

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is having its day in Court.

Some of us what happened last Christmas when Green Bay city officials installed a Christian nativity scene atop a public building. Drama ensued when the city would not allow displays representing other religions - including the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. They mayor referred to a proposed Pastafarian display as “silly”. (Clearly he hadn’t seen my schematic (below)).

Now the city of Green Bay is being sued. Not by us - by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

You can read the full story on the FSM website:Court Date Set For Green Bay Nativity Scene Lawsuit.

"It Was a Dark and Stormy Night..."

The 26th annual Bulwer-Lytton contest winner was announced this week.  Just what type of contest is it?

The Bulwer-Lytton, in fact, rewards the most wretched, the most inept, the most fantastically awful abuses of English writing. The kind of language that should be taken out and shot. Each year applicants submit putrefying one-sentence openings to bogus novels...

As the New York Times reminds us, "[t]he contest is named after 19th-century author Edward Bulwer-Lytton, writer of the much-parodied opening 'It was a dark and stormy night.'"

And now, without furher ado, the winning opening line:

"Theirs was a New York love, a checkered taxi ride burning rubber, and like the city their passion was open 24/7, steam rising from their bodies like slick streets exhaling warm, moist, white breath through manhole covers stamped 'Forged by DeLaney Bros., Piscataway, N.J.' "