Weekend Meme: Rapture News Roundup, Goodbye Macho Man, and Guardians of Oa Respect Male Modesty

If you’re reading this, you were not raptured either. Still, it was fun while we all ignored all the real problems in the world for a few more days,

Right?

Lisa Lampanelli is not my favorite person. And as you know, I generally think the argument “She’s an equal opportunity offender” is intellectually ridiculous. But I will give her props: faced with a Westboro Baptist Church protest at a show, she pledged to donate $1,000 to Gay Men’s Health Crisis in WBC’s name for every church member that showed up. She counted 44, and made good. When WBC claimed 48 protestors, she rounded up to $50,000.

The Louisiana legislature voted down anti-bullying legislation 43-54, even after sexual orientation and gender identity were stripped from the bill. It’s a shame they hate children so much.

Meanwhile, as the Don’t Say Gay bill passes the Tennessee house, an online effort to get the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce, which lobbied for the bill to denounce it gains steam. AT&T endorsed diversity, but it was Alcoa that came out and asked the governor to veto the bill.

Pete Doherty is headed to jail for six months. Based on what I’ve read in the tabloids, he still won’t have detoxed by then.

Being Elmo, the documentary of the man behind the world’s sauciest three-year-old, got a distributor at Cannes. I’m hoping it makes a release on IFC soon.

Jake Gyllenhaal’s lawyer is going around issuing takedown notices of to websites that ran the image of what appears to be Gyllenhaal in his underwear imitating Grace Jones. I can’t imagine that the claims they’re making can go anywhere, but they can intimidate small sites into removing it, all while drawing more attention to the photo.

In 1920, Harvard purged gays from the school in an effort to remove a stain on their reputation. Now they embrace diversity, and consider the purge the stain on their reputation.

Skoonheid was awarded the Queer Palm in Cannes this year. The movie deals with the story of a married man who is forced to deal with his attraction to other men. So it’s about Republicans?

Daniel Ellsberg on Bradley Manning. And yes, it is the same.

I am so sorry, Great Britain.

Macho Man Randy Savage, icon to so many little boys of a certain age, is dead of a heart attack while driving.

Ed Asner was asked if he’d consider appearing on Hot In Cleveland opposite Betty White, and he gave my favorite response ever about Betty White. “We were talking about my appearing there, but so far it hasn’t worked out. Betty is such a sensual creature, it would be difficult to have to put up with all of the sexual grabbing and grasping going on. Give her some sedatives, and then I think we may be able to make that happen.”

Pets were seized from a man in Sonoma County after it was learned he planned to kill them in preparation for the Rapture. Probably not earning him many holy points.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is set to sail away with a projected $90 million domestically this weekend, which puts it down as a flop on some people’s score cards. These are people I would never want to date, because I could never live up to their expectations.

NPR has a great interview with Phoenix Suns’ Grant Hill about how homophobia is no longer acceptable in professional sports. And not just because his boss Rick Welts, is gay.

Go vote for Klaine for most romantic. They’re barely holding their own against Damon and Elena from The Vampire Diaries.

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