Morning Meme: Sir Paul Ties the Knot, Betty White Is Still Hot, and Saturday Night Live Gives Stefon a Perfect Foil

Congratulations to Sir Paul McCartney on his third opposite marriage. This time it's to heiress Nancy Shevell, and may it go better than his last marriage.

Remember how the "creative class" was going to power the next big economic boom? It turns out the creative class never really existed.

I know I should talk about Bryan Fisher hating gays and all the Republican presidential candidates kissing his wrinkled butt this weekend at the Values Voters Summit, but there's really nothing new there, is there?

In somewhat disturbing news, a keylogger has appeared on the classified computers used to pilot U.S. military drones, and it keeps coming back even after it's wiped. They think it's benign, but personally, I think it's the beginning of SkyNet.

Betty White thinks she has a gay fan base because she speaks her mind, and because gays love animals, just like her. Well, I don't love cats, but I do love most animals. Mostly I wanted a grandmother who would cut me a slice of cheesecake and give me advice about boys, and Betty always seemed to fit the bill.  This evening will be the debut of her new techno music video called "I'm Still Hot."

Over at the Borowitz Report, the potential election dilemma is summed up in a way worthy of TheOnion.com, except it's all too real. I wonder if TheOnion.com will have to go out of business as reality becomes more and more polarized and ridiculous?

The new neon sculpture for the Florida Marlins stadium that lights up for a home run looks to have been designed by a mid-1990s drag queen coming off a three week ecstasy binge.

In one of the most contrived political statements I've ever seen, North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue says she'll vote against a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage because she's said she's all about jobs, and she means it. Not that she wants marriage equality, which she opposes. She's just being illogically consistent.

NBC has purchased a multi-camera comedy called Kept Men, about guys who lose their jobs and are supported by their wives. I hold some mild interest because the writers were behind Super Troopers, which has a twisted charm.

The New Museum is cutting up floors to make room for 102-foot slide by German artist Carsten Höller, similar to the one he installed at the Tate. I can't even tell you where the New Museum is, but like the post says: It's a slide, in a museum!

Happy Endings is doing a Halloween episode, and the costumes for the straight people are boring. I'm hoping that Max and Penny truly bring it.

Remember that Tennessee pastor who ordered his deacons to attack his gay son to prevent him from attending church? Yeah, well now he's been arrested for theft. Maybe he needs to re-read that book his church is built around.

Shirley MacClaine will receive the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award on June 7th.

Once again, the Marines showed up to recruit at a gay event, this time bringing their chin-up bar to San Gabriel Valley Pride in Pasadena. All four services were invited, but only the Marines showed up. In a somewhat amusing side story, the $150 booth fee was due back in September, and the Marines had exhausted their budget for the fiscal year, and had to be sponsored by Pride to attend. Seriously, I love that the Marines are stepping out smartly on this, and I'm more than a little disappointed in the Air Force.

Meanwhile, House Armed Service Committee Chairman Buck McKeon is threatening to withhold the entire Defense Appropriations Bill if he doesn't get explicit language banning military chaplains from performing legal marriage ceremonies. So he's willing to not only screw over the gay troops, but the entire military over his bigotry.

And finally in military news, over at Doonesbury, Roz has finally come out. It's been a weeklong series on the iconic strip, played completely deadpan.

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