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[Content note: homophobia, racism, misogyny, violence]

Friday, News, Hole:

Other debate hews: Joe "Sam the Wurzelbacher" Plumber failed to show up for a scheduled debate Wednesday. Great campaign you've got there! Good luck!

Racist douchebag pastor Terry Jones was denied entry into Canada yesterday. Good on you, Canada.

Three women got sick after working in the filthy garage of the suburban Houston house, which was later quarantined, for an upcoming episode of the TLC series Hoarding: Buried Alive. Seems like that was bound to happen sooner or later. Get well, cast and crew of Hoarding: Buried Alive!

A gay Charlotte couple was attacked on the street in Asheville, North Carolina. The couple are concerned police aren't taking the crime seriously. North Carolina's hate crimes law does not cover sexual orientation.

A gay club in Moscow was attacked by twenty masked thugs, just days after Orthodox Christian activists called for a ban on LGBT nightspots.

Organizers of the Anoka, Minnesota, Halloween Parade have denied a request from a gay youth group to participate, telling the group that the parade was already full. It turns out that may have been a lie.

Radical Islamist fuckheads are compiling a list of unmarried mothers in northern Mali, raising fears of cruel punishments such as stoning, amputations and executions.

Scott Walker (not that Scott Walker) has a new album coming out. Here is a trailer for the upcoming Bish Bosch, scheduled for release this December.

Starting January 27, the price of a U.S. first-class stamp will increase one cent to 46 cents. Postcard postage will rise to 33 cents. How will this effect garbage treasure deliveries? No one knows!

PBS (enjoy it while you can!) Fans: Downtown Abbey star Joanne Froggatt got married over the weekend.

TruFact™: Herman's Head was Liss' favourite TV show in 1995.

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