How will you celebrate Independance Day?

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Gov. Sarah Palin takes center stage with her announcement that she will be resigning on July 25th. Her resignation speech after the jump (is there someone out there who can interpret this?)

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U.K. gallery, Impure Art, which specializes in erotic art opened an exhibit yesterday by photographer Martin Schreiber, of photos he took of Madonna when she was a struggling 20 year old who had just moved to New York City. Madonna posed nude for $30 bucks for Schriber’s photo class at Parson’s School of Design.

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In the continuing unraveling of aftermath, Debbie Rowe, mother of two of Michael Jackson’s children, is still deciding whether or not to seek custody of her children. A public memorial for the singer is scheduled for next Tuesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Michael’s brother Jermaine sat down with Matt Lauer for an interview in which he said “I wish it was me.”

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What is the greatest crime one person can commit against another?

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Is there anything this butch can’t do? Rachel Maddow on vacay:

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When I got the news last week that Michael Jackson had passed away at age 50, the first person that came to mind was my late sister Lisa “Pebbles” James.

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When I look back on my first Pride, I like to think of it as my queer graduation. There has never been a time where I felt completely fine in my own skin, but last weekend I did the entire time I was in Chicago.

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About a month ago, I was watching television and saw an advertisement for a mini, vibrating “personal massager” put out by Trojan. The commercial made it very clear that its intended use was for sexual pleasure, and also for women of all ages. It was also interesting the way it was described as something that “women aren’t afraid to talk about.”

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What is the greatest value that guides your life?

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Some fierce and exciting energy will be let loose this month, beginning with the Uranus retrograde station on July 1. Uranus rules our brilliance, inventiveness, extremity, higher mind, need for individuation. On the low end, it is destructive, irresponsible, chaotic, disconnected.

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I’d safely say that in the straight world, Keith Olbermann not President Obama, is the “fierce advocate” of LGBT rights.

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I can’t believe I am telling this story again. I think this must be the third time airport security has tried to take away my sex toys. The thing is, I live in New York; my girlfriend lives in Atlanta so I travel a lot.

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Last Christmas Eve, I was driving home to Ojai from my dear friend Vonda’s house. It was raining; I was sobbing. I was leaving town in a few days to spend several months in Santa Fe and that saddened me, particularly in the case of our friendship. You see, we had been very close friends in 1994-95 and then had a 12-year hiatus during which we only saw each other once and spoke only one other time.

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What was your favorite cartoon as a kid?

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