NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivered speeches, held fund-raisers and lobbied lawmakers to legalize marriage equality in the state. Now he's proving it wasn't just talk.
Bloomie has volunteered to

As mayor, Bloomberg can marry any couple he wishes. Previously, he presided over the 2005 wedding of his daughter, Emma; and in 2003, former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.
It's no secret that I'm not a big fan of the dictator Mayor, whose Nanny State mandates have turned New York City into a military zone. But in this instance, I offer the man a loud shout-out.

Beyonce's fourth solo album 4 debuted at the top of the album chart this week, selling a respectable 310,000 copies. However, that's the softest launch yet for Beyonce—which likely has to do with the dubious quality of her first two releases from the set.

Overtly noisy, nursery rhyme lead track "Run the World (Girls)," peaked at a dismal No. 29 on the singles chart, the first time a Beyonce launch single missed the top 10.
Second single "Best Thing I Never Had," No. 29 this week, demonstrates that the entertainer has made the fatal mistake of believing anything with her name attached will become a hit, with or without a keepsake hook. This is precisely what killed the career of George Michael. As Beyonce delivers her typical shrieking, shrill vocals, the track meanders like a jagged arrow, leaving you with little but... that voice. Sounds like Lady B has lost her sting.
Soaps One Life To Live And All My Children Live On... Online

Children, which garnered 30+ Emmy Awards over 40 years, will depart the tube in September, while Life, with 40+ Emmys, will be axed in January 2012.
Of course, the question is: Will soap operas primary audience—upper demo ladies—have the desire or wherewithal to watch Susan Lucci on a laptop? My guess: Not a chance. We'll see if the soaps are still washed up, or gain a potential new audience online.
NASA's Ends Search For Intelligent Life—After Wasting $500 BILLION In Taxpayer $$$$
NASA's mission statement is "To improve life here, to extend life to there, to find life beyond." Sounds like a silly sci-fi movie, doesn't it?

Now, at last, the current Atlantis shuttle, which launched today, will bring an end to the infernal mission to spend billions of dollars of taxpayer money. Four astronauts are making the 12-day mission to ferry 8,200 pounds of supplies and equipment to the International Space Station research facility to maintain it through 2012.
In its heyday, NASA’s allocation was estimated to be a staggering 24% of the national budget. From 1958 to 2008, its booty totaled $471.23 billion. In 2007, funding was slashed, but NASA still requested nearly $17 billion, with 17,000 employees. The organization spent $12 billion alone to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity.
I can’t help but wonder what all that money could do for people on the ground.
In the future, NASA will next focus on sending astronauts to asteroids and Mars—thankfully without wasting taxpayer money. Private companies will take over the business of getting space station cargo and crews to orbit.
Surprise: No One Is Hiring; Unemployment Hits Six-Month High

"The message on the economy is ongoing stagnation," says Pierre Ellis, an economist at New York's Decision Economics. And once again, all of those rosy news stories about the accelerating economy that appear just before the monthly employment stats are pure bunk. The second Great Depression lives on.
Royal Couple Comes To U.S., And In Other Vital News...

In news that matters about as much, I shall be trimming my fingernails Saturday, just after showering, when they're nice and soft.
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