The Ring-A-Ding: What A Way To Go, Students Want Name Changed From Gay Foe, Foley Fall Out Continues To Snow

When operatorLA pictures his demise, he often wishes to be 95, healthy but passing peacefully in his sleep. However, operatorLA is practical and knows that we often don't get what we want in life, so if he is gonna go in a dramatic fashion, he could only hope it would be as good as this guy in England. A man who fell from a German aristocrat's flat following a gay orgy died from misadventure, a British coroner ruled Thursday. Dr. Paul Knapman, presiding in Westminster Coroner's Court, said one room of the apartment contained a ``bizarre'' assortment of items including a large rubber tarpaulin on the floor, towels, lubricants, bottles of vodka, buckets of sex toys and a TV set up to show pornography. Whenare we gonna see that CSI episode?

Students at the University of Missouri-Columbia have launched a campaign to rename the student union building because it is christened in honor of a former dean who worked to purge the campus of gay students and professors more than a half-century ago. It's these little things that give operatorLA hope. While this act is not as dramatic as a Soulforce protest or a gay amrriage vote, it is bringing the positive gay debate into small communities which is where the true tide will be turned.

Ah, we love a good political scandal. Especially when it involves Republicans and it seems like Foleygate is just warming up. 38 days until mid-term elections, let's keep the bad Republican press coming. Here's a round-up:

Earliest reports of inappropriate messages here

Ethics Committee to begin Probe

Read what Congressman Barney Frank has to say

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