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Brian Fairbanks — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:09:00 GMT

Great news, everybody, swine flu has not affected The Real World: Cancun.

This time, Sean Penn is the one to file for a separation.

A high school marching band member fended off a robber with her baton.

Check out the senior citizen sisters' heroin operation.

A teen prostitute in Sweden claims she was forced to have sex with over 500 men.

Elizabeth Edwards says her husband John should not have run for President a second time, especially after that whole idiotic affair fiasco thing.

A FEMA coloring book features a 9/11 image.

David Blaine is teaching Mia Farrow how to starve herself for publicity.

And Kelly McGillis came out of the closet.

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Sloppy Seconds: Joe The Plumber's New Homeland Security Gig

Emily Farris — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:52:00 GMT

We can't think of anything more unAmurrrican than George W. Bush pardoning an eagle killer. Okay, we can, but still... [Gawker]

Hugh Jackman's wife was totally cool with him kissing Nicole Kidman. [Us]

Who was totally not cool on David Letterman last night. [Jezebel]

Stephanie from Full House's baby daddy (who is not from Full House but from the real world but that that Real World) has made an emotional plea for Stephanie, er Jodie Sweetin, to bring back the couple's 7-month-old daughter. Sweetin and Cody Herpin split recently, and Jodie took the kid. [Radar]

Amy Winehouse is back in the hospital after an adverse reaction to "medication." [Yahoo!]

As Wonkette so smartly stated, "Joe the Plumber's life officially becomes off-putting David Lynch film." Joe, er Samuel Wurzelbacher, is apparently now doing tacky commercials for some cheap electronics company. And it's really sad. But, hey, at least he has a job, right? A job protecting the public safety of the united states during the digital TV transition. For real. [Wonkette]

"The Real World: Facebook" or Scanner Emily vs. The Mormons

Emily Farris — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:51:00 GMT

We grew up in Independence, Missouri, which has one of the largest Mormon populations in the country—second only to the Salt Lake City/Provo area of Utah, if we are correct. We can honestly say that some of our best friends are Mormon, and even though we don't agree with their religion—at all— some of the nicest people we know are Mormon, and that makes it hard for us to "blame the Mormons" for Proposition 8 passing in California. Well, it did make it hard for us until we got into this little Facebook argument with a Mormon friend who lives in California when he updated his status to say he was "so glad that Proposition 8 passed!" and were further attacked by five of his cronies.

Here's what happens when people stop being nice, and start getting real on "The Real World: Facebook" or Scanner Emily vs. the Mormons... if you can follow it.

EMILY'S MORMON FRIEND is happy that Prop 8 passed!!! 8:15am
- 23 Comments

MORMON 1 at 8:20am November 5
So it did pass? Sweet!

EMILY FARRIS at 8:23am November 5
Let hatred and discrimination reign.

EMILY'S MORMON FRIEND at 8:25am November 5
It's too bad you feel that way Emily. If you only understood the real issue here... It's unfortunate that so many people are so misguided.

EMILY FARRIS at 8:26am November 5
What's the issue? That people want to love each other?

EMILY'S MORMON FRIEND at 8:29am November 5
So you're saying that because gay unions don't fit under the definition of traditional marriage they can't love each other? That's pretty pathetic.

EMILY FARRIS at 8:31am November 5 via Facebook Mobile
I'm saying that it never ceases to amaze me how so many Christians preach love and paractice hate. why is it any of your concern or business if a man marries another man?

MORMON 3 at 8:35am November 5
I never saw as much hatred as I saw in the faces of those who were screaming at me while I was holding up a sign. Or as much theivery as those who repeatedly stole my signs, 3 an hour at one point. This is about the meaning of a word, thats all. Homosexuals enjoy ALL the same rights as everyone else, Thats the law. But redifineing a word is not a right.

EMILY'S MORMON FRIEND at 8:44am November 5
It's interesting you should accuse Christians of practicing hate when that is not the underlying motive at all. Christians and non Christians alike are protecting a union that is sacred and that was instituted by God for the benefit of mankind in bearing and raising children. Proposition 8 in no way denies the rights of gays to civil unions or ... Read Morethe benefits enjoyed by heterosexual couples.

It is my concern and business when gay relationships are promoted in public schools; schools that my children will attend. Where is the equality in forcing me as a parent to stand idly by as my child is indoctrinated with, as I see it, unmoral principles? Should I be forced to home school my child because I disagree with that which is being taught in a school that my tax monies pay for?

Or how about the hate that is being practiced as you have mentioned? Those opposing proposition 8 preach tolerance and equality. Why then were so many 'Yes on 8' signs desecrated, stolen, or defaced?

EMILY'S MORMON FRIEND at 8:47am November 5
Why was the property of the 'Yes on 8' supporters destroyed? Cars were keyed, buildings were 'tagged', houses were ruined. Why also was there physical harm done to 'Yes on 8' supporters by the opposition? Is that tolerance? Is that love? Is that freedom of speech? Most definitely not. It is evident on numerous levels that the tolerance and equality touted by those opposing prop 8 is clearly a facade.

MORMON 4 at 9:05am November 5
Well said Emily's Mormon Friend.

EMILY'S MORMON FRIEND at 9:20am November 5
Thank you.

MORMON 2 at 9:44am November 5
Wow, well said!!!

MORMON 3 at 11:23am November 5
you the man Emily's Mormon Friend!!

EMILY FARRIS at 4:43pm November 5
Emily's Mormon Friend, I know you're a nice guy, but you and I can't have a real conversation about this when you base your moral system on a god I don't believe exists, because I sure as hell can't believe in a god that would create people with love and feelings and urges that "he" then deems wrong or immoral—which, as I noted before, are frankly none of your concern or your business. I respect that you believe in God, but I can't respect the fact that your "morals" lead you to discriminate against men who happen to have sex with men and women who happen to have sex with women. Most of the gay people I know have more love in their little pinkies than the so-called Christians who think that their way is the only way and everyone else should have their human rights taken away! Taking away the human rights of gay people is no better than taking away the human rights of Black people or Jews.

This country was founded on the principle that all men are created equal and if you're so afraid the gays are going to infect your kids, then I'm sorry you're so thirsty that you have to chug whatever Kool-Aid your church is serving up. I bet there are Black people at school, too. Scary! Oh, and what if there are Jews? God forbid!

If you're so scared of difference, and so worried that you can't instill enough sense of self in your children that they'll be so easily "indoctrinated" by society, perhaps you should go find a compound that shares your milieu. And stay there. This is the real world. People are different. Men who to stick their penises in each other's assholes are no different from you, except they like to have sex with men instead of women. And frankly, I would much rather my kids be around intelligent, loving gay people (many of them happen to be Christians, by the way) than brain-washed, hateful, discriminating people who call themselves Christians any day.

Basically, all you're telling me is that you want your kids to grow up thinking that it's okay to discriminate against people who are different. Don't you know it's 2008?

And to Mormon 3, I don't want to waste my time arguing morals with someone who has the audacity to go to the trouble of creating and holding up signs spewing such discrimination and hatred. If you were trying to take away my human rights (that in no way affect you or your offspring), I'd probably want to steal your signs and get in your face, too.

Nothing personal, Emily's Mormon Friend. I just get incredibly passionate when it comes to discrimination. I've said my peace and you won't hear anything else from me on this one.

P.S. God didn't institute anything. Perhaps you're referring to the church? Or the people who wrote the Bible?

MORMON 2 at 5:03pm November 5
Dang, I could feel the hate coming from you as i read this. Don't forget the forefathers of this country were Christian. Not atheists. And even the founding fathers felt they were inspired from God. So you cant use Christians as a point of reference if you are then going against what they believed. As well, that is a Christian principle that men are equal. I feel as though there is equal persecution from gay and lesbians towards families. We don't want to be indoctrinated from our government and told what to believe. Had this Proposition 8 failed, that is exactly what would have happen. You and the government would be forcing your beliefs on those who believe marriage is between a man and a woman. We would have been forced to allow our children in public schools to be taught what YOU think is right. I am glad this country was founded on Christian principles. I hope you can find peace in your heart. God loves you even though you may not feel he exists.

MORMON (?) 5 at 10:25pm November 5
Erm..., John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson were known to be opposed to mixing religion and governance. Benjamin Franklin is quoted as saying, "Lighthouses are more useful than churches."

(Emily, you're not alone! I proudly voted against Prop 8. Don't worry, they haven't heard the last from opponents of Prop 8!.)

MORMON 6 at 10:29pm November 5
Marriage has been the institution that has perpetuated humanity for millenia. Sure it doesn't always work perfectly, but it has worked better than anything else.

Okay, a homosexual cannot get married. That doesn't mean they can't be together, that they can't enter civil unions, or even be "married" in a civil ceremony.

Yes, some Christians can... Read More be hateful. That doesn't make all of us like that. Saying so is stereotyping. Your arguments seemed crude and hateful.

I often see those that tell people to be open-minded really mean they want people to think their way. Everyone has a right to their opinion and vote.

If you want to be with someone of your own gender, that's your choice. So far most Americans choose not to call that marriage. Maybe someday that will change...

MORMON 2 at 10:44pm November 5
a few more quotes from the founding fathers...

Patrick Henry, the great orator who said on the floor of the House of Burgesses in Virginia, "Give me liberty or give me death" also said," It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ! For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here."
John Adams of Massachusetts, a lawyer and the second president, wrote in a letter to Jefferson on June 28, 1813. He said, "The general principles on which the Fathers achieved independence, were . . . the general principles of Christianity."

MORMON 2 at 10:45pm November 5
Thomas Jefferson...said, "The reason that Christianity is the best friend of government is because Christianity is the only religion
that changes the heart."
George Washington, the father of our nation said, "It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible."

MORMON 3 at 10:57pm November 6
Emily, you don't have the right to redefine a word to make it mean whatever you want it to mean. YOU DON"T HAVE THAT RIGHT! I don't either. That's like me saying that an apple is an orange. They might be similar, but they are different. I don't have the 'right' to marry: My mom, sister, father,cousin, multiple people, someone with STD's, a minor, etc. Marriage is well regulated for a reason.

How dare you say your destruction of the word "marriage" will not effect my children. Only I have the RIGHT, yes my RIGHT of what to teach MY children. If someone ever tried to take that RIGHT away, they would find out very quickly that my FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS were protected by the next amendment. The people spoke, you lost, AGAIN, sorry you are sad, but stop cramming your homosexual lifestyle down my throat. You have no valid arguements, so you just label everyone as "haters". Take a look in the mirror and see where the real hatred is coming from before you accuse others of hating.

MORMON 2 at 8:50am November 7

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=80220
Who is trying to force their views on us? Even to the point of doing so with violence!!! Very interesting. Check out the site.

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Sloppy Seconds: Is Jessica Simpson Headed for a Life of Bad Clothes and TV Dinners?

Emily Farris — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:19:00 GMT

Bangkok Dangerous star Nicholas Cage just settled with the IRS and agreed to pay hundreds of thousands in back taxes. Will you pay ours while you're at it, Nick? It's only a few hundred. [Forbes]

Josh Hartnett has filed a lawsuit against the UK's Daily Mirror after the paper ran a story claiming he had sex in the public area of a hotel. [People]

Are we seriously still talking about purity rings? [MollyGood]

We didn't even know there were rumors that Pam Anderson and Michael Jackson were dating. [Us]

If you live in New York and happen to see "the worst dressed group of young people" being followed around by cameras, you have entered The Real World, Brooklyn. [NY Press]

Another one for New Yorkers: we're going to be on TV tomorrow morning. We'll be showing you how to make your TV dinners better on Fox 5's "Good Day New York" at 8:39 a.m. Catch us if you can, or want to.

Jessica Simpson was in New York this morning to perform on Good Morning America. She stopped a live, televised performance because she couldn't hear anything. She also wore the worst outfit ever, and apparently she now has a southern accent. Except when she's "with yeeewah." [ABC]