For those who may have missed it, Rev. George Rekers, co-founder of the Family Research Council and an anti-gay activist, was outed recently for hiring a male prostitute to accompany him on a 10-day vacation. The kicker is that he claims that he had no idea that the person he hired was a male prostitute until halfway through his vacation. It’s seems like an innocent mistake to me. If I hired a male escort from RentBoy.com, there’s no way that I would have known that I was hiring a male prostitute. You have to love the hypocrisy from the far-right!

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Although this video is a year old, it still makes me laugh.

As Jews gather for the Passover Seder this evening, they will not be alone. In a new tradition introduced by President Obama, the President and many guests will be holding their second-annual “White House Seder” this evening.

This special Seder, first done last year, sprung from Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. Some staff members planned an improvised Seder while on the trail in Pennsylvania, and word filtered back to the boss.

Obama showed up with the salutation, “hey, is this the Seder?,” according to this fine account of the event. At evening’s end, Obama replaced the traditional declaration — “Next year in Jerusalem!” — with a bit of an update: “Next Year in the White House!”

And so it was. And even after Obama moves out, there will probably be many “next years” to come with White House Seders.

To everyone celebrating Passover out there, Happy Pesach!

[IMAGE via Pete Souza/The White House]

For those struggling to adjust to Daylight Savings Time (DST), like I’m apparently, it is time to fight back against the time totalitarians!

Alicia Keys performed her hit song Empire State of Mind (minus Jay-Z), off of her new album, on The Colbert Report yesterday with a very special guest. Should Jay-Z be worried? Go Colbert!