Arizona Official Claims Average Life Expectancy Of Gay Men Is 42

Ron Gould (image via YouTube/RonGould)

An elected official in Arizona is getting backlash for telling a local newspaper gay men have a life expectancy of 42 and pointed to sexual orientation as the reason.

Ron Gould, a former Arizona state senator and currently the Mohave County Supervisor, told the Kingman Daily Miner (subscription) that gay men have an average life expectancy of 42. When asked if he believes sexual orientation was the reason for that statement, he said, “That’s why they die.”

He went on to draw a false equivalence between being homosexual and drinking alcohol.

“We all have our sins, but we should try to suppress them,” said Gould, according to the Phoenix New Times. “Alcohol is harmful, too, but we don’t see groups promoting alcoholism.”

Gould also took a swipe at marriage equality in the interview. “It used to be ‘tolerate us,’” he told the newspaper. “Now, it’s ‘accept us.’”

Gould, who served in the Arizona state Senate from 2005 to 2013, was elected to the Mohave County Board of Supervisors in 2018.

#Mohave County #Official Says Being Gay #Kills. Another Blasts 'Signs in #Mexican' https://t.co/IxUa9XftR3 #Arizona #LGBT

— Stonewall Dems AZ (@StonewallDemsAZ) August 12, 2019

Gould didn’t indicate where he got such erroneous information about ‘gay life expectancy,’ but many believe it has to do with a debunked study by anti-LGBTQ activist and pseudo-researcher, Paul Cameron.

In his 1994 study, “The longevity of homosexuals,” Cameron scanned through local newspapers that served the LGBTQ communities for obituaries. At the height of the AIDS epidemic, he added up the ages of the deceased gay men and found an average age of 43.

Cameron was booted out of the American Psychological Association for his vastly flawed research. 

Woman Climbs Over Barrier For Selfie With Jaguar In Zoo - Any Guesses What Happened?

According to the Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park in Arizona, a woman crawled over a barrier to get a selfie with a jaguar.

In doing so, the jaguar attacked the woman leaving her with serious injuries to her arm.

Fortunately, the zoo assures nothing will happen to the jaguar.

"We can promise you nothing will happen to our jaguar," tweeted the zoo. "She’s a wild animal and there were proper barriers in place to keep our guests safe - not a wild animals fault when barriers are crossed. Still sending prayers to her and her family."

The jaguar should sue the woman for home invasion. #TeamJaguar

What on earth was she thinking?

Please understand why barriers are put in place. Sending prayers to the family tonight. pic.twitter.com/2MPb8bXhwR

— Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (@ZooWildlife) March 10, 2019

#BREAKING: Rural Metro has responded to a report of a woman getting attacked by a jaguar at Wildlife World Zoo.

Courtesy: Adam Wilkerson pic.twitter.com/PMUFL5BWUy

— FOX 10 Phoenix (@FOX10Phoenix) March 10, 2019

Family Barely Escapes Becoming Cheetah Chow In Wildlife Safari Park

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OMG. The most intense video featuring stupid people I've seen in a long time.

This is why you don't get out of your car at a wildlife park.

This family decided to get out and take pics at the Beekse Bergen safari park in the Netherlands.

WITH three cheetahs lounging just yards away.

Eventually the big cats noticed the uninvited guests in their home and moved to investigate.

That's when the fur flies.

By the way, you'd think the guys who were filming this might have given a shoutout along the way like "Hey, the cats are coming!"

Watch below.

(h/t Towleroad)

Roy Moore Campaign: You Can't Serve In Congress As Muslim Because You Have To Be Sworn In With A Bible

Wait.

Seriously.

You've got to check out Roy Moore campaign spokesman Ted Crockett, who was left speechless when CNN’s Jake Tapper asked him about Alabama Republican Roy Moore’s claim that Muslims cannot serve in Congress because the oath of office requires swearing on a bible.

Jake Tapper: “You don’t actually have to swear on a Christian bible. You can swear on anything, really. The law is not that you do have to swear on a Christian bible. That is not the law. You don’t know that?”

Crockett: (pause, pause, pause....) “I know that Donald Trump did it when we made him president.”

Tapper: “Because he’s Christian and he picked it. That’s what he wanted to swear in on.”

Umm - freedom of religion? First Amendment?

Watch below.

Roy Moore campaign spokesman responds with silence when asked if he knew people can be sworn in with a text other than the Christian bible pic.twitter.com/B65qIKBjlI

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) December 12, 2017

And then there's his response when asked if Roy Moore believes if homosexual conduct should be illegal. Watch below.

Congrats, Alabama! Here's your team. This is classic 'crash and burn' stuff.

Does Roy Moore think that homosexual conduct should be illegal?

Roy Moore campaign spokesman: “Probably.”https://t.co/syuQfsAvO5 pic.twitter.com/nPDYLfQahY

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) December 12, 2017

"Traveling Butts" Couple Released From Jail In Thailand

Two idiots being disrespectful in a temple in Thailand

The two Instagram idiots known as Traveling Butts have been released from a Thailand jail after pressure from friends and family

The two were arrested at the Bangkok Airport after posing for and posting the above pic baring their butts in a temple while visiting the country.

Disrespectful idiots.

The duo immediately resurrected their Instagram account including the pic that caused the uproar.

Joseph Dasilva, 38, and Travis Dasilva, 36, faced up to 7 years in jail for for breaching Thailand’s strict Computer Crimes Act.

#travelingbutts out of jail #sorrythailand 🙏🏻😢

A post shared by Traveling Butts (@travelling_butts) on Dec 8, 2017 at 8:57am PST

San Diego Couple Jailed In Thailand For Posting Photo Mooning Buddhist Temple

I think this kind of stupidity is pretty rare.

A gay couple who have made a small name for themselves on Instagram as "Traveling Butts" enjoy taking photos of themselves bare-assed as they travel the world

Now, their little hobby has landed them in a Thailand jail with a possible "long jail term" ahead of them.

From CBS8 in San Diego:

The San Diego couple known as Traveling Butts on Instagram has more than 14,000 followers on the social media platform. Their photos showcase themselves posing with their naked rear ends in front of landmarks across the globe.

Their most recent posts in front of Buddhist temples sparked outrage on social media after people called them ignorant and disrespectful.

The couple’s friend M.G. Perez said “They are a thing. They are hot on Instagram and on social media.”

After the pair posed in front of sacred Buddhist temples, they landed in hot water with police in Thailand.

Perez believes the two are in a Bangkok jail after seeing an alarming message on Facebook. “It says, ‘anybody have any connections with diplomats in Bangkok or know a lawyer in Bangkok?’ That was my wake up call. Like, 'Travis, what is going?'”

Ti and Dasilva posted their location at a Bangkok police station informing their friends they might soon be arrested while pleading for help.

After one of the men wrote “I don’t know how much longer I’ll have my phone,” the couple went dark.

Of the risqué photographs Ti and Dasilva took in front of the temples, he said, “It is in no way any form of disrespect. It’s just their expression.”

Sen. Dianne Feinstein's office has apparently been contacted for aid in regard to having the idiots freed.

No sympathy from me. When you travel abroad, you have to respect the laws and traditions of that country. Period.

Here's the Facebook post from the Thailand government:

A gay American couple who author the Instagram page “Travelling Butts” has been arrested at Don Mueang International Airport for having taken photos showing their backsides with the respected Temple of the Dawn. A deputy spokesman for the immigration police said the charge would not be a normal public indecency charge. Instead, they would be charged with committing indecency in a place of worship, which carries a long jail term.This is a reminder that everyone should have respect for Thai religion and culture.

Jimmy Kimmel Asks "Should Hillary Clinton Be Impeached?"

As Donald Trump continues to urge the Department of Justice to pursue some kind of investigation into actions by Hillary Clinton (p.s. we don't order hit jobs on our political foes in the U.S., Donald), Jimmy Kimmel sent a producer into the streets to ask people if Hillary should be impeached.

Now, you and I know that since Hillary isn't the president (in fact she holds no office whatsoever) she can't be impeached.

But then that's why I love Randy Report readers because you're smarter than the average American since you stay informed.

Watch what some Americans say should be done about Hillary and her "impeachable offenses" below.

The Cover Of This Week's "The Economist"

NY Post Editorial: "Donald Trump Jr. Is An Idiot"

Donald Trump Jr.

Whoa.

From the Rupert Murdoch-owned New York Post:

We see one truly solid takeaway from the story of the day: Donald Trump Jr. is an idiot.

In the heat of your father’s presidential campaign, a bozo British publicist emails you to set up a sit-down with a “Russian government attorney” promising “documents and information” to “incriminate Hillary” courtesy of the “Crown prosecutor of Russia” as “part of” the Russian government’s “support” for Dad — and you eagerly take the meeting.

“If it’s what you say I love it,” wrote Junior. As if the government of former KGB spymaster Vladimir Putin would do anything so clumsy. (Our former colleague Kyle Smith put it nicely: “Don Jr. is why Nigerian email scammers keep trying their luck.”)

[snip]

Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. As were Junior’s shifting, incomplete accounts of the meeting under days of Times questioning.

Democrats and the media are frothing to find something criminal in it all, with the most unhinged talking treason. What it clearly was was criminally stupid.

Man Celebrating Repeal Of Obamacare Finally Realizes He's On Obamacare

A true idiot.

Read the thread below from Imgur.

At least he had the good sense to stopping responding.

Target Protester Meets Real Trans Person, Goes Insane

By this point, I'm sure you've heard there are jerks out in the world who are way angry that super-department store Target issued a statement letting customers and employees know that the store has a very inclusive bathroom / changing room policy when it comes to transgender folks.

In other words, use whatever bathroom your gender identity aligns with.

On the other side of sanity, haters have signed a petition protesting Target's position.

Not only that, but there are nutjob protesters now going into Target stores who just start shouting anti-transgender rants. I don't know about you, but if I was a parent I'd be mad as hell at these folks scaring my kids.

Blogger JoeMyGod shared this video today of one such idiot who actually meets a transgender person, and he really becomes unglued over that.

It's about 4 minutes, but watch how unhinged this guy is.

And by the way - the nut keeps saying "I can sue you if you touch me." Really? Store security guards can't 'touch' an unruly person like this?

If you go get rowdy in a bar, I know what happens there...

How's Everyone's Black Friday Going?

Black Friday got a bit out of hand for these two Kentucky bargain hunters, who were filmed rolling around on the floor punching each other.

Posted by The Telegraph on Friday, November 27, 2015

Sir David Attenborough narrates Black Friday

Sir David Attenborough narrates Black Friday

Posted by Huffington Post UK Comedy on Thursday, November 26, 2015

Pat Robertson: "The Gays Want To Control Everything"

Today, Pat Robertson went on another of his anti-gay rants telling his audience "The gays want to control everything."

Via Right Wing Watch:

“This is part of the left-wing agenda,” he said, “to do away with Christian values and to substitute for Christian values the progressive concepts of morality.”

“You tell me if anybody, if you show me one couple that conceived a child through anal — through anal intercourse — just show me one in all the world, and I will say, ‘I agree with you and you are right.’ Show me one. There are 8 billion people, 7 billion, show me one time when a child was conceived by that kind of sexual activity,” Robertson said. “It is unnatural, I’m sorry.”

Texas Congressman Randy Weber Tweets Then Deletes Comparision Of Hitler And Obama

Texas Congressman Randy Weber has come under fire for a tweet he shared comparing President Obama to Hitler's march through Europe.

After a firestorm of criticism it appears the tweet was deleted and Weber shared a link to his House webpage where he issues a kind of apology.

Weber has a history of anti-Obama comments, so this is nothing new.  But to compare attending a march in Paris over the shooting of five journalists at Charlie Hebdo to a holocaust that led to the death of millions is severely unbalanced.

I personally agree with some critics that the White House should have sent a higher level representative to the march in Paris. We have a Secretary of State who not only speaks French, but foreign relations ARE his job. I would like to know why John Kerry did not attend.

That being said, Weber's comments are outside the boundaries of sane thought and good taste.

Kansas: Anti-Gay Wackadoos Phillip and Sandra Unruhs File Amicus Brief In State Marriage Case

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Last week, Kansas wackjobs Phillip and Sandra Unruhs were quickly swatted away after their attempt to intervene in the Kansas marriage equality case where they tried to say giving equal rights to gay and lesbian couples was tantamount to STEALING it from straight couples like themselves.

The judge quickly dismissed that weak assertion.

However, the Unruhs were allowed to file an amicus brief in support of denying gays the right to marry, and so today, we have their masterpiece of a brief.

Included in the 8 page filing are statements to the effect that:

• Since the Plaintiffs are lesbians, any ruling should not affect male same-sex couples
• Giving marriage rights to same-sex couples would discriminate against opposite-sex couples based on sex
• Marriage equality would result in the taking of property rights of heterosexual couples in violation of the 5th and 14th Amendments

It's not a long read, but pretty fascinating in it's illogic.

See the brief below:

2:14-cv-02518 #22 Unruh Amicus Brief by Equality Case Files

Anderson Cooper Shuts Down "Selfie" Request From Journalist At Site Of Ottawa Shooting

CNN's Anderson Cooper does not suffer fools lightly.

Reporting from Ottawa last night on the tragic shootings at Canada's National War Memorial and Parliament, a "journalist" named Vandon Gene who was a contributor to the Sun News approached Cooper about taking a "selfie" with him near the location of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo's fatal shooting.

Cooper made clear he thought it highly inappropriate and that he was there to report on the incident, not smile for the guy's camera near the site of the soldier's death.

Gene apparently thought this made Cooper a jerk, so he pulled out his phone and recorded another request for a pic wherein Cooper repeats how inappropriate the idea was.

Then, Gene posted the video and tweets complaining about Cooper denying him a "selfie."

Cooper took a deep breath and issued this very public series of tweets to the idiot:

Gene eventually tweeted an apology, but it was waaaaaay too late. According to the Sun News, Gene no longer works for them.

You can watch the very brief interchange via Mediaite below:

Texas Rep. Louis Gohmert: Gay Soldiers Giving Massages Proves Repealing DADT Was Bad Idea

I have NO idea what Texas congressman Louis Gohmert is talking about here other than "gay" and "the military" and "Greek massages?"

From a recent appearance on Christian radio show "Point of View" via Right Wing Watch:

"I've had people say, 'Hey, you know, there's nothing wrong with gays in the military. Look at the Greeks.'

Well, you know, they did have people come along who they loved that was the same sex and would give them massages before they went into battle. But you know what, it's a different kind of fighting, it's a different kind of war and if you're sitting around getting massages all day ready to go into a big, planned battle, then you're not going to last very long.

It's guerrilla fighting. You are going to be ultimately vulnerable to terrorism and if that's what you start doing in the military like the Greeks did. As people have said, 'Louie, you have got to understand, you don't even know your history.' Oh yes I do. I know exactly. It's not a good idea."

Greeks? Massages? What???

You can watch video of the "commentary" below:

Naked burglars give new meaning to "where's the beef?"

Two naked guys and a friend who's clearly shy (he wore underwear) broke into a hamburger restaurant in Bonita Beach, Florida, and stole hamburgers and bacon.

Why would three naked "knuckleheads" break into a Bonita Beach eatery and only steal food as two security cameras captured their every move? "Dumb, dumber and dumbest," Sansevieri said with a laugh Wednesday.

Three days after the naked caper heard around Southwest Florida, the bare-naked beef bandits remained on the lam. Authorities don't know if the men are tourists or residents, but are trying to uncover and bare all tips.

On Wednesday, authorities released photos — at least those that can be printed — to ask the public for help in identifying the men. The bandits robbed the restaurant at 3:06 a.m. Sunday, stealing 60 hamburgers, three pounds of bacon, three red peppers and a paddleboard.

 

  (via JMG)

The Heterosexuality Experiment

Intrepid YouTube contributor Joseph Costello has posted what he calls his "heterosexuality experiment."

Roaming the streets of Austin, Texas, Costello asks  folks if they would vote for a "an admitted heterosexual president."

It turns out a lot of homophobes don't even know the meaning of the word "heterosexual."

What a surprise...

Fox News' Keith Ablow: Gay marriage will lead to "3 humans and a dog" marriage