Very Very Serious Friday

Normally we’re all about the jokes here on the Roundup but even funnyman David Letterman is very, very serious today, following his jawdropping “little story” last night:

Meanwhile, two of our favourite writers have gone deep and dark — Shawn Syms exhaustively covers the criminalization of HIV while Paul Gallant examines the poor state of gay activism in a recent piece for This magazine. We’re near, we’re queer…whatever.

Down south again, the right-wing drive to overthrow the US government is picking up steam, according to this caller on Michaelangelo Signorile‘s radio show:

While creepy, this whole movement is still ridiculous considering that “socialist” Barack Obama is proving to be George W. Bush’s biggest fan.

Good grief, more depressing news: Lady Gaga and Kanye West were going to tour together but poor sales have cancelled it all (I smell a Taylor Swift plot!):

This was surprising news: Lady Gaga and Kanye West were going to tour together?

And finally, worst of all, CALIFORNIA HAS FALLEN INTO THE SEA:

 

Yeah, it’s just a big clip from the upcoming absolutely-fucking-ridiculous disaster movie 2012. I couldn’t maintain such seriousness forever, you understand. Have a great weekend!

A former editor of the late, lamented fab magazine, Scott has been writing for Xtra since 2007 on a variety of topics in news pieces, interviews, blogs, reviews and humour pieces. He lives on the Danforth with his boyfriend of 12 years, a manic Jack Russell Terrier, a well-stocked mini-bar and a shelf of toy Daleks.

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