A few of my favorite photos of the year...

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Media Matters: O'Reilly Attacks

O'Reilly attacked Media Matters: "the most vile, despicable human beings in the country"; called ADL president "a nut"

FOX News host Bill O'Reilly lashed out at Media Matters for America and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on the December 9 Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly. He called Media Matters "the most vile, despicable human beings in the country"; called the ADL "an extremist group that finds offense in pretty much everything"; and labeled ADL president Abraham Foxman "a nut."

The controversy began when Media Matters highlighted a remark that O'Reilly made to a Jewish caller on his December 3 radio show, and ADL president Abraham Foxman wrote to O'Reilly in protest.

When the caller on the December 3 Radio Factor objected to "Christmas going into schools" and explained that he "grew up with a resentment because I felt that people were trying to convert me to Christianity," O'Reilly informed him that the United States is "a predominantly Christian nation" and declared, "if you are really offended, you gotta go to Israel then." O'Reilly labeled the caller's concerns "an affront to the majority," insisting that "the majority can be insulted too." In his letter protesting the comments, Foxman wrote, among other things, that O'Reilly's comment "plays into one of the oldest anti-Semitic canards about Jews, that they are not full citizens of a country and are not entitled to all of the rights afforded to the majority."

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News from this week...

Brad Pitt Proud To Be 'Gay'
PALM DESERT, Calif. -- Brad Pitt has a sense of humor about the bumper sticker George Clooney slapped on his car that said he was a gay voter with a small penis.

Pitt said he's "very proud of being a gay voter" and that he doesn't think his "small penis is something to be ashamed" of.

The bumper sticker was in retaliation for a fake memo Pitt sent to the cast and crew of "Ocean's Twelve" saying that Clooney was insisting on being called by his character's name and that no one was allowed to look him in the eye.

Matt Damon, who is also in the film, told Cosmo that Pitt drove through rush hour in Los Angeles without knowing why people were looking at him and waving.

Pitt also said he didn't need to do any preparation for his kissing scenes with Catherine Zeta-Jones in "Ocean's Twelve." Pitt said "it was pretty natural. Pop a mint and off you go."

Pitt said the great thing about Zeta-Jones is that not only is she beautiful, "she'll drink every one of you under the table."

"Ocean's Twelve" opens today.

News from this week I care about but haven't blogged about:

Canada's highest court backs same-sex marriage, paving the way for legislation to force conservative provinces to recognize gay unions. [Salon]

Laptops make men infertile [InformationWeek] [CBS] [NY POST] [Wired]

Sprint and Nextel to merge - just another step closer to little competition and higher cell phone rates (not to mention shotty customer service) [Reuters]

Obsessed Pantera fan shoots and kills former guitarist and 4 others [NBC]

Israeli government indicates that it will recognize same-sex partnerships for certain benefits, and will introduce legislation formalizing this status. [365gay.com]

New Zealand’s parliament passed a civil-union bill that gives the same tax, welfare and custody advantages married couples have to gay partners (as well as unmarried heterosexual couples). [BBC]

IBM to sell it's PC hardware business to Lenovo, a Chinese computer company. [BBC]