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Gay Sex, Lies and Videotape: A military court may consider gay porn found on a Navy physician's home computer during his trial on charges that he secretly videotaped midshipmen having sex, a military judge ruled Monday. Cmdr. Kevin J. Ronan faces 11 counts in next month's trial, including three counts of illegal wiretapping and seven of conduct unbecoming an officer. Marine Col. Steven Day, the judge in the case, ruled the porn could be used to establish a motive -- a "possible need on his part" to view "young, athletic males" engaged in sex. Ronan, like many officers, opened his Annapolis, Md., home to midshipmen over weekends and holidays as part of a U.S. Naval Academy program. He was physician to several Naval Academy sports teams and a medical officer to the midshipmen's dorm. Do I smell a comeback role for Tom Cruise? (Advocate)

She Kissed a Girl: A federal judge in Orange County has ruled that Charlene Nguon's rights were not violated when the then-principal of Santiago High School, Ben Wolf, revealed her homosexuality to her mother. The ruling comes 10 months after the trial, at which Nguon claimed she was singled out for hugging and kissing her girlfriend, whereas similar activities among heterosexual couples went unpunished. (LAT)

Meat Is Murder: Are you a vegetarian but don't like eating in vegetarian restaurants? Here's a site that reviews "normal" restaurants' vegetarian cuisine. (Whorebivore)

Double Dribble: Maybe this will wipe that smirk off Isiah Thomas' face. (AP)

Fact Check: I hate to see that fat pig Rush Limbaugh get any attention at all unless it's about his drug addiction, but Media Matters has tackled his "phony soldiers" BS quite nicely if you're interested. (MM)

Elton's Playhouse: Elton John decided being the new Paul Reubens wasn't such a good idea after all. (AP)

Can't Please Everyone? When Nike recently introduced a shoe designed specifically for American Indians, the company said it was to promote a healthy lifestyle on reservations. But along with its trademarked swoosh, the Nike Air Native N7 features feathers and arrowheads and now the bitching has begun, big time. Jesus Christ. It's enough to make a guy go binge drinking. (NYT)

Beyond Contempt: Anthony Fortunato, the sad excuse for a man who is trying to claim that his being a closet case means it couldn't have been a hate crime when he lured Michael Sandy to a robbery, setting into motion the events that led to his death. deserves to be bitch-slapped for the testimony he's giving in court. (NYT)

Hot Stiff: The obituary for Olympic discus champion Al Oerter, "a sandy-haired bear of a man who weighed as much as 297 pounds and stood 6 feet 4 inches," reads hotter than most Manhunt profiles. (NYT)