Singer Kimya Dawson appeared on The View Monday. So did former Secretary of State Colin Powell.

The graphics staff must have been as confused as Sherri Shepard is dumb.

Don't Ask, Don't Tell remains a stain on America's liberal democracy.

The discriminatory policy, however, was never meant to be used for nefarious purposes, says Bill Clinton. The former president delved into the pressing matter while campaigning for his wife, saying: "[Gay soldiers] would be free to live their lives; as long as they didn't go marching in gay rights parades or go to gay bars in uniform… In uniform… and talk about it on duty, they would be all right." It wasn't until after Secretary of State Colin Powell left office that anti-gay forces began using the policy to repress homo soldiers.

• Greg Scarnici - the adorable homo who brought us the now legendary Beyonce send-up - wrote the opening credits for Oscar Award-winning filmmaker Curt Johnson's animal-friendly doco, Your Mommy Kills Animals. MC Fashionista and BQE make the fur fly. Well, not really.

• Former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chief, Colin Powell spoke about Don't Ask, Don't Tell on this weekend's Meet The Press. Here's what old Mr. P had to say about the plan he helped devise: "I think it's certainly moving in [away from DADT]. I think the, the country has changed in its attitudes quite a bit. 'Don't ask, don't tell' was an appropriate response to the situation back in 1993. And the country certainly has changed…" While he didn't rescind his historic endorsement of the law, The Front Lines points out he's been mulling the homos: I will not second-guess the commanders who are serving now, just as I didn't want to be second-guessed 12 or 13 years ago. But I think the country is changing. We may eventually reach that point."

• The Economist + New York + Dick = New Fag Rag.

• Massachusetts' gay marriage vote to be delayed?

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