From the Internal Revenue Service:

Jeopardizing Tax-Exempt Status

After an organization qualifies for 501(c)(3) status, it must continue to act in furtherance of its exempt purposes to keep its tax-exempt status.

There are five types of activities that can jeopardize that status. These are:

• Private benefit/inurement,
• Lobbying,
• Political campaign activity, and
• Activities generating excessive unrelated business income (UBI).
• Failure to comply with annual reporting obligation.

Some of these activities are absolutely prohibited, while others are restricted.

[NYT: Obama throws women under the bus to appease bishops]

A countdown of sorts… cue up the rending of garments and freak outs.  (Linques will be added as they arise)

The 9th Circuit is ruling in Perry v. Brown on three things:

(1) Was it proper for District Judge Vaughn Walker to not recuse himself from the case because he is gay?

(2) If the answer to #1 is yes, do the proponents of the ballot measure have standing in federal court to appeal the decision since the Governator and Moonbeam won’t defend it?

(3) If the answer to #2 is yes, does Prop. 8 violate the 14th Amendment due process and equal protection rights of gays?

My prediction after the jump.

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Open thread for those of you who want to liveblog the Nevada caucus results. Rather than go with the usual gambling analogies, I thought I’d go with battle of the religions.

It looks like Mittens has the caucus wrapped up, in no small part due to the significant percentage of Mormons in the state.

But in another corner, there’s going to be a special caucus for Orthodox Jews this evening at a school funded and named for Gingrich patrons/casino owners Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson. Read more »

Vermont prisoners who make the decals of the state police seal that go on the troopers’ cars amused themselves (and the head of the state police) by subtly altering the logo.  At least three dozen cruisers are likely affected by the unauthorized alteration.

[Burlington Free-Press]

I know that there’s at least one Stinquer who is a NRA member, and a few more who like shooting guns, but really?  And I thought pink cleats on NFL players was whoring out.

Discount Gun Sales is proud to team up with the Susan B. Koman Foundation to offer the Walther P-22 Hope Edition in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. A portion of each P-22 Hope Edition will be donated to the Seattle Branch of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.  The P-22 Hope Edition has an exclusive DuraCoat Pink slide in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness month. Utilizing the same reliable controls and firing mechanism that has made the Walther P-22 America’s top selling handgun, the Hope Edition will be a limited production pistol offered exclusively through Discount Gun Sales.

I can’t make shit like this up. I think parting ways with Komen is about the best thing to happen to Planned Parenthood in ages.

The documentary Pink Ribbons, Inc. opens tomorrow. Talk about good timing.

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Because I’ll start stroking out if I talk at length about the pink-plastering Komen Foundation deciding they can’t fund breast cancer testing programs at Planned Parenthood clinics, yet I can’t quite totally pivot away from the Department of Lady Bits to the Department of Soul Train Memories tonight, I present to you my nominee for Stinque’s Shero of the Day:

To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion, Virginia State Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax) on Monday attached an amendment that would require men to have a rectal exam and a cardiac stress test before obtaining a prescription for erectile dysfunction medication.

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Don Cornelius, the creator and host of the iconic variety show “Soul Train” died this morning from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Some of the show’s greatest hits in the ’70s and ’80s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkleiqrWji0

[LA Times]