Monthly Archives: August 2007

MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson:
I Smack Down Cruising Homos

The gays-as-dirty-potty-cruisers angle seems to be overtaking the coverage of Sen. Craig’s arrest. Last night on MSNBC, Tucker Carlson recounted having, with friends, beaten up a man who allegedly hit on him in a men’s room, much to the hilarity of his co-hosts. Carlson described himself as “the least anti-gay right-winger you’ll ever meet”. Yeah, cuz gay-friendly guys beat up …

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Larry Craig Remixed!

David Guggenheim, producer of Michelangelo Signorile’s SiriusOutQ show, has done a hilarious remix of Sen. Tearoom’s “I am not gay” speech.

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Meanie Dearest

Apparently directly quoting Joan Crawford, mean queen to the end Leona Helmsley leaves nothing in her will to two of her grandchildren “for reasons that are known to them.” Two of her other grandchildren will get $5M each, but her dog, a Maltese named Trouble, gets $12 million. Helmsley’s brother gets a few mil, but only if he takes care …

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CNN On Airport Cruising And
Craig’s Press Conference

CNN interviewed the head of Atlanta’s Hartsfield airport security to ask about their recent restroom sting operations, which have netted 45 “CEO’s, bank presidents, and college professors” among others. To his credit, the airport cop says, “You would think that it would be a gay issue but overwhelmingly, more and more, we’re seeing that these are people with families.” The …

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Haggard’s Web Of Lies Unravels

The head of the halfway house that Ted Haggard claims to be moving into says he had no knowledge of Haggard’s plan, saying of Haggard’s email plea to former parishioners, “That was something that was totally unbeknownst to us when he sent it.” Additionally, the registered sex offender that runs the charity that Haggard requested donations be sent to, Paul …

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Naugle Booted From Tourism Board

Yesterday Broward County commissioners voted unanimously to boot Ft. Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle from their Tourism Development Board, citing his hate speech which has already cost the city vacation and convention business. During his remarks before the vote, out gay County Commissioner Ken Keechi said, “Let do the right thing, let’s throw him off this board.” Fight OUT Loud president …

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John Waters: Don’t Tell Your
Parents You’re A Bear

John Waters is doing stand-up these days, it seems. Some funny stuff here, but unsurprisingly, totally NSFW.

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Morning View – Central Park Tunnel

There are lots of these neat little pedestrian tunnels scattered around Central Park. This one is just off the Boathouse.

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HomoQuotable – Sen. Larry Craig

“I don’t know where the Senate’s going to be on that issue of an up or down vote on impeachment, but I will tell you that the Senate certainly can bring about a censure resolution and it’s a slap on the wrist. It’s a, ‘Bad boy, Bill Clinton. You’re a naughty boy.’ The American people already know that Bill Clinton …

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Sen. Craig Already In Senate Hotseat

This story is moving quickly. A photo of Sen. Craig’s arresting officer is already out. And a government watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, has filed a complaint with the Senate ethics committee requesting an inquiry into Sen. Larry Craig’s tearoom antics. And the Idaho Statesman has already dug up a man “with close ties to Republican …

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GHB Wreaking Havoc On Fire Island

Having been out of town the last few weekends, I’m only just now hearing the tragic news of this year’s Fire Island Pines Party, during which 16 partygoers overdosed on GHB. And August 18th, a 31 year-old man died of a GHB overdose in his Pines rental home, allegedly after his physician roommate recommended he be allowed to “sleep it …

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Judge: Allen’s Statements Out

A Florida judge has ruled that since Florida legislator Bob Allen was not read his Miranda rights, statements he subsequently made to the police will not be admissible in his trial, including his stated fear of black men and his (as far as I know) previously undisclosed mention that he had “$800 in his car”. Hmm, that seems kinda bribe-ish, …

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NGLTF: Fight 2257 Regulations!

Attention Manhunters, Facebookers, and DudesNudies: the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force has issued an alert regarding pending new regulations that may kill social networking sites, rules ostensibily meant to fight child pornography. The federal government is proposing regulations that would effectively kill adult social-networking sites. This is being done under the guise of fighting child pornography. You have until …

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Morning View – 4 Train Station, Bronx

This is the Mt. Eden Avenue 4 train station in the Bronx.

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of the vital showbiz info site, Playbill.com, this week’s Swag Tuesday prize is a hardback copy of the Playbill Broadway Yearbook 2006-2007, a fantastic compendium of everything Broadway from the last 12 months. Playbill.com sent me a copy last week and it’s like an encyclopedia, over 500 pages. Many people who work on Broadway keep scrapbooks of their experiences, …

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Separated At Birth

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Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID): Another Busted Republican Tearoom Cruiser

Stridently anti-gay Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig was revealed today to have been arrested on June 11th for lewd public conduct in the men’s restroom of Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport. Craig pled guilty on August 8th. Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June at a Minnesota airport by a plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct complaints in a men’s …

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HomoQuotable – Larry Gierer

“Let me start by saying that I’m truly a happy homosexual, And not only that, I’m a happy homosexual who is HIV-positive. So he really slaps me upside the head.” – Larry Gierer, mayor of Oakland Park, Florida, speaking about Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle. Oakland Park is just north of Fort Lauderdale, also in Broward County. Gierer adds, “It’s …

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Wrappers Delight

Ugh. According the NY Times, advertisers are stepping up their car-wrapping campaigns, which offer free cars or monthly stipends of up to $800 to folks willing to turn their vehicles into rolling billboards for Coca-Cola, Jamba Juice, whatever. Ad-wrapped personal vehicles have been around for more than a decade, but with fewer people reading newspapers and magazines, the trend is …

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Show Me The Swag

Kansas City’s David, pictured here with his Alex, was randomly chosen to win last week’s Swag Tuesday prize, the DVD of Schwarzwald: The Movie You Can Dance To. David sez: “What a great surprise. I don’t know which I’m more excited about, the copy of Schwarzwald, or simply being able to say I’m a JMG Swag Tuesday winner. Thanks so …

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