Monthly Archives: December 2007

Westboro Redux

I’m kinda curious why the gay blogosphere is lighting up today with the video of Westboro Baptist Church’s parody of USA For Africa’s We Are The World, which Westboro performs as God Hates The World. Didn’t we talk about this back in May?

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No Nukes In Iran, Dubya Accused Of Lying

From the NY Times: WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 — A new assessment by American intelligence agencies released Monday concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains frozen, contradicting a judgment two years ago that Tehran was working relentlessly toward building a nuclear bomb. Senator Harry Reid said the assessment was “directly challenging some of …

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Morning View – Chinatown Dragon Fighters

Firefighters on Canal Street have personalized their station to fit the neighborhood. Blogger Bug: Photos may not embiggen for you today. If you attempt to do so, you may be prompted to download the photo instead. Blogger is working on a fix.

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of the artist Himself, today’s Swag Tuesday item is Circle Of Friends, the new live concert DVD by openly gay rock god Bob Mould. Unless you spent the last 20 years listening to all-polka radio, you’ll know Mould as the co-founder and voice of pioneering 80’s punk band Hüsker Dü and 90’s college radio hitmaker Sugar. This month Blender …

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Evening View – Bryant Park

Skating is free at Bryant Park’s big holiday rink, but folks still line up a few blocks away to pay to skate at Rockefeller Center’s smaller, but infinitely more chic rink, where it’s $14 and a long wait to get on the ice.

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Newark Gay Life: Bleak And Dangerous

Here’s why the PATH station on Christopher Street disgorges hordes of LGBT youth every night. New Jersey has become a national beacon for gay equality. It boasts some of the toughest anti-discrimination laws in the country, and recent legislation makes it one of only three states that recognize same-sex civil unions. Gay marriage, some say, is just around the corner. …

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Dean Johnson Death Probe Inconclusive

The DC medical examiner has ruled that the September deaths of NYC nightlife pioneer Dean Johnson and another gay man found dead in the same apartment a week earlier were the result of “acute intoxication” from drugs or alcohol, but could not state whether the deaths were accidental or because of murder or suicide. Johnson’s system was found to contain …

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More On Dwindling U.S. Gay Bar Scene

From the article Last Call, by Robert David Sullivan in the Boston Globe: In all, there were 16 gay bars in Boston and Cambridge, according to Pink Pages directories from 1993 and 1994. Today, that number has been cut to less than half. None of the bars I’ve mentioned are still in business, and most of the city’s seven remaining …

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Life On The Upper East Side

Dr. Jeff and I found this receipt hanging in the machine when we visited an ATM on Second Avenue last night.

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Gay Rumors Continue To Dog Condi

London’s Sunday Times on the gay rumors that continue to swirl around Condoleezza Rice: It should have been Condoleezza Rice’s finest hour as US secretary of state: at last President George W Bush was hosting a Middle East peace conference that she had been struggling to organise for months. Yet when Rice’s photograph appeared on the front page of America’s …

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Morning View – U.S. Courthouse

The 32-story neo-classical U.S. Courthouse on Centre Street was finished in 1936. It was designed by architect Cass Gilbert, who also created the nearby Woolworth Tower, the George Washington Bridge, and many other Gotham landmarks. The Courthouse was built over the infamous Five Points section of lower Manhattan, home to the notorious Irish gangs that once ruled that part of …

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Move Over, Miss South Carolina
You’ve Been Out-Stupided

American Idol finalist Kelli Pickler is a high school graduate. And the world gets more dimmerer for U.S. Americans. I think this clip aired a couple of weeks ago, but I was watching Dancing With America’s Runway Chef Idol.

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Idaho Paper Publishes Four Accounts Of Gay Sex with Senator Larry Craig

After months of investigation, today the Idaho Statesman published the stories of four gay men who describe their sexual encounters with Senator Larry Craig. The paper’s web version of the story includes graphic audio clips from the four men. Two of them, Mike Jones and David Phillips, have previously told their stories on blogs (here and on Wonkette.) From the …

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