No surprises in Florida: MIAMI — Senator John McCain edged out Mitt Romney to win the delegate-rich Florida primary on Tuesday night, solidifying his transformation from left-for-dead candidate to a front-runner and dealing a devastating blow to the presidential hopes of Rudolph W. Giuliani, whose distant finish here threatened to doom his candidacy. Mr. McCain’s narrow victory showed he could …

John McCain’s campaign is homophobo-robo-calling Florida voters to put the fear of Jeebus in them regarding Mitt Romney’s former support for gay rights. The transcript of the call: “I’m calling with an urgent Mitt Romney [unintelligible]” “We care deeply about traditional values and protecting families. And we need someone who will not waver in the White House: Ending abortion, preserving …

At a press conference at the NYC LGBT Community Center, today New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. announced that he will use the power of the NYC Pension Funds to pressure two dozen Fortune 1000 companies to offer sexual orientation and gender identity protections to their employees. Thompson oversees the New York City Employees’ Retirement System, New York …

So I had a few firemenz in my apartment last night. (Cue porn music…wacka wacka wacka.) Sadly, they were here on business as the woman upstairs somehow set a flowerpot on fire, panicked, and hurled it onto her fire escape – where it set her other dead plants on fire too. Two things. People, fire escapes are for escaping fire, …

Here in the heart of Clintonia, Barack Obama is a surprising four points away from Hillary, according to the latest poll. A WNBC/Marist poll released last week found that although Mrs. Clinton had a 47% to 31% lead over Mr. Obama among likely New York State voters, he was far closer in New York City, drawing 39% of likely voters …

It’s good-bye Rudy Tuesday. After his expected trouncing in today’s Florida primary, Rudy Giuliani will likely endorse John McCain. Yesterday Giuliani gave autographed baseballs to the reporters covering his campaign as a good-bye gift. I got yer good-bye right here, you asshat.

According to the wingnuts, The Gays are responsible for current woes of Ford Motor Company. Maybe Ford Motor Company management can be forgiven for not taking seriously the American Family Association (AFA’s) call for its members to boycott the automaker in May 2005. The conservative Christian group launched the crusade against the second-largest U.S. automaker for giving money to gay …

Gadzooks, the New York chapter of NOW has completely lost their shit over Ted Kennedy’s endorsement of Barack Obama. NY NOW’s statement, via Politico.com: Women have just experienced the ultimate betrayal. Senator Kennedy’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton’s opponent in the Democratic presidential primary campaign has really hit women hard. Women have forgiven Kennedy, stuck up for him, stood by him, …

The New York Post (of all places) has a nice feature story today about designers Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapietra, who are set to show their latest line during Fashion Week. The two met at the now-defunct club Sound Factory in 1994 and have been together, personally and professionally, ever since. Back then, Costello was doing costumes for Madonna’s trippy …

Here’s the video from today’s Obama rally at American University where Sen. Ted Kennedy, JFK’s daughter Caroline, and Ted’s son, Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) lavished praise on Sen. Obama. (Via- Towleroad)

The son of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) is selling “Don’t Drop The Soap“, a prison-themed board game in which players try to not be raped. John Sebelius, 23, is selling the game from the Kansas governor’s mansion where he lives with his parents. From the game’s site: Fight your way through 6 different exciting locations in hopes of being …

Last night my cabbie, a Sikh, asked me who I was voting for in the primary. I told him I still had no idea and then rudely asked him, “Are you voting? Are you a citizen?” He said, “Oh, yes! I am citizen one year. Next week, I am FIRST in line.” Maybe it was the beer, but I got …

-The new Bermuda Triangle: the AAA tows more disabled cars away from the area around the Empire State Building than any place in the city. It’s suspected that the ESB’s giant radio tower is disabling car locks and triggering those security systems that turn your car off when it’s stolen. -The MTA is expanding the tap-and-go payment system to some …

“[W]hen I watch Obama speak live before a crowd… I’m thoroughly riveted. Can’t take my eyes off him. But for the wrong fucking reason: I find it hard to look away because I’m stressing out the whole time about the guy getting shot. The tension is terrible. I hope he’s got a great bunch of Secret Service agents around him …

Ted Kennedy will follow the lead of his niece Caroline today and endorse Barack Obama. The announcement will come later today at an Obama rally at American University. Yesterday JFK’s daughter, Caroline Kennedy, published an op-ed piece in the NY Times to say, “I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father …

From 1975, here’s the Gary Toms Empire with their disco stomper 7,6,5,4,3,2,1 (Blow Your Whistle). “Take your breakfast and get up”? Can that be right?

Forbes senior editor Daniel Lyons, the guy who was revealed last fall as the author of the blog The Secret Diary Of Steve Jobs , stepped out his usual mocking of Apple culture to write a post titled Pope Blast Media In Pathetic Attempt To Boost His Own Pageviews: Well it’s the oldest trick in the book. Want to get …