Monthly Archives: July 2008

Morning View – Broadway & 60th

This is looking north on Broadway from 60th Street under Trump International Tower near Columbus Circle.

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Obama Rocks Berlin

Reviews of Barack Obama’s speech in Berlin yesterday appear to be mixed, with the New York Times calling it “vague on crucial issues of trade, defense and foreign policy.” However, The Nation loved it, saying, “To much of the world, Bush’s talk of freedom is code for messianism, arrogance and empire. Obama reframed the debate–and reclaimed the word–with his spectacular …

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George Michael At Madison Square Garden

Last night I trekked to Midtown with Aaron for my fourth “oldies” concert in a week, George Michael at Madison Square Garden. Neither of us are particular fans, but while the last George Michael record I bought was probably the 12″ of 1982’s Wham Rap, I’m not not a fan either. Most of my interest in George Michael over the …

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It’s An Obama World

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Apology Revoked
(And Munchausen-By-Blog Syndrome)

Oh, gentle readers, what a twisted, fascinating, maddening, saddening place is this thing called Teh Internets. Remember Cooper? The firefighter gay dad of two adopted boys who pulled his widely-loved blog after an “attack” of malicious comments and emails from the readers of this blog? Causing me to get extremely bent of out shape and offer Cooper a heartfelt (really) …

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$300K For Pics Of Thomas Beatie’s Baby

Gawker is reporting that People Magazine paid $300K for the exclusive rights to the photos of “pregnant man” Thomas Beatie’s baby girl. No word on whether he’s giving the money to charity, but doesn’t Beatie kind of deserve to keep it? Bidding on Angelina Jolie’s baby pictures approached $20 million, and even D-listers Nicole Richie and Jamie-Lynn Spears managed to …

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Medicaid Benefits For MA Gays

Excellent news. Yesterday the Massachusetts house passed a bill approving equal Medicaid benefits for married gays. Gov. Deval Patrick is expected to sign the bill, which was passed by the state House on July 15. The lawmakers’ actions defy the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which bans legally wed same-sex couples from receiving federally provided benefits such as Medicaid, the …

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Desperation Move

More dumbassery from the McCain camp as they pander to Florida’s powerful Cuban vote. The truth is, there’s no love between Obama and Castro. The Castro advertisement actually uses the foreign leader’s words against Obama. But the quote is misleading in regards to the actual political dynamics in play. For starters, since Obama became the de facto nominee, Castro has …

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LA Police Chief Donates Against Prop.8

Los Angeles chief of police William J. Bratton supports gay marriage and has made a personal donation to the fight against Proposition 8. LAPD Police Chief William J. Bratton has come out — in favor of gay marriage. As a wedding gift to friend and celebrity publicist Howard Bragman and his longtime partner, Chuck O’Donnell, Bratton made it official: He …

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100 Days Of “Better Than Sex”

Vince Sandoval, a 25-year-old gay New Yorker, is going without sex for 100 days in a “social experiment” to find things to do in and around New York City that are “better than sex”. From his email to me: I started it a little more than a month ago as a social experiment and a way to explore the art …

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NYC: 40% Of Gay Men Not Out To Doctors

Via Queerty: According to a new study, 40% of gay men in New York City, who have had sex with other men, hide their sexual orientation from their doctors. The study was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, and looked at data from 2004 to 2005 from the Centers for Disease Control National HIV Behavioral Survey. In the survey, …

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Sally Kern Packs Heat

The 21st century’s Anita Bryant, Oklahoma pol Sally Kern was caught attempting to bring a gun into the state Capitol Building yesterday. State Rep. Sally Kern says she’s an “outdoors girl” who’s done some shooting but didn’t intend to bring her pistol into the state Capitol on Wednesday. Kern, who made national headlines earlier this year when she said the …

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HomoQuotable – Eric Alva

“As a former Marine and patriotic American, I am deeply disturbed that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is discouraging young patriots from joining the Military at a time when our country needs their service. I am horrified that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” forces trained and ready troops to choose between serving their country and living openly — a choice I myself …

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Yesterday’s DADT Hearings

Via Nancy Pelosi’s YouTube channel, here’s freshman Rep. Patrick Murphy’s (D-PA) most excellent grilling of Elaine Donnelly of the anti-gay Center For Military Readiness about her opposition to the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, followed by the testimony of openly gay Iraq veteran Eric Alva, who lost a leg in combat. Chris Johnson live-blogged the hearing on HRC’s BackStory. …

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Morning View – Essex House

Directly across from yesterday’s Morning View on Central Park South is the 43-story Essex House, which was built in 1931 as the Park Hotel during Gotham’s explosion of art deco landmarks (Empire State, Chrysler, etc.) The Essex is currently under renovation as more of its hotel rooms are being converted to zillion-dollar condos. Trivia: Angelina Jolie owns the penthouse. Gruesome …

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Open Thread Thursday

What was the last full-length CD you bought?

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The Bearjing 2008 Olympics

The U.S. Olympic Committee wrote to the Seattle-area Northwest Bears Club to protest their calling this year’s camp-out the “Kamp Kodiak 2008 Olympic Village” on grounds of trademark infringement. (They also didn’t like the name “Big Ass Bear Olympics with Dr. Bob.”) Brendan McDonald, the event’s organizer, responded with this bit of hilarity: It is with bewilderment and amusement that …

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Pam Spaulding’s DNC Travel Fund

Pam Spaulding and her team of co-bloggers are among the very short list of LGBT activists on the Democratic National Convention committee’s list of officially invited bloggers. Pam’s House Blend is also the only blog with press credentials with a transgender blogger on its roster. Since the sanctioned bloggers have to pay their own way, please consider contributing to Pam’s …

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Laurie Anderson At Lincoln Center

Last night Aaron and I attended the first night of legendary multi-media performance artist Laurie Anderson’s five night stand at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater at the Time-Warner Center, where she presented a remarkably low-tech version of her latest show, Homeland. Four acoustic musicians, two backup singers, and Anderson’s keyboard with its loops and beats. No video, no lasers, nothing. And …

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Autism Comments Fallout: Seven Stations Fire Michael Savage

Days after his claim that 99% of autistic children just need to be smacked into proper behavior, a seven-station radio network has cancelled Michael Savage’s radio show. Super Talk Mississippi, which owns and operates seven conservative radio stations in Mississippi, issued a press release today stating that Michael Savage and his radio show Savage Nation had been canceled effective immediately. …

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