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, …
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Bears In Dresses
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 …
Read More »The Kennedys-Obama Love Fest
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)
Read More »Prison Rape: The Board Game
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 …
Read More »First In Line
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 …
Read More »Manhattan Monday
-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 …
Read More »HomoQuotable – Dan Savage
“[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 …
Read More »Ted Kennedy Endorses Obama
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 …
Read More »Monday Wake Up – Gary Toms Empire
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?
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