Tag Archives: Bronx

iRobbed

Students are banned from carrying cell phones at New York City’s public schools, but rather than leave the devices at home, many students pay $1/day to leave them with mobile storage companies whose trucks are parked outside the school grounds. Nice racket, eh? But yesterday one of the trucks was robbed at gunpoint of hundreds of phones. Panic and wailing …

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Billboard Of The Day

The above billboard only lasted one day in a Bronx neighborhood notorious for street hookers. The sign came down early Wednesday afternoon. Rafael Salamanca of the Bronx’s Community Board 2, said he was only partially appeased. “They apologized for the insensitivity of the placement, but they were not too apologetic about their message,” Salamanca said. “It’s not a big deal …

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Congressman Ruben Diaz?

Capitol Confidential tips us that asshat bigoted New York state Senator “Reverend” Ruben Diaz is thinking about running for Congress and is pissed off that the state hasn’t settled its redistricting disputes. From a Diaz press release: They seem to be playing games about where New York’s Congressional lines should be drawn. When those lines are finally drawn, the opportunity …

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How To Piss Off Ruben Diaz

Five years ago NYC approved a $29M bond for the construction of 200 low income housing units in the Bronx. The now-finished project includes street level store fronts and office space. DOWNSIDE: The project is named after the neighborhood’s rep in the state senate, evil nasty homophobe Ruben Diaz. UPSIDE: The newest tenant is Bronx Pride. WAY UPSIDE: Diaz is …

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BRONX: Elderly Catholic Priest Busted For Molesting Teenage Girl

Father Jaime Duenas was busted inside his own rectory yesterday and charged with molesting a teenage girl. “She didn’t protest to getting a massage,” Duenas said in his cell before his arraignment last night, according to prosecutors. “She was wearing short skirts.” Duenas was arraigned last night on charges of sexual abuse, forcible touching and endangering the welfare of a …

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Red-Caped Anti-Gay Catholic Loons Bring Their Hate Campaign To New York City

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HomoQuotable – Erica Diaz

“I was so nervous that morning that I threw up. I spoke against him across the street, directly within his view. But then I approached a police officer who escorted me to the podium where he spoke. My grandfather introduced me to the crowd and kissed me on the forehead. ‘This is my granddaughter,” he said. ‘She chose her way …

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NOM Releases More Bronx Video

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Red-Caped Loons At Bronx Hate Rally

The red-caped loons of the Catholic Society for the Defense of Tradition have posted the below recap of their day leading the anti-gay hate parade into the Bronx. As you may have noted from my Sunday slideshow, the average age of these brainwashed zombies seems to be around 20. And in case this is your first time hearing about them, …

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NOM Issues Bronx Hate Rally Video

Days after ripping off my Bronx hate rally video and posting it as theirs, NOM has issued its own production video of Sunday’s event.(Via- Good As You)

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NOM Stole My Hate Rally Video

Rather than simply post my video of Brian Brown speaking at yesterday’s Bronx hate rally, NOM has ripped the clip, retitled it, and posted it without attribution to their official YouTube channel. Nice Christian values, NOMbies. (Good As You’s Jeremy Hooper had to tip me on this, as NOM blocked me from subscribing to their channel long ago.)

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Erica Diaz At The Bronx Hate Rally

Yesterday Village Voice reporter Steven Thrasher spoke to Sen. Ruben Diaz’ 22 year-old lesbian granddaughter, Erica Diaz, about her expulsion from the military under DADT and her relationship with the elder Diaz. Erica is facing strong criticism across the LGBT blogosphere today for her decision to join Sen. Diaz on the rally’s stage. Hit the above link for Thrasher’s excellent …

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NEW YORK: Bronx Hate Rally Speaker Says “Gays Are Worthy Of Death”

Igor Volsky at Think Progress reports the words of Rev. Ariel Torres Ortega of Radio Visión Cristiana, who spoke at Sen. Ruben Diaz’ hate rally in the Bronx yesterday. Ortega’s speech was being translated into English from the podium, hence the odd wording below. “Committing sexual acts between man and man. And receiving the retribution of the things that they …

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Fox News On Bronx Hate Rally

The maker of this clip follows the Fox report with some photos from the slideshow I posted last night. It’s interesting that Fox describes the crowd as only numbering in the hundreds, when most media outlets reported attendance at around 2500. (Tipped by JMG reader Andy)

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NY Sen. Ruben Diaz Calls For Anti-Gay Marriage Referendum

And the crowd goes wild!(Video by Andres Duque at Blabbeando)

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SLIDESHOW: Bronx Hate Rally

Below you’ll find a 130-photo slideshow of today’s hate rally in the Bronx, including some images of the good guys in the counter-protesting area. Full-screen versions are here and permission is granted for reproduction anywhere.

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NOM’s Brian Brown Speaks At Sen. Ruben Diaz’ Anti-Gay Bronx Hate Rally

With his lies being interpreted into Spanish by a screaming pastor, NOM president Brian Brown warned the crowd that “kids as young as kindergarten are taught in Massachusetts that their parents are bigots because they believe marriage is the union of a man and a woman.” Brown then exhorted the crowd to believe that there is no actual separation of …

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Weirdo Anti-Gay Of The Day

At today’s hate rally, the above woman repeatedly attempted to mount the Bronx Courthouse steps while waving two creepy lifelike dolls over her head and shouting something-something (in Spanish) about man/woman, boy/girl, Jeebus, etc etc. Security forced her back into the crowd several times and their frustration with her antics was one of the few comic moments of an ugly, …

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NY Sen. Ruben Diaz’ Gay Granddaughter Denounces Rally, But Poses On The Stage

Erica Diaz, NY Sen. Ruben Diaz’ openly lesbian 22 year-old granddaughter and a victim of DADT, held a press conference across from the Bronx Courthouse this afternoon shortly before the hate marchers arrived. Reading from her iPhone, Erica denounced the fact that she is denied the right to marry her girlfriend, with whom she posed for the cameras shortly after …

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NEW YORK: Rain Dampens Attendance But Thousands Join Ruben Diaz Hate Rally

Thanks to the rain, attendance at NY Sen. Ruben Diaz’ anti-gay hate rally was far, far below the 20,000 evangelicals who crowded the streets of midtown Manhattan in 2009. Still, this year’s event was much more of an ecumenical hate scene, with the red-caped Catholic loons leading the parade, followed closely by a contingent of Ultra-Orthodox Jews. NOM president Brian …

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