Did you see this on the news? I didn't. Hmmm. Seems like a huge breakthrough to me. Maybe the news stations were afraid that they might lose their ad revenues from oil companies...
Ocean currents can power the world, say scientists
A revolutionary device that can harness energy from slow-moving rivers and ocean currents could provide enough power for the entire world, scientists claim.
By Jasper Copping
Existing technologies require an average current of five or six knots to operate efficiently, while most of the earth's currents are slower than three knots
The technology can generate electricity in water flowing at a rate of less than one knot - about one mile an hour - meaning it could operate on most waterways and sea beds around the globe. Existing technologies which use water power, relying on the action of waves, tides or faster currents created by dams, are far more limited in where they can be used, and also cause greater obstructions when they are built in rivers or the sea. Turbines and water mills need an average current of five or six knots to operate efficiently, while most of the earth's currents are slower than three knots.
So far I've held off from joining Facebook so that I don't have another email account to check, but somehow I was roped into creating a profile on tagged.com. I thought this comment was cute--some sexy girl had left it for a guy whose page I was checking:
I KNOW WE HAVEN'T KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR LONG, AND I REALLY SHOULDN'T BE ASKING YOU, I FEEL SHY, BUT I WANT IT SO BAD, DON'T GET ME WRONG IT'S JUST THAT I HAVEN'T HAD IT FOR A LONG TIME. I COULD ALREADY FEEL IT GOING IN SO HARD AND COMING OUT SO SOFT AND WET. NO ONE HAS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS. I NEED IT. YOUR HELP CAN BE VERY USEFUL. YOU MUST THINK I HAVE A LOT OF NERVE ASKING YOU FOR THIS, BUT I CAN FEEL MY TONGUE AROUND IT SUCKING ALL THE JUICE OUT UNTIL THERE IS NO MORE LEFT, THIS HAS BEEN ON MY MIND ALL DAY LONG AND I HOPE I'M NOT BEING FORWARD, I'M USUALY NOT LIKE THIS, BUT...
I'll also be spnning every Sunday in December exept I might have te 28th off. December 26th should be an especially fun night sine in addition to Fee Tea from 7-11, the night coninue with Cherry Jubilee's popular 10thmAnnual Glammy Awards, which is like the Grammy's for all things drag--categoties include the legend award, best special event, best newcomer snd best drag dj.
With the awards punctuatrd by perfomances, it's great way to catch up on some of the newer queens acts. I'll be spinning, with Jackie Beat and Sweetie as your hosts. So if you like drag shows, stick Sunday December in your calendar. Performance by Peppermint, Britney Houston, Sahara Davenport, Epiphany, and the hilarious honorary drag queen Wendy Ho. Hope to see you there!
Downtown drag sensation Linda SImpson has penned a new play set to open at La Mama next week. Though Linda and I have enjoyed a catty stage feud for well over a decade, I thoroughly enjoyed her production of THE TRANNY CHASE. I caught up with "the thinking man's drag queen" on Thanksgiving morning to chat about her latest venture into the theater.
B: Linda! Your new play is called THE BAD HOSTESS. Since your night time hostessing gigs have dwindled to a veritable standstill, am I to assume that your latest work is somewhat autobiographical?
L: Uh, yes. I’m playing a character, but she and I share a lot of common—we both started our drag careers on the East Village club scene and now must scramble for hosting jobs in a cruel world that’s unappreciative of true talent!
B: True TALENT? I guess that's where the similarities between you and the character end. Now ror those who may not be familiar with your first two plays THE TRANNY CHASE AND THE FINAL EPISODE--ie everyone currently alive--how would you describe your style as a playwright?
L: Both my previous plays and this one are dark comedies. I like mixing campy humor with serious subjects, such as politics, religion, death, sex, your dangerously expanding waistline, etc.
B: Ouch! Didja have to go there before my Thanksgiving pig-out? As an emcee, you've always shied way from performing numbers, whether lipsynched or live. Yet your latest endeavor promises a party which descends into, among other things, "despicable karaoke"? Might you be singing?
L: I don’t want to reveal too much, but theatergoers can breath a sigh of relief that I’m letting other cast members handle the music. Instead, I’m concentrating on my great skills as an actress, including trying to memorize my lines.
B: Audience members can also expect an anti-religious rant, which some clueless audience members (or is that redundant) might see as an odd choice for the world's the biggest christian holiday.
L: What better time to tweak religion than at Christmas, which stirs up so many mixed emotions in people about faith and how they were brought up to worship God?
B: AMEN TO THAT!
L: But the play isn’t a one-sided argument against religion—there’s a debate that goes on between the characters, which includes a young man studying to be a minister.
L: The $15 ticket price is a great deal...of money for one of your "shows". Seriously, for a full-length play in a real theater, the cost is very reasonable. With even celebrated shows like HAIRSPRAY closing while other bigger theaters sit half-full, are you worried about a launching a new play in this financial climate?
L: La MaMa set the ticket price—the theater’s policy is to be accessible to all. If it was up to me I would have charged much, much more—perhaps $20—because I’m worth it.
B: I see that your cast includes Flloyd, who many remember as the the performer of WHAT MAKES A MAN A MAN? from WIGSTOCK: THE MOVIE. Chris Tanner is another local drag performer. Have there been any diva tantrums or backstage dirt you'd care to reveal?
L: Let me get back to you after the show. I don’t think it’s wise for me to risk provoking those two wonderfully complex and fiery individuals.
B: For the readers who don't live in the area and may miss the touring companies, how would you sum up the play's message?
L: More than anything, the play explores how our relationships with our parents influence our religious beliefs. My character’s father was a minister and now she’s an atheist. It’s a story of liberation, mixed with sadness and laughter, starring me in a new dress.
B: Stop the press! Let's hope it includes large, very floppy-brimmed hat with veil and a very high cowl neck!
L: You'd know more about cow's necks than I would since you have one. Or should I say a lack of one.
Nov. 25, 2008 | On a warm summer day two years ago, a 16-year-old girl put on a skirt and headed to the SuperTarget in her hometown of Tulsa, Okla. As she shopped the air-conditioned aisles, a man knelt behind her, carefully slid a camera in between her bare legs and snapped a photo of her underwear. Police arrested the 34-year-old man, but the charges were ultimately dropped on the grounds that the girl did not, as required by the state's Peeping Tom law, have "a right to a reasonable expectation of privacy," given the public location. In non-legalese: Wear a skirt in public, and you might just get a camera in the crotch.
Locals were outraged. Most women slipping on a summer dress aren't hoping to star in an amateur -- or, worse yet, professional -- porno, just as most men don't expect strangers to take a snapshot of their package when they wear shorts in public. In response to the ruling, Rep. Pam Peterson, R-Tulsa, introduced a bill making it illegal in Oklahoma to take unauthorized photos of someone's private areas in public; it went into effect earlier this month. For the same reason, nearly half the states have had to enact similar laws.
A NEW BOOK OF WIGSTOCK PICS BY BOBBY MILLER FROM THE FESTIVAL'S BEGINNING UNTIL 2005.
About the book:
Wigstock was a free outdoor festival that ran from 1985 - 2005 in NYC at various locations. Made up of drag queens, hippies, punks, rock stars and a smattering of various alternative communities. A free all day event of performance and kooky antics. Founded by the legendary drag queen The Lady Bunny ( along with Hattie Hathaway) it finally ended its twenty year run in 2005. It also became a documentary style film called " Wigstock the movie" directed by Barry Shils which can be found at your local rental shop. Wigstock is gone but will never be forgotten. Long live the queen.
Great shots of performers like Billy Beyond (above), Loretta Hogg, Princess Zoraya, Hattie Hathaway--it goes waaaaaaay back.
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FROM LYPSINKA, PICTURED HERE OUT OF DRAG WITH LILY TOMLIN AND THE VERY SICK TRANSVESTITE ALEXIS DELAGO
Sweden Says Transvestism Is Not a Disease By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Swedish health officials say they will remove transvestism, fetishism and sadomasochism from the country's official list of diseases and mental disorders.
The National Board of Welfare says labeling those aspects of sexual behavior and gender identity as disorders can add to prejudices in society. Gay and transgender rights activists welcomed this week's decision.
The board's director Lars-Erik Holm says he will raise the issue internationally when the World Health Organization starts the process of renewing its classifications.
FROM LADY ESTHER GYN, AN EXPERT ON ALL THINGS GAY AND BRAZILIAN.
Because here's a gay parody ad for Pascivia. I can't understand Portuguese, but I can see that diagram that features one feces-encrusted anal insert and one clean one--the latter being after Pascivia's use. By the end, the spokesmodel is bragging about how many centimeters he's able to take thanks to this new product.
AND JUDGING FROM THE LINK TO THIS BRAZILIAN ESCORT SITE, A LITTLE PASCIVIA MIGHT BE NEEDED TO CCOMODATE THESE HEALTHY HUNKS LIKE "PETERSON", BELOW.
5. Dick Cheney The 'Dark Prince' of the Republican party, Cheney's obsession with American military prowess and fanatical dedication to the oil industry has made him the focal point of most liberal's rage. Cheney exists to service the needs of the rich and powerful, and is unafraid to put other people's lives at risk to ensure corporate profits and American hegemony. Cheney has always remained largely behind the scenes due to a distinct lack of personality and aura of extreme evil, but wields his influence expertly with his nuanced understanding of the dark arts of politics. Cheney is the epitome of a political hack, a gutless gray blob of a man with a record of detached violence and personal greed. We won't see much of him after next January, and hopefully someone will have the decency to arrest him should he venture out of the United States.
The dance diva took a break from NYC and hightailed it to Minneapolis. But she's back with a new album, an upcoming show at Miami Beach's craziest gay club Twist, and is looking better than ever!
AND ADORA, MY FAVORITE SOUTH BEACH LOCA, IS DJ'ING AT TWIST ON THURSDAYS.
I'll see you there after my dj gig at Visionaire's new issue launch during Art Basel on Thursday 12/4!
Just when you're cursing your own country, you learn that the Taliban in Afghanistan are so dead set against girls going to school that they did a drive by on some school girls with squirt guns filled with acid. And I don't mean LSD.
FROM AOL NEWS:
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Nov. 25) - A 23-year-old teacher burned in an acid attack on 15 schoolgirls and instructors wants the Afghan government to throw acid on her attackers and then hang them. Kandahar's governor said Tuesday that authorities had arrested 10 alleged Taliban militants for the Nov. 12 attack in this southern city and that several confessed to taking part.
Wendy Whitaker had consensual oral sex with her boyfriend when she was 17 and he was three weeks shy of his 16th birthday. She was convicted of sodomy in 1997 as a result, had to register as a sex offender for life, and can’t live within 1000 feet of schools or churches.
How do you say Deee-Ranged? How do Deee-lectable? Deee-Mented? Deee-Spicablel? Deee-Viiiiine?
Lady Kier sent me a link to this recipe book, which could certainly jizz up a traditional Thanksgiving menu. Or make the perfect gift for the cum-dumpster in your life who has everthing.
FROM THE BOOK'S PRESS RELEASE:
Semen is not only nutritious, but it also has a wonderful texture and amazing cooking properties. Like fine wine and cheeses, the taste of semen is complex and dynamic. Semen is inexpensive to produce and is commonly available in many, if not most, homes and restaurants. Despite all of these positive qualities, semen remains neglected as a food. This book hopes to change that. Once you overcome any initial hesitation, you will be surprised to learn how wonderful semen is in the kitchen. Semen is an exciting ingredient that can give every dish you make an interesting twist. If you are a passionate cook and are not afraid to experiment with new ingredients - you will love this cook book!
AND WHILE WE ARE ON THE SUBJECT OF NOURISHMENT DIRECTLY FROM THE PENIS (OR IN THIS CASE, THE VAGINA ALSO), MAY I RECOMMEND THAT YOU WASH DOWN YOUR SEMEN SUPPER WITH URINE AND SWEAT LIKE THESE ASTRONAUTS ABOUT TO BURST OUT OF THE STRATOSPHERE ABOARD THE US SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOR WILL SOON DO?
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE:
HOUSTON: Astronauts tinkered Sunday with a troublesome piece of equipment designed to help convert urine and sweat into drinkable water, which is vital to allowing the international space station crew to double to six.
Station commander Michael Fincke and space shuttle Endeavour astronaut Donald Pettit changed how a centrifuge is mounted in a urine processor, which is part of the newly delivered $154 million water recovery system. The centrifuge is a spinning device that helps separate the water from urine.
FROM POPEATER: (Nov. 21) - Actress Carrie Fisher reveals in her new book 'Wishful Drinking' that life as Debbie Reynolds' daughter was anything but ordinary. Fisher, most known as her role as Princess Leia in the 'Star Wars' trilogy, reveals the dirty details of her life including her mother's suggestion that Fisher have a baby with her stepfather.
I love that a mature author would use this shot her publicity photo! I actually recall someone telling me that he'd hung out with Carrie and Marianne Faithful in Paris and that their partyin' tales were a riot.
And even though it was a little before my time, I was aware from a pretty early age that there had been a romantic flare-up between Elizabeth Taylor, Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, Carrie's dad when Fisher dumped perky blonde Debbie for the sultry raven-haired temptress La Liz. I try to compare the well-publicized scandal with whatever "scandal" it is that keeps Jennifer Aniston on the front page of EVERY magazine! She gets a haircut and it's breaking news for housewives.
I wasn't a fan of FRIENDS, Anniston's hit TV series, but hit movies haven't earned her tabloid queen status. So I can't figure out what her appeal is, unless real women identify with a girl-next-bore type who had her man snatched by a temptress like Jolie. Brad and Angelina have had what, like 3 kids since Brad and Jen (I hate to even prove how popular she is by using an abbreviation of her name!) and yet one magazine on stands now (I might write for it) is claiming that Angelina undressed on the set of one of Brad's films to lure him away from Jen. How old is that for a headline--4/5 years? Why are we stll so hungry for tid-bits on this affair?
What really irritates me is that when the Liz/Debbie/Eddie scandal occured, they were all 3 A-list entertainers at the top of their game, so their affair's press coverage seems warranted. What are Jen's hits? Even Brad and Angelina, though they have a large body of work, don't really seem to have the hits these days. They've kind of ascended to this odd Sharon Stone level, where they're considered A-list without really seeming to have earned it. Sharon had 1 major hit and the big budget CASINO, which didn't really ignite the world. It seems like tabloid readers would focus more on the stars of the big movies of the day. But they keep coming back to Jennifer. In my mind, Carrie Fisher is permanent Hollywood royalty by virtue of her parents. Her only major hit was STAR WARS. Am I totally off-base on this? Can someone explain Braniferlina's appeal to me?
This is a symbol of how much this monster's 8 year reign of terror has squashed the international standing of our once respected nation. THEY WON'T EVEN SHAKE HIS HAND! I wish the loser would shake a leg and hightail back to Texas yesterday. In every way from our international reputation to our sunken economy to the quality of our schools to our battle-torn soldiers, Obama has inherited a country in tatters with a major challenge on almost every front.
I am thrilled to return to No Parking for my second annual pre-Thanksgiving show. Located all the way up in Washington Heights in what we downtowners call nosebleed territory, and is also home to the donkey-dicked Dominican, this joint was smoking last year--with a line down the block even 15 minutes before closing time! (Word got out that my show was finished.) Last year Rihanna had just hit big with UMBRELLA, and the place went nuts as club staff passed out...mini umbrellas to the rollicking crowd. The clientele is almost exclusively babies, and they are so adorable that last year, I just wanted to reaxh out and stroke their sweet faces. I never gave one thought to their horse hoses.
Until I checked out their site which featured this pic from Miguel, who danced at the post Dominican Pride Day bash. Mybe he'll be there next Wednesday. God, sometimes I just love my job!
A MAN caught by police with his penis inside a pasta sauce jar was still pleasuring himself while resisting arrest, a court has been told.
Police drew their weapons after New South Wales man Keith Roy Weatherley, 46, led them on a brief, slow-speed car chase, the Newcastle Herald reports.
Weatherley attracted police attention while he was parked in a no-stopping zone near Nobby's Beach on October 26, Newcastle Local Court was told yesterday.
Police thought he might have a weapon because they saw him doing something with his hands in his lap, the Herald said.
Instead, they found him partially clothed with his genitals in a jar, a police statement said.
That's when the pursuit began, the court was told.
When Weatherley was stopped, he refused to leave his car and four officers used batons and capsicum spray to get him out.
They found a 750mm jar around his penis and said Weatherley attempted to continue "pleasuring himself in between bouts of wrestling".
A search of his car uncovered pornography, a homemade sex aid, women's stockings and a Jack Russell terrier.
Weatherley pleaded guilty to offensive behaviour, resisting police and disobeying a police direction.
He was convicted and fined $600.
I SURE WISH THERE WAS A PHOTO!
ACTUALLY, YOU'RE IN LUCK. I HAPPENED TO HAVE A TRICK OVER AND GOT HIM TO SHOVE HIS STILL-ENGORGED COCK INTO A SPAGHETTI JAR, WHICH I ACTUALLY RACED TO THE GROCERY STORE TO PURCHASE AND HASTILY CLEAN BEFORE HE ARRIVED--ALL FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE!
Apparently, I chose the right trick for my little excursion into photography. I was telling him--let's call him Carlos--about how insane it was that the guy kept "wrestling" away to masturbate with the jar while the police had him in custody. Carlos was able to explain the situation since he himself had used what he termed a fifi (sp?) in jail. A fifi, he explained, was when you took one glove and put a little water in it, then somehow surrounded it with a dry glove and a rolled up towels and fucked the wrist area. He said "You don't know! Some guys fall in love with a bottle."
A hilarious visit (which makes me wanna visit features a bunch of homeless, a cracked out tranny hooker, marijuana (gasp!) users, but oddly, no gays. Bill, you're slipping. You know how your Fox audience would be revolted by footage of one of the moustache-wearing "nuns" The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence! Ooh the festering sacrilege of nun drag!
FROM HUFFPO:
Bill O'Reilly is scared. As a daring crusader on the side of "traditional America" in the war against "secular progressives," O'Reilly fears that the "far left" will push President-elect Obama to embrace their values. As an example of the horrors that would befall us if this were to happen, O'Reilly offers up a surreal pseudo-documentary of San Francisco. O'Reilly sends producer Jesse Waters, whose sole journalistic value seems to be his utter lack of shame at chasing after and ambushing anyone O'Reilly points his finger at, to San Francisco because it represents 'far left government' at work.
Watching this video, one would think that ninety percent of San Francisco's population are either homeless, addicted to drugs, prostitutes, crazy, or some mix of all these. The video is an unbelievable smear on a great American city. The only thing worse than the video's message is the production value. After showing the video, O'Reilly interviews Waters for insight into how San Franciscans can live in such moral and physical squalor. Waters basically says the citizens of Frisco have accepted, and adjusted to, the fact their city is a hell hole. Actually, the city is so beyond the pale that O'Reilly once said he wouldn't mind if Al Qaida attacked the city. Watch and judge for yourself.
In other news from the bay, the drag queen gang which included Peaches Christ did not get their genius motion to name a local sewage plant after George W. Bush passed. But here's the good news--the renaming was nixed because residents didn't want ANYTHING named after W in their hood! Way ta go, Frisco!
HERE'S BILL ON THE RADIO CALLING FOR AL QUAEDA TO ATTACK SAN FRAN-SISSY-CO!
THE LATEST FROM SIMON DOONAN'S SIMON SAYS COLUMN IN THE OBSERVER!
Radical Cheeky! Prop. 8 Mishegoss Is Makin' Me Militant
That's in between filling the Barneys 2008 holiday windows with hippie peacenik things and entertaining Princess Alexandra of Greece
by Simon Doonan November 18, 2008
******************************************** Turn on. Tune in. Drop ... off your dry cleaning and head to a demonstration! No, seriously, I am having such a totally tumultuous '60s moment! My life has gone from light and fluffy to totally heavy, man. Everything's coming up protests and peace signs. It's a freaky scene. When I'm not on some crazy demo, I'm slapping counterculture slogans on Barneys' windows and cramming them with Woodstock-abilia. Don't get me wrong: I'm hardly Hanoi Jane. Call me Weatherman-lite. I am really more like Streisand in The Way We Were, only without that diabolical frizz. What's brought on the Barbra moment? Oh, just the quest for my civil rights, that's all.
SIMON WITH TOM BROKAW AND SOME BRATS
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12
Protestors assembled outside the Mormon Temple on Columbus Avenue and 65th Street to express their displeasure at the church's aggressive campaign against same-sex marriage in California and the whole Proposition 8 mishegoss. My husband, Jonny-we were married in San Francisco on Sept. 18 and are now left hanging-and my mother-in-law, Cynthia Adler, both attended. (If you are a Mormon, you would call her "my former mother-in-law.")
Though vocal and forceful, the assembled agitators could not, according to my Jonny, resist tempering their earnestness with a little humor: one gaggle of gigglers got bored with shouting, "What do we want? CIVIL RIGHTS!" and switched to "What do we want? ROCK HARD ABS!"
Called simply Amanda, the luxurious new scent pays homage to Amanda's soft elegance with a strong yet feminine base of estrogen and silicone and a top-note of tuna. The scent is packaged in a ball-shaped Swarovski crystal-coverd bottle with a blush-colored atomizer and it retails for $950! The o-fish-al launch party to be held at Aqua in South Beach on 12/6 during Art Basel.
For his blog, Michael Musto has dug up a clip of Faye Dunaway playing Mae West from a 2002 flick THE CALLING. Her impersonation's not too good and although she does once give you that buck-toothed look which Mae sported in later years due to her face being yanked back so far that her mouth could no longer close, Faye doesn't really sink her teeth into Mae as she did Joan Crawford. For some rotten reason (Faye's reluctance to wear a wig, perhaps?) Faye West isn't even sporting the classic light blonde hair color that was Mae's trademark. But never mind that! Guess who's coming to dinner!
DOES THIS STRAIGHT GUY (A MYSPACE FRIEND) LITERALLY HAVE A MANICURE WITH SILVER? ACCENTS?)
Christ, these brats on myspace are out of control! I have always preferred older men, but now that I'm older myself, the only ones older are in retirement homes. Through myspace, I've realized that I am physically attracted to younger guys, but I've just never wanted to put up with their shit as the figure out who they are. Still working on WHAT I am myself, darlin'--don't need any excess baggage.
(Insert joke about my weight here.)
Although you can't show too much skin on myspace, these guys are very creative about showcasing their attributes.
This shot is particularly arousing. Of course, the guy's in Chicago, but I have no problem with long distance lust and my work do involve frequent travel.
THIS CHILD'S PIECE IS ALMOST AS THICK AS HIS TEENY WAIST!
AND HE'S NICE ENOUGH TO INCLUDE A VIDEO TEASER CALLED WANNA SEE IT BOUNCE?
And while IM'ing with his gorgeous cousin yesterday, the jolly, smut-filled conversation suddenly got very real. The cousin asked me "Seriously, wht are the 3 things in life that make you tick?"
I hit send after each response:
FOOD
DICK
APPLAUSE
He mistook the spelling of applause and wrote back: "Really? You like applesauce that much?"
Wow! Great news! The gay call to boycott list of Moron--sorry Mormon-backed products is working. The second largest food chain has met the demands of blogger Mike Rogers of PAGEONEQ in a big way.
FROM PAGEONEQ.COM:
"One down and many more to go," said Mike Rogers of BlogActive.com in response to the successful result of pressure on the fast food chain Subway after it was disclosed that a franchisee gave $2,500 to the Yes on 8 campaign. Yes on 8 was successful in removing marriage equality from California's state constitution. Rogers found the contribution on a list of Yes on 8 contributors compiled by the Human Rights Campaign. "When I saw a franchisee of an international company gave $2,500 to opponents of equality, I immediately knew I would require someone at the company's world HQ to address this."
On Friday, Rogers made three demands of the company, with a Monday deadline:
1. Repudiate the gift.
2. Add sexual orientation and gender identity to the corporation's non-discrimination policy.
3. Give an equal gift to the opposing side. At the time of the post, Rogers did not indicate the company, choosing instead to approach the company discreetly over the matter.
In a conversation with Rogers today, Subway Director of Corporate Communications Michele DiNello responded to the three demands.
LETTER SENT TO FRANCHISEES WORLDWIDE, GIFT REFUNDED
"We spoke to the franchisee, I have a letter I am going to email you that we are sending out, not only to him, but it occurred to me after chatting with him that there that there may be others who don't understand what the policy is, so we will be sending to our franchisees and developers -- around the world -- the policy regarding political donations," DiNello told Rogers.
I am a professional retard and even I can't tell if this fool is the real thing or in on the joke. That's high praise. Specially for an 18 year old!
FROM RAWN:
Hi Im Rawn.
just because you never leave your house and don't have any friends doesn't mean you're crazy ...please I need your approval so badly, please be a voyeur of my life. please voyeur me.
It's the Spring of 1957 and Bobby goes to pick up his date. He's a pretty hip guy with his own car. When he goes to the front door, the girl's father answers and invites him in.
"Carrie's not ready yet, so why don't you have a seat?" He says.
"That's cool." Says Bobby.
Carrie's father asks Bobby what they're planning to do. Bobby replies politely that they will probably just go to the soda shop or a movie.
Carrie's father responds, "Why don't you two go out and screw? I hear all the kids are doing it."
Naturally, this comes as quite a surprise to Bobby, so he asks Carrie's Dad to repeat it.
"Yeah," says Carrie's father, "Carrie really likes to screw; she'll screw all night if we let her!"
Well, this just made Bobby's eyes light up, and his plan for the evening was beginning to look pretty good.
A few minutes later, Carrie comes downstairs in her little poodle skirt and announces that she's ready to go. Almost breathless with anticipation, Bobby escorts his date out the front door.
About 20 minutes later, Carrie rushes back into the house, slams the door behind her, and screams at her father: "DAMMIT DADDY! IT'S CALLED THE TWIST!!!"
The vibe at this long-running West Village institution was so strong and so fab that the reunion parties just keep coming long after the joint was closed. Hopefully, the special guests will include Bar D'O regulars ringmaster Raven O, vocal powerhouse Sade Pendarvis, the Empress of Large Flotilla Debarge and impressionist extraordinaire Jimmy James. And I'd love to hear the incredible music of DJ Mickey Dulanto again, too! I was a regular performer at Bar D'O, too. I wonder why they didn't ask me to perform? I'M NOT DIFFICULT, YOU ASSHOLES!
THE 4TH ANNUAL BAR D'O PARTY @ INDOCHINE!
Starring Joey Arias, Sherry Vine and special guests!
Sunday December 14 & 21 at 10pm. Shows all night long! Many surprise guests! Table seating only with dinner reservations.
Indochine, 430 Lafayette St. 212-505-5111. $20
OTHER PLACES TO CHECK OUT SHERRY!
THE SHERRY VINE SHOW @ Barracuda. A full hour of live singing and comedy, including; hysterical parodies, Pop, videos, audience interaction and sexy DJ David Serrano! No cover. Show at Midnight. Check out the new "Apres Ski" decor! W. 22nd St. between 7th and 8th. Every Sunday.
THE BLONDE LEADING THE BLONDE @ Cafe 50. Sherry and Epiphany present an evening of cabaret; old school, new skool, Broadway, torch and much more. Every Wednesday. Shows at 11pm and Midnight. Free finger food and open well bar 10 -11pm. 50 W. 22nd St.
DIRTY LAUNDRY @ DTOX. Bring your dirty unmentionables over to Laundress in Residence, Sherry Vine. She'll wash, fold and press all of your soiled undies! Filthy show at Midnight with "dirty underwear" contest - you can win $50 in drinks! DJ ET. No cover. 31 Second Ave. Every Thursday.
PS!!!!!!! DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT HER VIDEO PARODIES AT MYSPACE
Yes, Barry's covering Rick Astley's dance hit on a new Arista dance compilation. I like Barry and I like the original song, but I kinda think Barry's vox are a little too lounge-y for this "jam". I heard this on the radio the other day and Rick really did have an appealing voice which sold the tune. What do you think?
PRESS RELEASE: Following the national success of her previous Tony attracting shows, "The Royal Tour" and "Back with a Vengeance," Dame Edna Everage - International Housewife, Therapist, Gigastar, Fashion Icon, Guru and Swami will appear at San Francisco's Post Street Theatre for a limited engagement.
All will soon be revealed in the all-new show DAME EDNA - LIVE AND INTIMATE IN HER FIRST LAST TOUR to her adoring and loyal American audiences. She will display her unique genius with a new and vibrantly stimulating theatrical infrastructure (to use her own vivid phrase), addressing an exciting range of cutting edge comedy solutions.
Saw this in the San Fran airport. It does look a lot like her, doesn't it? I always thought Kathleen had one of the least attractive nose jobs in the biz. Did it collapse or did she just ask her surgeon for a wide flat pug nose?
REAVIS EITEL sent me this pic, and I thought you'd "enjoy" it. It does remind me of my Craig's List encounters last night!
Speaking of Craig's List, there is some sick new "social networking" site called tagged.com. I'm not really sure what it was all about, but after several invitations, I gave in and joined. It's largely horny arabic men from Kuwait, Jordan, Morocco or even the sexy North African guys mixed with friends who live in France and who responsible for those uprisings a few years ago. I LOVE this picture on one of my "contacts" pages--a rare glimpse into a totally straight world of an all male picnic from some french park. Watermelon, bottled water and baguettes? Or are those arms? Or some sort of pork shoulder? This pic is so freaky that it reminds me of scene from LORD OF THE FLIES. I love the GQ-faced one chomping in the middle.
Also on Reavis' entertaining blog, this youtube video of Gloria Swanson describing her famous lion scene--I just saw this nut on AIRPORT 1975 which also featured Myrna Loy!
Hitchens is for the war in Iraq, so we obviously have some differences in opinion. But not on this score--in my mind Hillary is the wrong choice for this job and I'm in complete agreement with Hitchens. There may eben be trouble with vetting her because of her husband's shady post-White House financial dealings and questionable pardons.
Hopefully, Barack is doing something which I just can't understand. I'm also am baffled by his meeting with John McCain. What could be the point? Though McCain has foreign policy experience, the dunce was claiming during the campaign that the "surge" was working. Working in what way? Plus, Barack questioned McCain's erratic temperament, which was plainly demonstrated on the erratic day he cancelled Letterman, lied about going to D.C. in order to tape Katie Couric's show, and then showed up at the bail-out meeting without even reading the economic dossier and saying next to nothing at the meeting. I wouldn't seek counsel from that troll. The one who claimed the economy was fundamentally weeks before the crash sound and selected moron Sarah Palin as his running mate? What judgement could O possibly be seeking from McCain? Was their 45 minute chat simply a photo op to associate Obama with more established politicians?? Screw William Ayres! As far as I'm concerned, Obama really is palling round with terorists if he's setting up meetings with the idiot who claimed that we might need tostay in Iraq for 100 years.
FROM HUFFPO:
Christopher Hitchens appeared on "Hardball" Monday night and voiced his strong opposition to Hillary Clinton being named Secretary of State.
Appearing with Peter Beinart of Time, who is for Clinton's appointment, Hitchens said, "This is the woman who played the race card on Obama... This is the woman whose foreign policy experience consists of making a fool of herself and fabricating a story about Bosnia."
He also brought up the Clintons' overseas fundraising connections and called the idea of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State a "ludicrous embarrassment."
A longtime critic of the Clintons, Hitchens wrote the 2000 book "No One Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family."
Blog? What’s a BLOG? I always thought it was an amalgam for something like…a blind frog…or a bloody flog…or a bloated hog. Well, Rosie O’Donnell! You have one! And, now, so do I!
Suddenly, after trying to get it together for 8 years, I, too, will join the ranks of millions of other famous and ordinary people who believe their daily lives are more interesting and worthy of being chronicled than those of busy people!
Varla Jean Merman is a blogger! (Not a black jogger. Although, they do have a certain appeal!)
BUNNY NORE: If you are a slut, you may wanna hit the link to Varla's blog and watch a well-endowed jogger who isn't wearing underwear flop his hose in running shorts.
You just never know who's gonna show up at FREE TEA! Last week, we had porn star Johnny (I forget his name but not his johnson) go-go dancing along the crazy-ass Kitty Litter. Also seen marveling over the agility of a 2 minute spin by one of the ballroom-style dancing regulars was Jock Soto, one of the most celebrated male danseurs in the history of the New York City Ballet.
FREE TEA IS FAT SPLASH ROM 7-11. CHEAP BOOZE AND DISCO DYNAMITE! (I'm off next Sunday for Jellybean's b'day then back on 11/30.) GET OUT AND BOOGIE!
(WebMD) Belly fat has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease and diabetes. Now an important new study links belly fat to early death.
Researchers followed about 360,000 Europeans enrolled in one of the largest and longest health studies in the world.
They found that people with the most belly fat had about double the risk of dying prematurely of the people with the least amount of belly fat. Death risk increased with waist circumference, whether the participants were overweight or not.
This certainly is a mystery. As drag queen Lily of The Valley, Californian actor Michael Cavadias burst onto the scene over a decade ago and quickly became an integral part of the downtown scene, whether djing, hosting at Squeezebox or performing on the downtown drag circuit. Good-looking out of "geish", Michael dabbled in modeling and in 2000 even snagged a role in the the film WONDER BOYS with . A close personal friend, Michael is also known for his cryptic sense of humor. Never did we image that his email moniker, claywoman, would materialize into a full-fledged performance and lecture. The thought of any lecture by this nut drives me insane!
MICHAEL CAVADIAS IN WONDER BOYS, ALONG WITH ROBERT DOWNEY, JR, MICHAEL DOUGLAS AND FRANCES MCDORMAND
So now that the show is launching it's first proper run at The WIld Project, for me, it's a definite do-not-miss production. Here's the insane premise of the performance. Uh, and lecture, from TheWildProject.com:
showtimes:
For thousands of years, there has been a raging debate about the validity of the Claywoman Hypothesis. A 500,000,000 year old enigma who, legend has it, can cure anyone of their deepest pain. The last remaining evidence we have is "The Mystery of Claywoman", an unfinished documentary was found among the rubble at Ground Zero. In it we hear from a Scientist who thinks the entire idea is ludicrous, an old woman who has been waiting for Claywoman for 30 years, two lesbian intellectuals who have written a book on Claywoman, as well as others who claim to actually know Claywoman personally.
December 4 - 14, 2008 Thursday - Sunday at 8pm
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at Ovationtix or by calling 212.352.3101.
featuring:
Justin Bond Alan Cumming Rachelle Garniez Deborah Harry Viatcheslav Kopturevskiy Trip Langley Ruth Maleczech Amy Miles Edgar Oliver Amy Poehler Mauro Von Waldenberg Steve Wangh
Another interesting show is presented at the same space from Nov. 6-22--and the low ticket price is right!
The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents By Lukas Barfuss Translated by Neil Blackadder Directed by Kristjan Thor
After a smash run in London, Barfuss' play hits New York for a limited run. Don't miss this fearless look at the explosive place where family, pharmaceuticals, and sexual awakening collide.
Directed by rising star Kristjan Thor, named one of New York Magazine's "Most Likely to be Famous Before 30."
On Thursday, Jason Weasmon was shooting a bunch of locals for HX's 900th anniversary issue, at HX's office. The NEW YORK BLADE is also published by HX (The Politically Incorrect Party Paper), and I was surprised to see this on the cover of the October 17th issue:
FROM THE NEW YORK BLADE:
Does Condi’s Sexuality Matter? By Lou Chibbaro Jr.
Insiders blame gay rumors for Rice’s GOP VP snub. But what other reasons could have kept her from the Sarah Palin spot? LGBT political experts weigh in.
Did rumors about her sexuality derail Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s chance at the GOP vice presidency? That’s the latest buzz according to prominent Republicans on the Hill.
Rumors about Rice’s sexual orientation are nothing new. But they gained traction recently when Washington Post diplomatic correspondent Glenn Kessler reported in his book that Rice jointly owns a house and shared a line of credit with an unmarried woman in California.
Too bad it wasn't mine! But I was channel-surfing and had forgotten that MISSION IMPOSSIBLE is airing again. (Actually, an even more insane detective drama called GENE PERRY came on after that--in black and white, with the murderess turning out to be a wealthy, tripped-out housewife on psychedelic drug punch poured from am ornate sliver pitcher!) MISSION has the richest look to it--I assume it was shot on real film. And how better to capture the exquisite guest star (as a spy) JOAN COLLINS! I didn't see the regular agent Barbara Bain (is there a more glamorous name?) but the Wikipedia entry reveals that Barbara's character was named Cinnamon Carter! Ba-hah-hah! I'd forgotten that bit of trivia if I ever knew it. I loved the show as a kid, but the plots are so complex that I still don't always understand them. Well, not when I'm jerking off to someone's eye makeup while trying to shoot pics of the TV so that I might share a young Miss Collins' loveliness with you.
SERVE IT, SISTER!
Anyhoo, Joan hooked up with the series' star Peter Graves, and the two made quite stunning pair with her black hair in a braid sculpture and his frosted silver hair.
I was never a Dynasty fan, but I was glad that Joan had her day. A true beauty with the largest, most wide set eyes in the business, long before the 1980's I fell in love with her in a Hollywood B movie where she's shipwrecked on a beach with several men. If anyone knows the name of that film I'd love to track it down and re-watch it. I believe it would have been late 50's or early 60's. But to see her in the late 60's with this heavy Liza lash--which you know I tend to favor--her eye is so massive and luminous that it just isn't fair! Pure heaven!
Later on in the episode, the couple'ss thrown in jail in a brunette bob!
"Here, each of her bewitching eyes is actually larger than her mouth!", cried the beady-eyed drag queen!
And this, my friends, is what you'd call bone structure. She is truly magnificent. Still is, actually.
AUSTIN, Minn. — The economy is in tatters and, for millions of people, the future is uncertain. But for some employees at the Hormel Foods Corporation plant here, times have never been better. They are working at a furious pace and piling up all the overtime they want.
Jerry’s Other Place sells a Spamburger for $6.29.
The workers make Spam, perhaps the emblematic hard-times food in the American pantry.
Through war and recession, Americans have turned to the glistening canned product from Hormel as a way to save money while still putting something that resembles meat on the table. Now, in a sign of the times, it is happening again, and Hormel is cranking out as much Spam as its workers can produce.
The Mormon church was the single largest monetary contributor to the
VOTE "YES" ON PROPOSITION 8 campaign.
The Mormon church gets its money from church-members and its business holdings.
Below is a list of organizations that are either owned by the Mormon church outright; owned, founded or run by Mormons in executive positions (a portion of whose salary is tithed to the church); or in which the church owns a large percentage of stock.
I respectfully ask that you carefully review this list and think twice before you financially empower these companies with your patron dollars.
PLEASE BOYCOTT THE FOLLOWING BUSINESSES: Kroger Foods (Ralph's and Albertsons) Dell Computer American Express Priceline.com Host Marriott (Marriott hotels and resorts) La Quinta Properties (t-a Quinta hotels) Jet Blue Black and Decker Ryder Systems (Ryder trucks) 1-80O-Contacts K-BIG FM radio Los Angeles Hollywood Entertainment (Hollywood Video) lomega K-Swiss lnc. Corvis Sky West Airlines Central Pacific Bank Swift Transportation Cornerstone Realty Income Trust Inc. Cygnus Inc. Tropical Sportswear Diebold**** stealing elections!!! Williams Companies Inc. Zions Securities Corp Dionex Downey Savings and Loan AgReserves lnc. (agriculture) EarthShell Sunrider Int'l. Franklin Covey NPS Pharmaceuticals Latham and Watkins Hillenbrand Industries Huntsman Chemical Headwaters Inc. Bain Capital Spectra Azul JP Realty Deloitte Touche Key Corp. Zions Securities Corp. Knight Transportation Bonneville comm. Telefonica Brasil Apx Alarm Micrel Semiconductor Micro General Merit Medical Systems Monaco Coach Microsemi Corp. Myriad Genetics Novell NuSkin Affiliated computer services Oil States International AES corp. Oakley Avista corp. Phelps Dodge Corp. Cadence Design
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I voted for you, contributed to your campaign and even bought and wore 2 t-shirts because I wanted the candidate who came out against the Iraq war from the start to win. And now you're offering the Secretary of State job to Hillary? Wasn't that the main difference between you two--that she voted for the war? Besides, though she's a capable politician, she doesn't have much foreign policy experience. Remember how she was caught in that bold-faced lie about dodging bullets at the Kososvo airport? If she'd really had any foreign policy experience, she wouldn't have had to trump up the amount of her experience with that fib, which she rattled off 3 different versions of during her campaign. I sure hope she turns the position down, or anti-war democrats will turn on you--before you even get into the White House. How can she resolve a war she voted for?
I realize that there may be many issues which this might resolve--like getting your most powerful foe on your side so that they can't snipe at you--but when there is an ideological difference that strong, how are you gonna hire her? This stinks.
BERLIN — An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said.
Someone isolated the live feed from her microphone at Las Vegas concert so that we can hear what she sounds like without her back-up tracks. Her voice is shockingly poor, but I'll have to qualify that by saying that she is both out of breath from dancing and her voice is cracking--whether that's from crack or touring fatigue, I don't know. Beyond that, I don't think she's really even trying. There is a youtube of her on Star Search as a kid and she did have the ability to sing, which you don't really lose, unless you stress your voice out and damage your chords a la Whitney. I guess she just thinks the dancing is more important than voice quality for an arena-sized venue. And I bet there weren't many empty seats at that show. Still, it's pretty hard to think of her as a talent after hearing this.
The president-elect probably is considering him for a cabinet position! KIDDING!
Isn't it wild that resuming the hunt for Osama seems like a red herring? So long since it's even been mentioned and of course we've all heard the Bush quote, when asked how the search for the ringleader of 9/11 was going: "I really don't spend that much time on it."
FROM HUFFPO:
Obama To Renew Focus On Hunt For Bin Laden
The incoming Obama administration plans to explore a more regional strategy to the war in Afghanistan -- including possible talks with Iran -- and looks favorably on the nascent dialogue between the Afghan government and "reconcilable" elements of the Taliban, according to Obama national security advisers.
Obama also intends to renew the U.S. commitment to the hunt for Osama bin Laden, a priority the president-elect believes President Bush has played down after years of failing to apprehend the al-Qaeda leader. Critical of Bush during the campaign for what he said was the president's extreme focus on Iraq at the expense of Afghanistan, Obama also intends to move ahead with a planned deployment of thousands of additional U.S. troops there.
THESE HEADLINES GRABBED MY ATTENTION ON HUFFPO YESTERDAY:
Newt Gingrich: "We Need To Be Honest About The Level Of Failure For The Past Eight Years"… South Carolina Party Chairman: "I Hope We Are Going To Stop The Infighting And The Backbiting"… GOP Debates New Ideology… How To Take On Obama… Who Will Run The RNC… How To Fill Leadership Vacuum
A suggestion--though I never want your party to win. Did you ever think of honesty? Ridding your party of crooks? Ending corruption? Did improving the lot in life of the average man or less than average man occur to you. No? Wouldn't these natural choices for a party which has aligned itself so closely to christianity?
I wretched to hear Bush speaking in front of veterans yesterday saying that what he would miss most about his job was being commander-in-chief to the "fabulous" group if men and women who served in the military.
THE OUTRAGE!
Ok, so you now know that "fabulous", the most overused word in the gay vocabulary in decades, is officially over. Go with fierce, ovah, or anything else, cuz when your lingo has trickled down to a stupid republican cowboy president from Texas, there ain't nothing fab about the word's usage and you are beyond tired for using it. Got it, girls?
But what will he miss about commanding the fabulous troops? Sending them on fabulous flights to fabulous exotic locations to die fabulous heroic deaths without even fabulously appropriate body armor or equipment? And never even allowing our TV news to honor their sacrifice by showing their fabulous corpses? Or welcoming them home with fabulous injuries or and fabulous mental disorders and admitting them to fabulously moldy and shoddy hospitals like the Walter Reade Hospital which was the subject of that shockingly fabu scandal a few years ago. But not for too long, because the fabulous warriors are lucky enough to be re-deployed more often and for longer deployments than any other bnch of troops even though around 80% of the country wants out of this war. But Bush will miss sending you to your fabulous deaths for nothing. If you do make it back in one fabulous piece, he'll cut your benefits while bleating 'Support the troops!"
Not too proud of my southern peeps right now! These good ol' boys are unhinged that a black man is on the way into the White House.
FROM AP:
Georgia congressman Paul Broun warns of Barack Obama dictatorship
THE UNBEARABLY MORONIC GEORGIA REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE PAUL BROUN (Forgive the horrible bear pun but it was the first pic I found of the dunce.)
Tuesday, November 11th 2008, 9:48 AM
WASHINGTON - A Republican congressman from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist dictatorship.
"It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he's the one who proposed this national security force," Rep. Paul Broun said of Obama in an interview Monday with The Associated Press. "I'm just trying to bring attention to the fact that we may — may not, I hope not — but we may have a problem with that type of philosophy of radical socialism or Marxism."
Broun cited a July speech by Obama that has circulated on the Internet in which the then-Democratic presidential candidate called for a civilian force to take some of the national security burden off the military.
"That's exactly what Hitler did in Nazi Germany and it's exactly what the Soviet Union did," Broun said. "When he's proposing to have a national security force that's answering to him, that is as strong as the U.S. military, he's showing me signs of being Marxist."
Obama's comments about a national security force came during a speech in Colorado in which he called for expanding the nation's foreign service.
"We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set," Obama said in July. "We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."
The Obama transition team declined to comment on Broun's remarks. But spokesman Tommy Vietor said Obama was referring in the speech to a proposal for a civilian reserve corps that could handle postwar reconstruction efforts such as rebuilding infrastructure — an idea endorsed by the Bush administration.
Broun said he believes Obama would move to ban gun ownership if he does build a national security force.
Obama has said he respects the Second Amendment right to bear arms and favors "common sense" gun laws. Gun rights advocates interpret that as meaning he'll at least enact curbs on ownership of assault weapons and concealed weapons. As an Illinois state lawmaker, Obama supported a ban on semiautomatic weapons and tighter restrictions on firearms generally.
"We can't be lulled into complacency," Broun said. "You have to remember that Adolf Hitler was elected in a democratic Germany. I'm not comparing him to Adolf Hitler. What I'm saying is there is the potential of going down that road."
Join the lovely actress/songstress Thursday evenings @ 8PM for my her new show 'Beauty at the Beast' Starting November 13 at The Monster, 80 Grove Street in Sheridan Square. Jazz and cocktails at 8PM. Featuring Andy Marshall on piano.
"SUPPORTING THE TROOPS" MEANS ENDING THIS SENSELESS WAR AND TENDING TO THE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY INJURED VETERANS. IT DOESN'T MEAN MAINTAINING MILITARY OCCUPATION SO THAT YOU CAN STEAL IRAQI OIL. AND AS THE BRILLIANT RANDI RHODES SAYS, "YOU CAN'T WIN AN OCCUPATION. YOU JUST LEAVE." AND THAT'S NOT IN VICTORY OR IN DEFEAT--IT'S WITH OUR TAILS BETWEEN OUR LEGS IN SHAME AS A NATION FOR EVER WANTING TO WASTE LIVES ON THIS EXCUSE FOR A WAR.
I puked when I heard McCain trying to claim "the surge is working":--even if it is. IT ISNT' A SURGE! A surge doesn't last anywhere near a year! And what does "working" mean--the mess we've made over there has temporarily died down for a second? The truth is that the bastards in this nation don't give a damn about the war. I'm glad he won, but Obama won on the economy. As the article points out below, the war barely even figured into the campaign speeches. I fault Obama and McCain for that equally.
Kucinich was my choice for democratic nominee. Remember him? He was the one who wanted the US out of Iraq immediately and looked directly into the camera on the Logo debate and said (quoting from memory) "I support your right to marry, so please support me." But fags all wanted Hillary (who did not support gay marriage ever) so they could dress her up like a challenge on PROJECT RUNWAY. "Ooh! A challenge where we get to fight over who designs her inaugural dress!" And now we're belly-aching about PROP 8 when we ignored the candidate who wanted to see us married.
Well, if the PROP 8 protests unite us as a minority who cares about our rights, I'm all for it. But remember Kucinich. If you really cared that much about marriage you would have supported HIM as the nominee. He never had a chance to win but we could have used our voting block solidly behind him to let the other candidates know that we were passionate about our rights BEFORE they were yanked away in California. Or maybe you were too focused on Britney's cunt flapping in the breeze to even familiarize yourselves with the candidates' positions on issues which are now so vital.
FROM THE NATION:
By Aaron Glantz
The War in Iraq has disappeared from the headlines. The ongoing economic crisis has Americans looking inward, wondering if they can keep their homes and their jobs, with little interest in death and destruction half a world away. According to the Pew Research Center, media coverage of the war has plummeted from an average of 15 percent of stories in July 2007, to 3 percent this February, to just 2 percent of stories during the last week of October.
The war also disappeared as an issue in the presidential campaign. Both Barack Obama and John McCain barely mentioned the war in Iraq in their final debate. In his historic victory speech, Obama said "Iraq" only once. Some say the election results show Americans demanding a "change," and in many ways they do. But they also show a collective desire to forget.
I saw this adorably tricked out bicycle parked outside of St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday. That doesn't mean I have AIDS and was going for treatment--I live near there. I always joke when giving Craig's List tricks my address: "I live near St. Vincent's Hospital--not in it!" (Not yet, anyway.)
It was after a week after Hallowe'en, but after listening to Randi Rhodes on Nova M Radio (which I constantly recommend to everyone at 3:00-6:00 PM Eastern), she revealed that a new poll suggests 27% of our nation is (dare I say) "spooked" by Obama. Randi attributed it to the hate-speech used in Republican campaign speeches, where cries of "Terrorist!" and "Kill him!" were heard from the crowd when Obama was mentioned. Obama won by a landslide, so I suppose that simple people, the ones who can't conceive of anyone being named Hussein NOT being a terrorist, really have their ignorant worlds turned upside down. Do these nuts have no confidence in the vetting process of presidential candidates? (Well, Sarah Palin didn't exactly bolster mine.) Bt these fears are so irrational--one minute they're slamming his Christian (if radical) pastor and the next minute this muslim terrorist is picking a jew as his chief of staff? (How sexy is that Rahm Emmanuel?) Rahm's selection must really puzzle them. "I thought them terrorists hated the jews. Like I do. But wait! I hate terrorists more than anyone--except blacks, cuz they'll rape our white women." These poor simpletons must really be going through it.
I look forward to the day that tension subsides and Obama can make use of his considerable sense of humor. I'd love to re-write his acceptance speech a little. I know Barack is statesmanlike to ever such words on a solemn occasion, but what if he'd said after winning the presidency:
"If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
KISS MY BLACK ASS!"
(I know he's mixed race, but "Kiss my mulatto ass" doesn't quite have the same (brown) ring to it.)
"And now that I run this shit, can we can those honkified election theme songs we've been using and hear some slammin' joints?"
A curtain goes up to reveal a facade of the White House which explodes to reveal Parliament singing TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER.
"And now I'd like to introduce my Minister of Culture, Mr. Snoop Doggy Dogg." A white Bentley pulls up and after a bevy of scantily-clad bootylicious dancers start grinding to DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT, Snoop steps out, blinged-out cane first with a bottle of booze in the other.
Maybe on an SNL skit or CHOCOLATE NEWS skit someday. But the point is that this scenario is so Ludacris because Obama is a consummate statesman who was criticized by Jesse Jackson as not black enough and by white Republicans as too professorial and elitist. He's no thug! I really can't imagine that the man's skin color or middle name or the fact that he didn't wear a lapel pin has almost 1/3 of the population scared? The land of the free and the home of the pussy-ass fraidy-cats? Your good ol' boy days are done, guys. Sit back and let this capable politician do his thing! Haven't 8 years of a greedy, belligerent moron convinced you that new direction is long overdue? Look at the economy! Look at what we are still wasting on a war in against a country which never attacked us! Let your kid gnaw on some more poisoned toys from China. Check out how your home and investments values have dwindled. How backward do you have to be to not want change at this point--no matter who is offering it?
BUSH: "What do you think of this room's color shceme--no pun intended! Heh heh!"
OBAMA: "Michelle thought we should spice things up with velvet paintings of Biggie Smalls and Tupac, Now get the fuck out, motherfucker."
IF YOU AREN'T IN NYC, THERE IS A NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST IN MOST MAJOR CITIES AND YOU CAN FIND YOURS BY CLICKING THIS LINK: JOINTHEIMPCT.COM
THOUSANDS EXPECTED TO ATTEND PROTEST WEDNESDAY AT MORMON TEMPLE ADJACENT TO MANHATTAN’S LINCOLN CENTER
DEMONSTRATORS WILL CONDEMN THE LDS CHURCH’S LEAD ROLE IN PASSAGE OF CALIFORNIA’S ANTI-GAY PROPOSITION 8
NEW YORK CITY (Nov. 11, 2008) -- Several thousand human rights advocates will march on the Mormon Temple in a peaceful protest on Wednesday, November 12 at 6:30pm. Demonstrators will speak out against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for the active role it played in passing California’s Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment that overturns a state Supreme Court decision in May which legalized same-sex unions.
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The Manhattan New York Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is located at 125 Columbus Ave at 65th Street. The protest will run from 6:30pm to 8pm.
“Hatred has no place in society and it has no place in state constitutions,” said Corey Johnson, co-organizer of the protest. “Proposition 8 robs the LGBT community of its dignity and equality as American citizens. While human rights activists in California work to overturn this shameful amendment, we here in New York protest in solidarity with them, and we will work to ensure that a similar law never happens here.”
LGBT activists and their allies will march in protest in front of the Mormon Temple, carrying signs and banners, including a 75 -foot banner declaring “God Loves Gay Marriage”. This was handsewn for the demonstration by veteran activist Gilbert Baker, the creator of the Rainbow Flag, which is the universal symbol of LGBT liberation.
The Manhattan demonstration follows on the heels of protests in California that begin last week after the passage of Prop. 8. Tens of thousands of people have marched in anger through San Francisco, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, San Diego, Sacramento, Oakland, Fresno, Salt Lake City, Dallas and Chicago, among other cities. A national day of protest is planned for Saturday, November 15, organized by Join the Impact. For details on events across America, visit www.jointheimpact.com/.
It is estimated that members of the LDS Church contributed more than $20 million to ensure passage of Proposition 8, while Church leaders orchestrated a vicious propaganda campaign from the pulpit. The proposition passed narrowly with 52% of the vote, versus 48% against.
More than 18,000 gay and lesbian couples have tied the knot in California since June 17. New York State Gov. David Paterson issued a directive in May requiring state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. Paterson has said that if the Assembly and Senate pass legislation for gay marriage, he will sign it.
Did anyone else catch this bomb of a flick last night on TCM? It's a 1967 re-working of the classic Faust tale, who sells his soul to Mephistopheles, obviously whipped up to capitalize on the Burton/Taylor red-hot chemistry of the time. There's some great art direction, and I don't know if Liz is truly at her most beautiful or if it's just such a hot period for exaggerated eye make-up that her celebrated purple peepers seem especially bewitching. Here are two examples.
LA LIZ'S EYE MAKE-UP FOR HELEN OF TROY--CATCH THE DOUBLE LIQUID LINER!
AND AS THE CONSORT OF ALEXNDER THE GREAT (WHO I THOUGHT MIGHT BE A BOY) THEY CHOSE SILVER MAKE-UP AND HAIR!
The Mormon Church spent millions of dollars to convince Californian voters to vote yes on Election Day for Proposition 8, which outlaws gay marriage in that state.
No matter what you think of marriage (or California), it all boils down to a bigoted church throwing its muscle around to oppress gay people. The Mormon Church "won" by putting queers in their place.
It's time to let the Mormons know that their hateful ways are not appreciated...
Please forward e-mail
Subject: Big Mormon protest this Wednesday
Prop 8 Protest in New York at Mormon Temple AGAINST HATE
LGBT New Yorkers and Straight Allies Please Join Us...
Event Info
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
I see I'm not the only one who was horrified by Lady Elaine Fairchilde--the excuse for Mr. Rogers to do a disturbingly shrill drag voice. And this video homage has a brilliant soundtrack for the Lady. Why did they make her nose so dark?
FROM YOUTUBE: I was both terrified and mesmerized by what the hell Lady Elaine Fairchilde was in Mr.Rogers Neighbourhood. She's called a Lady, but looks like a man, and her nose is like a sausage. No doubt originally inspired by the classic Punch and Judy. Lady Elaine is perhaps the worlds first televised Transgendered Puppet...sometimes I still have night sweats!
AND IN THIS CLIP, LADY ELAINE OPENS A DANCE STUDIO! If you can't stand to watch this whole clip, Lady Elaine makes a brief appearance from about 1:45, nd she's dismissive of men, with a somewhat wooden delivery. But if you can stand it, Mr. Rogers then intro's some "fancy fish" and the music is not to be believed throughout. Mr. Rogers then utters the idiotic lines "Some fish look fancier on the outside than others--like some people. But you know and I know that everybody's fancy in one way or another." This leads to a song so horrid that I'm adding it to my act! I defy you to watch the entire clip!
Someone was kind enough to forward me this importnt news item from The Week magazne. I posted it immediately.
"A British priest required emergency surgery after a freak accident left him with a potato lodged painfully in his rectum. Trudi Watson, one of the emergency-room nurses who treated the 50-something clergyman, whose name has not been released, said the man claimed to have 'been hanging curtains naked in the kitchen when he fell backwards onto the kitchen table and onto a potato.' Added Watson, 'it's not for me to question his story.'"
And the sender noted: Of course the potato would have to have been perched upright in order for there to have been any chance of it penetrating his anus, but inquiring minds needn't bother themselves with pondering such trifles.
The presidential race marked the first elected African-American President in US history.
Oregon has also looked forward and elected a popular man who refused to compromise or hide his transgendered lifestyle.
The small town of Silverton, Oregon elected the first openly transgender mayor in the United States.
CNN reports that Stu Rasmussen served two terms as the Mayor of Silverton in the 1990s not admitting to being transgender.
Now he wears long hair, a skirt and high heels. He has had breast implants, he looks like a woman - but he is a man. "I identify mostly as a heterosexual male," Rasmussen said. "But I just like to look like a female."
WATCH STU IN ACTION! (Might I suggest a teensy bit of mascara?)
I first saw this story on CNN news. I can't find it online, but after this story aired, T.J. Holmes was clearly expressing his discomfort with story about any sex change. I was so revolted that I had to write in this comment. Maybe you caught it and you feel like contacting CNN yourself.
This Sunday morning, I watched a touching story on Stu Rasmussen, the transgendered mayor who was re-elected to his position after he announced that he was transgendered and began wearing women's attire in public. When the video coverage ended, T. J. Holmes was smirking, to let co-host Betty Nguyen and millions of viewers know that he thought that this story was funny. This was totally inappropriate and as a member of a minority who have fought hard for their rights himself, he should show more sensitivity to a group which is now fighting for their rights to be open about their gender. I mean, here's a story about a small town not only accepting a transgendered male, but voting him into office! And this gets a smirk and mugging from an anchor of an international news organization? So CNN reporters are not only less enlightened than small town residents but also happy to show their disapproval of the topics they cover? Last time I checked, reporters were supposed to be neutral and not laugh at sensitive topics. I wonder how T. J. would feel if he watched a report where a newscaster made a racial slur about another US election first--a black man as president.
T. J. then went on to report on squirrel reproduction, a story which he joked that his degree in journalism had helped him prepare for. But based on his insensitive reaction to the previous story, he's obviously overdue for a refresher course. I hope that you will relay this message to the appropriate channel. I watch CNN less and less because of offensive coverage like this. Betty and T.J. are never going to win any journalistic awards anyway, but I think you can urge them to refrain from offensive behavior.
Hey guys, I know that you have to choose your battles and you can't sign every petition. Gay marriage and global warming are probably higher on most people's priority list, but this just struck me as derogatory. Because of attitudes likeT. J.'s, many trannies find work in the underworld of drugs and prostitution because they can't function in a normal workplace--so I think a tranny as mayor should be applauded! And even though even my mom calls me Bunny now, I wouldn't exactly say that I'm transgendered. But I definitely have an affinity with that community. So if someone transsexual has touched your life and you feel like sticking up for them, you may wanna send CNN a note. When you get to the comments page on CNN.COM, you click on CNN WEEKENDS.
(CNN) -- Lori Davis remembers a time when the doors were always open at her church -- and not guarded.
"No one thought twice about their safety. I guess we took it for granted," said Davis.
But things have changed. In an era when terrorism threats and deadly shootings at schools and churches have made headlines, religious leaders are rethinking their security strategies. Last Saturday, a minister was fatally shot and another man wounded outside of a church in Kentucky where the men went to attend a funeral.
Such violence has houses of worship evolving from the days of walkie-talkies and video surveillance to armed guards, who keep a watchful eye over worship services and church.
"We live in a sinful world and people do crazy and irrational things," said Davis, a member of the Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky.
Highview, like a number of other churches nationwide, has a volunteer security force consisting of at least one armed guard during any given worship service.
That's right, Breeder -- GAYS ARE GOING ON STRIKE!
Yes, we Homosexuals here in sunny California -- the epicenter of not just mainstream entertainment, but the porn industry to boot, are going on permanent vacation!
And you know what that means...
No more amazing haircutting, hairstyling and/or hair-coloring. This is especially troublesome for the many Black women who voted YES on Prop 8, because the last thing you want is some straight guy doing your weave, honey! And trust me, you ain't gonna' wanna' watch Oprah after this strike starts. Ouch.
No more sassy designer clothes. Sorry, but you can always wear the fashion fast forward designs of former Charlies Angel, Ms. Jaclyn Smith. She was born NORMAL and her clothing line -- in comfortable and easy-to-care-for cotton jersey -- is available at K-Mart. You must turn in all your fabulous outfits by fabulous GAY designers by the end of the business day or risk being splashed and splattered by hot pink paint by hysterical unmarried second class citizens. And your interior designs will no longer be done by naturally talented fags. Exit popular style whizzes like Nate Berkus and Thom Felicia, enter glorified handiman Ty Pennington. Hope you enjoy your new bed in the shape of a pirate ship!
No more entertainment. Gay writers, responsible for the funny on all your favorite TV shows, are going on hiatus (which, ironically and conveniently rhymes with WHY HATE US?). Enjoy all your favorite shows like "Ugly Betty", "Desperate Housewives" and "Grey's Anatomy" -- which you may now re-title "GAYS ARE MAD AT ME!" -- now completely free of any pesky humor, witty repartee' or intelligence. Don't worry, there will still be plenty of Ivy League white frat boy humor. Essentially, every show will become a spin-off of "According To Jim", or one of the other many fat ugly lazy husband/sexy smart in-shape wife shows that I simply refer to as "Hot & Heavy". Yep, no more Marc Cherry, Darren Star or Bruce Vilanch. But don't despair, at least you will be able to enjoy the hair and makeup and costumes and sets -- oh wait. No you won't. And let us not forget about music. Enjoy your vagina-lovin' Michael Bolton and penis-desirin' Jessica Simpson. All openly gay, rumored to be gay, closeted gay and gay-friendly artists are joining the strike. And say bye bye to the queens of the big-screen: John Waters, Pedro Almodovar, Alan Ball, Clive Barker, Jean Cocteau, Fassbinder, Derek Jarman, Paul Rudnick, Larry Wachowski, Kevin Williamson and if you believe the rumors (and I do!), Alfred Hitchcock.
No more good and/or interesting art. DiVinci, Michelangelo, Warhol, Haring, Hockney, Mapplethorpe, David LaChappelle, Pierre et Gilles, Scavullo, Gilbert and George -- GONE! And you know that Pablo Picasso let some drag queen suck his cock at least once and Georgia O'Keefe didn't paint those suggestive flowers for nothing, so their canvases burn to white also. Enjoy the oh-so-artistic Thomas Kincade "Painter of Light" and the Cathy comic strip, fuck-face.
No more good books. Sorry, no enjoying Edward Albee, Hans Christian Andersen, James Baldwin, Rita Mae Brown, Augusten Burroughs, Wiliam S. Burrows, Truman Capote, Dennis Cooper, Noel Coward, Quentin Crisp, Mart Crowley, Christopher Durang, Sumner Locke Elliot, Bret Easton Ellis, Fanny Flagg, E.M. Forster, Jean Genet, Allen Ginsberg, Langston Hughes, Christopher Isherwood, Larry Kramer, Tony Kushner, Federico Garcia Lorca, W. Somerset Maughm, Armisted Maupin, Terrance McNally, Joe Orton, Marcel Proust, Christopher Rice, John Saul, Dan Savage, David Sedaris (yeah, suck on that!), Michaelangelo Signorile, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Gore Vidal, Alice Walker, Tennesee Williams or Virgina Woolf. But don't freak, you can still curl up in your pirate ship bed with the macho musings of Ernest Hemingway or the downright erotic word-weavings of animal print aficionado Jackie Collins. And since most American's don't even read anymore, let me send a real shiver down your straight spine: NO MORE PEREZ HILTON!
No more Broadway shows. No explanation necessary.
No more Scientology. Let's not even go there.
No more funny lesbians. No more Ellen, no more Rosie, no more Sandra Bernhard, no more Jane Lynch and no more Wanda Sykes. Oops. Well, now you know.
And last, but by no means least: NO MORE HOT SEX! Sorry, but no more juicy, deep-throating blow jobs performed by well-trained craftsmen who -- having the same equipment -- know how to treat it properly. No more no-strings-attached mind-blowing, bone-crushing orgasms in adult bookstores, truck stops, back rooms, porno theaters or church. I guess you'll just have to buy your wife an expensive gift from Kay Jewelers or JC Penney and try to talk her into sucking your dick. Good luck with that. Oh, and even your straight porn is gonna' suck because the actresses are not going to have their usual hair and makeup people and if you think those bimbos wake up looking that good, you're in for a rude surprise!
So, enjoy your exciting new GAY-FREE California! If you voted YES on Prop 8, you brought this on yourself.
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A gem from the Manhattan cable show GODDESSES. Say what you want about the performers or material, the accompaniment is the most insane thing I've ever heard.
A Jewish man was sitting in Starbucks reading an Arab newspaper. A friend of his, who happened to be in the same store, noticed this strange phenomenon.
Very upset, he approached him and said: 'Moshe, have you lost your mind? Why are you reading an Arab newspaper?'
Moshe replied, 'I used to read the Jewish newspapers, but what did I find?
Jews being persecuted, Israel being attacked, Jews disappearing through assimilation and intermarriage, Jews living in poverty.
So I switched to the Arab newspaper. Now what do I find?
Jews own all the banks, Jews control the media, Jews are all rich and powerful, Jews rule the world.
No, it isn't have anything to do with the president-elect, but it is an insane bit of disco nonsense from La Belle Epoque, best known for their hit MISS BROADWAY.
This is from FOX news, the most conservative propaganda masquerading as new out there. The dumb bitch Palin though that Africa was a country! This is shocking.
Who among us is not at a loss for words? Tears pour out. Tears of joy. Tears of relief. A stunning, whopping landslide of hope in a time of deep despair.
In a nation that was founded on genocide and then built on the backs of slaves, it was an unexpected moment, shocking in its simplicity: Barack Obama, a good man, a black man, said he would bring change to Washington, and the majority of the country liked that idea. The racists were present throughout the campaign and in the voting booth. But they are no longer the majority, and we will see their flame of hate fizzle out in our lifetime.
There was another important "first" last night. Never before in our history has an avowed anti-war candidate been elected president during a time of war. I hope President-elect Obama remembers that as he considers expanding the war in Afghanistan. The faith we now have will be lost if he forgets the main issue on which he beat his fellow Dems in the primaries and then a great war hero in the general election: The people of America are tired of war. Sick and tired. And their voice was loud and clear yesterday.
It's been an inexcusable 44 years since a Democrat running for president has received even just 51% of the vote. That's because most Americans haven't really liked the Democrats. They see them as rarely having the guts to get the job done or stand up for the working people they say they support. Well, here's their chance. It has been handed to them, via the voting public, in the form of a man who is not a party hack, not a set-for-life Beltway bureaucrat. Will he now become one of them, or will he force them to be more like him? We pray for the latter.
But today we celebrate this triumph of decency over personal attack, of peace over war, of intelligence over a belief that Adam and Eve rode around on dinosaurs just 6,000 years ago. What will it be like to have a smart president? Science, banished for eight years, will return. Imagine supporting our country's greatest minds as they seek to cure illness, discover new forms of energy, and work to save the planet. I know, pinch me.
We may, just possibly, also see a time of refreshing openness, enlightenment and creativity. The arts and the artists will not be seen as the enemy. Perhaps art will be explored in order to discover the greater truths. When FDR was ushered in with his landslide in 1932, what followed was Frank Capra and Preston Sturgis, Woody Guthrie and John Steinbeck, Dorothea Lange and Orson Welles. All week long I have been inundated with media asking me, "gee, Mike, what will you do now that Bush is gone?" Are they kidding? What will it be like to work and create in an environment that nurtures and supports film and the arts, science and invention, and the freedom to be whatever you want to be? Watch a thousand flowers bloom! We've entered a new era, and if I could sum up our collective first thought of this new era, it is this: Anything Is Possible.
An African American has been elected President of the United States! Anything is possible! We can wrestle our economy out of the hands of the reckless rich and return it to the people. Anything is possible! Every citizen can be guaranteed health care. Anything is possible! We can stop melting the polar ice caps. Anything is possible! Those who have committed war crimes will be brought to justice. Anything is possible.
We really don't have much time. There is big work to do. But this is the week for all of us to revel in this great moment. Be humble about it. Do not treat the Republicans in your life the way they have treated you the past eight years. Show them the grace and goodness that Barack Obama exuded throughout the campaign. Though called every name in the book, he refused to lower himself to the gutter and sling the mud back. Can we follow his example? I know, it will be hard.
I want to thank everyone who gave of their time and resources to make this victory happen. It's been a long road, and huge damage has been done to this great country, not to mention to many of you who have lost your jobs, gone bankrupt from medical bills, or suffered through a loved one being shipped off to Iraq. We will now work to repair this damage, and it won't be easy.
But what a way to start! Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th President of the United States. Wow. Seriously, wow.
A cabbie picks up a Nun. She gets into the cab, and notices that the VERY handsome cab driver won't stop staring at her.
She asks him why he is staring. He replies: 'I have a question to ask, but I don't want to offend you.'
She answers, ' My son, you cannot offend me. When you're as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I'm sure that there's nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive.'
'Well, I've always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me.'
She responds, 'Well, let's see what we can do about that: #1, you have to be single and #2, you must be Catholic.'
The cab driver is very excited and says, 'Yes, I'm single and Catholic! 'OK' the nun says. 'Pull into the next alley.' The nun fulfills his fantasy with a kiss that would make a hooker blush.
But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying. 'My dear child,' said the nun, 'Why are you crying?'
'Forgive me but I've sinned. I lied and I must confess; I'm married and I'm Jewish.' The nun says, 'That's OK. My name is Kevin and I'm going to a Halloween party.'
The AP reports that a Quebec comedy duo, posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy, have successfully prank called Sarah Palin.
Sarah Palin has unwittingly taken a prank call from a Canadian comedian posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and told him she may make a good president in eight years.
The Republican vice presidential nominee discussed politics, the perils of hunting with Vice President Dick Cheney, and Sarkozy's "beautiful wife," in the telephone call released Saturday.
When the caller told Palin she would make a good president, she laughed and replied: "Maybe in eight years."
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