New York City at sunset. From fantastic NYC photographer Inga Sarda-Sorensen.
New York City at Sunset
Oscar De La Hoya admits to drag pics from 2007
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If the fishnet fits, you must admit. Turns out those sexy pictures of boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya wearing sassy lingerie were real after all. The Golden Boy finally admitted as much in an interview with Aqui y Ahora (Here and Now), a news show on Univision. When the pictures leaked in 2007, De La Hoya told everyone that they were fake, but he’s owning up after all these years.
“Let me to tell you, yes, yes, it was me [in those pictures],” he told Aqui y Ahora. “I am tired now of lying, of lying to the public and of lying to myself.” The pictures, if you want to remember De La Hoya for something other than his devastating left hook, showed the boxer in bras, fishnet stockings, short skirts and women’s underwear.
So why did De La Hoya, a proud, manly Mexican fighter, wear women’s underwear and put on a pouty face? He says it was a combination of cocaine and alcohol. That’s apparently over with now though, because De La Hoya has been sober since May.
(via The Gothamist)
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Michele Bachmann pushes for more corporate tax welfare
Michele Bachmann put jobs ahead of government spending cuts on a day in Des Moines that included private meetings with area business owners.
Bachmann urged the federal government to allow companies with cash holdings overseas to reinvest the money at home without paying taxes on those profits. She claims the change could quickly inject billions in investment into the U.S. economy.
“They want to bring it back into the United States and create jobs here in Iowa, all across the country,” Bachmann said while appearing at a tea party rally in Des Moines. “Wouldn’t the smartest thing to do be to say to all of these companies, `Zero repatriation tax?’ “
But according to the Wall Street Journal, a 2009 study from the nonpartisan National Bureau of Economic Research found that for every dollar companies brought back to the U.S., they invested less than one cent more domestically. Businesses that repatriated profits primarily used the funds to reward shareholders, largely through dividends and stock buybacks.
Half of Pennsylvanians Support Marriage Equality
Half of the Pennsylvania adults surveyed in a new poll favor the prospect of allowing same-sex couples to marry, putting state residents in line with changing attitudes across the country.
The Towanda Daily Review reports on the Franklin and Marshall College poll released Wednesday. In addition to the findings on marriage equality, the poll showed even more support for civil unions, with 62% in varying degrees of favor. “The poll shows about a third (33 percent) strongly favor a constitutional amendment that would allow homosexual couples to get married and about another sixth (17 percent), said they would somewhat favor a constitutional amendment to legalize same-sex marriage,” according to the Daily Review.
The publication continued, “That represents a sharp shift since June 2009, the last time F&M asked about same-sex marriage. Back then, the results were almost exactly reversed with a majority (52 percent) opposed to the legalization amendment and only about two-fifths (42 percent) in favor. On civil unions, 58 percent were in favor in 2009, while only 42 percent were in favor in February 2004, an era when same-sex marriage played a key role in the presidential election that year.”
In contrast to public attitudes, Republicans in control of the legislature and governor’s office have expressed interest in passing a constitutional amendment to outlaw same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania.
(via The Advocate)
Michele Bachmann in trouble with suggestion of Everglades oil drilling
Michele Bachmann has found herself in the middle of a public disagreement with other Tea Party members in a case of NIMBY – ‘Not In My Back Yard.’
Last week, Michele Bachmann during a campaign appearance suggested a possible solution to energy independence might be to drill for oil in the Florida Everglades:
“The United States needs to be less dependent on foreign sources of energy and more dependent upon American resourcefulness. Whether that is in the Everglades, or whether that is in the eastern Gulf region, or whether that’s in North Dakota, we need to go where the energy is,” Bachmann said.
Both of the Florida Republicans running to defeat Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012 adamantly oppose energy exploration in the national park. So does Florida Rep. Allen West, a member of the Congressional Tea Party Caucus, which Bachmann founded.
“There is no current plan to drill in the Everglades and nor should there be,” former Florida Rep. Adam Hasner said when asked about Bachmann’s proposal. Hasner is currently running against former Sen. George LeMieux for the Republican nomination to unseat Nelson. LeMieux also opposes drilling in the park, his campaign spokesman said. Both Hasner and LeMieux support energy exploration off-shore.
At a town hall meeting in Palm Beach Gardens this week, West said that Bachmann had made “an incredible faux pas,” when she voiced support for energy exploration in the park.
“When I see her next week, I’ll straighten her out about that,” West said, according to a report in the Palm Beach Post.
(source: Yahoo News)
Man viciously attacked outside gay club in Salt Lake City
A 20-year-old Salt Lake City resident was attacked and hospitalized last Friday night as he left a downtown club. Dane Hall, an openly gay man, was in the hospital for four days, lost 6 teeth and his jawbone was broken in three places as a result of the attack.
Hall said he left Club Sound, which is gay-themed on Friday nights, and crossed the street to the corner of 600 W. and 200 S. in Salt Lake City, when four men approached him and began yelling gay slurs. He was then punched in the back of the head and knocked to the ground. One of the assailants grabbed his shirt and began punching him in the face, he said.
After Hall fell to the ground again, the attacker grabbed him, placed his open mouth over the street curb and stomped on the back of head, knocking out six teeth in a move commonly referred to as ‘curb checking,’ which can result in death in many cases. Two other assailants kicked him repeatedly in the stomach, Hall said. The attackers called him a ‘fag’ and took his identification and $40, he said.
“I could have died. And a piece of bone from my jaw was jammed in my brain, to make things worse,” Hall said in email correspondence because his jaw is still wired shut after the attack. “If anyone has any information leading to the arrest I am offering a $10,000 reward.”
The hospital bills will total more than $30,000 and unless the assailants are found, Hall could be stuck with the bill, he said. Although he filed a police report, there have been no leads on the case and no suspects have been named, he said.
Kris Humphries didn’t know Kim Kardashian was married before???
I agree with the panel on HLN.
First, you’re dating and then marrying Kim Kardashian and you’ve never looked up anything on her on the internet?
Second, does Kris know she became famous because of a sex tape?
Third – and I have to ask – do you have to have a name that starts with “K” to be involved with Kardashians?
Funny – ill-placed sales stickers
Anyone can have an accidentally lazy moment. But some of these pics of ill-placed sales stickers are very funny.
Kelly Clarkson’s new track “Mr. Know It All” hits internet
Kelly Clarkson dropped her new single, “Mr. Know It All,” on her website this week. It’s the first track off her ‘Stronger’ album, due in October.
The song is an obvious Clarkson song: straightforward, with a strong melody and a sing-along chorus. The midtempo breakup tune is about a girl letting her guy know that despite thinking he’s got it all figured out, he doesn’t.
The track was written by Brett James (who has a country pedigree, having written for Carrie Underwood), Ester Dean (Beyoncé, Usher) and Dante Jones. Brian Kennedy (Chris Brown, Rihanna, Backstreet Boys) also co-wrote and produced the track.
‘Stronger’ is Clarkson’s fifth album release. It’s the follow-up to 2009’s All I Ever Wanted. You can pre-order the CD on amazon.com.
Sarah Palin cancels another appearance
The Wall Street Journal reports that Sarah Palin canceled her Saturday appearance at a tea party rally in Indianola, Iowa.
The person cited “continual lying” from event organizers at Tea Party of America, including a recent mixup over whether former U.S. Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell of Delaware would also speak.
Tea Party of America President Ken Crow told NBC News, “I had to cancel Ms. O’Donnell” after a conversation with Sarah Palin aides — and is now hopeful Palin will attend the Saturday rally in Indianola. The group has spent about $100,000 on the event for Palin and are thus waiting “with baited breath” for an answer.
The former half-term governor of Alaska is known for last-minute schedule changes that whipsaw supporters and media across the country. But the latest decision is puzzling. Ms. Palin’s speech at the rally was viewed as her most high-profile appearance of the summer, fueling speculation she was indeed plotting to run for the Republican presidential nomination.
Her decision apparently stems from the on-again, off-again inviting of Christine O’Donnell at the rally, which there is some finger-pointing about over how that happened.
But for people looking for a sign of “seriousness” about a campaign, this is not it.