President Obama honors our fallen soldiers on Memorial Day 2013
President Obama honors our fallen soldiers on Memorial Day 2013
Sun deck time on Memorial Day 2013
After working a bit today, hosting a radio show with my fab co-host Candi with the furry & funtastic Joe Manetti, it’s time for a little R&R time on the sun deck.
Me, my blue tooth speaker singing tunes and a glass of wine.
Happy Memorial Day kids… 🙂
Joe Manetti on The Candi & Randy Show
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Joe, “Mr. International Daddy Bear 2009,” will be hosting a benefit for AIDS Project New Haven this Saturday at 168 York Street Cafe at 9pm.
Tune in to find out about the fundraiser as well as Joe’s current and future projects.
MN: Vikings’ Adrian Peterson doesn’t “believe in” marriage equality
In an interview with Sirius/XM NFL satellite radio last Thursday, show hosts Bruce Murray and Amani Toomer asked reigning NFL MVP Vikings running back Adrian Peterson what he thinks about same-sex marriage:
“To each his own,” Peterson said. “I’m not with it, but I have relatives that, you know, are gay. I’m not biased towards them. I still treat them the same. I love them. But again, I’m not with that. That’s not something that I believe in. But to each his own.”
“I’m sure the Vikings’ organization did not release him based on that,” he continued, weighing in on whether or not he thinks Kluwe was cut for his views on gay marriage. “They know Kluwe. They’ve been knowing him for a long time. They know he’s outspoken.”
Really makes you miss Chris Kluwe on the Vikings team, doesn’t it?
(Looking to the horizon to Oakland, CA, where Kluwe now is a Raider…)
Paris: Anti-gay marriage protests end in violence
A large protest in France by opponents of the country’s new marriage equality law turned violent on Sunday.
Paris police estimate 150,000 demonstrators marched along three different routes before converging in the sprawling plaza along the Seine River. While mainly peaceful, at the end of the rally several hundred of the protesters became violent.
Interior Minister Manuel Valls said on Monday that police had made a total of 350 arrests, and that 36 people had been injured: 34 police officers, one AFP photojournalist and one protester. Valls blamed the “extreme right” for the violence.
“These incidents were provoked by several hundred individuals, most from the extreme right and the (nationalist) Bloc Identitaire, who violently attacked police,” he added.
On May 18, French President Francois Hollande signed into law a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt. The signing came a day after France’s top court, the Constitutional Council, ruled that the bill adheres to the constitution.
(source)
Will Smith & Alfonso Ribiero on Graham Norton
Will and Jaden Smith give the Graham Norton audience a surprise taste of the “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” rap with some help from DJ Jazzy Jeff. Plus – return of the “Carlton” dance! And check out Heather Graham rocking her hair to the beat.
I don’t know why but Ribiero’s “Carlton” dance makes me happy.
Fan holding baby makes single handed catch at Giants/Nationals game
Umm, wow. Catches foul ball single handed WHILE holding the baby.
And the baby just stares out at the field like nothing just happened.
You better rock that catch, daddy.
Let’s hear it for the amazing Barbara Eden
The ageless Barbara Eden headlined Europe’s largest AIDS fundraiser yesterday, appearing in her Jeannie costume and looking as fab as ever.
The event, Life Ball, is organized by the nonprofit organization AIDS LIFE, which was founded in 1992.
AIDS LIFE supports aid organizations devoted to helping people who are HIV-positive or have AIDS. The team entrusted with the allocation of funds thoroughly examines each petition. Moreover, it is an explicit goal of AIDS LIFE to raise public awareness.
Take a look at what 78 can look like, kids. Bravo Barbara!
(Via Boy Culture)
Another gay-related hate crime last night in NYC
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Another anti-gay attack in NYC last night. Ugh.
This time the victim was Eugene Lovendusky, 28, a Queens resident and co-founder of the activist group Queer Rising.
From NY1:
Manuel Riquelme, 19, is charged with hate crime and aggravated harassment after allegedly hitting Eugene Lovendusky, 28, a Queens resident and co-founder of the activist group Queer Rising.
Police say the alleged assault took place at 3 a.m. Saturday on West 42nd Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues.
At the time, authorities say Lovendusky and his boyfriend and another friend were leaving the XL nightclub and walking towards the nearby subway stop.
Police say a group of nine teenagers passed the group of three men and started calling them anti-gay slurs.
Riquelme allegedly slapped Lovendusky in the face and knocked off the victim’s glasses, according to police.
After the alleged incident, Lovendusky called police and officers found the teens in a pizzeria at West 40th Street and Ninth Avenue.
The incident is being investigated as a bias assault, according to police.