Now let’s dance, bitches…
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NYC Mayor Bloomberg donates $250,000 to Maryland marriage equality fight
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg has made the largest individual contribution received by proponents of same-sex marriage in Maryland, the NYT reports:
Mr. Bloomberg, a billionaire who attended college in Maryland at Johns Hopkins, dipped into his personal fortune to help persuade New York lawmakers to approve same-sex marriage in 2011, and he has supported a similar effort in New Hampshire. His contribution came after discussions with Maryland’s governor, Martin O’Malley, a Democrat who has spearheaded the effort to pass the referendum, known as Question 6.
“The fact that someone of Mayor Bloomberg’s national stature and recognition would care about our referendum campaign for civil marriage equality, I think, tells people all over our country that this is a serious and real campaign,” Mr. O’Malley said in an interview on Thursday evening from Kentucky, where he was attending the vice-presidential debate.
In related news, HRC added an additional $1 million to the state marriage battles:
This brings HRC’s total contributions to the four ballot measures to $4.4 million and $7.3 million overall during this election cycle.
New ad from Obama/Biden campaign: “Thirsting for an answer”
My thoughts on last night’s VP debate:
• Still no details or specifics on how Romney/Ryan plan to lower taxes for everyone, create jobs and lower the deficit. Still.
• While some found VP Biden’s smiling and head shaking annoying, I found him engaging. Clearly there were rules that he couldn’t interrupt during Paul Ryan’s 2 minute answers, so he was staying engaged and not just waiting while Ryan put out his distorted talking points. Good for Joe. While not speaking, he was staying a part of the discussion. Good tactic.
• Glad Biden called Paul Ryan out for requesting stimulus funds saying in a letter “It will create growth and jobs” after criticizing it and voting against it. Very effective moment. Ryan’s weak response: “It’s what we do.” Not effective.
• “Eddie Munster” – all I’m saying…
• Women should be seriously concerned about that pause Ryan took after the abortion question was raised.
• Paul Ryan didn’t do a bad job. But his (and Romney’s) positions are outside of the mainstream in America.
• After Ryan expounded on Mitt Romney’s generosity and kindness – which the campaign has been doing a lot of lately and is proving effective – Joe Biden came back with a great response: “Stop talking about how you care about people. Show me something. Show me a policy. Show me a policy where you take responsibility.”
A CBS poll of entirely uncommitted voters showed 50% felt VP Biden won, 31% felt Paul Ryan won, and 19% said it was a tie.
A CNN/ORC poll – which CNN later admitted was slightly skewed with more Republicans – found 48% thought Ryan won while 44% said Biden won. Because the sampling size was small, the 4 point spread was within the margin of error.
Rules of a creator’s life
Don’t miss episode 3 of The Amazing Race this Sunday
Note: Two 6’4″ Chippendales do not fit in this mode of transportation…
Chippendale of the day: James Davis
Do I really need to say anything more?
James Davis of the Chippendales – currently appearing on the CBS hit show “The Amazing Race.”
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Highlights from Barbra Streisand’s homecoming concert in Brooklyn
Barbra Streisand was full of Brooklyn pride as she belted well-known tunes with passion during a concert at the newly built Barclays Center.
Woman calls President Obama a communist but can’t explain “communist”
THIS is what scares me. Someone who holds these blanket views who can’t explain them. Maybe she heard this at her bridge game, maybe she listened to Faux News too much.
If you can’t explain what you mean in a calm, rational manner – don’t speak.
Naked pics scandal by Prince Harry brings £14m worth of publicity to Las Vegas
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has issued a report pointing out the images reached an estimated 154 million people, which is equivalent to one hell of a tourism boost.
TMZ quoted LVCVA Board Chairman Tom Collins as saying: “God bless Prince Harry. He made us a bunch of money.”
While the agency is unable to say how much the scandal boosted profits by, it has no doubt it had a positive effect on the Las Vegas economy.
Ah, good times… 🙂
Video of the day: Shirtless hunk solves Rubik’s Cube in 25 seconds while doing one-arm push ups
Says the poster of the video: “This is one of my first times trying one armed push ups so forgive me if the form is off, lol. I haven’t done a standard push up in as long as I can remember. I just lift weights. My quad actually isn’t touching the ground, it might look that way b/c of the loose shorts. Also, sorry for the little pause between push ups 3 and 4, I messed up a part of the solve. This vid combines my 2 main hobbies – lifting and cubing.”
Yeah, I was going to call him on that, but figured I’d let it slide.
Wow.
(via Towleroad)