Posts tagged as Really?
Dustin Lance Black: Mostly Gay Sex Was Invented in, Say, the 1940s
So here is raised again the question about why there's no gay sex in the movies, the main answer being "haha studios, obviously, they're total wusses." But the call is also coming from inside the big, dumb, gay house: in particular, the big dumb gay house named Dustin Lance Black, who is the writer, most recently, of the abominable and terribly, ridiculously bad J. Edgar. READ MORE
The 'NYT' Occupy Wall Street Front Pager Was an Inside Job
Kay Merryweather, 34, an artist on the Lower East Side, volunteers at Trinity Church, giving out food. She said that during the financial crisis, when banks were receiving bailouts and financial executives were receiving multimillion-dollar bonuses, the church often ran out before the long lines of working poor were fed. “The bankers were getting all of these millions,” Ms. Merryweather said. “And we didn’t have enough food.” READ MORE
Bloomberg's Girlfriend Still Ladylike, Despite Career, Says Man
ANGRILY SHAKING MY HEAD. (From Rebecca Mead's subscriber-only Talk of the Town today on Diana Taylor, who is Mike Bloomberg's human companion.) Good grief, go back to undermining unions, Wilbur Ross, before we send in all the mannish professional women who don't care about showing you their legs.
Birds Are Just Like Rappers, Apparently
"Chirping sparrows are actually trading insults like gangster rappers, a new study has shown. What sounds like harmonious song is really the noise of males trying to appear macho, say researchers. And, just like humans, most of the boasting and trading of insults is done to impress the girls." It goes on, but you get the point.
Phil Collins, Diana Ross In Agreement
Great moments in... something: "In 1966, The Supremes explained to us that you can't hurry love. Sixteen years later Phil Collins concurred: 'You just have to wait,' he sang, additionally noting that love don't come easy. Those words of wisdom still apply, and particularly so if you're one of those participating in the seemingly eternal worry-go-round of internet dating."
Justin Beiber: The New Notorious B.I.G.
Have you heard Justin Beiber rap? He does, under the name "Shawty Mane," over the beat from Harlem MC Vado's recent hit "Speaking In Tongues." Vado, it turns out, highly approves! "He killed it," the Harlem rapper told the Daily News. "He sounded like B.I.G." READ MORE
NPR: Swearing Is A Trait of East Coast Elitists
Recently, NPR aired the word "goddamned" again, this time in a quote from a Tom Cruise-in-character-as-Les Grossman appearance, and boy howdy is America upset about the taking of the Lord's name in vain. But don't worry, NPR's ombudsman (who is a woman! Which gives me pause that she should be opining on language usage!) is on the case. She writes: "I'm seeing the question through a different lens-one that is not based in the New York-Washington corridor, where this example of offensive language often goes in one ear and out the other." While it's surely true that in "real America" it is sometimes considered offensive to Christians to use "God" or "Jesus" or "The Lord" as an oath, there is no way that you can convince me or ANYONE ELSE IN AMERICA that "swear words," especially including goddamned, are a "beltway," "corridor" thing. (Elitist corridor Vice President Joe Biden be damned, of course.)
Everyone Agrees: That Second Circuit NYPD Decision Blows
This decision by the Second Circuit that the NYPD can keep secret all its documentation about spying on Americans and making mass arrests at the 2004 Republican Convention (which cost the city millions in settlements, let's not forget) is a terrible piece of horseshit.
Elena Kagan 'Criticized' Supreme Court! Let's Get Her!
Congresscritter Arlen Specter reveals all! In a private meeting, Supreme Court justice nominee Elena Kagan suggested that the Court takes too few cases! Also Kagan suggested that the Court "ERRED" in the abhorrent and disgraceful pro-lobbyist decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Crucify her! Related: terrifying scandalous video of meeting released! (In it, they nod and make small talk.) We'll see later today if, while roaming the halls of our nation's capitol, this free-talking would-be justice will get served!
Google Believes Online Ads Could Be Worth More Than Print Ads by 2012
When you look through the delightful PowerPoint presentation prepared at Google on the newspaper industry, a few things stand out. READ MORE
