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Christopher di Spirito

Christopher di Spirito
Location
New York,
Birthday
March 12
Bio
Avid blogger, proud gay man, unapologetically liberal, happily married to Jim, my spouse of 16 years. I am a native Californian, temporarily living in New York.

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010


Long suspected and finally confirmed, a senior Welsh MP, Elfyn Llwyd, Plaid Cymru’s parliamentary leader, said he has seen a confidential memo which proves George W. Bush and Tony Blair struck a

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010


Pope RatNAZI hit one out of the Vatican today telling Britain that he would grace their nation with a visit but that he doesn’t approve of the government’s plans to pass sweeping, pro-gay

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Monday, February 1, 2010


Homophobia trumps equality at CBS. The network carrying this year’s Super Bowl officially rejected an ad for a gay men’s dating website while accepting a controversial ad from the antigay, anti-abortion group known

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Friday, January 29, 2010


In his first State of the Union Address on Wednesday, President Obama called for the repeal of the viciously homophobic, Clinton-era military policy of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ comes news that the Pentagon

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JANUARY 28, 2010 10:38AM

Fly Away Charlie, Fly Away!

Thursday, January 28, 2010


A new poll has Marco Rubio ahead of Charlie Crist in the Florida GOP Senate primary.

Crist, the former Florida state governor, and long-rumored-to-be gay, was featured in the documentary Outrage,

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Monday, January 25, 2010


When the conservative Wall Street Journal publishes an op-ed that says President Obama is in trouble with his LGBT base, you know there’s a problem in Obamaland.

Richard Socarides, an attorney, was special assistant to President Bill

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Monday, January 25, 2010


The Kings Glory Fellowship Association, a non-denominational Protestant group in Calgary was told by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) that based on spending too much of its time advocating on social issues like abortion and marriage,

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Thursday, January 21, 2010


This is depressing. President Obama squandered all of 2009 trying to pass healthcare reform, only to have Speaker Nancy Pelosi today concede: “I don’t see the votes for it at this time.”

Pelosi said the Senate

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JANUARY 21, 2010 7:43AM

White House Appraised for $291,386,000

Thursday, January 21, 2010


The White House is worth $291,386,000. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW in Washington DC and built in 1892, the magnificent 132-room mansion is the rarest of homes in the U.S. since it is not only

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010


Let it never be said that Republicans aren’t prone to bouts of revisionist history.

According to a memo from Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), head of the Senate Republican campaign effort, yesterday’s stunning upset election of Scott

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JANUARY 20, 2010 7:32AM

DEMOCRATS LOSE THE SENATE

Wednesday, January 20, 2010


Less than 24 hours before the one year anniversary of President Barack Obama’s inauguration, the Democrats lost the U.S. senate to Scott Brown, a little-known GOP state senator. Brown was swept to victory to fill the

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Monday, January 18, 2010


If you’re a fan of the New York Times and enjoy reading its content online with a cup of Java in the morning, get ready to pay for the privilege.

New York Times Chairman Arthur Sulzberger

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JANUARY 15, 2010 10:16AM

Taliban Texas Still Executing Mentally Retarded Inmates

Friday, January 15, 2010

Why won’t Texas just get on with it and secede from the Union? Despite the fact it is unconstitutional to execute mentally retarded prisoners in the United States, Texas has found a loophole to the law,

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Friday, January 15, 2010

Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh are taking heat from the left and the right for making appalling remarks about Haiti within hours of a massive 7.0 earthquake striking the capital of Port-au-Prince. Much of the city

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Thursday, January 14, 2010


Scott Brown is the Republican candidate in the special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by the late Senator Edward Kennedy. He is challenging Democratic candidate Martha Coakley.

Question? Will gay men who

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JANUARY 13, 2010 7:25AM

Haiti Rocked by Massive Earthquake

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

A powerful 7.0 earthquake struck the small, impoverished island nation of Haiti on Tuesday, causing massive destruction to the capital city of Port-au-Prince, killing thousands and leaving the country without adequate hospitals to care for injured.

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Before going home to his newest 12-year old Italian boytoy, Pope RatNAZI dissed gay marriage and called it a threat to creation itself. What an asshole.

According to Rat:

“To carry our reflection further, we must

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Monday, January 11, 2010


In the highly anticipated new campaign book, ‘Game Change,’ Sarah Palin is portrayed as an unstable ignoramus who believed Saddam was behind 9/11.

The 2008 deconstruction written by John Heilman of New York Magazine and Mark

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Monday, January 11, 2010


China has replaced the U.S. as the world’s largest auto market after its 2009 vehicle sales jumped 46 percent, ending more than a century of American dominance that started with the Ford Model T.

The nation’s

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JANUARY 7, 2010 7:03PM

New Jersey Says "NO" to Gay Marriage

Thursday, January 7, 2010

By a vote of 20-14, the New Jersey State Assembly today gave a resounding “NO” to any hope of taking up and legalizing gay marriage equality.

With antigay Republican Chris Christie taking as governor, Garden State

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Thursday, January 7, 2010


In case anyone cares, TMZ is reporting Jay Leno is returning to his 11:30 PM time slot. The fate of Conan O’Brien is undecided.

I’m not a regular late night viewer because usually I’m in bed

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Thursday, January 7, 2010


Bottle blonde bloviator, Ann Coulter, says she’s against the proposed body scan technology for airline passengers because the technology won’t detect anus and foreskin explosive devices.

Speaking on Fox News’ O’Reilly Factor Tuesday

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JANUARY 6, 2010 9:34AM

Bad News for Democrats

Wednesday, January 6, 2010


The 2010 midterm election year is barely a week old but already, dire consequences exist for the razor-thin majority held by senate Democrats. Two Democratic senators and one governor will announce they’re not running for reelection

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JANUARY 5, 2010 10:32AM

Picture of the Day

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

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Monday, January 4, 2010

After pleading with parishioners for $900,000 to keep his Saddleback megachurch church out of the red, Bible thumpers dug deep and donated a staggering $2.4 million. Warren announced the haul to cheers of adoring throngs during

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