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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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Thursday, March 4, 2010


They say politics makes strange bedfellows and there is no more strange turn of events than the news of Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) introducing a bill to repeal the Clinton-era “Don’t Ask, Don’t

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010


New York Gov. David Paterson could face possible criminal charges if the newest rounds of allegations in the witness tampering scandal are true.

A second New York Times piece appearing Tuesday about his

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Monday, March 1, 2010


Have you noticed whenever a radical rightwing, Christian extremist is prevented from espousing antigay bigotry, they immediately play the victim card? And so it goes with Tony Perkins, president of the Family

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Saturday, February 27, 2010


A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early Saturday, collapsing buildings, killing at least 76 people and downing phone lines. President Michele Bachelet declared a “state of catastrophe” in central Chile

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010 9:43AM

PAC Targets Anti-Gay New York Lawmakers

Friday, February 26, 2010


New York’s anti-gay lawmakers should be afraid — very afraid. A new political action committee is targeting state senators who voted against a marriage equality bill late last year.

The committee;

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Thursday, February 25, 2010


Everyone knows the New York Times hates NY Gov. David Paterson. In fact, in recent weeks, the Old Gray Lady made bringing down the governor their raison d’etre.

The Times’ first two hit

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010 10:27AM

Miss Beverly Hills' Crown is too Tight

Wednesday, February 24, 2010


What is it with beauty queens and homophobia? Miss Beverly Hills 2010 is the latest crown holder to vomit Biblical objections to same-sex marriage. Lauren Ashley, who looks an awful lot like one

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010 3:00PM

Oh Well, Maybe Next Time

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Dick Cheney’s hospitalization yesterday was the result of a heart attack, according to a statement just released by his spokesperson:

“Former Vice President Cheney was admitted

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Monday, February 22, 2010


Who let the dogs out at CNN? I know much has changed at the once mighty cable news network but, to read their highly respected legal analyst, Jeffrey Toobin enjoys getting his freak

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010 9:23AM

U.S. Troops Kill Five Children in Marjah

Thursday, February 18, 2010


Add five child casualties to President Obama’s troop surge in Marjah, Afghanistan. The New York Times reported, a U.S. rocket strike “hit a compound crowded with Afghan civilians, killing at least 10

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

This is one of those stories that makes my blood boil. The TSA forced a disabled, 4-year old boy to remove his leg braces before allowing him to clear security at the Orlando

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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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