I will be making fewer posts today as I migrate information over to my new domain name.

Via the Guardian:

The successor to the Austrian rightwing populist Jörg Haider, Stefan Petzner, has shocked the staunchly conservative country by revealing in a tearful interview that they shared a "special relationship".

Petzner, 27, who was confirmed yesterday as the leader of the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZO) after Haider's death in a car crash two weeks ago, made the admission on Austrian radio, effectively confirming long-standing rumours that he and Haider were lovers.

Wake Up With These:

The New York Times
The Front Page, Thursday 10-23-08 (4:34)
Tech Talk 10-23-08 (22:51)

Tell Me More (45:00)
Stories: 1) 'Wilder (Bradley) Effect': Polling Myths or Truths 2) Can Vouchers Help Failing Public Schools? 3) Rachael Yamagata Writes To Overcome

Fresh Air:
Stories: 1) Steve Martin On Being 'Born Standing Up' 2) Taking Measure Of 'Dear Science'

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Today's Buffet:

Daily Song:
Kanye West vs Radiohead - Reckoner Lockdown (DJ Earworm Remix)


Television:
Bill O'Reilly on The View (8:09)


Movies:
With all the political piling going on right now (motivated at least in part by sexism), I've been thinking of Blade Runner, Harrison Ford's Deckard, and Sean Young's Rachael. (7:57)

Politics:
After a 55-day wait, Brian Williams interviews McCain and Palin (10:20)

Music Video:
In honor of my blog's new name, kd lang's "Hallelujah" (5:15)

The players after the jump. Or click here to launch them in a new window. Or just pull up a chair, hang out, and watch them in The Media Bar.

Daily Song:
Kanye West vs Radiohead - Reckoner Lockdown (DJ Earworm Remix)

Television:

Bill O'Reilly on The View(8:09)

Movies:

With all the political piling going on right now (motivated at least in part by sexism), I've been thinking of
Blade Runner, Harrison Ford's Deckard, and Sean Young's Rachael.

Politics:

After a 55-day wait, Brian Williams interviews McCain and Palin (10:20)

Music Video:

In honor of my blog's new name, kd lang's "Hallelujah" (5:15)

Ted Casablanca's column "The Awful Truth" is all kinds of fun. (Does anyone really know who Toothy Tile really is?) Like this interview with Superman Brandon Routh:

We chatted with Brandon Routh at the Zack and Miri Make a Porno premiere in H'wood, the naughty Kevin Smith flick where Bran-hon plays Mr. Mac Guy Justin Long's boyfriend.

So, B.R., what's the biggest difference between playing J.L.'s [gay] lover as opposed to playing the man of steel?
"Lots of things," said Routhie. "No tights, no cape. It was a chance for me to do a comedy...I always wanted to do more."

So how much would it take for you to do full frontal in a film?
"Thankfully, I have not even had to think about entertaining that question."

Fun stuff followed up with something even better:

When my friend, journalist Janet Kinosian, interviewed Martin Luther King's widow, Coretta Scott King, shortly before she died, J.K. asked her not only how would King himself have felt about gay rights and civil rights being on the same level, but how did she feel:

"I don't see how you can separate human rights and the rights of all people, no matter what their sexual orientation is," King reverently said to Kinosian. "They have the same rights as I, and those of us who are privileged need to support [them] because it elevates everybody."

Gay Power is power!

Tom Toles, copyright 2008 Universal Press Syndicate

Social Populism vs Economic Populism

Christopher Buckley on The Daily Show

Democrats could dominate Congress after the election. "The Senate map, for the Republicans, is an ugly mix of tough circumstances, plain bad luck and troubled candidates."

Rising unemployment could signal higher foreclosures in 09

James Kotecki will make your ears bleed, but we have to listen to this so we know how NOT to be.

In an article in the Columbia Spectator, Columbia History Professor David Eisenbach talks about his new book "Gay Power." Eisenbach is straight. Really and truly straight. So why would a straight man write a book called "Gay Power?" He's already a step ahead of you:

When I began writing it, I tried explaining to everyone that historians had neglected gay history and my book would be a significant contribution to the field of United States history in general. But even the most open-minded people were baffled. I could see them thinking, “why would a truly straight guy be interested in gay history?”

A knee-jerk reaction lives in all of us when we hear something like this. We all, gay and straight, think he must be one of those old-fashioned gays who can't face reality. We instinctively feel bad for him and better about ourselves. But Eisenbach has an answer that should make us sit up and take notice: "Why would a straight guy care about gay history? My answer became the central argument of my book: the gay rights movement liberated and transformed straights as well as gays."

He is saying that we gays are part of something larger. He outlines the fight for gay rights the same way another historian would frame the fights for other civil rights:

For decades comedians, politicians, and journalists reinforced negative gay stereotypes of the homosexual as either the silly fop or creepy pervert. But in the early 1970s, gay activists pushed the media to present positive images of gays. Almost every sitcom suddenly aired a “special episode” featuring a likeable gay character who revealed his homosexuality but, in the end, was embraced by the entire cast. Millions of Americans heard the message: “If the cast of Alice can accept a homosexual, so should you!” . . . For better or for worse, the gay rights movement was an American Revolution that transformed our political and social landscape. And so my fellow straight Americans, if you want to understand the country you live in today ... read your gay history.

So many of us have been calling for our leaders to see that we are as important as everyone else, that we matter as much. We're part of all that's going on even when we are told we're not, and our standing up for each other matters. We should thank Eisenbach for reminding us.

Maybe William Shatner will be invited to George Takei's first anniversary?
Chicago is on the ball. Homeless shelters to get gay training. Between this and the gay high school, Obama's home state shows us how it's done.

The illusion of movement in these colored circles is just an illusion. No, really. They aren't moving.

You missed you some Maddow today? Don't worry because we have your Rachel Maddow in GQ!

Patti Labelle at Splash last night

Obama on SNL?

The Road, starring Viggo Mortenson and based on the brilliant book by Cormac McCarthy, has been moved to 2009.

People growing up watching black and white television dream in black and white. I don't know if I buy this or not, but if it's true, I'm looking forward to 3D TV even more.

Pink interview: "I wanted being a performer to change my life, but I didn’t want to let it change who I was."



I'm not an expert, but I don't think this is how this game is played.