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Helmet Shaped Theater

Helmet Shaped Theater

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Troy and Ducati Heir

Troy and Ducati Heir

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Another Three Hours?

I am working on this post on my Iphone. I am guessing it will post when I land as there is no connectivity on this 747-400. Such an old crappy jet. I am a little amazed Lufthansa is this cramped and dirty.

I have been in transit since 7pm Friday evening NYC time. I [...]

Newfest ’08: Be Like Others

7245|200For years now I have been going and seeing movies that are part of Nefest, the NY GLBT Film Festival. Besides the obvious silly gay films from around the world, I am often struck by some of the documentaries. I tend to see about 12 movies, with a 50/50 breakdown of serious to fun.

Last night I saw Be Like Others, a film about Iranian boys undergoing sex change operations to become female. My understanding, from the film, is that is forbidden, but transexuals need to be medically treated and in fact the state help pay for this treatment and care.

The movie is very well done, simply, is shows you many sides of the issue in Iran and lets you make up your own mind. That said, it does confront several issue head on; if you cannot be an openly gay male, what other choice do you have?

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You Wanna GET FUCKING MAD?

WAKE UP PEOPLE! Watch Frontline

Iran, Iraq, Global Warming, Technology Gap, Drugs for Kids, Suburban Despair, Lawlessness of USA, Katrina, White House as THE SEAT OF ALL EVIL, WHO WILL WE VOTE FOR? WHAT KIND OF NATION WILL BE?

EUROPE: What are you going to do now?

Hot on the heals of accusations of war crimes, excessive force, and other hot air from the Old World there comes news of an impending problem in Gaza:

Yuval Diskin, director of Israel’s Shin Bet Security Services, told the Knesset last month that since the Jewish state withdrew from Gaza, the Palestinians successfully have [...]

Nasrallah Wins The War

So says this week’s The Economist cover story. A quote from the opening paragraph:

Israel’s prime minister set himself an absurd aim�the complete demolition of Hizbullah’s power in Lebanon�and failed to achieve it. The shrewder Mr Nasrallah said victory would consist merely of surviving, and Hizbullah, however battered, did survive.

They want to [...]