Remains of the Day (08/05)

We are so f**ked

Back-to-school photo shows unmasked students crowding shoulder-to-shoulder in Georgia

Grand jury hits Ed Buck with 4 additional felonies in drug den death cases

Imagine if his uncle hadn't been a doctor

Two investigations appear to be potential fodder for pre-election political machinations.

Remember: We vote in 90 days.

Page 1 Roundup (09/18)

The Daily News: Trinidad native who served two years in jail awaiting murder trial in Bronx is innocent: DA

Alarming number of women report their first sexual experience was being raped as a teen by a guy several years older

Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union launch LGBTQ-equality T-shirt to support LGBTQ youth, embracing 12-year-old son

Exclusive: That's one whopper of an ass!



THR; Ed Buck, a political operative who helped rid Arizona of its racist governor, has been arrested after a third man overdoses in his WeHo home

NBC News: NBC/WSJ poll: Biden, Warren rising, Harris plummets

Justice Department sues Edward Snowden over publication of new memoir

Los Angeles Times: Alex Trebek has big cancer setback and resumes chemotherapy

The Bulwark: My head is still spinning from reading this, and I’m very sad. Can we really not tell the difference between our friends and enemies anymore? (ICYMI)

BuzzFeed: Lauren Duca wrote the much-needed ‘Trump Is Gaslighting America’ piece then made a fool out of Tucker Carlson on live TV yet has been gnawed on by her own ever since. (Sigh.) Now Scaachi Koul takes her own gratuitous bite.

Dlisted: NBC to reboot ‘Saved By the Bell’ with Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley

Towelroad: Josh Owens makes history as first openly gay man to run for governor of Indiana

The Randy Report: Mentally ill comic still doesn't get it

New York Post: Daniel Jones named Giants starting quarterback as Eli Manning benched

 GOP Pennsylvania state Sen. Mike Folmer arrested on child porn charges

Teen admits to serving teacher semen-tainted crepe in cooking class

Page Six: Thomas Middleditch says swinging saved his marriage

The New York Times: In tight Israeli election, Netanyahu’s tenure appears in peril

First Trump came for the clean water, now he's coming for the fresh air

Was the Gap ever Cool? A look at 50 years in denim and khaki

The Wall Street Journal: Spotted lanternfly vs. Pennsylvania: The bug is winning

Remains of the Day (01/08)

Towleroad: Another man dies at West Hollywood apartment of prominent Democratic donor with alleged drug fetish

The Daily News: Russian lawyer at center of Trump Tower meeting charged with obstruction of justice

Instagram: Safe to say this guy never skips leg day

Greg Sargent: The real national emergency is the threat of Trump's collapse

The WoW Report: Kevin Hart still doesn't get it

Raw Story: Manafort shared Trump campaign data with Russian associate, prosecutors say

Paul Krugman: What does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez know about tax policy? A lot.

Associated Press: Genealogy database, gum help convict DJ in ’92 killing

Back2Stonewall: Overwatch comic reveals that Soldier 76 is gay

Sun-Sentinel: Fort Lauderdale named a 2019 bucket-list travel destination, and there are some reasons why

Dlisted: Olivia de Havilland's ill-advised legal tussle with FX is done after Supreme Court refused to hear her case

Greg in Hollywood: Rarely dressed Tom Daley counts down his top 10 YouTube moments from 2018

OMG Blog: North Sydney Bears rugby Morgan Stevens shows off the goods

TV Line: Luke Wilson got a new television acting gig

NewNowNext: "Grace and Frankie" break into RuPaul's house in new season 5 trailer

Gothamist: Susan Zirinsky, the inspiration for Holly Hunter's character in "Broadcast News," to be first woman to helm CBS News

BosGuy: Beefy boy in canary briefs

Brooklyn Vegan: Sleater-Kinney announces new album produced by St. Vincent

Hot Cat of the Day: Officer Jason Smith has a new sidekick after this very special rescue! (WARNING: Your heart will melt.)

What the Buck?

Gemmel Moore with his mother, Latisha Nixon

Well, what do you know? Detectives have had a change of heart and are now probing the death of a 26-year-old male escort at the home of Ed Buck, a wealthy Democratic donor. Despite the change of plans -- prompted by an outcry from activists, friends and family members who say Buck "got off" by watching young men of color inject drugs -- they are having trouble tracking down other alleged victims, of which they have been told there are many. The Los Angeles County Sheriff initially ruled Gemmel Moore's death an accidental drug overdose after he was found alone in a closed bathroom at Buck's West Hollywood apartment. Buck's lawyer says he had nothing to do with the young man's death -- but I guess you can never underestimate just how demented a gay man's sexual fetish might be. Read HERE.

The Buck Stops Here?

ICYMI: There's been a lot of hubbub this weekend about the death of Gemmel Moore, left, whose family is calling for a deeper investigation into his meth overdose at the West Hollywood apartment of Democratic donor Ed Buck, right, which the medical examiner has ruled an accident. The 26-year-old Moore was reportedly a sex worker, and the WeHo Times published a story saying Buck got sexual satisfaction out of watching young men of color injected with meth -- all but accusing him of murdering the young man. The blog quotes the Moore's mother as saying: “[Buck] would have my son to go out to… Santa Monica Boulevard looking for young gay black guys so he could inject them with drugs, see their reaction and how [they] would react and take pictures of them.”

 The Advocate has since written a more balanced story, but noted AIDS activist Peter Staley -- who I'm guessing must know Buck -- didn't shy away from pointing the finger, either. This led to one blogger’s pointing out the odd fact that the author of the piece, Ryan Gierach, has "an intense personal history with Buck," then linking to a Los Angeles Blade piece that said the outlet had spoken with several people "who are incredulous about a recent freelance story in the WeHo Times about Moore’s death." WeHoville then chimed in, saying that Gierach seems to have an ax to grind with Buck -- Gierach actually discloses at the bottom of his piece that Buck was a "regular source, contributor, donor and confidant" of his while publishing now-defunct WeHo News -- and that Gierach stopped publishing the site more than a year ago "after a series of incidents that left him homeless and struggling with his self-proclaimed addiction issues." (If Staley knows something more, I wish he'd speak up. Predictably, rightwing trolls have jumped all over the tragedy, blaming it all on -- you guessed it! -- Hillary Clinton, to whom Buck donated money.) All of this led my writing the following on Staley's post:

Having grown up in virulently homophobic Arizona in the 1980s, I must say Ed Buck was a bit of a folk hero of mine for standing up to our racist governor and literally leading the charge that got Evan Mecham impeached. (Some might remember that he actually rescinded MLK Day for state employees and was fond of the word pickaninny.) Buck made no secret of being gay -- that was virtually unheard of there -- and that self-confidence really resonated with this new wave fag who felt alone in the world. Now bad people do admirable things and good people do shitty things. But I don't think this unsourced, unverified, conflict-of-interest-laden blog post exactly qualifies as a smoking gun against anyone.

A mother seeks justice for her son.

UPDATE: Buck was arrested in 2019 after being charged in federal court with providing methamphetamine to a man who died after receiving the drug intravenously. In 2020 he was charged with four additional felonies related to prostitution and meth. On Sept. 16, 2020, the New York Times Magazine wrote a lengthy feature on the case that you can read HERE. It's a gruesome account, although I'm still not entirely sure what to make of it.