Really? In 2009?

The state of New Jersey needs blood. Blood donations center have been popping up everywhere asking for donations. New Jersey needs blood bad! Just not THAT bad...

Dustin Weinstein is a 20-year-old sophomore at Montclair University. He wanted to help the cause and donate blood. Last November, there was a Red Cross Blood Drive at his campus and so he tried to donate blood. He was denied. Why? Because he is gay.

Here's the FDA's IR-rationale:

MEN WHO HAVE HAD SEX WITH OTHER MEN ACCOUNT FOR THE LARGEST SINGLE GROUP OF BLOOD DONORS WHO ARE FOUND HIV POSITIVE BY BLOOD-DONOR TESTING. BY ELIMINATING THAT GROUP, THE RISK OF TRANSMITTING HIV IS DIMINISHED.

Okay, that makes some sense. But it isn't any proof that all gay people are HIV positive. When you donate blood, it is tested for the HIV virus (among other viruses and diseases). So why would you turn down gays?

The rule has been in effect since the 1980s. Time for change. If I or any of my friends or family needed blood and the only blood available was a gay person, I'd gladly take it! Gay people need blood and straight people need blood, as long as its free of disease, anyone who is dieing would take it in a split second.

How do you know if a person is gay or not? Well, if you have ever donated blood, you have to answer a questionnaire. If you say that you are gay, you will, apparently, be denied. But what is to stop someone from lying on that questionnaire? It also asks if you have been to a European country in the past 6 months. If you have, you will be denied (due to mad cow disease). Again, what is preventing people from lying?

Hence, I say that everyone, gay and straight, lie on that questionnaire. Answer the questions that will best help you help the state and donate blood and save lives. F**k the FDA. [Bergen Record]

This is About How Entertaining the Nets (Minus Devin Harris' Half Court Game Winner)

The first guy in the video is a frequent dancer on the big screen at the IZOD Center. What the hell is up with the panda? And why does that guy have his shirt off? No one should take their shirt off for the Nets

Moving US Airways Flight 1549

I was coming home from the gym this afternoon on Rt. 46 in New Jersey. All of a sudden, traffic on my side (eastbound) slows down, eventually coming to a stop. I look on the westbound side, and I see police motorcycles halting traffic coming onto 46. I look up and on the next ramp coming onto Rt 46 West. This is what I see.

You might not be able to see it very clearly, but if u look on the ramp there, you can see the a plane. First comes a massive motorcade of police officers. Once the flatbed is on the highway, it flies by.

I can barely get off a couple pictures on my iPhone. As you can see in this last picture, the plane was pretty much stripped down, cut off and gawkers (like myself) were taking pictures best we could.

I got an idea for the FAA. If you want to keep the location of your plane hidden, don't keep it uncovered. Put it inside a giant crate! Half a plane on a flat bed is a dead-on give away. It's 2009 for christ's sake!

Reports say that the plane was taken from Jersey City (440) to Rt 46 to Teterboro Airport.