Chris Christie Responds to Being Called an ‘Islamist’ for Having Relationships With Muslims

During a sixteen-minute speech he gave at a dinner held at the New Jersey governor's mansion two weeks ago, Chris Christie spoke about being "called an Islamist" by fellow Republicans who have taken issue with his nomination of a Muslim attorney as a superior court judge, as well as his willingness to work with a local imam to reach out to his state's Muslim community. As he correctly pointed out to the crowd, those critics — who have a particularly robust presence on conservative websites — are "bigots," and their opinions are troubling:

"I'll tell you that there is a gaze of intolerance that is going around our country that is disturbing to me," Christie said. "This is something that as a political leader you can think you understand as an objective observer, but you don't really understand until you become part of the story."

Obviously, this display of reason isn't likely to endear him to the nuttier elements of his party — and it's actually pretty nice to see that he doesn't seem to care. Chris Christie: a sometimes reasonable guy.

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Yankees Facebook Page Hacked, Announces Derek Jeter Is Having Sexual Reassignment Surgery

Via Deadspin, it seems that the Yankees were one of several major-league teams to have their Facebook page hacked earlier today. For a time today, a since-deleted post on the Yankees' page read: "We regret to inform our fans that Derek Jeter will miss the rest of the season with sexual reassignment surgery. He promises to come back stronger than ever in 2013 as Minnie Mantlez." According to the Daily News, the Yankees had no comment, though the paper reports that team Facebook pages are operated by the league and not by individual clubs. Baseball fans across New England, meanwhile, immediately began thinking of hilarious ways to work the name "Minnie Mantlez" into their 2013 fantasy team names.

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The Married, Pregnant Couple Not Having As Much Sex As They’d Like

Today, we have an extra-special Sex Diary for you: A husband and pregnant wife, each tracking a week of their sex lives — or, more often than they'd prefer, no-sex lives — from their own perspectives. It ran in New York's Sex Issue this week along with a lot of other great sex-related stuff: Dan P. Lee peeks in on the various sexual adventures that take place throughout the city each Saturday night. Molly Young introduces us to a "throuple" — three gay men in a relationship with each other. Alex Morris examines a retirement home's hook-up culture. Molly Langmuir collects testimonials from four bisexuals. Richard Kern photographs six couples in the throes of a passionate kiss. And Matthew Wolfe attends a mixer where johns network with prostitutes. It's a fascinating smorgasbord of sex! Read it all!

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