A Debilitating Hair Plug Addiction Nearly Cost Joe Buck His Broadcasting Career

A Debilitating Hair Plug Addiction Nearly Cost Joe Buck His Broadcasting Career

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From the right angle, life can be seen as a steady stream of personal problems; some more soul-bending than others. Joe Buck, Fox Sports announcer, apparently developed a highly rare one: A debilitating addiction to hair plugs and elective hair replacement procedures that practically cost him his whole damned career.

As Buck tells Sports Illustrated in an exclusive interview, he took some time off back in 2011 for what was reportedly “a virus that affected the laryngeal nerve of his left vocal cord.”

Related: Yo, John Travolta, It’s Time To Come Out. Here Are Six Reasons Why.

In truth, as USA Today reports, the damage to his voice was caused expressly by his unquenchable thirst for those elective hair procedures.

Hee tells journalist Richard Deitsch that he’s had a deep-seated fear of losing his locks even since coming to the realization that the job of broadcaster hinges more on one’s physical appearance than any innate skill.

From the very first time he got replacement treatment in 1993, he was addicted and wanted more. And then more. And then some more.

Then in 2011, as he was undergoing his eighth procedure, there were some serious complications: he was unable to talk upon wakening from the anesthetic. Doctors claimed it was nerve damage.  He claimed it was a virus.

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As he tells Deitsch:

“I was lying. I think people bend the truth all the time, unfortunately. It was really for self-preservation and ego for me. As I look back, I gave partial truths. Where I lied was when I said the reason why. People would ask, ‘Why is your vocal chord paralyzed?’ I said it was a virus. I didn’t say it was an elective procedure to add hair to the front of my head. It was embarrassing. There’s an embarrassing element to that. Any surgery done to improve one’s looks is not really something someone wants to talk about. So it’s very cathartic to get this out. There are a lot of people across the country, for as silly as this sounds, who obsess about hair loss. I would tell myself I needed to look younger, I needed to have thicker hair, I don’t want to look older than I am. The truth of it is that it was an ego thing, whether I was on TV or not.”

Apparently, the only reason he was let back on the air despite his voice never returning to its full force is because of his relationship with the bosses and the equity he’d built up over the years.

Check out the complete interview here.

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Vodka Expert Blind Tastes Bottom-Shelf Spirits; Results May Surprise You

Vodka Expert Blind Tastes Bottom-Shelf Spirits; Results May Surprise You

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When you’re looking for a good vodka, you want something that’s inoffensive. Not a lot of flavor, shouldn’t burn.

So basically, the exact opposite things you look for in a good drag queen. But then why do drag queens love vodka so much? Life is overflowing with mystery.

But similar to drag queens, price is not necessarily an indicator of quality. Some of our favorite queens operate on a shoestring budget, and according to the below video, bottom-shelf vodkas don’t all deserve to be written off.

Watch below and see how they stack:

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Ted Cruz, Jeffrey Dahmer, Matthew Shepard, Loretta Sanchez, Matt Drudge, The Schuyler Sisters: HOT LINKS

Ted Cruz, Jeffrey Dahmer, Matthew Shepard, Loretta Sanchez, Matt Drudge, The Schuyler Sisters: HOT LINKS

14563514_10154699748207859_2520707238894485258_nLOW POINT. Ted Cruz phone banks in Texas for Donald Trump and “Freedom”: “Because freedom’s just another word for nothing left to loose, including your own dignity.”

LATE NIGHT. Armie Hammer enjoys NYC meat–street meat.

MUSICAL REBUTTAL. Melissa Etheridge performed a song on Watch What Happens Live! about being warned by Angelina Jolie’s Olivia Pope.

COSMOS AND MANOLOS. Sarah Jessica Parker hints that Sex and the City 3 is in the works: “I described it as being not on the table but in the warming drawer.”

cugurb2viai8euzNEVER FORGET. Matthew Shepard was attacked in Laramie, Wyoming 18 years ago today: “With each passing year, we honor Matt by continuing to achieve monumental steps toward true equality, and we honor you for making it possible. We remember Matt and all those who have suffered discrimination, harm and loss at the hands of bigotry and hatred, and we continue our work to prevent others from experiencing a similar fate.”

HILLARY FOR AMERICA. This woman has the best Hillary hat possibly ever. 

HOMOCONS. Matt Drudge: Feds are lying about intensity of Hurricane Matthew intensity to make exaggerated claim about climate change.

screen-shot-2016-10-06-at-3-59-02-pmJEFFREY DAHMER. Disney star Ross Lynch is the spitting image of the serial killer in new movie My Friend Dahmer.

CAKE WARS. Anti-gay Oregon bakery Sweet Cakes by Melissa shuts down: “Co-owners Aaron and Melissa Klein would not bake a cake for lesbian couple Laurel and Rachel Bowman-Cryer  “because that goes against their Christian faith,” the Oregonian reported. In April 2015 the Kleins were ordered to pay the couple $135,000 in damages. The money is being held by the state while the Kleins appeal.”

2016 PROBLEMS. CA candidate for US Senate Loretta Sanchez decided it was a good idea to dab at the end of her closing remarks in a debate against Kamala Harris.

Did Loretta Sanchez #dab at end of Senate debate with Kamala Harris? What do you think? @NBCLA pic.twitter.com/YeAb0zYWsj

— Adrian Arambulo (@AdrianNBCLA) October 6, 2016

HAMILTON. The Schuyler sisters want you to vote.

THURSDAY THIRST. Model Matthew Prince.

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Muslim Preacher Who Called for Beheading of Gay People to Lecture in London: WATCH

Muslim Preacher Who Called for Beheading of Gay People to Lecture in London: WATCH

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A U.S.-born radical Islamist preacher who released a video describing methods for killing gay people is to give a number of speeches in London over the coming days.

In the video, Shaykh Hamza Sodagar calls for gay people to be beheaded, set alight, thrown off cliffs and have walls torn down over them. When Sodagar suggests using a combination of these methods, his audience laughs.

Born in Washington, D.C., Sodagar has spent the past 14 years in Iran studying Islamic law and principles, reports the Express.

Related: Muslim Cleric: Gay People Cause Earthquakes

According to website The Muslim Group, Sodagar is “deemed a role model by young Muslims around the world.”

Organized by the Ahlulbayt Islamic Mission group, Sodagar will be speaking at the Islamic Republic of Iran School in London between October 4th and 12th.

In a statement, Ahlulbayt Islamic Mission said:

De-contextualised excerpts of this series, were used by right-wing media to suggest that Shaykh Hamza was calling for ‘the beheading and burning of homosexuals’. This is untrue and a mischievous and malicious accusation to make.

To suggest that Shaykh Hamza is calling for the beheading and burning of homosexuals is laughable and absurd.

According to our understanding, it is precisely this irresponsible behavior that incites hatred and fuels racism and discrimination; and to this we shall not remain silent. We believe such entities intentionally seek to fuel divisions, stifle alternate voices and defame personalities that seek to make a positive contribution to society.

In a 2011 BBC interview, Sodagar agrees that “homosexuality is a sin” but says he accepts arguments for same-sex marriage based on “secular principals”

Watch both videos below.

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Johns Hopkins Community Calls for Disavowal of Misleading Anti-LGBTQ “Report”

Johns Hopkins Community Calls for Disavowal of Misleading Anti-LGBTQ “Report”

Nearly 700 members of the Johns Hopkins community have formally called for the Baltimore-based university and health system to distance themselves from “a misguided, misinformed attack on LGBT communities.”

In August, Johns Hopkins psychiatry professor Paul McHugh and biostatistician Lawrence Mayer published a 116-page “special report” on gender and sexual orientation in The New Atlantis, a conservative bioethics magazine. The report made a number of claims that have long been rejected by gender and sexuality researchers. It falsely implies that children are “encouraged to become transgender” and that young transgender children undergo medical interventions as part of affirming their gender identities.  In addition, it suggests that…

  • Being lesbian, gay, bisexual or queer is caused by childhood sexual abuse
  • LGBTQ people have inherent psychological difficulties
  • Sexual orientation is a choice and can be changed

Gender and sexuality researchers, including some of those cited in the report, have called out its serious flaws. Distinguished geneticist and scientist emeritus at the National Institutes of Health, Dean Hamer, whose career has included key publications on the relationship between genes and sexual orientation, says McHugh and Mayer “twisted and misinterpreted” legitimate research to their own ends. Those ends may include the $400-an-hour fee Mayer collected for defending North Carolina’s deeply discriminatory HB2 law in a federal civil rights lawsuit.

While the report’s falsehoods attack the entire LGBTQ community, McHugh’s history reflects particular animus toward transgender people, collaborating with an organization deemed a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center and penning opinion articles mocking people who transition as “caricatures,” “counterfeits,” “impersonators,” “confused” and “mad.”

Because McHugh and Mayer lack research experience on gender and sexuality, and since the report was published in a magazine rather than a peer-reviewed scientific journal, it would normally be ignored beyond the authors’ fringe anti-LGBTQ circles. However, McHugh and Mayer have drawn on the Johns Hopkins name to convince readers to take them seriously, leading reporters to describe the article as a “Johns Hopkins study.”

When scholars try to brand unscientific opinions in this way, universities and hospitals often clarify that individual faculty members’ opinions do not represent them. In 2014, in response to a deeply flawed study used to attack LGBTQ families, the University of Texas at Austin announced that the author’s “opinions are his own” and “do not reflect the views of the university.” Johns Hopkins Medicine has a similar history: It responded to a 2013 article questioning the effectiveness of flu shots, stating that it “in no way endorses” the findings and detailing its own commitment to vaccination. These statements pose no threat to academic freedom. They clarify the record without limiting researchers’ ability to promote their work.

Johns Hopkins students, faculty, staff and alumni are calling on their university and hospital to issue a similar statement about the New Atlantis article. Signatories on a formal petition coordinated by Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumnus, physician and researcher Carl Streed, Jr. include 264 Hopkins alumni, 200 current students, 30 faculty members, and more than a hundred staff, medical interns, medical residents and fellows.  In addition, last week, three Hopkins professors published a Baltimore Sun op-ed raising questions about the New Atlantis report’s credibility and concerns that it “could further stigmatize and harm the health of LGBTQ communities.”

As NBC OUT reported last month, HRC has been in communication with Johns Hopkins over the  need for an official statement about McHugh and Mayer’s activities. Recently, HRC met with leadership at Johns Hopkins to express the urgency of this issue and the continued need for action. This year, for the first time, HRC’s Healthcare Equality Index will score hospitals and will consider whether hospitals and health systems’ practices reflect “responsible citizenship.”  If Hopkins leadership ignore their community’s call to correct the record—clarifying that McHugh and Mayer’s opinions do not represent it, and that its healthcare services reflect the scientific consensus on LGBTQ health and well-being—its Healthcare Equality Index score will be reduced substantially.

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