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LOCAL AND VISITORS PICKS
On going at The Desert Rose Playhouse“A Queer Carol”, our gay twist on the traditional story. Performance and ticket info at www.desertroseplayhouse.org or by calling our Box Office 760-202-30000. Also playing A Christmas Story - The Musical Palm Canyon Theatre 538 N Palm Canyon Dr, through December 20, 2015 07:00 PM tickets on line or at the door. Robolights! 1077 E. Granvia Valmnte now through January 03, 2016 4-9 daily. SPECIAL EVENT DEC 16 The Desert Daily Guide and The Center invites you AND your four-legged family to join us at Paws and Claws on the spectacular outdoor space at Eight4Nine Restaurant & Lounge. From 5pm to 7pm, Santa & Mrs. Claus will be available to take pictures with your canine companions. Yummy treats for you and your furry friends will be available. FREE MORE DEC 11 The 84th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade – “The Magic of Christmas” – Featuring Marine Toys for Tots Foundation will be presented as a two-hour prime time special airing on The CW nationwide on Friday, December 11, 2015 starting at 8:00 p.m. Pacific/Eastern/7:00 p.m. Central. The iconic magicians and Las Vegas headliners, Penn & Teller, and stars of The CW’s hit series, “Fool Us,” will serve as this year’s Parade Grand Marshals. DEC 11-13 Annual Pow Wow Winter Gathering Spotlight 29 Casino DEC 11 CANDID CAMERA: 8 Decades of 4
Smiles with Peter Funt! An hilarious evening of clips and quips. Indian Wells Theater 730 1-800-838-3006 DEC 11 PARK AFTER DARK The Living Desert after the lights go out? Bourbon Tasting! DEC 12 Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest Toucans Tiki Lounge DEC 12 &13 The Palm Springs Gay Men Chorus presents Brassy, Classy, Sassy at the Jewish Community Center of Palm Springs DEC 12&13 Desert Art Festival presented by West Coast Artists Frances Stevens Park DEC 13 Barry Manilow -A Gift of Love III McCallum Theatre DEC 15 Palm Springs Chamber’s Holiday Mixer Eight4Nine Restaurant and Lounge DEC 16 “A Very Anxious Christmas” A Shann Carr Comedy Special Chill Bar DEC 16 LAINIE KAZAN LUMINARY LUNCHEON Tickets must be purchased in advance online, or by calling the CVRep Box Office. 760-296-2966 TO Dec 31Tesla is reinventing the car-buying experience and revolutionizing auto ownership Stop by learn about the benefits of owning an electric vehicle through interactive and enticing displays at the Gardens on El Paseo Street Happenings Palm Springs Certified Farmers’ Market 2300 Baristo Rd. STARTS December 5. College of the Desert Street Fair 43500 Monterey Ave. Cruise-In Car Show Westfield Palm Desert 72-840 Highway 111.
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Inside This Week’s Issue MAP Page 39 “Daily What’s Happening” Page 12 22 AdamsArtExpos’e 20 Anatomy of DUI NEW 37 Business Directory 42 Classifieds 31 Desert Center For Sexual Awareness 40 Gay Resorts 34 GayDGets & Threads 38 GROUPS/HELP 48 Jersey’s Journal 32 Leather Realm 45 Massage Directory 41 I DID NOT KNOW! 37 Quote of the week 04 Weekender 50 that is funny 51 News in Briefs 43 The Center Schedule 38 Transgender notes 50 Weekly Guide to Stars
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The Barracks - Leather Bar 67625 E. Palm Canyon Dr. , CC,CA 2:00 pm – 2:00 am Score - Local Bar 301 E Arenas Rd , PS, CA (760) 327-0753 6:00 am – 2:00 pm Legends of Palm Springs - Local Bar 125 E Tahquitz Canyon Way , PS, CA (760) 656-8680 11:00 am – 12:00 am Oscar’s Cafe & Bar - Inside/Outside 125 E Tahquitz Canyon Way, PS, CA (760) 325-1188 11:00 am – 9:00 pm Pinocchio In the Desert - Rest. & Bar 134 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, PS, CA (760) 322-3776 7:30 am – 2:00 pm Rio Azul - Mexican Style Rest. and Bar (760) 992-5641 350 South Indian Cyn, PS, CA Sunshine Cafe - Family Style Rest. 36815 Cathedral Canyon Drive, CC, CA (760) 328-1415 6:00 am – 9:00 pm
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1:00 PM Legends of Palm Springs $3 Holler - Beer, Hot Dog, & Chips till 5pm 2:00 PM Legends Bingo Barracks Happy Hour to 8 PM DiGS MARM-A-RAMA Spin the Wheel Drinks 3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 5:00 PM Bongo Johnny’s Bar and Grille Dinner Special BBQ Prime Rib 16.95 Rio Azul House Margaritas $5 7:00 PM DiGS Country Western Roundup! 8:00 PM Streetbar VJ Rob Roberts Spurline show tunes 10:00 PM
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The Anatomy of a DUI An Overview of Alcohol By Manuel J. Barba, DUI Defense Attorney In the last article I continued the discussion of Phase Three- Pre-arrest Screening, and how a driver suspected of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) need not perform field sobriety tests (pre-arrest screening). As I previously discussed, the phase three pre-arrest screening process presupposes that the driver will be arrested. Also, remember even though the officer observed clues while the suspected vehicle was in motion, when the vehicle came to a stop, and during the personal contact phase, the officer has only suspicions that the driver may be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. And, since suspicion of DUI is not enough to arrest a driver for DUI, the officer needs probable cause to arrest the driver for DUI. Therefore the officer needs the driver to cooperate and perform field sobriety tests. Although the law requires that a driver suspected of driving under the influence submit to a chemical test (breath or blood), the law DOES NOT require that a driver perform field sobriety tests. It is a driver’s right to elect not to cooperate and perfume any filed sobriety tests. The issue comes down to one of “evidence.” 20
What “evidence” will the arresting officer have to support the arrest of the driver for DUI? What evidence will the officer have to show that the driver was impaired? If the driver cooperates and performs the field sobriety tests, the driver will likely be arrested and the officer will write in the report that the driver “failed the field sobriety tests” and as a result the officer “formed the opinion that the driver was under the influence of alcohol (or drugs),” thus evidence that the driver was impaired. If the driver elects not to cooperate and does not perform field sobriety tests, the driver will still likely be arrested, but the officer will only be able to write in the arrest report the observations he/she observed in phase one and two (the observations made while the vehicle was in motion and during the personal contact phase). Thus, the officer cannot write in the arrest report that the driver “failed” the field sobriety tests, because the driver was smart and elected not to perform them. The officer will also likely write in the report that the driver “refused” to perform field sobriety tests. As a side note, prosecutors try to use the fact that the driver “refused” to perform field sobriety tests as some sort of “consciousness of guilt.” But so what! Jurors learn through the trial process that field sobriety tests are voluntary and are not required. Continued on page 49
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AdamsArtExpose’ Mindy Wilson A Gem in the Desert Mindy Wison is a Palm Springs area artist who comes from a former profession as a fire fighter. She was always interested in art and has practiced drawing and painting for most of her life. The painting medium she works with is primarily acrylic. Her paintings reflect subjects from her home life and family, primarily landscapes and people along with some abstract work with design motifs . This summer one of her graphite drawings was chosen for a juried show at her alma mater at Missouri Western State University. The topic of this drawing was the windmills or turbines that are prevalent around the Coachella Valley. This is an example of the creativity of Mindy’s Continued on page 38
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This week DDG is happy to introduce Craig Sheffler and Sam Card of Twein City popcorn. With an incredible product you can order on-line. Best bet, a tin of the twin city combo with Theater Butter, Classy Caramel and Cheesey Chedar Craig always had a dream of owning a small business that would offer customers a product that would bring a smile to their faces. One winter day, while watching a Green Bay Packer game, Craig Sheffler and Sam Card were throwing around ideas about what a couple of tax accountants could do during the off season to help them stay busy. Craig attended a trade show in the Chicago area put on by Gold Medal Products, Inc., a leader in the concession business. At the show, Gold Medal demonstrated Popcorn equipment and popcorn products. As a result, Twin City Popcorn was born. We started business in a small store at 204 2nd Avenue in Rock Falls, Illinois, next to the Rock Falls Post Office. From our opening day on May 23, 2015, our popcorn business has exceeded all expectations. In late October 2015, we moved to our new location, 109 First Avenue, Rock Falls, Illinois 61071. In July, a loyal customer took our popcorn on a visit to Italy, and our popcorn was well received. We are proud to say that Twin City Popcorn is World Famous! We have expanded operations to include Internet sales. All of our products are available for purchase on the Internet, www.twincitypopcorn.net No extra charge for shipping. We want to thank all of our customers for their loyal support. We look forward to providing quality Gourmet Popcorn for years to come.
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From Santa to: Dear _____________ As you can tell right away this is a form letter, but don’t get your g sting in a bunch. I only had time to add your name and check of the bad stuff you pulled this year. Not to mention I now have a lot more naughty letters to write since Obama got elected. Even the gays are all accepted, and legal. So no more awkward moments catching daddy kissing Santa. Well the majority anyway so I have all of you newly nice gays and gals to write too. From the real Santa here and not just another rebel without a Claus. So gather around girls with balls and boys with tinsel. erm, tits or whatever you feel is hanging from your tree and I will give an update that Fox News could not create. First off why the fuck did you not know SANTA was gay? When I talk about my wonderful beard what were you thinking? That’s why this letter is from Palm Springs! I gave you all the clues. I say naughty and for goodness sakes and everyone are HO’s. I have no kids and I only come once a year and it’s down your chimney! HO HO HO’s! I know you didn’t just wake up one day with a queer taste your mouth, it was there all the time. I was there when you scrunched your baby face when your Pajamas & Booties didn’t match, and I know how much some of you enjoyed that birth slap from your doctor. I did leave a note to a few that, um never mind. I am also surprised you never picked up the Santa Drag thing I was working it, dressing in leather, red velvet and jingle my bells. I figured Santa clubs would surly out number leather bars by now. No offence Barracks or Tool Shed, but if IML won’t give us a Mr. Hot Santa title, I won’t be pleased. I know I can get that title at CCBC because they always have a contest. SOOOO As it happens we out sourced this year’s updates to the Elf-o-matic Naughty or Nice Determination software for the windows 10 upgrade and it’s all fucked up. This system put Donald Trump on the top of the Nice List and insists on being called El Diablo! In other words YOU NOW HAVE SANTA HELPER POWERS Just send it to a person you care about to let them know you care. We updated it to include a HomoHet translation developed by ALvenware. __You ignored a friend (gay: facetime request) __You had the mouth of a sailor. (gay: on, instead of ) __You said YOLO and other such terms. (gay: um no actual reference, what everrr) 28
__You twerked. (gay: You can’t twerk) __You over-shared on social media. (gay {Gender neutral} let lose on a bitch that had it coming) __ A grumpy old elf, (gay: A grumpy old elf)
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Tas ty trea ts for EVE RYO NE ! Have your four-legge d friend get their picture taken with Santa! Join us for our Annual Winter Social. Paws ‘n’ Claus is a pet food donation drive and Mixer for our Members and their canine companions.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16TH 5PM TO 7PM
at Eight4Nine Restaurant & Lounge (on the spectacular outdoor patio space) 849 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262 Please help us stock the pet food pantry of The Community Food Bank @ The Center this holiday season. Because sometimes hungry families include hungry pets.
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UPCOMING EVENTS: 12/09, GAY MEN’S SEXUAL HEALTH GROUP 10 AM - 11:30 AM 12/15, SMART RECOVERY 6:30 PM - 8 PM PLEASE CALL DCSA FOR TIMES & MORE INFO.
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LEATHER REALM by Dave Murdock “And the new Mr. Palm Springs Last week I shared the first five gifts received in the Twelve Leather Days of Christmas. This week we continue on most fowl...
besides, what am I going to do with 8 women? I tried farming them all out (no pun intended) but no one wants to deal with the cows!
slave, What is it with you and birds lately? I know you know I like roasted goose with apricot and currant stuffing, but 6 of them????? One would have been sufficient. I gave one to Blossom and Hugh, one to Leo and his mom, and the rest of them to the homeless shelter. I just hope they like goose, because they’re going to be eating it for a while. So, NO MORE BIRDS. I’m sick of them! Maybe think about some new play toys instead. Master D
slave 9 LADIES DANCING???? I don’t know if you think your being humorous or not, but even though we all like the ballet I certainly don’t want to keep 9 ballerina’s in the house! I tried giving them away to Off Ramp Leathers, or Gear or Not So Innocent as in-store entertainment but they said they had no room for even a small ballet troupe, so I’ve sent them back to you, postage due. Now, get home and stop f****ng around.
slave You are in so much trouble! What did I just say? No more *&# birds. Besides, what the hell do you do with swans? Do you see a lake in the backyard??? You made me lose an entire day of play trying to find homes for them. I finally gave them to the Animal Shelter, but the volunteers didn’t want to look after them, they’re aggressive and really messy and so they told Ms. Foat it was her job, she’s the big cheese of the shelter, let her get pecked to death! Now listen slave, NO MORE BIRDS OF ANY KIND! slave OK, I’m calling your mother, obviously she’s poisoning you against your Leather family. Why in the heck would I want 8 maids a-milking? You know I’m lactose intolerant, and
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Dear slave, OK, this is more like it boy, although these 10 hunks were hard to get into the cages, they kept leaping around. But the boy and I did it, and all is forgiven because I’m having so much fun training them! Dear slave, 11 pipers? At first I thought they were the boyfriends of the lords a leaping, but I don’t think so now because the dancers look down on musicians, they’re not getting along well. The cages are getting too crowded, so thanks, but no more men. Dear slave brother mark, You have finally driven your Master (and my Daddy) crazy. Between the drumming and the piping you can’t hear yourself think! Plus the fact that there’s now 33 extra men in the house, and even with George, Paul, and John’s
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You may also find Mindy teaching classes for Michaels Arts and Crafts in Palm Springs, where she teaches Acrylic Painting.
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Gay Vet Bill unlikely to pass Homophobic congress S. 1766: Restore Honor to Service Members Act? To restore honor to gay, lesbian, and bisexual service members who were kicked out of the military because of their sexual orientation. As Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.; Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis.; Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.; and Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Since the Second World War, more than 100,000 service members are estimated to have been discharged from the military because of their sexual orientation. This bill will allow LGBT Vets access to the GI Bill and veterans’ health care, and they will have a more difficult time finding civilian employment. 46 Your weekly LGBT Gay Desert Guide. View our Free Digital Version on-line.
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JERSEY’S JOURNAL by Jersey Shore Jumping to conclusions will always get you in trouble. It kind of lends itself to it just by its title. So, why do it? So many people are not “fond” of me because they jump to conclusions. I’m told that I was here, and I did that, and I can’t do that. The funny thing is I never was there, or planning to go there, or whatever. You heard something, didn’t get all the details or heard wrong and then you JUMPED TO A CONCLUSION. In the realist world I live in I can tell you that ALL your facts are wrong and you just stirred a huge pot of shit for NO reason. It was unnecessary drama stirring and brewing in a pot. If you maybe just dug a little deeper for the facts then all this mess wouldn’t have to be cleaned. You saved yourself from so much unnecessary bull. If you want to waste your time with that crap go ahead, just leave me out of it! When you’ve gone through multiple medical issues and you lose so much time, you realize you don’t want to waste any more on pettiness. And that is exactly what it is. Pettiness. It’s a bunch of trivial, insignificant, worthless waste of precious time, energy, and life. I guess most of us are taking life for granted. Not enjoying the small gifts and the occasional big ones. The road through life is far less bumpy when you take the smooth cruise through life. The road exists. Like all roads there are occasional bumps, but the ride is much smooth-
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Although field sobriety tests vary, the three most important field sobriety tests are referred to as standardized field sobriety tests and are as follows: Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus test (HGN), One Leg Stand test (OLS), and the Walk and Turn test (WAT). I will discuss each test in detail later, however I first want to discuss the reason that these three tests are referred to as standardized: because studies were actually conducted to determine the validity of the tests. Now, I’m not saying that these three tests are valid in determining whether a driver is DUI; I am just saying that “studies were actually conducted” on these three tests. Remember this phrase: “Garbage in, Garbage out.” Next week, the background of Field Sobriety Tests. DUI Defense Attorney Manuel J. Barba can be reached at 760-770-3377 or 951-680-9125. For more information visit www.PalmSpringsDUI.com.
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help he can’t keep up with all of them. That’s too many even for a talented top to handle, even with help. I’ve sent him off for a rest. So get back here and get rid of them, they’re eating us out of house and home. (Oh, by the way, Daddy isn’t giving you any allowance again, EVER. He says if you can afford to spend $34,131 * in 2 weeks you’re paying all the bills for the next year, and we’re going to take a long vacation. Your brother in Leather, Bekker. MERRY LEATHER CHRISTMAS TO ALL! *Prices from 2015 ANNUAL PNC CHRISTMAS PRICE INDEX FYI the seven swans a-swimming alone cost $13,125!
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THAT IS FUNNY During a blind date, as two men were filling each other in on their pasts, one of the men said, “A genie once gave me the option of having a longer penis or better memory”. “And which did you choose?” his date asked. The man replied “I don’t remember” What do men do after an orgasm? 1% do it for the second time 1% Go to eat 1% Fall Asleep 97% Clear History If the whole world smoked a joint at the same time, There would be world peace for at least two hours. Followed by a global food shortage. A stoner called the fire department and said, “Come quick my house is on fire!” The Fireman asked “How do we get there?” The stoner says “DUH, in a big red truck!
WEEKLY GUIDE TO THE STARS ARIES: March 21 - April 20 Life is meaningless. It’s time you bought a fedora like the rest of the shameless hipsters out there. TAURUS: April 21 - May 19 Time has no meaning anymore. That means you can finally get to that Sudoku puzzle book you’ve been putting off all this time. GEMINI: May 20 - June 21 Gravity is pointless and no longer exists. So now you don’t have to feel so bad about defacing Newton’s grave. Take that, Newton! We’ll see who’s really smart now! CANCER: June 22 - July 22 The soul does not exist, so there’s no worry about feeling right or wrong. But it’s still probably a good idea not to knock off that liquor store. The owner has a gun.
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LEO: July 23 - August 22 Space is infinite, empty, and black. Sorry to rain on your parade, but just because you got chosen for the astronaut program doesn’t make you all that special, Bob. VIRGO: August 23 - Sept. 22 Math is completely pointless. Serves you right for choosing communications as your major. All those eggheads can suck it. LIBRA: Sept. 23 - October 22 The English language is a farce. Well, it really is nowadays. I mean, look at how we speak. “Lol?” Good God, man, spell it out! SCORPIO: October 23 - Nov. 21 Shakespeare was a fraud. Seriously. No one knows if he really existed. Plus, he’s dead now, so he really isn’t all that great.
SAGITTARIUS: Nov. 22 - Dec. 20 Money is effectively useless. So, umm...I hope you really didn’t store everything in your mattress. Because that’d be pretty dumb. CAPRICORN: Dec. 21 - Jan. 19 The world is a joke and crumbling all around us. I guess I’m just thankful that you’re all a figment of my imagination. So there’s that. AQUARIUS: Jan 20 - Feb. 18 Television is a mind-melting wasteland of poorly conceived reality shows and the touting of trailer trash and tanned guidos. Really. It’s terrible. Really, really terrible. PISCES: Feb 19 - March 20 Oliver Stone is no longer a good director, and anyone else that says otherwise is full of it. I watched “Savages.” What a buncha crap.
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Trump tower of babel crumbles. Donald trump statements have been labeled as “bigoted, unconstitutional and potentially dangerous for American interests abroad. The AP reports Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call to block Muslims from entering the United States is being met with a chorus of near-universal condemnation from across the country and around the globe. Except for many members of the GOP party where Trump leads with his outrageous statements and Nazi reminiscent discrimination. This on the heals of The FBI’s acknowledgment that the San Bernardino shooters had been radicalized Muslims for “quite some time” But the couple, lived quietly in a two-bedroom townhouse with their 6-month-old daughter and quietly accumulated a a well armed militia. They did nothing to arouse suspicion of law enforcement before dressing in black, donning face masks and killing 14 people and wounded 21 last Wednesday before dying in a shoot four hours later. Sadly the killers were aided by gun manufactures and gun sellers. While these guns should have been banned, they can be bought legally using a so called California loop hole. But its not a loop hole at all and this is why. California gun laws are intended to ban most assault weapons and is widely regarded as among the strictest in the country. These guns cannot have a “detachable magazine.“ (Bullet Clip) Except with the use of a tool, and so gun shops laughingly created a ejector tool that actually uses the business end of a bullet. Now we have a legal assault weapon that you can shoot 100’s of targets rather then a handful before reloading. this fight has been going on for years, so its hardly new to Gun enthusiasts. The loop hole was exploited by gun manufactures that created a reset button to allow rapid replacement of bullet clips that can be operated simply with the tip of a high powered bullet. But it does not end there one picked at random gun sales web site of many tenpercentfirearms.com even has a section to help you get around this law. Click on CA AR15 and learn about all your sportsmen needs like Flash Suppressors, Forward Pistol Grips, Flare/Grenade Launchers and other safety tips, one would assume to prevent the animal or target from shooting back. So ”California compliant” really means cheated by gun manufactures to allow high casualty. In todays new world of people like Trump its not likely to get fixed anytime soon and we will just have to live with the consequences. Visit us at desertdailyguide.com and Like us on Facebook.com/desertdailyguide
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