Posted on 05/10/2010 10:49:38 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
Charles Scaglione Sr. recently has published a self-styled memoir chronicling his adventures in operating Rounds, a reputed NYC gay hustler bar that opened in 1979, and he's telling some secrets and naming some names. In Camelot Lost (RoseDog Books 2009) Scaglione offers a rarely-revealed insider's perspective into the business side of a gay nightlife establishment -- or "store" as it's referred to in the industry -- and as a straight man provides unique cultural insight into the gay scene as it leaves the wild seventies for the AIDS-ravaged eighties. Rounds, often euphemistically referred to by Scaglione as a "cruising bar," was located at 303 East 53rd Street in an upscale midtown area known as "the loop" where johns would seek to hook up with hustlers, and its owners apparently intended from the beginning to capitalize on the neighborhood vibe: "The street is a perfect location for a hustler bar. That is what it shall be." * * * The grand opening of Rounds in 1979 was a star-studded event according to Scaglione in Camelot Lost, and he alleges that record producer David Geffen, Studio 54 owner Steve Rubel, and fashion designer Calvin Klein were among those in attendance. Other celebrities and glitterati who allegedly patronized Rounds over the years included Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Andy Warhol and Vladimir Horowitz.
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The very high rate of drug use by homosexuals, including the use of amyl nitrates, is what brought on their death by destroying their immune systems. HIV/AIDS is a hoax unless someone else can tell me of a virus that specifically targets select groups of people like HIV selectively targets drug users and gay men, both who use drugs.
As many gay bars as Freddie Mercury hit in New York, I’ll bet he’s in there too.
(this is not commenting negatively on my hero Freddie-I don’t care that he was gay)
Ok... how about that AIDS is a virus that spreads through blood and gay men have anal sex. The quickest way for medication to get to the blood stream aside from a needle is the anus (suppositories?). Gay men also usually have anal tears and fissures which would have caused it to spread even quicker.
Part of the reason that it killed gay men so quickly was partly due to low immune system from drug use, but also because it was a new virus and it killed EVERYONE quickly then. From what I’ve read, most viruses lose the rate of death as immunity is built up. Even gay men aren’t dying as fast. Heck, even Freddie who caught it several years later than a lot in California died after nearly five years. At the beginning, folks were dropping in a matter of weeks.
Oh, and the many children and heterosexuals who died (especially early on) most likely weren’t drug users, but caught it before they knew about how it spread through blood donations. Not to mention that heterosexuals used condoms more than gay men. Why on earth would a gay man where a condom before AIDS? Before AIDS, condoms were for birth control, not STD control.
I admit to being a little confused to the “hoax” thing.
I used to work for a company that made disco equipment. Sound systems, lighting, and most of all, neon dance floors. Did an install in a gay bar on Cape Cod that was owned by the mob. They paid us with a suitcase full of used bills. No records were made of the transaction. Very, very bizarre place. I never expected to see the Mob involved.
You are right that children did die. But what did they die of? That’s the question. Chold Hemophiliacs died because, well, they were hemophiliacs which is a very bad genetic disease to have. One that will kill young children. Many also died because they were given experimental or very toxic drugs like AZT. The dirty little secret is that many died in the early years of the GAY CANCER (as it was called before the gay lobby/ marketing people changed it to AIDS/HEterosexual AIDS -that never materialized) because of the toxicity of the drugs rx’d to them. But when these people died, it wasn’t because of the toxic drugs (AZT acts as a terminase)they were given. No, that would expose the crime that was being committed. It was just more convenient to label their death as HIV/AIDS. No questions asked.
AIDS is not a virus nor is it a disease. AIDS is just a marketing acronym that was used to cover already known diseases like pneumonia, kaposi sarcoma, etc. No one dies of AIDS. They die of a specific disease. But due to lazy reporters and clever pr, we were bombarded with lies. No offense, but you are proof that it worked!
Read Peter Duesberg “Inventing the AIDS VIRUS” and Michael Fumento’s “The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS”
also check out aliveandwell.org.
for home
This is sophistry. While you say AIDS is not a virus, I guess it’s technically correct because HIV is the virus, not AIDS. AIDS is not a disease? OK, again, the “S” stands for syndrome which semantically is bit different than a disease.
But the larger point is that HIV/AIDS etc. is an infectious phenomenon which is mediated via the immune system and people do die of this.
Has the issue been exploited by those with a political agenda? Certainly, what issue hasn’t?
But is the whole thing a made up hoax? To believe that is to put oneself in the same category as those who believe that the CIA invented crack cocaine to specifically target black people.
Ping for later
“AIDS is not a virus nor is it a disease. AIDS is just a marketing acronym that was used to cover already known diseases like pneumonia, kaposi sarcoma, etc. No one dies of AIDS. They die of a specific disease. But due to lazy reporters and clever pr, we were bombarded with lies. No offense, but you are proof that it worked!”
AIDS is a retrovirus that causes your immune system to deteriorate that other illnesses, such as the ones that you listed, do kill you.
You know what? I’ll bet you believe that there really are no microbacteria either. Just some big conspiracy to make you buy cleaning supplies. Right?
Good Lord, I’m done with this ridiculous conversation.
Hey, all I'm sayin' is that I've never actually seen a microbe, is all.
Not a single name there that is a surprise.
“Rule One...POOFTERS!”
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