New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is an ally to the gays in the strongest sense and he's finally given an official Presidential endorsement. 

The mayor, who is an Independent, has decided to put his support behind President Obama, a decision that he's come to in recent days in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

See what he had to say after the jump!

We spent time switching light bulbs and vehicles so that our carbon footprints might lessen their impact on the planet, but now scientists have us worrying over another aspect of our lifestyle: man's best friend.

Authors of the book “Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living” (a hard title to type for a human companion to a dog, like myself) teamed up with scientists at the Stockholm Environment Institute in the UK to arrive at the carbon “pawprint” of pet dogs. After quantifying the amount of energy, space and resources necessary to make an average dog's food for an entire year, the team discovered that pooches leave an annual carbon pawprint that's twice that of SUV's.

Being natural voracious carnivores, ...