Elsewhere, Halperin wonders whether gay culture is dying out, on the basis that – he claims – straight people bought up the houses of gay people after they died of Aids in the 1980s and 90s, and that the numbers of gay bars in major cities are on the decline from peaks in the 70s.
Separately, there was a second case raised in court today, over a radio patent that Apple claims is standard-essential (and should be licensed under "FRAND" terms) and Motorola is claiming straight infringement.
In early 2013, the actor controversially suggested that gay actors should stay in the closet, claiming,"Straight men get every opportunity to play gay parts that they want and then win tons of awards for doing so.
Perversely, this is one of the strengths of trickledown economics: policies which entrench wealth concentration and ramify inequality can all be marshalled under one banner, while their advocates can claim, straight-faced, not to be marching anywhere but in the inexorable direction of "the market".
They can claim straight-line depreciation, deducting the initial value of a residential rental building in equal amounts over 27.5 years or an office building over 39 years.
But remarkably, with little pushback from the assembled solons, Dimon would claim, straight-faced, "I don't know what the Volcker Rule is, it hasn't been written yet".
The Crusaders also claimed three straight titles from 1998 to 2000.
Suddenly finding a rise in form by relying on drop shots, Djokovic has claimed four straight games to put a tourniquet on this match and claim all momentum.
Parkview claimed three straight state titles — the last in 2002, the first two engineered by defensive back Jeff Francoeur, now the Mets' starting right fielder.
It represents a troubling insight into the world that it is feared has claimed three "straight A students" from east London, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, both 15.
