It’s not much of a surprise at this point to find out that some performers play both sides of the fence in their porn careers: one notable example is former Falcon exclusive Maxx Diesel, who’s currently much in demand as a leading man in straight porn movies and has dabbled in the tranny porn scene…

You might think that with all the important sex-themed investigations we’ve been busy with around here this week, we wouldn’t have the time or interest to pursue matters political. But we manage to keep up where we can, and so today we dedicate this roundup of some of our favorite moments from the boyblog omniverse to last night’s first presidential debate, which we managed to catch a few minutes of whenever we were able to tear ourselves away from late breaking news updates about Rosie O’Donnell’s departure from The View. So join us after the jump as we examine secret magic spells, the return of a tattooed giant, Pierre Fitch’s foray into the culinary arts, the latest colors in ball support, Thai model gossip and the underthingie catalog as New Age video. (None of which have anything to do with politics or debates, of course, but really—can you blame us?) -VH/JD

In case you haven’t noticed, Hungary has gone far and away beyond Santa Monica Boulevard and certain blocks South of Market when it comes to being an incubator for some of today’s hottest porn stars; every day brings a flood of DVDs to our mailbox featuring strapping hunks of uncut Eastern European flesh with clusters of impenetrable consonants attached to them. But how to make sense of all those Arpads and Tamases and Csabas and Attilas and Istvans? And what are the cultural implications of all those erstwhile straight muscle dudes doing gay porn for the North American market? Queer Me Now digs up a series of articles that appeared in news review Nyugat.hu about the Hungarian gay porn scene over the last few years which despite their alternately hand-wringing and homophobic slants do shed some light on the Budapest gay porn scene—and not incidentally give you some directors and performers to watch out for next time you’re deciding how best to spend your quarters at your local peep booth. As for how to pronounce all those names … well, we’re afraid you’re on your own for that. Sorry if we got your hopes up.

· ” The Naked Truth About Hungarian Gay Porn” (queermenow.xlogz.com; see also “How To Choose Hungarian Gay Porns”)