More Cuddly Feel-Good Luv From Our Favorite Victim of Torture.

“I have an iPod with Beach Boys, Roy Orbison – I have a varied taste in music between very good music and not-so-good music, but most of my advancement in music appreciation stopped the day I was shot down in October of 1967.”

~John McCain

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Is it just me or does this ring of a Rudy Giuliani style invocation of your one sympathetic 9/11 moment? Maybe it makes sense though. Rudy did come along and endorse the “Straight Talk Express”. And it never once mattered that McCain voted for ambiguous definitions of torture, based a policy around 100 years of more war, and has resigned himself to Americans being unemployed. Yeah. That’s Straight Talk for you.

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The Simpsons Are Flying With Xenu

Longtime Scientologist Nancy Cartwright — best known as the voice of Bart Simpson — last year gave the church $10 million to help spread the word of founder L. Ron Hubbard across the globe. It was all part of Scientology’s Global Salvage effort, which aims to “de-aberrate” Earth — meaning to rid mankind of psychological ills and other “aberrant” behavior. Surprisingly, Nancy, 50, forked over twice as much as the Scientology’s most prominent member, Tom Cruise, who only gave $5 million in an installment plan.

Here are some of the celebrity gifts to Scientology from 2007 and their corresponding awards:

Nancy Cartwright, 50, Patron Laureate Award: $10 million.
Kirstie Alley, 57, Diamond Meritorious Award: $5 million.
John Travolta, 53, Gold Meritorious Award: $1 million.
Kelly Preston, 45, Gold Meritorious Award: $1 million.
Priscilla Presley, 62, Patron Award: $50,000.

Data from Page Six.

Abjure

abjure – v. to renounce a claim, a belief, or cause

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Isn’t it Grand to be a D1 BBall Player?

Just thought I’d mention this one since it applies to my alma mater… Two of our better players were apparently found in a parking lot near the back of campus (which you would not use as your drinking/smoking spot if you had a moderate level of intelligence) with bottles of alcohol and a small amount of marijuana (colloquially known as pot, weed, reefer, or the ganja). The two were issued citations for possession of alcohol by a minor, but police have declined to file additional charges, because they can’t figure out whose pot it is. I’m not sure that I’m familiar with any other cases in which the passengers in the vehicle claim “It’s not mine!” and they cops decide it must have magically appeared and find the occupants innocent. Is this favoritism towards the team or is it just a nice set of cops?
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