political nonsense

Dick Cheney’s gay daughter is pregnant.
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Two men who say they were insulted by actor-comedian Michael Richards during his racist rant at a comedy club want a personal apology and maybe some money, their lawyer said Friday.
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In response to widespread public criticism, Rupert Murdoch announced that he would not publish If I Did It, a book by O. J. Simpson in which the former football star describes how he carried out the 1994 killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
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Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, convicted of federal charges after using expensive gifts, campaign donations and exotic trips to win access to the powerful in Washington, went to prison, where he starts out earning 12 cents an hour.
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The new Senate majority leader said Britney Spears was cocky because she lost weight.
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Britney Spears told husband of two years Kevin Federline that she was divorcing him via text message.
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Actor Alec Baldwin wants to be removed as narrator of an Arnold Schwarzenegger documentary called “Running with Arnold,” because of the images of Nazi rallies included in the film. “Schwarzenegger deserves to be treated fairly,” he said.
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Madonna adopted a baby, whose father wants it back, and whose country wants it back.
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Mel Gibson hasn’t had a drink in 65 days. “You can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube,” he said.
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The pope said he was misunderstood when he referred to muslims “evil and inhumane.”
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Actress Lindsay Lohan said she didn’t want anyone to know she was in favor of voting. “It’s safer that way,” she said.
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Researchers at the University of Southern California determined that celebrities exhibit higher rates of narcissism than the general population.
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Actor William Shatner turned down a free seat on the Virgin Galactic spaceship. “To vomit in space,” he said, “is not my idea of a good time.”
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Actor Mel Gibson on Tuesday admitted making anti-Semitic remarks during his drunken driving arrest and appealed to the Jewish community to help him recover from his alcohol addiction.

“I’m not just asking for forgiveness,”

Gibson said in a statement issued through his publicist.

“I would like to take it one step further, and meet with leaders in the Jewish community, with whom I can have a one on one discussion to discern the appropriate path for healing.”

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Saddam Hussein’s hunger strike entered its ninth day, though he still drinks sweet coffee and other liquids.
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Peter Coors, chief executive of Molson Coors Brewing Co., had his license revoked for drunk driving.
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Speaking at a boisterous rally for Israel near the United Nations headquarters this afternoon, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said she supported taking “whatever steps are necessary” to defend Israel against Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and Syria in the military conflict in the Middle East.
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Kenneth Lay, the former Enron chief executive and chairman convicted on fraud and conspiracy charges, suffered a heart attack at his holiday home near Aspen, Colorado. He was pronounced dead in hospital shortly after 0300 local time on Wednesday.

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Rush Limbaugh was detained at an airport when authorities found illicit Viagra in his luggage.
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It was revealed that a Minnesota Timberwolves basketball player crashed his SUV into a parked car because he was drunk and masturbating to porn.
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