Naw, they’d NEVER do that, would they?
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7
Mar
Vulgarian Kathy Griffin on Friday said Sarah Palin performed a sexual act on John McCain when they first met in August 2008.
During a comedy performance in Anchorage, Alaska, Griffin made numerous attacks on Palin and her family, many filled with her usual assortment of obscenities.
But clearly the most disgusting was when the so-called comedienne said, "She was so famous as Governor, you know, when John McCain picked her after meeting her for ten minutes."
That set her up for the following astonishingly offensive punch line (video embedded below the fold, extreme vulgarity warning throughout, relevant section begins at 0:44, file photo):
KATHY GRIFFIN: She was so famous as Governor, you know, when John McCain picked her after meeting her for ten minutes. And, um, that must have been some blowjob.
Amazing.
This is what is acceptable to say about a married woman with five children as well as about an esteemed Senator who almost gave his life for our country?
Where are the feminists and the NOW crowd who are always speaking out for women’s rights?
After all, the implication is that the only reason McCain picked her was because of this fictitious act.
Is this REALLY where we are as a nation when this is not only acceptable, but judging from the applause of the crowd, considered fine entertainment?
Heaven help us.
7
Mar
The New York Times’s City Room blog included a Friday piece on the orphaned Web site of Hiram Monserrate, a former state senator who is again running for office. From "When Not to Accept Comments:"
Now, as many will remember, the former Queens legislator was tossed out of the State Senate in February after he was convicted of assaulting his female companion. His vacant seat will be filled in a special election on March 16 — an election in which, improbably, the disgraced Mr. Monserrate is also a candidate, on the newly formed and hopefully (or is it cynically?) named Yes We Can! line. (This proves, definitively, that you can usually find more than enough New Yorkers to take part in any crazy idea you have.)
Candidate Monserrate (Yes We Can, Queens) doesn’t have a Web site for this campaign. But a few disgruntled residents found his old site and left some less-than-friendly messages.
Conveniently left unmentioned is the party to which Monserrate claimed allegiance as recently as last month. As reported in The New York Times on February 9, 2010:
The State Senate on Tuesday expelled a senator convicted of domestic assault, the first time in nearly a century that the Legislature has forced a member from office.
The Senate voted 53-to-8 to immediately oust the senator, Hiram Monserrate, a Queens Democrat convicted last fall of a misdemeanor for dragging his companion down the hallway of his apartment building.
Amazing, isn’t it, how quickly party affiliation is overlooked when the perp is a Democrat? And yet, as documented repeatedly here on NewsBusters, quite predictable.
7
Mar
Tomoya Kawakita died biography
Published in Commentary
The last person in the U.S. convicted of treason was Tomoya Kawakita, a Japanese-American sentenced to death in 1952 for tormenting American prisoners of war during World War II. President Dwight D. Eisenhower later commuted his sentence to life imprisonment.
Kawakita v. United States, 343 U.S. 717 (1952), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court reviewed a treason accusation against the defendant Tomoya Kawakita, a dual U.S./Japanese citizen.
Full case name Kawakita v. United Sta
7
Mar
Adam Gadahn picture
Published in Commentary
This image from video released by IntelCenter Sunday, March 7, 2010, shows Adam Gadahn, featured in a video posted Sunday, coincidentally the day that his arrest by Pakistani intelligence officers in the southern city of Karachi was announced. In the video the 31-year-old American al-Qaida spokesman called for Muslim violence, praising the U.S. Army major charged with killing 13 people in Fort Hood, Texas, as a role model for other Muslims.
Two Pakistani officers and a government official said
7
Mar
Ron Artest hair picture 2010
Published in Commentary
Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest, left, with hair dyed blonde and purple letters in three different languages, greets Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard prior to the start of an NBA basketball game in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, March 7, 2010.
What does Ron Artest’s hair say? Ron Artest’s hair style by Boogie says Defense, Defense, and Defense.
“Boogie”, Ron Artest’s barber, was just interviewed by ABC during it’s NBA coverage of today’s game. Boogie said Ron’s hair says Defense in three langu
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Mar
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST Brotherhood 47 Raw (1/2)
Raw (2/2)
In two TV Asahi web polls, the anime was voted #1 most popular anime of all time in Japan. It was nominated in six of the eight categories for which it was eligible at the American Anime Awards in February 2007, winning awards in five of them. Reviewers from several media generally had positive comments on the series.
In Japan, Fullmetal Alchemist (鋼の錬金術師, Hagane no Renkinjutsushi?, literally “Alchemist of Steel”), has had good sales
7
Mar
Oscar Ballot 2010 printable
Published in Commentary
A final Oscar ballot for 82nd Academy Awards is seen at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences office in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010.
The first thing you need for any Oscar pool, whatever the stakes involved, is a ballot. With that in mind, we have the official 2010 Oscar ballot produced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
@ The Movies#39; Tim Lammers has already gone out on a limb with his Oscar predictions for this year, now it#39;s your turn.
7
Mar
Academy Awards 2010 time
Published in Commentary
Pictured is the Governors Ball engraving station ready for award winners to arrive following the 82nd Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Calif., on Saturday, March 6, 2010. Traditionally, Oscar winners are given unengraved statues, which they send back tot he Academy at some later date to have the plaques attached. But this year, winners can come to this station at the Governors Ball with one guest and have their engraved name plaque attached to their Oscar. The Academy Awards will be held on Sunday
7
Mar
Amber Dubois body found picture
Published in Commentary
Amber Dubois disappeared on the morning of Feb. 13, 2009, only about 100 yards from Escondido High School. In the wake of the King murder, Dubois#39;s case received new attention and tips which led to the discovery 20 miles north of Escondido, north of the Pala Indian Reservation.
The skeletal remains of Amber Dubois, a 14-year-old Escondido teen missing for over a year, have been found in a rural area of northern San Diego County.
The discovery came only three days after s-ex offender John Al