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Camille, why do you stay? Bill Cosby has now joined the rogue’s gallery of celebrity men who have betrayed their marital vows in ways that brought public humiliation, shame and disgrace on their families. Last Thursday he issued a written statement admitting inappropriate behavior and expressing regret that the whole damn thing had become such… Read more.
News junkies are salivating over the titillating prospect of a CNN Anchor – Anderson Cooper – being outed this week by Michael Musto, the gay outing crusader of the Village Voice newspaper. Musto distinguished himself by hounding celebrities like Rosie O’Donnell and Ellen DeGeneres about their closeted lifestyles until they found the “courage” to come… Read more.
Out of sight, out of mind: America remains a dead-beat Dad to its bastard children Last week, Haiti erupted in unwieldy political violence and demonstrated, once again, that law and order remain elusive in that infernal paradise – despite (unfulfilled) UN peacekeeping mandates and (promises of) American economic assistance. Haiti was the first independent black… Read more.
50 Cent: Maybe I’ll just go mess with Bernie Goetz Gangsta rapper 50 Cent (Fiddy) is proud of his swiss cheese torso and he seems hell bent on getting more holes in it to improve his image. A couple years ago, he tried to provoke Ja Rule to help him out by dissing Ja’s rap,… Read more.
Please, please President Bush – our Sadaam is 10 times worse. And, hey Kofi – do something…Brother! News and Politics Read more.
Domestic Diva Martha Stewart released in style: Who says crime doesn’t pay! Media reports are glorifying Martha Stewart’s release from prison as if it were the news event of the new millennium. This mogul of domesticity was released hours ago from her Camp Cupcake prison after serving 5 months for lying to federal authorities about… Read more.
The new socialist president of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Tabare Vazquez becomes another thorn in Bush’s backside! As President Bush is busy making over the world in his image of democracy, countries in his own backyard are defying allegiance to his hemispheric leadership. The latest is Uruguay which this week inaugurated its president, Tabare… Read more.
Larry Summers: Perfecting that Clintonian look of contrition A few weeks ago, Larry Summers, the president of Harvard, launched (what turned out to be) an intellectual nuclear bomb at a conference on the poor representation of women and blacks in science and engineering. He suggested that the presence of so few women in these fields… Read more.
Growing alienation of affection between soul mates… Last Sunday, President Putin of Russia and the Mullah’s of Iran signed an agreement for Russia to supply Iran with critical materials to build a nuclear reactor. Yet only days earlier – in their joint news conference – President Bush declared that he and Putin stood as soul… Read more.
Ron Jeremy: Hey what can I say, I forgot my Viagra Yesterday, America’s “biggest” porn star, Ron Jeremy, was scheduled to perform at the Oxford Union in England but withdrew within minutes of doing it. Nevertheless, to release their frustrations, his audience pursed their (stiff upper) lips and departed to take matters into their own… Read more.
