Now folks, this is all rumour of course, but I have it on not so great authority that Katie Holmes dumped Tom Cruise even though she is pregnant with his baby because Renee Zellweger called her up and told her that her ex, Kenny Chesney, and Tom were doing some Brokeback Mountain bonding. The rumours…
Cheney goes ahead with Folsom Prison concert
This would be acceptably amusing under any circumstances, but having just seen Johnny Cash brought to life in “Walk the Line,” I am even more amused… Go Fuck Yourself
DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE by Hubert Sauper
I sent a story about this film to the Chairman last August. Still haven’t seen it, but was reminded this morning by a story on NPR. It is a bizarre, powerful, and depressing story. Some time in the 1960’s, in the heart of Africa, a new animal was introduced into Lake Victoria as a little…
India's feisty untouchable woman
Girija Devi is a one-woman social reform campaign for the Musahar community. I am so impressed with people who don’t listen to those little voices that tell us, “You can’t do that! Who do you think you are?” This story is a reminder of the profound impact that a single individual can have. Someone once…
Churches lambast US over Iraq, environment
Assholes come in all shapes, sizes, and religious preferences. And so do good people. Despite my profound suspicion of the machinations and intentions of the Christian church as a whole, I applaud the statement recently released by the World Council of Churches. The Council represents a large number of churches of different denominations worldwide. It…
A Toast to Toast
I love Toast! cd A Toast! The humble, reliable toaster celebrates its 100th anniversary By E. Shan Correa Special to the Star-Bulletin THE ELECTRIC TOASTER is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Although my own toaster seems unaware of this milestone, a piece saluting such a significant accomplishment deserves to begin with an epigraph, so here it…
Chosen By God…Uganda
It doesn’t just happen in the third world……. This quote from the article struck me “Most of the world’s great despots at some stage claimed that God chose them,” Ugandan commentator Alan Tacca wrote. cd KAMPALA (Reuters) – Hundreds of born-again Christians drop their Bibles and begin singing songs hailing Uganda’s long-serving President Yoweri Museveni….
Death by Air Guitar Misadventure
This would be tragic if I could just stop laughing! The big question is who was he mimicking? Also, is ‘misadventure’ an acceptable cause of death? cd SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A teenage guitarist got so carried away while bouncing up and down on his bed mimicking a rock star that he flew out of a…
Columnist Nicholas Kristof Has Raised $727,568 To Send Bill O'Reilly To Darfur
The world is a better place with Nicholas Kristof in it. In a postscript to his regular New York Times column on Tusday, Nicholas Kristof reveals that he has raised almost three-quarters of a million dollars from readers to send Fox News host Bill O’Reilly to troubled Darfur. Kristof, embroiled in a public feud with…
Lap Dances for Jesus- A Porn Again Christian
I wonder whether Judge Punch would let her keep her kids? cd Former stripper not typical evangelical Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Heather Veitch is not your typical evangelical Christian. The 31-year-old married mother of two visits one strip club a month, paying for lap dances so she can talk to the strippers about God….