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AZ Gov Jan Brewer: "my father died fighting Nazis in Germany" Liar Liar pants on fire

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

This is starting to look like a pattern. First Mark Kirk, now Jan Brewer. Governor Brewer's effort to stir sympathy for her cause seems to have backfired on her. Gov. Jan Brewer said in a recent interview that her father died fighting Nazis in Germany. In fact, the death of Wilford Drinkwine came 10 years after World War II had ended. During the war, Drinkwine worked as a civilian supervisor for a naval munitions depot in Hawthorne, Nev. He died of lung disease in 1955 in California. Brewer made the comment to The Arizona Republic while talking about the criticism she has taken since signing SB 1070, the new immigration law that makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally. “Knowing that my father died fighting the Nazi regime in Germany, that I lost him when I was 11 because of that… and then to have them call me Hitler's daughter. It hurts. It's ugliness beyond anything I've ever experienced,” Brewer said in the story, published Tuesday. How exactly does one stretch work for a munitions depot stateside into “fighting the Nazis”? Evidently by making the claim that the lung disease that killed her father was caused by toxic fumes at the munitions factory. Her claim that she didn't mean to embellish the story rings hollow to me. The phrase “my father died fighting the Nazi regime in Germany…” clearly intends to convey the impression that he fell in combat in Germany fighting Nazis. If she had intended to convey otherwise, she would have framed it as the result of the country's war with Nazi Germany. She did not. Of course, she is now trying to spin as a simple misinterpretation on the part of the reader, which points directly to my overall problem with the faux patriotism candidates put on under the guise of military service. We live in a country where service is voluntary (despite our unenforced draft laws). Serving or not serving is not a benchmark measure of anyone's patriotism. As far as I'm concerned, military service should not be a marker of a candidate's qualification to run for or hold office. When it starts being pimped as some kind of extra qualifier, or when candidates use their family's service as a qualifier (as Brewer did), it's an insult to every member who is or has served in the military today. Brewer just keeps proving her ambition and lack of qualification for office. Arizona, you can do better than this. http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/az-gov-jan-brewer-stretches-truth-political added by: Stoneyroad

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Robert "Joe" Halderman Headed to Prison For David Letterman Extortion

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

David Letterman’s extortionist did the crime, now he’ll do the time. Robert “Joe” Halderman, the former CBS News producer who copped to one count of attempted first-degree larceny, was sentenced today to six months in jail. Money-grubbing mistress of David Boreanaz , take note. Robert Halderman could’ve faced up to 15 years in lockup had the case gone to trial. Instead, his plea deal ensures he’ll serve no more than the half-year term. Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Charles Solomon also gave him four and a half years’ probation and ordered him to perform 1,000 hours of community service. Letterman blackmailer Halderman was snared in a sting operation . The 48 Hours Mystery producer was busted in October for trying to shake down Letterman for $2 million in return for keeping quiet about Dave’s affair with his former intern and Halderman’s then-live-in lover, Stephanie Birkitt . Owing thousands of dollars in child and spousal support to his ex-wife, Halderman approached him under the guise of selling a screenplay … to Dave’s own life. Rather than buying it to keep his liaisons a secret, Letterman blew the whistle, bluntly admitted on the air that he cheated on wife Regina Lasko, and moved on. Halderman’s moving on too … to the big house. Nice work, man!

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Billy Corgan Is the Guy Who Lets You Cry on His Shoulder, Then Cops a Feel [Dating Games]

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Jessica Simpson refuses to call Billy Corgan her boyfriend, but “If I am going through a hard time I definitely would talk to Billy.” She has fallen for the oldest romantic gambit in the book: the Sneaky Nice Guy Lover . It’s the seventh mystery of the celebrity world: How does Billy Corgan keep scoring hot chicks? The whitest, baldest man in the world has been linked to Jessica Simpson, Helena Christensen, Tila Tequila, various hot indie musicians , and a hot weather girl . Most recently, after Billy lambasted Jessica’s mean ex John Mayer to Rolling Stone , Jess gave a glowing statement to E!’s Marc Malkin about her “very loyal friend” Billy: “Billy is a dear dear friend of mine,” Simpson tells me. “If I am going through a hard time I definitely would talk to Billy. He always has the best words. Billy is a loyal friend—a very loyal friend. And that’s nice to have these days.” Now we know how Billy does it: He is a Sneaky Nice Guy Lover*, the kind who lets you cry on your shoulder, then cops a feel. He will listen to you whine about your mean ex-boyfriend and say you deserve someone better, someone who will respect you—someone like him.** You will fall for it because you like to be flattered. You will lead him on under the guise of “platonic friends.” Maybe you will use the phrase “like a brother.” But notice how he never denies the relationship; he will let the rumor mill churn. He will linger in the background, floating like a ghost in the corner of photographs. He will put up with your tomfoolery and juvenile antics because he knows that, if he waits long enough, in a moment of weakness you will cave in. Then he will make you his sneaky needy fuck buddy, or his sneaky needy girlfriend, or his sneaky needy wife. As far as sneaky lover gambits go, you may think, the one’s not so bad. He’s better than the handsome jackass you used to date. But this is the sneaky logic of the Sneaky Nice Guy Lover, who may be fooling himself as much as he is fooling you. For a relationship that is sneaked is not a relationship freely chosen, and breaking free from your sneaky nice guy/sneaky needy girl dichotomy is next to impossible. So look out, Jessica, and quit deluding yourself. That “dear friend” is going to be your sneaky new boyfriend—if he isn’t already. See also : Sneaky co-worker you shouldn’t let do so many favors, sneaky writer-romantic who wants to trade poems, sneaky sober people who hangs out with drunks. * Sneaky Nice Guy Lovers (SNGL) are not to be confused with regular, non-sneaky Nice Guy Lovers (NGL), who should always win the dating game. Quit dating jackasses and quit dating sneaks, ladies. ** If you are an SNGL, consider dropping the ‘S’ and pursuing a lady who likes you when she isn’t needy, who won’t just lead you on. Together, we will defeat the sneak.

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Sarah Palin on Leno. Wear your hip waders kids the mooseshit is going to get deep!

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Part One Her voice still has that shrill quality to it that sterilizes small farm animals at fifty paces. Her father tells her what kind of “ammunition” to use? WTF? And why in the hell did that elicit applause from an audience in California? Did she bring in her own people? “Opinion under the guise of hard news stories”? Isn’t that the very definition of EVERY show on Fox News? Leno is such a kiss ass, his line about attacks on her family could have been written for him by Rebecca Mansour, or recent escapee Meg Stapleton. SHE is the one that victimizes her children. And believe me they are NOT well adjusted. Wait SHE commented about the “Family Guy” episode? I thought Bristol did that? Uh oh did somebody forget their cover story? And how did she not have an “opportunity to follow up”. She has a full time Facebook ghostwriter for God’s sake! You guys alright? Do you need a break? Let me know when you are ready to listen to more of this lying twit. Now? Okay. Part Two Did she just throw her father under the bus? Did she actually blame a man who was a respected educator for teaching her to cheat? Just when I think I have seen her go as low as she can possibly get, she surprises me. I cannot help but wonder what McCain has on Palin that compels her to support his re-election bid? The mind reels. By the way Palin doing comedy is not all that surprising. I have been laughing at her for almost two years now. Oooh she sucks. What the hell is she doing with her hands? And yes Sarah you are right we DON’t know the real story, yet. But you can bet your ass we are getting there!

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Lost Episode Review: Answers and Revelations Galore!

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

This is a reaction typically reserved for Megan Fox pictures , but: OMFG! Last night’s episode of Lost (titled “The Substitute” and reviewed in depth here ) shed light on a number of topics that have plagued the minds of long-time fans since season one. What are the numbers? Why were the castaways brought to the island? How impressive is Sawyer’s tolerance? Discover the answers to these questions, and talk about them with fellow fans, below. THE NUMBERS correlate to various characters. As the Man in Black (under the guise of John Locke) told Sawyer: “Jacob had a thing for numbers.” He assigned one to each individual he brought to the island, handing out the digits with which we’re most familiar to those alive in 2007… with the exception of Kate. THEY WERE BROUGHT TO THE ISLAND as “candidates” to take over for Jacob, Fake Locke said. The late (great?) deity was looking for someone to take over his job as protector of the island. From what? Nothing, Fake Locke claimed. DID WE SEE JACOB AS A CHILD? At one point, Fake Locke went chasing after a boy that randomly appeared in the jungle and told this seemingly evil entity: You can’t kill him. Our best theory: this was a younger version of Jacob. ARE HAPPY ENDINGS AHEAD? In the sideways, 2004 universe, we saw a version of Locke that eventually came to grips with his wheelchair-bound status. He was also engaged to Helen and on good terms with his father. He learned lessons that the island castaway in 2007 struggled with for years. In some way, these timelines are connected and characters will get a second chance at happiness/redemption in their rebooted 2004 lives. Pressing questions from the episode include: Can we trust Fake Locke? Where is his “home?” How does the issue of free will play into everything? What is Ilana up to? What does she know? What’s her plan? Can we hand Terry O’Quinn his Emmy Award now? We could go on for days, but let’s turn it over to readers: What was your reaction to this episode? Were you satisfied with the answers provided? What else are you dying to learn?

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