Category Archives: scandal

Scandal Delon a l’Elysees

May 14, 2013 – 7:19 pm

In reality most movie stars are pale shadows of their on-screen characters. The portraitures of murderers, criminals, and assassins are formulated by acting skills instead of life experiences. Alain Delon is not one of those film poseurs. The French leading man spent 11 months in military prison for discipline problems. His connections to the Corsican [...]

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Dewi Sukarno – Dragon Lady

April 23, 2013 – 8:45 pm

Several years ago the 4th wife of Indonesia’s 2nd President accused the recently-departed 2nd President of shortening her husband’s life. The 19 year-old fiery entertainer had met the 57-year-old Sukarno during a state visit to Japan. She has always denied the rumors of her geisha background. Her non-conciliatory declaration was the sole voice of dissent during the mourning [...]

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The Reward Of No Government

March 2, 2013 – 9:48 pm

The GOP pushed the country over the edge of the fiscal cliff and forced Barack Obama to sign a budget sequester trim $85 billion in government spending for the present fiscal year. Anarchy is not the end of the world. In November 1995 a GOP-controlled Congress shut down the Federal government by refusing to finance [...]

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Neigh For Horses

February 24, 2013 – 2:17 pm

Horses have been worshipped by Man, but also hunted as a food source since the Paleolithic Era. Upon my arrival in Paris I was surprised by the number of butchers offering ‘cheval’, which has been a part of the French culinary history since the Revolution. The Haute Bourgeoisie regarded horse as a meal for the [...]

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Pope Evil The 12th

February 18, 2013 – 8:32 pm

I was baptized a Catholic in June of 1952. My Aunt Gloria held her godson before the fount, as I cried incessantly, as the priest called for my renouncement of Satan and all his works. Auntie Gloria answered for me. “Yes, I thereby renounce Satan and all his works.” No one said anything about the [...]

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