Corey Haim Connection to Massive Drug Ring

Corey Haim's death is now under investigation -- and has been linked to an "illegal and massive prescription drug ring."

State Attorney General Jerry Brown says his office is conducting a probe of Haim's death because an unauthorized prescription in his name was found during a probe of fraudulent drug-prescription pads in San Diego.

Read more: TMZ

Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli Loves the Gays

RICHMOND -- Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II has urged the state's public colleges and universities to rescind policies that ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, arguing in a letter sent to each school that their boards of visitors had no legal authority to adopt such statements.

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From WaPo

A hat tip to anyone who has a shot of Ken carousing in a gay bar.

The Marriage Ref: Must (not) See TV

Following 30 Rock, quite possibly the best scripted comedy show on TV, The Marriage Ref has the daunting task of keeping the Thursday night NBC comedy night franchise going.

How does it do? Badly, really badly. Even with the star power of its A-list guests, this show is flatter than the EKG of a dead guy.

It's as bad as Leno was at the 10 PM hour and that's borderline insufferable. As the other Seinfeld cast members have found, the sophomore jinx is real.

Wrap this show up in yesterday's newspaper and throw it out with the fish -- it stinks!

Vile Slimette of the Day: Liz Cheney

Sure, she's the daughter of a Dick, but just how she managed to make the leap that Department of Justice attorneys are terrorist sympathizers due to their legal work defending Gitmo detainees is beyond all reasonable comprehension.

Indeed, a group she's strongly associated with has labeled these attorneys the "Al Qaeda 7. " You know because the might as well have been piloting the hijacked jets on September 11.

It is somewhat pleasing to see that even some conservative folks have rebuked her for this idiotic condemnation, but no doubt her comments do appeal to some of the lunatic wingnuts this kind of Joe McCartheyesque rhetoric appeals to. You know, like the IRS kamikaze dude, the Pentagon shooter and, of course, Glenn "I never met a logical fallacy I didn't like" Beck.

Liz, honey, when an attorney represents someone charged with DUI, that does not, ipso facto, mean the attorney is in favor of driving under the influence. Jesus Christo, what a bozo. Bless her cotton socks, she's actually dumber and more paranoid than Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter.

Glad I'm here to straighten that small gray object between your ears out, babycakes.

Liz's group is known as Keep America Safe, but I refuse to link to such a demented site. I suppose if they really wanted to keep America safe they would smuggle the whole Cheney clan out of the county.

Anyway, Lizzie, watch for my bill in the mail, but in the interim enjoy your fameball status as my Vile Slimette of the day.

And say hello to your mother for me.

The Catholic Church Endorses AIDS, Herpes, Genital Warts, Syphilis, Gonorrhea and Hypocrisy

It's not news to read that the Catholic Church is against all forms of artificial contraception, but it is still sad to know that in this age of AIDS and other rampant STDs, the church remains trapped in the Dark Ages.

This article about a high school in Rome that has installed condom dispensers, reminds us that the Catholic Church's view of sex is sadly and dangerously outdated. And of course, with all of the countless sex scandals that have rocked the church down to its very foundations, it's also a font of pure hypocrisy.

Also, by attempting to stop the dissemination of condoms, the church is fostering an environment that leads to abortions. So much for the sanctity of human life, eh?

At least the pope has nice Prada shoes.

Waiting on your State Tax Refund? It May Be a While.

From USA Today:

Residents eager to get their state tax refunds may have a long wait this year: The recession has tied up cash and caused officials in half a dozen states to consider freezing refunds, in one case for as long as five months.
States from New York to Hawaii that have been hard-hit by the economic downturn say they have either delayed refunds or are considering doing so because of budget shortfalls.
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Must Read Editorial by Howell Raines in the Washington Post: FOX News Exposed

Howell Raines has penned a scathing indictment of Fox News (and the news media in general) that should be read by anyone who can fire off more than a few neurons, and this includes the Fox News audience -- although to be fair, that's unlikely to happen.

Do yourself a favor and read the editorial and accompanying links.

Howell asks important questions that will likely fall on deaf ears, but perhaps someone will pick up on this and do the kind of reporting that this issue begs for.

Yellow Journalism is alive and well, and Roger Ailes is the man behind the curtain.

Read it here -- now!

This world will be a better place when Murdoch and Ailes are put out to pasture.

Happy Friday! The Housing Market is Still in Deep Doo Doo

Just when you may have thought it was safe to go back in the water, comes this bit of news that is sure to brighten your weekend.

Oh, don't despair, despondency is so last year. Look, it could be a lot worse. Bush could have actually choked on that pretzel and this yutz could still be in office.

Have a great weekend, people!

Pentagon Shooter: John Patrick Bedell

UPDATE: Here's a link to a link of audio files from this guy. I listened to one for about a minute and then I started to nod off. He does sound very young, very controlled and very flat (also, rather effeminate, not that there's anything wrong with that.)

UPDATE II: News reports indicate this guy was also a 9/11 conspiracy theorist. That pretty much tells me he was a wacko who should of had all his guns and sporks confiscated and he should have been on the do not fly, drive or bicycle watch list. Conspiracy theorists are all kooks. 9/11 conspiracy theorists are paranoids or borderline paranoids. Also, he was probably a Tea Bagger. Just sayin', Andrew Breitbart.

And here's a pic of the Pentagon shooter, John Patrick Bedell. Early reports suggest he was yet another in a long line of anti-government sociopaths.

Frankly, I don't know too many people who aren't anti-government on some level at some time. Just look at your pay stub and see all the money you pay for the privilege of living in the USA.

And if that doesn't get your knickers in a twist, just look at the huge amount of government waste, the no-bid contracts, the do-nothing state and federal employees, the corruption, the gold-bricking, the nepotism, the absurd number of people in this country who are employees of the government, the vast sums spent on elections, ad nauseam.

So, it's not terribly surprising that there are those living on the fringes of mental health who act out in this way. It's upsetting, of course, but we needn't make a logical leap from these examples of mental derangement and blame the victims or make some huge federal case about this. It was a lone wack job, just like the imbecile who crashed his plane into the IRS office in Texas. There are thousands upon thousands of mentally ill people in this world, and many of them have access to guns or other instruments of death.

Fortunately, most of us understand that while our system is badly broken, these random acts of violence accomplish nothing -- unless of course your real objective is simply suicide, which in all cases can be done without the assistance of anyone other than yourself.

Kudos to the law enforcement personnel who ended this disturbed man's life before he could do even more damage, and condolence and best wishes to the injured.

The price of peace is eternal vigilance -- still. We will never be able to stop these lunatics completely, but neither can we allow them to affect how we live our lives.

The Hurt Locker: Why the fuss?

It's a decent film that starts off a bit like weak tea and then hits its stride as the fine lead actor [Jeremy Renner], and the director and script, starts to better flesh out his character.

It doesn't break any new ground, has the feel of a made-for-television morality play at times, and has a predictable story arc, and a gaggle of recycled stereotypical supporting characters that only underscore the hackneyed quality of the screenwriting.

Apparently there's a small but vocal group of military folks who object to inauthentic aspect of the narrative, but it's a movie, folks. Not a training film, not a documentary, not a recruiting tool or a military primer.

It will probably win a few Oscars, but not because it's great, but merely good, and in this season of sometimes hugely inept films (yes, I'm looking at you, The Hangover -- wretched), it stands out by being largely inoffensive and reasonably entertaining.

Vile Slime of the Day: Glenn Beck

For crimes against critical thinking, common sense, logic and humanity, Glenn Beck is the under-educated, paranoid, wingnut, Slime of the Day.

Short may his reign of Father Coughlinesque kookdom be, and may his anal fissures continue to delight and amuse us all.

And now here's Glenn losing his shit yet again. Enjoy the madness.

Glenn Beck Hates--HATES! --9/11 Victim's Families

In his continuing effort at self-destruction and complete irrelevance, here's Glenn waxing poetic on the victim's families of 9/11 and the victims of the hurricane Katrina, aka "scumbags" in Beck's parlance.