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Was Miss Australia Sabotaged by Pin Pricks at Miss Universe Pageant?
By David Knowles - AOL News(Sept. 7) -- Dirty tricks in the form of tiny pin pricks? That's what third-place finisher Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell says she endured during last month's Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas. Donning a multicolored aboriginal-themed swimsuit dress as she took the stage during the competition, Campbell says she discovered that someone had sabotaged her outfit, inserting several pins in sensitive areas, the Herald Sun reports. (Using somewhat saltier language, readers be warned!) "I put it on just before I was due to go out on parade but I felt these sharp pains when something stuck into ...
CIA Had Plan to Portray Saddam Hussein as Pedophile
By Allan Lengel - AOL News(May 25) -- The CIA had a bag of dirty tricks ready for Saddam Hussein in preparation of the 2003 American invasion of Iraq that included making him look like a pedophile. It also had something similar planned for Osama bin Laden. The Washington Post blog Spy Talk, citing former CIA officials, said one devious tactic involved creating a video showing the Iraqi strongman purportedly having sex with a teenage boy. "It would look like it was taken by a hidden camera," one ex-CIA official told Spy Talk's Jeff Stein. "Very grainy, like it was a secret videotaping of a sex session." Courtesy INA ...
McCain 3: Rise of the Machines
By David Knowles - Politics DailyAs Sam Stein reported earlier today, John McCain appears to be employing the same Robo-call firm that was used to smear him in the 2000, when he ran against President Bush. The firm, FLS-Connect, is currently spreading McCain's message that Barack Obama "worked closely" with Bill Ayers, and therefore may be a threat to America's safety:Any tie between the McCain campaign and FLS represents an ironic twist of fate and a reflection of just how far the Arizona Republican has moved politically in the last eight years. During the 2000 election, FLS and Larsonhelpled then-presidential candidate ...
The Tonya Harding Option
By Dave - Politics DailyWhen all else fails, hire someone to take out a kneecap. From Jake Tapper: l just spoke with a Democratic Party official, who asked for anonymity so as to speak candidly, who said we in the media are all missing the point of this Democratic fight. The delegate math is difficult for Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, the official said. But it's not a question of CAN she achieve it. Of course she can, the official said. ... She will have to "break his back," the official said. She will have to destroy Obama, make Obama completely unacceptable. I have my doubts. Oh, no doubts about Hillary's ...
Bad Sign for Romney
By David Knowles - Politics DailyPolitics is dirty business. And some Mitt Romney supporters (staff members?) have been caught on camera showing just how low they can go. Watch this insanity. I know about these kinds of shenanigans first hand. Back in '04 I grudgingly put up a Kerry/Edwards sign in the front lawn of my little ranch house here in Jacksonville, Florida. It was something of an anomaly on a block plastered with W. signs and bumper stickers, but what the heck. Freedom of yard speech is an important American value. Days later, I came home to find that the sign had been burned to the ground. All that remained were ...
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