At the Democratic National Convention, one black Clinton supporter accused a black Obama supporter of calling her “Uncle Tom”. It’s nice to see the unifying effect the Clintons have on the campaign, isn’t it? Doesn’t it just warm your heart?

A couple hosted sex parties in the Hardwood Cabin — their six-bedroom rental home in Des Moines (Seattle), until the city cited them for running a business without a license. The city says they violated zoning laws for their residential neighborhood.

Regan “Draco” Lane-Smith and “Naughty” Nonah Elliston outfitted their six-bedroom rental house with 15 mattresses, bondage crosses and sex swings. They built elaborate sets in their backyard for taking erotic photos. And they promoted the Hardwood Cabin online. Up to 60 guests at a time came to mingle, sunbathe nude by the pool and have sex with fellow swingers and fetishists. Parties were frequent enough that the couple’s laundry service was cycling through 50 bedsheets a week. Read on…

Jonathan Lee Riches is a real piece of work. The first thing you should know about Riches is that he’s currently serving time at the Federal Correctional Institution Williamsburg in Salters, South Carolina, for wire fraud.

So what does Riches do to pass the time in prison? Well, some prisoners read, others lift weights, etc… Riches likes to file lawsuits. In fact, he has filed over one thousand lawsuits in federal district courts across the country.

And he has sued just about everyone and everything.

Ah, Silvio Berlusconi.
The media tycoon who can’t stay away from Italian politics. Third longest serving Italian prime minister.
controversial, for sure.
But the man does know how to surround himself with good looking women.
First, take his wife - Italian actress Veronica Lario. Formerly known as Miriam Bartolini, you may remember her as the chick who got her [...]

The “Waterboard Thrill Ride,” by Steve Powers, is a stone’s throw from Coney Island’s famed Cyclone roller coaster and Nathan’s hot dog stand. For a dollar, visitors get to look through a barred window on a Guantanamo-like interrogation, enacted by animated robots. The hooded figure leans over a man in an orange jumpsuit, his face covered with a towel and his body tethered to a tilted plane. Lights come on and water pours into the man’s nose and mouth, producing convulsions for 15 seconds.

It all started when John McCain released the following ad:

With images of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, the ad states “he’s the biggest celebrity in the world… but is he ready to lead?”
The ad drew ire from the usual suspects, but we had no idea Paris Hilton herself was prepared to come back with this [...]

From the AP:

Willie Bean Roscoe P. Coltrane For Mayor!!
Willie Bean Roscoe P. Coltrane is a 7-year-old yellow Labrador retriever whose owner, Tress turner, has taken a satirical poke at politics by launching the dog into the race.
Turner, 43, manages The Coffee Loft, which is also the dog’s campaign headquarters where supporters can purchase T-shirts and [...]

Well, it appears that John Edwards has been busted. This story, which initially appeared in the Enquirer, has made it over to Fox News:
Guard Confirms Late-Night Hotel Encounter Between Ex-Sen. John Edwards, Tabloid Reporters
A hotel security guard told FOXNews.com he intervened this week between a man he identified as former Sen. John Edwards and tabloid [...]

Judge, dismayed by strange children names in New Zealand, gets Talula Does The Hula renamed
Source: Star Tribune
A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names, and did something about it.
Just ask Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. He had her renamed. Judge Rob Murfitt made the 9-year-old [...]

Source: NYT
It was one of the worst sweatshops that state inspectors have visited in years, they said, sometimes requiring its 100 employees to work seven days a week, sometimes for months in a row.

Location of Jin Shun factory? (guessed from Google Map, Street View)
The factory, Jin Shun, located in Queens, handed out instructions to its [...]