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This New York Times article further outlines the state of smoking in the United States. It is timely stuff with candidate Smokin' Borack Obama in the news. Hey, this is not a puff piece. Or maybe it is...

Smoking in the US

Is Barack Obama's new book "The Audacity of Smoke"? What a marketing genius! It's a whole "Audacity" series.

What's next? "The Audacity of Coke"?

OK, the spin on Obama's smoking habits are taking a nasty turn. I read an article yesterday saying that Obama's smoking is actually a huge positive in his run for the presidency. The article states that the habit makes him compellingly flawed and nuanced. And these character "flaws" make him a great candidate.

What, have we suddenly turned into a 1950's sitcom? This isn't Gidget Goes to Hollywood.

Great. Compellingly flawed is former President Clinton, unable to his zipper up in the Oval Office. This is funny and sad at the same time. But a smoker?

Obama is SMOKIN'...!

What kind of message will a smoker in the White House send to children? Your president smokes cigarettes - so should you!

This candidacy has the potential to be a big win for big tobacco. If I am the Philip Morris Company, can I get a better "unpaid" spokeperson than the leader of the free world? No. They literally should dump 25% of their advertising budget into Obama's presidential run. What is the math on that? I think a quarter of their ad budget is close to $1 trillion; maybe more! Wow, that would buy the presidency!

It's more like the latter. Here's scoop from msn.com on the sizzling new relationship. Ho hum. We don't care, but couldn't resist the vampy turn-of-phrase for a headline!

For more than a year, the rumor mill has tried its darndest to make a love connection between Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom. The latest attempt comes courtesy of In Touch, which claims the costars of the little-seen "Elizabethtown" were spied last weekend looking lovey-dovey at L.A.'s Chateau Marmont.

"They were talking, flirting and kissing," maintains a spywitness.

The sighting comes just three weeks after People reported seeing the soul patch-sporting actor, 29, and the snaggletooth starlet, 24, downing vodka cocktails at hotspot Hyde.

"They were having a really good time," recounted a bystander, who added that although the duo was laughing "a lot" there didn't seem to be "any romance" afoot.

You'll recall that Orlando raised eyebrows when he turned up at an L.A. fete for Dunst's "Marie Antoinette" in late September, right after he called it quits with fickle, flimsy flame Kate Bosworth, and right before he was linked to Penelope Cruz.

Still, at the film's New York premiere a few weeks later, Kirsten was spotted hanging out with her rumored beau of several months, funnyman Andy Samberg

Is presidential hopeful Barack Obama a smoker? Will he side with tobacco interests? Is he the candidate of the tobacco industry? Are they driving his campaign funding to get more people to smoke? Quick, let's all hide from this guy in the nearest restaurant.

Will a vote for Barack Obama be a vote for second hand smoke? I don't feel so good.

This cartoon of a cartoon Kiwi flying has inspired millions. Does anyone understand the middle part? I don't think so. What is he nailing in the middle segment? Why are so many taken with this flying bird? And are the developing wings a nod to evolutionary principles - and a slam on creationism? WHo knows, who cares.

KIWI SOARS! WHAT THE...???

Wow, here's a list of best Bond Spy Cars! I am still trying to make mine go underwater. It doesn't work. Bond Spy Cars

Daniel Radcliffe, star of the over-exposed and over-rated movie series Harry Potter, has agreed to ride naked on a horse for his next theater project. Questions of "Why" have surfaced worldwide.
Naked Harry Potter, the Poet!

Now this from Canada.com below. What was Bill Cosby thinking here? Here is a sealed settlement from a Canadian woman alleging sexual assault. How embarrassing for the former Huxtable! Maybe he will include this material in his act.

Bill Cosby settles with Canadian woman

John Kennedy
canada.com

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Bill Cosby.


Comedian Bill Cosby has settled a lawsuit filed against him by a Canadian woman.

The terms of the settlement with Andrea Constand of Pickering, Ontario, are confidential.

Constand's American lawyer, Dolores Troiani, issued a statement that confirmed the two parties "have resolved their differences, and, therefore, the litigation has been dismissed."

Cosby’s publicist David Brokaw told the Associated Press a settlement was reached but said there would be no public comment from the legendary comic.

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Constand sued Cosby for allegedly sexually assaulting her at his mansion in Cheltenham Township in January 2004. She sought compensation from Cosby for "mental anguish," "post-traumatic stress disorder" and the "loss of enjoyment of life's pleasures."

The massage therapy student, now 33, alleged that Cosby gave her medication and then fondled her breasts and put his hand on her genitals one evening while the two were in his home.

She said she developed a friendship with the star while working at his alma mater, Temple University.

Constand filed a complaint against Cosby with Durham Regional Police in January 2005 and the case was turned over to police in Philadelphia.

No criminal charges were laid against Cosby, now 69.

In a stunning announcement, COKE said it will be buying the Pacific Ocean. Plans call for the soda company to back-fill the ocean with sugar and sell the yield in 55-gallon drums to third world countries. No word on who handled the transaction, but Wachovia Bank is rumored to have collected fees from the sale. No word on whether they were involved in the exchange.

Bank of America announced EneMondays, an innovative promotion designed to clean out the bank accounts of their customers with ever-mounting fees. Fitting nicely with their "Keep the Change" program, EneMondays will surprise BofA customers when they are least attentive, at the start of the business week.

The EneMonday promotion allows for all customers that transact business at BofA on Mondays to be hit with a $100.00 charge for having an account. If there are questions about the fees, a special toll free number is provided that rings and rings. Tellers at all branches are instructed to say there is nothing they can do about the fees.

Analysts believe the new EneMonday promotion will increase profits at the venerable bank.