Report: Obama Admin Backed Lockerbie Bomber Release

Just days after he said he was "surprised, disappointed and angry" to learn of Scotland's release of Pan Am 103's bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi to Libya, London's Sunday Times reveals quite the opposite.

The paper says correspondence between the U.S. and Scottish authorities notes the Obama Administration preferred to for Megrahi to remain in Scottish custody, but made only "half-hearted" attempts to fight against the murderer's release. And furthermore, the administration would rather Al Maghri go free than to be detained in a Libyan prison.

The Times reports Richard LeBaron, deputy head of the U.S. embassy in London said, "If Scottish authorities come to the conclusion that Megrahi must be released from Scottish custody, the US position is that conditional release on compassionate grounds would be a far preferable alternative to prisoner transfer, which we strongly oppose."

270 people -- including 189 Americans -- were killed on December 21, 1988, when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown from the sky by a bomb hidden in a hollowed-out radio.

Megrahi was released by Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill when it was reported the bomber was close to death from prostate cancer. That turned out not to be the case, and a fit-looking Megrahi returned to Libya to a hero's welcome.

Geek Fight At Comic-Con

A fanboy in a Harry Potter t-shirt reportedly stabbed another sci-fi fan in the eye with a pen at San Diego's massive Comic Con convention yesterday.

The altercation was reportedly sparked over a disputed seat at a panel for Iron Man director Jon Favreau's upcoming epic Cowboys Vs. Aliens:

Obamacare Going For (Your) Gold

Remember when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said we have to pass health care reform "so we can find out what's in the bill?" Well, now that the increasingly unpopular Obamacare law has passed, one of the tome's dirty little secrets has been mined.

It's no secret that with the economy continuing its death spiral, and with the Obama Administration firmly fixing its cannons against both individual and corporate prosperity thanks to new taxes, many Americans are buying gold.

But thanks to rules hidden in Obamacare law, (Section 9006 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, in fact) the government is going to get a piece of the action.

Starting Jan. 1, 2012, the Internal Revenue Service will begin tracking the purchases of all goods and services by small businesses and self-employed people that exceed $600 during a calendar year, reports ABC News. This includes gold.

The tweak to the tax code could spell a $17 billion windfall for the Government over 10 years according to the Joint Committee on Taxation. That's lot of dough, but nowhere near what it will cost to provide socialized healthcare to everybody in America.

Like most news out of DC these days, this is no surprise, but no less sickening; another shameless power grab meant to separate Americans from their hard-earned equity.

LiLo Checks Into The Grey-Bar Hotel

Troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan reported to prison today, amid all the fanfare a good 'ol fashioned celebrity jailhouse roundup usually generates:



The 24-year-old Lohan, sentenced to 90 days in the clink for violating her probation from a 2007 DUI beef, was cuffed and whisked from an L.A. courtroom to Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California, south of downtown Los Angeles for a less-than-glamorous photo shoot:



It's expected the Mean Girls and Machete star will only serve about two weeks of her sentence. She's expected to breathe the sweet smell of freedom on August 1st or second. After that, she must report to a 90-day inpatient drug rehab facility.

For the record, Sen. Lindsey Graham is way more of a menace to society, yet Linsday Lohan is the one behind bars. Sigh.

Pug Sings "Batman" Theme

Sure, there are plenty of reasons to be shite-scared and/or angry these days. But as a pug owner, I am legally bound to share this as a much-needed respite from the chaos:

Russian "Spy" Gets Porn Offer

Anna Chapman, the hot Russian chick at the center of the (IMO) phoney baloney spy ring that made headlines a few weeks ago, may now have a new career now that her cover is blown.

Adult movie giant Vivid has offered the 28-year-old a chance to star in one of their movies. In a letter to Ms. Chapman's American attorney, Robert M. Baum, Vivid's founder/co-chairman Steven Hirsch made it clear that he understands that she may not yet be in a position to negotiate business deals but "we wanted her to know that we are ready and eager to talk terms with her." Chapman was deported back to Russia as part of a spy swap on July 8th.

In a statement, Hirsch said, "Anna was obviously the hottest spy we've seen in years and she was clearly the media's favorite. Though she wasn't very successful as a spy, we think she can be a terrific actress in one of our upcoming feature films. We would be willing to send our top director, B. Skow, to Moscow to work with her."

This isn't the first offer Chapman's been made since the alleged spy story broke: apparently Oscar winner Angelina Jolie invited Chapman to a premiere of the star's upcoming spy movie Salt.

"The Boss" Is Dead

George Steinbrenner, arguably the most famous team owner in the history of Major League Baseball, has died.

The man who owned the New York Yankees for 35 years passed away after suffering a massive heart attack in Tampa Florida this morning. He had been in declining health in recent years, after suffering a series of strokes.

According to the New York Daily News, Steinbrenner's initial investment in the team of just $168,000 sowed the seeds of what became a billion dollar enterprise.

Since Steinbrenner and a group of partners bought the team in 1973, the New York Yankees have won 11 American League pennants and seven world championships.

Sports columnists and fans alike blasted Steinbrenner of famously micromanaging the team during pennant dry spells in the 80's, thanks to his multiple firings of former Yankees coach, the late Billy Martin, and various other high-profile management shakeups.

Steinbrenner's status as a pop culture icon was further cemented by a series of "appearances" in Seinfeld -- in which a stand-in was always used, voiced by series co-creator Larry David:

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An attempt to get the real Steinbrenner to appear in an episode never materialized.

HuffPosers Huffing And Puffing Over BP Spill Blackout -- But Can't Blame Obama

Because I don't want to put my fist through my fine HD monitor, I rarely read what the readers of The Huffington Post have to say about any given story. But when the Obama fan 'zine/"news" website actually reported about the media blackout shrouding the BP oil spill, I was naturally curious.

As I reported yesterday, even Obama darling Anderson Cooper is concerned that The First Amendment has been suspended concerning reportage of the disaster -- which means HuffPo couldn't ignore it any longer.

The site quotes Raw Story's Daniel Tencer and his latest article on new penalties for those who dare document the extent of the BP spill and the Obama Administration's ineffectual response to it. "Journalists who come too close to oil spill clean-up efforts without permission could find themselves facing a $40,000 fine and even one to five years in prison under a new rule instituted by the Coast Guard late last week," Tencer writes.

The Coast Guard order says vessels "must not come within 20 meters of booming operations, boom, or oil spill response operations under the penalty of law." The law would be funny if it wasn't so scary, which also can be said for HuffPo readers, who cannot bring themselves to lay any blame with the Obama Administration, despite the fact it's the boss of the Coast Guard. Instead, the readers, like all good progressives, focus their energies on the evil corporation, BP, treating the company as if it's an occupying army who's calling the shots.

The posts regarding the situation run the gamut from typically Lefty-flighty, hiding behind poetry...

"A single leaf travels down a turbulent stream from the recent heavy rain. Twisting and turning, bobbing and twirling, the little leaf makes its way out into a shallow pond where it rests being dried by the warm sun breaking through the storm clouds. A dragonfly lands on its surface and together they slowly drift in peaceful waters."

...to hysterically furious, like a four year-old flailing away ineffectually while his big brother's holding him by the forehead:

"How the hell can BP get away with these tactics? I said weeks ago that the CG was under the thumb of BP. How can this be allowed to happen? The Coast Guard and BP have the SAME PR AGENCY?! Why the hell does the CG need a PR AGENCY in the first place? This is outrageous. What, they don't want us to see the damn goop covering all of the sad and pathetic dying air & sea creatures lying on the beach in the throes of agony and death? Well, I don't want to see it anyway, but this is destruction of the highest magnitude and without serious reportage, too many people will forget all about this as they enjoy their Summer vacations and life goes on."

Both reactions have the same thing in common: they both ignore that Obama is naturally complicit in this absolute abortion of The Constitution. Because for the Libs to cop to this means they'd have to not only admit they backed the wrong horse, but that their vote helped set this disaster of both country and Constitution in motion.

Obama's Oil Censorship

When the Barack Obama loses chief water (and oil) carrier Anderson Cooper, the administration is in serious, serious trouble.

CNN's silver fox made a name for himself "speaking truth to power" -- MSM-speak for slagging the Bush Administration -- after Hurricane Katrina, but now he's targeting Obama for the government's clamping down of coverage of the BP oil disaster:



At this point, anybody who drank the Kool-Aid really has to take a long, hard look at their half-empty Obama Inauguration jelly glasses and wonder what they were thinking. Plus, the stuff takes like shit when it's mixed with a-bubblin' crude.

Portland Police Re-Opening Gore Sex Case

The heat's growing for global warming profiteering prophet Al Gore.

Portland, Oregon police are re-opening the investigation into sex abuse allegations leveled at the former Vice President by a 54-year-old massage therapist, now identified as Molly Hagerty.

What's amazing, but not necessarily surprising considering the incident happened in Liberal-rich Portland, is that both the police and the press had apparently zero interest in investigating Mr. Gore -- this despite Hagerty's exhaustive police report and an pair of allegedly spooge-stained pants.

In 2007, Hagerty gave a detailed, 73-page-long complaint to the police, in which she described what happened on the night of Oct. 24, 2006 at the trendy Hotel Lucia. Hagerty says she was to give "the royal treatment" to a VIP who signed in under the nom-de-amor "Mr. Stone".

The therapist came to Gore's room whereupon she was "taken aback" when Gore greeted her with an embrace that "went on a bit long."

Gore immediately turned on the smarm, asking for massage on his belly and his abductor muscles -- the inside of his thighs -- to which Hagerty told cops, "I mentally noted that a request for adductor work is a bit unusual," because it can be "a precursor to inappropriate behavior by a male client."

When Hagerty began working Gore's massive midsection, she says "He became somewhat vocal with muffled moans, etc." and then "demand[ed] that [she] go lower." Hagerty says Gore grew "angry, verbally sharp and loud" when she remained focused on a "non-sexual area."

Haggerty detailed, Gore "grabbed my right hand, shoved it down under the sheet to his pubic hair area, my fingers brushing against his penis, and said to me, 'There!' in a very sharp, loud, angry-sounding tone."

She said Gore "bellowed" at her before "very suddenly switch[ing] personalities, and began in a pleading tone, pleading for release of his second chakra there" a new agey description for what most dudes know as a happy ending. "This was yet another euphemism for sexual activity he was requesting, put cleverly as though it were a spiritual request or something."

After this, Gore got handsy, according to Haggerty, gripping him "in an inescapable embrace" and caressed her "back and buttocks and breasts." Trying to get away, Haggerty now famously called Gore a "crazed sex poodle", trying to shame him into relenting.

Gore then suggested they use the condom-filled "treat box", and treated Hagerty to Pink's juvenile anti-Bush song "Dear Mr. President" before throwing the masseuse on his bed and getting on top of her. "He pleaded, grabbed me, engulfed me in embrace, tongue kissed me, massaged me, groped by breasts and painfully squeezed my nipples through my clothing, pressed his pelvis against mine, rubbed my buttocks with his hands and fingers and rubbed himself against my crotch, saying, 'You know you want to do it'" according to her police statement.

Escaping the former Vice President, a shaken Hagerty told her fellow liberal friends about the attack. Not surprisingly, one asked her "to just suck it up; otherwise, the world's going to be destroyed from global warming."

She got a lawyer and made an appointment to talk with authorities. She canceled and did not tell police until January 2009 and even then did not press charges.

A Portland newspaper discovered the alleged assault in 2007, but didn't print a word of it. Similarly, even though Hagerty told police she has a pair of pants stained -- Lewinsky-style -- with Gore's DNA, investigators "did not feel there was any evidentiary value" to the garment.