6-14-2012
HEADS UP -- The
producers of the HBO mini-series “Game of Thrones” are denying there was
anything political in their decision to show the decapitated head of George W.
Bush on a spike in episode one beside the heads of the boy king Joffrey and his
fiancee Sansa Stark outside the castle in King’s Landing…
… Creators
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss told reporters, “It’s not a political
statement. We just had to use whatever
head we had around.” Leftovers from movies like "Advise and Consent to Behead," "Sunrise at Campo Headless," and "All the Presidents' Heads."
According
to the China Daily, archaeologists digging near Xian unearthed 114 new
terracotta warriors at the vast Qin Dynasty tomb complex in Shaanxi Province. Along with the fully equipped, brightly
painted warriors, were weapons of brass
and iron known to have been used during the Qin Dynasty...
... Their authenticity is unquestioned according
to a spokesman from the Ministry of Culture.
Well, maybe one statue is a little suspicious – the giant stone horse
with “Welcome to P.F. Chang’s” carved on it.
MITT CUES –- The Romney campaign has been plagued
lately by a rash of misspellings is in his commercials and print ads. The
problem seems to be his staff. They're so programmed to oppose anything Barack
Obama suggests, they even challenge their computer’s spell checker, claim
victory, and print the mistakes.
BLUE LAGOONED -- Faced with a worldwide
shortage of the lethal chemicals traditionally used to inject condemned
prisoners, the State of Missouri has begun using the readily available propofol,
the anesthetic that put Michael Jackson to sleep permanently…
…Now the penal authorities are facing another
problem. The death row inmates so
identify with Jacko, they’re asking for their last meal served by Brooke
Shields.
BLOOD,
SWEAT, TEARS -- British Prime Minister David Cameron, stopping off last Sunday
for a pint in a pub with his wife Nancy and eight-year-old daughter
Nancy. Fifteen minutes after leaving the darts and brew palace, the
couple noticed that their daughter was missing. They rushed back,
retrieved the girl and all was well. Unfortunately, the PM was less than
truthful with the press after the story leaked out. Putting his best
politician's spin on the incident, he told them they were attending Sunday Mass
at “Our Lady of the Pig and Thistle.”
