News from The Smoking Gun

Dear Friends:


When most people hear the phrase "Burn, Baby, Burn," they think of the tumultuous 1960s, when race riots left cities like Watts and Detroit aflame. So it might come as a surprise that the heirs of a co-founder of the Black Panther Party are now seeking to trademark those incendiary words so they can be used to market bottles of hot sauce. Yes, your mouth is on fire, but your soul remains on ice:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0718051burn1.html


You never know what amusing garb people will be wearing when they pose for an unscheduled mug shot:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0714051dui1.html


Turns out Colin Farrell was, in fact, dopey enough to make a graphic 15-minute home video with a former squeeze. Now the actor is suing the woman (who made her bones in the Hugh Hefner organization) for allegedly trying to peddle the blue tape. By the time you read this, Farrell's lawsuit should be on our front page at:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com


Now, a brief musical interlude (lyrics by Gerry Goffin and Carole King):

Right smack dab in the middle of town
I've found a paradise that's trouble proof
Up on the roof
And if this world starts getting you down
There's room enough for two
Up on the roof

Unless, of course, you're getting busy sans clothes on top of a middle school in full view of the cops:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0718052roof1.html


How deep is our archive? Well, drill down a bit and you'll find a marvelous (and chilling) collection of documents regarding the sinking of the Titanic. Our favorite remains the Roquefort cheese claim:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/titanic/titanic.html


After giving birth while intoxicated, Oklahoma's Melissa Tanner told a friend that she might name her baby girl “Milwaukee's Best.” That, apparently, was a drunken degenerate's version of a joke. Story at:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0715051tanner1.html


Texas cops yesterday booked Kenny Rogers. Sadly, not that Kenny Rogers:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0718053rogers1.html


Regards,

Your pals at TSG


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