News from The Smoking Gun

[email protected] Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:43:20 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.culture.publications.thesmokinggun.announce
Message-ID <LISTMANAGER-744090-32679-2006.02.22-22.41.13--gcpta-tsgnews#[email protected]>
Dear Friends:


The Texas sheriff who investigated Vice President Dick
Cheney's shooting of his quail hunting buddy finally got
around today to releasing witness statements about the
accident. And while there seems little doubt about how
Cheney mistakenly plugged poor Harry Whittington,
there still seems to be some disagreement over whether
alcohol was consumed by the hunting party. Details at:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0222061cheney1.html


Claiming that web surfers are pleasuring themselves to
her mug shot, a Florida woman (through her lawyer, of
course) is threatening to sue us if we don't immediately
remove the image from our site. Comely Casey Hicks
contends that our publication of the image has, among
other things, held her up to ridicule. Apparently that
felony collar for selling 49 Ecstasy tablets to an
undercover cop wasn't nearly as mortifying. Story at:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0221061hicks1.html


In our nine years, few documents have scored as high on
the Bizarreometer than the "Contract of Wifely
Expectations" that kooky Iowan Travis Frey sought to have
his spouse sign. Take a look for yourself:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0217062contract1.html


It's now officially a trend. We've found another arrestee
who has tattooed America's favorite two-word profanity
on his face:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0217061fy1.html


New prize contest has started, so just tell us what name
the government snitch used for heroin and you might
win some fine loot, including DVDs of "The Aristocrats"
and director Werner Herzog's "Grizzly Man." And you'll
also take home our mug shot playing cards and
Valerie Flame hot sauce. So enter here:

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


Regards,

Your pals at TSG



---
You are currently subscribed to tsgnews as: [email protected]
To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected]