Disgraced Former Governor Mark Sanford, noted Republican adulterer, was sworn in as the representative of South Carolina’s First Congressional District on Tuesday. Mr. Defense of Marriage Act was accompanied by his paramour, the lovely María Belén Chapur of Argentina. We recognized her from earlier photos.
Mothers Day advice from Mr. T.
Footnotes here, here, and here.
Related:
“10 New Things Science Says About Moms,” Randy Rieland, Smithsonian Magazine blog
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Van Halen‘s infamous rock concert contract rider: “NO BROWN M&MS!” Excessive? No, brilliant. David Lee Roth explains it all to you.
h/t: Ezra Klein
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Texas-born country singer George Jones died Friday morning at the age of 81. That’s a remarkably ripe old age for a man who performed so many songs about death and dissolution and lived the hard-drinking life he sang about. We favor his awesome rendition of James Taylor’s “Bartender’s Blues,” but he is better known for his duets with Tammy Wynette and this tune by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman:
Original Mouseketeer and Baby Boomer crush Annette Funicello succumbed to complications from Multiple Sclerosis on Monday.
Some elderly English blokes plan to spend their hols pottering around the Colonies. The Paddington Pigeon Fanciers Rolling Stones will visit Los Angeles, Oakland, San Jose, Las Vegas, Anaheim, Toronto, Chicago, Boston, and Philadelphia in May and June. Whilst in ‘Vegas, will they motor out to Lake Havasu and visit London Bridge? What jolly fun!
Remember February 2nd? This cute This little This hairy creature in Pennsylvania promised us an early spring. Well it didn’t happen, and Prosecutor Mike Gmoser of Butler County, Ohio has indicted the critter. Mr. Gmoser thinks this is a capital offense and wants that groundhog’s hide.
The Papal conclave has elected Pope Francis. He’s from Argentina, and since 217 of the previous 265 pontiffs have been Italian, this is a big deal, right?
Not as much as you might think. The new Holy Father, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is the son of Italian immigrants. He is italo-argentino, like 60 percent of Argentina’s population.
More:
“Pope Francis feted in Italian ancestral village,” Antonella Ciancio, Reuters
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Home movie sketch show I Say I Say I Say (1964) by Peter Sellers, featuring Lord Snowdon (Antony Armstrong-Jones) and his then-wife Princess Margaret, Britt Ekland (then Mrs. Sellers), and financier and publisher Sir Jocelyn Stevens and his wife Jane Stevens (lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret). The film was shot on the grounds of the Stevens residence.
h/t: Mike Springer
More:
“In search of the hidden Sellers, Jasper Rees, The Telegraph
“I Say I Say I Say: A Delightful Home Movie by Peter Sellers (1964),” Mike Springer, OpenCulture.org
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Silvio Berlusconi, billionaire septuagenarian, football team owner, former Italian Prime Minister, Bunga-Bunga Party host, and one-time cruise ship crooner, was convicted in a wiretap leak trial and sentenced to a year in prison. Actually, under Italian law, old farts don’t have to serve sentences of under two years in prison. His 63-year-old kid brother Paolo, editor of Il Giornale, may not be so lucky; he was sentenced to two years and three months.
