A different kind of barn dance
-Who would Jesus beat?-
Two gangs, one turf, a troubled peace. At least, that used to be a way you could describe it. The troubled peace turned into plain trouble earlier today as Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests started rumbling at the Church of the Nativity.
It all began innocently enough, with the Greek Orthodox priests setting up ladders to clean the walls and ceiling of the church, which they share with the Armenians. Apparently, the arrangement is something like an episode of The Odd Couple, with all the Greeks' stuff on one side and all the Armenians' stuff on the other.
The Greeks had gotten a little too close to the Armenian side and the ladders "encroached on space controlled by Armenian priests." This was unacceptable. Allow me to recycle a line here -- it was at this point that the righteous began to smite the unbelievers.
"For a quarter of an hour bearded and robed priests laid into each other with fists, brooms and iron rods while the photographers who had come to take pictures of the annual cleaning ceremony recorded the whole event," the report reads. What are they keeping iron rods around for? Finally, someone called the Palestinian cops, who came and broke up the fight.
How would you like to be those guys? For the Palestinians, the Church of the Nativity is just the site of an old barn. (AFP)
-Desperate times call for exploitative measures-
Rudy Giuliani is finding that being America's Mayor of 9/11 isn't enough. Freefalling in the polls, he's come to the conclusion that this election probably won't hinge on the events of one day in American history. So he's upping the ante. Now he's America's Mayor of 9/11, Which Was Just Like WWII.
According to the report, in a new campaign ad, "he compares the police and firefighters at Ground Zero to the 'Greatest Generation' of World War II veterans, plenty of whom are now retired and living in Florida -- another key early-state primary Giuliani is resting much of his hopes on winning."
If his polling continues to fall, look for Rudy to claim he shot Hitler. (Raw Story)
-Headline of the day-
"How will Paris Hilton survive?" It's actually a damned good question. Her inheritance has been cut drastically and being famous for being famous doesn't pay unless you're Charo. Where Paris once stood to inherit $100 million, she now faces a bleak future with only $5 million under her belt. It's a lot of money, but hardly a lifetime income.
Hotel Magnate Barron Hilton announced that all but 3% of his estimated $2.3 billion estate will go to the Conrad Hilton Foundation which, according to the report, "funds clean water in Africa, education for blind children and housing for the mentally ill." Good on him.
Maybe Paris can get another reality TV show or something. Or start flipping burgers. (NY Daily News)
