Here are just a few of the incredible quotes from this book. Oh this is REALLY good stuff! — The awkward goodbye with McCain: McCain and Palin parted ways that night after she saw him getting into a Chevy Suburban outside the Arizona hotel where the campaign had gathered on election night. The conversation went like this: “‘John? Is that you'’ Palin asked. Cindy [McCain] was...
Rebel Reports , links at site. By Jeremy Scahill A little-publicized US Naval Academy conference named after Senator John McCain and bankrolled by his wealthy wife, Cindy, issued a call earlier this year for the US government to ban the use of armed private security contractors like Blackwater in US war zones, stating bluntly, “contractors should not be deployed as security guards, sentries,...
by Jeremy Scahill A little-publicized US Naval Academy conference named after Senator John McCain and bankrolled by his wealthy wife, Cindy, issued a call earlier this year for the US government to ban the use of armed private security contractors like Blackwater in US war zones, stating bluntly, "contractors should not be deployed as security guards, sentries, or even prison guards within combat...
by Jeremy Brautman Jailbreak Toys, makers of the Barack Obama action figure, didn't want the plastic President to be lonely, so they made him a wife. But she's not just there to support him. The Michelle Obama action figure can stand on her own (and there's no confusing her with Cindy McCain Barbie). Naturally, Jailbreak opted for sleeveless get-ups in all three editions of...
Every week for the past 8 years or so, I've put up a list of the guests featured on the late night talk shows to help night-owls and insomniacs plan their week. You can check out the main page for my Late Night TV shows by clicking the link at the top of the page or click here . If there's a guest you liked that's been on a show that but you don't remember their name, go to my Late Night Talk Show...
Alcohol causes 35,000 deaths in America each year. No-one has ever died from effects of marijuana. Domestic abuse and violence often has it's origins in alcohol consumption. Marijuana has not had this effect. So, why are we driving people to drink? Marijuana is SAFER , by Steve Fox ( MPP ), Paul Armento ( NORML ), and Mason Tvert ( SAFER ) (Chelsea Green Publishing $14.95) Part history lesson and part...
What does MEGHAN McCAIN want to be when she grows up? An astronaut? A syndicated Twitterer? Balderdash! Meghan dreams of a simple life in the circus, as a lion tamer or a contortionist or something. But Meghan is already surrounded by clowns! CINDY McCAIN can walk on her hands ...
HEY, CINDY McCAIN, LET’S MEET ON THE BEACH & TAKE PILLS TOGETHER: Your editor will soon kiss the Mexican Border for good luck (and magic Swine Flu immunity) and begin walking 1,200 miles up the coast of California, for art. There are swarms of helicopters circling above the dried-up riparian septic tank known as the [...]
by David Safier Cindy McCain is a migraine sufferer. I believe her episodes are incredibly painful, even crippling at times. I wish there were some medical treatment that would bring relief to migraine suffers, whoever they are, wherever they may...
Maybe it’s the little kicker on the headline (”Not Tonight Dept.) or the general tone of the article, but this New Yorker piece about Cindy McCain’s migraine condition rubbed me the wrong way. Migraine is an extraordinarily baffling and painful condition that only sufferers really understand, and I’m guessing the writer has never had one. (She’s [...]
Cindy McCain has endured a number of public tribulations, including miscarriage, stroke, knee replacement, ruptured disks, and an addiction to painkillers. Last year, as her husband, John, campaigned for President, her weight dipped below a hundred pounds. During a rally in West Bloomfield, Michigan, she suffered a handshake injury— . . .
by David Safier How typically conservative is this? Cindy McCain, wife of U.S. Senator John McCain, today announced she would work to raise awareness of migraine among the public and health professionals and pledged to take her message to leaders...
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September 11, 2009 Where was First Lady Michelle Obama today? She stood for a moment of silence (below) outside the WH and then that’s it? Why wasn’t she at Ground Zero? She wasn’t there last year, like Cindy McCain was, so one would think she would make a concerted effort to be there today. Or if there was some sort [...]
Cindy McCain has revealed she's among the millions who suffer with migraine headaches. She was in Philadelphia Thursday to be the keynote speaker at The International Headache Society conference meeting.