MADONNA , a devout follower of Kabbalah, is donating blocks of the best seats on her current concert tour to her fellow believers. But some of them are scalping the tickets to the highest bidders. And ticket buyers can deduct the cost from their taxes, the sellers promise.
Madonna supposedly donated 50 seats at each show to Kabbalah centers so that her co-religionists can come and see her for free, ensuring the front rows are filled with like-minded fans wearing red string bracelets.
But in Boston, the Kabbalah clique evidently preferred selling the tickets. Avner Madar, head of the Boston Kabbalah Center, put up an ad on craigslist.org, noting: "Madonna VIP Tickets $300-600 — Tax Deductible . . . VIP tickets, best seats in the house. "If you have been wanting to see this show, then this is THE WAY . . . All monies go to a non-profit foundation, and your donation is tax deductible. Enjoy the show with the best seats in the house, and get a tax write-off!" (Page Six)
In case you didn't hear Rush talking about this today:
"Vox" author Nicholson Baker's new book features characters who plot to kill President Bush, using everything from guns to remote-controlled flying saws to mobile boulders made of depleted uranium.
"Checkpoint," which is set to hit bookstores the week before the Republican National Convention, will be published by Alfred A. Knopf - the publishers behind Bill Clinton's "My Life."
In the book, one character rages about Bush, saying: "He is beyond the beyond. What he's done with this war.
"He's one dead armadillo."
It isn't illegal to write about killing heads of state if the purpose isn't to encourage such actions. Besides, the characters never follow through.
A Secret Service spokesman declined comment. A White House rep didn't return a call.
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