And now, our cute kittie story of the day:
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) In most places, the days of a firefighter getting a cat out of a tree are long gone. It's true here, too, though an exception was made when the number of stranded felines added up to five.
Battalion Chief Tom Bergstrom agreed to respond to the plea of a woman whose pet had a litter of kittens in the crook of a branch some 40 feet off the ground. The woman called a veterinarian for advice, and he told her the tiny newborns might not survive the nighttime cold. Even if they did withstand the elements, the pet doctor said, the babies - with their eyes still closed - would probably fall out of the tree once they became mobile.
The woman had tried everything else and it was getting dark. Bergstrom decided firefighters would come to the rescue with an aerial ladder.
The mother cat, Bergstrom said, wasn't too happy that anyone had touched her babies but was calmer when the whole family was safely on the ground.
And now, our disgusting pervert story of the day:
Michael Jackson is lashing out at a former lover of Liberace's who claims to have had an affair with Jacko.
Scott Thorson, 45, says he twice had romps with the Gloved One shortly before splitting with Liberace in the early '80s.
Jackson's attorney Steve Cochran tells us Thorson's story is "false trash."
But The National Enquirer, where Thorson makes his claim, reports that he passed a polygraph test and is ready to testify in the singer's child-molestation case about his relationship with Jackson.
Thorson believes he could prove useful to prosecutors if Jackson's lawyers assert that their client is thoroughly heterosexual and thus would have no interest in boys.
Thorson says that after meeting Jackson in 1979 in Vegas, the two had their first sexual encounter in a London apartment. Thorson, a former model, says he was trying on some new clothes when Jackson motioned him over to the bed where the singer was lounging.
He contends that they had another tryst the following day after a dinner party.
"[Michael] felt comfortable enough to make the first move on me, and I didn't resist," says Thorson. "Michael begged me to leave Liberace. I had to say no."
Thorson admits in The Enquirer that Liberace evicted him from their L.A. home in 1982 after Thorson became addicted to painkillers and other drugs. Thorson later sued Liberace for palimony.
Thorson claims he saw Jackson off and on over the next few years. Twice, he claims, he saw gay-porn mags on Jackson's nightstand - once with pictures that "looked like young boys."
Cochran reacted angrily to Thorson's allegations, saying: "We reserve our right to seek the appropriate remedies" against "any person who makes this claim."
rest of story:
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/183843p-159444c.html
Braindead Hollywood story of the day:
Ben Affleck declared John Kerry a "phenomenal candidate" at a Boston fund-raiser for the Democrat on Tuesday. The actor also schmoozed with Kerry's daughter, Vanessa ...
