THE LUNAR NEW YEAR / LENT / POST-FAT TUESDAY WRAP-UP

Not a chickenhead

Found elsewhere:

• The Can't Stop for Nothing Tour begins tonight in Berkeley (and may come to a metropolis near you)



• Is Popeye smoking weed?



• Orlando Bloom chooses Johnny Depp and Pirates over Kate Bosworth and a wedding.
  



• And finally, another testament to the power of bloggers? Check out this story:
  
  Jeff Gannon (although that may not be his real name) is a conservative, family-values White House-credentialed "reporter" for a news agency called Talon.com. The website has published anti-gay articles promoting "ex-gays" and supporting the ban on gay marriage. Gannon himself also authored a piece defending Rick Santorum's comparison to homosexuality with "man on child, man on dog" sex.
  
  According to the Washington Post, Gannon was the only one given access to an internal CIA memo that named Joseph Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, as a covert CIA agent. Gannon subsequently has been subpoenaed by the federal grand jury looking into the Plame outing.
  
  Well, after bloggers dug a bit deeper, they've exposed his hypocrisy to discover that he is apparently a male prostitute or pimp. This anti-gay rights advocate is also the owner of Bedrock Corp., which also owns the rights to websites like MilitaryEscortsM4m.com.
  
  And now, he's quit. The only question that remains is whether the Bush Administration knew about his "second job" when they gave him an insider pass to the White House briefing room.
  
  Credit: Americablog