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Crazy "Opposite Marriage" Lady Strikes Back

Colleen Kane — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:10:00 GMT

Sooo, turns out Carrie Prejean was none too pleased about those leaked photos of her that we, and many others around the Internet, mentioned this morning.

It just goes to show, according to her, that sites who ran this story are intolerant haters using intimidation tactics to silence her opinion. Her statement follows after the jump.

On April 19, I chose to answer a question during the 2009 Miss USA pageant in an honest and personal manner that expressed my views of the long-established definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman. Yet my comments defending traditional marriage have led to intimidation tactics that seek to undermine my reputation and somehow silence me and my beliefs, as if opinion is only a one-way street.

I am a Christian, and I am a model. Models pose for pictures, including lingerie and swimwear photos.

She addresses the site the photo appeared on, TheDirty.com, "that openly mocks me for my Christian faith."

I am not perfect, and I will never claim to be. But these attacks on me and others who speak in defense of traditional marriage are intolerant and offensive. While we may not agree on every issue, we should show respect for others' opinions and not try to silence them through vicious and mean-spirited attacks.

She may have a bit of a point; there are some ugly remarks on that post with the photo, but that's the Internet. If you're a public figure and you have nude photos, they'll turn up on the Internet whether you support gay marriage or call yourself a Christian or not. But yes, this is a way to point at her and go "na-na-na-na-naaaa naaaa" for being holier than thou.

But Crazy Opposite Marriage Lady will not let this controversy bring her down. She says she will "continue to support and defend marriage as the honorable institution it is. I will continue to stand with the overwhelming majority of the American people and the voters of my home state of California."

"If this whole experience has taught me anything, it is our precious right to speak freely, and how we as Americans can never allow anyone or any group to intimidate or threaten us to keep silent."

Wow, what a courageous freedom fighter. Palin/Prejean, 2012?

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Miss California Carrie Prejean Nude Pics?

Colleen Kane — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:47:00 GMT

Carrie Prejean, aka Miss California whose implants were paid for by the pageant, aka the Miss USA runner-up who is only in favor of "opposite marriage" and is now a spokesperson for "morality" via National Organization of Marriage (NOM), may be labeled with another few nicknames in the coming days.

According to omg!, six photos of Carrie topless have come to light and could sabatoge her burgeoning career as the pretty face of Christianity.

So far, the lone leaked photo is pretty tame, although we doubt NOM would think so...

(In case it wasn't clear, the photo is from theDirty.com)

Eh. It could be real, could be Photoshopped, but whatevs, this young lady is on the wrong side of history.

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Politician Probably Should've Taken Down Scandalous Facebook Profile First

Brian Fairbanks — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:26:00 GMT

This might be the first case of a political photo scandal on the internet eventually finishing off a politician's career. Ray Lam must be cursing the very existence of Facebook after two photos posted to his account caused him to drop out of an electoral grudge match.

Lam, who took down his Facebook account yesterday after the leak hit the Canadian press (the images above are of other Ray Lam's), didn't delete the photos from the web fast enough...

This photo, along with another one depicting Lam groping a woman's breasts, cost the candidate his standing in British Columbia's New Democratic Party and his spot on the ticket in a civil race. This is a setback for Canadian Scanner readers, for sure, as the Globe and Mail makes clear:

Mr. Lam's website says that he has a background in social services and non-profit groups.

Mr. Lam has been involved for several years with the Pride Society, a Vancouver-based advocacy group for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community. According to a Pride Society web site, Mr. Lam has been involved in several community organizations and was chair of Youthquest, Lesbian & Gay Youth Society of British Columbia.

So, if he's interested in all this gay activism, there is a strong possibility he's a homosexual, which means he wasn't even bothering these people sexually. Oh well-- behold the power of Facebook: it can't find anyone who believes it will last another two years, but it can bring down politicians with harmless "risque photos." Scary.

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Fired Cheerleading Coach Receiving Support From Unlikely Source

Brian Fairbanks — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:27:00 GMT

More than a quarter of a million people read our story last week about Carlie Christine, also known as Carlie Beck, a cheerleading coach who ruined the lives of so many young innocents by posing for Playboy and then having the damn gall to get busted for it.

Carlie, as you may recall, was fired from her gig at Casa Roble High School after vindictive parents ratted her out-- they were upset that their daughters had skipped school and, therefore, had been kicked off the squad, so they decided to punish the one responsible for following the rules. But the story may not be over yet-- while a lawsuit isn't looking too strong, thanks to that pesky "no going out and doing Playboy behind our backs" clause in the contract she signed, Carlie may not be going gently into that good night... of teaching, that is...

Various local news sources in the Sacramento area, including the Bee and First Coast News, covered a protest lead by some of the students at Carlie's former place of employment. Strangely enough, the members of this angry mob are all female. And cheerleaders, perhaps:

Carrying signs and chanting, "We want Carlie back!" We want Carlie back," five freshmen protested after classes let out at Orangevale's Casa Roble High School.
The girls who made the cheerleading squad said they support former cheerleading coach Carlie Beck.
Cheerleader Maisie Tyree said Beck "was nothing but nice to every single girl. She was nice to the girl that couldn't try out and it was totally wrong what her parents did. It was the only card they could pull."

Catie Cullen agreed. "(Beck) wasn't the one who told us about the photos. She was a role model for us. She was an amazing coach," Cullen said.
The girls said they didn't see anything wrong with Beck's pictures. They also said they had their parents' permission to demonstrate after school.

But Heather Giniella, the parent who told administrators about Beck, said she was outraged when she learned about Beck's pictures. Her daughter was barred from cheerleading tryouts.

"This is something that I would have brought to the attention principal whether (my daughter) was on the team or not," Giniella said.

Beck told school officials about her modeling. She said the situation has been difficult of her.

"I really learned to love these girls as well as their parents. I definitely appreciate all the support I've been shown,' Beck said. [First Coast News]

Of course, parents interviewed for other stories agreed with the firing, even though, as it turns out, Carlie posed for Playboy before taking the teaching job. Unfortunately, though, it doesn't sound like the administrators are going to take her back. Perhaps the students can reenact the ending of Dead Poets Society, with an extra cheer involved, when their favorite mentor comes to pick up last paycheck...

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Brian Fairbanks — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:08:00 GMT

The teabagging hilarity continues: this roundup of great tea puns is well worth checking out.

While we're at it, here's another made-up Fox News "scandal."

An obviously crazy man bit off his own penis in our old neighborhood of Ft. Greene, Brooklyn.

Everyone should rent the original UK version of State of Play before the American version comes along tomorrow and bores everyone to death.

Tennessee schools hate on the gays by blocking websites favorable to their cause.

A Baptist preacher, who kind of looks like Luke Wilson, was beaten and tased multiple times by the border patrol for refusing to open his trunk.

Kari Ferrell, the Utah hipster-grifter, is taking New York City by storm with her awful tattoos and creepy promises to give guys hand jobs with her mouth. Wha?

Is this the end of Rolling Stone Magazine?

President Obama released all those pesky interrogation memos from the Bush administration. Of course, nothing will ever come of this.

Brad Garrett yelled at paparazzi about "turbans" and is now accused of making racial slurs.

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Joe Biden's Daughter Caught in Cocaine Scandal?

Brian Fairbanks — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:46:00 GMT

Ashley Biden, the cute 27-year-old daughter of the Vice President is apparently this year's Kate Moss. Remember how someone secretly filmed the supermodel doing blow at Pete Doherty's recording session? The same thing happened to Ash, only it was at a party, she knew she was being filmed, and now the tape is about to fetch six figures...

If it's true. While we do believe a tape exists, so far no one's been able to prove the cokehead in the video is the First Daughter. Even the New York Post is unsure-- although, of course they milk the story for the little it's worth:

The woman appears to resemble Ashley Biden, 27, a social worker for a Delaware child-welfare agency...

[She] makes repeated references to the drugs, said the lawyers, who said they viewed the tape about 15 times.

"At one point she pretty much complains that the line isn't big enough," said the second lawyer, who declined to identify himself. "And she talks about her dad."

Biden has been an outspoken crusader against drugs, coining the term "drug czar" in 1982 while campaigning for a more forceful "war on drugs." [NY Post]

Whoever she is, she clearly has a drug problem. According to a variety of sources, the young woman on the tape uses a big red straw to snort up a boatload of coke before lashing out at people around her and telling them to "shut the fuck up." (It's also rumored that Biden's longtime boyfriend is pictured in the same frame as her, which would make the tape appear to be genuine.)

The douchebag who filmed all this tried initially to obtain $1.2 for the original, but has scaled back his greed to a mere $400,000. One report says two companies have offered well over six figures for the tape, but not the full 400 g's. Yet...

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Amazing Race Winner Stars In First Celebrity Webcam Scandal

Brian Fairbanks — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:44:00 GMT

Apologies to our gay readers, but despite what the above photo may lead you to believe, Amazing Race champion Eric Sanchez is involved in a purely naked, purely hetero webcam photo leak...

Sanchez, who partnered with Danielle Turner to take home the million-dollar prize in The Amazing Race: All Stars back in '07, was rumored to have performed a solo jerk for an unknown female lover, via webcam, for some time now. Over the past few days, photos have begun to emerge confirming this:

The subject is seen undressing, stepping to the side of the camera, and whacking it with his left hand, eventually landing a splooge in the righthand palm. These very, very NSFW porn pics are here.

We wouldn't even bother with this story if Sanchez hadn't shrugged it off in the first place, confirming that he is indeed its subject and almost bragging about how laid back he is. More power to him-- and more naked photos, please. The ladies of the internet firmly request it, good sir.

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Today in the Apocalypse: 17-Year-Old MADD Volunteer Hosts Quiet Gathering...

Brian Fairbanks — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:52:00 GMT

Katie Rees, Miss Nevada USA 2007, who was stripped of her crown following this and other "scandalous photos"

Let me tell you something about Hartford, Connecticut, the city, I, Scanner Brian was born in.

Actually, better yet, let's not tell you anything about Hartford, Connecticut, because it would just be a waste of space after you read this story. Anything I tell you about Hartford will be brutally shoved aside after you read about one 17-year-old Miss Connecticut Outstanding Teen, a volunteer with Mothers Against Drunk Dumbasses, decided to do with her Saturday night when her parents went out of town.

If you think it's entertain little orphan boys with stories from award-winning children's authors, well...

Rachael Ramonas competed in the Miss America's Outstanding Teen competition in Florida this past summer, returning home without the ultimate title. Perhaps she was disappointed by her defeat and decided that, instead of continuing to volunteer with MADD, she would stop being an Outstanding Teen the minute her parents left her goody-two-shoes self at home for the weekend.

On Saturday night, cops arrested two dozen underage drinkers at the home of Miss Ramonas. Reports indicate that most of the kids were beyond wasted-- although, since Ramonas is a juvenile, cops can't say whether she was one of them, or even if she was arrested at all. According to this source:

Officers responding to an anonymous call about underage drinking Saturday night found beer, rum and items commonly used for a drinking game called beer pong. [AP News]

Luckily, no one was arrested for DWI's, so there's at least that bit of sanity... although we doubt she could've kept an eye on all 24-plus peeps who had vehicles to make sure they didn't further embarrass her or reveal some sort of "hypocrisy."

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The UK Babies Having Babies Plot Thickens

Colleen Kane — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:36:00 GMT

The story of 13-year-old baby daddy Alfie, 15-year-old mum Chantelle and their newborn Maisie had some new developments over the weekend. Two other teenage boys came forward as potential fathers to Maisie and called her reputation into question. And have you seen Alfie's estranged dad?

Does no one involved in this affair have any judgment?

Alfie and Chantelle both deny that Chantelle had ever been with anyone but Alfie, and the little guy has agreed to do a paternity test, although he had never heard of such a thing before this mess began.

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Sloppy Seconds: Ted Haggard Speaks

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President Barack Obama (we love typing that!) overturned the Global Gag Rule today. [NYT]

We're not ones to let a little salmonella come between us and peanut butter, so we ate our peanut butter sandwich Girl Scout cookies before we even knew they were safe. [The Republican]

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This Kansas City gent wants a skinny girl, the kind other girls hate because she's so skinny. But only if "U R asked by other people if you have an eating disorder." [Craigslist Kansas City]

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Oh, and Facebook is probably ruining your relationship, whether you know it or not, so you might as well go on TV to talk about it. [Craigslist Austin]

We haven't heard anything from Ted Haggard since his gay sex/crystal Meth scandal. That's because the severance package from his church prevented him from talking. But in the HBO documentary, The Trials of Ted Haggard, he finally does. [VSL]

Today's Urgent Beauty Queen News

Colleen Kane — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Remember Louisiana's disgraced Miss Teen USA Lindsey Evans, who tried to skip out on a resturant bill, only she left her weed behind?

We'll give you one guess which senior citizen she's been seen palling around with lately.

Just kidding! It's:

Of course it is. Don't you think Hef must be so bored of busty blondes by now? He'd probably rather hang out with Rip Taylor.

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Nude High School Cheerleader Scandal is Disturbing for a Few Reasons

Colleen Kane — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:47:00 GMT

Two cheerleaders at Bothell High School in Washington state were naive enough to pose for nude cell phone photos and not realize the photos would be passed all around the school, which was what in fact happened. (Duh)

And now apparently according to the school and some commenters on the Internet, the cheerleaders are the only ones to blame.

The two young women in question have been suspended from the cheerleading squad, which is rather harsh, because what else are cheerleaders going to do with themselves? Now the parents are suing the school district. As one of them said, "If she had been caught taking illegal drugs twice, she would not have been punished this severely. The school has arbitrarily taken away the one thing that my daughter loves most. She will never get that back again."

Meanwhile, in the grand old tradition of condemning the high school female slut but not other participants in the slutting, not one student who passed around the photos to others has been sought out or questioned by the school. However, as part of this in-depth investigation, the nudie photos did get distributed further to members of the school administration. Apparently, they simply could not have come to a decision without seeing the photos -- one which, by the by, was taken when the girl was 13.

The teens' attorney said, "The student code of the conduct does say that athletes are held to a higher standard." (So that's another reason for us to never be athletes, besides laziness, being out of shape, lack of skill.) "The problem that we have -- one of my clients took the photo back when she was 13, before she even was a student at the school and the photo, unfortunately, has been following her around from grade level to grade level. As a result, I find it difficult to believe she can be punished for something violating a code of conduct that she simply had no knowledge of until after she got into high school."

We have a feeling that this is the kind of scandal that Europeans love to laugh at Americans for, for being so uptight about nudity in the first place, and we have another feeling that the commenters saying those cheerleaders got what they deserved are the same bozos who make up the Men's Rights Movement.

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