Finally, a boffo comic pratfall leaves the audience laughing: Stripper Fanne Foxe exiting Wilbur Mills's Lincoln and leaping into the Tidal Basin.

The Ryan affair lacks all the ingredients. Maybe what we have here is a casting problem. Ever since the former Jeri Lynn Zimmerman was a beauty queen (Miss Illinois 1989, third runner-up and swimsuit winner in her bid for Miss America 1990), she has been cast as the babe. Squeezed into intergalactic spandex as the technologically enhanced Seven of Nine, she single-handedly raised the ratings of TV's "Star Trek: Voyager" when she joined the show in 1997. The cat suit was so tight that, early on, it caused Ryan to black out on the set a few times, she told interviewers. Her character's back story was that, as a child, she had been "assimilated" by the Borg, the organic yet mechanical society that shared a hive-mind. "Resistance is futile," said Seven of Nine, the signature Borg line. It became the male-fantasy caption of sexy Seven of Nine pictures on fan pages all over the Web. The character wrestled with becoming an individual, human and sexual. She would say things such as, "Guilt is irrelevant." "Pleasure is irrelevant." And the classic: "Are you in love with me, Ensign? . . . Then you wish to copulate?" When "Voyager" was canceled in 2001, Jeri Ryan became the sexy lawyer-turned-teacher Ronnie Cooke in the series "Boston Public." She helped boost ratings for a while there, too, but the show recently ceased production. Jack Ryan, 44, was a Senate candidate from central casting -- handsome, wealthy, possessing a social conscience. In 2000 he walked away from investment banking to teach at a boys' school on the rugged South Side of Chicago. The beauty queen had met the investment banker when she was a student at Northwestern, from which she graduated in 1990. She was dealing blackjack at a charity event, and he lingered at her table. They were married in 1991 and had a son, Alex, now 9. They took turns commuting between Chicago, where he worked, and Los Angeles, where she worked. It was in the spring of 1998, while Jeri Ryan was still playing Seven of Nine, that her husband took her to some interesting nightspots. Her version of the story emerged in court documents, released Monday, relating to their 1999 divorce and 2000 custody negotiations. Referring to Jack Ryan as "Respondent," Jeri Ryan told the court: "On three trips, one to New Orleans, one to New York, and one to Paris, Respondent insisted that I go to sex clubs with him. These were surprise trips that Respondent arranged. They were long weekends, supposed 'romantic' getaways. . . ." "The clubs in New York and Paris were explicit sex clubs. Respondent had done research. . . . One club I refused to go in. It had mattresses in cubicles. The other club he insisted I go to. . . . It was a bizarre club with cages, whips and other apparatus hanging from the ceiling. Respondent wanted me to have sex with him there, with another couple watching. I refused. Respondent asked me to perform a sexual activity upon him, and he specifically asked other people to watch. I was very upset. We left the club, and Respondent apologized, said that I was right and he would never insist that I go to a club again. He promised it was out of his system. "Then during a trip to Paris, he took me to a sex club in Paris, without telling me where we were going. I told him I thought it was out of his system. I told him he had promised me we would never go. People were having sex everywhere. I cried, I was physically ill. Respondent became very upset with me, and said it was not a 'turn on' for me to cry." In response, Jack Ryan told the court the claims were "ridiculous" and an attempt to "libel" him when he had "political aspirations." "I was faithful and loyal to my wife throughout our marriage," he said then. "I did arrange romantic getaways for us but that did not include the type of activities she describes. We did go to one avant-garde nightclub in Paris, which was more than either one of us felt comfortable with. We left and vowed never to return." The great irony of this political scandal is that Jeri Ryan apparently is not a sex pot, she just plays one on television. Unfortunately, even her husband may have miscast her in the role. In the spring of 1998, the Los Angeles Daily News asked Jeri Ryan if Seven of Nine was her alter ego. She laughed. "My husband wishes it were," she said. "He thinks she's the perfect woman, meaning she looks good in a cat suit, is efficient and always on time." "She is cast in roles where she's going to be the object of desire," says Robert Thompson, professor of popular culture at Syracuse University. "One of the things she was being asked to play by her husband was the kind of role she plays professionally, demonstrating there is a difference between human beings and the roles they play." In real life, Jeri Ryan defies the conventions of the classic political scandal. She was a National Merit Scholar. She is forever telling interviewers that she does not mind being cast in sexually appealing roles -- as long as the characters also are strong, intelligent and well-written. Jack Ryan's campaign released a statement from Jeri Ryan on Monday, when the candidate was keeping hope alive. "I consider Jack a friend," she said. "Jack is a good man, a loving father, and he shares a strong bond with our son. I wish him all the best, both in his life and career. I have no doubt he will make an excellent senator."

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By Jon Franklin   www.digitalcity.com   Jul 17th 2009

Porn star and Baton Rouge-native Stormy Daniels is considering running for Senate in 2010. If she chooses to run, she'll be up against incumbent Republican Sen. David Vitter -- a controversial politician.

Vitter may struggle with his reelection campaign as he messed up. Identified as a client of the services of the DC Madam -- the late Deborah Jeane Palfrey's prostitution service in Washington, D.C. -- Vitter is hoping that voters have forgiven him this time around.

And Daniels hasn't decided what party to go with (right now she's an independent). She's a bit of a long shot in Louisiana but she isn't the first porn actress to seek an elected position.

Ilona Staller, aka Hungarian-born Italian porn star Cicciolina, was elected to the Italian Parliament in 1987. And porn star Mimi Miyagi (derived from the Karate Kid's Mr. Miyagi) threw her hat into the ring in 2006 when she ran for the governorship of Nevada under her real nam, Melody Damayo. After she was defeated in the the primary by Jim Gibbons, she joined the Libertarian Party.
As far as Daniels is concerned, she's said to make a final decision on her Senatorial ambitions by the end of the summer.
He Was The Mayor of Great Falls
Gayle Morris, the former mayor of Great Falls, Montana, was arrested last week for promoting prostitution at his Sun Prairie strip club called Really Windy's. The 63-year-old, who was also the Cascade County Commissioner at one time, could face a felony sentence of 20 years.
Montana law considers it illegal for anyone to compel another to engage or promote prostitution. Allegedly, Morris told informants, "What happens in the lap dance room, stays in the lap dance room."
One dancer claimed to earn $1,500 for an outcall and had to pay back the lounge between $200 and $300. The warrant said that an undercover officer recorded a conversation with a dancer who offered to perform sex acts for money. At the time of the warranted search, Morris denied any allegations of prostitution.
www.digitalcity.com/2009/07/17/porn-stars-senate-run-former-mayor-pimps-grooms-porn-secret

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Obama's New Science Czar or America's own Dr. Mengele?

Gather.com    July 16, 2009    www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977739446
It should come as no surprise to anyone by now that President Obama's science czar, his top political advisor on matters scientific, is a certifiable lunatic. John Holdren is his name and his book, Ecoscience; Population, Resources, Environment, is truly chilling reading.
Dr Holdren, it seems, is a student of the Mengele school of eugenics. In his book he promotes the forced sterilization of women through implants after a second pregnancy. He also expresses a belief that sterlization would be much easier by adding an agent to the drinking water supply of certain "undesirable" populations. How absolutely final solutionish!! Here are some of his beliefs, quoted directly from above referenced book.

... Look on the bright side if this keeps up it will solve the illegal immigrant problem. We'll all be fleeing to Mexico and they'll have to deal with us. ...

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http://rotten.com/library/bio/entertainers/actors/mary-carey

"I started out as thinking, 'This would be funny, why don't I run?' But then I discovered I really wanted to do it. I want to show that you can do porn and it doesn't mean you are stupid. It's good to show women that they can do these things, that running for governor isn't just for high-class, older men."

Porn actress Mary Carey has been quite successful in distinguishing herself from all the high-class, older men you normally see running for office. But that doesn't mean she has no competition for low-class votes. Carey is competing with other such luminaries as Gary Coleman, Larry Flynt, Gallagher, Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as 100+ no-name schmoes.

  When Mary Carey Rules!