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		<title>Beware of Men In Dresses</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beware of men in dresses
Who feel the need to pray
EXCEPT those wearing make-up
(Or, if they happen to be gay!)
Avoid all men in dresses
Unless they are in Drag
And mince around in high heels
and call themselves a &#8216;Fag&#8217;
Steer clear of men in dresses
Meaning Clergymen, not Lay
They wear gowns whose very fabric
Society should FRAY!
Run a mile from men [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2169" title="the-pope" src="http://www.hewdge.com/wp-content/uploads/the-pope1.jpg" alt="the-pope" width="402" height="268" />Beware of men in dresses</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Who feel the need to pray</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">EXCEPT those wearing make-up</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">(Or, if they happen to be gay!)</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Avoid all men in dresses</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Unless they are in Drag</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">And mince around in high heels</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">and call themselves a &#8216;Fag&#8217;</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Steer clear of men in dresses</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Meaning Clergymen, not Lay</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">They wear gowns whose very fabric</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Society should FRAY!</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Run a mile from men in long frocks</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Be they Bishops, Priests or Popes</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">UNLESS they are Cross-Dressers</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">and act in Prime-time Soaps</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">If a man <span style="text-decoration: underline;">you</span> know wears dresses</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">UNFROCK him! Bid Goodbye!</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">&#8216;Cos if he&#8217;s not a Queen or Tranny</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Then I fear…..the END is NIGH&#8230;.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Helga Hewston</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>London, England (CNN)</strong> &#8212; Gay rights groups have expressed outrage over comments made by a senior Vatican official linking homosexuality to child abuse.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who also serves as the Vatican&#8217;s Secretary of State, made the comment during a news conference while on an official visit to Chile.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">&#8220;Many psychologists, many psychiatrists have demonstrated that there is no relationship between celibacy and pedophilia but many others have demonstrated, I was told recently, that there is a relationship between homosexuality and pedophilia,&#8221; he said.</span></span></p>
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		<title>Porn, PETA Or Parenting? Octomom Decides</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>helga</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nadya Suleman, the fertile and fast-talking Octomom, has been busy. Last month, she appeared on TV show, The View, where she revealed that she might even want another baby, “someday far, far, far, far in the future … if I meet somebody.”
She has also been having trouble raising the $450,000 needed to pay off her [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2094" title="0304_octomom_exc" src="http://www.hewdge.com/wp-content/uploads/0304_octomom_exc.jpg" alt="0304_octomom_exc" width="490" height="469" /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Nadya Suleman, the fertile and fast-talking Octomom, has been busy. Last month, she appeared on TV show, The View, where she revealed that she might even want another baby, “someday far, far, far, far in the future … if I meet somebody.”</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">She has also been having trouble raising the $450,000 needed to pay off her mortgage. What’s a gal to do? Enter Steven Hirsch, co-chairman of Vivid Entertainment, one of the world&#8217;s largest purveyors of adult films, who announced last week that his company would pay off Nadya&#8217;s mortgage if she would make a porn film.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">At the same time, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has approached her with a slightly more modest offer &#8211; $5,000 to put a sign in her front yard proclaiming, &#8220;Don&#8217;t Let Your Dog or Cat Become an Octomom. Always Spay or Neuter.&#8221;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">As an added incentive, the animal rights organization said it would throw in a month&#8217;s supply of veggie burgers and veggie hot dogs for the fecund female and her 14 children, who range in age from 1 to 8.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Read the full story here: </span></span><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100325/ap_on_bi_ge/us_octuplets" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100325/ap_on_bi_ge/us_octuplets</a></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Helga Hewston, roving reporter for Hewdge, caught up with Nadya Suleman at her home in California, where she agreed to an in-depth interview</span></span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Helga</strong>: Nadya, how did you first hear about PETA’s spaying and neutering campaign?</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Nadya</strong>: Ok, well, one of my vol&#8230; …oh ferchrissakes, hang on….one of the kids is escaping….oh yep, number twelve…<em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Get the f*** back here, ya little brat!! </span>A</em>s I was saying, one of my volunteers told me about PETA.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Helga</strong>: Go on&#8230;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Nadya</strong>: Yeah, right now, I have lots of offers coming my way…<em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Hey you! Kid! Get back here! Whatever the hell your number is!!</span> </em>As well as PETA, I’ve had another offer to star in an adult movie. Cool huh? Did you see me on The View last month?</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Helga</strong>: No. Were you ever an animal rights activist?</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Nadya</strong>: Ha! Take a look around honey…this place is a ZOO!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Helga</strong>: Don’t call me honey. So what will you do with your fees from PETA?</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Nadya</strong>: You know&#8230;.it’s a question that gives me sleepless nights. Should I have the full tummy tuck or should I just work on the boobs? It’s a BIG decision…if you know what I mean… Oh shit!…hang on&#8230;..<span style="color: #ff0000;">OH NO!!!!!!</span><em></em><br />
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<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Helga</strong>: ….hmm…don’t tell me….another one of your 14 kids trying to escape?</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Nadya</strong>: Hell no!…MUCH worse &#8211; a volunteer trying to escape!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Helga: </strong>Nadya, you never disappoint. Go for the spaying dear…er…the campaign I mean&#8230;<br />
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		<title>Snubbed &#8216;Prince&#8217; Causes Gays To Mass En Masse: David Beckham &#8216;Orrified&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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A priest&#8217;s refusal to grant communion to a gay man has led to uproar in the Catholic south of the Netherlands. A multitude of gay men now look set to descend on Sunday mass in the city of Den Bosch.
Prince Gijs is no ordinary royal. His reign only lasted three days and his   [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">A priest&#8217;s refusal to grant communion to a gay man has led to uproar in the Catholic south of the Netherlands. A multitude of gay men now look set to descend on Sunday mass in the city of Den Bosch.</span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Prince Gijs is no ordinary royal. His reign only lasted three days and his    realm extended no further than the borders of the small town of Reusel.    Gijs, known in everyday life as <a href="http://vimeo.com/9189965">Gijs    Vermeulen</a>, a 24-year old bartender, was his hometown’s Prince of the    Carnival. Every year, towns in the Netherland’s Catholic south elect their    own buffoonish royalty, an honour generally bestowed on the more festive    members of the community. Prince Gijs might have been a wise and benevolent leader – but he is also a homosexual one. That alone was enough for his local church to refuse this atypical nobleman holy communion. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Read the full story:</span></span><a href="http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2493108.ece/Snubbed,_homosexuals_head_to_mass_en_masse" target="_blank"> http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2493108.ece/Snubbed,_homosexuals_head_to_mass_en_masse</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">David Beckham</span>, football legend, underwear model and family man, is a regular columnist for Hewdge:</strong></span></span><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<p><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am trulee ‘ORRIFIED wiv this storee! I always fawt that ‘olland was progressif, yeah? It’s got awl them ‘ash coffee shops wiv weed an’ evreefink on the menu, an’ it ain’t got no slums or nuffink…</span></span></em></p>
<p><em>&#8216;At last them gays ‘ave found ‘eaven on ‘earf,&#8217; I said to meself. So when I read about them caff-lic preests wot  dee-nyed ‘olee co-moo-nyun to them nancy-boys, I was well pissed off, an’ no mistake!</em></p>
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<p><em>W</em><em>e awl got our fawts, ain’t we, but them caff-lic preests (or ‘Dirty Beasts’ in me best cockney) are wot I like to cawl ‘olier than thou’.</em></p>
<p><em>I fink awl ‘em dutch trannies in full gear should mince on down to that church in stiletto ‘eels an’ show them &#8216;Dirty Beasts&#8217;  wot a real bloke in a dress looks like.</em></p>
<p><em>Me wife Victoria, an’ me free kids, ‘ave always ‘ad a fing for the under-dog.   Jus’ cos this Prince bloke is a pillow-biter, that don’t mean ‘ee ain’t a good geezer, right?</em></p>
<p><em>I am wun ‘undred percent be’ind them batty-boys, an’ I ain’t too ‘appy wiv them god-bovvering preests, wot ‘ave got more frocks than me dear old auntie Lil.   <span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>D. Beckham</strong></span><br />
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		<title>Jesus Was Gay, Says Elton John</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>helga</dc:creator>
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Pop Star Elton thinks Jesus was gay

In a magazine interview, he said: &#8220;I think Jesus was a compassionate,    super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems.
&#8220;On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted us    to be loving and forgiving.&#8221;

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<div><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Pop Star Elton thinks Jesus was gay</span></span></strong></div>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In a magazine interview, he said: &#8220;I think Jesus was a compassionate,    super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">&#8220;On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted us    to be loving and forgiving.&#8221;</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The 62-year-old also confessed that fame has now lost its shine for him.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Read the full story here: <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7268600/Jesus-was-gay-says-Elton-John.html" target="_blank">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7268600/Jesus-was-gay-says-Elton-John.html</a></span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Celebrities, a Cardinal and a Guru weigh in on Elton&#8217;s &#8216;Jesus was gay&#8217; statement</span></em></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Cardinal Ernesto Ciccolotta  &#8211; Head of PR, Vatican City</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></strong><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Signor Elton<br />
As you are uno magnifico artista, I will overlook the fact that you are a ‘po &#8216;omosessuale’. But, why Elton? WHY do you say these terrible gay things about our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ?<br />
I suppose you think we Cardinals are all gay too? Ha, how ridiculous! My cute Brazilian housekeeper Alfredo, is laughing at this while he is ironing my frock…</span></span></em></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">David Beckham – Footballer and Metrosexual Underwear Model</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></strong><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Oy, Elton mate!<br />
Wot’s all this about yoo callin’ Jesus a nancy-boy? That ain’t funny mate! Yoo ain’t got no respect, cos, in your fick ‘ead evree bloke wot wears a long dress is a shirt-lifter!<br />
Sum peeple fink that I’m a poofta too, jus’ cos I wear a wraparound skirt, but that don’t mean nuffink! Elton, me mate, I like yer moosic, but don’ mess wiv me messiah!</span></span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></strong><strong>Swami Baba Ramdev</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><em>Namaste</em><em> &#8211; I am disagreeing most very profoundly with you, Sahib John. I, and my followers are believing that wholeheartedly Jesus was being a holy man and that is clearly at all the Christian peoples. I am being full with suspicions that maybe Sahib John, you are  practicing the female avoiding abhorrent positions and this is indeed unholy and licentiousness! Your truly practicing of the praanayaama breathing yoga lifestyles will indeed be restoring your kundalini shakti. Also diets can be helping you in the so-doing.</em> Namaste</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Tom Cruise – Scientologist Operating Thetan Level V11</span></strong></span><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Elton<br />
C’mon, are you really saying Jesus was GAY? You Brits are so precious! If we Scientologists, heard that some little ponce-pianist was calling our glorious leader, L. Ron Hubbard a faggot, we’d jump off our sofas and kick-ass! Hey, man, are you on aspirin or caffeine or some other equally dangerous mind-fuck??</span></span></em></p>
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<h2><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Ringo Starr, the Beatles’ drummer, has admitted he has “found God” after    taking what he described as a winding life of enlightenment.</span></span></h2>
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<div style="display: block;"><img src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01379/beatles_1379342c.jpg" alt="Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr admits: 'I have found God'" width="460" height="288" /></p>
<div style="width: 460px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The reformed rock legend, who turns 70 in July, admitted he had lost his way    when he was younger, first as a Beatle then later after the group broke up.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">He experimented with LSD and marijuana when he was a Beatle in the 1960s, then    later in the 1970s suffered alcohol and cocaine problems.</span></span></div>
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<div style="width: 460px;">Starr pictured with other Beatles at his wedding to Barbara Bach, a former Bond girl. Photo: TERRY O&#8217;NEILL/ NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY</div>
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<p><!-- BEFORE ACI --><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">In an interview with the <strong><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-ringo-starr26-2010jan26,0,4633678.story">Los    Angeles Times</a></strong>, Starr, who is now a teetotal and has quit his    60-a-day cigarette habit, said that religion was one of the most important    aspects in his life. <strong>Read the full story here: </strong></span></span><span style="color: #000080;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/7142630/The-Beatles-drummer-Ringo-Starr-admits-I-have-found-God.html" target="_blank">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/7142630/The-Beatles-drummer-Ringo-Starr-admits-I-have-found-God.html</a></span> <span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Cardinal Gustavo Porchi Writes a &#8216;Welcome to God&#8217; Open Letter to Ringo</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></strong></span></span><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;">Dear Signore Starr,</span> </span></span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You have found God! Sono felice!! I am so happy because it is NEVER too late… Even though you have led a lascivious and drug-sodden life thus far, praise be that you have come into HIS fold to receive HIS blessings!</span></span></em> <em> </em></p>
<p><em>As one of Rome’s Cardinals (and best boyhood friend to Italian Prime Minister, Sylvio Berlusconi), I would be honored to be your spiritual mentor. It is always a pleasure to receive even the most debauched of confessions and in return, bestow peace and forgiveness upon the true penitent.</em></p>
<p><em>In fact, before he returned to his heavenly home, our most beloved Papa, John Paul (may he be granted an early Sainthood!) confessed to me that he was rather too fond of  &#8216;the belt&#8217;.</em> <em> </em></p>
<p><em>This innocent and touching revelation has only recently come to public light, but it has been shocking, SHOCKING, the way the Holy Father&#8217;s pious acts of daily (and nightly) devotion<em> to</em></em><em> &#8216;La Dea&#8217; as he fondly used to call God&#8217;s leather instrument, </em><em>has been distorted by the press!</em> <em> </em></p>
<p><em>Why, Signore Starr, I will be the first to admit that I feel MUCH nearer to God’s true mercy after a jolly good flagellation. I feel that you, being a drummer, will be a ‘natural’. </em></p>
<p><em>God bless you and keep you</em></p>
<p><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Cardinal Gustavo Porchi</span></strong></span></span></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Daniels, the television magician, stripped down to his underwear to    parody one of David Beckham&#8217;s risqué adverts for Emporio Armani.



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<div style="display: block;"><img src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01543/BECKS_1543499c.jpg" alt="Paul Daniels strips to his underpants to ape David Beckham advert" width="460" height="288" /></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The 71-year-old adopted the provocative pose in a spoof photoshoot for the    women&#8217;s magazine <em><a href="http://www.closeronline.co.uk/">Closer</a></em>.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The magician even copied the England footballer&#8217;s distinctive tattoos,    although eagle-eyed readers may pick up on slight differences in their    physiques.</span></span></p>
<p><!-- BEFORE ACI --><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">&#8220;Looking at David, I thought about all the work that had gone into his    six-pack and I realised how happy I am with my one-pack,&#8221; Daniels told    the <em>Daily Mail</em>.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">This is not the first time that Daniels has shed his clothes in tribute to    Beckham.</span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">David Beckham comments:</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #800080;">&#8220;Yeah, Victoria, me wife an&#8217; muvver of me free kiddies, finks it&#8217;s a good larf. Sum peeple ask me wot I fink about me mate Paul lookin&#8217; &#8216;andsome in the foto, an&#8217; i tell &#8216;em, it&#8217;s like we got sep&#8217;rated at birf!!  Ain&#8217;t it brill&#8217;yant to see wot a bit of make-up can do fer a bloke??  It&#8217;s magik! FANK YOO Paul, I luv ya!&#8221;</span><br />
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		<title>David Beckham &#8220;Pissed Off&#8221; At Dad Who Spoke Only Klingon To Baby Son</title>
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Our regular contributor, David Beckham, media darling, devoted &#8216;usband an&#8217; farva of free&#8217;, reacts harshly this week to a recent article found on the American blog-site, the Huffington Post.
The disturbing but true story, tells of a linguist father, d&#8217;Armond Speers, who spoke to his baby son only in Klingon (&#8217;tlhIngan Hol&#8216; in Klingon) for the [...]]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our regular contributor, David Beckham, media darling, devoted &#8216;usband an&#8217; farva of free&#8217;, reacts harshly this week to a recent article found on the American blog-site, the Huffington Post.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The disturbing but true story, tells of a linguist father, d&#8217;Armond Speers, who spoke to his baby son only in Klingon (&#8217;<em>tlhIngan Hol</em>&#8216; in Klingon) for the first three years of his son&#8217;s life, as a kind of linguistic experiment.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Star-Trek fans or &#8216;Trekkies&#8217; will know that &#8216;Klingonese&#8217; is a language spoken by the warrior race of alien beings (and on-off enemy of the Starship Federation) called the Klingons. Even though their language is an invention of Star Trek writers, it has inspired a serious world-wide cult following, as well as its own syntax and grammar rules. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Read the full HuffPo story here: </span></span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/19/darmond-speers-dad-spoke_n_363477.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/19/darmond-speers-dad-spoke_n_363477.html</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">‘Allo ‘Ewdge Readers</span></span></em></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I gotta tell you, me an’ me wife Victoria were well pissed off wen we ‘eard about this geezer wot ownlee spoke to ‘is kid in Klingon</span></span></em></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Fer gawd&#8217;s sake</span><span style="font-size: small;">, wot kind of poncy farva tawks to ‘is kiddie in sum poxy alien Star Trek language, wot ain’t real?</span></span></em></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That is child abuse fer starters, innit?</span></span></em></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">An wot about the farva’s name? ‘d’Amond’ sumfink or ovva….’Ow pree-ten-shus!</span></span></em></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wun fing I will say is that my boys Brooklyn, Romeo an’ baby Cruz, ‘ave a muvva an’ farva wot luvs ‘em te deaf, an’ ‘oo ain’t afraid te tawk te them kiddies in proppa English.</span></span></em></span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><em>Wun day them boys are gonna fank us for &#8216;ow they was brung up</em></span></span></strong><br />
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The H1N1 strain of influenza is in the air. Not to alarm you of course, just our way of saying that it’s a hot topic….erm, not in a fever sense naturally, but in a ‘vaccine is ready’ sense.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1612" title="Victoria Beckham1" src="http://www.hewdge.com/wp-content/uploads/Victoria-Beckham1.jpg" alt="Victoria Beckham1" width="320" height="400" />Dear Hewdge readers<br />
The H1N1 strain of influenza is in the air. Not to alarm you of course, just our way of saying that it’s a hot topic….erm, not in a fever sense naturally, but in a ‘vaccine is ready’ sense.<br />
Yes, everyone is talking about the newly-tested vaccine…should they or shouldn’t they take it? A big decision. What if you could wear a smart suit and thus avoid getting the virus altogether? Crazy? Not if you’re Japanese and used to wacky inventions.  Read the full story of the ‘flu-suit’ below.<br />
David Beckham, footballer and ‘varva of free’ reveals how his wife and ex-Spice girl, Victoria, loves the idea of healthy clothing and is making her own leisure-wear plans to help protect against the virus.</span></span></p>
<p><em>Jus’ let me say I fink it’s’ clevva wot them Japs ‘ave dun. They ‘ave put two fings toogevva – ‘ealth and fashun and that ain’t easy, right?<br />
Me wife Victoria, who ain’t ‘arf as fin ‘as wot sum peeple fink, ‘as been inspired by them Jap &#8216;flu suits&#8217; and is tawkin’ about makin’ a Bikini wot ‘elps peeple stay ‘ealthy.<br />
That is me wife Victoria froo and froo..…always busy wiv trying to ‘elp uvver peeple. Wot ‘ave I dun to deserve ‘er? Really…wot ‘ave I dun? </em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>David B</strong></span><em><br />
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		<title>Snoop Dogg Attacks Berlusconi Over Obama &#8216;Tan&#8217; Remark</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hewdge has been following the outpouring of irritation at Italian Prime Minister Sylvio Berlusconi’s latest gaffe, where he once again refers to US President Obama’s ‘tan’.
Read the full and unbelievable story here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/28/obama-tan-berlusconi
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1552" title="news-graphics-2007-_448249a" src="http://www.hewdge.com/wp-content/uploads/news-graphics-2007-_448249a.jpg" alt="news-graphics-2007-_448249a" width="299" height="213" />Hewdge has been following the outpouring of irritation at Italian Prime Minister Sylvio Berlusconi’s latest gaffe, where he once again refers to US President Obama’s ‘tan’.<br />
Read the full and unbelievable story here: </span></span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/28/obama-tan-berlusconi" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/28/obama-tan-berlusconi</a><br />
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Among the most offended of Obama’s fans is gangsta rapper, Snoop Dogg, who you may remember, visited Beirut only a few weeks ago. In the following letter, Snoop expresses his feelings towards Mr Berlusconi, in his usual clear and eloquent style.</span></span></p>
<p><em>Yo, Sylvizzle,<br />
Fo’ Shizzle dude, yo is lunchin’, cuz yo is mo than fitty, yo dig? Yo ain’t straight man, yo wack, yo know what I’m sayin’?<br />
Yo axe ma nizzle one mo’ time if he be tanned, I’m a busta cap in yo ass. Ma nizzle is a payce dawg, yo know what I’m sayin’? Yo ain’t gonna diss him, wanksta, yo dig? Whas goin’ down wid yo and that I-talyan fugly ho, yo know what I’m sayin’?</em></p>
<p>Which, roughly translated means:</p>
<p><em>Well, Mister Berlusconi, there’s no doubt you are going a little bit crazy, maybe because of your age. After all, you are over 50. Do you get it? You’re really not being fair. If you ask my President one more time if he’s ‘tanned’ I will shoot you in the behind.<br />
President Obama is a man of peace and you cannot disrespect him like some kind of idiot. Do you understand what I am saying? Do you get it? By the way, what is the latest news story concerning  you and that ****ing   ugly Italian &#8216;Lady of the Night&#8217;?  Do you know what I’m saying?</em></p>
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Barack Obama with his wife, Michelle, as they greet Silvio Berlusconi at the G20 dinner in Pittsburgh last week. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images
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<div><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Barack Obama with his wife, Michelle, as they greet Silvio Berlusconi at the G20 dinner in Pittsburgh last week. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images</span></span></strong></div>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Italian prime minister, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/silvio-berlusconi">Silvio Berlusconi</a>, has repeated his reference to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>&#8217;s &#8220;tan&#8221;  – and this  time made a wisecrack about <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/michelleobama">Michelle Obama</a>&#8217;s skin colour, too.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Berlusconi told a Milan rally of conservative supporters yesterday that he was bringing greetings from the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/usa">United States</a> from &#8220;What&#8217;s his name? Some tanned guy. Ah, Barack Obama!&#8221;</span></span> <span id="more-1531"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">He added: &#8220;You won&#8217;t believe it, but two of them went to the beach, because the wife is also tanned.&#8221;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Last week photographs showed Michelle Obama greeting many leaders at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh summit with a kiss but stiffly holding out her arm for a handshake when she came to greet Berlusconi.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pictures show Berlusconi gazing at Mrs Obama&#8217;s gown, instead of her face, and holding his arms out as if in delight at what he sees, while the US president looks on, apparently not amused.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Berlusconi has been on the defensive over a sex scandal that erupted last spring after his wife complained that the 72-year-old prime minister was infatuated with young women and announced she was divorcing him.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Prosecutors in the southern Italian city of Bari are investigating as a suspect in a cocaine investigation a local businessman who has said he sent some 30 young women to dinners and parties at Berlusconi&#8217;s Rome palazzo and Sardinian villa. The businessman told investigators he paid the women&#8217;s expenses and in some cases extra money in case they had sex with the prime minister.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Berlusconi was unaware of these arrangements, the businessman said. The prime minister, who is not under investigation in the scandal, has denied ever paying for sex.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">At yesterday&#8217;s  rally, Berlusconi also said that the cordial relationship between the US and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/italy">Italy</a> was intact. He delivered a backhanded compliment to the US president when referring to Obama&#8217;s use of a teleprompter in public speeches: &#8220;He&#8217;s not reckless like those of us who say what comes to mind. We all asked ourselves: &#8216;Does he know what he&#8217;s doing, or is he just someone who knows how to read well?&#8217;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">&#8220;But he&#8217;s all there, in a big way, and that should make us all happy and satisfied because we need the greatest democracy, the greatest country, to be in trustworthy hands,&#8221; Berlusconi said.</span></span></div>
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