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A La Carte (04/04)

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Tuesday April 4, 2006

Pornography: Slice of Laodicea reports on Christian Pornography. “A publisher is soliciting descriptions of ‘godly’ passion in the married bed with a special appeal to pastors wives to share their ‘stories’.”

Humor: WestJet, Canada’s favorite (and only profitable) airline, has asked customers to contribute to realizing gains in fuel efficiency. “Beginning tomorrow, we ask that every guest aboard a WestJet aircraft assume the inflight winglet position upon takeoff…”

Film: Can you picture Paris Hilton playing Mother Theresa? An Indian movie director wants to do just that. Breitbart.com reports. “That’s hot.”

Film Bonus: Rick Pearcey is running a review of V for Vendetta written by Angus Menuge. “Ostensibly about a fascist government, V for Vendetta is a movie that hides its own fascist inclinations behind the mask of its protagonist…”


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