An uh-oh for ABC, via the Drudge Report (hey, Bush makes him sick, what are you gonna do? I'd hate to see what the news execs at Fox text each other about Russ Feingold...)
Looks like Barry Bonds will sue the writers of one of two steroid allegation books after all...
Notice of the lawsuit came today in a letter from attorney Michael Rains' office to the agent for authors Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams. They are reporters for The Chronicle and authors of the book "Game of Shadows.''
In a phone message, Rains said he will also ask a federal judge to initiate contempt proceedings "for the use of illegally obtained" grand jury transcripts and other documents that the authors used in writing the book.
The book, published today, concerns the Bay Area laboratory known as BALCO and the athletes, including Bonds, who allegedly were illicitly supplied with performance-enhancing drugs.
According to the letter, Bonds' attorney will ask a San Francisco Superior Court judge on Friday to issue a temporary restraining order forfeiting all profits from publication and distribution of the book. In the phone message, Rains said the request would be made under the theory that the transcripts were "illegally obtained and possessed under federal law."
The crazy file: Okay, this is disgusting: a report in the Guardian (re-reported in the World Tribune via the adjacent link) is accusing a Chinese cosmetics company of using the skin from executed convicts to develop collagen and other beauty products sold in Europe. Hang on a second. ... AAAAAAUUUGH!!! Okay, I'm back.
The company was not identified by name for legal reasons and it is unclear whether collagen made from the skin of prisoners was in the research stage or in actual production.
“A lot of the research is still carried out in the traditional manner using skin from the executed prisoners and aborted fetus," the agent was quoted as saying. The material, he said, was being bought from “biotech" companies based in Heilongjiang Province and was being developed elsewhere in China.
He suggested that the use of skin and other tissues harvested from executed prisoners was not uncommon. “In China it is considered very normal and I was very shocked that Western countries can make such a big fuss about this," he said.
So... what are you wearing...?
What a girl wants: And not surprisingly, guess what Dick Cheney requires when he stays at a hotel? Cool temps, cheese-eating surrender monkey Perrier for the missus, and all the televisions tuned to the Fox News Channel... What else would he watch?
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