Newt Gingrich’s 527 group sent a letter to porn exec Allison Vivas in early September telling her she’d won their “Entrepreneur of the Year” award and inviting her to an “intimate event” with Gingrich.
“I’m honored, and more than a little surprised, to receive this prestigious award,” Vivas said today in a cheeky press release. “Rest assured, I’ll take the opportunity to inform Mr. Gingrich of some of the major challenges facing the adult entertainment industry in the current market .., from obscenity prosecutions to …

Yesterday may have been International Blasphemy Day but this story is no joke.  In response to accusations of covering up child abuse and violating many provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Catholic Archbishop Silvano Tomasi sought to counter-attack and deflect criticism.
According the Guardian:
In a defiant and provocative statement, issued following a meeting of the UN human rights council in Geneva, the Holy See said the majority of Catholic clergy who committed such acts were not paedophiles but homosexuals attracted to …