Sideswipe

It's a family affair: Bad album cover art - I'm God's Child by The Cooper Family, featuring Dustin Hoffman in his Tootsie get-up.

The likes of self-appointed Bishop Tamaki and United Future MP Paul Adams have often referred to the 'Homosexual Agenda'. While undercover at the weekend's march for family values, a copy of the much talked about agenda was obtained directly from the Head Homosexual. This is the first time this document has been published in New Zealand.

The Homosexual Agenda

6.30am:Les Mills pilates.
8:00am:Breakfast at Dizengoff.
9:00am:Hairdresser.
10:00am:Shopping.
12:00pm:Brunch at SPQR.
2:00pm:
1) Entrench liberal feminist representatives in central and local government to ensure the agenda is pushed from the top tier level down.
2) Set up nationwide recruitment campaign to lure all straight youngsters to our debauched lifestyle.
3) Destroy all healthy heterosexual marriages.
4)Penetrate the Shortland St storylining table and seed stories involving lesbian and homosexual lifestyle and behaviour disproportionately throughout.
5) Bulldoze all houses of worship.
6) Continue to infiltrate the All Blacks.

2.30pm:Have a lie down - the stress of world conquest can be ageing.
3.30pm:Botox top up.
4:00 pm:Cocktails.
6:00pm:Light low-carb dinner.
8:00pm:Theatre.
11:00pm:Bed.

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What were they thinking? The weekly New York Press has published a tasteless cover story that makes fun of 84-year-old Pope John Paul's medical decline. The story is headlined: "The 52 Funniest Things About the Upcoming Death of the Pope." One of the least cringe-making jibes is No 47: "Upon death, Pope's face frozen in sickening smile, eyes wide open and teeth exposed, like a baboon."

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Reason.com (see link below) reports: "If you are thinking about having your face Botoxed or your breasts enlarged, then you might want to avoid Illinois and Washington. Their state legislatures are considering "vanity" taxes on plastic surgery. The taxes would not apply to reconstructive surgery for burn victims, women who have undergone mastectomies, or others who have surgery done for 'medical' reasons."