No, it’s not a Theme Jam. We’re just desperate for photos.

Sing Along with Stinque [Flickr]

We haven’t been paying attention to Second Life since the Paultard Invasion a few websites ago, but we’ve heard that cyberpestorking is all the rage there. What we haven’t heard — until now — is that in addition to buying virtual genitalia for your avatars, you may be buying a heap o’ trouble back in your sorry excuse for a real world.

That’s what David Pollard learned when his wife caught him pixelating with another woman.

“I just couldn’t believe what he’d done,” said Amy Taylor. “I looked at the screen and saw his character having sex. It’s cheating, as far as I’m concerned.”

And why would Amy be looking at the screen? Because she’s also a member.

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• John Paul II apologizes in 1995 for Church’s treatment of women: 1,995 years
• Pope Benedict apologizes in 2008 for child sex abuse by clergy: 869 years
• John Paul II apologizes in 1999 for Jan Hus being burned at the stake: 584 years

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Can’t find anything online, but NBC’s Andrea Mitchell is quoting two sources saying Hillary’s going to State. (Okay, she’s a “viable candidate.” Remember, balloons float with helium or hot air.)

Character assassin to the stars FlyingChainSaw writes on the fly, and leaves a lot of abandoned drafts scattered in the Stinque editorial chambers. These stories may not be happening, but an FCS headline is a terrible thing to waste.

• Palin’s Mayoral Administration: Tyrannous Reign of Political Greasing and Wanton Adulterous Pestorking
• Talibunny and Psychogeezer’s Crusade of Hate, Fear & Rage Goes Completely Nazi To Mobilize the Adkisson Brigades
• Desperate Traitorous Dog Psychogeezer Begging Bin Ladin to Attack America to Turn Around His Travelling Fashion Show
• Talibunny Going Fucking Nuts!
• Fascist Pederasts’ Heads Exploding
• Adkisson Brigades Clearing Gun Stores of Semi-Automatic Weapons and Ammo

Image: Privacy International Big Brother Award

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVNqJSPrfio

Joe Biden during the veep debate: “Vice President Cheney has been the most dangerous vice president we’ve had probably in American history.”

The Bidens will be visiting the Cheneys at the vice-presidential residence this afternoon. We recommend they leave before dusk.

Biden to Meet Cheney, Make Really Awkward Small Talk [CQ Politics]

AIG CEO Edward Liddy demonstrates how easy it is to put one over on the Bush Administration, explaining to Larry King that tattletale signs were removed from the secret Phoenix retreat for a simple reason:

“We are really cutting corners. We’re doing the same thing the American taxpayer is doing. We are tightening our belts. We didn’t use any signage.”

They probably stiffed the waiters, too.

ABC Catches AIG Executives Hosting Another Posh ‘Junket’ At Luxury Hotel [Think Progress]