A US Vice President? Slim Chance. A Japan Sumo Wrestler? Fat Chance!
Eat Your Heart Out Governor Palin, You Can Never Be a Sumo Wrestler in Japan. Even a Hail Mary Pass …
Rep. VPl nominee Alaska Gov Sarah Palin buys a "Moose Tracks" ice cream cone at 'The Chocolate Factory' after a campaign stop with U.S. Rep presidential nominee Sen McCain (R-AZ) in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, Sep 5, 2008. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA). Image may be subject to copyright. See Fair Use Notice.
Palin: She Inhaled
By Lisa Lerer
(Source: CBS)
(The Politico) Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is known as a staunch social conservative. She’s a life long NRA member, belongs to an anti-abortion-rights group called Feminists for Life and opposes civil unions.
Palin has said she smoked marijuana but didn’t enjoy it and doesn’t smoke anymore.
“I can’t claim a Bill Clinton and say that I never inhaled,” she told the Anchorage Daily News in 2006. More …
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Meanwhile, Back in The Sumo Ranch …
Japan bans Russian sumo wrestlers
(Source: CNN)
Russian sumo wrestler Hakurozan, left, receives water from his brother Roho in this July 2006 photo. Image may be subject to copyright. See Fair Use Notice.
TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Two popular Russian sumo wrestlers were slapped with lifetime bans from Japan’s ancient national sport for allegedly using marijuana and the head of the Japan Sumo Association resigned Monday to take responsibility for the scandal, officials said
The wrestlers, brothers Roho and Hakurozan, tested positive for the drug when the sport conducted its first drug tests following the arrest last month of another Russian wrestler, Wakanoho, for marijuana possession.
The scandal has rocked the sumo world, which has its roots in religious ritual and tends to hold its athletes and officials to high moral standards. Marijuana possession is considered a serious offense in Japan, and the scandal has been front-page news. More …
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