Am I supposed to be shocked by this?
The BBC:
 
Bulgaria’s Weightlifting Federation has withdrawn its team from this summer’s Beijing Olympics after 11 lifters failed drugs tests.
The federation said eight men and three women had tested positive for the banned substance methandienon.
…”The federation decided to withdraw the weightlifting team - men and women -from the Olympics,” [...]

…and the mute donkey mayor can only talk about there not being a pact between the high school students.
BBC:

A US town mayor says there is “no evidence” to support claims that 17 Massachusetts schoolgirls became pregnant because of a “pregnancy pact”.
When details first emerged of the high rate of pregnancies at Gloucester High School, the [...]

Two rich mute donkeys from New York tried (and succeeded) in keeping slaves in their house for many years.
Reuters:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A wealthy New York woman was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Thursday for keeping two Indonesian women as slaves, forcing them to work up to 20 hours a day for years [...]

I know I don’t have to convince you that this world is “going to hell in a hand basket” like my mom used to say, but this story should help clear it up a little.
From CNN:

Cops bust alleged brothel-on-wheels in Miami

MIAMI, Florida (AP) – An alleged brothel-on-wheels that authorities said they busted over the weekend gives [...]

Sometimes being a mute donkey just stinks. This story from The Smoking Gun certainly speaks to that point.
Meet Jeffrey Barrier. The Ohio man allegedly used a cell phone camera to snap photos of a naked woman at a tanning salon Saturday and then hid the phone in his anus in a bid to thwart police. [...]

Spike Lee is a mute donkey for many reasons, his latest comment on Barack Obama just highlights that fact. (highlights added)
“It’s going to be before Obama, ‘B.B.,’ and after Obama — ‘A.B.’ — and some folks need to get used to this,” Lee said. “And I’m going to be at the inauguration — getting my [...]

WARNING: Unless you have a pile full of cash do not attempt the following stunt.
Posted on The World From Our Window:
Recently, Kansas City Chiefs Tight End Tony Gonzalez committed himself to his “wife” in a commitment ceremony. You can view Tony talking about the ceremony HERE. By the way, the ceremony was officiated by a professing Christian, [...]

BBC reports on an Indian court ruling giving state run airlines the right to ban “fat” air hostesses.
The Delhi high court was responding to a case filed by five air hostesses who had been grounded by the airline for being too fat to fly.
 
The judges agreed with the airline’s view that overweight crew present a safety [...]

…the Shanghai International Film Festival. 

Sharon Stone is not welcome at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival, organisers said Wednesday, as anger continued to boil over her suggestion that China’s earthquake was karmic payback for its handling of Tibet.Stone attended last year’s edition of the festival to promote anti-ageing creams for Christian Dior, but the company removed all ads in [...]