The Crazy Season

Cathouse hookers love Ron Paul, Rick Santorum's sweater vests catch on & Mitt isMittens

"Pimpin' for Paul": Moonlight Bunny Ranch ladies have endorsed Ron Paul for thesecond election in a row.
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Rick "Sweater Vest" Santorum is making fashion waves with those no-sleevev-necks.
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Mitt Romney might benefit from legally changing his name to 'Mittens.'
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Some things have come from the race for the Republican presidential nomination that might have been better left unknown — like revelations of Herman Cain's promiscuity, Newt Gingrich's unsavory corporate ties and Michele Bachmann's crazy eyes.

But a few downright hilarious tidbits have recently come to light with caucus season. For instance:

Voters don't have a clue as to Mitt Romney's real name.

The man has been campaigning for nearly five years, but only six percent of respondents to a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll knew that 'Mitt' is a moniker for Willard.

Twenty percent posited that 'Mitt' was his real name, while 18 percent guessed 'Mitchell' and eight percent guessed 'Milton.' Forty-four percent responded 'Don't know,' two percent believed Romney was a 'Gromit' and another two percent thought that Mitt was a shortening of 'Mittens.' How cute!

Rick Santorum is bringing back the sweater vest, but not in the preppy way, or even really the geeky way: The former Pennsylvania senator favors those bulky knits of the gut-hugging, grandpa-chic variety.

As soon as Santorum doffed his sleeves, he began turning heads. Now 'Rick's Sweater Vest' has a Twitter, and Santorum's campaign has designed a line of official vests with embroidered lapels.

States' rights advocate Ron Paul has (yet again) been endorsed by a brothel. But this time around, it was a close call.

"We thought real closely about supporting Gingrich — because he's a cheater — and we like cheaters," said Dennis Hof, owner of the HBO Cathouse featured Moonlight Bunny Ranch in Nevada. He surveyed more than 500 girls to determine who would win the club's weighty endorsement.

"A lot of [the girls] supported Obama last time," Hof said. "But because he signed a bill allowing for human consumption of wild horses . . . the girls don't want any part of Obama."

What other humorous things are taking place in the political sphere?

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Thanks, Queen Bey

Pop icon Beyoncé donates $100,000 to University of Houston Law School

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Pop megastar Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has donated $100,000 to the University of Houston Law Center Criminal Justice Clinic through her BeyGOOD Foundation. The gift will allow the clinic to hire fill-time faculty to head it, benefiting the students who study there.

“I am delighted that the BeyGOOD Foundation has made this very generous gift to the UH Law Center,” said Leonard Baynes, dean of the UH Law Center. “Not only will this funding help establish a full-time criminal justice clinic that provides pro bono legal services in our community, but it will also supercharge our already excellent criminal law and justice programming.”

The clinic is one of nine at UHLC. It helps students learn to navigate the criminal justice system, especially on behalf of clients that are underserved by skilled attorneys. People of color are affected disproportionately by a lack of good, ethical representation.

Beyoncé, the most decorated artist in Grammy history and easily the biggest musical star native to Houston, has a long history of advocating for criminal justice reform. She was a staunch supporter of the police reform following the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, asking law enforcement to “stop killing us” in a web post. In 2020, she penned an open letter to the Kentucky attorney general asking for justice in the death of Breonna Taylor.

Through her BeyGOOD Foundation, established in 2013, Beyoncé has focused mostly on expanding the prospects of Black-owned business and offering education opportunities to students. Forwarding the cause of legal representation in Texas while also helping out marginalized communities compliments her other philanthropic work.

“At UH Law, we envision a legal profession where ‘everyone has the opportunity to prosper,’ as BeyGOOD envisions, and we will achieve this vision by providing access to strong and effective legal representation in criminal proceedings,” Baynes said. “And together, through this gift, the BeyGOOD Foundation and UHLC will shepherd the next generation of criminal justice attorneys in the city of Houston, the state of Texas and the nation.”