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Her daughter and Tony's sister, a sleazy ex-hippie named Pavarti, nee Janice, has shown up from Seattle, ostensibly to take care of her mother but more likely to scam off her brother.
What a scam!
Some quality control problems noted at the WP : 1) A story about trials of an experimental anti-autism drug is slugged by the paper "Treatment Counters Autism" even though the story goes on to explain that the drug worked no better in the studies than placebos given to the control group; 2) an AP story the paper runs about a credit card scam targeting senior military officers fails to mention that the Wall Street Journal broke the news yesterday; 3) over a heart-wrenching story about a 9-year-old boy who concealed the accidental death of his mother for a month, leaving her body in their home because he was afraid of being sent to an orphanage, the Post goes with the bad taste headline of the year, century, and millennium: "MOTHER DIED, BUT BOY, 9, KEPT MUM."
Given that there is no genuine infrastructure need for which China could not easily find private sourcing--of which Hong Kong accounts for the lion's share--the suggestion by a Cabinet member to raid the reserves is a virtual invitation for scam and graft.
The lyrics are the usual--drugs, grim humor, self-hatred, sci-fi sex--but Manson is "no longer instantly dismissible as scam artist or sight gag" (Jim Farber, Daily News ). (Check out audio and video clips from the album.)