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Last Friday a former CEO implicated longest-serving Republican senator, Ted Stevens (aka. 'series of tubes'), in charges of extortion, conspiracy, and bribery. Once at the helm of oil services company, VECO, Bill Allen has entered a guilty plea and is giving up all the details... money was handed out to legislators, but the real headline was that VECO employees were sent lift Sen. Stevens' ski resort home and build two bedrooms, a game room and sauna underneath. Allen even gifted some used furniture and hired Stevens' son, Ben (now a senator) as a consultant. No one is talking about what the bribes were for - presumably business as usual.

Speaking of business as usual, sponsored news stories have become so mainstream that perennial media wallflower, CNN, has started acknowledging them. "Study: firearms help treat mental illness - brought to you by BLAMosil. But seriously, if CNN thinks you don't mind... YOU DON'T.

By the way, this is the sponsored 'news' story that was on CNN today:








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