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Cult comedy Father Ted is set to return as a musical, its co-creator has confirmed.

Linehan, who also created Channel 4 sitcom the IT Crowd and co-created sitcom Black Books, said the musical was about "the least qualified man in the world becoming Pope".

He said: "I didn't want to do anything like this until the right idea came along, and when Trump won and Corbyn won [the Labour leadership] I kind of thought, 'Maybe Ted has a chance'.

President Trump will host a dinner in the coming week...

Snopes CEO on Vetting Melania Trump Disappearance Theories: 'Can't Blame People' for Wondering

Kathy Ehrich Dowd and Diane Herbst
May 31, 2018 01:52 PM

As Melania Trump remains completely unseen in public for 21 days and counting, her disappearance has sparked a wide range of conspiracy theories — including that the first lady did not write Wednesday’s tweet that stated she’s “here at the @WhiteHouse w my family.”

Although some of the theories about her disappearing act seem pretty outlandish — including one in which the first lady is allegedly holed up with the Obamas to write an exposé about her husband — even the person who has dedicated his career to squashing wild rumors can see why they are bubbling up.

“You can’t blame people. She was suddenly in the hospital for something that hadn’t been announced in advance and she hasn’t been seen since,” Snopes founder and CEO David Mikkelson tells PEOPLE. “It could be perfectly innocuous, but it also could be a cover story for something else.”

Mikkelson — who runs the independent, nonpartisan website researching urban legends and other rumors — also admits the mystery of Mrs. Trump’s disappearance is “very intriguing.”

“I don’t have any insight into what the reality is, she could have just had surgery and she is recovering quietly,” he says. “People wondering about it doesn’t take a great conspiratorial mind. It seems unusual that she was in the hospital and she hasn’t been seen. When that happens to someone prominent like a first lady, the lack of information is very intriguing.”

https://people.com/politics/snopes-ceo-melania-trump-conspiracy-theories/

Flyers In Greenwich Village Seek Info On 'Missing' Melania Trump

"HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN?" the posters ask.
By Noah Manskar, Patch Staff | Jun 1, 2018


GREENWICH VILLAGE, NY — Melania Trump is safe and sound at the White House, but someone in Manhattan is worried about her whereabouts. East Village resident John Hoch spotted about 10 flyers seeking information about the "missing" first lady near Washington Square Park Friday morning.

"HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN?" reads a line on the posters between a photo of the president's wife and a physical description of her.

"She was last seen on May 10, 2018. If you have information about her whereabouts please contact immediately," the flyers say. They ask people to send tips to an email address, a phone number or the Twitter account @MissingMelania, which did not show up in search results Friday...

Anyone concerned about the first lady might end up instead reaching the president's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen — or at least someone impersonating him.

The phone number on the posters is the same one seen on mock subway ads for Cohen, who famously paid the porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about her alleged affair with Donald Trump.

"Got problems? You've reached Michael Cohen, the fixer," said a message that played when a reporter dialed the number Friday. It said to press one "if you need a hush payment made," press two "if you need someone threatened with physical violence," or press three "if you're the president of the United States."
https://patch.com/new-york/east-village/flyers-greenwich-village-seek-info-missing-melania-trump

What's on the menu, roast pork?

Fact check: Fabrications of Trump and his critics

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump fabricated history when it came to assessing the 2016 election, his achievements on the opioid epidemic and a congressman's voting record on taxes. Critics of his immigration policy got it wrong when they accused the Trump administration of taking 1,500 immigrant children from their parents and losing them.

The week in review:

evelette1,
revelette1 wrote:
Monica Lewinski was 21, not a minor and it is not a crime to have an affair in the office even if it is in the Oval office.
oralloy: According to feminist nutcases, it is a hanging offense for a male superior to have consensual sex with a female subordinate.

Unless the male superior is a liberal. Feminist nutcases say that liberals are above the law.

Two draft dodgers.

In reality, the male rapist nutcases always claim the sex was consensual.

"HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN?" the posters ask.

neither did President Bone Spurs ever serve.

If a Muslim chooses to harm innocent people, DroneStrike them.

I'm sure that all the 1.6 billion

Wally you have a huge problem with Islam in Germany.

Really? You live there and experienced that?

Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs .