Arnahld is in, to everyone and no one's surprise. Expect pictures alleging Schwarzenegger’s steroid use and gay porn roles to mysteriously emerge from the vicinity of Sacramento.

But Arnie is small potatoes, compared to another political giant announcing his candidacy:

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to the next governor of the great state of California, former child star and current freaky midget, Gary Coleman.

“What you talkin’ ‘bout, Gray Davis?”

He’s gonna beat the pants off of convicted fruit murderer, Leo Gallagher. I mean, the destroyer of webster can't possibly be beaten!

This’ll be fun as hell to watch, but I praise Buddha I don’t live there.

May god have mercy on their souls.

The Guardian reports that Soviet agents attempted to kill John Wayne in the early 50s:

Joseph Stalin ordered the KGB to assassinate John Wayne because he considered his anti-communist rhetoric a threat to the Soviet Union, according to a new biography of the film star based on interviews with Wayne's close associates and the movie legend Orson Welles.

Stalin apparently learned of Wayne's popularity from the Russian filmmaker Sergei Gerasimov, who attended a peace conference in New York in 1949. Michael Munn, a film historian and author of John Wayne - The Man Behind The Myth, said Gerasimov told Stalin of Wayne's fervent anti-communist beliefs.

"Stalin decided that he would have him killed," said Mr Munn, who says he was told of the plot by Orson Welles at a dinner in 1983.

But the Duke was having none of this jive:

"Yakima told me that the FBI had discovered there were agents sent to Hollywood to kill John Wayne," said Mr Munn. "He said the FBI had come to tell John about the plot. John told the FBI to let the men show up and he would deal with them."

Wayne then apparently hatched a plot with his scriptwriter at the time, Jimmy Grant, to abduct the assassins, drive to a beach and stage a mock execution to frighten them. Mr Munn said he did not know what transpired, but heard the two men stayed in the US to work for the FBI.

Sweet.

(Via The Corner)