Cutest cats from all over Europe? The cats in the picture on
your page Tuesday
are some of the ugliest cats I've seen in quite a while, and I'm crazy about cats.
If those sad things are the cutest Europe has to offer right now, my moggies would kick their butts and take ALL the prizes.
Linda >^..^<
Thanks, Linda!
Heh - I'd be more than happy to donate a cat (or 2) to Belgium...
Doug Thompson: They came to praise King and bury Bush (capitolhillblue.com)
George W. Bush's pathetic attempt to turn Coretta Scott King's funeral into a politically-advantageous photo op fell flatter than his State of the Union speech Tuesday - a textbook example of just how out of touch the President has become with the American people.
Robert C. Koehler: Give Peace A Vote (Tribune Media Services)
A few days after Sept. 11, 2001, Bill Scheurer realized that the nation's soul was in jeopardy. He saw George Bush on TV, standing in the rubble of Ground Zero, whipping the national grief into carte blanche for revenge. Behind him, as the death toll wavered, people held up a banner that screamed: 6,000 MORE REASONS TO KILL THEM ALL.
Germaine Greer: The Betty I knew (guardian.co.uk)
Betty Friedan, who died this weekend aged 85, was widely considered to be the founder of modern feminism. Was she really as pivotal as she thought she was, asks Germaine Greer.
Laura Barcella: Al Franken, Purveyor of Truth (AlterNet.org)
They're cutting like $12.7 billion in student loan programs, and I have a suspicion that that is about recruiting. When I travel to Iraq, and talk to the men and women, a lot of them are in there because they need the money to go to college. And if you cut $12.7 billion from student aid, then you're going to force more working poor and middle class kids to consider going into the military.
Al Franken: Excerpt: 'The Truth (With Jokes)'
The true story of the Making of the President 2004, starring the Three Horsemen of the Republican Apocalypse: Fear, Smears and Queers.
Book Review by GARRISON KEILLOR
Any American with a big urge to write a book explaining France to the French should read this book first, to get a sense of the hazards involved.
Fiber for Weight-Loss
New research shows a high-fiber diet can keep you from gaining weight even more than a low-fat diet.
Purple Gene's review of Sly Stone's creepy cameo at the Grammy Awards:
I used to record commercial vocals with Sly Stone and his brother Freddy in the 70's. We did one for "Levis" and another for "Visa" cards. I always remember how he loved to fuck with the producer by flubbing the "takes" over and over (at $500/hour) and then he'd look at his watch and whisper to Freddy "Let's get this" and he'd do it perfectly and split…a little richer!
Sly was born Sylvester Stewart on the Ides of March, 1944 in Dallas, Texas. He was raised in Vallejo, California and went to church. At 16 years old he had a band called the "Viscaynes" and was a D.J. on F.M. radio station K.S.O.L. Sly got signed by Autumn Records as a producer…..he did...Bobby Freeman "C'mon and Swim" (huge hit with dance moves)….Beau Brummels "Laugh Laugh" (100 takes to finish)…The Mojo Men ("Off the Hook" Rolling Stones song)… Great Society (Grace Slicks band before the Airplane)
Then in 1966, Sly put together "Sly and the Family Stone" with brother Freddy, Larry Graham on Bass, Cynthia Robinson on Trumpet, Jerry Martini on Sax and Greg Errico on drums.
The Funk/Disco/Glam/Gospel/Soul/Psychodelic 60's band was born and hit after hit starting with "Dance to the Music"……."Stand" ….."Everyday People"….."Don't Call me Nigger, Whitey"…."I wanna thank you falettinme Be Mice Elf, Agin" they were nothing short of amazing on stage….but in the late 70's Sly started not showing up to gigs and as my Engineer friend Bill Steele told me, he became completely caught up in cocaine (Bill spent 3 days in the back of a Rolls Royce limo looking for blow with Sly……He never was the same again and then last night at the Grammy Awards…
Right in the middle of his old band "The Family Stone" blowin' hard on "Dance to the Music"…..a silver and gold caped blond mohawked bent over with a bandaged right hand ghost of Sly Stone wandered onto the stage….shit…I don't believe it ….with his head stuck in a bowed position he pounded out a few bars and quietly split ….This guy looked like Wendy O. Williams with black face on…..everyone was stunned that he showed up at all ….and then …the get-up…wow…it made me forget about Madonna's opening number and Teri Hatcher's see through dress…….
Yeah…U2 and Bruce and Kelly and Kanye and Beyonce and Jay-Z and Paul McCartney were good but goddam Sly stole the show with his "What the Fuck"??? appearance!
Purple Gene gives Sly Stone 2 big fat shiny lines of Bolivian flake out of 10 for finally showing up and not flaking……(Was that blond Mohawk a wig ?)
Both the AmeriQuest & Goodyear blimps flew over the house this afternoon.
No new flags.
Tonight, Friday:
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'Ghost Whisperer', followed by a RERUN'Close To Home', then a RERUN'NUMB3RS'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Martha Stewart and Michael Buble.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Eddie Izzard and zoologist Patti Hall.
NBC fills the night with FRESH, but pre-taped & heavily edited, 'XX Olympic Winter Games'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Paul Walker, Jillian Barberie, and Fiona Apple.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Paul Bettany and 19-year-old sportscaster Graham Bensinger.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson Daly is pre-empted due to Olympics coverage.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Dancing With The Stars', followed by a FRESH'In Justice', then '20/20'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Steve Coogan, Dr. Travis Stork, and Daddy Yankee.
The WB fills the night with the movie 'Swimfan'.
Faux fills the night with the 2-hour SERIES FINALE'Arrested Development'.
UPN fills the night with a FRESH'WWE Friday Night SmackDown!'.
PLEASE check local PBS listings for a FRESH'NOW With Bill Moyers David Brancaccio', the MOST IMPORTANT program on over-the-air-TV.
A&E has 'American Justice', followed by the movie 'Batman Returns', and 'Criss Angel'.
AMC offers 'Hustle', followed by the movie 'The Day The Earth Stood Still', followed by the movie 'The Mummy' (Karloff version).
BBC -
[2pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Whither Canada?;
[2:40pm] 'My Family' - Parisian Beauty;
[3:20pm] 'My Family' - Trust Never Sleeps;
[4pm] 'At Home with the Braithwaites' - Episode 6;
[5pm] 'Monarch of the Glen' - Episode 1;
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'House Invaders' - Episode 8;
[7pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 7;
[8pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 7;
[9pm] 'My Family' - Episode 8;
[9:40pm] 'My Hero' - Episode 6;
[10:20pm] 'Kumars at No. 42' - Boy George;
[11pm] 'Black Books' - Episode 1;
[11:30pm] 'Just For Laughs' - Episode 4;
[12am] 'Just For Laughs' - Episode 5;
[12:30am] 'Just For Laughs' - Episode 6;
[1am] 'My Family' - Episode 8;
[1:40am] 'My Hero' - Episode 6;
[2:20am] 'Kumars at No. 42' - Boy George;
[3am] 'Manchild' - Episode 1;
[3:40am] 'Manchild' - Episode 2;
[4:20am] 'Manchild' - Episode 3;
[5am] 'Without Prejudice' - Episode 5;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Inside The Actors Studio', followed by the movie 'Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior', then the movie 'Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior', again.
Comedy Central has 'Comedy Central Presents', 'Reno 911!', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Reprot', 'Premium Blend', 'Coomedy Central Presents', another 'Comedy Central Presents', and 'David Cross'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'D-Day: The Lost Evidence', and 'Pacific-Lost'.
IFC -
[6AM] My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the Kindertransports (1996);
[7:30AM] Short: Grace and The New Rules (2002);
[8AM] Stevie (2002);
[10:30AM] Punk: Attitude (2005);
[12:05PM] Tadpole (2002);
[1:30PM] IFC Short Film Collection II: February (2006);
[3:30PM] At The IFC Center (2006);
[4PM] Amerikan Passport (1999);
[5:30PM] Love & Sex (2000);
[7:05PM] Tadpole (2002);
[8:30PM] Run Lola Run (1998);
[10PM] Hopeless Pictures #8 (2005);
[10:15PM] Greg the Bunny: "Daddyhood" (2005);
[10:30PM] Dinner For Five #47 (2005);
[11PM] Fulltime Killer (2001);
[12:45AM] IFC in Theaters (2005);
[1AM] Hopeless Pictures #8 (2005);
[1:15AM] Greg the Bunny: "Daddyhood" (2005);
[1:30AM] Dinner For Five #47 (2005);
[2AM] Fulltime Killer (2001);
[3:45AM] IFC in Theaters (2005);
[4AM] Hopeless Pictures #8 (2005);
[4:15AM] Greg the Bunny: "Daddyhood" (2005);
[4:30AM] Dinner For Five #47 (2005);
[5AM] IFC Short Film Showcase: February (2006). (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has 'John Doe', followed by a FRESH'Stargate SG-1', then a FRESH'Stargate Atlantis', and a FRESH'Battlestar Galactica'.
Sundance -
[6:30AM] The Take;
[8AM] Minnie and Moskowitz;
[10AM] Koyaanisqatsi;
[11:30AM] Tube Mice;
[11:45AM] Weed;
[12:50PM] True Confessions;
[2:45PM] Minnie and Moskowitz;
[4:45PM] Childstar;
[6:30PM] Kath & Kim: Cactus Hour;
[7PM] Uncovered: The Whole Truth About The Iraq War;
[8PM] Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels;
[10PM] Reconstruction;
[11:30PM] I Am NOT an ANIMAL: Home;
[12AM] Two-Lane Blacktop;
[1:45AM] The Thing;
[3:35AM] Audition;
[5:35AM] Childstar. (ALL TIMES EST)
Folk and rock legend Neil Young poses, 3rd right, with his wife Pegi, center, actress Meryl Streep, left, and filmmaker Jonathan Demme, right, as they arrive for a special New York screening of the film 'Neil Young: Heart of Gold', Thursday, Feb 9, 2006. The film, directed by Demme, is an intimate musical portrait of Young filmed at the world premiere of the singers Prairie Wind concert held in Nashville, Tn. last year.
Photo by Stuart Ramson
Country singer Willie Nelson introduced California to "BioWillie," his brand of clean-burning fuel made from soybeans.
BioWillie went on sale Wednesday at an alternative fuel station in San Diego where the 72-year-old singer filled his tour bus from a pump emblazoned with a picture of himself strumming a guitar.
The BioWillie brand, known as B20, is a blend of 80 percent petroleum diesel and 20 percent biodiesel and is made from soybean oil.
An anti-globalization activist who was sent back to France after arriving at an airport here accused the U.S. government Thursday of conspiring against his cause and trying to protect big business.
Jose Bove, best known for ransacking a McDonald's restaurant in France in 1999, arrived Wednesday at John F. Kennedy International Airport, planning to speak at an event sponsored by Cornell University, but was denied entry by customs officials.
Bove was not eligible to enter the U.S. under a visa waiver program, U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman Janet Rapaport said. She said she could not discuss why.
The program allows residents of 27 countries, including France, to travel to the U.S. for tourism or business for up to 90 days without getting a visa, according to the Department of State Web site.
Bove, 52, had planned to attend a gathering of farmers, labor advocates and academics in Manhattan Thursday and Friday, participating in such forums as "Fighting the Commodification of Food" and "The Struggle Against Monsanto in Europe."
Cindy Sheehan, wearing a picture of her son, flashes a peace sign before a press conference in San Francisco, California, February 9, 2006. Sheehan, the anti-Iraq war activist whose son was killed in the conflict there, put an end to speculation that she would launch a long-shot bid to become a U.S. senator from California.
Photo by Kimberly White
"The Daily Show" correspondent Rob Corddry has landed the title role in Fox's comedy pilot "Becoming Glen," while "Law & Order" alum Angie Harmon has been tapped to star in ABC's drama pilot "Secrets of a Small Town."
"Becoming Glen" centers on a successful fortysomething man who looks back at 1994, when he was a 32-year-old slacker (Corddry) living with his parents and spending all his time lying on the couch watching TV.
It's been a very successful pilot season for brothers Rob and Nathan Corddry, both members of the fake news team of Comedy Central's "Daily Show." Last week, Nathan Corddry was cast in another high-profile pilot, Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme's drama for NBC, "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip."
Sarasota High School sent a Valentine to Jerry Springer - and then took it back.
The talk show host had accepted an invitation from the school's cheerleaders to headline the "Hollywood Nights" dance Saturday.
But administrators withdrew the invitation Wednesday, saying that Springer, whose TV guests include unfaithful lovers and brawling friends, was not an appropriate role model for students.
The cheerleaders are looking for another celebrity to host the dance.
Ali MacGraw will make her Broadway debut in "Festen," the London hit that will also star Larry Bryggman, Michael Hayden and Julianna Margulies.
The play, David Eldridge's stage adaptation of the acclaimed 1998 Danish film, is the story of a family in turmoil, with Bryggman playing the patriarch, MacGraw as his wife and Hayden and Margulies as their children.
"Festen," originally seen in London in 2004, will open April 9 at the Music Box Theatre. Preview performances begin March 23.
Members of the international press freedom group Reporters Sans Frontiers hold a banner in front of the Eiffel tower during a demonstration calling for the release of kidnapped U.S. journalist Jill Carroll, in Paris February 7, 2006.
Photo by Regis Duvignau
We have little idea what the hell's going on
in this video
, but, still, it's pretty priceless when a few
girls in blonde wigs and faker accents
attempt to present Judith Miller with a missile-shaped achievement award that appears to be made from a dildo. We're sad to report that Judy -- and it's definitely the real Judy -- won't accept her prize. But the Missile Dick Chicks get big points for trying.
Singer Wanda Vaughn of The Emotions was forced to dash out of her home after a torrent of mud crashed down a hill and poured into her kitchen and living room, authorities said.
"It's like one of those 'Jurassic Park' things, you know, but it was just mud, and it kept getting higher," said Vaughn, whose R&B group is best known for the 1970s songs "Best of My Love," "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" and "Don't Ask My Neighbors."
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. on Thursday said it signed a three-year, $55 million deal with Oprah Winfrey to introduce a channel on the top U.S. subscription radio service, sending shares up as much as 10 percent.
The new channel, called "Oprah And Friends," is scheduled to launch in September and will include a weekly show hosted by Oprah, as well as programs featuring other personalities from her popular nationally syndicated TV talk show.
US actress Sigourney Weaver waves on the red carpet for the 56th Berlinale international film festival's opening movie 'Snow Cake' Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, in Berlin. 26 films compete for the Golden and Silver Bears awards until Feb. 19, 2006.
Photo by Jan Bauer
Some humbling news for professional musicians like Madonna and U2: By a wide margin, TV viewers prefer the amateurs.
Nearly twice as many people - 28.3 million - watched "American Idol" than watched the Grammy Awards - 15.1 million - when the two music programs went head-to-head in prime time Wednesday, according to Nielsen Media Research.
A computer analysis of paintings unveiled last year as previously undiscovered works by abstract artist Jackson Pollock suggests the 32 works are fakes, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation said on Thursday.
The foundation, set up under the will of Pollock's widow Lee Krasner, said it retained Professor Richard Taylor of the University of Oregon's Department of Physics to test six of the 32 paintings in question.
Taylor said his study found "significant differences between the patterns of the six paintings ... (and) Pollock's paintings that we have analyzed."
For the past decade Taylor has analyzed Pollock's work using fractal analysis -- a technique that looks for geometric patterns that recur in the paintings despite the apparent chaos of Pollock's famed drip paintings.
His face covered in sunscreen he neglected to rub in, actor Bill Murray pumps his fist on the first hole of the Poppy Hills course during the first round of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, in Pebble Beach, Calif.
Photo by Ben Margot
Unions representing Hollywood actors and screenwriters staged their first joint protest over product placement Wednesday after being denied a chance to attend an advertising summit about branded entertainment.
About 200 actors and writers carried picket signs and chanted in front of the Beverly Hills Hotel as agents, producers and brand directors spoke to advertisers at the daylong conference. Passing cars honked in support.
Screen Actors Guild president Alan Rosenberg and the Writers Guild of America, West president Patric Verrone vowed to keep up the pressure until the industry agrees to establish a "code of conduct" governing product integration.
Warren Buffett: billionaire investor and cartoon hero? Buffett, the head of investment firm Berkshire Hathaway Inc., will advise youngsters on financial management issues in an animated series currently in production, DIC Entertainment announced Wednesday.
Buffett's voice and likeness will appear in "The Secret Millionaire's Club." He also was a consultant to the show but was not paid for the work, his assistant Debbie Bosanek said.
The direct-to-DVD series is about four children whose online auction to raise money for their youth center turns them into millionaires. They save the center and then turn to Buffett for investment advice.
Jury director British actress Charlotte Rampling arrives for the opening of the 56th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 9, 2006. The Berlin Film Festival opened on Thursday with a story of love and loss starring Sigourney Weaver as an autistic woman whose daughter dies in a car crash and Alan Rickman as the man who helps her cope.
Photo by Tobias Schwarz
In the rich tradition of goofy sports trades, eminent sportscaster Al Michaels has been traded for a rabbit. Not even a real rabbit, a cartoon rabbit.
The Walt Disney Co., owner of ESPN and ABC, said on Thursday it dealt the veteran ABC broadcaster to NBC Universal for rights to highlights from a broad range of NBC Sports coverage, promotions for ESPN's "Monday Night Football" -- and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
Michaels, an announcer for ABC's "Monday Night Football" for 20 years, had asked to be released from his Disney contract after disagreeing with network producers about the direction the broadcast would take when it moves to ESPN in September, ESPN officials said in a conference call on Wednesday.
"Oswald" is a 1927 cartoon series of 26 episodes created by Walt Disney and distributed by Universal, which owned all rights to the character, Disney said in a statement. The loss of Oswald prompted the Disney empire founder to create Mickey Mouse, the company said.
Six gay penguins at a German zoo are still refusing to mate with females of the species flown in from Sweden in 2005, the zoo said.
The problem was that the female Humboldt penguins have proven too shy in their advances, the director of the zoo in the northern port city of Bremerhaven said.
The females were flown in last year in a bid to bring the males to mate and help save the Humboldt species from extinction.
The zoo has 10 male penguins of which six have shown strong signs of preferring male company and formed couples among themselves.
Japanese musician Akira Ifukube, a former forestry officer who became a prolific composer and wrote the score to "Godzilla" monster movies, has died. He was 91.
Beside the "Godzilla" tunes, he is said to have composed some 300 to 400 musical pieces for film throughout his career and received a Person of Cultural Merit award, one of Japan's highest honors, in 2003.
Born in 1914 in the northern island of Hokkaido, Ifukube taught himself to compose music as a teenager even though his formal training was in the lumber industry.
His work was heavily influenced by the culture of the Ainu, the indigenous people of Hokkaido who practice an animist faith.
Ifukube left the forest after World War II to become a music instructor. His first stint was between 1946 and 1953 at a school that would become the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
16-year-old African elephant Drumbo, rear, and her 2-day-old baby are presented for the public in the zoological garden in Dresden, Germany, Monday, Feb. 6, 2006. Drumbo had been pregnant for 21 months after an in vitro fertilization by Tembo, a elephant bull from the zoo in Colchester, England.
Photo by Matthias Rietschel
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