BartCop Entertainment Archives - Friday, 10 June, 2005
Friday
10 June, 2005
(Updated Daily)
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'Best of TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
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Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Depleted Uranium: A Scientific Perspective/ An Interview With LEUREN MORET, Geoscientist (www.axisoflogic.com)
ICONOCLAST: Is there a danger of depleted uranium, being used in weaponry over there, spreading by air over here?
MORET: The atmosphere globally is contaminated with it.
David Rose: Weapons of Self-Destruction (www.vanityfair.com)
Is Gulf War syndrome - possibly caused by Pentagon ammunition - taking its toll on G.I.'s in Iraq?
Life: The Tiny Victims of Desert Storm
When our soldiers risked their lives in the Gulf, they never imagined that their children might suffer the consequences--or that their country would turn its back on them.
Interview by Wendy Schuman: Anne Lamott: 'God's in the Struggle With Us' (beliefnet.com)
Best-selling author Anne Lamott on growing up atheist, being a left-wing Jesus-lover, and what she's learned at 50.
Vince Darcangelo: To serve man (boulderweekly.com)
I don't recall anyone mentioning that the University of Colorado's cafeteria, the Alferd Packer Grill, was named after a cannibal when I took the CU campus tour in the summer of '97.
Life Magazine Photo-Essays
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A ROSE IS A ROSE
BUT THIS ONE HAS A GREAT NAME
"MY GOLDEN SHOWERS"
Zen Man
(in the Garden of Ethan)
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Reader Comment
P.S.
I forgot the most important thing in Bizarro World:
Getting a blowjob is an impeachable offense, but lying the nation into a war is cool.
Terry C
NJ
Thanks, Terry!
Yeah, gotta wonder who would Jesus bomb?
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Reader Comment
Fish cats!
Marty, you always find the most interesting animal pictures, but the fish cats are soooo adorable! Can't let my girls (cats) see them, or they'll be envious.
Linda >^..^<
Thanks, Linda!
To be honest, I'd never heard of 'fish cats' before, but damn, they're cute.
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Purple Gene Reviews
'Action Jackson'
Purple Genes' review of the movie "Action Jackson" (1988) Directed by Craig R. Baxley ("The A-Team" - "Stone Cold"):
What do you get when you cross Apollo Creed with Shaft? Where do you find a double titty fest with Vanity and Sharon Stone? How do you get more than a Zero out of a movie that the "Rotten Tomato" meter gives O% ? ?????
Well….. you stay up late and watch "Action Jackson" with absolutely no expectations except for the drone zone!!! Even the insipid soundtrack with 80s' computerized drums and pre-programmed keyboard crap cranking at high levels….even the incredible complicated car crashes….even the dumb detective dialogue… couldn't stop me at 2 in the morning from plowing through this sort of reverse "Blaxploitation" Bomb!
I had to finish this flick before I fell asleep.
Jericho "Action" Jackson (Carl Weathers - "Rocky I" - "Rocky II" - "Rocky III" - "Rocky IV") is a Detroit police sergeant who for some unknown reason used to be a lieutenant and is always in hot water with his superiors. But A.J. (Action Jackson) has a bone to pick with Peter Dellaplane (Craig T. Nelson - "Flesh Gordon" - "Paper Dolls" - "Wag the Dog") a local car manufacturer…it seems that Peter is involved in a little murdering of local union agent and drug dealing on the side. Peter's wife Patrice (Sharon Stone - "Basic Instinct" - "Casino" - "Catwoman") finds out that he's got a little mistress action going with Sydney (Vanity - "52 Pick-Up" - "Terror Train" - "Neon City") and so after Patrices' shower scene, Peter gives her a long kiss and a bullet to the back.
Well, our man Action befriends Sydney and together they take on Peter…..As my favorite movie reviewer Billie Bob Briggs says…"We have 5 breasts, 16 dead bodies, 80 mile per hour car chase, 3 exploding cars, 2 balls in a jar….and ….SEQUEL FU!"
There never was a sequel and Peter goes down and Action gets the girl!!!!!
Purple Gene gives "Action Jackson" 2 faster than a speeding bullet cop chasing a car scenes out of 10 for being so riveting and ridiculous!
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Another Rant
Avery Ant
Avery Ant for Bloody King
Sod Off
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Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Sunny & mild.
Ahnold the $chlampe is running a commercial promising 'stable school funding'.
Does that means all the kids get ponies?
Or just get shit on?
Tonight, Friday:
CBS begins the night with a RERUN 'Joan Of Arcadia', followed by a RERUN 'JAG', then a RERUN 'NUMB3RS'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Al Franken and Ellen Pompeo.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Vivica A. Fox, Poppy Montgomery, and Angie Stone.
NBC starts the night with a 2-hour 'Dateline', followed by a RERUN 'Law & Order #4 - Trial By Lilith'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Paul Giamatti and bug man Ruud Kleinpaste.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Regina Hall and Black Eyed Peas.
On a RERUN Carson Daly (from 4/8/05) are Queen Latifah, Will Arnett, Greer Barnes, and Trust Company.
ABC opens the night with a RERUN '8 Simple Rules', followed by a FRESH 'Complete Savages', then a RERUN 'Hope & Faith', followed by a RERUN 'Less Than Perfect', then '20/20'.
On a RERUN Jimmy Kimmel (from 5/27/05) are Dane Cook and Nelly.
The WB offers a RERUN 'What I Like About You', followed by another RERUN 'What I Like About You', then a RERUN 'Reba', followed by a RERUN 'Living With Fran'.
Faux fills the night with the movie 'Exit Wounds'.
UPN fills the night with the movie 'Angel Eyes'.
Check local PBS listings for a FRESH 'NOW With Bill Moyers David Brancaccio', the BEST program on over-the-air-TV.
A&E has 'American Justice', 'Biography' (Fathers & Sons In Hollywood), and another 'Biography' (Joel Rifkin).
AMC offers the movie 'Missing In Action 2: The Beginning', followed by the movie 'Delta Force 2', then a FRESH 'Movie Club', followed by the movie 'Darkman'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'As Time Goes By' - Episode 7;
[2:40pm] 'Are You Being Served?' - Top Hats and Tails;
[3:20pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 5;
[4pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Spam;
[4:40pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Royle Episode 13;
[5:20pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Whicker's World;
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 12;
[7pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 55;
[8pm] 'The Avengers' - All Done With Mirrors;
[9pm] 'Under Suspicion';
[11pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 55;
[12am] 'Under Suspicion';
[2am] 'The Avengers' - All Done With Mirrors;
[3am] 'The Avengers' - Mission-Highly Improbable;
[4am] 'Under Suspicion';
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Sports Kids Moms & Dads', followed by the movie 'The Man In The Iron Mask', then the movie 'The Man In The Iron Mask', again.
Comedy Central has 'Comedy Central Presents' (Mike Birbiglia), 'Reno 911!', last night's 'Jon Stewart', another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Tig), 'Premium Blend', and 'Patton Oswalt: No Reason To Complain'.
HBO has the SERIES PREMIERE 'P. Diddy Presents The Bad Boys Of Comedy'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'The Last Days Of WWII', another 'Modern Marvels', 'Mail Call', and another 'Mail Call'.
IFC -
[8AM] 'East/West' (1999);
[10:15AM] 'Knife In The Water' (1962);
[12PM] 'Love Liza' (2002);
[1:30PM] 'IFC in Theaters' (2005);
[2PM] 'IFC Short Film Collection II' (2005);
[4PM] 'Julian Po' (1997);
[5:30PM] Short: 'Last Frontier';
[6PM] 'Love Liza' (2002);
[7:30PM] 'At The IFC Center' (2005);
[8PM] 'Naked Lunch' (1991);
[10PM] 'Reservoir Dogs Revisited' (2005);
[10:30PM] 'Fur On The Asphalt: The Greg The Bunny Reunion Show' (2005);
[11PM] 'Birthday Girl' (2003);
[1AM] 'Reservoir Dogs Revisited' (2005);
[1:30AM] 'Fur On The Asphalt: The Greg The Bunny Reunion Show' (2005);
[2AM] 'Birthday Girl' (2003);
[4AM] 'Naked Lunch' (1991). (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has 'Andromeda', 'Stargate SG-1', 'Stargate Atlantis', and 'Battlestar Galactica'.
Sundance -
[6AM] 'Mother To Child' (Documentary);
[6:45AM] 'Play With Me' (Short);
[7AM] 'Al Franken' (06/09/05) (Original Production);
[8AM] 'Paradox Lake' (Feature);
[9:30AM] 'Purity' (Feature);
[10:35AM] 'Dracula: Pages From A Virgin's Diary' (Feature);
[12PM] 'New Waterford Girl' (Feature);
[1:40PM] 'My Babushka - Searching Ukrainian Identities' (Documentary);
[2:35PM] 'Bollywood/Hollywood' (Feature);
[4:15PM] 'Mother To Child' (Documentary);
[5PM] 'Motherland: A Genetic Journey' (Documentary);
[6:30PM] 'Paradox Lake' (Feature);
[8PM] 'Our House: A Very Real Documentary About Kids of Gay and Lesbian Parents' (Documentary);
[9PM] 'Die Mommie Die!' (Feature);
[10:30PM] 'The Tasty Bust Reunion' (Documentary);
[11:30PM] 'Al Franken' (06/10/05) (Original Production);
[12:30AM] 'Welcome To The Dollhouse' (Feature);
[2AM] 'Saturn's Return' (Short);
[2:30AM] 'Al Franken' (06/10/05) (Original Production);
[3:30AM] 'Dracula: Pages From A Virgin's Diary' (Feature);
[4:45AM] 'Stag' (Short);
[5AM] 'Bollywood/Hollywood' (Feature). (ALL TIMES EDT)
TCM celebrates what would have been the 83rd birthday of the always fabulous
Judy Garland all morning & afternoon.
[6am] 'Babes on Broadway' (1941);
[8am] 'Girl Crazy' (1943);
[10am] 'Meet Me In St. Louis' (1944) [View Trailer];
[12pm] 'The Harvey Girls' (1946) [View Trailer];
[2pm] 'Easter Parade' (1948) [View Trailer];
[4pm] 'In The Good Old Summertime' (1949) [View Trailer];
[6pm] 'Summer Stock' (1950) [View Trailer];
[8pm] 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' (1941);
[9:45pm] 'The Age of Innocence' (1993) [View Trailer];
[12:15am] 'Fahrenheit 451' (1967) [View Trailer];
[2:15am] 'Seven Samurai' (1954) [AKA: 'Shichinin no samurai'] [View Trailer]. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Saturday - 06/11
TCM features 3 films, set in LA, and based on novels by my beloved
Raymond Chandler tonight.
[6am] 'Idiot's Delight' (1939);
[8am] 'Act Of Violence' (1949);
[9:30am] 'Festival of Shorts #43' (2002);
[10am] 'The Last Command' (1955);
[12pm] 'The Naked Spur' (1953) [View Trailer];
[2pm] 'Above And Beyond' (1952);
[4:15pm] 'Operation Crossbow' (1965);
[6:15pm] 'The Story Of Seabiscuit' (1949);
[8pm] 'The Big Sleep' (1946) [View Trailer];
[12:45am] 'Murder, My Sweet' (1944);
[2:30am] 'Lady In The Lake' (1946);
[4:15am] 'The Falcon In Danger' (1943);
[5:30am] 'Cartoon Alley #7' (2005). (ALL TIMES EDT)
TNT has the SERIES PREMIERE 'The Way West' (part 1 of 6). .
TV LAND has 2 fabulous hours of 'SCTV' at midnight (EDT).
Any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
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This photo from Sirius Satellite Radio shows veteran New York City disc jockey Bruce Morrow posing at the headquarters of Sirius Satellite Radio after he signed with company in New York Thursday, June 9, 2005. Morrow, ignominiously dumped last week when WCBS-FM switched away from its oldies format, will host three shows: two with hits from the '50s, '60s and '70s, and his own talk show. Morrow, whose radio days predate the Beatles, is known as 'Cousin Brucie' to his loyal New York listeners.
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Chicago Declares
'Roger Ebert Day'
July 12 will be "Roger Ebert Day" in Chicago, the City Council declared in a proclamation honoring the Chicago Sun-Times movie critic.
Presiding over the council Wednesday, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley said, "I move the adoption of the resolution with a thumb's up."
A plaque honoring Ebert will be placed under the Chicago Theater marquee made famous from the opening of the old "Untouchables" TV show.
Ebert, a native of downstate Urbana, has lived in Chicago since 1966. He is the only journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism. He is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate.
'Roger Ebert Day'
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Music producer Emilio Estefan, right, and his wife, singer Gloria Estefan, pose next to their respective Hollywood Walk of Fame stars Thursday, June 9, 2005, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Emilio Estefan was honored Thursday with the 2,287th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Photo by Ric Francis
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First Actor To Deliver Harvard Commencement
John Lithgow
John Lithgow became the first actor to be the main speaker at Harvard's commencement ceremony Thursday, playing the occasion more for merriment than drama.
Lithgow, a 1967 Harvard graduate best known for his role as a zany alien on the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun, prompted laughter from the 6,580 graduates as he recited a children's story he wrote about a female mouse studying science at Harvard.
Harvard president Lawrence Summers sparked outrage in January after suggesting innate differences might help explain why women lag in science and math.
Summers, who also laughed at the story, previously said Lithgow was invited to speak because he personifies Harvard's devotion to the creative arts.
John Lithgow
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U.S. Opens Archives
Military Files
Pfc. Steve McQueen was confined for being absent without leave, Lt. Clark Gable's cameraman enlisted with him and Pfc. Elvis Presley was a public relations headache for the Army, according to U.S. military documents released on Thursday.
A 1959 Army memo set out the Presley problem: "When Private First Class Presley was first inducted, there was considerable adverse public reaction ... alleging that he would receive preferential treatment in the Army. This impression has been largely replaced by a public impression of a good soldier serving his military obligation. ... Many teenagers who look up to and emulate Private First Class Presley will ... follow his example in the performance of their military service."
Gable, the star of "Gone With The Wind," enlisted Aug. 12, 1942, six months after his wife, actress Carole Lombard, was killed in a plane crash returning from a war-bond drive. He was described as a "motion picture specialist" and his weekly wage was listed as $7,500.
The archives also released military records on movie legend Humphrey Bogart, U.S. President John F. Kennedy, author Jack Kerouac, aviator Charles Lindbergh, heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis and baseball great Jackie Robinson.
Military Files
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Web Site Wants to 'Free'
Katie Holmes
Want to see Katie Holmes take leave of her new love, Tom Cruise? A Web site is selling items with the logo "Free Katie" for those fans who aren't happy about the romance between the 26-year-old actress and the 42-year-old actor.
The Web site, www.freeKatie.net, is selling T-shirts (in three colors), caps, buttons and coffee mugs, all emblazoned with "Free Katie" in block letters.
The site asks the viewer to "join the movement to liberate Katie, a young, gifted, actress held captive by forces we may never understand. Even one summer of captivity is too long for one so bright!"
Katie Holmes
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Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University stands beside Repliee Q1expo during the Prototype Robot Exhibition at Aichi World Expo in Nagakute, central Japan, Thursday, June 9, 2005. This humanoid robot, that is covered in a skin-like substance and moves its mouth and shifts its torso as though it's breathing, sits in booths to work as a tour guide for visitors at the expo. 'When a robot looks too much like the real thing, it's creepy,' Repliee Q1expo developer Ishiguro said. 'But if they resemble human beings, it also makes communication easier.'
Photo by Katsumi Kasahara
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Hospital News
Corin Redgrave
Veteran British stage and film actor Corin Redgrave was in a critical condition in hospital after collapsing with a heart attack during a political meeting.
Specially-trained police had to re-start the 65-year-old's heart after he collapsed while speaking in support of a local community of travellers at a meeting in Basildon, southeast England, a spokesman for local police said Thursday.
Along with more famous sister Vanessa, Redgrave has long been involved in politics and human rights, and has been active in supporting people detained as terror suspects in Guantanamo Bay, the US naval base on Cuba.
Corin Redgrave
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Begins in Nashville
CMA Music Festival
The CMA Music Festival began Thursday, with more than 400 artists and celebrities performing on several stages scattered throughout downtown Nashville.
Artists scheduled to perform Thursday included Ty Herndon, Mel Tillis, Pam Tillis, Chely Wright, Cowboy Troy, Restless Heart, Trent Willmon, The Bellamy Brothers, Shelly Fairchild, and Neal McCoy. And that's not counting the big Coliseum show Thursday night, which was to feature Dierks Bentley, LeAnn Rimes, Julie Roberts, Sugarland, Keith Urban, Phil Vassar, and Lee Ann Womack.
Last year's total attendance over the four days was 132,000, and a CMA spokesman says this year's ticket sales are up nearly 20 percent.
CMA Music Festival
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I'm Pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')
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Hollywood Sleuth & Wiretaps
Anthony Pellicano
A federal court on Thursday ruled that prosecutors can comb through transcripts of wiretaps found in the office of celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano, in a case that could involve some of Hollywood biggest stars.
The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Pellicano's argument that the November 2002 search of his Hollywood office was illegal, and that evidence seized there could not be used to convict him.
Pellicano, a private eye for more than two decades, called himself a "sin eater" for Hollywood stars and was often called on to keep his clients' names out of the press.
Anthony Pellicano
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A member of the Chinese National Acrobatic Circus performs a balancing act in Burgos, northern Spain June 7, 2005. The Chinese National Acrobatic Circus was formed some 50 years ago and its acrobats have entertained in over 80 countries. Picture taken June 7, 2005.
Photo by Felix Ordonez
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Moves To The Dark Side
Gretchen Carlson
Gretchen Carlson, co-host of the "Saturday Early Show" on CBS News, has jumped to Fox News Channel. The cable news ratings leader said Carlson would be a news anchor, but isn't necessarily attached to one particular show.
Carlson joined CBS News in 2000 and teamed with Russ Mitchell on the Saturday news show.
Previously, Carlson worked in local news in Dallas, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Richmond, Va.
Gretchen Carlson
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Danish artist Kirsten Anderson works on her sculpture during a sand sculpture competition in the Israeli northern town of Haifa June 9, 2005.
Photo by Gil Cohen Magen
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Sued Over Movie Production Delays
Steven Seagal
Steven Seagal has been sued for $14 million for allegedly delaying production on two movies. Seagal showed up late and left early while shooting "Today You Die" and "Mercenary," routinely rewrote and changed scripts on the set, and brought an entourage that interfered with film crews, alleged a lawsuit filed Monday in Superior Court by Kill Master Productions and its sales agent, Nu Image.
In one instance, Seagal allegedly arrived 45 minutes late while filming "Today You Die" and left the location 3 1/2 hours early.
Because of his actions, planned scenes were never shot, leaving the movie with a "material and irreparable problem with story logic," according to the lawsuit, which also seeks unspecified damages.
Steven Seagal
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A chandelier made of tampons, entitled 'The Bride' and created by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos, hangs at the arts Biennale in Venice June 9, 2005. The arts festival is open to the public from June 12 - November 6.
Photo by Chris Helgren
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Denied Landing
French Fighter Jets
Nine French fighter jets and a radar plane had to make an emergency landing at Atlantic City International Airport on Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
The planes received permission to land after air traffic controllers in the airport's control tower received a distress call from one of the jets about 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
They taxied to a nearby Federal Aviation Administration ramp, where the planes parked overnight. The crew attempted to straighten out problems with refueling the jets for their return to the French aircraft carrier de Gaulle, Winter said.
The aircraft had been engaged in training exercises off the coast of New York and New Jersey Thursday afternoon when severe weather conditions along the Virginia coast prevented them from returning to that area. Low on fuel, the pilots originally asked permission to land at a U.S. military installation, but were denied clearance, according to a State Department spokesman.
French Fighter Jets
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2 Years Later
Kinzua Viaduct
The Kinzua Viaduct, once the longest and tallest railroad bridge in the world, hasn't been much of a tourist attraction since it was mangled by a tornado in July 2003.
Only 32,000 people visited the park last year, down from 188,000 in 1999. The tornado destroyed 11 towers of the bridge, but nine were left standing. They will be stabilized as part of $7 million in eventual capital improvements.
The nearly half-mile long bridge, 301 feet high, was built in 94 days using 1,552 tons of iron in 1892, then rebuilt using steel in 1900 to hold heavier trains. The last freight train crossed the bridge in 1959, which remained the fourth-tallest U.S. railroad bridge until it was destroyed.
Kinzua Viaduct
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Nazis Invented The Sex Doll
Borghild
The Nazis invented the worst thing ever: the assembly-line death factory. But they also invented something else, perhaps the only legacy of theirs that endures to this very day. During World War II, Hitler's war machine created the world's first sex doll: Borghild.
The "field-hygienic project" was an initiative of Himmler, who regarded the doll as a "counterbalance" for the sexual drive of his stormtroopers. In one of his letters, he mentions the "unnessessary losses" the Wehrmacht had suffered in France, inflicted by street prostitutes. "The greatest danger in Paris are the wide-spread and uncontrolled whores, picking up clients in bars, dancehalls and other places. It is our duty to prevent soldiers from risking their health, just for the sake of a quick adventure." One assumes Himmler also wanted to stop any racial dilution of the great German army.
The project was considered "Geheime Reichssache", which meant "more secret than top secret." Himmler put Dr. Joachim Mrurgowsky in charge, the highest ranking officer of Berlin's notorious SS Institute.
The world's first sexdoll - or "gynoid" - was built in 1941 by a team of craftsmen from Germany's Hygiene Museum in Dresden. The project was supervised by a famous technician, Franz Tschakert. He was the "father of the woman of glass," which happened to be the sensation in the 1930's International Hygiene Exhibition.
For the rest of an interesting read, Borghild
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A Nicaraguan boy touches the nose of a pig made from 6,500 lbs of solid soap during a campaign to encourage the habit of washing hands in poor neighbourhoods in Managua June 9, 2005. The Health Ministry and American Nicaraguan Foundation (ANF) chose 12 school of the capital located in poor neighbourhoods, which according to statistics have a high incidence of diarrhoea and rotavirus, to conduct this program.
Photo by Oswaldo Rivas
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