'Best of TBH Politoons'
Reader Comment
Re: Scott McClellan
I wonder if Scott McClellan lies about anything else?
Kip A Million Miles Away
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"I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by
exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious
of traitors." - George H.W. Bush, April 26, 1999
Thanks, Kip!
OMG - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band! Curse my crappy dial-up!
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
William Rivers Pitt: The Best of Us (t r u t h o u t)
It has been said that you can best know a person by knowing his enemies. In Andy's case, his enemies rank among the foulest, most despicable sub-humans ever to draw breath
Michael J. Kavanagh: Environmentalists on the Fringe (Grist Magazine. Posted on Alternet)
Equating eco-activists with terrorism is now commonplace among conservative mouthpieces and the FBI alike.
Halliburton's Questioned and Unsupported Costs in Iraq Exceed $1.4 Billion
Monday, June 27, 2005 -- Rep. Waxman and Sen. Dorgan release a new report, prepared jointly by the minority staff of the House Government Reform Committee and the staff of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, that is the first comprehensive assessment of the magnitude of Halliburton's unreasonable billings in Iraq.
James Renner: On the road to Yellow Springs, in search of Dave Chappelle (clevescene.com)
"Yes, I know Dave Chappelle," she says. "When he's home, he comes in almost every day."
Paul Joannide: Boyfriend in a Bottle
I'll bet you didn't know that FAA regulations forbid pilots from taking Viagra twelve hours before a flight. They don't want the captain grabbing the co-pilot's erection instead of the landing gear lever.
James Preston Allen: Censored in LA (altweeklies.com)
JA: Is Nixon your favorite political foil of all time?
PC: Well he was. But now Bush is in every cartoon. He is the most dangerous man we ever elected to anything.
Paul Conrad
Wanda's Country Home
PhiloSophos.com
Philosophy is for everyone and not just philosophers.
10 other paths to better health notes
So you don't want a bare-bones diet of salad and not much else.
New Video
'Revolution'
Steve over at dickeatsbush.com, the creator of
'you lied'
(for signs-of-the-times.org and
awaywiththefairies.dk) has a FRESH video
up - 'revolution'. Check it out!
Reader Comment
Re: Photo
You published this photo on July 14
Wrong!
I submit that this figure proves that South Park was popular ca. 12 A.D.
John Z in Milwaukee
Thanks, John!
I believe you have a point.
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Still sunny, a bit hotter and a lot more humid.
Got Jo the (lucky) lizard his weekly ration of crickets a day early - he's been extra hungry lately - probably getting ready to molt again.
The kid has a small collection of the shed skins that he keeps in an old pickle jar on his 'science shelf'.
The science shelf holds most of his treasures - shark's teeth, the 'gold' he panned at Knott's Berry Farm, the sliced Nautilus shell, a small army of scorpions embedded in plastic, and a variety of pine cones.
Considering what he could be collecting, we're getting off easy.
Put up a bonus page - Complete List of Emmy Nominations - 2005
Punk'd Mississippi TV Station
Ali G
Ali G creator Sacha Baron Cohen duped an American TV station into interviewing his bogus Kazakhstani journalist Borat live on air yesterday.
Despite his increasing profile in the States, with an HBO series already under his belt, Cohen managed to talk his way onto the morning news show on WAPT-Channel 16 in Mississippi.
He was interviewed for several minutes about a documentary he had supposedly filmed about America for his homeland.
'We were gotten,' WAPT's general manager Stuart Kellogg admitted to the local Clarion-Ledger newspaper.
'It seemed plausible that he was who he said he was,' Kellogg said. 'Who knows what an accent from Kazakhstan sounds like?
Ali G
Slander Claim Dismissed
Michael Moore
A federal judge Thursday threw out a libel and defamation lawsuit filed against filmmaker Michael Moore by the brother of Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols.
U.S. District Court Judge Paul D. Borman ruled that statements Moore made about James Nichols in the 2002 "Bowling for Columbine" documentary were "factual and substantially true."
James Nichols claimed in the suit that the statements could be misinterpreted by viewers to inaccurately link him to the bombing. He also claimed the film invaded his privacy and inflicted emotional distress.
Borman rejected the claims in 25-page page ruling granting Moore's request for summary judgment - a ruling without going to trial. Moore's attorney Herschel P. Fink called the decision a "home run."
Michael Moore
Serving Corporate Interests, Again
FCC
U.S. communications regulators on Thursday unexpectedly put off launching an effort to revise media ownership restrictions, unable to agree on several issues, including how many public hearings to hold.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission had planned to start an inquiry on what to do with relaxed ownership limits that had been set aside by a U.S. appeals court, but the four commissioners could not agree on the terms of the inquiry.
But the agency dropped the matter from its monthly public meeting and did not say when it would be brought up again.
The last attempt to relax limits on overlapping media holdings drew national scrutiny, created alliances between normally opposing political forces, attracted millions of written comments and Congress intervened to set one limit.
FCC
Opens Camp for Young Performers
Usher
Usher, who began singing at age 6, has opened a summer camp to help some other prodigies-in-training.
"This is truly about learning the business side," Usher said Monday. "You're not going to learn it all overnight, but maybe, just maybe, you'll learn enough to change your life."
The children also sit in on panels and discussion sessions with agents, managers and sports executives to learn the financial side of entertainment and sports. Guest teachers will include Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony and Atlanta Falcons cornerback DeAngelo Hall.
The camp, Usher said, will be the first of many summers where kids are pushed to aim higher than just playing for a basketball team, but owning one. The singer is co-owner of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.
Usher
Appearing Via Video In Libel Trial
Roman Polanski
Film director Roman Polanski is due to appear in a London libel case via video link from Paris next week, setting a legal precedent and avoiding the risk of extradition to the United States for a child sex offence.
Polanski is being allowed to sue the British publishers of Vanity Fair magazine from a hotel room in Paris after England's highest court in February overturned an earlier ruling that would have forced him to come to London to fight his case.
The 71-year-old has been wanted in the United States after pleading guilty in 1977 to having sex with a 13-year-old girl. He skipped bail and fled the country for France before the sentence was pronounced.
Polanski, who won a best director Oscar for "The Pianist" in 2003, has never been back to the United States or Britain, and if he came to London he would face possible extradition to America. He cannot be extradited from his native France.
Roman Polanski
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Oscar Rules Tightened
In its efforts to put a damper on excessive Oscar campaigning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has closed a couple of loopholes as it girds for the upcoming 78th Annual Academy Awards.
The Academy now is prohibiting any of its members from hosting screenings of Oscar-nominated films unless a member is directly connected with a specific film or the studio that produced or is distributing that film. The prohibition will take effects once the nominations are announced. In the past, Oscar campaigners have enlisted Academy members who are enthusiastic about a given films to lend their name to screening invites.
A second new rule involves the use of Web sites used to keep Academy members apprised of upcoming screenings. The existing regulations already prohibited references or links to promotional Web sites in any mailings or e-mails sent to Academy members. However, a new modification in the rule allows for references and links to sites "as long as the Web sites contain only basic screening information."
Oscar Rules Tightened
Engagement News
Harper - Kucinich
Unlucky in U.S. presidential politics, Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich has found romance and plans to get married this summer to a British citizen.
The congressman's spokesman, Doug Gordon, declined for privacy reasons to say where Kucinich met his future bride, but said it was not on the Internet.
The bride-to-be is Elizabeth Harper, who works for a monetary policy think-tank in Chicago, Gordon said. The couple is expected to marry in the Cleveland area this summer.
Harper - Kucinich
Live-Action Film
'Transformers'
"Transformers," the popular cartoon and toy franchise, is being transformed into a live-action film by director Michael Bay, screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and executive producer Steven Spielberg.
The movie is set for a July 4, 2007, release. No casting decisions have yet been announced.
"Transformers," which debuted in 1984, featured battling "robots in disguise" with names such as Optimus Prime, Megatron and Override. They could convert into vehicles such as tanks, fire trucks, jet fighters and helicopters.
'Transformers'
Testifies in Photo Case
Cameron Diaz
Giggling about her early modeling career, Cameron Diaz took the stand Thursday in a criminal trial that involves topless photos taken of her before she became a well-known actress.
Diaz, wearing a brown top and pants, described how she entered modeling and went overseas when she was 16.
The 32-year-old actress testified in the trial of photographer John Rutter, who tried to sell back the pictures to her in 2003 as Diaz was promoting a sequel to the "Charlie's Angels" movie.
A judge has issued a permanent injunction prohibiting Rutter from distributing the photos. Diaz has also sued Rutter in civil court. That case is pending.
Cameron Diaz
Turns Down Plea Deal
Christian Slater
Actor Christian Slater on Thursday turned down a plea deal offered by prosecutors of three days of community service if he pleaded guilty to charges of groping a woman.
Slater's attorney, Eric Franz, told Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Richard Weinberg that his client rejected the plea deal and that the case "warrants dismissal." The lawyer said he planned to investigate the case.
The next court appearance is set for Sept. 19. Slater's lawyer sought to delay it because the actor is scheduled to appear in a London stage production of "Sweet Bird of Youth" but the judge turned down the request.
Christian Slater
Delay Benefits Sweet'N Low
'Pink Panther'
When a studio postpones a movie's release date, it can wreak havoc for promotional partners who already might have started running ads, sweepstakes or launched other promotional activities tied to the movie.
Sweet'N Low was caught in that very predicament last month, when Sony Pictures postponed the release of "The Pink Panther" to Feb. 10 from Aug. 5. But the delay worked in its favor: Sony allowed it to use the Pink Panther character for its packaging and the "Pink Panther" theme song for its TV spots for an extended period without incurring additional fees.
TV spots that feature the Pink Panther character but don't contain film clips or mention the movie started running in late May. Redesigned Sweet'N Low packaging featuring the Pink Panther lounging on the Sweet'N Low logo with a cup of coffee hit stores last month. And in-store shelf talkers featuring new technology that triggers the voice of Inspector Clouseau (played in the movie by Steve Martin) when customers step on a floor display of the Pink Panther's paw prints will appear in the aisles of 7,000 supermarkets this month.
'Pink Panther'
Hong Kong Disneyland To Replace Furniture
Beetles
Walt Disney Co. is busy replacing furniture at its hotel at the brand new Hong Kong Disneyland after many rooms became infested with beetles, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
The Oriental Daily quoted unidentified sources as saying that the pests had gobbled their way into brand new beds and coffee tables in about 100 rooms at the hotel at Disney's first theme park in China.
The reported bugs are the latest in a string of unwelcome publicity that has blighted the park, which the local government hopes will inject new life into the tourism trade.
Beetles
Editor Fired After Soliciting Teen
Weekly Reader
An editor for the publishing company that puts out the Weekly Reader children's newspaper was fired after he allegedly solicited sex from a minor over the Internet.
Noel E. Neff, 46, of Norwalk, Conn., was arrested by FBI agents last Saturday at a mall, where authorities say he expected to meet a 14-year-old boy named "Chris" he met online in April. "Chris" was actually an undercover FBI agent.
According to an FBI affidavit, Neff sent the undercover agent a picture of himself in his underwear and said he'd had sex with other boys he'd met online.
Weekly Reader
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