zEN mAN (observing the Republican blunderbus Mitt "the twit" Romney going to England and making remarks about M16, British Olympic preparedness and Anglo-Saxon heritage that are buzzing all over the island...he even dissed his own wife Ann by playing dumb about her horse being in the olympics (dancing)...the question is....will he still give the opening speech for the Olympic games...if he does...will he get booed?...what do you think?)
Andrew Tobias: "Mitt Romney: No Capacity for Empathy"
Do we really want the Court tilted even further right for the next 20 years? The Court that gave us Citizens United, allowing billionaires and corporations to spend unlimited sums to buy elections? And just threaten to spend unlimited amounts intimidate legislators into blocking anything they don't like? All, or mostly, in secret? Wihtout even having to disclose their involvement? Really? This is democracy as the founders envisioned it?
Mitt Gets Worse
Julie Goodrich tells the story of her meeting with then Governor Romney: "I have never before in my life stood before someone who had no capacity for empathy."
Froma Harrop: When Only a Human Will Do (Creators Syndicate)
But every now and then, I have a problem or question for which only an informed human can help. When that happens, I want a human. I demand a human. And I don't think I should have to roll on the floor, kicking and screaming for a human.
George Dvorsky: The Universe Could Tear Itself Apart Sooner Than Anyone Believed (io9)
Zhang and Li write that the the Milky Way will be torn apart 32.9 million years before the big rip. The Earth will be ripped away from the Sun two months before the end, and we'll lose our moon with five days left. The Sun itself will be destroyed 28 minutes before the end of time, and the Earth will explode a mere 12 minutes later.
Reed Johnson: Sixto Rodriguez is philosophical about 'Searching for Sugar Man' (LA Times)
He has been called the greatest '70s rock star who never was. A Chicano Bob Dylan. More improbable, the 70-year-old street bard from Detroit is considered a founding father of South African progressive rock. At the very least, he's one of the most unlikely comeback artists in music history. … At his peak in South Africa, Rodriguez was as popular as the Beatles and more revered than the Rolling Stones. The twist is that Rodriguez was unaware of his fame until 20 years later.
Greg Thomas: Alto sax master Phil Woods' influence reaches far beyond the music (New York Daily News)
"I remember one time Dizzy said to me, 'You're having trouble on the pickups of that tune, aren't you?' I said, 'Yeah, I am Diz.' So he took me in the back, and he said, 'Now listen to me.' I'm 24 years old and here's the man who invented bebop showing me the s-t, playing his horn right in my face. He said, 'Now you do it.' You never forget lessons like that."
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The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical "reference" book written by Ambrose Bierce. The book offers reinterpretations of terms in the English language, lampooning cant and political doublespeak, as well as other aspects of human foolishness and frailty. It was originally published in 1906 as The Cynic's Word Book before being retitled in 1911.
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BttbBob was first, and correct, with:
'The Devil's Dictionary' by Ambrose Bierce... an example:
POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Bierce's cynicism was born with the horrors he experienced during his service in the Civil War, particularly the Battle of Shiloh. My great-great grandfather was there, too, with the 12th Michigan Infantry, part of Peabody's Brigade, that held in the 'Hornet's Nest' engagement long enough for the Federals to fall back and regroup to defeat the Confederates.
Colonel Everett Peabody - Unsung Hero of Shiloh | This Mighty Scourge. It was Grant's first great victory and the casualties were horrific. Bierce also wrote a memoir, "What I Saw of Shiloh"...
Sally said:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BCE!!
"The Devil's Dictionary," by Ambrose Bierce, was first published as "The Cynic's Word Book" (1906) and retitled in 1911.
Republican studying today's "Talking Point..."
PS: Shout out for zEN mAN and his WAYNE LAPIERRE piece. Spot ON!
Alan J wrote:
The Devil's Dictionary
Adam answered:
Ambrose Bierce's 'The Devil's Dictionary'.
Marian replied:
Devil's Dictionary
Charlie responded:
Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary.
Logic n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is the syllogism, consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion - thus: Major Premise: Sixty men can do a piece of work sixty times as quickly as one man. Minor Premise: One man can dig a posthole in sixty seconds; therefore - Conclusion: Sixty men can dig a posthole in one second. This may be called the syllogism arithmetical, in which, by combining logic and mathematics, we obtain a double certainty and are twice blessed.
Wayne in Manchester GA, at the edge or civilization, said:
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce. Read his short story "Incident at Owl Creek Bridge". You'll never be the same.
Dale of Diamond Springs replied:
Ambrose Bierce's witty, sardonic definitions in The Devil's Dictionary were originally published in The Wasp, a weekly journal he edited in San Francisco from 1881 to 1886. As a compiled collection, these caustic aphorisms first appeared as The Cynic's Word Book in 1906, and was reissued in 1911 under the author's preferred title of The Devil's Dictionary. Bierce was one of my favorite satirists. My Grandfather gave me my copy many years ago. His two Uncles were friends of Bierce. My copy was absconded by "She Who Must Be Obeyed", during the great dissociate divorce of 1988!! I'm going to get another copy of it today. Great shit!!! To my Ex, The Definition of Satan:
SATAN, n. One of the Creator's lamentable mistakes, repented in sashcloth and axes. Being instated as an archangel, Satan made himself multifariously objectionable and was finally expelled from Heaven. Halfway in his descent he paused, bent his head in thought a moment and at last went back. "There is one favor that I should like to ask," said he.
"Name it."
"Man, I understand, is about to be created. He will need laws."
"What, wretch! you his appointed adversary, charged from the dawn of eternity with hatred of his soul - you ask for the right to make his laws?"
"Pardon; what I have to ask is that he be permitted to make them himself."
It was so ordered.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
The Devil's Dictionary
MAM took the day off.
Gene replied:
Without making the trip to Google or Wikipedia, I would think it is one of my favorite books, The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce.
There are some good editions on line. I bought a Dover Press edition about 1977.
And, Joe S answered:
The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical "reference" book written by Ambrose Bierce. The book offers reinterpretations of terms in the English language, lampooning cant and political doublespeak, as well as other aspects of human foolishness and frailty. It was originally published in 1906 as The Cynic's Word Book before being retitled in 1911. Modern "unabridged" versions that include Bierce "definitions" that were for various reasons missed by earlier editions continue to be popular a century later.
Never heard of it, I learn something new every day
I wanted to respond to zEN mAN tonight, not to refute what he had to say about guns but to reinforce what he had to say. But I need to think about it a little longer. Maybe tomorrow.
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'Undercover Boss', followed by a RERUN'CSI: The 3rd One', then a RERUN'Blue Bloods'.
On a RERUNDave (from 2/1/12) are Howard Stern and Airborne Toxic Event.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig is Vince Vaughn.
NBC fills the night with FRESH'Olympics'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Jeremy Renner, Betty White, and Joss Stone.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Edward Norton, Olivia Munn, and the Gaslight Anthem.
Carson 'The Scab' Daly is pre-empted.
ABC opens the night with a RERUN'Shark Tank', followed by '20/20'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 7/19/12) are Charlie Sheen, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, and Huey Lewis & Joe Cocker.
The CW offers a RERUN'Nikita', followed by another RERUN'Nikita'.
Faux has a RERUN'House', followed by a RERUN'Bones'.
MY has an old 'Monk', followed by another old 'Monk'.
AMC offers the movie 'Death Wish', followed by the movie 'Death Wish II', then the movie 'Death Wish 3'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - SEASON 8-Ep 6 - Jack Black, Justin Bieber, John Waters, Miranda Hart
[9:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - SEASON 11-Ep 5 - Kristen Stewart, Chris Rock, Engelbert Humperdinck, Stephen Mangan
[10:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 4 (2008)-Ep 7 - The Unicorn and The Wasp
[11:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 4 (2008)-Ep 8 - Silence in the Library
[12:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES - SEASON 2-Ep 1 - Lanterna
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES - SEASON 1U-Ep 2 - Lela's
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES - SEASON 3U-Ep 7 - Sushi Ko
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES - SEASON 1-Ep 2 - Glass House
[4:00PM] DOCTOR WHO: VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED (2007)
[5:00PM] BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - SEASON 3-Ep 18 - The Son Also Rises
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 4-Ep 17 - Night Terrors
[7:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 4-Ep 18 - Identity Crisis
[8:00PM] ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES
[11:00PM] LADYHAWKE
[1:30AM] TOP GEAR - SEASON 14-Episode 6 (90 min)
[3:00AM] TOP GEAR - SEASON 18-Episode 7
[4:00AM] TOP GEAR - SEASON 13-Episode 1
[5:00AM] TOP GEAR - SEASON 13-Episode 2 (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles', another 'Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles', still another 'Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles', followed by the movie 'No Country For Old Men'.
Comedy Central has last night's 'Colbert Report', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', 'Futurama', 'Tosh.0', and 'Katt Williams: The Pimp Chronicles Pt. 1'.
FX has the movie 'Hancock', followed by the movie 'Hancock', again.
History has 'Picked Off', 'American Pickers', another 'American Pickers', and another 'American Pickers'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)-And Now, the Sordid Personal Bits
[7:15AM] Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)-The Ultimate Holy Grail Episode
[8:30AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Ed Helms Wears a Grey Shirt & Brown Boots
[9:00AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[9:15AM] Twelve and Holding
[11:15AM] Che: Part One
[2:00PM] Che: Part Two
[4:45PM] The Three Stooges-The Hot Scots
[5:10PM] The Three Stooges-I'll Never Heil Again
[5:35PM] The Three Stooges-I'm a Monkey's Uncle
[6:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-The Bots and the Bees
[6:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Smunday
[7:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Water Park
[7:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Traffic Jam
[8:00PM] Arrested Development-The Cabin Show
[8:30PM] Arrested Development-For British Eyes Only
[9:00PM] Arrested Development-Forget Me Now
[9:30PM] Arrested Development-Notap...
[10:00PM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Elizabeth Banks Wears a Red Dress
[10:30PM] Bunk
[11:00PM] Night of the Living Dead
[1:00AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Elizabeth Banks Wears a Red Dress
[1:30AM] Bunk
[2:00AM] The Unholy
[4:15AM] Venom (ALL TIMES EDT)
Sundance -
[6:00A] Encounters At The End Of The World
[7:45A] Girl By The Lake
[9:30A] Angel of Mine
[11:15A] Encounters At The End Of The World
[1:00P] Girl By The Lake
[2:45P] Angel of Mine
[4:30P] A Film With Me in It
[6:00P] Love Lust & Makeup
[7:00P] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - The Substitute (Episode 6, Season 1)
[8:00P] Starting Out in the Evening
[10:00P] Big Fan
[11:30P] Looking for Eric
[1:30A] Ju-On
[3:05A] Starting Out in the Evening
[5:05A] Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More To Life
[5:30A] MAN SHOPS GLOBE - Holland/Belgium (Episode 4, Season 1) (ALL TIMES EDT)
SyFy has the movie 'The Silence Of The Lambs', followed by a FRESH'WWE Steroid SmackDown!', then a FRESH'Lost Girl'.
From left, Jennifer Beals, Rodrigo Garcia and Sarah Jones attend the YouTube Channels' AwesomenessTV and WIGS TCA Panel at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Photo by Todd Williamson
Three feminist rockers facing trial for performing a "punk prayer" against Vladimir Putin from a church pulpit thanked their supporters in a letter from prison Wednesday, and said they didn't bear a grudge against their tormentors.
The three women - all members of the Pussy Riot band - were arrested after their February stunt at Moscow's main Christ the Savior cathedral two weeks before March's presidential vote, in which they asked Mother Mary to deliver Russia from Putin's third presidential term.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 23, Maria Alekhina, 24, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29 face up to seven years if convicted on hooliganism charges. Their prosecution has caused public outcry and protests from rights groudence" is merely a sarcastic response to a lack of justice.
The case has been seen as part of a widening crackdown on dissent that followed Putin's election.
They said in a letter posted on Ekho Moskvy radio's website Wednesday that what some see as their "insolence and impudence" is merely a sarcastic response to a lack of justice.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez shows an image of independence hero Simon Bolivar during a ceremony to mark his birthday in Caracas July 24, 2012.
Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Lewis Black is bringing his anger back to Broadway - just in time for the election.
Talent agent Jackie Knobbe said Thursday the comedian will bring his trademark frustration and high blood pressure style to the Richard Rodgers Theatre from Oct. 9-14. The show, currently on tour, is called "Running on Empty." Tickets go on sale Aug. 6.
"Why Broadway?" he asks in a statement. "It's close to my apartment, just blocks away and frankly I'm too tired to go anywhere else. These guys are exhausting me. Democrats. Republicans. The Tea Party. Just shut up. Enough is enough."
Black has been on Broadway before: His 2004 show "Black on Broadway" made it to the Brooks Atkinson Theatre and also was broadcast on HBO.
Boston public media station WGBH, the producer of such marquee PBS shows as "Nova" and "Frontline," has acquired Minneapolis-based Public Radio International, the companies said Thursday.
Financial details of the acquisition were not immediately available. A statement released by the companies said PRI, the national content producer, network and service provider for public radio, would continue to operate independently as a tax-exempt nonprofit in Minneapolis.
WGBH Radio programming is heard across New England. The company is also the largest content producer for PBS television, with shows also including "Masterpiece" and "American Experience," and it has won numerous Emmy and Peabody awards.
PRI's reach includes more than 900 radio stations nationwide and digital platforms internationally. Among its best known efforts is "This American Life."
Rocker Patti Smith helps restorers clean a fresco by Giotto during her visit to the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi July 25, 2012. The singer, whose latest album was inspired by St Francis, meditated before the tomb of the saint, who is a symbol of peace, and ate a simple meal with the monks in their refectory.
Star Chinese pianist Lang Lang on Thursday won Germany's highest civilian honour in recognition of his "distinguished services" to music.
Torsten Albig, leader of the small northern state of Schleswig-Holstein, said he would present Lang with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the country's only federal decoration, on August 24.
The award is "the highest tribute the Federal Republic of Germany can pay to individuals for services to the nation," according to the German president's website.
Foreigners and Germans can receive the distinction. In 2008, the last year for which data are available, 2,475 people won the award.
Two people charged with extorting Stevie Wonder have pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles court.
District attorney's spokeswoman Jane Robison says Alpha L. Walker and Tamara Diaz entered the pleas Thursday and will return to court in the future for a pretrial hearing.
It was the pair's first court appearance since a judge determined there was enough evidence for them to stand trial earlier this month.
Walker is Wonder's cousin and is accused of trying to extort the Grammy-winning musician over a video that portrays Wonder negatively. Walker and Diaz, his girlfriend, were arrested in May after receiving $10,000 from Wonder's attorney in a police sting.
Former adult film star Jenna Jameson has pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence when she struck a light pole in Southern California.
Jameson was arrested on May 25 after her Range Rover struck the pole in Westminster, resulting in minor injuries. Prosecutors in Orange County say tests showed her blood-alcohol level was .05 percent above the state legal limit.
Jameson was charged with three misdemeanor counts, including driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, driving with a blood-alcohol level over the state legal limit and driving on a suspended license.
Actor and comedian Russell Brand must perform 20 hours of community service and pay a $500 court fee to resolve a misdemeanor charge over a confrontation with a photographer in New Orleans, where he was filming a movie in March.
Brand wasn't in a New Orleans courtroom Thursday when his attorney, Robert Glass, entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf to a charge of simple criminal damage to property. The charge carries a maximum sentence of six months in jail.
Brand turned himself in to police three days after his encounter with a man trying to take his picture with a phone. Police said Brand grabbed the phone and threw it at a building, breaking a window.
A deal with the district attorney's office calls for the case to be dismissed if the actor completes the service requirement by Aug. 31, Glass said.
Clowns poses for a picture after a inauguration parade of the 4th Latin America clown congress in the Central Place of Guatemala City, July 24, 2012. Two hundred clowns across Latin America are taking part in the congress, according to local media.
Photo by Jorge Dan Lopez
Warner Bros. has moved the release of "Gangster Squad" to January after the film's climactic cinema shoot-out scene drew comparisons to the Aurora, Colo., shooting.
"Gangster Squad" chronicles a bloody 1940s battle between Los Angeles police and mobsters. It culminates in a scene where gangsters shoot automatic weapons into a crowded movie theater from behind the screen.
The film is expected to be reshot and edited. A spokesman for Warner Bros. declined to comment on how the film would be altered.
"Gangster Squad" had been planned for a Sept. 7 release. The postponement means "Gangster Squad" won't be eligible for Academy Awards consideration this year, shifting from a plum fall release to a month often considered a dumping ground.
Shot at the famous Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, the scene is a centerpiece to the film, meaning reshoots may be extensive.
Heavy metal band Lamb of God has canceled its upcoming tour because the group's singer remains jailed in the Czech Republic.
Forty-one-year-old Randy Blythe was detained June 27 in connection with the death of a fan at a 2010 Lamb of God concert in Prague. He remains jailed, despite paying $400,000 bail after prosecutors challenged his release. A judge is expected to rule on the challenge soon.
The Richmond, Va.-based band was nominated for a Grammy in 2007 for best metal performance for the song "Redneck." The group said on its website that it's canceling its tour that was scheduled to start next Wednesday in Seattle because of uncertainty surrounding Blythe's release.
People ride on a camel near a sand art sculpture created by Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik as a tribute to the London Olympics 2012, on a beach in Puri at the eastern Indian state of Odisha July 26, 2012.
Australian scientists said Wednesday cavers had stumbled upon a vast network of tunnels containing fossils that could offer key insights into species' adaptation to climate change.
The limestone caves in Australia's far north contained what University of Queensland paleontologist Gilbert Price described as a "fossil goldmine" of species ranging from minute rodents and frogs to giant kangaroos.
Once part of an ancient rainforest, the remote site now lies in arid grassland and Price said the fossilised remains could hold key clues about how the creatures had adapted to climate change and evolved to their current forms.
The caves' oldest specimens are estimated to be 500,000 years old. Price said they lived in a period of major aridification of central Australia and retreat of the rainforest that triggered a "formal extinction event".
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
1. (1) Kenny Chesney / Tim McGraw; $4,177,792; $88.70.
2. (2) Roger Waters; $2,086,906; $107.32.
3. (3) Coldplay; $1,907,070; $80.92.
4. (4) Dave Matthews Band; $1,354,667; $54.40.
5. (6) Cirque du Soleil - "Michael Jackson: The Immortal"; $1,248,403; $110.67.
6. (8) Red Hot Chili Peppers; $824,446; $59.00.
7. (9) Drake; $783,513; $56.96.
8. (10) Nickelback; $727,610; $68.83.
9. (12) The Beach Boys; $518,841; $72.48.
10. (11) Blue Man Group; $509,583; $55.81.
11. (13) One Direction; $499,246; $43.06.
12. (14) Lady Antebellum; $488,036; $40.07.
13. (15) The Black Keys; $475,306; $46.90.
14. (New) "Vans Warped Tour"; $462,538; $32.41.
15. (16) Miranda Lambert; $437,520; $34.74.
16. (18) Il Divo; $349,382; $92.44.
17. (19) LMFAO / "Sorry For Party Rocking Tour"; $325,468; $42.12.
18. (20) Eric Church; $323,817; $36.38.
19. (New) Sugarland; $311,325; $44.22.
20. (17) Scorpions; $308,897; $55.15.
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