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Re: California election
Who's the "girly man" NOW, Ah-nuld?
Terminator gets terminated.
Hasta la vista, dickhead.
(I am SO enjoying this)
Terry C
NJ
Thanks, Terry!
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Robert Scheer: Who's the Girlie Man Now? (huffingtonpost.com)
Schwarzenegger was defeated primarily by the hardworking public sector workers of the state: the teachers, firefighters and other civil servants who are sick and tired of being pitted by politicians against those they are so dedicated to serving. "We're the mighty, mighty nurses" the joyous healers chanted in a victory conga line the night they brought the bully down.
Jonathan Tasini: The Wal-Mart 22 (TomPaine.com. Posted on alternet.org)
Why did 22 Democrats in Congress vote to give Wal-Mart advanced notice of inspections by the Department of Labor?
Jimmy Breslin: 'War must be a local issue' (Newsday; Posted on smirkingchimp.com)
The church was empty at dusk. You stood in the stillness and looked at the place, right there on the side of the altar, where Michael Bloomberg spoke over the casket of a fallen aristocrat of the city, Riayan A. Tejeda, Marine, dead in Iraq at age 26.
Max Blumenthal: Willie Horton's Swift Boat Crashes In Virginia (huffingtonpost.com)
Republican Jerry Kilgore's defeat in Virginia is not only a reflection of voter disillusionment with George W. Bush, who swooped in at the eleventh hour for a rally with the gubernatorial hopeful, it marks a stunning repudiation of the GOP's vaunted attack machine. Throughout the campaign, Kilgore avoided the issues Virginians cared about most -- transportation and education -- homing in instead on the character of his opponent, Tim Kaine.
Annalee Newitz: Hacking the Subway (AlterNet.org)
The first few times I came to New York, I refused to ride the subway. Those were in the pre-cleanup days, before Mayor Rudy Giuliani started painting over the graffiti and busting kids for fare-skipping, but I didn't avoid clattering down those scum-caked stairs because I was afraid of hooligans. Frankly, I was just afraid of getting lost.
David Bruce: Politics (athensnews.com)
After Owen Brewster died, fellow Maine politician Percival P. Baxter stopped to visit his grave. Mr. Baxter's chauffeur, Joseph Lee, remarked that Mr. Baxter was making quite a graceful gesture toward a former political enemy, but Mr. Baxter told him, "No, I just wanted to be sure the SOB was really dead."
Hubert's Poetry Corner
MYSTERY OF A MARTIN MARLIN
50 VETERAN'S DAYS LATER AND STILL NO CREDIBLE OFFICAL ANSWER ON WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THIS AIRCRAFT AND ITS CREW?
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Overcast with occasional showers.
Talked to dear old Dad. He'd been goose hunting at Pymatuming.
Guess what the Babe gets to cook for Thanksgiving?
No new flags.
Post Office Re-Named
Karl Malden
The U.S. Postal Service honored Academy Award-winner Karl Malden on Wednesday by putting his name on a post office.
The Barrington Station post office was renamed the Karl Malden Post Office Building, said Postal Service spokesman Don Smeraldi.
Kirk Douglas and Postmaster General John E. Potter lauded the 93-year-old actor for his achievements in film and his contributions to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee.
Karl Malden
Toyota Placates Wingnuts, Pulls Ads
'Nip/Tuck'
Pressured by the self-proclaimed decency mavens at the Parents Television Council, Toyota has pulled all its advertising from the FX series about the ethically fraught personal and private lives of a couple of Miami plastic surgeons.
The PTC trumpeted Toyota's pull-out on its Website, saying the auto maker wrote a letter last week to PTC boss L. Brent Bozell III "indicating the company is pulling their advertising from the ultra-raunchy FX show Nip/Tuck.
Toyota spokeswoman Nancy Hubbell tells the Los Angeles Times, which first reported the story, that the carmaker's decision was based on several factors, including the show's content. She adds that the decision was part of a broader reevaluation of Toyota's advertising strategy.
Last year, Ben & Jerry's and Gateway were among major advertisers to pull Nip/Tuck commercials, but neither company offered an explanation why.
'Nip/Tuck'
Participates in Forum on HIV
Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd has come to this Central American capital to join 3,000 Latin American politicians, police chiefs, doctors and activists in a regional forum on HIV.
Judd, who has been the ambassador of U.S.-based project Youth AIDS since 2002, on Wednesday met briefly with Salvadorian Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez, who thanked her for her visit.
Ashley Judd
Gets New 'Life'
Regis Philbin
Regis Philbin is returning to ABC primetime next year, this time as host of the network's revival of "This Is Your Life."
"This Is Your Life" was a prototypical reality show that began on radio in the late 1940s and was a staple of television's infancy. The show details the life story of its guests, complete with surprise walk-on appearances by long-lost relatives or other influential people in their lives. The original series, which featured a mix of celebrities and everyday people as its testimonial subjects, was hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards.
Regis Philbin
Stands by 'Not Accurate' Quote
White House
Presidential Press Secretary Scott McClellan's short answer to a question at his daily press briefing last week has prompted a dispute between the White House press office and two news organizations that offer transcripts of the events.
A spokeswoman for McClellan's office told E&P late Wednesday that the White House is standing by its version of what he said.
At the Oct. 31 briefing, David Gregory of NBC News stated the following question to McClellan about White House aides Karl Rove and I. Lewis Libby: "Whether there's a question of legality, we know for a fact that there was involvement. We know that Karl Rove, based on what he and his lawyer have said, did have a conversation about somebody who Patrick Fitzgerald said was a covert officer of the Central Intelligence Agency. We know that Scooter Libby also had conversations."
The official White House transcript states that McClellan's response was "I dont think that's accurate."
But two outside news agencies, Congressional Quarterly and Federal News Service - which provide transcripts for a fee -both reported the response as "that's accurate."
White House
Wins Film Festival Award
Christine Lahti
Oscar winner Christine Lahti received the Susan B. Anthony "Failure Is Impossible" Award at the opening of the High Falls Film Festival Wednesday night.
Lahti also visited the Susan B. Anthony House in Rochester.
"One need only go there to completely appreciate the fight she fought and the tenacity she displayed," Lahti said. "I walked away so inspired to go back home and fight the good fight."
Christine Lahti
Baby News
Beckett O'Brien
Conan O'Brien and his wife Liza Powel O'Brien have had their second child.
NBC announced Thursday that the "Late Night" host welcomed son Beckett into the world Wednesday evening at a weight of 8 pounds and 4 ounces.
"Mother, baby and father are all well," the statement said.
Beckett O'Brien
Hopes To Resume Shooting Don Quixote
Terry Gilliam
American director Terry Gilliam said in Prague that he expects to resume work on Don Quixote, which was set to be the biggest European film ever made but was shelved five days into filming.
"There is a possibility now, for the first time, that we might get the script of Don Quixote back," Gilliam said during a news conference to mark the Czech premiere of his film "The Brothers Grimm".
Although rights to the script have been frozen for several years because of a conflict between the French producer and a German insurance company, a decision could come "before the end of the year", Gilliam told AFP following the news conference.
Terry Gilliam
Elvis Impersonator Helps Recover Items
Duke Adams
A retired Elvis impersonator helped Las Vegas police nab a man suspected of stealing more than $300,000 worth of memorabilia from the Elvis-A-Rama museum, authorities said Wednesday.
Duke Adams, a 62-year-old "older-era Elvis," said he was approached while in line at a pharmacy by a man offering to sell him items once owned by Elvis Presley, including jewelry, clothing and the king's revolver. Remembering the March 2004 burglary, Adams said he asked the man to stop by his business the next day.
Adams went home and called police.
Authorities arrested Eliab Aguilar on Nov. 3. after the Las Vegas man brought all but one of the stolen items to Adams' employment agency, police said.
Duke Adams
Auction Planned In New York
JFK Memorabilia
A treasure-trove of John F. Kennedy memorabilia will be auctioned next month ranging from the watch he wore to his 1961 presidential inauguration to his doodles during talks on the Cuban missile crisis.
The private collection of Robert White, who began collecting Kennedy artifacts in the 1950s, represents most of the nearly 2,000 items that will be put up for sale from December 15 to 17 at the Park Avenue Armory by Guernsey's auctioneers.
White, a cleaning supplies salesman, collected pins, posters and other materials during Kennedy's years as a congressman and senator from Massachusetts and began a correspondence with Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, after Kennedy reached the White House.
Lincoln, who worked for Kennedy during most of his political career, became good friends with White and when she died in 1995, she bequeathed her collection of Kennedy material to him.
JFK Memorabilia
Solo Catalog Offered For Download
John Lennon
John Lennon's entire solo catalog will be made available for Internet download next month, making him the first of the Beatles whose complete body of work outside the Fab Four can be delivered online, his label said on Wednesday.
Material ranging from Lennon's first solo album with the Plastic Ono Band to "Imagine" and "Double Fantasy" will be sold by online services like Napster, Rhapsody, MSN Music and Yahoo Music Unlimited, EMI Music said.
One music site conspicuously excluded from the digital release is iTunes due to a trademark dispute between its parent company, Apple Computer Inc., and the Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd. over competing names.
John Lennon
Sculpture Breaks Modern-Art Price Record
David Smith
A red-hot contemporary-art market notched another new price record on Wednesday, when a sculpture by David Smith sold at auction for $23.8 million and broke a mark for postwar art set just 24 hours earlier.
The American artist's large stainless-steel sculpture "Cubi XXVIII" was billed as the highlight of Sotheby's post-war and contemporary-art auction, but it surpassed expectations when bidders drove the price to $23.8 million, including commission.
That was nearly twice the high-end estimate. The sale broke the record for a single piece of post-World War Two or contemporary art, set on Tuesday when Mark Rothko's painting "Homage to Matisse" sold at Christie's for $22.4 million.
David Smith
Tooth Snapped Up At Auction
Napoleon
A tooth said to have belonged to French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was sold for almost 13,000 pounds (19,270 euros, 22,520 dollars) at an auction in southwest England on Thursday.
It is believed to have been extracted in 1817 during the general's exile on the British island of Saint Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean, after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo two years earlier.
The tooth -- an upper right canine -- is thought to have been extracted by Napoleon's physician Barry O'Meara, who then gave it to General Francis Maceroni, aide-de-camp to the king of Naples.
It stayed in the Maceroni family for generations before it was acquired by its present owner in 1956.
Napoleon
Presidential Endorsements A Year Later
Newspapers
As the 2004 race for president wound down, E&P kept the only national tally of editorial endorsements for President Bush and Senator Kerry. By Election Day, the totals stood at nearly a dead heat (just like the election), with 213 for Kerry and 205 for Bush.
One year later, with the president's approval rating slipping into the 30s and no end in sight, we thought it would be interesting to find out if many, or any, of the newspapers that endorsed George W. Bush are feeling any buyer's remorse.
In surveying the responsible parties at a fair cross-section of more than a dozen pro-Bush papers scattered across the country, we found that no one said flatly that they wished they had endorsed differently in 2004, or said they would likely favor a Democrat next time around. Joe Crawford, editorial page editor of the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Press, said, "There has been no discussion that we made a mistake," declining to elaborate further.
But nearly all of the others did express disappointment in several aspects of the president's second-term performance.
For the rest, Newspapers
Faux Developing 'Terminator' Heroine Drama
'The Sarah Connor Chronicles
The "Terminator" franchise is rising again, this time on the small screen.
Fox is developing a pilot for "The Sarah Connor Chronicles," a drama based that will follow the character of John Connor's mother, portrayed by Linda Hamilton in the first two "Terminator" films.
The TV project is a co-production between Warner Bros. Television and C2, the company of "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" producers Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna.
'The Sarah Connor Chronicles'
When Wingnuts Froth
Marion 'Pat' Robertson
Conservative Christian televangelist Pat Robertson told citizens of a Pennsylvania town that they had rejected God by voting their school board out of office for supporting "intelligent design" and warned them on Thursday not to be surprised if disaster struck.
Robertson, a former Republican presidential candidate and founder of the influential conservative Christian Broadcasting Network and Christian Coalition, has a long record of similar apocalyptic warnings and provocative statements.
Last summer, he hit the headlines by calling for the assassination of leftist Venezuelan Present Hugo Chavez, one of President George W. Bush's most vocal international critics.
In 1998, Robertson warned the city of Orlando, Florida that it risked hurricanes, earthquakes and terrorist bombs after it allowed homosexual organizations to put up rainbow flags in support of sexual diversity.
Marion 'Pat' Robertson
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