Seven Big Economic Lies
Do tax cuts for the rich trickle down to the rest of us? And does taxing the rich hurt the economy? Is Social security a Ponzi scheme? Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton, presents his list of seven popular-wisdom economic claims that are untrue.
Marc Dion: "Family Values: A Gift Just for You" (Creators Syndicate)
A guy like Newt Gingrich, sure he's been married a bunch of times. Sure, he's gotta little trouble finding his own bed at night. Sure, he's had problems over shadily obtained money, but none of that counts. The guy's got a $200 haircut. You, ya schmuck, you got a $12-an-hour job and an $8 haircut. Your wife buys those three-pairs-for-$5-panties. You got one more kid than you can "afford." You NEED family values. If you screw around on your husband and he bounces you, how you gonna survive on a $10-an-hour grocery store cashier paycheck and the ex-hubby's $75-a-week child support?
David Goldenberg: 10 Secrets of the Vatican Exposed (Mental Floss)
Vatican City may have fewer than 1,000 citizens and span only 110 acres, but it also has a multimillion-dollar budget and an unbelievably complex history. Understanding how it all works requires parsing through centuries of religious texts. Is the Vatican confusing and mysterious? Is the Pope Catholic? Here's a look behind the scenes.
Chuck Norris: 10 Super Bowl Foods You Should Eat Every Day (Creators Syndicate)
Walnuts often are found in nut bowls, salads and pastries at parties. They are the king of all nuts, according to Men's Health, "richer in heart-healthy omega-3s than salmon, loaded with more anti-inflammatory polyphenols than red wine, and packing half as much muscle-building protein as chicken." If walnuts are absent in the snack dish, go for almonds, pistachios and peanuts, in that order.
David Bruce has 42 Kindle books on Amazon.com with 250 anecdotes in each book. Each book is $1, so for $42 you can buy 10,500 anecdotes. Search for "Funniest People," "Coolest People, "Most Interesting People," "Kindest People," "Religious Anecdotes," "Maximum Cool," and "Resist Psychic Death."
John Ernest "Johnny" Crawford (born March 26, 1946) is a prolific American character actor, singer and musician. At 12, Crawford rose to fame for playing Mark McCain, the son of the Lucas McCain character (played by Chuck Connors), in the popular 1960s ABC western series, The Rifleman, which aired from 1958 to 1963. He first performed before a national audience as a Mouseketeer.
The Naked Ape was a partially animated 1973 feature film starring Johnny Crawford and Victoria Principal, produced by Hugh Hefner. In an article about that movie he became the first man to be shown in full-frontal nudity in Playboy magazine.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Johnny Crawford
BttbB wrote:
Johnny Crawford... Rumor has it Leonid Brezhnev was not amused... Memo to JoeS: The Rifleman's Winchester Model '92 fired a 44-40 round which is also a pistol round (Many Colt .45's were, in fact, Colt 44-40's). A common practice back then out west - 2 different guns, one ammo type. Your Winchester 30-30, no doubt a Model '94 (and mine, a Marlin 336 lever action 30-30) is strictly a rifle round and much larger (never mind the numbers - it is), hence much more powerful. No, we could never do what Lucas did...
Sally said:
Apparently, in 1973, Johnny Crawford appeared in a partially animated film, "The Naked Ape." The film was produced by Hugh Hefner, and in an article in Hefner's magazine, "Playboy" (to promote the movie), Crawford became the first man to be shown in full-frontal nudity. (sort of an 'in your face' piece, n'es pas?)
"No son of mine is gonna grow up to show his beef in some two-bit girly magazine!"
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
The rifleman's tv son... Johnny Crawford
Charlie replied:
Johnny Crawford
Marian answered:
Johnny Crawford
Sue T responded:
The Rifleman's son, Johnny Crawford.
A cure for hiccups: Say to the hiccupper: "President Newt Gingrich and the first lady, Callista Gingrich." Works every time.
Dale of Diamond Springs (working on Sunday, my busy time of year) replied:
Johnny Crawford in an article entitled "The Naked Ape," about the film of the same name, featured a full frontal nude of Johnny Crawford. The article appeared in the September 1973 issue. Still looking for that alleged Chuck Connors porn.
On The Mickey Mouse Club Lucas & Mark McCain Rifleman Johnny Crawford Orchestra
MAM wrote:
Johnny Crawford ~ In an article about "Naked Ape ", a partially animated 1973 feature film starring Johnny Crawford and Victoria Principal, and produced by Hugh Hefner.
And, Joe S took the day off.
Not Johnny Crawford. What? Really? Johnny Crawford?
Must have been cold that day. Maybe he was in the pool.
CBS opens the night with a RERUN'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a RERUN'2 Broke Girls', then a RERUN'2½ Men', followed by a RERUN'Mike & Molly', then a RERUN'Hawaii Five-0'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Jennifer Lopez, Rob Schneider, and James McCartney.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Don Cheadle and Andrea Riseborough.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'Who's Still Standing?', followed by a RERUN'Fear Factor', and 'Rock Center'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Madonna, Chris Colfer, and Joe Perry.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Glenn Close, Emmy Rossum, and Nada Surf.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 12/7/11) are Nelson George, Tom Morello, and Bear Hands.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Bachelorette', followed by a RERUN'Castle'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Kate Walsh, Marc Maron, and Fishbone.
The CW offers a FRESH'Gossip Girls', followed by a FRESH'Hart Of Dixie'.
Faux has a FRESH'House', followed by a FRESH'Alcatraz'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.
A&E has 'Hoarders', another 'Hoarders', followed by a FRESH'Hoarders', then a FRESH'Intervention'.
AMC offers 'CSI: The 2nd One', followed by the movie 'Commando'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC World News
[7:00AM] BBC World News
[8:00AM] The Graham Norton Show-Ep 7 Dawn French, Rod Stewart, Michael Palin
[9:00AM] The Graham Norton Show-Ep 4 - Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie
[10:00AM] Doctor Who-Ep 5 World War Three
[11:00AM] 24 Hours in the ER-Episode 9
[12:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited-Ep 1 La Parra de Burriana
[1:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares-Ep 3 Sebastian's
[2:00PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word-Episode 9
[3:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares-Ep 8 - Lido Di Manhattan Beach
[4:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Series 1-Ep. 3 Walnut Tree
[5:00PM] 24 Hours in the ER-Episode 10
[6:00PM] Top Gear-Episode 7
[7:00PM] Top Gear-Episode 1
[8:00PM] Top Gear-Episode 9 NEW
[9:15PM] Top Gear-Episode 10 NEW
[10:15PM] Top Gear-Episode 4
[11:15PM] Top Gear-Episode 9
[12:30AM] Top Gear-Episode 10
[1:30AM] James May's Road Trip-Episode 1
[2:10AM] James May's Road Trip-Episode 2
[2:50AM] James May's Road Trip-Episode 3
[3:30AM] Top Gear Season 15 Special
[5:00AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', then a FRESH'It's A Brad Brad World'.
Comedy Central has '30 Rock', another '30 Rock', 'Workaholics', 'South Park', 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', still another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', and yet another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Lou Dobbs.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Laurence H. Tribe.
FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Death Race'.
History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', 'American Pickers', 'Pawn Stars', and another 'Pawn Stars'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Whisker Wars-America's Beardsman
[6:30AM] Whisker Wars-The Beard Circuit
[7:00AM] Dear Frankie
[9:15AM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[9:30AM] Daltry Calhoun
[11:30AM] Startup.com
[1:45PM] Dear Frankie
[4:00PM] Daltry Calhoun
[6:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Malcolm vs. Reese
[6:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Mini-Bike
[7:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Carnival
[7:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Evacuation
[8:00PM] From Hell
[10:30PM] Portlandia-Grover
[11:00PM] The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
[11:30PM] Arrested Development-Exit Strategy
[12:00AM] Arrested Development-Development Arrested
[12:30AM] Arrested Development-Pilot
[1:00AM] Arrested Development-Top Banana
[1:30AM] Portlandia-Grover
[2:00AM] The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
[2:30AM] Action-Blood Money
[3:00AM] From Hell
[5:30AM] Arrested Development-Bringing Up Buster (ALL TIMES EST)
[6:00A] The Edge of Heaven
[8:00A] Rio Breaks
[9:30A] Treeless Mountain
[11:00A] The Edge of Heaven
[1:00P] Rio Breaks
[2:30P] Kool: Dancing In My Mind
[3:00P] Treeless Mountain
[4:30P] Pen Pusher
[4:40P] The Edge of Heaven
[6:40P] Miracle Fish
[7:00P] Love Lust & Sex Symbols
[8:30P] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Singer Alanis Morissette & TOM Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie (Episode 9, Season 1)
[9:00P] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Crash & Burn (Nashville - Ep. 11)
[9:30P] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Intervention (Nashville - Ep. 12)
[10:00P] ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Aysha Saeed: Stop Being Controlling (Episode 4, Season 2)
[11:30P] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Singer Alanis Morissette & TOM Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie (Episode 9, Season 1)
[12:00A] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Guns and Gossip (Episode 3, Season 1)
[1:00A] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Crash & Burn (Nashville - Ep. 11)
[1:30A] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Intervention (Nashville - Ep. 12)
[2:00A] Love Lust & Little Black Dress
[3:00A] ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Aysha Saeed: Stop Being Controlling (Episode 4, Season 2)
[4:00A] ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Kathy & Erik Wilson (Episode 3, Season 2)
[5:00A] ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Qristyl Frazier: Plus-Sexy (Episode 2, Season 2) (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans', 'Being Human', followed by a FRESH'Being Human', then a FRESH'Lost Girl'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Maya Rudolph, Chris Gethard, and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Presenter George Clooney (R) poses with Feature Film nominee Alexander Payne at the 64th annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles January 28, 2012.
Photo by Phil McCarten
Coldplay, US comedian Stephen Colbert and veteran British comedian John Cleese will join a star-studded line-up in March for Amnesty International's "Secret Policeman's Ball" benefit gala, organizers announced Wednesday.
The event on March 4 at Radio City Hall in New York will benefit human rights causes, Amnesty International said.
"We are thrilled that some of the most creative political humorists of our time will perform when Amnesty International hosts the first Secret Policeman's Ball in the United States," said Suzanne Nossel, Amnesty International USA's executive director.
The line-up will also feature Jon Stewart, Mumford & Sons, Russell Brand, and Reggie Watts.
Actor Bryan Cranston (R) and his wife Robin Dearden attend the 64th annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles January 28, 2012.
Photo by Phil McCarten
Three radical Ukrainian feminists braved the subzero chill at the Swiss ski resort of Davos on Saturday, going topless to protest against the World Economic Forum "gangsters".
The three activists arrived at the security checks at the congress hall's entrance where they undressed, revealing slogans painted across their upper bodies including "Gangster Party in Davos" and "Poor Because of You."
They also brandished signs saying "Crisis Made in Davos" and were arrested after they attempted to scale the metal fences.
The Ukrainian group called Femen, whose slogan is "We Came, We Undressed, We Conquered," specialises in eye-catching stunts in which they protest topless, using their bodies to draw attention to sexual exploitation.
Canada's westernmost province of British Columbia, one of the top regions for filmmaking outside of Hollywood, is rapidly gaining prominence as a world leader in animation and special effects.
Whether it's creating a car chase that erupts in an explosion or conjuring up a bloody battle scene thronging with warriors, Canada -- and especially this region sometimes called "Hollywood North" -- is increasingly where movie studios are turning.
According to the movie industry bible the Hollywood Reporter magazine, more than 2,000 people are employed by the special effects trade in Vancouver -- a figure likely to grow by several hundred by year's end.
The majority of clients are major American studios, some of whom first came to the area to avoid the 2008 Hollywood writers strike and the US economic crisis, and were then happy enough with what they found here to stick around.
Some have even opened up their own subsidiaries here. Famed American film studios like Pixar and Sony Pictures Imagework are among the Hollywood companies to create Canadian outposts in the Vancouver area.
In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi visits a photo exhibition at the Yangon Photo Festival in Yangon, Myanmar.
Photo by Khin Maung Win
The board of directors of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has approved a proposed merger with the Screen Actors Guild, a day after SAG's board made the same move.
In a statement, AFTRA says 94 percent of its board voted for the merger Saturday at a videoconference meeting of board members in Los Angeles and New York.
Referendum ballots will now be sent out for a vote by members of both unions. AFTRA leaders say ballots will be mailed in late February and counted in late March.
The merger plan comes after two years of negotiations between the groups to join forces, hoping to gain more leverage in contract negotiations with producers.
It's no secret that during Hollywood's awards season, complex character roles often get overlooked in favor of more uplifting performances. But when Martin Scorsese saw such a slight befall his "Hugo" star, he was not about to slink away with his tail between his legs.
The esteemed filmmaker took a stand and barked loudly for that actor -- and now Blackie the Doberman is at the center of a heated award campaign.
In an op-ed piece in Sunday's Los Angeles Times, Scorsese -- whose 3D adventure "Hugo" leads this year's Academy Awards race with 11 nominations -- voiced his outrage over the Doberman pinscher's omission from nominations for the inaugural Golden Collar Awards.
Scorsese pointed out the dynamics working against actors of the Doberman persuasion. "Jack Russell terriers are small and cute," Scorsese reminded readers. "Dobermans are enormous and -- handsome. More tellingly, Uggie plays a nice little mascot who does tricks and saves his master's life in one of the films, while Blackie gives an uncompromising performance as a ferocious guard dog who terrorizes children. I'm sure you can see what I'm driving at.
"We all have fond memories of Rin Tin Tin and Lassie, the big stars, the heroes, but what about the antiheroes? We have learned to accept the human antihero, but when it comes to dogs, I guess we still have a long way to go."
Actress Pilar Bardem, mother of actor Javier Bardem, attends a protest in support to Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Thousands of people marched through Madrid Sunday in a boisterous show of support for a judge indicted on charges of abusing his authority by investigating atrocities committed during the civil war and the early years of Gen. Francisco Franco's dictatorship. Sticker bears a photo of judge Garzon.
Photo by Arturo Rodriguez
NBC asked GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Saturday to pull a campaign advertisement made up almost entirely of a 1997 "Nightly News" report on Newt Gingrich's ethics committee reprimand.
The "History Lesson" ad started running in Florida on the weekend, when it is harder for stations to switch ad traffic even if they want to. Broadcast days before Tuesday's primary, the ad shows former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw saying that some of Gingrich's House colleagues had raised questions about the then-speaker's "future effectiveness."
Under Brokaw's image is a line that reads - "Paid for by Romney for President, Approved by Mitt Romney."
The footage was used without permission and the extensive use of the broadcast "inaccurately suggests that NBC News and Mr. Brokaw have consented to the use of this material and agree with the political position espoused by the videos," NBC's vice president of media law, David N. Sternlicht, wrote Romney's campaign manager, Matt Rhoades.
U.S. actor Nicolas Cage, right, poses next to his life-sized wax model, in Paris' Grevin museum, in Paris, Sunday Jan. 29, 2012.
Photo by Thibault Camus
From irreverent cartoons to "depraved" short stories, Vietnam's pop culture is attracting the attention of print censors who experts say are struggling to accept an increasingly brash literary scene.
After years spent keeping political texts off the printing presses, authorities are setting their sights on the growing market of publishing for young people, with several books prohibited in recent months.
Nguyen Thanh Phong, whose collection of comic rhyming slang was recently banned, said his illustration of two gormless-looking soldiers kicking a grenade to each other may have caused the censors' ire.
The 26-year-old artist said censorship only increased people's desire to read the book, entitled "The murderer with a pus-filled head", which aims to reflect the street patois of Vietnam's youth.
Censorship has proved a headache for Vietnamese publishers eager to capitalise on a potentially rich seam of revenue from the nation's 28 million under-18s, but it has also given texts an enticing air of notoriety.
Director David Steinberg arrives at the 64th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012.
Photo by Dan Steinberg
A professor from American University in Cairo says discovery of prostate cancer in a 2,200-year-old mummy indicates the disease was caused by genetics, not environment.
AUC professor Salima Ikram, a member of the team that studied the mummy in Portugal for two years, said Sunday the mummy was of a man who died in his forties.
She said this was the second oldest known case of prostate cancer.
A statement from AUC says the oldest known case came from a 2,700 year-old skeleton of a king in Russia.
Beware the Liam in Winter. Liam Neeson's "The Grey" topped the weekend box office with $20 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, continuing the actor's success as an action star in the winter months.
The Alaskan survivalist thriller opened above expectations with a performance on par with previous Neeson thrillers "Taken" and "Unknown." Those films, both January-February releases, opened with $24.7 million and $21.9 million, respectively.
January is often a dumping ground for less-stellar releases, a tradition held up by two badly reviewed new wide releases: "Man on a Ledge," with Sam Worthington, and "One for the Money" with Katherine Heigl.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Final figures will be released Monday.
1. "The Grey," $20 million.
2. "Underworld: Awakening," $12.5 million.
3. "One for the Money," $11.8 million.
4. "Red Tails," $10.4 million.
5. "Man on a Ledge," $8.3 million.
6. "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," $7.1 million.
7. "The Descendants," $6.6 million.
8. "Contraband," $6.5 million.
9. "Beauty and the Beast," $5.3 million.
10. "Haywire," $4 million.
Rich was also a board member of the Directors Guild of America for more than 50 years, and a key player in the 1960 merger that formed it, when the Screen Directors Guild combined with the Radio and Television Directors Guild. He was integral to the formation of the pension and health plans.
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