Rob Horning: Twelve steps to financial disaster (popmatters.com)
Ultra-pessimist Nouriel Roubini, an economist known for predicting catastrophe, spared nothing in his recent presentation to the House Financial Services Committee. Often scoffed at before the subprime meltdown, he's been scarily proven right about a lot of things in the past few months.
Jonah Lehrer: What wine can tell us about the nature of reality (.boston.com)
SCIENTISTS AT CALTECH and Stanford recently published the results of a peculiar wine tasting. They provided people with cabernet sauvignons at various price points, with bottles ranging from $5 to $90. Although the tasters were told that all the wines were different, the scientists were in fact presenting the same wines at different prices.
DAVID BROOKS: Remembering the Mentor (nytimes.com)
When I was in college, William F. Buckley Jr. wrote a book called "Overdrive" in which he described his glamorous lifestyle. Since I was young and a smart-aleck, I wrote a parody of it for the school paper.
Scott Foundas: Stefan Ruzowitzky Challenges Holocaust Dogma (laweekly.com)
Rather than the nobly suffering merchants, artists and family men who fill the barracks of many a Holocaust drama, the counterfeiters of The Counterfeiters are a motley crew of scam artists and petty thugs under the supervision of the wily Russian-Jewish forger Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch.
"The fact is, (my involvement in the savings and loan
crisis) was the wrong thing to do, and it'll be on my
tombstone and deservedly so."
(2)
"I ridiculed the bill on the floor of the Senate the
day I voted for it."
(3)
Do you think contraceptives help stop the spread of
HIV?
Mr. McCain: (Long pause) "You've stumped me."
(4)
On AIDS prevention
McCain: "I'm not very wise on it."
(4)
At a recent meeting with the Wall Street Journal
editorial board, Republican presidential candidate
John McCain admitted he "doesn't really understand
economics"
(5)
"The issue of economics is not something I've
understood as well as I should."
(6)
"...the Constitution established the United States of
America as a Christian nation."
(7)
" I'll never forget that first Christmas when I
gave--when I read from the Nativity story from the
different Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John."
(7)
(The nativity story does NOT appear in all the
gospels)
"I cannot tell you that I've ever had a revelation
from God--it's been kind of plotting."
(7)
"Speaking of religions, I think the Greek god hubris
played a role in Mr. Rumsfeld's decisions."
(7)
(Does McCain believe in Greek gods? BTW Hubris wasn't
a god. It means over-reaching arrogance)
"Thanks for the question, you little jerk. You're
drafted."
(8)
'The nice thing about Alzheimer's is you get to hide
your own Easter eggs.'
(9)
McCain speaking in Tucson referred to Leisure World as
"Seizure World," the East Valley retirement community
where, in the 1984 election, "97 percent of the people
voted and the other 3 percent were in intensive care."
(10)
"So our marriage is really based on a tissue of lies."
(11)
Asked whether he's lectured his own children about
using drugs, McCain replied, "I told my
thirteen-year-old son I would beat him within an inch
of his life."
(12)
When asked why we have military personnel on food stamps-
"Privates and seamen don't make campaign contributions."
(12)
"You know, people talk about how bad the POW camp was
in Vietnam, but really we had a lot of fun."
(13)
The leg in that photo didn't belong to Anne Bancroft - it belonged to a then-unknown model, Linda Gray.
Vic in Alaska was first, but wrong, with:
OH EASY!!!! A: Anne Bancroft......
I liked the kinda "Graduate part duex" that was made a couple of years ago "Rumor Has It..." I saw it on a flight from Alaska and laughed my arse off
mj wrote:
B, C, and E are all Dallss alumni. D, MTM, showed off her legs as Peter Gunn's secretary (one never saw the whole girl). E has also had a second career as an infomercial guru.
DanD responded:
... and here's to you Mrs Ann Banroft, Oscar loves you more than you can tell, but what the hell ~
I wasn't introduced to Simon and Garfunkel until the year of our Lord
1974, when I showed up as a quasi-country-bumpkin, prospective Senior at
a Military-dependent High School lookin' out my former Nazi family living
quarters bedroom window on the second floor at Rein Mein Air Base family
housing just outside of Frankfurt Germany.
I had finally "rebelled" against my dear mother back in Shreveport
Louisiana and forced her to send me to my Daddy who was in the process of
doin' his military career in the Cold-War theater of "Western" Europe
where he was going to set me straight and "fly right."
While I don't know if he ever "set me straight," I was indeed flyin' in
my mind quite a bit on all the hashish I consumed and I did have a hell
of a lot of fun there. Mrs. Robinson became one of my personal theme
songs. "The Boxer" was another one. I was my own "Breaking Out" movie.
Purple Gene was first with the correct answer, with:
The answer is C.....Linda Gray
Although Ava Gardner, Judy Garland, Doris Day and Patricia Neal were all considered for playing Mrs. Robinson, it was Anne Bancroft who ended up up with the sexy role.
But it was not Anne's lovely leg in the background scene, rather the unknown Linda (Sue Ellen Ewing) Gray's.
Charlie responded:
Mrs. Robinson's leg was that of the late, great
A: Anne Bancroft
Who disliked being typecast by that role.
Alan J answered:
Anne Bancroft
Sandra in Bangor was right with:
C. Linda Gray
who went on to star in dallas with barbara bel geddes!
bebo replied:
A: Anne Bancroft.
Joe S ("I believe - though I may be wrong, because I'm no expert - that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil."
~ Dustin Hoffman) was right, answering:
It's Linda Gray's leg. And a very nice one it is.
Dave in Tucson stated:
That nice stockinged gam in The Graduate still belongs to none other than Ms. Mel Brooks - Anne Bancroft!
Marian the Teacher answered:
Had to look this one up. The answer is C. Linda Grey a then unknown model.
And, Marianne nailed it with:
C. Linda Gray
In the famous promotional still for this film, Dustin Hoffman is seen in the background framed by Mrs. Robinson's stockinged leg. The leg in that photo didn't belong to Anne Bancroft, however; it belonged to a then-unknown model, Linda Gray. She is best known for her role as Larry Hagmans's long-suffering wife, Sue Ellen Ewing on the television soap opera Dallas.
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CBS opens the night with a RERUN'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a FRESH'Welcome To The Captain', then a RERUN'2½ Men', followed by a FRESH'Old Christine', then a RERUN'CSI: The 2nd One'.
On a RERUNDave (from 2/7/08) are Kate Hudson and Jack Hanna.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Brooke Shields, Ming Tsai, and Michelle Biloon.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad', followed by a FRESH'Deal Or No Deal', then a FRESH'Medium'.
On a RERUNLeno (from 2/20/08) are Garth Brooks and Christina Ricci.
On a RERUNConan (from 1/10/08) are Howie Mandel, Leigh Killian, and Kate Nash.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Tom Green and Chuck Prophet.
ABC starts the night with a 2-hour FRESH'20/20: The Royal Family', followed by a FRESH'October Road'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 2/1/08) are Bobby Brown, Adam Levine, and Maroon 5.
The CW offers a RERUN'Gossip Girl', followed by a FRESH'Pussycat Dolls'.
Faux has the 2-hour SEASON FINALE'Sarah Connor'.
MY has 'Celebrity Expose', followed by a FRESH'Paradise Ho-Tell'.
A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'Intervention', another 'Intervention', 'Paranormal', and another 'Paranormal'.
AMC offers the movie 'Death Hunt', followed by the movie 'Death Wish', then the movie 'Death Wish II'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 Lanterna;
[1:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Episode 4;
[2:00 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 22 Shepton Mallet 10;
[2:30 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 28 Newark 37;
[3:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 3;
[3:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 4;
[4:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 3;
[4:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 4;
[5:00 PM] My Family - Ep. 9 Get Cartier;
[5:30 PM] Coupling - Ep 5 The Girl with Two Breasts;
[6:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 Morgan's;
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America;
[8:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 2;
[9:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 1;
[10:00 PM] BBC World News America;
[11:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 2;
[12:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 1;
[1:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 2;
[2:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 1;
[3:00 AM] Changing Rooms - Ep. 19 North Cheam;
[3:30 AM] Changing Rooms - Ep. 20 Fulham;
[4:00 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 22 Shepton Mallet 10;
[4:30 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 28 Newark 37;
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 2 Rice;
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 3 Grey;
[6:00 AM] BBC World News. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Inside The Actors Studio', 'Project Runway', another 'Project Runway', and still another 'Project Runway'.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', an old 'Jon Stewart', an old 'Colbert Report', 'Futurama', 'South Park', 'Scrubs', and another 'Scrubs'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Shashi Tharoor.
FX has the movie 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith', followed by the movie 'S.W.A.T.', then the movie 'The Fog'.
History has 'Stealth & Beyond', 'Modern Marvels', 'Cities Of The Underworld', and 'Ancient Discoveries'.
IFC -
[06:20 AM] The Endless Summer 2 - The Journey Continues;
[08:15 AM] Tadpole;
[09:40 AM] Strictly Ballroom;
[11:15 AM] Beyond the Sea;
[01:20 PM] The Endless Summer 2 - The Journey Continues;
[03:20 PM] Tadpole;
[04:45 PM] Strictly Ballroom;
[06:30 PM] American Heart;
[08:30 PM] Framed on IFC #4;
[09:00 PM] My Brilliant Career;
[10:45 PM] Sugar;
[12:10 AM] Right Foot, Left Foot or The Daring Young Man in the Cubicle;
[12:30 AM] Framed on IFC #4;
[01:00 AM] My Brilliant Career;
[02:45 AM] Sugar;
[04:05 AM] American Heart. (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[05:00 AM] Mademoiselle and the Doctor;
[06:30 AM] Tony Takitani;
[08:00 AM] The Making of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid;
[09:00 AM] Episode 5;
[09:30 AM] Episode 5;
[10:00 AM] We Have Arrived Bonnaroo 2004;
[12:00 PM] The Last Mogul;
[02:00 PM] Celebration;
[03:00 PM] Independent America - The Two Lane Search for Mom & Pop;
[04:00 PM] Stagedoor;
[05:30 PM] The Ground Truth;
[07:00 PM] Tina Barney: Social Studies;
[08:00 PM] Tierney Gearon: The Mother Project;
[09:15 PM] 638 Ways To Kill Castro;
[10:30 PM] Gimme Green;
[11:00 PM] Episode 5;
[11:30 PM] Episode 1;
[12:00 AM] Tina Barney: Social Studies;
[01:00 AM] Tierney Gearon: The Mother Project;
[02:15 AM] Easy;
[04:00 AM] Episode 1;
[05:00 AM] Crossing Arizona. (ALL TIMES EST)
Actor Don Cheadle (L) plays poker during the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, California March 1, 2008.
Photo by Hector Mata
Activist-actor Martin Sheen will be honored by the University of Notre Dame with its Laetare Medal for his humanitarian work, the school announced Sunday.
Sheen, who played a U.S. president who was a Notre Dame graduate in the TV series "West Wing," is to receive the medal at the school's May 18 commencement.
Since 1883, the Laetare Medal has been awarded annually to a Catholic "whose genius has ennobled the arts and sciences, illustrated the ideals of the church and enriched the heritage of humanity."
"He has used that celebrity to draw the attention of his fellow citizens to issues that cry out for redress, such as the plight of immigrant workers and homeless people, the waging of unjust war, the killing of the unborn and capital punishment," the university's president, Rev. John I. Jenkins said.
The love affair between two young men on the venerable CBS soap opera "As the World Turns" has triggered a protest campaign by angry viewers.
Fans of the fictional romance between Luke Snyder and Noah Mayer are baffled about why the two characters haven't kissed on-screen since September, wondering whether it's a sign of squeamishness by CBS or show sponsors Procter & Gamble Co.
The fans have started a letter-writing campaign, posted an online petition and even have a Web site that counts the days, hours, minutes and seconds since Luke and Noah last locked lips.
Fans first sensed the new attitude around Christmas, during a tender scene where the two men proclaimed their love for one another. It was clear they were about to kiss, but the camera instead panned up and focused on some mistletoe.
Actor Jack Nicholson yells at a referee as he watchers the Los Angeles Lakers play the Dallas Mavericks in their NBA basketball game, Sunday, March. 2, 2008 in Los Angeles. The Lakers won, 108-104, in overtime.
Photo by Mark J. Terrill
Another high-ranking George W. Bush administration official has resigned. The Department of Veterans Affairs Undersecretary for Benefits Daniel Cooper quit Thursday amid mounting criticism over a backlog of disability claims for injured veterans that runs six months long and an appearance he made in a fundraising video for an evangelical Christian organisation where he said Bible study was more important than doing his job.
Cooper has been under fire for using his office to proselytise for evangelical Christianity ever since he appeared in a 2004 fundraising video for Christian Embassy, which carries out missionary work among the Washington elite as part of the Campus Crusade for Christ.
In the video, Cooper says of his Bible study, "It's not really about carving out time, it really is a matter of saying what is important. And since that's more important than doing the job -- the job's going to be there, whether I'm there or not."
Cooper's declaration inflamed veterans who saw the number of veterans waiting for the Veterans Administration (VA) to decide their disability claims balloon to 400,000 on his watch, with the average veteran waiting six months for a decision from the government.
French actress Marion Cotillard, who picked up an Oscar for best actress in Hollywood last week, has admitted to having doubts about the official version of the September 11 attacks in the US.
"I think we're lied to about a lot of things," she said during a television programme first broadcast last year which has resurfaced on the Internet.
The actress, who picked up the award for playing Edith Piaf in the French film "La Vie En Rose," cited the attacks on New York and Washington in 2001 as one example, adding: "I tend to believe in the conspiracy theory."
She continues: "Did man really walk on the moon? Me, I've seen a fair few documentaries on the subject. That, really, I question. In any case I don't believe everything people tell me, that's for sure."
Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger escaped an assassination plot hatched in 1969 by the Hells Angels, a new British Broadcasting Corp. documentary has claimed.
A program to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Monday says the rock star was the target of the plot following a purported dispute with the motorcycle gang over concert security.
Jagger had vowed not to use Hells Angel members as bouncers following the death in December 1969 of an 18-year-old fan at a notorious free performance at Altamont Speedway in Northern California.
In return, gang members hatched a plan to kill Jagger at his holiday home in Long Island, New York, the BBC claimed.
The winners of the 2008 Los Angeles Marathon, Tatiana Aryasova from Russia and Laban Moiben from Kenya pose for photographers in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 02, 2008.
Photo by Hector Mata
Paul Anka was saluted Saturday with a star-studded tribute that inducted him into Canada's Songwriters Hall of Fame and which saw him re-write the words to one of his most famous songs.
Also inducted Saturday was Quebec songwriter Claude Dubois, whose songs have been covered by French artists around the world.
Other songs inducted Saturday included Oscar Peterson's "Canadiana Suite," Anna McGarrigle's "Heart Like a Wheel," and "Love Child," made famous by Diana Ross and the Supremes, but written by a group of Canadians - R. Dean Taylor, Deke Richards, Pam Sawyer and Frank Wilson.
Other performers Saturday included father-and-son jazz musicians Ellis and Branford Marsalis in a tribute to late pianist Oscar Peterson.
Former California insurance commissioner Chuck Quackenbush (R-Very Special) has shot a man in Florida.
The Fort Myers News-Press reports that on Tuesday, Quackenbush, a deputy with the Lee County Sheriff's Department, was struggling to handcuff a wife-beating suspect when the man grabbed his stun gun and pointed it at him.
Quackenbush then pulled his service gun and shot the man in the abdomen. The man was hospitalized in critical condition and Quackenbush is on paid leave while the shooting is investigated.
Quackenbush was insurance commissioner until he resigned seven years ago following revelations that insurance firms had paid money to charities he controlled while denying benefits to some victims of the 1994 Northridge quake.
Famed Fort Worth pianist Van Cliburn gives a toast at the Cliburn Foundation Gala in Fort Worth on Saturday, March 1, 2008. The gala, held in a massive tent on the lawn of the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, celebrates the 50th anniversary of Van Cliburn's upset win of the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958.
Photo by Amy Peterson
The Iraq war has contributed to the U.S. economic slowdown and is impeding an economic recovery, Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says.
Meanwhile, the U.S. government is severely underestimating the cost of the war, Stiglitz and co-author Linda Bilmes write in their book, "The Three Trillion Dollar War" (W.W. Norton), due to be published on Monday.
The nearly 5-year-old war, once billed as virtually paying for itself through increased Iraqi oil exports, has cost the U.S. Treasury $845 billion directly.
"It used to be thought that wars are good for the economy. No economist really believes that anymore," Stiglitz said in an interview.
Stiglitz and Bilmes argue the true costs are at least $3 trillion under what they call an ultraconservative estimate, and could surpass the cost of World War Two, which they put at $5 trillion after adjusting for inflation.
In a rare movie, Britain's censor has banned the DVD release of "Murder-Set-Pieces," a low-budget American horror film in which a serial killer rapes and tortures his victims, including young children.
The rejection by the British Board of Film Classification means Los Angeles writer/director Nick Palumbo's second feature cannot be legally supplied anywhere in the U.K.
The last time a DVD was banned in the U.K. was December 2006, when the BBFC gave the thumbs down to Vince Benedetti's "Struggle in Bondage," a pornographic film that consisted of scenes of women tied up and struggling while humiliated and crying.
A BBFC spokesperson said the distributor of the "Murder-Set-Pieces" DVD, Philadelphia-based TLA Releasing, has 42 days to appeal the decision, but noted that the DVD might run afoul of obscenity laws.
A 100-tonne wheel, the last piece of an ambitious experiment that scientists hope will help unlock the secrets of the universe, was successfully lowered into an underground cavern on Friday.
It is the final major element in the ATLAS particle detector, the largest of four detectors being hooked up to the world's most powerful particle accelerator which the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) hopes to start up around the middle of 2008.
"This last piece completes this gigantic puzzle," CERN said in a statement.
The ATLAS detector will measure particles called muons expected to be produced in particle collisions in the accelerator, known as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Will Ferrell's basketball comedy "Semi-Pro" dribbled to the top of the weekend box office, but it fell short of his previous blockbuster openings in the sports spoof genre, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The New Line Cinema film, starring Ferrell as the owner of a fictional basketball franchise, grossed $15.3 million in its weekend debut. That was lackluster compared to Ferrell's 2006 NASCAR parody "Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," which opened at $47 million, and last year's figure skating comedy "Blades of Glory," which earned $33 million in its first weekend.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.
1. "Semi-Pro," $15.3 million.
2. "Vantage Point," $13 million.
3. "Spiderwick Chronicles," $8.8 million.
4. "The Other Boleyn Girl," $8.3 million
5. "Jumper," $7.6 million.
6. "Step Up 2 The Streets," $5.7 million.
7. "Fool's Gold," $4.7 million.
8. "Penelope," $4 million.
9. "No Country For Old Men," $4 million.
10. "Juno," $3.4 million.
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