BartCop Entertainment Archives - Monday, 30 April, 2007

Monday

30 April, 2007

(Updated Daily)

[978 days in a row]

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Thanks, again, Tim!

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Baron Dave Romm

The Exact Opposite Part IV

By Baron Dave Romm

The Exact Opposite Part IV

Ah, if we only had a liberal media

The Exact Opposite series so far: Part I | Part II | Part III

Hell and High Water: Global Warming--the Solution and the Politics--and What We Should Do by Joseph Romm.
A clear, concise and convincing book on climate change and why we need to hurry to fix the problem.

Climate Progress: An Insider's View of Climate Science, Politics and Solutions

Shockwave Radio Theater Podcasts
for iTunes and iPods, with pictures

Shockwave Radio broadcasts on archive.org
Bookmark my bookmark page.

Nascent Wikipedia entry for Shockwave Radio Theater


The Tal Afar story collapses

What the Rest of the World Watched on Inauguration Day Commondreams archive of a National Catholic Reporter story from January 29, 2005:

Dublin, on U.S. Inauguration Day, didn't seem to notice. Oh, they played a few clips that night of the American president saying, "The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands." But that was not their lead story.
 
The picture on the front page of The Irish Times was a large four-color picture of a small Iraqi girl. Her little body was a coil of steel. She sat knees up, cowering, screaming madly into the dark night. Her white clothes and spread hands and small tight face were blood-spattered. The blood was the blood of her father and mother, shot through the car window in Tal Afar by American soldiers while she sat beside her parents in the car, her four brothers and sisters in the back seat.
 
A series of pictures of the incident played on the inside page, as well. A 12-year-old brother, wounded in the fray, falls face down out of the car when the car door opens, the pictures show. In another, a soldier decked out in battle gear, holds a large automatic weapon on the four children, all potential enemies, all possible suicide bombers, apparently, as they cling traumatized to one another in the back seat and the child on the ground goes on screaming in her parent's blood.
 
No promise of "freedom" rings in the cutline on this picture. No joy of liberty underlies the terror on these faces here.
 
I found myself closing my eyes over and over again as I stared at the story, maybe to crush the tears forming there, maybe in the hope that the whole scene would simply disappear.
 
But no, like the photo of a naked little girl bathed in napalm and running down a road in Vietnam served to crystallize the situation there for the rest of the world, I knew that this picture of a screaming, angry, helpless, orphaned child could do the same.

The American news media, having missed the story to begin with, took over a year to investigate.

An Al Qaeda haven 60 Minutes, March 12, 2006:

This is a story about an entire city that was taken over by al Qaeda. It's called Tal Afar and about 200,000 people who live there became prisoners in their own homes when terrorists took control and turned it into their town.
 
They used Tal Afar as a base to train insurgents and launch attacks around Iraq. Last fall, as correspondent Lara Logan found out when she traveled there, U.S. and Iraqi forces were determined to recapture Tal Afar, and the Bush administration has pointed to that operation as a model for how to fight and win the rest of the war.

Ah, but there can be only good news from Iraq. Two weeks later, Bush resolutely promises that things will change

President Discusses Democracy in Iraq with Freedom House White House release March 29, 2006:

Last week in Cleveland, I told the American people about the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar, which was once a key base of operations for al Qaeda and is now a free city that gives us reason to hope for a free Iraq. I explained how the story of Tal Afar gives me confidence in our strategy, because in that city we see the outlines of the Iraq we've been fighting for, a free and secure people who are getting back on their feet, who are participating in government and civic life, and are becoming allies in the fight against the terrorists.

And change they did... for the worse. Within the year, the exact opposite has turned out to be true for the town's citizens.

Bomber attacks 'model' Iraqi city BBC October 7, 2006:

Four soldiers and 10 civilians died in the blast in the northern city which US President George W Bush held up as a model in a speech in March.
 
The renewed violence comes as it appears the US may be considering a major change in policy on Iraq.
 
Reports of a change came after a visit to Iraq by a senior Republican senator.
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In another development, US officials said that about 4,000 Iraqi policemen had been killed performing their duties over the past two years, with another 8,000 injured.

A year after Bush's brags of a city that "gives me confidence in our strategy", it gets even worse.

Iraq Raises Death Toll in Tal Afar Bomb Guardian April 1, 2007:

BAGHDAD (AP) - The Iraqi Interior Ministry on Saturday raised the death toll in last week's suicide truck bombing against a Shiite market in Tal Afar to 152, which would make it the deadliest single strike since the war started four years ago.
 
A spokesman for the Shiite-dominated ministry, Brig. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf, said the number nearly doubled from previous estimates after more bodies were pulled from the rubble in the northwestern city.
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The new details emerged as more violence struck Baghdad and areas to the north and the south, with at least nine people killed in car bombings. The number of Iraqis killed in the past seven days surged to nearly 550 despite a U.S.-Iraqi security sweep now in its seventh week.

And who does these dastardly deeds despite strong words and strong American presence in the town? Al Queda? Iranians? Whoever else is involved, many are accusing the town itself.

Police accused in sectarian revenge killings CNN March 28, 2007:

Shiite policemen are being blamed for a wave of shooting deaths Wednesday in Tal Afar that authorities are characterizing as revenge for two truck bombs that left dozens dead a day earlier.
 
An Iraqi army officer in Tal Afar said 70 people were killed, 40 kidnapped and 30 others were wounded. An official at Tal Afar's hospital confirmed all victims taken to the hospital were shot in the head -- all males, between 20 and 50 years old.
 
There is evidence the gunmen were members of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army, a Turkmen Front Party official in Tal Afar said.
 
Mosul police spokesman Gen. Said Ahmed said the attackers stormed homes in the northern Iraqi city's Wahda neighborhood about 11 p.m. Tuesday. Attacks continued until early Wednesday afternoon.

The conservative news media lets Dick Cheney repeat The Big Lie

Cheney: Iraq, al-Qaeda linked pre-war USA Toady, April 4, 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) 'Äî Vice President Dick Cheney repeated his assertions of al-Qaeda links to Saddam Hussein's Iraq on Thursday as the Defense Department released a report citing more evidence that the prewar government did not cooperate with the terrorist group.
 
Cheney contended that al-Qaeda was operating in Iraq before the March 2003 invasion led by U.S. forces and that terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was leading the Iraqi branch of al-Qaeda. Others in al-Qaeda planned the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
 
"He took up residence there before we ever launched into Iraq, organized the al-Qaeda operations inside Iraq before we even arrived on the scene and then, of course, led the charge for Iraq until we killed him last June," Cheney told radio host Rush Limbaugh during an interview. "As I say, they were present before we invaded Iraq."
 
However, a declassified Pentagon report released Thursday said that interrogations of the deposed Iraqi leader and two of his former aides as well as seized Iraqi documents confirmed that the terrorist organization and the Saddam government were not working together before the invasion.
 
The Sept. 11 Commission's 2004 report also found no evidence of a collaborative relationship between Saddam and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network during that period.

The headline gave no indication that Cheney was spouting the exact opposite of every other piece of information we know. Contrary evidence is given in the first paragraph, but the story unfolds as Cheney wanted until the fourth paragraph. Even the Pentagon chafed at this bald-faced lie.

Pentagon: No Saddam-Al Qaeda Link CBS News Interactive (that is, not the mainstream media) April 6, 2007:

(CBS) WASHINGTON Saddam Hussein's government did not cooperate with Al Qaeda prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the U.S. Defense Department said in a report based on interrogations of the deposed leader and two of his former aides.
 
Meanwhile, Vice President Dick Cheney repeated his assertions of Al Qaeda links to Saddam's Iraq, contending that the terrorist group was operating in Iraq before the March 2003 invasion led by U.S. forces and that terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was leading the Iraqi branch of Al Qaeda. Others in Al Qaeda planned the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
 
"He took up residence there before we ever launched into Iraq, organized the Al Qaeda operations inside Iraq before we even arrived on the scene and then, of course, led the charge for Iraq until we killed him last June," Cheney told radio host Rush Limbaugh during an interview Thursday. "As I say, they were present before we invaded Iraq."
 
However, a declassified Pentagon report released Thursday said that interrogations of Saddam and two of his former aides as well as seized Iraqi documents confirmed that the terrorist organization and the Saddam government were not working together before the invasion.
 
The Sept. 11 Commission's 2004 report also found no evidence of a collaborative relationship between Saddam and Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network during that period.
 
Democratic Sen. Carl Levin, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, had requested that the Pentagon declassify the report prepared by acting Defense Department Inspector General Thomas F. Gimble. In a statement Thursday, Levin said the declassified document showed why a Defense Department investigation had concluded that some Pentagon prewar intelligence work was inappropriate.

Let's look at how the BBC covered the story. Boldface in the original.

Cheney asserts Iraq-al Qaeda link BBC April 6, 2007:

US Vice-President Dick Cheney has repeated his assertion that the al-Qaeda network had links with Iraq before the US-led invasion of 2003.
 
Mr Cheney told a US radio show: "They were present before we invaded Iraq." Hours earlier, a declassified Pentagon report said information obtained from Iraq's former leader Saddam Hussein had confirmed they had no strong ties.
 
Its publication followed pressure from Democrats who suggest intelligence was twisted in the run-up to the war.
 
The belief that Saddam Hussein's regime and al-Qaeda were working together was an important element in the Bush administration's case for invading Iraq. Critics have since suggested the administration "cherry-picked" from available intelligence to bolster that case.

Notice the difference in coverage. USA Today simply has Cheney's assertions and says the Defense Department passively "released a report citing more evidence". Meanwhile, the BBC's headline is more specific, about the US-led invasion and saying explicitly there were "no strong ties".


Bush isolated from reality

Republicans still deny the obvious about Reagan, that he was showing signs of senility as early as 1983. George W. Bush may not be Ronald Reagan senile or even Dan Quayle stupid, but he doesn't seem to live in the real world.

Transcript: Bush Interview 60 Minutes, January 14, 2007:

PELLEY: Do you think you owe the Iraqi people an apology for not doing a better job?
 
BUSH: That we didn't do a better job or they didn't do a better job?
 
PELLEY: Well, that the United States did not do a better job in providing security after the invasion.
 
BUSH: Not at all. I am proud of the efforts we did. We liberated that country from a tyrant. I think the Iraqi people owe the American people a huge debt of gratitude, and I believe most Iraqis express that. I mean, the people understand that we've endured great sacrifice to help them. That's the problem here in America. They wonder whether or not there is a gratitude level that's
 
PELLEY: Americans wonder whether . . .
 
BUSH: Yeah, they wonder whether or not the Iraqis are willing to do hard work necessary to get this democratic experience to survive. That's what they want.

Two months later, the exact opposite was proven. Bush may think that "the Iraqi people owe the American people a huge debt of gratitude" but he is completely out of touch with reality if he thinks "most Iraqis express" gratitude by rioting in the streets.

Shiites Call for U.S. to Leave Iraq Guardian April 9, 2007:

BAGHDAD (AP) - Tens of thousands of Shiites - a sea of women in black abayas and men waving Iraqi flags - rallied Monday to demand that U.S. forces leave their country. Some ripped apart American flags and tromped across aStars and Stripes rug.
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Fearing suicide attacks, car bombings or other mayhem in the capital, Iraq's generals ordered all vehicles off the streets for 24 hours starting at 5 a.m. Monday, normally a work day. The capital was eerily quiet, shops were shuttered and locked and reports of sectarian violence fell to near zero.
 
Police and morgue officials reported finding just seven bodies dumped in the capital, only the second time the number of sectarian assassination and torture victims had dipped that low in the course of the Baghdad security operation. A total of 24 people were killed or found dead in the country Monday, according to police and morgue reports.


Don Imus exposes the playground mentality of the far right

I don't even want to wade through the crap to provide cites. You all know the story. If not, look it up. Wikipedia entry on Don Imus. I just want to address some of the whiners on the right who claim that his firing from CBS Radio and MSNBC is an assault on the First Amendment and somehow a Free Speech issue. I laugh. Where were you guys when the Dixie Chicks were getting bounced off radio stations for being patriotic and Texan enough to be ashamed of Bush? Where were you when Bill Maher lost his job for stating an opinion about the 9/11 hijackers? The same sleazy conservatives who approved of gay prostitute Jeff Gannon getting face time with George W. Bush at White House Press conferences and dismissed the pathetic case against Mark Foley are the same sleazy conservatives arguing the exact opposite standard for Imus.

The radical right is getting louder as their numbers (and members) shrivel. It would be fun to watch if it weren't so pathetic and annoying.

The moral relativism from the right is exposed, as we see different rules for hate radio than for adults. Here's a good essay by Digby on Don Imus


More coming

I must say, The Exact Opposite essays are easy to write. Just watch the news, read DailyKos and follow the links. Since I was away for a couple of weeks, the examples in the news recently have grown and grown.

Are conservatives capable of shame?


Baron Dave Romm is a conceptual artist and a noble of Ladonia who produces Shockwave Radio Theater, writes in a Live Journal demi-blog, plays with a very weird CD collection and an ever growing list of political links. Dave Romm reviews things at random for obscure web sites. You can read all his music recommendations from Bartcop-E. Podcasts of Shockwave Radio Theater. Permanent archive. More radio programs, interviews and science fiction humor plays can be accessed on the Shockwave Radio audio page.

Thanks to everyone who has sent me music to play on the air.

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"By the way, did I mention that Rudy Giuliani has been married more times than Mitt Romney has been hunting?"
-- EarlG, democraticunderground.com


Thanks (again), Baron Dave!

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ALBERTO GIVES NEW MEANING TO 'PAPER CHASE,' AS HE'S CHASED FROM HARVARD LAW


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Will Durst: The Curious Case of the Amnesiac Attorney General
Gonzales is apparently suffering from situational amnesia. In his recent appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he was unable to recall anything ... 45 times.


Will Durst: Staking the Hypocritical Oafs
The job of mocking, scoffing and taunting Republicans these days is almost too easy.


Froma Harrop: Feeding Students to the Lenders (creators.com)
Al Lord is a rich man. As head of SLM Corp., he made $255 million in five years. He's now building his own private golf course in a Washington, D.C., suburb. And to think he did it off a federal program that's supposed to help low-income students. Ahhhhh. The Bush years.


Steve Smysnuik: Dragged down by debt (straight.com)
More students are going to college, but with tuition fees doubled since 2002 and grants scrapped, it's a tough slog.


Richard Roeper: Does current generation have it worse? (suntimes.com)
"The Millennial Generation has every right to be the Melancholy Generation." --USA Today


Scott Burns: Revising our ideas of 'rich' (dallasnews.com)
Want to be among those who "have money"?


Joel Stein: Lunch at L.A. Unified (latimes.com)
A few public schools are tweaking their cafeteria menus; is it worth the effort?


Meghan Daum: Try this wrinkle: Grow up (latimes.com)
Botox rolls back the clock, but do you want to go there?


TIM SAMPSON: The Rant (memphisflyer.com)
I know the jury's still out on this one, but until the entire story is out, I'm giving Alec Baldwin the benefit of the doubt.


Interview With Kitty Rose (afterellen.com)
We talk with the tongue-in-cheek country singer and out lesbian.


Goldie Hawn: Spiritual Sister (beliefnet.com)
From acting to directing to raising kids, Goldie Hawn discusses life, love, and her spiritual side.

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Hubert's Poetry Corner

FUTURE LAMENT OF SAMUEL JOHNSON

A GREAT ENGLISH RACONTEUR VERSUS THE LIKES OF ONE VERY BAD OVAL OFFICE LIAR!

"FUTURE LAMENT OF SAMUEL JOHNSON"


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Reader Comment

Links

Hi Marty,
I just wanted to let you know that your link
Today In Iraq
Has been changed to
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/index.html
It is a great blog, BTW. Thanks for the original link that hooked me in. :)
 
I hope you will give Bill Moyer's new show (on PBS) "Bill Moyer's Journal" a plug.
I watched the first show on Friday night (here in NJ) and it rocked! His guest, Jon Stewart did a short bit that summed up the case against Alberto Gonzales to a tee - and it was easy to understand for the semi-political listners/readers. Moyers played the proverbial, "Devil's Advocate," beautifully. "Isn't it the President's prerogative to remove attorneys which he has appointed at will?" he queried Stewart. That question, of course, gave Stewart the opening for his simple explanation. Moyer's is such a great interviewer, he puts these, "hate radio" guys such as Limbaugh, Hannity, and O'Reilly to shame.
I just hope, however, that Bill looks both way before he crosses the street, because I KNOW his show is going to have an impact on the election in '08.
 
Thanks for the outstanding dedication you put into the site, day after day (or night after night)! I read you every day, first thing.
Sally P
Northern NJ



Thanks, Sally!

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

THE GOOD PUPPY!

THE SPASTIC BACKYARD CHEERLEADER!

"SLAM-DUNK" RIDES AGAIN!

HOW TO STOP VOTER FRAUD

"SHOCK AND AWE" GETS A BLOW JOB

WHO PUT THE BENZEDRINE IN MR. BRODER'S OVALTINE!

NUMBER 588! TORTURE MAN!

THE SEVEN SONS!

HOW YA GONNA KEEP 'EM DOWN ON THE PHARM?

"IN GOD WE TRUST" BUT FIRST SHOW ME THE MONEY!


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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Lovely marine layer til noon, followed by a sunny afternoon.


Tonight, Monday:

CBS opens the night with a FRESH 'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a FRESH 'Old Christine', then a FRESH '2½ Men', followed by a FRESH 'King Of Queens', then a FRESH 'CSI: The 2nd One'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Kirsten Dunst, Rob Magnotti, and Dinosaur Jr.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Frank Caliendo, Samantha Mathis, and the Noisettes.

NBC begins the night with a FRESH 'Deal Or No Deal', followed by a FRESH 'Heroes', then a FRESH 'The Real Wedding Crashers'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Eric Bana, Oscar De La Hoya, and Kaiser Chiefs.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Dana Carvey, Jasper Redd, and Arctic Monkeys.
On a RERUN Carson Daly are Anthony Anderson and Silversun Pickups.

ABC starts the night with a FRESH 90-minute 'Dancing With The Stars', followed by a FRESH 90-minute 'The Bachelor'.
On a RERUN Jimmy Kimmel (from 4/17/07) are Paul Reubens, Madden NFL cover athlete, Clyde Drexler, and Silversun Pickups.

The CW offers a FRESH 'Everybody Hates Chris', followed by a FRESH 'All Of Us', then a FRESH 'Girlfriends', followed by a FRESH 'The Game'.

Faux has a RERUN 'House', followed by a FRESH '24'.

MY fills the night with a FRESH 'IFL Battleground'.

A&E has 'Cold Case Files', 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'The Sopranos', and more 'The Sopranos'.

AMC offers the movie 'Conan The Barbarian', followed by the movie 'Misery', then the movie 'Lake Placid'.

BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]    The Weakest Link - Episode 95;
 [1:00 PM]    What Not To Wear - Episode 1;
 [2:00 PM]    The Weakest Link - Episode 95;
 [3:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 2;
 [3:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 3;
 [4:00 PM]    Changing Rooms - Ep. 5 Maidstone;
 [4:30 PM]    Changing Rooms - Ep. 6 Merseryside;
 [5:00 PM]    Footballers Wive$ - Episode 3;
 [6:00 PM]    The Weakest Link - Episode 96;
 [7:00 PM]    BBC World News - BBC World News;
 [7:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 4;
 [8:00 PM]    Waking the Dead - Episode 2;
 [10:00 PM]    Footballers Wive$ - Episode 2;
 [11:00 PM]    Waking the Dead - Episode 2;
 [1:00 AM]    In the City - Episode 6;
 [2:00 AM]    The Weakest Link - Episode 95;
 [3:00 AM]    Frances Tuesday - Episode 1;
 [4:30 AM]    Frances Tuesday - Episode 2;
 [6:00 AM]    BBC World News - BBC World News.    (ALL TIMES EDT)

Bravo has 'Inside The Actors Studio', another 'Inside The Actors Studio', 'Six Feet Under', and another 'Six Feet Under'.

Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', an old 'Jon Stewart', an old 'Colbert Report', 'Chappelle's Show', 'South Park', 'Scrubs', and another 'Scrubs'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Christopher Hitchens.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report are Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Bill Bradley.

FX has the movie 'Spider-Man 2', followed by a FRESH 'The Riches'.

History has 'Modern Marvels', 'UFO Black Box: UFO Secrets', 'Cities Of The Underworld', and 'King Tut: Secrets Revealed'.

IFC  -   
 [06:45 AM    Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.;
 [08:20 AM    Paper Chasers;
 [09:55 AM    George Washington;
 [11:30 AM    Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.;
 [01:05 PM    The Tao of Steve;
 [02:35 PM    Paper Chasers;
 [04:10 PM    George Washington;
 [05:45 PM    Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.;
 [07:20 PM    Life Tastes Good;
 [09:00 PM    Face;
 [10:50 PM    Media Lab Results;
 [11:00 PM    This Film Is Not Yet Rated;
 [12:45 AM    IFC News Special;
 [01:00 AM    Face;
 [03:00 AM    This Film Is Not Yet Rated;
 [04:40 AM    Life Tastes Good.    (ALL TIMES EDT)

SciFi has all 'Star Trek: Enterprise' all night.

Sundance  -   
 [04:00 AM    Things To Do Before You're 30;
 [06:00 AM    In Short: Subway;
 [06:00 AM    It's All About Love;
 [08:00 AM    Tickets;
 [10:00 AM    Frankie Starlight;
 [12:00 PM    DIG!;
 [01:00 PM    Buried in the Backyard;
 [02:00 PM    n/a;
 [04:00 PM    We Have Arrived Bonnaroo 2004;
 [06:00 PM    Emir Kusturica, A Tender Barbarian;
 [07:00 PM    Episode 2;
 [08:00 PM    Buried in the Backyard;
 [09:00 PM    n/a;
 [10:00 PM    DIG!;
 [12:00 AM    Secret Ceremony;
 [02:00 AM    Mail Order Wife;
 [04:00 AM    n/a.    (ALL TIMES EDT)

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Having Wonderful Time (1938);
 [7:15 AM]      Obliging Young Lady (1941);
 [8:45 AM]      She Couldn't Say No (1941);
 [10:00 AM]      Cover Girl (1944);
 [12:00 PM]      Pan-Americana (1945);
 [1:30 PM]      The Kid From Brooklyn (1946);
 [3:30 PM]      Whiplash (1948);
 [5:15 PM]      Anatomy Of A Murder (1959);
 [8:00 PM]      Free Willy (1993);
 [10:00 PM]      The Black Stallion (1979);
 [12:00 AM]      Flipper (1963);
 [1:45 AM]      The Yearling (1946);
 [4:00 AM]      A Dog Of Flanders (1959).    (ALL TIMES EDT)


Tuesday  -  05/01/07

TCM spends the night with Marlon Brando.
 [6:00 AM]      Festival of Shorts #47 (2006);
 [6:45 AM]      The Strange Woman (1946);
 [8:30 AM]      The Hairy Ape (1944);
 [10:15 AM]      Ring of Fear (1954);
 [12:00 PM]      He Ran All the Way (1951);
 [1:30 PM]      The Big Heat (1953);
 [3:15 PM]      My Man Godfrey (1936);
 [5:00 PM]      Granny Get Your Gun (1940);
 [6:00 PM]      Lonely Are The Brave (1962);
 [8:00 PM]      Brando (Part 1) (2007);
 [9:30 PM]      The Men (1950);
 [11:00 PM]      Brando (Part 1) (2007);
 [12:30 AM]      A Streetcar Named Desire (1951);
 [2:45 AM]      Guys And Dolls (1955);
 [5:30 AM]      The Teahouse Of The August Moon (1956).
    (ALL TIMES EDT)



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Actress Catherine Zeta Jones, left, and husband, actor Michael Douglas, pose for a photo during the 9th annual Michael Douglas and Friends Celebrity Golf event in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Sunday, April 29, 2007.
Photo by Dan Steinberg
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A Jazz Anthology

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Endorses Microloans For Women

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman says that for many of the world's poorest women, a small loan can change their lives.

The actress said in an interview for ABC's "This Week" that aired Sunday that she has met mothers younger than she is who had to work in poor conditions for low pay because that was the only job available to them.

Portman, who starred in the last three "Star Wars" films, has been working with FINCA International, an organization that provides small loans to people in developing countries.

Natalie Portman

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Singer Stevie Wonder, right, performs for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill, left, at the First AME Church in Los Angeles, Calif., Sunday, April 29, 2007.
Photo by Stefano Paltera
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Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World

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Seattle Run

'Young Frankenstein'

"Young Frankenstein" will be working its way toward Broadway - by way of Seattle.

The musical based on the Mel Brooks' 1974 film comedy will play an out-of-town engagement at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Aug. 4-Sept. 1.

"Young Frankenstein," which will be directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman, is planned for New York next season, although no date, theatre and cast have been announced. Brooks' last Broadway show, "The Producers," closed April 22 at the St. James Theatre, one of the houses in the running for his new musical.

Brooks wrote the music and lyrics for "Young Frankenstein" and co-wrote the book with Thomas Meehan, his "Producers" co-author.

'Young Frankenstein'

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Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary

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Charity Project

Guitars

Noel Gallagher and James Blunt are joining forces for a new charity project.

Razorlight, Paul Weller, Rod Stewart, Dirty Pretty Things and Ozzy Osbourne are also lending their support to the Gibson GuitarTown London campaign.

They are among 30 music acts who will each come up with a design for a 10ft high fibreglass Gibson Les Paul guitar which will be displayed around the capital as public art this summer.

At the end of the campaign in September, the guitars will be auctioned off to raise money for The Prince's Trust, Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy and the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Guitars

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bartcook

In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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Mexico Shoot Plans

Spencer Tunick

American photographer Spencer Tunick said Sunday he was hoping to draw his largest crowd of nude people for a shoot next month in Mexico City's enormous Zocalo plaza.

Tunick, famous for photographing crowds of nude people around the world, said the May 6 shoot could be bigger than one he did in 2003 with 7,000 volunteer models in Barcelona, Spain.

The historic Zocalo plaza measures about 21,000 square yards - the size of about five football fields - and can fit up to 85,000 people standing.

Spencer Tunick

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Actress Mia Farrow, with Mohamed Yahya, right, joins a protest against the violence in Darfur in front of the White House, Sunday, April 29, 2007, in Washington. As part of the campaign, Farrow, and other celebrities including Elton John, Mick Jagger and George Clooney, issued a statement Sunday calling for an end to the bloodshed and accusing the international community of failing to act.
Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta
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Paleo-Future: Postcards Show the Year 2000 (circa 1900)

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Immortalised On US Stamps

Ewan McGregor

Scots actor Ewan McGregor has been immortalised in his Star Wars role by the US Postal Service.

The star, from Crieff in Perthshire, appears on one of 15 special edition postal stamps designed to commemorate the series' 30th anniversary next month.

The 41-cent stamp shows the 37-year-old in his role of Obi-Wan Kenobi fighting with Anakin Skywalker, the young Darth Vader.

Ewan McGregor

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CheatNeutral

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Wedding News

Downey - Burnett

Reality TV producer Mark Burnett and "Touched By An Angel" actress Roma Downey have married in Los Angeles, People magazine reported on Sunday.

Burnett, 46, who produces such shows as "Survivor" and "The Apprentice," tied the knot with the 47-year-old Downey at their Malibu home on Saturday.

The ceremony was officiated by Della Reese, Downey's former co-star from "Touched By An Angel" and an ordained minister with her own church in Los Angeles.

Downey - Burnett

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Vidiot Speak
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International Aid Wasted

NOLA

Just $40 million of $854 million offered to the United States to help the Gulf Coast recover from Hurricane Katrina has been used so far, and most of the offered aid was never collected, the Washington Post reported in Sunday's editions.

Key supplies and services such as mobile telephone systems, medicines and cruise ships to house victims were delayed or refused because the U.S. government could not handle them, the newspaper said.

The 2005 disaster so far has cost U.S. taxpayers more than $125 billion, and complaints continue about the slow pace of recovery in New Orleans, which was devastated by floods.

The United States declined 54 of 77 recorded offers of aid from three of its closest allies -- Canada, Britain and Israel -- according to a State Department table, the newspaper said.

NOLA

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Pete Fountain performs at the New Orleans Jazz Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, April 29, 2007.
Photo by Cheryl Gerber
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National Maps of Police, Fire, 911, and Emergency Incidents

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Gives Donation To $chwarzenegger

The Donald

Billionaire Donald Trump gave $10,000 to Gov. Arnold $chwarzenegger to help pay off his campaign debts, a little more than a month after the governor guest-starred on Trump's TV show "The Apprentice: Los Angeles," according to a campaign filing.

In an episode that aired March 18, $chwarzenegger hosted five of the show's contestants in his private conference room at the state Capitol.

The governor denies any link between the donation and the television appearance, but some political watchdog groups are skeptical.

The donation was Trump's first to $chwarzenegger, whom he described as great friend when he told a group of contenders that they would meet California's governor as a reward for winning a competition. The show features Trump and contestants vying to work for him.

The Donald

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Members of the band Kisschasy pose while wearing masks depicting (L-R) Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, U.S. President George W. Bush, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and Australia's Prime Minister John Howard at the MTV Australia Video Music Awards in Sydney April 29, 2007.
Photo by Robert James Wallace
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Pet Dental

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Seeks Loans Of Artifacts

Egypt

Egypt said Sunday it would seek the temporary return of some of its most precious artifacts from museums abroad, including the Rosetta Stone and a bust of Nefertiti.

The country's chief archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, said the Foreign Ministry would send letters this week to France, Germany, the United States and Great Britain requesting that the ancient artifacts be loaned to Egypt.

Hawass has previously demanded the permanent return of many of the artifacts, claiming some of them were taken illegally.

This time, the country is requesting museums loan the artifacts so they can be exhibited either at the 2011 opening of the Egyptian Museum, near the site of the Great Pyramids at Giza, or the Atum museum, which is set to open in the Nile Delta city of Meniya in 2010, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said in a statement.

Egypt

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Acrobats perform a stunt 200 meters (656 ft) above the ground at a scenic spot in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou province April 28, 2007. Picture taken April 28, 2007.
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Top Secret Tourism

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Have Lead In French-Bashing

French

The French dislike themselves even more than the Americans dislike them, according to an opinion poll published on Friday.

The survey of six nations, carried out for the International Herald Tribune daily and France 24 TV station, said 44 percent of French people thought badly of themselves against 38 percent of U.S. respondents who had a negative view of the French.

Only 14 percent of Germans, 25 percent of Italians, 29 percent of Spaniards and 33 percent of Britons had a negative view of the French, according to the Harris/Novatris poll, which questioned more than 1,000 people in each country.

French

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A boy listens to music on a portable device as he sits with another on the steps of the Ugrasen Ki Baoli in New Delhi, India, Sunday, April 29, 2007. Baolis are traditional water tanks and the Ugrasen Ki Baoli, or Baoli of King Ugrasen, is believed to be a 14th century monument located close to the central commercial area of Delhi. The water table in Delhi has however gone low over the years, leaving the Baoli dry.
Photo by Gurinder Osan
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The Monster List of Freelancing Job Sites

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Face Extinction

Wild Orchids

Over-harvesting fuelled by surging market prices is threatening to wipe out several species of wild orchids in eastern China, some of which command as much as $175,000 (87,400 pounds) a pot, state media reported on Friday.

Chinese horticulturalists warned that the lucrative trade had taken 10 species native to mountainous areas of Zhejiang province to the brink of extinction, the China Daily said.

Of more than 3,000 species native to China, Zhejiang used to be home to 2,400, but only 740 varieties remained, the paper said.

Wild Orchids

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'Spaceloft XL' successfully launches in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico April 28, 2007. UP Aerospace 'Spaceloft XL' carried the cremated remains of 202 clients including the ashes of James Doohan, the actor who played 'Scottie' on Star Trek.
Photo by Jessica Rinaldi
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