BartCop Entertainment Archives - Monday, 16 August, 2010

Monday

16 August, 2010

(Updated Daily)

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Baron Dave Romm

Tired from the Fringe

By Baron Dave Romm

Tired from the Fringe

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The 2010 MInnesota Fringe Festival

The 2010 Minnesota Fringe Festival runs from Aug. 5-15, 2010CE, and the showcases and prep started a long time ago. Counting the dress rehearsals I did videos of, and the last performance I'll see today (Sun 8/15), I have seen 49 fringes plus several showcases and videos and such. *whew*

So no column this week. Follow all my Fringe Festival Coverage on LiveJournal and photos on Facebook and Baron Dave videos on YouTube ... if you dare.


Baron Dave Romm is a conceptual artist and a noble of Ladonia who produces Shockwave Radio Theater, writes in a Live Journal demi-blog maintains a Facebook Page, 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. A nascent collection of videos are on Baron Dave's YouTube channel. 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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"On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time."
-- George Orwell


Thanks (again), Baron Dave!

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Claim That Ground Zero Mosque Is Really 'Islamic YMCA' Inflames Homophobic Right


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Carolyn Foster Segal: Am I Green? (irascibleprofessor.com)
Three decades after the start of the contemporary environmentalist movement, we have reached the stage of rearranging the (plastic) deck chairs on the Titanic. The disconnect between the dystopian oil-soaked and ravaged-by-changes-in-weather real world and our daily practices is as extreme as a recent ten-minute storm that ravaged suburbs of Philadelphia, PA. All this was illuminated for me once again when I read the headline of the lead story in the business section of my local Sunday paper: "Give Your Toothbrush a Trim."


Barry Crimmins: Sickened Ire (huffingtonpost.com)
Yesterday I went to a doctor for a preliminary consultation for a colonoscopy. The entire procedure was to be covered by a state agency because I am 57 years old; have no health insurance; and a family history of colon cancer. This was surprising to me because as a preexister, I never expect to get any medical care at all in the United States. In fact I've gotten to the point where I think even hoping for any medical care is dangerous for someone in my condition.


Daniel Akst: "America: Land of Loners?" (wilsonquarterly.com)
Americans, plugged in and on the move, are confiding in their pets, their computers, and their spouses. What they need is to rediscover the value of friendship.


Jim Hightower: SEE NEWT [Gingrich] RUN
With such funders, American Solutions can back Newt with a 20-person staff, a slick website, and a private jet to scoot him to Iowa, New Hampshire, and other political hotspots. Only - American Solutions is supposed to be a "policy" outfit, not a candidate's political organization. As such, it can take unlimited corporate money that Newt's GOP rivals can't accept. How does it get away with this?


Mark Shields: America Needs More Marine Corps Values (creators.com)
Marines take care of their own - and they take care of their fellow Marines before themselves. The well-being of the country and of the Corps is more important than our individual well-being. This may best be stated in the hard-and-fast Marine rule: "Officers eat last." The Marine officer does not eat until after his subordinates for whom he is responsible - the corporals and privates - have been fed. Marines live by the rule that loyalty goes both up and down the chain of command. Would not our country be a more just and human place if the brass of Wall Street and Washington and executive suites believed that "officers eat last"?


Mark Shields: Desperately Needed Now: Genuine Humor (creators.com)
As someone who earlier worked writing humor for many politicians from both parties, I can testify that only a special handful are both comfortable and convincing poking fun at themselves. There was no gag writer present when Reagan, as a candidate, was asked by a political reporter to autograph a poster photo of him and his chimp co-star in "Bedtime for Bonzo." Reagan wrote, "I'm the one with the watch."


roger ebert's journal: Traveler to the undiscover'd country
I watched Christopher Hitchens' CNN interview with Anderson Cooper with gathering sympathy. He had cancer. He was going to die. Apart from that, the treatment seemed about to kill him, and he was feeling very unwell. This man who often had a cigarette or a drink close at hand sat with the quiet of a man drained of energy, and reached out a hand to take a sip of water.


Terry Savage: Credit Counseling Could Give You Breathing Room (creators.com)
On a daily basis, I share the pain of so many of you who write to me asking for help in forestalling a foreclosure or dealing with creditors.


Marilyn Preston: Organic Vs. Non-Organic? Know The Dirty Dozen (creators.com)
It's summer, the perfect time to crank up your intake of fruits and vegetables. If you don't know why that's important, you have flunked Healthy Living 101 and can spend the rest of the day sipping high-fructose slushies at your local hot-dog stand. Others may proceed to your local farmer's market and have your best time. The peaches are divine, the berries are luscious, and even the beets are calling out to you: buy me, steam me, love me with a dash of olive oil and a side of just-picked sweet corn.


Political Animal puts satire centre stage (guardian.co.uk)
Andy Zaltzman wants to see more than a little bit of politics in standup comedy, writes Brian Logan.


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Michael Dare

Editor position available at the Los Angeles Free Press

Nothing is always the safest thing to say, so people who say things are inherently brave, especially writers, who do nothing but say things, often stupidly, and quite often in the wrong order. That's where editors come in. The first sentence in this paragraph needs an editor and, unfortunately, it's me.
 
The Los Angeles Free Press needs an editor too because, unfortunately, it's no longer me. The publisher, Steven M. Finger, has declared that "news has lost its relevence [sic]," and has decided to take the paper into a whole new direction, seeking that elusive "people going to an online newspaper who aren't interested in reading any news" audience.
 
Recently, he'd refused to post random articles I chose for publication, like a guide to the best new film critics on the internet or the most crooked candidates of 2010 or Barry Crimmin's piece on his problems with the health care system . When I asked why, he said "it's just news. I don't want news."
 
He refused to publish an obit of Harvey Pekar, whose death was ignored by the mainstream media. I thought the obit would be depressing on its own, so A) I used all his YouTube appearances on David Letterman and B) I found a piece on an upcoming college cartoonist who, if she wises up by reading every single Harvey Pekar comic book, just might have the talent to fill his smelly shoes. She's probably never heard of Harvey Pekar, and would only find out who he was by seeing the article next to hers. Finger published the piece about the college artist without the Pekar tribute, mysterious on a blog where, unlike print, it doesn't cost a thing to throw in something extra like a YouTube video. These weren't monetary decisions, they were editorial.
 
Why wouldn't he publish a Tuli Kupferberg memorial by Paul Krassner? "Tuli's dead?" Finger said. "So what? Find a piece of what was, and where it was meant to go - and he'll be the heartbeat of it.  He, and 50 others (including Pekar).  And use it as an illustration of what has been lost, and what is to be found - or to be made."
 
Okee doke. Should be a snap. I'll get right on it. Same old Los Angeles Free Press, counterculture icon of the 60s, only no more obits of 60s counterculture icons BY 60s counterculture icons. Paul knew Tuli, and Tuli was actually covered in the original Los Angeles Free Press, so this refusal to print Krassner's piece on Kupferberg didn't make a shred of sense, especially since Tuli's death had been ignored by the mainstream media too, and that people seeking information about Tuli Kupferberg would almost certainly look towards the Los Angeles Free Press. I was told no more counterculture, only "culture and society." Films aren't culture? Health care isn't society?
 
I don't understand the assignment. I was chosen by Art Kunkin, the founder/publisher/editor of the original Free Press, to continue in the tradition so this is just upsetting to see the paper veer off into insanity. The pay being nine weeks in arrears ($1,370), I decided aggravation was a poor substitute for a paycheck and stopped posting. 
 
And that's where it stands. I think I deserve to get paid for what I've already done and so does my landlord. In the meantime, you're welcome to fill in for me, as long as you don't mind working for the worst publisher on earth.
 
Here's the last issue of the Daily Freep. Here's the latest issue of the Los Angeles Free Press. In the grand tradition of wikileaks, here are our embarrassing private communications.
 
MD
 
PS. My 16-year-old son is under house arrest till his trial in a month (long story). His anklet uses a phone. Because Steven hasn't paid me, I can't pay the cable or the phone bill, and my son will go back to jail next week, courtesy of the Los Angeles Free Press.
 




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Hubert's Poetry Corner

"So Long John Walter Bell"


"So Long John Walter Bell"


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The Weekly Poll

EMMY CONTEST

Details Tomorrow!

Announcing the... (drum roll... cymbal crash...)

The First Ever BadtotheboneBob Emmy Contest! ~ Starting August 17th!

With a Prize! Hoo ha! That's right, Poll-fans! A Prize!...

The contest will be a Poll asking you to predict the winners of five major Emmy nominations in four categories: Drama - Comedy - Miniseries or Movie - Reality and Variety. Now, what's the Prize, you ask? Well, if'n ya must know beforehand it is a...

$50 Visa Gift Card!


Now, just how cool is that, eh?... Finer'n frog hair, I'm sayin'!

OK, now here's the deal... The nominations/categories will be posted August 17th and run daily until August 28th. Response cut-off time is 3pm EDT the 28th and will be posted for all to see August 29th (Emmy Day).

The winner will be the one with the most correct predictions and will be announced Tuesday, August 31st.

(Disclaimer: As in The First Ever Badtothebone Oscar Contest, any ties will be resolved in a scientific manner involving my grand-daughter, Maddie Muffin, and no protests will be allowed as to NOT make her cry, OK? Results will be final and that's a fact!)... So, there it is!

Oh, and please make it easy on me and don't wait until, like, the last minute and flood me with your predictions, eh? Good luck be on ya, Poll-fans!



BadToTheBoneBob




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Wake-up Call


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Trivia Question of the Day


Who is the top-ranking female box office star of all time?

                                  



Send your answer to Marty








Trivia Question from Yesterday


What country is the largest producer of cheese?



      USA                                                      Source



The largest producer of cheese is the United States, accounting for 30% of world production, followed by Germany and France.         Source





BadtotheboneBob was first, and correct, with:
   USA! USA! USA!... 2009 production was 10.1 Billion pounds... Whey to go! Haha...



Alan J answered:
   United States



Marian the newly retired teacher wrote:
   The United States



Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
   The largest producer of cheese is the United States



Maynard's brother Ed in Laguna responded:
   Based on the number of super-cheesey 'Bollywood' movies released each year, I would have to guess India.



Charlie answered:
   Unsurprisingly, it is the United States, though the EU combined produces more.

  Also unsurprisingly, Wisconsin is the largest cheese producing state.




Sally said:
   The largest producer of cheese is the United States. Yeah, that figures - thinking Oscar and Emmy time...

  PS: Had the most fun day with the gks yesterday. We went swimming all afternoon, then I cooked a nice dinner, setting the table with nice China and flowers. We ate on the balcony - at sunset - and listened to music from the RADIO (not ipod or other electronic options) and we TALKED. Today, when their parents returned home, they said, "We had the best time ever..." I think the best gift we can give our kids is our time, you know?




MAM   took the day off.
  Nothing like sending your Trivia email to yourself. I must be getting old! Today's answer is . . .
  The United States with 30% of the world's production of cheese. US is red, all of Europe is the blue.




And, Joe S   answered:
   And the winner is .... the United States. In my honest opinion most of what is called cheese in the US isn't. I don't know what it is, but it's not cheese, really.

  PS I may miss a trivia question or two in the next week or so. My granddaughters are runnin me ragged. Fun though.



  



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Sick Days


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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

(Crabby Old Fart)



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http://dareland.blogspot.com


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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

NOT SO SECRET ANYMORE!

HOT DAMN!

RIDING WITH HANK!

ANGELS IN AMERICA!

WINGNUTS ARE CRAZY!

NOW THE HARD WORK BEGINS!

INDIA GOES TO THE DARK SIDE!

YOUNG LUV. THE VIDEO GAME! WORTH A LOOK

HERE COMES THE SUN!

ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE BUT IT WILL LOSE IT'S TEETH!

WELL, DUH!

DEATH BY HOOKER!



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Looks like we're gonna lose that lovely, but unseasonal, marine layer. Sigh.



Tonight, Monday:

CBS opens the night with a RERUN 'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a RERUN 'Rules Of Engagement', then a RERUN '2½ Men', followed by a RERUN 'Big Bang Theory', then a RERUN 'CSI: The 2nd One'.
On a RERUN Dave (from 7/20/10) are Steve Carell, Selena Gomez, and Sheryl Crow.
On a RERUN Craig (from 2/17/10) is Helena Bonham Carter.


NBC begins the night with a RERUN 'America's Got Talent', followed by 'Dateline'.
On a RERUN Leno (from 7/6/10) are Jason Segel, Jenni "J-Woww" Farley, and Enrique Iglesias.
On a RERUN Jimmy Fallon (from 6/21/10) are Jada Pinkett Smith, Miranda Cosgrove, and Travie McCoy.
On a RERUN Carson 'The Scab' Daly (from 4/14/10) are Dr. Drew Pinsky, the Dinah, and Gossip.


ABC starts the night with a FRESH 'Bachelor Pad', followed by a FRESH 'Dancing In The Dark'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Hayden Christensen, Criss Angel, and Ozzy Osbourne.


The CW offers a RERUN '90210', followed by a RERUN 'Gossip Girl'.


Faux has a RERUN 'House', followed by a FRESH 'Lie To Me'.


MY recycles an old 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', followed by another old 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent'.


A&E has 'The First 48', 'Intervention', followed by a FRESH 'Intervention', and 'Hoarders'.


AMC offers the movie 'Four Weddings And A Funeral', followed by the movie 'Nanny McPhee', then 'Rubicon'.


BBC  -   
 [11:00 AM]   Primeval - Episode 1
 [12:00 PM]   Primeval - Episode 2
 [1:00 PM]   Primeval - Episode 3
 [2:00 PM]   Primeval - Episode 4
 [3:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 The Dovecote
 [4:00 PM]   The Graham Norton Show - Ep 12 Jason Manford, Katy Perry
 [5:00 PM]   Doctor Who - Ep 4 The Girl In The Fireplace
 [6:00 PM]   Top Gear - Episode 3
 [7:00 PM]   BBC World News America
 [8:00 PM]   Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 23 Sarek
 [9:00 PM]   Top Gear - Episode 4
 [10:00 PM]   James May's Toy Stories - Ep 2 Slotcar Racetrack
 [11:00 PM]   Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 23 Sarek
 [12:00 AM]   Top Gear - Episode 4
 [1:00 AM]   James May's Toy Stories - Ep 2 Slotcar Racetrack
 [2:00 AM]   Top Gear - Episode 4
 [3:00 AM]   James May's Toy Stories - Ep 2 Slotcar Racetrack
 [4:00 AM]   BBC World News
 [4:30 AM]   BBC World News
 [5:00 AM]   BBC World News
 [6:00 AM]   BBC World News     (ALL TIMES EST)


Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NJ', another 'Real Housewives Of NJ', still another 'Real Housewives Of NJ', followed by a FRESH 'Real Housewives Of NJ'.


Comedy Central has 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', still another 'Tosh.0', yet another 'Tosh.0', '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 FRESH Jon Stewart is Emma Thompson.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report are Richard Clarke and John Fetterman.


FX has the movie 'X2: X-Men United', followed by the movie 'The Devil Wears Prada'.


History has 'American Pickers', 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH 'American Pickers', then a FRESH 'Pawn Stars', followed by another FRESH 'Pawn Stars'.


IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]   Strangers in Good Company
 [7:45AM]   Hannah and Her Sisters
 [9:35AM]   Mrs. Dalloway
 [11:15AM]   Strangers in Good Company
 [1:00PM]   Monty Python's Flying Circus
 [1:30PM]   Hannah and Her Sisters
 [3:20PM]   Mrs. Dalloway
 [5:00PM]   Strangers in Good Company
 [6:45PM]   Monty Python's Flying Circus
 [7:15PM]   Polish Wedding
 [9:05PM]   Desperately Seeking Susan
 [10:50PM]   Trout
 [11:00PM]   Freaks and Geeks
 [11:45PM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [12:00AM]   Montenegro
 [1:45AM]   Food Party
 [2:00AM]   The Three Stooges
 [2:20AM]   The Three Stooges
 [2:30AM]   Hell Girl
 [3:00AM]   Polish Wedding
 [4:50AM]   Desperately Seeking Susan    (ALL TIMES EST)


Sundance  -   
 [8:00 AM]   Garbage Warrior
 [9:30 AM]   Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie
 [11:15 AM]   Know Your Mushrooms
 [12:30 PM]   Garbage Warrior
 [2:00 PM]   Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie
 [3:45 PM]   Know Your Mushrooms
 [5:00 PM]   Garbage Warrior
 [6:25 PM]   Confessions Of A Superhero
 [8:00 PM]   Stolen Land
 [9:20 PM]   The Tonto Woman
 [10:00 PM]   The King of Ping Pong
 [11:50 PM]   Together
 [1:40 AM]   Stolen Land
 [2:55 AM]   Engine 371
 [3:05 AM]   The King of Ping Pong
 [5:00 AM]   Confessions Of A Superhero    (ALL TIMES EST)


SyFy has 'Ghost Whisperer', another 'Ghost Whisperer', still another 'Ghost Whisperer', and 'Haven'.


TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESH Lopez Tonight are Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, and Wolfmother.


TCM spends 24 hours with Robert Stack.
 [6:00 AM]      A Date With Judy (1948)
 [8:00 AM]      Fighter Squadron (1948)
 [9:45 AM]      My Outlaw Brother (1951)
 [11:15 AM]      Bwana Devil (1952)
 [12:45 PM]      The Iron Glove (1954)
 [2:15 PM]      Great Day In The Morning (1956)
 [4:00 PM]      John Paul Jones (1959)
 [6:15 PM]      The Caretakers (1963)
 [8:00 PM]      The Mortal Storm (1940)
 [9:45 PM]      The Tarnished Angels (1957)
 [11:30 PM]      The Last Voyage (1960)
 [1:15 AM]      Airplane! (1980)
 [3:00 AM]      Big Trouble (1986)
 [4:45 AM]      Conquest of Cochise (1953)
    (ALL TIMES EST)


Tuesday  -  08/17/10

TCM spends spends 24 hours with Maureen O'Hara.
 [6:00 AM]      Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
 [7:45 AM]      The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
 [9:30 AM]      The Long Gray Line (1955)
 [12:00 PM]      The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
 [2:00 PM]      The Spanish Main (1945)
 [3:45 PM]      Sinbad The Sailor (1947)
 [5:45 PM]      The Parent Trap (1961)
 [8:00 PM]      The Quiet Man (1952)
 [10:15 PM]      Rio Grande (1950)
 [12:15 AM]      The Black Swan (1942)
 [1:45 AM]      Our Man in Havana (1960)
 [4:00 AM]      Big Jake (1971)
TCM     (ALL TIMES EST)


TNT has a FRESH 'The Closer', followed by a FRESH 'Rizzoli & Isles'.



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In this photo provided by Disney, 'Star Wars' creator and filmmaker George Lucas meets a group of 'Star Wars'-inspired Disney characters Saturday, Aug.14, 2010 at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Lucas is in central Florida for 'Star Wars Celebration V,' the official Lucasfilm fan event that is taking place this week at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. He visited Walt Disney World Resort tonight to attend Disney's 'Last Tour to Endor' special event.
Photo by Todd Anderson

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Small Town Noir

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Earth Day Group To Plant 1M Trees

James Cameron

Earth Day Network is enlisting groups in 15 countries to plant 1 million trees this year with "Avatar" movie director James Cameron and Twentieth Century Fox.

The Washington-based group is announcing its plans Sunday. Cameron planted the first of 1 million trees in April in Brazil.

In the U.S., trees will be planted in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles to improve air quality and urban animal habitats.

Tree plantings in such places as Mexico, Canada and Spain will be focused on reforestation of depleted areas.

James Cameron

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In this photo taken Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, guitarists Dave Murray, left, and Adrian Smith, right, of Iron Maiden perform at the Sziget Festival on theShipyard Island in northern Budapest, Hungary.
Photo by Balazs Mohai

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Google Flops & Failures - The Failed Google Graveyard

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Withdrawn From Sale

Beatles Piano

A coffee-stained piano used by The Beatles at Abbey Road studios has been withdrawn from sale, the auctioneers said on Sunday, without giving a reason for a decision.

The battered Challen upright piano, which can be heard on hits such as "Paperback Writer" and "Tomorrow Never Knows", both recorded in Abbey Road in 1966, was valued at more than 100,000 pounds.

"This lot has been withdrawn," Bonhams auctioneers said on its website. A spokeswoman told AFP she could not comment on why the sale was cancelled.

Beatles Piano

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Shuns Shrine

Japan PM

Japan's new liberal prime minister shunned a visit to a shrine that has outraged Asian neighbors for honoring war criminals, breaking from past governments' tradition and instead apologizing Sunday for the suffering World War II caused.

Members of the now-opposition Liberal Democratic Party, which ruled Japan nearly continuously since the end of the war, made a point by carrying out their own trip to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II.

The Shinto shrine - a spectacular building with sweeping roofs and a museum in its grounds that glorifies kamikaze pilots - has set off controversy by honoring the 2.5 million Japanese war dead, including Class A war criminals such as Hideki Tojo, Japan's wartime prime minister who was executed in 1948.

Among those who visited Yasukuni was LDP leader Sadakazu Tanigaki and former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. About 40 legislators went to the shrine, but none from Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet, according to Japanese media reports.

Kan leads the Democratic Party, which took power last year after winning elections on promises of greater transparency and grass-roots democracy. It is the first time since the end of World War II that the entire Japanese Cabinet has avoided visiting Yasukuni on Aug. 15, the day Japan surrendered in the war.

Japan PM

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Contestants dressed as Elvis Presley pose before a sing-a-like contest in a mall in Manila August 15, 2010. At least 22 avid fans dressed as Elvis Presleytook part in the contest on Sunday in tribute for his 33rd death anniversary on Monday. Presley died in Graceland on August. 16, 1977.
Photo by Romeo Ranoco

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Hairy Goon » Blog Archive » 10 Amazing James Bond Gadgets that are REAL

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Tests Tolerance Toward Christians

Saudi Sitcom

A popular Saudi holiday sitcom has drawn the ire of conservative clerics over an episode portraying Arab Christians in a positive light after the kingdom sought to sell itself as a leader of dialogue between faiths.

"Tash Ma Tash," which has aired during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan for 17 years, is no stranger to controversy and its episodes have grown bolder over the years, tackling issues from morals police and polygamy to the heavy influence of religion on education in the deeply conservative society.

A two-part "Uncle Boutros" episode of the sitcom showed the two main Saudi characters, both Muslims, being advised by their dying father to visit the brother of their deceased Lebanese mother, about whom they know next to nothing.

After a tearful reunion, the pair discover their mother's relatives were Christians and Uncle Boutros was a priest. Despite their initial shock, the brothers slowly come to respect their uncle's Christianity, although they try to convert him to Islam and give him a Koran.

Saudi Sitcom

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Vidiot Speak

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Another 'Jersey Shore' Cast Arrested

Ronald "Ronnie" Ortiz-Magro

Another MTV "Jersey Shore" cast member has been arrested in the New Jersey town where the show is based.

Seaside Heights police say 24-year-old Ronald "Ronnie" Ortiz-Magro was taken into custody around noon Sunday for outstanding warrants from two other Garden State communities. The warrants involve unpaid parking tickets.

Police say the Bronx, N.Y., resident was released a short time later "after satisfying the conditions of the warrants."

Ortiz-Magro was also arrested in September 2009 by Seaside Heights officers after a brawl on the boardwalk.

Ronald "Ronnie" Ortiz-Magro

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Japanese adult actress Saori Hara is interviewed during the making of "3D Sex and Zen" at a studio in Hong Kong August 13, 2010. The producersare hoping the erotic period drama based in ancient China -- which is expected to open in Asian cinemas next year -- will prove a titillating hit with 3D-glasses-wearing audiences and develop a lucrative, niche market for pornography productions in future. Picture taken August 13, 2010.
Photo by Bobby Yip

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Pygmy Marmosets | Nature's Cutest Animal

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Audience Threw Things

Tila Tequila

A sheriff says reality TV actress Tila Tequila complained that audience members pelted her with stones and feces during an outdoor music festival in southern Illinois.

Hardin County Sheriff Tom Seiner told a Carterville TV station it happened early Saturday at the Gathering of the Juggalos. That's a weekend festival based around the band Insane Clown Posse and other groups from Psychopathic Records.

Seiner told WSIL-TV that Tequila, whose real name is Tila Nguyen, complained that she was injured when audience members threw rocks at her. Seiner said Nguyen also complained that feces were thrown.

Tila Tequila

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U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time

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Bad Hair Day

Paris Hilton

Many people have bad hair days, but one that cost $35 million? Not even Paris Hilton could do that -- at least, that's what she says.

Lawyers for the hotel heiress and socialite on Thursday said they "will pursue all of our defenses vigorously and any potential counter claims" against a company that sued Hilton for $35 million claiming she broke a contract to wear its hair extensions.

One day earlier, Beverly Hills-based Hairtech International Inc filed its suit alleging Hilton, a member of the family that founded the hotel chain bearing her name, broke a contract in 2008 when she wore a rival company's extensions.

The suit caused headlines around the world as the media seized upon it as a way to tease the wealthy heiress who has acted on TV and in movies, and endorsed products ranging from jewelry to apparel, cosmetics, perfume and hair products.

Hilton's personal life has long been fodder for the tabloid press, and she has had her share of troubles with the law, including a reckless driving arrest and probation violation.

Paris Hilton

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A photo released Aug. 12, 2010, by Conservation International, shows a new species of titi monkey, Callicebus caquetensis, that was found in the ColombianAmazon region near the borders with Ecuador and Peru by Drs Thomas Defler, Marta Bueno from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and undergraduate student Javier García with support from Conservation International. The monkey is the size of a cat, has grayish-brown hair, but does not have a white bar on its forehead as many of the other species of Callicebus most closely related to it.
Photo by Javier Garcia

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Advocates See Trouble

Misdiagnosed Soldiers

At the height of the Iraq war, the Army routinely dismissed hundreds of soldiers for having a personality disorder when they were more likely suffering from the traumatic stresses of war, discharge data suggests.

Under pressure from Congress and the public, the Army later acknowledged the problem and drastically cut the number of soldiers given the designation. But advocates for veterans say an unknown number of troops still unfairly bear the stigma of a personality disorder, making them ineligible for military health care and other benefits.

The Army denies that any soldier was misdiagnosed before 2008, when it drastically cut the number of discharges due to personality disorders and diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorders skyrocketed.

Unlike PTSD, which the Army regards as a treatable mental disability caused by the acute stresses of war, the military designation of a personality disorder can have devastating consequences for soldiers.

Misdiagnosed Soldiers

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Kids Seek More Rights

Donor Daddys

Katrina Clark and Lindsay Greenawalt have much in common. Bright women in their 20s, raised by single mothers, keenly curious about the men whose donated sperm helped give them life.

Greenawalt, who lives near Cleveland, and Clark, a college student in Washington, D.C., are part of an increasingly outspoken generation of donor offspring. They want to transform the dynamics of sperm donation so the children's interests are given more weight and it becomes easier to learn about their biological fathers.

One specific goal - a ban on anonymous sperm donations - seems far-off in the United States, although Britain and several other European countries have taken that step.

But the voices of donor offspring are being heard more widely and clearly than ever, thanks to Internet-based social networking and other recent developments.

Donor Daddys

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In this Aug. 12, 2010 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, people play human body domino in Ordos, a city of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records, 10,267 people finished the human body domino in less than two hours on Thursday.
Photo by Ren Junchuan

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10 Best Alignment Charts | Geekosystem

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Foxhole Vs. New Beginnings

Ohio

Feuding Ohio strippers and churchgoers who have been protesting each other have agreed to meet and discuss their differences.

Foxhole strip club owner Tommy George says churchgoers with bullhorns have bothered his patrons. New Beginnings Ministries pastor Bill Dunfee calls the strip club a nuisance. They say they'll negotiate for the first time Wednesday.

The decision came after two women from ministries that evangelize to adult-entertainment industry workers spoke during Sunday's sermon at the church in Warsaw, 60 miles northeast of Columbus.

San Diego resident Sheri Brown and Grand Rapids, Mich., resident Anny Donewald say the congregation should just love the strippers and "let the Holy Spirit draw them out."

Ohio

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Weekend Box Office

'The Expendables'

Sylvester Stallone and his pumped-up pals lifted Lionsgate's 1980s-style action romp "The Expendables" to a No. 1 debut with $35 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

While the macho "Expendables" lured male audiences, Julia Roberts delivered a crowd-pleaser for women with Sony's "Eat Pray Love," which opened at No. 2 with $23.7 million.

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 Expendables," $35 million.
    2. "Eat Pray Love," $23.7 million.
    3. "The Other Guys," $18 million.
    4. "Inception," $11.4 million.
    5. "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," $10.5 million.
    6. "Despicable Me," $6.8 million.
    7. "Step Up 3D," $6.6 million.
    8. "Salt," $6.4 million.
    9. "Dinner for Schmucks," $6.3 million.
   10. "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore," $4.1 million.

'The Expendables'

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A Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio troilus) is seen collecting nectar from a Golden Lantana blossom in Tyler, Texas on Saturday Aug. 14 2010.
Photo by Dr. Scott M. Lieberman

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