'TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
Baron Dave Romm
Bush Impeachment Watch II
By Baron Dave Romm
Rumor: Norm Coleman is going to maximize his chances to be elected Senator from Minnesota by changing back to being a Democrat.
Election time is near, and politics is the music of a bored electorate. In a democracy, elections are a time to assess a candidate and reassess an incumbant. But there are other means of assessing a person holding office, as the GOP so smarmily demonstrated a few years ago. What's sauce for the goose is good for the gander. Here are a few recent urls, gleaned from Bartcop, Buzzflash, Smirking Chimp, etc, from May onward.
The sleaze of the Bush administration is impossible to reconcile with American values. Here are some of the reasons Vice President Dick Cheney should be impeached. Links tested 10/27/02.
Cheney Impeachment Watch.
Cheney may be the adult in the Bush/Cheney sleaze-o-thon, but that
means he doesn't even have the excuse of stupidity. He should be
held accountable.
Miscellaneous Bush Impeachment Watch urls
Election 2002
Editorial comment
Election 2000 was marked by massive racism by conservative Republicans, mostly in the South but all over. Do not forget, and do not be distracted by the investigation into hanging chads and such (which proved Gore won). Send a signal to Washington that such corrupt, unamerican practices cannot be condoned. Zero tolerance for Republicans.
Baron Dave Romm is a conceptual artist and a noble of Ladonia with a radio show, a very weird CD collection and an ever growing list of political links. He reviews things at random for obscure web sites. You can read all his music recommendations from Bartcop-E here.
He's Been Busy - Again!
The Worried Shrimp
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Greetings from the House of Phlegm.
Went to the Aquarium today with the kid. We had a great time til I looked at a clock. Hauled out of there in record time, only to get home & realize they had
neglected to set their clocks back.....that'll teach me to go off without a watch!
In lloking over the site stats, some folks end up here looking for the page with a reference to Brett Meisner. The page in question is
BartCop Entertainment, Wednesday, 4 September.
Check out What's New In Bodypainting.
Tonight, Monday, CBS opens with a fresh 'King Of Queens', then a fresh 'Yes, Dear', followed by a RERUN 'Raymond', then a fresh 'Still Standing' and a fresh 'CSI: Miami'.
Scheduled on a fresh Dave are Bonnie Hunt, Christina Aguilera, and "Survivor" reject Robb Zbacnik.
Scheduled on a fresh Craiggers are Melissa Joan Hart, George Lopez, and Rocket from the Crypt.
NBC has a fresh 'Fear Factor' and a fresh 2-hour 'special' on 'Third Watch'.
Scheduled on a fresh Jay are Kiefer Sutherland and Ryan Adams.
On a traditional Monday RERUN, Conan's scheduled guests are John C. Reilly, Fred Savage, and Patrice O'Neal.
On a traditional Monday RERUN (from 6/26/02), Carson Daly's scheduled guests are Johnnie Cochran and Trick Turner.
ABC has 'MNF' with the NY Giants visiting in Philly. Fresh episode of 'Drew Carey' and a fresh 'Whose Line' before or after the game, depending on the your time zone.
The WB starts the night with a RERUN '7th Heaven' then follows with a fresh 'Everwood'.
Faux has a fresh 'Boston Public' and a fresh 'girls club'.
UPN has a fresh 'Parkers', a fresh 'One On One', a fresh 'Girlfriends', and a fresh 'Half & Half'.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
Big Dog Watch Continues
Bill Clinton
Former President Bill Clinton speaks at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York Sunday, Oct. 27, 2002, during the Third Annual Gala Dinner of American Friends of
Rabin Medical Center.
Photo by Robert Mecea
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'Walk On'
Around The World
Thousands Rally
Tens of thousands of anti-war protesters marched peacefully on the White House on Saturday to express opposition to a possible U.S. attack on Iraq, some chanting slogans accusing President Bush of planning genocide.
Thousands more people took part in anti-war demonstrations in San Francisco, Berlin, Amsterdam and other cities.
The protesters brandished signs reading: "No Proof, No War," "Bush Sucks" and "Pre-emptive Impeachment." Some protesters carried Iraqi flags. "No war, no way," shouted a protester wearing a mask of Bush with horns and a pitchfork.
"George Bush, you can't hide. We charge you with genocide!" chanted the demonstrators, who were escorted by mounted U.S. Park Police and watched by 600 police officers along the route in the heart of the nation's capital.
In San Francisco, known for its liberal politics and history of activism, a crowd that police estimated at about 42,000 marched near the city's historic Ferry Building to its Civic Center.
A group of about 20 children led the parade as protesters carried signs bearing pictures of Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
beneath the words "weapons of mass destruction." Other signs read: "No blood for oil" and "Regime change begins at home. Vote on Nov. 5," referring to the U.S. congressional elections.
Thousands Rally
For some great pictures from San Francisco - Marc Perkel's Mavica Photo Index
Bjork's Mom Continues Hunger Strike
Hildur Runa Hauksdottir
The mother of pop diva Bjork said Sunday she was frail but determined after three weeks of a hunger strike aimed at persuading the world's largest aluminum
producer to abandon a $3 billion project in the Icelandic highlands.
Hildur Runa Hauksdottir stopped eating Oct. 7 to try to persuade Pittsburgh-based Alcoa Inc. to pull out of the scheme to build an aluminum smelter and
hydroelectric plant in the wilderness area.
Environmentalists say the project will ruin the area above Vatnajokull, Europe's largest glacier, in east Iceland.
Alcoa and the Icelandic government have already started work building access roads and tunnels for the scheme above Vatnajokull glacier.
The state-owned power company plans to build 11 dams to create a 22-square mile reservoir, which will provide the hydroelectric power for an Alcoa-owned smelter at Reydarfjordur on the coast.
Home to reindeer, rare geese and plants, as well as glacial rivers, snow-covered volcanoes and deep, basalt canyons, the area was the setting for Bjorks video for the 1997 single, Joga.
Bjork herself criticized the scheme when it was first suggested in 1999, and in June the World Wildlife Fund urged Alcoa and the Icelandic government to think again.
Hildur Runa Hauksdottir
Hildur Runa Hauksdottir protest site
Government of Iceland
Bangladesh
Divorced Child Brides
Veiled Bangladeshi students walk to a madrassa at Kahalu village, in northern Bangladesh, where many of the girls are divorced as their fathers could not pay for the promised
dowry to their husbands. A study by a human rights group, the Association for Community Development, says more than six million child marriages have taken place in northern
Bangladesh in the last 30 years and more than 90 percent of them have ended in divorce. Pix taken October 7, 2002
Photo by Rafiqur Rahman
Postpones Australia Show
Paul McCartney
Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney said on Sunday he would postpone the final and biggest concert of his current world tour in Melbourne out of respect for the victims of the Bali bomb blasts.
The only Australian show on November 23 in front of over 30,000 fans was to be McCartney's first date Down Under in more than a decade, but the singer's spokesman said a
nationwide tour was now under consideration for 2003.
"As a mark of respect to both the families who have lost loved ones and to the families of the injured, I have decided to postpone my planned concert in Melbourne as
this is not the appropriate time for a rock show," McCartney said in a statement.
The McCartney tour will now move from the United States, where the singer is performing more than 40 shows, to Mexico and end in Osaka, Japan.
Paul McCartney
Denies Expelling Reporters
Iraq
Iraq on Saturday denied expelling any Western journalists and said more reporters were expected to visit the country in coming days.
On Thursday, U.S. television networks, including CNN, ABC and NBC, said President Saddam Hussein's government was expelling some foreign journalists and warning of restrictive
new rules for getting back into the country.
Eason Jordan, CNN's president of newsgathering, said the government was upset about foreign reporting of a demonstration outside the Iraqi Information Ministry in Baghdad
by people upset that their imprisoned relatives had not been released in Saddam's general amnesty.
In a statement Saturday, the Iraqi Press Center labeled reports of media expulsions as "baseless."
Iraq
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Property Burns
Aretha Franklin
An $800,000 Michigan house owned by Aretha Franklin burned down.
Nobody was in the 5,000-square-foot residence at the time of the Friday morning blaze. The house was mainly used to store boxes and furniture.
The house, which firefighters said was completely razed, had an estimated value of $812,900, according to township records.
An acquaintance of Franklin said the singer hadn't lived in the house in two years.
Aretha Franklin
Central Park Zoo
Snow Monkey
A snow monkey at the Central Park Zoo in New York City gets an early Halloween treat as part of their daily meal is served in jack o'lanterns by zoo keepers October 27, 2002 in New York.
Photo by Jeff Christensen
Pamela Anderson & Kid Rock
Wedding Plans
He proposed under the stars during a romantic rendezvous in a Nevada desert. Now, Kid Rock wants to give fiancée Pamela Anderson a white wedding extravaganza.
Kid Rock lifted the lid on the couple's marriage plans during his visit to New York last week for Bette Midler's "Hulaween Ball."
He and Anderson, 35, will walk down the aisle mid-spring in a "traditional-type ceremony - complete with big white gown, great food, plenty of fancy decorations and lots of family
and friends," Kid Rock said.
The venue is yet to be finalized but probably will be close to their home in Detroit.
And in a further bombshell, Kid Rock insisted that once they're married, he wants to raise Anderson's two boys from her stormy marriage to wild rocker Tommy Lee as his own.
Wedding Plans
Looking at Victoria's Secret Swimsuit Show
CBS
Is CBS going scantily clad?
The network, which will air a Victoria's Secret lingerie fashion show next month, says it is also looking at the idea of a Victoria's Secret
swimsuit special featuring that company's signature clothes and models.
A CBS spokeswoman said the network had talked with Limited Brands Inc. about the idea of such a show and was open to airing it. A spokeswoman for
Limited Brands was not immediately available for comment.
This year's Victoria's Secret lingerie show is scheduled for Nov. 20 at 10 p.m., and CBS is promoting it as a major special during "sweeps," the
periods where advertising rates are set based on network ratings.
CBS
BartCop TV!
Minor Injuries Occur At Concert
Bow Wow
Several concert-goers suffered minor injuries Saturday night when a railing gave way at the Target Center during a performance by the rap artist Bow Wow.
About 10 people were taken by ambulance for treatment, said Reid Katzung, director of operations. The most serious complaints appeared to be of lower leg pain and of back pain, he said.
The railing — about 12 feet long and 5 feet off the arena floor — gave way as fans pressed forward when Bow Wow worked his way into the crowd about 10 p.m., near the end of his show, Katzung said.
The railing snapped in three places, causing fans to fall forward, Katzung said. Bow Wow was not hurt and resumed his performance from the stage.
Bow Wow
Volcano Wakes Up
Mount Etna
A view of the Mount Etna eruption activities seen from Catania's harbour, Sicily, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2002. Mount Etna, Europe's biggest and most active volcano, came to life
again on Sunday, with a river of lava coming out of its mouth and a series of small quakes damaging buildings on its slopes, officials said.
Photo by Fabrizio Villa
Plane Flies Again
'Glacier Girl'
Hibernation is officially over for Glacier Girl.
After spending a half-century in the heart of a Greenland glacier, the World War II fighter plane flew Saturday for the first time since it was pulled piece by piece from beneath 268 feet of ice and snow.
With propellers whirling and 1,275-horsepower twin engines humming, test pilot Steve Hinton raced the P-38 Lightning down the runway and lifted it into a gray sky for a 30-minute
flight before an estimated 20,000 spectators in this small eastern Kentucky town.
The plane, one of the war's fastest, was among six fighters and two bombers forced by foul weather and low fuel to crash-land on the frigid glacier. It took rescuers on dog sleds
10 days to reach the 25 crew members, but all of them got out safely.
The warplanes were left behind to be slowly buried in snow and ice. They might have been forgotten except for people including Middlesboro businessman Roy Shoffner, who had become
enamored with the piston-engined, propeller-driven P-38s as a youngster.
For the rest, 'Glacier Girl'
Small Funeral to Be Held
Richard Harris
The family of Richard Harris will remember him at a small private funeral in London before scattering his ashes in the Bahamas, where he had a home, the actor's agent said Saturday.
Harris, the roistering star of "This Sporting Life," "A Man Called Horse," and two Harry Potter films, died Friday of Hodgkin's Disease. He was 72.
She said public memorial services would be held for the Irish-born actor in London and Dublin on dates to be determined.
Harris is survived by three sons — Jamie, Jared and Damian — from his first marriage to Elizabeth Rees-Williams.
Richard Harris
Los Padres National Forest
Male Condor #107
Male condor #107 looks over a dead chick he had been nurturing, inside the Los Padres National Forest in California, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002. The chick was last of the three
California condor chicks born in the wild in 18 years, that now have all been found dead. All three died within weeks of each other and just before they were expected to take
flight for the first time. The chicks were a milestone in the condor program, since no other birds had been laid and hatched in the wild since 1984.
Photo by Greg Austin
Reader Alert
'COUNTING ON DEMOCRACY'
from tim h
In the face of the controversial decision by the PBS network to refuse to
transmit the investigative report, the nation's top PBS stations will independently
broadcast COUNTING ON DEMOCRACY.
Directed by Emmy-award winner Danny Schechter, the 57-minute
documentary follows BBC television reporter Greg Palast as he discovers how Katherine
Harris removed up to 57,000 legal voters from registries - mostly black - five months before
the 2000 election. While the public broadcast network chiefs refused to schedule
this important report, dozens of local stations are insisting on showing the expose
before the mid-term elections.
10/30 (9 pm) KBDI --- Denver, CO
10/31 (10 pm) KLCS --- Los Angeles, CA
11/1 (12 am) KLCS --- Los Angeles, CA
11/3 (1 pm) WLRN --- Miami, FL
11/3 (2 pm) WHUT --- Washington, DC
11/3 (5 pm) WNED --- Buffalo, NY
11/3 (10 pm) WUFM --- Missoula, MT
11/3 (10 pm) WUSM --- Butte - Bozeman, MT
11/4 (Midnight) WNET --- New York, NY
11/5 (10 pm) KCET --- Los Angeles, CA
11/6 (8 pm) WHUT --- Washington, DC
11/24 (1 am) KPBS --- San Diego, CA
For more information - www.globalvision.org/program/fla/fla.html
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