zEN mAN (observing diamond encrusted crucifixes hanging luridly between country music singers tits (at the CMA's) as she says "thank you Jesus" for winning female singer of the year.....what a hypocritical sacreligious bitch...I thought Jesus died for our sins...got hung on a bloody cross...with spikes penetrating his hands and feet....hanging there and saying ...."father ...forgive them.. for they know not what they do..!" He was a compassionate man...I wonder what he would think if he saw his suffering bloody body as a silver and diamond covered cross hanging around the necks ? He is a better man than me...it just pisses me off to see these silly fools degrading their religious beliefs with such disgraceful displays...Oh by the way that's Katy Perry and L'il Wayne with their crosses.....thank you Jesus!)
Colin Campbell: "Staten Island Borough President: Don't Give Money to the Red Cross" (Politicker)
At a press conference this morning on Staten Island, a host of local officials, including Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, gathered to highlight the needs of the hard-hit borough in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. And, although many pols spoke, no one was more impassioned than Borough President James Molinaro, who called the Red Cross an "absolute disgrace" and even urged the public to cease giving them contributions.
Steve Benen: Chronicling Mitt's Mendacity, Vol. XL
… a man dies, goes to heaven, stands before St. Peter, and see a huge wall of clocks. The man asks what all the clocks are for and St. Peter explains, "These are lie clocks. Everyone on earth has a lie clock. Every time a person lies, the clock hands move." Pointing to one, the man says, "Whose clock is that?" "That's Mother Teresa's," St. Peter answers. "The hands have never moved, indicating she never told a lie." "Incredible," the man responds. "And whose clock is that?" St. Peter responds, "That's Abraham Lincoln's. The hands moved twice telling us he told two lies in his entire life." "Where is Mitt Romney's clock?" the man asks. "Romney's clock is in Jesus' office," St. Peter says. "He's using it as a ceiling fan."
David Haglund: The Simpsons Goes After Romney (Slate)
Back in September, we noted that the voting-booth goof The Simpsons used in a promo for its Halloween episode was a bit more politically pointed than the one they ran four years before, when Obama was pitted against McCain. While the 2008 version mostly had its fun at the expense of electronic voting machines, the 2012 edition made jokes about Mormonism, Romney's tax returns, and the former Governor's flip-flopping on healthcare reform.
Susan Estrich: One Country (Creators Syndicate)
… what Mitt Romney was saying back in the Republican primary debates. Asked about FEMA running out of money, and whether this should be an occasion to hand responsibility back to the states, he said: "Absolutely. Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction. And if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector, that's even better."
Maura Johnston: What would a Mitt Romney presidency mean for popular music? (Guardian)
Given that Romney and his party are against basic rights for gay people to the point of vehemence, songs that are plainly about accepting one's self no matter what societal pressures exist might be a truly nervy form of political protest - and if they have a good beat and can be danced to, all the better.
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In Euclidean geometry, a Platonic solid is a regular, convex polyhedron. The faces are congruent, regular polygons, with the same number of faces meeting at each vertex. There are exactly five solids which meet those criteria; each is named according to its number of faces.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Five
Marian said:
5 -all faces face the same way...waiting for my computer to change to new time due to daylight savings time
Charlie wrote:
Five
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
In Euclidean geometry, a Platonic solid is a regular, convex polyhedron.
The faces are congruent, regular polygons, with the same number of faces
meeting at each vertex. There are exactly five solids which meet those
criteria; each is named according to its number of faces
BttbBob responded:
Aw, Jeez! Yer gonna make me think about Euclidean geometry the first thing on a Sunday morning? What's up with that, eh?... Ok... There's 5... But, I'm not gonna type out, nor cut and paste, their ridiculously long names fer ya!...
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Venting moment - There are Russians runnin' 'round stealing vast quantities of Northern California walnuts? I am outraged! Acrimonious, I say! This must stop! Immediately! Call out the Department of Agriculture SWAT team, right this very minute, I'm sayin'...
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NFL moment (You opened the door, M...) - The Detroit Lions are picked by most to defeat the hapless Jacksonville Jaguars today. Yeah, we'll see. The Lions have had, for years now mind you, the most acute ability of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. It's maddening, maddening I tell ya. Right, Joe?
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Adam answered:
5? Yes, 5. If you have played D&D, then this is easy.
Sally's power was finally restored late this afternoon (Thanks to B2tbBob for the update).
And, Joe S answered:
Oh Gawd! Another math question. I'm almost as bad at math as Mitt and Paul, almost. At least I can add. (Euclidean geometry is math, isn't it?)
Okay, I'll take a stab at it. I'll say....oh I don't know.....ummmm....five, I say five.
Hey! Sally's back! The Lions won, the Cowboys didn't. Things are looking up.
(I don't know what that means)
Glad you're safe and sound Sally. High five!
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a FRESH'Partners', then a FRESH'2 Broke Girls', followed by a FRESH'Mike & Molly', then a FRESH'Hawaii Five-0'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Simon Helberg, Ricky Gervais, and Ty Segall.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Tenacious D and Sarah Shahi.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'The Voice', followed by a FRESH'Revolution'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Kristen Stewart, Dax Shepard, and Kip Moore.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Lucy Liu, Key & Peele, and RNDM.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Katey Sagal, "High Ground", and the Stepkids.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Dancing With The Stars', followed by a FRESH'Castle'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Robert Pattinson, Chris Hardwick, and Ben Folds Five.
The CW offers a FRESH'90210', followed by a FRESH'Gossip Girl'.
Faux has a FRESH'Bones', followed by a FRESH'The Mob Doctor'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.
AMC offers the movie 'Rambo: First Blood Part II', followed by the movie 'Four Brothers', then the movie 'Crimson Tide'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 7 - Ep 7 - Janet Jackson, Tyler Perry, Marcus Brigstocke, Eric Idle
[9:00AM] MERLIN - Season 2 - Ep 11 - The Witch's Quickening
[10:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 13 - The Wedding of River Song
[11:00AM] BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Season 2 - Ep 7 - Home, Part 2
[12:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 4 - Davide
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 4 - The Fish and Anchor
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 7 - Jack's Waterfront
[3:00PM] FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
[5:30PM] TOP GEAR SEASON 15 SPECIAL
[7:00PM] TOP GEAR SEASON - Season 16 - Top Gear Season 16 Special
[8:30PM] TOP GEAR AT THE MOVIES NEW
[10:00PM] RICHARD HAMMOND'S CRASH COURSE - Season 2 - Ep 3 - American Bullfighter/Paddle Boarder NEW
[11:00PM] TOP GEAR SEASON - Season 15 - Top Gear Season 15 Special
[12:30AM] TOP GEAR AT THE MOVIES
[2:00AM] RICHARD HAMMOND'S CRASH COURSE - Season 2 - Ep 3 - American Bullfighter/Paddle Boarder
[3:00AM] TOP GEAR SEASON Season 16
[4:30AM] TOP GEAR AT THE MOVIES (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', then a FRESH'Start-Ups: Silicon Valley'.
Comedy Central has an old 'Colbert Report', an old 'Jon Stewart', 'Futurama', another 'Futurama', 'South Park', another 'South Park', 'Brickleberry', and 'South Park'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Martha Raddatz.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Nate Silver.
FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'The Incredible Hulk'.
History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH'American Pickers', then a FRESH'Pawn Stars', followed by another FRESH'Pawn Stars'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Teaching Mrs. Tingle
[8:00AM] Bad Boys
[10:45AM] Swimming With Sharks
[12:45PM] Teaching Mrs. Tingle
[2:45PM] Bad Boys
[5:30PM] Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
[8:00PM] Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
[10:15PM] Evil Dead 2
[12:00AM] Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
[2:15AM] Evil Dead 2
[4:00AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Elizabeth Banks Wears a Red Dress
[4:30AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-``Weird Al'' Yankovic Wears a Hawaiian Shirt
[5:00AM] The Larry Sanders Show-The Warmth Episode
[5:30AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Jon Hamm Wears a Light Blue Shirt & Silver Watch (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00A] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Father Figures (Episode 4, Season 1)
[7:00A] The U.S. Vs. John Lennon
[8:45A] Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
[10:30A] Nollywood Babylon
[11:45A] Until The Light Takes Us
[1:25P] Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
[3:10P] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Father Figures (Episode 4, Season 1)
[4:10P] Nollywood Babylon
[5:25P] The U.S. Vs. John Lennon
[7:10P] State and Main
[9:00P] ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Unruly Heir (Episode 1, Season 3)
[10:00P] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Actor Adam Goldberg (Episode 5, Season 2)
[10:30P] ICONOCLASTS - Christy Turlington Burns + Tory Burch (Episode 4, Season 6)
[11:00P] The Deep End
[12:45A] Eclipse
[1:00A] ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Unruly Heir (Episode 1, Season 3)
[2:00A] Big Fan
[3:30A] Uncle Kent
[4:45A] French Roast
[5:00A] THE DAY BEFORE - Jean Paul Gaultier (Season 1, Episode 4) (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'The Village', followed by the movie 'Shutter Island'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Sarah Silverman, Brian Austin Green, and Father John Misty.
Protestors with signs walk in the Million Muppet March in support of federal funding for public television, in Washington, November 3, 2012.
Photo by Jonathan Ernst
President Barack Obama is counting on former President Bill Clinton and Bruce Springsteen, top surrogates for his campaign, to carry his message. But he also has enlisted an army of A-list performers and public figures -- from Lady Gaga to Billie Jean King, from Jay-Z to Crosby, Stills and Nash - to promote his re-election.
On Saturday, Stevie Wonder played an unannounced concert for voters waiting in line to vote early in Cleveland. Wonder opened a rally for Obama by rocking the arena at the University of Cincinnati with a rendition of "Keep on Running."
Songwriter John Legend, actor Laurence Fishburne, and congressman and civil rights hero John Lewis, D-Ga., were among those who went to Ohio to lead a "Souls to the Polls" effort with local churches.
The list includes some of Hollywood's big names - Samuel L. Jackson, Anne Hathaway, and Scarlett Johansson - who were talking to Top 40 radio stations. Jackson and comedian Chris Rock were on stations with primarily African American audiences urging voters to go to the polls Tuesday.
Danny DeVito and members of the FX sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" have canvassed neighborhoods in Wisconsin, made phone calls and visited colleges in the state.
Musician John Mellencamp sings during an election campaign rally for U.S. President Barack Obama in Dubuque, Iowa, November 3, 2012.
Photo by Jason Reed
NBC says its benefit concert for Superstorm Sandy victims drew nearly $23 million in donations to the American Red Cross.
Friday's hour-long telethon included performances by artists native to the areas hardest-hit by Sandy, including New Jersey natives Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi and Billy Joel of New York's Long Island. Others who took part in the special included Sting, Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, Tina Fey and Jon Stewart.
The telethon's mood was somber but hopeful, from Aguilera's "Beautiful" to Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer."
Pledges made by phone and online totaled $22.9 million, NBCUniversal and the American Red Cross said.
However riotous the Eddie Murphy stories from Arsenio Hall, Tracy Morgan, Adam Sandler and Russell Brand, the highlight of Spike TV's tribute to Murphy was the comedian's duet with Stevie Wonder.
Murphy joined the subject of one of his most classic impressions for a rousing rendition of Wonder's 1973 hit "Higher Ground" during the taping of the Spike TV special "Eddie Murphy: One Night Only," which is set to air Nov. 14. The Roots served as the house band.
Jamie Foxx, Tyler Perry, Martin Lawrence, Chris Rock and Keenan Ivory Wayans were also among those paying tribute to Murphy Saturday at the Saban Theater.
Accompanied by a pretty blonde, Murphy beamed throughout the two-hour program, saying he was touched by the tribute.
"I am a very, very bitter man," he said with a beguiling smile. "I don't get touched easily, and I am really touched."
George Lucas is done with "Star Wars," but not with filmmaking.
The "Star Wars" creator says he still plans to make his "own little personal films."
Lucas spoke Friday night while attending Ebony magazine's Power 100 Gala, days after announcing the sale of his storied Lucasfilm to Disney for $4.05 billion. The deal would allow for more "Star Wars" films. While Lucas will be a creative consultant, longtime collaborator Kathleen Kennedy will be in control.
Lucas admitted mixed emotions about letting Lucasfilm go. "It's very sad. It's 40 years of work and it's been my life, but I'm ready to move on to bigger and better things."
The Pop band No Doubt was forced to remove a new Wild West-themed music video and issue an apology after getting complaints from the Native American community, saying its intention was "never to offend, hurt or trivialize" their culture or history.
The Southern California band - made up of lead singer Gwen Stefani, guitarist Tom Dumont, bassist Tony Kanal and drummer Adrian Young - posted an apology on their official website on Saturday following the release of their latest video for the single "Looking Hot."
The video, which debuted on Friday, featured Stefani dressed in tribal garments as a Native Indian princess captured by Young and Dumont dressed as cowboys, while Kanal played a tribe chief who rescues Stefani.
Some users took to social media platforms to criticize the band's use of tribal imagery, leading No Doubt to remove the video online, adding that "being hurtful to anyone is simply not who we are."
"Although we consulted with Native American friends and Native American studies experts at the University of California, we realize now that we have offended people ... We sincerely apologize to the Native American community and anyone else offended by this video," they said.
Actor and producer Chris Rock smiles during the taping of the Spike TV special tribute "Eddie Murphy: One Night Only" at the Saban theatre in Beverly Hills, California November 3, 2012.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
Several NBC websites were hacked on Sunday by a person or group calling itself "pyknic" and suggesting a possible link to the cyber-attack group Anonymous.
It appeared that the "defacement" of the affected sub-sites was cleaned up in a couple hours. NBC and its various websites appeared to be functioning normally as of Sunday evening Eastern time. However, older versions maintained by search engines such as Google and Bing still bore the message "hacked by pyknic" - a possible reference to an obscure hacker or "hacktivist" group.
The message said "Remember, remember the fifth of November." That reference suggested a link to Anonymous, a movement of cyber rebels which has appropriated much of the symbolism around Britain's upcoming Guy Fawkes Day, a holiday meant to mark the failed plot to blow up the country's parliament in 1605.
However, conclusively determining responsibility for such attacks can be nearly impossible.
U.S. actor John Lithgow takes his seat in the crowd before the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Newcastle United at Anfield in Liverpool, northern England, November 4, 2012.
Photo by Phil Noble
France's governing Socialist Party hit back hard at the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday for campaigning against its plan to legalize same-sex marriage, heralding a bruising debate over the issue.
Paris Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois spoke against the proposed law on Saturday and encouraged Catholics to write to their elected officials and take to the streets in protest against the reform due to be voted on by mid-2013.
Opinion polls show that backing for the plan, a campaign promise by President Francois Hollande, has slipped several points since leaders of France's main religions began speaking out against it and now stands at just under 60 percent.
"I'm shocked by this attitude which I think is a kind of return to a fundamentalism that I find problematic," Jean-Marie Le Guen, Socialist senator from Paris, said of Vingt-Trois's speech to bishops in the pilgrimage town of Lourdes.
If the law passes, France - a traditionally Catholic society where churchgoers are now a single-digit minority - would become the 12th country in the world to allow same-sex marriage.
Actor Eddie Murphy (R) performs with singer Stevie Wonder during the taping of the Spike TV special tribute "Eddie Murphy: One Night Only" at the Saban theatre in Beverly Hills, California November 3, 2012.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
Egypt's antiquities ministry says that Czech archaeologists have unearthed the 4,500-year-old tomb of a Pharaonic princess south of Cairo.
Ministry official Mohammed El-Bialy told The Associated Press on Saturday that Princess Shert Nebti's burial site is surrounded by the tombs of four high officials from the Fifth Dynasty dating to around 2,500 BC in the Abu Sir complex near the famed step pyramid of Saqqara. El-Bialy says further excavation is needed before the tomb can be opened to the public.
Antiquities minister Mohammed Ibrahim said in a statement Friday that the antechamber to the tomb of the princess includes four limestone columns and hieroglyphic inscriptions.
Egypt's vital tourism industry has suffered from the country's internal unrest in the wake of the 2011 uprising that toppled autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak.
(From L-R) Directors Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah Burns and her husband David McMahon arrive at the Hollywood screening of their movie "The Central Park Five" during AFI FEST in Los Angeles, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012.
Photo by Gus Ruelas
Disney's "Wreck-It Ralph" opened strongly with $49.1 million and Robert Zemeckis' "Flight," starring Denzel Washington, soared to a $25 million debut. Both opened above expectations, capitalizing on East Coast audiences looking for distraction amid the recovery from the storm.
"Wreck-It Ralph," a 3-D animated family film about a video game villain who tries to break free of his role, is the largest box-office opening ever for Walt Disney Animation, which has produced countless cartoon classics (though doesn't include Disney's lucrative Pixar Animation).
Ben Affleck's Iran hostage tale "Argo," in its fourth week of release, expanded to 2,774 theaters. The Warner Bros. film added $10.2 million, bringing its cumulative gross to $75.9 million - a healthy haul for a film expected to be in the thick of the Oscar hunt.
The Universal kung fu flick "The Man With the Iron Fists," directed by RZA of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, opened with a debut of $8.2 million.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "Wreck-It Ralph," $49.1 million.
2. "Flight," $25 million.
3. "Argo," $10.2 million.
4. "The Man With the Iron Fists," $10.2 million.
5. "Taken 2," $6 million.
6. "Cloud Atlas," $5.3 million.
7. "Hotel Transylvania," $4.5 million.
8. "Paranormal Activity 4," $4.3 million.
9. "Here Comes the Boom," $3.6 million.
10. "Silent Hill: Revelation," $3.3 million.
A worker helps finish building an effigy of Guy Fawkes ahead of Bonfire Night celebrations in Edenbridge, south east England November 3, 2012.
Photo by Toby Melville
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