SUSAN ESTRICH: So Much for the Student Vote (creators.com)
College students won't be voting in the Iowa caucus this year. Or, at least, most of those who would have won't now, and those who still can might not know about it yet. No matter how you look at it, it's a mess.
PAUL KRUGMAN: Banks Gone Wild (nytimes.com)
"What were they smoking?" asks the cover of the current issue of Fortune magazine. Underneath the headline are photos of recently deposed Wall Street titans, captioned with the staggering sums they managed to lose.
BOB HERBERT: Lost in a Flood of Debt (nytimes.com)
I've been visiting some of the people who have been most affected by the subprime mortgage debacle. It's a largely bewildered, frightened group that includes people like Dorothy Levey, a 79-year-old widow who sits alone inside the small house she has lived in for 41 years, afraid to answer the telephone or the door.
Kerry Eleveld: The Bishop and the Bible (advocate.com)
The Advocate sits down with Bishop V. Gene Robinson to discuss his latest accomplishment -- starring on the silver screen in the documentary For the Bible Tells Me So .
Sarah Warn: Germany's Top TV Journalist Anne Will Comes Out (afterellen.com)
Anne Will, the 41-year-old former anchorwoman of Germany's most popular evening news show Tagesthemen, and current host of her own top-rated political talk show Anne Will, officially came out at an event at the Jewish Museum in Berlin ....
Interview with Nellie McKay (afterelton.com)
I would say that both feminism and gay culture are incredibly complicated. There's no one thing coming out of either. I'm sure there are basic things that they could agree upon. Within gay culture and within feminism, people don't agree. So good luck getting the two to come together.
Clay Cane: Patti LaBelle Takes on Christmas (advocate.com)
I have to get married again. I have to cook for that man, I have to take care of that man, I have to make sure he's cool, and I have to make sure I'm cool. Ain't no lesbians coming up in here, so I got to marry a man! He's got to be real, he's got to smell good, he can't have bad breath, he can't have no ugly feet, he can't have no dirty nails, he cannot have a monkey face! I'm serious, some moose pushed up on me two weeks ago -- I said, "Boy, what you want?" He said, "You single, Miss Patti?" I said, "I'm going to stay single with people like you!" I need a beautiful man! I'm not lying! OK?
Bonnie Ruberg: Talking with Tasty Trixie, a self-employed spy-cam sex star-for free (villagevoice.com)
While most of us were still figuring out how to flirt through a mouthful of braces, Trixie (her work name) was trying to start her own sex business. "I enlisted the help of the class slut in manufacturing business cards to pass out in honors pre-algebra," she writes on her web site, "advertising an escort service."
After WWII, many Japanese soldiers refused to surrender and hid out
on Pacific Islands. When did the last Japanese soldier from WWII
finally surrender?
A: 1946
B: 1953
C: 1974
D: 1981
E. There are still several soldiers unaccounted for and are assumed still hiding.
Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda held out from WWII until 1974 on Lubang in the Phillipines
mj was first, and the only one with the right answer, writing:
It's either c or d, I'm going with C since I'm pretty sure the last one I heard about was before I got married.
joe b was second, but wrong, with:
It is E, because the last one that was found family members went to
where the last one was found calling out for their family member.
Sandra in Bangor was third, but wrong -
cleopatra was 17
Joe (""Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it."
- Ellen Goodman -) was also wrong with:
Ok. This is purely a guess, but I say it's E: There are still several soldiers unaccounted for and are assumed still hiding. I read of suspected hold outs since 2000.
Dave in Tucson was fourth, but incorrect:
I'm going to go with 1981. Any Japanese soldiers still in hiding today would at least be in their mid-80s, and I imagine it would be tough to survive alone in the jungles at that advanced age.
And, Sally P said:
Well, considering that in early 1945, Japan had about three million troops overseas, and about a third of them dug in on islands throughout the Pacific, without any cell phones, text messaging, or even pagers to inform the troops that the Emperor had surrendered - I am going with "E!" As early as MAY 2005, the Japanese government sent personnel to check the veracity of two Japanese stragglers reportedly living in the Philippine Mountains since World War II. Although the story proved to be a hoax, the government of Japan apparently believed it, so they must also believe that there are still missing soldiers alive in hiding. I could be wrong here...
Thanks to Buzzcook* and Baron Dave* for today's and yesterday's question.
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a FRESH'Big Bang Theory', then a FRESH'2½ Men', followed by a FRESH'Rules Of Engagement', then a FRESH'CSI: The 2nd One'.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNDave (from 11/2/07) are Bill Murray and Jay-Z.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNCraig (from 8/21/07) are Nick Cannon, Alan Bean, and Jeremy Fisher.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'Chuck', followed by a FRESH'Heroes', then a FRESH'Journeyman'.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNLeno (from 6/29/92) are Tom Hanks, Brian Ross, and Delbert McClinton.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNConan (from 9/25/07) are Jamie Foxx, Heather Graham, and Mike Birbiglia.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNCarson Daly it's TBA.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Dancing With The Stars', followed by a FRESH'Samantha Who?', then a FRESH'Notes From The Underbelly', followed by a FRESH'October Road'.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 10/24/07) are Josh Hartnett, Tila Tequila, and Ben Harper.
The CW offers a FRESH'Everybody Hates Chris', followed by a FRESH'Aliens In America', then a FRESH'Girlfriends', followed by a FRESH'The Game'.
Faux has a RERUN'House', followed by a FRESH'K-Ville'.
MY has 'Breaking The Magician's Code 5: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed', followed by 'Celebrity Expose'.
A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'Intervention', another 'Intervention', and 'The First 48'.
AMC offers the movie 'Santa Clause: The Movie', followed by the movie 'Raising Helen', then the movie 'Speechless'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 8 Clarke;
[1:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 7 Pile;
[2:00 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 9 Peterborough 1;
[2:30 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 10 Kedleston 18;
[3:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 1;
[3:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 2;
[4:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 3;
[4:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 4;
[5:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 Glasshouse;
[6:00 PM] My Family - Ep. 6 Death Takes a Policy;
[6:30 PM] My Family - Ep. 7 The Awkward Phase;
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America;
[8:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 2;
[9:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 1;
[10:00 PM] BBC World News America;
[11:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 2;
[12:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 1;
[1:00 AM] Absolutely Fabulous - Ep. 6 Birthday;
[1:40 AM] The World Stands Up - Episode 1;
[2:00 AM] The Weakest Link - Episode 11;
[3:00 AM] Hollyoaks - Episode 61;
[3:30 AM] Changing Rooms - Ep. 15 Basingstoke;
[4:00 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 7 Kedleston 16;
[4:30 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 8 Derby 3;
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 11 Inglis;
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 12 Kitching;
[6:00 AM] BBC World News. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Project Runway', followed by the movie 'Never Been Kissed', followed by the movie 'Never Been Kissed', again.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', an old 'Jon Stewart', an old 'Colbert Report', 'Chappelle's Show', 'South Park', 'Scrubs', and another 'Scrubs'.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNJon Stewart (from 6/14/07) is Angelina Jolie.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNColbert Report (from 4/18/07) is Paulina Porizkova.
FX has the movie 'Christmas With The Kranks', followed by the movie 'White Chicks', and 'That 70s Show'.
IFC -
[08:10 AM] I Am David;
[09:45 AM] Rank;
[11:25 AM] Secrets & Lies;
[01:45 PM] I Am David;
[03:20 PM] Rank;
[05:00 PM] Secrets & Lies;
[07:20 PM] The Final Cut;
[09:00 PM] Manic;
[10:45 PM] Dangerous Game;
[12:35 AM] The Henry Rollins Show #311: Gene Simmons/Queens of The Stone Age;
[01:05 AM] Manic;
[02:50 AM] IFC News Special;
[03:00 AM] Dangerous Game;
[05:00 AM] The Henry Rollins Show #311: Gene Simmons/Queens of The Stone Age;
[05:30 AM] The Final Cut. (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has the movie 'The Matrix', followed by the movie 'Unbreakable'.
Sundance -
[06:00 AM] The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan;
[08:00 AM] Eve & the Fire Horse;
[09:45 AM] Omagh;
[11:30 AM] The Last Mogul;
[01:30 PM] Stagedoor;
[03:00 PM] Muhammad Ali, the Greatest;
[05:00 PM] The Year of the Yao;
[06:30 PM] Tina in Mexico;
[08:00 PM] Independent America - The Two Lane Search for Mom & Pop;
[09:00 PM] Episode 1;
[09:30 PM] Episode 2;
[10:00 PM] Celebration;
[11:00 PM] Wynton Marsalis + John Besh;
[12:00 AM] Paul Simon, Corinne Bailey Rae & Primal Scream;
[01:00 AM] Bad Guy;
[02:45 AM] Tell Them Who You Are;
[04:20 AM] Saint Ange. (ALL TIMES EST)
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, leader of the world's Anglicans, has launched an attack on the United States, saying it has lost the high moral ground since the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Williams, a longtime critic of the war in Iraq, said in uncharacteristically blunt language: "We have only one hegemonic power at the moment. It is not accumulating territory, it is trying to accumulate influence and control. That's not working."
Asked in an interview with the Muslim lifestyle magazine Emel, if he thought the United States had lost the high moral ground since the 9/11 attacks, he replied "Yes."
Drawing comparisons between British imperialism and the 21st Century United States, Williams said: "It is one thing to take over a territory and then pour energy and resources into administering and normalizing it.
"It is another thing to go in on the assumption that a quick burst of violent action will somehow clear the decks and that you can move on and other people will put things back together again -- Iraq for example."
Marlo Thomas wants holiday shoppers to set aside a little of the money they're spending on holiday shopping and donate it to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded by her father, Danny Thomas.
"So many moms and dads come up to me and say that their child wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for St. Jude. Not just because of the research that we're doing there, but because they couldn't have afforded it," Thomas said in a segment recorded for "This Week" on ABC and aired on Sunday.
"When people go out shopping, they should look for the green magnifying glass. It signifies that we never stop looking for cures. And when the associate at the store says, 'Would you like to add something for the kids at St. Jude?', add something. Add $1, add $2. Add whatever you can afford," she said.
Negotiations resumed Sunday between striking Broadway stagehands and theater producers struggling to find a solution to their thorny, seemingly intractable labor dispute as theaters faced a third week of dark stages and mounting box-office losses.
Resumption of the talks - after a week of no negotiating - had been announced the day before by Charlotte St. Martin, executive director of the League of American Theatres and Producers, and were confirmed by the stagehands union.
A settlement was believed to have been in the works last Sunday after a marathon weekend of negotiating, but the talks ended abruptly with producers walking out.
U.S. comedian, actor and writer Jerry Seinfeld (R) and DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey "Sparky" Katzenberg pose for the media before the premiere of the film "Bee Movie" in Tel Aviv November 25, 2007.
Photo by Gil Cohen Magen
Chinese action star Jet Li is set to rake in 100 million yuan ($13 million) for his latest movie, a record for an actor in a Chinese-language film, state media reported on Sunday.
Nearly half of the $40 million budget for "The Warlords" went to the cast, among whom were Hong Kong heartthrob Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Beijing-based actress and director Xu Jinglei, in addition to Li.
The earlier salary record was held by Li himself for his role in "Hero," for which he earned 70 million yuan.
White House press secretaries, who speak for the president and appear before the nation on his behalf, have traditionally kept their secrets while their bosses are in office.
That unwritten rule has faded in the face of big advances for political tell-all books.
Scott McClellan, who served as White House press secretary for nearly three years of the Bush administration, surprised his former colleagues last week when his publisher released three teaser paragraphs from his upcoming book. The excerpt seemed to blame resident Bush for McClellan's false statements during the early days of the CIA leak scandal.
Plenty of press secretaries have written behind-the-scenes views of the West Wing. But such glimpses have traditionally been available only after the president has left office. George Christian, for instance, published "The President Steps Down," about the end of President Johnson's administration, a year after LBJ left the White House.
Others waited even longer. President Kennedy's press secretary, Pierre Salinger, wrote several books about the administration but only after the president's death. The diaries of James Hagerty, President Eisenhower's press secretary, were published after Hagerty died in 1981, a dozen years after Ike's death.
People walk past an ice sculpture by Rashid Sagadeev and Lenid Kopeykin from Arkhangelsk after the closing of Russia's first open competition for snow and ice sculpturing in the arctic city of Salekhard, about 2000km (1242 miles) northeast of Moscow, November 25, 2007.
Photo by Vasily Fedosenko
Holding candles, thousands of people from all over Ukraine gathered Saturday on a square in Kiev to mourn the millions who died of starvation during a famine engineered by the Soviet authorities 75 years ago.
President Viktor Yushchenko, speaking to the crowd, once again called on the international community to recognize the Holodomor - or death by hunger - as an act of genocide.
Accounts of the great famine, long kept secret by Soviet authorities, still divide historians and politicians, not just in this nation of 47 million but throughout the former Soviet Union.
Some are convinced that the famine targeted Ukrainians as an ethnic group. Others argue authorities set out to eradicate private landowners as a social class and that the Soviet Union sought to pay for its rapid industrialization with grain exports at the expense of starving millions of its own people.
A parishioner holds up a sign that reads in Spanish 'Peace' at the entrance of the Metropolitan Cathedral prior to a mass in Mexico City , Sunday, November. 25, 2007. The temple is heavily controlled by the police after protesters burst into the cathedral Nov. 18, 2007, angry that its bells seemed to toll longer than normal, drowning out a speech at a rally outside in favor of former leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador who claims conservative President Felipe Calderon robbed him of last year's election.
Photo by Marco Ugarte
The remains of more than 200 Napoleonic soldiers who died in a major battle with the Russian army were reburied Sunday with the assistance of historical re-enactors.
Tens of thousands of French troops and civilians perished when the Russians attacked Napoleon's army as it was crossing the Berezina River in November 1812 on the punishing retreat from Moscow.
The remains of 223 of the French soldiers were buried in a mass grave near the village of Studenka at Berezina's bank, about 70 miles east of the Belarusian capital, Minsk.
The remains were found by war enthusiasts and government-sponsored teams digging in the area, which was also the site of a major battle during World War II.
A structure burns behind statuary, one of several homes lost or damaged in the Corral Canyon area of Malibu, Calif., on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007.
Photo by Reed Saxon
Audiences fell under the spell of "Enchanted," a fairy-tale romance that debuted as the No. 1 movie and led Hollywood out of its recent box-office doldrums with solid business over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Starring Amy Adams as a cartoon princess exiled to real-world Manhattan by her fiance's wicked stepmother (Susan Sarandon), Disney's "Enchanted" took in $35.3 million over the weekend and $50.05 million since debuting Wednesday, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.
1. "Enchanted," $35.3 million.
2. "This Christmas," $18.6 million.
3. "Beowulf," $16.2 million.
4. "Hitman," $13 million.
5. "Bee Movie," $12 million.
6. "Fred Claus," $10.7 million.
7. "August Rush," $9.4 million.
8. "American Gangster," $9.2 million.
9. "The Mist," $9.1 million.
10. "No Country for Old Men," $8.1 million.
Thousands of monarch butterflies hang from a tree brach at the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in the central Mexican town of Cerro Prieto, Sunday Nov. 25, 2007. Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced a plan to pump pesos into a monarch butterfly reserve to boost tourism in an impoverished area where illegal logging threatens the monarch's habitat.
Photo by Miguel Tovar
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