Serial Philanderer Whines He's Not 'Unethical', or Lacks 'Integrity'
geraldo
Geraldo Rivera is offering to resign from Fox News.
If, that is, a panel of media analysts decides he did anything unethical in Afghanistan. Which, he insists, is ridiculous.
Rivera acknowledges that he made an "honest mistake" by saying he was at a "friendly fire" incident in
which three American soldiers were killed in a U.S. bombing raid. He was hundreds of miles away, near what he
maintains was a second such incident in which two or three Afghan opposition fighters were killed.
But Rivera was at Tora Bora, while the Americans died near distant Kandahar; Rivera says he "confused" the
incidents. (Folkenflik quoted a Pentagon official as saying a friendly-fire incident at Tora Bora took place
three days after Rivera's report; Rivera says that was entirely separate.)
Serial Philanderer Whines Over Lose Of 'Integrity' and 'Honor'
'Honest mistakes' and 'confusion' don't work as EXCUSES for blonde women...why should it work for
the muy macho serial philanderer? By definition, a successful 'serial philanderer' is a successful LIAR. Add makeup, a
couple of commercials, some reasonable lighting, and one might find Al Capone's secret vault, or a confused man in Afghanistan.
Reader Toons - New Series
from 'the worried shrimp'
This series is entitled ...''After The Rapture''
As always, I welcome ideas... hope to add more to this theme...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
vty,
Working On Sunday
Clinton & Schumer
Resident of Battery Park City, Susan Berger thanks Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, left, and Sen. Hillary Rodham
Clinton, D-NY, far right, for bringing $11.1 billion in aid to Battery Park City residences and stores impacted
by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2001, in New York. Berger's husband Fred Kaufman, holds
their daughter Phoebe, 5, at right.
Photo by David Karp
NORAD Tracking Tonight
Santa Claus
NORAD will track Santa Claus' journey tonight. But the good folks at the North American Aerospace Defense
Command had to be reminded by the Big Jolly Guy himself, said Maj. Doug Martin.
"In light of the horrific events of Sept. 11, NORAD has been in an intense high-level state of readiness
and movement. Because of that, we literally forgot to contact Santa this year, but he e-mailed us, and we
will again follow the flight of his sleigh and reindeer with our satellite system."
Santa wanted children to be able to follow his worldwide flight on the military Web site (www.noradsanta.org),
according to Martin. Santa-cams have been set up at the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, the Taj Mahal, St. Basil's in
Moscow, the White House and elsewhere in the world to catch a glimpse of him. NORAD jets will accompany Santa
the minute his sleigh enters New York City airspace.
NORAD & Santa
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Started the evening with the reruns on '60 Minutes' on CBS.
Didn't watch 'Max Bickford', but I liked the title of the episode - 'Herding Cats'.
Then watched the reruns on faux, and the rerun of 'Alias'.
Ended up at Erin's radio show, putting in my 2 cents worth.
Tonight, Monday, it's all reruns, all the time on CBS...The usual sitcoms,
'King of Queens', 'Ellen', 'Raymond', 'Becker', and 'Family
Law'.
Over at NBC, it's the grand dame of seasonal reruns, Frank Capra's 'It's A
Wonderful Life'.
ABC doesn't even have any 'MNF', and to punish us, is rolling out 'Ernest Saves
Christmas'.
The WB has reruns of '7th Heaven' & 'Gilmore Girls'.
Faux chimes in with reruns of 'Boston Public' and 'Ally McBeal'.
AMC has the original 'Miracle on 34th Street' with a very young, incredibly
adorable Natalie Wood.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
The First Jewish Playmate?
Cindy Fuller
Yet another woman has come forward to claim the honor of being Playboy's first Jewish Playmate.
Cindy Fuller, Miss May 1959, called us to set the record straight. "I'm sure I was the first," she
insists. "Playboy was only a few years old then." For those keeping score, we've also identified
Ellen Michaels, Miss March 1972, and Hugh Hefner's one-time flame, Barbi Benton, as pre-dating Miss
November Lindsey Vuolo, who was the first to go public with her faith.
Jewish Playmates
Updated!
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Damn near every show on TV must is listed - days & days worth of great reading.
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''Dame Edna's Nonstop Possum Party''
Dame Edna Everage
Aussie import Dame Edna Everage, "housewife and superstar," is mobilizing to conquer America.
Dame Edna, né Barry Humphries, has turned up on "Ally McBeal," which she reckons soon will be called "Edna
McBeal," and hopes to launch her own talk show here.
Meanwhile, the arts channel Trio will broadcast "Dame Edna's Nonstop Possum Party Marathon," a 36-hour run
of the best of her popular British show on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
Sean Connery, Jane Seymour, Lauren Bacall, Margaux Hemingway, Tom Jones and Tony Curtis also turn
up on the old Possum Parties.
Her wish list of future guests includes "Laura Bush and the other famous homemaker-gardener, Martha
[Stewart]. And Tom Cruise would be nice, though I hope he doesn't try to convert me to his spooky religion."
''Dame Edna's Nonstop Possum Party''
Did you see yesterday's BartCopE tribute to possum fur?
She Said/He Said/She Said
Liz & 'Bing'-Laden
While Liz Hurley said on the "Today" show Friday that she's not planning to sue "Get Carter" producer Steve
Bing for support for the child she's carrying, one of Bing's pals is accusing Hurley of deception.
She thinks this pregnancy was no accident.
"It's the oldest trick in the book," Brenda Swanson, an old friend and onetime lover of the playboy heir,
told us. "She's a clever woman. Why not? He's the billion-dollar boy. Why not get set for life?"
Swanson, a brunette model-turned-producer who created the new show "Eat Like a Pig, Look Like a Fox,"
denies press reports that she broke up Bing and Hurley. "Stephen wanted to get counseling with her,
but she would have none of it," Swanson says. "He wasn't ready to be a father."
Still, Swanson adds, once Hurley's baby's born, Bing is willing to take a blood test, and if it's his,
"he'll be the most brilliant dad in the world."
More Liz Hurley
It's Not ''Later'' - Now It's ''Last Call''
Carson Daly
Instead of ``Later,'' Carson Daly's new latenight NBC Studios talker has been redubbed ``Last Call.''
``Later'' has been part of NBC's latenight lineup since 1988, but it was put on hiatus earlier this
year when NBC began running ``SCTV'' reruns in its place.
The new show, which will debut Jan. 7, will mix guest interviews with musical performances. Among Daly's
guests during premiere week are Gwyneth Paltrow, Suge Knight, Jon Stewart and Alicia Keys.
The show will be taped before a live audience at NBC's Studio 8-H (home of ``Saturday Night Live'') in Gotham.
Basing ``Last Call'' in Gotham also allows Daly to continue hosting MTV's ``Total Request Live.''
Carson Daly & ''Last Call''
I for one will miss ''SCTV''. One of the damn funniest shows ever.
Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade
Regis Philbin
Regis Philbin, grand marshal of the Tournament of Roses parade, predicts a Miami victory in the Rose Bowl.
But he said Nebraska may come out on top when the two teams face off on ``Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' on Dec. 27.
``We've had athletes on the show before and some are very good,'' Philbin said. ``Some you have to remind to breathe.''
Philbin will conduct the coin flip before the start of the Rose Bowl Jan. 3.
Regis Making A Prediction?
New!
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Time's ''Person Of The Year''
Mayor Rudy
Brash, outspoken, indefatigable Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, whose composure and compassion rallied New York
and the nation after the September 11 attacks, was named Time Magazine's Person of the Year on December
23, 2001. 'This was about September 11 and about how in the immediate aftermath of the attacks in those
crucial hours, one person took emotional charge in a way that was extraordinary,' Time Managing Editor
Jim Kelly told Reuters. Time magazine's 2001 Person of the Year cover features New York City Mayor Rudy
Giuliani, photographed on the observation deck of the GE Building in Rockefeller Center, New York, on
December 19, 2001.
Photo by Gregory Heisler
His Side Says...
Drew & Tom
Drew Barrymore was "surprised" and "devastated" when she learned her husband, Tom Green, had filed for
divorce, pals say. And it was Barrymore's behavior that forced the comic to instigate the split, reports
imdb.com. "Drew still behaves like the 5-year-old brat she was when she became famous," a Green chum says.
"Tom just could not take any more."
Barrymore - Green
Latest USO Tour
Carey, Cheerleaders, Newton, Too
Drew Carey - himself a former Marines reservist - got a laugh out of U.S. troops in Afghanistan who squeezed
into the Kandahar airport lobby Sunday to see the comedian.
Carey, Wayne Newton and Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders put on a 90-minute USO show organized by Gen. Tommy Franks,
commander in chief of the U.S. Central Command.
Franks, accompanied by his wife, Cathy, told the soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines how much support they had back home.
Carey also signed autographs.
Current USO Tour
Snarky Gossip
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson still has a bejeweled $2 million watch he rented from a firm in the World Trade Center
just days before the Sept. 11 attack.
The plastic-faced pop oddity rented the twinkling timepiece to wear at his Sept. 10 concert at Madison
Square Garden, a source says. But the company was wiped out in the catastrophe, and "he still
has the watch".
Last year, a Beverly Hills jeweler accused Jackson of borrowing a $1.45 million diamond-encrusted watch
and returning it damaged.
The posh David Orgell shop on Rodeo Drive sued him for refusing to pay for a 100-carat, Vacheron Constantine
timepiece. The store claimed Jackson asked to borrow the rare watch for a few days so he could decide if he wanted to buy it.
But after holding on to it for four months, Jackson returned it with a scratch, food stains and some kind of
lotion or make-up mark. At the time, Jackson's high-powered spokesman, Howard Rubenstein, dismissed the suit
as a publicity ploy.
Meanwhile, Jacko has resurrected his controversial friendship with two young New Jersey brothers.
Jackson has been spending weekends hanging out with Frank and Eddie Cascio, the Franklin Lake,
N.J., natives who traveled the world with Jackson beginning in 1993, when Frank was 13 and Eddie was 9.
Jackson's friendship with the youths came to light shortly after the father of one of Jackson's 13-year-old
friends filed a lawsuit claiming the singer had sexually abused his son. Though he later settled the lawsuit,
Jackson, who is often surrounded by children, was dogged by other claims and rumors of abuse.
Snarky Michael Jackson Gossip
New! Updated!
(10 Dec., 2001)
The official BartCop Astrologer, Geneva, has done good, again!
Currently, look at the charts of George Harrison.
Very interesting reading!
Berlin Celebrates Her 100th Birthday
Marlene Dietrich
Love letters of Marlene Dietrich are arranged on a table in an auction house in Hanover in this March 2, 2001
file photograph. Marlene Dietrich died a decade ago loathing Berlin because many in her home town had treated
her as a traitor, yet that hasn't stopped the city from toasting the film star as the 100th anniversary of her
birth on December 27, 1901 nears.
Marlene Dietrich Centenniary
Previous USO Tour
Coolio
Rap star Coolio hit the slopes of Mount Bachelor this week for a little rest and relaxation after a USO tour in Kuwait.
``It's a country that is still at war,'' Coolio said, adding that he was driven everywhere by armed guards. ``It
didn't bother me - I got people driving next to me with guns every day. I'm from L.A.''
Coolio also has two movie cameos next year and a celebrity spot on the television show ``Fear Factor.''
Coolio
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What a great site! Information and reference materials of the first order!
Between 'Moose & Squirrel' and 'Google', who needs 'refdesk'!
Auction News
Dale Earnhardt's No. 3 Monte Carlo
Is there room in your garage for late racing legend Dale Earnhardt's No. 3 Monte Carlo?
The 1986 Chevrolet driven by Earnhardt during his first NASCAR Winston Cup championship year goes on the
auction block next month with some 850 other collector cars at the 2002 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Classic Car Auction.
The blue-and-yellow Monte Carlo, which comes with a crash helmet signed by Earnhardt, helped him get his nickname,
"The Intimidator." It was sponsored by Wrangler jeans.
In addition to the familiar stable of Corvettes, Camaros, Cobras, Mustangs and other classics, the auction
features the automotive memorabilia collection from the now-closed motorsports themed Race Rock Las Vegas restaurant.
The 150 items from the collection feature NASCARs, dragsters and monster trucks as well as driver suits.
The 31st Barrett-Jackson auction is set for Jan. 17-20 at the WestWorld resort in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Dale's Monte
www.barrett-jackson.com
Toe-Sucking Serial Philanderer Quoted
Living Up To His First Name
Some of the millions of dollars socked away for the Bill Clinton Presidential Library will build the
ex-commander-in-chief a nice country house. Dick Morris, Clinton's political advisor for much of his
career, will be quoted in the February Gotham magazine saying: "The Clinton Library 'slush funds' will
pay for a 'summer house/conference center' on a lake in Arkansas which will become a party house for the ex-president.
It establishes the personal nature of the money that was paid as a bribe . . . the guy is going to live
the rest of his life off this money." Morris also writes that Sen. Hillary Clinton has been quiet lately
because of "her fear of being indicted" over the presidential pardon of four Hasidic swindlers in Rockland
County, where she pulled some unusual votes.
Morris concludes by speculating that President Bush probably doesn't want to see either of the Clintons
indicted. Morris notes, "There is a saying, 'Elephants disapprove of elephant-hunting on moral grounds.' "
Toe-Sucking Serial Philanderer Living Up To His First Name
In Memory
Dan DeCarlo
Dan DeCarlo, a cartoonist for Archie Comics who created the characters Josie and the Pussycats and
Sabrina the teen-age witch, died Tuesday. He was 82.
DeCarlo worked for Archie Comics for more than 40 years. In 1975, he took over as chief artist at
the comic book company, defining the look of Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead and their friends at Riverdale High.
The characters were created by Bob Montana, DeCarlo's predecessor.
DeCarlo was renowned for his curvaceous drawings of the female form, and kept up with teen-age
trends, from miniskirts in the 1960s to cargo pants in the 1990s.
Dan DeCarlo
"Boondocks" (9 Oct 01)
Still MISSING
Marc Chagall's "Study for 'Over Vitebsk'"
