Paul Krugman: Voodoo Time Machine (NY Times)
Leaders in the Republican Party seem to be wrong on everything that counts, but no amount of contrary evidence will get them to change their minds.
Philip Bump: The new Congress is 80 percent white, 80 percent male and 92 percent Christian (Washington Post)
Trying to predict the gender and race of a member of Congress is like trying to predict who would win a basketball game between the 1996 Chicago Bulls and the 2015 New York Knicks. Which is to say: It is like trying to predict who would win in an arithmetic competition between you and a talking horse. Which is to say: It is like trying to guess how many jellybeans are in a glass jar that contains two jellybeans. Which is to say: It is easy.
Hugh Howey: The 7k Report (Author Earnings)
It's no great secret that the world of publishing is changing. What is a secret is how much. Is it changing a lot? Has most of the change already happened? What does the future look like?
In Blazing Saddles, Mel Brooks appears as Governor William J. Le Petomane, paying homage to the French perfomer, Le Pétomane. By what name was Le Petomane known off-stage (what is his 'real' name)?
Le Pétomane was the stage name of the French flatulist (professional farter) and entertainer Joseph Pujol (June 1, 1857 - 1945). He was famous for his remarkable control of the abdominal muscles, which enabled him to seemingly fart at will. His stage name combines the French verb péter, "to fart" with the -mane, "-maniac" suffix, which translates to "fartomaniac". The profession is also referred to as "flatulist", "farteur", or "fartiste".
It is a common misconception that Joseph Pujol actually passed intestinal gas as part of his stage performance. Rather, Pujol was able to "inhale" or move air into his rectum and then control the release of that air with his anal sphincter muscles. Evidence of his ability to control those muscles was seen in the early accounts of demonstrations of his abilities to fellow soldiers.
Le Petomane is also referenced in Blazing Saddles, a 1974 satirical Western comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. Brooks appears in multiple supporting roles, including the dim-witted Governor William J. Le Petomane, whose name suggests he is full of hot air.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Joseph Pujol
Charlie said:
Joseph Pujol
Randall wrote:
Joseph Pujol
His stage name combines the French verb peter, "to fart" with the -mane, "-maniac" suffix, which translates to "fartomaniac".
His 'hole' act was passing gas. He was a "Fartiste! ...a "Flatulist!" ...a "farteur"!
Le Petomane could play an ocarina
with his butthole (you might want to wash your hands, I'm just sayin...)
and blow out candles from a distance of several meters.
Either of which would make him a superhero to any average 9-year-old boy.
Joseph Pujol - Le Petomane...
the man who took passing gas to new heights,
entertaining throngs, including Kings and dignitaries...
Marian replied:
Joseph Pujol
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Joseph Pujol
Ken answered:
Joseph Pujol my hero
Deborah said:
His real name was Joseph Pujol. He was a professional farter with a very talented sphincter. I guess he made the best of a very unique situation.
MAM wrote:
Joseph Pujol 1857 - 1945 ~ French flatulist (professional farter) famous for his remarkable control of the abdominal muscles, which enabled him to seemingly fart at will.
Le Petomane - Parti Avec le Vent
Dale of Diamondy Sprungs, Norfartcali, replied:
Joseph Pujol, the French flatulent fartomaniac. Much more composed than Mr. Methane. When me and the boys were in our early teens we had "Boofa (Portuguese for Passing gas)" Flaming Asshole Contests. It was hot fun! Tis is proof that men cry and women fart! I love to fart and so does my lady too; even though she "never" farted until she met me. Her farts make me cry.
George responded:
Marty, I had to check to make sure, but the real name of Le Petomaine was Joseph Pujol, alias "The Farter of Moulin Rouge".
Joe S answered:
Le Pétomane was the stage name of the French flatulist (professional farter) and entertainer Joseph Pujol (June 1, 1857 - 1945). He was famous for his remarkable control of the abdominal muscles, which enabled him to seemingly fart at will. His stage name combines the French verb péter, "to fart" with the -mane, "-maniac" suffix, which translates to "fartomaniac". The profession is also referred to as "flatulist", "farteur", or "fartiste".
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Doesn't much look like the milkweed I grew up around in PA - the local version is much more colorful. And delicate.
PA milkweed is a kinda clunky, and very sturdy.
Tonight, Saturday:
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'Hawaii Five-0', followed by a RERUN'NCIS', then '48 Hours'.
NBC opens the night with 'Dateline Saturday Night Myster', followed by a RERUN'SNL'.
'SNL' is RERUN, hosted by Jim Carrey, music by Iggy Azalea.
ABC starts the night with a RERUN'Galavant', followed by a RERUNMarvel's Agent Carter', then '20/20'.
The CW offers an old '2½ Men', followed by another old '2½ Men', then an old 'Family Guy', followed by another old 'Family Guy'.
Faux fills the night with LIVE'NFL Playoffs', then pads the left coast with local crap.
MY has an old 'Burn Notice', followed by another old 'Burn Notice'.
A&E has 3 hours of old 'Duck Dynasty', and Donnie Loves Jenny'.
AMC offers the movie 'Casino Royale', followed by the movie 'The Bourne Supremacy', then the movie 'The Departed'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] The Musketeers - Season 1 - Ep 5 - The Homecoming
[7:00AM] The Musketeers - Season 1 - Ep 6 - The Exiles
[8:00AM] The Musketeers - Season 1 - Ep 7 - A Rebellious Woman
[9:00AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares UK - Season 2 - Ep 5 - Sandgate
[10:00AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares US - Season 5 - Ep 3 - Mike & Nellie's
[11:00AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares US - Season 4 - Ep 1 - Spanish Pavilion
[12:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares US - Season 5 - Ep 4 - Luigi's D'Italia
[1:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares US - Season 5 - Ep 12 - Charlie's
[2:00PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 3 - Ep 24 - Menage a Troi
[3:00PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 3 - Ep 25 - Transfigurations
[4:00PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 3 - Ep 26 - The Best of Both Worlds (Part 1)
[5:00PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 4 - Ep 1 - The Best of Both Worlds (Part 2)
[6:00PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 4 - Ep 2 - Family
[7:00PM] Battlestar Galactica - Miniseries-Night 1
[9:00PM] Battlestar Galactica - Miniseries-Night 2
[11:00PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 3 - Ep 26 - The Best of Both Worlds (Part 1)
[12:00AM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 4 - Ep 1 - The Best of Both Worlds (Part 2)
[1:00AM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 4 - Ep 2 - Family
[2:00AM] Battlestar Galactica - Miniseries-Night 1
[4:00AM] Battlestar Galactica - Miniseries-Night 2 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Vanderpump Rules', another 'Vanderpump Rules', followed by a FRESH'Bravo's First Looks'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Mean Girls', followed by the movie 'The Hangover'.
FX has the movie 'Looper', followed by 2 hours of old 'Mike & Molly'.
History has all old 'The Curse Of Oak Island' all night.
IFC -
[6:00AM] COMEDY BANG! BANG!-RAINN WILSON
[6:15AM] JAWS THE REVENGE
[8:15AM] BATMAN-THE BIRD'S LAST JEST
[8:48AM] BATMAN-THE CAT'S MEOW
[9:21AM] BATMAN-THE BATS KOW TOW
[9:54AM] BATMAN-THE PUZZLES ARE COMING
[10:27AM] BATMAN-THE DUO IS SLUMMING
[11:00AM] PORTLANDIA-THE STORY OF TONI AND CANDACE
[11:30AM] PORTLANDIA-SHARING FINANCES
[12:00PM] DOUBT
[2:15PM] GOOD WILL HUNTING
[5:00PM] THE MATRIX
[8:00PM] THE TRANSPORTER
[10:00PM] THE HITCHER
[11:45PM] HALLOWEEN
[2:15AM] THE MATRIX
[5:15AM] THE BIRTHDAY BOYS-FIRST LOOK AT SEASON TWO
[5:30AM] THE BIRTHDAY BOYS-SNOBS AND SLOBS (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Love Lust-Love Lust & the Little Black Dress
[6:15AM] Loredana, Esq.-Naked and Afraid
[7:15AM] Five Fingers
[9:00AM] The Science of Sleep
[11:15AM] Legal Eagles
[1:45PM] Sneakers
[4:30PM] Air Force One
[7:00PM] The King's Speech
[9:00PM] The Princess Bride
[11:15PM] The Lost Boys
[1:15AM] The Lost Boys
[3:15AM] Monster's Ball
[5:45AM] Love Lust-Love Lust & the Bikini (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day', followed by the movie 'Independence Day'.
Actress Meryl Streep from the nominated film "Into The Woods" poses at the AFI Awards 2014 honoring excellence in film and television in Beverly Hills, California on January 9, 2015.
Photo by Kevork Djansezian
It's been more than three weeks since the environmental group Sea Shepherd started chasing a blacklisted vessel illegally fishing in the Southern Ocean.
One thousand nautical miles later, Sea Shepherd's Bob Barker is still in hot pursuit.
Captain Peter Hammarstedt and the crew aboard the 788-ton Bob Barker spotted the Nigerian-flagged boat, Thunder, illegally fishing in an area regulated by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). The international watchdog had put the Thunder on its blacklist of fishing operators.
When it ran from Sea Shepherd, the Thunder left reportedly left behind about 27 miles of gillnets in the water, which the crew of the Bob Barker's sister ship, Sam Simon, spent weeks hauling in. Sam Simon skipper Sid Chakravarty said the nets were found stuffed with than 700 dead toothfish.
CCAMLR in 2004 outlawed the use of gill nets in the Southern Ocean where the Thunder was fishing.
British actor and comedian Stephen Fry poses for photographers during a photocall to mark the announcement of the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) award nominations in London, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. Fry will be the host of the ceremony on Feb. 8 at the Royal Opera House in London and announced the nominations Friday with Claflin.
Photo by Matt Dunham
CBS News gave a brief response to longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft's admission to an extramarital affair on Thursday.
"It's a private matter," a spokesperson told TheWrap. Kroft, who's been with CBS News for 34 years, admitted to cheating on his wife in a statement Wednesday.
"I had an extramarital affair that was a serious lapse of personal judgment and extremely hurtful to my wife and family, and for that I have nothing but regret," Kroft told the New York Post. "My wife and I are committed to each other and are working hard to get past this, and consider it a private matter."
The 69-year-old correspondent is married to Jennet Conant - they have one son together.
Most modern browsers come with special private modes meant to help users hide their surfing habits from coworkers or family and/or try to prevent sites from tracking their online activity. That doesn't mean spy agencies or ISPs won't be able to see what sites users access - that's not what private browsing does, as Eric Schmidt has recently learned - but that, in theory, users might guard their privacy to some extent. However, as Business Insider reveals, private browsing isn't exactly as private as you thought it was.
It looks like some sites are still able to track users even if their customers opt to visit them in private/incognito modes, as one researcher has discovered.
While private modes prevent sites from saving cookies on a machine, the bits of information that allow sites to track users and offer various features based on their preferences, some "super cookies" have been discovered that can be used to track activity even in private mode, without the user knowing what's going on.
Apparently, a security-related browser feature called "HTTP Strict Transport Security" or HSTS, tells a website that it has to always be accessed using a secure, encrypted connection, no matter whether the user is browsing in regular or private mode.
Because HSTS info is always constant, websites can use the feature to add tracking numbers to HSTS information, and thus track users.
Actor Steve Carell from the film "Foxcatcher" poses at the AFI Awards 2014 honoring excellence in film and television in Beverly Hills, California on January 9, 2015.
Photo by Kevork Djansezian
An acetate recording of the ballad "My Happiness," the first song Elvis Presley ever recorded, sold at auction Thursday night for $300,000.
An undisclosed Internet buyer placed the winning bid at Graceland, the museum and tourist attraction that was Presley's former home. The auction was held on what would have been the late singer's 80th birthday.
The 78 rpm record, with its tattered yellow label, sold for $240,000. But the total buyer's price includes a premium of 25 percent, or $60,000, that goes to the auction house, Graceland Auctions. Bidding for the record started at $50,000.
Other items in the auction included scarves worn by Presley at concerts, gold necklaces with the initials TCB (short for the slogan "Taking Care of Business"), prescription sunglasses made for Presley, and his first driver's license.
A Maryland politician's threat to sue a newspaper if it printed his name has backfired, with the dispute and the politician's name now splashed across the Internet and social media.
Angered by a news story, Kirby Delauter, a Republican member of the Frederick County Council, said in a posting on Facebook on Saturday that he would sue the Frederick News-Post if it used his name in any way without permission.
Delauter was responding to a story on Saturday about a flap with the county executive over council parking spaces and office keys.
The newspaper in Frederick, about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Washington, responded with a story on Tuesday about the threat and an editorial titled "Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter."
The editorial cited the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment guarantee of press freedom and used Delauter's full name 25 times. In an acrostic, the first letter of each paragraph spelled out Delauter's name.
Actor Brad Pitt and actress/director Angelina Jolie pose at the AFI Awards 2014 honoring excellence in film and television in Beverly Hills, California on January 9, 2015.
Photo by Kevork Djansezian
The FBI and US Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing felony charges against retired General David Petraeus for allegedly providing classified information to his former mistress while he was director of the CIA, The New York Times reported Friday.
The investigation stems from an affair Petraeus -- who was also commander of American forces in both Iraq and Afghanistan -- had with an Army Reserve officer who was writing his biography, the newspaper said, citing unnamed officials.
The probe focuses on whether Petraeus, who resigned in 2012 when the affair became public, gave Paula Broadwell access to his CIA email account and other highly classified information.
FBI agents discovered classified documents on her computer after he quit, according to the Times, which said that Attorney General Eric Holder must decide whether to seek an indictment that could send Petraeus to prison.
Petraeus has said he never provided classified information to Broadwell, who was 20 years his junior and wrote a biography of the general before becoming his lover.
Men smoke opium from traditional pipes made out of bamboo at a hunting base camp in an opium field during a hunting trip between Donhe and Lahe township in the Naga Self-Administered Zone in northwest Myanmar December 27, 2014. The opium is harvested from poppy fields cultivated nearby and is mostly kept for local consumption, while some is traded for goods such as clothing or household items. Women do not smoke opium, but most men in the area do. On Myanmar's mountainous frontier with India live the Naga, a group of tribes historically known as warriors who kept the heads of enemies they killed. In Myanmar, around 120,000 people live in the Naga Self-Administered Zone in Sagaing Division where they survive mainly by subsistence farming and hunting. Cultural practices are changing - for example, younger men now wear trousers rather than traditional loincloths - although many Naga communities remain impoverished and inaccessible by road. The Naga speak dozens of languages and many of those in Myanmar use Burmese as a lingua franca.
Photo by Soe Zeya Tun
The Federal Reserve on Friday said it had paid a record $98.7 billion in profits to the Treasury in 2014, most of it earned from its stimulus for the US economy.
Under Fed policy, its 12 regional banks must pay to the federal government what is left of earnings after certain items, such as operating expenses and dividend payments, are deducted.
Last year's payment widely eclipsed the central bank's previous record of $88.4 billion in 2012.
The Federal Reserve banking system had net income of roughly $101.5 billion in 2014, according to preliminary estimates, the Fed said.
A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man, smokes cannabis inside a makeshift shelter on the banks of river Ganges, on his way to an annual trip to Sagar Island, in Kolkata January 8, 2015. Hindu monks and pilgrims are making the annual trip to Sagar Island for a holy dip at the confluence of the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal on January 14.
Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri
As chefs in California hurried to stock their kitchens with newly legal foie gras, animal rights activists on Thursday protested a federal judge's decision overturning the state's two-year ban on sales of the fatty liver of ducks and geese.
Chefs said they were scrambling to line up shipments from outside California while activists picketed restaurants in Los Angeles and San Francisco that planned to serve the French delicacy prized for its creamy texture and rich taste.
California outlawed foie gras sales and production in 2004, but the ban did not take effect until 2012. Proponents of the ban say forced feeding of ducks and geese to enlarge their livers amounts to animal cruelty.
A U.S. District Court judge in Los Angeles ruled on Wednesday that California's ban ran afoul of a federal law regulating poultry products. The ruling only applied to the sale of foie gras. Production continues to be banned.
Flowers are seen scattered on a broken pencil sand sculpture made by an artist in tribute to the victims of a shooting by gunmen at the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, at a beach in Mumbai January 9, 2015. The two main suspects in the weekly satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo killings were sighted on Friday in the northern French town of Dammartin-en-Goele where at least one person had been taken hostage, a police source said.
Photo by Danish Siddiqui
The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
1. Katy Perry; $4,485,723; $121.08.
2. Fleetwood Mac; $2,275,342; $132.53.
3. Lady Gaga; $1,276,269; $102.89.
4. Michael Buble; $1,231,913; $105.74.
5. Enrique Iglesias/Pitbull; $1,104,077; $85.45.
6. Linkin Park; $1,067,186; $72.94.
7. Ed Sheeran; $1,018,796; $50.14.
8. Andre Rieu; $766,853; $109.27.
9. Motley Crue; $750,668; $68.64.
10. Trans-Siberian Orchestra; $736,551; $56.50.
11. Jason Aldean; $704,496; $45.74.
12. Eric Church; $638,779; $51.56.
13. "Walking With Dinosaurs"; $546,989; $38.17.
14. Bob Dylan; $546,716; $100.57.
15. Bryan Adams; $538,291; $67.07.
16. James Taylor; $522,677; $79.32.
17. The Black Keys; $450,401; $59.02.
18. Il Divo; $436,651; $97.57.
19. Russell Peters; $369,793; $64.67.
20. Slipknot; $364,761; $49.21.
A Sandhill Crane take flight near the observation building at the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Decatur, Ala. Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. At last count there are expected to be over 13,000 of the cranes present for Saturday's third annual Festival of the Cranes celebration, starting with a 6:30 breakfast.
Photo by John Godbey
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