Paul Krugman: Cannibalize the Future (New York Times)
One general rule of modern politics is that the people who talk most about future generations - who go around solemnly declaring that we're burdening our children with debt - are, in practice, the people most eager to sacrifice our future for short-term political gain. You can see that principle at work in the House Republican budget, which starts with dire warnings about the evils of deficits, then calls for tax cuts that would make the deficit even bigger ...
Paul Krugman: The Mendacity is the Message (New York Times)
Here's the bad news: Mitt Romney's campaign is setting new standards in serial dishonesty. Really. He makes Bush look like a font of truth and accuracy. Here's the good news: reporters seem to have noticed, and - be still my beating heart - we're starting to see reports that actually point out the distortions, rather than saying that "some Democrats" say that he isn't being honest.
Roger Ebert: I Remember You
The emails have been arriving with depressing regularity. Often the subject line is only the name of a friend. With dread I know what the message will contain: That person has died. In recent weeks there have been seven such losses. Three came in a 10-day period, and I fell into sadness.
Ogilvy and Mather: Coca-Cola vending machine delivers a Coke and a smile
People were pleasantly surprised to see a regular-looking Coca-Cola vending machine, with the words "hug me" in large letters on the front. Those bold enough to embrace the machine were rewarded with cans of ice-cold Coca-Cola ….
David Bruce has 42 Kindle books on Amazon.com with 250 anecdotes in each book. Each book is $1, so for $42 you can buy 10,500 anecdotes. Search for "Funniest People," "Coolest People, "Most Interesting People," "Kindest People," "Religious Anecdotes," "Maximum Cool," and "Resist Psychic Death."
Lee Majors (born April 23, 1939) is an American television, film and voice actor, best known for his roles as Heath Barkley in the TV series The Big Valley (1965 - 1969), as Colonel Steve Austin in The Six Million Dollar Man (1973-1978) and as Colt Seavers in The Fall Guy (1981-1986).
He is also known as Owen Marshall's law partner/friend, Jess Brandon, in the 1971-1974 series Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law. In the late 1980s and 1990s he reprised the role of Steve Austin in a number of TV movies, and appeared in a number of supporting, recurring and cameo roles in feature films and TV series, and lent his voice to a number of animated TV series and video games.
Majors was born Harvey Lee Yeary in the Detroit suburb of Wyandotte, Michigan. Parents Carl & Alice Yeary were both killed in separate car accidents (prior to his birth and when he was one year old respectively) and at age two, Majors was adopted by an uncle and aunt, Harvey and Mildred Yeary, and moved with them, and their biological son, Bill, to Middlesboro, Kentucky.
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Pride of Wyandotte, MI, 'down river' from Detroit...
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Lee Majors was born Harvey Lee Yeary in the Detroit suburb of Wyandotte, Michigan.
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Busy day, more when I get home :)
Dale of Diamond Springs replied:
One of the world's most wooden actors Lee Majors. I liked his ex-wife the late Farah Fawcett, even though she had poor taste in men. Ryan O'Neal???
A cheap opportunist to sneak in an all-time beauty!!!!
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Lee Majors ~ Who played Col. Steve Austin, an ex-astronaut with bionic implants in "The Six Million Dollar Man", 1973 to 1978.
As Col. Steve Austin Present day Lee Majors
And, Joe S said:
Lee Majors, the Six Million Dollar Man.
Not be mistaken for the Six Dollar Man
And then there was the Six Million Dollar Kitty.
I didn't play Trivia last night because I was pissed off, but not at Trivia or any of my close Trivia friends. Just pissed off in general. I'm much better now.
The partner in this story (Charlie Robin) is a theatre friend of our from years ago in St. Louis. Yet another insight into the hypocrisy that is the Roman Catholic Church's hierarchy.
Rained most of the day, followed by a clear, cold, and very windy night.
Tonight, Saturday:
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'CSI: The 3rd One', followed by an hour of local crap, then an old 'NUMB3RS'.
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NBC opens the night with a FRESH'Escape Routes', followed by a FRESH'The Firm', then a RERUN L&R: SVU'.
'SNL' is FRESH, hosted by Josh Brolin, music by Gotye.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Titanic' (part 1 of 8), followed by a FRESH'Titanic' (part 2 of 8), then still another FRESH'Titanic' (part 3 of 8).
The CW offers an old 'Family Guy', followed by another old 'Family Guy', then an old 'Futurama', followed by another old 'Futurama'.
Faux has LIVE'NASCAR Sprint Cup', followed by 'Cops', and another 'Cops', and an hour of local crap for the left coast.
MY has an old 'The Closer', followed by another old 'The Closer'.
A&E has 'Storage Wars', another 'Storage Wars', still another 'Storage Wars', yet another 'Storage Wars', followed by a FRESH'Parking Wars', then another FRESH'Parking Wars', followed by a FRESH'Last Chance Driving School', then another FRESH'Last Chance Driving School'.
AMC offers the movie 'Lonesome Dove', followed by the movie 'The Bodyguard', then the movie 'An Officer & A Gentleman'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] TOP GEAR-Episode 5
[7:00AM] TOP GEAR-Episode 6
[8:00AM] TOP GEAR-Episode 8
[9:00AM] TOP GEAR-Episode 2
[10:00AM] TOP GEAR-Episode 3
[11:00AM] TOP GEAR-Episode 4
[12:00PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 5
[1:00PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 1
[2:00PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 2
[3:00PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 3
[4:00PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 4
[5:00PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 5
[6:00PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 6
[7:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION-Ep 13 The Masterpiece Society
[8:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION-Ep 14 Conundrum
[9:00PM] BEING HUMAN-Episode 8 NEW
[10:15PM] REIGN OF FIRE
[12:15AM] BEING HUMAN-Episode 8
[1:30AM] REIGN OF FIRE
[3:30AM] TOP GEAR-Episode 6
[5:00AM] TOP GEAR-Episode 1 (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of OC', then the movie 'Pretty Woman'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Joe Dirt', followed by the movie 'Wedding Crashers'.
FX has the movie 'The Proposal', followed by the movie 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Undeclared-God Visits
[6:30AM] Undeclared-Parents' Weekend
[7:00AM] Pan's Labyrinth
[9:30AM] The Three Stooges-Cookoo Cavaliers
[9:55AM] The Three Stooges-Crash Goes the Hash
[10:20AM] The Three Stooges-Dizzy Detectives
[10:45AM] The Three Stooges-Dizzy Doctors
[11:10AM] The Three Stooges-Dizzy Pilots
[11:35AM] The Three Stooges-Dutiful but Dumb
[12:00PM] The She Creature
[1:45PM] How to Make a Monster
[3:15PM] Pan's Labyrinth
[5:45PM] Action-Pilot
[6:15PM] Home Movie
[8:00PM] The Devil's Rejects
[10:15PM] Night of the Living Dead
[12:15AM] The Devil's Rejects
[2:30AM] Shadow of the Vampire
[4:30AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[5:00AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[5:30AM] Whitest Kids U'Know (ALL TIMES EDT)
Sundance -
[6:00A] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Bryan Cranston & Danny Pudi
[6:30A] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Cheryl Hines & Margaret Cho
[7:00A] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - NYPD's Rick Schroder (Episode 7, Season 1)
[7:30A] Pleasure Of Being Robbed
[8:45A] Swedish Auto
[10:30] ALemon Tree
[12:20P] French Roast
[12:30P] Pleasure Of Being Robbed
[1:45P] Swedish Auto
[3:35P] Lemon Tree
[5:25P] Pleasure Of Being Robbed
[6:40P] Blind Date
[8:00P] Manic
[9:45P] The Wednesdays
[10:00P] Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
[12:00A] Public Sex
[1:55A] Oktapodi
[2:00A] Manic
[3:45] ABefore the Devil Knows You're Dead (ALL TIMES EDT)
SyFy has the movie 'Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade', followed by the movie 'Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull'.
Cast member Liza Minnelli arrives at the world premiere of the 40th anniversary restoration of the film "Cabaret" during the opening night gala of the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, California April 12, 2012. The film directed by Bob Fosse won eight Academy Awards in 1973, including best actress for Minnelli, best supporting actor for Joel Grey and best director for Fosse.
Photo by Fred Prouser
A divided U.S. appeals court struck down a federal ban on political advertising on public TV and radio stations, a decision that could open the public airwaves to a heavy dose of campaign ads leading up to the November elections.
By a 2-1 vote, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the Federal Communications Commission violated the First Amendment's free speech clause by blocking public broadcasters from running political and public issue ads.
The court said the ban was too broad, and that lifting it would not threaten to undermine the educational nature of public broadcast stations. It upheld a ban on ads for goods and services on behalf of for-profit companies.
Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, said the decision could "fundamentally change the character of public television and radio" by allowing deep-pocketed political and other organizations to begin "swooping" onto the public airwaves to air their messages.
"This is just going to move us further away from what remains of a public square," said Ornstein, who said he served on PBS' board for six years. "To be truthful, it scares me to death."
Cast member Joel Grey (L) poses next to a poster featuring his character in the film "Cabaret", the Master of Ceremonies, as he arrives with his daughter, actress Jennifer Grey, at the world premiere of the 40th anniversary restoration of the movie during the opening night gala of the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, California April 12, 2012. The film directed by Bob Fosse won eight Academy Awards in 1973, including best actress for Liza Minnelli, best supporting actor for Grey and best director for Fosse.
Photo by Fred Prouser
To a generation of TV and film fans, Alex Karras will forever be the loving adoptive dad on the 1980s sitcom "Webster" or the big guy who punched a horse in 1974's "Blazing Saddles." Before his acting days, he was a football star, a three-time All-Pro defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions in the 1960s.
Now 76, and diagnosed with dementia, Karras is taking on the role of lead plaintiff: He and his wife, Susan Clark, are two of 119 people who filed suit Thursday in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, the latest complaint brought against the NFL by ex-players who say the league didn't do enough to protect them from head injuries.
Clark, who also played the wife of Karras' character on "Webster," said he was formally diagnosed with dementia about seven years ago, but symptoms first showed up more than a dozen years ago.
Day-to-day life, Clark said, "would be very difficult for him without help. He doesn't drive a car anymore. He used to love to drive. He was an amazing cook, Italian and Greek food. He doesn't cook anything at all anymore - he can't remember what his recipes were."
"Here's the thing: The bigger picture is what interests me and Alex. There are millions of people with dementia or Alzheimer's. The football players are maybe the worst cases, because they have had multiple concussions and brain stem injuries. But this is a public-health issue. This is the beginning of a long, long discussion," said Clark, who married Karras in 1980. "The football players and their spouses - all of us - are shaking it up a bit, saying, 'Hey, you have to pay attention to this.'"
Music enthusiasts in the City of Brotherly Love are looking to rekindle a love supreme for the deteriorating John Coltrane House, a preservation effort that mirrors a broader mission to reclaim and promote Philadelphia's rich jazz heritage.
Cultural officials gathered more than 100 local jazz musicians on Friday for a group photo in front of the rowhouse where Coltrane, a renowned saxophonist, lived from 1952 to 1958. It became a national historic landmark in 1999.
Coltrane played with the Miles Davis Quintet for part of the time he lived here on 33rd Street. He later became known for a pioneering jazz style that incorporated Indian and African influences. Seminal recordings include "A Love Supreme," ''My Favorite Things" and, with Davis, "'Round Midnight."
Coltrane eventually moved to New York but continued to own the Philadelphia house until his death in 1967. It remained in the family, and a cousin lived there until several years ago; she sold it to devoted fan Norman Gadson in 2004.
However, Gadson died before he was able to rehabilitate the property. His family recently created a nonprofit organization to spearhead a revival. Local and national preservation groups are supporting the effort and hope to raise $50,000 for immediate repairs and stabilization.
The African Queen, the original vessel from director John Huston's classic 1951 film by the same name, is steered by Steve Bogart (2nd R), the son of actor Humphrey Bogart, on a canal in Key Largo, Florida, April 12, 2012. Built in 1912, the 30-foot boat that carried Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn has been refurbished to provide Florida Keys visitors an opportunity to ride the cinema icon.
Photo by Andy Newman
The echoing cry of Tarzan, King of the Apes, will ring out this weekend in the coastal Louisiana oil town of Morgan City.
The Tarzan Festival started with a proclamation by Gov. Bobby Jindal. Author Edgar Rice Burroughs' tale of the boy who grew up to be king of the jungle was first published 100 years ago, and the first movie version was shot in Morgan City in 1917. It was a silent film that earned $1 million - startling by standards of the day.
The festival will include a Tarzan yell contest, a Tarzan and Jane lookalike contest, and the premier of a Bossier City, La., filmmaker's documentary on the 1917 filming.
Filmmaker Al Bohl and his daughter Allison Bohl spent four years making "Tarzan: Lord of the Louisiana Jungle," which recounts the dangers and daring of the first Tarzan production.
A jury convicted Leonard Cohen's former business manager Thursday of harassing the singer-songwriter and repeatedly violating a court order to stop contacting him.
The panel reached its verdict within hours of receiving the case that featured Cohen testifying that the tone of Kelley Lynch's emails and calls left him annoyed and at times scared.
The panel heard dozens of expletive-filled messages Lynch left for Cohen, 77, some of which described him as her enemy. Deputy City Attorney Sandra Jo Streeter stacked several binders containing the emails on a table in front of the jury during closing arguments.
Cohen sued Lynch in 2005, claiming she took $5 million from his personal savings while he was living in a Buddhist monastery. He obtained a judgment against her and told jurors a forensic accounting proved she was taking money from him while she served as his manager.
Lynch was never charged in connection with the theft allegation.
Cast members of the new TV series "Dallas" (L-R) Larry Hagman, Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy arrive at the world premiere of the 40th anniversary restoration of the film "Cabaret" during the opening night gala of the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, California April 12, 2012.
Photo by Fred Prouser
Roger Ailes (R-Manatee) probably should probably hire a new joke writer.
The Fox News president made headlines Friday after taking an inexplicable -- and not particularly witty -- dig at CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien.
The comment came during an appearance at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Thursday. Ailes was on campus as part of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication's Roy H. Park Distinguished Lecture Series, but one particular comment from Ailes wasn't particularly distinguished at all.
During an after-lecture interview with student journalists Eliza Kern and Steve Norton, Ailes referred to O'Brien -- who anchors the CNN morning news show "Starting Point" -- as "that girl that's named after a prison."
Presumably, Ailes was referring to the Soledad Correctional Training Facility in Monterey County, Calif. It's not yet clear why Ailes would believe that O'Brien was named after the facility, or why he would think that students at the University of North Carolina would be particularly familiar with the California prison system.
Actress Eva Marie Saint arrives at the world premiere of the 40th anniversary restoration of the film "Cabaret" during the opening night gala of the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, California April 12, 2012.
Photo by Fred Prouser
The American Nazi Party has apparently registered its own lobbyist on Capitol Hill, 2008 National Socialist Movement presidential candidate John Taylor Bowles.
U.S. News found the PDF document- which shows that Bowles registered with the Clerk of the House as a lobbyist on Tuesday-on LegisStorm.
According to the form filled out by Bowles, he registered as a lobbyist in order to pursue issues relating to, "Political Rights and ballot access laws." His form also reportedly cites accounting, agriculture, clean air and water, civil rights, health issues, the Constitution, immigration, manufacturing, and retirement as "general lobbying issue areas," according to U.S. News.
"I don't see why not," Bowles told the paper when asked if he actually thought a member of Congress would be willing to meet with him. "Of course I won't approach anybody in Congress unless it's a very interesting issue or law. I'm going to be very careful about the issues I choose for this."
Actress Tippi Hedren arrives at the world premiere of the 40th anniversary restoration of the film "Cabaret" during the opening night gala of the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, California April 12, 2012.
Photo by Fred Prouser
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will launch his new TV talk show on Russia Today on April 17, but is keeping the guest list secret, the Kremlin-funded English language station said on Friday.
Assange, who is under house arrest in England fighting extradition to Sweden for questioning on an alleged sexual assault, filmed "The World Tomorrow" show from Britain.
Russia Today (RT) said in a news release that it would not release the guest list in advance, but said the first interview would prove controversial.
"We do not want to kill the buzz and the intrigue by revealing the name of the first guest," said RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan.
"But I have no doubt that this particular guest and this interview will lead to calls to shut us down from some especially hawkish personalities who have little respect for freedom of speech," she added.
Costume designer Bob Mackie arrives at the world premiere of the 40th anniversary restoration of the film "Cabaret" during the opening night gala of the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, California April 12, 2012.
Photo by Fred Prouser
CBS Corp. shares have been steadily rising over the last three years, and that has helped boost the pay of its chief executive, Leslie Moonves.
Moonves' pay package for 2011 rose 20 percent to $68.4 million from a year ago, according to an Associated Press review of a securities filing made Friday.
In 2010, Viacom Inc.'s Philippe Dauman led all CEOs with an $84.5 million haul, mainly because of a new contract that granted him shares and stock options. Last year, Dauman's pay fell to $43 million.
Moonves, 62, and Dauman, 58, have another thing in common: They both work for octogenarian billionaire Sumner Redstone, who controls more than 79 percent of the voting stock in both companies.
Most of the bump in Moonves' pay was due to the expected grant of 3.6 million stock options in March 2011, the second of two installments he secured when he redid his employment contract in February 2010.
From left, director and actor Woody Allen, and actors Penelope Cruz and Roberto Benigni pose during the photo call of the movie "To Rome with Love", in Rome, Friday, April 13, 2012.
Photo by Andrew Medichini
A lot of junk will be purchased and hauled across the country on A&E this summer, as the network has ordered new, 26-episode seasons of its hit reality shows "Storage Wars," "Storage Wars: Texas" and "Shipping Wars."
"Storage Wars," which debuted in 2010 and has become the cable network's highest-rated series, follows the adventures of a group of auction hunters. The new season will be the show's fourth.
Meanwhile, a spin-off series, "Storage Wars: Texas," premiered in December. Another spin-off, based in New York, is in development at the network.
A&E's latest "Wars" franchise -- "Shipping Wars" -- debuted on the network in January to three million viewers.
Actor Richard Anderson, best known for his roles in the TV series "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Woman" arrives at the world premiere of the 40th anniversary restoration of the film "Cabaret" during the opening night gala of the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, California April 12, 2012.
Photo by Fred Prouser
The San Francisco Bay Area has been buffeted by bad weather lately, and as a rare thunder storm rumbled through, photographer Phil McGrew thought to set up his camera and snapped rare sight: Eight bolts of lightning hitting the Bay Bridge.
The San Francisco currency trader, who took up photography two years ago, set up his camera from his office in San Francisco, and set the lens to a long exposure. He wrote on Flickr, "This shot has been on my list since moving to San Francisco. Unfortunately, I've only seen lightning 3 times in the 2 years I've lived here. Tonight, I got lightning in 3 separate 20 second exposures. This is a single exposure."
The photo shows each of the four towers of the bridge that connects the East Bay with San Francisco lit up with lightning against the murky sky and rain-spattered window.
McGrew told the Daily Mail : "You can count the strikes, the Bay Bridge has four distinct towers and you can see the lightning hitting each tower."
Students gather around a memorial sculpture entitled "Hope for Peace" by artist Arman, near the Defence Ministry in Yarze, east of Beirut, April 12, 2012. The sculpture is made from tanks and various artillery parts used during the civil war, incorporated into concrete. Lebanon marks on April 13, the 37th anniversary of the start of the Lebanese Civil War, which ended in 1990.
Photo by Sharif Karim
Tenor saxophonist Andrew Love, who formed the award-winning Memphis Horns duo with trumpeter Wayne Jackson and played unforgettable lines behind the royalty of soul, rock, pop and R&B, has died at age 70, his wife said Thursday.
Willie Love told The Associated Press on Friday that her husband died Thursday night surrounded by family and friends at his Memphis home. Love had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
Love is best known for his work with Jackson as The Memphis Horns. The two were awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in February, only the second instrumental backup group in history to receive the honor.
Love, who was black, and Jackson, who is white, played together on 52 No. 1 records and 83 gold and platinum records, according to Memphis-based Stax Records. They backed up Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Otis Redding, Neil Diamond, Isaac Hayes, the Doobie Brothers, U2, Jack White and Alicia Keys, and many other American pop music acts.
The Memphis Horns could sound soulful and romantic on one song, loud and rousing on another. They provided the horn tracks on dozens of well-known songs, including Diamond's "Sweet Caroline," Presley's "Suspicious Minds," Sam & Dave's "Soul Man," Al Green's "Let's Stay Together," and Steve Winwood's "Roll With It."
Jackson said he first heard Love play at the Manhattan Club with the Willie Mitchell band. They were first paired together as part of the Stax Records' Mar-Key Horns.
Love and Jackson also backed Otis Redding with Booker T. & the MGs at the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival.
In 2008, Jackson and Love were inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame.
A one-day-old female golden takin is seen in the Liberec zoo April 13, 2012. The Liberac zoo is the only one in Europe which breeds the species, a goat-antelope from Asia, in captivity, according to a spokesperson from the zoo.
Photo by Petr Josek
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