Mark Morford: Welcome, nuclear terrorist supernuns! (sfgate.com)
I am hereby delighted to report that, not a mere bucketful of weeks after one of the most devastating unnatural disasters in modern history, the mystery has been solved as to the real cause of the BP oil catastrophe.
Susan Estrich: Primary Politics (creators.com)
The first rule of primary elections is that they are completely different from general elections. What it takes to win a primary is often exactly the opposite of what it takes to win a general, which is why potentially strong general election candidates are often especially weak primary candidates, and vice versa.
Froma Harrop: Superb Tuesday: The Right People Won (creators.com)
Guess Mitch McConnell's charm wasn't enough. The Senate minority leader's anointed man lost the Kentucky Republican Senate primary to Rand Paul, son of tea party toastmaster Texas Rep. Ron Paul.
"About a Mountain" by John D'Agata: A review by Vu Tran
Near the beginning of About a Mountain, John D'Agata reflects on the human search for meaning, "the dream that if we linger long enough with anything, the truth of its significance is bound to be revealed."
20 Questions: Sarah Silverman (popmatters.com)
The satirical, taboo-busting, notoriously potty-mouthed Sarah Silverman has written a book about Š well, pee - among other things. "Big S" talks with PopMatters 20 Questions about her affinity for Bugs Bunny, an affection for Mr. Rogers, and how, with the help of a time machine, she might have helped steer Hitler from his destructive course.
roger ebert's journal: "Cannes #7: A campaign for Real Movies"
There's something in the UK called the Campaign for Real Ale. It was started in The Guardian in the 1970s by Richard Boston, a journalist (naturally) who was alarmed by traditional British pubs being taken over by mass-produced, heavily marketed, rapidly brewed beer.
ROGER EBERT: Review of "Harry Brown" (Rated R; 3 stars)
"Harry Brown" is a revenge thriller poised somewhere between "Death Wish" and "Gran Torino." All three depend on the ability of an older actor to convince us that he's still capable of violence, and all three spend a great deal of time alone with their characters, whose faces must reflect their inner feelings.
CANNES -- To sign or not to sign is the big question at this year's Festival de Cannes, and there's not a deal memo in sight. But then a petition in support of director Roman Polanski, who is under house arrest in Switzerland in connection with a 33-year-old sex scandal, is always going to set tongues wagging... The petition, posted on a website overseen by French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, asks for "justice" from the Swiss authorities...
Roman Polanski petition circulating at Cannes
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Kung Fu follows the adventures of a Shaolin monk, Kwai Chang Caine (portrayed by David Carradine as an adult, Keith Carradine as a teenager and Radames Pera as a young boy) who travels through the American Old West armed only with his skill in martial arts, as he seeks his half-brother, Danny Caine.
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DanD was first, and correct, with:
If I remember correctly Grasshopper, he was looking for his long-lost half-brother.
mj wrote:
He was looking for love (paternal)
He was trying to find his father.
Alan J answered:
Danny Caine
Jim from CA, retired to ID (and vacationing back in Ca) replied:
He seeks his half-brother, Danny Caine.
Marian the Teacher wrote:
his half-brother Danny
Sally said:
Sorry to say, I never really followed the TV series, "Kung Fu." That being said, I think that the character, Kwai Chang Caine was trying to find a brother or half brother as I recall.
PS: Here comes the heat - forecast to be sunny and in the 80s today. See those peppers and tomatoes grow, baby, grow!!
Charlie responded:
He seeks his half-brother, Danny Caine (who he eventually finds).
BadtotheboneBob answered:
Wang Chung, maybe? Er... sorry... I couldn't help myself... Oh, hows 'bout his brother, What's-his-name? Yeah, that's it (I think)...
MAM wrote:
Kwai Chang Caine's half brother, Danny Caine.
Danny Caine was played by Tim McIntire
And, Joe S (George Carlin said, "Somewhere in the world is the world's worst doctor. And what's truly terrifying is that someone has an appointment with him tomorrow morning." Is that doctor Rand Paul?) replied:
He was searching for his half brother Danno (Danny), who was a State Police officer. Kwai Chang Caine never found Danno because he was a police officer in Hawaii and Kwai Chang Caine only searched the most dusty places in Western continental U.S. Danno changed his last name to Williams hoping to mislead Caine and never be found. Danno was successful in that endeavor.
They're cute, one-eyed and made from the last drops of steel used in
the construction of the Olympic Stadium. Here they are, the masocts
for the London 2012 Olympic Games - Wenlock and Mandeville. But hang
on, don't they look a little familiar?
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'CSI: The Original One', '48 Hours'.
NBC opens the night with a RERUN'Parenthood', followed by a RERUN'Law & Order', then a RERUN'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
Of course, 'SNL' is a RERUN with Tina Fey hosting, music by Justin Bieber.
ABC fills the night with RERUN'Lost'.
The CW fills the night with the movie 'Legally Blonde'.
Faux fills the night with 'Married...With Children'.
'Wanda Sykes' is a RERUN.
MY recycles an old 'House', followed by another old 'House'.
A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'Criminal Minds', another 'Criminal MInds', and still another 'Criminal Minds'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Hunted', followed by the movie 'Troy'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 18
[12:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 1
[1:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 4
[2:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 4 Moore Place
[3:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 Trobiano's
[4:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[5:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 2
[6:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 4 Suddenly Human
[7:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 5 Legacy
[8:00 PM] Doctor Who - 5 - Flesh and Stone
[9:00 PM] Doctor Who - 6 - Vampires in Venice
[10:00 PM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 6 Andrew Lloyd Webber, Minnie Driver, Ruth Jones, Katie Melua
[11:00 PM] Doctor Who - 5 - Flesh and Stone
[12:00 AM] Doctor Who - 6 - Vampires in Venice
[1:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 6 Andrew Lloyd Webber, Minnie Driver, Ruth Jones, Katie Melua
[1:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 6 Andrew Lloyd Webber, Minnie Driver, Ruth Jones, Katie Melua
[2:00 AM] Doctor Who - 5 - Flesh and Stone
[3:00 AM] Doctor Who - 6 - Vampires in Venice
[4:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 6 Andrew Lloyd Webber, Minnie Driver, Ruth Jones, Katie Melua
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep 12 Anderson
[6:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep 5 Bowling (ALL TIMES EST)
Comedy Central has the movie 'Office Space', 'Jim Gaffigan: King Baby', and 'Craig Ferguson: A Wee Bit O' Revolution'.
FX has the movie 'Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines', followed by the movie 'Beowulf', then the movie '30 Days Of Night'.
History has 'Ancient Aliens', another 'Ancient Aliens', and 'UFO Files'.
IFC -
[6:15 AM] Bookies
[7:45 AM] IFC Short Film Showcase
[8:45 AM] Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
[10:30 AM] The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
[12:15 PM] Bookies
[1:45 PM] Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
[3:30 PM] The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
[5:15 PM] Food Party
[5:30 PM] Bookies
[7:00 PM] Dinner With the Band
[7:30 PM] The IT Crowd
[8:00 PM] Blow Out
[9:50 PM] Nosebleed
[10:00 PM] The Last Word
[11:35 PM] Crash
[1:20 AM] Nosebleed
[1:30 AM] Blow Out
[3:20 AM] The Last Word
[5:00 AM] The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[7:10 AM] Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death ...& Insects
[8:05 AM] I Love Your Work
[10:00 AM] In Short 116
[11:00 AM] LIVE FROM ABBEY ROAD - A Tribute to The Beatles Abbey Road Album (Episode 1, Season 3)
[12:00 PM] Living The Legacy: The Untold - Sundance Film
[1:15 PM] Jellyfish
[2:35 PM] Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death ...& Insects
[3:30 PM] I Love Your Work
[5:30 PM] Jellyfish
[6:50 PM] The Metamorphosis
[7:00 PM] A Few Days In September
[9:00 PM] ICONOCLASTS - Quentin Tarantino + Fiona Apple (Episode 3, Season 2)
[10:00 PM] Hotel Rwanda
[12:05 AM] The Red Shoes
[1:50 AM] Disengagement - Sundance Film
[3:55 AM] Hotel Rwanda (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Mothman', followed by the movie 'Witchville', then the movie 'The Dunwich Horror'.
U.S. singer and actress Janet Jackson arrives for a special screening of 'Why Did I Get Married Too?,' in which she stars, at the Ritzy cinema,in Brixton, south London May 21, 2010.
Photo by Paul Hackett
A Facebook page that was considered offensive to Islam and led to a Pakistani ban on the site has been removed, possibly by its creator.
Facebook said Friday it has not taken any action on the page, which had attracted more than 100,000 users and encouraged users to post images of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, purportedly in support of freedom of speech.
The Facebook page, called "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!," had declared Thursday as the day to draw Mohammed, so it was possible the creator took it down Friday because the page had served its purpose.
Gabriela Quintero (L) and Rodrigo Sanchez, better known as the musical duo Rodrigo y Gabriela, perform at a state dinner in honor of a visit by Presidentof Mexico Felipe Calderon in a party tent on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, May 19, 2010.
Photo by Jonathan Ernst
In her police mug shot, the doe-eyed cartoon heroine with the bowl haircut has a black eye, battered lip and bloody nose.
Dora the Explorer's alleged crime? "Illegal Border Crossing Resisting Arrest."
The doctored picture, one of several circulating widely in the aftermath of Arizona's controversial new immigration law, may seem harmless, ridiculous or even tasteless.
But experts say the pictures and the rhetoric surrounding them online, in newspapers and at public rallies, reveal some Americans' attitudes about race, immigrants and where some of immigration reform debate may be headed.
The La Scala opera house will open its 2010-11 season with Wagner's "Die Walkuere" conducted by Daniel Barenboim.
The famed Milanese opera house announced its 2010-11 season on Friday including 15 operas, six ballets as well as concerts and tours in Belgium, Austria and Argentina - the biggest lineup in the last 20 years.
The announcement comes amid protests against a government reforms of management of the country's state-supported opera houses that would, among other things, limit the ability of successful theaters to pay their musicians, singers and other workers higher wages.
"Die Walküre" will open the season Dec. 7 and feature some of the most famous Wagnerian singers, including soprano Nina Stemme as Brünnhilde and mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier in the soprano role of Sieglinde.
Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne attend a listening party for his new album 'Scream' at the Sirius XM studios in New York, Thursday, May 20, 2010.
Photo by Charles Sykes
The manager of U2 says that frontman Bono has undergone emergency back surgery in a Munich hospital after he was injured while preparing for the group's tour.
The 50 year old, whose real name is Paul Hewson, is under the care of neurosurgeon Dr. Joerg Tonn and Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt, according to a statement on U2's website.
Band manager Paul McGuinness, in an MP3 posted on the website, said Friday that because of the injury, the band's "360-Degree" June 3 show in Salt Lake City, Utah, has been postponed. It was not immediately clear if other dates also were canceled.
The Texas State Board of Education adopted a social studies and history curriculum Friday that amends or waters down the teaching of the civil rights movement, religious freedoms, America's relationship with the U.N. and hundreds of other items.
The new standards were adopted after a final showdown by two 9-5 votes along party lines, after Democrats' and moderate Republicans' efforts to delay a final vote failed.
The ideological debate over the guidelines, which drew intense scrutiny beyond Texas, will be used to determine what important political events and figures some 4.8 million students will learn about for the next decade.
The standards, which one Democrat called a "travesty," also will be used by textbook publishers who often develop materials for other states based on guidelines approved in Texas, although teachers in the Lone Star state have latitude in deciding how to teach the material.
In this photo released by Starpix, C. Everett Koop, former Surgeon General of the United States and his wife Cora Koop, arrive at the premiere and DVDrelease of 'New York Street Games,' Thursday, May 20, 2010, in New York. The documentary takes a look at games played on the streets of New York as seen through the eyes of prominent New Yorkers. In Koop's hand is an example of the hollow rubber ball used in the game of 'stickball.'
Photo by Dave Allocca
Police are investigating the source of a powder-filled balloon that forced the evacuation of the Liberty Bell Center in Philadelphia.
Spokesman Lt. Frank Vanore said Friday that city police questioned whether it was linked to the taping of a TV program.
But a Food Network statement says no balloons were used in the Thursday morning taping of "Chef vs. City."
A guard discovered the stray balloon outside the Liberty Bell entrance that afternoon, leading authorities to shut down the area. The FBI says tests show the powder was not hazardous; the National Park Service says it was flour.
A federal appeals court in New York has temporarily blocked a judge's order forcing a filmmaker to release raw footage from a documentary about a legal dispute between Chevron and Ecuadoreans over oil contamination.
The federal appeals court in Manhattan said Friday it will handle the appeal on an expedited basis by filmmaker Joseph Berlinger. He was ordered to turn over outtakes of "Crude" by the end of the month. The documentary was released last year.
Chevron had sought the footage to prove that courts in Ecuador are treating the company unfairly.
Ecuadoreans claim Texaco Inc. contaminated their land before it became a subsidiary of Chevron in 2001.
In this picture made available on May 21, 2010, jazz musician Kyle Eastwood from the United States plays the guitar during his concert in Budapest, Hungary,late Thursday, May 20, 2010.
Photo by Balazs Mohai
Axl Rose has filed a countersuit against his former manager, claiming the man and his music management company tried to sabotage Guns N' Roses to try to force Rose into a reunion tour with the band's original members.
Rose sued Irving Azoff and Front Line Management, the company Azoff founded, for $5 million on Monday in Los Angeles.
Front Line Management sued Rose in March for nearly $1.9 million in unpaid fees, claiming it had an oral agreement with Rose to receive 15 percent of the Guns N' Roses' frontman's commissions.
Rose says in his lawsuit that Azoff lied about planning a Guns N' Roses tour with the band Van Halen and failed to promote the band's 2008 comeback album "Chinese Democracy."
A court stripped away songwriter Danny Tate's control of his life - removing his right to make his own legal, financial and medical decisions - at a last-minute hearing he didn't know about and didn't attend.
With the drop of a gavel, the Nashville musician who'd written a top 10 hit and was making around $125,000 a year writing music for TV shows was declared mentally disabled and in need of someone to manage his affairs. The decision was made at an "emergency hearing" with no medical testimony and no lawyer to represent Tate's interests.
Advocates for people declared legally unfit to manage their own affairs say the songwriter's case is a troubling example of abuses found in the courts nationwide.
Unlike other court battles where each side pays its own legal fees, in a conservatorship proceeding a disabled person who has money pays for both sides. Every time Danny Tate's brother files a motion it comes out of Danny Tate's life savings.
In this page copied from the Smithtown Messenger weekly newspaper on Wednesday, May 5, 2010, a group of photos showing recent presidents with their wivesin a 'before and after' sequence is shown. Claiming the page to be 'political satire,' the newspaper's publisher is defending his decision to portray the Obama's as characters from the 1970's sitcom, 'Sanford and Son.' From top left to bottom right are Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter; Bill and Hillary Clinton; Ronald and Nancy Reagan; George W. and Laura Bush; George H.W. and Barbara Bush; and Barack and Michelle Obama. The panel to the Obamas' right shows actors LaWanda Page and Redd Foxx.
What may be America's oldest silver dollar has become the world's most expensive coin, with its owner saying it changed hands in a private transaction between coin collectors for nearly $8 million.
Steven L. Contursi, who has owned the mint-condition 1794 Liberty dollar for the past seven years, confirmed Thursday that he sold it to the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation of Sunnyvale for $7.85 million.
The previous record price paid for a coin was $7.59 million for a U.S.-minted 1933 $20 gold piece, according to the American Numismatic Association.
The U.S. began producing silver dollars in 1794, and this particular one remains in near-perfect condition 216 years later.
One of world's rarest stamps is going up for auction this weekend and could fetch a record-breaking price, the head of a Geneva auction house said.
The Swedish "Treskilling Yellow" is believed to be the only surviving misprint of an 1855 three shilling stamp that was supposed to be green. It has fabled status among collectors and is considered one of the world's most valuable objects pound for pound.
The Treskilling Yellow is "one of about a half dozen highly notorious stamps in the world," according to noted U.S. stamp expert Robert Odenweller.
The 1856 "British Guiana 1 cent Magenta" is the best-known of all unique stamps, but has been locked away in a vault since 1980 when it was bought for nearly US$1 million by John du Pont. The heir to the du Pont chemical fortune is currently serving a 13 to 30-year sentence for third degree murder.
A former star of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League who helped inspire the lead character in the movie "A League of their Own" has died.
The Riverside County (Calif.) coroner says Dorothy Kamenshek died of natural causes Monday at her home in Palm Desert, Calif. She was 84.
Kamenshek played for the Rockford Peaches from 1943 to 1953.
Sports Illustrated named the left-handed infielder named one of the century's top 100 female athletes.
The Ohio native and other league players were the basis for Dottie Hinson, a character played by Geena Davis in the 1992 movie about women's professional baseball in the 1940s and 1950s.
In this photo taken Wednesday, May 19, 2010, David Lawrence, of Albany, Vt., feeds Pete the Moose at a game preserve in Irasburg, Vt. Pete, who becamea cause celebre after the state of Vermont ordered him removed from the preserve or put down, is getting a reprieve. He will be allowed to stay on the preserve under a compromise fashioned by state lawmakers in the waning hours of their session last week
Photo by Alison Redlich
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