'Best of TBH Politoons'
Filling For Jay Marvin
Erin Hart
Erin Hart on
AM 760 June 26 and 30, July 3 and 4.
A quartet of shows coming up as Erin fills in for the vacationing Jay Marvin,
morning host on Boulder's Progressive Talk, AM 760, Monday, June 26th and Friday, 30th,
as well as Monday, July 3rd and Tuesday, the 4th, from 6am - 10am (MDT).
Celebrate what's left of our nation after the Bush administration by taking
our country back.
June 26th guests include: Bill Ritter, Colorado's gubernatorial candidate,
talks charity, gay and women's rights. And Big Ed Schultz checks in on
issues of the day.
We will no doubt discuss the arrest of the Miami 7. "Aspirational" not
"operational" terrorist-suspects who have to ask their FBI infiltrator and
informant for a van and a digital camera? Who exercise in Ninja outfits?
Anybody worried about overreach here? Anybody hear echoes of co-INTELPRO?
The war in Iraq has caused much ado in Congress--how does this affect YOU
and your choices in November? What is your exit strategy? Our war dead
totals 2517 as of this writing, martial law prevails in Baghdad.
That and so much more-please check out
erinhartshow.com for further details.
Adventure is everywhere. . .
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Josh Marshall: The message that the Democrats haven't been using (thehill.com)
The president has given his opponents an albatross to hang about his neck and the necks of all those who have blindly supported him. So why not use it? On this count, Democrats really do have nothing to fear but fear itself.
HAROLD MEYERSON: Democratic Elites Rethink (laweekly.com)
While voters stay away from the polls
"Open Letter to the Youth of Japan From Roger Payne, PhD President, Ocean Alliance" (oceanalliance.org)
Katy Payne and Linda Guinee (a woman who worked in my institute, Ocean Alliance), later discovered that when humpback whales compose complex songs, they often use rhyme in the song. They could hear the rhymes, just as you can hear rhymes even in a language you don't understand.
Jeffery C. Billman: I Love BILL CLINTON (orlandoweekly.com)
A reporter's letter to his man crush
Jason Wiener: Using Her Religion (missoulanews.com)
J.C. Nouveaux thinks all sex is prostitution, and she's pimping her pay-to-lay theology at snatchtemple.com.
ROGER EBERT: Clean (3 1/2 stars)
Emily is always in motion, driven by disquiet, unhappy with herself and the decisions that got her here. Her mind seems elsewhere, focusing on what would bring her peace: heroin. She and her partner Lee are rock stars whose moment of fame has passed and stranded them in a Canadian motel. They fight, she drives off into the night, scores drugs, shoots up, and sleeps in the car. When she returns to the motel, Lee is dead of an overdose. She should quietly back away and leave town. Instead, she gets herself arrested and sentenced to six months for possession.
ROGER EBERT: Wordplay (3 stars)
There are certain things in life you instinctively hold at arm's length, or they will move in with you and put their feet on the furniture. I've spent enough time working crossword puzzles to know I could become addicted. In the documentary "Wordplay," we observe that to be a crossword champion, you have to be incredibly intelligent; be capable of intuitive, lateral thinking; know everything, and focus your knowledge into a narrow and ultimately meaningless pursuit. Yes, that makes you an obsessive eccentric, but they're really the only interesting people left, don't you sometimes think?
Download a Song of a Humpback Whale (oceanalliance.org)
Reader Suggestion/Comment
Fetus Dolls
Marty,
I know you'll love this.
More corn-pone religious extremism from here in Ohio ...
-- BartcopE fan, Lorena
Fetus dolls create a stir for parade
The Parma Jaycees want to stop the Ohio Right to Life Society from walking along the parade route to give children a doll resembling a 12-week fetus.
The Jaycees' action follows complaints about people distributing the dolls to parade watchers at Christmas in Parma and Memorial Day in Seven Hills.
"We don't have any kind of political stance on abortion," said Neil Lozar, a Jaycees vice president and parade committee chairman. "We just want our event to go off without a hitch and be enjoyable to everyone."
"It looks like a little baby doll," said Denise Mackura, Right to Life spokeswoman. "This is a very positive expression of human biology. It's a beautiful thing. People should know the beauty of unborn children." Source
Thanks, Lorena!
Makes me wonder if the Phelps family has diversified their interests.
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Sunny with a nice breeze.
Jo, the (lucky) lizard molted this afternoon.
No new flags.
Tear Down The Wall
Roger Waters
Veteran British rocker Roger Waters - co-creator of the legendary Pink Floyd album "The Wall" - performed before tens of thousands of Israeli fans on Thursday, after calling on Israel to tear down massive concrete blocks walling off parts of the West Bank.
An estimated 50,000 gathered in a hastily prepared outdoor venue for the concert next to the Jewish-Arab village of Neveh Shalom in central Israel. Israeli performers warmed up the crowd before Waters began his performance about half an hour behind schedule.
Waters refused to appear in the usual sites for outdoor concerts in Tel Aviv, citing his opposition to Israel's policies toward the Palestinians, agreeing in the end to the field about halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Roger Waters
New Life On Comedy Central
'Futurama'
Comedy Central has resurrected the former Fox animated series 'Futurama' from "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening and David X. Cohen. At least 13 new episodes will be produced -- the first since the series' original run from 1999-2003.
The new batch is part of a deal the cable network made with 20th Century Fox Television last year to pick up syndicated rights to the existing "Futurama" library of 72 episodes. Comedy Central also had an option to air any new episodes produced.
New and old episodes will begin airing in 2008 on Comedy Central. Actors Billy West, Katey Sagal and John DiMaggio have agreed to return as voices for "Futurama."
'Futurama'
Hollywood Walk of Fame
2007 Honorees
Sean "Diddy" Combs, rock disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer and Barbara Walters have something in common: They will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Recipients for 2007 were announced Friday by Walk of Fame committee chairman Johnny Grant. "It's a privilege to honor these performers," he said.
The list of recipients, as ratified by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce board of directors, also includes Michael Caine, Matt Damon, Lauren Shuler Donner, Jamie Foxx, John Goodman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert Altman, Erik Estrada, Kiefer Sutherland, Jerry Stiller, Dick Wolf, Mariah Carey, The Doors, Crystal Gayle, Tim McGraw, LeAnn Rimes, Shania Twain, Tim Rice, Lily Tomlin and Stu Nahan.
2007 Honorees
Copyright Objection
'Lost Girls'
A London hospital that holds the copyright to "Peter Pan" has questioned the appropriateness of a series of books that portrays the character Wendy exploring her sexuality.
The "Lost Girls" books, by graphic novelist Alan Moore, are about three world-famous characters: Wendy, Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz" and Alice from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." The characters meet one another and have sexual adventures. Wendy not only engages in erotic trysts but also encounters pedophiles.
Moore wrote three separate "Lost Girls" novels in 1995, 1996 and 2005, all featuring Wendy, and some were published by the small U.S. company Kitchen Sink Press. They include drawings by artist Melinda Gebbie of sexual acts that could be considered pornographic, and some of the books were sold in England with an "adults only" warning on their jackets.
The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, which was bequeathed the rights to the "Peter Pan" books by Barrie, said: "In order to be published or distributed in these territories, Alan Moore's title would need our permission or license. From press coverage, we understand it deals with sensitive subject matter which does not initially seem appropriate to be associated with the hospital and with J.M. Barrie's legacy to us."
'Lost Girls'
Elvis' Favorite Park Ride
Zippin Pippin
Owners of a small museum wanted a piece of Elvis Presley's favorite amusement park ride but ended up instead with the whole thing - a roller coaster called the Zippin Pippin.
The Pippin was bought by the city's park commission in 1947. Most of the superstructure for its 2,800 feet of track was replaced over the years but it's still billed as one of the oldest wooden roller coasters in the country.
The ride was a top attraction at Libertyland, a 30-year-old amusement park Presley often rented for private parties.
Libertyland is closing and its rides and concession stands were sold at auction Wednesday.
Zippin Pippin
Splitsville
Blair - Zappa
Selma Blair has filed for divorce from actor-writer Ahmet Zappa after two years of marriage.
Blair, 34, filed her petition Wednesday in Superior Court. The couple have no children.
Blair - Zappa
Trial Set For January
Phil Spector
Rock producer Phil Spector will go on trial in January for killing a B-movie actress, nearly four years after the fatal shooting took place, a judge said on Friday.
Spector, who has pleaded not guilty and is free on $1 million bail, was not present at the hearing before Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler.
Spector's lawyers are expected to argue that Lana Clarkson committed suicide, echoing claims the producer made to police shortly after they arrived on the scene.
Phil Spector
Improve Ratings
'Opie & Anthony'
Radio hosts "Opie & Anthony" seem to be faring better than rocker David Lee Roth as a replacement for shock jock Howard Stern, according to preliminary data released by CBS Corp. on Thursday.
Stern's former New York CBS Radio station, 92.3-FM, saw its share of 18-to-34-year-old listeners triple to 4.2 percent in May from the tepid 1.4 percent pulled by Roth in April.
In Boston, CBS' share of 18-to-34-year-old listeners jumped from 2.3 percent in April to 6.7 percent in May, and in Philadelphia, the share of that age group jumped from 2.4 percent to 7.7 percent, according to additional early ratings extrapolated by CBS from Arbitron Corp. data.
CBS Radio brought back the ribald radio duo "Opie & Anthony" on April 26 to replace Roth's short-lived effort to fill in the gap left by Stern.
'Opie & Anthony'
Convention Comes To Town
Erotica LA
Some 50,000 people are expected to celebrate the pleasures of the flesh in Los Angeles this weekend as the worldwide capital of pornography holds its 10th-annual "Erotica LA" convention.
Hosted by porn star Jenna Jameson and rock guitarist Dave Navarro, the three-day event will feature over 300 exhibitors unveiling the latest in sex toys, paraphernalia and publications.
Vivid Entertainment, one of the world's largest pornographic film production companies, will hold auditions for its upcoming movie "Debbie Does Dallas ... Again" and will film the proceedings for an upcoming reality television show.
Erotica LA
Washing Up On Shore
Baby Pelicans
Miles from the shoreline, 10 baby brown pelicans lounge by a pool in a roomy cage, large buckets of fish there for the taking. Just days ago, these birds could not feed themselves at all. Scores of starving baby pelicans - emaciated, cold and too weak to fly - are washing up on California beaches in disturbing numbers this spring.
The underfed California brown pelicans have stirred concerns over the endangered species, which in recent years has shown strong signs of recovery. Biologists say the recovery could actually be the source of the problem: There are more pelicans competing for food.
The International Bird Rescue Research Center in Cordelia, in the grassy hills about 50 miles northeast of San Francisco, has taken in almost two dozen pelicans this month, most of them near Santa Cruz and Monterey, all of them 2 to 4 months old.
The center's sister facility in San Pedro, south of Los Angeles, has cared for more than 50 Southern California birds since late May.
Baby Pelicans
'Cat's Pee On A Gooseberry Bush'
Sauvignon Blanc
A wine with a whiff of "cat's pee on a gooseberry bush" has transformed Marlborough's Wairau Valley from scruffy farming country into New Zealand's wine capital in just three decades.
The sauvignon blanc grape has been the making of New Zealand's wine industry and especially of the largest winemaking area Marlborough, which lies at the northeast tip of the country's South Island.
The pungent wine divides drinkers and critics but its unique racy character has won a legion of fans in Britain and more recently the United States.
For the record, the "cat's pee on a gooseberry bush" description -- usually attributed to British wine critic Oz Clarke -- was a compliment.
Sauvignon Blanc
In Memory
Duane Roland
Duane Roland, one of the original guitarists in Jacksonville-based Southern rock band Molly Hatchet, died Monday at his home in St. Augustine of natural causes. He was 53.
Mr. Roland, a native of Evansville, Ind., played with the band from its formation in 1976 until 1990. He also played with the Southern Rock Allstars and was in a band called Gator Country, which included many of the early members of Molly Hatchet.
Mr. Roland was one of three guitarists in the original lineup of Molly Hatchet and is credited with co-writing some of the band's biggest hits, including Bloody Reunion and Boogie No More. He left the band in 1990.
He is survived by a daughter. A private funeral was scheduled.
Duane Roland
Thanks, EJ2E!
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