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from Alvin
By Alvin
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BIRTHDAY
{Sung to 'Birthday' by The Beatles}
{instrumental intro}
Today is my birthday
Happy birthday to me
My body's working quite well
Can't say the same with my brain
I'm glad it's my birthday
Happy birthday, W!
{instrumental break}
The scourge of corporate behaviors
The collapse of Andersen and Enron
Worldcom, Harken and Halliburton
Will Corporate America really change {no way!}
Will Dick Cheney spend time in jail {no way!}
Everyone plays by the rules {no way!}
{instrumental break}
Will Corporate America really change {no way!}
Will Dick Cheney spend time in jail {no way!}
Everyone plays by the rules {no way!}
Today is my birthday
Happy birthday to me
My body's working quite well
Can't say the same with my brain
I'm glad it's my birthday
Happy birthday, W!...
AlvinDover
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
There were residual fireworks set-off all day, and, so far, most of the night...
The kittens now have names, not that there were many suggestions. The calico is 'Puffy', because the kid said she looked like a powder puff, and the orange stripe is
'Fafner'.
One of the nicer things about this neighborhood is the streets are lined with older, well-established trees. Living on a corner lot, we enjoy an intersection of trees. Running east to west we have
magnolias, and they are in bloom. Have one of the blooms here, and it looks more like 'Audrey 2' from ''Little Shop Of Horrors''....damn thing is easily 6" in diameter. Stinking up the room in a
very pleasant way.
Hope to get the larger weeds pulled out of the dirt hole that's passing as a garden. The yellow wax beans & tomatoes are hitting their stride. And, the horseradish is starting to try to take over.
Tonight, Saturday, CBS has another Trifecta of reruns - 'Touched By An Angle', 'The District', and 'The Agency'.
NBC has the Albert Brooks movie, 'Mother', which runs over by 15 minutes, and is followed by a 45-minute edition of 'Dateline'. The Rock hosts the rerun of 'Saturday Night Live'.
ABC has the Roger Moore as James Bond movie 'Octopussy'.
The WB has the movie 'Brewster's Millions'.
Faux, as is traditon, has 2 reruns of 'Cops', followed by 'America's Most Wanted'.
UPN has the movie 'Demolition Man'.
TCM features films with Sidney Poitier.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
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Either Way A Dog Wins - But Only One Is A Bitch
Percy!
Percy, a mix of border collie and German shepherd, is shown in this undated campaign poster. Sarasota charter boat captain Wayne Genthner plans to enter
the name of Percy as a write-in candidate for the Republican primary ahead of the November election for Florida's 13th Congressional District in the U.S.
House of Representatives. Genthner said he put five-year-old Percy into the campaign to satirize what he viewed as absurdities and injustices in politics
such as campaign finance, which he said put running for office out of reach of ordinary people. "We hope by running a canine against a nationally known
political person we can draw attention to voter disenfranchisement and disconnect," Genthner said July 1, 2002. Percy's main opponent and election favorite
is Katherine Harris -- the Florida Secretary of State who is best known for her role in the epic 2000 presidential election recount battle.
Big Dog Video
Bill Clinton
If you never saw the movie of Clinton in his final days at the WhiteHouse here it is now:
Bill Clinton Video
Win Rights over Early Work
Hendrix Family
The family of dead rocker Jimi Hendrix won a High Court battle in Britain on Friday to regain control over some of his earliest work.
Mr. Justice Buckley ruled the family were entitled to a say in any future releases of the legendary guitarist's work with a band called Curtis Knight and the Squires in the mid 1960s.
The legal battle dates back to a claim by the family that PPX Enterprises had breached a deal made in 1973 and was described by the judge as an "extraordinary case."
He ruled the family were entitled to future royalties from the music, but that they had no claim on past payments.
Hendrix Family
Joni, Bruce & Lorne
'Order of Canada'
Singer-songwriters Joni Mitchell and Bruce Cockburn were among 99 appointees to the Order of Canada announced by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson.
Mitchell, a Saskatchewan native who wrote and performed songs such as "Big Yellow Taxi," "The Circle Game" and "Both Sides Now," was made a companion of the order, the highest designation.
Also appointed companions were former Supreme Court Justice Peter Cory, Toronto social activist and feminist author Doris Anderson and Roger Blais, a renowned engineer,
scientist, teacher and entrepreneur from Montreal.
Cockburn, known as much for his outspoken social activism as his folksy music, was promoted to an officer of the order after previously being made a member.
Lorne Michaels, founder of TV comedies Saturday Night Live and a nine-time Emmy Award winner, was appointed a member of the order.
The Order of Canada was established in 1967 to recognize Canadians for outstanding lifetime achievement and service.
'Order of Canada'
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Zappa's Rolls
eBay Motors item 1841382942 - 1973 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow Owned By Frank Zappa
Too Hot!
Tony Bennett
A fire broke out at Royal Albert Hall, forcing Tony Bennett to stop his concert and the sellout crowd to evacuate the building, officials said. No injuries were reported.
The 75-year-old singer was halfway through his signature tune, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," when smoke began to fill the auditorium Thursday night. As the evacuation began, Bennett
tried to calm the crowd, joking, "I knew I was hot, but not that hot."
Bennett's spokeswoman, Helen Solomon, said smoke started coming from a sound and lighting area at about 8:30 p.m.
"Tony was halfway through his song when people started moving away from their seats. He then told the audience: `I've just been informed that there is a fire, but please don't panic,'" Solomon
said. "Then a lady came on stage and said that everyone would have to be evacuated."
Tony Bennett
''I'll Never Live in UK Again''
David Bowie
Veteran rock star David Bowie said on Friday he would never live in Britain again because its news media are so obsessed with celebrities.
The singer, who has lived in the United States for a decade, said he and his family would have no private life if he came back to his native Britain.
"The pure inconvenience of having a camera lens stuck in either my face or my wife and child's face every morning, I think would certainly be a deterrent to me wanting to come
back to live here on a permanent basis," he told the British Broadcasting Corp.
"Even being here a couple of days, I mean, this is a really different place. It's astounding how media driven London is," he added.
Bowie, who was in Britain promoting his new album "Heathen," likened much of British pop music to "cruise ship entertainment."
David Bowie
DavidBowie.com
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Back to Public Life
The McCartney's
Sir Paul McCartney and new wife, Heather, made their first public appearance since their recent marriage to attend an awards ceremony honoring outstanding young artists and athletes.
They helped present the awards with other celebrities Thursday at ITV1's Britain's Brilliant Prodigies show, in association with the charity Children In Crisis,
which was founded by Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York.
The duchess presented an award to 14-year-old violinist Nicola Benedetti. Other prizes were for best young actor, best young ballet dancer and best gymnast.
Sir Paul gave the award for the best young pop singer, and his wife gave the award for "young person who made a difference."
The McCartney's
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Hypocrisy In Action
Enron
Enron employees who haven't been fired or laid off have been warned not to bring Playboy's latest issue, featuring "The Women of Enron," into the office. A memo sent out Monday
reads: "In light of certain upcoming publications featuring some former and current Enron employees, it is important to remember that the company is committed to maintaining a
professional environment . . . we want to keep potentially offensive materials from entering the workplace. It is inappropriate to have those kinds of publications . . . in the
workplace, so out of respect for your co-workers, please leave any such materials at home."
Enron
Ooops - Like A Parrot, 'er 'ed Fell Off
Margaret Thatcher
The decapitated white marble statue of Lady Thatcher following the attack by anti-capitalist protestor Paul Kelleher at London's Guildhall Library July 4, 2002. Kelleher, charged with criminal damage yesterday, said
he took the action to save his two-year-old son from global capitalism.
From The LA Weekly
Interview With Gore Vidal
< snip>
'' I know you'd hate to take this to the ad hominem level, but indulge me for a moment. What about George W. Bush, the man?
You mean George W. Bush, the cheerleader. That's the only thing he ever did of some note in his life. He had some involvement with a baseball team . . .
He owned it . . .
Yeah, he owned it, bought with other people's money. Oil people's money. So he's never really worked, and he shows very little capacity for learning. For them to put him up as president and for the Supreme Court to make sure that he won was as insulting as when his father, George Bush, appointed Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court -- done just to taunt the liberals. And then, when he picked Quayle for his vice president, that showed such contempt for the American people. This was someone as clearly unqualified as Bush Sr. was to be president. Because Bush Sr., as Richard Nixon said to a friend of mine when Bush was elected [imitating Nixon], "He's a lightweight, a complete lightweight, there's nothing there. He's a sort of person you appoint to things."
So the contempt for the American people has been made more vivid by the two Bushes than all of the presidents before them. Although many of them had the same contempt. But they were more clever about concealing it. '' < /snip>
LA Weekly: Features: The Last Defender of the American Republic?
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Slannder!
Slannder!
50 Franks in 12 Minutes
Hot Dog King
He gorged, and gulped, and nearly gagged.
And then, in a last-minute feeding frenzy, Takeru Kobayashi of Japan — the Michael Jordan of hot dog eating — defended his world title Thursday by gobbling a world record 50 franks in just 12 minutes.
The reed-thin Kobayashi plowed through an average of one hot dog every 14.25 seconds to insure he would retain the mustard yellow championship belt in the 87th competition at Nathan's Famous in Coney Island.
The 5-foot-7 Kobayashi, despite the 94-degree heat and stifling humidity, managed to barely best his 2001 mark of 50 hot dogs.
Since 1996, the Japanese have dominated the annual Fourth of July competition. The only U.S. winner since then was New Jersey's Steve Keiner in 1999.
Before the contest, Kobayashi was the lightest of the 20 competitors, weighing in at 113 pounds. After his record-setting performance, his weight had ballooned to 129, Shea said.
16 Pounds!
BartCop TV!
Jerusalem's Old City
Western Wall
A wet patch has appeared on the Western Wall of Jerusalem's Old City, inspiring some Jewish mystics to interpret it as a sign the messiah is coming and causing archaeologists to fret over faulty plumbing.
An archaeologist for the Israel Antiquities Authority said it could be a leak but the authority has yet to discuss the patch with Islamic authorities who administer a mosque complex on a broad plaza supported by the wall holy to Judaism.
"The exact reason for it at the moment is not clear, but by past experience we would suggest that this is caused by some physical problem with one of the pipes (on the other side of the wall)," Jon Seligman, the archaeologist, said on Thursday.
The Western Wall is a retaining wall of what Jews revere as the Temple Mount, the last vestige of a temple destroyed in the year 70.
The entire complex, including the mosques perched on what Muslims call al-Haram al-Sharif, is at the heart of a dispute between Israel and the Palestinians over control of Jerusalem. Each side wants the city as its capital.
The damp spot, about 40 cm (16 inches) long and 10 cm (four inches) wide, appeared this week on the stone face of the wall and has not dried, drawing curious worshippers to the outdoor plaza at the foot of the wall.
Some religious Jews could hardly hide their glee over the wet patch, which appeared two weeks before the Jewish fast day of Tisha B'Av commemorating the destruction of that temple and its biblical predecessor.
Some mystics say that a sign of the messiah's impending arrival is a weeping Western Wall in the days before Tisha B'Av, a 25-hour fast day which begins at nightfall on July 17 this year.
"It's written in what's known as kabbalah, the Jewish holy books...that when water is going to flow from the Temple Mount, it's the time of the revelation of the messiah...for all the peoples of the world," said a man distributing prayer books
at the site. "It's that time right now."
Western Wall
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Silence on The Right
Silence on The Right; Bill Clinton, The Democrats & Enron
Mutilation Sparks Supermodel's Campaign
Waris Dirie
Supermodel Waris Dirie was a five-year-old child of the Somali desert when an old woman held her down and circumcised her with a rusty blade, sewing up her wounds with catgut and thorns.
Now the internationally-renowned beauty whose face has graced countless magazines has turned her back on her lucrative career to campaign against the centuries-old practice of female
genital mutilation which has left her scarred for life.
Dressed in jeans, a funky-T-shirt and with a purple suede cap clamped on her unruly curls, Dirie is the very picture of a young, urban fashionista. But the model says the gloss is only skin
deep -- her soul will always be in the deserts of Somalia.
She describes a hard but happy childhood, eking out a hand-to-mouth existence under a baking sun, in a land where camels and goats are often prized more highly than women.
But her expressive face darkens when she talks about the circumcision ritual which was carried out in the most primitive of conditions, nearly killing her. "I felt my flesh being cut away,
I heard the blade sawing back and forth through my skin. The feeling was indescribable. The rock was drenched with blood as if an animal had been slaughtered there."
Dirie said the old gypsy woman who performed the ritual sewed her wounds so tightly that only a matchstick-sized opening was left -- ensuring her virginity for any future husband but also
leading to crippling pain whenever she needed to urinate.
For the rest, Waris Dirie
What Passes For Justice (continued)
Pakistan
One of four men suspected of gang-raping a teenage girl as part of a tribal punishment in a remote eastern Pakistan village was arrested Friday.
Police raided a poultry farm in southwestern Baluchistan province and arrested one of the alleged rapists, Abdul Khaliq, said Col. Farman Ali, a senior police officer. The farm was owned by Khaliq's friend, he said.
Three other suspects have evaded the police search, Ali said. Police said Thursday they believed the suspects fled Meerwala village, where the June 22 attack occurred.
A tribal council ordered the teen-age girl gang-raped because her 11-year-old brother was seen with a woman not related to him — a crime punishable by death in some remote and deeply conservative regions of Pakistan.
Earlier Friday, Pakistan's Supreme Court criticized police for failing to arrest the men immediately after the rape, which occurred in a small village. The victim's family said the suspects were well known.
Pakistan
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Echo Park Lake, Los Angeles
Water Lotuses
Blooming water lotuses carpet Echo Park Lake, creating one of the largest stands of water lotuses outside of Asia, Monday, July 1, 2002, in the Echo Park
section of Los Angeles. The bed of water lotus plants suddenly blooms at regular annual intervals, attracting scores of photographers and visitors to the park.
Photo by Nick Ut
Final Journey Home
Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney made a final journey to her hometown Friday for a funeral attended by family, friends and hundreds of fans.
The mellow-voiced singer and actress, who co-starred with Bing Crosby in "White Christmas" and staged a dramatic comeback after drugs and alcohol nearly destroyed her career,
died June 29 at 74 after a long battle with lung cancer.
More than 700 people packed into St. Patrick's Church downtown, where Clooney was baptized more than a half-century ago, to say farewell to the city's sweetheart who never
forgot her roots. Many waited for hours for a seat, and by 9 a.m. — an hour before the service — the line snaked outside for more than a block.
Her brother, veteran television newscaster Nick Clooney, gave a eulogy at the end of the hourlong traditional Catholic funeral Mass.
"Let me do something I never would have presumed to do a week ago — speak for Rosemary ... dangerous," he said. "She would like to thank all of you for making her life richer."
After the service, Clooney was buried at St. Patrick's Cemetery near her mother and grandmother.
Born in Maysville on May 23, 1928, Clooney started singing in 1945 with her younger sister, Betty, on Cincinnati's WLW radio. She soared to fame with her 1951 record of "Come
on-a My House," and became a television and film star.
Clooney returned to Maysville to marry Hollywood dancer Dante DiPaolo in 1997. Two years later, the city held its first Rosemary Clooney Music Festival, which became an annual event.
Rosemary Clooney
In Memory
Katy Jurado
Seeking Volunteers
'The Osbournes'
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