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From 'TBH Politoons'
Great Site!
Thanks, again, Tim!
Reader Contribution
from Viv
My daughter, a writer, is doing some political reporting in Argentina, where she has been for the last eleven months. I think that excerpts from the attached would give your readers much food for thought.
You can also see her Pacific News Service article at the site noted in her article.
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'' I'm still in Buenos Aires, but without the bad mood of
my last letter.
Today I even woke up singing. Mostly snatches of
political chants from yesterday's demonstration of
50,000 people. What began two weeks ago as a
deliberate government effort to instill fear in the
populace by killing two fleeing demonstrators and then
blaming it on the demonstrators themselves has
resulted in a massive and non-violent resistance, as
well as an increase in unity among diverse groups.
(for a more complete story, see my Pacific News
Service article at http://news.pacificnews.org/
The killings of the two demonstrators, along with
other recent incidents, have sparked a lot of talk
about fear down here. A lot of it is old fear from
the seventies, still floating around, unspoken. Some
of it, fortunately, has turned into singing.
I also noticed that the U.S. was a bit panicky over
possible terrorist attacks over Independance Weekend.
For me, it was curious to observe how two nations
celebrated Independance Weekend (July 9 for
Argentina, July 4 for the USA) with fear as the
unspoken national challenge for both countries.
I sent out an email in Spanish in response to the fear
that was circulating around here, which was published
here in Buenos Aires and read over the radio. I've
translated it into English below, with some slight
revisions and with the original Spanish version after
it. Maybe, in some way, it can serve the people
outside of Argentina as well. ''
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~~ Lisa Garrigues
To read a lot more, Pacific News Service - ''More Than One Lens to View the World''
Damn, Viv! That's some daughter you have there! She's smart, she can write, and she's got balls - er, muy macha! Que bueno.
Off Beat Las Vegas
Liberace, Chocolate, Gold & More
The Liberace Museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
Effective June 1st 2002, admission prices are $12.00 for adults and $8.00 for seniors age 65+ as well as students ages 6 and up. College students must show valid ID.
Admission for Museum members and children 5 and under is free. The Museum offers special group rates to parties of 15 or more. Private Events are available. Wheelchair Accessible.
The Liberace Foundation
Ethel M's is a delicious place for delicious chocolate. You can visit the factory and see what really goes into chocolate production. They have an interesting cactus garden too. It's about
20 minutes drive out of Vegas on the way to the Hoover Dam.
RoadTrip America® - Ethel M Chocolate Factory & Cactus Garden
Ethel M was founded by Forrest Mars, Sr., the patriarch of the Mars candy company (of Snickers and Milky Way fame). Mr. Mars retired from the family empire in 1976, but, not being the kind
of person to put his feet up on the front porch, he decided to build a new factory where he could make fine chocolates the way he remembered his mother making them when he was a child. His mother's
name was Ethel, and many of her recipes and methods are still used to create the confections named in her honor.
Tours at Ethel M® Chocolates
Fremont Street Experience - Downtown, a mega-million dollar canopy and light show shrouds the original Downtown Las Vegas Fremont Street and the FREE Show is really a sight to behold. It
presently starts at 8pm with shows every hour on the hour finishing at midnight. The show is approx 12 minutes long. A particularly good show overhead during the Christmas Holiday period. The #301 CAT bus goes from the Las Vegas Strip to Downtown Fremont Street every 10 minutes, 24 hours a day.
Largest golden Nugget in the World - at the Golden Nugget Downtown you'll find a secured display in the casino of the Largest Golden Nugget ever found. Open 24 hours a day.
For more FREE things to do, check out Vegas.com: Your Guide to Las Vegas Attractions
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Have a camp-out going on in the backyard currently, and the s'mores have yet to be served.
The humidity festival seems to have started today. Long Beach tends to have fairly high humidity, regardless, but this is extra 'special'.
The Orange County Fair opened today. Will probably make an effort to attend. The LA Country Fair doesn't open til after school is back in session - and they intentionally schedule it that way.
Besides, it's always interesting to see how they do things behind the Orange Curtain.
Tonight, Saturday, CBS has the 3rd installment of 'Big Brother 3' this week. It's followed by reruns of 'The District' and 'The Agency'.
NBC has 'Dog Eat Dog', followed by the movie 'Men In Black'. Kirsten Dunst hosts the rerun of 'Saturday Night Live'.
ABC has the movie 'You Only Live Twice'.
The WB has the movie 'Total Recall'.
Faux, as usual has 2 reruns of 'Cops' and then 'America's Most Wanted'.
UPN has the movie 'Code Name: Phoenix'.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
Admires Kwame Kilpatrick, Mayor Of Detroit
Chris Rock
Actor and Comedian Chris Rock usually takes politicians to task in his standup routines, but not this time.
Rock, whose movies include "Nurse Betty," "Dogma," "Lethal Weapon 4" and "New Jack City," actually wants to emulate a politician. He said he was so taken with the mayor of Detroit that a character
he'll play in the upcoming movie titled "Head of State" will closely mirror the mayor.
Rock tells GQ magazine that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick caught his eye one day while he was watching C-SPAN. "I didn't have the sound up, and I see the big earring, and I see this kind of loudish
suit and I started joking about it," he said. Rock said "he and a friend — we were like, Aaah, this guy, what's he getting indicted for? And then we see MAYOR OF DETROIT."
Chris Rock
Interesting Link
Johan's Guide to Aphrodisiacs
Johan's Guide to Aphrodisiacs
XIV International AIDS Conference In Barcelona
Mandela - Clinton
Former South African President Nelson Mandela, left, holds hands with former President Bill Clinton at the closing ceremony of the XIV International AIDS conference in Barcelona,
Spain, Friday July 12, 2002.
Photo by Cesar Rangel
Liberal Radio !
Erin Hart
Liberal radio - what a concept!
Join Erin Hart at regulation time (9 pm - 1 am [pdt]), Saturday, and near-regulation (10pm - 1am [pdt]) Sunday, on www.710kiro.com or www.kiro710.com (It's
a browser thing).
KIRO (Entercom) has stopped streaming audio. Boo. Hiss.
There's still the chatroom, but, it's not the same.
Visit Erin's fan page (courtesy of the amazing 14Dem), http://www.erinistas.com/, or to join her mailing list, drop a
note to erinistas@aol.com
Best Behavior
Ozzy Osbourne
Somehow, Ozzy Osbourne managed to speak to Queen Elizabeth II without using the F-word at the British monarch's Jubilee.
Ozzy claims he put the epithet "temporarily on hold in my head" and put his tattooed hand in his pocket so as not to offend the crowned curmudgeon.
But when his wife, Sharon, now recovering from colon-cancer surgery, blurted out the offending word to Camilla Parker Bowles, Ozzy reprimanded: "Sharon,
watch your language!" Rolling Stone reports.
Bowles, paramour of Prince Charles, quickly responded, "Oh, it's quite all right. We curse quite a lot around here."
Ozzy Osbourne
Wedding Festivities In Morocco
Chelsea & Bill Clinton
Former US President Bill Clinton and his daughter Chelsea attend wedding festivities of Morocco's King Mohammed VI in Rabat, July 12, 2002. The king married computer engineer Salma Bennani last March in
a private religious ceremony but public celebrations, planned for April, were put off because of Palestinian-Israeli violence.
Photo by Jean Paul Pelissier
Replaces Steiger in Film
Mark Hamill
Mark Hamill, best known for playing Luke Skywalker in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, has replaced actor Rod Steiger, in a movie filmed partially in Watertown.
Steiger was cast as a small-town funeral director in the independent feature "Constricted." He died Tuesday of pneumonia and kidney failure at 77.
The film's director had taken Steiger off the cast list a few weeks ago because of his illness, said Nick Langholff, location manager and a Fort Atkinson native. In his place, the director
chose Hamill, who originally was cast to play a bartender.
The crew from Doomed Productions Inc. has been traveling between Jefferson and Dodge county communities shooting scenes for the film.
Mark Hamill
Banned in Malaysia
'Friends' & 'Ally McBeal'
Kylie Minogue, "Ally McBeal" and "Friends" have fallen victim to Malaysian censors for containing too much controversial material, a Home Ministry official said Friday.
The Film Censorship Board, which is under the authority of the Home Ministry, assigns viewer ratings — or bans — entertainment fare before it is released to cinemas and television networks.
Australian pop star Minogue's "Live in Sydney" music video was adjudged "too hot," The Star newspaper reported Friday. Other snipped titles were an episode each of the series "Friends" and "Ally McBeal."
Censorship Board Chairman Shaari Mohamad Noor was quoted by The Star as saying strict monitoring of foreign entertainment shows helps protect family values.
Banned in Malaysia
Busy Woman
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson is one busy girl. The night before she was spotted smooching with Justin Timberlake in South Beach, she hooked up with her other squeeze, Jermaine Dupri.
The rapper/producer, who was co-hosting an industry retreat with P-Diddy in Atlanta, flew into Miami Friday to spend one night with her. She recovered in time to show
up at Missy Elliott's bash Saturday at Spin, where Janet and Justin tongue-wrestled in front of Leo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and spectators.
Janet Jackson
Wedding Festivities In Morocco
Parade Of Gifts
Moroccan men, carrying gifts, lead the parade of gifts at the Royal Palace in Rabat for Moroccan King Mohammed VI , Friday July 12 2002, kicking off celebrations for
the King's wedding to Salma Bennani.
Photo by Jalil Bounhar
Worst TV Show (So Far)
Jerry Springer
Worse than "Hee Haw Honeys." More trashy than "Celebrity Boxing." Even more painful than the "XFL."
TV Guide's editors have put "The Jerry Springer Show" atop their list of the 50 worst TV shows of all time.
Second worst on the list was NBC's "My Mother The Car" (1965-66), followed by NBC, UPN and TNN's "XFL" (2001); ABC's "The Brady Bunch Hour" (1977); and CBS' "Hogan's Heroes" (1965-71).
Rounding out the top 10 were "Celebrity Boxing" (Fox, 2002-present); "AfterMASH" (CBS, 1983-84); "Cop Rock" (ABC, 1990); "You're in the Picture" (CBS,
1961); and "Hee Haw Honeys" (syndicated, 1978-79).
Jerry Springer
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Itzhak Perlman
Violinist Itzhak Perlman will serve as music adviser to the financially troubled St. Louis Symphony Orchestra for the next two concert seasons, the symphony announced Thursday.
Perlman's work with the symphony largely will be artistic and behind the scenes, said Randy Adams, the symphony's president and executive director. Adams said Perlman
will perform some of the duties but will not replace Hans Vonk, who cited health problems when he stepped down in May as the symphony's music director and principal conductor.
Perlman, who will conduct two concerts a year, said in a statement that he was excited about becoming music adviser, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
Perlman, 56, is principal guest conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and has appeared as a conductor with several major orchestras.
Itzhak Perlman
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Coming To LA
'Puppetry of the Penis'
"Puppetry of the Penis," the hit from Off Broadway and the West End, will make its West Coast debut at the Coronet Theater in Los Angeles on Aug. 13.
Conceived and created by David Friend and Simon Morley, "Puppetry" consists of two naked penis puppeteers on stage presenting "the ancient Australian art of genital origami." The show has also
played the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Melbourne Intl. Comedy Festival, where it debuted in 1998 and returned for four months earlier this year, as well as Toronto and Montreal.
Morley and Friend are contemplating adding new installations to their reportire -- there are already about 40. The landmark Pink's Hot Dogs stand, the Hollywood sign and the Chinese Theater are under consideration.
'Puppetry of the Penis'
Unauthorized Biography
Vince McMahon
Wrestling impresario Vince McMahon is on the receiving end of a smackdown in an upcoming, unauthorized biography.
The more revealing bits in "Sex, Lies and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Federation," written by Shaun Assael and Mike Mooneyham,
include the tale of a paranoid McMahon "shooing aides away from his panoramic office windows and talking to them in the middle of the room" while being investigated
for steroid distribution in 1993. McMahon was convinced the FBI was listening to him with high-tech microphones that could penetrate glass.
The book also claims that, in 1991, McMahon tapped a young, unemployed Matt Lauer to appear on "Body Stars," a Saturday-morning fitness show. But once McMahon saw the
future "Today" show host's stomach, he dropped him. Lauer's abs, McMahon told underlings, just weren't "up to snuff."
Vince McMahon
Wedding Festivities In Morocco
The Royal Couple
Morocco's King Mohammed VI, left, and his commoner bride-to-be Salma Bennani, 24, are seen in an undated file photo. King Mohammed VI and Bennani are to wed in Rabat in a two-day
public celebration beginning Friday, July 12, 2002 that breaks with the centuries-old Moroccan tradition of shielding the monarch's wife from the public.
CBS TV Movie
'The Crooked E: The Inside Story of Enron'
Director Penelope Spheeris, who made her name with the punk rock documentary "The Decline of Western Civilization" will chronicle the collapse of Enron in the CBS TV movie "The Crooked E: The Inside Story of Enron."
The film, targeted for the 2002-03 season, is based on the upcoming book "Anatomy of Greed" by Brian Cruver, who started working as an Enron trader on April Fool's Day 2001 by accident. (The human resources department
apparently called in the wrong candidate.) Cruver witnessed the collapse firsthand.
'The Crooked E: The Inside Story of Enron'
BartCop TV!
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Lennox Lewis
Britain's heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis visited Buckingham Palace on Friday to receive his CBE award from Prince Charles, a spokeswoman said.
The boxer, who demolished America's Mike Tyson in their championship bout in Memphis last month, was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire medal in the New Year's
honor list for his contribution to sport.
Lewis, formally dressed in a black tailcoat, dark gray striped trousers and bow tie and with his dreadlocks streaming down from under a top hat, later posed for photographers outside
the palace holding his CBE medal next to a bemused beefeater.
Lennox Lewis
HBO Special Sunday Night
Robin Williams
Robin Williams will have no time for air-kissing backstage at the Broadway Theater Sunday night.
Even though Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Weinstein, Lorraine Bracco, Michael Bolton, Christopher Reeve, Steve Buscemi and other friends will be in the audience, Williams plans
to finish his live HBO special and immediately hop on a private jet to France.
"He's hooking up with Lance Armstrong on the Tour de France," says a spokesman for the Comedy Garden, the comic's producer. "He's going to ride alongside in the car again to cheer him on."
Robin Williams
Southeast Nigeria
Women Commandoes
Anunu Uwawan, left, one of the leaders of the ChevronTexaco oil export terminal occupation who helped capture the helipad inside, talks Friday July 12, 2002, in Escravos
in southeast Nigeria. The takeover began Monday when 150 women seized a company boat and invaded the terminal's dock, airstrip and helicopter pad. By Friday, the women's
representatives said there were 600 women inside the heavily fortified facility, demanding jobs for their sons from the oil giant.
Photo by Saurabh Das
Either Way, He's Covered
Jamie Kellner
Television viewers could face paying for channels they now receive free if digital video recorders kill commercials, said Jamie Kellner, chairman of Turner Broadcasting System.
The wider use of systems like TiVo and ReplayTV, which allow viewers to easily skip through ads, would force a change in how broadcast and basic cable TV is supported, Kellner said Friday.
Kellner had been asked to expand on remarks to CableWorld magazine in which he said viewers who skip commercials are "stealing" programming.
His comment was misinterpreted and not serious, Kellner said. But he said he was concerned about the impact new technology could have on TV, just as the music industry has been affected by Napster and other inventions.
AOL Time Warner, parent company of TBS Inc., seems poised to fight or switch in the DVR revolution. Time Warner holds a 13 percent stake in TiVo. TBS includes CNN, TNT and the WB broadcast network.
Jamie Kellner
Push on Public Service
'Media, Citizens & Democracy'
A Washington think tank teamed up Thursday with USC's Norman Lear Center in announcing a bicoastal effort by Hollywood, the media biz, politicos and educators to promote the virtues and
values of public service.
The Council for Excellence in Government and the Norman Lear Center hope to develop strategies and ways to engage the average citizen.
The project, Media, Citizens & Democracy, has drafted heads of the leading Hollywood guilds, "Law & Order" producer Dick Wolf, Motion Picture Assn. of America prexy-CEO Jack Valenti, Academy of
Motion Picture Arts & Sciences president Frank Pierson and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences chairman Bryce Zabel, among others.
Representing the media biz are Washington Post TV critic Tom Shales; political and TV analyst Dee Dee Myers; and Gwen Ifill, senior correspondent for PBS' "The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer."
USC's Annenberg School, home of the Norman Lear Center, believes it's critical to harness the incredible reach of the entertainment and media worlds.
'Media, Citizens & Democracy'
9/11 Charity Single in Doubt
Michael Jackson
A charity single recorded by Michael Jackson to raise money for victims of Sept. 11 has fallen into limbo since the pop star learned that the song's executive producer is involved in the pornography business,
the singer's spokesman said on Friday.
The self-proclaimed King of Pop "cut all ties" with the song's original executive producer "the minute he found out about this guy's background," several months ago, Jackson publicist Dan Klores told Reuters.
Klores said fallout from the disclosure and other issues had thrown into question whether the all-star single will ever see the light of day, but added that as of "three or four days ago there was still
hope that this single will be released."
The producer in question, F. Marc Schaffel, acknowledged in an interview with the Los Angeles Times on Friday that he worked "in the adult film business" and had produced and directed dozens of gay pornography videos.
But he said the flap over his vocation in connection with Jackson's project was a "smokescreen" for efforts to "shut this single down because of a bigger fight going on."
Among the three dozen pop stars said to have lent their talent to the project were 'N Sync, Ricky Martin, Mariah Carey, Carlos Santana, Celine Dion, Tom Petty,
Julio Iglesias and Reba McEntire. But after an initial fanfare of publicity, the project inexplicably stalled.
Michael Jackson
Judge Rejects Beach Boys Lawsuit
Al Jardine
A judge again has rejected a lawsuit by original Beach Boys member Al Jardine against two of his ex-bandmates.
Jardine, the band's lead guitarist, sued fellow Beach Boys members Brian Wilson and Mike Love, claiming he'd been frozen out of the surf rock group. He also alleges
he was excluded last year from a series of concerts.
The 59-year-old was seeking $4 million and additional unspecified damages.
Al Jardine
Slams TV Makers
Michael Powell
U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell slammed consumer electronics makers on Friday for an inadequate commitment to accelerating the transition to higher quality digital television.
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) sent a letter to Powell earlier on Friday saying it would include equipment in new sets to receive digital signals within 18 months after a
standard was established for connecting digital television sets to a cable system.
"The CE (consumer electronics) industry's response on DTV tuners is so limited, and loaded down with so many conditions, that I believe it amounts to no commitment at all," Powell said in a statement.
The digital transition, which was designed to be completed by 2006, has been slowed in part by limited available content, potential piracy of content, and high-priced equipment needed to receive the higher-quality signals.
Powell proposed in April a schedule designed to jump-start the transition that has become mired in squabbling among broadcasters, cable providers and electronics manufacturers
over what step should be taken first and by whom.
Michael Powell
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In Memory
Coval Russell
Less than two weeks after being released from the Butte County Jail despite his pleas to stay behind bars, a 92-year-old man who may have been the state's oldest inmate died when he jumped from a bridge over the Feather River, a friend and investigator said.
The body of Coval Russell was found Wednesday under the 40-foot bridge.
Russell was released from jail and put on three years probation on June 26. He served 426 days while waiting for sentencing on a criminal assault charge in which he admitted to stabbing his 70-year-old landlord.
A judge last month denied Russell's appeal to stay in jail, saying that was not the appropriate place for a man of Russell's age and health. In an interview with a Los Angeles Times reporter last week, a distraught Russell said his remaining options were to purposely violate his parole so he could return to jail, or maybe even take his own life.
"They took care of me, treated me like I was a human being," said Russell, who corrections officials believe may have been California's oldest county jail inmate. "And I showed them respect too."
Jim Pihl, a Chico private investigator who talked to Russell by phone on Tuesday and saw him in person Monday, said Russell kept putting off sentencing and was hoping not to be released.
"He was in constant pain, and he was running out of living options," Pihl said.
Russell, a World War II veteran called "Pops" by his fellow inmates, received four different types of medication in the jail. He was blind in one eye, suffered from prostate cancer, and had carpal tunnel syndrome. He could barely walk several feet unassisted, Pihl said.
Pihl said Russell's death demonstrates how many elderly feel discarded by society.
"He just didn't feel like there was any room left for him. His body betrayed him but his mind was so sharp. I know he felt like he didn't have any other place to go," Pihl said.
Coval Russell
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