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Filling In For Jay Marvin Monday
Erin Hart
Join Erin Hart as she fills in for Jay Marvin on Monday July 24th from 6am to 10am (MDT) .[5am - 9am PDT] on
AM 760 in Denver, internet listeners can tune in
on Progressive AM 760.
The Middle East is in crisis. Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice will
finally be in transit--will she be able to do ANYTHING? She meets with
Israeli and Palestinian leaders and then head to Rome.
Why has the U.S. Government waited so long?
Hezbollah continues to fire missiles; Israel is poised to invade to protect
its borders and people. Lebanon is spiraling into humanitarian disaster.
Iraq and Afghanistan are also in trouble.
We need to talk. And talk we will to Cassandra Nelson of Mercy Corps who is
in Lebanon delivering food and water; and with Rabbi Daniel Weiner of Faith
Forward who just returned from Israel with his family.
We will review the news with Ed Schultz on the Monday Take at 8; and most
importantly talk about what this means to all of us around the world.
Bravo to you for demonstrating against GW on his fundraising visit to CO;
bravo to Congresswoman Diana DeGette who will give the Democratic response
on Saturday to Bush's devastating veto of the stem cell bill she helped
sponsor.
Can we please have our country and and our world back from the hands of
those fanatics who would drag us back to the Dark Ages???? NO MORE.
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Photoshopping Matthew McConaughey's Beach Yoga Session
Velvet Hot Tub
Hey,
Sorry for emailing again, but I thought I would share these
pictures I
edited of Matthew McConaughey's beach-side yoga session
. (People seem
to find them pretty funny)
For some reason I felt compelled to photoshop him having sex with
himself... Don't worry, it's SFW.
Here is the link
Thanks!
And here's a mention at
Defamer.
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
RYAN BIGGE: The death of the double entendre (thestar.com)
Ads are killing our `cultural competencies.'
Richard Ehrlich: Cooking the books (ft.com)
Here's a true story. A famous chef is persuaded to write a cookbook, but he isn't a native English speaker, so a specialist translator/editor is hired to help him polish up his work. When translator gets manuscript, he sees that the recipes, such as they are, are completely unusable -- mere notes, often scribbled on scraps of paper. The translator spends the next seven or eight months clarifying, rewriting and repeatedly testing the recipes, in addition to writing introductory texts from material supplied by the author.
Joel Stein: The Terrorists Hate Our Baby Animals (latimes.com)
Why are the evildoers targeting America's petting zoos?
Joel Stein: Eek! A flag on my lawn! (latimes.com)
When a realtor sticks the Stars and Stripes in your front yard, do you trash it or stash it?
Am I "liberal enough" to make new friends? (democraticunderground.com)
I am a conservative republican, but I am finding myself turning into a liberal... of sorts.
Why Not Switch to Electric Cars? (evworld.com)
There is more than enough off-peak electricity available to easily allow the transfer of all of our driving miles from gasoline- to electric-powered vehicles
Jim Hightower: PUMPING OUT MORE ADVERTISING (jimhightower.com)
Corporate advertisers are concerned. Not concerned that they've so inundated our brains with so many ads that we now automatically tune them out. No, no, they're concerned that there are now certain moments in our lives when we hear no ads at all.
Rules of thumb help, but our choices can make big differences (dallasnews.com)
Question: Please e-mail me your formula for figuring how much money it takes to retire. I am 72 and still working.
Dear Prudence: Get Ahold of Yourself (slate.com)
Does catching my husband masturbating mean I'm not enough for him?
Troy Patterson: Land of the Freak (slate.com)
What "America's Got Talent" says about America.
Live in Ohio? Are you a member of a library that is associated with OhioLINK? Borrow Bruce's Books (olc1.ohiolink.edu)
By the way, did you know that you can request that your public library buy a book that you would to read? (Hint, hint.)
Hurricane Almanac (hurricanealmanac.com)
Humor
Brad's 911 Review
It seems Bush's buddies are making a killing on the oil market
Those guys were pretty rich already!
I think that turns our leader-in-thief on!
And whats up with Bush's head rubbing fetish?
Rub a DubDub, Bush want's YOU to join the CLUB? (Head Rub Fetish)
some humor you might enjoy...
CIA -Cunningham - Goss, and some humor 9-11 Review
bUSH hUMOR - political satire
America Needs A Babe In The White House
Avery Ant
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Still hot, but more humid.
No new flags.
First Michigan Filmmaker Award
Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels will receive the first Michigan Filmmaker Award at Michael Moore's second annual Traverse City Film Festival.
"We couldn't think of a better person to give our first award to," Moore said Thursday. "Jeff is not only one of the best American actors working today, he is also an exceptional independent filmmaker who has chosen to reside here in Michigan."
Daniels will be on hand to accept the award at the July 31 opening of the festival. He will also join a panel discussion with other filmmakers the next morning, Moore said.
Jeff Daniels
Confronted On Leno
Colin Farrell
Irish actor Colin Farrell was confronted by a woman who leapt up from the audience as he was taping an episode of "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" on NBC in Los Angeles, a police spokesman said on Friday.
No one was hurt during the incident, which happened on Thursday afternoon and was initially thought to be part of a skit, Sgt. Neil Gunn of the Burbank Police Dept. told Reuters.
Access Hollywood, quoting an audience member, said the woman shouted at Farrell, "I'll see you in court," and Farrell replied, "You're insane."
Colin Farrell
Strike Looming
'Top Model'
Labor strife is heating up behind the scenes on "America's Next Top Model," where a dozen staff writer-producers are threatening a walkout Friday if the executive producer of the hit reality TV show does not agree to their demand for union representation.
The dozen "Top Model" staffers and Writers Guild of America West officials plan a demonstration outside executive producer Ken Mok's offices on Friday morning.
The "Top Model" impasse is the biggest public fight to emerge on a show since the WGA began a major push last year to organize writers and producers who work on primetime reality TV series. The guild maintains that it has the right to represent the scribes and producers who serve in the function of writers by conceiving situations and determining what material is used on shows that often draw from hours of raw footage of their subjects.
'Top Model'
Debunks Reports
Salma Hayek
Mexican big-screen siren Salma Hayek on Friday dismissed as nonsense reports that she has a $100 million fortune, and said if she did she would retire and use the money to help the poor.
Local media in Mexico and Latin America reported this week that the Oscar-nominated actress had been ranked by Fortune magazine as the second-richest Latin American in Hollywood, with nearly half as much money as singer Jennifer Lopez.
"It's a huge lie. It's very, very far from reality. I don't have that amount of money," Hayek told Reuters, after reading an article in Mexican daily El Universal about a list of "Latino millionaires" in the United States.
"If I had $100 million I would have retired and would be doing more things on an altruistic level than I can now. I would have opened centers in Mexico for violence against women and many other things," she said.
Salma Hayek
Memorabilia
'Auction of 1000 Stars'
Dinner with Liam Neeson and his actress-wife Natasha Richardson. A chance to star on Broadway. VIP access to a movie premiere.
Those are a few of the prizes to be sold to the highest bidders by the Actors' Fund of America during its "Auction of 1000 Stars," the organization recently announced. Proceeds will benefit the programs and services of the Actors' Fund
Starting Monday, bidders have two weeks to vie for prizes that include a large selection of autographed memorabilia from various stage, TV and film stars. Bids can be placed at www.auctionof1000stars.org.
'Auction of 1000 Stars'
All 22 Operas
Mozart
The Salzburg Festival gets underway Monday with the unprecedented staging of all 22 operas by Mozart, marking the climax of celebrations for the 250th birthday of the city's best loved son.
The stakes are high for the director, the German composer Peter Ruzicka, who is organising his last festival since being at the helm since 2002, and is hoping to win over critics after a slew of mixed reviews.
He stubbornly refused to stage a kind of "best of" Mozart at this year's festival, which is one of Europe's major summer arts events and has been inextricably linked to Mozart since its inception in 1920.
Each of the 22 operas will be performed at least once, and in some cases up to nine times, across the city, and feature major German opera stars including Juergen Flimm, Claus Gutt, Ursel and Karl-Ernst Herrmann, Martin Kusej and Gunter Kraemer.
Mozart
Old Jeans Fetch $22,476
Hugh Jackman
A pair of old jeans owned by actor Hugh Jackman have been sold at a fundraising auction for $22,476, more than double the amount paid for Nicole Kidman's denim duds.
Jackman's jeans - decorated by a local artist and signed by the "X-Men" star - were among 17 pairs auctioned late Thursday at a "Jeans for Genes" fundraising event for the Childrens Medical Research Institute in Sydney.
The Australian-born actor's pants were the hit of the evening, outselling Kidman's, which went for $8,200 and model Megan Gale's, for $7,500.
Hugh Jackman
On Display
The Concorde
A fully-restored Concorde is going on display to give people a taste of how it felt to fly in the luxury of the world's only supersonic passenger aircraft, a museum has announced.
The aircraft, with its emblematic delta-wings and droopy nose -- but minus its powerful Rolls-Royce engines -- is going on show at Brooklands aviation and motor museum in Weybridge, southwest of London.
Concorde was retired from service in 2003, rendered unprofitable after an Air France plane crashed outside Paris in July 2000, killing all 113 on board.
But for 27 years it carried wealthy and glamourous passengers across the Atlantic at speeds of up to 1,350 miles per hour (2,173 kilometres per hour).
The Concorde
More Trouble
Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell was arrested after allegedly causing a disturbance outside a former boyfriend's home, a British newspaper reported Friday.
The Sun tabloid said police were called after Campbell, 36, arrived at the house in the early hours of July 10 seeking the return of some belongings.
She was freed without charge several hours later. Police retrieved the belongings, "and the woman left the scene," the force said in a statement. "No further action will be taken."
Naomi Campbell
More Republican Family Values
Nevada Mystery
The case of the seemingly healthy state controller who died suddenly and the attempted suicide of her husband has generated a lot of chatter - and caught the attention of law enforcement.
Kathy Augustine had the unfortunate distinction of being the only constitutional officer in Nevada history ever to be impeached and convicted.
She kept her job as Nevada's top finance official, but her misconduct cost her the support of many colleagues and the state Republican Party. Still, she seemed to be in good spirits and was even campaigning for another office.
So when she died unexpectedly July 11 at age 50, friends and family didn't know what to make of it. She had seemed healthy and vibrant.
Nevada Mystery
Loses Directorial Debut Tape
David Arquette
David Arquette was in such a rush to show footage of his directorial debut, "The Tripper," at Comic-Con that he lost the tape on the way to the convention center.
He described it as "a political horror film about a person who's obsessed with Ronald Reagan and he attacks hippies at an outdoor music festival."
The film stars Paul Reubens, Jason Mewes, Lucas Haas, and Thomas Jane, who became Arquette's brother-in-law last month when he married actress Patricia Arquette. Arquette plays a small part, a "redneck local" named Muff. His wife, Courteney Cox Arquette, makes a cameo appearance.
David Arquette
Faux White House Visit
'American Idols'
Resident Bush plans to host "American Idol" Taylor Hicks and the other Top 10 finalists next Friday in the Oval Office. It will be the first time contestants from the hit television show have been invited to meet the president.
The White House announced the Idols' upcoming visit Friday as Bush traveled to Colorado for a Republican fundraiser.
The meeting is scheduled for July 28, when the performers were scheduled to be in Washington for their "American Idols Live" show at the Verizon Center. Hicks has a personal connection inside the White House: Susan Whitson, Laura Bush's press secretary, taught him 9th grade English at Hoover High School in Birmingham, Ala.
'American Idols'
In Memory
Harry Olivieri
Harry Olivieri, who with his brother Pat was credited with inventing the Philly cheesesteak in 1933, had died. He was 90.
Harry and his older brother opened a corner hot dog stand near south Philadelphia's Italian Market in 1930.
Three years later, they made the first version of the sandwich that helped put the city on the street food map. Tired of hot dogs, Pat suggested that Harry go to a store and buy some beef. Harry brought it back, sliced it up and grilled it with some onions.
Cheese Wiz was added to the steak and onions starting in the 1960s, and provolone, American cheese and pizza sauce later became options in the concoction along with various condiments and side dishes.
Harry Olivieri
In Memory
Jack Warden
Jack Warden, an Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor who played gruff cops, coaches and soldiers in a career that spanned five decades, has died. He was 85.
Warden, who lived in Manhattan, died Wednesday at a hospital in New York, Sidney Pazoff, his longtime business manager, said in Los Angeles Friday.
Warden was nominated twice for supporting-actor Oscars in two Warren Beatty movies. He was nominated for his role as a businessman in 1975's "Shampoo" and the good-hearted football trainer in 1978's "Heaven Can Wait."
He won a supporting actor Emmy for his role as Chicago Bears coach George Halas in the 1971 made-for-TV movie "Brian's Song" and was twice nominated in the 1980s as leading actor in a comedy for his show "Crazy Like a Fox."
Warden was born John H. Lebzelter in 1920 in Newark, N.J. He was still in high school during the Depression when he tried his hand at professional boxing under his mother's maiden name of Costello.
He had 13 welterweight bouts in the Louisville area before joining the Navy, where he was sent to China and patrolled the Yangtze River.
During the 1950s his career flourished. Besides TV work, he appeared on Broadway in shows such as Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy" and Arthur Miller's "A View From the Bridge."
He had small roles in 1953's Oscar-winning "From Here to Eternity" and the submarine thriller "Run Silent, Run Deep" but his breakthrough role was Juror No. 7, a salesman who wants a quick decision in a murder case, in 1957's "Twelve Angry Men."
Over the years he had a number of recurring or starring TV roles. He was a major in "The Wackiest Ship in the Army"; the coach on "Mr. Peepers"; a coach again on the small-screen version of "The Bad News Bears,"; detectives in "'Asphalt Jungle," "N.Y.P.D." and "Jigsaw John"; and a private investigator in "Crazy Like a Fox."
His numerous big-screen roles included a news editor in 1976's "All the President's Men," Paul Newman's law partner in 1982's "The Verdict' and the president in the 1979 Peter Sellers movie "Being There."
His later roles came in Woody Allen's 1994 "Bullets Over Broadway"; Beatty's 1998 political satire "Bulworth" and the 2000 football movie "The Replacements."
Pazoff said Warden is survived by his longtime girlfriend, Marucha Hinds; estranged wife, Vanda; a son, Christopher; and two grandchildren.
Jack Warden
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