Suzanne Moore: The Femen scandal shows how muddled we are about men and feminism (Guardian)
If only men ran feminism, we wouldn't be in the mess we are in. We wouldn't have to worry about offending them or arguing among ourselves. We would simply take instruction from consultants on gender struggle. Only the prettiest would be allowed to fight the gender jihad. And we would have to do it topless.
Matt Miller: Six qualms about Syria (Washington Post)
In 1921, the Italian dramatist Luigi Pirandello wrote an absurdist play titled"Six Characters In Search of An Author." Think of this column as six observations on Syria in search of a conclusion.
Tom Danehy: "This week in the Danehy News Roundup: Petitions, Jon Justice, cell phone towers and North Korea" (Tucson Weekly)
Smooth-talking right-wing radio Svengali Jon Justice had worked his magic on these people, who quite obviously believe that they are doing the Lord's work by circulating petitions that would deny federally funded health care to tens of thousands of lower-income Arizonans. They want to do everything they can to keep that dusky interloper in the White House from gaining a toehold in our fair state.
Meredith Woerner: Horrible prank tricks victims with the end of the world (io9)
What would happen if you thought you were witnessing the end of the world from a job interview? LG's new Ultra HD screen was propped up like a window while helpless victims sat and watched an asteroid crash into their beloved city. They're lucky no one got naked or crapped themselves.
The term foo fighter was used by Allied aircraft pilots in World War II to describe various UFOs or mysterious aerial phenomena seen in the skies over both the European and Pacific Theater of Operations.
Though "foo fighter" initially described a type of UFO reported and named by the U.S. 415th Night Fighter Squadron, the term was also commonly used to mean any UFO sighting from that period.
Formally reported from November 1944 onwards, witnesses often assumed that the foo fighters were secret weapons employed by the enemy, but they remained unidentified post-war and were reported by both Allied and Axis forces.
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Lighterthanair Lois in Oregon was first, and correct, with:
As a long time listener of "Coast to Coast AM" I knew this one! Everybody was (not Kung) Foo Fighter Fighting! And the
battle of Los Angeles, well, I was born and raised there and
believe me, the UFOs MUST have won! There is no other
explanation for that place.
Alan J wrote:
Foo Fighter
mj replied:
Not to be confused with the band of the same name
(Who were guest judges on Top Chef one season), those would be foo fighters.
Charlie responded:
Also the name of a band, Foo Fighters.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, has headed to California......back in a few days.
Sally said:
The term foo fighter was used by Allied aircraft pilots in World War II to describe various UFOs or mysterious aerial phenomena seen in the skies.
Hummmm, interesting, very interesting...
PS: Pope Francis has called for a day of fasting and prayer around the world next Saturday (Sept 7, 2013) for peace in Syria, which will include a vigil on St Peter's Square.
"May the cry for peace enter the hearts of everyone so that they may all lay down their weapons," the pope told tens of thousands of pilgrims at the Vatican on Sunday.
I don't think you have to be Catholic, Christian, or even religious to comply - each in his/her own way. The ONLY way our civilization can survive in light of the stock-piling of world-destroying WMD's if through peace. Please join in!
Adam answered:
Foo Fighter.
Marian wrote:
Foo fighters
Dale from Blast Furnace Diamond Springs, Norcali, responded:
Another easy one - Foo Fighters.
Dave in Tucson said:
Unidentified aircraft during WWII were known as Bogies.
No, not him. They were called Bogies as in Bogus?
BttbBob returns, and replied:
Oh, they were called "Foo Fighters"... Knew that...
USAAF B-17's over Europe... They were originally thought to be...
... or later "Ball Lightening" or some other manner of electrostatic discharges...
However, the Luftwaffe reported them, too... as well as the Japanese...
... here's a IJN "Kate" torpedo bomber...
So... there are those that opined that they perhaps were more a form of...
... Well, you know...
... But, never mind that... Their aircraft oxygen supply bottles were, no doubt, mixed up and replaced with Medical Corps nitrous oxide bottles...
Yeah, that's it...
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Happy Birthday this day to:
(61) Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders ~ Talk of the Town - YouTube
I was crazy, wild, bonkers over this woman and this song in the early 80's. I considered it my theme song when I was stationed in Rockland, ME with the CG, '82-'85... This is a great tune, too...
The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang HQ Music - YouTube She's an Ohio lady that had to go the Britain to form a band and make it big... one of the first 'New Wave' bands... and my fa-vo-rite, by far, I'm tellin' ya...
(58) I said it before... I enjoyed that program...
Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) "Anne of a Thousand Days" revenge...
Elia Kazan (1909-2003) Master film director...
Daniel Inouye (1924-2012) WWII hero - MoH recipient - Member of the all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team (the most decorated regiment in US Army history)
Severely wounded, he recovered at the huge Percy Jones Army Hospital (the former Kellogg Sanitarium) in Battle Creek, MI where he met and became life long friends with Bob Dole and Phil Hart (future senator from MI). After the hospital closed the building became a Federal Center that now houses the entire DoD logistical cataloging service. In 2003 it was renamed the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center. I was there for the dedication...
Hawaii's first congressman and Senator from 1962 until 2010 - the 2nd longest tenure after Robert Byrd. He castigated Ollie North during Iran-Contra. His dying last word was, "Aloha".... He was a truly remarkable American...
Hand salute to you, Sir...
And, Joe S answered:
Of course the first response has to be "swamp gas," but we know that's not right. The correct answer is Foo Fighters! The US Air Force has a long history with UFOs and one of these days, when I'm not so busy and not so tired, I'll tell you my story. Yes folks I've seen 'em, some them up close and personal.
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'NCIS: The 2nd One', followed by '48 Hours'.
Dave
NBC opens the night with a RERUN'American Ninja Warrior', followed by a FRESH'Do No Harm'.
Of course, 'SNL' is a RERUN (from 10/20/12), hosted & music by Bruno Mars.
ABC fills the night with LIVE'NASCAR Sprint Cup', then pads the left coast with local crap and maybe an old 'Right This Minute' or two.
The CW offers an old '2½ Men', followed by another old '2½ Men', then an old 'Family Guy', followed by another old 'Family Guy'.
Faux fills the night with LIVE'College Football', then pads the left coast with local crap.
MY has an old 'Burn Notice', followed by another old 'Burn Notice'.
A&E has 'Storage Wars', another 'Storage Wars', 'Duck Dynasty', another 'Duck Dynasty', 'Bad Ink', another 'Bad Ink', still another 'Bad Ink', and yet another 'Bad Ink'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Outlaw Josey Wales', followed by a FRESH'Hell On Wheels', and another 'Hell On Wheels'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 07-08 - Episode 1
[7:00AM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 07-08 - Episode 2
[8:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 14 - Chiarella's
[9:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 10 - Zeke's
[10:00AM] MASTERCHEF UK: THE PROFESSIONALS - Season 5 - Episode 1
[10:40AM] MASTERCHEF UK: THE PROFESSIONALS - Season 5 - Episode 2
[12:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 11 - Episode 2
[1:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 11 - Episode 3
[2:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 11 - Episode 4
[3:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 11 - Episode 5
[4:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 11 - Episode 6
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 5 - Gambit, Part 2
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 6 - Phantasms
[7:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 7 - Dark Page
[8:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 8 - Attached
[9:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 9 - Force of Nature
[10:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 10 - Inheritance
[11:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 11 - Parallels
[12:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 6 - Phantasms
[1:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 7 - Dark Page
[2:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 8 - Attached
[3:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 9 - Force of Nature
[4:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 10 - Inheritance
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 11 - Parallels (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles', another 'Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles', followed by the movie '2 Fast 2 Furious'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Tommy Boy', followed by the movie 'Mr. Deeds', then the movie 'The House Bunny'.
FX has the movie 'Death Race', followed by the movie 'Taken', then the movie 'Salt'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[6:15AM] Comedy Bang! Bang! -Bill Hader Wears a Grey Button Down Shirt and Sneakers
[6:45AM] Emma
[9:30AM] The Three Stooges -Half-Wits Holiday
[9:55AM] The Three Stooges -Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb
[10:20AM] The Three Stooges -Heavenly Daze
[10:45AM] The Three Stooges -Hoi Polloi
[11:10AM] The Three Stooges -Hold That Lion
[11:35AM] The Three Stooges -Horses' Collars
[12:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle -The Grandparents
[12:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle -Traffic Ticket
[1:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle -Surgery
[1:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle -Reese Cooks
[2:00PM] Undercover Brother
[3:45PM] I Think I Love My Wife
[5:45PM] Pathfinder
[8:00PM] Starship Troopers
[10:45PM] Starship Troopers
[1:30AM] Starship Troopers
[4:15AM] Undercover Brother (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Man Shops Globe
[6:30AM] Searching for Bobby Fischer
[8:30AM] A Perfect Murder
[10:30AM] Don't Say a Word
[1:00PM] A'mare
[1:15PM] Searching for Bobby Fischer
[3:15PM] A Perfect Murder
[5:15PM] Moulin Rouge
[7:30PM] The Writers' Room-American Horror Story
[8:00PM] Michael Clayton
[10:30PM] Wall Street
[12:45AM] The Dreamers
[3:15AM] Love Crime
[5:30AM] The Writers' Room-Game of Thrones (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark', followed by the movie 'Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade'.
Chaz Ebert seen at the Toronto International Film Festival gala presentation of DreamWorks Pictures' "The Fifth Estate" a dramatic thriller based on true events, on Thursday, Sep, 5, 2013 in Toronto.
Photo by Eric Charbonneau
A new documentary seeks to challenge some of the world's entrenched beliefs about North Korea's hereditary dictatorship.
In "Juche Strong," filmmaker Rob Montz says the reality about North Korea's warped ideology is much more complex than most people want to admit and that it's not entirely different from the political methods used in the U.S. and around the world.
When Montz traveled to North Korea, he said it was with a set of expectations based on how the secretive country is typically portrayed in the news media and film and in commentaries from international experts.
For example, he said, the roots of propaganda in the country were based in notions of racial superiority and cultural dominance, stemming from the Korean War in the 1950s.
Interestingly, Montz said that when he returned to the U.S. he was struck by the similarities he saw between North Korea's propaganda apparatus and the way the U.S. political debate is carried out across cable news.
"Obviously it's much more innocuous," Montz said. "But it's a lot like cable news. It appeals to tribalism and exceptionalism in the same basic ways. It's immediately obvious to you how stupid this stuff is, how bland it is."
The cable spy drama "Burn Notice" is coming to an end, but it's certainly not being burned itself.
The USA Network series - still strong in the ratings and popular with fans after seven seasons - gets a big finale next Thursday.
Set and filmed almost entirely in South Florida, the series has centered on the exploits of superspy Michael Westen, who was framed for crimes he didn't commit, unceremoniously kicked out of the CIA and dumped in his hometown of Miami.
Over more than a hundred episodes, Westen, his friends and family have hunted down those who got him burned, brought his enemies to justice and helped many innocent victims along the way. Now, the cast and crew members who brought "Burn Notice" to life are saying goodbye.
Nepal plans to name two Himalayan peaks after pioneering Mount Everest climbers Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, a senior hiking official said, in a move designed to boost tourism in the beautiful but desperately poor country.
New Zealander Hillary and his Nepali guide Tenzing made it to the 8,850-metre (29,035-foot) summit of the world's highest mountain on May 29, 1953 as part of a British expedition, which put Nepal on the map as a destination for adventure tourism.
A government panel has recommended that two unnamed mountains be called Hillary Peak and Tenzing Peak, said Ang Tshering Sherpa, a former president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association.
The two peaks - Hillary's at 7,681 m (25,200 ft) and Tenzing's at 7,916 m (25,971 ft) - have never been climbed and are expected to be opened to foreigners in the spring season that starts in March, he said.
Actress Eva Longoria poses with Bullseye on the red carpet for the 26th Annual Hispanic Heritage Awards Presented by Target at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013 in Washington.
Photo by Kevin Wolf
The honorary mayor of a tiny Alaska town is noticeably absent this week, when he should be hanging out at the general store or sipping his water-catnip concoctions from a wine glass at the pub next door.
Instead, Stubbs the cat is sedated and under veterinary care after he was badly injured in a vicious dog attack in Talkeetna, a quirky community of 900 that elected him in a write-in campaign 15 years ago. Talkeetna has no human mayor, so you could say 16-year-old Stubbs is the reigning leader - of the feline sort, anyway.
"He's everybody's guy," said Stubbs' owner, Lauri Stec, who manages Nagley's General Store, where the orangey-beige cat lives and mingles with locals and tourists alike. Saturday's attack by the loose dog left Stubbs with a punctured lung, bruised hips, a long deep gash on his side and a sternum fractured to the point it might need to be repaired with a plate.
The next few days will be crucial in Stubbs' recovery, but the cat has begun to sit up and eat. A tube inserted in his lung has been removed. All in all, Stubbs is holding his own, Stec said.
"He's a freaking tough boy," she said.
The town, 115 miles north of Anchorage, is purported to be the inspiration for the town in the TV series, "Northern Exposure." It's a place dotted with artist shops, where bachelors are auctioned off at a yearly fundraiser ball and where women compete in a wilderness contest.
Looking to force Apple to obey antitrust laws, a judge on Friday ordered the technology giant to modify contracts with publishers to prevent electronic book price fixing and said she will appoint an external compliance monitor to review the company's antitrust policies and training.
U.S. District Judge Denise Cote's 17-page order came nearly two months after she concluded that Apple Inc. used the popularity of its iTunes store to conspire with publishers to raise e-book prices in 2010.
Cote gave the Department of Justice less than it requested but still left it pleased.
Cote's order largely followed what she had said she would do at two August hearings, when she expressed dismay with Apple's conduct since her ruling and said she believed the company and the publishers still wanted to collude to raise book prices.
The order will remain in place for contracts between Apple and the various publishers until they begin expiring in two years.
Actress Kristen Wiig arrives for the "Hateship Loveship" screening at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, September 6, 2013.
Photo by Mark Blinch
In a newly discovered interview, John Lennon is heard saying recording The Beatles' "Let It Be" album was "hell."
The interview was conducted by radio personality and Village Voice critic Howard Smith in Toronto in 1969 after The Beatles had completed the album that would eventually be released as "Let It Be." Smith spent an hour with Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono.
In the tape-recorded interview that is being put up for auction later this month, Lennon is heard saying, "We were going through hell. We often do. It's torture every time we produce anything."
According to New Hampshire-based RR Auction, the hour-long interview is on two audio tape reels and was discovered in the back of Smith's New York loft, where it's been sitting for nearly 40 years. The recording will be part of the "Marvels of Modern Music" auction that runs from Sept. 19 through Sept. 26 online at RR Auction's website. The minimum bid for the Lennon tapes is $300, but RR Auction vice president Bobby Livingston expects it to sell for between $5,000 and $10,000.
Director Bill Condon seen at the Toronto International Film Festival gala presentation of DreamWorks Pictures' "The Fifth Estate" a dramatic thriller based on true events, on Thursday, Sep, 5, 2013 in Toronto.
Photo by Eric Charbonneau
Would you vote against a bill that makes you a millionaire? If the millions aren't bonus enough, what if voting for the bill would make you even more popular with your fringe political faction by making it easier to cut social services for the poor?
That's what the ongoing Farm Bill debate has come down to for Tennessee's Representative Robert Fincher, who voted on July 12 for the SNAP-less version of the bill, continuing the farm subsidy programs that have helped make him a millionare and isolating food assistance programs-which may soon be cut by as much as $40 billion.
Surrounded by corn and soybean farms-including one owned by the local Republican congressman, Representative Stephen Fincher-Dyersburg, about 75 miles north of Memphis, provides an eye-opening view into Washington's food stamp debate. Mr. Fincher, who was elected in 2010 on a Tea Party wave and collected nearly $3.5 million in farm subsidies from the government from 1999 to 2012, recently voted for a farm bill that omitted food stamps.
Pointing out that a small-government, fiscal conservative became a millionaire thanks to a government program that's been called, among other things, a "Soviet-style affront to the free market" by the Chicago Tribune is not exactly endearing; Fincher didn't respond to interview requests from the Times.
And he's by no means alone in this particular bit of hypocrisy. The days of Congress comprising nothing but farmers is long, long gone, but there are currently 11 members of the House who have direct or indirect farming interests that lead to the federal government cutting them checks for subsidies or other forms of direct payments.
Actor Sean Connery watches Novak Djokovic, Serbia, play Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, in a quarterfinal match at the 2013 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, in New York.
Photo by Darron Cummings
Web giant Yahoo has updated its logo with slimmer letters, while keeping its familiar purple color and exclamation point.
On the Yahoo home page, visitors will see the familiar exclamation point dancing along the letters before settling at the end of the name at a slight angle.
The updated logo comes as the Internet pioneer continues a quest to re-invent itself after being eclipsed by Google in the world of online search.
The unveiling generated considerable reaction on social media and tech blogs, much of it unfavorable.
A wooden sculpture by Brazilian artist Joao Jitujeusi sands on display in a plaza that is part of the ArtRua street art exhibition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. Rio's celebration of urban art includes the works of national and international artists through Sunday.
Photo by Silvia Izquierdo
They eat, sleep and raise their children beneath the stage floorboards and when dusk falls Thailand's travelling theatres come to life with ornate costumes, colourful face paint and high-pitched Chinese opera.
It is a generations-old way of life for the nomadic performers who tour venues ranging from sport stadiums to small Chinese shrines in back alleys. But faced with an uncertain future as the troupes struggle to attract younger audiences, supporters are turning to the Internet to widen their appeal.
When the performance has finished, the troupe members retire to their makeshift homes under the stage, equipped with hammocks and even small tents, illuminated by light bulbs powered by dangling power wires.
Their cramped quarters serve as bedroom, living room and dining room, where they feed their children, rest and watch television.
With nasal singing about Chinese legends and comedic folktales, period costumes and unique melodies, the crews perform from around dusk until around midnight.
This image of oil on canvas from 1890 provided by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas, shows Edwin Booth and was painted by John Singer Sargent. Booth was a renowned 19th-century actor and brother of President Abraham Lincoln's Assassin, John Wilkes Booth. The museum announced the acquisition of the painting Friday, Sept. 6, 2013.
Typewriters that belonged to some of the most famous - and infamous - names of the 20th century are on display in a Northeastern University gallery.
Machines once owned by Tennessee Williams, Ernest Hemingway, John Lennon, Jack Kevorkian and "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski are among those in the exhibit.
The collection is owned by Steve Soboroff, a California businessman whose daughter is a Northeastern undergraduate.
It includes writings that former owners typed on the machines, including an excerpt from Williams' play "The Glass Menagerie."
A man looks at a photograph titled "Monkey" by Oleg Dou, from the Laura Marsiaj gallery, during a private viewing at the ART Rio-International Art Fair in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. Over 100 galleries from more than a dozen countries are taking part in the five-day event, which opens on Thursday to the general public.
Photo by Silvia Izquierdo
More than 500 sea turtle hatchlings were gently released by hand Thursday onto sea beds off Florida's Atlantic Coast, where the turtles have a better chance to survive.
The U.S. Coast Guard assisted with the release about six miles off the coast of Boca Raton because it is committed to protecting endangered and threatened species, officials said in a statement.
"I'm very passionate about the environment," said Chief Cannon Schider-Heisel with the U.S. Coast Guard. "And my job affords me the chance to do that sometimes, where I get to help educate the public about the environment. It's a facet of my job that I love."
Schider-Heisel, who volunteers at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, where the hatchlings were collected, joined marine scientist Melanie Stadler and other turtle rescue volunteers to release 311 loggerhead and 194 green sea turtles on Thursday.
One by one, the turtles were slowly placed in the water and onto beds of seaweed where "they have more hope to survive," said Schider-Heisel, who described the sea beds as a La-Z-Boy for the baby turtles, or a safe and comfortable place for them to be released.
A.C. Crispin, a science fiction author who wrote popular tie-in novels to "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" and helped run the online watchdog "Writer Beware" that alerted authors to literary scams, has died.
Crispin died of cancer Friday at age 63, according to an announcement on the Web site of the publisher Tor Books, and on the site for Writer Beware.
Starting in 1983, she wrote more than 20 novels, many of them based on movies and TV series, including "Star Trek," ''Star Wars" and "Pirates of the Caribbean."
Other novels by Crispin, whose full name was Ann Carol Crispin, included "Storms of Destiny," ''Sylvester" and an original series, "Starbridge."
In 1998, Crispin and Victoria Strauss founded Writer Beware, which provides warnings about everything from poetry contests to vanity presses.
A cheetah cub named Winspear is pictured in this undated handout photo courtesy of the Dallas Zoo, in Dallas, Texas, received by Reuters September 6, 2013. The Dallas Zoo will raise a pair of cheetah cubs with a Labrador retriever puppy, believing the dog will be a calming influence on the big cats as they grow to adulthood.The 8-week-old male cheetahs Winspear and Kamau have arrived in Dallas, the zoo said, after a team of experts spent two weeks with them at their birthplace, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal.
Photo by Cathy Burkey
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