'Best of TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
Reader Review
'Andromeda'
This week ended up being the Tiger and the Lady episode. We ended up with 3
more cast members back but still more false drama. This time they gave us 2
possible ways out though so maybe it'll get better. I definitely don't like
the changes in the characters. And now we also can see the big thing this
season will be traveling thru one system. It takes the grandeur away. There
is one more episode in the opening reunion series and then we will see if
the series is shark bait.
- Mr. Hawk
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Humor Gazette
Could it be ...
Satan?!
Reader Comment
Re: Debate
I thought Bush came off as totally lost last night and I'm not so sure the stuff in the glass WAS water!
John Kerry could spot DUMBya 50 IQ points and he'd still flounder.
My 23 year old daughter (who would have made a helluva nightclub heckler) kept me in stitches all night:
"You a**hole!"
"John, SMACK him!"
"How the hell would YOU know?" (to Bush's repeatedly saying "It's hard work!")
"Oh, my God - he said it. He said 'nuke-que-lar'!"
The first comment this morning from her was "What about Poland?"
And Jon Stewart - he was great! The facial expressions alone were worth tuning in for!
But, hey, in this fucked up country idiocy is "endearing" and being a moron makes someone a "regular guy."
Call me "unAmerican" - and I'm sure some troll will - but stupidity gets on my nerves and I don't find anything endearing about an imbecile!
Terry C
NJ
Thanks, Terry!
from Mark
Another Bumpersticker
Paul Berenson
Another Side of the News
Department of Homeland Security finds Paul! I got an email addressed to me, as opposed to "Undisclosed Recipients", inviting me to buy Air Bombs, Rockets, Rocket Pods, and other nasty terrorist tools. Turned it over to SBPD. Tried to forward it to Lynnette in Toronto for her analysis, but the emails got stopped at the border 7 times. She still hasn't seen it, but we'll talk about it. A couple other people did get the forward. No terrorism here, only patriotism and courage to stand up and speak out against the dismantling of our country! We'll talk a bit about Ben Franklin and Mark Twain in that context, too.
Interesting first debate. Most commentators thought Kerry did better than I thought he did. We'll probably talk about it.
Oil prices quietly jumped over $50 a barrel, and gas jumped 14 cents a gallon this week where I buy it.
Also, Ahhhnuld vetoed the bill to make it easier for Californians to buy drugs from Canada. You're welcome Pfizer ($100,000 donation and $350,000 RNC trip to NYC) and Robert Wood Johnson IV ($500,000 a plate fundraiser).
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Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Still pleasantly sunny & cool.
Kerry/Edwards bumperstickers are starting to bloom in this area. The kid & I counted 7 on the way to the grocery store today. Didn't see a single one for Chimp/GoFuckYourself.
Wonder why is no one commenting on how much weight the Chimp has put on. Bet he weighs more than Kerry.
Oprah Winfrey, left, poses with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, as U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, right, looks on during the United Nations Association of the United States Global Leadership Awards Dinner, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2004, in New York. Oprah Winfrey was presented with the 2004 Global Humanitarian Action Award for her philanthropic efforts.
Photo by Diane Bondareff
Stars Line Up
ACLU Fund Raiser
Robin Williams, Paul Simon and more than 50 other artists will expound on perceived threats to American freedom Monday at a Lincoln Center show to benefit the American Civil Liberties Union.
The ACLU is defying a government demand that charities screen employees against a suspected terrorist "watch list" or forfeit support administered by the Combined Federal Campaign, under which government and military personnel may donate to charities of choice.
Others attending will include Patti Smith, Jessica Lange, Richard Gere, Sarah Jones, Mos Def, Lou Reed, Philip Glass, Wyclef Jean and Tony Kushner.
Composer Philip Glass, who's producing the ACLU evening at Avery Fisher Hall, says the government controls only prove to him that "our constitution is under attack, not from the outside, but from the inside. ... To create, I need to live in an environment where there is a free exchange of ideas, not where the government is looking over my shoulder."
Besides musical performances, the program includes a documentary tribute to the late comedian Lenny Bruce, whose battles against censorship set legal precedents in freedom of expressip set legal precedents in freedom of expression.
ACLU Fund Raiser
Springsteen Kicks Off
'Vote for Change'
Bruce Springsteen and R.E.M. brought a dose of music and politics to the Wachovia Center, starting a 10-day series of "Vote For Change" shows in battleground states. With a long list of high-profile artists from across the generational divide, the concerts will raise money for efforts to defeat Bush and other Republicans in next month's elections.
The Philadelphia show was one of six "Vote For Change" concerts scheduled across Pennsylvania on Friday night. On the other end of the state, the Dixie Chicks and James Taylor were to perform in Pittsburgh, with other concerts in Erie, State College, Reading and Wilkes-Barre.
The tour will also make stops in Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Washington, Arizona and Washington, D.C.
The tour, also featuring Pearl Jam, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, John Mellencamp and others, includes 37 shows in 30 cities through Oct. 11. Proceeds will go to America Coming Together, or ACT, a group raising money for Democratic candidates. Voter registration information will be available during the concerts.
'Vote for Change'
Obituary Endorses John Kerry
Jane Buffett
Send no flowers to commemorate Jane Buffett's death, her husband asks. Instead, send John Kerry to the White House.
In a paid obituary published in Madison's two daily newspapers, Roger Buffett celebrated his wife's years as a mother, homemaker, grandmother and English teacher. But, he said, she was "outraged" by resident Bush's decision to invade Iraq and then expecting "her grandchildren to pay the bills." Other Bush administration policies angered her as well.
"She saw John Kerry as the candidate who would most conserve everything she valued," the obituary said. "Jane fought to live long enough to be able to vote this November. To honor her memory, please do everything you can to elect John Kerry."
Jane Buffett, 64, died of cancer Sept. 25. The obituary, which called her a "fiery woman," appeared Monday.
Jane Buffett
Former member of the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, center, sings with his band Thursday, Sept. 30, 2004, in Minneapolis, where he began a tour to showcase his album, 'Smile.'
Photo by Jim Mone
Will Continue 3 More Seasons
'Punk'd'
A warning to celebrities: you're not in the clear just yet. "Punk'd," hosted by Ashton Kutcher, will continue for three more seasons, MTV spokesman David French confirmed Wednesday.
Kutcher and company will film 24 new episodes of the hidden-camera prank show, the first of which will air sometime next year.
'Punk'd'
Australian Road Named
AC/DC
A downtown road in this southern city has been renamed AC/DC Lane in honor of the Australian band, AC/DC, who sang the rock anthem "Highway to Hell."
"I say this is a lane to heaven. Let us rock," said the city's Lord Mayor John So as he erected the sign Friday to cheers and bagpipes playing the band's hit "Long Way to the Top."
City officials have had several copies of the street signs made in case fans steal the original as a souvenir.
AC/DC
Urges Aid for Caribbean
Kim Fields
Actress Kim Fields, who recently learned that she has roots in the Caribbean, is enlisting other celebrities to help the region recover from the hurricanes.
Fields is producing public service announcements for television and radio in which actors such as Blair Underwood ask viewers to support an aid campaign sponsored by the Caribbean Tourism Organization and its Web site, www.onecaribbean.org.
Fields said other celebrities who have pledged to help out include actors Flex Alexander ("One on One"), Duane Martin ("All of Us") and Tisha Campbell-Martin ("My Wife and Kids"), and singers Anthony Hamilton and India.Arie.
Kim Fields
Indian men clean a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, on the eve of the 135th birth anniversary of the 'Father of the Nation,' in the central Indian City of Bhopal, October 1, 2004. Gandhi was instrumental in India's struggle for independence from Britain and a devoted follower of non-violent protest and religious tolerance.
Photo by Raj Patidar
Happily Stuck in Bushworld
Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd, the New York Times scribe, whose collection of columns about the father-and-son Bush presidents has just been published in the 523-page book "Bushworld," stayed up all night to watch the first Bush-Kerry presidential debate from London. It began at 2 a.m. local time on Friday morning.
For Dowd, the final month of the campaign is too compelling to sleep through as it marks another chapter in what she considers the pinnacle of her three decades in journalism.
In her attempts to characterize the Bush family and cohorts, she has likened them over the years to Arthurian legend, the "Godfather" Corleone family, the "Wizard of Oz" characters, slick "Ocean's 11"-like criminals, the dramatis personae of a Greek tragedy and members of a dysfunctional monarchy.
Upon reflection, she says she thinks the Corleones are the most appropriate analogy.
Maureen Dowd
Gets Court Order Against Praying Fan
Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson, producer and director of "The Passion of the Christ," has obtained a restraining order against a man he says stalked him to demand that they pray together, according to court papers.
Zack Sinclair, a 34-year-old homeless man, also has sent a number of letters that Gibson described in a court declaration filed on Sept. 21 as "alarming, harassing and annoying."
Gibson said Sinclair came to his Malibu home on two consecutive days last month and "demanded to see me, saying that he wanted to pray with me."
After he was "told to leave and not return," Sinclair showed up at Gibson's church the following day and "approached me, interrupted my worship, stood extremely close (approximately six inches) from me and demanded that I pray with him," Gibson said in the statement.
Mel Gibson
A detail of leaves on an 8-foot-tall tree made of copper is seen Sept. 29, 2004, at the house of it's creator, Bill Deane of Papillion, Neb. Every leaf of the tree is engraved with a name of a U.S. or coalition soldier killed in Iraq. Deane says he never wants the tree to become political and so far, it has not prompted anyone to think of him as anti-war. He said he doesn't want it to become anything more than a memorial. Children in his suburban Omaha neighborhood ride by on bikes and ask Deane when he's going to finish the tree. He responds, 'hopefully soon.'
Photo by Nati Harnik
Exhibit Goes Up in Germany
Andy Warhol
A retrospective of Andy Warhol self-portraits spanning decades of the artist's work will go on exhibit this weekend at a museum in western Germany.
The show at the Sprengel Museum in Hanover brings together more than 50 paintings, along with 45 drawings, photographs, collages and films. Some of the portraits have been hung on walls papered with Warhol's image.
The exhibition runs from Sunday through Jan. 16. Previously shown in St. Gallen, Switzerland, it will move after its stop in Hanover to the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh.
Andy Warhol
Pranksters Seek New Recruits
Yes Men
They are two American pranksters serious about being simultaneously funny and subversive and they sometimes pose as double-talking Bush loyalists or off-the-wall officials -- the sort who offer to recycle hamburger to stop hunger.
They are the Yes Men and thanks to a new book and a documentary film, you soon might be cheering them on.
"We are campaigning for Bush actually. We have a 'Yes, Bush Can!' campaign bus with a quote 'I'm telling the truth' on the side and we are traveling around the country making his policies a little more clear than he cares to make them himself," Bonanno told Reuters.
"For example we are campaigning in favor of global warming, in favor of cutting down the forests and in favor of invading more countries.
"We're taking all the double speak and spin that comes out of the Bush administration and saying it frankly. Our goal is to get people to react badly, but we can't get them NOT to take us seriously," he said.
Yes Men
Teresa Garcia is painted during the Second Meeting of Corporal Make-Up in the Mexico City Museum, Friday, Oct. 1, 2004 in Mexico City.
Photo by Jaime Puebla
Widow's Estate Wants Axed
Steinbeck Lawsuit
Attorneys for the estate of John Steinbeck's widow are seeking to dismiss a lawsuit by the author's surviving heirs, who are alleging a "30-year hidden conspiracy" to cheat them of royalties and copyright control.
The late Nobel laureate's son, Thomas Steinbeck, and granddaughter, Blake Smyle, filed suit July 15 in the U.S. District Court in New York, seeking greater ownership of "The Grapes of Wrath" and other Steinbeck classics and monetary damages of at least $18 million.
Defendants filed their response late Thursday. Susan Kohlmann, an intellectual property partner with Pillsbury Winthrop, which represents the estate of Elaine Steinbeck and its beneficiaries, said Friday the allegations had been resolved in a confidential 1983 settlement.
Steinbeck Lawsuit
In US Marine Latrines
Kerry Beats Bush
The US military, which traditionally avoids meddling in politics, is expressing its views about the US presidential race in the one place where a soldier can speak his mind freely: the latrines.
Here, in graffiti, young soldiers wax philosophical -- albeit crudely and with a fondness for four-letter words -- about God, death, resident George W. Bush and his democratic rival John Kerry.
And if one straw poll is to be believed on this gigantic air base in the western Iraqi desert, Kerry is due to rout Bush in the November 2 elections after the Massachusetts senator picked up 73 votes to 58 on the bathroom wall.
The bathroom wall vents a surprising amount of anger over Bush, considered by many rank-and-file a great wartime president, and heaps a mountain of cynicism on the US presence in Iraq.
For a lot more, Kerry Beats Bush
In Memory
Richard Avedon
Richard Avedon, the revolutionary photographer who redefined fashion photography as an art form while achieving critical acclaim through his stark black-and-white portraits of the powerful and celebrated, died Friday. He was 81.
Avedon suffered a brain hemorrhage last month while on assignment in San Antonio, Texas, for The New Yorker, taking pictures for a piece called "On Democracy." He spent months on the project, shooting politicians, delegates and citizens from around the country.
He died at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, said Perri Dorset, a spokeswoman for the magazine.
During his career, Avedon worked for such photograph-driven publications as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, and served as The New Yorker's first staff photographer. His skill also earned him another title: He was reputed to be the world's highest-paid photographer.
Avedon said his view of the world was literally affected by his nearsightedness. "I began trying to create an out-of-focus world - a heightened reality better than real, that suggests, rather than tells you," he once told The New Yorker in an interview.
Among Avedon's best-known work was "Nothing Personal," a 1964 collection of unflattering photographs of affluent Americans. He collaborated with author James Baldwin, a former classmate at the Bronx's DeWitt Clinton High School.
Born in New York City in 1923, he experienced a strict upbringing in which his father - the founder of a dress shop called Avedon's Fifth Avenue - made him account for every penny of his five-cent weekly allowance.
In 1940, at age 17, Avedon dropped out of high school to run errands for a photographic company. Two years later he joined the U.S. Merchant Marine, receiving a Rolleiflex camera as a going-away gift from his father.
He was assigned to the Merchant Marine photo branch, taking personnel identification photos. Later, he went on several missions to photograph shipwrecks.
Following wartime service, Avedon became a professional photographer for the tony Bonwit Teller department stores, then moved to Harper's Bazaar, where he stayed for two decades.
Avedon's reputation spread to Madison Avenue, where advertisers ranging from Revlon to Douglas Aircraft sought his services. By the mid-1960s, his studio had upwards of $250,000 in annual billings.
Avedon left Harper's Bazaar in 1966 to join rival Vogue as a staff photographer. In 1970, his work filled several galleries at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in what was called the largest one-man photo exhibit ever.
His early career was fictionalized in the 1956 Hollywood musical "Funny Face," starring Fred Astaire as the fashion photographer "Dick Avery."
Avedon was married in 1944 to Dorcas Nowell, a model known professionally as Doe Avedon. They divorced after five years. In 1951, he married Evelyn Franklin. The pair later separated.
Richard Avedon
A fossa pup takes a quick peek under the watchful eye of its dam (mother) on Friday, Oct. 1, 2004 at the San Diego Zoo. The fossa pup is one of three fossas to be born at the Zoo since 1994. The two females and one male, can be seen spending their day following the adult female while exploring their new exhibit and playing. Fossas are only found in the forests of Madagascar where they are the island's largest carnivores.They are now considered an endangered species.
Photo by Ken Bohn
