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GW is on the ropes. Did you hear, read his speech???? What a distortion,
how pathetic, how sad--he is still stuck in 9.11.01.
The rest of us have moved on--to where? What toll has the war had on us as
a people, as humans, as families? Where does our foreign policy go from
here--because without one we may go nowhere.
What does it mean to the military? Where do we get money to pay for
programs that work for working families? How do we plan for our future when
hobbled by crippling debt.
What do we do with leaders who are accused of felonies (with Rove to likely
to join the Indict Club)? How do we get our country back on ethical
footing? Who do we choose for the future?
We will talk to America in Solidarity to help us think. And Martha G. (or is it
Marty
?) of Bartcop.com
to help us laugh. (Oh, you didn't think Harriet the Spy Miers
would get a pass, did you?) PSST, she has a blog and it's pink! And is his
Almighty the real one, or ersatz--would Bushie know the difference?
HUMMMMM>
Audio streams live - 710KIRO.com.
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Andrew Tobias: UNCONCERNED
Even at today's low interest rates, and with the National Debt at "only" $8 trillion, the interest on the debt already equals a hair less than 40% of all the money we pay in personal income tax.
Convicted US soldier speaks of worse abuse at Abu Ghraib
A US soldier [Lynndie England] convicted of abusing Iraqi prisoners said, in remarks recently made public, she knew of "worse things" happening at Abu Ghraib and insisted military commanders were fully aware of what was going on in Iraq's infamous jail.
Lynndie England (wikipedia.org)
Colleen Kesner, a resident from England's hometown, said: "A lot of people here think they ought to just blow up the whole of Iraq. To the country boys here, if you're a different nationality, a different race, you're sub-human. That's the way that girls like Lynndie are raised... Tormenting Iraqis, in her mind, would be no different from shooting a turkey. Every season here you're hunting something. Over there, they're hunting Iraqis."
Harmon Leon: What Part of "Wait Until Marriage" Don't You Understand! (sfweekly.com)
Infiltrator goes to a teen abstinence educators' conference -- and gets laid!
Breanne Smith: Cookbook aimed at dorm residents not exactly a must-have item (athensnews.com)
Apparently hot chocolate is much harder to make than I thought. Steps such as "heat water, add instant powdered mix and stir" are so complicated for dorm residents that they need to purchase a $14.95 cookbook to better explain this process.
Reader Rodent Report
Roof Rats And Urban Hunters
We have discovered that we have Roof Rats in our citrus trees. Well, actually we didn't discover it. Beauregard - the mighty basset hound and rodent hunter let us know there was something back there. He was doing his houndly duty of sniffing and baying at something in the trees. We thought it was a cat or something benign. The hubby then went out to take a look and there it was. Big, beady eyed roof rat with a foot long tail.
The hubby then went to Home Depot and bought the biggest freaking traps I have ever seen. They are wicked huge.
He baited them with peanut butter and he bagged on the first night. He thought that was all but NO - the hounds were telling us there is at least one more. The husband, the mighty urban hunter that he is, then got the BB gun and a flashlight and went on a backyard safari with his trusty hound looking for them. The hound would sniff the air, smell it and bay to let his master know where it was. The hubby would then try to pick it off. It was quite a sight to see him out there in the dark, hound at his side, hunting down the rodents. They were traversing the citrus trees looking for them and I truly wish I had had a video camera for that action. It was hilarious. He had no luck at picking them off with his air rifle so he rebaited the big-ass traps and hoped for the best. Beuargard is keeping an eye on them all night baying and howling up a storm. It's driving us nuts. I hope that the traps get rid of them and we can get some damned sleep at night. It's totally creeped the daughter out to think there are rats in her backyard - but they are not hostile or viscious. They just want the fruit off the trees. However, they are a major distraction to the hounds.
Of course there are some who say we should Save The Roof Rats but I don't think they've tried to sleep with baying bassets on a rodent hunt.
I hope to see them gone soon so I can get some damned rest.
Heather, Phoenix, AZ
http://houndog2.blogspot.com/
Hubert's Poetry Corner
INTIMATE FAILURE
WHAT REALLY HAPPENS WITH GEORGE W AND LITTLE DICKIE C IN HIS UNDISCLOSED LOCATION?
Purple Gene Reviews
Tyra Banks Show
Purple Gene's review of the "Tyra Banks Show" last Thursday night on KICU channel 36:
I had just finished watching the National League play-off game between Huston and Atlanta and was surfing the TV schedule for some mindless drivel when I discovered the all new "Tyra Banks Show"….Sexy super model turned "Oprah meets Jerry Springer"!!!
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
The cooler weather has returned & I'm not complaining.
The kid's birthday is coming up & he's been dropping major hints - like how educational an ant farm would be.
All things considered, it seems fairly reasonable - I'm just grateful there isn't a cockroach farm.
Will be on the Erin Hart Show - 710KIRO.com tomorrow (Sunday) night. Listen live online & call in!
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Tries Hand at Opera
Elvis Costello
When Elvis Costello was asked three years ago by Denmark's Royal Theater to write an opera about Hans Christian Andersen, his first thought was, "Why didn't they choose a Danish composer?"
"Then I recalled that Andersen belongs to the world," Costello said.
On Saturday, his work "The Secret Arias" - based on Andersen's unrequited yearning for Swedish soprano Jenny Lind - will debut at Copenhagen's new waterfront opera house, with Costello himself playing two lead roles.
Elvis Costello
Esquire's Sexiest Woman
Jessica Biel
Jessica Biel has been proclaimed "the sexiest woman alive" by Esquire magazine.
The actress dons the cover of Esquire's November issue, following last year's honoree, Angelina Jolie. The 23-year-old Biel, who began as a teenager on the family TV series "7th Heaven," plays a supporting role in the upcoming "Elizabethtown" and starred earlier this year in "Stealth."
The magazine also picks a woman for three older age brackets: the Chinese actress Gong Li, 39; the 47-year-old Sharon Stone; and Rene Russo, 51.
Jessica Biel
Visiting 'The Daily Show'
White Stripes
The blue vs. red political quips of "The Daily Show" is getting a peppermint infusion.
The White Stripes will be the first band to perform on the Comedy Central show. On Dec. 1, Jack and Meg White - the red and white clad duo that make up the Stripes - will both perform and chat with host Jon Stewart.
"We've never had a musical performance on the show before - not because we haven't wanted one - but because we were holding out for a reunited Spandau Ballet," Stewart joked in a statement. "This will have to suffice."
White Stripes
Shatters Classical Music's "Glass Ceiling"
Marin Alsop
Marin Alsop broke a taboo to become the first woman to head a major U.S. orchestra, then won a $500,000 "genius" grant. So what does she do for an encore?
The rarefied world of conducting is dominated by men, yet Alsop became the first woman to head a major British orchestra when she became Bournemouth's principal conductor in 2002, with her contract renewed for two more years this week.
She did it again in July when the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's board picked Alsop to replace Yuri Temirkanov as music director.
Marin Alsop
Celebrates 100 Years
Juilliard
Felix Ivanov, a Russian d'Artagnan with unkempt graying hair who teaches stage combat classes to aspiring actors, compares sword-fighting to wielding a fishing rod, a paint brush or chop sticks.
The stage combat class is part of a busy curriculum for the drama students at Juilliard, the performing arts school which boasts such illustrious alumni as cellist Yo-Yo Ma and actors Kevin Spacey, Laura Linney and Robin Williams.
Even Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan studied there, playing the clarinet before he turned from music to economics.
As Juilliard celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, the school's President Joseph Polisi says much has changed since it was founded in 1905 as the Institute of Musical Art.
Juilliard
Philanthropist Buys
Granta
Swedish-born philanthropist Sigrid Rausing has bought Granta, the century old literary journal renowned for discovering new writers like poet Sylvia Plath and A.A. Milne, the creator of Winnie the Pooh.
Rausing, whose UK-based trust has given more than 65 million pounds over the past decade for international human rights work, also started publishing firm Portobello Books earlier this year with her husband, film producer Eric Abraham.
Granta was founded by Cambridge University students in 1889 to create a journal filled with political discourse and literary criticism. It has evolved into a favorite among literati in the United States and Britain for spotting up-and-coming writers.
Granta
Tackle Haunted U.S. Towns
'Ghost Hunters'
Based on the manager's description, the Moon River brew pub is a perfect spot for Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson to hunt for ghostly shadows and eerie bumps in the night - at least those not coming from the cameraman filming their every move.
Though their Sci Fi Channel series debuted just a year ago, Hawes and Wilson of Warwick, R.I., have been investigating haunted hotspots for 15 years as leaders of the Atlantic Paranormal Society.
Away from their Roto Rooter day jobs, they seek solid evidence of spectral encounters with no-nonsense skepticism, relying on the electric eyes and ears of techno-geek gadgets rather than the sixth sense of mediums and psychics.
'Ghost Hunters'
DNA Exonerates
Wesley Snipes
A paternity lawsuit against Wesley Snipes was dismissed after a DNA test determined that another man was the father.
The woman, who didn't attend the brief proceeding, alleged she had sex with Snipes in a Chicago crackhouse and that he was the father of her 3-year-old son.
Snipes refused to submit to a paternity test, but a second man, whose name hasn't been released, agreed to DNA testing and was determined to be the father of the child.
Wesley Snipes
New VH1 Series
But Can They Sing?
Joe Pantoliano, Morgan Fairchild, Kim Alexis and Carmine Gotti are among the celebrities who will compete in the new VH1 series "But Can They Sing?"
Each week, contestants will undergo training with two vocal coaches and a movement-dance instructor to prepare for their performance in front of a live studio audience.
The other competitors are Antonio Sabato Jr., Larry Holmes, Bai Ling, Michael Copon and Myrka Dellanos.
But Can They Sing?
Takes Big Bite
Reality TV
The snowballing phenomenon of reality television robbed actors of more than 3,500 roles, or 10 percent of their TV livelihoods, last year, Hollywood's main actors' union said.
The Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) said the number of small-screen roles for its members had plunged to 34,431 in 2004 from 37,954 in 2003 as the number of "unscripted" reality shows, using ordinary people instead of actors, soared by 46 percent.
Only Asian actors and those of Pacific island origin enjoyed an upswing in work in 2004, according to SAG, posting a 21 percent gain on the previous year by winning roles in television series.
Reality TV
Latest Las Vegas Attraction
Sumo Wrestlers
Las Vegas knows how to host a heavyweight title fight, but the desert resort city has never seen giant, scantily-clad men square-off quite like this.
Top-ranked sumo wrestlers from Japan will face off in a three-day Grand Sumo Tournament where, to win a match, a wrestler weighing upward of 300 pounds (140 kg) and wearing only a thick belt must push his opponent out of a dirt ring or shove him off his feet.
It is the first officially-sanctioned sumo tournament in the United States in two decades.
Sumo Wrestlers
Arrested on Drug Charge
Boy George
Boy George was arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs and making a fake police report after calling 911 early Friday, police said.
The British singer, whose real name is George O'Dowd, claimed his home had been burglarized around 3 a.m. Friday, said Detective Kevin Czartoryski, a police spokesman.
Officers arrived at O'Dowd's Manhattan apartment and discovered a small amount of cocaine next to a computer, police said. Police were continuing to investigate.
Boy George
Annals of Improbable Research Magazine
Ig Nobel Prize
Gregg Miller mortgaged his home and maxed out his credit cards to mass produce his invention - prosthetic testicles for neutered dogs.
What started 10 years ago with an experiment on an unwitting Rottweiler named Max has turned into a thriving mail-order business. And on Thursday night Miller's efforts earned him a dubious yet strangely coveted honor: the Ig Nobel Prize for medicine.
"Considering my parents thought I was an idiot when I was a kid, this is a great honor," he said. "I wish they were alive to see it."
Ig Nobel Prize
Ig Nobel winners
In Memory
Jerry Juhl
Jerry Juhl, who was the head writer for "The Muppet Show" before he co-created "Fraggle Rock," died at a hospital on Sept. 27. He was 67.
Juhl became the first full-time employee of Jim Henson Co. in 1961 after meeting Henson at a puppeteer's convention.
Juhl worked on Henson's first television show, "Sam and Friends" as a puppeteer and later spent six years writing for "Sesame Street" after its 1969 premiere.
He created scripts for the Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, Elmo, Bert, Ernie and The Count. He also created Super Grover, a superhero version of Grover, and received two Emmy Awards for his work.
He also was the writer and creative producer of "Fraggle Rock," which featured his wife as a writer and script editor. The show was met with critical acclaim when it appeared on HBO in 1983 and lasted four years.
Jerry Juhl
In Memory
Ray Bumatai
Entertainer Ray Bumatai, who battled brain cancer for several years, died Thursday, his wife said. He was 52.
Bumatai, the older brother of comedian Andy Bumatai, was a comedian, actor and recording artist. He appeared in a number of television shows produced in Hawaii, including "Magnum, P.I.," "Jake and The Fatman" and "Hawaii."
Ray Bumatai also did voice work in Walt Disney's "Lilo & Stitch," and recorded and released an album of original music, "All the Things I Said."
During his comedy career, Bumatai was a member of the group Booga Booga.
Ray Bumatai
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