~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Rumpleforeskin Awards for 2004
The Chutzpah Above and Beyond the Call of Duty Award - to Mark Geragos, attorney for Scott Peterson, for seeking donations to continue the investigation into the murders of Peterson's pregnant wife to help "free the man we know is innocent."
The Best Legal Argument Award - to Aaron McKinney, co-murderer of Matthew Shepherd, denying that they killed him because he was gay: "I would say it wasn't a hate crime. All I wanted to do was beat him up and rob him."
The Influencing the Jury Pool Award - to Mad magazine for its cover showing Michael Jackson with his arm around Alfred E. Neuman, who, despite his "What, me worry?" philosophy, is looking scared, very scared.
The Most Presidential Statement Award - to George W. Bush, who, while visiting wounded troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington and expressing condolences to relatives of service members killed in Mosul, said, "Today, we had a rocket attack that took a lot of lives. Any time of the year is a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of life."
The Reporters Simply Doing Their Job Award - to Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman, who asked Scott McLellan, the president's press secretary: "Scott, on the Middle East--many evangelical Christians in the United States are supporting right-wing Jews in Israel who want to rebuild the temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. They [evangelical Christians] believe this is a prerequisite for Christ's return to earth. They believe that when Christ returns to earth--they call this The Rapture--he will take back with him the true believers. And the rest--the non-believers, Jews, Muslims--will be left behind to face a violent death here on earth. As a born again Christian, does the president support efforts to rebuild the temple on the Temple Mount?" McLellan ended the press conference right there, and they didn't get a chance to ask their follow-up, "Does the president believe in The Rapture and does he believe that during The Rapture he will be snatched up and taken by Christ to Heaven, or will he be 'left behind' to face a violent death here on earth?"
The Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder Award - to anybody even remotely connected with federally funded programs that present untrue information to students, such as the textbook which states that touching another person's genitals "can result in pregnancy" and that exposure to sweat and tears is a risk factor for HIV transmission.
The Best Reason for Resigning Award - a tie: to Colin Powell, who wanted to spend more time with his conscience; and to Bernard Kerik, who wanted to spend more time with his nanny.
The Conspiratorial Freudian Slip Award - to Donald Rumsfeld, who said on Christmas Eve at Camp Victory in Baghdad: "And I think all of us have a sense if we imagine the kind of world we would face if the people who bombed the mess hall in Mosul, or the people who did the bombing in Spain, or the people who attacked the United States in New York, shot down the plane over Pennsylvania and attacked the Pentagon, the people who cut off people's heads on television to intimidate, to frighten--indeed the word 'terrorized' is just that. It's purpose is to terrorize, to alter behavior, to make people be something other than that which they want to be."
The Recycling For the Environment Award - to Nicole Kidman, for passing on her fake nose in The Hours to Jim Carrey to use as his fake nose in Lemony Snicket.
The Totally Erasing the Previously Merely Blurred Line Between Satire and Reality Award - to the editors of the online Ironic Times, for this headline and subhead: "Pfizer: Celebrex Doubles Risk of Heart Attack--But still an effective treatment for arthritis" - which is essentially what was stated by Pfizer CEO Hank McKinnell.
The Maintaining High Standards Award - to the Estate of Johnny Cash, for refusing to allow a hemorrhoid commercial to use Cash's song, "Ring of Fire."
The Minimalist Approach to the Cultural Divide Award - to Bill Donahue, head of the Catholic League, for providing middle America's new mantra: "Hollywood Loves Anal Sex."
The Best Revelation of Priorities Award - to Expressen, a Swedish online publication: "Just minutes after the earthquake in the Indian Ocean on Sunday morning, Thailand's foremost meteorological experts were sitting together in a crisis meeting. But they decided not to warn about the tsunami 'out of courtesy to the tourist industry,' writes the Thailand daily newspaper, The Nation. The experts got the news around 8:00 a.m. on Sunday morning local time. An hour later, the first massive wave struck. But the experts started to discuss the economic impacts when they were discussing if a tsunami warning should be made."
The Best Perspective Restorer Award - to Yahoo! News: Entertainment--AP Gossip/Celebrity: "Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova, who appeared on the cover of 2003 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, was injured...in the Asian tsunami disaster."
And finally, The Miracles 'R' Us Award - to the Virgin Mary, who appeared in Times Square on New Year's Eve, and on her chest was the distinct image of a grilled cheese sandwich.
May the year 2005 prove to be a catastrophic success for you and all your loved ones. And be sure to get vaccinated against Mad Tofu Disease.
Paul Krassner is an author (Murder At the Conspiracy Convention and Other American Absurdities) and stand-up satirist (latest album: The Zen Bastard Rides Again). He is nominated for a Grammy Award in the Album Notes category for his liner notes accompanying the 6-CD Lenny Bruce anthology, Let the Buyer Beware.
---,_,----
/ . \
/ \ Visit http://www.disinfotainmenttoday.com
( )
/ _/----\_ \ _ .---
/ '/ \` \ _________/ |__--'@/
/ / . \ \ (__PAN AM/__|__===
/ /| |\ \
/ / | | \ \ Or I'll crash this plane
/ /`_/_ _\_'\ \ into Katie Couric!
/ '/ ( . )( . ) \ `\
<_ ' `--`___'`___'--' ` _>
/ ' @ @/ =\@ @ ` \
/ / @@( , )@@ \ \
/ / @@| o o|@@ \ \
' / @@@@@@@@ \
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
But Untrue
Strangely Believable
Today's Fact: 1/1/05 - Happy New Year!
37% of Americans believe the Rapture is imminent. 11% believe it has already happened.
~Jeff Crook
Jeff Crook is the Ceci Connolly of the Left. â€" J. Howard Tuft
Strangely Believable but Untrue is now available online at the Untrue Fact of the Day web calendar. Help spread disinformation and misunderstanding by sharing this with your friends and enemies.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Paul Krugman: Confusions about Social Security
Summary: There is a lot of confusion in the debate over Social Security privatization, much of it deliberate. This essay discusses the meaning of the trust fund, which privatizers declare either real or fictional at their convenience; the likely rate of return on private accounts, which has been greatly overstated; and the (ir)relevance of putative reductions in far future liabilities.
The Unofficial Paul Krugman Web page
Š if you don't think our government is stingy with foreign aid, read Paul's 12.25.01 NYT piece The Scrooge Syndrome. As well as being a distastrous tragedy, the earthquake and tsunamis also happen to give our government an opportunity to make a good impression with Muslims in countries like Indonesia. If done correctly and sufficiently generously, our aid efforts could do far more to prevent terrorism than the Iraq war ever hoped to achieve. We have missed so many opportunities already in this war on terrorism. Let's not squander another.
Jacqueline Blais: Jimmy Carter shares some 'Good' lessons
In his 19th book, Sharing Good Times, former president and Nobel Peace laureate Jimmy Carter, 80, writes about one of the hardest lessons he has learned in life: how to relax and enjoy the world with other people in "generous ways."
Hans Johnson: A Test of Values
It's no wonder some Americans seem content to view gay people through the blurry lens of moral judgment. Those who lecture on values rather than listen to facts might be struck dumb if they looked more closely at the lives of real individuals and the struggles they've endured.
Jonathan Chait: 'Billions for pork as science is slashed'
Does cutting taxes force Congress to spend less money? So far under President Bush, the answer has been a resounding no. Now there's some evidence that Congress actually may be tightening the purse strings. Unfortunately, what it has done so far doesn't exactly prove the conservative case. The new evidence is that Congress voted last month to cut the budget for the National Science Foundation, or NSF, which supports basic scientific research. This means that next year the NSF will have about 1,000 fewer research grants. This comes at a time when scientific experts worry that the United States is losing its worldwide primacy in science and technology.
All Hat, No Cattle 2004 Retrospective (Begins Halfway Down The Page)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ON YOUR KNEES YOU PINE
I'M GONNA GIVE IT TO YOU
THAT'S HOW TREES ARE MADE
Zen Man
(in the woods - again)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Overcast & cool.
Tonight, Sunday:
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a RERUN 'Cold Case', then the movie 'Behind Enemy Lines'.
NBC opens the night with 'Dateline', followed by a FRESH 'American Dreams', then a FRESH 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', followed by a FRESH 'Crossing Jordan'.
ABC begins the night with a RERUN 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', followed by a RERUN 'Home', then a FRESH made-for-TV-movie 'Dynasty: The Making Of A Guilty Pleasure'.
The WB offers a RERUN 'Steve Harvey's Big Time', followed by a RERUN 'Charmed', then a FRESH 'The Mountain'.
Faux fills the night with the movie 'True Lies'.
UPN pisses away the night with RERUNs of 'Fear Factor'.
A&E has 'Airline', 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', followed by the movie 'Midnight Run'.
AMC offers a night of grand cheeeziness with the movie 'Earthquake', followed by the movie 'Volcano', then the movie 'The Towering Inferno'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Spam;
[2:40pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Episode 3;
[3:20pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The Buzz Aldrin Show;
[4pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The Attila the Hun Show;
[4:40pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Royle Episode 13;
[5:20pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The Money Programme;
[6pm] 'Bargain Hunt' - Wespoint 14;
[6:30pm] 'Bargain Hunt' - Wetherby 5;
[7pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Hamilton;
[7:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic - Porter;
[8pm] 'This Life' - Family Outing;
[9pm] 'Cold Feet' - Episode 6;
[10pm] 'Mine All Mine' - Episode 6;
[11pm] 'This Life' - Family Outing;
[12am] 'Cold Feet' - Episode 6;
[1am] 'Mine All Mine' - Episode 6;
[2am] 'This Life' - Family Outing;
[3am] 'Cold Feet' - Episode 6;
[4am] 'Mine All Mine' - Episode 6;
[5am] 'This Life' - Family Outing;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Queer Eye', 'Inside The Actors Studio' (Morgan Freeman), 'Project Runway', and another 'Project Runway'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Saving Silverman', followed by the movie 'Scary Movie 2', then 'Chappelle's Show', and another 'Chappelle's Show'.
History has 'Real Attila The Hun', 'The True Story Of Hannibal', and a FRESH 'Conspiracy?'.
IFC -
[6AM] 'Like Water For Chocolate' (1992);
[7:45AM] 'IFC Short Film Collection II' (2004);
[9:45AM] 'Let Him Have It' (1991);
[11:45AM] 'Like Water For Chocolate' (1992);
[1:45PM] 'Alice Et Martin' (1998);
[4PM] 'Let Him Have It' (1991);
[6PM] 'Ghost World' (2001);
[8PM] 'Next Stop Wonderland' (1998);
[10PM] 'Exotica' (1994);
[11:45PM] 'The Ultimate Film Fanatic Audition Show' Season 2 (2004);
[12:15AM] 'Next Stop Wonderland' (1998);
[2:05AM] 'Exotica' (1994);
[4AM] 'Somebody' (2001);
[5:30AM] 'The Ultimate Film Fanatic Audition Show' Season 2 (2004). (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has the movie 'Fatal Error', followed by the movie 'Dante's Peak'.
Sundance -
[6:45AM] '32 Short Films About Glenn Gould' (Feature);
[8:20AM] 'Set Set Spike' (Short);
[8:30AM] 'Tom Dowd & the Language of Music' (Documentary);
[10AM] 'Enigma' (Feature);
[12PM] 'Persons of Interest' (Feature);
[1:05PM] 'Passion Fish' (Feature);
[3:25PM '32 Short Films About Glenn Gould' (Feature);
[5PM 'Dopamine' (Feature);
[6:30PM] 'Enigma' (Feature);
[8:30PM] 'Anatomy Of A Scene: 28 Days Later' (Original Production);
[9PM] 'Party Monster' (Feature);
[10:40PM] 'Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator' (Feature);
[12AM] 'Better Luck Tomorrow' (Feature);
[1:40AM] 'By Hook or By Crook' (Feature);
[3:20AM] 'Passion Fish' (Feature);
[5:35AM] 'Dopamine' (Feature). (ALL TIMES EST)
TCM:
[6am] 'The Opposite Sex' (1956);
[8am] 'Stage Door' (1937);
[10am] 'Shine On Harvest Moon' (1944);
[12pm] 'The Diary of Anne Frank' (1959);
[3pm] 'Out of Africa' (1985);
[6pm] 'Casablanca' (1942);
[8pm] 'Midnight' (1939);
[10pm] 'Counsellor at Law' (1933);
[12am] 'Within Our Gates' (1920) SILENT ;
[1:30am] 'Grand Hotel' (1932);
[3:30am] 'The Crusades' (1935). (ALL TIMES EST)
Monday - 01/03
TCM celebrates Marion Davies (today would have been her
107th birthday) most of the morning, pays tribute to director
John Sturges this afternoon, then features films with music by
Richard Rodgers and
Oscar Hammerstein II all night.
[6am] 'Greed' (1924) SILENT ;
[8:15am] 'Dames' (1934);
[10am] 'Page Miss Glory' (1935);
[11:45am] 'Cain And Mabel' (1936);
[1:30pm] 'Hearts Divided' (1936);
[3pm] 'The Magnificent Yankee' (1950);
[4:30pm] 'The Scarlet Coat' (1955);
[6:30pm] 'Bad Day At Black Rock' (1955);
[8pm] 'State Fair' (1945);
[10pm] 'Oklahoma!' (1955);
[12:30am] 'South Pacific' (1958);
[3:30am] 'Flower Drum Song' (1961). (ALL TIMES EST)
Any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Love birds are displayed in a cage adourned with New Year decorations to attract buyers, at a pet shop in Amman, December 31, 2004.
Photo by Ali Jarekji
budgies2_123104
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Best Quotes of 2004
Musicians
"He was just LSD'd out of his mind and reeling like a drunk, singing like Betty Boop, and refusing to be correct, basically. And I thought, 'This is great.' "
-- Iggy Pop on seeing Jim Morrison at a University Of Michigan homecoming dance when he was just 19 years old (Jan. 11)
"She said to me, 'You remind me of my ex-boyfriend.' And I said, 'Is that good or bad?' And she said, 'He gave me VD.' "
-- Marilyn Manson on recording an unreleased duet with Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson (Nov. 12)
"I think I'm probably a lot more relaxed. I don't have to get s---faced drunk anymore, like we used to in The Faces.
-- Rod Stewart on how his approach to performing has changed since the '60s (Feb. 14)
For a lot more, Musicians
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Music Director of the New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel expresses his thanks to the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra after the traditional New Year's concert at the 'Golden Hall' of Vienna's Musikverein , on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2005.
Photo by Hans Punz
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The MASSIVE database
(Math And Science Song Information, Viewable Everywhere)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Began Career As Stand-Up Comic
Al Pacino
Al Pacino as a stand-up comic?
That's how he started his career, the Oscar-winning actor says.
"There's a facility I have to fall down. I had a certain physical comedy I did with a partner. And I thought I was going to do that," he recently told reporters, according to AP Radio. "But I didn't want to be funny all the time, only when I felt like it. And that's not a good idea."
Al Pacino
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dutch Fan
Ryns Boschma
Ryns Boschma followed his ears and heart to a small Mercer County (W. Va.) bridge named in honour of country singer Hank Williams Sr.
Boschma, 40, an art teacher from Leystad, Netherlands, travelled to the United States to visit the places of Williams' last ride and to participate in a ceremony scheduled Saturday in Montgomery, Ala. He made it to the Hank Williams Sr. Memorial Bridge near Spanishburg earlier this week.
Williams was pronounced dead at an Oak Hill hospital on New Year's Day in 1953. He had been travelling from Montgomery to a concert in Canton, Ohio. The official cause of death was heart failure.
Ryns Boschma
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is a German site where you can make your own identity card - fill in your first name (Vorname), last name (Nachname), date of birth (Geburtstag), place of birth (Geburtsort), nationality (Nationalität) and choose a passport photo. You can also upload a photo of your own
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'Sushi' tests the larger-than-life facsimile of a woman's high-heeled shoe in Key West, Florida, December 31, 2004. The female impersonator is scheduled to descend in at midnight. The offbeat antics are expected to attract thousands of revelers to the Bourbon Street Pub Complex on Duval Street to celebrate the dawn of 2005.
Photo by Rob O'Neal
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Engagement News
Vasquez - Anthony
Carmelo Anthony finally has some good news about his personal life: He's engaged to MTV veejay La La Vasquez.
The Denver Nuggets star said Thursday he made his proposal, accompanied by a nine-carat ring, on Christmas Day. They haven't set a wedding date.
Vasquez - Anthony
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ordered to Pay Attention
LA City Council
During public hearings, members of the City Council talk on cell phones, chat among themselves, read mail or wander around the room. A state appeals court says they should be doing something else: paying attention.
Ruling on a suit brought by the owners of a strip club, the 2nd District Court of Appeal said the 15-member council acts as a quasi-judicial body when it holds hearings and has a legal duty to listen to testimony - or risk violating citizens' due process.
In a hearing involving a strip club owner who was seeking to extend his hours, both sides "had the right to be equally heard, not equally ignored," the court wrote in a decision Thursday, ordering a new hearing.
LA City Council
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
String bands perform outside of city hall in Philadelphia, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2005, during the annual Mummers Parade. More than 10,000 Mummers strummed, strutted, swayed and pirouetted for eight hours in the city's answer to Mardi Gras and Carnival.
Photo by Rusty Kennedy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Asks Donors to Give Elsewhere
Hospitals
For the two principal military hospitals treating American troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, there has been too much of a good thing this holiday season.
So many gifts for injured troops and their families have poured into Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington and the National Naval Medical Center in nearby Bethesda, Md., that they have run out of space and are asking well-wishers to give elsewhere.
Overwhelmed by thousands of items like CD and DVD players, quilts, toiletries, clothes and food - not to mention huge stacks of prepaid phone cards - Walter Reed this week urged people to wait until February or March to send items. An official at the naval hospital requested that contributions be postponed until March.
Hospitals
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
36 Children Injured
Sled Accident
Thirty-six children were injured in a sledding accident during an all-night New Year's Eve party hosted by a religious organization.
Police Sgt. Winston Black said more than 100 children ages 12 to 19 attending a Youth for Christ event gathered at a high school around 4 a.m. to slide down a hill using sleds built out of cardboard boxes.
A sign posted on the hill prohibited sledding.
The children and Youth for Christ staff piled eight to 12 passengers on the sleds, then went down the hill in quick succession, Black said. "The sleds struck rocks, a light pole and each other," he said.
Sled Accident
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jonao, a sea lion, uses a brush to write a Chinese character which is translated as 'rooster,' at the Hakkeijima-Sea Paradise amusement park in Yokohama, January 1, 2005. The sea lion's calligraphy performance was held to celebrate the new Year of the Rooster.
Photo by Toshiyuki Aizawa
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Legion of Honour
France
French fashion designer Emmanuel Ungaro, British actress Kristin Scott-Thomas and French politician Nicholas Sarkozy have won entry into France's Legion of Honour.
The three were named to the post of knight, the first of five ranks, when the Official Journal published a list of those honoured Saturday.
Among others honoured, Admiral Philippe de Gaulle, the son of late French President Charles de Gaulle, was promoted to the top rank of grand cross. Louis Schweitzer, the chairman of carmaker Renault, was promoted to the middle grade of commander.
France
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A worker decorates lanterns to celebrate New Year at the Chogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2005.
Photo by Ahn Young-joon
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
House in Hamptons Sold For
$45 Million
New York's most expensive home is no longer a posh Manhattan high rise - that title now moves to the state's other tract of astronomically priced real estate.
An 18,000-square-foot Hamptons retreat has been sold for $45 million, situated on 25 acres of waterfront property on eastern Long Island. Known as Burnt Point, it has 14 bathrooms and is equipped with geothermal air conditioning.
The buyer was Stewart Rahr, CEO of Kinsey Inc., a pharmaceutical distributor.
$45 Million
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Memory
William Boyett
William Boyett, a veteran stage and television actor best known for playing Sgt. "Mac" MacDonald on the police drama "Adam-12," died Wednesday of complications from pneumonia and kidney failure, his daughter said. He was 77.
Boyett appeared on episodes of "Dragnet" before the show's actor-producer Jack Webb cast him as the low-key but authoritative MacDonald on "Adam-12." The series, which debuted in 1968, followed actors Martin Milner and Kent McCord as police officers cruising through beat-patrol scenarios more realistic than most Hollywood police fare at the time.
Boyett landed acting jobs on radio after wining a high school Shakespeare competition. After serving in the Navy during World War II, he appeared in stage productions in New York and Los Angeles.
He worked regularly in television in the 1950s, including roles in "Perry Mason" "My Three Sons," and "General Hospital." His film credits included "The Rocketeer" and "The Hidden."
William Boyett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A bird perched on a branch is silhouetted against the first sunrise of the New Year in the Hatta desert, north west of Dubai January 1, 2005. Dubai is a major tourism and trade hub in the Gulf.
Photo by Anwar Mirza
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Welcome !
You have reached the Home page of BartCop Entertainment.
Make yourself home, take your shoes off...
Go ahead, scratch it if it itches.
The idea is to have fun.
Do you have something to say?
Anything that increased your blood pressure, or, even better,
amused or entertained?
Do you have a great album no one's heard?
How about a favorite TV show, movie, book, play, cartoon, or legal amusement?
A popular artist that just plain pisses you off?
A box set the whole world should own?
Vile, filthy rumors about Republican musicians?
Just plain vile, filthy rumors?
This is your place.
(In other words, submissions are welcome.)
Send mail to Marty
( SuprmChaos@yahoo.com )
Or this Marty
( SuprmChaos@aol.com )
Or this Marty
( SuprmChaos@hotmail.com )
Or this Marty
( marty@suprmchaos.com )
Thank you
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Previous Issue
BartCop Entertainment Archive ~ Year 4
BartCop Entertainment Archive ~ Years 2 & 3
BartCop Entertainment Archive ~ Year 1
Home
Links
Return to BartCop
"Management reserves the right to edit, yada yada."
''You send it to me, it's mine.''
