'TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
Reader Comment
KoKo
For a party that tries to characterize opponents as unpatriotic, mentally ill, and supportive of terrorists the war in Iraq sure does seem to be the work of paranoid schizophrenics.
I maintain that if enough people around the world would refer to the unelected anti-democratic thug as KoKo instead of the strong wartime leader this nightmare would end.
Michael B
Thanks (again), Michael!
Selected Sunday Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
from Mark
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Mostly sunny & dry.
Last week I realized there's no MSN messenger on this rig, though it seemed easy enough to remedy.
Don't know what happened, but 5 days later, finally everything is back to what passes for normal, but still no MSN messenger installed.
Just glad to have the kid's puter to use in a clutch!
Tonight, Sunday, CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH 'Cold Case', then a FRESH
made-for-tv-movie 'It Must Be Love'.
NBC opens the night with the movie 'Shrek', followed by a FRESH 'American Dreams', then a FRESH 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent'.
ABC begins the night with 'America's Funniest Home Videos', followed by the Series Premiere of 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', then a FRESH
'Alias', followed by a FRESH 'The Practice'.
The WB offers the weekly RERUN 'Smallville', followed by a FRESH 'Charmed', then a FRESH 'Surreal Life'.
Faux has a FRESH 'King Of The Hill', followed by a FRESH 'Oliver Beene', then a FRESH 'Simpsons', followed by a
FRESH 'Bernie Mac', then a FRESH 'Malcolm', followed by a FRESH 'Arrested Development'.
UPN has the weekly RERUN 'Enterprise', followed by 'Stargate SG-1'.
A&E has 'Crossing Jordan', 'Love, Hollywood Style', and 'Cleavage'.
AMC offers the movie 'Once Around', followed by the movie 'She's Having A Baby', then the movie 'Prizzi's Honor'.
BBC -
[6pm] 'Monarch of the Glen' - Episode 7;
[7pm] 'What Not To Wear' - Red Carpet Special;
[8pm] 'BAFTAs';
[10pm] '3 Non-Blondes' - Episode 2;
[10:40pm] 'Wire in the Blood' - Behind the Scenes;
[11pm] 'BAFTAs';
[1am] '3 Non-Blondes' - Episode 2;
[1:40am] 'TBD';
[2am] 'What Not To Wear' - Red Carpet Special;
[3am] '3 Non-Blondes' - Episode 2;
[3:40am] 'TBD';
[4am] 'BAFTAs'; and
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Keen Eddie' 'Inside The Actors Studio' (Jay Leno), 'Queer Eye', and another 'Queer Eye'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Dogma', followed by the movie 'The Original Kings Of Comedy'.
History has 'Greatest Raids', 'Rescue At Dawn: The Los Banos Raid', 'Mail Call', and 'Tactical To Practical'.
SciFi has the movie 'Python', followed by the movie 'Python II'.
Showtime offers 'Bowling For Columbime'.
TCM - Day 15 of '31 Days of Oscar™', where every movie is either an Oscar™ winner or nominee.
[6am] 'The Charge Of The Light Brigade' (1936);
[8am] 'A Farewell To Arms' (1932);
[9:30am] 'Hawaii' (1966);
[12:45pm] 'The Dirty Dozen' (1967);
[3:30pm 'Father Goose' (1964);
[5:30pm] 'Vertigo' (1958);
[8pm] 'Rear Window' (1954);
[10pm] 'They Were Expendable' (1945);
[12:30am] 'WarGames' (1983);
[2:30am] 'The Electric Horseman' (1979);
[4:45am] 'Bride of Frankenstein' (1935). (ALL TIMES EST)
Snoop Dogg encourages people to register to vote during the Hip Hop Summit at the USC Bovard Auditorium Saturday, Feb. 14, 2004, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Stefano Paltera
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
Visited Leno
John Edwards
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards was the talk of NBC's "Tonight Show," even before he walked on stage. During his opening riff, host Jay Leno joked about Edwards' tradition of taking his wife to Wendy's for a Valentine's Day dinner.
"That should be his platform," Leno said Friday night. "Any guy who can convince his wife to go to Wendy's every year on Valentine's Day should be elected. Imagine what he could convince the leaders of other countries to do."
Later, during an interview with guest Diane Keaton, the actress professed her admiration for the Democratic senator from North Carolina, saying she watched him every day on CNN and was thrilled to meet him in person.
Edwards welcomed the compliment.
John Edwards
Nobel prize winner Colombian Gabriel Garcia Marquez, left, and Brazilian Jose Saramago, right, look on as Belisario Betancour smiles during an event in homage to Argentinian writer Julio Cortazar at Guadalajara University, Saturday, Feb. 14 2004, in Guadalajara City, Mexico.
Photo by Guillermo Arias
V-Day With Jane, Eve, Christine & Sally
Ciudad Juarez
Jane Fonda, Eve Ensler, Christine Lahti and Sally Field on Saturday added their celebrity voices to those of mothers and activists clamoring for justice in the murders of hundreds of young women in this Mexico border town during the past decade.
Groups of marchers from Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Texas, across the border, met on the downtown international bridge and walked the streets of Ciudad Juarez.
They marched as part of an effort to increase awareness of violence against women worldwide through Ensler's organization, which for three years has called Feb. 14 "V-day" and used it to remember all women who are victims of violence.
Fonda, Lahti, Field and three Mexican actresses were later scheduled to perform Ensler's play "The Vagina Monologues."
Activists have been keeping track of violence in Ciudad Juarez, where officials have now documented more than 300 murders in the past 10 years. Few of the cases have been solved and the murders are continuing.
Many victims were workers at border manufacturing plants known as maquiladoras, girls who traveled alone to work in Juarez and later disappeared only to turn up dead in the desert.
Ciudad Juarez
No Archival Releases Planned
Warren Zevon
With momentum high after a pair of Grammy wins for Warren Zevon's final studio album, "The Wind" (Artemis), fans might expect that a full slate of archival material from the late artist is on the way. Not so, according to his son, Jordan Zevon.
"For the most part, let it ring out," Zevon told Billboard.com, adding that he and his sister, Ariel, are not willing to speculate about their father's wishes.
"You're starting to delve into what he would and wouldn't want released, and you can never know," Zevon said. "He had an MTV concert that came out in the '80s and you would think, 'Oh well, that'd be great to get out there,' and we just happened to discuss it at one point and his opinion, he deemed it unwatchable.
"So, when you get into the guessing game it's when you start feeling, 'Am I doing the right thing?' "
On the other hand, reissued versions of the albums his father recorded over the years likely will emerge in time.
Warren Zevon
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Going To The White House
Elmo
"Sesame Street" character Elmo, along with his Muppet pals, will be featured on an upcoming episode of NBC's "The West Wing."
It'll mark the dramatic prime-time debut of the entire "Sesame Street" Muppet crew, who've been a staple of the show since it premiered in 1969.
In the episode, Elmo, Big Bird, Zoe and Rosita visit the White House when President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) enlists his press secretary, C.J. (Allison Janney) to help improve the First Lady's image.
The First Lady, Abbey Bartlet (Stockard Channing), is a physician - and she enthusiastically embraces C.J.'s idea to have her work with the Muppets to show the public that she's a First Lady who's also a working doctor.
Elmo
Masked revellers pose in St. Mark square during the traditional Carnival in Venice, February 14, 2004. Thousands of people are expected to come to the lagoon city this weekend for the Carnival celebrations.
Photo by Stefano Rellandini
Honored For Charity Work
Janet Jackson
In her first public appearance since her breast was exposed during the Super Bowl halftime show, Janet Jackson received an award for her humanitarian and charitable contributions.
Behind the Bench, an association of wives of NBA players, honored Jackson at their annual fund-raiser Friday at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
"She has done a wonderful job giving back to communities across America. That fact has not changed," Behind the Bench spokesman Vince McCaskill said. "She was on board with this seven months ago. We never even considered her not being here."
Behind the Bench, formed in 1995, has raised nearly $1 million for charities in Los Angeles, the host city of this year's NBA All-Star game.
Janet Jackson
www.behindthebench.org
Don't Need A Weatherman...
Comedians
Here are some lines broadcast on Thursday:
NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno":
"I was watching TV last night. I saw an interesting documentary on the Ninja, the Japanese soldier. According to legend the Ninjas were warriors who could make themselves invisible whenever there was a war. Kind of like Bush and the National Guard."
"The White House has now released military documents that they say prove George Bush met his requirements for the National Guard. Big deal, we've got documents that prove Al Gore won the election."
CBS' "The Late Show with David Letterman":
"There was an embarrassing moment in the White House earlier today. They were looking around while searching for George Bush's military records. They actually found some old Al Gore ballots."
"Resident Bush says that he can't find any of his National Guard records from the 70s. Oh sure, but he's got no problem finding photos of John Kerry with Jane Fonda from the 70s."
Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart":
"The White House released documents it claims validates the president's (National Guard) service ... When deciphered the documents showed that in a one-year period, 1972 and 1973, Bush received credit for nine days of active National Guard service. The traditional term of service then and now for the National Guard is one weekend a month and two full weeks a year, meaning that Bush's nine-day stint qualifies him only for the National Guard's National Guard. That's the National Guard's National Guard, an Army of None."
Comedians
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
Tries Out New Stand Up Routine
Castro
Cuban leader Fidel Castro is using humour to defend himself from U.S. hostility, ridiculing President George W. Bush for his gaffes.
"Bush could not debate a Cuban ninth grader, who knows more than he does," Castro said in a speech closing an international conference of economists hosted by his communist government.
Castro had his audience of 1,400 economists in stitches when he read out some of Bush's more unfortunate statements.
Among other gaffes, Castro quoted Bush as saying: "I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy"; "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family"; "More and more of our imports come from overseas"; and "The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case".
Castro
Spectators attend the 71st lemon festival in the southern French town of Menton, February 14, 2003. During the festival, 130 metric tons of lemons and oranges will be used and held together with 500 000 elastic bands. The theme of the festival, which runs from February 13 to March 9, is 'Walt Disney studios'.
Photo by Pascal Deschamps
Identifie By Glitch
Amazon Reviewers
Many sign their names. Many don't. They're the book reviewers on Amazon.com who use such words as "masterful," "page-turner" and "tear-jerker." But the ones who sign their critiques only as "a reader from (fill in the city)" lost their anonymity this week when their identities were revealed on Amazon.com's Canadian Web site.
Among those named were authors who posted glowing reviews of their own work, apparently to boost sales.
The glitch, reported Saturday by The New York Times, replaced pseudonyms with reviewers' real names, laying bare a culture of self-promotion and potential for revenge among authors and users of the online retailer.
Amazon Reviewers
Novice Sister Tilly, a member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, stands in front of a group of counter-demonstrators during a rally in favor of gay marriage rights Saturday, Feb. 14, 2004, in Sacramento, Calif. A handful of detractors, carrying signs advocating polygamy and dog marriage, stood on the edge of the St. Valentine's Day event.
Photo by Noah Berger
Leads to Physics Discovery
Chocolate Obsession
Princeton physicist Paul Chaikin's passion for M&M candies was so well known that his students played a sweet practical joke on him by leaving a 55-gallon drum of the candies in his office.
Little did they know that their prank would lead to a physics breakthrough.
The barrel full of the oblate little candies made Chaikin think about how well they packed in. A series of studies have shown they pack more tightly than perfect spheres -- something that surprises many physicists and Chaikin himself.
The issue of how particles pack together has intrigued scientists for centuries and has implications for fields such as the design of high-density ceramic materials for use in aerospace or other industries.
Chaikin and his colleague, chemist Salvatore Torquato, used the candies to investigate the physical and mathematical principles involved when particles are poured randomly into a vessel.
When poured in, they said, spheres occupy about 64 percent of the space in a container. M&Ms manage to pack in at a density of about 68 percent.
Chocolate Obsession
Jim Sautner and his pet "Bailey D. Buffalo" share in reading the Farmers' Almanac in the family room of the Sautner home near Spruce Grove, Alberta, on Wednesday. Bailey has been raised from infancy by Sautner and his wife Linda and is unusually tame. The 1650 lb animal enjoys daily visits to the inside of their home.
Photo by Dan Riedlhuber
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