'Best of TBH Politoons'
Reader Comment
Re: Boondocks Controversy
Hey, Marty,
Fascinating story about the Boondocks controversy. I love that idiotic comment by the Herald's executive editor--because some people may be ignorant and because we think they're too stupid to get past their ignorance and because their ignorance might possibly cause them to be upset, rather than risk any possibility of offense, we're going to censor the strips and not run them.
Oh, that's brave journalism! Wonder how often they refuse to run news stories because they MIGHT offend someone?
What a liar that guy is!
Linda >^..^<
Thanks, Linda!
Some days you gotta wear boots just to read the news.
Reader Reviews
Stinker Rental Reviews
'Predator Vs Alien'
The first dvd is Predator vs Alien. This was a long awaited concept which
pitted the two biggest bad-a**ed movie monsters from the past 20 years. They
should have waited another twenty for a decent script. The plot involves a
"long lost pyramid" in Antartica which is a base in which Predators hunt the
ultimate target, Aliens.
The acting is wooden, the script is garbage and if
I remember the original Predator humans were the prey. Save your money and
rent Deuce Bigalow, it has far more suspense.
'Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow'
If I thought the first movie was bad, well this one was so bad I quit
watching it and went to wash dishes.
First, "The world of tomorrow" seems to
be set around 1940. Next, I love art deco, it has such color.....except in
this washed out movie. Even Radio City seems dull and bland. Third, a p-40
is what comes to my mind when I think of WWII fighters, but to believe that
it can carry more gadgets than the batmobile streches my suspension of
disbelief past the limit.
We won't even discuss the acting except to say Chris Rock has Jude Law's
number to a tee.
If I were given the choice between watching this movie again and having a
root canal, I'd take the dental work.
~ Mr. Hawk
Thanks, Mr. Hawk!
Another Rant
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Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Complaint filed against allegedly antigay Bush appointee (The Advocate)
The head of the federal office responsible for protecting government whistle-blowers, who last year removed references to sexual orientation from the agency's Web site, is now the focus of a complaint filed Thursday by some of his own employees, who say he is undermining laws that encourage workers to expose wrongdoing.
Matthew Rothschild: Fifteen Hundred (The Progressive)
Fifteen hundred U.S. soldiers have now given their lives for George Bush's misbegotten war in Iraq.
Kristin Bender: Health-Conscious Teens Toss Make-Up (Women's eNews)
Concerns about toxicity in cosmetics have some teens campaigning to change the industry.
DAN MALONE: Postscript to a Strange Life (Fort Worth Weekly)
The mystery Carl Daniel was reading had a surprise ending, but it wasn't one the author wrote. On two blank pages at the end of the book was what appeared to be a handwritten suicide note.
Randi Rhodes' Blog
Anecdotes
Reader Recommendation
'The Day the Bubble Burst'
I've just finished reading "The Day the Bubble Burst" by Gordon Thomas and
Max Morgan-Witt. Published in 1979 this book details the events leading up
to the Oct 1929 stock market crash. It should be a must read for anyone who
is going to talk about Social Security privatization. The chain of events
which brought about the crash and the Great Depression are very similar to
events in todays headlines.
We have stock manipulation, then Anaconda Copper now Enron. We had a
pro-business president(both clueless) Hoover and Bush. We had people who
were sure that they knew what was best for themselves. Even taking stock
tips from shoe shine boys. We cannot allow America to forget that the big
boys on Wall Street helped bring about that crash by their own actions and
shouldn't be allowed to do it again.
Mr. Hawk
Thanks, Mr. Hawk!
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Sunny & breezy.
The kid is still under the weather (and full of snot).
Surrogate Handles Jackson Jokes
Jay Leno
Jay Leno says he can still write the Michael Jackson jokes, he just can't tell them.
So while the "Tonight Show" host waits to hear whether he is exempt from a gag order barring potential witnesses from discussing Jackson's child molestation trial, Leno called on actor Brad Garrett to act as his Jackson joke-telling surrogate.
"I'm not allowed to tell any Michael Jackson jokes. I can still write them," Leno added before handing the reins to Garrett. The co-star of "Everybody Loves Raymond" then reeled off several one liners, including this one:
"They said this trial will probably last six months, although Michael Jackson asked for some time off to entertain the troops. OK, they're Cub Scout troops, but they're still troops."
Jay Leno
Returns to Disneyland
Art Linkletter
Art Linkletter, who hosted the television broadcast of the opening of Disneyland in 1955, returned to the park to help preview Disneyland's 50th anniversary plans.
Linkletter, who will turn 93 this summer as the Southern California resort celebrates its birthday, reminisced on Friday about hosting the live television coverage of the park's opening.
"Everything was being done ad lib at the last minute," Linkletter said. "The bathrooms weren't working and the food wasn't being done right. Even some of the reviews the next day in the paper were very critical. But Disneyland opened and it has made history in the entertainment of families."
Art Linkletter
Urban Legend
Diane Linkletter
Turns out Diane Linkletter was
NOT under the influence of LSD at the time of her death.
Edward Durston, her boyfriend at the time, was present when she fell/was pushed out the window.
Weirdly, Edward Durston has a history of being "the last person to see ______ alive," where the blank is filled-in by "Diane Linkletter" & "Carol Wayne".
For more, see the Mysterious Death of Carol Wayne.
Back On Billboard Singles Chart
Bobby Vinton
It has been 30 years and two months since vocalist Bobby Vinton had a songwriting credit on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. "My Melody of Love," his last single to reach the top 10, fell off the list in January 1975.
Three decades later, Vinton is back on the chart as a songwriter, thanks to the sampling of his No. 1 hit "Mr. Lonely" by Akon on "Lonely" (SRC/Universal). The track leaps 23 places to No. 57 on the current chart. Akon's debut effort, "Locked Up," featuring Styles P., peaked at No. 8 in October.
Bobby Vinton
Number 1 Three Times In A Row
50 Cent
50 Cent is the first artist in the history of the Rhythmic Top 40 chart to occupy the top three positions simultaneously.
"Candy Shop" moves up one place to No. 1, swapping places with "How We Do" by the Game featuring 50 Cent. The former No. 1 hit "Disco Inferno" rebounds one place to No. 3.
On the Hot 100, those same three songs are all in the top five. That makes 50 Cent the first artist to have three hits in the top five since 1991, when the charts were first compiled using Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems and SoundScan data.
The last time an act had three singles simultaneously in the top five of the Hot 100 was in April 1964, when the Beatles had "Can't Buy Me Love," "Twist and Shout" and "Do You Want to Know a Secret."
50 Cent
Beaching Followed Sub's Exercises
Dolphins
The Navy and marine wildlife experts are investigating whether the beaching of dozens of dolphins in the Florida Keys followed the use of sonar by a submarine on a training exercise off the coast.
A day before the dolphins swam ashore, the USS Philadelphia had conducted exercises with Navy SEALs off Key West, about 45 miles from Marathon, where the dolphins became stranded.
Some scientists surmise that loud bursts of sonar, which can be heard for miles in the water, may disorient or scare marine mammals, causing them to surface too quickly and suffer the equivalent of what divers know as the bends - when sudden decompression forms nitrogen bubbles in tissue.
Dolphins
Your Tax $ At Work
Social Security
A new Social Security war room inside the Treasury Department is pumping out information to sell resident Bush's plan, much like any political campaign might do. It's part of a coordinated effort by the Bush administration.
The internal, taxpayer-funded campaigning is backed up by television advertisements, grass-roots organizing and lobbying from business and other groups that support the Bush plan. The president's opponents are organized too, though they do not enjoy the resources of the White House or Treasury to sell their message.
For the administration, the communications effort is being coordinated out of Treasury's public affairs office through the new Social Security Information Center. Three people have been hired, with two more hires possible soon. The first three employees are veterans of the Bush-Cheney campaign or the Republican National Committee.
Social Security
Renames "Foreign" Animals
Turkey
Turkey has renamed some animal species, saying foreign scientists opposed to its territorial integrity had chosen their former names with ill intent, the Environment Ministry has said.
A sheep species previously known as Ovis Armeniana was renamed Ovis Orientalis Anatolicus. A species of red fox was renamed as Vulpes Vulpes rather than Vulpes Vulpes Kurdistanica.
"Unfortunately there are many other species in Turkey which were named this way with ill intentions. This ill intent is so obvious that even species only found in our country were given names against Turkey's unity," the statement said.
Turkey
Predicts Physically Aggressive Personalities
Finger Length
Dr. Peter Hurd initially thought the idea was "a pile of hooey", but he changed his mind when he saw the data.
Hurd and his graduate student Allison Bailey have shown that a man's index finger length relative to ring finger length can predict how inclined that man is to be physically aggressive. Women do not show a similar effect.
A psychologist at the University of Alberta, Hurd said that it has been known for more than a century that the length of the index finger relative to the ring finger differs between men and women. More recently, researchers have found a direct correlation between finger lengths and the amount of testosterone that a fetus is exposed to in the womb. The shorter the index finger relative to the ring finger, the higher the amount of prenatal testosterone, and--as Hurd and Bailey have now shown--the more likely he will be physically aggressive throughout his life.
In their study, they found there were no correlations between finger lengths and people who are prone to exhibit verbally aggressive, angry, or hostile behaviors, but there was to physically aggressive behavior.
Finger Length
Off Ore. Coast Prompts Reseach
Quake Swarm
An earthquake "swarm" that began last weekend has resulted in thousands of small earthquakes off the Oregon coast in recent days but the size of the quakes did not pose any tsunami threat, officials said.
Scientists from Oregon State University said they are joining National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researchers on Saturday for a cruise to investigate a site on the undersea Juan de Fuca Ridge northwest of Astoria called the Endeavor segment.
The quakes are generally small and not a tsunami threat, although a section of the sea floor off the Northwest coast called the Cascadia subduction zone is similar to the Indian Ocean area that produced a magnitude 9 quake and tsunami that devastated southeast Asia last December.
The much smaller quakes off the Northwest coast generally ranged from magnitude 2 to magnitude 4 and typically occur in swarms during seafloor spreading events, scientists said.
Quake Swarm
