Robert Reich: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Mitt
But I suspect something else is at work here, too. To many voters, President Obama sounds and acts presidential but he doesn't look it. Mitt Romney is the perfect candidate for people uncomfortable that their president is black. Mitt is their great white hope.
Susan Estrich: Billionaire Babies (Creator Syndicate)
Raj Rajaratnam should be about the last person in the world that I have any sympathy for. I don't know him. I don't have a lot in common with billionaires who would cheat to save $3 million, as he was convicted of doing.
Jim Hightower: KEEPING SCORE ON EXXON
… Exxon's taxes were actually less than zero! How's that possible? Because Big Oil's lobbyists have so skewed the tax system that Exxon got a $156 million rebate from us taxpayers last year. So Exxon is soaking us at the gas pump and sacking our public treasury to gain record profits for itself, while bestowing a royal fortune on its CEO.
JOE QUEENAN: The Secret World of Inflation Watchers (Wall Street Journal)
Two weeks ago I shelled out $76.80 to fill the gas tank of my Toyota Sienna, while sipping a revolting cup of java that set me back two bucks and munching on a plain, unbuttered $1.25 bagel. Wow, I thought, things sure are getting expensive in this country! Looks like inflation is heating up!
Anne Kadet: 'Superjobs': Why You Work More, Enjoy It Less (Wall Street Journal)
Businesses expect a lot more out of their employees these days, as a visit to Rioja, the top-rated Denver restaurant, can demonstrate. If you like Rioja's hazelnut tortamisu, thank pastry chef Eric Dale. And if you happen to pop your head into the bakery room and admire the tile job on the floor, you can thank him for that, too.
Helen A.S. Popkin: Anti-gay Facebook page hacked by its own administrator (digitallife.today.com)
Who says people don't change? After five years of writing anti-gay blogs, making anti-gay YouTube videos and going on the National Organization for Marriage's "Summer of Marriage," NOM Facebook administrator Louis Marinelli deleted the organization's Facebook page, taking all 290,000 "fans" with it, reports All Facebook.
Mark Bittman: The Future of Cafeteria Food (New York Times)
If you have gone to school, worked in an office, factory, or other large workplace, you've probably eaten - and hated - your fair share of institutional cooking. I still remember the name of the food service company that ran the cafeteria where I went to college, and I would still revile it, except it deserves partial credit for forcing me to learn how to cook.
David Bruce has 41 Kindle books on Amazon.com with 250 anecdotes in each book. Each book is $1, so for $41 you can buy 10,250 anecdotes. Search for "Funniest People," "Coolest People, "Most Interesting People," "Kindest People," "Religious Anecdotes," and "Maximum Cool."
Davis was the co-founder of the Hollywood Canteen, and was the first female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, was the first person to accrue 10 Academy Award nominations for acting, and was the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute.
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PS Sally. I really do appreciate Queen, one of my favorite bands, and what would my favorite movie be without their soundtrack?
Flash Gordon . And I really, really like Pink Floyd as well but The Grateful Dead is the greatest band ever.
My eyesight is greatly improved but sometimes gets a little wonky. My left eye, the one with the new lens, gives me vision of great clarity and usually dominates my vision, kind of ignores my right eye. But sometimes the right eye inserts itself into the picture and that's where it gets a little wonky and my vision kind of vibrates or something like that. It's really amazing the stuff I can see now.
I'm in a quandary that I hope you might have some suggestions for.
My eldest grandaughter, 18 yrs old, has been in "love" with this
extremely quiet guy who is highly involved in some church or other for
the last
year or so. Before she got involved with him, she was open to new ideas.
As I watch "Rabbit-Proof Fence", the thought occurred to me that I
might order that movie along with "The Handmaids Tale" to give her for her
nineteenth, but I hope you can recc/ find the movie abt Cath abuse in the
UK on
the same scale of RPF. I know I saw it a year or so ago.
Huge thanks if you can find the workhouse story I jones to recover,
and any other recs for to open eyes for a young woman on the cusp for life
choices to make.
My huge thank you for any/all suggestions..
-michelle-
Thanks, Michelle!
Gonna need a couple of days to cogitate on this one.
Perhaps some readers will send in their suggestions (hint, hint).
In case you're on the market for a used aircraft carrier, the Brits have
officially posted an advertisement offering up the HMS Ark Royal, former flagship of the Royal Navy, and time is running out to buy... If you're not quite sure you want to buy the 19,000 "tonne" ship as your pleasure cruiser you can always click on the button to add her to your "wish list" until you make up your mind...
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by the SEASON FINALE'Survivor'.
NBC opens the night with 'Dateline', followed by a FRESH'Minute To Win It', then a FRESH'T-rump's Ego On Parade'.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by the SEASON FINALE'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', then the SEASON FINALE'Desperate Housewives'.
The CW offers an old 'Friends', followed by another old 'Friends', then the movie 'Angel Eyes'.
Faux has an old 'Simpsons', followed by a FRESH'American Dad', then a FRESH'Simpsons', followed by a FRESH'Bob's Burgers', then a FRESH'Family Guy', followed by a FRESH'Cleveland Show'.
MY has an old 'How I Met Your Mother', followed by another old 'How I Met Your Mother', then an old 'The Closer', followed by another old 'The Closer'.
A&E has 'Criminal Minds', another 'Criminal Minds', still another 'Criminal Minds', followed by a FRESH'Breakout Kings'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park', followed by a FRESH'The Killing'.
BBC -
[6:00 AM] Doctor Who - 4 - The Time of Angels
[7:00 AM] Doctor Who - 5 - Flesh and Stone
[8:00 AM] Doctor Who - 6 - Vampires in Venice
[9:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 1
[10:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 2
[11:20 AM] James May's Road Trip - Episode 2
[12:00 PM] Doctor Who - 2 - Day of the Moon
[1:00 PM] Doctor Who - Episode 3
[2:00 PM] Doctor Who - Episode 4
[3:00 PM] Serpent
[4:00 PM] Amazon: Super River
[5:00 PM] Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
[8:00 PM] Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
[11:00 PM] Superman
[2:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 1
[3:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 2
[4:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 6
[5:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 7 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of OC', another 'Real Housewives Of OC', still another 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of OC'.
FX has the movie 'Death Race', followed by the movie 'The Italian Job'.
History has 'Swamp People', another 'Swamp People', still another 'Swamp People', followed by a FRESH'Inspector America'.
IFC -
[6:00 AM] The Florentine
[8:15 AM] Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
[10:15 AM] The Three Stooges
[10:40 AM] The Three Stooges
[11:05 AM] The Three Stooges
[11:30 AM] The Three Stooges
[11:55 AM] The Three Stooges
[12:20 PM] The Three Stooges
[12:45 PM] The Three Stooges
[1:10 PM] Swimming With Sharks
[3:10 PM] Aquarium
[3:30 PM] The Florentine
[5:45 PM] Braddock: Missing in Action III
[8:00 PM] Reservoir Dogs
[10:00 PM] Requiem for a Dream
[12:15 AM] Never Die Alone
[2:00 AM] Reservoir Dogs
[4:00 AM] Swimming With Sharks (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[7:30 AM] My Year Without SexTVMA Sarah Watt
[9:10 AM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Stands Out on the Red Carpet (Episode 11, Season 1)
[9:40 AM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Shines Under Stress (Episode 12, Season 1)
[10:10 AM] ALL ON THE LINE - Jedda Kahn (Episode 6, Season 1)
[11:10 AM] ALL ON THE LINE - Leila Shams (Episode 7, Season 1)
[12:10 PM] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Guns and Gossip (Episode 3, Season 1)
[1:10 PM] Girl on the Run: 10 Years
[2:45 PM] Romance & Cigarettes
[4:35 PM] My Year Without Sex
[6:15 PM] Daddy Longlegs
[8:00 PM] 24 Hour Party People
[10:00 PM] Monster
[12:00 AM] PLEASURE FOR SALE (Episode 4)
[12:30 AM] Kissing on the Mouth
[1:55 AM] Bitch
[2:00 AM] 24 Hour Party People
[4:00 AM] Daddy Longlegs
[5:45 AM] Let It Rain (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'The Rocketeer', followed by the movie 'Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines', then the movie 'Total Recall'.
Jury president Robert De Niro and his wife Grace Hightower arrive for the screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, at the 64th internationalfilm festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 14, 2011.
Photo by Francois Mori
Comedian Stephen Colbert wants to grab "a megaphone made of cash" so he can shout out the demands of his supporters in next year's elections.
Political talk isn't cheap, so he's setting up a special political committee that will let him raise unlimited gobs of money from corporations, unions and individuals.
When he files the paperwork later Friday at the Federal Election Commission, he'll also ask for a media exemption that will let him talk about the fundraising on his show, "The Colbert Report," without violating campaign finance laws.
Colbert, who poses as an ultraconservative on the Comedy Central show, said in March that he was forming a political committee. But that kind of committee has stricter rules both on fundraising and how he could mention it on TV.
Actors Johnny Depp, left, and Penelope Cruz arrive for the screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, at the 64th international film festival,in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 14, 2011.
Photo by Joel Ryan
In the wee hours of Saturday morning, the focus shifted to music as Duran Duran stole the spotlight for a good cause. The band took time out from touring and promoting their latest album, "All You Need is Now," to rock onstage at a party partly sponsored by the (RED) organization to bring awareness to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
The party was held at the exclusive VIP room and was hosted by Belvedere and (RED), which have teamed up and created a special addition bottle aimed at raising money to help fight HIV and AIDS.
Duran Duran has an emotional attachment to Cannes as one of their earlier records was made in the region.
A representative for Mary Tyler Moore says the veteran sitcom star is "recovering nicely" after surgery to remove a benign tumor on the lining of her brain.
Spokeswoman Erica Tarin says Moore will require no additional treatment after the four-hour procedure. Tarin would not specify when the surgery took place or where.
The procedure was to remove a meningioma (meh-NIN'-jee-OH'-muh), a slow-growing tumor in the membranes that cover the brain. Meningiomas usually occur in older adults and are mostly benign.
The 74-year-old Moore won fame as housewife Laura Petrie on "The Dick Van Dyke" show in the 1960s, then went on to even greater success starring in her own long-running sitcom.
Actress Goldie Hawn gestures as she sits between long-time Newark educator and school administrator Anzella King Nelms, right, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, second right, and James Shelton, left, with the US Department of Education, during a Peace In Education panel discussion Saturday, May 14, 2011, in Newark, N.J. The three-day summit on the power of nonviolence will include Nobel laureates, international leaders, local anti-violence activists and Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
Photo by Mel Evans
Gods and mortals alike had to wait Saturday when yet another problem with the complex set delayed the Metropolitan Opera's production of Wagner's "Die Walkuere," which was being televised live to movie theaters around the world and broadcast on radio.
Hundreds of people were waiting outside the opera house at 12:15 p.m. - 15 minutes after the listed curtain time for the five-hour performance - before finally being allowed into the theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Met spokeswoman Lee Abrahamian said a malfunctioning encoding sensor in one of the set's 24 aluminum planks was discovered Saturday morning as the stage was being put in place. The performance started at 12:44 p.m. - 35 minutes later than the Met planned to begin - and ended about 45 minutes behind schedule at 5:50 p.m.
The 90,000-pound set twists into different shapes, and lights and projections are used to create the effects such as water and fire specified by Wagner in his "Der Ring des Nibelungen."
U.S. network Fox easily won Thursday with the "American Idol" results show and "Bones," averaging a 4.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 16.2 million viewers from 8-10 p.m.
"Idol" (6.2, 21.5 million) was down 2 percent week-to-week. But "Bones" (3.3, 10.9 million) won the 9 p.m. period, beating ABC network's "Grey's Anatomy" (3.1, 9.3 million), which was down 11 percent for a series low.
Also hitting a nadir on Thursday night was CBS network's "CSI" finale (2.6, 11.4 million). Although the show was up double digits compared with its previous original, it was nonetheless "CSI's" lowest-rated finale ever.
Meanwhile, NBC network's "Community" finale (1.4, 3.2 million) and a new episode of "The Office" (3.2, 6.2 million) dropped 7 percent and 9 percent, respectively, to tie series lows.
Singer Rihanna performs during a festive concert to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Shakhtar football club the Donbass Arena in Donetsk May 14, 2011.
Photo by Valeriy Bilokryl
Sienna Miller accepted 100,000 pounds ($162,500) damages and an unconditional admission of liability from a newspaper that snooped on her phone messages, a scandal that embarrassed Rupert Murdoch's News Corp while it seeks approval for a huge merger.
Miller, the on-and-off girlfriend of fellow Hollywood star Jude Law, was one of the main plaintiffs suing News Corp over allegations reporters at its News of the World tabloid illegally listened to voice messages to get scoops.
The scandal has already cost Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman his job and led to calls for greater oversight of Britain's ruthlessly competitive news media.
Miller was one of more than 20 celebrities, including TV personalities, sports figures and even former cabinet members, suing the News of the World for hiring a private investigator to hack into the voicemail accounts of their mobile phones.
Winners Ell/Nikki, Nigar Jamal, right, and Eldar Gasimov, from Azerbaijan celebrate winning the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with their song 'Running Scared' in Duesseldorf, Germany, Saturday, May 14, 2011.
Photo by Frank Augstein
Rainer Hoess was 12 years old when he found out his grandfather was one of the worst mass murderers in history.
The gardener at his boarding school, an Auschwitz survivor, beat him black and blue after hearing he was the grandson of Rudolf Hoess, commandant of the death camp synonymous with the Holocaust.
"He beat me, because he projected on me all the horror he went through," Rainer Hoess said, with a shrug and a helpless smile. "Once a Hoess, always a Hoess. Whether you're the grandfather or the grandson - guilty is guilty."
Germans have for decades confronted the Nazi era head-on, paying billions in compensation, meticulously teaching Third Reich history in school, and building memorials to victims. The conviction Thursday in Munich of retired Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk on charges he was a guard at the Sobibor Nazi death camp drives home how the Holocaust is still very much at the forefront of the German psyche.
But most Germans have skirted their own possible family involvement in Nazi atrocities. Now, more than 65 years after the end of Hitler's regime, an increasing number of Germans are trying to pierce the family secrets.
In this Monday, May 9, 2011 photo, Nick Risinger poses for a photo in Seattle with the rack of six synchronized astrophotography cameras he used to createthe photograph on the wall behind him, which shows the entire night sky in a single composite image, made up of more than 37,000 exposures taken in different locations all over the world. Risinger traveled more than 60,000 miles by air and land and spent more than a year to produce the photo.
Photo by Ted S. Warren
Actress Marlee Matlin says she is selling her Los Angeles-area house and taking her four children out of private school to ease a cash crunch that has left her owing $50,000 in back taxes.
Matlin, 45, told People magazine that she was working out a payment schedule with the Internal Revenue Service to settle her tax bill from the 2009 fiscal year.
She said she and her husband, a police officer in the Los Angeles municipality of Burbank, "have always made ends meet in the past -- and we will in this circumstance as well." Her spokeswoman confirmed the details of the news report.
In this case, the couple are seeking $899,000 for their modest, five-bedroom, 2,600-square-feet (243-square-meter) home in the suburb of Pasadena, according to a Reuters search of public records.
Matlin told People that the family planned to move to a suburb with a good public school. As a middle-class working actor without a steady paycheck, Matlin said she and her family do not live an extravagant lifestyle.
A view shows the Eurovision Song Contest trophy during a news conference in Duesseldorf May 15, 2011. Azerbaijan's Ell and Nikki won the annual EurovisionSong Contest on Saturday with the love song "Running Scared", watched by a television audience of more than 100 million people.
Photo by Wolfgang Rattay
For the children of a Moscow orphanage, it was a glimpse of a life of plenty. For their visitors, 18-year-old twin sisters from California, it was an emotional return to a place where they once struggled to survive.
More than 16 years after an American couple traveled here to collect two malnourished 2-year-old girls named Galina and Svetlana, the identical twins - now Jessica and Jennifer Allen - have made their first trip back to Children's Home No. 13.
As Russia and the United States work out an ugly dispute over abuse of Russian adopted children, the sisters' story brings home how international adoptions can have a happy ending, and carries a message of hope to former Cold War foes still struggling to break down barriers of distrust.
The twins celebrated their Russian heritage as their journey came full circle last week.
A baby male baboon called Sekani rides on the back of his mother, Ayisha, in their enclosure at Auckland Zoo Thursday, May 12, 2011. Sekani was born onApril 13, 2011.
Photo by Sarah Ivey
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