'Best of TBH Politoons'
TOMORROW
Erin Hart
Please join Erin Hart when she fills in for Jay Marvin on AM760 Progressive Talk, Monday, May 28th, from 6am - 10am MDT (8am - 12noon EDT, 7am - 11am CDT, 5am - 9am PDT)
Kick off the Summer with searing discussion.
An immigration bill only Kafka would love, the Democrats pulling of the
deadline, Bush's intransigence on the veto if a deadline for withdrawal
present, and Monica Goodling's testimony about Attorney General Alberto
Gonzalez and the broken Department of (In)Justice.
All that and Memorial Day thoughts about the troops and the nature of war.
The Erin Hart Show
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
James Gill: Worst in history? Contenders abound (Times Picayune)
Jimmy Carter was in Violet Monday, crawfishing over his assessment of the Bush administration as "the worst in history," and regretting that he did not choose his words "more carefully." Sadly nobody asked Carter whether that meant he thought it possible that Bush is not the biggest doofus ever put in charge of the Republic.
Froma Harrop: Unprincipled at Princeton (creators.com)
Princeton seems to consider itself a bit too special for the low-glamour job of producing government workers and has been spending the endowment on other things. The Robertsons' children are suing on behalf of the foundation.
Froma Harrop: TWO MOMMIES CAN BE BETTER THAN ONE (creators.com)
Samuel David Cheney has two mommies, and isn't that nice, says a stay-at-home mother I'll call Joanna. A conventional housewife, Joanna is happy that her two young sons and baby girl have a daddy, but she says, "Boy, wouldn't it be great to let Mommy No. 2 take over while I get my hair done?"
Jim Hightower: Can You Believe This War Is Still Going On? (Hightower Lowdown. Posted on Alternet.org)
After committing troops to a war that has left hundreds of thousands dead and millions without homes, George W. Bush says he prays for safety and peace. Way to go, Georgie, shift the responsibility for your mess to God.
Jim Hightower: VACATION ON WARMING ISLAND (jimhightower.com)
As summer approaches, families all across our country are making vacation plans. But some people get bored with the same old trips, whether to the shore or to some exotic tropical island. Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt.
ANDY KLEIN: Little Dieter Flies Again (lacitybeat.com)
In 'Rescue Dawn,' Werner Herzog revisits one of his most amazing subjects
John Figlesthaler: Twenty Years of Political Punk (shepherd-express.com)
Why Propagandhi still matters.
Tom Tomorrow: Is John Edwards Too Much of A Girly-Man? (Cartoon)
Reader Suggestion
'Party Records'
Marty....Please Forgive Me...... But This Music Is Actually Good!
My Pussy Belongs to Daddy
"I don't like to work blue here on the Goof, but I have a nostalgic
fondness for cheesy, innuendo-loaded, nudie novelty LPs from the 60's, and
they don't come much cheesier, nudier, or innuendo-ier than
My Pussy Belongs to Daddy, a record chockful o' songs with eye-rolling
double-entendre titles like, Things Are Soft For Grandma, Tony's Hot Nuts,
and She Sits Among the Cabbages and Peas.
Despite the ridiculous titles,
the songs are actually pretty decent; most are done in a smoky nightclub
jazz style, and sung by naughty-record vet, Fay Richmonde (among others)."
Again, Please Forgive Me!
Kev Kev
in Apache Junction, Arizona
P.S. please don't ban me!
Thanks, Kev Kev.
My parents stashed a couple of old 'party records' in the kitchen drawer where mom kept her 'good' knives.
Oops - I don't think I'm supposed to know that. ; )
Here are a few more, from another decade, for your collection -
Mr. Insurance Man,
The Chropractor's Wife,
We Do It Just the Same,
Up the Alley with Sally,
I Love Mountain Wimen,
Hey Joe, Two Beers, and
Is Doctor Ezet In.
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Mostly sunny, with a nice breeze.
Move Spotlight To Darfur
Pitt, Clooney & Cheadle
Hollywood celebrities Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Don Cheadle have more than just acting in common -- they share a passion for trying to help people from the troubled Darfur region of Sudan.
At least 200,000 people have been killed and more than 2.3 million made homeless in the Darfur conflict among African rebel groups, the Arab-dominated government and militia who back them. The United States calls it a genocide.
The trio of actors, in the midst of promoting their new movie "Ocean's Thirteen," took some time at the Cannes film festival to talk to Reuters about a fund raising group they formed, Not On Our Watch Foundation, to funnel aid to Darfur refugees:
Q: Why should people in other countries care about what is going on in Darfur when they have their own domestic issues, such as poverty in inner cities?
For the rest: Pitt, Clooney & Cheadle
'Sicko' To Benefit Michigan Dems
Michael Moore
Michael Moore says he's planning an unofficial North American premiere of his documentary "Sicko" in Michigan to benefit the Antrim County Democratic Party.
The critical account of the U.S. health care industry, which was the talk of the Cannes Film Festival, will be shown June 16 in Bellaire, about 210 miles northwest of Detroit.
"I'm doing this at my wife's request," Moore said. "Everyone is invited."
The Flint native's wife, Kathleen Glynn, is vice-chairwoman of the Antrim County Democratic Party and executive producer of the documentary.
Michael Moore
British Boot Maker Apologizes
Doc Martens
Footwear maker Dr. Martens apologized on Friday for any offense caused by ads showing four dead rock icons wearing its boots in heaven -- and fired its advertising agency, which, in turn, dismissed an employee it found at fault.
Chief Executive David Suddens said the published images starring Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, The Clash's Joe Strummer, Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols and the Ramones' Joey Ramone had not been commissioned or approved by the British company.
But he said an employee at Dr. Martens had given permission for the images to appear on a one-off basis in a small British music magazine -- and these were then passed to various U.S. Web sites by someone at advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi.
Cobain's widow, rock star Courtney Love, was outraged to see pictures of the former Nirvana lead singer, who committed suicide in 1994, dressed in a white robe and Dr. Martens boots sitting on a cloud.
Doc Martens
Warner Bros. Donates
Tasmanian Devil
Warner Bros. will donate money from the sale of DVDs featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck to help efforts to save the Tasmanian Devil from extinction, an Australian official said Saturday.
The Looney Tunes character Taz - a whirling, growling rival to Bugs Bunny - is based on the Australian marsupial, which is being threatened by contagious cancer in its homeland, the island state of Tasmania.
State Tourism, Arts and Environment Minister Paula Wriedt said Warner Bros. had struck a deal with the government to donate one Australian dollar - the equivalent of 82 cents - for each sale from a new series of DVDs to be released in Australia featuring the company's cartoon characters.
Tasmanian Devil
30th Anniversary
Sex Pistols
The 30th year anniversary of the controversial Sex Pistols classic God Save the Queen is being remembered this weekend.
It sparked drama on its release in 1977 when it coincided with Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee.
The BBC banned the track, but it still entered the charts at number two.
It's been thought the song was deliberately held off the top of the charts - even though it outsold every other single on its release.
Sex Pistols
Baby News
Bryce Thadeus Ulrich-Nielsen
It's a boy for actress Connie Nielsen and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.
Nielsen gave birth to Bryce Thadeus Ulrich-Nielsen on Monday in San Francisco, publicist Craig Bankey said in a statement Friday.
It was the couple's first child. Nielsen has a son, Sebastian, from a previous relationship, and Ulrich has two children, Myles and Layne, from his marriage to Skylar Satenstein.
Bryce Thadeus Ulrich-Nielsen
Rehabbed Minor's DUI
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan was cited for investigation of driving under the influence Saturday and was slightly injured when the troubled actress' convertible struck a curb, police said.
Lohan, 20, and two other people were in her 2005 Mercedes SL-65 when it crashed on Sunset Boulevard around 5:30 a.m., Sgt. Mike Foxen said.
No one else was hurt and no other cars were involved, Foxen said. He did not have other details.
Lohan said in January that she had checked into a rehabilitation center for alcohol treatment. Her publicist confirmed in December that the actress was attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
Lindsay Lohan
Booed at UMass
Andy Card
Resident Bush's former chief of staff Andrew Card was loudly booed by hundreds of students and faculty members as he rose to accept an honorary degree at the University of Massachusetts on Friday.
The boos and catcalls - including those from faculty members who stood onstage with Card - drowned out Provost Charlena Seymour's remarks as she awarded the honorary doctorate in public service. Protesters claim Card lied to the American people in the early days of the Iraq war and should not have been honored at the graduate student commencement.
The protests were mainly contained to an area in the back of the campus arena, though many of the faculty members onstage joined the three- to four- minute outburst.
One faculty member onstage held a sign: "Card - no honor, no degree." Another sign said, "War criminals go home."
Andy Card
Company Ordered To Turn Over
O.J. Book
A federal judge has ordered a bankrupt company owned by O.J. Simpson's children to turn over any copies of Simpson's canceled book, "If I Did It."
Lorraine Brooke Associates, which names Simpson's oldest daughter, Arnelle, as its head, retains the rights to the book, in which the former NFL star explains how he might have committed the killings of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
Lorraine Brooke, which struck a deal with HarperCollins to be included in an auction for the book's rights, then filed for bankruptcy, putting the sale on hold. Arnelle Simpson sought to reorganize Lorraine Brook, which would have allowed her to maintain temporary control over it, but U.S. Bankruptcy Judge A. Jay Cristol ruled last week that the company should be liquidated. He decided an independent trustee would control it.
On Wednesday, Cristol ordered that all copies of the book, including excerpts, summaries and manuscripts, be turned over to prevent any unauthorized distribution or dissemination.
O.J. Book
Noah's Dinosaurs
Creation Museum
Like many modern museums, the newest U.S. tourist attraction includes some awesome exhibits -- roaring dinosaurs and a life-sized ship.
But only at the Creation Museum in Kentucky do the dinosaurs sail on the ship -- Noah's Ark, to be precise.
The Christian creators of the sprawling museum, unveiled on Saturday, hope to draw as many as half a million people each year to their state-of-the-art project, which depicts the Bible's first book, Genesis, as literal truth.
Here exhibits show the Grand Canyon took just days to form during Noah's flood, dinosaurs coexisted with humans and had a place on Noah's Ark, and Cain married his sister to people the earth, among other Biblical wonders.
Creation Museum
World's Oldest Auctioned
Camera
An 1839 daguerreotype camera, ancestor of modern photography, was sold at auction in Vienna Saturday for nearly 600,000 euros making it the world's oldest and most expensive commercial photographic apparatus.
An anonymous buyer paid 588,613 euros (792,000 dollars), bidding by Internet, said the Galerie Westlicht auction house here.
The opening price was 100,000 euros for the wooden box structure, which is in its original state and had been lying forgotten in a loft in Munich since the year 1940 until the present owner of the premises accidentally came across it.
Before it resurfaced, the oldest known and most expensive daguerreotype apparatus in the world had been one also dating from 1839 but made by Alphonse Giroux, brother-in-law of the inventor Daguerre.
Camera
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