The Rachel Maddow Show (18:34 Video; Must Watch a Commercial First)
"What a nightmare. Granted, Congressman Weiner never touched another woman, where Senator Vitter committed actual, physical adultery. And granted, what Congressman Weiner did was legal, where Senator Vitter hired prostitutes (which in Washington DC is not). And granted, Congressman Weiner never trumpeted his own moral rectitude, where abstinence-only advocate Senator Vitter is all about "the sanctity of marriage." But Weiner is a Democrat. This must-watch Rachel Maddow clip just builds and builds in calling out the Republican hypocrisy."-Andrew Tobias
Lenore Skenazy: Waiting for the Next '-Gate' (Creators Syndicate)
Jay Leno mused that the reason it took Weiner so many days to call a news conference was he "wanted to wait until his pants came back from the dry cleaners." Conan O'Brien said the good news is that the rep found out he can keep his porn name - Anthony Weiner. And David Letterman rolled out the top 10 questions to ask yourself before posting a photo of your "deal" on Twitter. These included "What Would Brett Favre Do?" "Do I have a last name that would make this especially embarrassing?" And No. 1: "What could possibly go wrong?"
Ted Rall: Should Anthony Weiner resign?
Aside from the obvious pleasure that we derive from wallowing in salacious revelations about the rich and powerful, this week's Weiner sexting controversy provides a window into American morals. Namely: what is wrong, what is right, and what if anything should be done about it?
Jim Hightower: ALEC'S LEGISLATIVE BAWDY HOUSE
ALEC is the acronym for a secretive, corporate-funded, state policy front group: American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC's "exchange" is very straightforward - it takes about $6 million a year from corporate powers in exchange for linking them directly to hundreds of right-wing state legislators.
Richard Roeper: Rash of violence isn't flash mobs, it's wilding (Chicago Sun-Times)
In the late 1980s, when a pack of thugs raped and nearly killed a woman in Central Park, the term "wilding" was all over the media. It was used to describe the sociopathic group actions of a mob going wild at the expense of an innocent human being(s).
DOMINIC HOLDEN: Dear Street Canvassers, Stop. (The Stranger)
I don't mean to be rude. You're just doing your job. But there's a reason you're dubbed "chuggers" (charity muggers): Your increasing aggressiveness feels predatory. No means no-so stop asking. And to the folks at the charitable organizations that hire these canvassers: This fundraising tactic, the relentless street harassment, is now a liability to your own cause.
Josh Olson: I Will Not Read Your F**king Script (Village Voice)
That's simple enough, isn't it? "I will not read your f**king script." What's not clear about that? There's nothing personal about it, nothing loaded, nothing complicated. I simply have no interest in reading your f**king screenplay. None whatsoever.
Dave Barry: FAQ (davebarry.com)
Where can I buy Dave's books? (We're not kidding, this is a frequently asked question!)
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In Ancient Greek, fennel was called marathon, and is attested in Linear B tablets as ma-ra-tu-wo. John Chadwick noted this word is the origin of the place name Marathon (meaning "place of fennel"), site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
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Adam answered:
In ancient Greece Fennel was known as Marathon (because it grew at this battle site).
Fennel was used by the Greeks as an effective slimming agent, they also believed it gave courage and prolonged life. Greek athletes would eat it in the hopes it would improve their performance. Greek herbalists would prescribe it as a remody for poor memory. The Romans called it foeniculum , meaning fragrant hay.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
In Ancient Greek, fennel was called Marathon (meaning place of fennel),
site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC;
Sally said:
In Ancient Greek, what was fennel called: "???????," of course!
"Marathon" as it was better known in Ancient Greece.
PS: My neighbor grows this stuff, and I can smell it clear to my patio if the winds are right.
PPS: I cheated and looked up the Greek word to set the record straight... :)
Charlie replied:
Marathon
MAM wrote:
Fennel was known as Marathon because it grew at this battle site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. In North American supermarkets, it is often mislabelled as "anise".
Little Ricky Santorum launches radio ad for presidential campaign
Rick Santorum has released his first campaign radio ad, in which he calls the debt "immoral," adding it to his long list of other immorals: unwed couples, bastards, anyone gay, women in short skirts, touching pigskin, eating shellfish, and anything else in the old testament.
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by the LIVE on the East Coast (tape-delayed & edited for the Left Caost) 'The 65th Annual Tony Awards'.
NBC opens the night with 'Dateline', followed by a RERUN'Minute To Win It', then a RERUN'America's Got Talent'.
ABC fills the night with LIVE'NBA Finals', followed by a FRESH'Jimmy Kimmel Live', then pads the left coast with local crap and maybe an old 'Primetime: What Would You Do?'.
The CW offers an old 'Friends', followed by another old 'Friends', then the movie 'Forces Of Nature'.
Faux has a RERUN'American Dad', followed by a RERUN'Bob's Burgers', then a RERUN'The Simpsons', followed by a RERUN'Cleveland Show', then a RERUN'Family Guy', followed by a RERUN'American Dad'.
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 'The Glades'.
AMC offers the movie 'Se7en', followed by a FRESH'The Killing'.
BBC -
[6:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[7:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 8
[8:20 AM] James May's Road Trip - Episode 5
[9:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 2
[10:00 AM] Nature: Shaped by Time
[11:00 AM] Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
[12:00 PM] William & Kate: A Fairytale Wedding
[1:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 - Mojito's
[2:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 - PJ's
[3:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 - Bazzini
[4:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 4
[5:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 5
[6:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 2
[7:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[8:00 PM] Clash of the Titans
[10:30 PM] Clash of the Titans
[1:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[2:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 4
[3:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 5
[4:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 2
[5:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 3 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NJ', 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of OC', then a FRESH'Real Housewives Of NJ'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Bad Santa', followed by the movie 'Joe Dirt', and 'Tosh.0'.
FX has the movie 'Wanted', followed by the movie 'Taken'.
History has 'Ice Road Truckers', another 'Ice Road Truckers', followed by a FRESH'Ice Road Truckers', and 'Swamp People'.
IFC -
[6:00 AM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[6:30 AM] Dancer in the Dark
[9:30 AM] Marie Antoinette
[12:00 PM] Portlandia
[12:30 PM] Portlandia
[1:00 PM] Portlandia
[1:30 PM] Portlandia
[2:00 PM] Portlandia
[2:30 PM] Portlandia
[3:00 PM] The Cat's Meow
[5:30 PM] The Minus Man
[8:00 PM] Apocalypto
[11:00 PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[11:30 PM] Onion News Network
[12:00 AM] Freaks and Geeks
[1:00 AM] Undeclared
[1:30 AM] Mr. Show With Bob and David
[2:05 AM] Braddock: Missing in Action III
[4:20 AM] United We Stand
[4:30 AM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[5:00 AM] Onion News Network
[5:30 AM] Undeclared (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:10 AM] The Eyes of Tammy Faye
[7:35 AM] The Ground Truth
[9:00 AM] E2: DESIGN II - Bogota: Building a Sustainable Environment
[9:30 AM] E2: DESIGN II - Affordable Green Housing
[10:00 AM] Encounters At The End Of The World
[11:45 AM] La Maison En Petits Cubes
[12:00 PM] ALL ON THE LINE - Radenroro: Bad is Better than Boring (Episode 1, Season 1)
[1:00 PM] ALL ON THE LINE - Kara Janx: That Dress is Great if You're Going to the Prom With Justin Bieber (Episode 2, Season 1)
[3:00 PM] Lemon Tree
[5:35 PM] The Ground Truth
[7:00 PM] Alexander The Last
[8:15 PM] La Belle Personne
[11:45 PM] The Wednesdays
[2:00 AM] ALL ON THE LINE - Kara Janx: That Dress is Great if You're Going to the Prom With Justin Bieber (Episode 2, Season 1)
[5:45 AM] Alexander The Last (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'The Cove', followed by the movie 'The Messengers'.
Pop queen Lady Gaga concluded a huge European gay rights march in Rome Saturday night with a rousing call to governments to defend gay rights.
"Today and every day we fight for freedom. We fight for justice. We beckon for compassion, understanding and above all we want full equality now," she shouted to a crowd of several hundred thousand people at the capital's ancient Circus Maximus.
"We have the same DNA. We were just 'born this way'," she said, using the title of her latest hit album.
Sporting dyed green hair and an outfit by the late fashion designer Gianni Versace, she said she was "angry" and singled out several governments in Europe and the Middle East she said discriminated against gays.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are donating $500,000 from their foundation to help Joplin rebuild from the deadly tornado that struck the southwest Missouri town last month.
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks says the gift from the Jolie-Pitt Foundation will go to mid- and long-term needs in the tornado-ravaged city. The Community Foundation announced the gift Friday in a news release.
Pitt grew up in southwest Missouri and says in the release that he spent much of his childhood in the area and knows the people to be "especially resilient."
The May 22 tornado destroyed more than 8,000 homes and 400 businesses. The death toll was 151 as of Friday, including several victims who died as a result of injuries suffered in the storm.
Actress Susan Sarandon, right, speaks with a host on the red carpet prior to the opening ceremony of the Shanghai International Film Festival at ShanghaiGrand Theater Saturday June 11, 2011 in Shanghai. China.
Photo by Eugene Hoshiko
British actor Colin Firth won an Oscar for portraying King George VI in "The King's Speech," and now the king's daughter Queen Elizabeth II will give him another prize.
Firth, who won acclaim for his portrayal of a troubled monarch working to overcome his stutter to make a radio broadcast at the beginning of World War II, will be named a Commander of the British Empire or CBE in the Birthday Honors List published Saturday.
Britain's honors are bestowed twice a year by the monarch - at New Year's and on her official birthday in June - but recipients are selected by committees of civil servants from nominations made by the government and the public.
In descending order, the honors are knighthoods, CBE, OBE and MBE - Member of the Order of the British Empire. Knights are addressed as "sir" or "dame." Recipients of the other honors have no title but can put the letters after their names.
Singer and songwriter Bryan Ferry will also receive a CBE while golfer Lee Westwood and cricket captain Andrew Strauss will each receive an OBE or Order of the British Empire.
Saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins isn't slowing down at age 80, winning musician of the year honors at the Jazz Awards.
Rollins, currently touring New Zealand, was also named best tenor saxophonist at Saturday's awards ceremony at the City Winery club.
Saxophonist Joe Lovano's Charlie Parker tribute, "Bird Songs," is the year's best jazz recording and his band Us Five, including surprise Grammy-winner Esperanza Spalding on bass, the top small ensemble.
Other double winners include Ambrose Akinmusire for up-and-coming artist and trumpeter, and saxophonist Jimmy Health for lifetime achievement and best jazz book ("I Walked With Giants").
The winners, chosen in voting by the Jazz Journalists Association, include Dee Dee Bridgewater (female singer), Kurt Elling (male singer), Anat Cohen (clarinet), Russell Malone (guitar) and Fred Hersch (piano).
HBO is going back into business with "Rome" duo Jane Tranter and Anne Thomopoulos for a miniseries based on Robert Graves' "I, Claudius."
The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the BBC Worldwide Productions duo will executive produce with BBC2.
Graves' novel was first published in 1934 as an autobiography of Roman Emperor Claudius and includes the history of the Roman Empire from Julius Caesar's assassination to Caligula's assassination.
The book -- and its sequel, "Claudius the God" -- were first adapted as a miniseries by BBC Television in 1976 and broadcast stateside as part of PBS' Masterpiece Theater. Starring Derek Jacobi as the Roman emperor, the miniseries picked up three Emmy nominations, including outstanding direction and limited series, winning for art direction.
Emcee Richard Simmons encourages Miss Kansas Jaymie Stokes as she takes part in a hula hoop contest in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 10, 2011. The contestantsare taking part in events leading up to the 2011 MISS USA Pageant on June 19.
Photo by Patrick Prather
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez underwent surgery in Cuba on Friday to treat an abscess in his pelvic area and is recovering, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said.
According to Maduro, the surgery was performed early Friday in Havana and had "satisfactory results for the health" of the Venezuelan leader, who had already "begun the recovery process."
Maduro said the abscess was discovered during a medical check-up performed on Chavez "by a trustworthy medical team."
The check-up "revealed the existence of an abscess in the pelvic area, which prompted President Hugo Chavez to decide to immediately undergo a corrective surgical procedure," the statement said.
A New Mexico man who said he was upset that his girlfriend had an abortion bought a highway billboard and accused her of killing their child.
The billboard, in south-central New Mexico, shows 35-year old Greg Fultz holding the outline of a baby in his arms. It reads "This Would Have Been A Picture of My 2-month-Old Baby If the Mother Had Decided to NOT Kill Our Child!"
Fultz's ex-girlfriend calls the billboard harassment and invasion of privacy, and has taken him to court under the New Mexico Family Violence Protection Act. But Fultz says he's exercising his First Amendment rights, said his attorney, Todd Holmes.
A petition filed by Fultz' ex-girlfriend said that Fultz had a pattern of stalking and harassment, including posting "intimate cyber shots of me from one of our cyber dates," she wrote. The domestic abuse petition also requested that the billboard be removed and online harassment stopped.
A child dressed in a punk outfit dances along as singers perform during the "Anarchy in the E.U." punk rock festival in Rakvere June 11, 2011.Led by classically trained conductors, a choir of 2000 singers presented the world's most memorable punk songs during an event combining Estonia's love for singing along with the grunginess of distorted guitar tones.
Photo by Ints Kalnins
A coalition of atheists is accusing Little Rock's city bus line of violating their rights to free speech in a fight to place ads on public buses praising a God-free lifestyle.
The Central Arkansas Coalition of Reason alleged in a lawsuit that the Central Arkansas Transit Authority and its advertising agency are discriminating against the group because they're being required to pay tens of thousands of dollars to put $5,000 worth of ads on 18 buses.
The ads would read: "Are you good without God? Millions are."
Other groups, including churches, have not been required to pay the fee, which amounts to $36,000 in insurance in case of an attack on the buses by angry Christians, according to the lawsuit.
Judy Garland's ruby slippers from the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" are pictured at a preview of actress Debbie Reynold's vast Hollywoodcostume and prop collection in Beverly Hills June 6, 2011. The collection was acquired over 50 years and is up for auction by Profiles in History in Beverly Hills on June 18. Reynolds had hoped to build a museum for her collection, but that dream was not realized. The slippers were worn during the first two weeks of filming and are expected to bring up to $150,000 at auction.
Photo by Fred Prouser
An Alaska sled dog musher who had been missing since the Memorial Day weekend has been located alive and safe, the Alaska State Troopers said Saturday.
Melanie Gould, the subject of a search that started June 1, contacted troopers in Cantwell, a community outside of Denali National Park. She is a seven-time veteran of the celebrated Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race,
Gould was transported from there to a hospital in Wasilla, said Megan Peters, a trooper spokeswoman. "She appeared to be in good condition," Peters said in an email.
Gould did tell troopers that she knew they had been searching for her and that she stayed away from those efforts until now, Peters said.
Troopers on Friday called off their search for Gould, a 34-year-old musher who abruptly abandoned her home, dogs and jobs in the town of Talkeetna, near Mount McKinley.
Indian tourists ride traditional boats on the Dal Lake, on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Set in the Himalayas at 5,600 feet(1707 meters) above sea level, Kashmir is a green, saucer-shaped valley full of fruit orchards and surrounded by snowy mountain ranges. About 100 lakes dot its highlands and plains.
Photo by Dar Yasin
The National Air and Space Museum is commemorating the nation's first attempt at an air force during the Civil War 150 years ago - decades before the first airplane flight.
In June 1861, Thaddeus Lowe flew 500 feet high on the National Mall in a gas-filled balloon to show President Abraham Lincoln how balloons could be used to spy on the Confederates.
Curators say Lowe's balloon remained tethered to the ground. His flight led to the creation of the Union Balloon Corps and the start of aerial espionage. The idea came when his balloon once floated into South Carolina.
On Saturday, the museum will inflate a similar balloon and host re-enactors portraying Lowe and Lincoln, with presentations on Civil War ballooning. The events run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Charlie Chaplin's signature bowler hat from numerous productions such as "The Tramp" is pictured at a preview of actress Debbie Reynolds'Hollywood costume and prop collection in Beverly Hills June 6, 2011. The collection was acquired over 50 years and is up for auction by Profiles in History in Beverly Hills on June 18. Reynolds had hoped to build a museum for her collection, but that dream was not realized. The hat is expected to bring up to $30,000 at auction.
Photo by Fred Prouser
The Germans have been voted the world's "least funny nationality" in a global poll, which names Americans the funniest overall and the Spanish the most amusing Europeans, ahead of the Italians and French.
The social network and dating website Badoo.com asked 30,000 people across 15 countries to name both the "funniest," or best at making people laugh," and "the least funny" nationality.
Americans took the funniest prize, followed by the Spanish in second and Italians in third.
Yet, the British -- whose "The Office" and Monty Python shows have become pillars of English-language humor -- learn from the Badoo poll that they are not as funny as they think. They placed just seventh out of 15 -- behind the Brazilians, French and Mexicans.
A six-month-old yellow baboon, right, holds a three-month-old bush baby in the animal orphanage at the Kenya Wildlife Service headquarters in Nairobi,Kenya, Friday, June 10, 2011. The six-month-old female yellow baboon abandoned by its family in Maralal in Northen Kenya, is taking care of the three-month-old bush baby, that was also abandoned by its family in central Kenya.
Photo by Khalil Senosi
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