Ted Rall: HALF HEALTHCARE, 100% DEAD
There is no true middle ground on healthcare. The most civilized and efficient approach, tried and tested by the rest of the industrialized world, is fully socialized medicine. Put the insurance vampires out of business. Cutting out the health profiteers and encouraging preventative care will save hundreds of billions of dollars a year.
"Everything Matters!" by Ron Currie Jr.: A review by Ron Charles
Astronomers at Caltech say the Earth will last 1 billion years longer than previous estimates, which makes me wish I'd chosen the bedroom wallpaper more carefully. But Ron Currie's strange new novel raises the opposite prospect: Everything Matters! begins with an announcement that a comet will destroy our planet on June 15, 2010.
Harriet Hall, MD: The Placebo Effect (skeptic.com)
Jane D. was a regular visitor to our ER, usually showing up late at night demanding an injection of the narcotic Demerol, the only thing that worked for her severe headaches.
Garrison Keillor: Longing for a fortress of solitude
One short weekend, so much to do -- an invitation to go swimming at night by moonlight, the Iran protest march downtown with our mouths taped shut, a dance at the Eagles Club with a hot horn band playing '70s funk that propels people onto the dance floor as if shot from guns -- but here I am stuck with houseguests who are unable to sit in a room without me for more than 15 minutes.
Garry Wills: Daredevil (theatlantic.com)
Riding motorbikes without a helmet, flying planes while half asleep-not to mention discussing books he'd never read and using words he didn't understand-William F. Buckley courted adventure in all that he did. Here, the conservative godfather's onetime protégé and longtime nemesis fondly recalls their friendship-and argues that Buckley was not the snob many thought him to be.
Bruce reborn (guardian.co.uk)
Bruce Springsteen is cool again, and even headlining Glastonbury. I knew it was just a matter of time, says lifelong fan Sarfraz Manzoor.
Roger Ebert: The Fall of the Revengers
The day will come when "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" will be studied in film classes and shown at cult film festivals. It will be seen, in retrospect, as marking the end of an era. Of course there will be many more CGI-based action epics, but never again one this bloated, excessive, incomprehensible, long (149 minutes) or expensive (more than $200 million).
Alan J was first, and has the corrrect number, but the wrong name, with:
The only one that I could find was Alan Alda, so 1
Charlie responded:
I think the only actor so honored is Carroll O'Connor, who won the comedy award for All in the Family in 1972, 1977, 1978, and 1979, and won the drama award in 1988 for In the Heat of the Night.
Sally said:
Well, you fixed me today! I keep proclaiming, "That's too easy," or "Every one knows..." so, today you have stumped me good. I have no idea: "How many actors have won an Emmy for both 'Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series' and 'Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series!'" (Especially since I don't have cable TV.)
I KNOW you are gloating a bit here MS Marty - and that's okay...
PS: Please don't be TOO hard on me, I've had trauma. As you know, my telephone went out on Tuesday night. I was talking on the phone when my telephone just went dead. I Called Verizon and they said couldn't come till next Wednesday. (They said the rain is wreaking havoc - it's rained - sometimes just a shower or two - for the past 26 days straight) Okay, I could understand that, but then the worse: Yesterday midmorning, my Internet service went out!! Soon thereafter, I went into a severe Internet connection withdrawal! No phone, or Internet, and then the trifecta: A Thunder storm, and NO TV!
Michael Jackson dead.
Farrah Fawcett dead.
Me, no media save my faithful transistor radio...where all they were talking about was the above-mentioned deceased, Ad nauseam!
I swear, I thought I needed to have an intervention or something. I humbly called Verizon from my neighbor's house, and went home to lie abed and suffered severe withdrawal, moaning softly, but unfortunately, no one could hear...
I am pleased to report, that a nice repairman showed up on my doorstep first thing this morning, and repaired everything. God love him... He has restored my sanity. :)
MAM replied:
I think it is only one actor that has won an Emmy for both "Outstanding
Lead Actor in a Drama Series" and "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series". Carrol O'Connor the NBC television crime drama 'In the Heat of the Night', where he played the role of Police Chief Bill Gillespie, in 1989 for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series". And the role as Archie Bunker in 'Those Were the Days' in 1972, 1977, 1978 1ns 1979 , for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series"
Carrol O'Connor as Chief Bill Gillespie Carrol O'Connor as Archie Bunker
And, Joe S wrote:
I'm guessing one. Carroll O'Connor for All In The Family and In The Heat Of The Night. There may be others, but I couldn't find 'em. I thought of Bill Cosby, Ed Asner and Andy Griffith, but they didn't meet the criteria. Good quiz Marty.
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a RERUN'Million Dollar Password', then a RERUN'Cold Case', followed by a RERUN'Without A Trace'.
NBC opens the night with 'Dateline', followed by a FRESH'Merlin', then another FRESH'Merlin', followed by a RERUN'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH'Just For Laughs', followed by a RERUN'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', then a RERUN'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', followed by the movie 'Impact'.
The CW recycles an old 'Valentine', followed by the movie 'Larger Than Life'.
Faux has a RERUN'King Of The Hill', followed by a RERUN'American Dad', then a RERUN'Simpsons', followed by a RERUN'King Of The Hill', then a RERUN'Family Guy', followed by a RERUN'American Dad'.
MY has an old 'Bernie Mac', followed by an old 'Raymond', then an old 'House', followed by another old 'House'.
A&E has 'Gene Simmons', another 'Gene Simmons', 'Dog The Racist Bounty Hunter', another 'Dog The Racist Bounty Hunter', 'Gene Simmons', another 'Gene Simmons', followed by a FRESH'Hammertime', then another FRESH'Hammertime'.
AMC offers the movie 'Die Hard 2', followed by the movie 'Aliens', then the movie 'Outbreak'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] The Apprentice UK - Episode 9
[1:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 2
[2:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 1
[3:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 La Parra de Burriana
[4:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 Ruby Tates
[5:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 Rococo
[6:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 Piccolo Teatro
[7:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 The Fish and Anchor
[8:00 PM] How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? - Episode 4
[10:00 PM] Love Me, Love My Doll
[11:00 PM] How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? - Episode 4
[1:00 AM] Love Me, Love My Doll
[2:00 AM] How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? - Episode 4
[4:00 AM] Love Me, Love My Doll
[5:00 AM] BBC World News
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', 'Real Housewives Of NJ', another 'Real Housewives Of NJ', and 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'National Lampoon's Van Wilder', followed by the movie 'Van Wilder 2: The Rise Of Taj'.
FX has the movie 'My Super Ex-Girlfriend', followed by the movie 'Saving Private Ryan', then the movie 'The Devil Wears Prada'.
History has 'Ice Road Truckers', another 'Ice Road Truckers', followed by a FRESH'Ice Road Truckers', then a FRESH'Expedition: Africa', followed by a FRESH'Patton 360'.
IFC -
[6:00 AM] Antwone Fisher
[8:00 AM] Lord of the Flies
[9:35 AM] Turtles Can Fly
[11:15 AM] IFC Shorts
[11:45 AM] The Flower of Evil
[1:35 PM] Lord of the Flies
[3:15 PM] Antwone Fisher
[5:20 PM] This Is Me
[5:30 PM] Ripley's Game
[7:30 PM] The Pope of Greenwich Village
[9:35 PM] Love & Sex
[11:00 PM] Z Rock
[11:30 PM] Ideal
[12:00 AM] Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
[1:30 AM] Wrong Door
[2:00 AM] Z Rock
[2:30 AM] Ideal
[3:00 AM] The Pope of Greenwich Village
[5:10 AM] The Flower of Evil (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has the movie 'The Mutant Chronicles', followed by the movie 'Thor: Hammer Of The Gods'.
Sundance -
[05:05 AM] Dans Paris
[08:00 AM] The Lazy Environmentalist: Episode 2
[08:30 AM] Is Your House Killing You?: Episode 4
[09:00 AM] Eco Documentaries - Season 2: Garbage Warrior
[10:35 AM] Aloha, New York
[11:00 AM] Ladette to Lady - Season 3: Episode 4
[12:00 PM] Live From Abbey Road - Season 1: Dr. John, LeAnn Rimes & Massive Attack
[01:00 PM] Dopamine
[02:30 PM] Aloha, New York
[03:00 PM] Eve & the Fire Horse
[04:35 PM] Blind Flight
[06:15 PM] Gretchen
[08:00 PM] The Hill: Episode 1: Fighting the Good Fight
[08:30 PM] Architecture School: Episode 1
[09:00 PM] Live From Abbey Road - Season 1: Dr. John, LeAnn Rimes & Massive Attack
[10:00 PM] Nights Of Cabiria
[12:00 AM] Memories of Murder
[02:15 AM] Eros
[04:05 AM Pusher III: I'm the Angel of Death (ALL TIMES EDT)
David Crosby of the band Crosby, Stills and Nash, performs at Glastonbury Festival, in England, Saturday, June 27, 2009. The first Festival was held shortly after the death of U.S guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Photo by Joel Ryan
Actor Kevin Bacon hiked 4,300-metre Pikes Peak on Saturday to play a concert at the top as part of an event to raise money for a cancer charity.
Bacon woke up before dawn to make the roughly six-hour climb with his brother, Michael, and about 95 hikers at an event to raise money for the Love Hope Strength Foundation cancer charity.
At the mountaintop, Bacon took a puff of oxygen before The Bacon Brothers performed three songs.
The Love Hope Strength Foundation has held fundraising concerts at Machu Picchu in Peru and Mount Everest to raise money for cancer centers and to raise awareness about bone marrow donation. The Bacon Brothers got involved through a friend of a friend who leads the foundation.
Songwriters Paul Williams (L) and Smokey Robinson pose at ASCAP's 52nd Annual Rhythm & Soul Music Awards in Beverly Hills June 26, 2009.
Photo by Fred Prouser
Hope you listened carefully this past Saturday night to the opening intro on Saturday Night Live. You might have heard announcer Don Pardo's dulcet tones live for the final time calling out the cast members and musical guest. The 91-year-old legend announced during a hall of fame ceremony that he is calling it quits from the show he's been with since its inception in 1975.
Although he officially retired in 2004, Pardo, who now lives in Arizona, had been flying back to New York 20 times a year when SNL staged original shows. He began his broadcasting career in 1938 in Rhode island, then joined NBC in 1944, where he worked for the next 60 years. He also served as the voice for the original Price is Right and for the original Jeopardy! game shows.
Raymond Castro was a regular at The Stonewall Inn in 1969, finding it a haven from a world where gay men and women could be arrested for kissing or holding hands in public. Inside the bar, where plywood covered the windows, warning lights served as a signal for couples to stop dancing.
When police raided the bar in the past for selling liquor without a license, patrons normally submitted to arrest or dispersed quietly. But on June 28, Castro recalled, people fought back.
As officers tried to throw him in a police wagon, Castro used the vehicle as a spring to push back, knocking them to the ground.
The several days of disturbances that followed the uprising at the bar in Manhattan's Greenwich Village became one of the defining moments of the gay rights movement. Thousands of people are converging on the city for gay pride events to mark the riots' 40th anniversary, while a bill is pending in the Legislature to make New York the seventh state to legalize same-sex marriage.
Castro said the demonstrations became a catalyst for years of progress allowing gays and lesbians to live more open lives - although he didn't see it at the time.
A Model displays a creation by German born designer Bernhard Willhelm as part of his men's Spring-Summer 2010 fashion collection in Paris, Saturday, June 27, 2009.
Photo by Remy de la Mauviniere
Michael Jackson had insisted the company promoting his London concerts must hire the doctor who reportedly was in his Los Angeles mansion when he collapsed.
So AEG Live hired Dr Conrad Murray, said the company's president and chief executive Randy Phillips.
Mr Phillips said AEG Live had advanced Jackson money to pay for Dr Murray's services as part of the production costs.
Mr Phillips said he asked Jackson why he wanted Dr Murray with him full-time. "He just said, 'Look, this whole business revolves around me. I'm a machine and we have to keep the machine well-oiled,' and you don't argue with the King of Pop," he said.
Washington is to dramatically overhaul its Afghan anti-drug strategy, phasing out opium poppy eradication, the U.S. envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan told allies on Saturday.
Richard Holbrooke, attending a G8 conference on stabilizing Afghanistan, also discussed efforts to support its August 20 election. Washington has nearly doubled its troops to combat a growing Taliban insurgency and provide security for the vote.
"The Western policies against the opium crop, the poppy crop, have been a failure. They did not result in any damage to the Taliban, but they put farmers out of work," Holbrooke told Reuters after a series of bilateral meetings in Italy.
Despite the millions of dollars spent on counter-narcotics efforts, drug production kept rising dramatically until last year -- U.N. figures indicate Afghanistan's opiate output has risen more than 40-fold since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion.
The filmmakers behind "Bruno" have decided to delete a scene involving La Toya Jackson following her brother's death.
Universal Pictures, which is releasing the comedy, said the decision came "out of respect for the Jackson family."
Jackson arrives at a contemporary L.A. home under the guise of being interviewed by Bruno, a character Baron Cohen introduced alongside Borat on his sketch comedy program "Da Ali G Show." Because there's no furniture in the house, Bruno asks Jackson to sit on the back of a Mexican laborer, who's on his hands and knees functioning as a chair. Another man serves as a table with pieces of sushi spread across his naked body.
Jackson hangs out awhile and politely banters with Bruno, who asks whether she will introduce him to her brother, Michael. She tries to deflect his persistent requests but relents when he asks to see her cell phone - then he finds what is supposedly Michael Jackson's number and reads it to his assistant in German.
Germany's highest court has upheld a ban on three words appearing in sequence because of their link to a former anthem of the Nazi party.
The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe rejected on Thursday an appeal by a member of a far-right party who was fined 1,750 euros ($2,400) for wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the words "die Fahnen hoch."
This literally translates as "the flags on high." The court said the words, which appeared as the final part of an eight-word slogan on the shirt, were too similar to the opening line of the Nazi anthem, the Horst Wessel song.
This opens with "die Fahne hoch," referring to a single flag. Public displays of Nazi symbols are banned in Germany.
The discovery of 10 lynx kittens this spring marks the first newborns documented in Colorado since 2006, heartening biologists overseeing restoration of the mountain feline.
The tuft-eared cats with big, padded feet were native to Colorado, but were wiped out by the early 1970s by logging, trapping, poisoning and development. They are listed as threatened on the endangered species list.
Biologists found no kittens the past two years, possibly partly because of a drop in the number of snowshoe hares, the cats' main food source.
This year, seven male and three female kittens were found in five dens.
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