WTF AMERICA: 'WHEN IS ENOUGH GOING TO BE ENOUGH FOR YOU?" (dangerousminds.net)
"Here in the Nordic countries, universal access to free higher education is a no-brainer. That's because we know education is the ultimate investment in the future. In addition to not having any tuition fees, all students receive a monthly grant to help cover their living expenses."
Bryan Cranston Becomes Walter White (Neatorama)
Watch Bryan Cranston turn into Walter White before your very eyes. They say TV makeup takes hours every day, but they managed this trick in five minutes flat in front of a studio audience on a short-lived Albuquerque talk show. 'The Breaking Bad' season premiere is this Sunday, and you can catch the first 90 seconds of the show at Warming Glow.
Roger Ebert: Spirited Away (2002; A Great Movie)
On earlier viewings I was caught up by the boundless imagination of the story. This time I began to focus on the elements in the picture that didn't need to be there. Animation is a painstaking process, and there is a tendency to simplify its visual elements. Miyazaki, in contrast, offers complexity. His backgrounds are rich in detail, his canvas embraces space liberally, and it is all drawn with meticulous attention. We may not pay much conscious attention to the corners of the frame, but we know they are there, and they reinforce the remarkable precision of his fantasy worlds.
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Mr. T (born Laurence Tureaud; May 21, 1952) is an American actor known for his roles as B. A. Baracus in the 1980s television series The A-Team, as boxer Clubber Lang in the 1982 film Rocky III, and for his appearances as a professional wrestler. Mr. T is known for his trademark African Mandinka warrior hairstyle, his gold jewelry, and his tough-guy image. In 2006 he starred in the reality show I Pity the Fool, shown on TV Land, the title of which comes from the catchphrase of his Lang character.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Mr. T
BttbBob wrote:
Mr. T... I can't help it, but liked the guy... Still do... But...
Playing Santa at the Reagan White House? This picture is so weird...
(How weird is it?) Really weird. Seriously... I pity the fool...
Sally said:
"Mr. T" was born Laurence Tureaud. Anyone remember him??
Sean Hannity would love this outfit - his "You're a Good American" suit... (The more flag the better for Hannity...)
PS: When my son was small, his dad was having a hard time digging an old fence post out of the ground. My son would get on his little plastic phone and call either, "Mr T" or, the "Hulk" and ask them to come and, "Help my daddy, 'cause he's a fool..." My Ex never saw the humor of this, while I was ROTF!
Maybe that is why we are long-tine divorced...
Adam answered:
I pity the fool who didn't know thats Mr. T.
I'll turn in my geek card for getting yesterday's Gort question wrong...
Charlie replied:
Mr. T
Marian responded:
Mr. T
Jim from CA, retired to ID, is vacationing.
Dale of Diamond Springs took the day off.
MAM wrote:
Mr. T "pitied the fool" who got in his way ~ An American actor known for his roles as B. A. Baracus in the 1980s television series 'The A-Team', as boxer Clubber Lang in the 1982 film 'Rocky III', and for his appearances as a professional wrestler. Mr. T is known for his trademark African Mandinka warrior hairstyle, his gold jewelry, and his tough-guy image.
And, Joe S answered:
Well I'll be dipped, it's Mr. T.
I also have this to say, YEA! zEN mAN's back!
Does anyone realize how hard it is to type zEN mAN? Try it. It's like a tongue-twister for your fingers.
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH'Big Brother', then a RERUN'The Good Wife', followed by a RERUN'The Mentalist'.
NBC opens the night with a super-sized 'Dateline', followed by a RERUN'America's Got Talent'.
ABC begins the night with a RERUN'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH'Secret Millionaire', then a FRESH'Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition'.
The CW fills the night with what passes for local news and other fluffery.
Faux has a RERUN'American Dad', followed by a RERUN'The Cleveland Show', then a RERUN'Simpsons', followed by another RERUN'Simpsons', then a RERUN'Family Guy', followed by another RERUN'Family Guy'.
MY has an old 'How I Met Your Mother', followed by another old 'How I Met Your Mother', then an old 'Big Bang Theory', followed by another old 'Big Bang Theory', then another old 'Big Bang Theory', followed by yet another old 'Big Bang Theory'.
A&E has 'Criminal Minds', another 'Criminal Minds', followed by a FRESH'The Glades', then a FRESH'Longmire'.
AMC offers 'CSI: The 2nd One', followed by the movie 'Rambo III', then the movie 'Rambo III', again.
BBC -
[6:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES - SEASON 3U-Ep 3 - Bazzini
[7:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES - SEASON 4U-Ep 8 - La Frite
[8:00AM] PLANET EARTH-Caves
[9:00AM] PLANET EARTH-Deserts
[10:00AM] RICHARD HAMMOND'S CRASH COURSE - SEASON 1-Ep 3 - Landfill
[11:00AM] RICHARD HAMMOND'S CRASH COURSE - SEASON 1-Ep 4 - Striker
[12:00PM] RICHARD HAMMOND'S CRASH COURSE - SEASON 1-Ep 5 - Demolition
[1:00PM] RICHARD HAMMOND'S CRASH COURSE - SEASON 1-Ep 6 - Salvage Yard
[2:00PM] TOP GEAR - SEASON 9-Episode 6
[3:00PM] TOP GEAR - SEASON 3-Episode 7
[4:00PM] TOP GEAR - SEASON 3-Episode 8
[5:00PM] TOP GEAR - SEASON 2-Episode 5
[6:00PM] JURASSIC PARK III
[8:00PM] JURASSIC PARK
[11:00PM] JURASSIC PARK III
[1:00AM] JURASSIC PARK
[4:00AM] PLANET EARTH: EXTREME PREDATORS
[5:00AM] PLANET EARTH: EXTREME SURVIVAL (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NJ', another 'Real Housewives Of NJ', followed by a FRESH'The Real Housewives Of NJ', then another FRESH'Real Housewives Of NJ'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Mr. Deeds', followed by the movie 'Without A Paddle', then the movie 'Zack & Miri Make A Porno'.
FX has the movie 'Ice Age: The Meltdown', followed by the movie 'Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs'.
History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', 'Ice Road Truckers', followed by a FRESH'Ice Road Truckers', then a FRESH'Shark Wranglers'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
[8:30AM] Doubt
[10:45AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[11:00AM] Arrested Development-Pier Pressure
[11:30AM] Arrested Development-Public Relations
[12:00PM] Arrested Development-Marta Complex
[12:30PM] Arrested Development-Beef Consomme
[1:00PM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[1:15PM] The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
[3:45PM] Doubt
[6:00PM] Pan's Labyrinth
[8:30PM] The Brothers Grimm
[11:00PM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Paul Rudd Wears a Red Lumberjack Flannel Shirt
[11:30PM] Bunk
[12:00AM] Pan's Labyrinth
[2:30AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Paul Rudd Wears a Red Lumberjack Flannel Shirt
[3:00AM] Bunk
[3:30AM] The Brothers Grimm (ALL TIMES EDT)
Sundance -
[6:00A] FREAKS AND GEEKS - We've Got Spirit (Episode 9, Season 1)
[7:00A] FREAKS AND GEEKS - The Diary (Episode 10, Season 1)
[8:00A] Swedish Auto
[9:45A] Lipsett Diaries
[10:00A] Man in the Chair
[11:50A] Eclipse
[12:00P] Gigantic
[1:45P] The Closer You Get
[3:30P] Isabella Rossellini: My Wild Life
[4:30P] PUSH GIRLS - Everyone Stares (Episode 1, Season 1)
[5:00P] PUSH GIRLS - Watch Me (Episode 2, Season 1)
[5:30P] PUSH GIRLS - You Don't Get It (Episode 3, Season 1)
[6:00P] PUSH GIRLS - Hope It's Not Too Late (Episode 4, Season 1)
[6:30P] PUSH GIRLS - How'd I Get Here? (Episode 5, Season 1)
[7:00P] PUSH GIRLS - Fired Up (Episode 6, Season 1)
[7:30P] PUSH GIRLS - How You Get Through (Episode 7, Season 1)
[8:00P] Land of Plenty
[10:00P] Rescue Dawn
[12:15A] The Quiet American
[2:00A] Rescue Dawn
[4:10A] Nitro (ALL TIMES EDT)
SyFy has the movie 'Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans', followed by the movie 'Pirates of The Caribbean: At the World's End'.
Arlo Guthrie stands outside Okemah's refurbished movie theater that hosts Woodyfest, the annual folk festival that honors his father, Woody Guthrie in Okemah, Oklahoma July 11, 2012. For a man who has been dead since 1967, it has been a good year for folk singer Guthrie, who would have turned 100 on July 14, 2012. New books have been published, more Guthrie songs have been released and in the small Oklahoma town where he was born, nobody wants to burn him in effigy for his politics.
Photo by Steve Olafson
This is way cooler than the Aladin coloring books we had as a kid. An arts company commissioned 23 different illustrations of the one and only Bill Murray for the hippest coloring book you'll be seeing at South By next year.
Belly Kids is the company responsible for this amazing idea. Inspired by "the great man of cinema" himself, Thrill Murray: A Colouring-In Book fills us with so much joy. Is that a better name than any book on your bookshelf? Yes, yes it is. Belly Kids got 23 different illustrators to do 23 unique illustrations inspired by different scenes from their favorite Murray movies. They could do him done up in zombie make-up from his scene-stealing spot Zombieland, or mopey Murray from Lost In Translation, or Dr. Venkman from Ghostbusters. The book is retailing for only £6.99, and we're already trying to convince our roommate we need a copy for our house.
Apparently Steve Zissou was a popular choice. (He's on the cover of the book.)
Tim Burton knows what it's like to be a boy with a dead dog.
The filmmaker came to the Comic-Con fan convention Thursday to show footage of "Frankenweenie," his expanded take on Burton's 1984 short film of the same name.
The film tells the story of a boy who brings his beloved dog back to life after the pet dies in an accident. Unlike the live-action original, the feature-length version is done in black and white through stop-motion animation using puppets meticulously shot one frame at a time.
The Internet Defense League (IDL), a collection of organizationsand individuals promoting Internet freedom across the world, wants to make its mid-July launch something special.
The plan? Collect $19,000 to fund at least five giant "catsignals" that will light up the night sky in cities around the world in a geeky nod toward Internet culture's love of cats and the simultaneous release of The Dark Knight Rises.
In Batman lore, the "batsignal" is lit by police to get the caped crusader's attention whenever trouble strikes Gotham City. In the real world, the IDL wants the "catsignal" to become a symbol of organized activity against online censorship.
Setting up an actual catsignal spotlight is a bit out of the bounds of reality, so the IDL is using a combination of standard spotlights and digital projectors to create a similar effect.
If the IDL raises the money it's after, catsignals will go up on launch night (July 19) in New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., London and Ulaar Bataar (that's in Mongolia -- yes, Mongolia). The League wants people in other cities to get to work planning similar events, too. People who follow the signals will find themselves at an IDL launch party.
It's a good time to be a dog if you're in the Birmingham, Ala., suburb of Alabaster.
A star of ABC-TV's "Modern Family" series, Eric Stonestreet, was in the Shelby County city on Thursday to help introduce a $500,000 dog park that opened at a city park.
The dog park was funded with a grant from Beneful dog food. It includes agility hoops; a path with tunnels; a field for playing fetch; water sprays for cooling off on hot days; and a wash station.
The canine attraction was built on a section of the 90-acre Veteran's Park in Alabaster.
Former President George H.W. Bush, who famously said "Read my lips: no new taxes" at the 1988 Republican National Convention before going on to raise taxes during his presidency, does not think highly of pledges that keep lawmakers from hiking rates.
In
a forthcoming interview with Parade Magazine, the elder Bush knocks Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist, whose organization has convinced hundreds of policymakers and candidates to sign a pledge promising never to raise rates.
From the magazine:
During your presidency you gave in on your "no new taxes" pledge. You've been vindicated in many respects for that decision. I wonder how you view the "no new tax" pledge from Grover Norquist that seems to be requisite for GOP political candidates.
GB: The rigidity of those pledges is something I don't like. The circumstances change, and you can't be wedded to some formula by Grover Norquist. It's-who the hell is Grover Norquist, anyway?
The 30th edition of the renowned Allen & Co media conferencecame to a close on Saturday with executives focused on the impending U.S. election as they heard from business and political leaders, including a finale with Oprah Winfrey and Warren Buffett.
The annual summer retreat in Sun Valley is typically a venue for dealmaking among media and technology companies, but the transactions can take months to come to light. For now, executives talked mostly politics to reporters on the sidelines, given the approach of the November 6 election and concerns about how the outcome will affect the economy, deficits and debt.
Hope was high that recent events such as the pending breakup of News Corp or a potential sale of Vivendi's stake in videogame company Activision would bring dealmaking back to the Sun Valleyresort. Past Allen & Co conferences spawned blockbuster deals including Disney's $19 billion acquisition of Cap Cities/ABC in 1995 and Comcast Corp's 2009 purchase of NBC Universal.
This year, the week's two biggest news events came from non-deals: the failure of Viacom and DirecTV to reach a new distribution agreement, and the standoff between John Malone's Liberty Media and Mel Karmazin's Sirius XM Radio over control of the satellite radio company.
Singers perform on stage during a dress rehearsal of "Solaris", an opera based on the novel by Stanislaw Lem in Bregenz July 14, 2012. The opera, directed by directors Moshe Leiser from Antwerp and Patrice Caurier from France, will have its world premiere on July 18 at the annual Bregenz festival.
Photo by Miro Kuzmanovic
Ancient stone projectile points discovered in a Central Oregon cave complex have cast new light on the identity of the first Americans.
While scientists agree they crossed the Bering Strait during an ice age, no one knows the identity of the first people to spread across the North American continent.
For some time, these first Americans were believed to have belong to a single group, called the Clovis culture, named for the New Mexican site where their distinctive, 13,000-year-old projectile points were first found.
However, some have questioned this theory, and these newly discovered projectile points, the sort of stone tips added to spears, appear to add weight to these questions.
These stone points, a type known as Western Stemmed points, are narrower and lack the distinctive flute, or shallow groove, found on Clovis points. Researchers believe the two types of points represent different technologies, produced by different cultures.
Visitors look at an art work constructed out of lego bricks, entitled "Peaceful Symbol", during the "The Art of the Brick" exhibition at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei July 14, 2012. The exhibition featuring large Lego art works by U.S. Lego artist Nathan Sawaya will be held in Taipei from July 14 to October 14.
Photo by Pichi Chuang
An exhibition on the history of lunch in New York City over the past 150 years serves up some delicious tidbits.
But don't rush to see it on your lunch hour. You'll want much more time to digest all the visually appetizing props and displays at the free exhibition at the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue.
"Lunch Hour NYC" transports visitors back in time with sections and artifacts from the library's vast collection on street foods, home lunches, school lunches and the once popular Horn & Hardart Automats. The first gallery sets the stage with a wooden cart filled with white (faux) oysters, an aluminum 1960s hot dog stand with a red-and-blue umbrella, a basket piled high with pretzels and a delivery bicycle purporting to carry Chinese takeout.
It reveals that the midday meal in colonial times was dinner but changed to lunch with the advent of industrialization and New York's importance as a center of commerce and finance. With that, the demand for a quick, inexpensive lunch increased.
Visitors also learn the etymology of the word "lunch" as provided by Samuel Johnson in 1755. He defined it as "as much food as one's hand can hold" - a description even more apt today with such staples as sandwiches, pizzas and falafels among popular lunchtime items.
An artist works on graffti on a wall on the banks of Perlovska river during the second annual Urban Creatures Festival in Sofia July 14, 2012. Some tens of graffiti design artists will present their urban art projects during the two-day festival taking part in the Bulgarian capital, according to local media.
Photo by Stoyan Nenov
Stubbs, the part-Manx cat clawed his way onto the political scene of Talkeetna, Alaska, through a write-in campaign shortly after he was born 15 years ago.
KTUU-TV reported Friday that residents didn't like the mayoral candidates years ago, so they encouraged enough people to elect Stubbs as a write-in candidate. The town has nearly 900 residents.
Although his position is honorary, Stubbs' popularity is real. His election earned him enough press to catapult the town at the base of Mount McKinley into a tourist destination.
Residents say they're happy that their stubby-tailed mayor is promoting tourism. The general store where Stubbs hangs out says it gets dozens of tourists a day asking for him.
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