'Best of TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
Reader Suggestion
New Video
Marty:
Check this out. It doesn't look political at first, but the video/song is great. This is how to speak to young voters.
Reader Comment
Re: O'Really
There's a Name For What Bill O'Reilly Does
Adjusting your set, batting practice, being your own best friend, changing your oil, cooking some sheet meat, dishonorable discharge, doing rapid one arm pull-ups, emptying the payload, fathering some pleasure, firing your squirt gun, fist-kebabing, freeing the willies, getting your palm red, going back to nature, gunning the motor, hitting the batsman, homecoming, honing the bone, ironing some wrinkles, junior olympic pole vaulting, knuckling your knob, launching the hand shuttle, lectrifying the cattle prod, letting some air out of your tire, manning the cockpit, mashing the monster, measuring for condoms, milking your bananna, peeling the carrot, playing hand hockey, playing the pipe organ, pud wrestling, punching your way to heaven, roasting your weiner, rolling your jam joint, roughing up the suspect, self-whittling, sending out the troops, shaking out the thermometer, shifting gears, shooting some seeds, snake charming, soloing, spear fishing, speed kneading, spreading the mayo, squeezing out the toothpaste, staff meeting, taking a shake break, taming your snake, threading the needle, throttle the bottle, tossing the javelin, tugging your tapioca tube, tuning the antenna, virtual sex, visiting Mr. O., walking the log, wedding rehearsal, whitewater wristing.
Source: Ensucklopedia, by Beavis and Butthead, Pocket Books, 1994
Ed D
Mission Viejo, CA
Thanks, Ed!
from Mark
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Thanks, Bruce!
Purple Gene Reviews
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly NOT appearing on REAL TIME with Bill Maher on HBO friday October 15:
I've been waiting all week for this!!!!!!
I go onto Bill Mahers' website on monday to see who his guests will be on friday night (I'm always hoping he'll have Ann Coulter back on). Well, last monday it wasn't Ann Coulter but it showed right there on the website that BILL - fucking arrogant, annoying, self-righteous, pandering, head puppet for FOX - O'REILLY was going to be on Bill Maher with Garrison Keeler (a "Prairie Home Companion" - "Homegrown Democrat), former California republican congressman Jim Rogan, the Reverend Jesse Jackson (Rainbow coalition - fornicator), Alanis Morissette (God in the movie "Dogma" - "Jagged Little Pill") and former democratic presidential hopeful (and lusty screamer) Howard Dean!
I was ready for the sparks to fly and Bill Maher to tell Bill O'Reilly to "SHUT UP" and see the softer side of "the Big Lug"....and maybe some kind of intervention......Then all shit broke loose on the news....Lynn Cheney called John Kerry "NOT A GOOD MAN" for "outing" her already "outed" lesbian daughter in the last debate (Bush wants a constitutional amendment restricting Mary "the fairy" cheneys' civil right to get married), More killed in Iraq, Old woman dies in California heat waiting to get a fucking flu shot, more killed in Iraq, frogs endagered by climactic changes and........Bill O'Reilly got slapped in the face with a SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAW SUIT!!!!!! WOW. In the midst of jumping up and down with delight thinking about how now this deluded dillitante was going to have to take the hard questions from Bill Maher (Why are you such an arrogant ass and why are you so popular??) I got a phone call from my son SMOKY - he said he had just been on Bill Mahers' website and O'Reilly was no longer on the show!!!! Shit almighty! Did that big blowhard "Chicken Out" - then I found out that he had gone on "Regis and Kelly" and spilled the beans - about his 60 million dollar lawsuit against some "female extortionist" Then I did a little web research and I ran into some of the alleged SEX PHONE Calls that Bill O'Reilly had made to 33 year old FOX employee Andrea Mackris (she has filed a lawsuit against O'Reilly)....As I continued digging on the internet, I found more and more slimy sexual shit. My god - this guy really is a FREAK!!!
Now I know why he didn't go on Bill Mahers' show! Bill would have asked for details about Bill O'Reillys' losing his virginity in a Cab in JFK airport...or Bill Maher might have wanted to know more about Bill O'Reillys "Carribean Shower Fantasies" and the "Sex shows in Thailand" or the "Sexy Scandinavian Airline Attendants"!!! This shit is like the photo of Gary Hart fornicating on the "Monkey Business Boat" that appeared on the front page of the National Enquirer!! Apparently over twenty two pages of transcripts of phone calls from Bill O'Reilly to Andrea Mackris have been filed in superior court.
Whether or not these allegations are true....I don't give SHIT!!! Whenever a megalomaniac of this magnitude gets outed for FUCKING AROUND...he needs to GO DOWN ( I hope Andrea Mackris has tape recordings of the phone calls that she claims O'Reilly forced her to endure...I wanna hear 'em all) BYe Bye Bill....I hope that you got rid of the "LOOFAH MITT" and the "FALAFEL VIBRATOR"!!!!
By the way, Real Time with Bill Maher was its normal amazingly funny and pointed and "Politically Incorrect" self......but Bill O'Reilly....We're gonna miss you!
Purple Gene gives Bill O'Reilly, The Factor and FOX News network 1 middle finger up!!
Purple Gene
Thanks, Purple Gene!
HBO still had O'Really listed as a guest on 'Real Time' at 9pm (pdt) Thursday when I visited to make sure the TV listing for Friday was accurate.
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Overcast & cool - rain is on the way!
The last kitten was adopted today.
Whenever I feel sad about it I think of how much less poop there is to shovel.
Sing Together at L.A. Fundraiser
McCartney & Young
Admitting to being intimidated in the presence of a former Beatle, Neil Young joined forces with Paul McCartney on Thursday to perform at a $500-per-seat fundraiser to raise awareness of land mines.
The event benefited Adopt-A-Minefield, for which McCartney and his wife Heather Mills are goodwill ambassadors and patrons. The group helps clear minefields in such countries as Vietnam, Croatia and Iraq, and assists survivors of land mine accidents. An auction hosted by Jay Leno raised about $125,000, including $6,000 for one of Young's saliva-laced harmonicas. "You can clone your own Neil Young," Leno said.
Among the diners of the vegetarian fare were Stephen Stills, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Steve Buscemi, Pamela Anderson and Bill Maher.
McCartney & Young
Charges Dropped
Anti-Bush Thong Protest
Prosecutors dropped the charges Friday against six men arrested for protesting the Abu Ghraib prison-abuse scandal by stripping down to their thong underwear and forming a human pyramid during a visit by resident Bush.
Lancaster (PA) County District Attorney Donald R. Totaro said that pressing charges "would only serve to advance the agenda of six protesters through a very public forum."
American Civil Liberties Union attorney Paula Knudsen, who represented one of the defendants, said: "We're pleased that the charges have been withdrawn and that the district attorney recognized the importance of the First Amendment values at stake."
The men, ages 18 to 32, were arrested along the motorcade route during a July 9 visit by Bush to an elementary school in Amish country, about an hour west of Philadelphia. They were recreating an image from photos taken inside the prison near Baghdad in which Iraqi prisoners were abused by U.S. captors.
Smoketown Six
Anti-Bush Thong Protest
Political Statements
Musical Activism
After watching world events unfold, after hearing of too many deaths in too many places, Good Charlotte had something to say.
The pop-punk band known for twentysomething angst said it in "We Believe" - a song about the death of an American woman's son in Iraq and those who made the decisions to send people like her boy to war.
"We're not a political band. Music is what took us away from our problems," said guitarist/songwriter Benji Madden. "But sometimes life is too heavy and it is too hard, and you need to take a look at what's going on around you."
The hardest-fought election in decades hasn't just played out on television and radio. It hasn't just been spread across the pages of glossy magazines or quick turnaround celebrity books. Musicians are powering up their guitars, sitting down at their pianos and jumping into the fray.
Musicians have long been involved in political and social movements, from Woody Guthrie to Bob Dylan and James Brown to Public Enemy and John Mellencamp. But the latest incarnation of musical activism is bleeding across an astonishing number of genres and ages, giving voice to those often mute about election-year politics.
For a lot more, Musical Activism
Fans Mark Anniversary
Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons players gathered in game stores around the country Saturday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the grandfather of fantasy role-playing games - a pop culture phenomenon that has influenced myriad video games, books and movies.
An estimated 25,000 fans in 1,200 stores celebrated the anniversary Saturday, said Charles Ryan, brand manager for role-playing games at Wizards of the Coast, a Renton, Wash., company that owns Dungeons & Dragons.
In 1974, 1,000 brown-and-white boxes filled with pamphlets for "Fantastic Medieval Wargames" were distributed by a couple of guys who liked war role-playing and decided to set a game in the Middle Ages but with monsters and fantastic heroes.
Dungeons & Dragons went on to become one of the best-selling games of all time, inspiring fan devotion so great that some travel thousands of miles to play in tournaments.
Dungeons & Dragons
Sending Photos to Iraq
Anti-War Americans
More than 2,000 people opposing the war in Iraq, including the father of an American beheaded by terrorists, are sending Iraqis personal photos with protest messages to show "what Americans are really like."
The pictures, from all around the country, are meant to be a counterpoint to the infamous images of Americans abusing Iraqi prisoners. Each photo shows at least one sign, usually handmade. Some specifically criticize U.S. actions in the war while others simply extend sympathy to Iraqi civilians.
Michael Berg, whose son Nicholas was executed last spring by an al-Qaida-affiliated group, holds a sign in his photo that says, "I am sorry and ashamed for the tremendous loss my government has caused the Iraqi people."
"I truly feel that what the United States government has done to the once-sovereign nation of Iraq is atrocious and shameful," he said in a phone interview. Berg, whose opposition to the war predates his son's execution, will be in Washington on Wednesday when the project is formally unveiled by the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
The peace group, which organized the project, said it wants Iraqis to know that most Americans were shocked by the photos of U.S. soldiers abusing Iraqis prisoners and many regret a war being waged in their name.
For the rest, Anti-War Americans
Roasted at Friars Club
Donald Trump
For more than two hours, billionaire mogul and television star Donald Trump suffered the verbal slings and arrows of nearly 75 comics, celebrities and friends at the annual Friars Club roast.
"The reason Trump puts his name on all his buildings is so that the banks know which ones to take back," cracked comedian Rich Vos of NBC's talent contest "Last Comic Standing."
Freddie Roman, dean of the club that was founded 100 years ago, said Friday's event was one of the best attended since the roasts began in 1949.
Donald Trump
Explains Absences in Italy
Robert De Niro
Actor Robert De Niro said "serious communications problems" led him to miss two appearances in Italy.
"It was a complicated situation and I'm not sure how it was handled at their end, but it certainly wasn't handled properly at mine," De Niro said in a statement issued Friday by his publicist.
The Italian-American actor was to receive the Golden Ambrosius award, which takes its name from Milan's patron saint Ambrose, on Thursday from the mayor of Milan. De Niro's publicist said the actor arrived late and the officials did not wait for him.
On Friday, De Niro did not attend a scheduled Rome appearance where he was to promote an Italian showcase at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York that he co-founded in 2002. Italian officials suggested the controversy in Milan led him to cancel his Rome event.
Robert De Niro
Sounds Like A Good Idea
'Club Paris'
Paris Hilton knows something about nightclubs, so it makes sense the hotel heiress is the inspiration for a handful of clubs that will bear her name.
Club Paris, named after "The Simple Life" star, plans to open on New Year's Eve in Orlando. Local businessman Fereidoun "Fred" Khalilian hopes to open other Club Paris nightclubs in Las Vegas, New York City, Miami Beach, London and Paris.
Hilton will earn a "seven-figure" signing bonus for lending her name to the club. In return, she is contractually obligated to appear at the club at least twice a month. Hilton also helped select the interior design and is scheduled to attend the opening.
'Club Paris'
Come Home to Poverty
Injured Iraq Vets
Following inquiries by ABC News, the Pentagon has dropped plans to force a severely wounded U.S. soldier to repay his enlistment bonus after injuries had forced him out of the service.
Army Spc. Tyson Johnson III of Mobile, Ala., who lost a kidney in a mortar attack last year in Iraq, was still recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center when he received notice from the Pentagon's own collection agency that he owed more than $2,700 because he could not fulfill his full 36-month tour of duty.
Johnson said the Pentagon listed the bonus on his credit report as an unpaid government loan, making it impossible for him to rent an apartment or obtain credit cards.
Pentagon officials said they were unaware of the case until it was brought to their attention by ABC News. "Some faceless bureaucrat" was responsible for Johnson's predicament, said Gen. Franklin "Buster" Hagenbeck, a three-star general and the Army's deputy chief of staff for personnel.
For the jaw-dropping rest, Injured Iraq Vets
Opens New Photos Halls
National Gallery
A series of new halls devoted exclusively to photography open Sunday at the National Gallery of Art with an exhibit of work by Roger Fenton, one of the first war photographers.
A British lawyer, Fenton documented the Crimean War that pitted Russia against Britain, France and Turkey 150 years ago. That was a decade before Matthew Brady covered the American Civil War with his studio's cameras.
Gallery Director Earl A. Powell III said the gallery plans to have one large exhibit a year of important photographs, alongside its shows of old and new paintings and sculptures. Next year's show will be devoted to photos by Andre Kertesz, a Hungarian-American who was a pioneer of daily life and street photography.
National Gallery
What Global Warming?
Historic Drought
Early last year, fishermen searching for bass and bluegill on a northern finger of Lake Mead saw a curious cluster of concrete blocks jutting out of the water. It turned out to be the chimney of what had been, 65 years prior, an ice cream parlor.
Within months, other ruins began to emerge from the lake: The steps of a nearby schoolhouse. The foundation of the old Gentry Hotel, where President Hoover once bunked for the night.
Today, the water line of Lake Mead, once six miles to the northwest, is half a mile to the southeast. Now, there is a sun-soaked valley, along with the ruins of St. Thomas, a town that was, until very recently, under 64 feet of water.
For nearly six years, a drought has afflicted much of the United States. Some regions haven't been as dry as they are today for 1,000 years or more, scientists say, and there have been terrible consequences: crop losses, falling electricity production at dams, savage wildfires.
For historians, however, the drought has brought an intriguing diversion. Pieces of the past that had long been submerged, and often forgotten, are emerging again as lakes and rivers shrink.
For a lot more, Historic Drought
E! Entertainment Television & Wayne Newton
'The Entertainer'
E! Entertainment Television is joining forces with Las Vegas fixture Wayne Newton to find the city's next superstar performer.
The cable network said Thursday it has given the go-ahead to "The Entertainer," a 10-episode reality drama series featuring Newton that's set to debut in January.
The elimination-style series will feature 10 performers -- including male and female vocalists, illusionists, comedians and specialty act performers -- competing in performance challenges. Each week, Newton and a team of judges will whittle down the contestants until one winner remains. The last remaining contestant will perform alongside Newton during the series finale and also get the chance to become a featured performer in his Las Vegas show.
'The Entertainer'
In Memory
Bruce Palmer
Bruce Palmer, bass guitarist for 1960s folk rock band Buffalo Springfield, has died. He was 58.
Palmer, whose unique bass playing became linked with the identity of the group, died of a heart attack on Oct. 1, said music publicist Liese Rugo.
Buffalo Springfield was primarily known for its 1967 hit, "For What It's Worth," and broke up after two years. However, the band members included Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Dewey Martin and Richie Furay, went on to acclaim and commercial success.
Born in Toronto in 1946, Palmer began playing guitar at age 10 in a music store. He went on to play with rock groups in that city including the Swinging Doors and Jack London and the Sparrows.
Later he became a part of the Mynah Birds, a Canadian group whose lead singer was the late funk musician Rick James.
Palmer and Young left for California and joined with Stills and Furay as the four ran into each other in a traffic jam on Sunset Boulevard. They later recruited Martin, a session drummer.
After the release of "Buffalo Springfield Again," the album that featured "For What It's Worth" the group fell on hard times. Palmer was facing marijuana and immigration charges. He was permanently forced out of the band by the time Buffalo Springfield's third album "Last Time Around" was released.
In 1968, Palmer released a solo instrumental album. He occasionally played with Young during the 1980s. He later regrouped with Martin as Buffalo Springfield Revisited.
Palmer is survived by his wife, Jill Vanderveen Palmer; and three daughters.
Bruce Palmer
In Memory
Pierre Salinger
Pierre Salinger, who served as President John F. Kennedy's press secretary and later had a long career with ABC News, has died, the network said Saturday.
Salinger, 79, died from a heart attack at a hospital in France, the network said. It was not immediately clear when or where in France he died, ABC News said.
Salinger made headlines in 1997 when he became a prominent backer of the theory that TWA Flight 800, which crashed off Long Island in 1996 on a flight to Paris, was accidentally brought down by a Navy missile.
Salinger had said at the time that a government document showed the Navy was testing missiles off the coast of New York, and had been told planes would be flying higher than 21,000 feet. The Navy was unaware that Flight 800 was flying at 13,000 feet because another commercial plane was flying above it, he said.
The National Transportation Safety Board found no evidence of a missile strike. It concluded that Flight 800 was destroyed by a center fuel tank explosion, probably caused by a spark from a short-circuit in the wiring that ignited vapors in the tank.
Pierre Salinger
