'Best of TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
Jazz From Hills
The North Koreans Blew Up
Sometimes Karma rears its ugly head in the form of train explosions.
On Thursday April 23, 2004, the North Koreans had the unfortunate event of having Two Trains (also a highly recommended Little Feat song), both containing fuel, slamming into one another, causing an untold amount of carnage. Gee, what a bummer.
See what shit comes down your pike when you threaten the world with your measley little nuclear defense program? I'm not a firm believer in an interventionist God, however, I think this might prove you don't fuck with the only country (The U.S. of A.) that was ever founded upon REASON. Bunnypants is sliding away from the concept of Reason on a daily basis, however, I can still say legally: "Fuck You, George, you candy-assed, silver-spoon in your mouth, runner of a stolen election..."
For the rest, TrimmedBush and Hedges
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No review this week
Re: Black Adder
I'm a little busy trying to get my web site up this week.
Thanks, Mr. Hawk!
Please let me know when your site is up - looking forward to it!
from Mark
Another Bumpersticker
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Bush 'Seizure'?
Bush 'Seizure' Answer to his Awful Press Conference Performance?
"Vice President Cheney is the de facto President of
the United States. When he arrives at the White House
for one of his "briefings" of the President, all
employees are cleared from the West Wing and
especially from the Presidential office suites. Cheney
arrives in an escorted armored limousine surrounded by
his own personal, heavily armed bodyguard and is
always shown directly into the President's office. It
is reliably reported by [redacted] that Bush has a
thick pad of lined, yellow note paper on his desk,
placed there by [redacted] just before the Vice
President arrives."
"The President takes oral medication at least twice a
day according to [redacted] because of an unspecified
"indisposition' and this subject is strictly off
limits for any casual staff conversation."
For the rest - prisonplanet.tv/articles/april2004/042504bushseizure.htm
Thanks, Roma!
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Pictures from Iraq
They sure know how to build a nation, don't they?
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Woo hoo! The heat wave broke!
Talked to dear old Dad in PA - he was wondering what's happened to the news. Said it was more like propaganda than anything he remembers coming from Walter Cronkite's mouth.
Suggested he check his local PBS listings to see if they carry the BBC news.
As a decorated WWII vet, he's outraged by the treatment of John Kerry, and sadly disappointed that the talking heads do nothing to follow-up on the great uniter's missing guard duty. "Where's his DD-214?".
The kid has the state-mandated, reality-bereft 'STAR' tests this week. Hours of multiple guess that only proves the ability to control ones bladder. Yet, the (public) school's funding is tied into how well the kids perform.
Some years, his teachers have only taught to the test. Lousy way to build an educational foundation, while leaving some children behind through no fault of their own.
Playwright Arthur Miller appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday, April 30, 2004, to support playwright antitrust legislation. Lyricist Stephen Sondheim is in the center and playwright Wendy Wasserstein at right.
Photo by Dennis Cook
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
Thanks Seattle Times for 'Coffin' Photo
Bereaved Father
The father of a U.S. Army soldier killed in Iraq earlier this month, who believes his son was in one of the caskets shown in the now famous Tami Silicio photograph, has written a letter to The Seattle Times thanking the newspaper for publishing the picture that broke a Pentagon ban.
"Hiding the death and destruction of this war does not make it easier on anyone except those who want to keep the truth away from the people," the father, Bill Mitchell, wrote yesterday. The letter has not yet been published.
Bill Mitchell, who lives in Atascadero, Calif., had first contacted E&P last week after Editor Greg Mitchell (no relation) mentioned Mike Mitchell by name in the April 8 "Pressing Issues" Web column.
The text of his letter to Hal Bernton, the Seattle Times reporter who wrote the story that accompanied the Silicio photo, follows:
Dear Hal --
I read with great interest your article regarding the woman who was fired for taking the pictures of the flag-draped coffins on 4-7-04. My son, SSG Michael W. Mitchell, was killed on 4/4/04 in the first day of the Shiite uprising in Sadr City. He was one of eight soldiers killed that day in that attack. I am quite positive that he was inside one of those coffins in the picture.
I am happy that you ran the story and showed the picture. I would like everyone to know the devastation that this event has brought upon Mike's family and friends. In fact, Mike's grandpa at 86 says that this is the worst thing that has happened in his entire life -- that says a lot right there!!!
Hiding the death and destruction of this war does not make it easier on anyone except those who want to keep the truth away from the people. I know that the current government policy has the bodies being flown in under the cloak of darkness. I also know that photographers are barred from the area so that pictures such as the one you ran in your newspaper cannot be shown to the people. Pictures such as these alter peoples' perception and awareness and they have to admit the reality of the situation that young men and women are being killed.
For the rest, Bereaved Father
L.A. Times' Newest Editorial Editor
Michael Kinsley
Michael Kinsley, a former editor of the New Republic and the founding editor of the on-line magazine Slate, has been named editorial editor of the Los Angeles Times in a series of changes that also sees replacement of the paper's state news editor.
Times editor John Carroll said in a statement that Kinsley, for six years the co-host from the liberal side of CNN's "Crossfire," will be responsible for The Times' daily editorial and letters page, its op-ed page and the Sunday Opinion section.
The appointment is effective June 14.
Michael Kinsley
Activist Bianca Jagger (C) talks with Cofan Indian leader Toribio Aguinda (L) and nurse Rosa Moreno, both from the Ecuadorean Amazon, after leaving a meeting of ChevronTexaco shareholders in San Ramon, California, April 28, 2004. The three spoke at the meeting in support of a shareholders resolution calling on ChevronTexaco to clean up toxic wastes allegedly dumped in the Ecuadorean Amazon during Texaco's oil drilling operations there.
Photo by Lou Dematteis
Failing Grade From Forbes - Again
Michael Eisner
Disney's shaky boss Michael Eisner got a big fat F from Forbes magazine, which named him one of America's worst CEOs just as Disney directors huddled yesterday at the media empire's headquarters to discuss who might replace him.
This is the third straight year Eisner earned a failing grade.
Forbes gets its annual F list by stacking up a CEO's pay against a stock's performance over the last six years.
On average, Eisner earned a staggering $121 million a year in that period - much of that through exercising stock options - at a time when Disney's shares were falling an average of 5% a year.
Eisner did do a little better this year. For the last two years, he was ranked the worst CEO in America, but this time he came in fourth, thanks to a recent run-up in Disney's stock.
Michael Eisner
Performing at MTV Film Awards
Beastie Boys
The Beastie Boys are set to perform at the MTV Movie Awards next month, along with D-12 and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, a network representative told The Associated Press.
The irreverent awards show will be taped June 5 in Culver City, Calif., outside Los Angeles, and broadcast June 10 on MTV.
Beastie Boys
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
World Stunt Awards
Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves will be honored for his work in action movies at the upcoming World Stunt Awards.
The awards, which recognize the men and women who put their lives at risk to make fights, explosions and tall-building falls on TV shows and movies look more realistic, will be presented May 16.
Carmen Electra and Dennis Hopper are set to host the event, which will be taped at Paramount Studios for broadcast on Spike TV on May 26.
Keanu Reeves
Brussels' landmark statue Manneken Pis is dressed up as former President of South-Africa Nelson Mandela.
Photo by Herwig Vergult
Named King of British Radio
George Michael
George Michael was named king of the airwaves Wednesday, topping a survey of the most-played artists on British radio over the last 20 years.
Michael, who began his career as half of Wham! two decades ago, beat Elton John to top spot in the list, compiled by industry monitor Phonographic Performance Ltd.
"I can't believe it. I've only made six albums in 22 years so I don't know how this happened. I'm the luckiest writer on earth," Michael said.
George Michael
Time Inc. To Bring Back
Life Magazine
Time Inc. is stepping up its plans to relaunch Life magazine, whose world-famous photojournalism made it one of the publisher's best-known brands.
Sources said Time Inc. plans to reintroduce Life as a supplement published in Friday newspapers, with a target launch date of fall 2004 and an initial circulation of 10 million to 12 million.
Life Magazine
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
Drops Takeover Bid for Disney
Comcast
The cable giant Comcast Corp. is dropping its takeover bid for The Walt Disney Co., saying Disney management has made it clear it has no interest in putting the two companies together.
The decision was announced Wednesday by Brian L. Roberts, president and chief executive of Comcast, who said the Disney stance led him to conclude it was time to abandon the proposed merger.
In early trading Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange, Disney shares fell 28 cents to $23.90 while Comcast A shares rose 89 cents, or 3 percent, to $30.86.
Comcast
A woman offers incense in front of a HK$78 million ($10 million) gold statue of Wong Tai Sin, a Taoist deity, at a jewellery shop in Hong Kong April 28, 2004. The figure, along with the base, measures 2.3-metre high and weighs 11,435 Chinese tails (571.8 kilograms), is expected to be a tourist attraction during mainland China's 'Golden Week' starting May 1.
Photo by Bobby Yip
Sues 477 More U.S. File-Sharers
Recording Industry Association of America
A U.S. music industry group said on Wednesday it sued 477 more people for online copyright infringement as part of its effort to stop music piracy, blamed for a prolonged sales downturn.
Since January, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), employing the "John Doe" litigation method, has sued more than 2,000 people.
As in previous suits, the RIAA plans to discover swappers' names and locations through court-issued subpoenas, the spokesman said.
Recording Industry Association of America
Taken From Calif. Home
Stradivarius Cello
A 17th-century cello made by master craftsman Antonio Stradivari was stolen from a home over the weekend, authorities said Tuesday.
The 1684 cello, valued at $3.5 million, was one of only about 60 made by Stradivari and was bought by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association about three decades ago, said association spokeswoman Elizabeth Hinckley.
The instrument was nicknamed the General Kyd for the man who brought it to England near the end of the 18th century. Cellist Leo Stern performed the British premiere of Dvorak's famous cello concerto on the instrument in 1896.
Stradivarius Cello
U.S. Deletes, Alters Government Sites
Web Data
The Bush administration has stripped information on a range of women's issues from government Web sites, apparently in pursuit of a political agenda, researchers reported on Wednesday.
"Vital information is being deleted, buried, distorted and has otherwise gone missing from government Web sites and publications," Linda Basch, president of the National Council for Research on Women, said in a telephone interview.
A council report said the missing information fell into four categories: women's health; their economic status; objective scientific data; and information aimed at protecting women and girls and helping them advance.
The deletions and alterations appear to hew to a political agenda, rather than providing the nonpartisan, unbiased data that has been the tradition of U.S. government reports, the council said.
Its report cited a fact sheet from the Centers of Disease Control that focused on the advantages of using condoms to prevent sexually transmitted disease; it was revised in December 2002 to say evidence on condoms' effectiveness in curbing these diseases was inconclusive.
For the rest, Web Data
Flying Saucer Fever
Iran
Flying saucer fever has gripped Iran after dozens of sightings in the last few days. Fanciful cartoons of alien spacecraft have adorned the front pages.
State television on Wednesday showed a sparkling white disc it said was filmed over Tehran on Tuesday night.
More colorful Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) have been spotted beaming out green, red, blue and purple rays over the northern cities of Tabriz and Ardebil and in the Caspian Sea province of Golestan, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Iran
A new baby primate peers out from a blanket held by keeper Janet Hawes at the San Diego Zoo's nursery, Wednesday, April 28, 2004. Born on April 22, the little bonobo was not being cared for by his mother and was brought to the Zoo's nursery where he is receiving round-the-clock care. The bonobo is a rare species of chimpanzee native to the forests and lowlands of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Incorrectly but commonly called 'pygmy chimpanzee,' this species is only slightly smaller than the more commonly recognized species of chimpanzee and has dark pigmentation on its feet, hands and face. The San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park are one of the few zoological institutions in the United States to work with this species.
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