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'TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
Reader Comment
Re: Ralph Reed
"I get in the car in the morning and listen to Rush Limbaugh. On the way home, I listen to Sean Hannity. At night I watch Fox News," he said."
To quote www.mystolennation.com, only a ditto-bitch would be that proud of being that ill-informed!
Reed is such a dork. He reminds me of a department store mannequin, boys' department.
Everytime I see the little doofus, I want to grab him by the throat and bitch-slap some sense into him.
Actually, what I would like to do is take a bible and thump him as hard as I can upside his head. Maybe...just maybe....the blow would jumpstart his brain and he wouldn't need to consult "the good (?) book" (and Rush) before he even takes a dump in the morning!
Terry C
NJ
Thanks, Terry!
Reader Comment
Re: Bush
Bush sure has his priorities out of whack. It only took him a couple of days
to apologize to the Iraqis but he still has not apologized to the 9/11
families.
I'm sure that unless he has his puppetmaster by his side he will let slip
some culturally insensitive remarks which will only whip up the militants
further.
"Oh what a tangled web we weave..."
Pete S
Thanks, Pete!
from Mark
Another Bumpersticker
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
The weather has returned to seasonal.
The jacaranda trees are starting to bloom - lovely purple-hazed trees.
The cast of the 'Dick Van Dyke Show' pose in this undated publicity photo. Top row from left are Carl Reiner, Jerry Van Dyke, Ann Morgan Guilbert, and Larry Matthews. Bottom row from left are Rose Marie, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. The original series, which ran for 158 episodes from 1961-66 on CBS, was considered one of television's classic comedies because of its writing. 'The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited' airs Monday, May 10, 2004 on CBS at 9 p.m. EDT.
Photo by Tony Esparza
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
Taps Historian
Clinton Library
A historian who has spent 27 years working in presidential libraries was named director of the Clinton Presidential Library on Wednesday.
David Alsobrook has spent four years overseeing the preparation and archiving of tens of thousands of documents, memorabilia, gifts and photos from Bill Clinton's presidency for the $165 million library in downtown Little Rock. The library is scheduled to open Nov. 18.
Alsobrook earned a doctorate in history from Auburn University and spent three years as director of the George H.W. Bush Library in College Station, Texas.
Clinton Library
Hosting MTV Special
Walter Cronkite
MTV announced Wednesday that Walter Cronkite will be host of a special on employment issues facing young adults that will air May 25.
On the special, "MTV Choose or Lose: Work It," the network will follow five young adults as they compete for one entry level position. Through it, Cronkite will help explain such issues as underemployment, outsourcing and the growth of temp jobs.
Walter Cronkite
Anti-war protesters gather outside London's Royal Courts of Justice, May 5, 2004. Lawyers for 14 Iraqi families who allege their relatives were unlawfully killed by British troops in post-war Iraq took their case to London's High Court on Wednesday. The Ministry of Defense refuses to accept responsibility for the deaths but the families' lawyers are demanding a judicial review to examine whether the killings were a violation of the victims' right to life under the European law.
Photo by Peter Macdiarmid
Christmas Day Debut
Dr Who
Doctor Who is set for its long-awaited return on Christmas Day. BBC chiefs have earmarked the start of the new series for a prime position in its festive schedule, reports the Daily Express. The return will feature the Doctor - played by Christopher Eccleston - fighting his arch enemy the automatons.
It is still not clear who will be cast as the Doctor's assistant.
Dr Who
Supports Medical Marijuana
Montel Williams
Montel Williams threw his support behind legalizing medical marijuana in New York, saying pot helps him cope with multiple sclerosis.
Williams, who was diagnosed with the neurological disease in 1999, said he uses marijuana every night before bed to relieve the pain in his legs and feet.
Williams, 47, said he can legally obtain marijuana in California, where he owns property, but argued that as a New York state taxpayer, he should have the same right there.
Montel Williams
Developing Iraq War Drama for FX
Steven Bochco
Television producer Steven Bochco, co-creator of landmark cop shows "Hill Street Blues" and "NYPD Blue," has signed a deal to develop a war drama set in Iraq for the FX cable network, his production company said on Wednesday.
Details of the projected series were sketchy. But entertainment trade paper Daily Variety reported the network is looking for a weekly character-driven contemporary drama that explores the lives of men and women in uniform both on and off the battlefield.
Steven Bochco
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Polar Music Prize
B.B. King
Former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and conductor Elgar Howarth will award the 2004 Polar Music Prize to bluesman B.B. King and composer Gyoergy Ligeti, organizers said Tuesday.
Page will read the prize citation for King and Howarth will do the same for Ligeti at the May 24 prize ceremony. King Carl XVI Gustaf will hand out the award to both winners.
B.B. King
Colosseum Gig
Simon & Garfunkel
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel will take the stage just outside the Colosseum this summer in what Rome officials say is their first concert together in Italy.
The July 31 concert by the 1960s folk-rock duo will be free, Rome officials said Wednesday. It will take place on the Via dei Fori Imperiali, the large boulevard that leads to the Colosseum and is lined with ancient Roman relics.
Simon & Garfunkel
Disney character Mickey Mouse escorts guests (L-R) Michael Eisner, CEO of The Walt Disney Co., actress Julie Andrews and television personality Art Linkletter to the stage, during an announcement of the celebration planned for the 50th anniversary of the Disneyland theme park, in Anaheim, California May 5, 2004. Eisner named Andrews special Disneyland Ambassador for the 50th anniversary. Linkletter was a TV host when the park opened July 17, 1955.
Photo by Fred Prouser
Celebrities Set
Olympic Torch
Magic Johnson, Carl Lewis and Gail Devers, along with "Friends" star Jennifer Aniston, will help carry the Olympic torch on its journey around the world.
In addition to Johnson, Devers and Lewis, Olympians Michael Johnson and Edwin Moses and actress Angelina Jolie were selected.
Olympic Torch
During the 1984 LA Olympics, OJ Simpson ran the torch past my old apartment building in Van Nuys.
Painting Nets $104M at Auction
Picasso
Pablo Picasso's 1905 painting "Boy with a Pipe" sold for $104 million Wednesday at Sotheby's, shattering the record for an auctioned painting.
The previous record was set by Vincent van Gogh's 1890 "Portrait of Doctor Gachet," which was sold to a Japanese billionaire for $82.5 million in 1990 at Christie's. That price included the auction house's premium.
Picasso
Religiously Insane Try To Leverage PBS Station
KOCE-TV
Daystar Television Network, which lost a lawsuit to force the Coast Community College District to sell its Public Broadcasting Service affiliate to the Christian broadcaster, filed its expected appeal Monday.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Corey S. Cramin ruled last month that the district could go forward with its sale of Channel 50 to the KOCE-TV Foundation, which is run by civic and business leaders and has pledged to maintain the station's PBS affiliation.
Daystar, the world's second-largest religious broadcaster, has argued that its all-cash offer made it the "highest responsible bidder for the station," as required by the state education code.
Daystar offered $25.1 million for the station. Its sweetened offer of $40 million was rejected because it arrived the day after the bidding deadline.
KOCE-TV
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
To Stand Trial for Abuse
Bobby Brown
R&B singer Bobby Brown was ordered to stand trial Wednesday on charges he hit his wife, fellow singer Whitney Houston.
Brown and Houston exchanged smiles during a 5-minute court hearing where Judge Barry Zimmerman ruled there was enough evidence to continue with the case against Brown.
The singer was ordered to turn himself in to authorities July 10 or 11 for fingerprinting when he would be released on a $2,000 bond. The judge also warned Brown again having "violent contact" with Houston.
Bobby Brown
Not So Immortal After All
CDs & DVDs
Dan Koster was unpacking some of his more than 2,000 CDs after a move when he noticed something strange. Some of the discs, which he always took good care of, wouldn't play properly.
Koster, a Web and graphic designer for Queens University of Charlotte, N.C., took one that was skipping pretty badly and held it up to the light.
His collection was suffering from "CD rot," a gradual deterioration of the data-carrying layer. It's not known for sure how common the blight is, but it's just one of a number of reasons that optical discs, including DVDs, may be a lot less long-lived than first thought.
More details, CDs & DVDs
An employee of Chopard jewelers holds the Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm 2004 designed and executed by Chopard at the company's headquarters in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 5, 2004. The festival starts on May 12, with the coveted Golden Palm to be awarded on May 23.
Photo by Laurent Gillieron
Sells 'Spider-Man' Ads on Bases
Baseball
Spider-Man is coming to a base near you. In the latest example of a sponsor's stamp on the sports world, ads for the movie "Spider-Man 2" will be placed atop bases at 15 major league ballparks during games from June 11-13.
The promotion, announced Wednesday, is part of baseball's pitch to appeal to younger fans - and make money along the way.
Baseball will receive about $3.6 million in a deal negotiated by Major League Baseball Properties with Marvel Studios and Columbia Pictures, a division of Sony Inc., a high-ranking baseball executive said on condition of anonymity.
Baseball
Senate Bill Stalled
Indecency Fines
Legislation aimed at preventing incidents like Janet Jackson exposing her breast on live television remains stalled despite an outcry from parents and lawmakers about the coarseness of broadcast radio and television, a key lawmaker said on Wednesday.
Congress has been considering measures to substantially raise fines for indecent acts to as much as $500,000 per incident, up from $27,500, but a provision in the Senate bill to tighten media ownership limits has halted progress.
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has not yet decided when to move the legislation. A spokeswoman for Frist was not immediately available for comment.
Indecency Fines
Opening in L.A.
Ricardo Montalban Theatre
The opening of the Ricardo Montalban Theatre fulfills a 34-year quest by the veteran movie and television star who has long championed Hispanics in Hollywood.
The 83-year-old actor, whose career encompasses MGM movies of the 1940s, TV's "Fantasy Island" and the recent "Spy Kids" films, has long sought a real home for Nosotros, the nonprofit theater group he founded in 1970 to improve the image of Hispanics in the entertainment industry.
The theater opens Saturday.
For details, Ricardo Montalban Theatre
Wagner's Great Granddaughter
Katharina Wagner
Katharina Wagner, the 25-year-old great granddaughter of composer Richard Wagner, is to make her directing debut at the Bayreuth Festival, the prestigious festival dedicated exclusively to the composer's works, in 2007, the festival organisers announced.
Katharina, the daughter of the festival's current director, Wolfgang Wagner by his second marriage, has been chosen to direct the next new production of "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" (The Meistersinger of Nuremberg) in 2007.
Wolfgang, the composer's 84-year-old grandson, has been in charge of the annual month-long summer festival since 1951, and wants to Katharina to take the reins.
But Wolfgang's daughter by his first marriage, Eva Wagner-Pasquier, and his niece, Nike Wagner, the daughter of his late brother Wieland, are also pretenders to the Bayreuth throne in the long and bitter battle for control of the festival.
Katharina Wagner
Three lion cubs, Sarara, left, Maralal, center and Serolibi, right enjoy their morning feed at the Nairobi Animal Orphanage in Kenya Wednesday May 5, 2004. The two female and one male cub are six weeks-old and were found abandoned last week in Sarara 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of the capital Nairobi. Their mother's fate is unknown. Normally in a pride of lions, it is lionesses who fed and nurture cubs without any help from the lions of the pride.
Photo by Sayyid Azim
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