ERIC WILSON: The Betsy Ross Label (nytimes.com)
BETWEEN the Olympic Games and the election, not to mention the Fourth of July, you could argue that a heightened sense of patriotism has made fashion designers go flag happy.
Tom Horgen: Comics are leaping from page to screen (Star Tribune)
In this weekend's potential blockbuster "Wanted," Morgan Freeman hands a gun to the film's reluctant antihero and orders him to shoot the wings - and just the wings - off a bunch of houseflies. Several slow-motion gunshots later, the bugs fall to the floor, wingless.
Dan Avery: Good Golly, Miss Molly (advocate.com)
Molly Ringwald discusses her new ABC Family series, her daughter's gay godfather, her obsession with eBay, and why Andie could never have ended up with Duckie.
The trivia questions (yesterday, today, and tomorrow) are based on material from Robert Scheer's new book 'The Pornography of Power',
a copy of which, coincidentally (cough, cough), will be given away to the reader who answers the most questions correctly.
Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz and Doug Feith got their start in politics working for this Senator.
A: Prescott Bush
B: Everett Dirksen
C: Barry Goldwater
D: Henry 'Scoop' Jackson
E: Joe McCarthy
Source
As a Cold War anti-Communist Democrat, Jackson's political philosophies and positions have been cited as an influence on a number of key figures associated with neoconservatism, including Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle
In addition to Richard Perle, neoconservatives Paul Wolfowitz, Elliott Abrams, Charles Horner, and Douglas Feith were former Democratic aides to Jackson who, disillusioned with the Carter administration, supported Ronald Reagan and joined his administration in 1981, later becoming prominent foreign policy makers in the 21st-century Bush administration. Neoconservative Ben Wattenberg was a prominent political aide to Jackson's 1972 and 1976 presidential campaigns. Wolfowitz has called himself a "Scoop Jackson Republican" on multiple occasions Many journalists and scholars across the political spectrum have noted links between Senator Jackson and modern neoconservatism
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mj was first, and correct, writing:
Going on the age factor
I'm going with D, Ol' Scoop.
Billy answered:
Scoop!
The Senator from Boeing, senior Democrat from Washington State. I managed
to make him mad at a Q&A once. He didn't like hippies.
Alan J responded:
Henry 'Scoop' Jackson
Charlie wrote:
I know a bit of this history, it's
D: Henry 'Scoop' Jackson
aka "The Senator from Boeing."
During a Wisconsin presidential primary campaign stop in Madison, candidate Sen. Henry 'Scoop' Jackson was spat on in the face by protester Ben Masel. Later, Jackson said, "It didn't faze me one iota. It didn't bother me at all...That happens once in awhile in Madison, you know."
The article says it's "probably" Wolfowitz to Jackson's right in the picture.
Joe S ("...if totalitarianism comes to this country, it will surely do so in the guise of 100% Americanism."
~ Huey Long) answered:
I say, D: Henry "Scoop" Jackson
Sally said:
Joe Liberman, Uh, I mean Warmonger Henry "Scoop" Jackson (D-Wash) (D) was the influential mentor to Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz, Douglas Feith. (All reminding me of various pigheaded, "Pro-Israel, pro-war" uncles of mine whom I detested throughout the years...)
The SOB Jackson, said he became "disillusioned" with the Carter administration and actually went on to SUPPORT Ronald Reagan - while still calling himself a "Democrat!" Discracia!!
PS: With all of my "trees-down, followed by several severe storms" excitement yesterday, I forgot to mention that here in NY, SNL ran the "original" first show with George Carlin hosting on Saturday night. While it was great to be able to relive that part of history, boy, did that show look amateurish and made you wonder how the format got its foot in the NBC door for so long...
Yes, I still watch it faithfully, hoping to see a glimpse of the old SNL spirit now and again.
PPS: If anyone is interested, there are "Pro Peace, Pro Israel" groups (which I support in earnest) this is a great article about the movement: Click here: MotherJones Blog: New "Pro Israel, Pro Peace" Political Group Launches: J Street Hopes to Prod Washington MidEast
Vic in AK replied:
My answer is D: Henry 'PooperScooper' Jackson .He seemed to of had a knack of collecting turds into his cadre.
Chuck responded:
Hi, Just a stab at the answer... D. "Scoop" Senator from my home town Everett, WA.
gary wrote:
henry scoop jackson
pearle and wolfie both worked for him but i was unable to verify feith . feith did work with pearle though
Marian the Teacher answered:
Henry Jackson
socdan said:
Not really a suprise on reflection, it was Henry Jackson (of Idaho?), a social moderate and a rather bellicose defence hawk.
Walt wrote:
I hate myself for Googling but the answer is d: Scoop Jackson. It was
fairly easy to rule out Prescott Bush and Joe McCarthy because the neocons
would have to be pushing 90 years old to have worked with them.
And, Buzzcook replied:
As much as we in Washington state reflexively genuflect when scoop
Jackson's name is mentioned; he was a militaristic simpleton, dedicated
to making life easier for Boeings military division.
So, D. Henry Scoop Jackson
The kid got a camera. Here's a close-up of Jo, the (lucky) lizard.
Tonight, Tuesday:
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'NCIS', followed by '48 Hours', then a RERUN'Without A Trace'.
On a RERUNDave (from 6/4/08) are Jack Black and Esperanza Spalding.
On a RERUNCraig (from 5/23/08) are Richard Lewis and Duffy.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'Celebrity Family Feud', followed by a FRESH'America's Got Talent'.
On a RERUNLeno (from 6/6/08) are Will Smith, Pete Sampras, and Ed Harcourt.
On a RERUNConan (from 4/10/08) are Sarah Jessica Parker, Aries Spears, and They Might Be Giants.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 6/9/08) are Kate Flannery and Moby.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Wipeout', followed by a FRESH'I Survived A Japanese Game Show', then a FRESH'Primetime: The Outsiders'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 6/13/08) are Bill Cosby, John Leguizamo, Meagan Good, and Secondhand Serenade.
The CW offers a RERUN'Beauty & The Geek', followed by a RERUN'Reaper'.
Faux has a FRESH'Moment Of Truth', followed by a FRESH'Hell's Kitchen'.
MY has 'Street Patrol', another 'Street Patrol', 'Jail', and another 'Jail'.
A&E has 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH'The First 48', then 'CSI: The 2nd One'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Ghost & Mr. Chicken', followed by the movie 'The Long Hot Summer', then the movie 'Baby Boom'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 8
[12:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 9
[1:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 Glasshouse
[2:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Episode 1
[3:00 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 22 Wetherby 54
[3:30 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 23 Newark 63
[4:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 16
[4:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 17
[5:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 10
[5:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 11
[6:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 La Parra de Burriana
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America
[8:00 PM] Coupling - Ep. 6 The Cupboard of Patrick's Love
[8:40 PM] Not Going Out - Episode 1
[9:20 PM] Absolutely Fabulous - Ep. 1 Hospital
[10:00 PM] BBC World News America
[11:00 PM] Coupling - Ep. 6 The Cupboard of Patrick's Love
[11:40 PM] Not Going Out - Episode 1
[12:20 AM] Absolutely Fabulous - Ep. 1 Hospital
[1:00 AM] Coupling - Ep. 6 The Cupboard of Patrick's Love
[1:40 AM] Not Going Out - Episode 1
[2:20 AM] Absolutely Fabulous - Ep. 1 Hospital
[3:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 2 Orlando Bloom and Samantha Morton
[4:00 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 22 Wetherby 54
[4:30 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 23 Newark 63
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 1 Ogden White
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 2
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Jo & Slade: The Break Up', 'Flipping Out', another 'Flipping Out', and a FRESH'Flipping Out'.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Futurama', 'South Park', and 'Larry The Cable Guy: Morning Constitution'.
On a RERUNJon Stewart (from 6/16/08) are David Iglesias.
On a RERUNColbert Report (from 6/18/08) are Dr. Uma Mysorekar and Junot Diaz.
FX has the movie 'Walk The Line', followed by the movie 'I, Robot', then a FRESH'30 Days'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'The Universe', 'Ancient Discoveries', and a FRESH'Mega Disasters'.
IFC -
[08:00 AM] We Married Margo
[09:30 AM] Shattered Glass
[11:10 AM] Face
[01:05 PM] IFC News Special: 2008 Elections
[01:30 PM] We Married Margo
[03:00 PM] Shattered Glass
[04:45 PM] Face
[06:35 PM] Mountains of the Moon
[09:00 PM] IFC News: 2008, Uncut
[09:05 PM] Bee Season
[11:00 PM] The Claim
[01:05 AM] The Legend of 1900
[03:15 AM] Bee Season
[05:05 AM] The Claim (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has 'Star Trek: Enterprise', another 'Star Trek: Enterprise', still another 'Star Trek: Enterprise', and 'ECW'.
Swedes have bombarded lawmakers with more than 1 million e-mails protesting the country's new eavesdropping law, adding to the growing public outcry over the measure, an official said Monday.
The contentious bill allows officials to eavesdrop on all cross-border e-mail and telephone traffic. The government plans to implement it in January.
The lack of support for the legislation is a setback for Sweden's center-right government, which has seen its popularity decline in recent months.
The legislation gives Sweden's National Defense Radio Establishment the right to scan all phone calls, e-mails and faxes crossing Sweden's borders, without a court order.
A federal appeals court reviewing evidence at Guantanamo Bay compared a Bush administration legal argument to one made by a hapless, dimwitted character in a 19th century nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit cited the 1876 poem, "The Hunting of the Snark," in ruling that the military improperly labeled a Chinese Muslim as an enemy combatant. The ruling was issued last week but an unclassified version of the opinion was released only Monday.
The three-member court, which was made up of two Republican judges and one Democrat, was particularly pointed in its criticism of the argument that evidence is reliable because it appears on multiple documents.
"The government insists that the statements made in the documents are reliable because the State and Defense Departments would not have put them in intelligence documents were that not the case," the court wrote. "This comes perilously close to suggesting that whatever the government says must be treated as true."
The judges compared the argument to the logic in Carroll's nonsense poem, in which a hapless crew hunts for a creature that is never quite defined. The Bellman, the ship's leader, led his men across the ocean, guided by a map that was just a blank piece of paper. He rallied and reassured his crew simply by repeating himself.
"I have said it thrice: What I tell you three times is true," the Bellman says in the poem.
"Lewis Carroll notwithstanding, the fact that the government has 'said it thrice' does not make an allegation true," the court wrote.
In this handout photo made available by Gibson Guitars on Monday, June 30, 2008, Amy Winehouse holds a Gibson Les Paul 46664 guitar signed by former South African President Nelson Mandela at his 90th Birthday Celebration Concert in London. The unique guitar will be auctioned off on an internet auction site to raise extra funds for Nelson Mandela's 46664 Charity.
Pressman Toy and NBC Universal will be hosting a day of Office-themed festivities in the real-life version of the Pennsylvania burg where the Dunder Mifflinites push paper for a living to mark the release of a DVD board game and a trivia game revolving around the hit NBC sitcom, which is shot in Los Angeles but has become an important vein of tourism in Scranton.
Writer and executive producer Mindy Kaling, who also plays reliably obnoxious customer-service rep Kelly Kapoor, will preside over The Office Games July 19 (a Saturday, so people won't have to call in sick to their actual offices) at the Mall at Steamtown.
"Scranton is honored to have been selected as the first city in America whose retailers will stock The Office Trivia Game and DVD Board Game," Scranton Mayor Christopher Doherty said Monday. "We'll be rolling out the beet red carpet for Ms. Kaling."
Part of The Office Games proceeds will go toward United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania, which provides community-building opportunities and services throughout northeastern Pennsylvania.
At a private memorial service Sunday attended by some 150 people - "That was as small as we could keep it," chuckled George Carlin's daughter, Kelly Carlin McCall - her father was memorialized by comedians Bill Maher, Garry Shandling and others as someone who had no enemies, in part because he was nice to everyone he spoke to.
"What everyone said tonight is if you spent time with my father, whether it was five seconds or five hours, he was kind, attentive, very connected to you, compassionate," said Carlin's daughter.
Overall, Carlin's daughter said, the service was a happy event, one presided over in part by her father himself, who spoke from a montage of video clips assembled from his 51-year career.
Other speakers included Carlin's older brother, Patrick, his partner, Sally Wade, and his former standup partner, Jack Burns. Carlin's wife, Brenda Hosbrook Carlin, died in 1997.
American viewers might get another, perhaps saltier, bite of the '90s Brit hit "Cracker" thanks to a second attempt at turning the quirky cop show into a series stateside.
Cable channel TNT has bought the U.S. rights, and will produce the series with Granada America, whose U.K. parent was the original producer-distributor of the Robbie Coltrane vehicle. Robert Duvall will serve as an executive producer.
Coltrane played Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald, who despite being a drinking, gambling, adulterous chain-smoker, managed to be both a sympathetic character and a savvy sleuth.
An Americanized "Cracker" starring Robert Pastorelli ("Murphy Brown") aired on ABC in fall 1997, but it lacked the punch of the original and was canceled after one season.
British actor Pierce Brosnan and his wife Keely Shaye Smith pose as they arrive for the world premiere of "Mamma Mia" at Leicester Square in London June 30, 2008.
Photo by Dylan Martinez
Chris Kattan, a former cast member of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," tied the knot with model Sunshine Tutt in Yosemite Valley, Calif., on Saturday, his publicist, Jill Fritzo, said Monday.
Kattan, 37, appeared on "SNL" from 1996 to 2003. His screen credits include "Corky Romano" and "A Night at the Roxbury."
The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves.
Suicides accounted for 55 percent of the nation's nearly 31,000 firearm deaths in 2005, the most recent year for which statistics are available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There was nothing unique about that year - gun-related suicides have outnumbered firearm homicides and accidents for 20 of the last 25 years. In 2005, homicides accounted for 40 percent of gun deaths. Accidents accounted for 3 percent. The remaining 2 percent included legal killings, such as when police do the shooting, and cases that involve undetermined intent.
More than 90 percent of suicide attempts using guns are successful, while the success rate for jumping from high places was 34 percent. The success rate for drug overdose was 2 percent, the brief said, citing studies.
U.S. actress Christine Baranski, center, accompanied by her daughters, Lily and Isabel, arrives for the world premiere of her latest movie 'Mamma Mia', at a cinema in central London, Monday June 30, 2008.
Photo by Lefteris Pitarakis
Pamela Anderson has auctioned her sporty 2000 Dodge Viper for $65,000 as a donation to animal-rights activists to run an anti-snake slaughter campaign.
Michael McGraw, a spokesman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said the group will use the cash to raise awareness about the cruel methods used to skin animals such as snakes and crocodiles, particularly in India.
According to PETA, these animals, whose exotic skins are popularly used in handbags and shoes, are often skinned alive, and suffer for hours or even days before dying.
A lawyer for Luciano Pavarotti's widow says his family has come to a friendly agreement on how to divide up his estate.
Pavarotti had drafted two wills near the end of his yearlong battle with cancer. One divided his assets by Italian law, giving half to his second wife, Nicoletta Mantovani, and half to his four daughters. The second left the tenor's U.S. holdings to Mantovani.
Mantovani's lawyer Giorgio Bernini declined Monday to provide details about her agreement with Pavarotti's three eldest daughters. He says a judge is expected to confirm the deal by the end of July.
Ray Magliozzi, left, and his brother Tom Magliozzi, hosts of National Public Radio's 'Car Talk' show, are photographed with their cartoon likenesses in Cambridge, Mass., on Thursday, June 19, 2008.
Photo by Charles Krupa
A weekend fire that destroyed a childhood home of Madonna has been deemed suspicious by arson investigators.
The Oakland County Sheriff's Arson Unit and the Rochester Hills Fire Department are investigating the Friday night blaze.
Rochester Hills Fire Chief Ron Crowell told The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press the fire appears to have started in the living room area. He said it caused extensive smoke and fire damage throughout the two-story brick house.
Poker professional Scotty Nguyen won nearly $2 million at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas on Monday, topping a field of 148 players and emerging from a marathon final table with his fifth gold bracelet.
Nguyen beat out 23-year-old Michael DeMichele in H.O.R.S.E., a rotating-game tournament that cost $50,000 to enter.
The various games and limited betting structure reward all around play and is said to truly reward the best players over the long haul. Along with the main event, many players consider H.O.R.S.E. the most important tournament in the World Series of Poker.
The 45-year-old Nguyen, who won $1 million at the series' main event in 1998, said he hoped to also win the main event this year and the series' player of the year award to complete his dream run.
A combination photo shows sand sculptures on display before the official opening of the First international sand sculptures festival in the Black Sea coastal town of Bourgas, some 390 km (246 miles) east from capital Sofia, June 30, 2008.
Photo by Oleg Popov
A Jackson State University official blames pranksters for the mistaken demolition of a house - and everything in it. Owner Annie Wilson of Dallas said trying to get fair compensation has been a nightmare.
Vice president Troy Stovall said Jackson State bought the lot next to hers for potential expansion. He says somebody moved signs with the address and a notice that it belonged to the school onto Wilson's lot - so the contractor worked at the wrong site.
The 713-square-foot house had been appraised for just over $10,000. The school offered Wilson $8,000 in May. She says someone from the state finance department offered $20,000 on Thursday.
Amsterdam police say 15 camels, two zebras and an undetermined number of llamas and potbellied swine briefly escaped from a traveling Dutch circus after a giraffe kicked a hole in their cage.
Police spokesman Arnout Aben says the animals wandered in a group through a nearby neighborhood for several hours after their 5:30 a.m. breakout.
The animals were back at the circus later Monday after being rounded up by police and circus workers with the assistance of dogs. Aben says neighbors fed some of the animals - which he said was a bad idea - but they were tame and nobody was hurt.
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