'TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
Weekly Link
Sick Of This Crap!
OmiGod, there's only 15 days until we find out if in fact, ding, dong, the witch is dead, or alternatively, very much alive and willing to take a new 48% mandate down the throats of a terrified electorate.
Since not enough has been said about the debates, we take a definitive peak at the yammering, stammering (never glamouring) verbosity from the mouths of the combatants, before they shore up their vote challenging legal whoopass machines for the real battles of Nov 3 through inauguration day.
* A little look at Bush vs. the Women of the World
* Bush's Wire, revisited
Join us won't you join us? We're just a click away....
Reader Review
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
If nothing else, the mini series has already shown what a good production company can do with a movie style budget. The special effects, which were very good before, were stunning. I really liked seeing Rigel swimming, freed (like Yoda) of the restraints of muppetdom.
The plot so far has been almost everything a fan could hope for. My problem is with the false drama again. It was far too early for Chiana and D'Argo to be written out of the script so why blow up their ship? Why threaten the pregnant Rigel as you know that subplot won't be resolved until the second part? Now lobing a missle at Jewell was pefectly acceptable as she was not a major player.
I have to admit a sneaking laugh at the running gag of the wedding. I just hope they don't run it into the ground.
Now I am going to miss more sleep as I am definely going to watch part 2 on Monday night. They got me hooked all over again. Keep watching Marty's page to find out when they will be running it back to back as they are doing tonight. It's a VCR keeper (peacekeeper that is).
~ Mr. Hawk
Kerry/Edwards
At stake is our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor
Thanks, Mr. Hawk!
Reader Comment
The Shirt Police Ride Again
Hi, Marty -
The fascisti are really, really running loose.
The Shirt Police Ride Again
The page has been looking great, and at least for a while, FARSCAPE -
THE PEACEKEEPER WAR is to be seen.
Too bad about democracy, though . . .
- Tom
Thanks, Tom!
from Mark
Another Bumpersticker
Reader Suggestion
Another Bumper Sticker
George W. Bush: From Peace to War, From Surplus to Deficit, From Jobs to Unemployment - My Job Here Is Done!
Thanks, Sam!
Reader Suggestions
Even More Bumper Stickers
Al Gore: The Best President We Never Had
George W. Bush: International Errorist
George W. Bush: Trying Desperately To Look Like A Winner
George W. Bush: Dred Scott Is One Of My Best Friends
George W. Bush: Incompetent With A Vengeance
George W. Bush: Concerned About Osama, Then Not Concerned About
Osama, Then Concerned About Osama Again In An Election Year
George W. Bush: Flip-Flopper-In-Chief
George W. Bush: Underfunding No Child Left Behind
Bush/Cheney 2004: Exploiting Gays For Tawdry Political Purposes
Bush/Cheney 2004: Talking Cheesy Bullstuffing
Bush/Cheney 2004: Don't Out Lesbians Who Are Already Out Or We Will Attack You
Bush/Cheney: Two More Weeks
GOP: No GLBT Left Unbashed
US Army: The Very Best In Cannon Fodder
America's Young People: Do You Feel A Draft?
Dick Cheney: Serial Liar
Thanks, Bruce!
Reader Suggestion
Jandek
This is the biggest music news of the year to at most five people reading
your site. Nobody else will care at all:
NEWS: It is now confirmed that Jandek played a live set at the Instal.04
festival in Glasgow on October 17. He sang and played guitar, joined by
Richard Youngs on bass and Alexander Neilson on drums. The performance was
not publicized beforehand or even identified as it happened, so many of the
people in the room didn't know until later whom they had seen and heard.
More information is at:
* firsthand accounts and discussion
* firsthand account; follow the link to the HTML attachment
* David
Tibet confirming it was Jandek; he says "The whole show came about after 7
months of secret negotiations and was done on the basis that Jandek's name
was not used in ANY of the publicity at ANY time."
* fragments
of lyrics from the songs performed, courtesy of Alan Cummings
* some comments from me
* discussion
tisue.net/jandek
Kip
********
"There ought to be limits to freedom" -- George W. Bush, May 1999
Thanks, Kip!
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Still raining.
Today was an 'in-service' day, so the kid had no school.
Recovery Slower Than Expected
Bill Clinton
Former president Bill Clinton has been recuperating from heart surgery at a slower pace than he expected, limiting his involvement in Democratic presidential contender John Kerry's campaign.
Clinton has experienced fatigue and gets exhausted after completing mile-long walks that are part of his recovery regimen, the Washington Post said, citing friends of the former Democratic president, who has been recuperating from his September 6 quadruple bypass surgery at his home in Chappaqua, New York.
He also remains in "considerable pain" from the operation's chest incision, the Post said.
Clinton plans to record pro-Kerry telephone messages and may give interviews, the Post said. Clinton speaks frequently with members of the Kerry campaign and occasionally talks with Kerry.
Bill Clinton
Thanks, Marian!
Scraps Interviews
O'Really
Fox News Channel's star host Bill O'Reilly has canceled a series of TV interviews to promote his new children's book days after a former producer accused him in a lawsuit of sexual harassment, his publisher said on Monday.
The normally outspoken conservative commentator scrapped appearances that had been scheduled for Friday on ABC's "The View" and HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," and for Monday on CBS' "The Early Show," Harper Entertainment spokesman Seale Ballenger told Reuters.
Harper Entertainment and its HarperCollins parent are owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd., as is Fox News.
O'Really
O'Reilly Hit With Sex Harass Suit - October 13, 2004 @ thesmokinggun.com
Tucker Carlson Feud
Jon Stewart
How's this for a feud that straddles the line between politics and entertainment: CNN's bow-tied conservative Tucker Carlson vs. "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart.
Carlson on Monday fanned embers still hot from their "Crossfire" confrontation, saying Stewart looked ridiculous during his CNN appearance and was a sellout for publicly backing Democrat John Kerry for president.
Stewart, appearing on the debate show Friday, angered Carlson by saying "Crossfire" is "partisan hackery" that does little to advance the cause of democracy.
"You have a responsibility to the public discourse, and you fail miserably," Stewart said.
Responded Carlson: "You need to get a job at a journalism school, I think."
"You need to go to one," Stewart shot back.
For a lot more, Jon Stewart
CNN 'Crossfire' Transcript
Vet Libeled by Sinclair
Kenneth J. Campbell
A Vietnam veteran shown in a documentary criticizing Sen. John Kerry's anti-war activities filed a libel lawsuit against the movie's producer Monday, saying the film falsely calls the veteran a fraud and a liar.
Kenneth J. Campbell, now a professor at the University of Delaware, said in the suit that "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal" combines footage of him appearing at a 1971 war protest with narration that claims that many of the supposed veterans who took part in the event were later "discovered as frauds" who "never set foot on the battlefield, or left the comfort of the States, or even served in uniform."
Campbell attached copies of his military records to the lawsuit, showing that he received a Purple Heart and eight other medals, ribbons and decorations for his service in Vietnam.
Campbell also threatened legal action against the Sinclair Broadcast Group, an owner of 62 television stations that has announced that it intends to pre-empt regular programming to broadcast "Stolen Honor."
Kenneth J. Campbell
Sinclair Fires Washington Bureau Chief
Jon Leiberman
The Washington bureau chief for Sinclair Broadcast Group said he was fired Monday after he criticized the company's plans to produce a news program based on a documentary critical of John Kerry's Vietnam-era anti-war activities.
Jon Leiberman said he was fired by Joseph DeFeo, Sinclair's vice president for news, and "escorted out of the building."
"They're using the news to drive their political agenda," Leiberman said. "I don't think it served the public trust."
The reporter, who was tapped by Sinclair last year to start the company's four-person Washington bureau, said he had a contract that ran through next August. Sinclair told him that he was fired for cause and would receive no severance and his benefits ended immediately, Leiberman said.
He added that Sinclair would not waive his noncompete agreement, which means he cannot work for a broadcast outlet in any market that has a Sinclair station.
Jon Leiberman
Palm Springs
Kirk Douglas
Actor Kirk Douglas will never be forgotten in Palm Springs, where he has lived for more than 40 years.
The Palm Springs International Film Society and International Film Festival honored the 87-year-old "Spartacus" star Sunday by naming a six-block stretch near the city's airport after him.
The dedication ceremony was attended by Douglas, his wife Anne, and their three surviving sons, including Academy Award-winning actor and producer Michael Douglas.
Kirk Douglas
Sues Salvation Army
Patti Davis
Patti Davis, daughter of the late President Ronald Reagan, has filed a lawsuit charging that the Salvation Army canceled her speech planned for one of their events because she supports stem cell research.
Davis was scheduled through her booking agent, Greater Talent Network, to speak at a Salvation Army event in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Nov. 19 for a fee of $15,000, said her lawyer, Lawrence Fabian.
Fabian said officials at the religious charity recently told his clients they no longer wanted Davis as a speaker, and they would pay neither the $15,000 speaking fee nor the $7,500 cancellation fee called for by the contract.
In canceling the speech, the Salvation Army cited Davis' support for stem cell research and said the science is against its beliefs, according to court papers.
Fabian said Davis had not intended to even speak about stem cell research. "She was going to talk about how you deal with the death of a parent," he said.
Patti Davis
National Civil Rights Museum Honors
John Lewis & Bono
U2 lead singer Bono and a civil rights leader from Georgia received awards Monday from the National Civil Rights Museum at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.
Bono, a native of Ireland, was honored with the international Freedom Award for promoting greater Western involvement in improving medical care and reducing poverty in Africa.
Bono said in a speech to 3,500 public school students before the ceremony that the kind of energy young people brought to the civil rights movement is needed in the fight against AIDS.
Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., was the national award winner for his civil rights work in the 1960s. He was jailed during a protest at a whites-only lunch counter in Nashville in 1960 and joined the marches and voter registration drives aimed at breaking racial segregation in the South.
John Lewis & Bono
Rescues London's 'Producers'
Nathan Lane
Broadway star Nathan Lane is dashing over to Britain to reprise his Tony Award-winning role in the London production of "The Producers" after Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss pulled out at the last minute.
The musical's producers at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane said that Dreyfuss was forced to forfeit the plum role of Max Bialystock because of continuing complications from surgery earlier this year.
Lane, 48, will have little time to brush up on his lines. Producers said the show's schedule will remain unchanged, with previews beginning on Friday and the show opening Nov. 9.
Nathan Lane
Soft Cell Singer Hospitalized
Marc Almond
British singer Marc Almond, who had a worldwide hit in 1981 with "Tainted Love" as part of duo Soft Cell, was recovering in hospital Monday after a motorcycle crash, police said.
The 47-year-old, English-born singer was the passenger on a bike that collided with a car near St. Paul's Cathedral in central London Sunday. The driver of the motorcycle was also hospitalized.
A spokeswoman at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel said Almond was recovering in stable condition after surgery.
Marc Almond
Says eBay May Cause Identity Theft
Martha Reeves
Martha Reeves, former lead singer of Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, says eBay left her open to identity theft by posting a contract on its Web site that showed her Social Security number and signature.
Reeves filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission about the posting.
This month, the president of her fan club in Kansas City called to alert Reeves that a contract she had signed in 1975 to appear on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" was for sale on eBay. It included her Social Security number, and anyone could copy the number down by clicking on a photo of the contract, Reeves said.
The contract drew eight bids during a three-day auction and sold Thursday for $33.22. The seller was Todd Mueller Autographs in Colorado Springs, Colo., and the private buyer didn't list a hometown.
Martha Reeves
Disney's Latest Drama
Michael Ovitz
The trial of a lawsuit by Walt Disney Co. shareholders who accuse the board of directors of rubberstamping a deal to hire Michael Ovitz in 1995 and then giving him $140 million in severance pay will open on Wednesday, putting a spotlight on standards for corporate responsibility.
Disney Chief Executive Michael Eisner engineered the deal to hire his friend Ovitz, one of Hollywood's most powerful talent agents and co-founder of Creative Artists Agency, as president. The class-action lawsuit, which seeks $200 million from Ovitz and the board, claims Ovitz should have been fired, rather than awarded the severance package.
Scheduled to last four weeks in Delaware's Court of Chancery, a closely watched business court, the case will center on the so-called business judgment rule, essentially a test of whether the board's decisions were made in good faith and with the interests of the company in mind.
Michael Ovitz
Palm Beach Gets Boot For Backing Bush
Log Cabin Republicans
Inclusiveness has its limits.
The Palm Beach County chapter of the gay Log Cabin Republicans learned that lesson this month when it was excommunicated by the national gay Republican organization.
The local club's heresy? Endorsing the reelection of resident Bush.
The board of the national Log Cabin Republicans, displeased with Bush's support for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, voted 22-2 last month to withhold its endorsement in the presidential race.
But the head of the Palm Beach County chapter, Maurice Bonamigo, is a vocal Bush supporter who said he and his 17 club members would continue to back the president.
So the national group yanked the local group's charter.
Log Cabin Republicans
Thanks, Miata-guy!
Slam Bush's Record
Widows
A group of widows of September 11 victims slammed resident George W. Bush's record against terrorism, accusing the US leader of making the United States less safe and of bringing terrorism to Iraq.
"He has made us less secure," said Monica Gabrielle, a member of the widows' group, which is supporting Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry in the November 2 election.
"How can we trust you to lead us in the future when you have failed so poorly in the past?" asked another widow, Mindy Kleinberg.
"Now we brought the terrorism to Iraq," said a third widow, Lorie Van Auken. "The terrorists that we create today may come back to attack our children tomorrow."
Widows
Film Planned
Jack Kevorkian
Oscar-winning director Barbara Kopple plans a film on assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian.
The film will be based on a 300-page, unpublished manuscript by Michigan authors and Kevorkian friends Neal Nicol and Harry Wylie. Kopple and producer Steve Jones say they plan to begin shooting in Michigan by early 2005.
"We're at the beginning, just sort of starting to let this project seep into our souls," Kopple, who won documentary Oscars for "Harlan County, U.S.A." and "American Dream," told the Detroit Free Press last week. "But we know the film is going to be a real, honest look at the journeys people make."
Jack Kevorkian
Splash Color In Seattle
Wild Parakeets
They fly through the park shrieking and squawking, their chartreuse feathers flashing. Nobody in Florida, Mexico or another tropical place would give them a second look.
But under the Pacific Northwest's lead-gray skies, a feral flock of colorful parakeets flies around Seward Park, a 300-acre island of green in southeast Seattle where they have taken up residence.
The birds first showed up in Seward Park some time in the early 1990s. They're generally agreed to be crimson-fronted parakeets, native to Central America. Marked with red patches on their faces, the green parakeets are bigger than the typical pet budgie most people are familiar with.
Changing weather patterns and warmer temperatures in the region have likely helped the tropical birds survive.
Wild Parakeets
