ON THE STREET: Sexual violation of a dead body goes back to Egyptian times where there is evidence that beautiful decaying women were boned before being embalmed.
IN A SENTENCE: I had a friend in Texas who was a lawyer defending a nut job caught fucking his dead girlfriend...the "Necrophiliac's excuse "She couldn't say no now".
(Read BartCop Entertainment and learn a useless new word each Tuesday)
7. B. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was convicted of four felonies in March of 2007, including Obstruction of Justice.
8. E. Jaquiline Maiden, elections coordinator of the Cuyahoga County Elections Board, was convicted of several crimes relating to the Republican's dirty tricks in Ohio during the 2004 election, including neglegent misconduct of an election employee.
12. D. Ken Lay. Yes, sometimes it's hard keeping up with the huge Enron scandal and knowing who was convicted of what, but Bartcop-E readers need to be sharp. Lay was convicted in 2006 of all six counts against him, including wire fraud.
Lucky 13: You don't get down off an elephant, you get down off a duck.
~~~
Sally was first:
Here are my answers for Baron Dave's Ultra-Duper Trivia:
Nobel Prize Winners
01) Eric Maskin shares his Nobel Prize in - D) economics.
02) Al Gore - A) Peace.
03) Gerhard Etl - E) Chemistry.
04) Doris Lessing - C) Literature.
05) Oliver Smithies - F) Medicine.
06) Albert Fert - B) Physics.
Republican felons
07) Scooter Libby - B) Obstruction of Justice (2007).
08) Jacquiline Maiden - E) Negligent Misconduct of an Election Employee.
09) John Poindexter - A) Obstruction of Justice (1990).
10) Daniel Bayly - F) Wire Fraud (2004).
11) Bill Janklow - C) Manslaughter.
12) Ken Lay - D) *Wire Fraud (2006).
* Is Ken Lay still considered a, "convicted felon" as his verdict was overturned after his "alleged" death in 2006? (I am SURE that he is alive and well living somewhere in South America laughing his ass off because he got away with proverbial murder...)
13) How do you get down off an elephant?
(Answer) You don't. You get down off a baby duck.
(A favorite joke of my 8-year old grandson - the apple of my eye.)
Maria in chicago was second:
Answer: you don't get down off an elephant, you get down off a duck.
And, Bruce S also got the 'trick' question:
You don't get 'down off an elephant'.
You get down off a duck.
[rim shot]
Paul Krugman: Henry Paulson's Priorities (nytimes.com)
What's wrong with the mortgage relief plan unveiled by Henry Paulson, the Treasury secretary, is that it reflects the priorities of the administration he serves.
TED RALL: FUTURE IMPERFECT, PART II (livejournal.com)
This is the second of a three-part series about the media. Last week, I discussed the blind faith that is leading media executives to invest heavily in online ventures at the expense of print. This week: will the Internet ever be profitable?
'People are jealous' (guardian.co.uk)
She's sold more records than any other woman and has just made £125m from her residency in Las Vegas. So why do critics deride her music, her taste, her marriage? Celine Dion talks to Chrissy Iley.
Jenna V. Loceff: Theater Books Sure to Get Your Inner Thespian Revved Up (curvemag.com)
Theater junkies and armchair thespians alike will love these two volumes of queer theater. The plays they contain between their covers tackle issues like sexuality, lesbian culture and coming of age. These two books will make a great addition to any library and shouldn't be missed.
Roger Ebert: Three or four times I learned about Robert Mitchum
He was my favorite movie star, and my favorite interview. He would tell you anything. He fearlessly maligned his directors, co-stars, even actors he had never worked with. (McQueen? "He doesn't bring much to the party.") He was once called "the embodiment of film noir," and that was about right.
Baron Dave*'s Ultra-Duper Trivia Question Of The Day
One of these things is not like the others
A: Jack Nicholson and Bill Murray
B: William Shatner and John Lithgow
C: Michael Keaton and Val Kilmer
D: Zero Mostel and Nathan Lane
E: Edmund Gwenn and Sebastian Cabot
The Augean stables could be used as a metaphor for?
A: The Bush administration
B: Churchhill downs
C: Any place full of horse shit
D: All of the above
mj was first, and partially correct:
It can't be B or D since CHD is cleaned daily. How about A and C, or were the inhabitants of the Augean stables bovine?
Chipshot in Tyler was second, and very correct, writing:
I have to say this was a trick question, as the Augean stables were full of cattle shit. This rules out "Churchill Downs" and "Anything full of horse shit," and "All of the above." This leaves only "The Bush Administration," which is so full of Bullshit that even Heracles would find it impossible to clean it out in a lifetime, much less a day.
bebo was third, and partly right, with:
I need a mulligan. A & C would be the correct answer.
Sally P got it right, writing:
Well, the cleaning Stables of Augeas was the fifth of twelve labors the Greek hero Hercules performed for Eurystheus. Hercules was told to perform a smelly service that would benefit humanity, but especially King Augeas of Elis (son of Poseidon).
"Augean stables" has now become synonymous with, "Herculean task," which is itself the equivalent of saying something is all but humanly impossible.
For this reason, I am choosing "A" or the Bush Administration because I am heavily influenced by my political convictions. I suppose it COULD be "D," but no, I'm going with "A" even though I may be wrong. After all, isn't the answer open to one's interpretation??
And, Joe ("Women know how they want their houses, so let 'em build 'em."
--Osawald Crumb) got it, too:
This is, of course, a trick question. The obvious answer SEEMS to be D: All of the above. But I'm not fooled, not me. They don't call me The Walking Encyclopedia of Totally Useless Information for nothing. The correct answer is A: The Bush administration. You see the Augean stables were full of cattle, not horses, and the Bush administration is full of Bull Shit.
Note From Buzzcook
The Augean stables was a cattle stable so it's kind of a trick question as the
Whitehouse is full of bull shit while Churchill Downs is horse shit.
Thanks to Baron Dave* and Buzzcook* for yesterday's and today's question.
I saw Bob Dylan way back in 1963 and I knew, just from his lyrical brilliance and odd vocal delivery, he was gonna be huge. He had a strange style but it was always his wonderful words that remained rolling around in my brain. Todd Hayes decided to make a movie that focuses primarily on the LOOK of the mercurial Mr. Dylan…..and we get 6 Bobs for the price of one.
Style over Substance
I found "I'm Not There" to be a juvenile embarrassment. Sure, Todd took a chance to do something artistically challenging but in my eyes, it flopped. Cate Blanchett got to play the coolest Dylan….The "Don't Look Back" Bob. I would suggest everyone go and view D.A. Pennebaker's classic tour flick of the 1965 tour of England.
I think a lot of critics enjoyed "I'm Not There" because Todd Hayes took an artistic leap…after all, who really knows the ever changing Bob? I had a friend who was an airline stewardess back in the 70's and she had Bob on her flights a lot…..she said he had really bad teeth and body odor….and smoked constantly….but we all want to know who he is…don't we……well you know what he said "It ain't Me babe…it ain't me you're lookin for babe!" ha ha ha
The Last Time I saw Bob Dylan
I rode my bike with my son over to the Greek Theater in Berkeley last year to see Bob Dylan….by the time we found a seat in the open air venue…Bob's young band came out and warmed us up….then Bob Dylan strutted onto the stage in black leather (he's 65 years old) and proceeded to sing the Rolling Stone's "Brown Sugar"…..it was awful but the crowd was ecstatic ….I said to my son "he still looks cool…but he can't sing worse than he never could"!
Purple Gene gives "I'm Not There" 3 superficial and phony high fives out of 10 for looking cool on paper but falling flat on it's face.
CBS begins the night with a STRIKE-related RERUN'NCIS', followed by a FRESH'Cane', then another FRESH'Cane'.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNDave (from 4/22/04) are Janet Jackson and John Mayer.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNCraig (from 5/24/07) are Chi McBride and Rick Thomas.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'Deal Or No Deal', followed by a FRESH'Biggest Loser', then a RERUN'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNLeno (from 2/25/05) are Oprah Winfrey, Jamie Oliver, and Good Charlotte.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNConan (from 7/9/07) are Jarod Miller, Jason Priestley, and Dan Naturman.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Joshua Malina and Pittsburgh Slim.
ABC opens the night with a RERUN of last week's 'Shrek The Hall', followed by the chestnut 'Winnie The Pooh And Christmas Too', then an old 'Jim', followed by another old 'Jim', then a FRESH'Boston Legal'.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNJimmy Kimmel it's TBA.
The CW offers a FRESH'America's Next Top Model', followed by a RERUN'Reaper'.
Faux has a STRIKE-related RERUN'Bones', followed by a STRIKE-related RERUN'House'.
MY fills the night with the movie 'Miracle On 34th Street'.
AMC offers the movie 'Open Range', followed by the movie 'Troy', then the movie 'Mad Max: Beyond The Thunderdome'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 Lanterna;
[1:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Ep 21 Pady;
[2:00 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 29 Derby 5;
[2:30 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 30 Derby 6;
[3:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 3;
[3:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 4;
[4:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 7;
[4:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 8;
[5:00 PM] My Family - Ep. 6 Second Greatest Story;
[5:30 PM] Coupling - Episode 2;
[6:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 2 Glass House;
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America;
[8:00 PM] Life On Mars - Episode 1;
[9:00 PM] Life On Mars - Episode 2 (US Ep 1 Pt 2);
[10:00 PM] BBC World News America;
[11:00 PM] Life On Mars - Episode 1;
[12:00 AM] Life On Mars - Episode 2 (US Ep 1 Pt 2);
[1:00 AM] Coupling - Ep. 6 The Girl With One Heart;
[1:40 AM] The World Stands Up - Episode 12;
[2:00 AM] The Weakest Link - Episode 11;
[3:00 AM] Changing Rooms - Ep.7 Beckenham;
[3:30 AM] Changing Rooms - Episode 14;
[4:00 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 27 Carmarthen 28;
[4:30 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 28 Newark 37;
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 16 Farr;
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 17 Holmes;
[6:00 AM] BBC World News. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', an old 'Jon Stewart', an old 'Colbert Report', 'Chappelle's Show', 'South Park', and 'Larry The Cable Guy'.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNJon Stewart (from 7/17/07) is Christopher Walken.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNColbert Report (from 9/13/07) are Father James Martin, Ed Begley Jr., and Viggo Mortensen.
FX has the movie 'Kingdom Of Heaven', followed by a FRESH'Nip/Tuck'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', another 'Modern Marvels', 'The Universe', and 'Mega Disasters'.
IFC -
[06:15 AM] Rank;
[08:00 AM] ...So Goes the Nation;
[09:35 AM] Karate Bear Fighter;
[11:05 AM] Rank;
[12:50 PM] ...So Goes the Nation;
[02:30 PM] Karate Bear Fighter;
[04:05 PM] Rank;
[05:45 PM] ...So Goes the Nation;
[07:25 PM] Double Happiness;
[09:00 PM] Chocolat;
[11:05 PM] Private Fears in Public Places;
[01:15 AM] Hamlet;
[03:15 AM] Chocolat;
[05:25 AM] Private Fears in Public Places. (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has 'SCI FI Investigates', 'The Bermuda Triangle: Stargling New Secrets', and 'ECW'.
Sundance -
[04:15 AM] What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?;
[06:00 AM] New York Doll;
[07:30 AM] La Vie Promise;
[09:00 AM] The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico;
[10:30 AM] Molly and Mobarak;
[12:00 PM] Agnes Browne;
[01:45 PM] Let's Rock Again;
[03:00 PM] La Vie Promise;
[04:30 PM] The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico;
[06:00 PM] John Mayer, Norah Jones & Richard Ashcroft;
[07:15 PM] The Parole Officer;
[09:00 PM] Episode 1;
[09:35 PM] Strange Culture;
[11:15 PM] Episode 1;
[12:00 AM] Agnes Browne;
[01:45 AM] Stoned;
[03:30 AM] Oyster Farmer;
[05:00 AM] Haiti: The End of the Chimera?. (ALL TIMES EST)
Actress Nichelle Nichols, Uhura of Star Trek, expresses her support to striking members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) outside the gates of Paramount Pictures studios in Los Angeles, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007. At left is writer/producer David Avallone. The Hollywood strike is rewriting the holidays for idled workers entering a sixth week.
Photo by Damian Dovarganes
The three Magi climb a wall topped with barbed wire to reach Bethlehem. A young woman provocatively shows her lingerie, then is transformed, in a few sketches, into someone who is veiled and crying.
These are two in an exhibit of more than 40 editorial cartoons the United Nations hopes will raise awareness of conflicts, hunger, racial discrimination and religious extremism. Some of the cartoons deal with the war in Iraq and violence against women.
The exhibit opened in Rome on Monday as part of a worldwide U.N.-backed tour.
Cartoonists from various countries contributed the works to mark U.N. International Day for Human Rights on Monday with drawings that dealt with events ranging from the repression of monks in Myanmar to the mass deaths in Darfur, Sudan.
In this photo provided by Safehorizon.org, Chris and Malaak Rock team up with The CW network and Target for a 'Everybody Hates Chris' special holiday screening and Shopping Spree Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007 in New York. Chris and Malaak Rock hosted 175 children from The Salvation Army Bushwick Community Center and Safe Horizon for a day of Christmas Fun. Each child received a $250 Dollar Target Gift card to help kick of their Holidays.
Photo by Marion Curtis
Eddie Van Halen's home has been saved from any damage after a water main break sent thousands of litres of water rushing through his yard and streets.
The rupture, due to a broken air valve, occurred about 1 a.m. Monday in Studio City north of Los Angeles. Water flowed down Coldwater Canyon Avenue and travelled as far as a mile away.
Fire spokesman Cecil Manresa confirmed the lone house affected by the water belongs to Van Halen. Mud and debris filled the pool and damaged a gate and block wall, but sandbags placed around the home prevented any water from entering inside.
It brightens homes from Australia to Greenland. But it took centuries for the Christmas tree to take popular root around the world.
An exhibition at Basel's Museum of Cultures tells the story of the symbol born on the Upper Rhine, not far from this Swiss city.
At first, the Christmas tree was mainly a custom among German Lutherans. In 1645, a Roman Catholic theologian in Strasbourg, Johann Conrad Dannhauer, denounced the ritual as a "trifle" distracting from faith.
Slowly the tree, most often a fir, began adorning the castles of European nobility. In a 1708 letter the German-born Duchess of Orleans recalled the tree as part of the cherished memories of her youth. But her request to present it at Versailles was rejected by her brother-in-law, King Louis XIV.
Striking a note of musical diplomacy, the New York Philharmonic said on Monday it plans to perform in North Korea -- the first major U.S. cultural visit to the reclusive country.
The orchestra said details of the trip will be announced on Tuesday by Christopher Hill, the lead U.S. negotiator with North Korea, Pak Gil Yon, North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations, and Paul Guenther, the orchestra's chairman.
The performance is set for February 26 at the end of the Philharmonic's planned tour of China, the Times said, with the orchestra expected to stay in Pyongyang for two nights to teach and attend a ceremonial dinner.
Actress Mia Farrow stands outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007, as activists, faith leaders and genocide survivors, take part in a torch relay in support of Darfur, marking International Human Rights Day.
Photo by Evan Vucci
Will Smith left his mark on Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Monday, joining the ranks of movie legends who have left an imprint of their hands and feet outside the famous Hollywood landmark.
The 39-year-old star of "The Pursuit of Happyness" was close to being overcome by emotion after a ceremony before an audience of family and friends that included fellow actor Tom Cruise.
The ceremony comes just before the release of his new film "I Am Legend," in which he plays a scientist who is the last man on Earth following a virus that destroys the world's population.
The death last month of Kevin Dubrow, lead singer for the 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot, has been ruled an accidental cocaine overdose. Clark County coroner spokeswoman Samantha Charles confirmed the cause Monday after toxicology results were received Monday.
Dubrow was found dead Nov. 25 at his Las Vegas home. He was 52.
Quiet Riot was perhaps best known for its 1983 cover of "Cum on Feel the Noize." The song, featuring Dubrow's powerful, gravelly voice, appeared on the band's album "Metal Health" - which was the first by a metal band to reach No. 1 on the Billboard chart.
Gary Collins will not face additional charges as a result of the death of a driver involved in a crash that's already led to jail time for the TV personality. Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the city attorney's office, said Monday's decision was made because police determined Warren Gates, the other driver, caused the crash by failing to stop at a red light.
Chief coroner's investigator Craig Harvey said the cause of Gates' death was listed as an Oct. 23 auto accident and that an autopsy would be performed.
Collins was driving in the San Fernando Valley when his 2004 Ford Explorer was struck by a vehicle driven by Gates. Collins was not injured.
Collins, 69, was not found at fault in the collision, but officers said they smelled alcohol on his breath.
Cast member Gina Gershon (L) poses with actress Mary-Louise Parker at after-party for the premiere of "P.S. I Love You" in Hollywood, California December 9, 2007. The movie opens in the U.S. on December 21.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
A Christian creationist biologist is suing the prestigious Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, claiming he was fired for refusing to accept evolution, lawyers involved in the case said on Friday.
Nathaniel Abraham, an Indian national who describes himself as a "Bible-believing Christian," said in the suit filed on Monday in U.S. District Court in Boston that he was fired in 2004 because he would not accept evolution as scientific fact.
The zebrafish specialist said his civil rights were violated when he was dismissed shortly after telling his superior he did not accept evolution because he believed the Bible presented a true account of human creation.
Abraham, 35, is now a biology professor at Liberty University, a Baptist school in Virginia founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell, a Christian pastor and televangelist.
Las Vegas is building a museum about some of its founding fathers and most influential figures - guys with names like Bugsy, Lefty and Lansky.
The mob museum will stand as frank acknowledgment of the major role mobsters played in developing Las Vegas into the gambling capital of America and giving the city its rakish glamour during the 1940s and '50s.
"Let's be brutally honest, warts and all. This is more than legend. It's fact," said Mayor Oscar Goodman, a former defense attorney whose clients once included mobsters Meyer Lansky and Anthony "Tony the Ant" Spilotro. "This is something that differentiates us from other cities."
The project has gained the support of the FBI and is guided by a retired FBI agent. They say they are involved because you can't tell the stories of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, his banker, Lansky, casino boss Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal and others without telling the story of the lawmen who pursued them.
Actor Hal Holbrook and wife actress, Dixie Carter arrive at the Hollywood Live Magazine's 7th annual Breakthrough of the Year Awards, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007 in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles.
Photo by Gus Ruelas
Rising temperatures caused ice to melt in Greenland at a record rate this year, climate scientists reported Monday.
``The amount of ice lost by Greenland over the last year is the equivalent of two times all the ice in the Alps or a layer of water more than one-half-mile deep covering Washington, D.C. ,'' said Konrad Steffen , an Arctic expert at the University of Colorado in Boulder .
Steffen, who's spent 18 seasons working on the Greenland ice cap, attributed the accelerated melting to an air temperature increase of about 7 degrees Fahrenheit since 1991.
Denis Tyrrell was walking past a hole he'd filled in while searching for gems at Crater of Diamonds State Park, when he saw a sparkle. The 3.48-carat diamond turned out to the biggest that diamond Tyrrell had found in regular digs that he began in March. The stone is also the 1,000th diamond found at the park this year, a mark last reached in 1994, park interpreter Kim Garland said Monday.
Tyrrell, 48, made his find Sunday afternoon in soil that had come from the top layer of dirt where he dug.
The light-brown diamond has a rectangular shape, about the size of a piece of Chicklets chewing gum, he said.
Frala, a Western Lowland Gorilla, hugs her baby in her enclosure at Sydney's Taronga Zoo December 11, 2007. The four-day-old as yet unnamed male baby is the latest addition to the zoo's breeding programme for a breed of gorilla which are an endangered species.
Photo by Will Burgess
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