Are you satisfied with the cabinet picks and policy statements that our President-elect has made to date?
A.) Yes! They are all spot on!
joe (with the little j) wrote...
I'll be honest with you. Whatever President Obama does is fine with me it is HE who will call the shots and I'm behind him 100%...
(And I'm sure he'd be gratified to hear it!)
B.) Kinda, sorta... I like__________, but am not entirely happy about__________..
Sally P(al) adamantly opined...
B.) Kinda, sorta... I like Hillary Clinton in any position of power, but am not entirely (to say the least) happy about any of the Bush retreads! B2BB, this is the way it is: Bush people are REPUBLICANS!! I detest every Republican living or dead, because they have a big, hair stuck far up their butts, and will go to THE FREAKING RIGHT in EVERY instance (think VOTING here), PERIOD!!
As far as I'm concerned, EVERY Neocon, AKA "Republican" should be sent to colonize Mars (or to Hell) and Obama should have chosen LIBERAL Democrats for the available posts! (Okay, I'll take ANY Dem over a Bush retread.) We have had our faces pushed into the ground for the past 8 FREAKING YEARS by these despots - who, BTW, have turned the word, "LIBERAL" into the "N" word or worse - and I want nothing to do with any REPUBLICAN ever again, much less see them in my President's Cabinet!! (Or on his staff...)
(C'mon Sally! Tell us how ya REALLY feel! haha... Thanks, Pal)
C.) No! I am not a happy camper and here's why__________...
Adam, the Cine-sound Pro, said...
C- no. How is Thomas Krugman not in the Treasury Dept somewhere? He is an award winning economist and has been right about everything for, what, 8 years? I understand that he wants experienced people in his cabinet (and the Clinton years were pretty good what will all that peace, prosperity, and happiness everywhere), but there is a big, wide world of good people out
there that would give more credence to Obama's 'Change' mantra. I was only moderately enthused about Him as a candidate (primary and election), and I just feel the same about him right now.
(I'm not familiar with the man, Adam, sad to say. Looks like I'm gonna have to do some Googling and become more informed. Thanks!)
D. None of the above
Joe (with the big J) came up with this category and here's why...
I guess I'm sorta, more of, kinda D:) None of the above. His policy statements and cabinet picks are pretty much what I expected from a Centrist. I'm more let's wait and see what shakes out. Obama was not my first choice, Edwards was my first choice. Then when it was apparent that wasn't going to work I supported Clinton. I looked at Obama and Clinton and I couldn't see much difference in policy or voting records except Clinton's plan for universal health care was superior to Obama's. Most of my friends were ready to stone me but I didn't see the left-wing Obama that they did. He said he would put republicans in his cabinet, I didn't like that. When it became apparent that Clinton wasn't going to get the nomination I threw my support to Obama because I had vowed to support the Democratic nominee who ever it was. Whatever else Bush had to be defeated. So my opinion is, I didn't run for president so I'm not going to criticize any of Obama's picks and I'm going to urge everyone else that didn't run for president to do the same. Support the man who will be president, we elected him. Maybe after he has taken office there may be reason to gripe, but now there is none. See what happens. It's possible, just possible he has a plan. You trusted his judgment when you voted for him, trust it now. I certainly do.
(Thanks, Joe... Your last two sentences are exactly how I feel...)
That's all, folks. Thanks again to all you Poll-fans out there! Yer the Best!
Caroline Kennedy has expressed interest in replacing Hillary Clinton as the junior senator from New York. Is she qualified and is she the best person for the position?
In 1976, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone appointed ___?___ as Chairman of the San Francisco Housing Commission.
A Diane Feinstein
B Jim Jones
C Harvey Milk
D Leo Ryan
E Dan White
Source
Charlie was first, and correct, with:
Fascinating bit of history, apparently the answer is
B Jim Jones
I still remember hearing that story breaking on my car radio.
Sally answered:
In 1976, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone appointed, (B) Jim Jones as Chairman of the San Francisco Housing Commission.
Jim from Ca replied:
Jim Jones...
~ Tony In Philly answered:
B: Jim Jones! Yikes!
Kappy, in balmy Philly replied:
B, Jim Jones, not to be confused with James Jones, the new NSA , who probably wishes had a different first name....
Alan J responded:
B Jim Jones
Joe S wrote:
B Jim Jones
Oh wait! Not this Jim Jones, right?
Marian the Teacher answered:
Jim Jones
And, MAM said:
Answer . . . B Jim Jones
Four readers are tied with perfect scores for the current prize.
They are:
Charlie
Joe S
Marian the Teacher
and, Sally P.
Here is tie-breaker question #1: (Anybody may answer, but only the 4 listed above's answers count).
Fill in the blank:
The best ___?___ is found in limestone in the Kokcha river valley of Badakhshan province in northeastern Afghanistan.
The best lapis lazuli is found in limestone in the Kokcha river valley of Badakhshan province in northeastern Afghanistan, and these deposits in the mines of Sar-e-Sang have been worked for more than 6,000 years.
Source
DanD was first:
Well, you did say "anybody" could answer ...
Rock opium? Maybe it's petrified hashish ... ah, all those lovely flashbacks while I was doing high school in Cold-War Germany! Occasionally, even a real memory flows by ~
In the meantime for a more serious guess, as I remotely suggest above, it seems to me that you're talkin' about some kind of fossil. Hey ... let's get back to the rock opium --
Joe S (The small Kokcha River is the eastern tributary of the River Oxus which Marco Polo traversed and wrote: "There is a mountain in that region where the finest azure [lapis lazuli] in the world is found. It appears in veins like silver streaks.") nailed it:
And the answer is.... Lapis Lazuli
Sally said:
The best lapis lazuli is found in limestone in the Kokcha River Valley of Badakhshan province in northeastern Afghanistan. Lapis lazuli is an opaque to translucent blue, violet-blue, or greenish-blue semiprecious gemstone composed mainly of lazurite and calcite. (Middle English - from Old French, from Medieval Latin lapis lazulï : Latin lapis, stone + Medieval Latin lazulï, genitive of lazulum, lapis lazuli, from Arabic làzaward, from Persian làjward), BTW...
Marien the Teacher responded:
lapis lazuli
MAM wrote:
The best lapis lauzil is found in limestone in the Kokcha river valley of Badakhshan province in northeastern Afghanistan.
And, Charlie replied:
almost missed that, it's the semi-precious stone
Lapis lazuli
Here is tie-breaker question #2: (Anybody may answer, but only the 4 listed above's answers count.)
Fill in the blanks:
Unlike ___?___ and ___?___, a ___?___ has a hollow core once it is removed from the receptacle.
Milk - In Limited Theaters Now - WIDE Release on December 12th
After moving to San Francisco, the middle-aged New Yorker, Harvey Milk, became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, making him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the USA. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, were shot to death by former city supervisor, Dan White, who blamed his former colleagues for denying White's attempt to rescind his resignation from the board.
Mr. Milk had been the subject of several books and the Academy Award-winning documentary feature, The Times of Harvey Milk (1984); but Milk (2008) is the first fictional feature to explore private aspects of the man's personal life and career.
Milk was filmed on location in San Francisco. Many of Mr Milk's real-life surviving friends and former associates participated in the making of this film, several appearing on camera.
Prizes:
4 prizes in all - 3 first-prizes:
Levi's Canvas Tote Bag filled with:
o Hat
o T-shirt
o Soundtrack
o Milk: A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk
And, 1 grand prize:
Levi's Canvas Tote Bag filled with:
o Sweatshirt (made from recycled materials)
o Script Book
o Hat
o T-Shirt
o Soundtrack
o Milk: A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk
CBS begins the night with a FRESH'NCIS', followed by a FRESH'The Mentalist', then a FRESH'Without A Trace'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Tom Cruise and Fall Out Boy.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig ar Don Rickles and Joanna Garcia.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'Biggest Loser: Families', followed by the SERIES PREMIERE'Momma's Boys'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Jim Carrey, Rosario Dawson, and Relient K.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Eva Mendes, Ken Mink, and Fleet Foxes.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Bam Margera and the Dan Band.
ABC opens the night with the chestnut 'A Charlie Brown Christmas', followed by a FRESH'Jim', then a RERUN'Jim', followed by a FRESH'Eli Stone'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Courtney Cox, Bradley Cooper, and the Cure.
The CW offers a RERUN'90210', followed by a RERUN'Privileged'.
Faux has a RERUN'House', followed by a RERUN'Fringe'.
MY fills the night with the FRESH'The Spirit Of Christmas'.
A&E has 'Cold Case Files', 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', and a FRESH'Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force'.
AMC offers the movie 'Mystery Men', followed by the movie 'Reign Of Fire', then the movie 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 16
[12:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 17
[1:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 2
[1:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 16
[2:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 The Fenwick Arms
[3:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 2
[4:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 3
[4:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 17
[5:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 D-Place
[6:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 3 Moore Place
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America
[8:00 PM] My Family - Heart of Christmas Part 2
[8:40 PM] Gavin & Stacey - Episode 2
[9:20 PM] Coupling - Ep. 1 Flushed
[10:00 PM] BBC World News America
[11:00 PM] My Family - Heart of Christmas Part 2
[11:40 PM] Gavin & Stacey - Episode 2
[12:20 AM] Coupling - Ep. 1 Flushed
[1:00 AM] My Family - Heart of Christmas Part 2
[1:40 AM] Gavin & Stacey - Episode 2
[2:20 AM] Coupling - Ep. 1 Flushed
[3:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 7 Dukes of Hazzard: Catherine Bach, Tom Wopat and John Schneider
[4:00 AM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 16
[4:30 AM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 17
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 31 Burdett
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 32 Hinchcliffe
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of OC', another 'Real Housewives Of OC', still another 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of OC'.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', and the movie 'Accepted'.
On a RERUNJon Stewart (from 12/11/08) are Hall & Oates and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
On a RERUNColbert Report (from 12/10/08) is Richard Haass.
FX has the movie 'The Sum Of All Fears', followed by the movie 'The Day After Tomorrow', then the movie 'Independence Day'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', another 'Modern Marvels', followed by a FRESH'The Universe', then a FRESH'Extreme Trains'.
IFC -
[6:20 AM] Yo Soy Boricua, Pa'Que Tu Lo Sepas!
[7:50 AM] George Washington
[9:25 AM] Mondays in the Sun
[11:25 AM] Howl's Moving Castle
[1:30 PM] George Washington
[3:05 PM] Mondays in the Sun
[5:05 PM] The Thin Red Line
[8:00 PM] The IFC Media Project
[8:30 PM] Hell Girl
[9:00 PM] IFC Film Blast
[9:15 PM] The Henry Rollins Show
[9:45 PM] IFC Music Blast
[10:00 PM] The IT Crowd
[10:30 PM] IFC Web Blast
[11:00 PM] The IFC Media Project
[11:30 PM] Hell Girl
[12:00 AM] River's Edge
[1:45 AM] Missing
[2:00 AM] IFC Film Blast
[2:15 AM] Gunslinger Girl
[2:45 AM] IFC Music Blast
[3:00 AM] The IT Crowd
[3:30 AM] IFC Web Blast
[4:00 AM] River's Edge
[5:45 AM] Missing (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has 'Estate Of Panic', 'Cha$e', 'ECW', followed by a FRESH'Cha$e'.
Sundance -
[05:00 AM] U-CARMEN eKHAYELITSHA
[07:10 AM] I Love Your Work
[09:00 AM] Pulling: Episode 4
[09:30 AM] Harvie Krumpet
[10:00 AM] Celebration
[11:00 AM] Everything's Gone Green
[12:35 PM] Kardia
[02:00 PM] Black Cat, White Cat
[04:15 PM] The Hero
[06:00 PM] Iconoclasts - Season 4: Tony Hawk + Jon Favreau
[07:00 PM] Everything's Gone Green
[08:35 PM] Soar
[09:00 PM] Big Ideas for a Small Planet - Season 2: Animals
[09:35 PM] Grass (1999)
[11:00 PM] The Sierra Club Chronicles: Episode 3
[11:30 PM] Water Lilies
[01:00 AM] Topsy-Turvy
[04:00 AM] Shameless Season 3: Episode 6
[05:00 AM] Let's Rock Again (ALL TIMES EST)
Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman pose at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas event at the Gibson Amphitheater on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Shea Walsh
US actress and campaigner Mia Farrow on Monday slammed Western "apathy" over abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo, saying people cared more about the region's gorillas than their fellow humans.
"I think if the population in Nord-Kivu had been a population of gorillas, there would have been a solution long ago," Farrow told AFP in an interview, referring to the conflict-torn eastern region of DR Congo.
"They wouldn't have allowed this to continue if it had been gorillas. Or especially puppies."
Earlier, Farrow told a press briefing about her three-day visit to the Nord-Kivu region as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), where she met many victims of the conflict including women and girls who had been raped.
For more than 60 years, Kirk Douglas portrayed death-defying tough guys and conquering heroes in the movies, and at age 92 he's not giving up.
But his latest challenge is taking place on the Internet instead of movie screens, as Douglas has become the oldest celebrity blogger on social networking Web site MySpace.
Even though he's not a teenager or 20-something and may not know the difference between a good book and Facebook, Douglas understands one key thing about the Internet -- it's a place for stimulating discussion, in this case between him and those who comment on his blog.
In an online universe where blogs are often grammatically incorrect or stream-of-consciousness screeds, Douglas' distinguishes himself with reasoned entries that cover everything from acting (he calls it "a disease") to his memories of once spending Thanksgiving in Pakistan.
Director Tim Burton and actress Helena Bonham-Carter pose at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas event at the Gibson Amphitheater on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Shea Walsh
More than 130 Hollywood stars including Oscar winners George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron, Morgan Freeman and Sally Field, joined on Monday in opposing a strike authorization vote by the Screen Actors Guild.
The A-list performers registered their opposition in a letter that circulated on the Internet as union leaders, including SAG President Alan Rosenberg, met in New York City with rank-and-file members to seek support for a strike authorization.
The letter marked the latest sign of sharp divisions within the 120,000-member union over tactics employed by Rosenberg and his allies to squeeze a better contract offer from major studios, especially for pay from work put on the Internet.
A smaller group of stars including Mel Gibson and Martin Sheen on Friday voiced support for a strike vote, while board members from SAG's New York division came out against it.
Nelson Mandela, the political prisoner who went on to lead South Africa out of apartheid, collected yet another laurel Monday, this time from an elite forum of fellow former world leaders.
The Club of Madrid presented Mandela, 90, who is among its 72 members from 51 nations, with its inaugural Democratic Leadership Prize during a private ceremony at the Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg.
On hand were three other club members: former presidents Ketumile Masire, Ricardo Lagos and Cassam Uteem of Botswana, Chile and Mauritius, and former French prime minister Lionel Jospin.
The modest one-storey house in St. Louis where rock 'n roll pioneer Chuck Berry lived for eight years in the 1950s has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The listing is somewhat unusual because Berry is still alive and still making music. In fact, the 82-year-old singer performed at the popular St. Louis-area night spot The Pageant Saturday night - a day after the home was added to the register.
Berry and his wife bought the house in the city's Ville neighbourhood in 1950 and lived there until 1958.
It was in the house that he wrote and rehearsed many of his classic songs - including "Johnny B. Goode," "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Sweet Little Sixteen."
A new music therapy room at a hospital on Florida's Gulf Coast is being named for AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson.
Johnson and other rock stars have supported an effort to buy music equipment and provide music education for children, including those who are in the hospital.
Music equipment and enhancements to the room at Sarasota Memorial Hospital are being donated by the John Entwhistle Foundation, named for the late bassist for the Who. Johnson and other rockers have worked to raise money for the charity.
The man himself will be on hand at the hospital for the dedication of the Brian Johnson Music Therapy Room next week.
A jury has ruled in favor of the organization that hands out the Academy Awards in a dispute over whether statuettes won by one of its founding members can be sold.
The panel in Los Angeles sided with the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Monday, saying three women who own Oscars won by silent film star Mary Pickford are bound to an agreement barring their sale.
Monday's ruling paves the way for a judge to formally block any sale of the statuettes.
Heirs of a woman who married Pickford's third husband, actor and band leader Buddy Rogers, wanted to sell the actress' award for the 1929 film "Coquette" and donate the money to charity.
Anthony Pellicano, once known as Hollywood's private eye to the stars, was sentenced on Monday to 15 years in prison for running a criminal enterprise involving wiretapping and bribery.
The 64-year-old former sleuth, who worked for lawyers representing Tom Cruise, Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson, was convicted of 76 charges in May after a two-month trial that exposed the seamy side of the movie industry.
Pellicano, who was brought to court in shackles and wearing a green jail jumpsuit, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer near the end of a two-hour hearing in Los Angeles.
The veteran detective and two of his co-defendants were also ordered to forfeit some $2 million.
Documents show Dennis Quaid and his wife have agreed to a a $750,000 settlement with a hospital that gave his newborn twins an overdose of blood thinner.
A petition filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday shows the Quaids and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have agreed on the parents' damages, but can still pursue claims for their children.
The documents state Cedars-Sinai is not admitting wrongdoing as part of the settlement.
A man accused of leaking nine unreleased tracks from the Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" has pleaded guilty to a federal copyright violation.
Kevin Cogill entered the plea Monday morning in a Los Angeles courtroom.
Prosecutors accused him of leaking the album online on his blog, months before Axl Rose's long-delayed opus arrived on store shelves. A document shows they agreed to recommend probation in exchange for the plea deal.
Cogill admitted he leaked nine of the 14 songs that appeared on the album, but has not publicly stated how he received the tracks. His plea agreement requires him to cooperate with investigators.
An employee poses with the first American edition of A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh book 'The House at Pooh Corner' dated 1928 at Sotheby's in London December 15, 2008. Winnie-the-Pooh books and illustrations including Shephard's iconic images go on sale at the London Auction House on December 17.
Photo by Luke MacGregor
Madonna has settled her divorce with ex-husband Guy Ritchie by also parting with at least 50 million pounds ($76 million), the singer's spokeswoman said Monday.
Liz Rosenberg told The Associated Press the settlement was in the range of 50 million to 60 million pounds ($76 million to $92 million) as part of their divorce agreement, a figure she said included the value of the couple's country home, Ashcombe House in western England, which Ritchie will keep.
Rosenberg said the couple's west London pub - the Punchbowl - would also remain with Ritchie.
Their multimillion pound (dollar) settlement is about twice the size paid out in Britain's latest high-profile celebrity divorce, that of former Beatle Paul McCartney and model Heather Mills.
Several thousand dollars have rolled in for an Oak Park family who feared they were going to lose the home whose renovation was viewed by millions on TV in 2004.
Judy and Larry Vardon say the money should help them avoid foreclosure on the Oakland County home that was refurbished to better accommodate their blind, autistic son. The deaf couple was featured on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
The Macomb Daily and The Daily Tribune report Sunday the couple didn't request money, but donations started coming after media outlets this month reported on their plight.
The Vardons said they were weighed down by a mortgage payment that almost doubled since the makeover and medical insurance that hasn't covered autism treatment for 16-year-old Lance.
The tiny tangled threads of the world's oldest spider web have been found encased in a prehistoric piece of amber, a British scientist said Monday. Oxford University paleobiologist Martin Brasier said the 140-million-year-old webbing provides evidence that arachnids had been ensnaring their prey in silky nets since the dinosaur age. He also said the strands were linked to each other in the roughly circular pattern familiar to gardeners the world over.
The web was found in a small piece of amber picked up by an amateur fossil-hunter scouring the beaches on England's south coast about two years ago, Brasier said. A microscope revealed the existence of tiny threads about 1 millimeter (1/20th of an inch) long amid bits of burnt sap and fossilized vegetable matter.
While not as dramatic as a fully preserved net of spider silk, the minuscule strands show that spiders had been spinning circle-shaped webs well into prehistory, according to Simon Braddy, a University of Bristol paleobiologist uninvolved with the find.
Spider experts believe that webs were developed even earlier, but the delicate gossamer threads rarely leave any trace. Amber, or fossilized tree resin, can occasionally conserve bits of web - an earlier find in Lebanon was dated to 130 million years ago, according to Brasier.
A shoe is raised during a protest against the visit to Iraq of US resident George W. Bush, in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday. Dec. 15, 2008. Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zeidi threw his shoes at resident George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad on Sunday, while yelling in Arabic: 'This is a farewell kiss, you dog, this is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq.'
Photo by Karim Kadim
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And the answer is.... Lapis Lazuli
