'Best of TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
Weekly Review
HARPER'S WEEKLY REVIEW
November 4, 2003
Trent Lott suggested
that more U.S. troops be moved to the area around Tikrit.
"Honestly, it's a little tougher than I thought it was going
to be," he said. "If we have to, we just mow the whole place
down, see what happens. You're dealing with insane suicide
bombers who are killing our people, and we need to be very
aggressive in taking them out."
Resident Bush denied that
his political operatives had been responsible for the
erection of the MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner that flew behind
him on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln on May 1, when he dressed
up like a fighter pilot and declared victory in Iraq. He
said that his advance men "weren't that ingenious" and that
the banner was put up by crew members, "saying that their
mission was accomplished." Scott McClellan, the president's
press secretary, later admitted that the banner was in fact
created by the White House.
Historians were upset that the Smithsonian Institution's new
exhibit of the Enola Gay bomber fails to mention that the
B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Continued at www.harpers.org/weekly-review
--Roger D. Hodge
Reader Links
Re: Clinton Visits Oslo
13-year old Camilla Wikborg will
have the honor of giving flowers to President Bill Clinton, Tuesday.
ole-kristian
Thanks, again, Ole-Kristian!
On Sundance Channel
'Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election'
Watch "Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election" on the SUNDANCE
CHANNEL this week.
Tuesday evening Nov 4th, 8 PM
Sunday afternoon Nov 8th, 1:15 PM
Sunday afternoon Nov 16th, 12 noon
Wednesday evening Nov 19th, 9 PM
Friday evening, Nov 21st, 12:45 AM.
The one-hour investigative documentary never before broadcast in the
USA features Greg Palast's discovery of Katherine Harris' purge of
thousands of Black citizens from Florida's voter rolls. Plus Vincent
Bugliosi, John Nichols.
~ Dooley
Thanks, Dooley!
Reader Comment
Re: Linda Tripp
Hey Marty,
So Linda Tripp is getting a ton of money from the Pentagon
for 'blowing'
her cover (disclosing her past mistakes)...
CNN does some creative reporting on this subject in the above article:
"Tripp sued the government when Pentagon officials leaked information
from the government
background investigation about her, which included the fact that she was
arrested as a juvenile
in a case involving drinking alcohol; she was never charged. "
According to this nifty Arrest Report from SmokingGun,
she was 19, which I
believe is not exactly
juvenile, and the case was Grand Theft Larceny, a bit more serious thank
drinking alcohol (maybe
they confused her with Dubya?).
Gotta love the libral press we have!
~ Alex
Thaks, Alex!
from Mark
Fuck You Too, Paul Wolfowitz
Reader Comment
An interesting poll
Hi Marty,
I've been watching this poll for a few weeks. I've never seen Shrub break the 33% mark and have seen him as low as the mid 20's.
The surprise? Its the Army Times!
Christopher
Thanks, Christopher
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
The Wall Street Poet
Political Haiku
Soldiers killed daily,
Bombs exploding ev'rywhere,
Wolfowitz sees progress.
Expecting Congress
To really fix Medicare?
Try Zoloft instead.
Markets are booming,
Economic growth is brisk,
So whose got my job?
Cherry blossoms fall
And season follows season;
Don Rumsfeld remains.
Congress cuts taxes,
Federal deficits soar,
What's the connection?
Should Beltway makers
Of really bad policies
Commit sepuku?
© 2003
**********
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
A sunny, breezy beautiful day, but 'cold' by local standards.
Made a quick run out to the Valley to visit my Uncle Jimmy. Tried to convince him to go to the doctor - he had a run-in with prostate cancer a few years back.
He thanked me for the effort, but says he won't revisit that hell again, that he's had a good life, and he'd rather just fade away at home.
Even though it wasn't the result I wanted, I respect him & his decision.
Tonight, Wednesday, CBS fills the night with the '37th Annual Country Music Awards'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Will Ferrell and Lyle Lovett.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craiggers are Jeff Bridges, Linda Cardellini, and Dom Irrera.
NBC opens the night with a FRESH 'Ed', followed by a FRESH
'West Wing', then a FRESH 'Law & Order'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jay are Teenage Wasteland, Matt LeBlanc, and P.O.D.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Zooey Deschanel and Polyphonic Spree.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are Lennox Lewis, Jim McMullan, RZA and ODB.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH 'My Wife & Kids', followed by a FRESH 'It's All Relative', then a
FRESH 'The Bachelor', followed by a FRESH 'Karen Sisco'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Michael Vartan, Kathie Lee Gifford, Dom Irrera, and Jeffrey Osborne, with this week's guest co-host Andy Dick.
The WB offers a FRESH 'Smallville', followed by a FRESH 'Angel'.
Faux has a FRESH 'That 70s Show', followed by a FRESH 'Stan Hooper', then a FRESH 'The O.C.'.
UPN has a FRESH 'Enterprise' (OK, so it's been renamed 'Star Trek: Enterprise', like that's gonna help anything), followed by a FRESH 'Jake 2.0'.
A&E has 'American Justice', 'Biography' (James Garner), 'American Justice', and 'Washington Sniper'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Eiger Sanction', followed by the movie 'The Good, The Bad & The Ugly', then the movie 'Joe Kidd'.
BBC -
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Crawley;
[7pm] 'Ground Force' - Chesham;
[7:30pm] 'Changing Rooms' - Urmston;
[8pm] 'Homefront in the Garden' - Wembley;
[8:30pm] 'Homefront in the Garden' - Bromley;
[9pm] 'My Hero' - Episode 5;
[9:40pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 7;
[10:20pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 1;
[11pm] 'So Graham Norton' - Gerard Depardieu, Anne Robinson, Belinda Carlisle;
[12am] 'My Hero' - Episode 5;
[12:40am] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 7;
[1:20am] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 1;
[2am] 'Homefront in the Garden' - Wembley;
[2:30am] 'Homefront in the Garden' - Bromley;
[3am] 'So Graham Norton' - Gerard Depardieu, Anne Robinson, Belinda Carlisle;
[4am] 'My Hero' - Episode 5;
[4:40am] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 7;
[5:20am] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 1; and
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'West Wing', followed by the movie 'Les Miserables', then another 'West Wing'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Bob Newhart.
History is all 'Modern Marvels' all night.
SciFi has the 4-hour movie 'Robin Cook's Invasion'.
TCM -
[6am] 'National Velvet' (1944);
[8:15am] 'Mildred Pierce' (1945);
[10:15am] 'The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers' (1946);
[12:15pm] 'She Wore A Yellow Ribbon' (1949);
[2pm] 'Madame Bovary' (1949);
[4pm] 'The Heiress' (1949);
[6pm] 'An American in Paris' (1951);
[8pm] 'Citizen Kane' (1941);
[10:15pm] 'The Mark Of Zorro' (1940);
[12am) 'Stagecoach' (1939);
[2am] 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (1938); and
[4am] 'Holiday' (1938). (ALL TIMES EST)
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
Baby News
Harry Joseph Letterman
David Letterman's girlfriend, Regina Lasko, delivered a baby boy late Monday night. He weighed in at 9 pounds, 11 ounces and is 21 inches long, Letterman announced on his show Tuesday night.
Letterman, 56, said the baby — his first child — is named after his father, Harry Joseph Letterman, who died at 57.
"So God bless dad and God bless Harry," Letterman said.
The show Tuesday night included a Top Ten list of reason's why Letterman was excited to be a father. The No. 1 reason: There is now tangible evidence that I have had sex.
Harry Joseph Letterman
Faux Axes After 3 Airings
'Skin'
Fox has canceled prolific producer Jerry Bruckheimer's new series "Skin" after three low-rated airings.
Meanwhile, NBC has officially pulled the plug on the critically praised sophomore drama "Boomtown."
"Skin," Fox's "Romeo and Juliet"-esque serial drama set in the world of Los Angeles' adult entertainment industry, shut down production Tuesday after completing eight episodes.
Fox will run back-to-back original episodes of "The Next Joe Millionaire" at 8 and 9 p.m. Monday for the next two weeks, leading into the two-hour "Millionaire" finale Nov. 24.
Production on "Boomtown," which was on hiatus, will not resume. Six episodes were filmed, with two making it to air.
'Skin'
To Air on Showtime
Reagan Miniseries
Capping an extraordinary conservative furor over a movie virtually no one has seen, CBS scrapped plans Tuesday to televise "The Reagans" and decided to shunt it off to the Showtime cable network instead.
While CBS said it was not bowing to political pressure, critics said that was exactly the case, and worried about the effects of such pre-emptive strikes on future work.
The film had been scheduled to air Nov. 16 and 18, in the heart of the November ratings sweeps. CBS attempted to edit the film to remove offending passages, but gave up.
Neal Gabler, author of "Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality," said CBS' decision was unhealthy for democracy.
"CBS, in pulling this film, did incredible harm, much more harm than they could ever have done in making the film," Gabler said. "What they've told us now is that a very small group of people have censorship power over the broadcast networks."
Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., said CBS' decision "smells of intimidation to me."
Reagan Miniseries
Finishes 'Dark Tower' Series
Stephen King
Stephen King had some good news for fans, so he delivered it in person. Sort of.
An animated "virtual" version of the horror writer appeared Monday on his Web site to announce that he had completed the final three installments of "The Dark Tower" series, which have been long awaited by fans.
"People have been asking one question above all others over the past nine years: When are you going to finish `The Dark Tower'? Well, guess what — it's done. So do me a favor and spread the word," he said.
"The Gunslinger," the first "Dark Tower" book, was published in 1982, followed by "The Drawing of the Three" in 1987, "The Waste Lands" in 1991 and "Wizard and Glass" in 1997.
"Wolves of the Calla" was to go on sale Tuesday, followed by "Song of Susannah" next summer. The final installment, "The Dark Tower," will be released next November.
Stephen King
www.stephenking.com
grantbooks.com
Former US President Bill Clinton, 2nd left, speaks with the Norwegian Premier Kjell Magne Bondevik, after arriving in Oslo Tuesday Nov. 4, 2003, for a two days visit for talks about HIV/AIDS in developing countries.
Photo by Knut Fjeldstad
Donates to Needy Kansas Town
Paul Newman
Paul Newman has made a "generous" donation to the southeast Kansas town of Franklin, ravaged by a tornado in May.
"We decided that it would be best not to give the exact figure, but it was a lovely, generous amount," resident Phyllis Bitner said recently. "We haven't earmarked the money yet for a specific project, but it will go a long way toward something."
Newman, 78, sent a personal check to the Franklin Community Council Inc., along with his wishes for continued success.
Paul Newman
Plays Paganini's Violin
Regina Carter
Regina Carter, the first non-classical artist and the first black musician to play Paganini's world-famous violin, was reunited with the instrument in a concert that marked the violin's first appearance on U.S. soil in a decade.
Carter, along with her quintet and an orchestra, played a mixture of classically inspired songs and jazz tunes on the 18th-century violin at a sold-out concert at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall Monday night.
The jazz violinist first performed on the instrument, crafted by Guarneri, at its home in Genoa, Italy, in a history-making concert in 2001. Before Carter, only classical musicians had been allowed to play the violin, owned by the virtuoso Nicolo Paganini.
Carter later recorded with the violin for the album "Paganini: After A Dream," released earlier this year.
Regina Carter
To Host 'Saturday Night Live'
Al Sharpton
Democrat Al Sharpton, whose one-liners and pointed rhetoric have added laughs to the presidential campaign, will host "Saturday Night Live" next month.
Sharpton will host the Dec. 6 show, which also will feature Pink as the musical guest. It could be a natural fit for the preacher, who often uses humor to promote his long-shot candidacy and is known to crack up his rivals during debates.
Al Sharpton
Developing Film on 9/11 'Revenge'
FX Cable Channel
Cable channel FX is developing a film based on a controversial book contending that the Sept. 11 attacks could have been avoided.
The book, "1000 Years for Revenge: International Terrorism and the FBI (The Untold Story)," was published in September by HarperCollins' ReganBooks imprint.
Author Peter Lance traces 12 years of terrorist efforts masterminded by Ramzi Achmed Yousef, who had been plotting various attacks since his role in the first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. "Revenge" culminates in the events of Sept. 11, 2001, which could have been prevented by a more alert FBI, argues Lance, an investigative reporter who has produced TV projects for the likes of CBS, ABC and HBO.
FX Cable Channel
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Return to 'The Producers'
Lane & Broderick
After weeks of speculation, it was announced Tuesday that Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick will return to the Mel Brooks musical Dec. 30 for a limited engagement through April 4.
Tickets for the Lane-Broadway reunion will go on sale starting at noon Nov. 16 at the St. James Theatre, John Barlow, a spokesman for the show, said. Also at that time, tickets will be available through Telecharge, 212-239-6200, or online at www.telecharge.com. Prices will range from $30 to $100.
A limited number of tickets for the best seats in the house will be available from Broadway Inner Circle, www.broadwayinnercircle.com, for $480 each, starting on Nov. 16, Barlow said.
Lane & Broderick
Women package up turtle eggs, along the shore at Ostional Beach in Santa Cruz, 350 miles the north of the capital San Jose, November 4, 2003. More than 100 million eggs are layed by the turtles species Lepidochelys (olivacea) during a five-day period. Residents of this small town on the pacific coast collect up a small percentage of the eggs to sell at markets throughout Costa Rica. Ostional is one of the few beaches in the world where the turtles arrive in mass to lay their eggs.
Photo by Juan Carlos Ulate
Baby News
Martie Maguire
Martie Maguire is the latest Dixie Chick to get pregnant, and she's having twins, according to a news release on the group's Web site.
Maguire, who plays the fiddle in the wildly successful country group, said she was in her first trimester and unsure of the sexes.
Singer Natalie Maines and banjo player Emily Robison both have children.
Martie Maguire
Narrating Ahnold Documentary
Richard Belzer
Comedian and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" co-star Richard Belzer has signed on to narrate "Running With Arnold," a feature documentary following Arnold Schwarzenegger's whirlwind transformation from action hero to governor of California.
The documentary is being written and directed by veteran entertainment journalist Dan Cox, who also is producing with Judy Orbach.
Cox and Orbach trailed Schwarzenegger since the "Terminator" star announced his candidacy in early August. The filmmakers amassed about 75 hours of footage while following the California gubernatorial race.
Richard Belzer
Bentley to Be Auctioned
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson's custom 2001 Bentley Arnage Red Label Turbosedan, used to ferry entertainers to his Neverland Ranch and in the making of the "What More Can I Give?" charity music video, is on the auction block.
With 13,600 miles on the odometer, it's loaded with pop star upgrades: two DVD players, three flat screen video monitors, CD changer and video gaming system operational at each seat.
"This will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for somebody to own a truly very special car," Craig Jackson, president of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Barrett-Jackson Auction Co., said recently. He declined to predict what it might bring.
Michael Jackson
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
New Reality TV Show
'Can YOU Be a Pornstar?'
A new reality TV show asks the question: "Can YOU Be a Pornstar?"
Mary Carey, the porn actress who ran for California governor in the recent recall election, is among the hosts, joining fellow adult-film stars Tabitha Stevens and Ginger Lynn.
Silhouette Productions announced plans Monday to shoot seven one-hour shows, with plans to start broadcasting on iN DEMAND Networks and other pay-per-view channels on Jan. 8.
A group of 28 women will compete for a one-year contract with a major adult video distributor and a cash prize of $100,000.
'Can YOU Be a Pornstar?'
A Brazilian indian from the Rikbatsa nation watches the VI Indigenous Nation's Games competitions in Palmas, in northern Brazil, November 4, 2003. The VI Indigenous Nations' Games will run through November 8, in the northeastern state of Tocantins.
Photo by Paulo Whitaker
Store Pulls CDs After Suicide
Insane Clown Posse
A music store temporarily pulled the music and other items produced by the shock rap and metal group Insane Clown Posse following the suicide of a Casper (Wyoming) teenager.
The parents of the teenager don't blame Insane Clown Posse, but say the group's music did not help either.
Jessica Bartlett at the FYE music store in Cheyenne said four customers complained after Insane Clown Posse items were pulled from the store temporarily. Merchandise included wallets, CDs, T-shirts and stickers.
Insane Clown Posse
Likely to Be Freed
Slick Rick
Rapper Slick Rick is expected to be released from Immigration and Naturalization Service detention following a federal judge's ruling.
Judge Kimba Wood on Friday reversed a 1997 Bureau of Immigration Affairs decision to deport the U.K. native because of a 1991 conviction for attempted murder.
It is unknown exactly when Rick, whose real name is Ricky Walters, will be released from an INS detention center in Bradenton, Fla., where he has been incarcerated for 17 months.
Slick Rick
Reports $636M in 3Q Gains
Clear Channel
Clear Channel Communications Inc.'s earnings tripled in the third quarter, mostly due to the company's sale of shares in a major Spanish-language media company.
The San Antonio-based radio and outdoor advertising giant said Tuesday it earned $636 million, or $1.03 per share, for the three months ended Sept. 30, compared to a profit of $212.5 million, or 34 cents, for the same period in 2002.
The earnings included about $686 million in pre-tax gains, most of it relating to appreciation of Clear Channel's stake in Univision Communications Inc. and the subsequent sale of 8.25 million of those shares in September.
Radio accounted for the largest chunk of Clear Channel's revenue in the quarter at $963.6 million, almost identical to the same period a year ago. The company is the nation's largest owner of radio stations, with more than 1,200 in markets across the country.
For a lot more, Clear Channel
New Exhibit
Steuben Glass
The crystal pieces could grace the table of any sophisticated dinner party with their simple, clean and elegant lines. So why are they in a museum exhibit?
Because Steuben glass is more than just nice tableware, says Donald Albrecht, curator of "Glass and Glamour: Steuben's Modern Moment, 1930-1960." Steuben is an example not only of modernist design, but of a company using a particular moment in time to make its product a household name.
"Glass and Glamour" opens at the Museum of the City of New York on Friday and runs through April 25, 2004.
The 200 objects in the show are from museums and private collections all over the world. The show focuses on how Steuben linked its image to the glamour of New York City and the newness of the modernist aesthetic in the middle decades of the 20th century.
For the rest, Steuben Glass
Museum of the City of New York
Man Saves Fish
Koi
A former Belgian ambulance driver put his first aid skills to good use by reviving one of his pond fish with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, a newspaper said Tuesday.
Leo Van Aert, 57, was hosting a party at his home near the Belgian port of Antwerp when his wife noticed the koi -- a spotted Japanese carp -- floating on the surface of the garden pond.
He figured the koi had had a heart attack and took it out of the water to try to resuscitate it, giving it heart massages before joining lips with the fish.
"After 15 minutes, the fish started to move again so I put him in the pond...but when he fell over again I again applied mouth-to-mouth and heart massages," he said. "That's when the fish recovered."
Koi
Baffled British Spooks
Randy Ram
The strange signal had British intelligence staff baffled. Perhaps a spy was lurking on England's northeast coast or was there something more sinister involved?
Not wishing to take any risks, Britain's top secret GCHQ monitoring base carried out an investigation.
"Exhaustive tests were launched, revealing the answer -- a horny ram" having fun with a radio mast, Government Communications Headquarters said in the latest edition of its in-house newspaper.
GCHQ, based in western England and employing 4,500 people, monitors communications -- animal sounds being the exception -- from around the world for the government and other intelligence services.
Randy Ram
A Russian woman takes treatment at the International Leech Center in Moscow, February 1, 2001. Treatment with leeches may reduce pain and stiffness in patients with arthritis of the knee, German scientists report Nov. 4, 2003. Modern-day medicinal use of leeches is limited to the treatment of blood clotting problems after surgery.
Photo by Viktor Korotayev
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