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Note From Izzy
AOL don't do Scooty
Hi,
At AOL on March 6, 2007 and March 7, 2007, not one word was mentioned
about "Libby", "Plame", "Cheney", etc., etc. on their "splash" pages -
nothing - zilch. I have posted copies of the pages. The copies of the
March 6th ones were taken at 8:01 am, CST, and the March 7th ones were
taken at 8:30 pm, CST.
My main web page has the initial page.
This page has the six copies.
AOL - along with Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, et al - are now just spitting
directly into our faces and expecting us to still take it.
I'm sick of this.
Come on by and grab a free poster; but, seriously, we have to break the
backs of the creeps that have ruined our media.
Izzy
Without the internet - we would be lost.
Thanks, Izzy!
Visit Izzy's site for lots of cool posters & other stuff to download.
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Patt Morrison: If L.A. were Baghdad (latimes.com)
Imagine our reaction to suicide bombers killing 40 USC students and blowing up South Coast Plaza in the same month.
Michael Skube: Your kid's A+ doesn't mean much (latimes.com)
Students' GPAs are skyrocketing, but their knowledge is plummeting.
Andrew Tobias: CREDIT CARD ABUSES (andrewtobias.com)
Have you ever been charged a $29 fee for being 2 days late with a $15 payment? ... Democrats care about people struggling to make ends meet. Republicans, when they had the gavel, cared about toughening the bankruptcy laws even for victims of catastrophic illness.
G. Jeffrey MacDonald: Not Saving? Strategies To Help You Start (Christian Science Monitor)
Americans have been spending more than they save for nearly two years, and 2006 was the worst year for saving since 1933. To turn it around, experts say, know your weaknesses.
Annalee Newitz: Data Crash 2027
When you store all the ephemera and all the hard work you've done in your life on someone else's server -- Gmail, Flickr, etc. -- you risk a whole lot more than exposing your life to prying eyes.
James Harkin: Has this man really died? (guardian.co.uk)
Live by the media-generated simulation and you are likely to die with it draped across your coffin.
Mark Morford: Innocence Is So Overrated (sfgate.com)
Are you not scarred for life? Isn't everyone? What's more, isn't that how it should be?
Joel Stein: No baby pictures, please (latimes.com)
Hooray for your new bundle of joy! Now keep Junior's photos to yourself.
Comic Book Hero Captain America Dies (sfgate.com)
Captain America has undertaken his last mission - at least for now. The venerable superhero is killed in the issue of his namesake comic that hit stands Wednesday, the Daily News reported.
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Visited Edinboro University
Sharon Stone
When Sharon Stone, a Meadville native, came back to Edinboro University to speak at an honors banquet Wednesday, she didn't talk about her steamy roles - she talked about serving others.
"Life is a service job," Stone said during her 15-minute keynote address at the eighth annual Frank F. Pogue Honors Scholarship luncheon. "You've got to figure out how you serve people the best and do it."
Stone majored in creative writing and fine arts at Edinboro in the 1970s and attended the university on a writing scholarship. She left school before graduating to pursue a modeling career.
"It is very hard to be from here," Stone said. "Pennsylvania's a tough place with tough people. The weather's tough, it's tough to get work, it's tough politically. But it has served me so well and I am so proud to be from here."
Sharon Stone
Not A Dylan Fan
Ratzinger
Pope Benedict was opposed to Bob Dylan appearing at a youth event with the late Pope John Paul in 1997 because he considered the pop star the wrong kind of "prophet," Benedict writes in a new book issued on Thursday.
Benedict, who was Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger at the time of the concert in Bologna, Italy, makes the disclosure in a new book of memoirs about his predecessor, who died in 2005.
"There was reason to be skeptical, -- I was, and in a certain sense I still am, -- to doubt if it was really right to let these types of prophets intervene," Benedict writes, only mentioning Dylan among the stars who appeared.
In his new book, Pope Benedict does not explain why he does not like Bob Dylan or why he considers him a false "prophet."
Ratzinger
Trouble Human Rights Activists
TV Torture
Desperate to get answers from a terrorism suspect who is refusing to talk, steely eyed U.S. intelligence agent Jack Bauer bursts into an interrogation room and shoots the prisoner in the leg.
Whether it shocks the conscience of civil libertarians or warms the hearts of vigilantes, this kind of drama has made the Emmy-winning spy thriller "24" one of the Fox network's biggest hits, and actor Kiefer Sutherland, who plays agent Jack Bauer on the show, one of its hottest stars.
It also has sparked debate about the link between Hollywood's portrayals of coercive interrogation and the treatment of real U.S.-held detainees in places like Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq or at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. In fact, some military interrogators say they have based their techniques on what they have seen on television.
In a recent trend that troubles human rights activists, depictions of torture have grown far more prevalent in numerous TV dramas since the September 11 attacks.
Moreover, TV's tormentors are more likely than before to be the good guys -- using brutality to extract information from recalcitrant evil-doers for the sake of truth, justice and national security.
TV Torture
RockWalk
Kenny Loggins
Kenny Loggins, who segued into a successful solo career after being half of the hit duo Loggins and Messina in the 1970s, was inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk on Wednesday.
"Thank you to everybody, and my fans who have come out," said Loggins, 59, just before putting his hands in wet cement at the sidewalk gallery outside the Guitar Center on Sunset Boulevard.
The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter started his musical career as a folksinger in the `60s, later playing in such rock bands as the Electric Prunes.
Kenny Loggins
Landmark Restaurant Closed
LAX
A restaurant at Los Angeles International Airport's famously futuristic Theme Building has been closed after a huge chunk of concrete fell off the iconic landmark, officials said Thursday.
A spokesman for Los Angeles World Airports said a 1,000-pound lump of the space-age building's stucco "skin" had crashed onto the roof of the Encounter Restaurant earlier this month.
After a thorough examination, officials decided late Wednesday to close the Encounter Restaurant to allow renovation work which is likely to take up to six months, LAWA spokesman Tom Winfrey told AFP.
Built in 1961, the building's futuristic design is said to have inspired animators who later worked on the cartoon series, "The Jetsons".
LAX
Hospital News
Lily-Rose Depp
Johnny Depp's 7-year-old daughter, who has reportedly been receiving treatment in a British hospital, is "much better," the star's publicist said Thursday.
Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper reported that Lily-Rose, daughter of Depp and French singer Vanessa Paradis, was admitted to a hospital nine days ago and was in a serious condition. The newspaper said Thursday it knew the location of the hospital and the nature of the child's ailment, but wasn't revealing details to preserve the family's privacy.
"We are happy to report that their daughter is doing much better," said Depp's publicist, Robin Baum. "The family greatly appreciates the continued support and respect of their privacy."
Lily-Rose Depp
"'Don't Discuss Polar Bears"
More Scientific Censorship
Polar bears, sea ice and global warming are taboo subjects, at least in public, for some U.S. scientists attending meetings abroad, environmental groups and a top federal wildlife official said on Thursday.
Environmental activists called this scientific censorship, which they said was in line with the Bush administration's history of muzzling dissent over global climate change.
The matter came to light in e-mails from the Fish and Wildlife Service that were distributed by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Center for Biological Diversity, both environmental groups.
Listed as a "new requirement" for foreign travelers on U.S. government business, the memo says that requests for foreign travel "involving or potentially involving climate change, sea ice, and/or polar bears" require special handling, including notice of who will be the official spokesman for the trip.
More Scientific Censorship
Popped In Washington
John Popper
Blues Traveler singer and harmonica player John Popper was arrested after the vehicle he was riding in was clocked going 111 mph, the Washington State Patrol said Wednesday.
Popper, 39, was arrested Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 90 near the Spokane/Lincoln county line, the Washington State Patrol said.
Inside the black Mercedes SUV, officers found a cache of weapons and a small amount of marijuana, the Patrol said. A police dog searched the vehicle, finding numerous hidden compartments containing four rifles, nine handguns and a switchblade knife. Authorities also found a Taser and night vision goggles. The vehicle was seized.
Popper, who lives in Snohomish, Wash., is the owner of the vehicle, which was being driven by Brian Gourgeois, 34, of Austin, Texas, said state patrol Trooper Jeff Sevigney. The vehicle also had flashing emergency headlights, a siren and a public address system, the Patrol said.
John Popper
Charged In Crash
Lane Garrison
Lane Garrison was charged Thursday with manslaughter and drunken driving in a car crash that killed a 17-year-old boy last year.
The 26-year-old "Prison Break" actor was charged with felony vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, felony driving under the influence causing injury to multiple victims, felony driving with a blood-alcohol level above the .08 percent legal limit causing injury, and a misdemeanor count of furnishing alcohol to a minor.
Garrison played David "Tweener" Apolskis on the Fox drama series "Prison Break."
Lane Garrison
Filming Permit Denied
'The Sopranos'
The producers of "The Sopranos" were denied a permit to film in this North Jersey town because the mayor and some City Council members say the acclaimed HBO series negatively depicts Italian-Americans. The owners of an old-fashioned ice cream parlor selected for the series' final scene, however, said such "personal feelings" shouldn't stand in the way.
Permits were approved last week. But after complaints, the council voted again on Monday and rejected them. Officials have agreed to reconsider the issue for a third time next week.
The mayor, whose wife is Italian, said: "I don't think `The Sopranos' depicts the life of a typical Italian-American in a positive way and I still don't like the way people see New Jersey based upon `The Sopranos' series."
'The Sopranos'
Producer Scapegoated
Katie Couric
CBS News on Thursday fired the executive producer of Katie Couric's struggling "CBS Evening News" broadcast and appointed former CNN and MSNBC president Rick Kaplan to the job.
Kaplan replaces Rome Hartman, said CBS News President Sean McManus. Hartman had held the position since before Couric began at CBS last September.
McManus said he doesn't believe Couric's performance has anything to do with the ratings problems. "She is very good at this and will be even better at it," he said.
Katie Couric
Lands At Dreamworks
'Tintin'
After 25 years of negotiations, Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks Studios has begun preparations for a "Tintin" film, the firm that owns the rights to the celebrated animated hero said on Thursday.
"We began negotiations with Spielberg's company 25 years ago. Three years ago, we signed a contract with his company, Dreamworks. Last week, they decided to enter into preproduction to make a series of 'Tintin' films," Moulinsart's owner Nick Rodwell said.
Rodwell did not say which of the 23 "Tintin" adventures the film will be based on, and he declined to specify whether it would be a movie or an animation.
Rodwell's wife Fanny is the widow and sole heir of Herge, the Belgian creator of the young reporter and his faithful canine companion Snowy.
'Tintin'
Future Darwin Award Contender
Jared W. Anderson
Two men were trying to do a stunt from one of the "Jackass" movies, in which a character lights his genitals on fire.
Jared W. Anderson, 20, suffered serious burns to his hands and genitals, according to the criminal complaint. Randell D. Peterson, 43, who sprayed lighter fluid on Anderson and lit him on fire, was charged with felony battery and first-degree reckless endangerment Tuesday in Eau Claire County Court.
Witnesses told police that Anderson, who was drunk, volunteered to do the stunt Sunday after watching the movie, the complaint said.
After Peterson ignited Anderson, he ran into the bathroom, jumped into the tub and put the flames out, according to the complaint. He was taken to Luther Hospital, and eventually treated at the Regions Hospital Burn Unit in St. Paul, Minn., for second-degree burns.
Jared W. Anderson
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