Charles Sykes: Dear Democrats, Here's How to Guarantee Trump's Reelection (Politico)
You've got a historically unpopular opponent in the White House, but there are nearly a dozen ways you could still blow this. … Given Trump's deep unpopularity, losing to him won't be easy. But don't despair; remember, you managed to pull it off in 2016.
Timothy Egan: How to Break the Republican Lock on God (NY Times)
The best Christian argument against Trump comes from Christ. The essence of Christianity is his exhortation that people treat the sick, the hungry, the poor, the imprisoned as they would treat him. "Whatever you did to the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did to me." No one can know what's in Trump's heart. But his policies are inhumane in the extreme. Cursed are the meek, for under Trump's command, children have been put in cages, and the poor in red states are denied the health care that should be available to them under Obamacare.
Paul Waldman: What the demise of NRATV says about conservatism today (Washington Post)
It was one of the defining successes of the NRA, and the gun rights movement more broadly, that they convinced one of our two great parties to put a categorical opposition to nearly any restriction on guns at the absolute center of their ideology, along with low taxes and small government. That success was never more evident than after the Sandy Hook massacre, when congressional Republicans killed a proposal for universal background checks, which has the support of over 90 percent of Americans in just about every poll on the subject.
Barbara Ehrenreich: How we learned to stop having fun (The Guardian, from 2007)
We used to know how to get together and really let our hair down. Then, in the early 1600s, a mass epidemic of depression broke out - and we've been living with it ever since. Something went wrong, but what? Barbara Ehrenreich unpicks the causes of our unhappiness.
Stay in the Game (Albert Bridge Capital)
This is going to be an uncharacteristic departure for me. This story is deeply personal, for our family, and for our oldest son in particular. But it is a story he's letting me tell, because it is a story he wants people to hear. (Note by David Bruce: The dog lives.)
Bicentennial Minutes was a series of short educational American television segments commemorating the bicentennial of the American Revolution. On what TV network did the Bicentennial Minutes air?
Bicentennial Minutes was a series of short educational American television segments commemorating the bicentennial of the American Revolution. The segments were produced by the CBS Television Network and broadcast nightly from July 4, 1974, until December 31, 1976. (The series was originally slated to end on July 4, 1976, airing a total of 732 episodes, but was extended to the end of the year.) The segments were sponsored by Shell Oil Company, then later by Raid (insecticide) from July 1976 onward.
In 1976, the series received an Emmy Award in the category of Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement. It also won a Special Christopher Award in 1976.
The videotaped segments were each one minute long and were broadcast each night during prime time hours, generally at approximately 8:27 or 8:57 P.M. Eastern time. The format of the segments did not change, although each segment featured a different narrator, often a CBS network television star. The narrator, after introducing himself or herself, would state "This is a Bicentennial Minute," followed by the phrase "Two hundred years ago today..." and a description of a historical event or personage prominent on that particular date two hundred years before during the American Revolution. The segment would close with the narrator saying, "I'm (his/her name), and that's the way it was." This was an offhand reference to the close of the weeknight CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, who always ended each news telecast by saying, "And that's the way it is."
The Bicentennial Minute on July 3, 1976, was narrated by Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. The Bicentennial Minute on July 4, 1976, was narrated by First Lady Betty Ford. The final Bicentennial Minute, broadcast on December 31, 1976, was narrated by President Gerald Ford. (This was also the longest Bicentennial minute.)
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Kevin K. in Washington, DC, said:
They were on CBS.
mj wrote:
Guessing again
But I associate them, for some reason, with 60 Minutes, so I'm going
with CBS.
Alan J answered:
CBS.
Dave responded:
No idea, but given the title I'm guessing CBS? Lucky guess, although it's a similar title to the CBS series 60 Minutes. The segments, narrated by politicians and actors, were 1 minute long and were shown in daily in prime time for 2-1/2 years. Apparently the TV show running time was reduced by 1 minute to accommodate the segment, because I'm sure CBS wasn't sacrificing advertising. I don't remember them, although those years I wasn't watching much TV anyway, too busy with work, school and girls.
Cal in Vermont replied:
CBS.
zorch said:
CBS did the Bicentennial Minutes.
Jim from CA, retired to ID wrote:
Bicentennial Minutes was a series of short educational American television segments commemorating the bicentennial of the American Revolution. The segments were produced by the CBS Television Network and broadcast nightly from July 4, 1974, until December 31, 1976
Billy in Cypress U$A replied:
Wiki says CBS, so I will go with that.
Daniel in The City responded:
CBS.
Deborah said:
I didn't have a tv then, nor did I watch one, so I had no idea the Bicentennial Minutes was even a thing. I'll let your readers educate me about it when I check in tomorrow.
Unusually cool for summer, and I'm loving it. I'm sure we'll have triple digits again soon.
DJ Useo wrote:
I recall that as being CBS, the "can't be seen" network. They were "famous" for such "hits" as "AfterMASH".
George M. answered:
Marty, I know this question very well - those "Bicentennial Minutes" aired on what we call the "Tiffany Network", CBS!
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• When Mark Twain was scheduled to speak at a small town, he would often enter a store and ask if people knew about his lecture being scheduled that night. Once he entered a grocery store and asked if there were anything special going on that evening. The grocer replied, "I think there's a lecture tonight - I've been selling eggs all day."
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CBS begins the night with a FRESH'Whistleblower', followed by a RERUN'Hawaii Five-0', then a RERUN'Blue Bloods'.
On a RERUNStephen Colbert (from 5/22/19) are Sen. Kamala Harris and Kaitlyn Dever.
On a RERUNJames Corden, OBE, (from 4/9/19) are Zoe Saldana, Jason Clarke, and Kenny DeForest.
NBC starts the night with a RERUN'American Ninja Warrior', followed by 'Dateline'.
On a RERUNJimmy Fallon (from 6/11/19) are Selena Gomez, Elaine Welteroth, and GoldLink featuring Maleek Berry.
On a RERUNSeth Meyers (from 6/17/19) are Kevin Bacon, Cobie Smulders, Jordan Klepper, and Jessica Burdeaux.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 4/29/19) are Bill Pullman, Talos, and Vir Das.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD', followed by '20/20'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 6/18/19) are Joel McHale, Betty Gilpin, and Santana.
The CW offers a FRESH'Masters Of Illusion', followed by a RERUN'Masters Of Illusion', then a FRESH'The Big Stage', followed by a RERUN'The Big Stage'.
Faux has a RERUN'Beat Shazam', followed by a RERUN'MasterChef'.
MY recycles an old 'CSI: Miami', followed by another old 'CSI: Miami'.
A&E has 'Live PD', 'Live PD: Rewind', and 'Live PD'.
AMC offers the movie 'Home Alone', followed by the movie 'Home Alone 2: Lost In NY'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] HIDDEN HABITATS - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 2-Serengeti
[6:30AM] DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 7-Weaponized Soul
[7:30AM] DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 8-Two Sane Guys Doing Normal Things
[8:30AM] THE X-FILES - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 6-Ascension
[9:30AM] THE X-FILES - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 7-3
[10:30AM] THE X-FILES - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 8-One Breath
[11:30AM] THE X-FILES - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 9-Firewalker
[12:30PM] THE X-FILES - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 10-Red Museum
[1:30PM] THE X-FILES - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 11-Excelsis Dei
[2:30PM] THE X-FILES - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 12-Aubrey
[3:30PM] THE X-FILES - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 13-Irresistible
[4:30PM] THE X-FILES - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 14-Die Hand Die Verletzt
[5:30PM] FIELD OF DREAMS (1989)
[8:00PM] A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992)
[11:00PM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - SEASON 25 - EPISODE 12
[12:00AM] A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992)
[3:00AM] FIELD OF DREAMS (1989)
[5:30AM] HIDDEN HABITATS - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 3-Namib Desert (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has the movie 'Sex & The City', followed by the movie 'Sweet Home Alabama'.
FX has the movie 'Jurassic World', followed by the movie 'Split'.
History has 'Ancient Aliens', followed by a FRESH'Ancient Aliens: Declassified', then a FRESH'Ancient Aliens', followed by a FRESH'Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation'.
IFC -
[6:00A] The Three Stooges-Violent Is the Word for Curly
[6:15A] The Three Stooges-Grips, Grunts and Groans
[6:45A] The Three Stooges-Back to the Woods
[7:15A] Friday Night Lights
[10:00A] Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
[12:30P] Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
[3:00P] That '70s Show-Jackie's Cheese Squeeze
[3:30P] That '70s Show-Class Picture
[4:00P] That '70s Show-Prank Day
[4:30P] That '70s Show-Eric's Corvette Caper
[5:00P] That '70s Show-Hyde's Birthday
[5:30P] That '70s Show-That '70s Musical
[6:00P] Two and a Half Men-The Ocu or the Pado?
[6:30P] Two and a Half Men-My Son's Enormous Head
[7:00P] Two and a Half Men-The Two Finger Rule
[7:30P] Two and a Half Men-Hello, I Am Alan Cousteau
[8:00P] Two and a Half Men-Above Exalted Cyclops
[8:30P] Two and a Half Men-Sir Lancelot's Litter Box
[9:00P] Two and a Half Men-Good Morning Mrs. Butterworth
[9:30P] Two and a Half Men-Baseball Was Better With Steroids
[10:00P] Two and a Half Men-818-jklpuzo
[10:30P] Two and a Half Men-Whipped Unto the Third Generation
[11:00P] Two and a Half Men-Mmm, Fish. Yum
[11:30P] Two and a Half Men-Laxative Tester, Horse Inseminator
[12:00A] Two and a Half Men-Baseball. Boobs. Boobs. Baseball.
[12:30A] Two and a Half Men-Bite Me, Supreme Court
[1:00A] That '70s Show-Jackie's Cheese Squeeze
[1:30A] That '70s Show-Class Picture
[2:00A] That '70s Show-Prank Day
[2:30A] That '70s Show-Eric's Corvette Caper
[3:00A] That '70s Show-Hyde's Birthday
[3:30A] That '70s Show-That '70s Musical
[4:00A] Wayne's World (ALL TIMES EDT)
Sundance -
[6:30am] The Andy Griffith Show
[7:05am] The Andy Griffith Show
[7:40am] The Andy Griffith Show
[8:15am] The Andy Griffith Show
[8:50am] The Andy Griffith Show
[9:25am] The Andy Griffith Show
[10:00am] The Bridges of Madison County
[1:00pm] Law & Order
[2:00pm] Law & Order
[3:00pm] Law & Order
[4:00pm] Law & Order
[5:00pm] Law & Order
[6:00pm] Law & Order
[7:00pm] Law & Order
[8:00pm] Law & Order
[9:00pm] Law & Order
[10:00pm] Law & Order
[11:00pm] Law & Order
[12:00am] Rosehaven
[12:35am] Rosehaven
[1:10am] Law & Order
[2:10am] Law & Order
[3:10am] Law & Order
[4:10am] The Andy Griffith Show
[4:45am] The Andy Griffith Show
[5:20am] The Andy Griffith Show
[5:55am] The Andy Griffith Show (ALL TIMES EDT)
SyFy has the movie 'Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone', followed by the movie 'Harry Potter & The Chamber Of Secrets'.
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne denounced President Don-Old Trump's (R-Churl) unauthorized use of "Crazy Train" in a Twitter video the president posted mocking the 2020 Democratic primary candidates.
The video, posted Thursday morning, opens with footage of the technical difficulties that marred Wednesday's first Democratic primary debate and pairs it with the intro to Osbourne's 1980 hit. Eventually, the video fades to black and reemerges with footage of Trump walking up to a podium.
In a statement to Rolling Stone, the Osbournes said, "Based on this morning's unauthorized use of Ozzy Osbourne's 'Crazy Train,' we are sending notice to the Trump campaign (or any other campaigns) that they are forbidden from using any of Ozzy Osbourne's music in political ads or in any political campaigns. Ozzy's music cannot be used for any means without approvals."
The Osbournes also offered some alternative songs Trump could use, naming the smattering of musicians that have voiced their support for him. "In the meantime, we have a suggestion for Mr. Trump: perhaps he should reach out to some of his musician friends. Maybe Kayne West ('Gold Digger'), Kid Rock ('I Am the Bullgod') or Ted Nugent ('Stranglehold') will allow use of their music."
Along with Ozzy Osbourne, an array of other musicians have sparred with Trump after he used their music. During the 2016 election, Queen criticized the then-candidate for using "We Are the Champions," while R.E.M., Neil Young, Everlast and Aerosmith also spoke out after Trump used their music without permission.
It's a privilege befitting an ambient icon who once soundtracked a moon landing documentary: On Tuesday, the science festival Starmus V presented Brian Eno with a certificate commemorating that Asteroid 81948 has been named in his honor.
Astronomer Marc Buie of the Southwest Research Institute, who discovered the asteroid, presented the certificate. He selected Eno for the honor in conjunction with the International Astronomical Union and the Minor Planet Centre.
Previously known as "81948 (2000 OM69)," the asteroid is now dubbed the equally long "Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno" (or, in short, the much catchier "Eno"). Eno was also on-hand Monday at the event to receive the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication.
In related news, Eno, Daniel Lanois and Roger Eno recently issued the tranquil instrumental "Capsule," which appears on the expanded, remastered version of their collaborative 1983 album Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks. The Enos and Lanois recorded the original LP for journalist-filmmaker Al Reinert's feature documentary For All Mankind, which features astronaut commentary and footage from the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Fans still tending the flame for Seinfeld, whose fabled NBC run began 30 years ago next month, will soon have a place in New York where they will have "hand": The Seinfeld Experience.
Part retail shop and part immersive show promotion, the ticketed attraction in the city's Gramercy neighborhood will operate seven days a week. Tickets through February 2020 will go on sale in the coming months, according to Superfly and Warner Bros. Consumer Products.
Superfly is a live entertainment producer known for helping create music festivals such as Bonnaroo and Outside Lands as well as Clusterfest, a two-year-old comedy festival. Jerry Seinfeld performed at the 2017 debut of Clusterfest, which included some nods to the show. While Seinfeld is something of a unicorn, bringing in billions in syndication and streaming proceeds, the new initiative is part of a shift toward offering consumers experiences. Live events of all kinds have gained prominence across the media industry as companies look to compensate for declining traditional ancillary revenues.
Fans will be able to immerse themselves in Seinfeld through the experience, which will explore moments and characters from the show. It will include interactive exhibits with costumes, memorabilia, set re-creations, and props from the show as well as brand-new content. A retail store in the space will offer limited-edition and exclusive merchandise.
Said Jerry Seinfeld: "Because I am Seinfeld, for a long time I was the only person to actually have the Seinfeld experience. Now, these crazy Superfly people are going to make it so lots of people can interact with our silly '90s TV show. All I can say is, in the general context of the world we live in, this now seems completely normal."
A Pablo Picasso painting sold by a German Jewish businessman to fund his escape from Nazis should stay in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, an appeals court has ruled.
On Wednesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the businessman's great-grandniece had left an "unreasonable" delay in demanding the return of the Picasso painting 'The Actor'.
The painting had belonged to Paul and Alice Leffmann, who sold the artwork to a private dealer in 1938 to raise funds to flee fascist Italy for Switzerland. The couple, who were German Jews, had already fled the Nazi regime in Germany.
Laurel Zuckerman, the Leffmann's great-grandniece, argued that her ancestors sold the "masterwork" for $12,000 under duress, therefore voiding the transaction.
The court noted that despite the fact that the painting had been in the Met's collection since 1952 -- and its provenance published in the Met's catalogue since 1967 -- no demands for its return were made until 2010 -- 58 years after museum acquired the art work.
The intense heat wave blasting Europe with record-breaking temperatures manifested on a recent weather forecast as a screaming heat skull of death looming over France.
A forecast map for Thursday, first created June 20, showed France's scorching temperatures creating a giant, screaming face over the country as the country braced itself for the hottest temperatures since a 2003 heat wave killed 15,000 people in the country.
A French meteorologist named Ruben Hallali first spotted the map, and he shared it on Twitter alongside Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream."
He said he had never seen anything like the image in 15 years of looking at maps of heat waves.
Areas of France, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Spain have experienced record-breaking temperatures this week, with some areas seeing heat of more than 40 degrees Celsius, or 104 Fahrenheit. Temperatures could still rise further as the weekend approaches.
A second Florida city paid thousands of dollars to ransomware attackers who hacked their computer systems -- the latest in a growing trend that forces local governments offline.
Officials from Lake City agreed Tuesday to pay 42 bitcoin, roughly $426,000, to hackers who seized the city's computer systems June 10, ending a 15-day standoff.
It's the second city in Florida to fall prey to ransomware attackers this summer: On June 19, Riviera Beach officials voted to pay their requested ransom of 65 bitcoin, close to $600,000, to hackers who disabled the city's online services in late May.
Lake City police said the city paid a $10,000 deductible to its insurance company, which will cover the rest of the ransom.
Ransomware attacks have spiked since 2016, hijacking the computer systems of government entities like cities, police departments and schools. It's a unique type of cyberattack: Hackers encrypt all files on the systems and demand payment, usually in bitcoin, to restore them.
A combination of cocaine and toxic pufferfish liver sent a Florida man to the emergency room, according to a new case report.
The liver from a pufferfish, also known as fugu, is considered a delicacy in Japan. But eating it is risky, as the fish's liver contains a high concentration of a deadly poison known as tetrodotoxin (TTX), which causes paralysis if ingested.
"Pufferfish is something that you don't want to just catch and eat," said Dr. Zane Horowitz, medical director at the Oregon Poison Center at Oregon Health Science University, who was not involved with the man's case. "There are chefs in Japan who go through years of training on how to properly prepare this so that they don't kill their customers."
TTX is 1,200 times more toxic than cyanide; far less than a teaspoon of it can kill a person. Once ingested, TTX blocks voltage-gated sodium channels in certain nerve cells. When these nerve cells are blocked, muscles can't contract. Symptoms of TTX poisoning range from tingling sensations, numbness, dizziness and nausea, to muscle weakness, trouble breathing, paralysis and death.
Because there's no antidote to TTX, doctors often place patients on ventilators to help them breathe until the body excretes the poison.
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