Mark Shields: Barack Obama's vs. the Cayman Islands (Creators Syndicate)
Three presidential nominees, all with serious offshore holdings, demand some serious explaining from the White House. Are offshore investments only evil when Republicans make them and somehow insignificant when they enrich Democrats?
Paul Krugman: Debased Economics (New York Times)
John Boehner's remarks on recent financial events have attracted a lot of unfavorable comment, and they should. Actually, I think even the stuff most commentators have shied away from - he talks about the Fed "deflating" when I think he means either inflating or debasing, or possibly is doing a Sarah Palin and merging the two - is significant. I mean, he's the Speaker of the House at a time when economic issues are paramount; shouldn't he have basic familiarity with simple economic terms?
Marilyn Preston: Big Data Tells Us Technology Disrupts. What a Shocker! (Creators Syndicate)
Technology has a big upside, we all know. I'm not just talking about the electric water flosser. Thanks to the Industrial Revolution, which introduced machines to mankind along with promises of increased leisure and more jobs, we've seen many positive and remarkable changes.
She was referred to as "The Queen of Gospel", and described by Harry Belafonte in 1972 as "the single most powerful black woman in the United States". Who is she?
Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 - January 27, 1972) was an American gospel singer. Possessing a powerful contralto voice, she was referred to as "The Queen of Gospel". Jackson became one of the most influential gospel singers in the world and was heralded internationally as a singer and civil rights activist. She was described by entertainer Harry Belafonte as "the single most powerful black woman in the United States". She recorded about 30 albums (mostly for Columbia Records) during her career, and her 45 rpm records included a dozen "golds"-million-sellers.
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Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
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The truly impressive
And truly soulful Mahalia Jackson.
Sally said:
Mahalia Jackson was referred to as, "The Queen of Gospel," and described by Harry Belafonte in 1972 as, "the single most powerful black woman in the United States."
This woman had a magnificent vocal instrument - which I think had to be heard in person to truly appreciate.
I heard her in person in the early 1960s, not on this fancy stage that is now used, but standing on a platform, unadorned, with a crummy microphone. She finally discarded it and sang it with only a piano accompaniment. You could hear her voice clear across the park! She sang, and sang, and sang - and, it was FREE!!
What a gift she was to her church, to her fans, and to the city - back in the day...
PS: Off to spend some meaningful time with my gks for a few days. :)
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Dale of going to be a rainy day tomorrow, Diamond Springs, Norcali responded:
Mahalia Jackson. That's one of those "no shit" questions!! Man did she have the pipes for taking it to the lord!!!
CBS opens the night with a RERUN'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a RERUN'2 Broke Girls', then a RERUN'Big Bang Theory', followed by another RERUN'Big Bang Theory', then the SERIES PREMIERE'Under The Dome'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Melissa McCarthy, Idris Elba, and Dale Watson.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Toni Collette and Dylan Moran.
NBC fills the night with LIVE'Stanley Cup Playoffs', then pads the left coast with local crap, and maybe an old 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Steve Carell, Ken Ilgunas, and Barenaked Ladies.
On a RERUNJimmy Fallon (from 6/4/13) are Ethan Hawke, Rose Byrne, Bruce Jenner, and Savages.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 5/20/13) are Matthew Cooke, Johnny Tergo, and Grape St.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Bachelorette', followed by a FRESH'Mistresses'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Liev Schreiber, Amy Schumer, and Iron & Wine.
The CW offers a FRESH'Oh Sit', followed by a RERUN'The Carrie Diaries'.
Faux has a RERUN'Raising Hope', followed by a FRESH'The Goodwin Games', then a RERUN'New Girl', followed by a FRESH'Anger Management'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.
A&E has 'Criminal Minds', another 'Criminal Minds', followed by a FRESH'The Glades', then a FRESH'Longmire'.
AMC offers the movie 'El Dorado', then the movie 'Cahill: US Marshal'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] MASTERCHEF UK: THE PROFESSIONALS - Season 5 - Episode 21 NEW
[8:40AM] MASTERCHEF UK: THE PROFESSIONALS - Season 5 - Episode 22 NEW
[10:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 7 - Unification - Part 1
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 8 - Unification - Part 2
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 9 - A Matter of Time
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 6 - Clubway 4
[12:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED US - Season 4 - Ep 2 - Spanish Pavilion, Kingston Cafe, Capri, La Frite
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 5 - The Mixing Bowl
[4:00PM] MASTERCHEF UK: THE PROFESSIONALS - Season 5 - Episode 21
[4:40PM] MASTERCHEF UK: THE PROFESSIONALS - Season 5 - Episode 22
[6:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 3
[7:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 4
[8:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 11-12 - Episode 1
[9:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 11-12 - Episode 2
[10:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 12-13 - Episode 1
[11:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 12-13 - Episode 2
[12:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 1
[1:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 2
[2:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 3
[3:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 4
[4:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 5
[5:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 6 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of OC', then a FRESH'Newlyweds: The First Year'.
Comedy Central has an old 'Colbert Report', an old ' Jon Stewart John Oliver', 'Key & Peele', 'Futurama', another 'Futurama', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and still another 'South Park'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart John Oliver is Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Andrew Solomon.
FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Star Trek'.
History has 'American Pickers', 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH'American Pickers', 'Pawn Stars', and another 'Pawn Stars'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Offspring
[7:45AM] The Children
[9:30AM] The Pact
[11:30AM] Unrest
[1:30PM] The Children
[3:15PM] The Thing
[5:30PM] Clash of the Titans
[8:00PM] The Prestige
[10:45PM] The Last Legion
[1:00AM] The Prestige
[3:45AM] The Last Legion (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-The Garage Door
[7:00AM] Phantom of the Paradise
[8:45AM] Night and the City
[10:30AM] Maurice
[1:00PM] Phantom of the Paradise
[2:45PM] Night and the City
[4:30PM] Less Than Zero
[6:15PM] Some Kind of Wonderful
[8:00PM] Saturday Night Fever
[10:00PM] Push Girls-Tipany's Missing Sister
[10:30PM] Push Girls-Tipany's Missing Sister
[11:00PM] Breaking Bad-Full Measure
[12:00AM] Breaking Bad-Box Cutter
[1:05AM] This Way Up
[1:15AM] Push Girls-Tipany's Missing Sister
[1:45AM] Push Girls-Tipany's Missing Sister
[2:15AM] Some Kind of Wonderful
[4:00AM] Monsoon Wedding (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'The Ruins', 'Defiance', followed by a FRESH'Defiance', then a FRESH'Warehouse 13'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Sharon Osbourne, Sasha Alexander, and Roy Wood Jr.
Cast member Johnny Depp attends the world premiere of "The Lone Ranger" at Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim, California June 22, 2013. The movie opens in the U.S. on July 3.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has disappointed some most of her liberal base with her defense of the Obama administration's classified surveillance of U.S. residents' phone and Internet records.
Some of the activists attending the annual Netroots Nation political conference Saturday booed and interrupted the San Francisco Democrat when she commented on the surveillance programs carried out by the National Security Agency and revealed by a former contractor, Edward Snowden, The San Jose Mercury News reports.
The boos came when Pelosi said that Snowden had violated the law and that the government needed to strike a balance between security and privacy.
As she was attempting to argue that Obama's approach to citizen surveillance was an improvement over the policies under resident George W. Bush, an activist, identified by the Mercury News as Marc Perkel of Gilroy, stood up and tried loudly to question her, prompting security guards to escort him out of the convention hall.
Perkel told the newspaper that he thinks Pelosi does not fully understand what the NSA is up to.
Actress Cloris Leachman poses with Minion characters at the American premiere of the animated film "Despicable Me 2" at Universal CityWalk and Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California June 22, 2013.
Photo by Danny Moloshok
The winner of the Arab Idol reality show can't stop adding titles.
After winning the popular contest, singer Mohammed Assaf was named a special ambassador Sunday by the U.N.'s Palestinian refugee agency and the Palestinian president.
On Saturday night, Assaf became the first Palestinian to win the Arab world's version of American Idol, setting off wild celebrations across the Palestinian territories.
After the victory, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared the singer an honorary ambassador. "I congratulate the talented singer Mohammed Assaf ... who conveyed the message of the Palestinian people to the Arab nation through his art," Abbas said in a statement distributed by the official Wafa news agency.
He was also named a named a youth ambassador by the U.N.'s Relief and Works Agency, which serves Palestinian refugees across the Middle East. The agency runs the Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza, where Assaf has lived since the age of 4.
An American jazz legend Cecil Taylor was among three winners of an annual Japanese award for global achievement.
The Inamori Foundation announced Friday that this year's Kyoto Prize also went to a U.S. inventor of one of the most widely used integrated circuit memory systems and to a Japanese biologist.
An 84-year-old veteran jazz pianist from New York, Taylor opened new possibilities in jazz with his distinctive musical construction and renditions.
Robert Dennard, 80, also a New Yorker, invented basic structure for Dynamic Random Access Memory, contributing to boosting data storage capacity and cost reduction.
Masatoshi Nei, 82, an evolutionary biologist at Pennsylvania State University, contributed to estimating when diverging of genetic human variations occurred.
Cast member Ken Jeong poses with his wife Tran and two daughters at the American premiere of the animated film "Despicable Me 2" at Universal CityWalk and Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California June 22, 2013.
Photo by Danny Moloshok
The champion of the men's 2013 Boston Marathon returned his winner's medal to Mayor Thomas Menino on Sunday to honor the city and those killed and injured in the bombings near the finish line of one of the world's top running events.
"Sport holds the power to unify and connect people all over the world," Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia told the crowd through a translator. "Sport should never be used as a battleground."
More than 6,400 athletes gathered on Boston Common for the 10K organized by the Boston Athletic Association, the same nonprofit that handles the annual marathon. Spots for Sunday's race sold out in 13 hours online.
NBC "Meet the Press" host David Gregory got a rise out of Glenn Greenwald on Sunday by asking the Guardian reporter why he shouldn't be charged with a crime for having "aided and abetted" former National Security Agency analyst Edward Snowden.
Greenwald replied on the show Sunday that it was "pretty extraordinary that anybody who would call themselves a journalist would publicly muse about whether or not other journalists should be charged with felonies."
During his interview with NBC's Gregory, Greenwald declined to discuss where Snowden was headed. That refusal seemed to prompt Gregory to ask: "To the extent that you have aided and abetted Snowden, even in his current movements, why shouldn't you, Mr. Greenwald, be charged with a crime?"
Greenwald said Gregory was embracing the Obama administration's attempt to "criminalize investigative journalism," citing an FBI agent's characterization of Fox News journalist James Rosen as a probable co-conspirator of a State Department contractor who was suspected of leaking classified information to Rosen. Rosen was not charged.
"If you want to embrace that theory, it means that every investigative journalist in the United States who works with their sources, who receives classified information is a criminal, and it's precisely those theories and precisely that climate that has become so menacing in the United States," said Greenwald, a former constitutional and civil rights lawyer who has written three books contending that the government has violated personal rights in the name of protecting national security.
Cast member Steve Carell poses with a Minion character at the American premiere of the animated film "Despicable Me 2" at Universal CityWalk and Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California June 22, 2013.
Photo by Danny Moloshok
When Johnathan Shearrod gazes at Van Gogh's "Self Portrait," Bruegel the Elder's "Wedding Dance" or any of the other treasures at the Detroit Institute of Arts, he can't help but fear for their future.
If Detroit falls into bankruptcy, those masterpieces and other prized artworks could go on the auction block to help satisfy the city's staggering debts. Though the auctions would raise much-needed cash, they would also strip the city of its cultural riches, including paintings by Rivera, Renoir and Matisse, and maybe even zoo animals and historic automobiles.
"The art here is just as important as any of the structures connected to the auto industry," said Shearrod, a grant manager for a local nonprofit, during a recent visit to the museum. "The DIA is the spirit of Detroit."
Other institutions owned by the city and potentially at risk include a black-culture museum, the historic Fort Wayne dating to the 1840s and the 985-acre Belle Isle park, which will probably be leased to the state. Just north of the city is the Detroit Zoo.
A model wears a creation for Vivienne Westwood men's Spring-Summer 2014 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Sunday, June 23, 2013. The shirt portrays US Army soldier Bradley Manning, who was arrested in 2010 on suspicion of having made public classified material through the website WikiLeaks.
Photo by Luca Bruno
Sylvie Cachay, a promising New York fashion designer, had a dangerous chemistry with her playboy boyfriend, the son of an Academy Award-winning composer. They were only together six months, but they fought like crazy and made up the same way, friends say.
But on Dec. 9, 2010, Cachay's body was found in an overflowing bathtub at a members-only hotel in the Meatpacking District, among the trendiest neighborhoods in the city. She was dressed in a thick black sweater and pink and blue underwear. The faucet was on full blast. Her boyfriend, Nicholas Brooks, was absent - she was discovered by hotel workers responding to a leaky ceiling in the room below. But his DNA was on the faucet, prosecutors said.
Brooks, 25, is now on trial for murder after prosecutors said he strangled the 33-year-old inside the Soho House hotel room because she tried to end their tumultuous relationship. The case is expected to go until early July.
Brooks has pleaded not guilty. His defense attorney Jeffrey Hoffman suggested Cachay drowned accidentally, passing out from an overdose of prescription pills she took to treat migraines and fibromyalgia, a disorder that causes widespread pain in the body. He said investigators rushed to arrest Brooks because they needed a fast suspect in the high-profile killing that became national news.
Mermaid Parade participants poses for portraits in this combination photo before The Mermaid Day Parade on Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York June 22, 2013. The annual art parade is the largest of its kind in the nation, a celebration of ancient marine mythology with over 1,500 creative participants.
Photo by Carlo Allegri
"That '70s Show" actress Lisa Robin Kelly has been arrested in Southern California on suspicion of drunken driving.
The California Highway Patrol says officers noticed signs of possible intoxication when they helped move the 43-year-old actress' stalled car off Interstate 5 in Burbank late Saturday.
The CHP said that after an investigation, officers arrested and booked her on suspicion of DUI. Kelly was released on $5,000 bail.
Kelly portrayed Laurie Forman, sister of Topher Grace's lead character Eric, on the FOX series, which ended in 2006.
People dance as they take part in the Ivan Kupala festival near the town of Rakov, some 45 km (28 miles) west of Minsk, June 22, 2013. The traditional festival celebrates the summer solstice with overnight festivities such as people singing and dancing around campfires, as they believe it will purge them of their sins and make them healthier.
Photo by Vasily Fedosenko
A striking new photography exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences might make people scared of snakes a bit rattled, but there's no better way to appreciate these incredible creatures up close while staying out of fang's reach.
The snake charmer who created the images is photographer Mark Laita, who spent a year visiting zoos, breeders, collectors and venom labs in Central America and the United States. Using a large-format camera and somehow catching the very-much-alive snakes in dramatic poses, he captured some of the world's most poisonous creatures with details so vivid and textured that they seem unreal.
Academy curators chose 12 of the nearly 100 snakes in his art book, "Serpentine," for the exhibit running until Sept. 15. Laita photographed each snake right after it molted, when the colors are the most brilliant.
As dazzling as the photo reproductions appear in the book, the actual photographs on exhibit must be seen to be believed. They appear almost three-dimensional, dramatically lit in black frames hung on a black wall, while the acid-bright colors emit an otherworldly glow.
Shi'ite pilgrims gather in the Imam Abbas shrine during the preparations for the annual festival of Sha'abaniya pilgrimage in Kerbala, 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad, June 23, 2013. Sha'abaniya is a ritual marking the birth of Mohammed al-Mahdi, the 12th Shi'ite imam and a revered figure in Shi'ite Islam.
Photo by Mushtaq Muhammed
A rare Puya chilensis was planted at a greenhouse in Surrey about 15 years ago. However, despite its intimidating description, the tall, spiked plant is considered a threatened species.
The Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley has been feeding the plant a diet of liquid fertilizer. "In its natural habitat in the Andes it uses its razor sharp spines to snare and trap sheep and other animals, which slowly starve to death and decay at the base of the plant, providing it with the grizzly equivalent of a bag of fertiliser," reads a description on the RHS website , which adds that the plant emits a "gruesome scent."
But does the plant actually trap and eat sheep? Other sources have simply said it is "believed" that the plant traps small animals with its spikes. After the animals die of starvation, the plant is "believed" to then use their decaying bodies as fertilizer to feed itself.
Regardless of whether it actually traps sheep, the plant does have sharp spikes that can grow up to 12 feet high and 5 feet wide. However, it's not all death and danger for this plant. Its flowery blooms reportedly provide nectar for bees and birds.
The Puya chilensis blooms annually in its native land of Chile, but this is the first time it has done so after more than a decade of cultivation efforts from the RHS.
Married Hindu women pray after tying sacred threads around a banyan tree, believed to be a divine wishing tree, at a ceremony to pray for good luck during the Hindu religious festival of Vata Savitri Purnima in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad June 23, 2013. During the festival, married women fast for the whole day to pray for the betterment of their husbands, family and society.
Photo by Amit Dave
Disney's "Monsters University" is the weekend box-office winner, according to studio estimates released Sunday. The animated family film, which reunites stars Billy Crystal and John Goodman and their characters from the 2001 hit "Monsters, Inc.," debuted in first place with $82 million, beating out swarming zombies in "World War Z" and Superman himself in "Man of Steel."
Paramount's Brad Pitt zombie romp overcame critical advance publicity to open in second place with $66 million. Media reports months ahead of the film's opening chronicled its problems, including a revamped ending that delayed its release.
Rewrites and reshoots sent the film over budget. It ended up reportedly costing more than $200 million to make, but early reviews were positive.
Warner Bros. "Man of Steel" was third at the box office, adding another $41.2 million to its coffers and bringing its domestic ticket sales over $210 million in just the second week of release.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released on Monday.
1. "Monsters University," $82 million ($54.5 million international).
2. "World War Z," $66 million ($45.8 million international).
3. "Man of Steel," $41.2 million ($89 million international).
4. "This Is the End," $13 million.
5. "Now You See Me," $7.87 million ($6.6 million international).
6. "Fast & Furious 6," $4.7 million ($11.2 million international).
7. "The Internship," $3.43 million ($3.2 million international).
8. "The Purge," $3.41 million ($1.1 million international).
9. "Star Trek: Into Darkness," $3 million ($4.9 million international).
10. "Iron Man 3," $2.2 million ($400,000 international).
Tourists look at the rising "super moon" from the elevated skywalk of the Supertrees Grove at the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore June 23, 2013. The largest full moon of the year, called the "super moon," will light up the night sky this weekend.
Photo by Tim Chong
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