Susan Estrich: He Said, She Said (creators.com)
Not so many years ago, many states refused to prosecute cases of rape unless there was "corroboration" for the woman's complaint. (And in those days, it was always a woman.)
Jim Hightower: SOCCER SOCIALISM
If soccer is socialist... well, then so is America! More American kids under 12 now play soccer than play baseball, football, and basketball combined. In fact, America already has more registered soccer players than any other country - and the World Cup is creating more fans every day.
Richard Roeper: 'Twilight' saga spirals into ridiculous zone (suntimes.com)
You may remember the case, as it made quite a splash last winter. Last November, Samantha Tumpach and friends and family were celebrating Samantha's sister's birthday at a showing of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" at a Muvico theater in Rosemont.
roger ebert's journal: Okay, kids, play on my lawn
I was a fool for mentioning video games in the first place. I would never express an opinion on a movie I hadn't seen. Yet I declared as an axiom that video games can never be Art. I still believe this, but I should never have said so. Some opinions are best kept to yourself.
"Stars and Stripes Forever" is a patriotic American march widely considered to be the magnum opus of composer John Philip Sousa. By act of Congress, it is the National March of the United States of America.
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Marian the Teacher was first, and correct, with:
Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever"
mj wrote:
It has to be something by the march king
I think it's Sousa's Stars and Strips Forever.
BadtotheboneBob responded:
National march? Hmmm... Don't know fer sure, but I'd say Sousa's 'Stars and Stripes Forever'... Now, on to a more serious note (note - music.. get it? haha), I'm thinkin' we need a National Polka... Yes, that's right... A National Polka. (Get over it, OK?)
So, then, I hereby nominate 'In Heaven there is no Beer (that's why we drink it here)' ... Any seconds?
joe b replied:
My wife thinks it is a song by John Philip Sousa.
Charlie answered:
"Stars and Stripes Forever"
What a surprise.
Sally said:
John Philip Sousa's, "Stars and Stripes Forever" is the national march of the United States. Funny, I just heard this on NPR this very morning!
PS: 90° INSIDE of my house at noon (will hit the high 90s outside this afternoon); shades drawn and fans going full speed. The humidity is still low, but hear tell it will hit by tonight, and temps are forecast to go up into the 100s for the rest of the week. The thoughts of people picnicking in this weather is beyond me! I wonder how much an acre of land would go for up in the Antarctic nowadays??? Mumble, groan, whoa is me...
MAM wrote:
The Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa (1896)
And, Joe S responded:
As a former snare drummer in a high school marching band, that march is forever in my head even 48 years later. Stars and Stripes Forever
I would also like to add that my father played the soprano saxophone in a mass band under the direction of John Philip Sousa.
Little known outside of Japan, Hakone is a small town with a big if
open air secret. It plays host to an amazing open air museum. with
works by some of the world's leading sculptors. There is plenty for
the kids to do there too.
You would be forgiven for believing that the electric car is something
of a modern phenomenon, a reaction to the fact that the world's
accessible reserves of petroleum will be gone within a few decades.
The first electric car was manufactured in Clevelend, Ohio. The year?
1899.
CBS opens the night with a RERUN'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a RERUN'Rules Of Engagement', then a RERUN'2½ Men', followed by a RERUN'Big Bang Theory', then a RERUN'CSI: The 2nd One'.
On a RERUNDave (from 5/13/10) are Alec Baldwin and the National.
On a RERUNCraig (from 6/9/10) are Kyra Sedgwick and Tom Felton.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'Persons Unknown', followed by a FRESH, and totally unrigged (cough, cough), 'Last Comic Standing'.
On a RERUNLeno (from 6/10/10) are Denis Leary, Judd Apatow, and Alanis Morissette.
On a RERUNJimmy Fallon (from 6/9/10) are Jessica Biel, Craig Robinson, and Phish.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 5/13/10) are Diablo Cody and Surfer Blood.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Bachelorette', followed by a FRESH'True Beauty'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 3/3/10) are Queen Latifah, Jake Pavelka & Vienna Girardi, and Galactic.
The CW offers a RERUN'90210', followed by a RERUN'Gossip Girl'.
Faux has a RERUN'Lie To Me', followed by a RERUN'The Good Guys'.
MY recycles an old 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', followed by another old 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent'.
A&E has 'Intervention', another 'Intervention', followed by a FRESH'Intervention', then a FRESH'Obsessed'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Silence Of The Lambs', 'Mad Men', another "Mad Men', and still another 'Mad Men'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 22 Half a Life
[1:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 23 The Host
[2:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 24 The Mind's Eye
[3:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 25 In Theory
[4:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 26 Redemption, Part 1
[5:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 1 Redemption, Part 2
[6:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 2 Darmok
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America
[8:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 19 The First Duty
[9:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[10:00 PM] James May's Toy Stories - Ep 2 Slotcar Racetrack
[11:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 19 The First Duty
[12:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[1:00 AM] James May's Toy Stories - Ep 2 Slotcar Racetrack
[2:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[3:00 AM] James May's Toy Stories - Ep 2 Slotcar Racetrack
[4:00 AM] BBC World News
[4:30 AM] BBC World News
[5:00 AM] BBC World News
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EST)
Comedy Central has the movie 'American Pie', 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', still another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly',, and yet another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Denis Leary.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Dr. Michio Kaku.
FX has the movie '21', followed by the movie 'AVP: Alien Vs. Predator', then the movie 'Constantine'.
History has 'American Pickers', 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH'American Pickers', then a FRESH'Pawn Stars', followed by another FRESH'Pawn Stars'.
IFC -
[7:30 AM] Bee Season
[9:15 AM] Being Julia
[11:00 AM] The Valet
[12:30 PM] IFC Short Film Showcase
[1:30 PM] Bee Season
[3:15 PM] Being Julia
[5:00 PM] The Valet
[6:30 PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[7:00 PM] Monty Python's Flying Circus
[7:30 PM] Office Space
[9:00 PM] Barton Fink
[11:00 PM] Monty Python's Flying Circus
[11:30 PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[12:00 AM] The Break
[1:45 AM] Food Party
[2:00 AM] Z Rock
[2:30 AM] Witchblade
[3:00 AM] Office Space
[4:30 AM] Food Party
[4:45 AM] Monty Python's Flying Circus
[5:15 AM] The Valet (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[7:00 AM] Gretchen
[8:45 AM] The Metamorphosis
[9:00 AM] Carny
[10:15 AM] Audience Of One
[11:45 AM] Manufactured Landscapes
[1:15 PM] Eraserhead
[2:45 PM] Carny
[4:00 PM] Audience Of One
[5:30 PM] Manufactured Landscapes
[7:00 PM] LIVE FROM ABBEY ROAD - Lyle Lovett, Doves, Noisettes (Episode 7, Season 3)
[8:00 PM] Of Time And The City
[9:15 PM] At Night
[10:00 PM] Caramel
[11:45 PM] A Lost Man
[11:45 PM] Of Time And The City
[2:30 AM] Caramel
[4:15 AM] A Lost Man
[5:45 AM] The Metamorphosis
[6:00 AM] In Short 111 (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest', followed by the movie 'Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End'.
TBS:
On a RERUNLopez Tonight (from 5/20/10) are Ryan Phillippe, Niecy Nash, and Mario Lopez.
U.S. rock singer John Fogerty performs during the Peace & Love festival in Borlange in the Midwest of Sweden Saturday July 3 2010.
Photo by Niklas Larsson
The royal hair? Jam made from what its maker claims is one of Princess Diana's hairs is up for sale at an art exhibition in London.
The preserve, called "occult jam," is part of a surrealist art show at London's Barbican Art Gallery that includes exhibits by Salvador Dali and Rene Margritte. The 5-pound-a-jar ($7.60) jam is both art and food, Sam Bompas, who founded catering company Bompas and Parr, said Sunday.
He said the preserve is made by infusing a tiny speck of the late princess of Wales' hair with gin, which is then combined with milk and sugar to create a product with a taste resembling condensed milk.
The hair was bought on eBay for $10 from a U.S. dealer who collects what he says is celebrity hair and sells it in extremely tiny parts.
John Travolta is thanking his adopted Florida hometown, Ocala, after residents waged an online campaign to bring a limited rerelease of his hit "Grease" to the area.
The 1978 classic is being shown in select theaters nationwide as the "Grease Sing-A-Long," with karaoke-style subtitles for the songs.
Ocala wasn't on the distribution list. So residents swamped an online poll that allowed the city with the most voting fans to get the film. Ocala topped the poll by hundreds of votes.
Travolta released a statement through JTP Films thanking residents and promising to buy free snacks.
Finland for the second year in a row took first place at the annual Wife-Carrying World Championships held in the central Finnish town of Sonkajaervi, organisers said Saturday.
Taisto Miettinen, who was defending his champion title, raced through a 250-metre (273-yard) course with two hurdles and a pool in just over one minute four seconds, carrying Kristiina Haapanen on his back.
The winners beat Estonia's Alar Voogla and Kristi Viltrop, who also took silver last year, by 0.4 seconds.
The 45-year-old Miettinen, a commercial lawyer by day, attended the competition for 10 years before grabbing gold -- and putting an end to Estonia's 11-year reign -- last year.
This year, 51 teams from 13 countries including Australia, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates competed in front of a crowd of 4,000.
Former Miss California Carrie Prejean is now Mrs. Kyle Boller, after marrying the Oakland Raiders quarterback at a San Diego resort.
The San Diego Union Tribune says the dethroned beauty queen and the 29-year-old quarterback tied the knot late Friday in a private ceremony at the Grand Del Mar.
Among the guests were Gateway computer founder Ted Waitt, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Matt Nordgren.
A Japanese eating champion who sat out this year's Coney Island Fourth of July hot dog contest apparently couldn't resist the temptation to hotdog afterward - and got arrested.
Six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi was sitting in a jail cell Sunday after the annual Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest.
Earlier in the day, Joey "Jaws" Chestnut gobbled his way to a fourth consecutive championship. But he was suddenly upstaged by the surprise appearance of his biggest rival, Kobayashi, who crashed the eating platform after Chestnut's win and wrestled with police.
The 32-year-old Kobayashi did not compete this year because he refused to sign a contract with Major League Eating - the fast food equivalent of the NFL. On his Japanese-language blog, he said he wanted to be free to enter contests sanctioned by other groups.
For Sale: Two square miles of Grand Teton National Park.
Majestic views of the Teton Range. Prime location for luxury resort, home development. Pristine habitat for moose, elk, wolves, grizzlies.
Price: $125 million. Call: Gov. Dave Freudenthal.
Wyoming is trying to force the Interior Department to trade land, minerals or mineral royalties for 1,366 acres it owns within the majestic park. If the foot-dragging feds don't agree to a deal - soon - Freudenthal threatens to put a For Sale sign on the property.
Wyoming has owned the land since statehood in 1890, when the federal government set aside land in new Western states to be mined, logged or leased to raise money for public education. Wyoming kept its so-called "school sections" after Grand Teton National Park was established in 1950.
Pope Benedict XVI has traveled to a central Italian town to pay homage to Celestine V, the 13th-century hermit pontiff who resigned, saying he was not up to the task.
Benedict urged the faithful Sunday to learn from Celestine's sober and simple life. He praised Celestine for his detachment from material things such as money and clothes.
Benedict said that "we, too, who live in an epoch of greater comfort and possibilities, are called upon to appreciate a sober lifestyle."
A 100-foot (33-meter), twin-screw diesel submarine seized at a jungle shipyard in Ecuador marks a quantum, if anticipated, leap in drug-smuggling evasion technology, the top U.S. counter-drug official for the region said Sunday.
Until now, all the smuggling vessels seized on the high seas or at clandestine shipyards built to haul multi-ton loads of cocaine under the Pacific's surface were semi-submersibles. They typically unload off Central America and Mexico drugs destined for the United States.
Equipped with air intake and engine exhaust pipes, none of those craft were capable of fully submerging so they could evade radar and heat-seeking technology of drug-interdiction aircraft.
The camouflage-painted vessel seized by Ecuadorean police Friday appears by contrast to be capable of long-range underwater operation - a development U.S. analysts have long expected, Bergman said.
Deep under Beirut's busiest shopping district lies a treasure trove of the Arab world's film history where movie buff Abbudi Abu Jawdeh has amassed vintage film posters spanning some 80 years
What started as a childhood passion today offers a rare and little known pictorial record of Egyptian, Syrian, Iraqi, Palestinian and Lebanese films, including many that no longer exist, lost over time because of wars, fires or simple neglect.
His private collection consists of 20,000 posters of 5,000 films and includes what is likely the largest collection of Lebanese film posters going back to the 1950s and featuring legends of the silver screen such as Lebanese singing divas Fayruz and Sabah as well as actors such as Samira Tufic, Shams El Barudi and Abdel Halim Hafez.
The vibrantly coloured posters drawn by well-known artists of the time have become collector's items and offer a walk down memory lane, reflecting the changing cultures and styles of the past century.
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