David Weigel: The GOP's Strange Obsession With the "War on Women" (Slate)
I'm not even sure of what the attack is telling us, apart from how the party committees are more confident attacking sex scandals than in advertising the state GOP bills that Democrats are grouping into the "war on women."
Terry Savage: When Will It End? (Creators Syndicate)
When will this bull market end? When you least expect it! That's the "rule" of bull markets. Bull markets power past all rational thought, all the naysayers, and all the doubters. Only when everyone is sucked in, and there is no one else left to buy, only then does a bull market end.
Marilyn Preston: To Buy or Not to Buy ... Organic: Know the Dirty Dozen (Creators Syndicate)
It happens every summer in mid-July. I'm at the farmers market, scooping up the locally grown fruits and vegetables that were harvested that very morning. And it hits me - the Strawberry Crisis. Should I buy two boxes of strawberries for $5 or go organic and pay the same amount for one box?
Jill Filipovic: Despite Virginia Johnson's legacy, we're still screwed-up about sex (Guardian)
In a better reality, sexuality would be understood as a fundamental part of human existence, its good inherent and not dependent on how it can be leveraged. Why? Because pleasure is a good thing. We should all feel more of it when we can. And sex, for many people, is a source of a uniquely wonderful range of pleasurable feelings - physical, emotional and spiritual.
Because this play is said to be cursed, actors avoid saying its name, using the euphemism "The Scottish Play" instead. Outside the theater-world, what is the title of this work?
Fear of frogs and toads is both a known specific phobia, known simply as frog phobia or ranidaphobia (from ranidae, the most widespread family of frogs), and a superstition common to the folkways of many cultures. Psychiatric speciality literature uses the simple term "fear of frogs" rather than any specialized term. The term batrachophobia has also been recorded in a 1953 psychiatric dictionary.
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Marian, was first, and correct, with:
frogs
Alan J replied:
Fear of Frogs
Charlie responded:
Frogs.
Adam answered:
The fear of Frogs.
Sally said:
Ranidaphobia is the fear of Frogs.
Rehabilitated frogs who have lost limbs to gourmet chefs.
Who could be afraid of them?
@ DannyD - always good to see you here, even if it's a rarity, :)
@Michelle - great news re: The hay bales! I see that, "Home Depot" (et al.) had small bales for decorating, and I would love the smaller ones! (At least to try them.)
@B2BB, speaking of Sally Struthers (today's birthdays). My friend (recent houseguest) just went up to Maine with her daughter to see a local production of, "Thoroughly Modern Millie" starring Ms Struthers. My friend's daughter had a friend in the cast and was invited (with Mom) to the cast party on the last night of the show. Who should appear there, but Sally! Everyone agreed that she not only mentors the young cast, but is very genuine and nice. Everyone had a joyous time, and she stayed with them for quite a while.
I love stories about unpretentious celebrities.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Fear of frogs
Dale of "I don't want to be at work today" Diamond Springs, Norcali, replied:
If you are afflicted with Ranidaphobia you probably have these symptoms: Feelings of dread? Overwhelming thoughts? Rapid heartbeat? Tunnel vision? Worse? Fear of froggies!!!! How could you fear Kermit?
MAM wrote:
Frogs
BttbBob answered:
"Ah'm-a gonna gets ya, sucka! Tha's right! YOU!... Ribbit!"
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Memo to SallyP: Yeah! What Michelle sez, ya 'City-Girl', you! ;)
The Difference Between Hay Bales and Straw Bales | StrawBale.com
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Bruce Link Comment - Would I practice polygamy if it were legal?
Ya mean, like, having more than one wife? Egad, three or four perhaps?
(Fill in the blank)
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Michelle Link Comment - I don't know what's suddenly up with all this military "Lack of Spiritual Fitness" falderal... Wasn't at all like that in the 70's-80's during my time in uniform. "Sky Pilots" kept a low profile. Only once (right after boot camp) did I ever speak with one (about a family issue) during my 6 years in the army. I did see them wandering around, occasionally, in the hospitals I worked at, but they were there for the patients and we ignored them. Out in the field they'd come around and it was, for me, like, "Hey, Padre", and that was it... and in my 10 1/2 years in the CG, I only saw one. It was at a 9th District Rear Admiral Change of Command ceremony in Cleveland. He gave a non-denominational opening invocation and that was it. The CG has Navy chaplains attached only at the bigger bases and they never visited the small units... Anyway, there certainly wasn't any mandatory compulsion implied or directed. What's going on now is disconcerting to me, to say the least... and kinda creepy scary.
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Yeah, she's 'Country'... Yeah, she can really sing... Yeah, I like her a lot...
Geddy Lee (59) Bassist and singer for "Rush"
(Yes, JoeS, I know, I know... But, this tune tells it like it is about how music on the radio impacts us daily and what the music radio business is really like...)
Rush The Spirit Of The Radio - YouTube if'n ya don't want to listen, read the lyrics. It's the truth...
The Spirit Of Radio Lyrics - Rush
Ken Burns (60) Documentary film maker of certain note. I thought his "The Civil War" was a masterpiece...
And, Joe S said:
Poem
Ranidaphobia is the fear of frogs,
but Carla loves 'em as much as dogs.
The house is packed full of froggy things,
Statues, and fountains, and finger rings.
But thankfully the critters don't live inside,
That's a bit more frog than I could abide.
CBS opens the night with a RERUN'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a RERUN'Mike & Molly', then a RERUN'2 Broke Girls', followed by a RERUN'Mike & Molly', then a FRESH'Under The Dome'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Denzel Washington and James McCartney.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Courtney Love and Jeff Kurr.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'American Ninja Warrior', followed by a FRESH'Get Our Alive With Bear Grylls', then a FRESH'Siberia'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Kristen Bell, Jake Johnson, and Phillip Phillips.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Mark Wahlberg, Poppy Montgomery, and the Virgins, J. Mascis.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 3/28/13) are David Duchovny, Derek Cianfrance, and Gold Fields.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Bachelorette', followed by a FRESH'Mistresses'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Neil Patrick Harris, Clayton Kershaw, and Pepper.
The CW offers a RERUN'Hart Of Dixie', followed by a FRESH'Breaking Pointe'.
Faux has a RERUN'Raising Hope', followed by another RERUN'Raising Hope', then a RERUN'New Girl', followed by a RERUN'The Mindy Project'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.
A&E has 'Duck Dynasty', another 'Duck Dynasty', still another 'Duck Dynasty', yet another 'Duck Dynasty', followed by a FRESH'The Glades', then a FRESH'Longmire'.
AMC offers 'Lonesome Dove', followed by another 'Lonesome Dove'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] MASTERCHEF UK: THE PROFESSIONALS - Season 5 - Episode 15
[9:00AM] MASTERCHEF UK: THE PROFESSIONALS - Season 5 - Episode 16
[10:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 6 - Phantasms
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 7 - Dark Page
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 8 - Attached
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 3 - Ep 2 - The Fenwick Arms
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 2 - Giuseppi's
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 9 - Capri
[4:00PM] MASTERCHEF UK: THE PROFESSIONALS - Season 5 - Episode 15
[5:00PM] MASTERCHEF UK: THE PROFESSIONALS - Season 5 - Episode 16
[6:00PM] TOP GEAR Season 16 - Special
[7:30PM] TOP GEAR - Season 20 - Episode 3
[8:30PM] TOP GEAR - Season 20 - Episode 4 NEW
[10:00PM] DANGERMAN: THE INCREDIBLE MR. GOODWIN - Season 1 - Episode 4 NEW
[11:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 20 - Episode 4
[12:30AM] DANGERMAN: THE INCREDIBLE MR. GOODWIN - Season 1 - Episode 4
[1:30AM] TOP GEAR - Season 20 - Episode 3
[2:30AM] TOP GEAR - Season 20 - Episode 4
[4:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 16 - Episode 6
[5:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 9 - Episode 2 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of OC', another 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of OC', then a FRESH'Below Deck'.
Comedy Central has an old 'Colbert Report', an old ' Jon Stewart John Oliver', 'Key & Peele', 'Futurama', 'Kevin Hart: I'm A Grown Little Man', and 'Kevin Hart: Laugh At My Pain'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart John Oliver is Mark Leibovich.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is The Lumineers.
FX has the movie 'Knowing', followed by the movie 'Avatar'.
History has 'American Pickers', another 'American Pickers', followed by a FRESH'American Pickers', then a FRESH'God, Guns & Automobiles', and another 'God, Guns & Automobiles'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Anna Kendrick Wears a Patterned Blouse & Burgundy Pants
[6:30AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Aziz Ansari Wears a Charcoal Blazer
[7:00AM] Robin Hood: Men in Tights
[9:15AM] Braddock: Missing in Action III
[11:30AM] National Lampoon's Gold Diggers
[1:30PM] Robin Hood: Men in Tights
[3:45PM] Braddock: Missing in Action III
[6:00PM] The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
[9:45PM] The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
[1:30AM] Kingdom of Heaven
[4:30AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Andy Samberg Wears a Plaid Shirt and Glasses
[5:00AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Aziz Ansari Wears a Charcoal Blazer
[5:30AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Anna Kendrick Wears a Patterned Blouse & Burgundy Pants (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Top of the Lake-Episode 6
[7:00AM] Funny Farm
[8:45AM] The Candidate
[10:45AM] Some Kind of Wonderful
[12:30PM] Top of the Lake-Episode 6
[1:30PM] Funny Farm
[3:15PM] The Candidate
[5:15PM] The Dirty Dozen
[8:00PM] Dead Man Walking
[10:00PM] The Writers' Room-Breaking Bad
[10:30PM] The Writers' Room-Breaking Bad
[11:00PM] Breaking Bad-Salud
[12:00AM] Breaking Bad-Crawl Space
[1:00AM] The Writers' Room-Breaking Bad
[1:30AM] The Writers' Room-Breaking Bad
[2:00AM] Money Train
[3:45AM] The Libertine
[5:45AM] A'mare (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has 'Fear Factor', another 'Fear Factor', still another 'Fear Factor', and 'Joe Rogan Questions Everything'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Eric McCormack, Mitchie Brusco, and Franz Ferdinand.
Singers Britney Spears (L) and Katy Perry pose at the premiere of "The Smurfs 2" at the Regency Village theatre in Los Angeles, California July 28, 2013. Spears performed the song "Ooh La La" from the movie, and Perry voiced the character "Smurfette". The movie opens in the U.S. on July 31.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
A Hillary Rodham Clinton miniseries timed to precede the 2016 presidential election is part of NBC's effort to create "event" programming that will draw viewers to the shrinking world of broadcast network TV, NBC's programming chief said Saturday.
"We need to be in the event business. I think you're going to hear that from every broadcast network," said Bob Greenblatt, NBC Entertainment chairman.
The four-hour miniseries "Hillary," starring Diane Lane as the former first lady and secretary of state, is one such bid for distinctive programming, he said.
The goal is to woo viewers who are increasingly drawn away by cable TV's eye-catching, critically acclaimed fare like "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad" and other media choices.
Broadcasting's audience is shrinking by 4 percent to 7 percent annually, Greenblatt told a meeting of the Television Critics Association.
A North American bumblebee species that all but vanished from about half of its natural range has re-emerged in Washington state, delighting scientists who voiced optimism the insect might eventually make a recovery in the Pacific Northwest.
Entomologists and bee enthusiasts in recent weeks have photographed several specimens of the long-absent western bumblebee - known to scientists as Bombus occidentalis - buzzing among flower blossoms in a suburban park north of Seattle.
"It's a pretty big deal," said Rich Hatfield, a biologist for the Oregon-based Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, which documents and reports such findings.
The multiple sightings, including observations of several queens, are evidence of western bumblebee colonies in the area, although it hardly proves the species has returned in force and or that it will thrive in the region, Hatfield said.
Last year, a single western bumblebee, recognized by its distinctive white-banded bottom, was discovered by an insect enthusiast in her mother's garden in suburban Brier, Washington. It was the first sighting in Washington state west of the Cascades in well over a decade.
Deep in the mountains of northern Idaho, miles from the nearest town, lays evidence of a little-known portion of a shameful chapter of American history.
There are no buildings, signs or markers to indicate what happened at the site 70 years ago, but researchers sifting through the dirt have found broken porcelain, old medicine bottles and lost artwork identifying the location of the first internment camp where the U.S. government used people of Japanese ancestry as a workforce during World War II.
Today, a team of researchers from the University of Idaho wants to make sure the Kooskia Internment Camp isn't forgotten to history.
"We want people to know what happened, and make sure we don't repeat the past," said anthropology professor Stacey Camp, who is leading the research.
Giant sites where thousands of people were held - such as Manzanar in California, Heart Mountain in Wyoming and Minidoka in Idaho - are well-known. But Camp said even many local residents knew little about the tiny Kooskia camp, which operated from 1943 to the end of the war and held more than 250 detainees about 30 miles east of its namesake small town, and about 150 miles southeast of Spokane, Wash.
Singer Cher appears at Ultra Suede in West Hollywood, California on July 27, 2013. Cher has her eight number one single with her new song 'Woman's World' on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.
Photo by Frank Micelotta
It's taken five years, but singing star Celine Dion has attended a ceremony to pick up a medal elevating her within the Order of Canada.
The pop star was at the Governor General's Quebec City residence to receive the award Friday, a day before her concert at the nearby Plains of Abraham battlefield.
It was a rare appearance outside Las Vegas for the Quebec-born star, who is in the midst of a three-year stint at Caesar's Palace casino.
It was initially announced in 2008 that Dion would be elevated to the highest rank of the Order of Canada, that of Companion. She was first named to the order in 1998, at the lower rank of Member.
A staggering 40 million euro ($53 million) worth of diamonds and other jewels was stolen Sunday from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes, in one of Europe's biggest jewelry heists in recent years, police said. One expert noted the crime follows recent jail escapes by members of the notorious "Pink Panther" jewel thief gang.
The hotel in the sweltering French Riviera was hosting a temporary jewelry exhibit over the summer from the prestigious Leviev diamond house, which is owned by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev.
A police spokesman said the theft took place around noon, but he could not confirm local media reports that the robber was a single gunman who stuffed a suitcase with the gems before making a swift exit. The spokesman spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter on the record.
The luxury Carlton hotel is situated on the exclusive Promenade de la Croisette that stretches a mile and a half along the French Riviera, and is thronged by the rich and famous throughout the year. The hotel's position provides not only a beautiful view of the sea but also an easy getaway for potential jewel thieves along the long stretch of road.
Emmy nominated costume designs from "Behind the Candelabra" at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 65th Primetime Emmy Awards Costume Design & Supervision Nominee Reception & 7th Annual FIDM Museum & Galleries "The Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design" Exhibition Preview at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising on Saturday, July 27, 2013 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Photo by Frank Miicelotta
The birth of Britain's Prince George has reopened a rift among those campaigning for Scotland to vote for independence next year, playing into the hands of those who want it to retain its 306-year union with England.
The "Yes Scotland" campaign says it wants to win a referendum on independence in 2014 and for the country to become fully independent by 2016, shaking off centuries of what it regards as oppressive rule from London.
The Scottish National Party (SNP), the main force backing independence for the country of around 5 million, has promised voters they can become independent while keeping the Queen as their monarch and the pound sterling as their currency.
Most opinion polls show around a third of Scots would vote for independence, while almost half would elect to remain part of Britain. A large number of voters remain undecided however.
Alphorn blowers and flag throwers perform an ensemble piece on the last day of the international alphorn festival on the alp of Tracouet in Nendaz, in southern Switzerland, July 28, 2013. About 150 alphorn blowers took part in the contest this year. Picture taken with a fisheye lens.
Photo by Denis Balibouse
Some of Italy's top politicians on Saturday rallied behind the country's first black minister, a target of racist slurs since her appointment in April, after a spectator threw bananas at her while she was making a speech.
Integration Minister Cecile Kyenge, who is originally from Democratic Republic of Congo, was appearing at a political rally in Cervia in central Italy on Friday, when someone in the audience threw bananas towards the stage, narrowly missing it.
Kyenge has faced almost daily racial slurs and threats since joining the government. Earlier this month a senator from the anti-immigration Northern League party likened her to an orangutan and only apologized after a storm of criticism.
Last month, a local Northern League councilor said Kyenge should be raped so she understands how victims of crimes committed by immigrants feel. The councilor has received a suspended jail sentence and a temporary ban from public office.
Costume designs from "Game of Thrones" at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 65th Primetime Emmy Awards Costume Design & Supervision Nominee Reception & 7th Annual FIDM Museum & Galleries "The Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design" Exhibition Preview at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising on Saturday, July 27, 2013 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Photo by Frank Miicelotta
A chilling find has been made in Poland: at least 17 skeletons buried with the skulls severed and placed between the knees or hands. That, say archaeologists, is how vampires used to be interred, to stop them rising from the dead.
Construction workers building a road near the town of Gliwice in southern Poland this month came across four skeletons buried in a bizarre way. Their skulls had been cut off and placed between the knees or hands of the dead. Later, a further 13 skeletons arranged in a similar way were found.
Adding to the mystery, nothing -- no jewellery, remains of clothing or coins, not even a button -- was found on the bodies.
Archaeologists now believe that the bodies date from the 15th or 16th centuries, when the fear of vampires was widespread in Eastern Europe. Lukasz Obtulowicz, an archaeologist from the monument protection office in the nearby city of Katowice, said there were clear indications that this was the site of a vampire burial, noting that stones had been placed on the skulls. "All this served to prevent the vampires from returning to life," he said in a television interview.
A female devotee in trance walks over a man during the annual Hindu religious festival of Bonalu at Secunderabad in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh July 28, 2013. The word "Bonalu" is derived from the Telugu word "Bhojanalu", which refers to the food offered to Goddess Kali, the Hindu goddess of power. The main ritual in the month-long festival consists of offering cooked rice, jaggery, curd, water and other dishes brought by women in earthen pots to Goddess Kali. Devotees believe that the offerings will ward off evil and epidemics during the monsoon period.
"The Wolverine" slashed monsters and minions to debut atop the weekend box office.
The Fox film featuring Hugh Jackman's sixth turn as the claw-wielding superhero opened with $55 million in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Last weekend's top movie, Warner Bros.' low-budget horror "The Conjuring," slipped to second place, adding another $22.1 million to its take.
Woody Allen's latest, "Blue Jasmine," enjoyed a stellar opening of its own, though on a much smaller scale. Starring Cate Blanchett, the film opened in just six theaters but still collected $612,767.
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. "The Wolverine," $55 million ($86.1 million international).
2. "The Conjuring," $22.1 million ($6.9 million international).
3. "Despicable Me 2," $16 million ($24.5 million international).
4. "Turbo," $13.3 million ($12.5 million international).
5. "Grown Ups 2," $11.5 million ($4.2 million international).
6. "Red 2," $9.4 million ($6.1 million international).
7. "Pacific Rim," $7.5 million ($14.25 million international).
8. "The Heat," $6.85 million ($3.1 million international).
9. "R.I.P.D.," $5.85 million ($3.1 million international).
10. "Fruitvale Station," $4.65 million.
David "Kidd" Kraddick, the high-octane radio and TV host of the "Kidd Kraddick in the Morning" show heard on dozens of U.S. radio stations, has died at a charity golf event near New Orleans, a publicist said. Kraddick was 53.
The Texas-based radio and television personality, whose program is syndicated by YEA Networks, died at his Kidd's Kids charity function in the New Orleans suburb of Gretna on Saturday, said publicist Ladd Biro in releasing a network statement.
"He died doing what he loved," said Biro, of the public relations firm Champion Management, speaking with AP by phone early Sunday. He said he had no further details on the death.
The "Kidd Kraddick in the Morning" show is heard on more than 75 Top 40 and Hot AC radio stations and is a leader among most-listened-to contemporary morning programs, Biro said. The radio program also is transmitted globally on American Forces Radio Network while the show's cast is also seen weeknights on the nationally syndicated TV show "Dish Nation," he added.
The Dallas Morning News reported Kraddick had been a staple in the Dallas market since 1984, starting in a late-night debut. The newspaper said he moved into morning show work by the early 1990s in that market and his show began to gain wider acclaim and entered into syndication by 2001 as he gained a following in cities nationwide.
Kraddick would have turned 54 on Aug. 22, according to Biro.
Red coati (nasua narica rufa) enjoy some iced fruits on a hot summer day in Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna July 28, 2013. Temperatures in Austria's capital Vienna reached more than 36 degrees Celsius (97 Fahrenheit) on Sunday but Austria's Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics predicts a possible record temperature of 39 degrees Celsius (102 Fahrenheit) in the upcoming days.
Photo by Leonhard Foeger
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