The Right-Wing Version of 'We Are the 99 Percent': Heartbreaking (Gawker)
Did you know that if you are uninsured or jobless, you should just suck it up? That if you're overworked or underemployed, you should be thankful? Learn all that-and more!-at "We Are the 53%," the right wing's incredibly depressing response to Occupy Wall Street!
Terry Savage: Market Shows Why You Keep a Steady Hand (Creators Syndicate)
What a difference a day makes, or even a week. It was little more than a week ago - Oct. 3 - that the Dow Jones industrial average closed at 10,655. An early sell-off the following day pushed stocks into bear market territory, with an intra-day decline of 20 percent from the highs of the year. But that day, the market rebounded to close with a gain.
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State insects are designated by 41 individual states of the fifty United States. Some states have more than one designated insect, or have multiple categories (e.g., state insect and state butterfly, etc.). More than half of the insects chosen are not native to North America, because of the inclusion of three European species (European honey bee, European mantis, and 7-spotted ladybug).
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Forty One
Marian wrote:
41
Charlie responded:
Forty-one. Some have multiple categories (Official State butterfly + State Insect). There are a couple of State bugs.
The honeybee has been designated by seventeen states, the monarch butterfly by seven states as either Official insect or Butterfly, and six claim (or are claimed by) ladybugs.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
State insects are designated by 41 individual states of the fifty United
StatesUnited States. Some states have more than one designated insect, or
have multiple categories (e.g., state insect and state butterfly, etc.).
Sally said:
According to the Smithsonian Encyclopedia, 41 states in the United States have officially designated State Insects.
Don't know how many "ifficially..." ;)
Hee, hee, hee...
PS: Condolences to all (2) you Tiger fans... Now you can join my grandson, heartbroken after his Yankee loss, but still able to boo that Texas team... "'Dubya' sitting in the front row near home plate," a cruel day indeed!
Adam answered:
According to the Smithsonian, 41 states.
MAM wrote:
41 States ~ Pennsylvania's "State Insect" is a lightning bug, Pennsylvania firefly.
And, Joe S replied:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.
How many is that? Lots.
State insects are designated by 41 individual states of the fifty United States. Some states have more than one designated insect, or have multiple categories (e.g., state insect and state butterfly, etc.). More than half of the insects chosen are not native to North America, because of the inclusion of three European species (European honey bee, European mantis, and 7-spotted ladybug).
Sally, is it true that the state bird of New Jersey is the mosquito?
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a FRESH'2 Broke Girls', then a FRESH'2½ Men', followed by a FRESH'Mike & Molly', then a FRESH'Hawaii Five-0'.
On a RERUNDave (from 9/8/11) are Michael J. Fox, a Top Ten List presented by Ashton Kutcher, Jon Cryer & Angus T. Jones, Jim McDonald, and John Doe.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Maria Bello and Joel Schumacher.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'The Sing Off', followed by a FRESH'Prime Suspect'.
On a RERUNLeno (from 9/13/11) are Ellen DeGeneres, Bob Harper, and Cobra Starship featuring Sabi.
On a RERUNJimmy Fallon (from 9/27/11) are Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Roger Waters, and Foo Fighters.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 9/28/11) are Matt "Money" Smith, Cliff Martinez, and Kylesa.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Dancing With The R's', then a FRESH'Castle'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 9/12/11) are Nathan Fillion, Dave Salmoni, and Sia.
The CW offers a FRESH'Gossip Girl', followed by a FRESH'Hart Of Dixie'.
Faux has a FRESH'Terra Nova', followed by a FRESH'House'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.
A&E has 'Gene Simmons', another 'Gene Simmons', followed by a FRESH'Gene Simmons', another 'Gene Simmons', and still another 'Gene Simmons'.
AMC offers the movie 'Mimic 2', followed by the movie 'Survival Of The Dead', then the movie 'The Hills Have Eyes'.
BBC -
[6:00 AM] BBC World News
[7:00 AM] BBC World News
[8:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Episode 13
[9:00 AM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 9
[10:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 Giuseppi's
[11:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 8 La Gondola
[12:00 PM] Doctor Who - 10 - Vincent and The Doctor
[1:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 10
[2:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 11
[3:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 9 Fiesta Sunrise
[4:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 - PJ's
[5:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 9 A Matter of Time
[6:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[7:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 1
[8:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 5
[9:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 6
[10:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[11:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 5
12:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 6
1:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 3
2:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 5
3:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 6
4:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 3
5:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NJ', 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', then a FRESH'Most Eligible Dallas'.
Comedy Central has '30 Rock', another '30 Rock', 'South Park', another 'South Park', '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 Ellen Schultz.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Harry Belafonte.
FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Iron Man', then the movie 'Iron Man', again.
History has 'American Pickers', 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', and, yes, one more 'Pawn Stars'.
IFC -
[12:00AM] Dark Ride
[2:00AM] The Dark Half
[4:30AM] Freaks and Geeks - Pilot
[5:30AM] Undeclared - Pilot
[6:00AM] Freaks and Geeks - Beers and Weirs
[7:00AM] Polish Wedding
[9:15AM] Man About Town
[11:15AM] Volver
[1:45PM] Polish Wedding
[4:00PM] Man About Town
[6:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle - The Grandparents
[6:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle - Traffic Ticket
[7:00PM] Seventh Moon
[8:45PM] Antichrist
[9:15PM] Ravenous
[11:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle - Surgery
[12:00AM] Malcolm in the Middle - Reese Cooks
[12:30AM] Ravenous
[2:45AM] Seventh Moon
[4:30AM] The Whitest Kids U'Kn
[5:00AM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[5:30AM] The Whitest Kids U'Know (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00 AM] LUDO BITES AMERICA: Raleigh (Episode 5, Season 1)
[7:00 AM] LUDO BITES AMERICA: Redondo Beach (Episode 6, Season 1)
[8:00 AM] ALL ON THE LINE - From A to Joe Zee (Episode 9, Season 1)
[9:00 AM] UNLEASHED BY GARO: I Kind of Feel Naked (Episode 6, Season 1)
[10:00 AM] Love Lust & Sex Symbols
[11:00 AM] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - The Substitute (Episode 6, Season 1)
[12:00 PM] Sounds Like Teen Spirit
[1:40 PM] Everlasting Moments
[4:00 PM] Flame & Citron
[6:20 PM] In Memory Of My Father
[8:00 PM] LUDO BITES AMERICA: Santa Fe (Episode 1, Season 1)
[9:00 PM] ALL ON THE LINE - From A to Joe Zee (Episode 9, Season 1)
[10:00 PM] QUIRKY: Huge Gamble, Huge Reward (Episode 1, Season 1)
[11:00 PM] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Why Jordan Can't Read (Episode 7, Season 1)
[12:00 AM] ALL ON THE LINE - From A to Joe Zee (Episode 9, Season 1)
[1:00 AM] QUIRKY: Huge Gamble, Huge Reward (Episode 1, Season 1)
[2:00 AM] UNLEASHED BY GARO: That's a Lot of Skin (Episode 5, Season 1)
[3:00 AM] UNLEASHED BY GARO: I Kind of Feel Naked (Episode 6, Season 1)
[4:00 AM] In Memory Of My Father
[5:45 AM] Always Crashing In The Same Car
[6:00 AM] Carny (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has 'Scare Tactics', another 'Scare Tactics', still another 'Scare Tactics', yet another 'Scare Tactics', followed by a FRESH"Scare Tactics', another 'Scare Tactics', still another 'Scare Tactics', and yet another 'Scare Tactics'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Kaley Cuoco, Dr. Drew Pinsky, and Mayer Hawthorne.
Singer, songwriter Stevie Wonder, left, escorts comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory across the stage during the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011.
Photo by Cliff Owen
The Environmental Media Association has recognized six Hollywood productions for spreading the word about going green.
Warner Bros.' animated "Yogi Bear" and the documentary "Revenge of the Electric Car" were honored Saturday night at the group's 21st anniversary party and awards ceremony at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California.
TV's "Futurama," ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," ''HGTV Green Home 2011," ''Real Time with Bill Maher" and the childrens' show "Bubble Guppies" also won awards for raising awareness about environmental issues.
Justin Timberlake accepted EMA's Futures Award for his ecological efforts, which include advocacy for environmental issues, greening his concert tours and the eco-friendly golf course he owns near Memphis, Tennessee.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton waves to the crowd at the end of his speech during "A Decade of Difference: A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. Clinton Foundation" at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, California October 15, 2011.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
Advocates for the legalization of marijuana got a new, unprecedented member of their ranks: the California Medical Association, which has adopted an official policy that recommends the legalization and regulation of cannabis.
The board of trustees of the CMA, the largest physician group in California, adopted the policyunanimously at its meeting in Sacramento, according to a statement on the CMA website.
California is one of 16 states where medical marijuana is legal, making it possible for doctors to recommend the drug to their patients.
But Dr. James Hay, the president-elect of CMA, said that existing laws put doctors in an uncomfortable position.
"[California] Decriminalized medical use, yet if a physician recommends it to a patient we are violating federal law. Taking a risk," Hay told ABC News.
From left, British director Ralph Fiennes and British actress Vanessa Redgrave arrive for the offical BFI London Film Festival screening of Coriolanus at a central London Cinema, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011.
Photo by Jonathan Short
Actor Zachary Quinto, known for portraying Spock in the 2009 blockbuster film "Star Trek," has publicly come out as a gay man.
In an interview with New York Magazine published on Sunday, Quinto recalled a stage play he performed in last year, "Angels in America," which was set against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic and the toll it took on him personally.
"(A)s a gay man, it made me feel like there's still so many things that need to be looked at and addressed," he told the magazine.
Quinto, who rose to fame playing the evil killer Sylar on the television series "Heroes," also mused to the magazine about gay marriage and young gay teens who have committed suicide after being bullied.
Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has won the top award at the annual Frankfurt Book Fair for his struggle for democracy in his homeland.
Sansal accepted the euro25,000 ($35,000) Peace Prize in Frankfurt on Sunday, saying it will encourage the region's people who are trying to liberate themselves from "vicious and archaic dictatorships."
The German news agency dapd reports the author says he hopes the Arab Spring movement will eventually allow Algerians "to finally liberate themselves" and obtain a fully democratic state.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle congratulated Sansal, saying "may his vision of a free and democratic society in Algeria become true."
Actress and singer Barbra Streisand and her husband James Brolin arrive for "A Decade of Difference: A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. Clinton Foundation" at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, California October 15, 2011.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
"Beverly Hills, 90210" alum Shannen Doherty married photographer Kurt Iswarienko on Saturday in Malibu, CA, People.com reported on Sunday.
This is the third marriage for Doherty, who is reportedly chronicling the nuptials for an upcoming reality series to be shown early next year on cable channel WEtv.
Doherty, 40, who also starred on the TV series "Charmed," was previously wed to Ashley Hamilton and to Rick Salomon. Both marriages were short-lived.
Actress Cicely Tyson listens as President Barack Obama speaks at the dedication ceremony for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, on the National Mall in Washington.
Photo by Carolyn Kaster
Rapper Rick Ross was reportedly hospitalized in Alabama after suffering two medical scares in six hours that required planes to be diverted.
The first scare came Friday afternoon as Ross was on a Delta Air Lines flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Memphis, Tennessee, where Ross was to appear at a University of Memphis basketball event that night.
The plane returned to Florida after Ross suffered an unspecified medical problem. He was treated at a Fort Lauderdale hospital, and he even tweeted afterward: "Memphis here I come."
But after Ross hopped a Memphis-bound private jet, it made an unscheduled landing in Birmingham, Alabama, because the 34-year-old singer experienced another medical problem, Memphis basketball coach Josh Pastner told a crowd Friday night.
WMC-TV in Memphis reported that Ross suffered a second medical seizure and had been hospitalized. The news station said the University of Alabama-Birmingham Hospital would not comment on his condition.
Several wildlife protection groups are suing the federal agency that regulates fishing in U.S. waters, claiming the government isn't doing enough to protect endangered sea turtles from drowning in shrimp nets.
The lawsuit filed Thursday in Washington claims the National Marine Fisheries Service violates the Endangered Species Act by letting some shrimpers operate without required turtle excluder devices on their nets and exempting some shrimping from the requirement.
The gear is required on many shrimp trawls in federal and state waters, but some kinds of trawls and other nets are exempt under certain conditions. A Louisiana law passed in 1987 makes it illegal for state wildlife agents to enforce turtle excluder device regulations in state waters.
The plaintiffs want a court order requiring all shrimpers to have the devices. The wildlife groups claim that more than 1,400 dead and injured turtles have washed ashore this year.
Singer songwriter James Taylor performs at the dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial, in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011.
Photo by Cliff Owen
Herman Cain has cast himself as the outsider, the pizza magnate with real-world experience who will bring fresh ideas to the nation's capital. But Cain's economic ideas, support and organization have close ties to two billionaire brothers who bankroll right-leaning causes through their group Americans for Prosperity.
Cain's campaign manager and a number of aides have worked for Americans for Prosperity, or AFP, the advocacy group founded with support from billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, which lobbies for lower taxes and less government regulation and spending. Cain credits a businessman who served on an AFP advisory board with helping devise his plan to rewrite the nation's tax code. And his years of speaking at AFP events have given the businessman and radio host a network of loyal grassroots fans.
His links to the Koch brothers could undercut his outsider, non-political image among tea party fans who detest politics as usual and candidates connected with the party machine.
AFP tapped Cain as the public face of its "Prosperity Expansion Project," and he traveled the country in 2005 and 2006 speaking to activists who were starting state-based AFP chapters from Wisconsin to Virginia. Through his AFP work he met Mark Block, a longtime Wisconsin Republican operative hired to lead that state's AFP chapter in 2005 as he rebounded from an earlier campaign scandal that derailed his career.
Paul Reubens, in character as Pee-wee Herman, addresses the audience after receiving the Visionary Award at the 2011 Scream Awards, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, in Los Angeles. The award show is dedicated to the horror, science fiction and fantasy genres of feature films, television and comic books.
Photo by Chris Pizzello
The organization in charge of the Internet's address system is taking over a database widely used by computers and websites to keep track of time zones around the world.
The transition to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, comes a week after the database was abruptly removed from a U.S. government server because of a federal lawsuit claiming copyright infringement.
Without this database and others like it, computers would display Greenwich Mean Time, or the time in London when it isn't on summer time. People would have to manually calculate local time when they schedule meetings or book flights.
The Time Zone Database allows people to set clocks simply by choosing a city. Select New York, for example, and the computer will know that it is normally five hours behind London, but four hours during a brief period when the U.S. is still on summer time and Britain is not.
Actor Mark Hamill participates in a panel discussion at the New York Comic Con fan convention in New York, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011.
Photo by Charles Sykes
Securities regulators are struggling to craft a rule that sheds light on companies that use certain African "conflict minerals" but avoids a compliance nightmare that hurts manufacturers.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is six months behind schedule in finalizing the rule that is required by last year's Dodd-Frank financial oversight law.
The rule, which was tucked into the legislation at the last minute, will require companies to disclose whether they use tantalum, tin, gold or tungsten from the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The agency is holding a roundtable discussion on Tuesday to hear from companies, human rights organizations and other stakeholders. The SEC has asked for help navigating the mine field of tricky issues such as tracking conflict minerals through the supply chain and "workable" due diligence.
Actor Nicolas Cage, right, is embraced by presenter Quentin Tarantino as he accepts the Maverick Award at the 2011 Scream Awards, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, in Los Angeles. The award show is dedicated to the horror, science fiction and fantasy genres of feature films, television and comic books.
Photo by Chris Pizzello
Two brothers have been charged with stealing a western Pennsylvania bridge and selling the 15 1/2 tons of scrap metal for more than $5,000.
Police say 24-year-old Benjamin Arthur Jones and 25-year-old Alexander Williams Jones of New Castle used a blowtorch to break up the bridge in late September or early October. They face felony charges of criminal mischief, theft, receiving stolen property and conspiracy.
Authorities say Alexander Jones told a recycling company employee that he had permission to carve the bridge for scrap and showed the employee cellphone photos of the bridge. The recycling company called police.
The 50-foot (15-meter)-long by 20-foot (6-meter)-wide Covert's Crossing Bridge was in a wooded area about 60 miles (100 kilometers) north of Pittsburgh.
Seattle Sounders FC owner and actor Drew Carey drives onto the field on a four-wheeled vehicle that was a gift for Sounders goalkeeper Kasey Keller, following a MLS soccer match against the San Jose Earthquakes, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, in Seattle. The game was Keller's final regular season home game before retirement, and the Sounders beat the Earthquakes, 2-1.
Photo by Ted S. Warren
The women of Barbacoas, Colombia have ended a three-month, 19-day "crossed legs" strike of sexual abstinence aimed at getting a road to their isolated town paved, after officials pledged to invest in the project.
"That night we devoted to our husbands. The desire was great and we took advantage of it," Luz Marina Castillo, the leader of the protest, told Bogota newspaper El Tiempo in comments published Sunday after the strike was lifted.
Transport Minister German Cardona has pledged to invest an estimated $21 million to pave the first 27 kilometers (17 miles) of the 57-kilometer road, adding that studies were underway on the cost and design of the second half of the route.
At least 300 women began the strike June 22, refusing to have sex with their partners until the government agreed to pave the first half of a 163-year-old horse trail to the town in the southern department of Narino.
The women were encouraged to go on strike by two Narino judges, Maribel Silva and Diego Enriquez, after they complained about the men's passivity in the face of the problem.
A peace sign is held up during an anti-war rally at the Occupy Boston encampment in Boston, Massachusetts October 15, 2011. Occupy Boston is an extension of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City.
Photo by Brian Snyder
The robot boxers of "Real Steel" and the dancers of "Footloose" are in a tight fight for the box-office title.
The movies are close enough that they could switch rankings once final numbers are released Monday.
Universal's horror update "The Thing," about Antarctic researchers stalked by a shape-shifting alien, opened at No. 3 with $8.7 million. Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson's bird-watching comedy "The Big Year," released by 20th Century Fox, flopped at No. 9 with a $3.3 million opening.
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 Monday.
1. "Real Steel," $16.3 million ($23.3 million international).
2. "Footloose," $16.1 million.
3. "The Thing," $8.7 million ($1.5 million international).
4. "The Ides of March," $7.5 million.
5. "Dolphin Tale," $6.3 million.
6. "Moneyball," $5.5 million.
7. "50/50," $4.3 million.
8. "Courageous," $3.4 million.
9. "The Big Year," $3.3 million.
10. "The Lion King," $2.7 million ($5.2 million international).
Former William Morris agent Sue Mengers, who pioneered behind-the-scenes roles for women in Hollywood, died at her home in Beverly Hills Saturday.
The news was first reported by Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, who blogged Sunday that Mengers died from a series of small strokes, surrounded by close friends Ali MacGraw, Joanna Poitier, and Boaty Boatwright.
Mengers -- who kept her real age secret, although she was widely believed to be around 80 -- was one of Hollywood's most powerful agents in the 1970s, rising to the level of senior VP of the then-William Morris Agency, in charge of its motion picture and literary division.
Her clients included Barbra Streisand, Michael Caine, Ryan O'Neal, Faye Dunaway, Gen Hackman, Cher, Joan Collins, Burt Reynolds and Nick Nolte.
Mengers also repped powerful directors like Sidney Lumet, Brian De Palma, Bob Fosse, Mike Nichols and Peter Bogdanovich.
In this Sept. 22, 2011 photo, a Monarch butterfly feeds on Blue Sage at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City, Kan. The 11,000 acre preserve gives tourists a glimpse of what settlers on the Kansas prairie would have seen.
Photo by Charlie Riedel
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