Paul Krugman: Japan the Model (New York Times)
As I said at the beginning, at this point the Western world has seemingly succumbed to a severe case of economic defeatism; we're not even trying to solve our problems. That needs to change - and maybe, just maybe, Japan can be the instrument of that change.
Lenore Skenazy: The 2nd-Grader Who Spooked a Principal (Creators Syndicate)
Safetyland - excuse me, America - is so obsessed with safety that we demand it even when we're already extremely safe. We want super-safety - the kind you get when you make middle-aged moms take off their shoes before getting to the gate. Yes, we are 99.99999 percent sure you're not a shoe bomber, but just in case.
Lenore Skenazy: When in Doubt, Blame the Mom (Creators Syndicate)
If you keep reading for another five paragraphs, you'll see another factor in this tragedy. Oh, yeah, the driver was going almost 50 mph faster than was recommended around a bend. But heck, that couldn't be the real reason the baby (and those other people) died, could it?
Lenore Skenazy: Kicking Non-PC Kids off Campus (Creators Syndicate)
Do you have a right not to be offended, ever, by anything anyone else says or does? If you find someone boorish, insensitive or prejudiced, can you just say you're offended and - poof - that person disappears? Pretty much, yes. If you're at college and you're offended by someone's remark of a sexual nature, that is now enough to get that person kicked off campus.
Connie Schultz: She Thanked God, and the Debate Rages On (Creators Syndicate)
Just three weeks ago in Cleveland, where I live, three young women made international news after they escaped a decade of captivity in a house on the city's west side. Lots of photo captions and headlines declared their rescue a "miracle." God is good, friends and strangers declared. I am a deeply flawed Christian. I want to know where God was during the past 10 years.
Pope Francis Says Atheists Who Do Good Are Redeemed, Not Just Catholics (Huffington Post)
"The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! 'Father, the atheists?' Even the atheists. Everyone!" We must meet one another doing good. 'But I don't believe, Father, I am an atheist!' But do good: we will meet one another there." - Pope Francis
Lucy Mangan: "Tottie: the Story of a Doll's House by Rumer Godden" (Guardian)
Marchpane drives a wedge between Emily, who wants to turn the whole house over to Marchpane and make the other dolls her servants, and the younger Charlotte, who struggles to articulate her sense of injustice until the tragedy of Birdie's death reveals the truth. So you see, it's not about dolls at all - it's as neat a portrait of humanity as you could ever wish.
Bob Dylan said, "I heard a record of hers in a record store. Right then and there, I went out and traded my electric guitar and amplifier for an acoustical guitar, a flat-top Gibson. ... [That album was] just something vital and personal. I learned all the songs on that record."
Who was the woman Dylan was talking about?
Bonus question: What was the album?
"Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" is a song by American punk rock band the Ramones. Initially issued as a single in Great Britain by Beggars Banquet Records in 1985, it did not receive an American single release. An emotionally charged protest of the visit by U.S. president Ronald Reagan to a German cemetery where SS combatants were buried, it was a major critical success. Though it was available in the United States only as an import, it became a hit on college radio. The following year, retitled "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)", it appeared on the band's album Animal Boy. The second version of the title is the one used on subsequent live and compilation albums.
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Marian was first, and correct, with:
Bonzo Goes to Bitburg.....
wow do I have jetlag
Alan J wrote:
Bonzo Goes To Bitburg
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
Bonzo Goes to Bitburg
Charlie responded:
The Ramones' "Bonzo Goes To Bitburg" (1985).
I bought it on vinyl as an import.
Adam answered:
'Bonzo Goes To Bitburg'.
Sally said:
Just reading the title of your Trivia Question Dejour, I knew it was not my cup of tea.
Then, upon investigation, I found it was by the Ramones, and I confirmed my instinct.
Here is what I found: "Their brilliant '85 single "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg," here retitled "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down."
"Brilliant?" Really?
I don't think so...
PS: Welcome back Marian. Hope you took some pictures to share?? :)
Dale of Diamond Springs, Norcali, replied:
Great song. Great Band . Joey, Johnny & Dee Dee all dead!
The band's main release of 1985 was the British single "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg"; though it was available in the United States only as an import, it was played widely on American college radio. The song was written, primarily by Joey, in protest of Ronald Reagan's visit to a German military cemetery where SS members were buried. Retitled "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)", the song appeared on the band's ninth studio album, Animal Boy (1986).
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'The Mentalist', followed by '48 Hours'.
NBC fills the night with LIVE'NHL: Stanley Cup Playoffs', then pads the left coast with local crap, and maybe an old 'Dateline'.
'SNL' is a RERUN, with Jamie Foxx hosting, music by Ne-Yo.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Bet On Your Baby', followed by a FRESH'Ultimate BBQ Cookout Countdown', then a RERUN'Body Of Proof'.
The CW offers an old '2½ Men', followed by another old '2½ Men', then an old 'Family Guy', followed by another old 'Family Guy'.
Faux fills the night with LIVE'MLB Baseball', then pads the left coast with local crap.
MY has an old 'Burn Notice', followed by another old 'Burn Notice'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Last Samurai', followed by the movie 'Con AIr', then the movie 'Con Air', again.
BBC -
[6:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 3 - Episode 3
[7:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 3 - Episode 4
[8:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 6 - Clubway 41
[9:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED US - Season 4 - Ep 2 - Spanish Pavilion, Kingston Cafe, Capri, La Frite
[10:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 1 - The Secret Garden
[11:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 7 - Jack's Waterfront
[12:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 4 - Episode 4
[1:00PM] JAMES MAY'S MAN LAB - Season 1 - Episode 1
[2:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 4 - Episode 6
[3:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 4 - Episode 7
[4:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 16 - Ethics
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 17 - The Outcast
[6:00PM] V FOR VENDETTA
[9:00PM] ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 9 - Unconscious Selection NEW
[10:00PM] THE NERDIST - Season 2 - Episode 9 NEW
[11:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 16 - Ethics
[12:00AM] ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 9 - Unconscious Selection
[1:00AM] THE NERDIST - Season 2 - Episode 9
[2:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 17 - The Outcast
[3:00AM] ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 9 - Unconscious Selection
[4:00AM] THE NERDIST - Season 2 - Episode 9
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 16 - Ethics (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NJ', 'Watch What Happens Live', followed by the movie 'How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Take Me Home Tonight', followed by the movie 'Get Him To The Greek', 'Inside Amy Schumer', and another 'Inside Amy Schumer'.
FX has the movie 'The A-Team', followed by a FRESH'UFC On FX', then the movie 'Iron Man'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Arrested Development-Justice Is Blind
[6:30AM] Arrested Development-Best Man for the GOB
[7:00AM] Arrested Development-Whistler's Mother
[7:30AM] Arrested Development-Not Without My Daughter
[8:00AM] Arrested Development-Let 'Em Eat Cake
[8:30AM] Arrested Development-The One Where Michael Leaves
[9:00AM] Arrested Development-The One Where They Build a House
[9:30AM] Arrested Development-Amigos
[10:00AM] Arrested Development-Good Grief!
[10:30AM] Arrested Development-Sad Sack
[11:00AM] Arrested Development-Afternoon Delight
[11:30AM] Arrested Development-Switch Hitter
[12:00PM] Arrested Development-Queen for a Day
[12:30PM] Arrested Development-Burning Love
[1:00PM] Arrested Development-Ready, Aim, Marry Me
[1:30PM] Arrested Development-Out on a Limb
[2:00PM] Arrested Development
[2:30PM] Arrested Development-Motherboy XXX
[3:00PM] Arrested Development-Immaculate Election
[3:30PM] Arrested Development-The Sword of Destiny
[4:00PM] Arrested Development-Meet the Veals
[4:30PM] Arrested Development-Spring Breakout
[5:00PM] Arrested Development-Righteous Brothers
[5:30PM] Arrested Development-The Cabin Show
[6:00PM] Arrested Development-For British Eyes Only
[6:30PM] Arrested Development-Forget Me Now
[7:00PM] Arrested Development-Notap...
[7:30PM] Arrested Development-Mr. F
[8:00PM] Arrested Development-The Ocean Walker
[8:30PM] Arrested Development-Prison Break-In
[9:00PM] Arrested Development-Making a Stand
[9:30PM] Arrested Development-S.O.B.s
[10:00PM] Arrested Development-Fakin' It
[10:30PM] Arrested Development-Family Ties
[11:00PM] Arrested Development-Exit Strategy
[11:30PM] Arrested Development-Development Arrested
[12:00AM] Arrested Development-Pilot
[12:30AM] Arrested Development-Top Banana
[1:00AM] Arrested Development-Bringing Up Buster
[1:30AM] Arrested Development-Key Decisions
[2:00AM] Arrested Development-Visiting Ours
[2:30AM] Arrested Development-Charity Drive
[3:00AM] Arrested Development-My Mother the Car
[3:30AM] Arrested Development-In God We Trust
[4:00AM] Arrested Development-Storming the Castle
[4:30AM] Arrested Development-Pier Pressure
[5:00AM] Arrested Development-Public Relations
[5:30AM] Arrested Development-Marta Complex (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-I'm With the Band
[7:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-Carded and Discarded
[8:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-Girlfriends and Boyfriends
[9:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-We've Got Spirit
[10:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-The Diary
[11:00AM] Norma Rae
[1:00PM] The Darjeeling Limited
[2:30PM] The Good Girl
[4:00PM] Norma Rae
[6:00PM] Network
[8:00PM] Rescue Dawn
[10:15PM] Babel
[12:45AM] Diary of a Nymphomaniac
[2:30AM] Babel
[5:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-Carded and Discarded (ALL TIMES EST)
Actress Olympia Dukakis (C), with actors Diane Ladd and Ed Asner, stands on her star after it was unveiled on the Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 24, 2013.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
"We tested the hypothesis that the Victorians were cleverer than modern populations using high-quality instruments, namely measures of simple visual reaction time in a meta-analytic study," the researchers wrote in the study, which was published online in the journal Intelligence on Thursday. "Simple reaction time measures correlate substantially with measures of general intelligence and are considered elementary measures of cognition."
The results might surprise some. Especially if the researchers were simply measuring visual response times. After all, in a digital world constantly competing for our attention, it would seem people generally respond more quickly to visual stimuli. However, the results appear to indicate something different.
So why has there been such a steady drop? As UPI notes, previous research studies have found that women of higher intelligence tend to have fewer children on average, meaning that population growth may be driven by those with a lower IQ. And over time, the abundance of less intelligent offspring would affect the overall IQ average.
On average, the general intelligence of those populations measured dropped by 1.23 points per decade.
Actress Uma Thurman arrives on the red carpet for the screening of the film "The Immigrant" in competition during the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 24, 2013.
Photo by Eric Gaillard
Vials of moon dust brought back to Earth by the first men on the moon have been found inside a lab warehouse in California after sitting in storage unnoticed for more than 40 years.
The samples - collected by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin - were rediscovered last month by an archivist who was going over artifacts tucked away at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
"We don't know how or when they ended up in storage," Karen Nelson, who made the surprising discovery, said in a statement from the lab.
Nelson came across about 20 vials with handwritten labels dated "24 July 1970," packed in a vacuum-sealed glass jar. Accompanying the jar was an academic paper published in the Proceedings of the Second Lunar Science Conference in 1971, titled "Study of carbon compounds in Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 returned lunar samples."
The moon dust samples were supposed to be sent back to NASA after the Space Sciences Laboratory team finished their experiments. By some wrong turn, they ended up in storage.
The wedding dress worn by film star Elizabeth Taylor for her first marriage to hotel heir Conrad Hilton in 1950 will go up for sale next month, auction house Christie's said on Friday.
The simple, but elegant garment created by Hollywood costume designer Helen Rose for the then 18-year-old Taylor is an oyster shell-colored, floor-length satin gown with a fine silk gauze off-the-shoulder illusion neckline.
The dress, which was a gift from MGM film studios, has a top estimate of 50,000 pounds ($75,300). Rose also designed Grace Kelly's wedding dress for her marriage to the Prince of Monaco.
The auction of Taylor's jewels took in $116 million, more than double the record for a single collection, and set new marks for pearls, colorless diamonds and Indian jewels.
A girl sits on an idol of Lord Buddha during the Buddhist festival locally called "Saka Dawa" in Kathmandu May 24, 2013. The 15-day festival is celebrated following the birthday of Lord Buddha, in which Buddhist devotees circumambulate the stupa 13 times and light lamps.
Photo by Navesh Chitrakar
Six paintings by the famous Wyeth family of artists have sold for just over $2 million at a New York City auction.
New Jersey businessman Eric Sambol sold the works by Andrew, Jamie and N.C. Wyeth at Christie's on Thursday.
They included three by Andrew, two by Jamie and one by N.C.
The highlight of the sale was N.C. Wyeth's "Norry Seavey Hauling Lobster Traps Off Blubber Island." The 1938 oil of a fisherman off the coast of Port Clyde, Maine, sold for nearly $844,000.
A federal judge on Friday found hardline Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio had violated the constitutional rights of Latino drivers in his crackdown on illegal immigration, and ordered him to stop using race as a factor in law enforcement decisions.
The ruling against the Maricopa County sheriff came in response to a class-action lawsuit brought by Hispanic drivers that tested whether police can target illegal immigrants without racially profiling Hispanic citizens and legal residents.
U.S. District Court Judge Murray Snow ruled that the sheriff's policies violated the drivers' constitutional rights and ordered his office to cease using race or ancestry as a grounds to stop, detain or hold occupants of vehicles - some of them in crime sweeps dubbed "saturation patrols."
He added that race had factored into which vehicles the deputies decided to stop, and into who they decided to investigate for immigration violations.
The crew of "Al Zeer", a traditional wooden boat or dhow owned by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al-Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, rolls down the sail after a training session at sunset, near Sir Bu Nuayr Island in the United Arab Emirates May 24, 2013. The team will be competing on Saturday's Al Gaffal Traditional Dhow Sailing race, starting from Sir Bu Nuayr Island to Dubai.
Photo by Martin Dokoupil
The Stone Temple Pilots accuse former frontman Scott Weiland of misusing the band's name to further his solo career and want a judge to strip the rocker of his ability to use the group's name or songs.
A lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles accuses Weiland of being chronically late to concerts while the group was together and having his lawyer attempt to interfere with the airplay of the group's new single "Out of Time."
Weiland and Stone Temple Pilots parted ways in February, and the 45-year-old singer said at the time that he learned of his ouster from a statement released to the media.
The suit sheds light on the band's breakup, accusing Weiland of interacting with band mates only through lawyers or managers and showing up late to the group's 2012 shows. It cites Weiland's addiction struggles and poor performances as detriments to the band's earning potential.
The lawsuit claims the band owns the rights to the name Stone Temple Pilots, and the band's songs, copyrights and trademarks. Wieland has used many of the band's hits in his solo shows, the lawsuit states. The band wants a judge to block him from even calling himself a former member of the band.
American actress Amanda Bynes appeared in court on Friday and denied charges of possessing marijuana and tossing a bong out of the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment.
The former Nickelodeon child star, who appeared in court dressed in gray sweatpants, a long-sleeved black shirt and a disheveled platinum blonde wig, was released on her own recognizance after spending a night in jail after her arrest on Thursday.
She was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, reckless endangerment and attempted tampering with physical evidence, according to court documents. All the alleged offenses are classified as misdemeanors rather than felonies.
Her attorney at the hearing denied the charges and accused police of entering the actress' apartment illegally.
Buddhists carry candles while encircling a large Buddha statue during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, at a temple in Nakhon Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok May 24, 2013. Picture taken using long exposure.
Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom
The woman who prosecutors allege had sex with Silvio Berlusconi while he was Italy's premier in exchange for money spent her second day on the witness stand Friday, denying her own sworn descriptions of racy escapades at his "bunga bunga" parties and long lists of expensive jewelry and watches received from the media mogul. Karima el Mahroug, a Moroccan known as Ruby, dismissed a series of sworn statements she made to investigators in the summer of 2010 as "all stupid things" that she now regrets saying. "I apologize to the prosecutors. They were all nonsense," she said.
They included telling investigators in 2010 that she had exchanged phone numbers with Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo at a restaurant. On the stand, she said the closest she had gotten to the soccer star were advertising billboards around Milan that summer - and that she had not been paid to have sex with him.
"If I didn't prostitute myself with someone so handsome, then it is impossible to think I should have done it with Silvio Berlusconi and others," el Mahroug said.
She is appearing as the star witness at the trial of three former Berlusconi aides charged with procuring prostitutes for the media mogul's infamous "bunga bunga" parties. The trial is separate from the one charging Berlusconi with having paid for sex with a minor - el Mahroug, who was 17 at the time - and then trying to cover it up . She has not testified at that trial.
El Mahroug is not charged with any crime at either trial and is formally recognized in both of them as an injured party.
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
An endangered mountain gorilla from the Bitukura family, rests among vegetation inside a forest in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the Ruhija sector of the park, about 550 km (341 miles) west of Uganda's capital Kampala, May 24, 2013. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest borders the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. The total population of mountain gorillas worldwide is estimated at 880, half of which are to be found in Uganda's Bwindi forest.
Photo by Thomas Mukoya
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