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From 'TBH Politoons'
Great Site!
Thanks, again, Tim!
Great Writing Worth Reading
William Rivers Pitt
The Politics of Treason - By William Rivers Pitt
Get Our Money Back Campaign 2002
Tennessee
From Jeff Crook
I've just launched the new website for the Tennessee
Get Our Money Back Campaign 2002. This website, http://missingmoney.20m.com, is a state-level activist
website that addresses the $3.3 Trillion missing from
the DOD, HUD and other federal agencies from
1998-2000. Although currently dealing with Tennessee,
we hope to recruit a network of campaigns for each
state.
This campaign is lead by Catherine Austin Fitts,
former head of Hamilton Securities, who tried to clean
up the criminal activities at HUD and had her life and
fortunes ruined for her efforts. You can read
Catherine's latest article here: http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0205/S00173.htm.
The MissingMoney site is filled with both local and
national resources where individuals and journalists
can research where tax dollars are spent, how, and how
Congress determines how to spend that money. We'll
also deal with local and state-wide elections,
influencing the media, and other issues of local
activism.
Hope you'll stop by, and tell your friends.
http://missingmoney.20m.com
We also welcome your contributions of links, articles,
and commentary.
Thanks,
Jeff Crook
Thanks, Jeff!
From 'TBH Politoons'
Saturday Bonus!
Tim keeps getting better & better!
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Put the broccoli & cauliflower seedlings in the dirt hole that's turning into a garden. The dill was big enough to plant, too. Onions & poppies should be ready to be planted next week.
Trying Hungarian Poppies - supposedly they're the ones grown for seeds used in food.
After the long winters of PA & AK, and 20 years of concrete-enclosed apartment buildings, it's so cool to have dirt and some seeds.
The new hibiscus is doing beter than ever expected! It's an old fashioned pink. The yellow one on the south side of the house wasn't bothered as much by the damned whiteflies. And, for the
first time, the 'giant bird of paradise' is blooming. It's blue & white, as opposed to the 'regular' ones that are orange & blue. And the bougainvilla is in bloom, too. Damn, early summer is pretty here!
Had the basketball games on in the background. Wonder what kind of ratings the Nets and Kings would bring...or would the corporate masters prefer Nets and Lakers?
Also watched 'NOW With Bill Moyers' on PBS. Damn fine TV!
CBS has a Trifecta of reruns with 'Touched By An Angle', 'The District', and another 'The District'.
NBC reruns a made-for-tv movie 'The 60's'. Britney Spears hosts a rerun 'SNL'.
ABC airs the 2-week old tape of 'The 2002 Alma Awards'. It's followed by another regurgitation of 'Best Commercials You've Never Seen (And Some You Have)'.
The WB has the movie 'Dangerous Minds'.
Faux has 2 reruns of 'Cops' followed by 'America's Most Wanted'.
UPN airs the movie 'Of Mice & Men' - the John Malkovich/Gary Sinise version.
TCM has The Great Escape (1963). Really like this movie - even if they try to pass off James Coburn as Australian.
HBO debuts 'Shrek'.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
Vegas Liberace Museum Gets Makeover
Siegfried and Roy
In keeping with Liberace's flair for flamboyancy, an oversized neon pink piano and a giant rendition of the late pianist's signature now grace the entrance to his newly remodeled museum.
Despite the triple-digit heat, hundreds of residents and tourists turned out Thursday to celebrate the expansion of the nonprofit Liberace Museum. Renowned for his over-the-top
tastes, the museum houses a collection of the Las Vegas entertainer's cars, pianos, costumes and jewelry.
Magicians Siegfried and Roy, holding a 7-week-old white Siberian male tiger, arrived in Liberace's pink Rolls Royce convertible to cut a rhinestone-encrusted ribbon.
"He would be thrilled," said Roy Horn, adding that the museum is a monument to Liberace's contributions to the city's entertainment history.
"He really was the king of the showman," said Siegfried Fischbacher.
Siegfried and Roy
Great Site For Research Aids
Bookmarklets
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New Hope For The Democratic Party?
'Spare Parts'
Scientists have made a 'spare part' breakthrough in the laboratory that could help men who suffer testicular cancer.
Using cartilage cells taken from the ear, they have grown replacement testicles.
Scientists at Harvard University in Massachusetts cultured the tissue in the laboratory and then built it into a silicone version.
They then injected it with the male hormone testosterone, which slowly leaks into the tissue surrounding the testicle and eventually into the body,
providing a natural hormone replacement.
The testicle can be re-loaded when the testosterone runs out, but it does not produce sperm. So far, research has been carried out only on animal
tissue, but human trials will begin in about a year.
New Hope For The Democratic Party?
Liberal Radio !
Erin Hart
Liberal radio - what a concept!
Join Erin Hart at near-regulation time (10 pm to 1 am [pdt] Saturday and Sunday, on www.710kiro.com or www.kiro710.com (It's
a browser thing). Really. Check it out. - Rumor has it the 'streaming' days may be numbered.
There's a chatroom, too!
For more details, visit Erin's fan page (courtesy of the amazing 14Dem), http://www.erinistas.com/, or to join her mailing list, drop a
note to erinistas@aol.com
College Drop-Out Finally Graduates
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg may be one of the most successful filmmakers in Hollywood history, a self-made billionaire with Oscars and plaudits galore, but for the last three
decades he has cherished the one thing that eluded him -- a college degree.
That was remedied on Friday when Spielberg, 55, walked across the stage at California State University at Long Beach wearing a cap and gown to receive his bachelor's
degree in film and electronic arts.
Spielberg, who won Academy Awards for producing and directing "Schindler's List" and for directing "Saving Private Ryan," posed for pictures with his fellow honorees on
the campus lawn and smiled broadly as he was showered with confetti at the college 25 miles south of Los Angeles.
He already has five honorary doctorates -- the latest bestowed upon him by Yale University earlier this week -- but what he really wanted was a humble bachelor's degree.
Spielberg, who dropped out 33 years ago to pursue his dream of making movies, quietly resumed his studies at Cal State's Department of Film and Electronic Arts last
Spring, and completed his degree requirements through independent and directed studies.
He said recently his parents were the motivation behind his wish to graduate.
"I wanted to accomplish this for many years as a 'thank you' to my parents for giving me the opportunity for an education and a career, and as a personal note
for my own family -- and young people everywhere -- about the importance of achieving their college education goals," he said.
Steven Spielberg
Interesting Link
The Timeline Of Horror
The Horror Timeline: pre 20th Century
Interviews 1993 WTC Bomber
'60 Minutes'
A man sought by the FBI in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing said he and his accomplices originally targeted heavily Jewish neighborhoods, according to an
interview with CBS' "60 Minutes."
Before the attack, which killed six people and injured more than 1,000, Abdul Rahman Yasin said he bought bomb materials and along with others scouted neighborhoods
in New York City's Brooklyn borough.
Ramzi Yousef, considered the mastermind of the bombing, "told me, 'I want to blow up Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn,'" Abdul Rahman Yasin said in an interview to
be broadcast Sunday. Yousef was the alleged mastermind of the bombing.
Yasin told the newsmagazine regrets his actions.
'60 Minutes'
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
'Rock N Roll, Part 2'
Gary Glitter
British 1970s pop icon Gary Glitter has left Cambodia for Vietnam after weeks of debate over his possible deportation for past child pornography offences, Cambodian police said on Friday.
Glitter, 57, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, caused a storm of controversy and sparked a Cambodian police investigation after it was discovered he had set up residence in Phnom Penh.
Glitter was sentenced in 1999 to four months in a British prison for downloading child pornography from the Internet.
He had committed no crimes in Cambodia but the country's Minister of Women's Affairs, Mu Sochua, led a campaign to deport him on the grounds his presence was bad for the country's image.
Cambodia's weak judicial system and lax law enforcement has in recent years made the impoverished Southeast Asian country a haven for pedophiles and child sex
tourists. Parts of Vietnam have gained a similar reputation.
Gary Glitter
''Rock 'N' Rubbers''
Kiss Kondoms
Available online and coming soon to record stores and specialty gift shops near you are Kiss Kondoms, a line of contraceptives with members of the outrageous, face-painted rock band Kiss on the packaging.
Now in its fourth decade, the band that recorded such rockers as "Love Gun", "Calling Dr. Love" and "Let's Put the X in Sex" is getting into the safe sex business in partnership
with specialty condom retailer Condomania.
"Sex without condoms is just stupid," said Kiss bass player Gene Simmons, who claimed in his autobiography, "Kiss and Make-Up" to have slept with more than 4,600 women, including romances
with Cher and former Supremes diva Diana Ross.
Billed as "Rock 'N' Rubbers," the first in the series are bright red latex condoms labeled "Tongue Lubricated."
Despite the racy name, Simmons said he had not personally lubricated the condoms, "however some deserving young ladies will get a personal demonstration, lots of them come to think of it."
Two more versions are already in the works -- a studded condom dubbed the "Studded Paul" and adorned with a photo of Kiss guitarist Paul Stanley, and "Love Gun
Protection," an extra strength version with the entire band on the packaging.
Kiss Kondoms
How Common Is Your Last Name?
1990 Census
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Former Boomtown Rat
Bob Geldof
Former Boomtown Rat frontman and Live Aid campaigner Bob Geldof has joined the British government's drive to recruit more police to the front lines of crime
prevention, the Home Office said on Friday.
Geldof's part in a new television advertisement campaign -- to be broadcast for the first time on Saturday -- involves police involvement in tackling child abuse.
Geldof said he agreed to join the campaign after being impressed by police officers when he called on them for help.
Geldof swapped his fading pop glory as the lead singer of the Irish punk rock band to be the driving force behind the 1985 Live Aid concert to help feed
the millions starving in Ethiopia.
Given an honorary knighthood for his famine relief work, he leapt back to public attention in 1994 with the messy break-up of his marriage to TV presenter
Paula Yates after her affair with INXS singer Michael Hutchence came to light.
After Hutchence's death in a Sydney hotel room in 1997 and Yates' own death three years later, Geldof adopted Tiger Lilly, her daughter with Hutchence.
He had already won custody of his three children with Yates, Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches and Pixie.
Bob Geldof
BartCop TV!
Manhattan Court Drama
Woody Allen
It wasn't quite "Bullets Over Broadway" when Oscar-winning filmmaker Woody Allen and his long-time producer pal Jean Doumanian squared off in a packed Manhattan courtroom on Thursday.
But there were no "Stardust Memories" either as each accused the other of making off with profits from Allen's movies.
Allen, 66, who launched the legal action against his old friend, is the first witness expected to take the stand on Friday after opening statements from lawyers.
Throughout the proceedings, Allen never once looked up at either the jury, the judge or his former friend who was sitting no more than six feet from him.
For the rest, Woody Allen
Unveiled Friday
Dr. Seuss Memorial
Children from a local Springfield, Mass., elementary school, dressed as the character Cat in the Hat, perform songs in front of a newly installed sculpture of another Dr.
Seuss character, Horton the elephant, during a memorial dedication Friday, May 31, 2002, in Springfield. The Seuss memorial, consisting of five sculptures and located in
childrens author Theodore Geisel's hometown, was created by his stepdaughter, Lark Grey Dimond-Cates. The children are called the Springfield Schools Seuss Singers.
Photo by Nancy Palmieri
Sues Tabloid Over Drinking Story
Aretha Franklin
Grammy award winner Aretha Franklin is suing the Star tabloid magazine for defamation over a story that said the singer has a drinking problem that's threatening her career and life.
"The lawsuit is a rebuttal that everything in the article is false," Franklin's lead attorney, Barry B. Langberg of Los Angeles, said Wednesday. "Literally millions
of people read that garbage. People believe what they read and they (the publishers) sell a lot of copies."
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Albuquerque on March 26, said the article was published in New Mexico's Bernalillo County and throughout the country and that
county residents read the defamatory statements in the story.
It names as defendants American Media Inc., American Media Operations Inc., Star Editorial Inc. and the author of the story that ran in December 2000.
Langberg would not specify why the lawsuit was filed in New Mexico, but said, "In certain (legal) issues that are going to be relevant, the law in New Mexico is well
settled. I think any state in the union has jurisdiction based on the circulation of the tabloid."
Aretha Franklin
Tawdry Site For The Guys
Celebrity Wet T-Shirt Party
RetroSpice Celebrity Wet T-Shirt Party
Says Subsidiaries Defaulted on Loans
Adelphia
Adelphia Communications Corp., the embattled cable television operator, said on Friday several subsidiaries had defaulted on bank loans, as Nasdaq prepared to delist its stock.
The defaults and delisting, set for Monday, would leave the No. 6 U.S. cable firm facing a cash crunch and a possible bankruptcy.
The delisting of Coudersport, Pennsylvania-based Adelphia was announced Thursday by Nasdaq after Adelphia failed to produce an annual report for 2001.
Adelphia shares have plummeted since the company's disclosure in March of multibillion-dollar off-balance sheet financing deals involving its founding Rigas family.
Adelphia
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