BartCop Entertainment Archives - Saturday, 5 July, 2014

Saturday

5 July, 2014

(Updated Daily)

[1012 days in a row]



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Paul Krugman: Build We Won't (NY Times)
Why America gave up on the future and caved on investing in building and maintaining our highways.


Paul K Pickett, Lesia Pickett: 6 Creepy Brainwashing Techniques You Can Use Today (Cracked)
The world is full of shady self-help gurus and workplace seminars telling us how we can turn our lives around just by using the right words ("Don't say the cheese is 'spoiled' -- say it's 'aged'!"), as if language is a form of magic that can alter reality.


John Cheese: "The 5 Stupidest Habits You Develop Growing Up Poor (Part 2)" (Cracked)
Escaping poverty is like walking on a trail and plowing face first into a spider web. Once you cross its threshold, you're in the clear, but you spend the next hour pulling the very fabric of nightmares out of your hair. For the rest of the walk, you are on a DEFCON 2 level of alertness, scanning every inch of your surroundings to make sure you never end up with a face full of terror again.


Interviews by Paul Lester: "Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols" (Guardian)
Who inspires Faris Badwan, New Order and Jake Bugg? From a north London rapper to a Turkish protest singer, these are the musicians who influence the stars.


Alexis Petridis: "Judas Priest's Rob Halford: I've become the stately homo of heavy metal'" (Guardian)
He may still look the part - but the metal singer once vilified by the terrified parents of middle America says these days he's a huge fan of Michael Bublé.


Ben Walters: "Out of the past: gay cinema and nostalgia" (Guardian)
The future looks bright for LGBT cinema, so why the constant backward glances?


Catherine Shard: "Jay Baruchel: 'We're being reduced to a planet of serfs'" (Guardian)
The Canadian star is a funny guy … and a fervent patriot. We want to chat about new cartoon How to Train Your Dragon 2. He wants to talk about protectionism, socialised healthcare and the joys of paying tax.


10 Tiny Houses That Are Filled With Serious Comforts (Homes and Hues)
We've featured a few small homes before, but with the exception of The Truffle, most of these seem downright spacious compared to some of the truly tiny houses out there. While these matchbox homes might not be for everyone, the cozy spaces certainly prove that bigger isn't always better.



David Bruce's Amazon Author Page

David Bruce's Smashwords Page

David Bruce's Blog

David Bruce's Lulu Storefront

David Bruce's Apple iBookstore

David Bruce has approximately 50 Kindle books on Amazon.com.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Subscribe to BartCop!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Doug's Most Shared Facebook Post" Today




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Trivia Question of the Day


In what state did Johnny Appleseed plant his first nursery?

                                  



Send your answer to Marty









Trivia Question from Yesterday


She was born Elizabeth Griscom and also known by her second and third married names Elizabeth Ashburn and Elizabeth Claypoole. By what name is she more commonly known?


      Betsy Ross                                                      Source


Betsy Ross (January 1, 1752 - January 30, 1836), born Elizabeth Griscom and also known by her second and third married names Elizabeth Ashburn and Elizabeth Claypoole, is widely credited with making the first American flag and changing the stars on the flag from six-pointed to easier-to-produce five-pointed stars. However, there is no archival evidence that this story is true.        Source






Alan J was first, and correct, with:
   Betsy Ross



Charlie wrote:
   Betsy Ross, often credited as the designer of the US flag.

  With regard to yesterday's answers, I once read that before about 1950 it was a toss-up whether going to the doctor made you better or worse.




Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
   Betsy Ross



Adam answered:
   Heh...Betsy Ross.



Marian responded:
   Betsy Ross



Dale of Diamond Springs, Norcali, took the day off.
  



Safe And Somewhat Sane Lois Of Oregon replied:
   Poor Betsy Ross had lousy luck with husbands, was apparently just one of several flag makers, and her main claim to fame seems she was just too lazy to make stars with six points, so she switched 'em to the easier to produce five pointed stars making this meme possible. For that we thank you, Betsy! Happy July 4th, everybody!




Deborah took the day off.
  



DJ Useo said:
   My short version answer is Betsy Ross.
  I never met her personally.
  I did see her likeness in some pancakes, once. Lol.




MAM   wrote:
   Betsy Ross 1752 - 1836




And, Joe S     replied:
   Betsy Ross




Sally is on hiatus.
  



BttbBob   has retired.
  
  July 5 Birthdays - Celebrities Born July 5 | Famous Birthdays



  


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Middle Class Political Economist




Now a Blogger-Columnist at US News and World Reports "Economic Intelligence"


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Reader Suggestion

Michelle in AZ


Why the NRA Is Staying Silent on Target's Gun Ban | Mike Weisser



BBC - Travel - Seas that glow like stars : Beaches




Thanks, Michelle!


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

(Crabby Old Fart)



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

from Marc Perkel

BartCop

Hello Bartcop fans,

As you all know the untimely passing of Terry was unexpected, even by him. We all knew he had cancer but we all thought he had some years left. So some of us who have worked closely with him over the years are scrambling around trying to figure out what to do. My job, among other things, is to establish communications with the Bartcop community and provide email lists and groups for those who might put something together. Those who want to play an active roll in something coming from this, or if you are one of Bart's pillars, should send an email to active@bartcop.com.

The most active open discussion is on Bart's Facebook page.
( www.facebook.com/bartcop )

You can listen to Bart's theme song here
or here.
( www.bartcop.com/blizing-saddles.mp3 )
( youtu.be/MySGAaB0A9k )

We have opened up the radio show archives which are now free. Listen to all you want.
( bartcop.com/members )

Bart's final wish was to pay off the house mortgage for Mrs. Bart who is overwhelmed and so very grateful for the support she has received. Anyone wanting to make a donation can click on this the yellow donate button on bartcop.com

But - I need you all to help keep this going. This note isn't going to directly reach all of Bart's fans. So if you can repost it on blogs and discussion boards so people can sign up then when we figure out what's next we can let more people know. This list is just over 600 but like to get it up to at least 10,000 pretty quick. So here's the signup link for this email list.
( mailman.bartcop.com/listinfo/bartnews )


Marc Perkel


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


http://dareland.blogspot.com



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


"WIFE AND DOG MISSING-REWARD FOR DOG."

"THE BATTLE OF THE PERIOD."

CORPORATIONS GET "DIARRHEA OF THE MOUTH AND CONSTIPATION OF THE BRAIN" BUT THEY DON'T GET PREGNANT!






Visit JD's site - Kitty Litter Music



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ark Of Darkness

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Hotter. More humid.



Tonight, Saturday:

CBS begins the night with a FRESH 'Bad Teacher', followed by another FRESH 'Bad Teacher', then a RERUN 'Criminal Minds', followed by '48 Hours'.



NBC opens the night with 'Dateline Saturday Night Mystery', followed by a RERUN 'The Blacklist'.
Of course, 'SNL' is a RERUN, with Paul Rudd hosting, music by One Direction.



ABC starts the night with a FRESH 'Bet On Your Baby', followed by a FRESH 'The Assets', then 'Nightline Prime'.



The CW fills the night with the movie 'The Devil's Disciple'.



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'.



A&E has the movie 'Walking Tall', 'Criminal Minds', another 'Criminal Minds', and still another 'Criminal Minds'.



AMC offers all 'The Walking Dead' all night.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 3 - Ep 2 - The Fenwick Arms
 [7:00AM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 3 - Ep 4 - Flamangos
 [8:00AM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED US - Season 2 - Ep 1 - Revisited: Santa La Brea, Giuseppi's
 [9:00AM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 8 - La Frite
 [10:00AM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 9 - Capri
 [11:00AM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 10 - Sante La Brea
 [12:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 1
 [1:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 2
 [2:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 3
 [3:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 4
 [4:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 21 - Frame of Mind
 [5:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 22 - Suspicions
 [6:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 23 - Rightful Heir
 [7:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 24 - Second Chances
 [8:00PM]    THE PINK PANTHER (2006)
 [10:00PM]    ALMOST ROYAL - Season 1 - Ep 4 - New York NEW
 [10:30PM]    ALMOST ROYAL - Season 1 - Ep 3 - Texas
 [11:00PM]    THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 15 - Episode 13
 [12:00AM]    THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 14 - Episode 11
 [1:00AM]    ALMOST ROYAL - Season 1 - Ep 4 - New York
 [1:30AM]    ALMOST ROYAL - Season 1 - Ep 3 - Texas
 [2:00AM]    THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 15 - Episode 13
 [3:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 21 - Frame of Mind
 [4:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 22 - Suspicions
 [5:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 23 - Rightful Heir     (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has the movie 'He's Just Not That Into You', followed by the movie 'The Switch'.



Comedy Central has 'South Park', another 'South Park', still another 'South Park', yet another 'South Park', still another 'South Park', 'Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly', and 'Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker'.



FX has the movie 'Iron Man', followed by the movie 'Spider-Man 2'.



History has all 'Pawn Stars' all night.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    THE THREE STOOGES-NO DOUGH BOYS
 [6:25AM]    THE THREE STOOGES
 [6:50AM]    THE THREE STOOGES-A PAIN IN THE PULLMAN
 [7:15AM]    THE THREE STOOGES-PARDON MY CLUTCH
 [7:40AM]    THE THREE STOOGES-PUNCH DRUNKS
 [8:05AM]    THE THREE STOOGES-RHYTHM & WEEP
 [8:30AM]    BATMAN-THE RING OF WAX
 [9:00AM]    BATMAN-GIVE 'EM THE AXE
 [9:30AM]    BATMAN-THE JOKER TRUMPS AN ACE
 [10:00AM]    BATMAN-BATMAN SETS THE PACE
 [10:30AM]    BATMAN-THE CURSE OF TUT
 [11:00AM]    MARON-YOGA TEACHER
 [11:30AM]    COMEDY BANG! BANG!-ALISON BRIE WEARS A BLACK MESH TOP AND MINI-SKIRT
 [12:00PM]    THE MATADOR
 [2:00PM]    CRY-BABY
 [3:45PM]    SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
 [6:15PM]    TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE
 [8:00PM]    LAND OF THE DEAD
 [10:00PM]    28 WEEKS LATER
 [12:00AM]    28 WEEKS LATER
 [2:00AM]    LAND OF THE DEAD
 [4:00AM]    SAW IV    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00AM]    Love Lust-Love Lust & the Little Black Dress
 [6:15AM]    Confidence
 [8:15AM]    Hollywoodland
 [11:00AM]    Do the Right Thing
 [1:30PM]    Margin Call
 [3:45PM]    The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
 [6:15PM]    The Mission
 [9:00PM]    Dead Ringers
 [11:30PM]    Sea of Love
 [2:00AM]    Dead Ringers
 [4:30AM]    Uncle Kent    (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'Outlander', followed by the movie 'In The Name Of The King 3: The Last Mission.



TCM:
 [6:30 AM]      Of Human Bondage (1934)
 [8:15 AM]      Carbine Williams (1952)
 [10:00 AM]      Carson on TCM: James Stewart (7/21/76) (2013)
 [10:30 AM]      Nancy Drew...Detective (1938)
 [12:00 PM]      Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
 [1:15 PM]      The Story Of Seabiscuit (1949)
 [3:00 PM]      Guys And Dolls (1955)
 [5:45 PM]      No Time For Sergeants (1958)
 [8:00 PM]      Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
 [10:30 PM]      The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
 [12:45 AM]      The V.I.P.S (1963)
 [3:00 AM]      Assault On Precinct 13 (1976)
 [4:30 AM]      The Super Cops (1974)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Sunday   -  07/06/14

TCM:
 [6:15 AM]      Top Hat (1935)
 [8:00 AM]      Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
 [10:00 AM]      Dangerous When Wet (1953)
 [12:00 PM]      Viva Las Vegas (1964)
 [1:30 PM]      Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
 [3:15 PM]      The Music Man (1962)
 [6:00 PM]      Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954)
 [8:00 PM]      Jason And The Argonauts (1963)
 [10:00 PM]      The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (1958)
 [12:00 AM]      Kiki (1926)    SILENT 
 [2:00 AM]      The Housemaid (1960)
 [4:00 AM]      Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)     (ALL TIMES EST)




Antenna TV

Bounce TV

Cozi TV

MOVIES! TV Network

Me-TV

RTV - The Retro Television Network

This TV


Al Jazeera






Any opinions?   Marty

Or reviews?   Marty




Support the e-page!




(See below for addresses)


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Parade marshal William Shatner (L) waves to fans during the 102 Calgary Stampede parade in Calgary, Alberta, July 4, 2014. Shatner played Captain Kirk in the Hollywood Star Trek series.
Photo by Todd Korol

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

What Every Governor Really Believes About Climate Change, In One Handy Map | ThinkProgress

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Are People?

Corporations

There may be more to that "we the people" notion than you thought.

These are boom times for the concept of "corporate personhood."

But it turns out the principle has been lurking in U.S. law for more than a century, and the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, gave it more oomph this week when it ruled that certain businesses are entitled to exercise religious rights, just as do people.

Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the court's majority, said protecting the religious rights of closely held corporations, which are often small, family-run businesses, "protects the religious liberty of the humans who own and control them."

Four years earlier, the corporations-as-people idea got another big boost when the court voted 5-4 to expand the free speech rights of businesses and labor unions by striking down limits on their political spending. That unleashed a massive flood of private money into political campaigns.

Corporations

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Adam Lambert, left, and Queen perform together at The Forum on Thursday, July 3, 2014 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Chris Pizzello

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Great Kobuk Sand Dunes - An Alaskan Oddity | Amusing Planet

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

U.S. Speeds Improving, But Still Far Behind

Broadband

Average global Internet service speeds grew an impressive 24% annually to 3.9Mbps in the first quarter of 2014, according to the recently released "State of the Internet Report" from Akamai. The United States showed solid improvements as well in terms of Web speeds, with the national average connection rate climbing 31% to 10.5Mbps. While that figure is impressive compared to the global average, and is also up a healthy 9% from the fourth quarter last year, it still lags global leaders by a big margin.

According to Akamai, average Internet service speeds in South Korea jumped a remarkable 145% annually in the first quarter to reach 23.6Mbps. That figure was more than good enough for the No. 1 spot globally, and was 9Mbps faster than Japan's 14.6Mbps national average in the No. 2 position.

Hong Kong, Switzerland and the Netherlands rounded out the top 5 with average Internet speeds of 13.3Mbps, 12.7Mbps and 12.4Mbps, respectively.

America's national average of 10.5Mbps placed it in the No. 12 position globally.

Broadband

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Newhead News


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Parents Visit Egypt Jail

Peter Greste

The parents of Australian Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste have visited their son in jail for the first time since his arrest by Egyptian authorities, calling it an "horrendous experience".

Juris Greste and wife Lois made an emotional visit to Cairo after the 48-year-old was sentenced in late June to seven years for aiding the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood and "spreading false news".

"It was a horrendous experience," Juris Greste told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation of the 45-minute meeting on Wednesday.

Greste's colleague, Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fahmy, was sentenced to the same term while their producer Baher Mohamed was handed 10 years in a decision that sparked global outrage and fears about press freedoms.

Peter Greste

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


The Roots' Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, left, and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson perform during an Independence Day celebration, Friday, July 4, 2014, in Philadelphia.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Ant-Mimicking Treehopper ~ The Ark In Space

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Denisovan Gene

Tibet

How do Tibetans thrive in high-altitude, low-oxygen conditions that would make others wither? Well, they may have received some help from an unexpected source.

Scientists said on Wednesday many Tibetans possess a rare variant of a gene involved in carrying oxygen in the blood that they likely inherited from an enigmatic group of extinct humans who interbred with our species tens of thousands of years ago.

It enables Tibetans to function well in low oxygen levels at elevations upwards of 15,000 feet (4,500 meters) like the vast high plateau of southwestern China. People without this variant would be apt to develop thick blood, leading to high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes, low-birth-weight babies and higher infant mortality.

This version of the EPAS1 gene is nearly identical to one found in Denisovans, a lineage related to Neanderthals - but is very different from other people today.

Denisovans are known from a single finger bone and two teeth found in a Siberian cave. DNA testing on the 41,000-year-old bone indicated Denisovans were distinct from our species and Neanderthals.

Tibet

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Wake-up Call


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Former Editor Jailed

Rupert

Andy Coulson, the former editor of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World and one-time spin doctor to British Prime Minister David Cameron, was jailed for 18 months on Friday for his role in the phone-hacking scandal that doomed the tabloid.

The sentence passed by a judge at the Old Bailey court in London caps a stunning fall from grace for 46-year-old Coulson, who once enjoyed access to the heights of the British establishment.

Four former colleagues at the now-defunct tabloid received shorter sentences for hacking the mobile phone voicemails of thousands of royals, celebrities and politicians in what prosecutors called a "criminal enterprise".

Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Murdoch's British newspaper arm and editor of the News of the World from 2000 to 2003, was cleared of all charges at the trial, along with her husband and three other people.

Rupert

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


People walk under colorful paper streamers for the Tanabata Star Festival in Hiratsuka, near Tokyo, Friday, July 4, 2014. According to legend, deities Orihime (Vega) and her lover Hikoboshi (Altair), separated by the Milky Way, are allowed to meet only once a year on July 7. People in the country celebrate the festival by writing wishes on strips of paper and hanging them under bamboo trees.
Photo by Koji Sasahara

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Weird Japanese Candy | For 91 Days in Tokyo - Travel Blog

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Anthony Fired (Again)

'Opie and Anthony'

Radio host Anthony Cumia has been fired from his show, "Opie and Anthony" on Sirius XM; the latest entertainment personality to be punished for his behavior on social media. Cumia hosts the show along with Gregg "Opie" Hughes and comedian Jim Norton. This year, Opie and Anthony celebrated twenty years of broadcasting together.

The firing comes after Cumia went on a Twitter rant, using profane language and making derogatory remarks about an African American woman who assaulted him in Times Square. Cumia was taking a photograph of the Square, and the woman believed she was the subject of his photographs.

The unidentified woman allegedly hit Cumia more than five times while calling him a "white motherfucker." Cumia took a photo of the woman moments before she hit him, then posted it to Twitter with a profanity laced tweet.

At the time, neither Cumia nor the woman involved reached out to police officers. After the incident, Cumia sent a number of tweets, calling the woman a "cunt" and a "savage."

Much of Cumia's on-air personality involves racial racist commentary. He also frequently discusses the conservative movement in America, including his role as a gun owner in New York state, which has very strict gun regulations.

'Opie and Anthony'

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Norwegian Town Whose Name Is One Letter Long : Condé Nast Traveler

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Retired Navy Commander Pleads Guilty

Edmond Aruffo

A retired U.S. Navy commander pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges on Thursday in connection with a wide-ranging corruption investigation of a Singapore-based defense contractor.

Edmond Aruffo, the 45-year-old former manager of Glenn Defense Marine Asia's operations in Japan, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in San Diego to a single count of conspiracy to commit bribery as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.

He is the seventh defendant charged in the bribery scandal and the fourth to plead guilty in the high-profile case.

Prosecutors accuse the maritime services firm, led by Malaysian businessman Leonard Glenn Francis, of bribing Navy officials to get information on ship movements and competing contracts and filed inflated invoices in contracts worth millions of dollars at ports across Asia.

Since the case was filed in October 2013, the NCIS investigator, a second company official, the NCIS agent and the navy logistics officer have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery.

Edmond Aruffo

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Gilles of Binche surround a performer dressed as witch as they take part in a procession during the annual medieval festival, the Ommegang, at Brussels' Grand Place July 3, 2014. The Ommegang pageant is a re-enactment of celebrations marking the historical entry of Charles the Fifth, his son Don Philip, infant of Spain and Duke of Brabant, and his sisters, Eleanor of Austria, Queen of France and Mary of Hungary into Brussels in 1549.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Metro Koi: Thousands of Fish Occupy Abandoned Bangkok Mall | Urbanist

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DOJ Emails Show Cozy Relationship

Comcast TWC Merger

Want to know why Comcast's merger with Time Warner Cable has any chance of passing despite huge opposition from even the company's own customers, look no further than emails recently uncovered by MuckRock that show Comcast execs have a very friendly relationship with an attorney at the Department of Justice's antitrust division.

Among other things, the emails show that earlier this year, Comcast invited Deputy Assistant Attorney General Renata Hesse to attend a party to celebrate the opening of the 2014 Winter Olympics, an invitation that Hesse regretfully declined because the "rules folks" at the DOJ would likely object. Hesse did say that the event sounded "delightful" and "fun," however, and told Comcast senior vice president of regulatory affairs Kathryn Zachem that she'd still love to go out to dinner with her sometime this year.

Zachem responded and said that she thought the invite to the Olympics party would have been OK since Comcast hadn't yet formally filed any paperwork on its TWC merger proposal. She did vow to Renata that she would take her up on that dinner offer, however, and promised to get it scheduled. In a followup email, Hesse once again expressed her regrets at not being able to attend Comcast's grand Olympics bash.

To be clear, Hesse did nothing wrong here, although this does illustrate the way Comcast uses its power and money to establish cozy relationships with the people who are supposed to be regulating it. We learned earlier this year that Comcast has also assembled one of the largest lobbying teams ever consisting of a whopping 40 different lobbying firms whose sole purpose is to push lawmakers and regulators to do its bidding. And this is the single biggest reason why the government might actually sign off on a merger between the two most hated companies in the United States despite public opposition.

Comcast TWC Merger

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A Mystical Forest in Spain «TwistedSifter

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Plot To Steal?

GMO Corn

A Chinese woman has been arrested and charged with trying to steal patented U.S. seed technology as part of a plot to smuggle types of specialized corn from farm fields in the U.S. Midwest for use in China, authorities said on Wednesday.

The woman, Mo Yun, is married to the founder and chairman of a Chinese conglomerate that runs a corn seed subsidiary. She and her brother, Mo Hailong, worked together and with others to steal the valuable corn seed from Iowa and Illinois, according to law enforcement officials. Mo Hailong was indicted and arrested in December.

The others involved in the conspiracy include employees at U.S. seed companies who provided locations where experiments with the genetically altered seeds took place; or they provided gene sequencing information for the bio-engineered seeds, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Iowa.

Both Iowa-based DuPont Pioneer, the agricultural unit of DuPont, and Missouri-based Monsanto, two of the world's largest agricultural seed companies, have said they are cooperating with federal authorities in the ongoing probe.

GMO Corn

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Models pose during the annual World Bodypainting Festival in Poertschach July 4, 2014. The event takes place from July 4 to 6 at lake Worthersee in Austria's southern Carinthia province.
Photo by Heinz-Peter Bader

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Derinkuyu - Turkey's Underground City That Once Housed 20,000 People | When On Earth - Places to See, Things to Do, Gear to Get

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Anger Over Double-Agent

Germany

German authorities have arrested a suspected double-agent accused of spying for the US on a parliamentary panel investigating NSA surveillance, media reports said Friday.

The suspect is an employee of Germany's foreign intelligence service who was passing information to US spies, said the reports, which threaten to undermine efforts to repair US-German ties after last year's shock revelations of widespread US snooping.

The federal prosecutor general confirmed that a 31-year-old German was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of acting for a foreign intelligence service, without specifying which one.

But several German media outlets said the suspect was working for a US intelligence agency, and had at least once reported on the parliamentary panel examining claims by fugitive US intelligence official Edward Snowden.

Germany

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

10 Mysteries That Hint At Forgotten Advanced Civilizations - Listverse

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

No Place Like Nome

Musk Oxen

Alaska wildlife officials have turned to an unusual source in efforts to persuade a herd of musk oxen to leave this Bering Sea coastal town for good. Bear urine.

Some suspect the large shaggy animals are seeking refuge in Nome because of brown bears, Alaska Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologist Tony Gorn told KNOM.

The musk oxen began moving a few weeks ago into Nome, famous for being the finish line for the nearly thousand mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race every March.

Wildlife officials have tried shooting rubber bullets at the musk oxen and setting off fireworks, but the only thing that seems to provide temporary relief is moving them out of town on foot. Then they come back.

Musk Oxen

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The 5 strangest beers in the world! | Weird News Files

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In Memory

Paul Horn

Grammy-winning jazz flutist and New Age music pioneer Paul Horn has died. He was 84.

Horn's son, Marlen, says his father died Sunday in Vancouver, British Columbia, after a brief illness. He declined to provide further details.

Horn's career spanned five decades, 50 albums and five Grammy nominations. He performed in concert tours and recording sessions with such artists as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis and Duke Ellington.

His album "Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts" won Grammys in 1966 for best original jazz composition and photographic cover album.

Horn's albums "Inside the Taj Mahal" and "Inside the Great Pyramid" laid the groundwork for the New Age music genre and earned him the nickname "Father of New Age Music."

Paul Horn

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In Memory

Richard Mellon Scaife

Richard Mellon Scaife, the billionaire heir to the Mellon banking and oil fortune and a newspaper publisher who funded libertarian and conservative causes and various projects to discredit President Bill Clinton, has died. He was 82.

The intensely private Scaife became widely known in the 1990s when first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton said her husband was being attacked by a "vast right-wing conspiracy." White House staffers and other supporters suggested Scaife was playing a central role in the attack.

Several foundations controlled by Scaife gave millions of dollars to organizations run by critics of Clinton, including $1.7 million for a project at the conservative American Spectator magazine to dig up information about his role in the Whitewater real estate scandal.

Scaife bought the Tribune-Review in suburban Pittsburgh in 1969, using its editorial pages to trumpet his views.

Scaife was a longtime supporter of Republicans, backing presidential candidate Barry Goldwater in 1964 and heavily funding the 1968 campaign of Richard Nixon.

In 1972, Scaife donated $1 million to Nixon in 334 separate checks to avoid paying gift taxes. After The Associated Press wrote a story about the money, Scaife insisted the Tribune-Review get rid of its AP service.

A Pittsburgh native, Richard Mellon Scaife was born in 1932, the son of Sarah Cordelia Mellon and Alan Magee Scaife. His mother was an alcoholic, and his upbringing has been described as cold and unhappy. He and his sister were raised by nannies.

He went to Yale but was expelled during his freshman year after a he rolled a beer keg down a flight of stairs, breaking the legs of a classmate, according to a 1999 story in The Washington Post.

The Tribune-Review reported Scaife is survived by a daughter, Jennie K. Scaife, a son, David N. Scaife, a daughter-in-law, Sara Scaife; and two grandchildren.

Richard Mellon Scaife


Steve Kangas (Steven Robert Esh, May 11, 1961 - February 8, 1999) was a journalist, political activist and chess teacher known for his website Liberalism Resurgent and highly political usenet postings. Until 1986 he worked for military intelligence. His stay in Berlin turned him from aconservative into an outspoken liberal militant. His writings were sharply critical of business propaganda of the overclass and CIA.

He died of a gunshot wound under unclear circumstances. He was found on the 39th floor in the restroom of the offices of Richard Mellon Scaife inside One Oxford Center, Pittsburgh. It was ruled a suicide by local police.    Source

Steve Kangas' homepage


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In Memory

Barry Moss

Broadway and television casting director Barry Moss, who helped cast nearly 90 Broadway and touring productions, including the 1980 revival of "West Side Story," ''Nine," ''Torch Song Trilogy" and "The Who's Tommy," has died. He was 74.

Moss died June 17 of congestive heart failure at Mount Sinai Roosevelt in Manhattan, said his partner Bob Kale.

Among his casting credits are the 1995 revival of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," ''Titanic," ''Woman of the Year," ''My One and Only," ''Black and Blue" and "Sweeney Todd," He also was the casting director for "The Cosby Show "and was a founding member of The Casting Society of America.

Moss was a child actor who studied theatre arts at UCLA. He worked for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences before moving to New York to begin a career as a director. He joined the Mort Schwartz Agency, where he was put in charge of the theatrical department. He soon met Julie Hughes, with whom he founded Hughes Moss Casting in 1981. At one point, they had eight shows running simultaneously on Broadway.

Moss is survived by his longtime partner and business associate Kale, nephew Mark Ellman and nieces Laurie Levinsky and Gerry Ellman.

Barry Moss

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Four of the six cheetah cubs stand in their enclosure at the Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, The Netherlands, 04 July 2014. The cheetah sextuplets were born on 24 May and can now be seen by the public for the first time. A female cheetah gives usually birth between two and four babies.
Photo by Piroschka Van De Wouw

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Say Thanks to Bart by helping Mrs. Bart make the mortgage, pay some bills and feed the kitties.


You could PayPal something to bartcop@bartcop.com



OR you could send a "love" check to
bartcop.com
PO Box 54466
Tulsa, OK 74155



PLEASE stop by bartcop.com and sign the guest book.



And, remember to use Bart's Amazon portal for purchases.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


CURRENT MOON
lunar phases


Subscribe to BartCop!



Click Here!







Weather.Org | World Weather Forecast and Climate History



BartBlog - The Blog of BartCop.com


My Guest Map


page of flags


Erin Hart Show Links


Conan Welcomes You To CONAN360°


PersephonePlus

BadtotheboneBob's Veteran's Reports Archive

Nick's Crusade

Irascible Professor

David Bruce's Amazon Author Page

Shameless Commerce's Buy Bruce's Anecdote Books

Academic Earth

Baron Dave Romm Portal

Digby's Hullabaloo

Media Matters

Today In Afghanistan

Freeway Blogger

Newhead News

I'm Not Sorry

Wake-up Call

MEME PATROL

Internet Weekly

Unpopular Ideas

Project for the OLD American Century

The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol

skippy the bush kangaroo

2 Dudes

The Mr. Nice Guy Show

Affordable Colleges Online: Higher Education Affordability for Veterans

Etsy.com coupons

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Woodstock Preservation Alliance

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

War Is A Racket - Major General Smedley Butler

The War Prayer - Mark Twain

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Who served?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bill Clinton - Chris Wallace/Faux News - 09/23/06 - Transcript


Stephen Colbert - White House Correspondents' Association Dinner Transcript


100 Most Banned Books


Photos from D.C. - Nancy Maynard



Johnsonburg, PA - page 5


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Church of Reality - click here for more information

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Disinfotainment Today - Click Here!

FAnnetastic - Click Here!!

Click Here!


Click Here!

Click Here!

Click Here!

New Head News - Click Here!

Beacon Reader - The Four Cartoonists of the Apocalypse - Click Here!

War Is A Crime : Click Here!

Saint Clinton


Raw Story - Click Here!

Click Here!

Drink In Hand - Click Here!

Click Here!


Click here for printable version


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Welcome!


You have reached the Home page of BartCop Entertainment.

Do you have something to say?
Anything that increased your blood pressure, or, even better, amused or entertained?

Do you have a great album no one's heard?
How about a favorite TV show, movie, book, play, cartoon, or legal amusement?
A popular artist that just plain pisses you off?
A box set the whole world should own?
Vile, filthy rumors about Republican hypocrites?

Just plain vile, filthy rumors?

In other words, submissions are welcome.


Send mail to Marty
( SuprmChaos at yahoo dot com )

Or this Marty
( SuprmChaos at aol dot com )

Or this Marty
( SuprmChaos at hotmail dot com )

Or this Marty
( marty at suprmchaos dot com )


Thank you

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Previous Issue


BartCop Entertainment Archives




Home

Links







Return to BartCop







"Management reserves the right to edit, yada yada."


''You send it to me, it's mine.''















Legal Stuff















Established 26 July, 2001






























































Heh heh heh










©  2014  suprmchaos.com