Andrew Tobias: Ayn Rand Wrote Comic Books
The right should love a big minimum wage hike. It's good for the economy: the rich can't get richer without a middle class. It's good for taxpayers: less poverty means fewer public assistance pay-outs. It weakens the appeal of unions (which may be gaining some traction, as described in the New Yorker): the right hates unions.
A.C. Grimes, David W. Parsons: 6 Real Police Screw-Ups That Put Chief Wiggum to Shame (Cracked)
Let's just say right off the top that police officers have a tough job, and there's literally no one else we want to call if somebody with a crowbar is chasing us down an alley. And even articles like this go to show what a massive responsibility they have -- when these guys screw up on the job, shit can go just ridiculously wrong.
An enthusiastic chess player, this entertainer's TV show included an occasional segment in which he would explain a chess move. He also arranged with the United States Chess Federation to sponsor a grandmaster tournament, with the largest prize fund in history, but the event was canceled after his death. What is the name of this member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame?
Emmett Leo Kelly (December 9, 1898 - March 28, 1979) was an American circus performer, who created the memorable clown figure "Weary Willie", based on the hobos of the Depression era.
"Weary Willie" was a tragic figure: a clown, who could usually be seen sweeping up the circus rings after the other performers. He tried but failed to sweep up the pool of light of a spotlight. His routine was revolutionary at the time: traditionally, clowns wore white face and performed slapstick stunts intended to make people laugh. Kelly did perform stunts too-one of his most famous acts was trying to crack a peanut with a sledgehammer-but as a tramp, he also appealed to the sympathy of his audience.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Weary Willie
Charlie wrote:
Weary Willie
Deborah said:
Oh, I know this - Emmettt Kelly's sad clown was called "Weary Willie." He was a pretty creepy clown.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Emmett Leo Kelly was an American circus performer, who created the memorable clown figure "Weary Willie", based on the hobos of the Depression era.
Randall replied:
Without Googling it, as I recall, Emmett Kelly was a clown/hobo.
Hobo Clown.
Again, as I recall, it was kind of a sad character...
Don't remember his name though...
Willie?
Bill?
Something like that.
Dale of Smokey Diamond Springs, Norfallcali answered:
Weary Willie…..unclowned….with a laughing jackasshole….there's nothing amusing about fucking clowns…..Friday sacrilegious shit….Holy sisters, Batman!
MAM wrote:
"Weary Willie" ~ Based on hobos during the depression era.
Marian answered:
Weary Willie
Joe S said:
Weary Willie. My dad took me to the circus when I was but a tad, 6 or 7 years old. We saw Emmet Kelly, my dad told me who he was. All he did was carry a head of cabbage around the ring, pulling off pieces of it and eating it. It was he funniest thing I've ever seen. You had to be there, really you had to be there. There's no way to tell how it was funny. Everyone was laughing their asses off. Grown people were gasping for breath, and Willie never cracked a smile.
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CBS begins the night with a RERUN'NCIS: The 3rd One', followed by a RERUN'Scorpion', then '48 Hours'.
NBC opens the night with a RERUN'The Mysteries Of Laura', followed by a RERUN'L&O: SVU', then 'Global Citizen Festival: A Concert To End Extreme Poverty'.
Scheduled on the SEASON PREMIERE'SNL' is Chris Pratt hosting, music by Ariana Grande.
ABC starts the night with LIVE'College Football', then pads the left coast with local crap and maybe an old 'Castle'.
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'College Football', 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 Good, The Bad, & The Ugly', followed by a FRESH'Hell On Wheels', then a FRESH'TURN: Washington Spies'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 5 - Sandgate
[7:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 4 - The Fish and Anchor
[8:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 4 - Finn McCool's
[9:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 6 - Hannah & Mason's
[10:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 3 - Ep 9 - Le Bistro
[11:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 4 - Ms. Jean's Southern Cuisine
[12:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 13-14-Episode 1
[1:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 13-14-Episode 2
[2:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 13-14-Episode 3
[3:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 13-14-Episode 4
[4:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 7 - Lonely Among Us
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 8 - Justice
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 9 - The Battle
[7:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 10 - Hide and Q
[8:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 8 - Ep 5 - Time Heist
[9:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 8 - Ep 6 - The Caretaker NEW
[10:00PM] INTRUDERS - Season 1 - Ep 6 - Bound NEW
[11:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 8 - Ep 5 - Time Heist
[12:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 8 - Ep 6 - The Caretaker
[1:00AM] INTRUDERS - Season 1 - Ep 6 - Bound
[2:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 7 - Lonely Among Us
[3:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 8 - Justice
[4:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 9 - The Battle
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 10 - Hide and Q (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has the movie 'The Fast & The Furious', and the rest of the night is TBA.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Happy Gilmore', followed by the movie 'Superbad'.
FX has the movie 'Spider-Man 3', followed by the movie 'The Amazing Spider-Man'.
History has the movie 'Magic Trip', 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', and yet another 'Pawn Stars'.
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[6:00AM] COMEDY BANG! BANG!-ANNA KENDRICK
[6:15AM] COMEDY BANG! BANG!-JASON SCHWARTZMAN WEARS A STRIPED SHIRT & HIGH TOP SNEAKERS
[6:45AM] COMEDY BANG! BANG!-COBIE SMULDERS WEARS A STRAPLESS BLACK & WHITE DRESS
[7:15AM] BATMAN-THE CONTAMINATED COWL
[7:45AM] BATMAN-THE MAD HATTER RUNS A FOUL
[8:15AM] BATMAN-THE ZODIAC CRIMES
[8:45AM] BATMAN-THE JOKER'S HARD TIME
[9:15AM] BATMAN-THE PENGUIN DECLINES
[9:45AM] BATMAN-THAT DARN CATWOMAN
[10:15AM] BATMAN-SCAT, DARN CATWOMAN
[10:45AM] BATMAN-PENGUIN IS A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND
[11:15AM] GARFUNKEL AND OATES-MATURITY
[11:45AM] PORTLANDIA-NINA'S BIRTHDAY
[12:15PM] PORTLANDIA-SHARING FINANCES
[12:45PM] PORTLANDIA-PULL-OUT KING
[1:15PM] PORTLANDIA-BAHAMA KNIGHTS
[1:45PM] MARON-TALKING DEAD
[2:15PM] MARON-THERAPY
[2:45PM] MARON-MARC'S FAMILY
[3:15PM] MARON-DESERT ROAD TRIP
[3:45PM] THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM
[6:00PM] STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI
[8:00PM] KILL BILL: VOL. 2
[11:00PM] KILL BILL: VOL. 2
[2:00AM] THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN
[4:00AM] COMEDY BANG! BANG!-ZACH GALIFIANAKIS WEARS A SANTA SUIT
[4:30AM] GARFUNKEL AND OATES-THE FADEAWAY
[5:00AM] GARFUNKEL AND OATES-RULE 34
[5:30AM] GARFUNKEL AND OATES-SPEECHLESS (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Uncle Kent
[7:30AM] The Contender
[10:15AM] Tenderness
[12:30PM] The Name of the Rose
[3:15PM] The Mission
[6:00PM] The Outlaw Josey Wales
[9:00PM] Money Train
[11:15PM] Runaway Train
[1:45AM] Money Train
[4:00AM] Serial Mom (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Freddy Vs. Jason', followed by the movie 'The Revenant'.
Puerto Rican actor Benicio Del Toro speaks while holding his trophy after receiving the Donostia Award for career achievement on the eighth day of the 62nd San Sebastian Film Festival, September 26, 2014.
Photo by Vincent West
The legal war between comic book art great Jack Kirby's heirs and Marvel Entertainment over the rights to Iron Man, Captain America and other superhero icons has ended, not with a climactic final battle but with a settlement announced Friday by both sides.
The settlement came as the U.S. Supreme Court was set to discuss whether to take up the long-running case. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
It was the latest chapter in the dispute over Kirby's claim on rights to the popular, lucrative Marvel comic and movie characters co-created with then-editor and writer Stan Lee during the 1960s.
The wider dispute, dating back well before the court case, was what share of the credit for creating Iron Man, the Hulk and others was due Kirby.
A museum honoring singer Tina Turner opened on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 in Brownsville, Tenn. The Tina Turner Museum at Flagg Grove School is housed inside an old one-room schoolhouse where she attended classes as a child in West Tennessee. The museum features gold-and-platinum records and glittering outfits and dresses worn during performances by Turner, whose Grammy-winning singing career includes hit songs "Nutbush City Limits," "Proud Mary" and "What's Love Got To Do With it."
Photo by Adrian Sainz
A portion of late science fiction author Ray Bradbury's estate, including George Bernard Shaw's garden spade and artworks both comedic and surreal, sold for $493,408 in California, the auctioneer said.
Bradbury, who died in 2012, was perhaps best known for his dystopian classic, "Fahrenheit 451.," the auctioneer said. In a career spanning more than 70 years, the Waukegan, Illinois, native also wrote "Dandelion Wine," "I Sing the Body Electric" and "From the Dust Returned" as hundreds of short stories, poems, essays, operas, plays, teleplays and screenplays.
Among Bradbury's possessions sold late on Thursday was an inscribed spade owned by Irish Playwright George Bernard Shaw and a meandering science-fiction-free unpublished poem about the garden tool, which sold together for $6,250, auctioneer Nate D. Sanders said.
Dean Ellis' painting of a naked, tattoo-covered man sitting atop a tiny wooden platform under a bewitching crimson sky, used for the 1969 cover of short story collection "The Illustrated Man," sold for $45,894, the auction house said.
A Republican adman unveiled a new public relations campaign this week to soften the image of the Grand Old Party using the guiding slogan "Republicans Are People, Too." The promotional push came complete with a highly produced video, a website and socialmedia efforts.
The project is the brainchild of Vinny Minchillo, a Mitt Romney presidential campaign veteran who helped produce ads for the White House candidate in 2012. The positive, feel-good campaign, Minchillo said, is meant to "let people know that it's OK to be a Republican," in a world in which he feels it has become "socially acceptable to say bad things about Republicans."
That slogan, however, might sound familiar to some of the party's greybeards. In 1974, when the heavily damaged GOP brand was reeling from the Watergate scandal that brought down Richard Nixon, the Republican National Committee launched its own "Republicans Are People Too" initiative in an attempt to recast the party before a skeptical public.
Here's how Craig Shirley, a longtime political consultant and Ronald Reagan biographer, put it in his book Reagan's Revolution.
"It was the wail of pathetic losers," Shirley told Yahoo News.
In this image provided by the Association of Surfing Professionals, Kelly Slater, top, of the United States, performs an aerial maneuver behind Matt Wilkinson, of Australia, during round 1 of the Quiksilver Pro surfing competition Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, in Hossegor, France. Wilkinson defeated Slater and advanced to round 3, while Slater will surf again in round 2.
Photo by Damien Poullenot
Malcolm Young, one of the founding members of veteran Australian rockers AC/DC, has dementia and is being treated in an aged care facility in Sydney, reports said on Friday.
The high-voltage group, one of the biggest grossing bands of all time, announced on Thursday that the rhythm guitarist had retired after 41 years due to unspecified health issues.
The Australian newspaper said Young, 61, suffered a stroke last year while the Sydney Morning Herald reported that he has dementia and was now a full-time patient at an exclusive Sydney care home.
"If you were in the room with (Young) and walked out then came back in one minute later he wouldn't remember who you are," the Herald's veteran music writer Bernard Zuel cited a Young "family connection" as saying.
"He has a complete loss of short-term memory. His wife Linda has put him in full-time care."
Lights! Camera! Take off! The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced yesterday (Sept. 25) that television and movie producers will now be able to use drones to capture high-flying aerial footage.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced that the agency has granted approval to six photo and video production companies to use drones for filming.
But, these regulatory exemptions do come with strings attached. In exchange for the right to use their drones, production companies will have to complywith what the FAA said are measures to ensure the safe handling of these flying bots.
The companies that were successful in applying for the exemptions had to agree to obtain pilot certificates for drone operators. They will also need to keep the robotic flyers within view during filming, and all drones will be restricted to particular areas on the set, according to the FAA. Furthermore, no unmanned aerial filming will be permitted at night under the new rules, and every drone will have to undergo inspection before flying, agency officials said.
Paper hand prints painted red as a protest against bullfighting rest during a demonstration, on the entrance of the Mexico City Legislative Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. Animal rights activists are pressuring the government to ban bullfights in Mexico City.
Photo by Eduardo Verdugo
A Montana teacher was sentenced Friday to 10 years in custody in a student rape case that led to the censure of a judge who partially blamed the victim.
Stacey Dean Rambold, 55, was resentenced by Judge Randal Spaulding exactly a year after he completed an initial one-month prison term for the crime.
Rambold appeared to grimace as the new sentence was read. He was then handcuffed and led away by deputies, pausing briefly to exchange words with family as he exited the courtroom.
Rambold pleaded guilty to a single count of sexual intercourse without consent in the 2007 incident involving 14-year-old Cherice Moralez, a freshman in his Billings Senior High School business class. She committed suicide in 2010.
The state Supreme Court overturned Rambold's initial sentence, citing in part comments from Judge G. Todd Baugh who suggested the victim shared responsibility.
The U.S. Justice Department asked the Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department on Friday to order its officers not to wear bracelets in support of the white policeman who shot to death an unarmed black teenager last month, sparking protests.
In a letter to Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson, the Justice Department said residents had told its investigators that officers policing protest sites on Tuesday in Ferguson were seen wearing "I am Darren Wilson" bracelets.
The letter said the bracelets had "upset and agitated" people and "reinforce the very 'us versus them' mentality that many residents of Ferguson believe exists."
The DOJ said it had been assured by officials with the county and state police, which have been brought in to help in Ferguson, that their officers would not wear them. Ferguson police could not be reached for comment on Friday evening.
In a separate letter sent to Jackson earlier this week, the Justice Department said its investigators had observed Ferguson police officers not wearing, or obscuring, their name tags on their uniforms, a violation of the police department's rules.
Muslim Khaloar Abdarahim holds a placard which reads "Not in my name" as he poses inside the Arrahma Mosque after Friday prayers in Nantes, western France, September 26, 2014 after a gathering to pay tribute to French mountain guide Herve Gourdel who was beheaded by an Algerian Islamist group. Thousands of French Muslims, who at 5 million make up about eight percent of the population, are set to rally across the country on Friday to protest Islamic State, which many say does not represent their religion.
Photo by Stephane Mahe
Nearly 600 U.S. soldiers accompanied by tanks and other vehicles will arrive in Poland and the Baltic states at the weekend for military exercises, the Polish defense ministry said on Friday.
The U.S. soldiers will replace a more lightly armed force of paratroopers and will take part in rotational exercises meant to show the United States' commitment to NATO's eastern allies, it said in a statement.
The ministry said the aim of the exercises, part of NATO's Operation Atlantic Resolve, was to "guarantee the security of European allies in the face of the latest aggression of Russia in Ukraine."
"The Americans are training for the deployment of forces and for cooperation with allies," Artur Golawski, a spokesman for Poland's armed forces, told Reuters.
Unregulated genetically modified wheat has popped up in a second location in the United States, this time in Montana, the Agriculture Department said Friday.
No genetically engineered wheat has been approved for U.S. farming, and the discovery of unapproved varieties can pose a potential threat to U.S. trade with countries that have concerns about genetically modified foods.
USDA said Friday that the incident is on a smaller scale than a similar finding in Oregon last year that prompted several Asian countries to temporarily ban U.S. wheat imports.
The herbicide-resistant wheat was found on one to three acres in Montana, while the genetically engineered plants found in Oregon were spread over more than 100 acres. And the plants were found at a university research center in Huntley, Montana, where genetically modified wheat was legally tested by seed giant Monsanto 11 years ago. The plants in Oregon were found in a field that had never conducted such tests, prompting questions about how they got there.
The department said it is investigating the discovery of the Montana wheat, which is a different variety than the genetically modified wheat found in Oregon. USDA said the wheat would be safe to eat, but none of it entered the market.
This undated photo provided by Christie's shows French Impressionist Edouard Manet's "Spring," which could set a new record for the artist when it is auctioned on Nov. 5, 2014, at Christie's. The presale estimate for the painting depicting a Parisian actress in fancy dress and bonnet is $25 million to $35 million.
The U.S. Forest Service has been forced to clarify its position on photography rules for the nation's wild places after a proposed rule change for picture permits prompted fears that visitors could be fined $1,000 for taking snapshots of nature.
The agency asked for public feedback this month on a proposal to set criteria for how to vet requests for commercial filming in wilderness areas, as part of what it called a "good faith effort" to ensure they receive the fullest protection.
The proposal would make permanent a temporary "directive" that has been in place for four years and covers requirements for commercial shoots, such a movies or television commercials.
U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell said late on Thursday he wanted to clear up that the provisions in the draft directive do not apply to media reporters or vacationers.
Given the high level of interest in the case, Tidwell added, the Forest Service has decided to extend the period allowed for public comments by a month, until Dec. 3.
Tens of thousands of letters, packages and junk mail found stashed in a U.S. postal carrier's New York City apartment will soon get delivered, some of them nearly a decade after they were mailed, prosecutors said on Friday.
Joseph Brucato, 67, a carrier with the United States Postal Service since 2001, is accused of illegally keeping about 40,000 letters and parcels that were due for delivery on his route in the borough of Brooklyn.
The suspected hoarding came to light this week when a post office supervisor spotted what appeared to be undelivered letters inside Brucato's personal vehicle and questioned him, according to a complaint filed on Wednesday.
He then agreed to a search of his car, work locker and home, where a total of about 2,500 pounds of mail dating as far back as 2005 was retrieved, the complaint said.
This photo provided by the San Diego Zoo Safari Park shows a three-week old ellipsen waterbuck at the South African field exhibit at the park in Escondido, Calif., Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. The calf was born with a condition called leucism, which causes reduced pigmentation in the skin and hair.
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