BartCop Entertainment Archives - Saturday, 11 November, 2017

Saturday

11 November, 2017

(Updated Daily)

[281 days in a row]



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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Paul Krugman: Trump and Ryan Versus the Little People (NY Times Column)
Call it the Leona Helmsley Tax Act of 2017.


Josh Marshall: The GOP Looks Stuck With Roy Moore (TPM)
The most likely upshot of all of this is that Moore becomes too radioactive for national Republicans to endorse him and possibly to get national money but still remains on the ticket and running for the office.


Matt Shuhan: "WH On Moore Report: 'That Hypothetical Would Be Disqualifying For Anyone'"(TPM)
White House aide Kellyanne Conway said Thursday that allegations against Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore made in the Washington Post "would be disqualifying for anyone in public office." "We need to listen to both sides, but at the same time, that hypothetical would be disqualifying for anyone in public office," Conway said, in a clip aired on MSNBC.


Philip Lewis: Roy Moore Fundraises Off Report That He Molested A 14-Year-Old Girl (Huffington Post)
"If these allegations are true, Roy Moore should step aside for all the obvious reasons," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a statement. "These are very disturbing allegations."


Andrew Tobias: "More Tax Nightmares: Education"
"Student Loan Interest Deduction, Gone?
"Under the GOP plan, people who are repaying their student loans would lose their current $2,500 deduction. - Dana Chasin


Peter Bradshaw: Fireworks review - anime romance sparkles with strangeness (The Guardian)
This disorientating teen tale - think Japan's answer to Sliding Doors - follows the divided destinies of three characters in wholly un-Hollywood style.


Laura Snapes: Taylor Swift's reputation: will her new album silence her critics? (The Guardian)
From spats over white privilege to her failure to speak out against Trump, the singer's position as peerless pop princess has been seriously damaged in recent years. Will this be the week she wins back her detractors?


Rachel Aroesti: "Taylor Swift producer Jack Antonoff: 'I'm drawn to female artists who are brutally honest'" (The Guardian)
Taylor Swift, Lorde, St Vincent and Pink have all benefited from collaborating with the songwriter, producer and Bleachers frontman - and that's just this year. So what is the driving force for this one-man pop factory?



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Presenting

Michael Egan




@drmivhaelegan




Superman Abandons Earth



Editorial and Political Cartoons



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Trivia Question of the Day


Holden Caulfield is the narrator and main character of what novel?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


What is the practice from ancient Roman religion of interpreting omens from the observed flight of birds?


       Augury                                                      Source


Augury is the practice from ancient Roman religion of interpreting omens from the observed flight of birds (aves). When the individual, known as the augur, interpreted these signs, it is referred to as "taking the auspices". 'Augur' and 'auspices' are from the Latin auspicium and auspex, literally "one who looks at birds." Depending upon the birds, the auspices from the gods could be favorable or unfavorable (auspicious or inauspicious).

This type of omen reading was already a millennium old in the time of Classical Greece: in the fourteenth-century BC diplomatic correspondence preserved in Egypt called the "Amarna correspondence", the practice was familiar to the king of Alasia in Cyprus who needed an 'eagle diviner' to be sent from Egypt.

According to unanimous testimony from ancient sources the use of auspices as a means to decipher the will of the gods was more ancient than Rome itself.        Source







Mark. was first, and correct, with:
   That would be augury.



Randall wrote:
   Augury





Alan J answered:
   Augury.



Deborah wrote:
   I think it's called augury. Was this question a repeat? I think I remember it from years ago. TGIF. It's been a long week.



Gene responded:
   It's augury. Auspices also derives of this.





David from (damp and toasted) Moon Valley replied:
   Re: Lonely Are The Brave
  ...i really like this one, too!...and 'screenwritten' by Dalton Trumbo from a novel by Edward Abbey..now there'a a pair to draw to!




Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
   Augury is the practice from ancient Roman religion of interpreting omens from the observed flight of birds



Adam answered:
   Ornithomamcy



Daniel in The City wrote:
   Augury



Billy in Cypress responded:
   Augury



Dale of Diamond Springs, Norcali replied:
   Augury is for the freakin boids!



zorch said:
   Augury. Not to be confused with buggery, a common Greek practice.



Joe S     answered:
   Augury is the practice from ancient Roman religion of interpreting omens from the observed flight of birds (aves). When the individual, known as the augur, interpreted these signs, it is referred to as "taking the auspices". 'Augur' and 'auspices' are from the Latin auspicium and auspex, literally "one who looks at birds. Depending upon the birds, the auspices from the gods could be favorable or unfavorable (auspicious or inauspicious). Sometimes bribed or politically motivated augures would fabricate unfavorable auspices in order to delay certain state functions, such as elections. Pliny the Elder attributes the invention of auspicy to Tiresias the seer of Thebes, the generic model of a seer in the Greco-Roman literary culture.
  I tried to think of an amusing antidote to further describe Augury. I got nuthin, except this.




mj took the day off.
  



Stephen F took the day off.
  



Harry M. took the day off.
  



John I from Hawai`i took the day off.
  



Kevin K. in Washington, DC took the day off.
  



Dave in Tucson took the day off.
  



Rosemary in Columbus took the day off.
  



DJ Useo took the day off.
  



Gary E.K. took the day off.
  



George M. took the day off.
  



Gary K. took the day off.
  



BttbBob   wrote:
  
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  November 11 Birthdays - Celebrities Born November 11 | Famous Birthdays




Sally has retired.
  



MAM     In memory.



  





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Middle Class Political Economist




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


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Reader Suggestion

Michelle in AZ


The Existing Democratic Majority - The New York Times



Socrates in the Age of Trump - The New York Times



Forget Obstruction, Bribery, Collusion... Mueller Could Be Investigating Conspiracy To Kidnap.



Roy Moore Has Republicans Defending Child Molestation Now. Is America Great Again Yet?



Both Senate and House tax bills bust the Byrd Rule, can't pass without Democratic support



BBC - Culture - The endless influence of the Bauhaus



Mountain lion shot with tranquilizer gun in San Francisco neighborhood - SFGate



The GOP Is Creating Sin Eaters to Absolve Roy Moore



Most scientists now reject the idea that the first Americans came by land | Ars Technica



Debating Whether Reptiles or Amphibians Should Be House Pets - The New York Times



Thanks, Michelle!


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Bonus Links

Jeannie the Teed-Off Temp


Judge again dismisses Clinton email suits - POLITICO



What a Difference A Few Indictments Make: Public Confidence in Mueller Soars - Lawfare



Boom - Watch This Closely - Talking Points Memo



Russian Twitter trolls diverted attention from Trump's 'Access Hollywood' comments: report | TheHill



Mysterious Putin 'niece' has a name - POLITICO



Mueller Probe Interviews Stephen Miller - Talking Points Memo



Millions Of Puerto Ricans Just Lost Power Again After A Line Repaired By Whitefish Energy Failed | Buzzfeed



Ellen Page condemns director Brett Ratner and sexist power structures - Vox



Ellen Page Says Brett Ratner Harassed Her For Being Gay | Vulture



What Are You Going To Do, Republicans, Count The Tree Rings On Roy Moore's Dick? | Wonkette



Stonekettle Station: Veteran's Day 2017



Trump's Shrinkage: How He Diminished the Presidency in 10 Mere Months | Vanity Fair



How Trump Brought the Political Media Class to Its Knees | Vanity Fair



Why conservatives are more susceptible to believing in lies. | Slate



Roy Moore and the rot in conservative politics | Media Matters



Papadopoulos lied to FBI out of loyalty to Trump: report | TheHill



What to Make of the Latest Story About Flynn and Gulen? - Lawfare



Trump Administration Suddenly Cancels Refugee Program That Saved Lives of Central American Children | The Intercept



Rumors Swirl About Mueller Probe After 34 Sealed Cases Filed in D.C. Federal Court | LawNewz



John Kelly wants mass deportation - and given his record, that's no surprise - Salon.com



The 2017 Elections Suggest Incumbency Won't Save Republicans In 2018 | FiveThirtyEight





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from Marc Perkel

Patriot Act

Patriot Act NSA Spying Unconstitutional Section 215 National Security Letters Must End

My name is Marc Perkel and I have decided to announce that I will not comply with the so called "Patriot Act" laws requiring me to disclose information about my customers. If I receive a national security letter I will immediately photograph it, post it online everywhere I can, and then make a video of me burning it. I will then await my arrest. If you want to put me in jail then come get me mother fucker.

Come Get Me Mother Fucker | Putting and end to NSA government Spying




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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


REALLY BAD PIZZA.

WRONG.

"VOLK"

LET'S GET NAKED!

"NOT NORMAL".

WHO DAT?

BS!






Visit JD's site - Kitty Litter Music




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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Excited to not have to set an alarm clock tonight.



Tonight, Saturday:

CBS begins the night with a RERUN 'NCIS', followed by a RERUN 'SWAT', then '48 Hours'.



NBC opens the night on the East Coast with a RERUN 'Will & Grace', followed by an old 'Dateline', then a RERUN 'SNL'.
NBC opens the night on the left coast with a RERUN 'Will & Grace', followed by a FRESH 'SNL', then a RERUN 'SNL'.
'SNL' is FRESH, with Tiffany Haddish hosting, music by Taylor Swift.



ABC starts the night with LIVE 'College Football', followed by the FRESH 'American Valor: A Salute To Our Heroes'.



The CW offers an old 'Friends', followed by another old 'Friends', then an old '2½ Men', followed by another old '2½ Men'.



Faux fills the night with LIVE 'College Football'.



MY recycles an old 'Major Crimes', followed by an old 'Rizzoli & Isles'.



A&E has 'Live PD', followed by a FRESH 'Live PD: Rewind', then a FRESH 'Live PD'.



AMC offers the movie 'The Matrix', followed by the movie 'The Book Of Eli'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]    V FOR VENDETTA (2006)
 [9:00AM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 13-Fair Trade
 [10:00AM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 14-Alter Ego
 [11:00AM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 15-Coda
 [12:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 16-Blood Fever
 [1:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 17-Unity
 [2:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 18-Darkling
 [3:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 19-Rise
 [4:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 20-Favorite Son
 [5:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 21-Before and After
 [6:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 22-Real Life
 [7:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 23-Distant Origin
 [8:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 24-Displaced
 [9:00PM]    DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 5-Shapes and Colors
 [10:00PM]    THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - SEASON 22 - EPISODE 6
 [11:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 15-Coda
 [12:00AM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 16-Blood Fever
 [1:00AM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 17-Unity
 [2:00AM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 18-Darkling
 [3:00AM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 19-Rise
 [4:00AM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 20-Favorite Son
 [5:00AM]    DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 5-Shapes and Colors     (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by the movie 'Sweet Home Alabama', then the movie 'Sweet Home Alabama', again.



Comedy Central has the movie 'Meet The Fockers', followed by the movie 'Meet The Parents', then the movie 'Meet The Fockers'.



FX has the movie 'Spy', followed by the movie 'Transformers: The Age Of Extinction'.



History has the movie 'Fury', followed by a FRESH 'The Warfighers', then another FRESH 'The Warfighters', followed by still another FRESH 'The Warfighters', then yet another FRESH 'The Warfighters'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    AIRHEADS
 [8:00AM]    UP IN SMOKE
 [10:00AM]    STAN AGAINST EVIL-Black Hat Society Part 2
 [10:30AM]    STAN AGAINST EVIL-Curse of the Werepony
 [11:00AM]    STAN AGAINST EVIL-Girls' Night
 [11:30AM]    AIRHEADS
 [1:30PM]    UP IN SMOKE
 [3:30PM]    HOT ROD
 [5:30PM]    THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN
 [8:00PM]    SUPER TROOPERS
 [10:15PM]    THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN
 [12:45AM]    HOT ROD
 [2:45AM]    JACKIE BROWN     (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:30AM]    The Andy Griffith Show-Opie's Ill-Gotten Gain
 [7:00AM]    The Andy Griffith Show-A Date for Gomer
 [7:30AM]    The Andy Griffith Show-Up in Barney's Room
 [8:00AM]    The Andy Griffith Show-Citizen's Arrest
 [8:30AM]    The Andy Griffith Show-Opie and His Merry Men
 [9:00AM]    Bull Durham
 [11:30AM]    Sahara
 [2:00PM]    M*A*S*H-War Co-Respondent
 [2:30PM]    M*A*S*H-Back Pay
 [3:00PM]    M*A*S*H-April Fools
 [3:30PM]    M*A*S*H-The Best of Enemies
 [4:00PM]    M*A*S*H-Letters
 [4:30PM]    M*A*S*H-Cementing Relationships
 [5:00PM]    M*A*S*H-Father's Day
 [5:30PM]    M*A*S*H-Death Takes a Holiday
 [6:00PM]    M*A*S*H-A War for All Seasons
 [6:30PM]    M*A*S*H-Your Retention, Please
 [7:00PM]    M*A*S*H-Tell It to the Marines
 [7:30PM]    M*A*S*H-Taking the Fifth
 [8:00PM]    M*A*S*H-Operation Friendship
 [8:30PM]    M*A*S*H-No Sweat
 [9:00PM]    MASH
 [11:45PM]    MASH
 [2:30AM]    Kelly's Heroes     (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has all old 'Futurama' all night.



TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Dragon Seed (1944)
 [8:30 AM]      MGM Parade Show #3 (1955)
 [9:00 AM]      Strategic Air Command (1955)
 [11:15 AM]      The Green Berets (1968)
 [2:00 PM]      Where Eagles Dare (1968)
 [5:00 PM]      The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)
 [8:00 PM]      No Time For Sergeants (1958)
 [10:15 PM]      Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
 [12:15 AM]      Sergeant York (1941)
 [2:45 AM]      Red Sonja (1985)
 [4:30 AM]      Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Sunday   -  11/12/17

TCM:
 [6:30 AM]      The Red Balloon (1956)
 [7:15 AM]      Guys and Dolls (1955)
 [10:00 AM]      The Window
 [11:30 AM]      National Velvet (1944)
 [2:00 PM]      Lost in a Harem (1944)
 [3:45 PM]      Casablanca (1942)
 [5:45 PM]      Bullitt (1968)
 [8:00 PM]      April Love (1957)
 [10:00 PM]      Bernardine (1957)
 [12:00 AM]      Laila (1929)    SILENT 
 [2:45 AM]      Summer with Monika (1953)
 [4:30 AM]      All These Women (1964)     (ALL TIMES EST)




Antenna TV - Johnny Carson (from Dec. 3, 1975) - David Janssen, Lily Tomlin, Natalie Cole, and Irwin Shaw.

Bounce TV

CHARGE!

Comet TV

Cozi TV

Decades TV Network

Escape

Heroes and Icons

Find Justice - Justice Network

Get TV

Grit - Television With Backbone - Grit

Laff - You Know You Want To. - Laff

Me-TV

MOVIES! TV Network

RTV - The Retro Television Network

the works

This TV





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Or reviews?   Marty




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The Mystery of the Phantom Page Turner | Collectors Weekly

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Disney Announces New Trilogy

'Star Wars'

Disney on Thursday announced plans for a new "Star Wars" trilogy as it builds on whores the beloved and profitable science fiction film franchise.

"We have big ambitions for the 'Star Wars' franchise," Disney chief executive Robert Iger said during a quarterly earnings call.

Disney just closed a deal with Rian Johnson, director of upcoming film "The Last Jedi," to develop a brand new trilogy, according to Iger.

The Star Wars franchise has been "exceeding expectations" since Disney acquired LucasFilm five years ago, according to Iger.

Disney plans to launch "Star Wars" feature films in a new direct-to-consumer pay service that will offer "thousands of hours" of film and television content, he said.

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Vintage Portraits Depict Women's Hairstyles From the Victorian and Edwardian Eras ~ vintage everyday

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Class Of 2017

Toy Hall of Fame

The board game Clue. In the National Toy Hall of Fame. With the Wiffle Ball and paper airplane.

The mystery of which toys earned the status of toy superstardom was solved Thursday with the announcement of the hall of fame's Class of 2017.

The whodunit game Clue, where players also must name the crime scene and murder weapon, continues to sell millions of copies each year since being patented by a British couple during World War II. They based the game on the murder-mystery dinner parties popular around that time, according to a press release from The Strong museum in Rochester, New York, which houses the National Toy Hall of Fame.

The annual hall of fame inductees are chosen on the advice of historians and educators following a process that begins with nominations from the public.

This year's other finalists were: the game Risk, Magic 8 Ball, Matchbox cars, My Little Pony, PEZ candy dispenser, play food, sand, Transformers and the card game Uno.

Toy Hall of Fame

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Discussed CNN With AT&T CEO

Rupert

Rupert Murdoch (R-Evil Incarnate) telephoned AT&T Inc Chief Executive Randall Stephenson twice in the last six months and talked about cable network CNN, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters on Friday.

According to one of the sources, the 86-year-old executive chairman of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc offered to buy CNN in both conversations.

Another source said Murdoch had "zero interest" in owning CNN.

Representatives of Twenty-First Century Fox, AT&T and Time Warner, CNN's parent, declined comment.

U.S. Department of Justice staff have recommended that AT&T sell either its DirecTV unit or Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting unit - which includes CNN - a government official told Reuters on Thursday, in order to gain antitrust approval.

Rupert

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This Japanese Artist's Pencil Drawings Are So Realistic, People Can't Believe They're Not Photographs | Bored Panda

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Lifetime Of Booze For $1,700

Jiangxiaobai Liquor Company

Feeling down on "Singles Day" this weekend? A Chinese white liquor maker wants to lift lonely spirits by offering a lifetime supply of booze for less than $1,700.

Jiangxiaobai Liquor Company is making its offer Saturday during China's biggest shopping festival -- held every November 11, or 11/11 -- with an equally numerically symbolic price tag of 11,111 yuan ($1,675).

It is selling the lifetime supply of grain-based baijiu, a typical Chinese alcohol, on e-commerce giant Alibaba's business-to-customer Tmall platform.

The offer will be limited to 99 lucky customers, who will receive 12 boxes of the liquor, each month. Each box contains 12 bottles of 45-degree booze made from sorghum.

The endless batch can be inherited by a family member if the customer dies within five years of the purchase.

Jiangxiaobai Liquor Company

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Digby's Hullabaloo


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Rupert's Newest Nazi

Gorka

Sebastian Gorka, the endlessly controversial former aide to President Donald Trump, has been hired by Fox News.

Host Sean Hannity announced Wednesday that Gorka, who left his White House job in August under disputed circumstances, will serve as a national security strategist for Fox.

Gorka is known for espousing aggressively anti-Islamic views during his numerous TV appearances on behalf of the president both before and after the election. In August 2016, while also advising Trump's campaign, he told law enforcement officials at a FBI course that all Muslims are either already radicalized or soon to be radicalized, the Daily Beast reported. (The FBI subsequently terminated his gig as a lecturer.) And in August of this year, he was reportedly upset that Trump did not use the phrase "radical Islam" or "radical Islamic terrorism" in a speech about Afghanistan.

Yet for all his self-professed knowledge on the topic, Gorka has spent little time in the Middle East and does not speak Arabic.

Also troubling are Gorka's ties to Nazi sympathizers. In January, he wore a medal given to him by his father that signified his father's membership in Vitezi Rend, a Hungarian group that had collaborated with Nazis during World War II.

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New Painted Mandalas Gilded with Gold Leaf by Artist Asmahan Rose Mosleh | Colossal

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Radioactive Cloud Detected

Europe

A radioactive cloud of pollution that spread across Europe in September and October likely originated in Russia, or possibly Kazakhstan, French nuclear authorities believe.

The potential nuclear accident that launched the cloud most likely took place between the Volga river and the Ural Mountains in the last week of September, IRSN said.

Germany's Federal Office for Radiation Protection said an accident at a nuclear power plant could be "ruled out" due to the type of particle detected.

It said: "Ruthenium-106 is used as a radiation source in cancer therapy for the treatment of ocular tumours. Ruthenium can also occur during the reprocessing of nuclear fuel elements."

The release of nuclear material was of a scale that, had it occurred in France, would have required the evacuation of or sheltering of people within "several kilometres" of the origin point, IRSN said.

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Talented Kinetic Artist Talks About His Love for the Wonderful Lost Art of Zoetropes

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Big Gerrymandering Case

Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hearan expedited argument in a case challenging the state's congressional map, setting the stage for a potential decision on the constitutionality of the map ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.

The League of Women Voters and nearly 20 Pennsylvania voters filed the lawsuit against the state in Commonwealth Court in June. They claim the state's Republican-drawn congressional map violates the state constitution's protections on freedom of expression and equal protection, because it deliberately dilutes the influence of Democratic voters in the political process. The Brennan Center for Justice has described the map as one of the most egregious examples of a political party drawing a map for its own benefit ? a process often called gerrymandering. In 2012, Republicans were able to win 13 of the state's 18 congressional seats, and were able to retain a similar share of seats in 2014 and 2016 even though the party's share of the statewide vote only went up by a few points.

The plaintiffs in the state want the court to block officials from using the plan in future elections and require the legislature to draw a new plan.

"We will leverage this expedited process to ensure the map is struck down and a new map that complies with the constitution is created in time for the 2018 election," Mimi McKenzie, legal director of the Public Interest Law Center, one of the groups representing the plaintiffs, said in a statement.

The case is one of two redistricting lawsuits challenging Pennsylvania's congressional map. The other suit is moving through federal court.

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Louis Comfort Tiffany's Little-Known Forays Into Judaica - Atlas Obscura

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Islamic State Supporters Hijacked

Swedish Radio

Some listeners to commercial radio station Mix Megapol in Sweden heard 30 minutes of an Islamic State propaganda song on Friday after hackers took over the station's frequency, the station's owners said.

Mix Megapol is one of Sweden's biggest radio stations with around 1.4 million listeners daily, although the problem affected only listeners in the southern Swedish city of Malmo.

"Somebody interfered with our frequency using a pirate transmitter," Jakob Gravestam, Marketing Director at Bauer Media Group, which owns Mix Megapol, said in a press release.

The song, with male voices singing in English, featured lyrics such as: "For the sake of Allah we will march to gates of the paradise where our maidens await. We are men who love death just as you love your life, we are soldiers who fight in the day and the night."

The hosts of popular morning show 'Anders & Gry with Friends' did not notice the problem until listeners called in and asked what was going on.

Swedish Radio

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Puzzlewood: Tolkien's Inspiration For Middle Earth | Amusing Planet

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Top 20

Global Concert Tours

The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

    1. The Rolling Stones; $10,212,672; $160.54.
    2. U2; $9,157,093; $115.17.
    3. Coldplay; $6,037,301; $101.38.
    4. Metallica; $3,992,390; $104.38.
    5. Guns N' Roses; $3,898,627; $105.01.
    6. Lady Gaga; $3,466,727; $118.04.
    7. Paul McCartney; $3,185,745; $123.08.
    8. Bruno Mars; $2,241,572; $114.26.
    9. Roger Waters; $2,037,076; $118.83.
   10. Depeche Mode; $1,595,433; $81.23.
   11. Ed Sheeran; $1,435,997; $85.19.
   12. Neil Diamond; $1,288,026; $104.04.
   13. Kendrick Lamar; $1,267,568; $90.84.
   14. James Taylor; $1,265,734; $87.86.
   15. Tim McGraw / Faith Hill; $1,146,586; $84.33.
   16. Florida Georgia Line; $1,128,420; $54.20.
   17. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band; $1,084,704; $89.82.
   18. Queen + Adam Lambert; $1,066,810; $97.74.
   19. Jerry Seinfeld; $1,041,007; $123.97.
   20. J. Cole; $1,029,327; $79.12.

Global Concert Tours

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Russia to Activists: Stop Repainting Soviet Monuments into American Icons | Urbanist

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