BartCop Entertainment Archives - Saturday, 30 December, 2017

Saturday

30 December, 2017

(Updated Daily)

[330 days in a row]



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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Justin Stover: There Is No Case for the Humanities (American Affairs Journal)
The cure proposed for the crisis of the humanities is worse than the disease: it seeks to save the humanities by destroying the conditions under which they thrive. If scholars in the humanities stopped researching arcane topics, stopped publishing them in obscure journals nobody reads, and spent all their time teaching instead, the university itself would cease to exist. We would just have high schools, perhaps good high schools, but high schools nonetheless.


Josh Marshall: Devin Nunes' Latest Scam, Explained (TPM)
There's no evidence or reason to believe the Steele Dossier was the product of disinformation from Russian intelligence. But even if it were, it would count more as irony than any discrediting smoking gun since it played a part in triggering investigations which uncovered numerous instances of Trump family members and associates trying to work with Russian intelligence officials and cut outs to defeat Hillary Clinton. We don't need the Steele dossier for those. We have emails, testimony, wire intercepts, admissions.


Allegra Kirkland: 5 Points On The Threat Of Trump Issuing Pardons In The Russia Probe (TPM)
The most significant workaround for law enforcement is the President's inability to pardon individuals found guilty of state crimes. "That's the lynchpin of all of this," Shugerman told TPM. "[Mueller's strategy] seems to be to make sure the indictments he brings and the guilty pleas he obtains preserve for state prosecutors the backup plan against pardons."


Josh Marshall: The Political Consequences of the End of 'SALT' [State and Local Tax] Deductions (TPM)
Say you're a doctor or lawyer in New Jersey or Pennsylvania who makes well into 6 figures a year. You get a nice tax break from the GOP tax law but it's largely balanced out by the end of the SALT deductions. Are you likely to say well, I'm still marginally ahead so I think this is great? I don't think so. Especially, if you're inclined to see the larger political environment in a negative light. That usually means you're looking for ways you were treated unfairly.


Henry Grabar: How Memphis Toppled Its Confederate Statues (Slate)
By outsmarting Tennessee's conservative Legislature.


Allegra Kirkland: Court Docs Reveal Brutal Editor's Notes On Milo Book Nixed By Publisher (TPM)
It's unclear why Simon & Schuster thought Yiannopoulos-whose views on women, gay people, minorities, and Muslims were well-known long before his concerted attempts to mainstream white nationalism were uncovered-was the best person to author a "serious work addressing political correctness and related free speech issues," as they referred to the initial publication deal in a court document.


Amelia Tait: All the actually good things that happened on the internet in 2017 (New Statesman)
Here's a bit of the cesspool that's fuzzy and warm!



David Bruce's Amazon Author Page

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David Bruce's Blog

David Bruce's Lulu Storefront

David Bruce's Apple iBookstore

David Bruce has over 80 Kindle books on Amazon.com.


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Presenting

Michael Egan




@drmivhaelegan






The Tragedy of King Richard II Part One: Ascribed to William Shakespeare (The Tragedy of Richard II, Part One): Michael Egan



Editorial and Political Cartoons



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Trivia Question of the Day


In CB radio slang, what is a "Bobtail Rig"?

                                  



Send your answer to Marty








Trivia Question from Yesterday


A Sapiophile is sexually or romantically attracted to ______?_____


       Intelligence                                                      Source


sapiophile (plural sapiophiles)

One who is sexually or romantically attracted to intelligence or intelligent people.        Source







Mark. was first, and correct, with:
   A sapiophile is aroused by intelligence.



Randall wrote:
   INTELLIGENCE





Alan J said:
   Intelligence.



Gene responded:
   Intelligent people.



Adam answered:
   ...intelligence.



David of Moon Valley replied:
   intelligence or intelligent people?...must not be any of those around 1600 Pennsylvania Ave in DC



Deborah said:
   Intelligence. The brain is the sexiest organ a human possesses.
  Hope your back is feeling better, Marty.




Harry M. wrote:
   Intelligence



Rosemary in Columbus replied:
   Sapiophile is attracted to intelligence.



Ed K responded:
   Not republicans



Kevin K. in Washington, DC answered:
   Me.
  Ok, the real answer is "intelligence".




Daniel in The City said:
   Intelligence



Jim from CA, retired to ID, wrote:
   One who is sexually or romantically attracted to intelligence or intelligent people.



Billy in Cypress responded:
   Intelligence, i.e. sapiophiles look at CpPDJT-ID (Comrade puppet President DJT-ILLDouche) and say "Quick, someone gag me with a golden spork (included with each bucket of his KFC!."



Dale of Diamond Springs, Norcali (maybe some rain next week) replied:
   The most scintillating element of a woman is her intelligence…It has happened to me more than once in my lifetime…intelligence must not include fucking control freak syndrome…but smart is sexy…Happy hunting Monday, Marty!



zorch answered:
   A sapiophile is attracted to intelligence.



Joe S     said:
   Intelligence. Hmmm, I didn't think of that right away. To be truthful I didn't think of that at all. I looked it up, because truth be told, my mind went to Saphiophile. A word that doesn't exist, but you know....... Yes I initially formed in my mind a person sexually or romantically attracted to women, and specifically women attracted to women. But I fully understand women making love to women, I know I have and I thoroughly enjoyed it. That's all I have to say about that.



Stephen F took the day off.
  



mj took the day off.
  



Dave in Tucson took the day off.
  



DJ Useo took the day off.
  



George M. took the day off.
  



John I from Hawai`i took the day off.
  



Paul of Seattle took the day off.
  



Dave took the day off.
  



Gary E.K. took the day off.
  



Michelle took the day off.
  



Sandra in Maine took the day off.
  



Gary K. took the day off.
  



BttbBob   has returned to semi-retired status.
  
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  December 30 Birthdays - Celebrities Born December 30 | 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


San Francisco's Skyline, Now Inexorably Transformed by Tech - The New York Times



Even Sharks Are Freezing to Death: Winter Rages and the Nation Reels - The New York Times



Joy Reid Brilliantly Dissects Trump's NY Times Interview in One Thread.



Your Late Xmas Gift, the Chance to Laugh at Moore, Haley, Milo, Huckabee, Hatch, & All the Rest



2017 Has Been A Rough Year For Evangelicals : NPR



What I Learned From Reading All The Media Safaris Into 'Trump Country' I Could Handle Before Wanting To Die | HuffPost



Trump Terminated All Members Of HIV/AIDS Council Without Explanation | HuffPost



Arizona, US reach agreement on protecting Salt River horses - SFGate



I had a front-row seat to the Pentagon Papers intrigue. Here's what happened. - The Washington Post



Want to cut health-care costs? Start with the obscene amount of waste. - The Washington Post



Donald Trump and the Limits of the Reality TV Presidency - The New York Times



The Suburbs That Haven't Recovered From the Recession - The Atlantic



Alabama lawyer reveals Obama demanded loyalty when meeting with US attorneys-but there's a twist



Rachel Maddow Dominates an Increasingly Hysterical Sean Hannity as 2017 Winds Down



Dear F*cking Lunatic: An open letter to Donald Trump
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Um, Puerto Rico Makes Something We Need and There Is a Shortage Now...



Thanks, Michelle!


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Bonus Links

Jeannie the Teed-Off Temp


Donald Trump's New York Times interview is scary to read - Vox



Donald Trump's New York Times Interview With Michael Schmidt Is the Sign of a Bigger Problem | Esquire



The Ten Worst Things Scott Pruitt's EPA Has Already Done | The Daily Beast



Trump: Even if there was collusion with Russia, 'it's not a crime' | TheHill



Has Donald Trump signed more bills than anyone? No. (His count ranks last) | PolitiFact



Breitbart quietly deletes recent interview with openly racist congressional candidate - ThinkProgress



The Administration Claims Crime Is on the Rise. So Why Did the FBI Delete Key Crime Data? - Mother Jones



Trump is ending safety regulations enacted after catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill. | Slate



Trump Administration Repeals Obama Rule Designed to Make Fracking Safer | EcoWatch



Doug Jones's Alabama win: the inside story of how it happened - Vox



The Democrats' Wave Could Turn Into A Flood | FiveThirtyEight



"They'll Have to Destroy Him": Why Trump's Legal Team Will Turn on Flynn | Vanity Fair



Newt Gingrich promises "enormous shock" in 2018: Yeah, but for whom? - Salon.com



The President Doesn't Care Enough to Understand Global Warming - The Atlantic



Rubio: GOP tax bill 'probably went too far' to help corporations | TheHill



Weather Channel explains weather vs. climate after Trump tweet | TheHill



Breitbart's Astonishing Confession - The Atlantic



Trumpian Philosophy: Any Regulation Is Bad, Even If It Protects Sick Old People | Esquire



10 Worst Trump Moments Of 2017 Prove It Was A Wild Year In Washington | Elite Daily



The International Incidents Sparked by Trump's Twitter Feed in 2017 - The Atlantic





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from Marc Perkel

Marc's Guide to Curing Cancer

So far so good on beating cancer for now. I'm doing fine. At the end of the month I'll be 16 months into an 8 month mean lifespan. And yesterday I went on a 7 mile hike and managed to keep up with the hiking group I was with. So, doing something right.

Still waiting for future test results and should see things headed in the right direction. I can say that it's not likely that anything dire happens in the short term so that means that I should have time to make several more attempts at this. So even if it doesn't work the first time there are a lot of variations to try. So if there's bad news it will help me pick the next radiation target.

I have written a "how to" guide for oncologists to perform the treatment that I got. I'm convinced that I'm definitely onto something and whether it works for me or not isn't the definitive test. I know if other people tried this that it would work for some of them, and if they improve it that it will work for a lot of them.

The guide is quite detailed and any doctor reading this can understand the procedure at every level. I also go into detail as to how it works, how I figured it out, and variations and improvements that could be tried to enhance it. I also introduce new ways to look at the problem. There is a lot of room for improvement and I think that doctors reading it will see what I'm talking about and want to build on it. And it's written so that if you're not a doctor you can still follow it. It also has a personal story revealing that I'm the class clown of cancer support group. I give great interviews and I look pretty hot in a lab coat.

So, feel free to read this and see what I'm talking about. But if any of you want to help then pass this around to both doctors and cancer patients. I need some media coverage. I'm looking for as many eyeballs as possible to read these ideas. Even if this isn't the solution, it's definitely on the right track. After all, I did hike 7 miles yesterday. And this hiking group wasn't moving slow. So if this isn't working then, why am I still here?

I also see curing cancer as more of an engineering problem that a medical problem. So if you are good at solving problems and most of what you know about medicine was watching the Dr. House MD TV show, then you're at the level I was at when I started. So anyone can jump in and be part of the solution.

Here is a link to my guide: Oncologists Guide to Curing Cancer using Abscopal Effect

Oncologists Guide to Curing Cancer using Abscopal Effect



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http://dareland.blogspot.com



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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


"MONEY FOR NOTHING AND CHICKS FOR FREE."

"…BOTH FOOL AND LEAR IN ONE HOWLING FIGURE…"

"THE MAN WHO JUMPED"

"EVERYBODY MUST GET STONED."

"…TRUMP YOU IDIOT."

KING OF THE FOOLS.

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!

HORSE TWITTER.






Visit JD's site - Kitty Litter Music




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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Shooting at a law office a block away from the grocery store.

12 hours later, the streets are still closed off.



Tonight, Saturday:

CBS begins the night with a RERUN 'Hawaii Five-0', followed by '48 Hours'.



NBC opens the night with 'Dateline', followed by a RERUN 'SNL'.
'SNL' is a RERUN with Tiffany Haddish hosting, music by Taylor Swift.



ABC starts the night with a RERUN 'The Bachelor', followed by a RERUN 'Match Game', then a RERUN 'Family Feud', followed by another RERUN 'Family Feud'.



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



Faux has a RERUN 'The Gifted', followed by a RERUN 'Lethal Weapon'.



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



A&E has 'Live PD', and hours of 'Live PD: Police Patrol'.



AMC offers all 'Fear The Walking Dead' all night.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]    TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991)
 [9:00AM]    WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP 2017 - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 3
 [12:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 25-Resolutions
 [1:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 26-Basics, Pt. 1
 [2:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 1-Basics, Pt. 2
 [3:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 2-Flashback
 [4:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 3-The Chute
 [5:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 4-The Swarm
 [6:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 5-False Profits
 [7:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 6-Remember
 [8:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 8-Future's End, Pt.1
 [9:00PM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 9-Future's End, Pt. 2
 [10:00PM]    THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - SEASON 22 - EPISODE 11
 [11:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 19-Manhunt
 [12:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 20-The Emissary
 [1:00AM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 21-Deadlock
 [2:00AM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 25-Resolutions
 [3:00AM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 26-Basics, Pt. 1
 [4:00AM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 1-Basics, Pt. 2
 [5:00AM]    STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 2-Flashback     (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by the movie 'Hitch', then the movie 'Hitch', again.



Comedy Central has the movie 'Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story', followed by the movie 'Tommy Boy'.



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



History has all old 'American Pickers' all night.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW-Don't Make Me Send a Lawyer Up There
 [6:30AM]    STEEL MAGNOLIAS
 [9:00AM]    CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
 [11:15AM]    PORTLANDIA-Cat Nap
 [11:45AM]    PORTLANDIA-Portland Secedes
 [12:15PM]    PORTLANDIA-Passenger Rating
 [12:45PM]    PORTLANDIA-Misunderstood Miracles
 [1:15PM]    HOT ROD
 [3:15PM]    I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY
 [5:45PM]    DAZED AND CONFUSED
 [8:00PM]    UNCLE BUCK
 [10:15PM]    SUPER TROOPERS
 [12:30AM]    DAZED AND CONFUSED
 [2:45AM]    UNCLE BUCK
 [5:00AM]    BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW-You've Reached the Voicemail of Tracy Harrity
 [5:30AM]    BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW-Don't Make Me Send a Lawyer Up There     (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00AM]    The Andy Griffith Show
 [6:30AM]    The Andy Griffith Show
 [7:00AM]    The Andy Griffith Show
 [7:30AM]    The Andy Griffith Show
 [8:00AM]    Young Guns II
 [10:30AM]    Young Guns
 [1:00PM]    M*A*S*H
 [1:30PM]    M*A*S*H
 [2:00PM]    M*A*S*H
 [2:30PM]    M*A*S*H
 [3:00PM]    M*A*S*H
 [3:30PM]    M*A*S*H
 [4:00PM]    M*A*S*H
 [4:30PM]    M*A*S*H
 [5:00PM]    M*A*S*H
 [5:30PM]    M*A*S*H
 [6:00PM]    M*A*S*H
 [6:30PM]    M*A*S*H
 [7:00PM]    M*A*S*H
 [7:30PM]    M*A*S*H
 [8:00PM]    M*A*S*H
 [8:30PM]    M*A*S*H
 [9:00PM]    M*A*S*H
 [9:30PM]    M*A*S*H
 [10:00PM]    M*A*S*H
 [10:30PM]    M*A*S*H
 [11:00PM]    M*A*S*H
 [11:30PM]    M*A*S*H
 [12:00AM]    M*A*S*H
 [12:30AM]    M*A*S*H
 [1:00AM]    M*A*S*H
 [1:30AM]    Young Guns
 [4:00AM]    Ghostbusters     (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'Marvel's The Avengers', followed by the movie 'Marvel's The Avengers'.



TCM:
 [7:30 AM]      Gold of the Seven Saints (1961)
 [9:15 AM]      The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
 [11:00 AM]      The Window (1949)
 [12:45 PM]      This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)
 [2:30 PM]      The Man Behind The Gun (1953)
 [4:00 PM]      The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
 [6:00 PM]      Follow The Boys (1963)
 [8:00 PM]      The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
 [10:30 PM]      Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
 [12:45 AM]      The Tender Trap (1955)
 [2:45 AM]      He Knows You're Alone (1980)
 [4:30 AM]      Don't Open the Door! (1975)     (ALL TIMES EST)




Sunday   -  12/31/17

TCM:
 [6:15 AM]      Penny Serenade (1941)
 [8:30 AM]      Bachelor Mother (1939)
 [10:00 AM]      One Way Passage (1932)
 [11:15 AM]      Holiday (1938)
 [1:15 PM]      The Time Machine (1960)
 [3:15 PM]      Ocean's Eleven (1960)
 [5:45 PM]      The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
 [8:00 PM]      The Thin Man (1934)
 [9:45 PM]      After the Thin Man (1936)
 [11:45 PM]      Another Thin Man (1939)
 [1:45 AM]      Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
 [3:30 AM]      The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
 [5:15 AM]      Song of the Thin Man (1947)     (ALL TIMES EST)




Antenna TV - Johnny Carson (from Dec. 20, 1973) - Adrienne Barbeau, Gabriel Kaplan, Joan Rivers, and George Plimpton.

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





Any opinions?   Marty

Or reviews?   Marty




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A composite image released by NASA on Jan. 5, 2017 contains X-rays from Chandra (blue), radio emission from the GMRT (red), and optical data from Subaru (red, green, and blue) of the colliding galaxy clusters called Abell 3411 and Abell 3412.

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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14 Delicate And Offensive Teacups To Insult Your Guests With Class | Bored Panda

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Knighthood In 2018

Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr reportedly believed he'd never be knighted, but it seems his time is almost here.

According to the queen's New Year honors list, the drummer, who, as a member of the Beatles, was previously made a member of the Order of the British Empire, is among those who will be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II next year, as is former Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb.

Actor Hugh Laurie, who was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire by the queen in 2007, was named one of the commanders of the Order of the British Empire.

Starr, 77, will receive the honor about 21 years later after his former bandmate, Sir Paul McCartney, and Gibb, 71, reportedly told the U.K.'s Press Association that he shares the honor with his late brothers and bandmates, Robin and Maurice Gibb.

Others who will be knighted next year: "War Horse" author Michael Morpurgo, former "Voice" contestant and British actor Matt Henry, and playwright Peter Nichols.

Ringo Starr

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Not to be confused with our neighboring Andromeda Galaxy, the Andromeda constellation is one of the 88 modern constellations. More importantly for this image, it is home to the pictured NGC 7640. Many different classifications are used to identify galaxies by shape and structure - NGC 7640 is a barred spiral type. These are recognizable by their spiral arms, which fan out not from a circular core, but from an elongated bar cutting through the galaxy's center. Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, is also a barred spiral galaxy. NGC 7640 might not look much like a spiral in this image, but this is due to the orientation of the galaxy with respect to Earth -?? or to Hubble, which acted as photographer in this case.

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Underwater Castle: 3,000-Year-Old Ruin Discovered in Turkey's Largest Lake | Urbanist

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Partners With Jack in the Box For $4.20 'Merry Meal'

Snoop Dogg

Jack in the Box and Snoop Dogg are giving California's stoners a little more to celebrate when recreational marijuana becomes legal there next month.

Pot smokers in California will have another reason to 'park it like it's hot' at Jack in the Box in 2018 once recreational marijuana becomes legalized.

Snoop Dogg's cannabis-centered media site, Merry Jane, announced Thursday a partnership with Jack himself -- the Merry Munchie Meal. Weighing in at obvious $4.20, the combo will include "the most craveable and snackable products that Jack in the Box has to offer," including halfsies (a mixture of curly fries and onion rings), two tacos, five mini churros, three chicken strips and a drink.

Merry Jane said the campaign commemorates the legalization of recreational cannabis in California with the limited-edition offer. However, if you want to be a part of this blazing deal you'll have to move fast -- it's only being offered from Jan. 18 to Jan. 25 in three locations in Snoop Dogg's hometown of Long Beach.

According to Merry Jane, the fast food chain has had a history of lighting up cannabis culture over a decade, noting the company's two-taco deal for 99 cents as well as its Munchie Meal product line.

Snoop Dogg

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Female Comedian Sued

Iliza Shlesinger

A man is suing comedian Iliza Shlesinger for waging a "War On Men" after he was denied entry to her November show, "Girls Night In With Iliza - No Boys Allowed."

Shlesinger, a winner of the show "Last Comic Standing," was fairly clear about her target audience in her Instagram announcement for the show. But George St. George says Shlesinger and the theater hosting her performance broke California state laws prohibiting discrimination based on gender by telling him and a male friend they couldn't come in.

St. George and his friend purchased tickets for Shlesinger's performance for $30 and $25 respectively, according to the complaint, filed by attorney Alfred G. Rava. When they arrived at the Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles, California, for the show, the lawsuit says they were told they'd need to sit in the "back row of the Theater for the show because of their sex."

After the men left the theater and returned, the same employee said they actually couldn't see the show at all, and refunded their money.

St. George and his guest believe the injustices they endured were on par with those leading up to the civil rights movement. What happened was "akin to the Montgomery City Lines bus company in Montgomery, Alabama circa 1955 morphing into the Woolworth's department store lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1960," their lawsuit reads.

Iliza Shlesinger

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A young super star cluster known as Westerlund 1 is seen in an image released by NASA on March 10, 2017. Westerlund 1 is home to one of the largest stars ever discovered, originally named Westerlund 1-26. It is a red supergiant with a radius over 1500 times that of our Sun.

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Inuit Tactile Maps of Greenland | Amusing Planet

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Abandons Quest

Ben Saunders

The British Polar explorer Ben Saunders gave up his quest to cross the South Pole echoing Sir Ernest Shackleton's words that it was better to return home as a 'live donkey' than a 'dead lion'.

Mr Saunders, 40, was forced to abandon his mission to cross Antarctica unassisted after 'ferocious' weather conditions left him without enough food to complete his journey.

He had attempted the trek in memory of his friend Lieutenant Colonel Henry Worsley, who died on an expedition to traverse the Antarctic alone last year.

Mr Saunders aimed to spend 65 days travelling more than 1,000 miles across Antarctica, but was forced to cancel the trip when he arrived at the South Pole on Thursday, after 52 days.

He had just 13 days of food for the remainder of the expedition, which he expected to last a minimum of 17 days if conditions were perfect.

Ben Saunders

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Digby's Hullabaloo


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All Members Terminated Without Explanation

HIV/AIDS Council

The White House has reportedly fired the members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) without explanation.

Six members of the council resigned in June due to "a president who simply does not care," according to one member in a Newsweek op-ed entitled "Trump doesn't care about HIV. We're outta here."

The council, which still had 16 members, was then completely decimated with a letter sent through FedEx on Wednesday, the Washington Blade reported.

One source with knowledge of PACHA told the newspaper that "many council members were terminated even though additional time remained on their terms as advisers."

PACHA is a federal advisory committee created in 1995 with the goal of "providing information, advice, and recommendations to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding programs, policies, and research to promote effective treatment, prevention, and cure of HIV disease and AIDS."

HIV/AIDS Council

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The dwarf galaxy named NGC 5949 is seen in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image released Aug. 11, 2017.

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Pods, Pots, and Potions: Putting Cacao to Paper in Early Modern Europe - The Public Domain Review

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Appeals Court Upholds Damages

Oregon

An Oregon state appeals court on Thursday let stand $135,000 in damages levied against the owners of a Portland-area bakery for discrimination after they refused on religious grounds to prepare a wedding cake for a local lesbian couple.

A three-judge panel of the Oregon Court of Appeals rejected a petition by Melissa and Aaron Klein, former owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, to overturn the ruling by the state's labor commissioner as a violation of their rights under the U.S. Constitution to freedom of religion and expression.

An attorney for the Kleins, who closed their bakery not long after being ordered to pay the heavy fine, could not immediately be reached for comment on Thursday.

"Today's ruling sends a strong signal that Oregon remains open to all," Brad Avakian, the state's labor commissioner, said in a written statement.

The case stems from Aaron Klein's refusal to bake a wedding cake for Rachel Bowman-Cryer in January 2013 because she was planning a same-sex wedding to her partner Laurel, which he said violated his religious convictions.

Oregon

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President-for-now Donald Trump (R-Corrupt) on Thursday said he believes he holds ultimate authority to direct the Department of Justice as he sees fit, while noting the ongoing inquiry into Russian intervention in the 2016 presidential election has made the country "look very bad."

Trump, speaking in an impromptu interview with The New York Times from his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, said more than a dozen times that no collusion had been uncovered during the sweeping probe by special counsel Robert Mueller. While he noted that the sooner the inquiry was completed, "the better it is for the country," Trump also broke with his most ardent supporters and said he believed Mueller would treat him fairly.

"I have absolute right to do what I want to do with the Justice Department," he told the Times. "But for purposes of hopefully thinking I'm going to be treated fairly, I've stayed uninvolved with this particular matter."

The president's comments, made without any aides present, once again appear to undermine the DOJ's ability to operate as an entity independent of the political whims of the White House.

Trump's surrogates have moved in recent months to discredit Mueller's investigation, and rumors have swirled for weeks that the president may fire the special counsel. The president ? who has denied he planned to remove Mueller ? has repeatedly called the probe a "witch hunt" and insisted on his innocence, saying there was no collusion with the Russian government by members of his presidential campaign.

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Norm Pattiz

Radio mogul Norm Pattiz announced on Thursday that he will resign from his post as University of California regent, weeks after state and education leaders called for the public university system to look into sexual harassment claims against him.

Pattiz wrote in his resignation letter that he would be retiring as UC regent and chair of the Regents Oversight Committee and National Laboratories, effective Feb. 16, 2018, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

In the letter, Pattiz told Board of Regents Chairman George Kieffer that it was a privilege working for the University of California, but made no mention of the workplace misconduct accusations that have haunted him for over a year.

Kieffer accepted Pattiz's resignation in a follow-up letter the same day, thanking the media executive for his service.

Pattiz has only admitted to misconduct in one case - in which he was caught asking to hold comedian Heather McDonald's breasts. The moment was recorded and published by McDonald in November 2016, forcing Pattiz to apologize publicly that year.

Norm Pattiz

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Move To Eliminate

Offshore Safety Rules

The Trump administration moved on Thursday to eliminate key offshore safety regulations adopted in the wake of the deadly Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the biggest in the nation's history.

The move to cut the safety regulations came just hours before President-for-now Donald Trump (R-Charlatan) said in a tweet that "we could use a little bit of that good old global warming" to counteract winter temperatures.

Dropping the rules is intended to "reduce certain unnecessary regulatory burdens," stated the document outlining the changes by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.

Some of the proposals for relaxing the regulations were released Thursday by the BSEE, which estimates it would save companies $288 million over 10 years.

Changes involve loosened rules for safety and pollution prevention equipment, undersea safety devices and device testing, according to BSEE's statement. Among the most significant of the proposed changes is dropping a requirement that safety and pollution prevention equipment be inspected by certified independent auditors.

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