BartCop Entertainment Archives - Sunday, 12 August, 2018

Sunday

12 August, 2018

(Updated Daily)

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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Susan Estrich: Trump in 2020? (Creators Syndicate)
The big problem on my side of the aisle these days is that so many people hate Trump so much that they cannot acknowledge his strengths among voters and simply cannot believe he could possibly win. And in this, they are sadly wrong. Not only could Trump win; he probably will if Democrats remain locked in a state of denial. Trump has at least three big advantages.


Marc Dion: The Art of the Korean Deal (Creators Syndicate)
North Korea got to keep its nuclear missiles. American got 55 boxes of bones. Shrewd. Apparently, North Korea has figured out who we are now. We are an America content with symbols and flags and fireworks and the anthem. We're a big, squalling, narcotized baby, and North Korea tossed us a ring of keys to make us stop crying about a mini maniac with a Moe Howard haircut and a bushel basket full of nukes.


Paul Krugman: Partying Like It's 1998 (NY Times Blog)
And now for something completely similar. For a while, those of us who devoted a lot of time to understanding the Asian financial crisis two decades ago were wondering whether Turkey was going to stage a reenactment. Sure enough, that's what seems to be happening.


Paul Krugman: Supply Chains and Trade War (Very Wonkish)
The invaluable IGM Forum poses policy questions to a representative panel of economists. The goal is to provide a snapshot of the professional consensus on various issues, which is important because advocacy groups - mainly on the right - combined with media "balance" often conveys the impression of division where there really isn't any. For example, essentially no experts believe that tax cuts pay for themselves, even though there are Stephen Moores out there who are paid to insist that they do.


Froma Harrop: Dereliction of Political Duty in a Tweet (Creators Syndicate)
"Bad environmental laws," [Trump] tweeted, have diverted needed water "into the Pacific Ocean," making the wildfires "so much worse." That's the ignorance part. The claim that firefighters don't have enough water is not true, and to a moronic degree. "We're having no problems as far as access to water supply," said Scott McClean, deputy chief of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Rob Stutzman, a prominent Republican strategist in California, called that tweet "nuts," as well as "frightening" in its dumbness. Water plays a surprisingly small part in fighting wildfires. The main weapons are flame-retarding chemicals dropped from planes and creating physical fire breaks.


Lenore Skenazy: "The Next Big Thing (or Not)" (Creators Syndicate)
Trends are not something I would say I'm great at predicting. Years ago, when I was passing the Empire State Building, two tourists asked me whether I'd take their picture. "Sure," I said. One handed me a phone. "What the heck?" said I. "Oh, you can take pictures with a phone now," they told me.


E.J. Hutchinson: The Hedonism of Reading Good Books (American Conservation)
It's a pleasure that infuses life with richness and it's available for the price of a library card.



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Presenting

Michael Egan






Michael Egan



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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


On what vintage sitcom would you find Daisy May Moses, a self-styled MD?


                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


"Animal Crackers in My Soup", a song introduced by Shirley Temple in the 1935 film Curly Top, made the Hit Parade, but did not attain the popularity of her earlier hit, which is considered her the signature song. What is the title of Shirley Temple's signature song?


       "On The Good Ship Lollipop"                                                      Source


"Animal Crackers in My Soup" was a song introduced by Shirley Temple in the 1935 film Curly Top. The lyrics were written by Irving Caesar and Ted Koehler and the music by Ray Henderson, sheet music published by Sam Fox Publishing Company.

Temple's version made the Hit Parade, but did not attain the popularity of her earlier hit, On the Good Ship Lollipop, which was #2 for the year.        Source

"On the Good Ship Lollipop" was the signature song of child actress Shirley Temple. Temple first sang it in the 1934 movie Bright Eyes. The song was composed by Richard A. Whiting and the lyrics were supplied by Sidney Clare.

In the song, the "Good Ship Lollipop" travels to a candy land. The "ship" referred to in the song is an aircraft; the scene in Bright Eyes, where the song appears, takes place on a taxiing American AirlinesDouglas DC-2.        Source







Randall was first, and correct, with:
   On The Good Ship Lollipop





Leo in Boise wrote:
   On the Good Ship Lollipop



Mark. said:
   Probably "On the Good Ship Lollipop."



Stephen F answered:
   Good Ship Lollipop



Roy, Devoted to turning Texas Blue again, replied:
   I have never seen a single one of her movies, but I thought she handled her gig with the United Nations just swell. I believe during her tenure, Shirley Temple was never tempted to sing her signature song, "On the Good Ship Lollipop."





mj responded:
   The first song that I associate with Ms Temple
  Involves a different childhood treat (actually several of them throughout the song) On the Good Ship Lollipop.




Dave wrote:
   "On The Good Ship Lollipop." After I googled it I learned the "ship" was actually an airliner. From the 1934 motion picture "Bright Eyes" which was a big hit for the 6 year old singer/ dancer /actress. Shirley's films were such a success that she was awarded a special Juvenile Academy Award that seems to have been invented for her. But in due course Shirley grew out of her child roles and her film career was fading by 1941, and she retired from acting in 1950 at age 22. Probably Shirley's only film that is regularly shown on TV today is "Fort Apache." That popular film was a John Wayne western and Shirley just had a bit part. In later life she married and divorced a couple of times and was active in Republican politics (Boo!) and served in some not very interesting diplomatic jobs.





zorch said:
   "Good Ship Lollipop" was Shirley Pimple's er Temple's signature song.



Alan J answered:
   On the Good Ship Lollipop.



Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
   On the Good Ship Lollipop



Mac Mac responded:
   Good Ship Lollipop





Deborah wrote:
   Isn't it "The Good Ship Lollipop"? My mom was the same age as Shirley Temple, met her once, and has a glass cup with Shirley's image on it. So as a kid I was exposed to a whole lot of Shirley Temple.
  The delta breeze kicked in yesterday and blew the smoke away. Then a local fire ignited, leaving this morning's air clear but smelling like a campfire with no s'mores.




Adam answered:
   "On the Good Ship Lollipop"



Billy in Cypress said:
   On The Good Ship Lollipop



Rosemary in Columbus replied:
   On the Good Ship Lollipop



Kevin K. of Washington, DC responded:
   It must be "On The Good Ship Lollipop"



Harry M. said:
   The Good Ship Lollipop



Michelle in AZ wrote:
   "On the Good Ship Lollipop"



Joe S     answered:
   "On the Good Ship Lollipop." See, I didn't know that. I looked it up. I'll probably forget it tomorrow. Call me Curmudgeon.



Gene took the day off.
  

David of Moon Valley took the day off.
  

Dave in Tucson took the day off.
  

Cal in Vermont took the day off.
  

John I from Hawai`i took the day off.
  

DJ Useo took the day off.
  

George M. took the day off.
  

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Marilyn P - Antrim Sage took the day off.
  

Ed K took the day off.
  

Steve in Wonderful Sacramento, CA, took the day off.
  

Michael R. took the day off.
  

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BttbBob   has returned to semi-retired status.
  
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  August 12 Birthdays - Celebrities Born August 12 | Famous Birthdays




Sally has retired.
  


MAM     In memory.



  





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Reader Suggestion

Michelle in AZ


One man's suffering has exposed Monsanto's secrets to the world | Carey Gillam | Business | The Guardian



'It made me question my ancestry': does DNA home testing really understand race? | Life and style | The Guardian



Scientists hail malaria breakthrough as bed nets prove deadly to mosquitoes | Global development | The Guardian



Bill Maher Claims He's Actually QAnon (to Trick Republicans Out of Voting)



Stephen King Invites Comments on Space Force: Twitter Responds…Hilariously!



House Republicans KNEW Trump got illegal help from Putin, they're on tape laughing about it.



BREAKING: Rep. Collins (NY-27) Suspends Re-election Campaign



Voting Rights Roundup: Massachusetts joins growing list of states with automatic voter registration



BREAKING: Rep. Collins (NY-27) Suspends Re-election Campaign



If These Are the Best People, God Save Us From the Fourth Best



If These Are the Best People, God Save Us From the Fourth Best



Lawrence O'Donnell Predicts The Humiliating Way Donald Trump's Presidency May End | HuffPost



Scammers told my wife she was inheriting $25 million. I decided to play along



'There are boats floating above my head in Times Square' - BBC News
     Wonder what Walt Disney would've made with these tools



Hacking the US mid-terms? It's child's play - BBC News



Trump's War With Harley-Davidson Has Divided America's Bikers - The New York Times



'Crazy Rich Asians': Why Did It Take So Long to See a Cast Like This? - The New York Times



'Nobody wants him anyway': Walking hate crime Richard Spencer flees his 'one-stop shop' in Virginia



The rate of older Americans filing for bankruptcy is rising steeply



Suspected arsonist behind one of California's wildfires is a right-wing conspiracy aficionado



Thanks, Michelle!


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Bonus Links

Jeannie the Teed-Off Temp


Cost of living rises at fastest rate in decade | TheHill



Wages drop despite economic boom | TheHill



Trump's Space Force Is Misleading Branding - The Atlantic



'Space Force' Looks Like A Campaign Fundraising Scam | National Memo



Newly Released Cables Reveal Cruelty and Pointlessness of CIA Torture Under Gina Haspel | Alternet



Why Twitter hasn't banned Alex Jones: Four theories. | Slate



Here's How Climate Change Impacts the Risk of Wildfires | Alternet



Washington Monthly | Trump Now Faces Legal Peril Bigger Than Collusion and Obstruction



Trump fumes at the FBI, Justice Dept. and Sessions in series of tweets - POLITICO



Omarosa's New Book Claims Trump Wanted To Be Sworn In With 'Art of the Deal' | The Daily Beast



The 'Steely-Eyed Killer' Who Became a Star on Fox News - Then Lost It All - POLITICO Magazine



30 Years of Moral Decay: A Short History of the Republican Party - Mother Jones



Trump Is Making America So Goddamn Dumb - VICE





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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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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


"WE'RE THE PARTY THAT ISN'T GOING TO JAIL."

DONALD TRUMP WEARS A JOCK STRAP ON HIS HEAD.

"A DAY LATE AND A RUBLE SHORT."

SHOW ME!

"IN FOR A PENNY IN FOR A POUND."

"TO TELL THE TRUTH IS REVOLUTIONARY."

THE BAGMAN.






Visit JD's site - Kitty Litter Music




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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

First, and what appears to be the only, butterfly this year. (Scroll way down.)



Tonight, Sunday:

CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH 'Big Brother', then a RERUN 'NCIS: The Expendable One', followed by a FRESH 'Elementary'.



NBC opens the night with a RERUN 'Little Big Shots', followed by a RERUN 'America's Got Talent', then a FRESH 'Shades Of Blue'.



ABC begins the night with a RERUN 'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH 'Celebrity Family Feud', then a FRESH 'The $100,000 Pyramid', followed by a FRESH 'To Tell The Truth'.



The CW offers an old '2½ Men', followed by an old 'The Goldbergs', then another old 'The Goldbergs', followed by 2½ hours of what passes for local news and other fluffery.



Faux has a RERUN 'Bob's Burgers', followed by a RERUN 'The Simpsons', followed by Teen Choice 2018'.



MY recycles an old 'Anger Management', followed by another old 'Anger Management', then an old 'Big Bang Theory', followed by another old 'Big Bang Theory', then still another old 'Big Bang Theory', followed by yet another old 'Big Bang Theory'.



A&E has all old 'Ancient Aliens' all night.



AMC offers 'Fear The Walking Dead', followed by a FRESH 'Fear The Walking Dead', then another FRESH 'Fear The Walking Dead', followed by a FRESH 'Preacher'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]    DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 5-Shapes and Colors
 [7:00AM]    DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 6-Girl Power
 [8:00AM]    THE X-FILES - SEASON 5 - EPISODE 15-Travelers
 [9:00AM]    THE X-FILES - SEASON 5 - EPISODE 16-Mind's Eye
 [10:00AM]    THE X-FILES - SEASON 5 - EPISODE 17-All Souls
 [11:00AM]    AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981)
 [1:00PM]    DUNE (1984)
 [4:00PM]    THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK (2004)
 [6:30PM]    THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK (2004)
 [9:00PM]    APOCALYPTO (2006)
 [12:00AM]    APOCALYPTO (2006)
 [3:00AM]    DUNE (1984)     (ALL TIMES EDT)



Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Potomac', followed by a FRESH 'Real Housewives Of Potomac', another 'Real Housewives Of Potomac', 'Real Housewives Of OC', then a FRESH 'Watch What Happens: Live'.



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



FX has the movie 'Minions', followed by the movie 'The Angry Birds Movie'.



History has 'American Pickers', followed by a FRESH 'American Pickers: Bonus Buys', then the FRESH 'The Last Pope?'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    NIGHT FLIGHT-Heavy Metal & Punk
 [6:15AM]    NIGHT FLIGHT-Dr. Ruth Good Sex Special
 [6:45AM]    SUCKER PUNCH
 [9:15AM]    ROGUE
 [11:15AM]    SUCKER PUNCH
 [1:45PM]    ROGUE
 [3:45PM]    WITHOUT A PADDLE
 [6:00PM]    SEMI-PRO
 [8:00PM]    BEETLEJUICE
 [10:00PM]    BEETLEJUICE
 [12:00AM]    SEMI-PRO
 [2:00AM]    WITHOUT A PADDLE
 [4:15AM]    THE THREE STOOGES-Beer Barrel Polecats
 [4:40AM]    THE THREE STOOGES-Boobs in Arms
 [5:05AM]    THE THREE STOOGES-Booby Dupes
 [5:30AM]    NIGHT FLIGHT-Dr. Ruth Good Sex Special     (ALL TIMES EDT)



Sundance  -   
 [6:30am]    the kingdom
 [9:00am]    raging bull
 [12:00pm]    jerry maguire
 [3:00pm]    legend
 [6:00pm]    the shawshank redemption
 [9:00pm]    deep impact
 [11:30pm]    the shawshank redemption    (ALL TIMES EDT)



SyFy has the movie 'Planet Of The Sharks', followed by the movie 'Deep Blue Sea 2', then the movie 'Deep Blue Sea 2', again.



TCM spends 24 hours with Doris Day
 [6:00 AM]      I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
 [8:00 AM]      Romance on the High Seas (1948)
 [10:00 AM]      The Winning Team (1952)
 [11:45 AM]      Carson on TCM: Doris Day (1/16/76) (2013)
 [12:00 PM]      By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
 [2:00 PM]      Tea for Two (1950)
 [4:00 PM]      The Tunnel of Love (1958)
 [6:00 PM]      Pillow Talk (1959)
 [8:00 PM]      Lover Come Back (1961)
 [10:00 PM]      Send Me No Flowers (1964)
 [12:00 AM]      The Thrill Of It All (1963)
 [2:00 AM]      Midnight Lace (1960)
 [4:00 AM]      Julie (1956)
    (ALL TIMES EDT)



Monday   -  08/13/18

TCM spends 24 hours with George Brent
 [6:00 AM]      The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)
 [7:30 AM]      They Call It Sin (1932)
 [9:00 AM]      Baby Face (1933)
 [10:30 AM]      The Painted Veil (1934)
 [12:00 PM]      Stranded (1935)
 [1:30 PM]      Secrets Of An Actress (1938)
 [3:00 PM]      Wings of the Navy (1939)
 [4:30 PM]      Honeymoon for Three (1941)
 [6:00 PM]      The Great Lie (1941)
 [8:00 PM]      Dark Victory (1939)
 [10:00 PM]      The Rains Came (1939)
 [12:00 AM]      'Til We Meet Again (1940)
 [2:00 AM]      Luxury Liner (1948)
 [4:00 AM]      My Reputation (1946)
    (ALL TIMES EDT)




TNT has a FRESH 'Claws'.



Antenna TV - Johnny Carson (from Jul. 23, 1980) - Dyan Cannon, Rodney Dangerfield, Arnaud de Borchgrave, and Jim Fowler.

Bounce TV

CHARGE!

Comet TV

Cozi TV

Decades TV Network

Escape

Heroes and Icons

Find Justice - Justice Network

Get TV -   10pm EDT | 7pm PDT - 'The Johnny Cash Show' (07/19/69) with Joni Mitchell, the Monkees, and Roy Clark.   11pm EDT | 8pm PDT - 'Sonny & Cher' (02/18/77) with Muhammad Ali, Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis.

Grit - Television With Backbone - Grit

Laff - You Know You Want To. - Laff

Me-TV

MOVIES! TV Network

Quest Television Network

RTV - The Retro Television Network

the works

This TV





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Original Wrecking Crew Member Carol Kaye Talks to Dutch TV About Her Most Iconic Guitar/Bass Licks

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Gandalf Inspired

George R.R. Martin

Game of Thrones fans who've ever been distressed about a death in the series (Ned Stark! Shireen! HODOR!) now know who to blame, George R.R. Martin says.

Martin, the creator of the Song of Ice and Fire book series that inspired HBO's Game of Thrones, was interviewed in a video for PBS' Great American Read series. He discusses the influence J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series had on him as a young boy growing up in New Jersey.

"It was so totally immersive," Martin recalls of the series, "Tolkien approached this thing as if he was writing history."

And Tokien's work influenced Martin in another way.

"And then, Gandalf dies!" Martin exclaims to PBS in the video. "I can't explain the impact that had on me at 13. You can't kill Gandalf!"

George R.R. Martin

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Native American Trail Marker Trees | Amusing Planet

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Future In Doubt

'Star Trek 4'

Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth are no longer boldly going where no person has gone before.

The two actors were in negotiations to star in Star Trek 4 but sources say that talks between two actors and the companies making the new installment, Paramount Pictures and Skydance Media, have fallen apart, with both sides walking away from the table.

Dealmaking with other returning castmembers - including Zoe Saldana, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg and John Cho - was expected to follow.

Pine was due to reprise his role as iconic sci-fi hero Captain Kirk, which he has inhabited for three movies, while Hemsworth was to have played his father in a time-traveling adventure. (Hemsworth played the role in the prologue in the 2009 movie that rebooted the franchise.)

The deal points came down to the usual suspect: money. Pine and Hemsworth, among Hollywood's A-list when starring in DC or Marvel movies, are said to be asking the studios to stick to existing deals. Paramount, according to insiders, contends that Trek is not like a Marvel or Star Wars movie and is trying to hold the line on a budget.

'Star Trek 4'

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Heading North Due to Climate Change

Black Widow Spiders

As climate change warms the earth, black widow spiders are moving north.

The spiders are notorious, because venom is 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake's. A bite can cause aches, pains, and paralysis of the diaphragm which make breathing difficult.

In a study published in PLOS One on Wednesday, Canadian researchers reported that over the past 60 years the northernmost point black widow spiders live has moved 31 miles north, into southern Canada. The scientists believe that the spread of the spiders, which prefer a temperate climate, is due to climate change.

The team used citizen data to make updated species distribution maps for the spider. "In our project, the citizen science data was essential in modeling distributions of spiders," Christopher Buddle, a co-author on the study and professor at McGill University, said in a statement. "People who are excited about discovering where species live can contribute in meaningful ways to scientific progress and this is exciting, important, and is changing how we do research."

The scientists hope that this will provide a new way for scientists to study species distribution, especially during a time when so many species are affected by changing climates. This style of collecting information is more efficient and less expensive than sending scientists out into the field and helps the researchers cover more ground.

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Hole Punched Voids Transform Rejected Photographs From the Great Depression | Colossal

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Ancient Giant Shark Teeth Found

Australia

An amateur fossil hunter in Australia has just made the find of a lifetime: a rare set of teeth from a giant prehistoric mega-shark, the first of its kind found on the continent.

Philip Mullaly, a schoolteacher from Victoria, was walking along a beach in Melbourne on the hunt for fossils. This was less a shot in the dark than it sounds: Southern Australia is actually rich in fossils, and Mullaly was walking near a region named Dinosaur Cove.

Taking a second glance at a rock he had already passed once before, Mullaly noticed what appeared to be a shiny blade.

A closer look revealed something extraordinary. It was a jagged, narrow tooth from a Carcharocles angustidens, a mega-shark that would grow up to 21 feet in length. Their teeth were serrated, not unlike a modern steak knife.

During the Oligocene era, around 33.9 million to 23 million years ago, the C. angustidens was one of the planet's most dominant predators, ruling the planet's oceans. Fossilized remains of the ancient Giant White Shark have been found all over the planet, from Mississippi to France. But a set of teeth is still a very rare find, considering how most fossilized teeth only emerge as individuals.

These teeth are of international significance, as they represent one of just three associated groupings of Carcharocles angustidens teeth in the world, and the very first set to ever be discovered in Australia," says Erich Fitzgerald, a senior curator at Museums Victoria, which investigated Mullaly's find after the initial discovery, in a press statement.

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AP FACT CHECK

Economic Mirage

President-for-now Donald Trump (R-Grifter) is pulling numbers out of thin air when it comes to the economy, jobs and the deficit.

He refers to a current record-breaking gross domestic product for the U.S. where none exists and predicts a blockbuster 5 percent annual growth rate in the current quarter that hardly any economist sees. Hailing his trade policies in spite of fears of damage from the escalating trade disputes he's provoked, Trump also falsely declares that his tariffs on foreign goods will help erase $21 trillion in national debt. The numbers don't even come close.

The statements capped a week of grandiose and erroneous claims by Trump and his critics, including questionable rhetoric from Sen. Bernie Sandersthat his "Medicare for all" plan would reduce U.S. health spending by $2 trillion.

While economists are generally optimistic about growth, very few anticipate the economy will expand at a 5 percent annual rate in the July-September quarter the president referred to. Macroeconomic Advisers, a consulting firm in St. Louis, forecasts 3.2 percent growth in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase economists have penciled in 3.5 percent. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta pegs it at 4.3 percent.

Whatever the final number turns out to be, none of these figures represents record or close-to-record growth for gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the nation's output. The 4.1 percent growth in the second quarter was simply the most since 2014.

Economic Mirage

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Take Off To 1960s Space Motels - Flashbak

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Let Trump's Lawyers Host His Radio Show

Hannity

Jay Sekulow (R-SuperCuts) and Rudy Giuliani (R-Cheap Veneers), lawyers for President-for-now Donald Trump (R-OfPutin), hosted Sean Hannity's (R-OfRupert) radio show Friday afternoon in an unvarnished display of partisan loyalty on one of the nation's most influential talk shows.

Hannity announced the schedule change Friday morning on Twitter as he shared an interview with Sekulow he conducted earlier in the week. The lawyer criticized special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, a theme that resurfaced in Friday's episode when Sekulow and former New York Mayor Giuliani took the reins.

Hannity's cozy relationship with the president is well known, but this is the first time he's stepped aside to lend his powerful microphone to Trump's team directly.

The president's lawyers spent the show's three hours rehashing Trump administration talking points and making their case for their shared client in between listeners' calls.

Hannity

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Breathtaking Bridge In Vietnam Has Just Been Opened And It Looks Like Something From Lord Of The Rings | Bored Panda

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A father and son have been charged with several crimes after they allegedly shot a mother bear and her crying newborn twins inside their Alaska den, authorities said.

The men's actions were captured on a motion-activated video camera installed by wildlife officials who were tracking the mother bear.

Owen Renner, 18, was seen on the video shooting the mother black bear in April on Esther Island in Prince William Sound, said police. According to a sworn summary of events by police that was filed in court, the "cubs begin shrieking in the den after the initial shots are fired," The Anchorage Daily News reported Wednesday.

His father, Andrew Renner, 41, then took "aim through his rifle scope only feet away and fires several more shots, killing the newborn bear cubs," per the court documents. He was also seen on video saying: 'It doesn't matter. Bear down,'" authorities said.

Other clips showed the men skinning and butchering the sow, and Owen Renner declaring, "They'll never be able to link it to us," authorities said.

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Scientists have a plan to study the fastest creature in the world - and hope to use what they learn from its behavior to build tiny robots.

The creature isn't a cheetah or a falcon; instead, it's a single-celled organism called Spirostomum ambiguum, commonly found in bodies of water. Cheetahs can sprintat speeds of more than 60 mph (96.5 km/h), and falcons may dive at well over 250 mph (400 km/h). But S. ambiguumcan move even faster, shortening its body by 60 percent into a football shape within "a few milliseconds," according to a press release.

But researchers have no idea how the single-celled organism can move this fast without the muscle cells of larger creatures. And scientists have no clue how, regardless of how the contraction works, the little critter moves like this without wrecking all of its internal structures.

When you curl into a ball like the S. ambiguum, or sprint like a cheetah, or dive like a falcon (the latter is not recommended, except possibly into very deep swimming pools), you activate actin and myosin proteins in your muscle cells that contract to generate motion, the statement said.

But tiny creatures like S. ambiguum don't rely on proteins of that sort, Bhamla said. (S. ambiguum exists on a sort of fuzzy boundary between animals and non-animals. Older texts often considered single-celled "protozoans" like this, which have animal-like characteristics, to be part of the animal kingdom. But more recently biologists have tended to separate them into their own kingdom of life, known as Protista.)

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They aren't drugs you'd ever expect to see scribbled on a doctor's prescription pad: ecstasy, "magic" mushrooms, ayahuasca.

But in recent years, a number of small studies have explored the potential for psychedelic drugs to treat certain mental health conditions. And the results suggest that, along with talk therapy, the drugs may benefit some people.

"Combined with [talk therapy], some psychedelic drugs like MDMA [or ecstasy], psilocybin [the active ingredient in magic mushrooms] and ayahuasca may improve symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD]," Cristina Magalhaes, an associate professor of clinical psychology at Alliant International University in Los Angeles, said in a statement. Magalhaes co-chaired a symposium on psychedelics and psychotherapy on Aug. 9 at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA) in San Francisco.

Research will soon begin a large-scale study of MDMA, the active ingredient in the drug ecstasy, along with talk therapy, for the treatment of PTSD. The "Phase 3" study, which will include at least 230 people, is the final step needed before MDMA can be approved as a prescription drug, according to The New York Times.

Recent studies also suggest that psilocybin could benefit patients who have cancer-related psychological distress, or cancer patients with depression who haven't benefited from other treatments. For example, in 2016, two studies involving a total of 80 patients found that a single dose of psilocybin could considerably reduce the depression and anxiety felt by patients who had terminal or advanced cancer, compared with those who took a placebo. And the effect was long-lasting; up to 80 percent of participants saw their reductions in depression and anxiety last for six months.

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