Well, then, Poll-Fans... Let's do our own '2010 Year in Review' thing, eh?
Be-damn'd to all those other corporate media lists, I'm sayin'... I'm thinkin' we can do it better, Dagnabbit! (Or, at least have us some more fun at it and all...)
Everything and everybody is fair game... People, events, TV shows, Movies, Books, Music, Weather, inanimate objects... you get the idea, right?
Anne Rice's Christmas Confession (Wall Street Journal)
Earlier this week, comic, actor and filmmaker Ricky Gervais offered up his argument for atheism. In a follow-up essay, bestselling author Anne Rice presents her thoughts on what Christmas means for believers.
Susan Estrich: Obama the Genius (Creators Syndicate)
Was it only a month ago that the chattering class was writing off the president as being almost as thoroughly defeated as the lame duck Congress, as the failed leader who had lost his way, popularity plummeting, accomplishments vulnerable?
Alexander Cockburn: Making the Rich Happy (Creators Syndicate)
You give $4 trillion to the rich, and they express their thanks in measured terms. Their hired opinion-formers laud the spirit of admirable compromise enabling responsible members of Congress to come together in bipartisanship to keep the hog wallow open for business.
David Sirota: Faces Of Economic Death (Creators Syndicate)
... the growing imbalance between real wealth creation and worthless paper pushing is bad news - and that's why the gecko and Flo are so deeply disturbing. More than just the moment's most annoying shills, they are the cheeky visages of our nation's long-term economic decline.
Henry Rollins: Scraps (Vanity Fair)
While the real players manipulate and maul our future, we gather below their table and fight over the crumbs that they absentmindedly brush away.
Henry Rollins: LA WEEKLY COLUMN #18
I like this time of year in Los Angeles. Things slow down a little, the standing ambient roar of the city dulls by a few decibels and as we get closer to the end of the month, the population will noticeably decrease as many people migrate to other locations for whatever reason compels them.
Try a Little Tenderness (Wall Street Journal)
Karen Armstrong's "Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life," takes a look at concepts of compassion in the major world religions, offering ways of incorporating the practice into life. Eric Felten reviews.
David Bruce has 39 Kindle books on Amazon.com with 250 anecdotes in each book. Each book is $1, so for $39 you can buy 9,750 anecdotes. Search for "Funniest People," "Coolest People, "Most Interesting People," "Kindest People," "Religious Anecdotes," and "Maximum Cool."
Alfalfa is the most cultivated legume in the world. Worldwide production was around 436 million tons in 2006
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Alfalfa
mj wrote:
For some reason, not Kosher for Passover
I'll go with soy beans, although peanuts rank right up there.
BadtotheboneBob said:
Alfalfa...
This:
Not this:
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Alfalfa is the most cultivated legume in the world
Adam answered:
Peanuts...no...
Alfalfa! I was going to say alfalfa...no I wasn't, I didn't even know alfalfa was a legume.
Charlie responded:
Alfalfa
Marian took the day off.
Sally took the day off.
MAM wrote:
Alfalfa is the most cultivated legume in the world. Worldwide production was around 436 million tons in 2006.
Joe S's cucumber and onion salad one of my favorites.
And, Joe S answered:
Oh heck, that's easy. Peanuts. Wait a minute, I'll go check it out on the Interwebs. Be right back.
HOLD THE PHONE! It's not peanuts.
Alfalfa is the most cultivated legume in the world. Worldwide production was around 436 million tons in 2006. The Canada is the largest alfalfa producer in the world, but considerable production is found in Argentina (primarily grazed), Australia, South Africa, and the Middle East.
Within the United States the leading alfalfa growing states are California, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The upper Midwestern states account for about 50% of US production, the Northeastern states 10%, the Western states 40%, and the Southeastern states almost none. Alfalfa has a wide range of adaptation, and can be grown from very cold northern plains to high mountain valleys, from rich temperate agricultural regions to Mediterranean climates and searing hot deserts.
Piggy Bank Awards: Big porkers include ATM fees, credit cards
Banks are hogging capital, lenders are squealing about being forced to play fair, mortgage firms are wallowing in fraud and credit card companies are STILL inventing new ways to steal your bacon.
Yup, sounds like it's time for the annual Piggy Bank Awards-or "Piggies" - the honors I annually hand out for dishonorable behavior by banksters and other scum. It's been a year of financial "services" firms going hog-wild with excuses and rip-offs, so let's pig out on this year's winners...
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'NCIS', followed by the FRESH, but pre-taped and heavily edited 'The 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors'.
On a RERUNDave (from 11/23/10) are Jerry Seinfeld and Colin Firth.
On a RERUNCraig (from 11/8/10) are Tom Selleck and Myq Kaplan.
NBC fills the night with LIVE'Sunday Tuesday Night Football', then pads the left coast with local crap and myabe an old 'Dateline'.
On a RERUNLeno (from 11/22/10) are Taylor Swift, Dane Cook, and Keri Hilson.
On a RERUNJimmy Fallon (from 12/15/10) are Ben Stiller, The Miz, and Annie Lennox.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 11/18/10) are Michael Ian Black, the creators of "Yo Gabba Gabba", and Menomena.
ABC opens the night with the chestnut 'Rudolph's Shiny New Year', followed by a RERUN'No Ordinary Family', then a RERUN'Detroit 1-8-7'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 12/16/10) are Jeff Bridges and Diddy.
The CW offers a RERUN'One Tree Hill', followed by a RERUN'Life Unexpected'.
Faux has a RERUN'Glee', followed by a RERUN'Running Wilde'.
MY has 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader', followed by another 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?', then 'Don't Forget The Lyrics!', followed by another 'Don't Forget The Lyrics!'.
AMC offers the movie 'Back To The Future', followed by the movie 'Back To The Future, Part II', then the movie 'Back To The Future, Part III'.
BBC -
[6:00 AM] BBC World News
[6:30 AM] BBC World News
[7:00 AM] BBC World News
[7:30 AM] BBC World News
[8:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 1 Sarah Ferguson, Ed Byrne
[9:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 9 Fiesta Sunrise
[10:00 AM] Doctor Who - Ep 7 42
[11:00 AM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 6 Remember Me
[12:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 7 Reunion
[1:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 8 Future Imperfect
[2:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 9 Final Mission
[3:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 1 Glasshouse
[4:00 PM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 2 Greg Kinnear, Ruth Jones
[5:00 PM] Doctor Who - Ep 8 Human Nature
[6:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[7:00 PM] BBC World News
[7:30 PM] Secret Gorillas of Mondika - Secret Gorillas of Mondika
[8:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 1 The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2
[9:00 PM] Ramsay's Best Restaurant - Ep 4 British
[10:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 5 The Mixing Bowl
[11:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 1 The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2
[12:00 AM] Ramsay's Best Restaurant - Ep 4 British
[1:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 5 The Mixing Bowl
[2:00 AM] Ramsay's Best Restaurant - Ep 4 British
[3:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 5 The Mixing Bowl
[4:00 AM] Doctor Who - Ep 8 Human Nature
[5:00 AM] BBC World News
[5:30 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Millionaire Matchmaker', another 'Millionaire Matchmaker', followed by a FRESH'Millionaire Matchmaker', and another 'Millionaire Matchmaker'.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', 'Jim Gaffigan: Beyond The Pale', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', still another 'Tosh.0', and yet another 'Tosh.0'.
On a RERUNJon Stewart is pre-empted.
On a RERUNColbert Report is pre-empted.
FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Jumper'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Top Gear', another 'Top Gear', and 'Ax Men'.
IFC -
[6:00 AM] Happy Here and Now
[8:00 AM] Undeclared
[8:30 AM] Mistress
[10:45 AM] Far Harbor
[1:00 PM] Happy Here and Now
[3:00 PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[3:30 PM] Mistress
[5:45 PM] Anamorph
[8:00 PM] Boondock Saints
[10:15 PM] From Dusk Till Dawn
[12:30 AM] Beyond Re-Animator
[2:30 AM] Boondock Saints
[4:45 AM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[5:15 AM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[5:45 AM] The Grid (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[7:20 AM] Tanghi Argentini
[7:40 AM] Oss 117: Cairo - Nest Of Spies
[9:15 AM] Pleasure Of Being Robbed
[10:30 AM] Disengagement
[12:30 PM] Girl on the Run: Winter 2011
[1:30 PM] Oss 117: Cairo - Nest Of Spies
[3:05 PM] Pleasure Of Being Robbed
[4:20 PM] Disengagement
[6:20 PM] Swedish Auto
[8:00 PM] Marie Antoinette
[10:00 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Out of the Closet (Episode 7, Season 1)
[10:30 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Til Death Do Us Part (Episode 8, Season 1)
[11:00 PM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Shines Under Stress (Episode 12, Season 1)
[11:30 PM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Does Another Classic Leno (Episode 13, Season 1)
[12:00 AM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Out of the Closet (Episode 7, Season 1)
[12:30 AM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Til Death Do Us Part (Episode 8, Season 1)
[1:00 AM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Shines Under Stress (Episode 12, Season 1)
[1:30 AM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Does Another Classic Leno (Episode 13, Season 1)
[2:00 AM] Breaking Upwards
[3:30 AM] In Short: GREEN PORNO: SEDUCE ME (Season 2)
[3:45 AM] Marie Antoinette
[5:50 AM] Swedish Auto (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Casino Royale', followed by the movie 'Serenity'.
TBS has a FRESH'Glory Daze'.
On a RERUNConan (from 11/11/10) are Michael Cera, Julie Bowen, and Jon Dore.
On a RERUNLopez Tonight (from 11/22/10) are Kris Jenner, Tom Felton, and Ne-Yo.
Jerry Hall, left, and her daughter Elizabeth Jagger pose for photographs at the Harrods Winter Sale, in London Monday, Dec. 27, 2010.
Photo by Jonathan Short
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Monday said it has mailed out nomination ballots to the 5,755 of its members who will be voting for The Academy Awards for 2010, or Oscars, the world's top film honors.
Each year a few hundred movies hope to qualify for Oscars, but only 10 will be nominated for best feature film. Their producers and distributors begin jockeying for position as far back as the summer, but it is only when the academy officially mails out ballots that the real race gets started.
The 2010 Oscars will be given out on February 27 in Los Angeles. Nominees for the awards will be named on January 25.
Sir Elton John is holding close a new tiny dancer.
The piano man and husband David Furnish have become parents to a 7-pound, 15-ounce baby boy born on Christmas Day. The news was first reported Monday night by USMagazine.com and confirmed to The Associated Press by John's Los Angeles-based publicist.
Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John was born in California via a surrogate, whose identity is being protected by the new parents.
Zachary is 62-year-old John's first child with the 48-year-old Furnish. The couple married in 2005.
Kara Robertson helps decorate a Rose Parade float for the City of Torrance, Calif., Monday, Dec. 27, 2010, in Irwindale, Calif. Hundreds of volunteers are giving their time to to assemble the floats for the annual New Year's Day Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif.
Photo by Nick Ut
It's a boy for Alanis Morissette and Mario "Souleye" Treadway.
A representative for the 36-year-old singer said in an e-mail Monday that Ever Imre Morissette-Treadway was born Dec. 25. The e-mail says "all are healthy and happy."
A tourist from Ecuador has his photo taken by a companion in front of the 'Rocky' statue, a character made famous in the 'Rocky' movies, in front ofthe Philadelphia Museum of Art during a blowing snowstorm Sunday Dec. 26, 2010.
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Natalie Portman is pregnant with her first child and is engaged to Benjamin Millepied, the choreographer of "Black Swan."
A publicist for Portman confirmed Monday that the couple are engaged and expecting, but declined to give any further details. People magazine first reported the news.
The 29-year-old actress and Millepied, a well-regarded ballet dancer and choreographer, met during the making of "Black Swan," Darren Aronofsky's psychological thriller that stars Portman as a ballet dancer. She's been nominated for best actress by the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild.
Millepied played a small on-screen role in the film as a dancer.
While controversy swirls around Fox's new game show "The Million Dollar Money Drop" after two contestants lost $800,000 despite answering a question correctly, the show's host says many people are missing the point: the duo legitimately lost the game on the next question anyway.
"They never had a chance to win that money. Ever. No matter what," Kevin Pollak told The Hollywood Reporter. "They got the last question wrong. None of the clips show the last question."
Instead, what the viral YouTube clips show is Gabe Okoye and girlfriend Brittany Mayti in deep despair after losing $800,000 on a Post-it note answer deemed correct days after their elimination from the show. Pollak pointed out that even if the couple had been awarded the cash for that question, they still would have met the same demise on the show.
Pollak said he was pleased, regardless, that the couple has been invited to participate on the show again, but not pleased that they were said to be hesitant to return due to the pressure of the show.
A tourist takes picture of a tree covered by snow at the World Cultural Heritage, Changdeok Palace in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010.
Photo by Lee Jin-man
The man who sold his Southern California home to "Octomom" Nadya Suleman said Sunday that he's going ahead with eviction proceedings because she hasn't made a long overdue $450,000 payment.
Amer Haddadin said he'll evict Suleman if she and her lawyer Jeff Czech don't pay the balance on the house by Friday. A balloon payment was due Oct. 9.
"I think they have money, but they are hiding the money," Haddadin said.
Suleman and Czech were served notice on Dec. 2 by mail and by hand, Haddadin said. He expects the eviction to be speedy.
In this handout photo supplied by Rolex, a yacht, bottom right, sails towards a large storm cloud as she races towards Hobart during the Sydney To Hobartyacht race off Sydney in Australia, Monday, Dec. 27, 2010.
Photo by Carlo Borlenghi
The East Coast blizzard hasn't left Broadway stuck.
Paul Libin, chairman of The Broadway League, says the Great White Way is open for business as usual, with shows going on as scheduled Monday. He adds that cancellations may mean hard-to-get seats may be available.
Theatergoers are being advised to contact their point of purchase for information about refunds or exchanges.
Broadway theaters may be open, but getting to them may be another story, with area airports shut down, subways delayed and huge snowdrifts across New York City making streets and roads difficult to navigate.
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