BartCop Entertainment Archives - Wednesday, 8 February, 2006

Wednesday

8 February, 2006

big hammer - bigger hammer

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Issue #181   (Part 1)

Disinfotainment Today

By Michael Dare


Issue #181
(Part 1)
is brought to you by...
 
 
Don't Hate Me Because I'm a Cartoon
 
The most ridiculous story of the year so far is millions of Muslims rioting over a bunch of cartoons printed in a Danish newspaper five months ago. It would seem that somebody didn't know that raising a fuss about something that offends you only gets more people to see it.
 
    "In the span of two days, protesters have burned the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Damascus, and the Danish embassy in Beirut. Kidnapping and burning embassies over a cartoon? How incredibly fucking stupid. Other developments: Hundreds of people rally in Afghanistan in protest at the cartoons. Jordanian authorities arrest two tabloid editors for printing the cartoons. Iran recalls its ambassador to Denmark. An Iraqi militant group in the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi calls for attacks on Danish and non-Muslim targets in Iraq. Britain's main opposition Conservative Party says slogans by anti-Danish protesters in London amount to incitement to murder.
    "While only 12 cartoons were initially published, there are fakes circulating which are incredibly inflammatory. Extremists have taken advantage of the situation and have fueled the flames with fake cartoons and dangerous rhetoric. But I don't care how damn offensive you find a cartoon, violence is unacceptable. Period."
 
I never would have accidentally found myself searching a Danish newspaper for cartoons about Muhammed unless radical Muslims had pointed them out to me by acting like lunatics. And I gotta ask, if Jews can handle this...
 
 
why can't Muslims handle this...
 
 
They say we've got to respect their religion. Bullshit. I have as much respect for Islam as I do for Christianity, Rush Limbaugh, the KKK, the Flat Earth Society, the Nazi Party, and everyone in the White House. Respect has got to be earned.
 
Anybody who says I have to respect the belief that the earth is flat is nuts. Same with anyone who says I have to respect Islam. What I respect is their right to believe any damn foolish thing as long as they respect my right to believe any damn foolish thing. Everybody's got the right to believe any damn foolish thing, and to say whatever they want about the damn foolish things that others believe. Cartoons are art. They are infinitely superior weapons than those purchased by the Department of Defense. Work is what you do for others. Art is what you do for yourself. It's a means of emotional expression. We all need it, and thank God there are people who express themselves with cartoons instead of bombs.
 
 
Or even cartoons of bombs. This is the one that set them off. Does nothing for me. Even if I thought all Muslims were suicidal, its too obvious, has no humor, and it doesn't reverberate like this one...
 
 
which makes the interesting point that if Muhammed can't be shown in any way, shape, or form, how are we supposed to recognize him? As a matter of fact, the claim can be made that NONE of these cartoons portray the real Muhammed since nobody knows what he looked like.
 
Why all the rioting now when the cartoons were published five months ago? As usual, the media has failed to untangle the puzzle. Here's the answer...
 
    "The issue has been framed by the traditional media as 'Free Expression/Speech' in contrast with 'Sensitivity to Religion.' Do newspapers in democratic societies have the right to publish offensive images? Well that's something definitely worth debating, but it's overlooking an important step.
    "12 cartoons were published in the Danish newspaper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, which you can see here. Some were very bland, others seem to be unquestionably offensive. Yet these cartoons were published on September 30, 2005. What the traditional media has failed to explain is why the protests are occurring now...
    "What CNN and the other traditional media failed to tell you is that the thousand gallons of fuel added to the fire of outrage came from none other than our old pals Saudi Arabia.
    "While it was a minor side story in the western press, the most important of Muslim religious festivals recently took place in Saudi Arabia - called the Hajj. Every able-bodied Muslim is obligated to make a pilgrimage once in their lifetime to Mecca, which is in modern-day Saudi Arabia. This pilgrimage can be done at any time of the year but most pilgrims arrive during the Muslim month known as Dhu al-Hijjah, which follows a lunar calendar that does not exactly match the western Gregorian calendar.
    "The most recent Hajj occurred during the first half of January 2006, precisely when the 'outrage' over the Danish cartoons began in earnest. There were a number of stampedes, called 'tragedies' in the press, during the Hajj which killed several hundred pilgrims. I say 'tragedies' in quotation marks because there have been similar 'tragedies' during the Hajj and each time, the Saudi government promises to improve security and facilitation of movement to avoid these. Over 251 pilgrims were killed during the 2004 Hajj alone in the same area as the one that killed 350 pilgrims in 2006. These were not unavoidable accidents, they were the results of poor planning by the Saudi government.
    "And while the deaths of these pilgrims was a mere blip on the traditional western media's radar, it was a huge story in the Muslim world. Most of the pilgrims who were killed came from poorer countries such as Pakistan, where the Hajj is a very big story. Even the most objective news stories were suddenly casting Saudi Arabia in a very bad light and they decided to do something about it.
    "Their plan was to go on a major offensive against the Danish cartoons. The 350 pilgrims were killed on January 12 and soon after, Saudi newspapers (which are all controlled by the state) began running up to 4 articles per day condemning the Danish cartoons."
- Soj: Muslim Cartoon Controversy: What the Media Isn't Telling You -   
 
Sound ridiculous? Nope. Here's a memo from the Saudi Royal Press Secretary A. M. Al Shegri to His Majesty dated 1st February 2006, Subject: Cartoons:
 
"As Your Majesty requested recently, in order to divert public attention from the regrettable demise of a small number of pilgrims in Makkah during the last Hajj, Saudi newspapers were instructed to revive the four-month-old story of cartoons about the Prophet (PBUH) in a Danish newspaper, and turn it into an attack on Denmark, together with a 'spontaneous demand by the people' for a boycott of Danish goods."
 
I really like this one...
 
 
just because of the style, and not because it says anything, which it doesn't. Still, simply because it portrays someone supposed to be Muhammed, the rioting idiots don't like it any more than the rest.
 
"To summarize: you can be a confirmed Bushophobe and still acknowledge that the cartoon rioters are idiots. Likewise, you can be a fully paid-up member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy while realizing that just because you can do something like publish cartoons that offend Muslims, doesn't necessarily mean you should, especially when the lives of U.S troops might be at stake."
- lgfwatch -
 
Remember that episode of South Park where they made fun of Tom Cruise? He was hiding in a closet and Stan begged him to come out of the closet. You'll never see it again. Why? Tom has threatened to sue so the Comedy Channel has removed it from their repeat schedule.
 
What's the difference between a fundamentalist Muslim and a fundamentalist Scientologist?
 
Nobody said anything when Muhammed appeared on the Super Friends episode of South Park.
 
 
Might I point out that the cultural editor of Jyllands-Posten commissioned the cartoons to highlight the difficulty experienced by Danish writer Kåre Bluitgen in finding artists to illustrate his children's book about Muhammad. In other words the cartoonists were fulfilling AN ASSIGNMENT. As The Anchoress points out:
 
"They're currently highly pissed off about fake cartoons."
 
And lets dispose of that claim that any portrayal of Mohammed is sacrilege. There are thousands of depictions of Mohammed throughout history that haven't caused any rioting, including a sculpture in the north frieze of the Supreme Court Building in Washington DC.
 
 
That's him in the middle with the scimitar. I direct your attention to the gallery of the week, The Mohammed Image Archive, including many Islamic paintings and miniatures showing the mug of Mohammed in all its bearded glory.
 
"The socialist take is very clear on this. There should be no bans or censorship whatsoever. Censorship does not achieve what it sets out to stop and is never productive. It is a sign of the fragile nature of the religious mentality that humour or cartoons can be seen as such a threat to beliefs."
- Gray: Causing Offense -
 
    "Both sides are spoiling for a fight on this one and there is a fair amount of unattractive posturing. When push comes to shove, I have to say that I would take a lot more notice of the outrage in the Middle East if I had not come across dozens of anti-Semitic cartoons published in the Arab press.
    "The striking part of Arabic Jew-baiting is that it is as prevalent, nasty and dehumanizing as it ever was in Nazi Germany. Newspapers published in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Oman and UAE all use demonic images of stereotypical Jews (big nose, black coat and hat and laden with money bags) pulling the strings behind the scenes in US politics, buying political influence and spreading death, terror and disease. Josef Goebbels would have felt quite at home reading these newspapers.
    "They are unacceptable and would, if published here, cause an outrage equal to last week's, but this does not seem to have occurred to the Muslim spokesman or clerics that I have heard on the subject."
As usual, the Saudi's public relations coup has backfired. It has fueled a boycott of Danish goods that's doing them more harm than good...
 
    "To start with, an economic boycott would be economically futile because the majority of the products that featured on the leaflets or were mentioned in the text messages are part of Saudi-owned franchises. This means that those who will suffer the most are in fact the local franchise owners. For example, amongst the products that we are asked to boycott is a product that is being marketed by a Saudi businessman who employs possibly up to three thousand Saudi people in his firm.
    "A story should be recounted at this point. During the peak of the call for boycotting American products, I discovered that every part of a sandwich sold by a certain American fast food chain was 100% Saudi. This chain alone employed seven thousand Saudis all over the kingdom. Moreover, that chain in particular plays a role in humanitarian efforts such as organizing excursions for orphans."
- Mohammed Al-Jazairy: Do Not Boycott Danish Products -
 
Show your support for the Danes by buying Danish! Build a statue of Mohammed out of Legos. Switch to Argento Audio silver audio cables. Wake up in the morning with coffee made from a Bodum press and pass out at night with Denaka or Danzka Cranberryraz Vodka. Drown your sorrows with a case of Tuborg or Carlsberg beer. Pig out on Royal Dansk Butter Cookies. Forgo your standard cheddar and Monterey jack for some Tilsit, Havarti, Danbo, and Fontina. Danish blue cheese is killer. And don't miss this fabulous recipe for cheese Danish, even though it's got nothing to do with Denmark. Spice up everything with Knorr seasonings. For world wide delivery of Danish food, check out the Danish Food Shop. And most importantly, rent Kenneth Branagh's magnificent production of the full text of Hamlet.
 
That'll show 'em.
 
 
 
END OF PART ONE OF THIS WEEK'S ISSUE
 
SO MANY GRAPHICS I HAD TO CUT IT IN HALF
 
PART TWO IS ALREADY DONE SO EXPECT IT TOMORROW
 
 
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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Nat Hentoff: Anatomy of a Murder (villagevoice.com)
What this administration actually does, proclaiming its devotion to human rights, is to exemplify George Orwell's truth, "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."


Cindy Sheehan: Numbers (opednews.com)
The now famous black shirt with white lettering that I was wearing on January 31st to the State of the Union address originally read: 2000 Dead. How many more? That shirt was made by Veterans for Peace on the occasion of the 2000th U.S. soldier killed in Iraq. That tragic number was reached on September 25th, 2005.


Sarah Boseley: Britain Defies US with Funding to Boost Safe Abortion Services
Attempt to replace lost dollars after 'global gag'; 70,000 died last year in backstreet operations (commondreams.org)


J. PEDER ZANE: Bluff ran like a river through his schemes (triangle.com)
How does it feel to be hustled, scammed, duped? Did you ever suspect he might be a fraud? What are you going to do about it? Those questions have filled my days these past few weeks. The best way to answer them is to go back to the beginning, to the fall of 2000. That's when I first encountered the man I knew as the Navajo writer "Nasdijj" ...


NANCY FRANKLIN: A new day dawns on "24" (newyorker.com)
When "24" débuted, on Fox, in November of 2001, it was seen as a risky venture; no on had a clue whether the show would hold viewers' interest for a whole season- a season of twenty-four episodes, in which event unfold in real time over the course of one day-or whether, even if it did maintain a audience, the idea would turn out to have enough going for it other than novelty to make it worth renewing. Well, it all worked out. "24 began its fifth season last month ...


CARSON K. SMITH: The Last Yip: Yippies founding father Stew Albert's final interview (wweek.com)
On the current peace movement: As much as we can, we go to peace demonstrations. But they're boring. Rallies these days are atrocious. They lack good speakers, someone to psych up a crowd. People think they have to be boring to be considered serious. We were serious, but we were able to charm people. When there was a demonstration, people would want to go like it was a circus.


The Democratic Party: The Real Cost of the Iraq War to American Taxpayers (democrats.org)

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WITH HEAVENLY ELOQUENCE

AND GOOD COMMON SENSE

JOSEPH LOWERY DID HIS THING

WHILE MOURNING CORETTA KING

BUT WHAT HE SAID HAD A WIDER RING

BECAUSE HE WAS ALSO SPEAKING

TO THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD

AND HE DIDN'T MISS A SINGLE WORD

AND HE DIDN'T SHAKE HIS HAND

JOE THE RHYMING REVEREND


zEN mAN
(after viewing Reverend Lowery's riveting and unforgettable eulogy with sheepish George Bush getting SKEWERED)




Reverend Dr. Joseph Lowery: No WMD's and no help for the poor

                                             Video-WMP Video-QT (might still be loading David Edwards)
Atrios
"We know now there were no weapons of mass destruction over there [standing ovation]... but Coretta kew and we know that there are weapons of misdirection right down here. Millions without health insurance. Poverty aounds. For war billions more but no more for the poor." -Reverend Dr. Joseph Lowery, at the Coretta Scott King funeral, in front of 4 presidents....read on 

Courtesy Crooks And Liars  
 

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Hubert's Poetry Corner

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

THE LOST WORLD

THE "ALL GODS SUCK" SUPERBOWL

THE REPUG NAZI TWO STEP. YOU PUT YOUR RIGHT FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH AND YOU SHAKE IT ALL ABOUT...

SPEEDY IS A GOOD GERMAN

GO SEAHAWKS! NOW PUT THIS SORRY FUCK IN JAIL

GOD IT TAKES A LONG TIME

WATCHING SCOTTY WAFFLE

WHEN ASSHOLES BELIEVE THEIR OWN SHIT

"GOOD NIGHT MY SISTER, WELL DONE, WELL DONE"

SPEEDY SAYS: "GO FUCK YOURSELF"

EXISTENTIAL PAT. IT ALL HAS TO DO WITH FUCKING

THE HONKYS ARE RESTLESS

JOHN GOES INTO THE TOILET

THE CARTOON WARS COME HOME. FUCK 'EM IF THEY CAN'T TAKE A JOKE

IS BUSH ABOVE JESUS?

THE PROLETARIAT OF THE DICTATORSHIP

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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Sunny with a dry, hot wind.


No new flags.



Tonight, Wednesday:

CBS fills the night with the LIVE '48th Annual Grammy Awards' (tape-delayed & edited on the left coast).
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Stupid Human Tricks, Rachel Weisz, and Beastie Boys.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Zooey Deschanel and Trace Adkins.

NBC opens the night with the 2-hour SEASON FINALE 'Biggest Loser: Special Edition', followed by a FRESH 'Law & Order'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Felicity Huffman and the Fray.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Chris Meloni and Sigur Ros.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are Keyshawn Johnson and Matchbook Romance.

ABC begins the night with a FRESH 'George Lopez', followed by a FRESH 'Freddie', then a FRESH 'Lost', followed by a FRESH 'Invasion'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Wilmer Valderrama, Golden Brooks, and Dwight Yoakam.

The WB offers a FRESH 'One Tree Hill', followed by a RERUN 'Beauty & The Geek'.

Faux has a FRESH 'American Idol', followed by a FRESH 'Bones'.

UPN has a FRESH 'South Beach', followed by a FRESH 'Veronica Mars'.

A&E has 'Cold Case Files', 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', another 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', 'Inked', another 'Inked', 'Criss Angel', and another 'Criss Angel'.

AMC offers the movie 'Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan', followed by the movie 'Licence To Kill', then the movie 'The Living Daylights'.

BBC  -   
 [2pm]    'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Mr. Neutron;
 [2:40pm]    'The Smoking Room' - Episode 1;
 [3:20pm]    'The Smoking Room' - Episode 2;
 [4pm]    'At Home with the Braithwaites' - Episode 4;
 [5pm]    'Monarch of the Glen' - Episode 9;
 [6pm]    'BBC World News';
 [6:30pm]    'House Invaders' - Episode 6;
 [7pm]    'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 5;
 [8pm]    'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 5;
 [9pm]    'Little Angels' - Episode 2;
 [9:40pm]    'A Week of Dressing Dangerously' - Episode 6;
 [10:20pm]    'Changing Rooms' - Episode 6;
 [11pm]    'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Mr. Neutron;
 [11:40pm]    'Blackadder' - Dish & Dishonesty;
 [12:20am]    'Blackadder' - Ink & Incapability;
 [1am]    'Little Angels' - Episode 2;
 [1:40am]    'A Week of Dressing Dangerously' - Episode 6;
 [2:20am]    'Changing Rooms' - Episode 6;
 [3am]    'Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares' - Bonapartes;
 [4am]    'Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares' - Glass House;
 [5am]    'Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares' - Walnut Tree;
 [6am]    'BBC World News'.    (ALL TIMES EST)

Bravo has 'Project Runway', another 'Project Runway', still another 'Project Runway', and a FRESH 'Project Runway'.

Comedy Central has 'Comedy Central Presents', 'Reno 911!', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Chappelle's Show', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and 'Drawn Together'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Harrison Ford.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Alan Dershowitz.

History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Weird Weapons', 'Modern Marvels', and 'Engineering Disasters 18'.

IFC  -   
 [6AM]    Nine Queens (2001);
 [8AM]    At The IFC Center (2006);
 [8:30AM]    Short: Grace and The New Rules (2002);
 [9AM]    Invincible (2001);
 [11:30AM]    Sunshine State (2002);
 [2PM]    The Cup (1999);
 [3:45PM]    IFC in Theaters (2005);
 [4PM]    IFC Short Film Collection I: February (2006);
 [6PM]    Independent Spirit Award Nomination Show (2005);
 [6:30PM]    Sunshine State (2002);
 [9PM]    The Opposite of Sex (1998);
 [10:45PM]    Spring Forward (1999);
 [12:45AM]    IFC in Theaters (2005);
 [1AM]    The Opposite of Sex (1998);
 [2:45AM]    Spring Forward (1999);
 [5AM]    IFC Short Film Showcase: February (2006).    (ALL TIMES EST)

SciFi has the movie 'Boa Vs. Python', followed by the movie 'King Cobra'.

Sundance  -   
 [7:45AM]    The Gong Show Movie;
 [9:15AM]    The Match;
 [10:55AM]    A Letter to True;
 [12:15PM]    Hairspray;
 [1:50PM]    Mardi Gras: Made in China;
 [3:05PM]    Funny Ha Ha;
 [4:45PM]    The Match;
 [6:30PM]    Nowhere in Africa;
 [9PM]    Kath & Kim: Cactus Hour;
 [9:30PM]    In Short: In Short: Documentaries;
 [10PM]    I'm Losing You;
 [11:45PM]    Function at the Junction;
 [12AM]    Dolls;
 [1:50AM]    Henry & June;
 [4:10AM]    Slut;
 [5:30AM]    Hairspray.    (ALL TIMES EST)

TCM:
 [8AM]    A Free Soul (1931);
 [9:45AM]    Camille (1936)     [View Trailer];
 [11:45AM]    A Tale Of Two Cities (1935);
 [2PM]    Pride And Prejudice (1940);
 [4PM]    Mrs. Miniver (1942)     [View Trailer];
 [6:15PM]    Lassie Come Home (1943)     [View Trailer];
 [8PM]    Cleopatra (1963)     [View Trailer];
 [12:15AM]    My Fair Lady (1964)     [View Trailer];
 [3:15AM]    Funny Face (1957)     [View Trailer].    (ALL TIMES EST)


Thursday  -  02/09

TCM:
 [6AM]    Easter Parade (1948)     [View Trailer];
 [8AM]    It's A Great Feeling (1949);
 [9:30AM]    Key Largo (1948)     [View Trailer];
 [11:30AM]    Road to Morocco (1942)     [View Trailer];
 [1PM]    Lawrence of Arabia (1962)     [View Trailer];
 [5PM]    Hamlet (1948);
 [8PM]    The Big Country (1958)     [View Trailer];
 [11PM]    The Boys From Brazil (1978);
 [1:15AM]    North By Northwest (1959)     [View Trailer];
 [3:45AM]    The Story Of Louis Pasteur (1935)     [View Trailer];
 [5:15AM]    I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang (1932).    (ALL TIMES EST)



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Actresses Keira Knightley (R) and Scarlett Johansson (foreground) pose nude with designer Tom Ford (L) for the March 2006 Vanity Fair Hollywood issue, in this undated publicity photo. Designer Ford stepped in when a third female actress bowed out due to the nudity.
Photo by Annie Leibovitz
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Republicans Hate Big Bird

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Resident George W. Bush took a swipe at Big Bird and his ilk Monday as he proposed slashing funds to public broadcasting by more than $150 million.

In the president's 2007 budget request, funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will be cut by $53.5 million in 2007 and $50 million more in 2008. Those cuts don't reflect others made in funding at the Education and Commerce departments and the elimination of specific programs for digital TV conversion and satellite delivery system. Public broadcasting officials estimate that the entire budget cuts run $157 million over the two-year period.

The cuts in public broadcasting are part of an attempt by the White House to reduce the country's red ink as the administration seeks more money for the military and seeks to make Bush's first-term tax cuts permanent.

Last year, an overwhelming majority in Congress voted to restore cuts proposed by the administration. This year, those cuts go even deeper, and it could be more difficult to win the fight in Congress, said John Lawson, president and CEO of the Association of Public Television Stations.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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Joins Paris Demonstration

Juliette Binoche

French film star Juliette Binoche joined dozens of demonstrators on a square overlooking the Eiffel Tower in Paris to call for the release of Jill Carroll, an American reporter kidnapped in Iraq.

The demonstrators, many wearing white parkas with a photo of the reporter and the words "Free Jill Carroll" taped on the back, released balloons in the air from Place du Trocadero at the rally.

Juliette Binoche

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Music recording artist Jackson Browne (R) poses with (L-R) David Crosby, Bonnie Raitt and Sheryl Crow at the 2006 'Musicares Person of the Year' gala in Los Angeles February 6, 2006. The event celebrates the extraordinary musical achievements and the philanthropic commitment to arts, environmental and humanitarian causes of an individual.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
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MusiCares Person of the Year

James Taylor

From Bruce Springsteen's mournful harmonica on "Millworker" to Sting's acoustic guitar on "Close Your Eyes," a generation of singer-songwriters influenced by James Taylor paid tribute to him with their versions of his hits.

Stories abounded when a powerhouse lineup of Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Paul Simon, Jackson Browne, David Crosby, the Dixie Chicks, Dr. John and Taj Mahal kicked off Grammy week by honoring the 57-year-old Taylor as MusiCares Person of the Year on Monday night.

Taylor's brother, Livingston, sang backup on "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" while Taylor's twin 4-year-old sons, Rufus and Henry, jumped up and down to the music and the crowd clapped along.

For a lot more, James Taylor

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Honored by France

Uma Thurman

France honored Uma Thurman on Tuesday, proclaiming the "classic and disconcerting beauty" a knight in the Order of Arts and Letters.

Jacob hailed the 35-year-old actress as a "classic and disconcerting beauty," a "femme fatale" and a "dreamy creature" before pinning a medal on her black Christian Dior jacket.

Uma Thurman

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Play To Be Staged In British Parliament

Guantanamo

A play reliving the detention of Guantanamo Bay prisoners is to be staged in the British parliament by human rights activists bidding to push their plight up the political agenda.

"This is the court of public opinion -- the idea is to educate the folks in the House of Commons on what is happening," lawyer Clive Stafford Smith said on Monday.

The reading of the play "Guantanamo - Honor Bound to Defend Freedom" is being staged on Thursday in one of the 150-seat committee rooms in the lower chamber before an invited audience of parliamentarians, lawyers and human rights organisations.

Guantanamo

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bartcook

In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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'Battlestar Galactica'

Lucy Lawless

Former "Xena: Warrior Princess" star Lucy Lawless has signed on for a 10-episode story arc on Sci Fi Channel's red-hot "Battlestar Galactica."

Lawless will reprise the role she took this season as an investigative journalist who turns out to be an undercover agent for the villainous Cylon faction. Lawless' second appearance on the ensemble drama is slated for February 24. Her arc will commence with the show's third season, which begins production in April in Vancouver.

Lucy Lawless

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Sergio Mendes gestures while playing a keyboard during the Peapod Foundation's annual benefit concert, at the Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood, California February 6, 2006. The Black Eyed Peas founded the Peapod Foundation to help provide opportunities and support for children who suffer around the world.
Photo by Lucas Jackson
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Baby News

Maggie Rose Stewart

Daily Show fake news purveyor and soon-to-be Academy Award host Jon Stewart is officially on diaper duty after he and wife Tracey welcomed a baby girl over the weekend.

"Mom, dad, baby and big brother are all doing great," reads a posting on the Comedy Central Website. According to Stewart's publicist, the child was named Maggie Rose Stewart. She made her big entrance Saturday in Manhattan, weighing in at 6 pounds, 9 ounces.

Maggie Rose Stewart

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WEdding News

Tindall - Nye

Bill Nye is no longer the Single Guy. Nye, who hosted the educational PBS series "Bill Nye, the Science Guy" during its nine-year run, married his fiance Blair Tindall last Friday, it was announced Tuesday.

The 50-year-old, bow-tied Nye and Tindall, author of "Mozart in the Jungle" and a former concert oboist, exchanged vows at a conference where Nye spoke.

This is the first marriage for both.

Tindall - Nye

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Wedding News

Close - Shaw

Glenn Close has married former biotech business executive David Shaw at his seaside estate.

Close, 58, and Shaw, 54, were wed on Friday, according to the Scarborough town clerk's office.

Close - Shaw

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I'm Pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')

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Restraining Order

Paris Hilton

Hotel heiress Paris Hilton was ordered on Tuesday to stay away from a Los Angeles party planner who claimed she called him a "lazy Mexican" and bombarded him with threatening phone calls.

Promoter Brian Quintana, who says he introduced Hilton to her current boyfriend Greek shipping heir Stavros Niarchos, won a restraining order in Los Angeles Superior Court against the socialite known for her "The Simple Life" TV reality show and for an Internet sex video made with a former boyfriend.

Quintana said Hilton began a smear campaign against him after she started dating Niarchos, accusing him of trying to get Niarchos to ditch her for his former girlfriend, Mary-Kate Olsen.

Quintana said Hilton shoved him three times, that he lost clients after they received phone calls from Hilton warning them not to do business with him and that she made numerous phone calls threatening his life.

Paris Hilton

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Elettra Rossellinii, daughter of actress Isabella Rossellini and granddaughter of Ingrid Bergman,, models in the fall collection of Bill Blass, presented during Fashion Week in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006.
Photo by Richard Drew
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Defends Driving Photos

Britney Spears

Several photos published Tuesday showed Britney Spears driving her SUV with her son, Sean Preston, perched on her lap rather than strapped into a car seat in the back seat. Spears said she did it because of a "horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi."

The photos show Spears holding the wheel of the car with one hand, and her 4-month-old baby in the other. A person is shown sitting in the passenger seat next to Spears.

The photos may have captured the attention of the county Department of Children and Family Services, though a spokesman for the agency declined to offer any specifics about the Spears incident.

Britney Spears

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Home Jamaican National Monument

Bob Marley

The Jamaican government will declare Bob Marley's Kingston home a national monument, 25 years after the reggae legend's death, an official said on Tuesday.

Minister of Education and Culture Maxine Henry Wilson said the tribute was in recognition of all Marley had done to promote his Caribbean homeland overseas.

Known as Tuff Gong International, Marley's home is now a music studio as well as a leading tourist attraction.

Bob Marley

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Steven Fletcher (R), who was Canada's first quadriplegic Member of Parliament, receives assistance as he signs his name after being sworn-in as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health during a ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa February 7, 2006.
Photo by Chris Wattie
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Army Demanded $700 Wounded Soldier

William "Eddie" Rebrook

The last time 1st Lt. William "Eddie" Rebrook IV saw his body armor, he was lying on a stretcher in Iraq, his arm shattered and covered in blood. A field medic tied a tourniquet around Rebrook's right arm to stanch the bleeding from shrapnel wounds. Soldiers yanked off his blood-soaked body armor. He never saw it again. But last week, Rebrook was forced to pay $700 for that body armor, blown up by a roadside bomb more than a year ago.

He was leaving the Army for good because of his injuries. He turned in his gear at his base in Fort Hood, Texas. He was informed there was no record that the body armor had been stripped from him in battle.

He was told to pay nearly $700 or face not being discharged for weeks, perhaps months.

For a lot more, William "Eddie" Rebrook

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Dozens of New Species

Foja Mountains

A team of scientists exploring an isolated jungle in one of Indonesia's most remote provinces said they discovered dozens of new species of frogs, butterflies and plants - as well as large mammals hunted to near extinction elsewhere.

The team also found wildlife that were remarkably unafraid of humans during their rapid assessment survey of the Foja Mountains, which has more than two million acres of old growth tropical forest, Bruce Beehler, a co-leader of the monthlong trip, said in announcing the discoveries on Tuesday.

The scientists said they discovered 20 frog species - including a tiny microhylid frog less than a half-inch long - four new butterfly species, and at least five new types of palms.

Foja Mountains

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A billboard advertisement for a bar in the Mexican city of Guadalajara shows U.S. President George W. Bush and al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in an embrace with the slogan, 'Nothing is impossible, February, month of Love', February 7, 2006.
Photo by Mario Castillo
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Prime-Time Nielsen

Ratings

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Jan. 30 to Feb. 5. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.

    1. (X) "Super Bowl XL: Seattle vs. Pittsburgh," ABC, 90.7 million viewers.
    2. (X) "Super Bowl Post Game" (10:05-10:10), ABC, 74 million viewers.
    3. (X) "Super Bowl Post Game" (10:11-10:27), ABC, 59.8 million viewers.
    4. (6) "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 37.9 million viewers.
    5. (2) "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 30.4 million viewers.
    6. (1) "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox, 30.2 million viewers.
    7. (3) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 28.4 million viewers.
    8. (5) "Without a Trace," CBS, 20.8 million viewers.
    9. (7) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 20.4 million viewers.
   10. (10) "Survivor: Panama-Exile Island," CBS, 19.2 million viewers.
   11. (8) "Dancing With the Stars" (Thursday), ABC, 18.8 million viewers.
   12. (18) "CSI: N.Y.," CBS, 16.4 million viewers.
   13. (19) "Dancing With the Stars" (Friday), ABC, 18.8 million viewers.
   14. (12) "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 15 million viewers.
   15. (26) "24," Fox, 13.8 million viewers.
   16. (27) "ER," NBC, 13.8 million viewers.
   17. (33) "Numb3rs," CBS, 13.3 million viewers.
   18. (21) "Courting Alex," CBS, 13.3 million viewers.
   19. (24) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 13.1 million viewers.
   20. (82) "Bones," Fox, 12.6 million viewers.

Ratings

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People display their cats during an international feline beauty contest in Brussels February 5, 2006. The contest took place with an exhibition of the cutest cats from all over Europe.
Photo by Yves Herman
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