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Federal Appeals Court Frees Janet Jackson’s Boob

News Flash: Janet Jackson’s boob freed! Headlines like this are hard not to comment on…
A federal appeals court has in Philly “has thrown out the $550,000 fine the FCC imposed on CBS for airing Janet Jackson’s breast for nine-sixteenths of a second during the Super Bowl halftime show in February 2004.”
The decision to free CBS [...]

Senator Patrick Leahy vs The Dark Knight

I haven’t seen the new Batman movie yet, The Dark Knight. But, I just read that Senator Patrick Leahy has a brief part in the film and commented on it on The Hill Blog today:

This, more than any earlier film, explores the psychotic nature of the Joker, but also the psychological conflicts in the Batman. It [...]

George Carlin - RIP

This really makes me sad. I am a huge fan of George Carlin. I will miss his curmudgeonly attitude, his lack of patience for religious stupidity and wonderful use of all the subtleties and absurdities of the English language to unveil our social ills.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o

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Brokaw to Anchor ‘Meet The Press’ Through Election Season

The passing of Tim Russert has left a great void in the Sunday morning news shows. NBC announced today that Tom Brokaw will anchor ‘Meet The Press’ through the general election season. Brokaw will begin hosting the show on June 29. He was the host for the Sunday immediately following Russert’s sudden death from a [...]

Films and Sets Burn in Universal Studios Fire

There’s been a huge fire raging on the Universal Studios set here in Los Angeles since early this morning. My apartment is about a mile north of the studio and the smell of the smoke is horrible because of the burning plastic:
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The fire has “destroyed a set from “Back to the Future,” the [...]

Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up

I’m a little distracted, right now, as I hope to be for the rest of the week. I imagine that today’s Ten Post Round-Up will probably drag you (kicking and screaming) back down to earth:
1: McCain says “Bu-Bye” to another lobbyist….
Another McCain Lobbyist Bites The Dust–Cliff Schecter
2: You should get [...]

Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up

A little bit of good and a little bit of bad. But, it’s all news in today’s Ten Post Round-Up:
1: The government wants to control every aspect of the internet, including your computer….
Air Force Aims for ‘Full Control’ of ‘Any and All’ Computers–BlackListedNews
2: A little good news from the lost [...]

More Sunday Late Night: Prince… “Coachella, I am here”

I was going to add this to my Sunday Late Night post below, but I think it deserves a post of it’s own. As I noted in the post below it was hot, hot, hot in SoCal this weekend, but the heat was really turned up in the desert when Prince took the stage at [...]