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Saturday, February 7, 2004 |
QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND
If I'd known I was gonna live this long I'd have taken better care of myself.
- - Eubie Blake (At Age 100)
THIS WEEKEND IN HISTORY
Feb 7, 1883 -- American jazz great Eubie Blake lives.
Feb 8, 1963 -- Iraq: Military coup in Iraq topples regime of Abdel Karim Kassem which brings to power the Baathists for the first time. The Arab nationalist Baath party favours the joining together of Iraq, Egypt & Syria in one Arab nation. In the same year, the Baath also come to power in Syria, although the Syrian and Iraqi parties subsequently split. The Baath strengthen links with the United States, suspected by many of encouraging the coup. During the coup, demonstrators are mown down by tanks, initiating a period of ruthless persecution during which up to 10,000 people are imprisoned, many of them tortured. The CIA help to supply intelligence on communists and radicals to be rounded up. In addition to the 149 officially executed, up to 5000 are killed in the terror, many buried alive in mass graves. The new government continues the war on the Kurds, bombarding them with tanks, artillery and from the air, and bulldozing villages. In November the Baath are removed from power in another coup by supporters of the Egyptian Arab nationalist, Nasser.
WEB SITE OF THE WEEK: Thanks For The Memories - A Brief History of America's Saddam
http://www.ericblumrich.com/thanks.html
RHINO HERE:
This past week was Bob Marley Week In Jamaica with many events occurring around the island. In London last month, Universal Music cut a 10-year global licensing deal with reggae label JAD Records for their early recordings of Bob Marley & The Wailers. The over 200 tracks were recorded between 1967 & 1972, featuring a young street wise Bob, influenced by the U.S. civil rights movement & just beginning to explore Rastafarianism.
Bob Marley Stirs It Up with Rare Songs Release, By Astrid Zweynert, Yahoo! News, Thu Jan 22
Rare Songs Release
The rest of the weekend blog will feature irony for the masses. We begin with what has been deemed, "NIPPLEGATE." Yes, last weekend's Superbowl halftime antics by Janet Jackson & Justin Timberlake so outraged FCC Chairman, Michael Powell that he launched an immediate investigation. Irony? The guy's father stood in front of the entire world at the UN last spring presenting bold faced lie after lie which triggered the deaths of hundreds of American soldiers & the killing of tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens & the shrub gang is just now thinking about an inquiry.
FCC to launch Super Bowl half probe , Adweek, 2/1/04
...The incident occurred at the end of Jackson's performance with singer Justin Timberlake. After singing the words, "I'm gonna have you naked by the end of this song," Timberlake reached over and pulled off the material covering Jackson's breast to reveal a metal nipple decoration. "I am outraged at what I saw during the halftime show of the Super Bowl," Powell said in a statement.
http://www.adweek.com/aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2081758
Last week Wavy Gravy was arrested while demonstrating against a pending state execution. Irony? He was dressed in a Santa Claus outfit & the cops beat him up!
Wavy Gravy arrested at Death Penalty Rally
Dressed as Santa, he and several others protest execution
By Tad Whitaker, Marin Independent Journal
Dressed in a Santa outfit and calling himself "Insanity Claus," counter-culture icon Wavy Gravy and three other anti-death penalty protesters were arrested yesterday at the East Gate of San Quentin State Prison, where condemned inmate Kevin Cooper is scheduled to die Tuesday....
MORE: http://www.marinij.com/Stories/0,1413,234~24407~1934664,00.html
Evidence is mounting that Steven Segal not only has ties to the mob, but that he threatened a reporter who dared to investigate those ties. Irony? This is a man who fancies himself a buddhist. On one of the Dali Lama's visits to L.A., Segal was seen skipping out on His Holiness' talk, instead hanging by his limo at the entrance to the hall, twirling his prayer beads.
P.I. had files on 'LA Times' reporter
Editor & Publisher
Files seized from a celebrity private investigator's office included "corroborating evidence" linking him to a threat against a reporter who had been looking into a possible link between actor Steven Seagal and the mob, prosecutors said. In federal court documents filed Thursday, the prosecutors said Anthony Pellicano had a file that included a physical description, license plate number and home address of Los Angeles Times reporter Anita
Busch. Prosecutors said investigators also seized from Pellicano's office in 2002 a file labeled "Stephen Seagal matter," which included an article Busch had helped write about the actor. Busch was researching a possible link between actor Steven Seagal and a reputed Mafia associate in June 2002 when she found her car's windshield smashed, a dead fish inside the vehicle with a rose in its mouth and a cardboard sign saying "Stop."...
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2071259
Also in the deranged thespian category, Former Billy Jack star, Tom Laughlin is running against the shrub for the Republican nomination for President. Need the Rhino say more?
Former Actor Challenging Bush in Primary
Yahoo! News, 2/ 2/04
CAMARILLO, Calif. - Tom Laughlin, best known for helping bring martial arts into American pop culture with his 1970s "Billy Jack" films, is now throwing his punches in the political arena. The 72-year-old actor, who lives in Camarillo, is one of 13 candidates running against President Bush in the Republican primary...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&;cid?9&ncid?9&e=4&u=/ap/20040202/ap_en_mo/people_martial_arts_politics
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Things You Must Believe To Be A Republican in 2004
Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a conservative radio host. Then it's an illness and you need our prayers for your recovery.
The United States should get out of the United Nations, and our highest national priority is enforcing U.N. resolutions against Iraq.
Government should relax regulation of Big Business and Big Money but crack down on individuals who use marijuana to relieve the pain of illness.
"Standing Tall for America" means firing your workers and moving their jobs to India.
A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multi-national corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind without regulation.
Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.
The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay.
Group sex and drug use are degenerate sins unless you someday run for governor of California as a Republican.
If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex.
A good way to fight terrorism is to belittle our long-time allies, then demand their cooperation and money.
HMOs and insurance companies have the interest of the public at heart.
Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy. Providing health care to all Americans is socialism.
Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools.
Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion.
A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy.
Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution, which include banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet.
The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George Bush's driving record is none of our business.
You support states' rights, which means Attorney General John Ashcroft can tell states what local voter initiatives they have a right to adopt.
What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what Bush did in the '80s is irrelevant.
Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.
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