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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

News The Morning News

Posted by on Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 8:51 AM

In Libya: Gadhafi laughs at rockets, which then pummel Tripoli.

In Gaza: "An Israeli attempt to hit Palestinian militants who had fired rockets at Israel went horribly wrong on Tuesday, with mortar shells killing three youths playing soccer and a 60-year-old grandfather leaving his house," reports the NYT.

"Unconstitutional": Republicans on Obama's use of military force in Libya.

RIP Actors: Hollywood's Elizabeth Taylor, Seattle's Mark Chamberlain. (The latter appeared in shows at Taproot and ACT, the former was the world's most beautiful woman who grew into the world's first celebrity AIDS activist.)

Move Over, SPD: Miami police have shot and killed seven men of color in the past eight months.

Stop Mocking the SPD!: Wives and families of Seattle police rally in support.

God Give Them the Serenity to Accept the Things They Cannot Change (Also, This Sucks): Capitol Hill Alano Club, a meeting spot for over 60 12-step programs, burglarized and burned.

Disabled Parking Scams: Seattle plans a crackdown. Meanwhile, a WA State Trooper has been busted for illegally parking in a handicapped space.

Another Day...: Another injured Spiderman cast member.

Finally, happy anniversary to Cher, who soared to the top of the pop charts on this day in 1974, with her fourth #1 hit, "Dark Lady." Here's footage of the lady performing the riotously vulgar song herself. Below is an even better cartoon version from The Sonny & Cher Show. (I can't honestly say it's superior, but this film is exactly as good as The King's Speech.)

 

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Purocuyu 1
Regarding the state trooper who parked in a disabled-only parking space: why doesn't he have to pay the fine? How are we to get our cops to understand that they are not above the law, if we allow them to...well...be above the law? How bout a poll, asking if police should pay fines when they break the law, or if some vague "training" is in order?
Posted by Purocuyu http://littlevictorygarden.tumblr.com on March 23, 2011 at 9:08 AM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 2
Trust me, having to sit through some stupid-assed training class will bother the guy more than paying a fine would.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on March 23, 2011 at 9:20 AM
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Day Nine.
Baby Joseph Lives.
Posted by and it Galls the Liberals to no end.... on March 23, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In 4
I'm shocked, shocked! to hear that Israel has shelled Gaza & killed civilians.
Posted by Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In on March 23, 2011 at 9:44 AM
Fnarf 5
Elizabeth Taylor: truly the end of an era. The last movie star. It's funny, I thought her passing would be a bigger deal than this. A national day of mourning. She was truly legendary both on screen and off. Even her many, many terrible movies are largely terrible because they weren't big enough to contain her.

We just watched "Secret Ceremony" with Mia Farrow and Robert Mitchum, directed by Joseph Losey, which is is ridiculous and marvelous in equal measure. Farrow plays a crazy woman, in that special sixties filmic kind of crazy, whose recently deceased mother looked just like Taylor, whom she sees getting off a bus, and stalks, and invites home for some melodramatic nude bathing and costume trying-on. Taylor BECOMES her mother, at least until sinister Mitchum shows up. It's kitsch through and through, but you can't take your eyes off her.

"Zee and Co.", from 1972, about a love triangle between her, Michael Caine and Susannah York, is another classic we saw recently for the first time. Taylor rips the screen to shreds trying to get at Caine, her husband, who almost holds his own against her, playing the Burton part against her fury.

One only has to compare the dreary "relationships" of the modern stars, like the tiresome business about whether Jennifer Aniston still carries a torch for Brad Pitt [snore], or whether Brad and Angelina are adopting another baby [snooze] with Burton and Taylor, to see how impoverished Hollywood is today. Stars today don't know how to TALK, let alone command the screen like Elizabeth Taylor. Some might say "chew", and prefer today's more naturalistic brand of boredom, but Taylor, oh my GOD what a presence.

Who else is left who was a top star in the 1940s? Who else is left who could match her at the height of her powers, in the 1950s, in "Butterfield 8", "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "Suddenly Last Summer", "Giant"?

Was she the best actress who ever lived? Probably not. Was the biggest movie star? Yes, absolutely. Who can top her? Katherine Hepburn? Greta Garbo? Joan Crawford? I don't think so. And today's biggest names, like Sandra Bullock, Angelina Jolie, and Julia Roberts, don't even belong on the list.

Rest in peace, ma'am. We'll never see the likes of you again.
More...
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on March 23, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Baconcat 6
You know you're a big ole homo if you clap during Dark Lady
Posted by Baconcat on March 23, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe 7

Based on the low frame rate and static backgrounds, the Scooby Doo animators must have taken on some after hours work.
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe http://yrihf.com on March 23, 2011 at 9:59 AM
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Well said, Fnarf.
Posted by not fnarf on March 23, 2011 at 10:20 AM
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Can anyone explain the Republicans suddenly being concerned about unconstitutional use of force? When have Republicans ever objected to bombing ANYONE? Between that and the French leading the charge, bombing-wise, my frames of reference are dropping like flies...
Posted by mkyorai on March 23, 2011 at 10:34 AM
Urgutha Forka 10
@9,
I can explain it:

Current Republican Goals:
1. Oppose everything Obama does. Everything.
2. See goal #1.
Posted by Urgutha Forka on March 23, 2011 at 10:46 AM
venomlash 11
And in Illinois news, a bill that would have allowed adoption workers to refuse to work with any potential adoptive parents whose religious opinions they didn't like (read as: gays and atheists) got beat down. Yay us!

@10: http://www.theonion.com/articles/republi…
Posted by venomlash on March 23, 2011 at 10:57 AM
prompt 12
@4 Maybe Hamas should stop bombing Israel and using it's own citizens as human shields?
Posted by prompt on March 23, 2011 at 11:18 AM
COMTE 13
@11:

Although I can easily imagine circumstances where that law, had it passed, could have come back to bite conservatives in their flabby, pasty-white asses - assuming there are any Gay Atheists working in the IL Dept. of Children & Family Services, that is.
Posted by COMTE http://www.chriscomte.com on March 23, 2011 at 11:31 AM
McGee 14
@3 Believe what you like but really nobody cares about baby Joseph but you. I am actually kind of surprised that your specious campaign has allowed you to align with the forces propagating Islamic water-head brats.
Posted by McGee on March 23, 2011 at 2:02 PM
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14

We totally get that no one on Slog gives a shit about Joseph.
That's the kind of place Slog is....
Posted by too bad he's to young to out and then kill himself.... on March 23, 2011 at 2:10 PM
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15

...too young....
Posted by the letter "O" on March 23, 2011 at 2:11 PM
King Randy 17
Cher be lovin' the Gypsies Tramps and thieves... self?
Posted by King Randy on March 23, 2011 at 2:15 PM
McGee 18
@14 Nobody in the world gives a shit about Joseph. Except maybe his parents and a phony like you.
Posted by McGee on March 23, 2011 at 5:37 PM
McGee 19
Oh and you're just pretending to care.
Posted by McGee on March 23, 2011 at 5:38 PM
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18 you're talking to yourself again did you sell your meds to the frat boys?
Posted by Nurse Crotchet on March 23, 2011 at 6:24 PM
McGee 21
@20. What? As far as zingers go that one gets a zero. Like your personality.
Posted by McGee on March 24, 2011 at 2:12 PM

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