President Obama Uses Twitter
In a long-overdue show of “I can do the modern world, too,” President Barack Obama has apparently *tweeted* — asking for your opinion:
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“The Jews Are Born Spies,” Says President Nixon
President Nixon: The Jews are born spies. You notice how many of them are? They’re just in it up to their necks.Haldeman: Well, got a basic devious abil– deviousness that–President Nixon: Well, also, an arrogance, an arrogance that says– that’s what makes a spy. He puts himself above the law.
Tom Felton: “An American Tried to Adopt Me”
“An American once tried to adopt me. It was the most disturbing fan mail I received… He sent a binder of official documents that he’d filled out for me, so I just had to sign, change my name to Draco, then divorce my parents and go over to America to live with him.”
Photos of Tom Cruise in Tiger Paint
According to the gossipmongers at Splash News Online Hollywood bigshot Tom Cruise got his face painted as part of his 49th birthday celebration. Here’s one of the creepy photos to prove it:
Ernest Hemingway = Captain Kirk?
“There’s a lot there to pick apart in the man: the bluster, exaggerated machismo, mood swings, four marriages, alcoholism, death-wooing in the bullring, at the D-Day landing, and in bed. No small ego there. But, in all the fancy analytical footwork, it’s sometimes forgotten that, like Captain Kirk of the Starship Enterprise, Hemingway explored ‘strange new worlds … to boldly go where no man has gone before.'”
Ernest Hemingway: Epic Self-Destruction or Just Plain Old Suicide?
“It’s hard to shake off the feeling that what he was doing wasn’t bravery, but psychotic self-dramatisation. And when you inspect the image of Hemingway-as-hero, you uncover an extraordinary sub-stratum of self-harming.
All-Too-Juicy Controversy in the Disgusting World of Hot Dog Eating!
Joey Chestnut, horrifyingly, gobbled down sixty-two hot dogs in 10 minutes today to “win” the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island.
Thomas Jefferson at the Library of Congress
To celebrate Independence Day, read The Declaration of Independence. Or, as it’s sometimes called, “The Constitution.”
To celebrate The Declaration Independence, visit the exhibit from the Library of Congress on Thomas Jefferson and Establishing a Federal Republic.
Give Me Liberty Or…
Motorcyclist riding in an anti-helmet rally falls, hits head, and dies.
How Well Do You Know The Declaration of Independence?
Do you know your Jefferson from your Hancock? Prove it with the Declaration of Independence quiz. (I got 8 of 12.)
Koko the Gorilla is 40 Today
Koko the Gorilla, the ape who learned sign language, turns 40 today. Happy birthday to her!Koko was born in 1971 at the San Francisco Zoo. That’s where she was found by a Stanford graduate student, Penny Patterson, who has made gorilla sign language her life’s work.
Roger Ebert Is Not Too Keen on ‘Transformers 3’
Michael Bay’s “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” is a visually ugly film with an incoherent plot, wooden characters and inane dialog.
Princess Diana, Born On this Day in 1961
Amazing: Princess Diana would be turning just 50 today.
From the Movie Archives: Vincent Canby Slams ‘Rocky’
Mr. Stallone’s Rocky is less a performance than an impersonation. It’s all superficial mannerisms and movements, reminding me of Rodney Dangerfield doing a nightclub monologue…
Movies and Biographies of Russia’s Communist Leaders
This YouTube video is a collection of movie clips of all the communist leaders of Russia, from V.I. Lenin to Mikhail Gorbachev:
Is the Dominique Strauss-Kahn Case About to Collapse?
It’s “on the verge,” says the NY Times:Although forensic tests found unambiguous evidence of a sexual encounter between Mr.
Michelle Yeoh Deported From Myanmar
Yesterday the Hollywood Reporter had an article about Myanmar — formerly Burma — deporting the actress Michelle Yeoh.
Bruce Springsteen’s Groovy Eulogy for Clarence Clemons
“As you boys know your pop was a not a day at the beach. ‘C’ lived a life where he did what he wanted to do and he let the chips, human and otherwise, fall where they may. Like a lot of us your pop was capable of great magic and also of making quite an amazing mess.
Photo of the Day
Basketball star Dirk Nowitzky at a rally
Wait, Did Robert Browning Murder Elizabeth Barrett Browning?
No, probably not.Noting that Robert was in the habit of administering Elizabeth’s medicines himself, his accusers claim that towards the end of her life he increased the daily dosage of laudanum to a fatal level… And it is true that towards the end of her life, her English doctor did prescribe stronger medication to alleviate Elizabeth’s symptoms of suffocation, irregular heart action and severe coughing fits.