Monthly Archives: August 2009
CNN gives ‘Tea Party Express’ free publicity, free room to lie about their anti-Obama origins
Well, we wondered why the “Tea Party Express” was bothering to advertise so heavily on Fox, when the network was certain to give them all the free advertising in the form of “reportage” from the likes of Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity. And sure enough, Neil Cavuto came through Friday with the first of what … Continue reading
True Blood – Frenzy
“I am gonna kick that bitch’s evil ass out of my gran’s house, and then you are gonna shoot her.” Sookie to Lafayette, about Maryann Well, they didn’t make us wait, and picked up with True Blood right where we left off last week, with Bill walking in on the vampire queen, played deliciously by … Continue reading
U.S. Open Men’s Odds
The 2009 U.S. Open tennis tournament kicks off Monday, Aug. 31 and Roger Federer has opened as the favorite to take the final grand slam championship of the season. Oddsmakers from online sports book SPORTSBETTING.com has made Federer an 11/10 favorite to win. Other short odds to win are Andy Murray (5/2), Rafael Nadal (7/2), … Continue reading
Daytime Emmy Awards 2009 Winners
36th annual Daytime Emmy Awards 2009 were presented at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, August 30. The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to “Sesame Street” for its 40 years of educating and entertaining children. “The Bold and the Beautiful” won its first Outstanding Drama Series title. There were lots of first-time winners … Continue reading
Los Angeles Area Fires
Here are Los Angeles Area Fires Altadena, Glendale, Pasadena, La Crescenta, Big Tujunga Canyon: California Fire Mandatory Evacuations Mandatory evacuations in fire-threatened areas in California have been announced. Residents in neighborhoods in Altadena, Glendale, Pasadena, La Crescenta and Big Tujunga Canyon are leaving their homes and Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger in a television appeal this morning, … Continue reading
Paquin & Moyer Rumor
As soon as a celebrity couple gets engaged speculation starts on when a pregnancy will be announced, even when the wedding date has not even been made public. Seems that this is exactly what is happening to the newly engaged True Blood couple Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer. Representatives of both actors announced the engagement … Continue reading
Drivers License to Kill
Have you ever heard the term Gone in Sixty Seconds? No, I am not talking about the car racing film featuring Nicolas Cage and Angelia Jolie. I am talking about how quickly somebody dies in an automotive accident due to the mistake of a thoughtless driver. You might be asking yourself “why did you decide … Continue reading
Reader Chuck L. on Return of the Living Dead
Anyhow, I suppose that as a young child, I was exceptionally sensitive and was repeatedly trauma’d by 1970s pop culture: the cover of the Queen album News of the World; those huge monsters that ate people on the MUPPET SHOW; the trailer for THE DEVIL’S RAIN (which ran before some thing much more mundane at … Continue reading