drat fink
Friday, May 11, 2001
yellow perilhow do you sell the japanese the movie Pearl Harbor? well?
screaming yahoos
porn crusaders clean up at yahoo. well?
Thursday, May 10, 2001
humus sandwichGoing Green in the Garden (washingtonpost.com) well?
who wants to be a politician?
WASHINGTON (Variety) - Marketing hoopla over Disney's upcoming wartime drama ``Pearl Harbor'' has reached all the way to the U.S. Senate, where an ethics committee has dive-bombed a studio plan to put several war veteran politicians on ``Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.''
Stars from the film, including Ben Affleck, were also in talks to appear as contestants on the hit game show, which airs on Disney-owned ABC. Proceeds from the ``Millionaire'' guest spots would have gone to the World War II Memorial fund.
The show would have taped over the weekend and aired the final weekend of May sweeps. Instead, ``Millionaire's'' producers were forced to sink the special edition.
Unfortunately for the would-be congressional contestants, the ethics panel said late last week that Senate rules prohibit members from receiving honoraria exceeding $2,000, even if the money is going to a charitable cause.
Disney is paying Washington great deference in the days leading up to the picture's May 25 release. The day before, the company will throw a special screening for politicians who served in the U.S. military.
The ``Millionaire'' idea is said to have been hatched by Walt Disney Co. chairman Michael Eisner and former Republican Sen. Bob Dole, who is moonlighting these days as a consultant/lobbyist for various Hollywood interests.
Lawmakers tentatively slated to appear on the show included Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. John Warner (R-Va.). Dole also was on the list.
``As part of our due diligence, we took the idea to the Senate ethics committee,'' a Disney spokesman said. ``We thought this would be both a fun show as well as raising money for a worthy cause.''
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down for you is up
A Supermodel of a Hotel Sashays to Astor Place well?
spy kids
what are they reading on the subway? via random walks well?
spin city
The Energy Crisis by William Saletan well?
Wednesday, May 09, 2001
just dessertschip off the ol' bock
i joined a union today. cant say what its called or what it does except that i get low(er) cost health insurance. i told my father that i was going to run for foreman of the union which he thought appropriate because he said they get nothing done and are good at causing trouble. well?
heady stuff
journalists anguish and the legacy of the kerrey story
conason embraces wapo editorial. really, a big "no duh" piece about another "no duh" thingy. well?
they say its your...
What happened on this day that year - December 16 well?
tony tony tony
Tuesday, May 08, 2001
taxing developmentsPlastic | Why Liberals Don't Care About The Central Political Question Of Our Time well?
land o' lakes
"Phil Jackson's bouquet for the Kings: "They're just a bunch of goofy guys having a good time. You don't want the dogs sniffing their luggage when they get off the plane."well?
take me
"Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History are building a 21st century version of Noah's Ark. Except this time, instead of two by two, the animals will go in little bits and pieces, deep frozen."
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this time is our time
Plastic | Damnation Not Felt In Increasingly Secular Europe well?
Monday, May 07, 2001
us nuesNews You Can't Use by Timothy Noah well?
den of iniquity
Plastic | US Gets Kicked Off UN Drug Committee, Too well?
what what now?
ScienceDaily Magazine -- Light-Driven Micromachines? Lasers Spin Tiny Objects In Science Study well?
easy does it
Mr. Bush Catches a Washington Break (washingtonpost.com) well?
summer fun
Modern Humorist - 2001 Summer Movie Preview well?
fenway franks
excerpt from rob neyers book on a summer at fenway park well?
utah saints
TOMPAINE.com: THEOCRACY IN AMERICA well?
steppe it up
Another ancient civilization found well?
shooting it out
Australia's First Legal Heroin Injection Room Opens well?
cheney gang
Instead of looking to the heavens for a shield, Bush ought to be gazing upward for energy -- as well as looking at wind, crops, hydrogen, and the like. John Pike, a specialist in space weapons, knocked Bush's NMD policy as one that promotes "systems that don't work to deal with threats that don't exist." On the energy front, Bush and Cheney could turn to alternative energy technologies that do work (but that need extra-market support to reach cost-competitive status) to deal with problems that do exist.well?
chadmaker
Palm Beach to Sell Voting Machines (washingtonpost.com) well?
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