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Breaking news: Jessica Simpson confirms she's pregnant, one month after the first gossip rag mention.

Publication: Her website 
 Date: 31 Nov. 2011

Jessica Simpson is finally admitting what has been speculation for several weeks now, that she is pregnant with her fiance Eric Johnson child.  The first rumor was almost exactly a month ago from In Touch, so they get a belated Scoop of the Week.

Girl of the Day - Cleopatras

The Regular Family popped over to the Milwaukee Public Museum today for a quick look at the Cleopatra exhibit.   One of the features was a tour through images of Cleopatra in art and cinema through history.   There have apparently been five Hollywood Cleos.   The first, in the silent era, was Theda Bara:



Next, in 1934, an oddly out-of-place Claudette Colbert:




In 1945, Vivien Leigh took on the role.... again, odd (although easily the most beautiful):



In the mid-1950s, perhaps the oddest of all was Rhonda Fleming, in Serpent of the Nile, who looks like a Vegas showgirl playing in a camp Egyptian number:



Finally, of course, there was 1963's Cleopatra by Elizabeth Taylor:


I guess I have to say that Theda Bara is the most convincing.   All of the others, perhaps because we hear them speak, seem false, too modern.   Bara, in the silent movie, seems strangely more realistic, because she's more exotic, as in this, the only fragment left from the 1917 film:

Tony Rides Off Into the Sunset


I have often been a critic of Cardinals manager, Tony La Russa.   As a close observer of baseball, I have often noted that La Russa tended to overmanage in using relief pitchers and defensive replacements late in games, with the result that on more than one occasion he's been left with no players left in extra innings, and some of his big bats on the bench.   (This year he often replaced David Freese and Lance Berkman, for instance, with Daniel Descalso and Skip Schumaker, losing a lot of potential extra innings pop -- you'll note what happened with Freese in the lineup in the 9th-11th innings in Game 6 of the World Series.  What if La Russa had taken him out?)

That being said, I'm willing to concede that I'm a fan, and he's a professional, and maybe there's a lot more to his job than filling out a lineup card and making pitching changes.   He was the leader of the team and he was the one who kept the Cardinals fighting when they were 10.5 games out in August, 8.5 games out with 21 to play, 3 out with 5 to play, down 2-1 to the Phillies, needing a win on the road to close out the Brewers, and needing to win two at home to win the World Series.   That kind of club culture comes from the top, and La Russa was the one who instilled it.

I have no idea what a guy like La Russa will do without baseball, but we wish him well.   I think there is no question whatsoever that he's the greatest manager the Cardinals have ever had, and you could make an argument that he's the greatest manager of all time, period.   The only managers who have won more than Tony's three championships are Joe McCarthy, Casey Stengel, and Joe Torre of the Yankees, Walter Alston of the Dodgers, and Connie Mack of the Philadephia A's.   Only Torre won any of his pennants in the wildcard era where a manager has to win three straight series to win the championship, and Torre had the benefit in every year of the game's largest payroll.   McCarthy, Stengel and Mack all won their World Series (7 for McCarthy and Stengel, 5 for Mack) when there were only 8 teams in each league.   La Russa is the only manager of this group to win with two different teams and in two different leagues.   Maybe the only other manager who might match him would be Sparky Anderson, who won three championships with the Reds in the 70s and the Tigers in 1984, but even then Anderson only had to win a five-game NLCS or ALCS to get to the World Series.   It's much tougher now to win multiple championships.  

Breaking news: Kim Kardashian files for divorce.

Date: 31 Oct. 2011
To the surprise of almost no one, Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from Kris Humphries, the guy she married 72 days ago,  citing irreconcilable differences.
As I have said before, these Orc-Hobbit mixed marriages almost never work out.



Motorola Motocubo A45

M otorola is launching in Latin America the Motorola Motocubo A45 Eco, a slider cell phone with QWERTY keypad designed to keep young users connected with their relationship networks. The new Motorola cell phone enables easy access to sites like Orkut and Facebook from any location. Better still, it is priced to fit the young consumer’s pocket. In line with Motorola’s sustainability platform, the Motorola A45 eco is the company’s second handset made from recycled components. It helps preserve the environment because 25% of the material used in its casing comes from recycled plastic bottles and the handset itself is 70% recyclable.
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Nokia 6303 Black Classic and Pink Photos Features

The Nokia 6303 Black lets you enjoy the feel of a durable stainless steel body. The compact size and rounded design of the handset enables it to fit comfortably in your hand. Also available in a silver colour, the device lets the user discover new ways of staying informed and in touch with friends and family.
The Nokia 6303 lends to the possibility of instant sharing of events and moments, while on the go. One can capture still pictures and share them with loved ones within an instant. Photos and videos can be exchanged online. The camera is a 3.2 MP with 8x digital zoom, auto-focus and dual LED flash. It even lends to various modes like - scene, colour tone. An accelerometer sensor automates the change in orientation of the device while viewing pictures. VGA video recoding happens at 15 fps.
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Nokia 6303 in hand.. looking amazing in hand.

Overgrown Children

Monty at Ace of Spades makes an essential point about the Occupy Wall Street protesters, but it's really applicable to much of America ca. 2011:


They are overgrown children, in other words -- not adults in any real sense of the word. It is an oddity about modern Americans that always strikes me: many seem so...unformed. I've seen pictures of my grandfather and grandmother when they were in their early 20's (married and with 2 kids already, and another on the way) and they seemed like fully-formed adults already. They looked like adults; they dressed like adults; they behaved as adults. Yet now I see people at 30, 40, 50 years old who seem little more than self-obsessed adolescents -- smug, directionless, angry but inchoate, lavishly educated but not particularly intelligent, entitled without being industrious or deserving. They even groom and dress like children: slovenly, unwashed, unbarbered, sneakers, t-shirts, sweatpants, looking like unmade beds. I look at the OWS protests and I see a crowd of ill-behaved, unsupervised toddlers, but no adults willing (or perhaps able) to call them to order. My grandparents had much more difficult lives in any way you can measure than these spoiled brats, and yet they were better people -- and happier people, on the whole.


My old man used to comment that if you went to an NHL game in the 1960s in St. Louis (when the Blues were the hottest ticket in town at the ancient Arena) nearly every man you'd see was wearing a coat and tie.   The same was often true for baseball games, except in the bleachers.   Men used to dress like men, and if you were in your late-20s you were expected to have spent some time in the Army and be out and have a real job and a wife and some little kids and a house... you were expected to be a grown-up, in other words.   Now we let young men stay boys for decades, until it's too late to actually turn them into men.  

If I had one thing to blame for this unfortunate trend, it would be birth control.   Men become civilized when women civilize them with marriage at a young age, and women were able to exercise this civilizing power in past generations by withholding sex without marriage.   But with the advent of birth control, women lost that leverage.   Now, if what you read is true, young women are universally available, even for young men who ought to be thought of as "losers."   In fact, I'd argue that the availability of sex is likely what turns a lot of young men into losers... they don't have to try hard to be a winner anymore.
  

Kick a corpse, why don'tcha?: Family fight over Liz' $900 M fortune

Publication: National Examiner
Date: 7 Nov. 2011

The low rent Examiner rehashes a story the Globe published in April, that Elizabeth Taylor left behind a whole lot of money and her family is fighting over it.  The only difference is the Globe said it was a billion in April and the low rent Examiner says it's $900 million now.

That's either rounding error or a very expensive half a year.



This week's stories about The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

Publications: National Enquirer, In Touch
Date: 7 Nov. 2011

Here are the headlines about The Real Housewives of New Jersey this week.

  • National Enquirer: Teresa & Joe will lose their kids - expert warns
    Joe putting daughters' lives in danger
  • In Touch: The secrets that could ruin them
    All hell breaks loose after the re-union
    Teresa catches Joe in a hotel with blonde
    Jacqueline's desperate to hide her life as exotic dancer
    Caroline's plot to bury horrific assault

Kick a corpse, why don'tcha?: Dan Wheldon's tragic secret.

Publication: Globe
Date: 7 Nov. 2011

Last week it was the Enquirer's turn and this week, the Globe has a cover story about Dan Wheldon, the Indy 500 champ who died in a horrific multiple car pile-up.  Here are the headlines.
  • Indy race champ autopsy shocker!
  • Dan Wheldon's tragic secret
  • Truth about his injuries
  • Revealed: his terrifying final seconds

Amanda Knox: Her life now.

Publication: People
Date: 7 Nov. 2011


The magazines in the AMI kennel treat Amanda Knox like a stone cold killer.  The five nicer gossip rags acts like it was a miscarriage of justice and give her the benefit of the doubt.  People, of course, is one of the five nicer gossip rags.


Failed prophecy: Betty White does NOT buy World Series winning baseball team.

Publication: Sun
Date: 20 June 2011

Back in June, the Sun had a cover with four prophecies for this year, none of them about the end of the world.  One was that Miss Betty White would buy a baseball team and that team would win the World Series.

She is not part of the St. Louis Cardinal ownership.


Bun In The Oven Alert™: A girl for Beyonce!

Publication: In Touch
Date: 7 Nov. 2011
 
In Touch tells use that Beyoncé, who is definitely pregnant, has determined the baby is a girl.
 
Everybody in the world hopes the baby favors her mama.
 
Just sayin'.




Brave Last Days alert: Larry Hagman's last wish.

Publication: National Examiner
Date: 7 Nov. 2011

The low rent Examiner tells us Larry Hagman is cancer stricken and that his last wish is to outlive his dying wife.


Kick a corpse, why don'tcha?Grave of Elizabeth Edwards' still unmarked.

Publication: National Enquirer
Date: 7 Nov. 2011

The Enquirer tells us that the grave of Elizabeth Edwards is still unmarked and they have exclusive photos.  Though he is not mentioned, this is obviously a continuation of their theme "John Edwards is a scumbag".

You'll get no argument from me, and I voted for the guy.


Bells Done Rung™: Elizabeth Edwards' daughter Cate weds.

(photo courtesy flynet)
Publication: People
Date: 7 Nov. 2011
People wants us to know that Cate Edwards, the daughter of the late Elizabeth Edwards, recently got married.

Technically, she also has to be the daughter of the under indictment scumbag John Edwards, but his name isn't mentioned.

Un. Be. Lievable.

This is my ninth World Series in my lifetime, and the fifth win, and this one has to be the sweetest -- the Cards late rush to the wild card, the great upset win over the Phillies, beating the Brewers in Milwaukee where the Regular Family lives, and now this electric Series against the Rangers.    I just thank God and my Dad for making me a baseball fan and a Cardinal fan.  Wow!

Damn You Fat Alert™: Kirstie Alley packs the pounds back on.

Publication: National Enquirer
Date: 7 Nov. 2011

Longtime readers will know that there is no class of people the Enquirer hates more than fat Scientologists.  After her stint on Dancing With The Stars made her thinner, the Enquirer tells us she's porking out again, gaining 25 pounds in nine weeks, eating 4,500 calories a day.

As a fat person, those are disheartening numbers.  I've never gained weight that fast and 4,500 calories is a crazy number.



Damn You Skinny Alert™: Ricki Lake loses 20 lbs.

Publication: Us Weekly
Date: 7 Nov. 2011

Welcome to gossip hell, Ricki Lake!  The actress and talk show hostess has recently lost weight while working out on Dancing With the Stars and this is being reported in a good way, one of the few weight stories this week with a positive slant.  Good for her.

We gotta collapser! Garth Brooks breaks down.

Publication: Globe
Date: 7 Nov. 2011
Two separate stories about Garth Brooks in two of the Wicked Step Sister tabloids.  The low rent Examiner says there's a baby on the way, while the Globe says he has broken down in grief with all the bad news about the health of loved ones over the past few months.
 
Best wishes to Garth, his family and friends.


Bun in the Oven Alert™: A baby for Garth and Trisha.

Publication: National Examiner
Date: 7 Nov. 2011
The low rent Examiner says there is a baby in the future for Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood.  It was not explicitly on the cover stated if she was pregnant or they planned to adopt.



Love Bird Alert™: When J. Lo & Bradley's affair really started.

Publication: OK!
Date: 7 Nov. 2011
As the story stands right now, Jennifer Lopez is the jilted party, what with her poodle of a husband Marc Anthony sniffing around Jada Pinkett Smith and messing the whole thing up.  But this week, OK! says they know when J. Lo and her new beau Bradley Cooper really started seeing each other, which could completely change the whole "who jilted whom?" balance.

As usual, I didn't open the magazine to read it, so it could still be Marc got tired of Jennifer's well-formed-but-not-worth-the-grief hinder.



Hairdresser alert™: Rob Kardashian gay shocker!

Publication: National Enquirer
Date: 7 Nov. 2011
Welcome to gossip hell, Rob Kardashian!  No one really cares about Kardashians with penises, but now that he's on Dancing With The Stars, the Enquirer decided to say he's involved in some "gay shocker!"

Doesn't being famous look like just the funnest thing ever?


Nostradamus predicts the 2012 election

Publication: Sun
Date: 7 Nov. 2011

Are you among the people who accept any prophecy that has the name Nostradamus linked to it?

It's time you changed your mind.  The Sun puts a bunch of stuff on the front page predicting the 2012 election and one of them I am certain is complete bunk.
 

Welcome to gossip hell, Mitt Romney! Nostradamus says he will run afoul of the IRS.

Not impossible.


Barack Obama will have a health scare.

He's young, but all of us are mortal.  This is possible.

Sarah Palin will run as a Democrat.

Ah, hellz no, as we say in Oakland.  She's not running for office, she's too busy running after cash. People do switch parties, but the party has a say about it, too, and she's obviously a loser now.  She wouldn't switch and the Dems wouldn't take her.
I am so certain of this, I'm going to put the "Nostradamus fail" label on this one right now.  I will come back in November 2012 to check the others.


Not Long 4 This World and Meanest Story nominee: Barbra Streisand battles deadly disease!

Publication: National Enquirer
Date: 7 Nov. 2011
There are two new additions to the Tabloid Vulture list this week and they battle it out for Meanest Story of the Week with Steve Jobs, who allegedly died because he was a Buddhist.  The Enquirer, which has previously published that Barbra Striesand is a hoarder whose marriage is on the rocks, now says she has a deadly cancer.  Here are the headlines.
  • Breaking news! Streisand cancer bombshell!
  • Barbra's battle with deadly disease
  • Husband James by her side
  • Her new nightmare after colon surgery
This is a nominee for Meanest Story of the Week.

Not Long 4 This World and Meanest Story nominee: Demi Moore's weight plunges to a life threatening level.

Publications: OK!, Weekly Life & Style, In Touch
Date: 7 Nov. 2011

Most weeks, it's the Three Wicked Step Sister tabloids, the Enquirer, Globe and low rent Examiner fighting it out for Meanest Story of the Week, but this week three of the allegedly more reputable gossip rags put Demi Moore on the tabloid vulture list, saying her life style could kill her.  These are the headlines.
  • Weekly Life & Style: Starving to keep her man
    Demi's daughters fear for her life
    95 lbs. and dropping
    500 calories a day
    Taking dangerous diet hormones
    What is she thinking?
  • OK!: Starving for attention
    What's behind (Demi's) dangerous weight loss
  • In Touch: Demi's deadly diet
These are co-nominees for Meanest Story of the Week.



Kick a corpse, why don'tcha and Meanest Story nominee: Buddhism killed Steve Jobs!

Publication: National Examiner
Date: 7 Nov. 2011
The low rent Examiner tells us there is a "Harvard report" that claims Buddhist beliefs killed Steve Jobs.  It's a sign of how well known Jobs was that the low rent Examiner thinks their demographic, which skews older, more Southern and more dense, will know who he is and judge him on his scary non-Christian beliefs.

This is a nominee for Meanest Story of the Week.



Greatest. Baseball. Game. Ever.

Or at least the greatest one I've seen.   Cardinals 10, Rangers 9.   On to game 7!

No Posting. Heart. Attack.

Sorry for not posting tonight.  I'm having a heart attack watching the Cardinals-Rangers game.   9-7 in the bottom of the tenth, Cardinals have the tying runs on.  

I.  Can't.   Stand.   Too.   Much.  More.  Of.  This. 

File This Under "You Can't Make This Up"

The Occupy Wall Street protest took another bizarre (but telling) turn today, when its volunteer kitchen staff revolted against the influx of moochers:

The Occupy Wall Street volunteer kitchen staff launched a “counter” revolution yesterday -- because they’re angry about working 18-hour days to provide food for “professional homeless” people and ex-cons masquerading as protesters.

For three days beginning tomorrow, the cooks will serve only brown rice and other spartan grub instead of the usual menu of organic chicken and vegetables, spaghetti bolognese, and roasted beet and sheep’s-milk-cheese salad.

They will also provide directions to local soup kitchens for the vagrants, criminals and other freeloaders who have been descending on Zuccotti Park in increasing numbers every day....
 
To show they mean business, the kitchen staff refused to serve any food for two hours yesterday in order to meet with organizers to air their grievances, sources said.

Some protesters threatened that the high-end meals could be cut off completely if the vagrants and criminals don’t disperse.

Unhappiness with their unwelcome guests was apparent throughout the day.

“We need to limit the amount of food we’re putting out” to curb the influx of derelicts, said Rafael Moreno, a kitchen volunteer.

A security volunteer added that the cooks felt “overworked and underappreciated.”

Many of those being fed “are professional homeless people. They know what they’re doing,” said the guard at the food-storage area.

Go figure.   Give away free food and shelter and advertise the proximity of young females and.... surprise!   You get a lot of interesting characters coming out of the woodwork.  

Human nature rears its head again.   But the utopian Left never learns any lessons.
 

 

Peter Schiff Becomes a Hero to the Right

New York businessman and radio host, Peter Schiff, by the end of today will have become an instant hero to many on the right.   Schiff had the temerity to take a camera and a microphone down to the Occupy Wall Street protests and engage in dialogue with the leftists down there.   His main point is that the protesters ought to be directing their energy against Washington, not against Wall Street; against Big Government, not against capitalism.   My favorite parts are where he asks a woman who is berating him for his greed:  "I employ 150 people.   How many do you employ?"   And when he asks people pointedly "How much of my income do you think the government should take?   Is fifty percent enough?"

Great stuff.

It's Working

Here's a new video from the MacIver Institute, a Wisconsin-based conservative think tank, that presents the data on how Scott Walker's budget reforms are working for the State of Wisconsin and its local school districts:




It is working.   But you'd be hard-pressed to find that news reported in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the state's biggest newspaper.   Yes, there are important alternative outlets -- especially talk radio like Mark Belling and Charlie Sykes out of Milwaukee.   But the fear here is that Walker's victories won't be felt by enough people in time to avoid the recall.   People are just like that -- they hear people talking about the poor teachers or the poor public employees, but they don't notice things that don't happen.... like their property taxes not going up, where otherwise they would have had to have a big increase.

The video is a good start in getting the word out.   We need to do a lot more.    

Bun in the oven alert™: The OFFICIAL story about Wills'N'Kate's first kid.

Publication: Globe
Date: 7 Nov. 2011

Fresh trash on Thursdays! The screaming headline on the cover of the Globe states IT'S OFFICIAL when obviously it's not, but their story is that Kate Middleton is definitely pregnant and it's definitely a girl. Here are the rest of the headlines.
  • Kate's having baby girl!
  • Palace uproar: Royals want male heir
  • William building $1m pink nursery here (Buckingham Palace)

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