What do apes have to do with Dorothy Dandridge?

I find this very offensive: If you click on Planet of the Apes: The Complete TV Series on the Walmart website, the similar items include Dorothy Dandridge, Tina Turner and Martin Luther King. What do these items have to do with Planet of the Apes?

It's not surprising coming from a company that hates gays and sells guns!

From the AP:

Longtime Oakland Athletics radio voice Bill King, whose signature call of "Holy Toledo!" was a household phrase for decades in the Bay Area, died early Tuesday from complications following hip surgery. He was 78.

The A's said King died at a hospital in nearby San Leandro, three days after undergoing surgery for an injury sustained earlier this year.

Via ContactMusic.com Arnold has signed up with James Cameron to film the 4th installment of The Terminator and a sequel to True Lies.  He promised Californians he would work FULL TIME as the Governor and focus 100% on California's problems and future -- well, now we know about his True Lies.  

 Apparently Peter Jenning's condition has worsened and the ABC affliates have been alerted.

11:50pm: NewsBlues has posted a one-line item: "ABC alerts affiliates to prepare for death of Peter Jennings."

Update: 11:55pm: "May God bless Peter and give him and his family strength during these very tough times," a TVSpyer says.

 
Via The Media Mob (http://mediamob.observer.com/2005/07/dear-judy.html):   New York Times editor Bill Keller writes the staff, letting everyone know how to reach Judith Miller, a k a "Inmate Number 45570083."

  Subject: To the staff, contact information for Judy Miller
    Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 19:31:25 -0400
    From: Bill Keller

    Folks,

    Judy Miller can send and receive an unlimited amount of mail. Mail may consist of letters only -- no food, packages, books, etc. (We are arranging for her to get The Times and other newspapers.) She will undoubtedly welcome your letters and expressions of support.

   

In this mornings San Jose Mercury News is a nice article about Gina and Bob Fesmire of Sunnyvale Ca who started and run  www. downingstreetmemo.com.  

In today's SF Gate there was an interesting article from an AP reporter on Craig Newmark (founder of Craigslist) and his interest in developing a new "community" based journalism as an alternative to the MSM.  Craigslist has become phenomenally successful with 8 million unique users and more than 2 billion page views per month.  

Here is the link:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/05/06/financial/f162547D16.DTL&type=tech

From Page SixSixSix the word is that:

Conservative columnist, commentator and crack ho Ann Coulter is packing her Louis Vuitton luggage and hauling her bony ass out of NYC. We can all rejoice!

Why is she leaving? And where is she going?

"She is moving because she is terrified of stalkers," said Coulter's agent, Joani Evans. Coulter has stalkers? She should be so lucky!

"These are scary men, creeps," insists her agent. "There was a guy sending her a bouquet every day for six months."

We thought she and Matt Drudge were friends? Oh well.

Coulter bought a new $1.8 million home in tony Palm Beach this month. And, one of her new neighbors is none other than Rush Limbaugh.

We hope they have a proper pill-popping Republican orgy to welcome Annie to the hood. Don't forget to invite Noelle Bush! It'll be hot.

http://pagesixsixsix.blogspot.com/

From Cindy Adams in today's NY Post.  

Karl Rove was the Guest of Honor at the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) dinner this year.  Why they would honor him is a story for another day.  But, look how Rove handled it:

Via Kevin Drum at The Washington Monthly, here's the scoop on  Mark Green's "Name the October Surprise" contest (http://www.nametheoctobersurprise.com/).  

From the website:  
"Here's the deal: please send me your prediction of a possible and creative October Surprise. It must be described in 100 words or less and there is only one entry per person (also, please summarize it in up to five words in the Subject line). On Wednesday, September 30th, we'll announce preliminary results - e.g., several of the most interesting submissions as well as the volume of similar submissions per surprise. Then on Sunday, October 30, we'll announce the "winners" based on the submission(s) which predicted what actually happened. Winners appear live on Air America to bask in the gratitude of a skeptical nation...and will receive a signed copy of The Book on Bush and cool Air America gear."

Hey Kossacks here is your chance to be on Air America!!!

I was just listening to a Fox host (Judge Napolitano(sp?) argue with a spokesman from the Brady Gun Org. on the Assault Weapons Ban.  The Brady spokesman pointed out that they were not opposed to people being allowed to defend themselves BUT an AK-47 assault weapon was only designed to kill as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time. The asshole judge then said "And I suppose if Todd Beamer had one (an AK-47) he wouldn't have been able to defend himself and the others on the plane."  The Brady spokesman was dumbfounded that this Fox host was suggesting that airline passengers should be allowed to carry AK-47 on board to defend themselves against a potential hijacker!!!!  Of course the Judge cut to a commercial before the guest could answer back.  

I strongly recommend that everyone check out James Wolcott new blog (jameswolcott.com).  Thanks to Tbogg for the news about this new blogger.

Here is a sample for those unfamiliar with Wolcott:

Just some personal memories here about the Vietnam war and how it played out in my family.  In particular I remember coming home from an antiwar march in San Francisco and finding my folks were hosting a party for number of their conservative Republican friends.  This could have been a problem because not only did I go on this march, but I was a student at the time at Berkeley (that commie school) and both my brothers were in Vietnam (one on a missile cruiser off the coast and another was stationed at Cam Rahn Bay).