Amazon & Target refuse to stock 'Beyoncé' following iTunes exclusive
Marine dies in parachute accident during Australian vacation wife won on Ellen DeGeneres show
5 Most Intelligent Dog Breeds Based on Survey of 122 Veterinary Professionals
Nude Activists Get Married, Arrested At San Francisco City Hall
From National Enquirer - They were making fun of Shirley MacLaine but I think she is cool.
Canada's prostitution laws struck down by high court
GDP Reported to Have Grown 4.1% in the 3rd Quarter of 2013.
Paul Rudd to Play Ant-Man in Edgar Wright’s Marvel Movie
Al Goldstein, Pioneering Pornographer, Dies at 77
Once Popular Reddit, Once Free Speech Supporter, Has Become ??????
Diabetes Drugs Affect Hearts of Men, Women Differently
Kim Basinger turns 60 with modeling deal. Her birthday was Dec. 8.
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Amazon & Target refuse to stock 'Beyoncé' following iTunes exclusive Beyonce surprised everyone releasing her fifth album without warning on December 13. The album was available only from iTunes, who got a one week exclusive window to sell the 14-song, 17-video album. The trick worked, with more than 820,000 units sold worldwide during the first three-days of availability to become the iTunes' fastest-ever-selling album. It also went to No 1 in 104 countries. Article: http://www.nme.com/news/beyonce/74551 You might also be interested in: Chuck's Erotic Stories: Monsters And Other Scary Lovers |
Mexican president signs law opening oil industry Notes: The measure breaks a monopoly that the state oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), has held since 1938. Oil output has dropped from 3.4 million barrels per day in 2004 to 2.5 million today because of what the bill’s supporters say is underinvestment. Mexico currently imports half the petrol it consumes. Opinion: Although the change may be the beginning of bringing Mexico into the 21st Century, it is strongly opposed by those who hold on to the vestiges of failed communism. Article: http://gulfnews.com/business/oil-gas/mexican-president-signs-law-opening-oil-industry-1.1269426 You might also be interested in: Billy Bingo: The Videotape Murder |
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Paul Rudd to Play Ant-Man
in Edgar Wright’s Marvel Movie
 http://www.thewrap.com/paul-rudd-early-talks-play-ant-man-edgar-wrights-marvel-movie-exclusive/ From Article: Marvel Studios has confirmed that Paul Rudd has been cast as the title character in Marvel’s “Ant-Man.” According to the press release, “the casting of Rudd represents the actor that Marvel had long ago identified as its first choice to play Ant-Man, continuing the studio’s desire to cast actors that bring several dimensions to its onscreen heroes. The film’s plot is being kept under wraps. Rudd brings a diverse background to the role having become one of the industry’s most known actors with a reputation for smart, funny and creative performances. About Storyline of coming Ant-Man Movie Storyline Biochemist Dr. Hank Pym uses his latest discovery, a group of subatomic particles, to create a size-altering formula. Though his first self-test goes awry, he develops an instrument that helps him communicate with and control insects. Producers of coming Ant-Man Movie Louis D'Esposito ... executive producer Kevin Feige ... producer Michael Grillo ... executive producer Nira Park ... co-producer Brad Winderbaum ... co-producer Edgar Wright ... co-producer Paul Rudd Biography: Paul Stephen Rudd was born in Passaic, New Jersey. His parents, Michael and Gloria, both from Jewish families, were born in the U.K. He has one sister, Julie, who is three years younger than he is. Paul traveled with his family during his early years, because of his father's airline job at TWA. His family eventually settled in in Overland Park, Kansas, where his mother worked as a sales manager for TV station KSMO-TV.
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GDP Reported to Have Grown 4.1% in the 3rd Quarter of 2013. That was the strongest growth rate since the fourth quarter of 2011 and beat economists' expectations for an unrevised 3.6 percent rate. The economy grew at a 2.5 percent pace in the April-June quarter. Business and Consumer spending both helped drive the increase in GDP. A large build-up of inventory accounted for much of the increase in GDP growth in the July-September quarter. That has left economists anticipating a sharp slowdown in the pace of inventory accumulation, which would hurt fourth-quarter growth. Aggregate consumer debt increased in the third quarter by $127 billion, the largest increase seen since the first quarter of 2008. As of September 30, 2013, total consumer indebtedness was $11.28 trillion, up by 1.1% from its level in the second quarter of 2013. Overall consumer debt remains 11% below its peak of $12.68 trillion in 2008Q3. Mortgages, the largest component of household debt, increased by 0.7% in the third quarter of 2013. Mortgage balances shown on consumer credit reports stand at $7.90 trillion, up by $56 billion from their level in the second quarter. Balances on home equity lines of credit (HELOC) dropped by $5 billion (0.9%) and now stand at $535 billion. Household non-housing debt balances increased by 2.7%, with gains of $31 billion in auto loan balances, $33 billion in student loan balances, and $4 billion in credit card balances. Outstanding student loan balances reported on credit reports increased to $1.027 trillion as of September 30, 2013, a $33 billion increase from the second quarter. The 90+ day delinquency rate increased, and is now at 11.8% Balances on credit cards accounts increased by $4 billion. The 90+ day delinquency rate on credit card balances fell to 9.4%. Auto loan originations increased in the third quarter of 2013 to $97.4 billion, the highest level since 2007Q3. The percentage of auto loan debt that is 90 or more days delinquent continued its downward trend, and now stands at 3.4%. The number of credit inquiries within six months – an indicator of consumer credit demand – increased. There were 168 million inquiries in 2013Q3, compared to 159 million inquiries in 2013Q2. Articles: http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy-policy/2013/12/20/us-economy-grows-at-41-pace-in-3q/ http://business.financialpost.com/2013/12/20/u-s-economy-grows-at-fastest-pace-in-almost-2-years-with-business-spending-up-4-8/ *Debt Information from Government Records |
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Canada's prostitution laws struck down by high court In a 9-0 sweep, Canada's Supreme Court struck down all restrictions on prostitution and invited Parliament to come up with other ways to regulate the sex trade. OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada struck down all current restrictions on prostitution on Friday, including bans on brothels and on street solicitation, declaring the laws were unconstitutional because they violated prostitutes' safety. The sweeping 9-0 decision will take effect in one year, inviting Parliament to try to come up with some other way to regulate the sex trade if it chooses to do so. Article: http://news.msn.com/world/canadas-prostitution-laws-struck-down-by-high-court  |
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From National Enquirer - They were making fun of Shirley MacLaine but I think she is cool. There is a little silly gossip thing where they are making fun of Shirley MacLaine for picturing someone in a past life, but what sensitive hasn't felt like they've had a glimpse of something about someone from a past life. It could be real or it could just be imagined, but to some of us it is just a fun thought. Well, usually it is a fun thought though sometimes it leaves the sensitive with the thought, "I seriously didn't want to picture that in my head." So Shirley MacLaine is having a business meeting with a mother, son duo on a film project. She supposedly blurts out, "“It’s great how well you and your mother work together. It’s an inspiring collaboration, but not surprising, because, well…you both were actually lovers in another life!” That supposedly got the lovers--I mean mother, son duo--into a tizzy. I doubt they were that upset. Shoot, I'd wanted to know what Shirley MacLaine felt she had a glimpse of regarding who they were in a past life. Just fun. It would have even more entertaining if she had continued, "And you were both dudes. She was the top and you were the bottom. And it was the wild west and... |
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Nude Activists Get Married, Arrested At San Francisco City Hall  SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Two nude activists got married in front of San Francisco City Hall on Thursday and were promptly arrested and issued a citation. Gypsy Taub and her groom, Jaymz Smith, stripped down for the naked wedding. “I want to get married, and, why not get naked for it,” Smith said before the nuptials. Article: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/12/19/nude-activists-get-married-arrested-at-san-francisco-city-hall/ |
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5 Most Intelligent Dog Breeds Based on Survey of 122 Veterinary Professionals 1. Border Collie 2. German Shepherd 3. Poodle 4. Australian Shepherd 5. Golden Retriever Article: http://shine.yahoo.com/pets/5-most-intelligent-dog-breeds-144300530.html |
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Marine dies in parachute accident during Australian vacation wife won on Ellen DeGeneres show Article: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/marine-dies-parachute-accident-vacation-won-ellen-article-1.1552611 The Afghan and Iraq war veteran, who’d watched his wife Cherilyn safely perform a tandem jump with an instructor seconds before, went into cardiac arrest. |
12-19-2013
Al Goldstein, Pioneering Pornographer, Dies at 77
Be sure to read original article. It is good.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/20/nyregion/al-goldstein-pioneering-pornographer-dies-at-77.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0
Notes From Article
Died on Thursday at a nursing home in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. He was 77.
The manifesto in Screw’s debut issue in 1968 was succinct. “We promise never to ink out a pubic hair or chalk out an organ,” it read. “We will apologize for nothing. We will uncover the entire world of sex. We will be the Consumer Reports of sex.”
He went bankrupt in 2003.
Alvin Goldstein was born on Jan. 10, 1936, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, one of two sons of Sam and Gertrude Goldstein. His father was a news photographer.
After his marriage failed, Mr. Goldstein drifted. According to Gay Talese’s book “Thy Neighbor’s Wife,” Mr. Goldstein ran a dime-pitch concession at the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair; sold rugs, encyclopedias and his own blood; drove a cab; and landed a job as an industrial spy, infiltrating a labor union. That experience so appalled him that he wrote an exposé about it for The New York Free Press, a radical weekly.
The article bombed but he became friends with Press editor Jim Buckley. They invested $175 apiece and began Screw Magazine in November 1968: a 12-page rag to the underworld featuring blue-movie reviews, nude photos, a guide to dirty bookstores and a field test by Mr. Goldstein of an artificial vagina.
Mr. Goldstein’s empire declined even before the decline of Penthouse and other sexually provocative magazines. The Village Voice and other newspapers, many of them free, siphoned off the ads for escort services that were Screw’s mainstay. Mr. Goldstein failed to to position himself in Internet pornography, but even if he had it is doubtful his "keep it real" formula would have worked.
Opinion:
Porn went from it being important to have social redeeming value to the government leaving those in industry alone who didn't try to have a social or political voice or try to have social redeeming value.
Back to Notes:
In quick succession starting in 2003, Mr. Goldstein lost his company, his Florida mansion and a series of subsistence jobs in New York, including one as a greeter at the Second Avenue Deli. In 2004, while living in a homeless shelter, he was arrested and charged with stealing books from a Barnes & Noble store.
Opinion:
He lived a full, happy, and very tragic life. Though he survived early government attacks against him, when the government had to play by the rules, later, he may have been one of the first victims of a government out of control where the NSA and Homeland Security considers the Constitution a joke. He may have been one of the first victims of the government's behind the scenes economic warfare strategy, using illegally collected personal and business data, to destroy enemies of the Democrat and Republican Totalitarian agendas.
Once Popular Reddit, Once Free Speech Supporter, Has Become ??????
Opinion:
The last time I was on Reddit, one of the pieces I was reading was beyond stupid. Then I glanced over some of other crap and it was obvious the old Reddit I once liked no longer exist. There is this article about one topic where the people at Reddit have lost their minds. It is actually worse than this one issue. What I was reading that made my hair stand on end was a bunch of greasy-assed creeps hoping all the baby boomers drop dead. Yeah, the new Reddit is heavy into censorship and yet that crazy shit was not moderated or deleted.
Anyway, here is an article:
Reddit has banned climate change deniers, and ripped its own reputation to shreds
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100250918/reddit-has-banned-climate-change-deniers-and-ripped-its-own-reputation-to-shreds/
Note From Article:
The Reddit moderator says climate “contrarians” were too often expressing “uninformed and outspoken opinions”, and so the site decided to adopt a much more “proactive moderation”.
Diabetes Drugs Affect Hearts of Men, Women Differently
http://t.healthyliving.msn.com/diseases/diabetes/diabetes-drugs-affect-hearts-of-men-women-differently
Notes From Article:
Researchers examined how three commonly prescribed treatments for type 2 diabetes affected 78 patients who were divided into three groups. One group took metformin alone, the second group took metformin plus rosiglitazone (sold under the brand name Avandia) and the third group took metformin plus Lovaza, a type of fish oil.
Although metformin had positive heart effects in women, it caused the heart metabolism of men to burn less sugar and more fats. Chronic burning of fat by the heart results in harmful changes that can lead to heart failure, said the researchers, from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Opinion:
Note that metformin over a period of time also can deplete b12 levels. If a patient notices a change in their walk or begins getting a bitter taste in their mouth they need to discuss with their doctor the potential of making a change in medications.
Kim Basinger turns 60 with modeling deal. Her birthday was Dec. 8.
Ivan Bart, managing director of IMG Models, says, "We are proud to be working with a distinguished and talented actress such as Kim Basinger." The star is following in the footsteps of her 18-year-old model daughter, Ireland Baldwin, who is also signed to IMG.
Filmography
One Square Mile (completed)
Claire
2013 Grudge Match
Sally
2013 Third Person
Elaine
2012 Black November
Kristy
2010 Charlie St. Cloud
Claire St. Cloud
2008 The Informers
Laura Sloan
2008 While She Was Out
Della
2008 The Burning Plain
Gina
2006 The Mermaid Chair (TV Movie)
Jessie Sullivan
2006 The Sentinel
1st Lady Sarah Ballentine
2006/I Even Money
Carolyn Carver
2004 Cellular
Jessica Martin
2004 Elvis Has Left the Building
Harmony Jones
2004 The Door in the Floor
Marion Cole
2002 People I Know
Victoria Gray
2002 8 Mile
Stephanie Smith
2000 Bless the Child
Maggie O'Connor
2000 I Dreamed of Africa
Kuki Gallmann
1997 L.A. Confidential
Lynn Bracken
1994 Prêt-à-Porter
Kitty Potter
1994 The Getaway
Carol McCoy
1993 Wayne's World 2
Honey Horneé
1993 The Real McCoy
Karen McCoy
1992 Cool World
Holli Would
1992 Final Analysis
Heather Evans
1991 The Marrying Man
Vicki Anderson
1989 Batman
Vicki Vale
1988 My Stepmother Is an Alien
Celeste Martin
1987 Nadine
Nadine Hightower
1987 Blind Date
Nadia Gates
1986 No Mercy
Michel Duval
1986 Nine 1/2 Weeks
Elizabeth
1985 Fool for Love
May
1984 The Natural
Memo Paris
1983 The Man Who Loved Women
Louise Carr
1983 Never Say Never Again - James Bond
Domino Petachi (Bond Girl)
1982 Mother Lode
Andrea Spalding
1981 Killjoy (TV Movie)
Laury Medford
1981 Hard Country
Jodie
1980 From Here to Eternity (TV Series)
Lorene Rogers
- Revenge (1980) ... Lorene Rogers
- Aftermath (1980) ... Lorene Rogers
- Secrets (1980) ... Lorene Rogers
- Crossroads (1980) ... Lorene Rogers
- Homecoming (1980) ... Lorene Rogers
See all 11 episodes »
1979 From Here to Eternity (TV Mini-Series)
Lorene Rogers
1978 Vega$ (TV Series)
Allison Jorden
- Lady Ice (1978) ... Allison Jorden
1978 Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold (TV Movie)
Katie McEvera
1978 The Ghost of Flight 401 (TV Movie)
Prissy Frasier
1977 Dog and Cat (TV Movie)
Officer J.Z. Kane
1977 Dog and Cat (TV Series)
Officer J.Z. Kane
- Yesterday's Woman (1977) ... Officer J.Z. Kane
- Dead Skunk (1977) ... Officer J.Z. Kane
- Brother Death (1977) ... Officer J.Z. Kane
- A Duck Is a Duck (1977) ... Officer J.Z. Kane
- Live Bait (1977) ... Officer J.Z. Kane
See all 6 episodes »
1977 McMillan & Wife (TV Series)
Janet Carney
- Dark Sunrise (1977) ... Janet Carney
1977 The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series)
Lorraine Stenger
- The Ultimate Imposter (1977) ... Lorraine Stenger
1976 Charlie's Angels (TV Series)
Linda Oliver
- Angels in Chains (1976) ... Linda Oliver
1976 Gemini Man (TV Mini-Series)
Sheila
- Night Train to Dallas (1976) ... Sheila