Happy New Year, everybody. Let’s hope 2008 is a better year for all of us. Now, getting back to dead people…
July
Lung cancer took soprano (but not Soprano) Beverly Sills on July 2nd, at the age of 78. The same day, “Yakety Sax” man Boots Randolph passed away after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage on June 25th. He was 80. Bil Pinkney died on the Fourth of July at the age of 81. He was the last surviving member of The Drifters. Actor Charles Lane – whose name you probably don’t recognize, but who you’d know if you saw him – passed away at the age of 102 on July 9th. He was in classic movies such as “It’s a Wonderful Life,” and “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town,” played the scheming railroad man, Homer Beadle, on “Petticoat Junction” and was in plenty of episodes of “I Love Lucy,” among many others (including episode 33 of the Twilight Zone). On July 11 – my anniversary – Lady Bird Johnson died at the age of 94. No doubt Kristapea recalls July 27, when two news helicopters covering a police chase in Phoenix slammed into each other. The pilots – Scott Bowerbank and Craig Smith – and photographers Jim Cox and Rick Krolak were killed. A guy I used to stay up late at night with – talk show host Tom Snyder – died of Leukemia on July 29 (I’d have figured him for lung cancer). He was 71. Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman died on July 30 at the age of 89. 75 year old football coach Bill Walsh died of leukemia the same day.
August
Another actor whose name you probably don’t know, but whose face you’d immediately recognize, James Callahan, died on August 3rd from esophageal cancer. He was 76. Singer-songwriter Lee Hazelwood (who wrote “These Boots Are Made for Walkin'”) died on August 5. He was 78. Prostate cancer took Merv Griffin on August 12 at the age of 81. A day later, the woman who was considered to be the oldest living person (not a title one generally hold for long) – Yone Minagawa – died in Japan at the age of 114. “The Scooter,” Phil Rizzuto, died on August 14th at the age of 89. Jazz drummer Max Roach died on the 15th at the age of 83. On August 17, former NBA forward Eddie Griffin took on a freight train with his SUV. The train won, and it took dental records to identify what was left of 25-yr old , after the fiery crash. “The Queen of Mean,” Leona Helmsley, died on Aug 20 at 87. Arthur Jones, who invented the Nautilus machine, died at the age of 80 on August 28. So did CBGB founder Hilly Kristal, who was 75. Lung cancer got him. Richard Jewell, who was falsely accused of the 1996 bombings in Atlanta, passed away at the age of 44 on August 29. Lung cancer got golfer Gay Brewer at the age of 75 on August 31.
September
Tenor Luciano Pavarotti died from pancreatic cancer on September 6th at the age of 71. Ronny Reagan’s first wife, Jane Wyman, died on the 10th, at the age of 93. Jazzman Joe Zawinul died the next day. He was 75. Jack Klugman’s estranged wife (and “Match Game” regular) Brett Somers died on September 15 from colon cancer. Alice Ghostly – Esmerelda on Bewitched – died on September 21st. She was 81. Marcel Marceau fell silent on the 22nd at the age of 84. He was buried in an imaginary coffin. Lois Maxwell, who played Miss Moneypenny in 14 James Bond movies, died on Sept. 29. She was 80.
October
Carol Bruce, who played Arthur Carlson’s mama on “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died of COPD on Oct. 9 at the age of 87. A week later, Deborah Kerr passed away at 86. A day after that, singer Teresa Brewer died. She was 76. Rat Pack member comedian Joey Bishop died that day, too. He was 89. Former Green Bay Packer Max McGee, who caught the first ever Super Bowl touchdown pass, fell off his roof on Oct 20, and died at the age of 75. TV’s “Chef Tell” (aka, Friedman Paul Erhardt), died of heart failure on Oct. 26. He was 63. On the 28th, country legend Porter Wagoner died of lung cancer at the age of 80, in a Nashville hospice. Robert Goulet died on Oct 30 at the age of 73, while waiting for a lung transplant.
November
Paul Tibbets, commander of the mission to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, died at the age of 92 on November 1st. The head of the Osmond clan, George Osmond, died on Nov. 6 at the age of 90. Kayne West’s mother, Donda, died at the age of 58 on November 10, as a result of plastic surgery. Author Norman Mailer died the same day. He was 84. Ira Levin, author of “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Boys From Brazil,” died of a heart attack on Nov. 12 at 78. Mr Whipple – Dick Wilson – squeezed his final roll of Charmin on Nov. 19. He was 91. Quiet Riot lead singer Kevin Dubrow was found dead in Las Vegas on Nov. 26, at the age of 52. The man who invented Gatorade, Dr. Robert Cade, died of kidney failure (nothing he drank I hope) on Nov. 27 at the age of 80. 24-yr old Washington Redskins safety died that day as well, a day after being shot at home in an attempted robbery. Republican hypocrite Henry Hyde, who led the impeachment of Bill Clinton, died on November 29, at the age of 83. That was also the day that Roger Smith – former GM Chairman/CEO and star of Michael Moore’s film, “Roger and Me” – died. He was 82. Evel Knievel died at the age of 69 on November 30th. The wonder is how he made it that long.
December
Ike Turner passed away on December 12, at the age of 76. Somehow, I doubt Tina spent much time mourning. Dan Folgelberg died on the 16th. Prostate cancer got him at the age of 56. Art Linkletter’s son Jack died on Dec. 18 from lymphoma at age 70. The great jazz pianist Oscar Peterson died on Christmas Eve, at the age of 82. And, of course, Pakistan opposition leader (and incredibly brave human being) Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on Dec. 27 in a suicide attack that also killed at least 20 other people in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Exactly who killed her and how she died, we’ll probably never know.
Of course, a lot of other people died in 2007. Hundreds of US Solidiers were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. We’ll never know how many Iraqi’s died this year. May they all find peace in whatever comes next.
And peace to all of you, today and in the year to come.
Happy NY, y’all.
Remember a very special edition of Maron v. Seder today at 1 PM EST, 10 AM PST
:pirate: :joe: Tea :cake: MERRIE NEW YEAR 2008c.e. :cake: Tea :joe: :pirate:
ARREST ❗ IMPEACH ❗ VIGILANCE ❗
*poof*
Good morning :joe: :joe: Happy New Year! I hope 2008 brings good things especially to our country which in its 8th year of Bushco really needs some good things.
Health and happiness to everyone (except Dick Chaney.)
:yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :joe: :joe: :joe: :joe: :joe: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :joe: :joe: :joe: :joe: :joe: :joe: 😮 😮 :yuck: :crap: :paranoid: 😯 😯
HAPPY NEW YEAR :sheep: le
BTW :pirate: :yippee: Vernon is ALPHA :dancers: He is #1 :pirate: :yippee:
I am BETA — Danu is pleezed :pup:
Sue P {blame thee & V. teehee} is GAMMA {RAY 😉 :rofl2: }
:fist: A!I!V!
FRED, TEA Cheers { but I have to brew some more. 😮 } and feed the fire :tommygun: :growl: :dancers:
Happy New Year!
IN Bethesda, Md., in a squat building off a suburban parkway, sits a small federal agency called the Office for Human Research Protections. Its aim is to protect people. But lately you have to wonder. Consider this recent case.
A year ago, researchers at Johns Hopkins University published the results of a program that instituted in nearly every intensive care unit in Michigan a simple five-step checklist designed to prevent certain hospital infections. It reminds doctors to make sure, for example, that before putting large intravenous lines into patients, they actually wash their hands and don a sterile gown and gloves.
The results were stunning. Within three months, the rate of bloodstream infections from these I.V. lines fell by two-thirds. The average I.C.U. cut its infection rate from 4 percent to zero. Over 18 months, the program saved more than 1,500 lives and nearly $200 million.
Yet this past month, the Office for Human Research Protections shut the program down.
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The government’s decision was bizarre and dangerous. But there was a certain blinkered logic to it, which went like this: A checklist is an alteration in medical care no less than an experimental drug is. Studying an experimental drug in people without federal monitoring and explicit written permission from each patient is unethical and illegal. Therefore it is no less unethical and illegal to do the same with a checklist. Indeed, a checklist may require even more stringent oversight, the administration ruled, because the data gathered in testing it could put not only the patients but also the doctors at risk — by exposing how poorly some of them follow basic infection-prevention procedures.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/opinion/30gawande.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
:reaper: :dancers: Happy 2008 :dancers: :reaper:
Lo-cal paper actually reported the New Years Eve Vigil and Chuckie Schumer had dinner with troops in Baghdad.
Well, another year to struggle through :doh: It could be a bumpy one, Bloggies, but at least we’ve got each other!! :love: :cat: :pup: :fist:
:fist: A!I!V! :fist:
SueP — #7 :smack: :smack: :smack:
Up is down & down is up :doh: :omg:
Hospitals are dangerous places 😮 and if you are sick enough to be in one, you don’t always have enough presence of mind to give informed consent or understand what is going on. It’s very scary :omg:
:slap: :reaper:
As soon as I read that, I wondered what you would have to say about it, RG.
Pope Benedict ushered in the third New Year of his pontificate on Tuesday with a call for the protection of the traditional family, which he said was vital for world peace.
The Pontiff, in an apparent swipe at gay marriage, criticized policies that undermine the traditional family unit based on a union between a man and a woman.
“I wanted to shed light on the direct relationship that exists between the family and peace in the world,” the Pope said, in his first public address of 2008.
“The family is the primary agent of peace and the negation or even the restriction of rights of the family … threatens the very foundations of peace.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL0162664620080101
All of you who had to spend time with the Rethugs in your families, this holiday, may dispute this utterly nonsensical statement.
From LTR blog:
With the on-air roster again expected to change once again in January, with morning man Cenk Uygur calling it a day, Air America at this time has decided not to do a morning show (which would obviously be good news for rival Bill Press). Perhaps they could heal a few old wounds by giving the hardcore fans what they want – a Sam Seder/Marc Maron morning show. But that would just make too much sense.
http://ltradio.blogspot.com/
In case you overlooked this from the wee hours of NYDay from RG
Anyway, on the upside MQ emailed this wonderful clip of my little granddaughter, her Mom & Auntie Em (MQ) as a wonderful New Year’s Gift. Auntie Em is the one with the long hair.
What you don’t get told is there are two more clips.
Happy New Year bloggie poos! Hey, I actually went out for New Years and wasn’t disappointed. I didn’t get laid but I didn’t have a bad time either. A step in the right direction. :banana:
Pakistan lacks finesse when it comes to changing history. Maybe Karl Rove can help them out now that he’s jobless. :jerk:
Happy new year everybody!
Sweet Jesus I hate religion!
AaA thanks … e-copied and put in my e-files for research. A!I!V!
Vernon and RG, I saw the sweet little baby, last night. Very cute, especially the delighted laugh.
KP, sounds as if 2008 has started well. for you. Keep it up.
Andy, the fundies and the military has been happening for a while. Of course, Bushco would never stand up for the constitution, so naturally nothing has changed. Besides, it’s probably easier to convince people to kill and be killed if they’re doing it for God, who never seems to tire of this stuff. The juxtaposition of the two photo, though, was perfect.
Barack Obama has always excited big Labor and other Democratic constituencies, even if they weren’t necessarily ready to endorse him for the presidency. Now, though, as Mr. Obama goes all out to undermine a surging John Edwards in the final days before the Iowa caucuses, that cordial relationship is being put to the test. Mr. Obama has essentially charged that Mr. Edwards is a hypocrite because, while Mr. Edwards has said he favors banning unregulated campaign money from outside groups, his campaign is getting millions of dollars worth of assistance from outside contributors — namely unions. What’s remarkable about this line of attack is that, while Mr. Obama is aiming squarely at Mr. Edwards, he also risks alienating some of the most powerful interest groups in Democratic Washington.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/whos-interests-are-special/index.html?ex=1356757200&en=e1db9c375ffac5c9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
:knit: maron is a no show…
Hey… how many of you are working today ??
How may times have you had a party and no one came :reaper: :reaper:
Marc must use the Outlook calendar the same way I do 😮 😯
So far the video cast is working quite well… probably not as many viewers as usual .. 😯
yeah…,I’ll do some work :tap:
weird our posts melded fred :alc:
Did everyone have a fun time on new years .. I went to bed about 9:30 😮 😯
Did anyone watch the Rose Parade on the TeeVee ?? Did you see any demonstrations ??
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Antiwar_protesters_plan_to_rain_on_0101.html
I never watch the parades, wish I had although I’m sure Cindy,et al were all arrested before the parade.
If the M$M actually showed the demonstration that would be a first for the M$M they probably come up with up with some lame excuse for a delay in the parade. :reaper: :reaper: :gate: :omg: :jason: :jason: :fist:
is he baking a hummingbird cake? :knit:
Oh shit, I forgot about the demostrations at the Rose Parade. I knew there was a reason I wanted to get up, just couldn’t get motivated enough to remember what it was. And I wasn’t especially lit up last night, just sleepy.
And does anyone else think it’s weird that Charles Nelson Reilly and Brett Somers died in the same year? I felt like Dumb Dora because I didn’t notice that until late last night. Beer is brain food!
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Kevin M, Don’t worry, on ABC NOTHING ❗
I thought just maybe I saw 2 Rainbow flags which “stood” for something….. but no signs and NO AWARENESS. 🙁 However RG & PJ ‘s Protest :dancers: got viewed! :pirate: :yippee: A!I!V!
Today’s Maron v. Seder audio available here
Ah, good show today, despite Marcs’ tardiness and initial grumpiness. :smack:
Oh and RAGING Granny {I thought I had already sent :doh: — write it immediately, don’t “speak it” 🙄 }
I saw Violet Video ❗ (saw last night and today awwwwww) And am awaiting for oneday for Violet to meet with Ms Lily. :peace: 8) 😉
By next month, all American medical schools will have abandoned a time-honored method of teaching cardiology: operating on dogs to examine their beating hearts, and disposing of them after the lesson.
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine was the last to use the method, but the dean, Dr. Pamela Davis, said it would no longer do so after this month.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/01/health/research/01dog.html?ref=todayspaper
What will Rudy’s Judi :yuck: do? She made her living killing dogs!
Thanks for pointing out the other two clips, vernon. 🙂 We got such a kick out of her hiccoughs, but she wasn’t quite as giggly as it was meal time and we were just there to keep her occupied ’till food was ready. 😉
Although I didn’t see the parade at all (was out ’till just after 2 last night), it is just rediculous that the protest got no air-time. Very glad RG & PJ’s got some attention, though!
And Druid…Ms. Lily? I have the feeling I should know that name, but for the life of me, I can’t figure out who she is…
So, before I head off to the rest of the day, here’s a pic showing how I would like this coming year to go. :banana:
EmQ, forgive me if I am wrong but if you are in Minny, let me know if you go to Hell.
I really miss eating porridge there.
However, I am sad to hear that Hamlin’s Cafe is gone.
Tribble no more
Yep, I am indeed in Minneapolis. Thanks for the suggestion! I’ve never been there, but man…it looks really nice.There’re so many good places to go around here, it’s hard to hit ’em all…I’m still trying to get to the local Space Alien’s Bar & Grill.
moronQueen, :pirate: :yippee: So Sorry…My Bad Ms Lily should have been Miss Lily, and she is my God (God can be M/F) Child, born near the time of Violet … and a Great Natural Alchemey Blend: Violet, Lily, and … :fist: A!I!V! :fist:
Is Dennis throwing in the towel ??
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Why is Nader throwing in with Edwards? He and Kucinoch are marginal and are desperate to maintain some level of attention.
Where do you see Nader joining with Edwards? ( 😮 :yuck: ) A!I!V!If that is true then a spot under the covers just waiting for me to curl in a ball & 😥 & :growl:
Wow, Druid! This was a big year for flower babies, eh? :nod: I agree, Lil’ Vi and Miss Lily should indeed meet!
It’s out there.
It may just be an anti-Hill move but I don’t think Nader has much sway and DenKu could get there as well. I don’t dispute their messages.
Marc showed his high school picture. It was pretty funny! :rofl2:
Actually, his showing his pj’s and his anorexic physique were pretty entertaining as well. It does not look so certain that there will be a VOD from today. The showing of the pic with him and Mishna was a little sad.
Seder is going to be pretty active in the next few weeks. It sounds like he may just be running SammyCam non-stop on his own for Thursday’s Iowa caucus as he contributes to various coverage.
Yeah, it broke my heart when he showed that picture. 🙁 Poor Marc.
Now SOMEONE FINALLY SAID IT CORRECTLY —- THEY ARE REFUGEES !
:fist: JusticeForNewOrleans.org A!I!V!