Thursday, May 13, 2010
An artist in every sense of the word
For Sale: Michael Crichton's Pop Art Collection(4) (16)
On May 11 and 12, Christie's auctioned nearly 100 works of art from the collection of the late author. Well known for writing novels like Jurassic Park and producing television shows like ER, he was also an expert on pop artists like Jasper Johns.
You may have seen reports of huge sales on the items that Crichton had in his private collection. Crichton was known to move his artwork around his home numerous tmes a week to ensure he always had a fresh perspective and viewpoint of his art investments.
My insomnia is cured ...
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Bret Michaels’ recovery is going well: TMZ is reporting that Michaels will play the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi on May 28, a mere month after suffering a subarachnoid hemorrhage at the base of his brain stem. Hemorrhages of the sort that Michaels suffered are very dangerous and often fatal, so the bandana-headed rocker is probably thanking his stars for being alive–much less being able to perform. When Michaels was in the hospital, doctors and fans alike were shocked at the rapid pace of the Rock of Love star’s recovery. Perhaps having a reality TV show dedicated to women pining for you keeps a man in better shape than we thought.
Rowing Into Nonsense...From Paris
The front page of today's WashPost featured an article"Rowing against the current--a Fairfax teen tries to pierce the growing class barriers in youth sports."
..."In a sport dominated by fit and affluent, Maryam lives in subsidized housing, suffers from asthma and struggles with her weight. She's black while the vast majority of competitive rowers are white."
There is a photo of Maryam. It appears that she is a young woman who is morbidly obese. She can not comfortably fit into the row boat. I'm not joking. Class barriers? In my opinion, this is about the absurd notion that one can feign they are the victim of a class barrier, when in fact, they are not an athlete appropriate for the sport for which they are feigning the aggrievance.
Political correctness rowing amok.
A modest proposal -- the sequel
Here's another proposal:
Maybe you've seen in the news that the moms of the Americans who have been captured and held in jail in Iran for daring to "cross the border" into Iran have gotten visas to visit their children in Iran.
Well, maybe, just maybe, we can learn something from Iran's tenacity with intruders who cross their borders.
Maybe, just maybe, we should negotiate with Iran to hire their border crossing guards -- the ones who arrested the Americans for crossing the Iranian border -- to come to America and patrol the U.S.-Mexico border.
Seems like it would possibly warm relations with Iran, it would put some really effective folks on the border who will curtail the illegal immigration, and it would provide a diverse and inclusive solution to the whole thing -- by hiring Iranians.
I mean, after all, BHO would be ecstatic with this -- more Muslims in the U.S.
Isn't this a win-win for everyone?
A modest proposal
Yesterday, I read somewhere that Israel is building approximately 170 new settlements in the West Bank. Well, here's something to chew on: instead of Israel's Netanyahu spending time smoozing with Obama, he should spend time with Arizona's Jan Brewer.
I mean, really, with Arizona's tough stance on immigration and Israel's formidable expanse in the West Bank, perhaps the illegal immigrants trying to get to Arizona, should, instead, find ways to get to Israel's West Bank. It would diminish the illegal immigrant population in the Southwest.
Cruise lines like Carnival, who are in dire need of occupancy on their cruise ships, could dock in Cancun, pick up those who want to go to Arizona and ship them to Jerusalem.
I'm sure that as ridiculous as this sounds, BHO would probably find some new tax on the wealthy and small business that would normally be used to spur growth and jobs could be diverted to finance those cruise line costs. I mean more ridiculous things are now in law.
Call me silly, but it seems like a win-win for Arizona, a win-win for Carnival and other cruise ships, and a win-win for Israel.
Kagen Revisited ...From Paris
My blog-buddy Bill does not appear pleased with Ms Kagen's nomination.
Although Kagan's opinions are not what I would chose, I would respectfully make two points:However left leaning Ms Kagen's votes may be, her votes will not alter the current balance of the court. Obama was not going to chose Sarah Palin or Glenn Beck. Second point: Kagen exhibited a rare, charmingly- disarming response during her confirmation hearings for SG. She admitted she was wrong. She was asked a tough question about an earlier opinion. (Paraphrasing her) Kagen admitted that an earlier decision she had made was not a particularly good decision. No arrogant kabuki dance of explanation. Simple. Straightforward. Regretful. "That was not a good decision on my part."
does any one in DC read any bills?
AP
Despite repeatedly voicing concerns about Arizona's new immigration law, Attorney General Eric Holder says he has not read the law yet — which is only 10 pages long.
Not investigating leftist terrorist?
A blast from Elena Kagan's past
Byron York reports on an obscure but potentially embarrassing controversy involving Elena Kagan's days in the Clinton administration:
In 1995 and 1996, future Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan was involved in a bizarre controversy in which the Clinton White House was accused of siding with an eco-terrorist group locked in a standoff with federal agents deep in the woods of Oregon. The incident led to an investigation by House Republicans, who concluded that a staffer on the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) tipped off the environmental radicals to impending action by U.S. Forest Service law enforcement agents -- a leak that Forest Service officials believed endangered the lives of their agents on the ground.
Kagan, at the time an associate White House counsel, had no role in leaking the feds' plans to the radicals, but House Committee on Natural Resources investigators concluded she shirked her responsibility by not searching for the source of the leak or pushing for punishment of the leaker.
"Nothing was ever done by Elena Kagan to learn the details about the leaks, or to identify the leaker and ensure that proper punishment occurred," the committee's 1999 report concluded. In fact, investigators found evidence suggesting that Kagan, in internal White House discussions, defended the alleged leaker.
Dr King would agree
WHEN RACIAL AND ETHNIC STUDIES BACKFIRE: College students taking racial and ethnic studies courses have lower respect for members of other groups. No surprise.
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