June 30, 2005

Jesse Jackson says Mexico's new stamps are insulting to people from around the world and in particular to African-Americans.  posted 11:29am by jholmes

Spain is the latest country to legalize gay marriage.  posted 11:19am by jholmes

Michael Jackson is in Bahrain on vacation. Bahrain is an island in the Gulf.  posted 8:12am by jholmes

Remember Etch-A-Sketch?  Well its about to be on U.K. cell phones and the drawings will also be able to be saved on the phone.  posted 12:53am by jholmes

Backsteet Boy Nick Carter has been ordered to rehab after pleading guilty to drunk driving charges.  posted 12:44am by jholmes

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft gave his latest Super Bowl ring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.  posted 12:16am by jholmes

The new WTC Tower design has been revealed.  posted 12:15am by jholmes

Gambler Loses It:  Kenny Rogers, left-handed pitcher for the Texas Rangers, lost his cool by attacking and assaulting an on field camera man yesterday before the Rangers game in Arlington.  posted 12:11am by jholmes

Ex-hostages are saying that Iran's president elect was a hostage taker  25 years ago.  posted 12:10am by jholmes

A proposal has been made to seize Supreme Court Justice Souter's property.  Souter was with the majority voting last week that the government can seize the property of citizens for the better good of the community.  posted 12:04am by jholmes

Men usually assume they have a short penis when in fact they are usually average because they do not know what the  average size should be according to a new study.  posted 12:01am by jholmes

June 29, 2005

Team-by-team grades from last nights NBA Draft in New York.  posted 9:42pm by jholmes

17 feared dead after U.S. chopper crash in Afghanistan.  posted 9:39pm by jholmes

'War of the Worlds' opens to so-so reviews and no sell outs in major cities.  Could be disaster for Paramount.  posted 3:55pm by jholmes

Lawmakers respond to bash Tom Cruise for his haphazard and off-the-wall remarks about mental health.  Bumpshack log of the Craziness of Tom Cruise

“It is unfortunate that Tom Cruise has sought to use his celebrity to once again negatively reinforce the unfortunate stigma associated with mental illness,” said Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.), co-chair of the caucus. “Mr. Cruise is correct in saying that some of the drugs used to treat psychiatric disorders can be abused, but these same drugs have been beneficial to countless numbers of people who can now focus on their work in school or on the job.”     posted 1:31pm by jholmes

Tom Cruise told a German newspaper yesterday that we are not alone in the world.  He also managed to be offensive in the interview:

Asked in an interview with the tabloid daily Bild if he believed in aliens, Cruise said: "Yes, of course. Are you really so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe?      posted 1:13pm by jholmes

Historian Shelby Foote has passed away.  The Memphis native and author wrote an epic three volume, 3000 pages entitled "The Civil War: A Narrative" along with six other novels about the era.  He also gained fame for his commentary and expertise on Ken Burns' 1990 documentary 'Civil War.'  Foote was 88 years old. 

In 1999, the Modern Library ranked Foote's "The Civil War: A Narrative" as No. 15 on its list of the century's 100 best English-language works of nonfiction. 

Early in his career, Foote took up the habit of writing by hand with an old-fashioned dipped pen, and he continued that practice throughout his life. Foote said writing by hand helped him slow down to a manageable pace and was more personal than using a typewriter.  posted 12:17am by jholmes

Canada is now the third country to legally recognize gay marriage.  The other two countries are Belgium and the Netherlands.  posted 12:13am by jholmes

The Mercury News review of 'War of the Worlds':

It turns out, it's not the end of the world. You just wish it were by the end of the movie.

"War of the Worlds" is a picture without a thought in its pretty head: the Tom Cruise movie to end all Tom Cruise movies. If we're lucky. The movie has nothing much to say about the shape the world is in, other than a few reflexive questions about whether the explosions that accompany the arrival of space invaders might actually be caused by "the terrorists."

"War of the Worlds" is supposed to be about aliens who go stomping around the countryside on long-legged fighting platforms -- known instantly to everyone in the movie as Tripods -- that almost certainly are the least practical interplanetary attack vehicles ever devised. But the invaders are only there to provide a backdrop for the movie's seemingly endless tableaux of Tom Cruise -- Tom Cruise running for his life, Tom Cruise being bathed in the blood of others, Tom Cruise yelling at his movie kids like a guy who wishes he knew where to get his hands on some Ritalin."     posted 12:11am by jholmes

A London newspaper is reporting that Prince Harry had a blood test to see if Prince Charles was actually his father.  The test was ordered by the Royal family to see if Princess Diana actually had an affair with an army officer.   posted 12:06am by jholmes

Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid is suggesting four of his Republican combatants for the Supreme Court should a vacancy come available.  posted 12:05am by jholmes

President Bush told the Nation last night that the sacrifices made in Iraq are 'worth it.'  posted 12:02am by jholmes

June 28, 2005

MTV has launched a new gay cable TV channel. No, not like stupid gay but actually gay.  I am still waiting for MTV to launch a channel that actually plays music videos like back in the day.  posted 9:59pm by jholmes

NBA Draft's: 20 Biggest Bargains and 20 Biggest Busts of all-time.  posted 11:41am by jholmes

Clinton, Bush Sr. reunite for visit and boat ride in Kennebunkport, Maine.  posted 10:17am by jholmes

10 things to know about your local farmers market.  posted 10:15am by jholmes

Maria Sharapova won at Wimbledon Tennis Club early this morning 7-6 (6), 6-3 over fellow Russian Nadia Petrova to move on to the semi-finals.  posted 10:09am by jholmes

Unlike most celebrity children, who are sent to private schools, Tom Cruise's children are home schooled and fed a school load heavy on Scientology and the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard.  John Travolta, also a Scientologist, home schools his children in the same fashion.  posted 3:05am by jholmes

A barrel of oil hit $61, an all-time high, which in turn is keeping stocks down.  posted 2:58am by jholmes

The NBA Draft is tonight. The Milwaukee Bucks hold the first pick and it is heavily rumored they will use the pick on Andrew Bogut from the Utah Utes.  posted 2:54am by jholmes

The Florida Panhandle had its second shark attack in three days yesterday.  The boy had his leg amputated and remains in critical condition.  posted 2:48am by jholmes

The BTK serial killer in Wichita, Kansas plead guilty yesterday to 10 counts of murder.  posted 2:45am by jholmes

Paula Abdul is urging California legislators to tighten up Nail Salon standards in the state.  posted 1:34am by jholmes

Wal-Mart heir and billionaire John Walton died in a plane crash last night in Wyoming.  posted 1:31am by jholmes

June 27, 2005

Lindsay Lohan is not concerned with her dramatic weight loss:

But I'm happy to have lost weight, and I'm working at keeping it off. Besides, Kate Moss is my fashion icon. So now I can fit into more clothes and things look better. I lost about 20 pounds, although, compared with a lot of actresses my age, I'm actually overweight."     posted 3:05pm by jholmes

Is Tom Cruise turning into Michael Jackson?  posted 11:50am by jholmes

Another Big Supreme Court Ruling: The Court today ruled that there could be no displays of the Ten Commandments in courthouses.  Justices FOR the Decision: Stevens, O'Connor, Ginsberg, Breyer and Souter who wrote for the majority.  AGAINST: Scalia, Thomas, Rehnquist and Kennedy.  Talk about this and other Supreme Court cases on the Bumpshack Message Board.  posted 9:41am by jholmes

'Batman Begins' held on at the box office barely edging 'Bewitched' to be the top movie this past week.  'Batman' did $26.8 million and has to date raked in $121.7 million dollars.  posted 12:58am by jholmes

49 have died from alcohol poisoning in Kenya.  posted 12:50am by jholmes

The majority of responders in a new poll doubt the fairness and patriotism of the media.  posted 12:48am by jholmes

Tom Cruise and overexposure.  Will it affect the box office numbers of 'War of the Worlds?'  More Tom Madness: Log of the Craziness of Tom Cruise posted 12:45am by jholmes 

Tony Blair's son Euan has a three month job as a Congressional intern here in the States with a Republican Committee which has raised some eyebrows.  I say it had to be one party or the other.  posted 12:41am by jholmes

The man who provided the TV and film voice of Tigger from 'Winnie the Pooh' fame has died.  Paul Winchell was 82 years old.  posted 12:38am by jholmes

Deep Throat's former FBI boss breaks public silence to say he was shocked to find out that Mark Felt was the secret source that helped bring down the presidency of Richard Nixon amidst the Watergate scandal.  posted 12:35am by jholmes

Marion Higgs of California, a super centurion, turned 112 yesterday.

Her life has spanned the terms of 20 of the 43 presidents in U.S. history.

Mrs. Higgins' second son, Horace, will preside over the family festivities. He's 82, played tennis three times a week until last winter and may be the only Caltech graduate to attend a 60th class reunion — and bring his mother.

Her husband, John, a machinist, died in 1949 at 60. After a career with the Los Angeles County tax assessor, Mrs. Higgins has Social Security since the first Eisenhower administration.

Mrs. Higgins will accurately recite entire epic poems from her childhood, detailed verse after detailed verse, her weathered fingers still fidgeting with her skirt as they might have in front of that ninth-grade English class 98 years ago.    posted 12:28am by jholmes

June 26, 2005

NBA DEALING: A deal is close to being finalized between the New York Knicks and the Phoenix Suns that would have the Knicks sending Kurt Thomas to the Suns for Quinton Richardson and a first round pick.  posted 12:20am by jholmes

What your face says about you: Loser or Winner?  posted 12:15am by jholmes

A heart drug to specifically help African-Americans has been approved by FDA.  posted 12:12am by jholmes

China has made a bid to buy a major oil company here in the States.  It will be interesting to see what Unocal will do.  A major change in the global, or at least the world oil economy, could take place if the bid is accepted.  posted 12:10am by jholmes

Shaq graduates again. This time with a MBA from the University of Phoenix. 

"It's just something to have on my resume (for) when I go back into reality," the 7-foot-1 Miami Heat center said before picking up his master's in business administration. "Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else."     posted 12:07am by jholmes

Officials for the state of Texas have admitted that their lottery jackpots are inflated.  posted 12:05am by jholmes

A Nebraska man has lost 573 pounds in the past year. He still weighs in at 499 pounds though.  The progress is amazing and he hopes to continue to lose more weight.  posted 12:04am by jhoolmes

Shark kills girl swimming in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast.  posted 12:02am by jholmes

June 25, 2005

Psychiatrists respond to Tom Cruise's bashing yesterday on the 'Today Show.' 

He insisted there's no such thing as a chemical imbalance and argued that mood disorders can be cured with "vitamins, exercise and various things."

He didn't say whether one of those things is Scientology, the religion that says humans are plagued by the souls of dead aliens who invaded the planet 75 million years ago.

Cruise's views on psychiatry are so extreme and devoid of scientific proof, "it's a little like talking to somebody who claims the world is flat," Scully said.

Dr. Margaret Spinelli of the New York Psychiatric Institute's maternal mental health program said, "science at every level" has demonstrated that postpartum depression stems from a chemical imbalance that medication can correct in 80% of the cases.     posted 10:27pm by jholmes

Great site I came across www.FreeKatie.net.  posted 10:10am by jholmes

16 Common Dog Myths.  posted 9:56am by jholmes

Britney Spears is in talks with Vanity Fair to pose nude on the cover during the seventh month of her pregnancy.  She wants to recreate the cover that Demi Moore did for the magazine when she was pregnant back in 1991.  posted 9:48am by jholmes

President Bush attended the Washington Nationals baseball game last night.  posted 1:00am by jholmes

Aruba authorities are now speculating that the Alabama teen was murdered.  posted 12:33am by jholmes

Actress Scarlett Johansson rejected the opportunity to appear in 'Mission Impossible III' after Tom Cruise took her to Church of Scientology headquarters to try to convert her to the alien based religion.  posted 12:28am by jholmes

Louisiana shrimpers are upset with cook Emeril over the quality and selection of his shrimp he is selling and shipping out across the country.  posted 12:24am by jholmes

Carrie Underwood, winner of the latest installment of 'American Idol,' has the number one single on the Billboard charts.  posted 12:20am by jholmes

Tom Cruise takes Katie Holmes on romantic date in Spain along with ex-girlfriend Penelope Cruz and her parents.  More: Craziness of Tom Cruise  posted 12:08am by jholmes

Billy Graham started his last Christian Crusade last night in New York City.  Graham has preached to over 210 million people in 185 countries during his lifetime.  posted 12:10am by jholmes

Three missing New Jersey boys have been found dead in a car.  posted 12:04am by jholmes

Hardline conservative mayor wins runoff to become President of Iran.  posted 12:03am by jholmes

June 24, 2005

June 23, 2005

YAHOO! shuts chat rooms after sex allegations.  posted 2:16pm by jholmes

The father of a Dutch teen has been arrested in the Aruba abduction saga.  posted 2:13pm by jholmes

The Supreme Court has ruled that cities may seize homes.  posted 2:09pm by jholmes

73-year-old Kenyan grandfather kills leopard with bare hands.  posted 2:07pm by jholmes

Klansman gets 60 years behind bars for 1964 Mississippi Civil Rights murders.  posted 2:04pm by jholmes

June 22, 2005

Woman who cares for Michael Jackson's kids also keeps him sedated and out of touch.  posted 9:11am by jholmes

The Detroit Pistons stayed alive last night beating the San Antonio Spurs 95-86 to force the first game seven of the NBA Finals in 11 years.  posted 9:03am by jholmes

Hilarious look at the truth about MYSPACE.  posted 8:59am by jholmes

The family of the late great Notorious B.I.G. is claiming that Suge Knight had the immortal rapper killed.  posted 12:37am by jholmes

Katie Holmes went missing for 16 days in April. All of her close friends are afraid to talk about why they are not around her anymore.  Katie also has a Scientology keeper that is with her 24 hours a day.  Why is this so transparent? Scientology is scary. Read about it when you get a chance.  posted 12:32am by jholmes

A labor agreement has been reached for the upcoming NBA season which will prevent a lockout by the owners.  It appears the NBA has learned from the National Hockey Association.  posted 12:23am by jholmes

Top movie quotes as complied by AFI. 

1. "Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn." Gone with the Wind, 1939
2. "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse." The Godfather, 1972
3. "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am." On the Waterfront, 1954
4. "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." The Wizard of Oz, 1939
5. "Here's looking at you, kid." Casablanca, 1942
posted 12:05am by jholmes

Mexican soldiers are becoming drug cartel hit-men.  posted 12:03am by jholmes

Ethiopian girl rescued and guarded by lions from captors who were trying to forcer her into marriage.  posted 12:01am by jholmes

June 21, 2005

An 11-year-old Boy Scout has been found alive who vanished four days ago in the rugged Utah mountains.  posted 3:39pm by jholmes

Billy Corgan, rocker and former lead singer of the Smashing Pumpkins, says he is set to put the group back together which has not performed since they broke up in 2000.  posted 3:37pm by jholmes

BREAKING:  80 year-old ex-KKK member convicted of 1964 Civil Rights killings in Philadelphia, Mississippi.  The killings inspired the movie 'Mississippi Burning.' 

Prosecutors had asked the jury to send a message to the rest of the world that Mississippi has changed and is committed to bringing to justice those who killed to preserve segregation in the 1960s. They said the evidence was clear that Killen organized the attack on the three victims.

"Preacher Killen didn't act in a vacuum," Bender said. "The state of Mississippi was complicit in these crimes and all the crimes that occurred, and that has to be opened up."     posted 3:34pm by jholmes

A Mississippi jury is still deciding the fate of a Klansman in the 1964 killings of three civil right workers in the southern state.  The jury is deadlocked 6-6 at this point.  posted 10:24am by jholmes

Shocking: 10 year-old Kenyan boy pleads guilty to rape of 3 year-old.  posted 10:21am by jholmes

Researchers are working on a birth control pill for men.  posted 10:17am by jholmes

Steven Speilberg is saying that the media is punishing Tom Cruise for his head-over-heels spouting off about his affection for Katie Holmes.  posted 1:25am by jholmes

Study claims that being gay is more dangerous to ones health than smoking or drugs.  posted 1:22am by jholmes

Scent of grapefruit on a woman can make her seem six years younger to many men.  posted 1:18am by jholmes

Tokyo is the world's most expensive city to live in.  New York was 13th.  posted 1:16am by jholmes

A new study shows that nicotine affects the brain in many of the same ways as heroin does.  posted 1:15am by jholmes

New research shows that the parts of the female's brain is shut off while having an orgasm.  posted 1:09am by jholmes

Dick Morris says that attacking Hillary Clinton will only embolden her and make those with serious questions about her candidacy easier to ignore as the same rubbish.  Edward Klein's Hillary bashing book reaches #1 on Amazon's non-fiction best sellers.  posted 1:03am by jholmes

June 20, 2005

'The Truth About Hillary' interview and clarifications on Bill's supposed raping of her and all of his affairs.  posted 12:17pm by jholmes

Teen accused of raping neighbors dog.  Charges upgraded after dog dies.   posted 12:07pm by jholmes

Women might be able to fake an orgasm to their partner but not to a brain scanner.  posted 12:08pm by jholmes

Report says that Saddam is very friendly with U.S. troops and that he loves his Raisin Bran. 

O'Shea said when he told him he was not married, Saddam "started telling me what to do." "He was like, `you gotta find a good woman. Not too smart, not too dumb. Not too old, not too young. One that can cook and clean.'"

Then he smiled, made what O'Shea interpreted as a "spanking" gesture, laughed and went back to washing his clothes in the sink.

For a time his favorite food was Cheetos, and when those ran out, Saddam would "get grumpy," the story says. One day the guards substituted Doritos corn chips, and Saddam forgot about Cheetos. "He'd eat a family size bag of Doritos in 10 minutes," Dawson says.

Popularity isn't everything when it comes to a politician's approval rating.  posted 12:26am by jholmes

Tom Cruise squirted with water during interview.  posted 12:22am by jholmes

A movie based on the hit TV show '24' could possibly be in the works.  posted 12:19am by jholmes

The wait is over: Kelly Osbourne has released her second album.  posted 12:17am by jholmes

'Batman Begins' was tops at the box office this weekend bringing in $46.9 million.  posted 12:16am by jholmes

Bomb in Baghdad cafe kills 23 citizens.  posted 12:14am by jholmes

Michael Campbell of New Zealand held off a furious last day charge by Tiger Woods to win the 105th U.S. Open of golf.  posted 12:09am by jholmes

The San Antonio Spurs won game five in Detroit against the Pistons 96-95 and are now one game away from winning the NBA Finals.  'Big Game Bob' Robert Horry hit the crucial three in overtime that put the Spurs ahead for good.  Is there anyone better than Horry in the clutch?  Horry is one of, if not the best, clutch players ever.  posted 12:07am by jholmes

June 19, 2005

Can she go from victim to victor? What will Jennifer Aniston do next?  posted 12:38am by jholmes

Slammin' Sammy ties Big Mac on all-time home run list at 583.  posted 12:25am by jholmes

Michael Jackson has thank you party at Indian casino for his supporters before his reported pending move to either Europe or South America.  posted 12:21am by jholmes

Google plans to start an internet pay service they believe will rival EBay's Paypal.  posted 12:17am by jholmes

Leo Dicaprio hit with bottle at party last night in Hollywood.  He was given several stiches at a local hospital.  posted 12:13am by jholmes

June 18, 2005

Advice for Brad?  Billy Bob Thornton's thoughts on making love to Angelina Jolie:

"Sex doesn't have to be with a model to be good," Thornton says in July's Esquire. "Sometimes with the model, the actress or the 'sexiest person in the world,' it may literally be like f-ing the couch."   posted 3:01am by jholmes

Recent photo of pregnant Britney.  posted 2:54am by jholmes

Crazy! Crazy! Crazy!: Runaway Bride gets $500,000 book deal as I predicted.  Reward the crazed stupid ones.  posted 2:51am by jholmes

Group wants cancer risk sticker affixed to bags of potato chips.  posted 2:28am by jholmes

The Top 100 Sweatiest Cities.  The List: 1-100.  posted 2:18am by jholmees

Michael Jackson's attorney speaks on how he was able to win the case for Jacko.  posted 12:52am by jholmes

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to hold back paying United Nations dues until dozens of reforms take place within the organization.

"The U.S. pays 22 percent of the U.N.'s operating budget, the largest of any county, yet this should not be our only reason for pushing reform," Coleman said.     posted 12:30am by jholmes

Ways to save money on your next mortgage.  posted 12:15am by jholmes

Arkansas robber leaves wallet at crime scene.  posted 12:08am by jholmes

Patriarch of family he bred through incest found guilty of killing his nine children.  posted 12:04am by jholmes

Iran to have Presidential runoff election to determine winner.  posted 12:01am by jholmes

June 17, 2005

Tom Cruise says he is engaged after he proposed to Katie Holmes at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.  posted 8:04am by jholmes

Oregon cat born with two faces.  Must be female.  Humor!  posted 2:14am by jholmes

Norwegian Princess Leah's name inspired by 'Star Wars' films.  posted 2:01am by jholmes

Iran votes today in its presidential election which the White House is calling unfair.  posted 1:59am by jholmes

California man arrested who may have molested thousands of children.  Notebook found with names of over 36,000 children and code words for acts he performed on them.  posted 1:56am by jholmes

First woman since World War II receives Silver Star.  My father earned one of these from Vietnam.  posted 1:51am by jholmes

Doctors believe they have found a 'Michaelangelo Code.'  posted 1:48am by jholmes

A look at the Celebrity Top 100 Earners.  posted 1:46am by jholmes

June 16, 2005

June 15, 2005

Phil Jackson is back as the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. It has to be the money talking to Phil ($10 million per annum) because the Lakers are BAD.  posted 10:19am by jholmes

Porn queen gets a date (or at least ticket to attend) with President Dubya.  posted 10:16am by jholmes

New president of Indonesia gives out his cell phone number for his countrymen and women to contact him.  posted 10:12am by jholmes

Sean Penn is in Iran causing a stir there as they try to have political elections.  posted 10:10am by jholmes

The Pistons beat the Spurs in game three of the NBA Finals.  The Spurs still lead the series two games to one.  posted 10:06am by jholmes

Check out this Ebay auction. It is well funny.  posted 10:03am by jholmes

Michael Jackson's accuser is having a difficult time coping with the not guilty verdict according to the prosecutor in the case.  posted 9:58am by jholmes

Tsunami warning given after California quake.  posted 9:56am by jholmes

Bin Laden is alive and well according to a top Taliban official.  posted 9:54am by jhoolmes

Ex-Baylor athlete gets 35 years for killing of teammate.  posted 9:53am by jholmes

I just got finished with some early morning snorkeling around the south end of the bay here in St. Lucia.  Spotted a Maury eel, some squid, and other interesting ocean critters.  I am eating breakfast now on the dock before I catch my flight back to the States in a couple of hours.  posted 8:11am by jholmes

June 14, 2005

Lance Armstrong is pondering marriage with Sheryl Crow.  posted 11:39am by jholmes

Paris Hilton says she will leave the public eye soon for good.  posted 11:36am by jholmes

Over 1 million in the U.S. now have HIV and over three-quarters of those are male.  posted 11:22am by jhlmes

Destiny's Child has broken up.  Not that Beyonce was not doing her own thing anyway.  posted 11:20am by jholmes