March 31, 2006

MySpace.com has removed over 200,000 questionable profiles to help calm safety concerns from critics of the social networking site.  posted 11:03am by jholmes

Rachel Hunter and Rod Stewart's divorce is about to be finalized after a seven year legal battle.  posted 12:58am by jholmes

Cathy Young takes another look at unfair parental rights for fathers.

One of the men profiled in the article, 23-year-old Arizona resident Jeremiah Clayton Jones, learned that his former fiancée—who had ended their relationship—was pregnant and seeking to put up the baby for adoption in Florida, where they had met while attending college. An adoption agency called Jones to ask for his consent to the adoption. He refused, fully intending to raise the baby himself. But Jones did not know that in order to exercise his parental rights, he had to register with the state registry for unmarried fathers. Because he missed the deadline, he lost all his rights and has never seen his child, now 18 months old.

Today, partly as a result of several legal controversies in which unmarried fathers successfully contested adoptions, the majority of states have "putative father registries" by means of which a man can assert his paternity. But the purpose of these registries often seems to be less to protect the rights of the father than to protect the rights of everyone else: the mother who wants to give up the baby, the adoption agency, and the adoptive parents. Some would say that they also protect the rights of the child. But that depends on whether you believe that a child is better off being adopted than being raised by the biological father.   posted 12:55am by jholmes

Insiders are reporting that Tony Blair will announce his resignation sometime before Christmas.  posted 12:49am by jholmes

A strong earthquake has shaken Iran and killed dozens in small villages.  posted 12:47am by jholmes

Today in 1889 the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France was inaugurated.  ET was designed and named after Gustave Eiffel.  And that concludes the list of things that France has contributed to the world.  posted 12:44am by jholmes

Today is Cesar Chavez day.  posted 12:40am by jholmes

The NBA's Tight(s) Issue 

Kobe and his hose.

The NBA plans to ban players from wearing tights/panty hose under their uniforms next year.  posted 12:23am by jholmes

List of NBA players to wear tights this year:

• Ray Allen, Seattle
• Andrew Bogut, Milwaukee
• Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers
• Vince Carter, New Jersey
• Eddy Curry, New York
• Samuel Dalembert, Philadelphia
• Allen Iverson, Philadelphia
• LeBron James, Cleveland
• Toni Kukoc, Milwaukee
• Rashad McCants, Minnesota
• Michael Redd, Milwaukee
• Joe Smith, Milwaukee
• Jerry Stackhouse, Dallas
• Nick Van Exel, San Antonio
• Dwyane Wade, Miami
• Chris Webber, Philadelphia
• Bonzi Wells, Sacramento
• Jason Williams, Miami
• Mo Williams, Milwaukee

March 30, 2006

Who hired who?

Unsettling kiss between Teri Hatcher and Ryan Seacrest as they pretend not to notice the cameraman they hired.  posted 1:05am by jholmes

Three 6 Mafia is working with Paris Hilton on her upcoming album.  Dr. Seuss couldn't write this stuff. 

"We ran into her at a William Morris Agency party and she said she liked our song 'Stay Fly' and asked could we work with her," said Jordan "Juicy J" Houston, a member of the Memphis hip-hop group.

The trio will be back in Memphis to receive a key to the city Saturday, deemed Three 6 Mafia Day.   posted 1:03am by jholmes

English husband dies during Shania Twain sex game.  posted 12:55am by jholmes

 
Does anyone know if they served hot wings instead of pretzels?

Hooters Airline has lost its silicone and is calling it quits after three years in the air.  posted 12:47am by jholmes

Las Vegas now has ambulances for the obese.  posted 12:45am by jholmes

A law professor at the University of Memphis is banning laptops in his classroom.  posted 12:44am by jholmes

Major League Baseball is opening a steroids probe on Barry Bonds and the 'Steroids Era.'  posted 12:42am by jholmes

March 29, 2006

Sculpture of Britney Spears giving birth to Sean Preston
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A New York artist is creating a stir with his pro-life Britney Spears sculpture (see above).

The life-size pop princess is naked and pregnant, crouching face-down on a bare-toothed bear rug as the baby's head appears on the opposite end.

His aim, said the son of a mother who gave birth to him when she was 17, was to stir up debate about a difficult topic that "is greater than the issues presented by either pro-life and pro-choice advocates."   posted 12:44am by jholmes

White House chief of staff Andy Card has resigned.  Joshua Bolten has been tapped to replace him.  posted 12:39am by jholmes

Whitney Houston is finally about cracked out.  Will she really get help this time? I guess its her prerogative.  posted 12:36am by jholmes

It appears that Taradise is back in effect for boozer/party girl supreme Tara Reid.  posted 12:28am by jholmes 

Sexpert Sharon Stone

Sharon Stone is promoting oral sex to teenagers as an alternative to sexual intercourse.  Her purpose is to steer kids away from disease and HIV.  Hasn't anyone informed Ms. Stone of the STD's that can be transgressed through oral appetizers?  posted 12:24am by jholmes

Bill Clinton is backing compulsory AIDS testing of developing countries with crippling populations of the deadly disease. I agree with him that this makes perfect sense.

The former president, whose Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative is helping to provide cheaper AIDS tests and drugs, said making people aware of their HIV status was the only way to make them change their sexual behavior.

"If 90 percent don't even know (they have the disease) how can you ever reduce the number of sufferers?" Clinton told reporters in London on Tuesday.

He said that in countries with low levels of infection, compulsory testing would be a waste of money. But once the level of infection rises to 5 percent, "you're in trouble" and that is when testing becomes invaluable to reduce the spread of the disease.   posted 12:18am by jholmes

New political party takes over in Israel.  posted 12:11am by jholmes

Top 50 Minor League baseball players.  posted 12:09am by jholmes

March 28, 2006

The Indiana Hoosiers have hired Oklahoma Sooners coach Kelvin Sampson to replace Mike Davis.  posted 1:31pm by jholmes

 
Katie Holmes has an impressive challenge before her.

Tom Cruise has had poster placards delivered and posted all over his mansion to remind Katie Holmes to remain silent during  her upcoming child birth.

The couple — following the Scientology tradition of a silent birth — had the posters delivered to their Beverly Hills mansion.

One reads: “Be silent and make all physical movements slow and understandable.”

Dawson’s Creek actress Katie, 26, must “keep mum” and will not even be allowed painkillers when she has the couple’s first child due any day.

Followers believe it is traumatic for babies to hear their mother scream or groan when giving birth. They think it can cause “psychic” damage, which takes years of therapy to overcome.

The doctrine stresses newborns cannot be poked or prodded for medical tests or spoken to for seven days.  More Cruise Craziness.   posted 11:16am by jholmes

The Sexiest Woman in the World according to FHM

Scarlett Johanson tops FHM magazine's list of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World. 

Angelina Jolie is No. 2 on the list, followed by Jessica Alba, Jessica Simpson, Keira Knightley, Halle Berry, Jenny McCarthy, Maria Sharapova, Carmen Electra and Teri Hatcher.   posted 1:06am by jholmes

That 70's Show actor Wilmer Vanderrama spoke on The Howard Stern Show yesterday about taking Mandy Moore's virginity and sex with Lindsey Lohan and Ashlee Simpson.  posted 1:04am by jholmes

The Muslim-Christian convert in Afghanistan, who was facing the death penalty for his switch of religions, has been freed. 

Rahman, 41, was arrested last month after police discovered him with a Bible. He was put on trial last week for converting 16 years ago while he was a medical aid worker for an international Christian group helping Afghan refugees in Pakistan. He had faced the death penalty under Afghanistan's Islamic laws.

The case set off an outcry in the United States and other nations that helped oust the hard-line Taliban regime in late 2001 and provide aid and military support for Afghan President Hamid Karzai. President Bush and others insisted Afghanistan protect personal beliefs.

Hours earlier, hundreds of clerics, students and others chanting "Death to Christians!" marched through the northern Afghan Mazar-i-Sharif to protest the court's decision Sunday to dismiss the case.   posted 1:00am by jholmes

Sean Penn has an Ann Coulter torture doll, while Penn just tortures the rest of us.  posted 12:54am by jholmes

Quote of the Day:

"To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman?" - Gandhi

Stacey Keibler WWE cat fight video.  And also a SK photo gallery.  posted 12:51am by jholmes

Today is Teachers Day in the Czech Republic.  posted 12:50am by jholmes

Yankees pitcher Randy Johnson, who makes $16 million dollars a year, is nickel and diming a woman he had a love child with sixteen years ago.

The All-Star athlete, 42, last month filed a court petition--a copy of which you'll find below--seeking a rebate for $750-a-month day care payments he has provided over the past eight years to the mother of the pair's 16-year-old daughter.

Asked if Johnson, whom she lived with early in his Major League career, has ever acknowledged their daughter, Roszell replied, "Nope. Nothing. Never." She added that she broke up with Johnson midway through her pregnancy and that the girl was the star's "dark little secret."  

He contends that Roszell owes him the money, in part, because she failied to provide quarterly accountings for her day care expenditures.   posted 12:47am by jholmes

March 27, 2006

 
The LSU Tigers are heading to the Final Four in Indy.

The Final Four is set.  LSU, UCLA, George Mason, and Florida will be heading to Indianapolis to play for the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. 

Weekend Results
UCLA 50 - Memphis 45 , Both teams played like a kindergarten Nerf Hoops Team.  UCLA's guards will have to step up to counter LSU's dominant inside game.
LSU 70 - Texas 60 , LSU is the hot, hot, hot.  They will need to eliminate stupid turnovers in Indy to win it all.
George Mason 86 - UConn 84 , Who is not pulling for GM at this point?  I guess Billy Packer might shut up regarding the committee's selections next year.
Florida 75 - Villanova 62, Noah is the most versatile player left in the tournament.  Donavan led teams usually falter in the tournament, but these guys just win.   posted 12:38am by jholmes

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IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, the 4th richest man in the world, always flies economy class and drives a fifteen-year-old car.  posted 12:35am by jholmes

Today in 1794, the United States Navy was established.  posted 12:33am by jholmes

Members of the Duke lacrosse team are being tested in regard to a gang rape involving several team members. 

A dancer who reported that she was raped by members of the Duke University lacrosse team said she thought she would be dancing for five men at a bachelor party, but she and another woman were surrounded by dozens.

Men shouted racial slurs at the women, both black, she said in an interview with The News & Observer of Raleigh.

"We started to cry," she said. "We were so scared."   posted 12:16am by jholmes

President Bush says to enforce the existing laws on illegal immigrants.  Thousands of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans protested across the country in massive demonstrations over the weekend. 

"America is a nation of immigrants, and we're also a nation of laws," Bush said in his weekly radio address.

"When illegal immigrants know they will be caught and sent home, they will be less likely to break the rules, and our immigration system will be more orderly and secure."

"As we debate the immigration issue, we must remember there are hardworking individuals, doing jobs that Americans will not do, who are contributing to the economic vitality of our country," said Bush.   posted 12:09am by jholmes

Slain preacher's wife apologizes for killing her husband.  posted 12:02am by jholmes

March 26, 2006

 
Buck Owens

Country music legend Buck Owens died yesterday at the age of 76.  Owens was a popular host of the country variety show Hee Haw.  The Rhinestone Cowboy had a number of country hits including "Act Naturally", "Together Again", "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line", and "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail".

"I'd like to be remembered as a guy that came along and did his music, did his best and showed up on time, clean and ready to do the job, wrote a few songs and had a hell of a time," he said in 1992.

An indefatigable performer, Owens played a red, white and blue guitar with fireball fervor. He and the Buckaroos wore flashy rhinestone suits in an era when flash was as important to country music as fiddles.

In addition to music, Owens had a highly visible TV career as co-host of "Hee Haw" from 1969 to 1986. With guitarist Roy Clark, he led viewers through a potpourri of country music and hayseed humor.   posted 12:04am by jholmes

Today is Independence Day in Bangladesh.  posted 12:01am by jholmes

March 25, 2006

Anemic day for the Memphis Tigers.  posted 10:25pm by jholmes

LSU played horrible at times and made many mistakes, but held on to beat Texas in overtime.  The LSU Tigers are heading to the Final Four.  LSU won 70-60.  posted 4:04pm by jholmes

NCAA BBall Today: Go Tigers! and Geaux Tigers!

 
Britney Spears and Kevin Spenderline
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Britney and Spenderline are in Vegas celebrating his 28th birthday.  posted 12:57am by jholmes

Six people in a 'Wet T-Shirt' contest were arrested in Panama City Beach on Tuesday night.  posted 12:45am by jholmes

Saddam Hussein had pre-war intelligence on U.S. military plans that was sent to him by the Russians.  posted 12:32am by jholmes

Tom Cruise is jumping up and down on furniture again.......this time it's a chair.  More Cruise Craziness.   posted 12:24am by jholmes

'Perfect' wife of slain Tennessee pastor admits to the murder. 

But police were still looking for a motive. "Our concern at this point is why the crime took place," Rickman told The Associated Press. "There have been no specific accusations made by Mrs. Winkler."  

When Matthew Winkler failed to show up for a midweek service at the Fourth Street Church of Christ, congregants went looking for him. They went to the church parsonage and entered when no one answered, police said.

Congregants found Winkler dead in the bedroom. He had been shot in the back, but there were no signs of a struggle, police said.   posted 12:11am by jholmes

"Sharon found guilty of sucking the gold off of her Oscar"

Submitted Quote from Bumpshack reader Wendy March

Bumpshack Music: Check out Luke Laird's beautiful songwriting and music on MySpace.  posted 12:00am by jholmes

March 24, 2006

 
Paula Abdul in her Wacko Jacko days.

Paula Abdul is close to getting fired by American Idol producers due to her erratic behavior on the highly ranked reality talent show.  The aforementioned Jackson is reportedly back in the United States.  posted 1:10am by jholmes 

 
I did this in high school once, but never in a court room like Phil Spector.
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Mystery over slain Tennessee pastor.  Matthew Winkler was found dead in his pastoral office and initially his wife and children were missing.  They  have since been found on the Gulf Coast.

Winkler's body was found Wednesday night. His wife and three young daughters were found Thursday in southern Alabama after a daylong search.

Late Thursday, authorities said they considered Mary Winkler, 32, a suspect. She and the couple's daughters were alone in the family's van when a police officer spotted it parked along a road in Orange Beach, Alabama, about 400 miles south of Selmer.  posted 12:25am by jholmes

 
Jessica Alba Needs a Challenge

Jessica Alba wants to be challenged in future movie roles and not just be the sexy vixen that she is.  posted 12:22am by jholmes

Oh Kelly!  R. Kelly's brother makes DVD accusing the R&B singer of more allegations of sex with underage girls.  posted 12:18am by jholmes

Dick Cheney's advance team informs hotels to have the room temperature set at 68 degrees and all TV's turned to Fox News.  posted 12:16am by jholmes

Aruba's lead investigator strongly believes Natalee  Holloway was not murdered, but that her death was probably caused by alcohol and drugs.

The chief investigator tells Roberts that he has credible witnesses who say the young woman had drugs in her possession. Dompig also says police have witnesses who claim Holloway was drinking “excessively” on the day she disappeared.

Chief investigator Dompig goes on to say, “We do not have proof that [Natalee] used drugs, but that [witnesses] saw her with drugs in her possession.”

Deputy Chief Dompig says he now believes that Natalee Holloway was not murdered. “We feel strongly that she probably went into shock or something happened to her system with all the alcohol -- maybe on top of that, other drugs, which either she took or they gave her -- and that she…just collapsed.”

The deputy chief believes that after Holloway’s death there was a panicked cover-up. Dompig says the investigation has entered a “critical last phase.”   posted 12:15am by jholmes

Drudge has received an email where ABC producer John Green states that President Bush makes him want to puke.

"If he uses the 'mixed messages' line one more time, I'm going to puke," Green complained.   posted 12:07am by jholmes

Today is World Tuberculosis Day.  Robert Koch, on this same day, in 1882 discovered the bacterium that causes tuberculosis.  posted 12:04am by jholmes

Barry Bonds is going to sue the authors of book that details his rampant steroid use.  posted 12:01am by jholmes

March 23, 2006

 
Bye! Bye!

Big Baby tops Cry Baby....Reddick goes down in defeat after horrid performance.  LSU won 62-54.  Reddick was 3-18 shooting.  Morrison and Gonzaga cry out as well, losing in a shocking finish to UCLA.  posted 6:29pm by jholmes

OH MY! Referees protect Sheldon Williams by giving foul to another player to prevent him fouling out....Unbelievable!  posted 6:08am by jholmes

LSU has outplayed Duke so far in this game.  posted 5:30pm by jholmes

I am watching the LSU-Duke NCAA tourney game.  CBS, ESPN, and whoever else should not allow  Duke alum Jay Bilas to broadcast Duke games.  He is the most biased commentator on TV in my opinion.  He whines too, like every other current or former Duke player from the Coach K era.  posted 4:33pm by jholmes

Scary Instinct: Sharon Stone
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Gold lipstick? What the heck is Sharon Stone trying to do? Scare us all? More photos if you dare.  posted 1:54am by jholmes 

Cindy Crawford at 40

Cindy Crawford just turned 40 and has had two kids, but as you can see above on the cover of Vanity Fair, she is as hot as ever.  Discuss Cindy on the Bumpshack Message Board.  posted 1:49am by jholmes

Chef, voiced by Isaac Hayes, is set to die in the opening episode of the cartoon's tenth season.  posted 1:44am by jholmes

A D.J. in Missouri has been fired for using a racial slur against Condoleezza Rice on the air.  posted 1:41am by jholmes

Jessica Simpson appears to have the best cleavage in Hollywood according to a new poll.  posted 1:29am by jholmes

Twelve American tourists were killed when a tour bus they were riding in crashed into a valley.  posted 1:27am by jholmes 

According to the new book, Game of Shadows, Gary Sheffield of the Yankees was taking testosterone and human growth hormones.

Sheffield has admitted that he used a cream two years ago but said he did not know it contained illegal steroids. The authors, however, say Bonds' trainer, Greg Anderson, put Sheffield on injectable testosterone and a human growth hormone in 2002, and later sold him designer steroids known as the "cream" and the "clear."   posted 1:19am by jholmes

Wikipedia Article of the Day: Wink Martindale  

Today is Republic Day in Pakistan.   posted 1:14am by jholmes

Bob Huggins has accepted the Kansas State coaching job according to reports.  Huggins was the men's coach at Cincinnati before resigning due to legal problems.  More at BumpSports.  posted 1:12am by jholmes

March 22, 2006

Alfonso Soriano has agreed to play left field for the Washington Nationals.  Soriano had been defiant in his stance to keep playing second base.  A position where he has led the Major Leagues in errors the past five years, having almost double as many errors as the guy second on that list.  posted 10:24am by jholmes 

Adam Vinatieri has officially run to the rival Indianapolis Colts

Peyton has a shot at the Super Bowl finally.  Adam Vinatieri, the most clutch kicker in NFL history, has bolted the New England Patriots to sign with the Indianapolis Colts.  posted 12:44am by jholmes

Will Tom Cruise's image problems hurt in the promotion of Mission Impossible III? 

Add all of this to the last year of Cruise-iana: his jumping around on Oprah’s couch, the fight with Matt Lauer over the history of psychiatry, the fact that Holmes — in signing with Cruise "personal" notes to new Scientology inductees — appears to have been in some way co-opted by Cruise.

The stories are pervasive, and not just in the supermarket tabloids. Michael Jackson can tell you that when you’re a punch line on a sitcom, the party is over.

Last fall, on one of those ABC comedies, one of the characters zinged by another by referring to Cruise as "scary." OK, that’s scary, if you’re about to release a $200 million movie.   posted 12:37am by jholmes

The five most spoiled professional athletes:

1. Terrell Owens

2. Barry Bonds

3. Alfonso Soriano

4. Ron Artest

5. Stephon Marbury

Microsoft is delaying the launch of Windows Vista.  posted 12:27am by jholmes

The United States is petitioning Afghanistan for mercy for a man who converted from Islam to Christianity.  He is on trial for converting to Christianity and could face the death penalty.

The Afghan constitution, which is based on Sharia, or Islamic law, says that apostates can receive the death penalty

"They want to sentence me to death, and I accept it," Rahman told reporters last week, "but I am not a deserter and not an infidel."

"We have underscored also to Foreign Minister Abdullah that we believe that tolerance and freedom of worship are important elements of any democracy," U.S. State Department spokesman Scott McCormack told reporters Tuesday. "We urge the Afghan government to conduct any legal proceedings in a transparent and fair manner."   posted 12:24am by jholmes

K-Fed has cut all his hair off, but he is still in need of someone to dress him.  posted 12:21am by jholmes

Mike Tyson has apologized for his violent past.  Mike appears happy to just be alive these days.  I am hoping the second half of Tyson's life is peaceful for him. 

"I'm just enjoying my life and I don't want to offend anyone."

"I'm sorry if my past actions have offended anyone but I'm not that person any more." He added: "I'm just Mike and I am happy to be around."

"I'm not much of a boxing man any more. I am just existing in this world and trying to put boxing behind me."

"But I am a human being and a person so if I can help anyone, then I love to."   posted 12:19am by jholmes

Keanu Reeves has a new girlfriend.  posted 12:16am by jholmes

Star Jones has finally admitted to having plastic surgery.  posted 12:14am by jholmes

Bobby Brown is back with New Edition.  posted 12:12am by jholmes

 
Debra Lafave

Charges have been dropped against Debra Lafave.  Lafave, a teacher, was accussed of having sex with a 14-year-old student.  Photos of a sexy Debra Lafave. 

Prosecutors and defense attorneys had urged the judge to accept the deal for the sake of the boy involved. A psychiatrist who examined the teenager told the judge at a previous hearing that the boy suffered extreme anxiety from the media coverage of the case and does not want to testify.   posted 12:10am by jholmes

A new study says that poor mental tests from senior citizens can be attributed to daytime television and talk shows. 

Older women who say talk shows and soap operas are their favorite TV programs tend to score more poorly on tests of memory, attention and other cognitive skills, researchers reported Monday.   posted 12:04am by jholmes

March 21, 2006

Hugo Weaving in V is for Vendetta

Top Weekend Movies
March 17-19, 2006

 
Japan celebrates winning the World Baseball Classic over Cuba.

Japan beat Cuba 10-4 to win the inaugural World Baseball Classic last night.  posted 12:22am by jholmes

Condolences to Nix regarding his Tide and Hogs early dismissal from the NCAA tourney.  posted 12:21am by jholmes

Plane crash in the tourist town of Branson, Missouri killed four people yesterday.  posted 12:19am by jholmes

Today the Napoleonic code became the law of France in 1804.  The Code is still the basis of the law and used in Louisiana.  Bad law school memories.  posted

Today is World Poetry Day.  posted 12:17am by jholmes

 
6 legs or 4 legs and 2 kickstands?

A lamb in Belgium was recently born with six legs.  posted 12:15am by jholmes

A Nebraska teen was recently jailed for 30 days for having a disorderly home.  posted 12:12am by jholmes

Natalie Portman says she was horrified to be a sex symbol at the age of 12.  Portman played a young Lolita in the 1994 film Leon. 

"In hindsight, I'm really proud of that film, though at the time it was unnerving to find myself being suddenly looked upon as a sexual object when I was only 12."   posted 12:10am by jholmes

March 20, 2006

At least Kid Rock is very honest with himself.

"I'M not stupid. I know I'm not getting girls off my good looks. When I'd sold 50,000 records, I was [having sex with] fat chicks in Virginia. I look in the mirror when I brush my teeth, I know what I look like" - Kid Rock in Blender

Every death in war is a great loss and tragedy, but as you can tell by the chart, the Iraqi war, has been one of the most successful wars ever in the history of the United States, as far as solider fatalities is concerned. Linked article has several other Iraqi war myths that have been debunked. 

I can not fathom the Civil War and what the country must have gone through during the 1860's.  All 562,130 of those deaths (see chart above) were Americans.  One must also remember that the United States was a good bit smaller in population during the Civil War.  The 1860 census listed the population of the USA at 33 million people.  The estimated number of Americans as of 2005 is 296 million people.  Doing the math that would equate to 5,040,000 dead Americans if the Civil War happened now.  The percentage of Americans that died during the Civil War was astronomical.  posted 2:39am by jholmes

Actor Robert Blake has been working as a ranch hand since being acquitted by a jury last year of killing his wife.  posted 1:17am by jholmes

Demi Moore will join Kevin Costner in starring in the psychological thriller Mr. Brooks. 

The story follows a man (Costner) with a murderous alter ego (Hurt). Moore will play a tough detective whose devotion to her craft catches the attention and respect of the serial killer she is hunting, which leads to a symbiotic relationship.   posted 1:12am by jholmes

Pitt-Jolie wedding rumors are still just rumors.  posted 1:09am by jholmes

March 19, 2006

Some quotes from the Cowboys press conference announcing the signing of controversial wide receiver Terrell Owens.

"I'm a star among stars now," a smiling Owens said.

"I'm going to put those things behind me," Owens said. "They can only make a man stronger, wiser. For me, that's what it's done. I'll be a better teammate, a better person, a better man in life. I'm looking forward to this opportunity. I couldn't be more excited to be here."

"Jerry, I know what's expected of me. I won't let you down."   posted 12:24am by jholmes

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig is preparing an investigative probe into allegations of Barry Bonds' steroid use.  posted 12:12am by jholmes

Calabasas, California is now smoke free. 

The ban, perhaps the most comprehensive smoking ban in the United States, prohibits smoking in all public places at times when other people can be exposed to secondhand smoke. Businesses can apply to create a designated smoking area far away from non-smokers starting in April.

The "Comprehensive Secondhand Smoke Control Ordinance" includes indoor and outdoor businesses, hotels, parks, sidewalks, restaurants and bars where people can be reasonably expected to congregate or meet, according to an announcement from the city of Calabasas.   posted 12:10am by jholmes

Josh Hartnett fires off at Lindsey Lohan, after Lohan got caught scrawling on a bathroom stall about his girlfriend Scarlett Johansson. 

“What scares me with pop culture is . . . looking at my younger brother and sister and their friends, seeing my little sister’s friends looking, like, to Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton - I just don’t think that’s anything to strive for. I don’t think those girls are too happy. And it’s like, the culture is so focused on a more self-oriented . . . luck-based mentality. It’s just like, get what’s good for you. It’s a herd mentality that I think is really about making money.”   posted 12:07am by jholmes

Communism at its finest.  Chinese parents no longer can give their new baby an exotic name.  They must chose the name from a database provided by the Ministry of Public Security.  posted 12:06am by jholmes

Two more women have died after using the abortion pill RU-486.  posted 12:04am by jholmes

March 18, 2006

Movie Review: Failure to Launch   by jholmes.

It appears Terrell Owens is going to sign with the Dallas Cowboys.  Some teams seem to never learn.  posted 10:35am by jholmes

The Japanese are creating robots to take care of their elderly.  posted 9:19am by jholmes

Angelina Jolie tops list of lesbians dream girl.  Here is the complete list.

Adriana Lima, a Victoria's Secret model, appears to be the worlds sexiest virgin. 

"Sex is for after marriage. [Men] have to respect that this is my choice. If there's no respect, that means they don't want me."    posted 9:04am by jholmes

Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro appear to be having marriage trouble.  What do you expect when you mix a Playmate with a rocker?  I think the success rate of this pairing is about as high as a Kevin Federline's IQ.  posted 9:02am by jholmes

Beautiful women are selling their eggs for $50,000-$100,000 to couples and women trying to create smart, beautiful children.  posted 8:59am by jholmes

As other countries tighten their rules, America’s loosely regulated market is becoming the world centre for egg donation. The Government’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has tracked a 40 per cent surge in the use of donor eggs, from 10,389 in 2000 to 14,323 in 2003, the latest year for which figures are available. Stem-cell research, still in its infancy, could add to demand for donor eggs.

Selling organs is illegal in America. But human eggs, like sperm, are not covered by the law. Nevertheless, fertility clinics insist that payments to donors are intended to compensate their time and effort rather than purchase the egg.

Donors have to undergo three weeks of hormone injections culminating in a short surgical procedure to remove about 15 eggs from their ovaries. The women who do so can suffer bleeding, allergic reactions or “hyperstimulation”, causing painful swelling. The long-term effects are unknown.

A small advertisement posted in campus newspapers at Ivy League universities in 1999 offered $50,000 for the egg of a woman with top test scores who was at least 5ft 10in tall. More recently, a full-page advertisement in Stanford University’s student newspaper promised $100,000 to a Caucasian woman under 30 “with proven college-level athletic ability”   posted 9:00am by jholmes

Today in 1922 Mahatma Gandhi was sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience.  posted 8:56am by jholmes

50,000 people gathered in Serbia-Montenegro for the burial of former dictator Slobodan Milosevic.  Milosevic died of a heart attack last weekend in prison.  The ousted dictator was being tried for crimes of killing thousands of his own people.  posted 8:54am by jholmes

Maybe the Kansas Jayhawks should try being the #14 seed in future NCAA tournaments.  Kansas was upset again yesterday by a #14.  posted 8:51am by jholmes

March 17, 2006  Happy St. Patrick's

Who was St. Patrick? I have to admit I had no clue before researching the green saint.

Although he came from a Christian family, he was not particularly religious before his capture. However, Patrick's enslavement markedly strengthened his faith. It was at this time he learned the native Celtic language and the customs of the druids, as his master was a druidic high priest. He escaped at the age of twenty-two, as legend has it, under the direction of an angel, and spent twelve years in a monastery in Auxerre, where he adopted the name Patrick (Patricius, in Old Irish spelled Pádraig). One night he heard voices begging him to return to Ireland, and he thus, by now in his thirties, became one of the first Christian missionaries in Ireland, being preceded by Palladius (died c.457/461).   posted 1:01am by jholmes

Shaquille O'Neal and wife, Shaunie Nelson, are expecting a baby girl.  The child will be their fourth together. 

To celebrate the upcoming addition to their family, the couple threw an extravagant baby shower for 150 guests at their home in Miami Beach last Saturday, where they gave out Babies R Us Wendy Bellissimo diaper bags as party favors.

Also available for guests, including O'Neal's teammates and pal Star Jones, were manicures, pedicures, massages and knitting lessons. In addition, party-planner Mindy Weiss set up tables for people to play blackjack, craps and poker.   posted 12:56am by jholmes

Michael Jackson has paid the back wages due his employees at Neverland.  He then laid them all off.  In actuality, Janet probably paid the back wages.  Jackson still owes several hundred dollars in fines to the state of California.  Wacko also faces several law suits.  Jackson insiders claim the former pop star will never return to the United States.  posted 12:37am by jholmes

Ozzy and Sharon must have one heck of a plastic surgeon.  Props to Kelly as well for cleaning up nicely.  posted 12:35am by jholmes

 
Kelly, Oz, and Sharon

Barefoot Britney stepped on a hypodermic needle in Hawaii yesterday and had to be rushed to the hospital.  I guess you can take the girl out of Louisiana, but not the Louisiana out of the girl.  posted 12:26am by jholmes

Tori Spelling is making wedding plans, as the groom-to-be has tattooed his love for her on his arm once again. Here is a photo of the scary Tori image on Dean McDermott's left bicep and a link to the one on his wrist.  posted 12:24am by jholmes

Actress Liv Tyler is fed up with Hollywood mothers claiming they had no problems shedding their post-baby weight.

“It’s so hard to lose your baby weight! Everyone makes it look like it just drops off and everyone in magazines is so skinny three weeks later and says ‘Oh, I’m just running around after my kid’; it’s total bulls**t! “I don’t know one woman who woke up three weeks later and was a rail.”

Roe v. Wade For Men.  I had brought this idea up with some friends over the past few years, which makes me very curious to see how this case turns out.  It is a very complex issue.  I have always found it amusing that the woman has all the power in deciding if a man will or will not be a father.  However, if the man gets a woman pregnant he can not force her to have the baby.  Why is the man not afforded that same opportunity?  The woman can decide if she wants to have the child which in turn determines if the man is going to be responsible for child support for the next 18 years. 

What is Roe v. Wade For Men?

It's about a lawsuit arguing men should have the right to reject the responsibilities of fatherhood -- including getting out of paying child support. A national men's rights group backing the suit argues a woman gets to decide if she wants to have a child, give it up for adoption, or have an abortion, while the man has no control.

In the lawsuit, Matt Dubay, a 25-year-old from Saginaw, Michigan, is suing his ex-girlfriend, 20-year-old Lauren Wells. They had a baby girl who is now eight months old. Dubay says he told Wells up front he did not want to be a father. And he doesn't feel he should have to pay $560 per month in child support.  

"During the time we were seeing each other, I made it very clear to her that I was not ready to be a father, and she made it very clear to me that she was incapable of becoming pregnant because of a condition," Dubay told me.  

Dubay told me that he feels he was shut out. "She was given the right to have an abortion, keep the child, put the child up for adoption, and whatever she chooses, I have to go along with....Under our laws, our constitution, that doesn't seem right to me."   More details on the case.

HYPO: Male and female engage in intercourse. Male is pro-life. Female gets pregnant.  Male wants to have baby.  Female aborts baby.  Male had no choice in this. Although if she decides to have baby, then he is on the hook for 18 years of child support.  Would it be better if the woman had to pay the male that same amount per month of child support money if she aborted the child he wanted her to have?  Just food for thought.

I believe this man just might be trying to stir the pot which will eventually lead to the big hot button issue of abortion.  If abortion was illegal then all the problems regarding this case fail to exist. She would have the child either way and the father would be on the hook to support that child regardless.

A woman can take a child away from a father, but the father can not do the same, much less fail to support the child financially. 

What are a fathers rights? To simply write a check every month?  What if woman is lying to him about birth control or her ability to get pregnant?  Can sex not be for recreating, but procreation purposes only? 

The law does not look favorably upon men as fathers when it comes to custody or child support. 

Very complicated issues. There is no precise way to cut the issue with a knife.  I would love to hear others opinions.  I will post all sides of responses I receive unless requested not to.  posted 12:05am by jholmes

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March 16, 2006

According to Harrison Ford the Indiana Jones 4 script is ready.  Indy at 65?

"Steven Spielberg and I now have a script in hand that we both like. I believe that we can start with the filming soon," Ford was quoted as saying in an interview with Fit for Fun, a German lifestyle and entertainment magazine.

By the time Indy 4 does get rolling--this year or next--Ford will have turned 64 and will probably be 65 by the time Paramount releases the movie in theaters.   posted 12:53am by jholmes

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Remind me again why white trash princess Britney Spears has a baby?  The following occurred at a fancy restaurant in Los Angeles.

One [witness] said: "It was disgusting. Someone else has got to eat at that table. Yuck." The restaurant manager is quoted in Britain's News of the World newspaper as saying: "It's Britney Spears. What can we do?"

Photos of Jolie-Pitts from Nice airport. All four of the international gang.  posted 12:50am by jholmes

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes might already be married.  They possibly were married eight months ago on a Scientologist boat at sea.

Cruise and Holmes, who met a few months earlier, are said to have exchanged rings emblazoned with triangular Scientology symbols during a Caribbean cruise aboard the sect’s ship the Freewinds. (They supposedly wear their rings only at church functions.) Holmes, who once claimed she would remain virginal until her wedding day, wore white, says the tab. After the ceremony, the couple walked across a tiny bridge — a Scientology symbol for the journey to “total freedom,” sources claim. Scientologists John Travolta and Kirstie Alley are said to have been on the ship, where guests also celebrated Cruise’s 43rd birthday. Holmes’ Catholic family was not present, but is due to attend their “official” wedding later this year.   posted 12:45am by jholmes

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Stocks yesterday reached their highest point since May of 2001, but the media seems to not be talking about it at all.  posted 12:42am by jholmes

Britney Spears seems to have a new voodoo doll.  Is it for Timberlake, Diaz, or her own Spenderline?  Each day she is a step closer to being Michael Jackson. 

Michael Jackson will pay back wages to his workers at his Neverland ranch according to a Fox News report.

Once the wages have been paid, The California State Department of Industrial Relations says, all fines and penalties will also be due.

My sources say that it was Jackson's sister Janet Jackson who came up with the money at the last minute. Jackson himself has not communicated with any of his employees or the State on this matter.   posted 12:27am by jholmes

Happy Birthday Sara!

March 15, 2006

Top Weekend Movies
March 10-12, 2006

Movie Review: Transamerica   by jholmes. 

Movie Review: Proof   by jholmes

Movie Review: War of the Worlds  by jholmes

Send me your movie reviews. Just send your name, the name of the movie and # of stars out of 5 to Bumpshack@gmail.com and I will post them here.  If you send me a review I will post it on here for all to see. I know Josh Watson is a movie freak, so I expect to hear from him.  If you want to just send me a rating of the movie then that is fine as well.  posted 1:11am by jholmes

Today is the Ides of March.  In 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the back by Brutus, Marcus Junius and several Roman senators.

The date is famous because Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March, 44 BC. Because of Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar and its line “Beware the Ides of March”, the Ides of March has had a sense of doom. But in Roman times the Ides of March was simply the normal way of saying March 15th.  posted 1:07am by jholmes

Former Mets and Yankees pitcher Dwight Gooden has been arrested again. This time for cocaine use.  Darryl Strawberry, you are up. It's your turn again.  posted 1:05am by jholmes

Top ten angriest athletes.  posted 1:03am by jholmes

Video clip of Stacey Keibler teasing on WWE.  And another video clip of Stacey.  posted 1:00am by jholmes

Kate Moss has a new toy.  The crack model recently purchased a $350 gold plated vibrator according to Page Six.  posted 12:52am by jholmes

Nicollette Sheridan is engaged to Michael Bolton.  posted 12:44am by jholmes

Today the rumor is that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will marry this summer on a boat on Lake Como in Italy.  Again just the rumor de jour.  Lake Como or Lago de Como as we called it is a beautiful lake/river in between Italy and the Swiss Alps.  While living in Milan, we would take the train to Como, then take the ferry to the other side of the massive lake. We would then spend the day on the sand shore catching rays and the high dive attempting to forget about the rough week of work that had passed.  Photos and description of Lake Como via Wikipedia.  posted 12:41am by jholmes

Fun Fact: Paris Hilton never graduated from high school.  She later passed her GED. Of course GED might stand for Getting Ecstasy Drugs.  But who am I to say?  posted 12:36am by jholmes

Where did the other half of Kelly Osbourne disappear to?  posted 12:33am by jholmes

March 14, 2006

 
Keith and Nicole thoroughly enjoying the paparazzi
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Tom Cruise is not allowing Katie Holmes to promote her new film, Thank You for Smoking.  She won't have a career in the near future if she doesn't escape the Cruise control.

Thanks to Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes won't be doing any publicity for her new film "Thank You for Smoking." She skipped the press junket screenings, passed on last night's swell premiere at the Museum of Modern Art and has already said ‘no' to the Los Angeles premiere later this week.

You could argue that Tom is severely wrecking Katie's career at this point by keeping her away from promotion for a hit film, but it's old news. Her career is on its way to becoming a footnote.   posted 1:14am by jholmes

Britney Spears has put K-Spenderline on a budget according to Page Six.  posted 1:01am by jholmes

Actor Michael Douglas' take on the Angelina Jolie - Brad Pitt adopt-a-kid-a-day marathon from the new GQ:

“I don’t know about Brad Pitt,” says Douglas, “leaving that beautiful woman [Jennifer Aniston] to go hold orphans for Angelina [Jolie]. I mean how long is that going to last?”

Secrets about the remaining 12 finalists on American Idol.  posted 12:44am by jholmes

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