I wish WB would 'splain why they left out one of the most dramatic shots of Alan Rickman ever filmed for one of these movies? It's unbelievable. Are they just made of teh stoopid or what? That's a hypothetical question - I know the answer very well.

One of my Anony-Mice from the previous post directed me to this headline in the Daily Beast: Muggles Ruin Harry Potter Dinner originally from The Guardian UK. It seems a restaurateur in London whose daughter is an "obsessive" fan wanted to host a fun Harry Potter themed dinner on Halloween.

She didn't count on the Zombie Lawyers coming out of the Crypt:

( Everything Under the Cut... )

We just had a good discussion the other day about JKR at Paris Fashion Week watching the extremely thin model go down the runway. Then I saw a picture from Ralph Lauren with a model so incredibly emaciated it was posted on a website called Photoshop Disasters which inspired the perceptive observation from a blogger on BoingBoing who wrote,

"Dude, her head's bigger than her pelvis."

Photoshopped Fillipa Hamilton, Olive Oyl, and a more "robust" and real Hamilton.
Actually, poor Olive would need to lose weight for the runway these days.

 

Great Video Coverage of this by Rachel Maddow
"She sort of looks like she was shrinky-dinked, doesn't she?
Look at the ratio of her torso to her head.
That is not a ratio that exists in nature, at least outside the insect world....
It looks like whoever was in charge...was inspired by a combination of Barbie and those
giant-headed Bratz dolls. Actually those dolls
look more normal and more human than the model."



The picture was circulating around the blogosphere when the House of Lauren decided to do a Rowling and send out a bunch of threatening letters, as documented by BoingBoing:

It's obvious by now that Ralph Lauren *hates* being mocked. They hate being mocked so much that they ordered their attack lawyers to send letters trying to fool ISPs into pulling an "infringing" advertisement featuring a ridiculously skinny model (in fact, our posting of the image was fair use, not infringement; Ralph Lauren's takedown notices are bogus and they should know better).

It's also obvious that the photo of Filippa Hamilton used in the Ralph Lauren advertisement was digitally manipulated. But we still have three questions: 1) who, exactly, gave Ms. Hamilton the Olive Oyl physique? 2) If the photo was manipulated after it appeared in the advertisement, why didn't Ralph Lauren's law firm make mention of that in their silly DMCA takedown notice? and 3) Where's the original advertisement?

Note: For all these blog links, read the comments ~ priceless!

( Read more - Threats, Takedown Notices, Excuses,Counterthreats, Mockery, Truth, Etc... )

Warning: The following post contains Progressive Democratic ideas.

There's a last push going on to get Congress to pass REAL Health Care Reform and not just deal-making with Insurance Companies.

What to do to Whip Up the Public Option

I'm lucky - I have insurance, although the price goes up year after year without any new benefit to us. But I think everyone deserves insurance at least as good as that of members of Congress, paid for by our tax dollars. In fact, I would feel better if my tax dollars were helping people in trouble instead of people who just want to make trouble.

UPDATE: From Helenann on Daily Kos:

 

At 2:00 pm today, the New England Journal of Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a new report to the press (embargoed until 5 pm EST) summarizing the views of physicians on the contentious issue of the public option in a reformed health care system.

In a survey of  6,000 US physicians conducted in April of this year, which covered physicians across all geographic regions of the US and all specialties, researchers found overwhelming support for the public option offered as a CHOICE along side private health insurance plans in health insurance reform.

 

63% overall support public option and 10% support single payer = 73% support public plan

NEJM link to paper
Link to RWJ report
Story was just on All Things Considered on NPR.

What isn't working = Threats to Kill President Obama
Political Carnival: Twitter Threats towards Obama and Follow-Up

The SIGNS were all there over the weekend that the Republicans need to roll back the insanity. We shouldn't be held hostage to people who are anti-government and paid for by the Insurance Companies.

USA = 37th in the World in Health Care

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What doesn't make any sense = Tea Baggers Marching
FAIL