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POPSRape is never okay... unless you also happen to make Great Art More: Rape is a crime of violence. It doesn't matter who the rapist is. It doesn't matter who the victim is. It doesn't matter how hard she fought or what she was wearing or how much she had to drink. It doesn't matter whether she knew the rapist, whether she'd gone out with him, whether she kissed him or went back to his place or had sex with fifty thousand other men first. No one has the right to rape another person, and anyone who does must be held accountable, must receive the message that rape is not okay and will not be tolerated, each and every time, no exceptions. How else can we ever build a society in which a woman can move freely through her world without fearing for her physical and emotional safety at every turn? I can only hope and pray that our justice system takes this opportunity to declare loudly and without apology that no one has immunity from accountability for rape, not even Roman Polanski.
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POPSHollywood rallies behind rapist Roman Polanski The idea that so many people are rallying behind a man who drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl simply because he's an esteemed filmmaker is incomprehensible to me. Here's the thing; had she been 18, would it then have been ok to drug her and rape her?
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POPSPlay controls impulsive behavior
"46 percent of kindergarten teachers said that at least half the kids in their classes had problems following directions. In another study, Head Start teachers reported that more than a quarter of their students exhibited serious self-control-related negative behaviors, like kicking or threatening other students, at least once a week. Walter Gilliam, a professor at Yale’s child-study center, estimates that each year, across the country, more than 5,000 children are expelled from pre-K programs because teachers feel unable to control them." Do these statistics sounds familiar? If you have a child in elementary school or preschool, you may have to deal with your child being criticized for their impulsive behavior. They might even be given a diagnosis or put in special "resource" education programs. I don't blame the educational programs or even political policy on education for the problems are children are experiencing in schools. I don't blame the mental health professionals f
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POPSBafta honour for Monty Python stars more: It will also include interviews with guests including Steve Coogan, Bruce Dickinson, Jeff Bridges, Eddie Izzard, Stephen Merchant, Dan Aykroyd, Tim Roth and Hugh Hefner. The Pythons will collect the Bafta after a screening of the film at New York's Ziegfeld Theatre on October 15, 40 years after the first edition of Monty Python's Flying Circus was broadcast by the BBC. By Damon Wake
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POPSThe Prospect of Lower Income This is a troubling prospect given the conventional wisdom that the influx of vast amounts of cash into our economy will result in inflation.
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POPSHaving the right connections "We're all in it together kid" The Plumber/Heating Engineer From Brazil, Terry Gilliam's dark tale of a not so distant future...Some time next year, with any luck a Monday..about 4am. A great clip for anyone who has been frustrated by bureaucrats, has considered arguing with their plumber, or hates Bob Hoskins.. With a special guest appearance by Robert De Nero as the Plumber/Heating Engineer
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POPSTerry Gilliam Interview Terry Gilliam, the Monty Python animator, talks about Life the Universe, and Brazil, the movie he describes as 1984 with guts, or Franz Kafka meets Walter Mitty - I couldn't clip the video in the usual way (64bit and flashplayer don't mix.), but the link on this looks good.
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POPSSheeeeeiiiitttt - Not Dead... Teeth too big for that big old face. This guy lived a colorful life. Like Abe Vigoda, this guy is still around even though you haven't seen him much for about 30 years, Wait, is Abe Vigoda still alive?
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