Like them or ban them Oct 31, 2009
And recently there seems to be something of a spate of ads being dragged kicking and screaming from billboards, magazines and even the interweb. B Australias ad rag, says that down there, an ad for Unit clothing has been censored by the Advertising Standards Bureau Board. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Would you really trade Jurrjens? Oct 30, 2009
192 average with runners in scoring position, one of only eight major league qualifiers with sub ... 203 average allowed with runners on base was tied with Clayton Kershaw for fifth in the NL, relievers included (two ahread of him were relievers Carlos Marmol and Renyel Pinto) ... Dude, batting average. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Bartow Adult Band 20th Season Begins Sunday Oct 30, 2009
Further music includes Mancini Spectacular, Palm Leaf Rag, and Tribute to Count Basie ... We encourage your feedback and dialog, all comments will be reviewed by our Web staff before appearing on the Web site. (Bartow Polk County Democrat, FL)
When a Man Loves a Computer Screen Oct 28, 2009
A few months back, the New York Times ran an about Japanese men who were in love with their life-size anime plush dolls, and shamelessly took them everywhereto the beach, to karaoke (perhaps singing Aerosmiths Rag Doll. to the all-you-can-eat salad bar. (Slate)
Best brains: Oct 27, 2009
"One of the key principles to going about a problem is to always be 100 per cent relaxed and calm. Never lose your rag. No matter how big the problem, or how suddenly it drops, it will generally be cool, clear thinking that brings you through. Of course, if, like me, you have been in scenarios where just one mistake could get you killed, it tends to put things in perspective. Other technical or managerial problems don't seem quite as bad as the risk of being blown up.". Sex. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Obama presidential library: U of Chicago? Oct 27, 2009
Obama presidential library: U of Chicago. Posted October 26, 2009 7:15 AM. (FOX61, CT)
Your scariest stories Oct 25, 2009
In the middle of the night I had the dreamlike sensation of being yanked out of my bed and shaken and tossed like a rag doll. I distinctly remembered putting out my arms to avoid crashing into a bookcase filled with VHS cassettes. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Boehner: Obama's 'Chicago-Style Politics' .. Oct 23, 2009
And you cite something from the Huffinton Rag ... He is ruining all of the progress in Irag and Afganistan by voting "present" ... He wants to make my health insurance cost more and to provide worst coverage - so that the unproductive can have another giveaway and vote democrat. (The Drudge Report)
Did he lie? Stufflebean's bankruptcy explanation doesnt add up Oct 20, 2009
Gas prices averaged 2 ... Assuming Stufflebean s sport utility vehicle averaged at least 15 miles per gallon, 436 would have carried him more than 2,900 miles ... Since he began accepting county reimbursements in 2009, however, he has averaged slightly more than 400 a month in reported expenses. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
No comments posted. Oct 19, 2009
It was a right-wing propaganda rag aimed very much at the San Marino, Pasadena, Hancock Park crowd. The political editor, Kyle Palmer, used to run Republican campaigns too. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Things to do, Oct. 16-22 Oct 16, 2009
The Fresno Unified Club of Scooters is hosting its third annual Rag Tag Scooter Rally over three days this weekend ... We encourage a free and open exchange of ideas in a climate of mutual respect, but any post that violates someone's right to use and enjoy fresnobee. (Fresno Bee)
Click to read:Medevac Crews: Pushed to the Limits Oct 14, 2009
Major Dan Anderson flies out of San Diego - and likes to brag about scooping water from golf course water traps to douse flames in southern California's fire season ... "Here, it is three dimensional. The Medevac pilots do 24 hour shifts, and leave all their equipment on the helicopters so they can take off within minutes of getting a radio call. This is one of the busiest Medevac units in Afghanistan. They have flown 577 missions in the last nine months, averaging more than two a day. The most... (CBS News)
LETTER: No one has the rightto incite violence Oct 14, 2009
JG-TC.com encourages readers to engage in civil conversation with their neighbors ... Just a Soldier wrote on Oct 8, 2009 11:26 PM:" Let me first say that I agree the protesters carrying signs suggesting the president should be assassinated are beyond what is acceptable behavior in a civil society, but to suggest that this all started in January and is only being perpetrated by those on the right is ridiculous. There were those on the left saying and displaying sentiments just as dispicable... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Defiantly dancing to the beat of her own drum Oct 11, 2009
While the death of print media has been of much debate in recent years, the old-fashioned daily rag is proving a increasingly common source of inspiration for creatives. Melbourne artist Gabrielle de Vietri created Hark. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Washington Saved Us From Depression Oct 7, 2009
By year-end, the Dow industrial average was down 23% from its pre-Lehman level and 34% from a year earlier ... If this don't take the rag off the bush. (Investors Business Daily)
A run of dream acts Oct 6, 2009
Other related coverage ... The superstar DJs and producers, generally an unshaven, dishevelled bunch (Erol Alkan, MSTRKRFT, Crystal Castles's Ethan Kath), kept their fields bouncing and beaming, Crystal Castles coming with the ace-in-the-pack of Alice Glass, who tossed herself around the stage and into the crowd like a mesmerising gothic rag doll ... The Rapture, too, defied predictability by playing a sweet ballad either side of their delicious funk and dance-punk, while the band of the day... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Dawgman.com Predictions Oct 3, 2009
Will it be the team who beat USC or the one who got thrown around like rag dolls at Stanford. South Bend is still an intimidating place for a young team and a tough place to win. (Dawgman.com)
‘Coco’ has fashion, but lacks real passion Oct 2, 2009
It s unclear what we re to learn about Chanel from this movie, aside from the news that she styled herself as a somewhat androgynous rag doll and could do just about anything with a needle and thread. Having Audrey Tautou play her is a good idea, since it gives her gamine approach to acting a more regal place to go. (Boston Globe)
Culinary artist at the MFA Oct 2, 2009
Rag & Bone designers David Neville and Marcus Wainwright proudly showed off their stylish garb at a fund-raiser for the Institute of Contemporary Art held the other night at Saks Fifth Avenue ... Sadly, we didn t see Tom Brady - who s a fan of Rag & Bone s designs - at the fete. (Boston Globe)
Ricky Gervais is comfortable finding humor in discomfort Oct 2, 2009
"I don't think of myself as a typical comedian," he says over lunch at the Four Seasons hotel, where the heat has turned his shirt into a moist rag. "I'm just a normal bloke who says things he observes. I don't even really tell jokes with punch lines. But people seem to connect.". (USA Today -- Life)
Accident spurs attention Oct 2, 2009
She looked like a rag doll, said Katie Hilliger, dance team coach and witness to the accident. She was completely limp and landed flat on her back on the ground. (Gamecock Online, SC)
Voice: Truth about Glenn Beck Sep 30, 2009
I now know why I do not subscribe to this local rag of a paper ... According to former colleagues in Baltimore, Beck didn't just fire people in fits of rage -- he fired them slowly and publicly. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Surprise — among the advocates of improved, expanded heath care was former President Richard Nixon Sep 30, 2009
rantraves wrote on Sep 26, 2009 4:53 PM:" Lodian, you have your nails dug in, and you're hanging on for dear life. What what you don't realize is that your leftist buddies are swinging you around like a rag doll; blapping your head on every hard edge that can't be seen. -- Stop it! It doesn't have to hurt so. " ... " wtf wrote on Sep 21, 2009 12:08 PM:" At 9:01 AM I quoted from Ron Paul's article, where he said, "For decades the insurance industry has been lobbying for mandated coverage for... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Without Bush, media lose interest in war caskets... Sep 30, 2009
arrived at Dover the night of April 5 -- the first arrival in which press coverage was allowed -- there were representatives of 35 media outlets on hand to cover the story ... There has been no television coverage at all in September ... In all the examples above, the families approved, which is more often than not the case; since the policy was changed, according to the Mortuary Affairs Office, 60 percent of families have said yes to full media coverage. (The Drudge Report)
Voice of an angel Sep 30, 2009
What a shocker that this right-wing rag doesn't like Barbra Streisand. Next they'll be saying bad things about Hillary Clinton. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The best Mariah Carey music since the '90s Sep 30, 2009
Her voice has lost range off the top, but she has learned how to inhabit a song rather than simply knock it around like a rag doll with her rocket-propelled trills ... "Impossible" is almost impossibly fragile, but Carey turns it into a tour de force of soft-core texture, as if whispering into a lover's ear. (FOX59, IN)
Dont Be Cruel! Sep 26, 2009
Telling a man that you are on the rag, while your on a date ... LOL dw Or worst, they ask you to taste this after bragging about how well they can throw down in the kitchen and it taste horrible ... kimmie That is no different than a guy borrowing his moms nice car to go out but his crap is raggedy. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
* JOHNNY NEIHU'S NEWS WATCH: Now this will hurt Chicom feelings Sep 26, 2009
Earlier this month in a piece on the Asia Sentinel Web site, a great article revealed how a Chinese blogger and journalism masters degree candidate at Peking University, Fang Kecheng (i), checked the online archive of the Chicom rag Peoples Daily dating back to the founding of the Peoples Republic to work out exactly how many times the Chinese had had their feelings hurt. Fang and friends worked out that Chinas feelings had been officially hurt at least 140 times by a minimum of 42... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Palo Alto labor union may call strike Sep 24, 2009
An average worker receives a salary of $72,662 ($114,575 if benefits are taken into account) ... According to the story, the average worker gets close to $43,OOO in benefits - far outpacing the average private sector job, which is closer to $20,000 ... Gee it seems health care coverage is a big expensive topic. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Aerosmith to play Oahu, Maui in October Sep 22, 2009
Over the past 30 years they've released hits like "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)," "Rag Doll," "Janie's Got a Gun," "Walk This Way," "Sweet Emotion," "Dream On," What it Takes," "Angel," "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing," "Livin' on the Edge," "Back in the Saddle," "Crazy," "Amazing," "Cryin'" and "Jaded. " They're already in the Rock Hall of Fame, and put on legendary live shows. The group has sold more than 150 million albums and won four Grammys, eight American Music Awards and countless others.Tyler... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Fall 2009 movie preview Sep 18, 2009
This isn't the animated film about rag dolls. This is the brassy musical with Daniel Day-Lewis. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
BELTH: Summer in the city means it's time for streetball at its finest Sep 16, 2009
As a rag mop tomboy, Payne jumped rope and sang rhymes. Double Dutch was one of the few games that girls could play without being ridiculed. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NCAA Basketball)
Logan Gray: UGAs missing quarterback Sep 15, 2009
I was wrong, no ESPN coverage ... I nearly about refuse to rag on a player, but I am just saying ... He is short and gets too many passes batted down ; he is not quick enough to avoid a decent pass rush; and his arm strength is just average and wont be the difference in any crucial games. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
"I Can Do Bad All By Myself" tops boxoffice Sep 14, 2009
The film, an animated sci-fi/action film from Focus, is a post-apocalyptic tale of some creepy-looking rag dolls. It got an early start on the competition by opening on Wednesday, and its total stands at 15. (Xinhuanet, China)
Obama Honors 9/11 Victims, Those Who Serve Sep 12, 2009
At dusk, a tribute in light will shine two beams into the night sky, reports CBS News correspondent Chris Wragge ... "Their courage, service, and sacrifice is a fitting tribute to all those who gave their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. On this day, let us renew our determination to prevent evil from returning to our shores." MMIX, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved ... Since when did the tragedy of 9-11 turn into a day to go pick up trash in the park. (CBS News)
Bare midriffs are back Sep 12, 2009
This might seem no small indignity for the average woman, who's suffered through an unflattering 80s renaissance of harem pants, shoulder pads and leggings in recent seasons ... Rag built their spring collection around structured jackets of nearly every stripe. (AZCentral -- Style)
New Rep’s Kate Warner runs a tight ship Sep 11, 2009
Warner has spent most of her 39 years in Atlanta, where she served most recently as artistic director of Dad s Garage Theatre ... Get a rag and soak it in diesel fuel and drag it through the theater. (Boston Globe)
Family Film Guide Sep 11, 2009
SHOWCASE :: Erie's Entertainment Web Site. Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Jimmy Wayne to play Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center on Oct. 23. (Erie Times-News, PA)
The Simple Life Sep 10, 2009
People like Phyllis Craig, Hermann, who will share her German painting techniques, Rebecca Ruediger, Hermann, who will be making corn husk and rag dolls, and Rita Martens, Hermann, will show how she sews handmade christening gowns out of antique linens to resemble those from the 1800s ... Visitors are encouraged to come in costumes from the 1800s-1900s with prizes for first-, second- and third-places in adult and children's categories. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
What to do when your baby grows up? Sep 10, 2009
So we we made a cozy spot on her floor until we could drag the big girl bed out of the basement ... It also amazes me when the crazies ( who may never post) show up to really rag on the regular posters ... I have been cleaning out closets, cabinets, garages, etc, and I am absolutely amazed at the crap I hold on to. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Let's get fiskal about pore speling Sep 9, 2009
I have dyslexia (takes me an hour to read twelve pages of an average novel) and my spelling is atrocious, but even I pick up errors in the Age online ... V has hit the nail on the head: the quantity of material being read has increased, but the average quality of said material has decreased ... Someone can be dyslexic but still be of average/above average/superior intelligence (as measured by an IQ test). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Baby-swinging video charges dropped Sep 9, 2009
Exclusive: All charges have been dropped against Chris Illingworth, the man who was charged for republishing on a video-sharing site a video of a man swinging a baby by its arms like a rag doll. The move to discontinue the prosecution comes just days after that Queensland Police wanted to send Illingworth to jail for up to 20 years on child-abuse charges over a video the Federal Government's own censors had classified MA15. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Capsule reviews: `9' and others Sep 9, 2009
"9" _ Despite their roughhewn appearance, the resourceful rag dolls in "9" obviously were crafted with great love and care, both by the scientist who made them in the film and the mastermind behind them in real life, director Shane Acker. If only as much complex thought had gone into the script. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Designers look to dust themselves off in NY Fashion Week Sep 8, 2009
but we haven't seen a full translation to the consumer and their spending habits," said Esteban Bowles, a retail analyst at consultants A.T. Kearney, speaking in Women's Wear Daily. Figures for August also showed continued problems. Big stores continued to suffer, with turnover 10 per cent on average, Women's Wear Daily reported. Among the biggest losers are traditional heavyweights Saks and Neiman Marcus, whose figures are down 20 per cent compared to 2008, while Macy's is down eight percent.... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Clark and Allen reunite in Beaver Stadium clash Sep 6, 2009
" In sixth grade, Clark always ragged a teacher named Mr. Wilson about his car. "He drove a red, small, four-door, and he clowned him about it," Allen said. "He'd say, 'Mr ... " When given the chance, they'll rag on each other. One's sensitive, the other's a "Momma's Boy. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Did Madonna pass out on stage? See for yourself Sep 5, 2009
Did Madonna really pass out onstage in Bulgaria. Madonna's strict diet and training program and her international concert tour would make a grown man cry. (FOX61, CT)
Weekend Critics' Picks Sep 4, 2009
Between the sci-fi hit District 9 and the year-end musical Nine comes Shane Acker's imaginative feature version of his Oscar-nominated short, with rag dolls battling a monster in a World War II dystopia. The story is familiar, but the brilliant design will keep you amazed. (Time.com)
Putting up pickles Sep 4, 2009
You d be surprised how many songs she found about pickles, including one called The Pickle Rag. I was amazed. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Atlanta's not a lousy sports town Sep 1, 2009
There is no way the average person can afford to support, by attendence, four pro sports teams plus two major college teams ... Your last paragraph is the true answer to the question ... Tech has great Dungeons & Dragons fans, I will give them that. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
HINGHAM RETROSPECTIVE: Woodstock revisited, 40 years later Aug 30, 2009
Country Joe McDonald engaged and electrified the crowd with his Fixing-To Die Rag about our not going to Vietnam. John Sebastian sang a mellow I Had a Dream and Rainbows All Over Your Blues. (Hingham Journal, MA)
BILL WOULD GIVE OBAMA 'EMERGENCY' CONTROL OF INTERNET Aug 29, 2009
0bama couldn't command a rag tag army of ******* guerillas of his life depended upon it ... Look what is happening to the CIA. This is an outrage. (The Drudge Report)
Ernest ‘Brownie’ Brown, 93, vaudevillian and tap dancer Aug 29, 2009
Often their shows featured Mr. Brown being tossed around like a rag doll, only to finish in an impressive pose. Brownie can fall like a champion, Cook, who died in 1991, once told an interviewer. (Boston Globe)
'Taking Woodstock' Aug 28, 2009
2 1/2 stars = Average ... Don't go expecting to see Country Joe McDonald and the Fish look-alikes, but you will hear strains of "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag" and other signature tunes. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The Man in Black graces us with some travelin home music Aug 22, 2009
We simply cant afford to continue this tragically expensive foreign policy ... Families who oppose the wars and have lost a loved one during the Obama Regime are especially encouraged to attend ... Washington Times is a right wing rag and about as credible as Faux Noise. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Eliminate your garage grime: simple summer clean-up solutions Aug 20, 2009
Published: Thursday, May 21, 2009 12:00 AM CDT (ARA) - Summer is here and it's time to clean the garage. The garage door will inevitably be open and you don't want to be embarrassed when the neighbors stop by, do you ... There are a number of simple steps you can take to clean and organize your garage so that when your neighbors do walk by, they'll be amazed at the transformation. (Atlantic News-Telegraph, IO)
Follow the paper trail Aug 19, 2009
But you can t leave the premises without paying homage to the former home of Fast Company magazine, a so-so rag that made journalism history when German mediaites Gruner + Jahr overpaid a whopping $350 million for FC in 2000. Five years later, G + J abandoned the US magazine business. (Boston Globe)
Woodstock anniversary concert delights Baby Boomers Aug 16, 2009
a U.S. service veteran himself, then delivered his Woodstock anthem, the I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag. And just as he did at Woodstock famously captured in the Woodstock documentary McDonald opened the song by asking the crowd to spell out an expletive: "Give me an F." And just like in the movie, members of the crowd stood up, clapped their hands and sang along, putting particular emphasis on the lyrics, "Whoopee/We're all gonna die.". (USA Today)
U.S.-Swiss Tax Deal Throws Scare into Rich Aug 16, 2009
Raymond Baker of Global Financial Integrity, a Washington-based group that advocates tougher policies against international money laundering, said he is encouraged by the administration's efforts ... ---------The only thing you're fighting is raging alcoholism ... These are the ones that had their paid lobbyists write our tax codes only for their benefit, so that they could use tax shelters, tax havens and manipulation to pay far less taxes than average Americans. (CBS News)
Read about it Aug 15, 2009
Country Joe McDonald, who was able to get half a million people to sing along to his anti-Vietnam song I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag, told The Age this week that what he most remembered was that ''the audience was far away and very, very big. He was right. (The Age, Australia)
Country Joe McDonald Aug 15, 2009
His performance of the The Fish Cheer/I-Feel-Like-Im-Fixin-To-Die Rag became legendary because of the Woodstock movie: Give me an F. Q: What are you up to music-wise these days. (Albany Times Union)
Musician Les Paul amplified others' music, too Aug 14, 2009
With Mary Ford:Tennessee Waltz (1950-1951)How High the Moon (1951)The World is Waiting for the Sunrise (1951)Tiger Rag (1951-1952)Bye Bye Blues (1952-1953) Vaya Con Dios (1953) I'm a Fool to Care (1954). THE ORIGINAL GUITAR HERO. (USA Today -- Life)
Rock's original guitar hero Aug 14, 2009
Living in Hollywood after the war, he decided to indulge his passion for technology and electronics by building a recording studio in his garage ... In the years that followed he also had Top 10 hits with Nola, Josephine, Tiger Rag and Meet Mr Callaghan ... It also multiplied Mary Ford's voice - just as it had been in their garage recordings. (The Age, Australia)
There and back Aug 14, 2009
His performance of "The "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag" became legendary because of the "Woodstock" movie: "Give me an F!" ... So I asked my business manager if he thought it would be OK if I did the "Fixin'-To-Die Rag" and "The Cheer." And he said, "Well, nobody's paying attention, so what difference does it make?" I went back and did "The Cheer" and "Fixin'-To-Die Rag." And everybody started paying attention. (Albany Times Union)
Concert acts head to Valley Aug 14, 2009
Tickets cost $18 and are on sale starting at 10 a.m. Saturday through or at SBI and Retro Rag ... We encourage a free and open exchange of ideas in a climate of mutual respect, but any post that violates someone's right to use and enjoy fresnobee. (Fresno Bee)
Hollywood's Despicable Remake of Red Dawn Aug 14, 2009
For the uninitiated, the movie depicts a Russian/Cuban/Nicaraguan invasion of the United States, and the fierce resistance put up by a band of high schoolers ... Rag tag group of patriotic teenagers kill terrorists. (Slate)
