Random comments on technology, politics and fnord
Me wearing my Jayne’s Hat Christmas Present.
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Firefly is a great show. Serenity is a great movie. Joss Whedon is a great storyteller.
You know a guy walking down the street with a hat like […]
How to tell if you are in a tyrannical police state.
Nuff said.
This movie had so many things in its favor, I’m surprised that I didn’t like it more. Naomi Watts was wonderful (and beautiful). Jack Black was great, although I think he toned down his intensity more than needed. Andy Serkis is probably one of the most talented and underrated actors working today.
Kong himself is a […]
Juan Cole, Professor of History at the University of Michigan, asks: If America were Iraq, What would it be Like? A very stark and thoughtful comparison.
What if 3,300 Americans had died in car bombings, grenade and rocket attacks, machine gun spray, and aerial bombardment in the last week? … it would be an ongoing, weekly […]
Residents of a southern Chinese village near Hong Kong where police opened fire on demonstrators
Residents said police opened fire on a crowd of thousands [of protestors]. Up to 20 were killed, villagers said, while some said dozens more were missing.It was the deadliest known use of force by Chinese security against civilians since the killings […]
Bush on the Constitution: ‘It’s just a goddamned piece of paper’
Last month, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to meet with President George W. Bush and talk about renewing the controversial USA Patriot Act.[…]
GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the act could further alienate […]
Americans see corruption as problem
WASHINGTON - Indictments, investigations and a congressman’s guilty plea for taking millions in bribes have left most Americans convinced that political corruption is a deeply rooted problem, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll.
Missteps and misconduct that have reached into all levels of government - from the White House and Congress to […]
A Serenity Sequel?:
Sources said that, given the strong sales of the TV series Firefly on DVD, Universal is planning a sequel film to Serenity that will be produced with and to broadcast premiere on the Sci Fi Channel, which is part of the NBC Universal family.The project is said to be a lower budget undertaking […]
The United States military is running a multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant paid propaganda in the Iraqi news media and pay friendly Iraqi journalists monthly stipends, military contractors and officials said.
Even as the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development pay contractors millions of dollars to help train journalists and promote a […]
