- Looks like Christian Bale was, actually, very justified in ripping the director of photography (DP) a new one. Some more information has been brought out, and it turns out that the DP was warned several times, civilly, by Bale to stop tweaking the lighting during the actual filming, and the DP did his last big screw up during the most intense, emotional scene in the entire movie.
- Here's one to make a typical feminist's head explode. A female Iraqi jihadist organized the brutal raping of 80 Iraqi women so that she could use their sense of shame to make them feel like the only way to redeem themselves is to commit a suicide bombing for Allah. Yet, I can also see the patriarchy somehow being blamed for this.
- 40% of Japanese investors think that the federal government will default on their investments into treasury bonds. I wonder why...
- As far as I can tell, the iNove style for Movable Type's classic blog template set (which I am using right now) is done. Now I have begun work on creating a variant of it for the Professional template set. This demo here shows its evolution/current state.
- Prosecutors are going to have a hard time painting Ryan Frederick as a high-flying, big time drug dealer when they haven't found any padded bank accounts, no stashes of cash and his full time job was delivering soft drinks.
- The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice has released a report that has a pretty withering (by government standards) criticism of the effectiveness of sex offender registries. Quote: "We found that the registries that make up the national sex offender registration system - the FBI's National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR) and the state public sex offender registries accessed through OJP's National Sex Offender Public Registry Website (NSOPR) - are inaccurate and incomplete. As a result, neither law enforcement officials nor the public can rely on the registries for identifying registered sex offenders, particularly those who are fugitives."
The difference between "progress" and a hampster wheel is the latter at least burns calories
"Yet, I can also see the patriarchy somehow being blamed for this."
I'll give it a go: She hangs out with humorless adherents to a brutal patriarchal religion. They brainwashed her into committing the worst crime a feminist can imagine against four score of her fellow sisters. Ergo, it was the patriarchy and evil men to blame.
Re Japanese investors: I wonder how many Americans think the FedGov will default. It would be amusing to analyze why that number is so much smaller in relation to Japanese or Chinese investors.
Check this out. It's like Ayn Rand's Anthem.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=87929
I wouldn't worry. So far Obama is heading hard and heavy to "ANYONE BUT OBAMA 2012!!!" in even his own party. He's not be in the office 3 full weeks and already he's had 4 appointees shot down and a 5th one is under heavy fire.
So, what brings you around?
Just read the article. It put me in mind of Ayn Rand's Anthem. I know you're an Ayn Rand fan so I thought of you. That's all.
Hope you and Rachel are doing well.