Quantum of Solace (aka: B22) — movie review

While I am still not in full support of the choice for a blonde Bond (I was hopeful for the rumors of Clive Owen or even Julian McMahon), Daniel Craig exemplifies the return of beefy, shirtless, action-oriented Bond, and fits the vengeful edge necessary for Quantum of Solace.

Summer Catch-Up 3: The Death of Summer (Tropic Thunder — Pineapple Express — Journey to the Center of the Earth — Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior — Walk All Over Me — My Science Project) +book and tv show reviews

I don’t get it either. I really wanted to get it, but it seemed as though getting it might be equivalent to pretending to be elite for liking drinking games after college.

M.I.A. - Kala — music review

M.I.A. You might have seen her in the Marc Jacobs ads. You might have heard her on the Vexille soundtrack or the Pineapple Express trailer. You might have heard her and thought she was Lady Sovereign getting funkified as I did when I first heard ‘20 Dollar’ last year, a mish-mash of [...]

Torch Song for the Olympic torch

Betcha the Olympics committee wonders why oh why did they allow San Francisco, unabashed political arena, to be the only American point on the torch relay route dubbed the “Journey of Harmony”.
Extinguished in Paris (oft joshed at for their cowardice), many cringed at the thought of what Bay Area pro-Tibetan protesters might do [...]

RonPaul.com sells for $25k

Ron Paul, dreamlogic.net fave Republican Presidential hopeful (totally media-snubbed despite his overwhelming “underground” popularity — amazing record-breaking campaign fundraising and high finish in Nevada), has no affiliation whatsoever with RonPaul.com… well, not yet anyway. Recently, RonPaul.com (formerly a Portland consulting firm) sold on eBay for $25,000. The winning bidder’s id, domaininsider, leads me [...]

70 Minutes of Ron Paul - Glen Beck Interview

So, I haven’t really done a Ron Paul post yet, and this lengthy interview seems to be a good place to start. If you don’t know Ron Paul, just watch the video. I’m sure you’ll appreciate his straightforward answers. If you know Ron Paul, watch the video. It’s actually one of the best interviews he’s [...]

A few issues to be upset about

I don’t usually bring in political articles in an effort to keep the comment boards civil, but some of these issues in the past week or so have been pretty frustrating.
The Evil P2P Menace!
This CNET news article reports that Congress is now claiming P2P networks are a threat to national security. Why? Because a [...]

Bye Bye Blair

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair announced today that he will resign on June 27th. He is the only one in UK history besides Margaret Thatcher to last a full 10 years in office. Even though most of the country distrusts him (similar to our country’s leader’s falling popularity rating) he holds steadfast to [...]

Shh… government secret printed on roadsign

North Korea and their two biggest undisclosed targets (Japan and us) are on the cusp of negotiations (or rather they disobey and watch us sweat) yet again. Did our leader really believe their disarmament promises? Silly George. Silly Abe san.

Well, here’s a silly roadsign to ease the tension of potential nuclear war. [...]

Our Government is just a little more “hip”

Yahyah, break it down now *wacky dance sequence*
Well, maybe “hip” isn’t the right word, but I hope we see a lot of change in the U.S. government now that a series of first-time achievements are being logged. Er, first, Nancy Pelosi (CA, Dem) is the first female Speaker of the House. [...]

UCLA Library Tasering Incident

Here’s a reason why YouTube’s user uploaded videos are so completely awesome. An incident of police abusing their power, that would have been either swept under the rug, or relegated to a two second sound byte on the evening news, is now national story, thanks to a citizen journalist uploading his video to YouTube. I [...]

Babel — movie review

Iñárritu’s latest is essentially a high minded anthology film tackling the lack of communication, compassion, and empathy in the world today. Given the amount of press this film is receiving, I’ll let you read an in-depth rundown of the narratives elsewhere. Regarding the structure of the film however, Iñárritu’s interleaving of the tales hinders, rather [...]

News Cap — 11/01/06

Hoo boy it’s time for another News Cap! Man, I wish I had the time to write these every day! Truth is stranger than fiction.
John Kerry, the most unpopular man in the Nation. “You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make [...]

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan — movie review — screener!

Chris and I love gore gore horrorfests, but no scene ever made me want to shield my eyes and turn away as did a certain clip in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. It started out as a fair fight between Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) and Kazakh [...]

Flags of Our Fathers — movie review — screener!

Everyday we are sheltered from the truth. On the news, in history books, by our peers and parents. We are forced to believe that War is inevitable. War is unpreventable. War ultimately saves lives. The topic is so saturated with deceit that the proletariat always accelerates acclimation. It is [...]

Still no Idiocracy screenings in SF

It’s the second week since Mike Judge’s latest film reached limited release, and still no screenings in the San Francisco bay area, nor in the cultural mecca that is New York. Sad. Kris and I have been waiting for it to release for quite a while. If you’ve not heard of Idiocracy, you’re not alone. [...]

The Cold War was Awesome!

Ahhh, remember the days when only the Superpowers possessed nukes? The fun and frolicking Cold War times when America could really focus all of its hatred and aim all of its WPM on (basically) the Soviet Union. Back when you had an enemy you could count on. *sigh* Those were the days.
Nowadays [...]

Iran.. just finishing what we started

Hey so the other day my friend emails me with the usual polite morning intro “wut r u doing?” and so I’m like “Worrying about Iran.. what else?” I don’t think that’s what he wanted to hear, but how can you ignore it when it’s driving gasoline prices up and up yet again. More importantly, [...]