Archive for the 'Movies' Category

Name That Film…

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

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This is a case for Paul Bunyan & Babe, the Blue Ox.

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

Arctic Mystery: Identifying the Great Blob of Alaska
Time.com
By WESLEY LOY /  Anchorage – Sat Jul 18, 3:30 pm ET
A group of hunters aboard a small boat out of the tiny Alaska village of Wainwright were the first to spot what would eventually be called “the blob.” It was a dark, floating mass stretching for miles […]

Tiny-rannosaurus Rex: Why Dinosaurs May Not Have Been As Big As Hollywood Films Suggest–Daily Mail online headline

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 1:34 AM on 22nd June 2009     
Dinosaurs
may not have been as monstrously big as scientists and Hollywood film directors would have us believe.

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I have included the Daily Mail’s headline because its inventiveness  is worth a […]

Former managers say their leader beat them.

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Scientology: The Truth Rundown,

Part 1 of 3

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in a special report on the Church of Scientology

By Joe Childs and Thomas C. Tobin, (St Petersburg) Times Staff Writers
In Print: Sunday, June 21, 2009

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[ Luke MacGregor | Reuters/Corbis (2006)]
After L. Ron Hubbard died, David Miscavige became Scientology’s leader.
Former church executives say Miscavige beat his staff. Church officials say […]

I love Gillette products…

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

because they are not only well-made; they also sponsored hundreds of World Series games, scores of unforgettable prize-fights and…King Gillette was a great figure in the history of American business.
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I indicated with a red circle and star that portion of the packaging which involved me in a hotel bathroom escapade which rivaled the fight of […]

Five Reasons the Atlantis/Hubble Space Walks Are The Most Dangerous Yet Taken.

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

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SECURITY

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THE CARGO

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THE EQUIPMENT

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THE NEIGHBORHOOD

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THE STOWAWAY
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Images: (Security) NASA via 1.usatoday.net;  spacesuit via marsonearth.org; pit bull via fortworthinjurylawbblog.com; Hubble (Cargo) tnt Warner Bros. via farm1.static.flickr.com; NASA via sciencenews.org; (Neighborhood) NASA via sm.mdacorporation.com;Paradise Square-GANGS OF NEWYORK vis odeon.typepad.com; (Equipment) NASA; (Stowaway) MING via therollerblog.com; NASA via cnet.news;

“Top of the World, Ma!!”

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

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Image: Top of the World, Ma via (White Heat) via doctormacro1.info

Hamid displays a hint of pique at having to ride in the jump seat.

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

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Image: (Karzai) (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)via huffingtonpost.com; (Ferrer) Lawrence of Arabia via gonemovies.com;(quote) thanks to Godfather script of Mario Puzo & Francis Coppola

Wisconsin’s New Slogan Faces Some Pushback–AP headline, 3/17/2009

Friday, March 27th, 2009

LIVE LIKE YOU MEAN IT

is the new tourism and business slogan.
Sadly, it sounds somewhat stilted–despite the intended meaning.
One would have expected to have found the slogan in the last century.

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While there are complaints about its meaning,
there are other, more problematic slogans.

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Images:(Buster Brown) via memoriesandnostalgia.com; (explosion) rosscairn.gnn.tv via blog.wired.com; (Ragnar) fearthegooberzilla.com via gooberzilla.wordpress.com (Missouri) […]

Find the heavy in Death Wish 4 and the CEO in Bank of America II…

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

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Image:(John Ryan) via findagrave.com

Is it possible that Governor Paterson makes his predecessor look good?!

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

It seems as if Governor Paterson and his minions made a serious mistake when they ham-handedly hinted that Caroline Kennedy was not what she had seemed.

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Updated: 01/25/09 07:17 AM

BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Paterson may feel backlash from angry Democrats
The governor’s handling of the appointment to New York’sU. S. Senate seat has political insiders scratching their heads.
By Tom […]