Archive for August 22nd, 2009

Late Night Video — Quentin Tarantino Edition

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Late Night Video — Quentin Tarantino Edition

The thing to know about QT movies is that the language is brutal and definitely in the NSFW or probably little kids category. That said, this is a video essay from Matt Zoller Seitz that is quite good — showing how his characters use language to best and dominate each other:

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Support the Billionaires

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Support the Billionaires

Make sure you watch this all the way through the credits — nicely done! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHVwrCzRUX0[/youtube] h/t Bob Cesca, who also notes that one of the organizing tenets of the C Street “Family” is: about a Calvinist interpretation of the New Testament as a divine mandate for the acquisition of wealth, and government ought to be […]

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Star Trek — The Exhibition

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Star Trek — The Exhibition

I had no idea this was going on!

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‘Bulo’s Music For the Masses: Jason330 Edition

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You reallyreally thought the Beast Who Just Can’t Help Himself would pass up this opportunity? Even though ‘bulo wants Jason back, there are some bridges too far. No, not Jason’s return, but the featuring of Player’s “Baby Come Back, aka the Swifter Mop Song” here. Besides, JMY has already used that one: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0zgwVZtlUU&feature=related[/youtube] Ray Charles: […]

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Weekend Open Thread

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What’s on your mind? The birthers have a new obsession. I’m beginning to think their obsession is rooted in something else… The may be some new torture allegations in the much-delayed CIA report to be released soon. Remember, this is the report that Cheney says proves torture gave good information. A long-suppressed report by the […]

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Hurricane Charlie (Or How To Win Votes In The New Republican Party)

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No, that’s not the name of the storm after Bill – It’s Charlie Crist’s new approach to the Religious Right. Town Hall reports that Crist was speaking to a group of real estate agents, and credited prayer notes in the Western Wall in Jerusalem with preventing his state from being hit by hurricanes during his […]

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