Archive for January, 2009

Burn After Reading (Movie, 2008)

Posted by T on January 28, 2009
By Title, Judaica, Movies / 8 Comments

A series of vignettes of a foursome of white middle-aged Continue reading…

What is non-violence?

Posted by T on January 19, 2009
20th century, Current Discourse, History / 2 Comments

Last year to celebrate today’s holiday I outlined Michael “Martin Luther” King’s chronic cheatin’ ways, exemplified in Continue reading…

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Who is running Washington?

Posted by M on January 13, 2009
Current Flux / 2 Comments

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he called President George W. Bush to seek an abstention from the U.S., a key Israeli ally at the United Nations.

“I said: ‘Get me President Bush on the phone,’” Olmert said in a speech in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. “They said he was in the middle of giving a speech in Philadelphia. I said I didn’t care: ‘I need to talk to him now.’ He got off the podium and spoke to me.”

Source: Washington Post.

Valkyrie (Movie, 2008)

Posted by T on January 06, 2009
20th century, By Title, Movies / 1 Comment

This is a depiction of the July 1944 plot led by Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) to Continue reading…

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Feliz Navidad

Posted by T on January 02, 2009
Current Flux, Music / 5 Comments

It stands to reason that the most vulgar new Christmas song to be heard Continue reading…