Mixed Reviews for ‘Green Zone’
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Here’s an update on “Green Zone,” out today from Universal Studios. From the film’s website:
It is 2003, and U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of inspectors have been dispatched by their commanders to find weapons believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to...
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‘Hurt Locker’ Locks it Up at Academy Awards
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At the Los Angeles Times, “‘Hurt’ Locks it Up“:
“The Hurt Locker,” a gritty, challenging and little-seen drama about bomb disposal in the Iraq war, was the leading winner with six Academy Awards on Sunday night, including best picture and the first directing honor for a female filmmaker.
Academy Award organizers had doubled this year’s best-picture contest...
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The Confusing ‘Underrepresented Women at Oscars’ Meme at
Los Angeles Times
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Here’s Reed Johnson, discussing “Hurt Locker” director Kathryn Bigelow, in a February 28th piece at the Los Angeles Times:
In the old-boys club that is modern Hollywood, there are few surer ways to kill off a promising film career than by getting yourself labeled a “feminist” director.
Over the years, Kathryn Bigelow has quietly steered clear of...
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American Al Qaeda, Adam Gadahn, Captured in Pakistan –
UPDATED!!
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UPDATE: Via Bloomberg, “FBI Says U.S. Hasn’t Confirmed Arrest of Adam Gadahn, and at CBS News, “U.S.-Born al Qaeda Arrest News Incorrect: Confusion Over Militant’s Identity Sparked Reports of Gadahn Arrest; Some Media Say It is Another U.S.-Born Terrorist.”
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A tweet from Adam Housley of Fox News:
This is flaming-skull material at AOSHQ, “Report: Fatass Adam Gadahn...
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Free Tilly! Death of Dawn Brancheau Sparks Debate on Animal Cruelty
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It’s an eerie thing watching the amateur video of Dawn Brancheau’s last few minutes alive (available here). And see the New York Times, “Video Shows SeaWorld Trainer With Orca Moments Before Her Death“:
A local news station in Florida has obtained video shot by a tourist from New Hampshire at SeaWorld in Orlando on Wednesday moments...
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There’s Nothing You Can Do That Can’t Be Done…
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Remember HillBuzz last month, describing Daily Kos, Democratic Underground, et al.?
Honestly, we thought the extent of the attacks would be more of the same thing these people usually do, which is to say bad things about this site, to fill our voicemails up with nasty messages, to send more hatemail to our email telling us...
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Max Blumenthal Booger-Boarded
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From Andrew Breitbart, “Max Blumenthal, You’re Being Booger-Boarded“:
Max Blumenthal has an amazing thesis: All conservatives and Republicans are beneath contempt. He also has an amazing line of work. He is underwritten by various media organs to prove his thesis ….
Max gallivanted around CPAC looking for prey. He was treated with respect as he sought to...
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‘Compton Cookout’? Not the Racial ‘Crisis’ it’s Cracked Up to Be
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At the Los Angeles Times, “Students Walk Out of UC San Diego Teach-In.” The first thing I noticed is the tears streaming down the young woman’s face. What’s causing her so much pain? It’s hard to see at the screencap, so look closely at the original image.
At issue was an off-campus party thrown by a...
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‘Black Front Groups’: The New Secret Plan to Reimpose Jim Crow!
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OMG!! You cannot make this stuff up!
From Max Blumenthal, the idiot race-baiter who was literally destroyed at CPAC, “Feeling the Hate at CPAC 2010 With Andrew Breitbart, Hannah Giles and the Crazy Mob” (via Memeorandum):
While I was filming at CPAC for a forthcoming project, I was confronted by Hannah Giles, Andrew Breitbart and a mob...
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Army and Air Force Chiefs Voice Concern Over Ending ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
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From the Los Angles Times, “Military Chiefs Voice Concern Over Ending ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’“:
In a sign of possible differences among top military officials, Army and Air Force chiefs voiced concern Tuesday about ending a ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces while the country is in the middle of two wars.
Army Gen....
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Alexander Haig, 1924-2010
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The Washington Post has an obituary, “Alexander Haig, Former Secretary of State, Dies at 85” (via Memorandum).
I think Haig was a fine man, but I doubt he could ever live down the ridicule from his statment in 1981, following the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, that “As of now, I am in control here...
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VIDEO – Assault Breacher Vehicle
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Via John Hawkins and Linkiest (and also Prairie Pundit), I just found this video, “Assault Breacher Vehicle”:
This is something else! For more information, see the Los Angeles Times, “Marine Assault Vehicles Key to Afghan Strategy.” Technical details at Jane’s Defense Weekly:
For the ABV role, the turret of the M1A1 Abrams MBT has been removed and...
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Pakistan’s Nuclear Posture
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Well, it’s not all babe-blogging and punk flashbacks around here! [Here, actually.] I do actually find time to read some professional literature — although that won’t matter to those attacking me as a sh**ty political scientist! (I’ll respond to that later … idiots!)
Anyway, here’s a great piece from the latest International Security, Vipin Narang’s, “Posturing...
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Amy Bishop Leftist Hate Politics
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I’ve got a Memeorandum thread this morning, first time in a while.
It turns out just writing about the murdering proclivities of radical Obama-backing Harvard professors gets some folks on the radical left pretty angry.
Comrade Repsac3, Commissar of State Security, People’s Commissariat for Internet Affairs, who I thought put his Donald-demonology to bed, must have instead...
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Matchmaking: ‘$55,000 for 28 Months of Unlimited Introductions’
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Getting ready to watch “The Bachelor” in a little while. So, let me share some day-after-Valentine’s blog stuff. From the Los Angeles Times, “Matchmakers’ Personal Touch Thrives Despite EHarmony, Match.com“:
Like social networking, which had many dating industry experts inaccurately predicting the demise of paid Internet dating sites, Internet dating hasn’t killed matchmaking, but fed it....
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Amy Bishop, Detained in Huntsville University Faculty Murders, is Harvard-Trained Left-Wing Professor
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The main story’s at the Huntsville Times, “University of Alabama in Huntsville Biology Professor in Custody Regarding Deadly Shooting at Faculty Meeting.”
But AOSHQ has a report, “Three Dead at University of Alabama at Huntsville as Woman Denied Tenure Opens Fire.” And FWIW, here’s this from Professor Bishop’s RateMyProfessors page:
Neuroscience essentially turns into a bioethics class....
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Conspiracy of Fear: The Left’s Program to Destroy the Tea Parties
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I wrote yesterday about the “black ‘copter tea party” meme, which is the latest MSM/netroots initiative to discredit and marginalize the tea party movement. In the wake of Scott Brown’s election in Massachusetts (where grassroots activists and tea party tweeps helped propel Brown’s campaign to victory) you might have noticed the ratcheted effort on the...
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Sarah Palin’s Beer-Track Populism
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This piece at Media Matters is a good representation of the current state of Palin Derangement Syndrome.
But Sarah Palin’s prospects look brighter than ever, from where I’m sitting, and to that effect, Ronald Brownstein pretty much nails it in his piece this morning, “Palin’s Beer-Track Populism“:
As a potential general election candidate in 2012, Palin still...
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Sarah Palin’s Speech in Nashville
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Glenn Reynolds snapped some shots, “SOME PICS FROM SARAH PALIN’S SPEECH.”
And CNN has a clip, “Palin Blasts Democrats in Tea Party Speech“:
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin drew many standing ovations from a friendly crowd Saturday night as she blasted Washington Democrats and the Obama administration in a keynote speech for what was billed as the...
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Palin to Lead Tea Party Movement?
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A pretty favorable piece from this morning’s New York Times: “Palin, Visible and Vocal, Is Positioned for Variety of Roles.”
But more critically, at Politico, “Palin’s Risky Bid to Lead Tea Party“:
After flirting coyly for months, Sarah Palin this weekend launches an aggressive play to become the leader of the tea party movement, a move with...
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Andrew Breitbart Slams Media at Nashville Tea Party Convention!
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From Gateway Pundit, “Andrew Breitbart at National Tea Party Convention to Media: “It’s Not Your Business Model That Sucks, It’s You That Sucks” (Video):
Transcript from Newsbusters, “Breitbart to Media at Tea Party Convention: ‘It’s Not Your Business Model That Sucks, It’s You That Sucks!’“:
When I watched Contessa Brewer on MSNBC raise the question whether...
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‘Orange County Local News Network’ Just Spammed My Blog!
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Now, that’s got to be a compliment, or something!
I saw Mike Reicher and Gretchen Meier at last night’s Newt Gingrich lecture. They were sitting right in front of me, on the floor actually, during the talk. In fact, that’s Mike Reicher on the right in this picture, where we see Speaker Gingrich exiting stage right:
The...
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