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People were asked how they feel about how they look, and Aardman put it animation. This is hilarious.

Tony Stark is a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he dons his powerful armor and vows to protect the world as Iron Man.

Genres:
Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Adaptation

Running Time:
2 hrs. 6 min.

Starring
Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Shaun Toub, Leslie Bibb, and Gwyneth Paltrow

Directed by:
Jon Favreau

I heard s0me doubts that Robert Downey could pull off the part, but that impression can’t be upheld once you see the movie. He not only plays the playboy-smart-guy brilliantly he is convincing as the man in the iron suit (gold titanium alloy actually).

The movie is not dark as Batman Begins so I would say this is okay for kids to see. We took Lay’s nephews, and they certainly gave it a thumbs up. Some scary moments for kids, but nothing over the top.

Basically we are off to a great start to a new comic franchise thanks to the guidance of Jon Favreau. He has put together a great cast (Downey, Paltrow, and Howard) that gel real well together and will make a good team down the road.

The effects were great. A good blend of real props to computer graphics. Nothing looked cartoony at all.

In short, for any summer action movie buff… this is a must see. For anyone who loves Robert Downey Jr… it is a must see. And lastly if you like the work Jon Favreau has done to date… go see this movie.

(1 votes, average: 8 out of 10)

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AP is reporting a passenger train was placed under quarantine Friday in northern Ontario after an undetermined illness left one woman dead and at least 10 other people sick. The cross-country Via Rail passenger train was en route from Vancouver to Toronto. Emergency personnel received a call Friday morning and the train was met at the station in Foleyet, about 500 miles (800 kilometers) northwest of Toronto.

UF Football Player Used Dead Girl’s Credit Card
In another AP story, Jamar Hornsby, a 21-year-old junior safety University of Florida football player turned himself in Friday on charges he has, for six months, used the credit card of a woman who was killed along with another player in a motorcycle accident.

Missing Town ‘N Country Boy Shows Up At School
8 year old Sinclair Baldwin went missing last night for a second time. His mother reported it about 11pm. Sherriff’s deputies searched all night, and then the Principal called this morning to say he had showed up at school. At least he took himself to school.

Things have been very busy with work, and they will continue that way for a while. I wanted to go home and seem Mom this weekend, but I can’t take the days off for the trip right now. There are several major projects all due next week.

I was at our headquarters Tuesday and Wednesday to work on a major proposal, and have to travel to Minneapolis next week on Wednesday. I fly home Friday night, and then have to leave for two days in Las Vegas Sunday morning.

There are a lot of prospective articles rolling around in my mind, so I hope I can do some posting this weekend.

At Senate hearing yesterday, Delaware Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden asked Deputy Associate Attorney General J. Michael Wiggins whether the Justice Department had "defined when there is the end of conflict."

"No, sir," Wiggins responded.

"If there is no definition as to when the conflict ends, that means forever, forever, forever these folks get held at Guantanamo Bay," Biden said.

"It’s our position that, legally, they can be held in perpetuity," Wiggins said.

Earlier, the committee’s top Democrat, Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, said the United States may face terrorism "as long as you and I live." He asked Brig. Gen. Thomas Hemingway, who oversees military trials of Guantanamo prisoners, if that means America can hold prisoners that long without charges.

"I think that we can hold them as long as the conflict endures," Hemingway responded.

"Guantanamo Bay is an international embarrassment to our nation, to our ideals, and it remains a festering threat to our security," Leahy said.

"Our great country, America, was once viewed as a leader in human rights and the rule of law, and justly so. Guantanamo has undermined our leadership, has damaged our credibility, has drained the world’s goodwill for America at an alarming rate," Leahy added.

When these two guys said this, the zombies of Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock and Ben Franklin should have risen from the dead, burst into that hearing room, and ripped off the heads of those two people. Is the Constitution still on Display at the National Archives? Do we even continue to bother with the pretext?

And not surprisingly, you can expect the detention and torture to continue since Dick Cheney and his buddies have figured out how to profit from Gitmo. Did you know they actually plan on expanding it? According to Reuters, the Defense Department has hired the scandalplagued Halliburton unit Kellogg, Brown, and Root to build "a new $30 million detention facility and security fence at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba." The new two-story facility, called Detention Camp #6, will house 220 detainees and will be completed next year. Halliburton unit Kellogg, Brown, and Root to build "a and security fence at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba." The new two-story facility, called Detention Camp #6, will house 220 detainees and will be completed next year. According to Reuters, the Defense Department has hired the Halliburton unit Kellogg, Brown, and Root to build "a and security fence at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba." The new two-story facility, called Detention Camp #6, will house 220 detainees and will be completed next year.

This is the final in the series analyzing the debate between John Stemberger and Nadine Smith at the Orlando Tiger Bay club luncheon. This debate was held on March 27, 2008. This will analyze the Question and Answer section, and the closing comments by Smith and Stemberger.

As noted in a comment on a previous article in the series, “Studies of places that have a high “creativity quotient,” which attract talented young people to move to these places, show that acceptance of LGBT folks is high on the list of criteria that these young folks look for, when they consider moving.” In light of that, the first question from the audience concerns the fact that fully one-half of Fortune 500 companies offer domestic partner benefits. The questioner points out that they probably don’t do this to pay more for insurance, but to attract talent. His question is, won’t this make it more difficult for Florida to attract talented people? Read the rest

I’d written back in February about my relative indifference regarding Clinton and Obama, and had discussed the good and bad points of each. In balancing these back at the time, neither came out as a favorite.

I have finally made a decision on who I support as the Democratic nominee. I am supporting Obama, but that support is less dramatic than that expressed by many of his supporters. I continue to harbor some concerns over a perceived lack of patriotism on the part of Obama, and further, I don’t think he marks the dramatic change that everyone else believes he will bring.

That being said, this decision is based more on how Clinton and her campaign have comported themselves than it is about anything Obama has done to gain my support. I know the stakes are high, but nothing justifies the scorched earth policy the Clinton campaign has employed recently. I believe, had Hillary stuck to attacking McCain and the Republicans and offering up her ideas, I would most likely have decided I would support her. That has not been the case.

I’m not sure what she is trying to accomplish, but it is not becoming, and does not denote the change that people are seeking. Obama needs to stay on top of his game, and he needs to keep to the high road. Thus far, he’s given that perception, even if some his surrogates aren’t a lot better than Hillary’s.

I don’t think the in-fighting has irreparably hurt the Democratic Party…yet. However, if it continues beyond the North Carolina and Indiana primaries, I believe it will begin to cause damage to Democratic chances in November. I’m all for fighting it out to the end, but only if Clinton can learn to conduct her campaign appropriately, and, at this point, I don’t believe she can. For that reason, I hope Obama has definitive wins in those two primaries. I hope that will pretty much end the election.

The last thing this party needs right now is a brokered convention.

In this post, we’ll review the moderated part of the debate between Nadine Smith of Fairness for All Families and John Stemberger of the Krazy Kristian Kooks or Florida. They were debating the Florida Constitutional Amendment 2 at the Tiger Bay Club of Orlando. This is part of series on Florida’s Amendment 2.

The first question goes to Stemberger, and it is the heart of the matter. The moderator notes that it’s already illegal for gay people to marry here in Florida, so why do we need an amendment. As expected, Stemberger gets on the activist judge bandwagon and talks about Massachusetts, and how they needed an amendment. Since they didn’t have one, the activists judges up there decided to be social change agents. This argument works with stupid people, and Lord knows there are plenty of those, but I was once told by a Judge that the definition of activists judges are judges that rule against you.     Read the rest

Drive-in Pool?
Nicole Renee Carlin had a few too many last night, and proceeded to drive her SUV into a pool. She asked the homeowner to not call the police. When he did, she ran. Guess what, she got caught.

Pinellas Woman Finds 8 Foot Gator in The Kitchen
Here’s something to give you nightmares. A 69 year old Pinellas County woman heard a noise in the kitchen and went to investigate. What she found was an 8 foot gator that had apparently gotten in through a screen door and an open sliding glass door. It had walked through the living room and down a hall to get to the Kitchen.

Brooksville Basketball Coach Acquitted of Exposing Himself
Apparently last year Antonio Vasquez was at a park in Hernando County. He met a cop pretending to be new to area, and looking for friends. The cop initiated the conversation, the two went for a walk, and as they walked by a public restroom, it was the cop that wanted to go in, “because his leg hurt.” Then strangely enough, the cops recording equipment got garbbled, yet he still arrested Vasquez claiming the guy exposed himself and made lewd gesture. Score one for a jury smart enough to understand the precept, “beyond a reasonable doubt.” Cops love this stuff. It’s so much easier and more fun that solving real crimes.

How to Not Get Away From a Bank Robbery
60 year old Stephen Ray Mulligan decided to rob the regions bank on S. Dale Mabry yesterday afternoon. This is just across the street from Britton Plaza. As he walked out of the bank, the dye pack exploded covering his white t-shirt, white ball cap and jeans. He dropped the money and headed off right down the main drag, Dale Mabry Highway, on his bicycle. Needless to say, police arrested him five minutes later.

Priest Floats Away with Party Balloons
Rev. Adelir Antonio de Carli lifted off from the port city of Paranagua Brazil on Sunday afternoon, wearing a helmet, thermal suit and a parachute under a canopy of hundreds of helium balloons. It was a fund raising effort for a spiritual rest stop of truck drivers. Unfortunately, the winds took him out to sea, and now he’s missing. I’ll watch for updates.

Attention Treehouse Club Members-Project Mayhem Temporarily On Hold, That is All
A Sarasota man was cleaning out his 13 year old daughter’s treehouse. He came across a bedsheet with a bit of surprise. They found a sawed-off shotgun, a carbine rifle and a pistol as well as two folding knives, earplugs and 343 rounds of ammunition, according to a sheriff’s office report. The girl is not suspected.

You will be pleased to know that the hardworking men and women in the Florida State Senate have now protected you from one of the greatest threats to civilization as we know it…the bull testicles hung from trailer hitches….oh, and it appears to also mean Calvin whizzing on the Ford/Chevy/etc. logo. I’m wondering about all the truckers who will have to remove their mud flaps with the chrome women on them when they cross the state line.

And speaking of crossing the state line…you know Florida thrives on out of state visitors. I wonder what the sign will look like we will have to put up on every road at the state line?

The bill, which needs House approval, states:

Whoever willfully displays on a vehicle an obscene word, image, or device, including, but not limited to reproductive glands, commits a noncriminal traffic violation punishable as a moving violation.

I feel so much safer now. I’ve already unlocked the doors to the house and thrown away the keys, and I’m sure my job and mortgage are now secure.

I contacted my Senator’s office and expressed my disdain. I explained to the very nice lady on the phone that if the Senator would get legislation passed exempting me from paying taxes, I’d agree to let them waste their time on whatever they wanted, but so long as their time is paid for by me…I won’t tolerate the stupidity. She responded by saying the Senator had the same concerns, but I pointed out that he voted in favor of the bill. She tried to explain that it was just part of the overall highway appropriations bill. I explained that you continue to vote NO on bills that have stupid and idiotic and unconstitutional clauses in them. In other words, you vote NO until all the bull balls are removed from the legislation.

Sen. Carey Baker, R-Eustis, sparked the Florida discussion. Maybe everyone that values freedom of expression (even distasteful expression) should send him a set of balls. We have only two signs of intelligence in the Florida Senate apparently, Sens. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, and Frederica Wilson, D-Miami opposed the bill.

Nadine Smith is a long time LBGT activist here in Florida. She’s part of a coalition of nearly 200 organizations that have banded to oppose Amendment 2 as the Fairness for All Families Coalition. This is the second installment in my review of a recent debate between her and John Stemberger at the Orlando Tiger Bay Club.

In opening statement she makes the point that the Amendment language does not codify the current language making gay marriage illegal, but “takes away legal protections from unmarried couples gay or straight.” Nadine cites census bureau information saying there are 360,000 unmarried couples in Florida with only 40,000 of them being gay couples and senior couples are disproportionately impacted.     Read the rest