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Sunshine Cleaning – A Movie Review

August 31, 2009 B. John 333 Views 0 Comments Emily blunt, Comedy, Drama, Alan Arkin, Amy Adams, Christine Jeffs

Once the high school cheerleading captain who dated the quarterback, Rose Lorkowski now finds herself a thirty something single mother working as a maid. Her sister Norah is still living at home with their dad Joe, a salesman with a lifelong history of ill-fated get rich quick schemes. Desperate to get her son into a better school, Rose persuades Norah to go into the crime scene clean-up business with her to make some quick cash. Lay and I both agreed it is probably the best film we’ve seen recently.

Featured Politics Congress Society

Many Thanks Senator Kennedy

August 26, 2009August 10, 2015 429 Views 0 Comments Kennedy family, death, healthcare, Ted Kennedy, U S Senate, John F. Kennedy, Edward Kennedy

While members of the Kennedy family, to this day, continue to enter public service, the death last night of Senator Ted Kennedy brings to an end that original family dynasty. Perhaps the final tragedy suffered by this family is that Ted Kennedy didn’t live to see his life’s goal of heathcare insurance for all come to pass. Requiem eternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Culture Movies

International, The – A Movie Review

August 25, 2009August 10, 2015 331 Views 0 Comments Tom Tykwer, Bankers, Banks, Action, Adventure, Naomi Watts, Clive Owen

Interpol Agent Louis Salinger and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman are determined to bring to justice one of the world’s most powerful banks. Uncovering myriad and reprehensible illegal activities, Salinger and Whitman follow the money from Berlin to Milan to New York to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as their targets will stop at nothing — even murder — to continue financing terror and war. It was a bit better than I expected, but I’m glad I didn’t spend the full theatre price to see it.

Culture Movies

District 9 – A Movie Review

August 23, 2009August 10, 2015 300 Views 0 Comments Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Bolt, Neill Blomkamp, space ship, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Aliens, South Africa, alien

Thirty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. Lay and I went to see this movie at an 11 AM showing last weekend. I’d read all these great reviews, and thought it might be a decent film. Unfortunately, I was somewhat disappointed.

Featured Fun Stuff Science General

The Kilogram is Losing Weight

August 20, 2009August 10, 2015 361 Views 0 Comments weight, kilogram, national public radio, NPR, watt balance

More than 100 years ago a salt shaker sized object made of platinum and iridium was forged in London. This was then shipped to Paris where it was shaped and polished and carefully weighed until it was exactly one kilogram (about 2.2 pounds). By international treaty, this then became the international for the exact weight of a kilogram. The problem is, the mass of the cylinder may be changing.

Culture Movies

Band of Brothers – A Mini-Series Review

August 16, 2009 B. John 439 Views 0 Comments Tom Hanks, WW II, Steven Speilberg, 101st Airborne, Easy Company, Adventure, Drama, War, History

This is the story of “E” Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division from their initial training starting in 1942 to the end of World War II. They parachuted behind enemy lines in the early hours of D-Day in support of the landings at Utah beach, participated in the liberation of Carentan and again parachuted into action during Operation Market Garden. They also liberated a concentration camp and were the first to enter Hitler’s mountain retreat in Berchtesgarten. A fascinating tale of comradeship that is, in the end, a tale of ordinary men who did extraordinary things. Worth everyone of it’s 705 minutes.

Featured Politics Congress Presidency Business Economy

Billionaire Insurance CEO's – $102k per hour salaries

August 12, 2009September 29, 2018 B. John 1101 Views 1 Comment medicare, Insurance, insurance industry, Medicade, single payer, government run, United HealthGroup, Stephen Hemsley

Ed Schultz of The Ed Show interviews Robert Greenwald about an investigative report on the CEO of United Health Care Group. Turns out the guy is making about $102,000 per hour. At one point a few years ago his salary alone accounted for $1 in every $700 spent on healthcare in America. The fact is, in this country we have always recognized that some things are not best left to the marketplace.

Politics Congress

Billionaire Insurance CEO’s – $102k per hour salaries

August 12, 2009August 10, 2015 1449 Views 2 Comments Medicade, single payer, government run, United HealthGroup, Stephen Hemsley, medicare, Insurance, insurance industry

Featured Politics Presidency

Neocon Rage Walrus Decries Journalists Release

August 5, 2009 B. John 370 Views 0 Comments North Korea, Euna Lee, Laura Ling, Current TV, John Bolton, Bill Clinton, Korea, Kim Jong Il

As most everyone now knows, Current TV journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling were pardoned a few days by Kim Jong Il from their convictions of entering North Korea illegally. This was the result of a private visit by former President Bill Clinton. Of course since Clinton was involved, some member of the wingnuts had to jump out there and criticise this succesful negotiation.

Technology Software

Backend Update to Deep Sand

August 4, 2009 B. John 356 Views 0 Comments Plugins, Upgrades, Wordpress, Automattic

We did an update today to a new version of WordPress. This was a significant upgrade that involved a lot of updates for the plugins that add so much functionality to the site.

Legislature Featured Politics

And You Thought The FL Legislature Couldn't Get Crazier

August 1, 2009 B. John 384 Views 0 Comments healthcare, Constitutional Amendment, Florida Legislature, Carey Baker, Healthcare Reform, Scott Plakon

Never sell the wingnut Replublicans in the Florida Legislature short. Last year they were busy saving us all from Automobile Testicles, and tried to eliminate daylight savings time (the logic being it would be less confusing for Senator Bill Posey). So now, two of our distinguished legislators have called for a Florida Constitutional Amendment to prohibit Floridians from participating in, an as yet non-existent, healthcare insurance reform.

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