Mood:  crushed out

"The corruption trial of a top political fundraiser has been so full of twists it might have been dreamed up by a Hollywood producer."

The real life setting though is Chicago and today  the Oscar-winning producer of "Million Dollar Baby," Thomas B. Rosenberg, testified on  about a supposed scheme to squeeze him for a $2 million kickback.

Already the court has been the trading ground for stories of  "marathon drug sessions, payoffs, swindles, attempted extortion and even an alleged effort by political big shots to get a federal prosecutor fired."

Hmmhh didnt we hear about this before? Some mess to with the American Attorney General resignng and all that muck?

So  are you thinking Karl Rove? You'd be right!

Herees the link to the news story about the trial. 

 You can Control 'F' Rove on it and find no hit if you like...

 much ado about nothing.

Posted by mach1231 at 11:40 PM PDT

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Mood:  smelly

In Roger Eberts Great films review of this movie he

wrote

"???????? is the movie that eluded audiences; it grossed less than $3 mllion, has been almost forgotten, and remains one of the purest and most uncompromising of modern films noir. It captures above all the lonely, exhausted lives of its characters." 

While writer David M. Meyers praised the script:

"The screenplay, which hews closely to ?????? heartless novel, is unusually tight, spare, and well constructed.

Question: What is the name of the movie and what is  the name of the author of the book the film is based on?

Clue?

My stories are about grifters, losers, and psychopaths - some at the fringe of society, some at its heart - their nihilistic world-view being best-served by first-person narratives revealing a frighteningly deep understanding of the warped mind. There are no good guys in my literature, most everyone is abusive, opportunistic, or simply biding time until able to be so ...

Who am I?

Answer located here.  

The film which  RE praised so highly is here and includes trailer.

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 Interestingly enough, one of the stars in the film Ebert praised so highly also once appeared on this show. <--Do you dare to open the mystery link? Interestingly enough.

Yes I posted a comment there. should have wrote "his" and not 'this'

as they are all fine artists in their respective crafts worthy of respect .

Posted by mach1231 at 11:29 PM PDT

Updated: Friday, April 25, 2008 1:47 AM PDT

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Mood:  special

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 This is typical Mach I need to catch my breath

Hope she doesnt rollerblade like that, road traffic would never survive it

Posted by mach1231 at 11:10 AM PDT

Updated: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 11:15 AM PDT

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Mood:  caffeinated

"Going for a walk" has a different meaning for one 80-year-old American who is 18-years into a trek around the world. Harry Lee McGinnis claims the secret to living longer is to go see the world.

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Better hurry though if you want to make it to Tempelhof airport in Berlin...

Battle for Berlin's Cold War airport

Posted by mach1231 at 7:58 AM PDT

Updated: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:16 AM PDT

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 WIERD

Look @ the comments for THIS STORY 

And then look @ the comments for this story 

They put the comments for the brassiere story

on the story for the seatbelts

And now all of Yahoo staff is laughing their ass of @ me

saying looks like we have a winner-lol 

(Probably corrected already...what a slow news day it is when news flash flashed bra makes news it is then; use it...FILM @ 11, no wait better make that 12:30 AM)

 

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Posted by mach1231 at 10:35 PM PDT

Updated: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:16 PM PDT

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Well heres somethnig worthy of chatter anyway

Last year, well, speaking of dangerous places...

theres this place called Ingushetia where unrest has soared over the last 12 months and barely a day passes without a bomb attack, kidnapping or murder

... a web site owner was subpoened (or thereby equivalent of) for inciting racial hatred

but Reuters is claiming that detained opposition leader Magomed Evloev is not the founder of the ingushetia.ru Internet site and that is what this story corrects

http://www.reuters.com/article/europeCrisis/idUSL22455602

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That makes sense then right?

I mean even if there are two people with the same name,

the other, meaning both can still be targetted

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/oksana_chelysheva/2008/04/extreme_measures.html

To clarify, they should have written the Magomed Evloev in the story below is not the same person as the owner founder of the ingushetia.ru Internet site

Either that ingushetia.ru should stop bullshitting for attention.

But is Reuters: wrong?

Could be important for the cause to realize....registering in the US might help. Then again...you risk arrest in any case eh Reuters?

Right.

Posted by mach1231 at 4:57 PM PDT

Updated: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:04 PM PDT

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Flaggers with RYP in the lead are disgusting., ok make that contemptible.

Well well well, what else do you get by comparising

"one of the largest and most tangled custody cases in United States history"

(notable: N. Texas has 46300 more single men than single women – the fourth-largest male surplus in the country and leads the nation in Fortune 500 companies)

with

 Jeff Warrens

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The experiences of being born into a cult are comparable with that of a refugee.

I just wish they could come up with something better to do with their time. I mean its probably a real thrill being able to post a Photoshopped pic now and then, but this type of online "behavior' is annoying on its own (picture if you will, a monkey shrilly wailing its own pleasure at the amazement of discovering it can actually pick its own nose and put its contents on display and I think you will have established the general mentality of the average Flagger)..let alone a place dedicated to the worlds most dangerous places.

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Guess they dont know when and where to draw the line at anything and anything guaranteed for shock value is liable to make even their most insufferable die hard "fans" recoil further into their airtight smug personal bubbles of observation with more one lined jokes and one liners usually reserved for elementary school teachers to temper.

I think its probably safer to say the clowns provide ample cover for distraction for some of the more questionable characters their to smirk away at the spectators show being put on.

Focusing on 'The New Paparazzi'

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I guess I just miss the days when Chechnya received more attention, now caught between pro-Russsian factions.

Russian organised crime is now a global brand

Exiled War Reporter, Stranger in a Strange Land

It may secede eventually.

But posts like these I think also provide that bit of razzle dazzle to the Flag that most visitors to his site pine for and prey upon and may also explain that ever shriveling span of attention Flaggers are now becoming increasingly widely known for...I recall once RYP contended he prevented me from performing a "criminal act"

...selling your self online in a round about way advertising your self as a high priced call girl and then accusing your crowd of being nothing but a bunch of jack-offs...just how criminal do you have to be Sir Pelton...to earn ones self the distinction of being banned from your now flea bag infested site?

Have you written any letters of protest to any colleges or Universitys lately? I suspect they may have pulled his books from our shelves once they heard hed cut off access for entire IP blocks and cities.

Posted by mach1231 at 2:46 PM PDT

Updated: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:19 PM PDT

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When asked what they felt would make the greatest difference to their lives, the number one answer, above even food and shelter, was access to a voice.

Posted by mach1231 at 8:28 PM PDT

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A play about Rudyard Kipling before the war

In busting Simon and Nick out of jail... (why does RYP think Simon is lying? Perhaps he can be subpoened to testify if he feels that strongly about it? Wouldnt Simon just love that? Or perhaps RYP would?)

 perhaps he would be interested in knowing

Equatorial Guinea opposition leader Severo Moto has been arrested

EQ called for elections for 4/5,/08 a year earlier than expected

and Simon Mann's trial, arrested four years ago, is expected to begin after this vote

This could bring about potential embarrassment for Britain and Spain if he shows he had official support for his alleged attempt to overthrow the Government.

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My best hope for Simon Mann? Lack of evidence.  Not guilty. Charges dismissed.

"There was no extradition treaty between Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea when he was arrested and it cannot be made retrospective."

Simon Mann will be found guilty, lawyer says

If they  can arrest British helicopter pilots for the crime of flying around legal political oposition, they can arrest Mann....but it sure doesnt look good in an age of democratic reform.

Posted by mach1231 at 2:10 PM PDT

Updated: Monday, April 21, 2008 5:02 PM PDT

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Mood:  a-ok

Last year, the German National Committee for UNICEF 

selected this ‘Photo of the
Year’ by US freelancer Stephanie Sinclair showing a man 

with a child
bride in Afghanistan. 

UNICEF strongly condemns child marriage worldwide
as a human rights violation and a form of sexual abuse and exploitation. 

 Ms. Sinclair’s photo shows a wedding couple in Afghanistan. 

The groom, Mohammed, is 40 years old and the bride, Ghulam, is still a child; she has just turned 11. 

The image “raises awareness about a worldwide problem,” UNICEF patroness Eva Luise Köhler said at the award ceremony in Berlin. “Millions of girls are married while they are still under-age. Most of theses child brides are forever denied a self-determined life.”

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/germany_42274.html 

Yesterday, 

the News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) held a gala

to recognize the excellence represented in submissions by 123 of Canada's most
renowned photojournalists. 

NPAC is pleased to announce the winners of the
second annual National Pictures of the Year (NPOY) awards competition.
    

More than 2,200 images from across Canada were entered in this year's
competition, representing a spectacular body of work. 

A prestigious panel of
judges, including top North American photojournalists and photo editors, were
tasked with judging the entries.

    WINNER

SPOT NEWS
62 entries
Sponsored by Canwest News Service

1st - Conrad Black gives the finger / David Chidley - Canadian Press

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Top hat in arch / Bernard Brault was Reuters Photo of the Year. 

You can see it on the second slide in the HELLO Magazine

category for Personality/Portrait.

Not this one.

Posted by mach1231 at 11:26 AM PDT

Updated: Sunday, April 20, 2008 11:49 AM PDT

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