I started reading The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein a couple of days ago and it's gonna be rough going. Not because I disagree with her, and I think I do disagree with her about some things which I'll talk about after I'm through with the whole book, but because she really goes after Milton Friedman ( Read more... )

I don't even know what to say about this. I mean, okay, it's Florida ( Read more... )

I haven't said anything because I haven't had anything in particular to say. Research for Revolutionary Boy Martin proceeds but I've temporarily lost the taste for reviewing each and every one of them, I've never been one for going on too much about my personal life (which is deeply dull in any event, hehe) and ranting about politics wears me down ( Read more... )

So, some bishops are trying to hold Americans hostage about abortion. Some bishops have mouthed off that if the Freedom of Choice Act gets signed into law that Catholic hospitals will close their doors. About a third of all hospitals in America are Catholic ( Read more... )

Sword of Doom is a Japanese samurai movie set in the late Edo period, the 1860s. I think I can write this without spoilers, hehe. The movie is primarily about Ryunosuke Tsukue, a master swordsman who is also, I believe, a serial killer. Ryunosuke is played with absolute, utter brilliance by Tatsuya Nakadai ( Read more... )

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