Monthly Archives: October 2013

I Love Adam Sandler Movies

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: God knows, they aren’t very well made. Adam Sandler may be our Jerry Lewis – he certainly seems to embarrass middlebrow would-be-sophisticates in the way that Jerry did – but unlike Lewis he has no interest … Continue reading →

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Quote Du Jour

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Andrew Bacevich thinks he knows why so many establishment journos consider isolationism such a clear-and-present danger: Warn about the revival of isolationism and your prospects of making the grade as a pundit or candidate for high office suddenly brighten. … Continue reading →

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White People Having Fun

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: NSFW (of a very innocent kind) alert:

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Listing Movies: Double-Digit Directors

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: For some years now I’ve kept a spreadsheet containing information related to movies that I consider to be part of my personal pantheon. It’s hardly an exclusive list — it now includes over 2000 movies (I’m an inclusive sort of … Continue reading →

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How Government Drags Us Down

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: This is a very good talk given by John Tamny, an editor at Forbes Magazine.  He discusses many misconceptions about the Great Depression and how the reckless actions of the Federal Reserve endanger our ability to invest scarce … Continue reading →

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“Red Rock West”

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: When I saw it on release in 1993, I took this crime yarn, directed by John Dahl and written by Dahl and his brother Rick, as a postmodern joke — a droll riff on smalltown noir themes. … Continue reading →

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Quote Du Jour

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: “The sadistic female usually treats crime more lightly than the male. The most serious and dastardly crime is treated with cold disdain. It is characteristic of such women when cornered to try to shift the blame entirely … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Harrowing. Comments are pretty spicy. Riffs for sale. Armond White must be the most talked about (and argued over) movie critic in the world. How gay. Towards a new art? How to take this as anything but … Continue reading →

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The Beach Boys’ Second Studio Album: Surfin’ U.S.A.

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: The colonization of the imagination of the American Teenager: if everybody had an ocean, then everyone would be living the California dream. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNypbmPPDco Question: Does it matter that they were just capitalizing on a fad? That … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Adrian Hyland delivers a thoroughly-reported big-picture piece about the carb wars. Yo, baby. Manosphere vet Matt Forney on what it’s like to be interviewed by ABC. A short q&a with the very reasonable and intelligent architecture critic … Continue reading →

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