So apparently American Cinema isn’t as big in Japan as it should be. Because the Japs don’t see the sheer folly in giving their robots lasers and teaching them how to fight.
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So I have to wonder if the strong portrayal of President David Palmer by Dennis Haysbert in the hit series 24 helped Presidential Hopeful Obama in the American mindscape. President Palmer was the ideal man for the job for most Americans. Lets look at his qualifications:

• Tall
• Attractive (don’t kid yourself - these matter)
• “Presidential Presence”
• Compassionate enough to wrestle with weighty decisions of life and death
• Yet still has the balls to take the fight to our enemies and authorize whatever-is-necessary Bauer to kick ass

I believe this mix of strength and compassion is what most people crave in a leader. After 3 Seasons, Dennis Haysbert secured the idea of a Black American as a great President and got himself his own show (the Unit).

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So I think it’s a sign where you’re wasting too much time when you start having dreams about Facebook friends you haven’t actually seen in years….

and no, not that kind of dream… just the typical random delusions like wiffleball tournament with high school buddies…

this dream goes out to all my peeps!… yeah i need help.

Man this is sooo me.

More at  xkcd.com

Everyone knows (or should) that our world is speeding up. Technological advances have gotten us to a place where we can build on other tech speeding the process of creating newer, better, shiner things. Along with this technology has come a more and more affluent American middle class. In comparing real luxuries, the average American is doing better and better. This comes from a combination of increased real spending power and cheaper and cheaper stuff. (Thanks Capitalism!) Below is a chart detailing our progress.

The brains behind Obama are recommending that the “Pull Out” of Iraq look a lot more like a simple force reduction. Returning us to troop levels not that far below Pre-Surge levels. While there is a significant difference in “stance” of 150k troops “on the front lines” and 80k troops in “oversight” - though the terms are as malleable as any applied to this war - it falls far short of “pulling out”. Now people with some semblance of foreign policy knowledge will find it comforting that, as many suspected, the Democrats have no intention of leaving Iraq except ceremonially for the TV cameras. On the other hand, the anti-war zealots won’t be to happy to learn that the candidate most pandering to them - isn’t quite the pacifist he claims to be .

• NY Sun: Obama Advisor: 60-80k Troops Through 2010

I don’t know if we should be rejoicing over the fact that the a Crip & a Baller can come together in racial, gang-land, and sexual harmony - well at least long enough to get knocked up - or just feel really sad for the kid.

A couple can’t agree on which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join.

A fight about the decision led to a public disturbance with the father’s arrest. Joseph Manzanares went to the video store where his girlfriend worked, threatened to kill her and knocked over several video displays, police told KMGH Denver.

Police arrested Manzanares at his home, Commerce City police Sgt. Joe Sandoval told KMGH Denver.

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For the past few weeks Intel & Nvidia have been taking swipes at each other in stock market analyst meetings. Let’s face it in the world of geeky computer tech, video cards are about as hip as it comes. Wether you’re helping macboys be creative in Photoshop and Final Cut Studio or helping gamers frag in Q3A and actually run Crysis… graphics is what the cool kids are all about.

Apparently the CEO of Nvidia didn’t like the idea of stogy Intel all up in its grill and trying to hang with his peeps. So what was Jen-Hsun Huang to do, but throw down:

“We’re going to open a can of whoop ass”…

Intel’s integrated offerings [are] “a joke,” but that even if Intel manages increase graphics performance by ten times by 2010, that’s barely up to par with current NVIDIA offerings…

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That’s right since leaving the White House the Clintons have sure found a lot of GREEN. They couple’s recently released tax returns show that they have made $109,200,000.00 since 2007. That’s an average of $15.6 Million per year. Which makes you wonder if Hillary has her fingers crossed when gives campaign speeches about how she’s going to stop the evil rich or when she explains how she can empathize with the poor and downtrodden in this country.

Something I’ve always wondered: if the Big Wig Democrats actually believed the things told to the adoring masses, why don’t they donate their own money to the government? I mean it’s a widely held democratic belief that the rich are “bad” and can “afford” to give more of their wealth to the government… so where is the leading by example? I think this question could be asked of any multi-millionaire Democrat, (I’m looking at you Hollywood) but particularly a leader of said political movement. If the government is the best method to more justly/correctly/fairly distribute the money that the rich don’t need to help those that do need…. doesn’t it follow that wealthy politicians (that claim such beliefs) should just give the portion of wealth that they don’t need to the government. I mean sure raise taxes as soon as you can, but you don’t have to wait to help the masses with your money - right? Right?
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If you enjoy watching time slip away, here’s a new screen saver you might like.  It drops large numbers (the actual time) into water with all the cool splashes in slow motion.  Pretty sweet looking but be warned it’s 150 MB download - not your typical lite screensaver.

• Dropclock