Category Archives: Media

Let’s Watch a Movie

By hugh | Published: February 13, 2010

I rewatched the movie Them! which I probably haven’t seen since I was a kid. For a 50s B-sci-fi flick, Them! rocks! Some cliches of Hollywood and lessons in fear-mongering, sexism, and racism were de rigueur. In this first set, the aged scientist schools the Washington idiots on how it’s going down. More pix after [...]

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Two Good Documentaries

By hugh | Published: February 1, 2010

Hulu has two free documentaries which are necessary viewing whether you’re conservative, liberal, radical, communist, or an independent weirdo. The Corporation – The beginning of “too big to fail” which is anathema to capitalism. It starts out sounding heavily left and critical but gives a fairly balanced view. The film was made by Canadians. Manufacturing [...]

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Uncle Wiggly’s Talk

By hugh | Published: January 28, 2010
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The European Worker Perspective

By hugh | Published: January 27, 2010

I picked this up from the comments of a Huffpo story about a court ruling that you can’t fire someone over a slice of cheese. Unions are un-American. That is why the American worker will go lower and lower to be a good American. Working for peanuts is the American dream, from dishwasher to millionaire. [...]

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Let’s Stay Open for Business

By hugh | Published: December 11, 2009

I was pretty disappointed in this month’s cover story in Harper’s called “Final Edition.” We have pages of anecdotes about San Francisco newspaper history and then a conclusion that newspapers lost touch with the cities where they publish mostly dismissing the internet. What about newspapers that ignore their mission to inform the public? Why does [...]

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Huffington Post Censors Itself

By hugh | Published: October 14, 2009

I don’t have the screen shot but for a little while yesterday afternoon, the Huffington Post lead story was “PEACE PRIZE?” and linked to a story at the Washington Post about how Obama already secretly sent 13,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. I went to look for the Huffpo story again and it’s gone. The WaPo [...]

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War = Peace, Failure = Success, Taxpayer = Treasury

By hugh | Published: October 13, 2009

The conservatives essentially say that the Nobel Peace Prize was given to a man who has done nothing to deserve it and they’re far less than half-right. The part they were right about was lampooned on SNL a little over a week ago. The Nobel Prize committee says Barack Obama has created “a new climate [...]

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Foreign Affairs Terms in the Media

By hugh | Published: September 28, 2009

Glennzilla breaks it down for us.

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The Pacific Gyro (Not the Hawaiian Meat Sandwich)

By hugh | Published: April 25, 2009

I gave the garbage patch in the Pacific Gyre a mention on my myspace blog last year right before I started this blog. Of course around Earth Day, Oprah and the Huffington Post saw fit to highlight a newish documentary on the subject. One of the comments says everything about American media and ignorance: Nothing [...]

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One Dead Zine Scene

By hugh | Published: March 31, 2009

The Ding Dong Lounge hosted a ‘zine fair on Saturday. They didn’t do a very good job of promoting it as it seemed like only ‘zine publishers were in attendance slapping each other on the back and outnerding each other. If you want bar regulars to come in and hang around, you may not want [...]

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Leave of Absence Overwith

By hugh | Published: January 28, 2009

Crappy cell phone pictures are back. I’m back. Gonna put batteries back in my camera and kick some ass. By the way, the last season of Battlestar Galactica is jumping the shark. I disagree with the prehistoric actor’s assessment of the newer version but I think the writer’s strike completely ruined the new stuff. And [...]

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Goodbye to a Huge Embarrassment

By hugh | Published: January 17, 2009

Last night, I was discussing with friends whether Barack Obama has ever been cheesy. Smile at the camera and say cheese! He is good at that. You could argue the train tour to Washington following Lincoln’s route is a bit cheesy. Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention featured some pretty bombastic and cheesy staging [...]

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