Joshua Foust on Apr 27 2008 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Josh's Page, Notes on the war
I honestly don’t have the time to reformat everything for several cross-posts, so this is a summary of posts at my other blog, Registan.net, where I’ve been discussing some interesting topics related to counterinsurgency and reconstruction in Afghanistan, as well as media and culture issues.
First up is a critical review of a new essay by […]
Lance on Jan 22 2008 | Filed under: Culture, Lance's Page, Media
Alex Tabarrok compiles the data:
Number of people killed per minute in the Rambo series.
Rambo: First Blood (1982): 0.01
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985): 0.72
Rambo III (1988): 1.30
Rambo IV (2008): 2.59
His source, Peter Gordon, observes:
There is also a tabulation of “Number of sex scenes. ” All zeroes, no trend, not a chic flic.
So sex scenes […]
Lee on Jan 18 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Some are scary, some aren’t. The last one is pretty terrifying.
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Lee on Jan 18 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Jan Svankmajer’s brilliant 1992 surrealist short film “Food.” Not the most appetizing movie, mind you.
Part I .. Part II
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Lance on Jan 12 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Lance's Page, Libertarianism, Media, Society
One of my favorite bloggers has resurfaced, and I am hurt, hurt, hurt that D. A. Ridgely didn’t let his fans (okay, me) know to where he had disappeared. He is now blogging at Positive Liberty, and the blogosphere has now gone from diminished by his absence to a place where civil, insightful cultural and […]
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