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Tag Archives: US
Movies I’m watching: Oliver Stone’s W.
Someone please tell me what the point of this movie is. If it’s meant to be satirical, which it is in spades, couldn’t it have been more LOL funny like SNL? If it’s meant to be some kind of historical … Continue reading
Movies I’m Watching: The Wrestler
I’m glad that Mickey Rourke won a Golden Globe for his performance in The Wrestler, because although the movie tends to be fairly predictable overall, this was one of the most honest performances I’ve seen in a while. Now everyone … Continue reading
Movies I’m Watching: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
I’d heard a lot about this one before actually watching it. It wasn’t a bad movie, all in all, but there wasn’t anything particularly moving about it. It’s based off a F. Scott Fitzgerald movie, which explains some of the … Continue reading
Businessweek on what is wrong with Lenovo ads in the US (and a collection of Lenovo ads)
Lenovo’s Olympic ads – BusinessWeek I think they use completely different ads here in China. The sumo wrestler/Xpad 300 ad is this one: Here’s even more bleeding edge avant-garde one for the Z60: And here’s a Chinese one featuring Chinese … Continue reading
Movies that I’ve watched: Peter Watkins’ Punishment Park
One of the better movies that i’ve seen in awhile. The film, shot like a documentary, takes place in 1970s America, where the Vietnam War wages and on a cultural schism has opened up between those that support the establishment … Continue reading
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Where have all the gringos (of Miami) gone
Just caught this on iconoculture.com regarding the demographic changes in Miami. As someone that has only been there on vacation, the Cuban and Latino culture was less obvious, mostly because we were in South Beach with tourists from around the … Continue reading
Greenpeace halts illegal e-waste shipment on its way to China
Just something I saw in China CSR.com…this thing was on the way from Oakland to China. I guess there are some loopholes in Hong Kong law that allow e-waste to get through, even though it’s technically illegal. Technorati Tags: china, … Continue reading
Old Stranger article about why musicians are moving from Seattle to Portland…
I dont know why but Portland has been figuring on my mind lately. Probably because I am thinking if there is something better than becoming a lifer in Shanghai or some kind of nomad. As much as I would just … Continue reading
Criminals in the Bush administration: the unofficial list
Criminals In The Bush Administration « Suzie-Q via kwout Read it to believe it. This is a list of all the criminals in the Bush administration. And they didn’t even include all of them. You can find the exact methodology … Continue reading
Tariq Ali on the life and death of Benazir Bhutto
I didn’t know this, but Tariq Ali actually knew her. This is piece from the Guardian, reprinted in Truthout: A Tragedy Born of Military Despotism and Anarchy By Tariq Ali The Guardian UK Friday 28 December 2007 The assassination of … Continue reading