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Entries Tagged as 'Entertainment'

The Oscars and the Best Actor/Actress/Supporting Etc.

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments

The only difference today between female and male actors are the roles they play, which are written by people who have to gender-specify the characters. So, all things equal, male and female actors have equal abilities.

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Tags: Entertainment · Movies

Teens, Parents, Music, and Dance: Tribal, Social, or Rejection?

March 7th, 2010 · No Comments

It is a statement to the parents that teens are not bound to the mores and customs of their elders; that they are indeed, masters of their universe and do not intend to be mere clones of their parents. Music of the new generations has little or only an adverse relationship to the social mores of the elders.

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Tags: Entertainment · Society

Olympic Games: That Albatross is Getting Heavy!

February 16th, 2010 · No Comments

Wonder of wonders, with three Zambonis, they couldn’t get one of them to work! It took over an hour to get them working and finally get the course ready for competition.

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Tags: Entertainment · Sports · World Affairs

Winter Olympic Games: Who’s Got the Albatross?

February 14th, 2010 · No Comments

Funny, how screw-ups are remembered and great shows aren’t? In my memory, the only opening ceremonies that I vaguely remember are just one, those stupid, cheesy stainless steel pickup trucks at the Atlanta Olympics.

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Tags: Education · Entertainment · Society · Sports · World Affairs

Audi’s Green Police in Super Bowl Commercial Just the Beginning?

February 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment

It may seem a bit funny, and over the top, but twenty years ago we would have laughed at the Government owning General Motors and setting salary limits for bankers. We would have been horrified at the thought of the government forcing us to buy health insurance.

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Tags: Entertainment · Science · Society · Technology · politics

JACKSON, WYOMING: 1000TH US CITY TO VISIT MUSTANG

February 4th, 2010 · No Comments

Jackson, Wyoming became the 1000th US city to visit these pages. Jackson, just south of Yellowstone National Park, in the northern end of Jackson Hole, and just east of the Grand Teton Mountains is a winter headquarters for fun, sun, and snow and a massive Elk herd.

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Tags: Entertainment · Society · Sports · geography

A Guest Review of CNN Review of AVATAR

January 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment

I never saw a movie about a more beautiful place and
how horrible this place is, because there just aren’t any about
post-destruction society movies or places portrayed in movies that are
more beautiful than ours.

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Tags: Education · Entertainment · Movies · Religion · Society

AVATAR: A Movie Review

December 31st, 2009 · 2 Comments

Almost as soon as the movie starts, the distinction between the real and special effects blurs quickly and you no longer see the difference. You are drawn into the moon-world of Pandora just as quickly as an Indiana Jones movie brings you into Egypt or India, and with the same believability.

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Tags: Entertainment · Movies · Technology

Rolling Stones’ Top 100: And What Happened to Rock and Roll

December 31st, 2009 · No Comments

Even CW has grown a tedious melody line and musical monotony, much like easy listening has since that Canadian gal sank the Titanic.

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Tags: Entertainment · Society

Why Do Americans Protest Today? Mustang Answers a Democrat.

September 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Any government intrusion is resented. We don’t feel the government belongs in business, health care, or our social order. We don’t think the government can do anything well. If we need something to be done, we will take care of it locally or through the state. We believe in the 10th Amendment.

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Tags: Entertainment · Movies · Society · politics