The book of Eli

In a season of fictional post acpocalyptic movies The Book of Eli stands far above the rest (and that includes the Road). Some critisize the ending; I thought it quite appropriate.

Denzel Washington plays a man on a mission, his job, to deliver the last remaining Bible on the planet to some unknown place, West. Washington reaffirms his position among the best actors in the business.

Gary Oldman contributes an excellent performance as the leader of a bunch of predatory survivors; he desires the Bible to be used as it was in days of old to manipulate the masses, only this time for his personal benefit. A good guy is only as good as his advesary is bad, and Oldman is one believable bad son of a bitch.

Mila Kunis plays a fuckable young adopted daughter of Carnegie (Oldman) intrigued by Eli and the apparent goodness he emanates (if you can call a walking dispenser of death good).

See the movie.

Sober economic analysis

I came across an article desribing four possible pitfalls that could derail our current economic "recovery".

The article is not alarmist, but matter of factly points out the obvious; the possibility of a return to what Americans accepted as normal is near zero.

Collapse--last chance

Leah and I drove to Austin to see the first of two screenings of Michael Ruppert's movie Collapse at the Alamo Draft House Ritz. If you live in Austin (or anywhere else in Texas for that matter) and want to see the film at a theater, tonight may be your last chance.

I am told that you can see the film on pay-per-view on some cable networks.

I'd like to tell you I enjoyed the film, but CoLLapse is not the kind of film you see for enjoyment.

You may lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

Believe it or not

Joe Stockton mentioned me in a song. Not sure who's singing, but it ain't bad.



For what it's worth, I get the sneaking suspicion I had something to do with Slaid Cleaves' Tumbleweed Stew also.

Here.

What is money?

Here's a primer on money--what it is and how it came to be. About forty five minutes long.

No shit, Sherlock

Is the Fed buying stock?

Can you feel it coming?