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My 16 year old son loves World War II documentaries so I'm looking for those or movies on DVD. Suggestions?

Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road” won the Pulitzer Prize, but it’s likely the voters read it while holding a hand over their eyes and peering through a gap in two fingers. While it is a novel that explores the unwavering bond between a father and son, there are chilling and gruesome aspects that make a beautifully written tale somewhat cringeworthy.

In the new Star Trek, Cadet James Tiberius Kirk finds himself standing before the Academy's review board. During his third attempt at a computer simulation no one had ever passed, Kirk installed a subroutine in the simulator's programming which allowed him to win. He was accused of this by Spock, the creator of the simulation.Here's part of the exchange, starting with Kirk's justification for his actions:Kirk: [to Spock] The test itself is a cheat, isn't it? I mean you program it to be unwinnable.Spock: Your argument precludes the possibility of a no-win scenario.Kirk: I don't believe in no-win scenarios. (Source)...

TEL AVIV – Websites should be obliged to remove "false rumors" while libel laws should be altered to make it easier to sue for spreading such "rumors," argued Cass Sunstein, Obama's regulatory czar. In his recently released book, "On Rumors," Sunstein specifically cited as a primary example of "absurd" and "hateful" remarks, reports by "right-wing websites" alleging an association between President Obama and Weatherman terrorist Bill Ayers. He also singled out radio talker Sean Hannity for "attacking" Obama regarding the president's "alleged associations." Ayers became a name in last year's presidential campaign when it was disclosed the radical worked closely...

With her popularity on the rise and a number one book, Sarah Palin is coming out on top! As the L.A. Times points out, at this point in time before the 2008 election, Barack Obama was a relative unknown who rose to political fame. Given the same timeframe -- and her fanitical supporters snapping up 300,000 copies of her book in a single day -- could she be headed towards the White House? Could Palin take down President Obama in 2012? Give us your thoughts in the comments below, then take our poll to tell us: What side are you...

MOBILE, Ala. -- Action movie star Steven Seagal is best known in these parts for having played the cook who thwarted a terrorist plot in the 1992 thriller "Under Siege," which was filmed here aboard the battleship USS Alabama. But these days he has another assignment. For almost 20 years, Seagal has been working as a fully commissioned reserve deputy with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana. His law enforcement work is chronicled in a "Steven Seagal Lawman," an upcoming A&E reality TV show that will premiere on the cable channel at 9 p.m. CST Dec. 2. A&E is...

Saturday Night Live, the comedy show that famously mocked Sarah Palin last year (ala Tina Fey) turned the tables last night on President Obama. Focusing on U.S. relations with China, as well as the absurdity of government spending, they performed a new skit that was both timely and humorous. Humor is of course in the funny-bone of the beholder so I've included the video for you to make that decision for yourself.

Here is the joint press conference skit with Jintao thinks he is entitled to at least a kiss, a movie and dinner before Obama "does sex to him". This is begging for a CNN fact check. Fred Armisen's impression is not improving much but this opener is still pretty funny:

This weekends SNL poke at Pres. Obama actually had me laughing out loud for the first time in a long time. Basically, Pres. Obama starts off like he would normally until Pres. Hu starts to get upset and calls Obama out for cash for clunkers and the amount of debt China owns. President Hu asks Obama at one point to kiss him. Obama asks why. Hu says because he likes to be kissed when someone's trying to make the sex with him. Here's the clip

I want to watch a sci-fi show, not a gay make out on tv.

From Drudge: CABLE NEWS RACE NOV. 18, 2009 FOXNEWS HANNITY/PALIN 4,200,000 FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,868,000 FOXNEWS BECK 2,512,000 FOXNEWS GRETA 2,383,000 FOXNEWS BAIER 2,235,000 FOXNEWS SHEP 1,980,000 MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,041,000 CNNHN GRACE 1,036,000 MSNBC MADDOW 957,000 CNN KING 835,000 MSNBC HARDBALL 625,000 CNN COOPER 611,000

Sarah Palin’s appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Monday rocketed the show to its best numbers in two years, averaging an 8.7 rating/13 share, according to Nielsen. The numbers could hint at a similarly strong showing for Barbara Walters’ interview with Palin tomorrow night on 20/20, writes Media Life.The Palin ep of The Oprah Winfrey Show was up 36% over the same day last year, and pulled more viewers than the Whitney Houston episode that began the television season. It was the highest rated Winfrey show in two years, since the Osmond family appeared in Nov. 2007. Palin is...

Ever wondered what the movie They Live would look like in the time of Obama? You won't have to with this video.

Sure seems that way: Undercover project: Please participate quickly! by Bob Johnson Share this on Twitter - Undercover project: Please participate quickly! Wed Nov 18, 2009 at 12:25:51 PM PST NOTE: This diary will self-destruct within the hour. Copy the dialogue box below the fold and post it across the Internet. BarbinMD's current front pager on Palin's latest idiocy got me thinking about a little payback for Palin's part in promoting the "death panels" nonsense. By linking to the Politico story on Palin's appearance on Limbaugh's radio show, highlighted in Barb's post with this graph: Palin painted the race as...

I have to say that Sarah Palin's interview with Sean Hannity was her best yet. Other than her Mark Levin radio one, at least. It was refreshing to listen to her speak tonight. Here's her full interview with Sean Hannity. I've linked her interviews with Mark Levin, Oprah Winfrey & Barbara Walters and a dozen or so videos about her. Like tonight, O'Reilly had Sally Quinn of the Washington Post on dissing Palin's religion. And Keith Matthews saying the people waiting for Palin in Grand Rapids, Michigan are racists. Here's the link for the Hannity interview. The other interviews/videos about...

Its a time-honored tradition,starting way before President Obama took office. Politicians break bad or embarrassing news (for them) late on a Friday afternoon or even better on a Saturday Night. The hope is the story will get very little play from reporters on their way home from a tough week, or from the weekend shift. The hope is that the Sunday News shows have already been booked to cover other topics and by Monday it will be old news. For example when Director of Homeland Security announced that the President was going to grant amnesty to Illegal Aliens it was...

Pallin also recognized the political landmine into which she stepped when using the word “Profiling” . She went on to say, “Because I used that word ‘profile’ I’m going to get clobbered tomorrow morning. Liberals, their heads are just gonna be spinnin’. They’re gonna say ‘She is radical. She is extreme’. But I say profiling in the context of doing whatever we can to save innocent American lives…I’m all for it.”

I found this entertaining clip today: In 1990, a year or two before he became super-famous, Rush Limbaugh guest-hosted Pat Sajak’s short-lived talk show. It didn’t go so well: The taping was disrupted by a group of angry activists who were seated throughout the audience.

Great SNL skit! Watch the video.

By Michael P. Tremoglie Tremoglie's Tea Time Blog Hill Street Blues was one of my favorite television programs. I watched it religiously each week. Moreover, it was a favorite of my Philadelphia Police Department colleagues. The characters, the chaos of the district headquarters (called precincts in other cities); the challenges of the bureaucracy and the politicos, all of these resonated with cops. Not since Wambaugh had there been such realism. Yet, there existed in the plots certain themes that were disconcerting. There was a subliminal promotion of a certain philosophy. The most obvious example was that of Lt. Howard Hunter,...

So far there's video of Sarah Palin talking about Levi Johnston, why she stepped down as Governor of Alaska and her Katie Couric interview. Or as Mrs. Palin calls her: The Perky One. Here's the Oprah Palin interview videos.How do you think she did? What about Oprah..was she 'fair?'

Here’s two movie reviews, raves both of them. They are so different but provide entertainment and thought. We look at the drama of dogs in “Beverly Hills Chihuahua”. It’s totally not believable but it’s a good watch. “Juno” brings a special pang to the heart of this reviewer as I once found myself in a very similar situation to Juno. But I would never have made the same choice as the quirky Juno. Read the rave review and the personal story that had me and mine going such a different route.

Roland Emmerich's new end-of-the-world disaster film 2012 has a rollicking good time destroying every monument to man's architectural genius in the world. The Sistine Chapel goes kablooie, as does the Vatican and the giant Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro. The White House gets flattened, too. All man's most well known landmarks get turned to dust by Emmerich's over-the-top movie effects team. But by the time the year 2012 rolls around, director Roland Emmerich is obviously saying that Islam has been wiped off the face of the Earth. There are no Saudi scenes of mayhem and destruction in...

Oprah, the avowed Obama supporter, released the following video with her comments on taping the interview with Sarah Palin....see the video

Last week, we asked whether Fox News was a legitimate news organization. Readers wanted us to ask the same question about MSNBC, so that's this week's poll: Is MSNBC a legitimate news organization?

Disney’s ‘Christmas Carol’ Disappoints at Box Office, Carrey Slams Capitalism Posted By S.T. Karnick On November 10, 2009 @ 3:08 pm In Entertainment, News, Politics Robert Zemeckis’s motion-capture-animation version of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol had a fairly blah opening weekend at the North American box office, finishing first with an unexpectedly miserly total of $31 million in ticket sales. Industry insiders had figured the film to bring in up to $45 million. Disney studio representatives predict that this latest adaptation of the Dickens classic will do well over time, like Zemeckis’s 2004 The Polar Express. My assessment...

Willow, Piper, and I are in Chicago and just wanted to let you know that I had a great conversation with Oprah today. We taped the show for Monday, November 16th, and enjoyed it so much that we went way over on time. The rest will air on Oprah.com. Oprah was very hospitable and gracious, and her audience was full of warm, energized and (no doubt) curious viewers. - Sarah Palin

Willow, Piper, and I are in Chicago and just wanted to let you know that I had a great conversation with Oprah today. We taped the show for Monday, November 16th, and enjoyed it so much that we went way over on time. The rest will air on Oprah.com. Oprah was very hospitable and gracious, and her audience was full of warm, energized and (no doubt) curious viewers. - Sarah Palin

On Friday, the 13th, Glenn Beck dishes up an unlucky and frightening show for Liberals as he features prominent Black Conservatives! The Horror!!!

On the set of Red Dawn II

In a surprising move Anita Dunn, White House communications director is leaving her post at the end of the month. Dunn who set back the image of the presidency at least fifty years is most famous for taking on the Drudge Report and losing and then taking on Fox News and Losing:

# http://bit.ly/2VXfz Repubs & Demos have a reason 2 fear 2010. Tell yr friends & C U a week from Sat in The Villages, FL. FREE RALLY.about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck ** # http://bit.ly/2VXfz Kicking things off in SC nxt week & then a Free Rally in FL on Saturday. U'll get a glimpse of wht i'm planning!about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck ** # http://bit.ly/21FVts Interesting times we live in. Can't wait to see what this story is about.about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck ** # pat is filling in ths am. saying sum of wht I wnt...

Featured right now on Pat Buchanan's Website is an article that begins: OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – A Jewish rabbi has issued a book giving Jews permission to murder non-Jews, including babies and children, who may pose an actual or potential threat to Jews or Israel. “It is permissible to kill the Righteous among non-Jews even if they are not responsible for the threatening situation,” Rabbi Yitzhak Shapiro, who heads the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva in the Yitzhar settlement in the occupied West Bank, wrote in his book “The King’s Torah.” He argues that goyem (a derogatory epithet for non-Jews) may be...

Featured right now on Pat Buchanan's Website is an article that begins: OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – A Jewish rabbi has issued a book giving Jews permission to murder non-Jews, including babies and children, who may pose an actual or potential threat to Jews or Israel. “It is permissible to kill the Righteous among non-Jews even if they are not responsible for the threatening situation,” Rabbi Yitzhak Shapiro, who heads the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva in the Yitzhar settlement in the occupied West Bank, wrote in his book “The King’s Torah.” He argues that goyem (a derogatory epithet for non-Jews) may be...

Ok, what are we to make of this tweet from Mary Katherine Ham…(via J$) On @oreillyfactor with @marclamonthill (Juan’s out) at 8ish, talking Iran and Obama. Tune in to see us! After Hill’s very public “firing” by Rupert Murdoch no less, seeing Hill back on FNC this soon is rather odd. I mean there isn’t even a wind chill in Hades yet…

I'm watching Bill O'reilly (I know, I know) and radical leftist Marc Lamont Hill is back on the factor as a substitute for Juan Williams. Looks like he wasn't fired after all?

In 2008, a charismatic right-wing populist Republican governor won the heart of the party's base despite being forced to take a backseat to a more respectable "moderate" Republican. He was Mike Huckabee, and he is sad, and mad. Ben Smith followed Mike Huckabee around for a while as he sold his new Christmas book. Huckabee was the governor of Arkansas. He used to be fat, and then he got skinny, and now he is getting fat again. He's also basically as crazy Christian as they come, but he masks this with a genuinely likable sense of humor, which is why...

Last week's poll, "Do you believe Fox News is a legitimate news organization?" brought suggestions that we ask the same of MSNBC. So we are.

How did this show get past the ABC censors? How did the folks in Hollywood—good Progressives, all—let this program sneak onto the air? Were movie studio heads so distracted by attending yet another Washington fund raiser that a genuine alternate viewpoint was allowed to air? We may never know, but we can be grateful for the remake of V. Because it turns upside down every well known Left Coast trope. A Catholic priest (Joel Gretsch) has doubts. No, not those kinds. He distrusts the milky language of the Visitors and says so in his sermons. A Monsegnior insists the Vs...

ABC has run promos for All My Children (AMC) that are obviously false. Broadcasters receive licenses based on serving the public interest. A network that lies to attract viewers is not acting in the public interest. The FCC should consider revoking ABC's license allowing it to own individual television stations. I initially thought I wouldn't post this on blogs other than the one at Soap Central because it involves a show with fewer viewers than live in the 33rd most populous state, Arkansas. However, I realized that a network that will lie in promos for one show will likely lie...

The storys protagonist, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), is a former Marine who was wounded and paralyzed from the waist down in combat on Earth. Jake is selected to participate in the Avatar program, which will enable him to walk. Jake travels to Pandora, a lush jungle-covered extraterrestrial moon filled with incredible life forms, some beautiful, many terrifying. Pandora is also home to the Navi, a sentient humanoid race that are more physically capable than humans, although considered primitive. Standing three meters tall, with tails and sparkling blue skin, the Navi live in harmony with their unspoiled world. As humans encroach...

Left-wing news commentator for MSNBC Keith Olbermann declared voter demonstrations against the Administration’s health care bill “terrifying” and urged that “they be stopped in some way.” The remarks came in response to a massive rally in Washington this past Thursday by opponents of the health care bill originally slated for a vote in the House of Representatives on Saturday. “Here are our duly elected members of Congress trying to do their job, trying to fix a broken health care system, when mobs of ignorant yahoos descend on them,” Olbermann complained. “How can we expect to govern the people of America...

With the news that Oprah Winfrey may take her daily talk show away from broadcast affiliates and to her own OWN cable network, that got us wondering: should Glenn Beck, now the #2 show on cable despite airing in he afternoons, be Oprah's syndicated replacement? Beck is well-rounded. Between his #1 best-selling books and comedy shows he's a three-dimensional talent that could easily adapt to daytimes. He could also use his radio audience to promote to local affiliates. Just yesterday, the New York Times reported novelists are considering Beck to be the "New Oprah," when it comes to endorsing political...

Shortly after the White House declared "war" on Fox's news division last month, calling it an arm of the Republican Party and attempting to freeze it out of a pooled press briefing, pundits on both the left and the right cried foul, summoning up comparisons to Richard Nixon's paranoid, vindictive presidency and based on the transcript of a Nixon tape below that comparison is very justified..... The White House has not been happy about Fox's relentless pursuit of the truth, unlike the rest of the mainstream media Fox has covered ALL the news including tea party rallies, anti-health care reform...

Our weekly, unscientific poll asks: Do you believe Fox News is a legitimate news organization? Results posted Monday.

Controversial filmmaker and author Michael Moore was recently asked to be on the next season of NBC’s The Biggest Loser series. Moore immediately accepted, NBC sent him contracts to lock in his appearance, and Moore signed and returned them by express mail the very next day. However, Moore, who claims he was previously unfamiliar with the show’s concept, has dispatched his legal team to negotiate his release from the contracts with NBC. Moore’s sources revealed to him months ago his nomination for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Being positive he would win the famous award, Moore had already planned to...

"V" takes on Obamamania. Clip at www.daveweinbaum.com.

Our Mainstream Media sucks. They rooted for Obama. They voted for Obama. And they’re carrying the administration line without the slightest bit of curiosity. Obama even said it himself: “Most of you covered me… All of you voted for me.” (May 9, 2009) And the journalists in the room chuckled and applauded. Probably shouldn’t have laughed so fast because people are catching on. Press jobs are dying out with the rest of the economy. Ad revenues are slumping. Reporters are finding themselves out of work more and more. Most people (outside of the media think tanks themselves) blame the quality...

I made this as soon as I heard the remake of the old "V" mini-series goofs somewhat on Obama's galactic personality cult. Feel free to spread this virally and contribute your own versions. I could definitely see Michelle swallowing a few hampsters.

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