Steve Jobs personified capitalism and free markets in as pure and beautiful a way as the world has seen in the modern generation of industrial giants. His pursuit of excellence — his passion to make Apple the best and most
The White House has denied pressuring Ford to pull its ad that criticizes competitors that took and have yet to repay taxpayer dollars from the Troubled Asset Relief Program. However, the Obama administration can’t deny a new gift it showers
– Somehow Chris Matthews gives me the impression the GOP doesn’t send tingles down his leg. Who is the hater when there’s noting much good to say about Obama, so this is all he has for content these days? “Republicans
In the wake of President Obama asking America’s richest and most successful to do their patriotic duty and contribute their fair share to our Nation, more and more are refusing to be content with merely ostentatiously asking to have their
This is all that remains of the very popular Ford commercial that went viral on the internet and was featured on cable news channels over the past three weeks: [youtube Qg5eSM5cJdU] According to the Detroit News, Ford has pulled the
This is all that remains of the very popular Ford commercial that went viral on the internet and was featured on cable news channels over the past three weeks: [youtube Qg5eSM5cJdU] According to the Detroit News, Ford has pulled the
From The Detroit News: As part of a campaign featuring “real people” explaining their decision to buy the Blue Oval, a guy named “Chris” says he “wasn’t going to buy another car that was bailed out by our government,” according
Guess what? America could have enough oil resources to meet today’s oil demand levels in the future for decades without importing from unfriendly foreign countries. That is the conclusion of a new report from theNational Petroleum Council (NPC).[i] The report
Before we get into it, please take a moment to go check out the brand spankin’ new HomeVideodrome podcast, an audio companion I’ve done for this column with Jim Dirkes of The Film Thugs Movie Show. Be warned that there
Today, in 1957, Ford introduced the Edsel. Think Chevy Volt.
Great films need great actors and great actresses. Unfortunately, Hollywood doesn’t do great actresses anymore. . . it does Barbies. In truth, Hollywood never was great with actresses, but it’s gotten much worse lately. Talent, apparently, no longer matters when
—REDBOX REVENUES SOAR— Not that I personally rent from Redbox all that often, but that doesn’t mean I don’t admire a brilliantly simple concept so well executed it’s a wonder no one came up with it before. I remember VHS
–J.J. Abrams Moves Towards Directing ‘Star Trek 2’– Upon first viewing in a theatre, I wasn’t a big fan of Abrams’ reboot; my review said so, and I caught a lot of hell for it. Watching it again on DVD
–FOUR TIMELESS COMEDIES HIT BLU-RAY TODAY– Not sure why the Reuters headline calls the 1978 film “Animal House” an “80’s comedy,” but aren’t these the same idiots who forever label all-too expected bad economic news as “unexpected.” Anyway, “Animal House,
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—SEASON FOUR OF ‘BREAKING BAD’ FINALLY PREMIERES Unfortunately, I don’t have AMC and refuse to pay another $30 just to get it along with 50 lame-ass channels I’ll never watch, so I’ll have to wait for DVD. But wait for
WOW! This is a huge event and it could shake up all of the cunning plans currently underway in Afghanistan by all concerned parties. Ahmed Wali Karzai (AWK) was the main power broker in southern Afghanistan and deeply involved with
This is something I’ve been writing about since I took to these here Internets in 2004 — and not gleefully. I love movies and I really love movie stars, and to watch the film industry devolve over the past decade
Hundreds of supporters of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad attacked the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Monday, spray-painting walls with obscenities. Graffiti referring to American ambassador Robert Ford said, “”Ford get out now. The people want to kick out the dog,”
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Half a million people protest in Hama, Syria Protests in Hama on Friday (AFP) Despite a bloody, brutal assault on the city of Hama by Syrian security forces earlier this week, half a million
From the New York Times: Betty Ford, the outspoken and much-admired wife of President Gerald R. Ford who overcame alcoholism and an addiction to pills and helped found one of the most well-known rehabilitation centers in the nation, has died
NY Times: American ambassador to Syria, Robert S. Ford, and his French counterpart, Éric Chevallier, visited the city of Hama on Thursday, ahead of new protests on Friday. According to Syrian activists, this video shows that protesters holding olive branches
Read part one of this series here. In William Strauss and Neil Howe’s Generations, the babies born 1925-1942 are classified as members of the “Silent Generation.” These were the kids who grew up during the crises of the Great Depression
First, hydraulic fracturing gave the United States a boom in shale gas that lowered natural gas prices by 54 percent between 2008 and 2009. Now, shale oil discoveries are being made that can substantially increase onshore oil production. The Bakken
So a Marine reservist, whose odd behavior last week set off a scare at the Pentagon, has now been charged in shootings targeting military buildings that occurred last year. His name is Yonathan Melaku, and he was originally picked up
