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by James
May 25th, 2004, 6:29 am
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Topic: Cannes festival: Fahrenheit 9/11 wins Palme d'Or!
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Cannes festival: Fahrenheit 9/11 wins Palme d'Or!

<t>"James, I don't see how saying that Tarantino and the other jury members were not infulenced in their decision by the feelings of the French citizenry would prevent Bush from being influenced by his relationship with the Saudis."I re-write that sentance:RowdyRoddyPiper, I don't see how Moore's fi...
by James
May 24th, 2004, 4:36 pm
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Topic: Cannes festival: Fahrenheit 9/11 wins Palme d'Or!
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Views: 194978

Cannes festival: Fahrenheit 9/11 wins Palme d'Or!

<t>"The idea of Tarantino going for Moore's movie because of some mysterious french pressure is laughable."No, it isn't.Tarantino's films, by his own loud admission, are derivative products of what he has seen and felt viewing other films. He says he is not an 'original' but a conduit to aplify and ...
by James
May 24th, 2004, 9:04 am
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Topic: Cannes festival: Fahrenheit 9/11 wins Palme d'Or!
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Cannes festival: Fahrenheit 9/11 wins Palme d'Or!

<r>"he made some money reading poetry in various US universities..."As tresurer, and then president of the student council that handed out honorariums for poets reading at my college, I can assure you that this is no way to build a fortune. It barely covers transportation, food, drink. We are talkin...
by James
May 24th, 2004, 7:00 am
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Topic: Cannes festival: Fahrenheit 9/11 wins Palme d'Or!
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Cannes festival: Fahrenheit 9/11 wins Palme d'Or!

<t>"James, I hope you do not call "culture" the blockbuster production of Hollywood majors:"I never said US culture, and in particular her film culture, was superior to France's, or also not in danger. It currently sucks too. But France certainly is not leading the world out of US darkness on this f...
by James
May 23rd, 2004, 12:44 pm
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Topic: Profound Quotes
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Profound Quotes

"In the end more than they wanted freedom, they wanted security. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free."Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)
by James
May 23rd, 2004, 11:32 am
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Topic: Cannes festival: Fahrenheit 9/11 wins Palme d'Or!
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Cannes festival: Fahrenheit 9/11 wins Palme d'Or!

<t>"Any comment?"Yes.It has always baffled me why France, and particularly her inteligentsia, has always embraced and lauded the worst frauds America can produce. But I hold that the condition is the fundamental sign of the meta-jelousy of a dying culture.Charles Bukowski, a ahhhhh 'poet.' Wrote unr...
by James
May 20th, 2004, 8:51 am
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Topic: Profound Quotes
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Profound Quotes

"The hallmark of a truly great idea is that it is obvious in retrospect"
by James
May 20th, 2004, 7:14 am
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Topic: Vote for Kerry...His Daughters Are Hot!
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Vote for Kerry...His Daughters Are Hot!

"I can survive anything except a dead girl or a live boy."Let's hope the photo below is not Kerry on being, not a ladies' man, but a friend to youth(s).
by James
May 18th, 2004, 4:12 pm
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Topic: "Today I am less unhappy."
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"Today I am less unhappy."

<t>"One always wins those bets that no money was laid on. It's like paper trading."Errrr. Actually, not really true. I make real bets with real money and sometimes the investors who hire me to do that place constraints on my strategy. Those constraints have proven, not always, but far more often, to...
by James
May 18th, 2004, 9:27 am
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Topic: Does Mrs. Sonia Gandhi have the moral right to be the Indian PM?
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Does Mrs. Sonia Gandhi have the moral right to be the Indian PM?

I think ANS is destined to star in John Waters films.
by James
May 18th, 2004, 8:49 am
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Topic: Does Mrs. Sonia Gandhi have the moral right to be the Indian PM?
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Does Mrs. Sonia Gandhi have the moral right to be the Indian PM?

<t>"I guess Anna Nicole Smith is an idol in your native Ireland. I'm sure even you are smart enough to realise that there's a difference between working your way up is not the same as marrying into wealth/ power."Uhhh. ANS married wealth, but not power. And she has mismanaged what she had ever since...
by James
May 17th, 2004, 4:31 pm
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Topic: "Today I am less unhappy."
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"Today I am less unhappy."

<t>BTW, today I am less unhappy because I was right on France and the EU rolling over on Alstom, and I was right on advising my investors to go long the bonds when they were trading in the toilet, thinking this would not happen.Sadly, since no money was laid on this bet, I made no income other than ...
by James
May 17th, 2004, 4:21 pm
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Topic: "Today I am less unhappy."
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"Today I am less unhappy."

<t>"Today I would be less unhappy if Nonius put an icon back on his profile. It is so sad staring at that empty box."You'll just have to content yourself with the other 'n' icons of other 'n' personalities.I note FDAXHunter and the bell family still are healthy.meanwhile, consider a variable 'x' of ...
by James
May 17th, 2004, 2:18 pm
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Topic: Does Mrs. Sonia Gandhi have the moral right to be the Indian PM?
Replies: 56
Views: 194788

Does Mrs. Sonia Gandhi have the moral right to be the Indian PM?

<t>"She worked as an house maid in UK while taking classes to learn English in some no name school."I worked as a janitor once. Now I have a household staff. My wife worked as a maid in the USA attending Northern Virginia Community College. Now she manages a billion euro portfolio. I am eligible for...
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