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They would never do that. It would cause a serious party war in which every president would be investigated when they left office. This would create some really shitty candidates because the most qualified people wouldn't want their head cut off after they left office. The Presidency is the most stressful job in the land. It just wouldn't be worth the threat of being harassed when you're retired from the job. Especially if you didn't do anything wrong. Remember how Obama looks today, because his head is gonna be full of gray when he leaves office.

You investigate a president while he is still in office, not after he leaves.

Prince of Persia < God of War.

December 21st The Winter Solstice

Well, MGS4 was a masterpiece, at the same time, it was for big fans only. The casual gamer was kicked in the face for this title, and the casual fan who may have only played one or two of the titles was completely ignored. Stealth fans were forsaken altogether.

Sonic is a joke. I stopped buying sonic games a long time ago. Its pretty sad how they keep bringing games out, with the same problems. The Sonic team needs to be overhauled big time, or Sega just needs to take a good 5-10 years off the franchise.

I was hearing that it wasn't being received well by many, and that it was a big pile of crap. I found that a bit hard to believe coming from Frank Miller. Glad to see someone liked it. I haven't seen it myself. It doesn't really appeal enough to me to go pay $15-20 to see it on the big screen. I'll definitely rent it though.

Its a good thing I let my body's immune system take care of the problem.

- Aliens make contact with the world and enslave it. Years in the future 1 man stands against this superior race and manages to free some of his fellow humans to take back the world. Romance tossed in this as well.

Don't forget they all learn how to fly Harrier Jets like ace pilots. And that 1 man can run full speed while holding his breath for a solid 6-10 minutes.

I'd like to see 1 person live at the end... all alone... maybe they can rip off twilight zone and his glasses break. No one survives would be nice too. Maybe the super rich and powerful build a space ship and fly off the planet, only to be hit by space debris. X'D

2012 baby!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov1Yv0H5AEI Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9et5eqXh_k Part 2

I would have embedded them but its much better to go to the link and click the watch in high quality option under the bottom right of the video box. I wish Youtube would come up with a way to embed in high quality.

I hope it's nothing like Deep Impact or The Day after tomorrow. The message of hope and survival crap they were trying to send to the audience in those movies was too corny and obvious, not to mention boring.

Sadly that's probably what it will be. I can only hope that the trailer indicating the governments won't do anything, means that it won't be like Deep Impact, and I hope the cast isn't stupid teens with crushes on each other trying to survive until mom and dad find them.

The climate is going to change, just as it has several times throughout the planets history without us. There is no amount of human intervention that is going to stop it. People think we're fucking up our planet now, we could seriously fuck it up by trying to "reverse" what we supposedly have done if taken to an extreme. Our earliest known ancestors lived on a frigid world half way covered with ice, if they were around any earlier than that, the average world temp was 102. Mother Earth isn't going to stay the same just for us, we are going to have to take the cards she deals us.

I think we need to learn how to adapt, and possibly expand off the planet. After all, It only takes 1 rock from space slamming into our world to end it all.

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The media is garbage. Primary and Secondary education is garbage. Its all watered down. Israel can hold its own, the world thinks we protect them, when in actually its everyone else being protected from them. If there was never any intervention, the Palestinians would be wiped out. They can kill a few civilians here and there, but they could not hold their own against the Israeli Military.

Just look at the 6 day war. In six days, Israel defeated Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. Lets not forget that these three nations were aided with troops and arms by Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, as well as Sudan. 9 on 1, 6 days. The Middle East talks big, but they would never try to war with Israel until they had the aid of China, Russia, or both. That my friends would be World War III.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=51577

An attorney for 20th Century Fox says the studio will continue to seek an order delaying the release of Watchmen, according to The Associated Press.

U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feess last week agreed with Fox that Warner Bros. had infringed its copyright by developing and shooting the film, scheduled for release March 6.

Feess said Monday he plans to hold a trial Jan. 20 to decide remaining issues.

Fox claims it never fully relinquished story rights from its deal made in the late 1980s, and sued Warner Bros. in February. Warner Bros. contended Fox isn't entitled to distribution.

Warner Bros.' attorney said Monday he didn't know if an appeal was coming, but thinks a trial is necessary and a settlement unlikely.

Happy Birfday!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/business/media/25fox.html?_r=3

By MICHAEL CIEPLY

Published: December 24, 2008

LOS ANGELES — In a surprise ruling, a federal judge in Los Angeles said he intended to grant 20th Century Fox’s claim that it owns a copyright interest in the “Watchmen,” a movie shot by Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures and set for release in March.

The decision was disclosed in a five-page written order issued on Wednesday. Gary A. Feess, a judge in the United States District Court for Central California, said he would provide a more detailed order soon.

Fox has been seeking to prevent Warner from releasing the film. The superhero adventure, based on the “Watchmen” graphic novel, is being directed by Zack Snyder (who also directed “300”) and has shaped up as one of most eagerly anticipated releases for next year.

A Warner spokesman, Scott Rowe, declined to comment on the ruling and the studio’s plans.

At an earlier hearing, the judge said he believed that issues in the case could be settled only at a trial, which was scheduled for late January. On Wednesday, however, Judge Feess said he had reconsidered and concluded that Fox should prevail on crucial issues.

“Fox owns a copyright interest consisting of, at the very least, the right to distribute the ‘Watchmen’ motion picture,” the ruling said.

Fox acquired rights to the “Watchmen” graphic novel in the late 1980s for the producer Lawrence Gordon, but eventually dropped its own plan to make a movie from its story, about the underside of life for superbeings.

Mr. Gordon later pursued the project with Universal Pictures, and then with Paramount Pictures, before shooting it with Warner and Legendary under an arrangement that allows Paramount to distribute the film abroad.

In ruling on Wednesday, Judge Feess advised both Fox and Warner to look toward a settlement or an appeal.

“The parties may wish to turn their efforts from preparing for trial to negotiating a resolution of this dispute or positioning the case for review,” he said.

I never had scotch until yesterday. I wasn't about to spend $60+ on something I didn't like. It was a bit weird at first, but It was pretty good after I got use to it. I'll have to give that a shot.

So far: $400 for computer upgrades, Samurai Champloo in its entirety, LOST season 4, Diablo II expansion pack, and a nice hangover from last night drinking Bookers, Captain 100 Proof, and Chivas Regal.

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Got mine today. I'm gonna use it tonight. X'D

Happy Anniversary!

They announced a They Live remake... it won't be the same without Rowdy Roddy Piper.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081221/ap_on_bi_ge/executive_bailouts

Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses, and other benefits last year, an Associated Press analysis reveals.

The rewards came even at banks where poor results last year foretold the economic crisis that sent them to Washington for a government rescue. Some trimmed their executive compensation due to lagging bank performance, but still forked over multimillion-dollar executive pay packages.

Benefits included cash bonuses, stock options, personal use of company jets and chauffeurs, home security, country club memberships and professional money management, the AP review of federal securities documents found.

The total amount given to nearly 600 executives would cover bailout costs for many of the 116 banks that have so far accepted tax dollars to boost their bottom lines.

Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services committee and a long-standing critic of executive largesse, said the bonuses tallied by the AP review amount to a bribe "to get them to do the jobs for which they are well paid in the first place.

"Most of us sign on to do jobs and we do them best we can," said Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat. "We're told that some of the most highly paid people in executive positions are different. They need extra money to be motivated!"

The AP compiled total compensation based on annual reports that the banks file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The 116 banks have so far received $188 billion in taxpayer help. Among the findings:

_The average paid to each of the banks' top executives was $2.6 million in salary, bonuses and benefits.

_Lloyd Blankfein, president and chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs, took home nearly $54 million in compensation last year. The company's top five executives received a total of $242 million.

This year, Goldman will forgo cash and stock bonuses for its seven top-paid executives. They will work for their base salaries of $600,000, the company said. Facing increasing concern by its own shareholders on executive payments, the company described its pay plan last spring as essential to retain and motivate executives "whose efforts and judgments are vital to our continued success, by setting their compensation at appropriate and competitive levels." Goldman spokesman Ed Canaday declined to comment beyond that written report.

The New York-based company on Dec. 16 reported its first quarterly loss since it went public in 1999. It received $10 billion in taxpayer money on Oct. 28.

_Even where banks cut back on pay, some executives were left with seven- or eight-figure compensation that most people can only dream about. Richard D. Fairbank, the chairman of Capital One Financial Corp., took a $1 million hit in compensation after his company had a disappointing year, but still got $17 million in stock options. The McLean, Va.-based company received $3.56 billion in bailout money on Nov. 14.

_John A. Thain, chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch, topped all corporate bank bosses with $83 million in earnings last year. Thain, a former chief operating officer for Goldman Sachs, took the reins of the company in December 2007, avoiding the blame for a year in which Merrill lost $7.8 billion. Since he began work late in the year, he earned $57,692 in salary, a $15 million signing bonus and an additional $68 million in stock options.

Like Goldman, Merrill got $10 billion from taxpayers on Oct. 28.

The AP review comes amid sharp questions about the banks' commitment to the goals of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), a law designed to buy bad mortgages and other troubled assets. Last month, the Bush administration changed the program's goals, instructing the Treasury Department to pump tax dollars directly into banks in a bid to prevent wholesale economic collapse.

The program set restrictions on some executive compensation for participating banks, but did not limit salaries and bonuses unless they had the effect of encouraging excessive risk to the institution. Banks were barred from giving golden parachutes to departing executives and deducting some executive pay for tax purposes.

Banks that got bailout funds also paid out millions for home security systems, private chauffeured cars, and club dues. Some banks even paid for financial advisers. Wells Fargo of San Francisco, which took $25 billion in taxpayer bailout money, gave its top executives up to $20,000 each to pay personal financial planners.

At Bank of New York Mellon Corp., chief executive Robert P. Kelly's stipend for financial planning services came to $66,748, on top of his $975,000 salary and $7.5 million bonus. His car and driver cost $178,879. Kelly also received $846,000 in relocation expenses, including help selling his home in Pittsburgh and purchasing one in Manhattan, the company said.

Goldman Sachs' tab for leased cars and drivers ran as high as $233,000 per executive. The firm told its shareholders this year that financial counseling and chauffeurs are important in giving executives more time to focus on their jobs.

JPMorgan Chase chairman James Dimon ran up a $211,182 private jet travel tab last year when his family lived in Chicago and he was commuting to New York. The company got $25 billion in bailout funds.

Banks cite security to justify personal use of company aircraft for some executives. But Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., questioned that rationale, saying executives visit many locations more vulnerable than the nation's security-conscious commercial air terminals.

Sherman, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, said pay excesses undermine development of good bank economic policies and promote an escalating pay spiral among competing financial institutions — something particularly hard to take when banks then ask for rescue money.

He wants them to come before Congress, like the automakers did, and spell out their spending plans for bailout funds.

"The tougher we are on the executives that come to Washington, the fewer will come for a bailout," he said.

I work 10pm-6am 23rd-24th. but I have the rest of the day off and Christmas day as well.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=51465

Rebellion and 2000 AD have announced that a new Judge Dredd movie is in development.

Together with DNA Films, the movie production company behind such films as Danny Boyle's Sunshine and 28 Weeks Later, Judge Dredd will go into production in 2009.

Jason Kingsley, CEO and Creative Director said, "We can't give away too many details at this point, but we're looking forward to working with DNA Films to bring Judge Dredd back to the big screen."

More like... maybe one of them will be good....