December 29, 2007

Saturday Sites to See

MOVIES LOST IT AT THE MOVIES:

About 1.41 billion tickets were sold this year, about the same number as last year. However, in 2002, 1.61 billion tickets were sold. So, ticket sales are down 12% over the last 5 years. The big macro story is that once upon a time, most Americans routinely went to the movies. Today, only a minority do. And that minority continues to shrink. -- blog.pmarca.com: Numbers numbers numbers, film industry edition

BRITS SCREW THEMSELVES DEEPER:

New super-cameras mean no hiding for drivers who smoke, eat or use a phone | the Daily Mail Digital speed cameras which capture drivers smoking or eating at the wheel are being introduced nationwide in a new move to hammer motorists. Drivers will also face fines, bans and even jail for infringements such as driving without a seatbelt, using a hand-held mobile phone or overtaking across double white lines.
I guess giving up their guns made for more freedom from state control, right?

PAT BOONE, forever frozen in time, calls it for Obama and Edwards and a Reganesque Return:

"The Democrats will finally realize they're not the only ones voting, and that Hillary is quite simply unelectable, with rock-solid negatives that rule her out. They'll nominate Obama and Edwards, one for prez and the other for veep; toss a coin." -- A New Year's vision and prophecy

HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL: 10 Signs of Intelligent Life at YouTube (Smart Video Collections)

MIND-BLOWING BENEFITS found (again) :

Scientific American: Psychedelic Healing? Hallucinogenic drugs, which blew minds in the 1960s, soon may be used to treat mental ailments

"Psychedelics may be therapeutic to the extent that they elicit processes that are known to be useful in a therapeutic context: transference reactions and working through them; enhanced symbolism and imagery; increased suggestibility; increased contact between emotions and ideations; controlled regression; et cetera," says psychiatrist Rick Strassman of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, who from 1990 to 1995 performed the first human study using psychedelic drugs in about 20 years, investigating the effects of DMT on 60 human subjects. "This all depends, though, on set and setting," he cautions. "These same properties could also be turned to very negative experiences, if the support and expectation for a beneficial experience aren't there."

DEBUGGING the brain bugs:

"There is no meaningful freedom in the absence of the human will, but the will is only free to the extent that it is free from certain repetitive actions and mechanical patterns of thought, which we call Mind Parasites." -- One Cosmos: Degrees and Chimes of Freedom's Fleshing

FOR ALL YOU DO, this bullet's for you: Scott Ott looks at the subtext to a slaying: Bhutto Killing Puts EuroLeaders On Notice: Time to Choose ...

As the mortally-wounded woman slumped through the sunroof, the happy hunter detonated himself to send a clear message that no security cordon can protect those who rise to oppose jihad. Cling, if you will, to your professors who drone on about the legitimate grievances of oppressed peoples who wish only to be left alone. Your cartridge clicks into the chamber.... As you mount the rostrum to decry the slaying and call for calm in Pakistan, do you wonder whether your security detail could stop him?

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Re: Brits Screw Themselves Deeper:

Here's a new, Brussels-Approved British Regional Anthem to replace God Save the Queen (Who needs a queen when they now have new lords and masters in Belgium? Bow down to your Poodle Overlords, Scurvy Brits!)

Gloom, Despair, and Agony on me.
Deep Dark depression, excessive misery.
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.
Gloom, Despair, and Agony on me.

Posted by: Jauhara at December 29, 2007 3:21 PM
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