Turns out Jackie Chan doesn't care much for his "Americanized" movies. That should come as no surprise, as there are plenty of Americans that have grown weary of Hollywood as well. Honestly, so many of its "action" movies have become so incredibly ludicrous they are beyond enjoyable. Suspending disbelief is no longer enough to stomach them - it ( Read more... )

The powers that be cut the nations internet access. Well we all know that can't be good. It's a given that children and authorities always try to hide their misdeeds. And misdeeds are surely afoot there.

This is one reason that US citizens retain the right to bear arms - it is a last resort against tyranny in the government - meaning one's own ( Read more... )

Hillary has proposed that "every child born in the United States should get a $5,000 "baby bond" from the government to help pay for future costs of college or buying a home". And while in general I do feel that the masses, whether taken at a US level or world level, are quite disadvantaged compared to the wealthy around them, I can't believe this ( Read more... )

Last night I was reading articles from two sides of the "God issue", the one being that there is a God who is all-powerful and all-good despite all that we see in the world that seems to contradict such a claim, and the other being that what we see in the world means that rationally such a God cannot exist. The first position seems to rely a great ( Read more... )

As a child, I (and probably most of you readers) was immersed in the concept of "if at first you don't succeed, try try again" and "quitters never win". That's not to say that I was pushed to excel by my parents so they could live vicariously through me, they did not. Quite frankly, I was relatively self-motivated and self-entertaining, so I ( Read more... )

If you don't know what "Jena 6" is about, the background can be found here.

And here's what's still wrong in the South: if there is racial bias in the case, then that's a wrong that should be righted, but if there's NOT racial bias, then there's still a problem because thousands of people are protesting (and if it turns to rioting, then my point is ( Read more... )

I was reading today how Boomers commonly accuse Gen-X of being lazy (and Gen-Y of even worse) when it comes to work and work ethics. I've got my own theory on the whole thing, with the premise being: we all work as hard as we have to. So if you've got a wife and kid(s) - typical Boomer arrangement - you really really have to. Marriage today occurs ( Read more... )

I read this today and had to laugh: "My wife has about one 'car panic' story a week -- and it's never her fault. All these horrible things just keep happening -- it must be her bad luck".

Because it's true.

I don't even have to use all my fingers to count the number of  "close calls" in my LIFETIME behind the wheel. But my wife would ALWAYS have ( Read more... )

Will the Fed cut rates today? And if so, by how much? And does anyone reading this (notice the bold assumption...) care?

I read today that in only two of the housing slumps since World War Two did the US avoid a recession. I've also read that history shows the best way to deal with financial panics is to throw lots and lots of money at them. ( Read more... )

Record oil prices. US housing slump. Conflict involving Iran and Iraq. Is it 2007, or 1980? The Fed was trying to combat inflation back then as well, and in doing so pushed the US into a sharp recession, with corresponding loss of employment. While today's conditions are NOT identical... I am curious to see how this plays out and to what extent ( Read more... )