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Possibly the Greatest Film Remake EVAR

Some time ago, someone got it into his head to remake Star Wars, scene by scene, as a group project.  This is the trailer:

Star Wars: Uncut Trailer from Casey Pugh on Vimeo.

I realize that the cutting edge technologies used here to awesome effect weren't available when he made the original film, so any comparison is unfair. Still . . .

Equally awesome in its own right is The Bloggess' amazing encounter with Joan Walsh of Salon.

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Remember the Ogre in Time Bandits?

He had a bad back. I awoke this morning, and, feeling well for the first time in a week, decided to give myself a good stretch.

My better half and I.

Ouch. Walk this way.

Somewhat inopportune, eh, considering that I've got to move this next week?

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Yeah, I’m Catholic . . .

and I bet Patches Kennedy and Chris Tingle would consider me tantamount to Taliban, but it seems to me that Pat Condell is exactly right:

Apart from being an atheist, but we can discuss that, later. (via Zip)

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More Friday Follies

Via Theo Spark, 30 Years of Sexy Ladies

Honduras: Unindicted Koh-Conspirators

O Magog! has a pity party with Olby and Maddow.

Dr. James Hansen is drowning in bullshit, piled ever higher and deeper. In his defense, he's been sandbagging for 20 years.

Public Option Zombie running out of BRAAAAAAAINS! I'm disappointed, though, that the editors of American Thinker would permit Rick Moran to spread misinformation on how best to re-kill zombies.

A glimpse of Obama's senior thesis at Columbia, in which the poor extend their bleary eyes in supplication.

However, the President also singled out the American Constitution: "... the Constitution allows for many things, but what it does not allow is the most revealing. The so-called Founders did not allow for economic freedom. While political freedom is supposedly a cornerstone of the document, the distribution of wealth is not even mentioned. While many believed that the new Constitution gave them liberty, it instead fitted them with the shackles of hypocrisy."

Turns out to be a hoax.  Tagged "satire."

Yankee Doodle Druids? The sign, at least, is phonetic.

Chanson de Gester. *Thump*

From the Office of Oversight Oversight, Overseers Bravely Flee Countrywide Investigation

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The (Amazing) Everlasting Man

I have had a truly blessed life through these forty years. This is not to say that there haven't been the horrible times of suffering and tragedy that all of us endure. There have been. But on the whole, and compared to many better souls than I, my sufferings have been light. My burdens few. I have had a truly blessed life.

Because you have tolerated my darker posts of late (and been kind enough to let me vent), I did want to share with you some observations about humans - for whom nary a good word is said - and, in particular, human compassion and love.

I have watched the manimals go buying
Buying shoes, buying sweets, buying knives
I have watched the manimals and cried buying time
Buying ends to other people's lives -

XTC - Jason and the Argonauts

My good brother, James, had an amazing send-off. More than 300 people from all points converged on a tiny park lodge (Hubbard Park Lodge) atop a hill overlooking a river in Shorewood, Wisconsin.

The ceremony/memorial was unlike any I have attended - people of all walks of life, economic strata, religions, spiritual paths - assembled for one purpose... to celebrate a life well-lived. A veritable circus for those who tend toward the well-worn path. There was a Reverend whose vestments included sacred symbols of more than a dozen world religions. There was a Ogibwe Flutist and "true voice" singer who performed in solemnity (James was part Chippewa). There was a merry band of hippies who lead a well-played and heartfelt Indian/African "drum circle" of sorts. There were people in traditional African garb, both pale of face and other - there were people dressed in Indian (dot not feather) costume, some Indian, many not - there were hippies dressed as "men in black" with sunglasses (joking that James was an alien). There were also people dressed in black suits who wear them as a matter of course. I was asked to wear one of James' very favorite Hawaiian shirts. Not many men can pull off wearing Hawaiian shirts. I am sure I looked like 20 lbs of potatoes in a 10 lb sack. There were those with influence, those without. There were celebrities from the east coast and a slew of no-names from the hinterland (like yours truly). There were those with much and those who had to scrape for gas money to make it up from North Carolina (in order to dress like a "Men in Black"). It was a spectacular spectacle. And a very fitting send-off. The memorial was, for me, a who's who of beloved and recognizable eyes set in faces more plump than I remember (heads balding or bald) - and eyes that kept company with wise smile lines, beauty marks and crows' feet. Paths converge.

But the real fruits of James' tragic passing has been nothing short of stunning. In my own experience, I have had no fewer than 4 of 5 long-time, but nary spoken to, old friends reach out to me saying how profoundly touched they were by his passing - stating they had begun the process of really taking a deep and thorough inventory of the state of their affairs - relationships, commitments, lifestyles, assumptions, orientation to Creator God. I have witnessed James' amazing wife, Alyssa, at her very best - as a remarkably strong and determined mother, leader, woman. I always found her to be an incredible person - but I have come to recognize just how incredible she is. James' younger brother, Chris, a Marine Officer of several tours, was everything an officer and a gentleman is to aspire to. James' sister, Ginny, along with Mama Jane, living portraits of all things wonderfully and deserving-ly exulted - Woman.

I have turned my focus to my own family, James' family, my dear friends. And many things that yesterday seemed like hassles, I have re-considered - embracing them instead as glorious blessings.

I have had a lot of time to think about things. And, even with nothing - should the business be buried, my livelihood and dreams be dashed, my home be taken, my cars break down, the world around me crumble - with my family and friends at my side - the downside would not be comfortable - but it would be nothing, really. Absolutely nothing. I would still be a very blessed and rich beyond any measure - because I am not really of this world, now am I? The Everlasting Man

UPDATE x1

Sarah - one-time love of James, remembers him - SOUP's on!

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AKA. Bobby Donn Brubaker (the most popular man in Mesa, AZ), the Umbrella of Terror, Jack Ketch.

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Plethora of Pettiness

first of all, we should be celebrating sexypartystyle this weekend about this piece of good news. Party like Pelosi!

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Super Fun Time in North Korea!

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Just to warm you up for Halloween.

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Boob post throwback: if you were wondering what Kate Gosselin would look like with MegMeg's mega pushed-up publicity ploy, here ya go!

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This link is purely to illustrate why you should never let anyone take a photo of you from below.

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Something phallic to balance last week's topic: MINE IS BIGGER THAN YOURS!

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Keeping hope alive that maybe West Side Story really happened like this. There's even an Obama-esque speech. Is the dude documenting the events on his iPhone a certain blogger?

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This is not only not fitting, it is not acceptable! I speak as an expert.

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Too perfect. You want a psycho? Study a psycho! (one of my favorite movies)

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For the boys. Or, what you can get for $500 nowadays. Content warning, kinda.

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Probably the best aria ever. This is for you, Anita Dunn.

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Dahlhalla is a professional troublemaker and classical musician living in New York City. Schooled in Seattle (with Liz Mair), and college-d in San Francisco (where she played with the Grateful Dead once, no joke). She truly lives the plots of several telenovellas on a daily basis. Yeah. Just ask any anonymous blogger you know. Currently dating her way through the former Bush Administration, Dahlhalla is gathering enough material to hopefully post more than once every other month. But until then…OMG SHOES.

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Chris “Tingle” Matthews: religious right resembles the Taliban!

The film speaks for itself...

Rocketman

A salute to the journalistic integrity of the White House press pool.

All of the regular readers of POWIP know that I'm generally hard on the legacy media, often questioning their sense of ethics, professionalism, and accusing them of "intellectual incuriousity.  That's why it's all the more important that I take this opportunity to commend the White House press pool for standing in solidarity with Fox, when the White House tried to freeze Fox out of a round robin style interview session with the pay czar.

Baier: "There was an announcement by the Administration that they were putting out the pay Czar Kenneth Feinberg as we showed you earlier, for the White House pool, they sent out a message for the White House pool that Feinberg would be doing a round robin interviews with the 5 network pool that covers the White House...Foxnews has been a member since 1997, when they put out that message they specified that all members of the pool were welcome except Foxnews"

In addition to ensuring that no future Republican administration could also arbitrarily single out any network they felt was turning up the heat, they also unwittingly have underscored the administration's ongoing feud with Fox news over the last few weeks; a vendetta that has taken on a decidedly Nixonian feel.  I should also point out here that for all of the political left's vilification of G.W. Bush, he never lowered himself to this kind of behavior nor engaged in personally calling out broadcasters as Mr. Obama has with Limbaugh.

So here's to the White House press pool.  Thank you for not allowing the Pennsylvania Avenie freeze-out of a collegue, and for letting the President know, even if indirectly, that he has crossed a line of decorum, and respect for the independance of the press.

Rocketman

Wow

An enormous thanks to Thor for the extremely generous gift of $500 from his poker tournament winnings. Speechless, really.

Many thanks also to Arrian, Chapman, and Frank for their kind donations. They are much appreciated.

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