http://joz3d.net/blog Left Coast social commentary, tunes, technology. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:10:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en . Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire Inglourious Basterds Up The Blind Side An Education District 9 Up in the Air The Hurt Locker Avatar A Serious Man I feel like there are definitely some movies up there that are not worthy of this nomination, who's spots are more deserved by others, ... http://joz3d.net/blog/2010/03/06/best-picture-2010-ranked/ Finally!  Though I'll have to try to defer it for a couple months due to the state of work.  Oh well, it's coming soon :-) http://joz3d.net/blog/2009/10/05/yesssss/ I was looking to watch the new Michael Moore movie this weekend (Capitalism: A Love Story), but the largest theater in Irvine, 21 screens, wasn't running it.  Wouldn't want people getting any ideas down here now would we? http://joz3d.net/blog/2009/10/05/no-moore-oc/ Florida's 8th district Representative, Democrat Alan Grayson, addressed the house a couple days ago about the healthcare issue, saying: "The Republican health care plan is this: Don't get sick, and if you do get sick, die quickly." Republicans were appalled, and demanded an apology from him, so yesterday he apologized: "Holocaust in America" ... http://joz3d.net/blog/2009/10/01/get-em-grayson/ This weekend I saw No Impact Man, which I recommend.  I thought it was very interesting and I learned quite a few things from it that I didn't know about.   One of these things is that the meat industry is a larger cause of greenhouse gases (global warming) than all ... http://joz3d.net/blog/2009/09/21/further-beef-reduction/ I'm happy that the plans for the US European missile shield have been scrapped.  Most of Europe doesn't want it and we don't need to further sour relations with Russia or start another arms race.  If Europe wants a missile defense shield, it can build it.  I never liked this ... http://joz3d.net/blog/2009/09/19/european-missile-shield/ I talk about this a lot in real life.  I always get sad when I see the automated check-outs in supermarkets/stores show up, or the APC automated package sending system at the post office so you don't have to talk with/get to know your postal workers or supermarket clerks, or ... http://joz3d.net/blog/2009/09/18/the-fleeting-of-human-interaction/ ...is very shitty.  No public option, yet still $800 billion, and doesn't even require health insurance companies to not discriminate based on pre-existing conditions until 2013, after the next Presidential election.  Gee I wonder why that is, not hoping and praying by you corporate assholes that some republican somehow wins?  ... http://joz3d.net/blog/2009/09/18/baucus-healthcare-bill/ is being built!!… in China :|  COME ON AMERICA!!!, we can't just depend on Google for everything.  Remember when we used to be cutting edge? *sigh* Anyway, it'll cost China $5 billion.  /me gets out his pencil and puts on his elementary-school-student math hat:  Now, $5 billion to power 3 million ... http://joz3d.net/blog/2009/09/16/solar-plant-to-power-3-million-homes/ Kanye, You are the biggest douchebag there fucking is.  You make it an embarrassment to be a fan of yours.  I had a backlogged post to finish about high regards for your 808's & Hearthbreak album - deleted.  I was even going to buy that one and maybe future good ... http://joz3d.net/blog/2009/09/14/fuck-kanye-west/