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Grosse Pointe Blank is a story with subtle twists and turns and double entendres, just like the title of the movie. John Cusack plays Martin Blank, a professional killer attending his high school reunion...
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Blank not only has to deal with his feeling for Debi Newberry (Minnie Driver), but also with the reaction to his opposition to a plan to unionise professional killers (it seems like a satire straight out the Simpsons, doesn't it?). The union is the brainchild of Grocer (Dan Aykroyd) who is sick of embarrassing situations that arise as a result of killers doing different jobs. In retaliation for Blank rejecting his plan, Grocer sics the National Security Agency on Blank. All these characters (and a couple more) converge at Grosse Point, Michigan where the action culminates.
He visits his mother, who's been placed in an institution, and because she's so out of it, she doesn't recognize him and actually comes onto him.
Of course, only a wimp like Driver's Debi would stumble upon Martin at that crucial moment, see the corpse slumped against the locker, and flee in shock and disbelief, but that's "Grosse Pointe Blank" for you. In the movie's final shot, Cusack and Driver, reconciled, head out of the tiny, stifling town in a convertible, suddenly free from the tyranny and evil of Blank's old life.
In one early scene, after Marcella has tried to persuade Martin to drop in on the reunion just for kicks, he wonders how to respond to all those dopey questions about what he's been up to all these years. "What am I going to say? I killed the president of Paraguay with a fork. What did you do?"
1) BEST BOOK OF ITS KIND, February 15, 1998
Reviewer: A reader
This review is from: Alias Paine: Lewis Thornton Powell, the Mystery Man of the Lincoln Conspiracy (Library Binding)
Without question this is the best researched study of one of John Wilkes Booth's main co-conspirators ever written.
2) Lewis Paine, June 14, 2001
By Carmen (Baltimore, Maryland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Alias Paine: Lewis Thornton Powell, the Mystery Man of the Lincoln Conspiracy (Library Binding)
Lewis Paine was a dashing young man in the 19th Century. Why would Booth tempt Lewis Paine into kidnapping Mr. Lincoln? I liked Lewis Paine since I was little. Now that I'm 20 yrs old now, I still dream of him. I know he's dead already. (Don't think I'm insane for this guy.) If Lewis Paine was like he was in the 1860's today, I'll freak out. My husband's name is Lewis but not Powell. I have collected several pics of Powell since I was 12 to 13. I drove my mom & dad crazy about Lewis Paine when I was 9. Hope you like my thoughts about Lewis Paine.
Love, Carmen
I've been wrong about software-glitchy stuff before and I hope I am now but...
DE, you do realize that I've acquired a real Pentagon psy-ops manual, right? I'm not making this stuff up.
professorpan wrote:I've been wrong about software-glitchy stuff before and I hope I am now but...
And I'm sure you're wrong again -- I hardly think Google gives a hoot about your clicks on Blogger. That, sir, sounds like clear-cut paranoia to me.
Speaking of being wrong, do you ever consider that any of your "keyword hijacking" examples might be wrong?
I ask that with utter sincerity. Because despite others pointing out logical flaws and the lack of plausibility, I've never seen a single example of an alleged "hijacking" where you've said, "Well, maybe I was wrong about this one."
And that, my dear manatee, says a lot.
For the record, his name is Patton Oswalt.
brownzeroed wrote:By Jingo!:For the record, his name is Patton Oswalt.
I think this is relevant.
I'd like to see the Psy Ops pdf., as well.
Where is it located?
ON EDIT: Don't know if this is relevant but Gross Point Blank was with John Cusack, not Jeff Goldblum.
brownzeroed wrote:By Jingo!:For the record, his name is Patton Oswalt.
I think this is relevant.
I'd like to see the Psy Ops pdf., as well.
Where is it located?
ON EDIT: Don't know if this is relevant but Gross Point Blank was with John Cusack, not Jeff Goldblum.
The manual calls what I'm pointing at "imitative deception."
If you search up "imitative communications deception" you find the same kind of thing but in a more military hardware setting of false radio broadcasts, false orders, etc.
No, I don't have a military source that uses the actual words "keyword hijacking."
I noted in my op that search results were split on ending with a 'd' or a 't.'
I think this is relevant.
Dreams End wrote:Then why do you keep citing this mysterious manual as proof?
I think that your claim of access to privileged information demands some evidence. But then, I don't think evidence is that important to you.
I fully accept that they would have false radio broadcasts...but what does that have to do with "keyword hijacking?" One is putting out deliberately false information, disguised as to source...the other is simply using the same words in a different context.
I tell you what. Transcribe just one page of this manual. What's on the cover? Where does it come from? Is it called a "psyops manual" or does it have a more technical name?
Department of the Army
The Army Institute For Professional Development
US Army Training Support Center
Newport News, VA 23628-0001
"Questions about the content of this subcourse should be directed to the author.
Author: SSG Rita E. Torres
Dept/Div: PSYOP Department
Telephone: AUTOVON 236-7530
Commercial: (919) 396-7530
Address: Commandant
USAJFKSWCS
ATTN: ATSU-TD-PO-O
FT.BRAGG, NC 28307-5000
U.S. ARMY PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
SUBCOURSE NO. PO 0801
Seven Credit Hours
LESSON 5: NATIONAL WILL AND POLITICAL WARFARE
TASK: Describe how national will affects PSYOP.
Conditions: Given information about PSYOP and national will.
STANDARDS: Demonstrate competency of the task skills and knowledge of the subject by correctly answering at least 75 percent of the multiple-choice test questions covering the national will and warfare. This objective relates to Soldier's Manual Tasks 331-913-2001, Prepare a Target Analysis Worksheet; and 331-906-3006, Supervise the Preparation of a Target Analysis Worksheet.
Dreams End wrote:Then why do you keep citing this mysterious manual as proof?
I think that your claim of access to privileged information demands some evidence. But then, I don't think evidence is that important to you.
I fully accept that they would have false radio broadcasts...but what does that have to do with "keyword hijacking?" One is putting out deliberately false information, disguised as to source...the other is simply using the same words in a different context.
I tell you what. Transcribe just one page of this manual. What's on the cover? Where does it come from? Is it called a "psyops manual" or does it have a more technical name?
Department of the Army
The Army Institute For Professional Development
US Army Training Support Center
Newport News, VA 23628-0001
"Questions about the content of this subcourse should be directed to the author.
Author: SSG Rita E. Torres
Dept/Div: PSYOP Department
Telephone: AUTOVON 236-7530
Commercial: (919) 396-7530
Address: Commandant
USAJFKSWCS
ATTN: ATSU-TD-PO-O
FT.BRAGG, NC 28307-5000
'Army Correspondence Course Program' from the Army Institute on Professional Development out of the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. "IPD: Readiness/Professionalism Thru Growth"
Subcourse 0801-0812 Edition 7
U.S. ARMY PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
SUBCOURSE NO. PO 0801
Seven Credit Hours
LESSON 5: NATIONAL WILL AND POLITICAL WARFARE
TASK: Describe how national will affects PSYOP.
Conditions: Given information about PSYOP and national will.
STANDARDS: Demonstrate competency of the task skills and knowledge of the subject by correctly answering at least 75 percent of the multiple-choice test questions covering the national will and warfare. This objective relates to Soldier's Manual Tasks 331-913-2001, Prepare a Target Analysis Worksheet; and 331-906-3006, Supervise the Preparation of a Target Analysis Worksheet.
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