jam.fuse wrote:I haven't seen 'A Serious Man'. What did you think?
I'm fascinated by "A Serious Man"! It pulls me in, and yet, I'm a little embarrassed by it's "Jewish- Wonder - Years"- feel.
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by vince » Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:07 pm
jam.fuse wrote:I haven't seen 'A Serious Man'. What did you think?
by MinM » Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:42 pm
Jonathan Demme to direct JFK movie - The Education Forum 
hanshan wrote:Hell, why not? The Stand on The Grassy Knoll?
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On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed forever.
If you had the chance to change the course of history, would you?
Would the consequences be worth it?
Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching adults in the GED program. He receives an essay from one of the students—a gruesome, harrowing first person story about the night 50 years ago when Harry Dunning’s father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a hammer. Harry escaped with a smashed leg, as evidenced by his crooked walk.
Not much later, Jake’s friend Al, who runs the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to 1958. He enlists Jake on an insane—and insanely possible—mission to try to prevent the Kennedy assassination. So begins Jake’s new life as George Amberson and his new world of Elvis and JFK, of big American cars and sock hops, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake’s life—a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time.
http://www.stephenking.com/promo/11-22-63/promo_page/
by Searcher08 » Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:43 pm
by MinM » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:06 am
Allegro wrote:.
Keith Harmon Snow on Kony 2012 | Clooney, Kony, Congress, and Sudan
— Submitted by Ann Garrison | Mon, 03/26/2012 - 23:39KPFA Weekend News, 03.17.2012: Veteran Africa war correspondent and human rights investigator Keith Harmon Snow says that George Clooney’s arrest at the Sudanese Embassy, his advocacy for Africa, and the raft of House and Senate bills introduced in response to KONY 2012, mask imperial, economic, white supremacist, and fundamentalist Christian collaboration.
[EXCERPT YOUTUBE NOTES]. …At least three resolutions have been introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives regarding the hunt for minor East African warlord Joseph Kony since KONY 2012 became the most viral video in history. Congressman Ed Royce, R-CA, introduced H.R. 583 with New York Congressman Jim McGovern, D-MA, and McGovern introduced H.R. 4169, which includes provisions to impose sanctions on any government, pointedly “including the Republic of Sudan” thought to be lending any support to Kony. Royce held a press conference in Orange County, California, while George Clooney was being arrested, with plastic handcuffs, protesting at the Sudanese Embassy in Washington D.C., along with McGovern and other Congressmen and civic leaders.
Hugh Manatee Wins wrote:If George Clooney is involved, ya got a CIA-Hollywood agenda afoot.
Clooney is as witting as Tom Hanks in the US agenda. A player.
The US postures over Sudan just to demonize China's role in the region.
by Hugh Manatee Wins » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:41 am
How the FBI protected Al Qaeda’s 9/11 Hijacking Trainer
New Revelations about Ali Mohamed
by Dr. Peter Dale Scott
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Yet this TV show, just before the 9/11 anniversary, was itself another cover-up. It suppressed for example the information given it about Mohamed’s detention and FBI-ordered release in Canada. According to Peter Lance, the principal author for the show, the show suppressed many other sensational facts. Here is Lance’s chief claim: that Fitzgerald and his FBI counterpart on the Bin Laden task force, John Cloonan, learned shortly after 9/11 that Mohamed “knew every twist and turn of” the 9/11 plot.
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IanEye wrote:jam.fuse wrote:One wonders what is really going on in Hollywood these days when such talent as the Coens produce such tepid swill.
So, what did you think of "A Serious Man"?
March 29, 2012
State Dept. asks the pope to intervene in Alan Gross case
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Gross, 62, is an American aid worker serving 15 years in prison for what the Cuban government deems “crimes against the state.” He was distributing laptop computers and connecting Cuban Jews to the Internet during his time in Cuba; he was arrested in December 2009
by Hugh Manatee Wins » Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:17 am
Clayton Consultants Names Jack Cloonan President;
FBI Veteran Named to Chief Post at Leading Corporate Security Consulting Firm
by 8bitagent » Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:46 pm
by MinM » Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:01 am
Hugh Manatee Wins » Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:41 pm wrote:The CIA's Coen Brothers project was commissioned to make a decoy film of a soon-to-be-busted asset working under cover of USAID-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Phillip_Gross
@MailOnline: Amal Alamuddin turns down UN offer to help probe war crimes in Gaza http://dailym.ai/1oqczmK
Clooney's fiancee turns down UN role to help probe 'war crimes'
British-Lebanese lawyer Amal Alamuddin, 36, has turned down an offer from the UN to be part of an independent team observing alleged crimes by both sides during Israel's military offensive.
by MinM » Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:52 pm
Business Insider @businessinsider · George Clooney To Direct Movie On British Phone Hacking Scandal http://read.bi/1CrhsR3 by @TheWrap
@YahooMovies · Dan Rather Scandal Movie 'Truth' Starring Robert Redford to Begin Shooting This Fall http://yhoo.it/1pScdWs
The Intercept @the_intercept · The CIA's Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter @KenDilanianAP Cleared Stories With Agency Before Publication http://interc.pt/1o1RGt5
@SPINmagazine · Disney is trying to stop @deadmau5 from trademarking his ears http://go.spin.com/1vOR9Tf
by MinM » Tue Apr 21, 2015 6:29 pm
WikiLeaks @wikileaks · RELEASE: Sony Pictutres CEO worked with RAND Corp to bring George Clooney and Kevin Spacey to RAND events https://wikileaks.org/sony/press/
Nordic » Sat Apr 18, 2015 4:21 am wrote:http://sputniknews.com/us/20150417/1021045330.html
US Recruits Hollywood to Boost 'Anti-Russian Messaging'
In its propaganda efforts against both Russia, the US State Department may have pressured Sony – and some of the biggest stars – into cooperating.WikiLeaks Release: US Recruits Hollywood to Boost 'Anti-Russian Messaging'
The latest documents released by Wikileaks reveal some uncomfortable – yet unsurprising – truths about the relationship between Hollywood and the US Government. In its propaganda efforts against Russia, the US State Department may have pressured Sony – and some of the biggest stars – into cooperating.
The latest Wikileaks release includes thousands of documents which reveal ties between the White House and Sony pictures. It’s taking journalists a long time to comb through the weeds, but some troubling details are emerging.
As Wikileaks notes, Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton is also on the board of trustees for the RAND Corporation, a research arm of the US military. According to emails, the State Department may have taken advantage of Lynton’s dual positions to further its own propaganda aims.
A logo is pictured outside Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California December 19, 2014
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"As you could see, we have plenty of challenges in countering ISIL narratives in the Middle East and Russian narratives in central and eastern Europe," an email to Lynton from Richard Stengel, US State Department undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs, reads. "Following up on our conversation, I’d love to convene a group of media executives who can help us think about better ways to respond to both of these large challenges."
"This is a conversation about ideas, about content and production, about commercial possibilities," Stengel adds. "I promise you it will be interesting, fun, and rewarding."
"Who are folks I can or should see in NY re anti-Russian messaging — and also anti-ISIL messaging?" he asks Lynton in another email.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures from the balcony of Ecuador's Embassy as he makes a speech in central London, in this file photograph dated December 20, 2012
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures from the balcony of Ecuador's Embassy as he makes a speech in central London, in this file photograph dated December 20, 2012
While comparing a sovereign nation to a terrorist group may be nothing new for US officials, such blatant evidence of Washington’s propaganda war is newsworthy.
In response, Lynton provided a list full of other Hollywood executives who would presumably also be cooperative. This included senior level management from Turner Broadcasting and Walt Disney International.
An American Airlines jet takes off from Reagan National Airport in Washington
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Wikileaks: US Airlines Given Billions in Government Subsidies
Other emails suggest that Lynton was also asked to pressure Hollywood celebrities into promoting foreign policy objectives of the Obama administration.
"We have already started to think through ways your superstars could potentially help amplify some of the great work US Embassy Paris is doing," wrote a staffer on behalf of the US ambassador to France.
"We’d love to include Sony names in events here, either as guests or performers, and would love the opportunity to leverage their popularity to promote the President’s priorities and agenda overseas."
Celebrities suggested by Lynton include George Clooney, Kerry Washington, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, as well as major filmmakers like David Fincher and Steven Spielberg.
CISPA NSA robot agent
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Anti-Privacy CISPA is Back Thanks to the Sony Hack
"Would also include Natalie Portman as she has just done a movie in Israel and is very involved there," one email read.
But Sony’s ties with the government extend even beyond the State Department emails. Documents reveal that Lynton also had contact with the president, having dinner with the Obamas.
Wikileaks also revealed an email from Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer, which detailed his concerns with a perceived Russian threat.
"Putin is little more than a schoolyard bully, so if he refuses to back down, we must bring Europe in as part of an aggressive solution," Schumer wrote to Amy Pascal, a senior executive with Sony. "Sanctions have already hurt him, and the threats of expelling Russia from the World Trade Organization and forbidding it from hosting the next World Cup give us a strong hand."
Of course, the knowledge of close coordination between Hollywood and the US government is nothing new. As David Sirota points out in his book, Back to Our Future, a conflict of interest has existed for years.
"The Pentagon – and it’s very open about this – the Pentagon will line edit screenwriters scripts that are about the military if those screenwriters and the studios want to have access to be able to photograph planes, or tanks, or aircraft carriers," Sirota said during an interview with RT.
Giving the example of 1986’s Top Gun, Sirota notes that the "filmmakers of that movie submitted their script to Pentagon editors, for the Pentagon to line edit it to make sure it was perfectly mimicking what the Pentagon wanted it to say."
Sirota notes that the “filmmakers of that movie submitted their script to Pentagon editors.
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Sirota notes that the “filmmakers of that movie submitted their script to Pentagon editors.
War correspondent Keith Harmon Snow echoed these sentiments in relation to the film Act of Valor.
"We have at it as a psychological operation against the American public," Snow told RT. "That means this is not Hollywood, it’s total propaganda by and for the Pentagon using Hollywood as the face…"
Still, during a State Department briefing on Friday, spokesperson Marie Harf noted that Sony Pictures is only the tip of the iceberg.
"We have a dialogue with companies, with social media companies, about the challenges as we see them and what we are doing to counter that kind of propaganda," she said. "We are having this conversation not just with social media companies, but other people who have public platforms, and that could be entertainment organizations."
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by zangtang » Wed Apr 29, 2015 9:50 am
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by MinM » Thu Oct 15, 2015 10:23 pm
@Salon: "George Clooney freaked out": David Talbot on how Hollywood only wants "fairy tales," not real U.S. history http://slnm.us/V0fFM9v
by backtoiam » Thu Oct 15, 2015 10:42 pm
MinM » Thu Oct 15, 2015 9:23 pm wrote:
David Talbot: Allen Dulles, CIA and Rise of America's Secret Government
The CIA Keeps (Accidentally) Legitimizing JFK Conspiracy Theories
by Elvis » Fri Oct 16, 2015 1:47 am
backtoiam wrote:The "MIC did JFK" will not be allowed for a very long time
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