Open Mic Night in Long Valley Last Night

It wasn't bad...quite fun, actually.

I will do it again.

http://www.tricma.org/open_mic_night

They Still Make Good Films These Days (Just Not In Hollywood) - 2

Example #2 - The White Ribbon
Dir. Michael Haneke



Michael Haneke is a Belgian director. Move over Hitchcock! A new master of suspense has arrived. This German Language film just came out on DVD last month. I saw Caché, a French language film starring Juliette Binoche, at the art-house theatre in Montclair a few years ago. I thought that was the most suspenseful film I had ever seen until I saw The White Ribbon.

So Sayeth the King of Funny Faces!

They Still Make Good Films These Days (Just Not In Hollywood) 1

Example #1 - Bronson
Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Star: Tom Hardy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKC-FKGMeCY


This movie floors me every time. It's one to watch over and over and over.

Nicolas Winding Refn is a Danish director, second only to Lars Von Trier in influence. I saw Pusher (1996). That one floors me every time. I'm looking forward to seeing Pusher 2 and Pusher 3, as well as Valhalla Rising when that becomes available on DVd.

Bronson is just flat out amazing. Tom Hardy deserves every award in the world for his performance.

So sayeth the King of Funny Faces.

John Trudell " Religious vs Spiritual" Perception of Reality

...if the torturers and bureacrats of the dungeons and the camps are able to treat their victims like animals destined for the slaughterhouse, with whom they themselves, the well-nourished criminals, have nothing in common, it is because the victims have indeed become such animals. What had to be done for this to happen has indeed been done. That some nevertheless remained human beings, and testify to that effect, is a confirmed fact. But this is always achieved precisely through enormous effort.

-Alain Badiou

John Trudell, Crazy Horse - The Original Video

Know Your Rights

Preponderance of the evidence, also known as balance of probabilities is the standard required in most civil cases. The standard is met if the proposition is more likely to be true than not true. Effectively, the standard is satisfied if there is greater than 50 percent chance that the proposition is true. Lord Denning, in Miller v. Minister of Pensions,[3] described it simply as "more probable than not." Until 1970, this was also the standard used in juvenile court in the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_burden_of_proof#Preponderance_of_the_evidence

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