A Missive From Boomer Hell

Chris Orr on "Lions For Lambs." Ross is even more brutal:

It’s rare that you encounter a bad movie whose badness deserves no analysis, no interpretation, no exculpatory comments – nothing but pure, unadulterated derision. Lions for Lambs, however, is such a movie. Indeed, I fear that mere words can’t begin to convey its unmitigated awfulness.

A New Definition Of “Privacy”

Kinda like the new definition of "torture." Ed Brayton sums up my view:

The fact that people can reveal limited data about themselves voluntarily is hardly a justification for allowing the government to gather any data they want on us without our knowledge or consent. Any suggestion to the contrary is either rank idiocy or a baldfaced lie. It really is that simple.

Hey: Trust The Decider. He knows what’s good for us. Alternatively:

The phrase "you gotta be fucking kidding me" comes to mind.