David Opderbeck, on why someone might vote for Lying John McCain: You know, I was thinking about this from a game theoretic perspective. You’d probably want to elect the candidate who lies 90% of the time over the one who lies 50% of the time. With the 90% candidate, I can believe the opposite of [...]
Archive for September 13th, 2008
Quote of the Day, 2008-09-13
Posted in Humor, Politics on September 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Pointless Movie Review: Righteous Kill
Posted in General, Media, News & Current Events, Reviews on September 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I attended an opening-night showing of Righteous Kill, the long-awaited DeNiro/Pacino vehicle, last night. It was showing at the Ziegfeld Theater in Manhattan – former home of the famous Ziegfeld Follies, and still in good repair in all its ornate, flocked-red-velvet-and-gold magnificence – one of the greatest places in the world (behind, perhaps, the main [...]