Secrets and Lies

Warner says Rumsfeld improperly manipulated base realignment to move jobs out of D.C. area.

Fears of massive marine extinctions.

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Google as the new threat.

All hail Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Dinosaur Comics presents: how to be patronizing.

"Multiples theories for the decline [in the summer box office] abound: a failure of studio marketing, the rising price of gas, the lure of alternate entertainment, even the prevalence of commercials and pesky cellphones inside once-sacrosanct theaters. But many movie executives and industry experts are beginning to conclude that something more fundamental is at work: Too many Hollywood movies these days, they say, just are not good enough."
-Sharon Waxman, NYTimes.com

From the same article:

"Audiences have gotten smart to the marketing, and they can smell the good ones from the bad ones at a distance."
-Michael Lynton, Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman

So, first today Robertson says his Chavez comment was taken out of context, "misinterpreted," and that he didn't say "assassinate." Now he's apologizing. What a tool. Can't wait for The Daily Show tonight.

Please, see how you can misinterpret this:

"If he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war."
-Pat Robertson