The surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The
Philae lander bounced off the comet's surface
twice before coming to rest at this, its eventual landing site.
Glenn Beck is making a new movie, and I don't care who you are,
you'll want to see this one.
‘The Immortal’ turns Santa Claus into the warrior protector of a young Jesus Christ [...]
It’s a gritty action-adventure film that marries a rugged version of Santa Claus with the eternal story of Jesus Christ. It is unlike any movie faith film ever conceived, combining the greatest story Glenn has ever conceived with mind-blowing production value.
If Glenn didn't have you at
Gritty action-adventure Santa Claus reboot, there's no hope for you.
"My Santa, the Immortal is a very different guy. He starts out right before the birth of Christ, and he is up in the mountains. And he is a warrior. He has lost his wife, and he’s a sad individual. And he’s got a son who loves dearly, and he lives up in the mountains, and he hunts for food.
But what’s interesting about him is he’s also good with his hands, and the way he hunts is completely different. He actually goes up in the mountains, and he makes these giant puppets that he actually gets inside. And he is trying to kill these wild boars by being inside one of these puppets, if you will, of a boar. And he roots around as the boars come in. That way he’s close enough to kill them. [...]
He eventually is hired by three wise men because he can negotiate, because nobody is going to rip them off, and he knows how to get the very best gifts. And so he negotiates with gold, frankincense, and myrrh and then has to go protect that gold, frankincense, and myrrh and then through a series of events is left there to protect the Christ child [...]"
You would watch this. I would watch this. Everyone would watch this. This is going to be the next Rudolph Christmas special, except that Santa spears Rudolph through the face in the first ten minutes of this one.
Blast from the Past. At Daily Kos on this date in 2002—Army fires gay Arab linguists:
How can the US make any credible claims that it is fighting the terrorist threat with all available means when this sort of crap happens?
Nine Army linguists, including six trained to speak Arabic, have been dismissed from the military because they are gay.
The soldiers' dismissals come at a time when the military is facing a critical shortage of translators and interpreters for the war on terrorism.
[...]
The government has aggressively recruited Arabic speakers since the Sept. 11 attacks.
"We face a drastic shortage of linguists, and the direct impact of Arabic speakers is a particular problem," said Donald R. Hamilton, who documented the need for more linguists in a report to Congress as part of the National Commission on Terrorism.
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today's Kagro in the Morning show: morning Twitter buzz, "Mook Mafia" & the Blankenship indictment.
Armando on airborne surveillance revelations & the latest in #Pointergate. A post-election Michigan update from
Rosalyn MacGregor. A song parody from
Lauren Mayer. Impeachment-mania is back & it ignores history, says
Jon Perr. Which reminded me of the time Mary Landrieu could've blocked a key nomination over Katrina grievances, but didn't. Weekend news grab bag: ISIS to mint its own coins; Solyndra losses reversed into profit; UT county repays inmates charged in "Pay For Stay" scheme; Mark Udall mulls reading the torture report.
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