Tag Archives: George Clooney

mad about goats

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Dave

Men who stare at goats and then steal them. They don’t even have to do a messy slaughter. They just stare at them until they croak and roll over. Think of goat rustling as paranormal phenomenon in the national interest … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Avraham Hertzlich, Francisco Goya, George Clooney, gil elvgren, Jeff Bridges, John Lukacs, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Men Who Stare at Goats movie, Project Jedi, Ray Caesar, Shebaa farms, The Evil Eye | Leave a comment

barrels full of killer monkeys

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Dave

Shades of Oliver North. Now its “legal” to raise funds for the Free Syrian Army in the United States. How that supposedly non-military support aid gets translated into arms is a question that goes to the profound root of financial … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Barbara Walters, Bashar el Assad, Brian Sayers NATO, Damien Cave, Free Syrian Army, George Clooney, George Clooney Syriana, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Nadim Shehadi, Rami Makhlouf, Royal Institute for International Affairs, Syria barrel bombs, The Black Keys, Victoria Nuland | Leave a comment

damascus road diversion

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Dave

We know that Bashar Assad has a professorial verbal style, has a tendency to become defensive and stubborn, and is dull, tedious and violent. And we know that regime change is in the air, if not exactly planned, then not … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Bashar Al Assad, George Clooney, Hosni Mubarak, Jean Leon Gerome, kais salman, nancy pelosi, Sam Huntington, The Screaming Blue Messiahs, William Beckford Vathek | Leave a comment

happy faces: necessary delusions

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Dave

Maybe it is better to go through life with an upside down smile. And maybe not always choose the sunny side of the street. It is a critique of the multi-billion-dollar positive-thinking industry which runs the entire gamut of books,seminars, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged Barbara Ehrenreich, Deepak Chopra, dr. ruhab shah, Elmer Gantry, Eric Idle, George Clooney, Harold Bloom, jenni murray, lucy ellmann, mary baker eddy, Monty Python Life of Brian, napoleon hill, norman vincent peale, phineas parkhurst quimby, reverend ike, rhonda byrne, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, zig ziglar | Leave a comment

Tied to the mast of the ship of fools

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Dave

The advertising for the super bowl is almost as important as the game itself. And that game involves only eleven minutes on average of actual playing. Which means a pretty thin slice of meat around a very big marketing bun.All … Continue reading →