Der Spiegel: You could have started a company in Silicon Valley and lived in a home in Palo Alto with a swimming pool. Why did you decide to do the WikiLeaks project instead? WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: We all only live once. So we are obligated to make good use of the time that we […]
Some SI blog readers came in their jetties at the mere mention of Madrasapattinam and hailed it as an exceptional, classy film and in the same breath damned Thillalangadi as a piece of shit. Well, the makkal theerpu (people’s verdict) is different. Folks, the Tamil makkal have spoken and spoken decisively in favor of Thillalangadi. […]
(For SI Blog readers kd36939, Gandhiji et al) Farewell a.k.a. L’affaire Farewell (French) is simply the best spy film we’ve seen in our life. And also the most sui generis spy film – we heard gun-shots only twice in the entire movie. Eschewing Indian films like Khatta Meetha and Pudangadi oops Thillalangadi that have earned […]
(Via iPhone) Hell with Khatta Meetha. Hell with Wateva-Langadi. Here we are in the theater waiting for the acclaimed French movie Farewell to start. Big crowd in the hall. Over 60 people at the hall in Lincoln Plaza on Broadway in NYC and they are still coming in. We hope to have a good time […]
If the Al Queda troglodyte Osama bin Laden can take responsibility for anything beyond 9/11, it’s for the phenomenal growth in the U.S. intelligence apparatus – both domestic and overseas as well as counter-terrorist organizations. The Washington Post the other day had an interesting piece on the explosive, untrammeled growth in U.S. intelligence organizations post […]
The emperor marched in the procession under the beautiful canopy, and all who saw him in the street and out of the windows exclaimed: “Indeed, the emperor’s new suit is incomparable! What a long train he has! How well it fits him!” Nobody wished to let others know he saw nothing, for then he would […]