July 3, 2008

IN THE MAIL: Crush the Cell
Recently received Crush the Cell: How to Defeat Terrorism Without Terrorizing Ourselves by Michael A. Sheehan: Written by a man who is arguably the country's most authoritative voice on counterterrorism, Crush the Cell demolishes, with simple logic, the edifice of false "terror punditry" that has been laid, brick by...[READ]

June 25, 2008

AK-47 Guitar
Just what the world needed: ...[READ]

June 16, 2008

The Guns of 'Heat'
Legions Fate with the rundown of weaponry in Michael Mann's film 'Heat.' Good stuff and definitely worth a look. Via Rummell....[READ]

June 13, 2008

Dancing with the Star Wars
File this under 'Friday the 13th WTF' What's particularly funny about this is that, as astoundingly stupid as it is, it's still at least three times as good as the Star Wars Holiday Special....[READ]

May 24, 2008

IN THE MAIL: America's Hidden History
From the author of Don't Know Much About History comes America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation by Kenneth C. Davis: Kenneth C. Davis, author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller Don't Know Much About History, presents...[READ]

May 7, 2008

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Poster
StarWars.com: Star Wars fans will get an unprecedented look at the newest intergalactic adventure on Thursday, May 8, when the world-premiere trailer for the upcoming CG-animated movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars debuts across five Turner networks simultaneously. At 7:58 p.m. in all U.S. time zones, Cartoon Network, TNT,...[READ]

May 6, 2008

Show us your tats
Kyle Cassidy is working on a new book of veterans tattoos called "War Paint". You can see some of it on his website at www.kylecassidy.com/warpaint. At the moment, he's specifically looking for WWII and Korean war vets with military tats. If you work with a VFW post or know...[READ]

April 28, 2008

IN THE MAIL: A Conservative History of the American Left
Just got A Conservative History of the American Left by Daniel J. Flynn: From Communes to the Clintons Why does Hillary Clinton crusade for government-provided health care for every American, for the redistribution of wealth, and for child rearing to become a collective obligation? Why does Al Gore say...[READ]

April 25, 2008

House to House (of Representatives)
Cadillac Light: SSG David Bellavia is running for congress in New York State. Bellavia served in the First Infantry Division for six years. He has been recommended for the Medal of Honor and has been nominated for the Distinguished Service Cross. He wrote a book about his experience in...[READ]

April 23, 2008

IN THE MAIL: The Devil's Delusion
Just got The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions by David Berlinski. Here's the blurb: Militant atheism is on the rise. Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens have dominated bestseller lists with books denigrating religious belief as dangerous foolishness. And these authors are merely the...[READ]

April 17, 2008

Interview with author of 'Armed America'
Over at GunPndit, I've posted a great interview with Kyle Cassidy, photographer/author of Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes. The book is a good one, and Kyle's responses provide a lot of great food for thought. Go check it out....[READ]

April 16, 2008

Springsteens for Obama
Bruce has come out in favor of Barack Obama, saying this: "I've been writing about America for 30 years. I've tried to write about who we are, what we stand for, what we fight for. I believe that these essential ideals of American identity are what's at stake on...[READ]

April 9, 2008

Interview: BB-67 Montana Author
Here is a quick interview with W. Frederick Zimmerman, author of BB-67 Montana: Why She Matters Today. 1. What made you decide to put together a book on the BB-67 USS Montana? I had been experimenting with new formats for micropublishing (see Publish A "Nimble" Book With Us) and I...[READ]

April 6, 2008

Charlton Heston died
Breaking news: Oscar-winning actor played larger-than-life figures We'll see if his work with the NRA gets much attention. I imagine someone will make fun of him for it, though. My favorite Heston film is probably Ben-Hur. I watched Planet of the Apes with my son a few weeks ago. Just...[READ]

April 5, 2008

Positively 'Enchanted'
Just watched Enchanted with the family and some guests, and I gotta say we liked it. Life is idyllic in the fairytale world where conflict is minimal and breaking into song solves every problem, but what happens when a princess from the fairy world gets magically transported into the...[READ]

March 30, 2008

MN Protest
MichaelMoore.com featured this on their front page a couple of days ago: Mission Accomplished! Hundreds of Minnesota students rally, shut down military recruitment stations, 16 arrested It eventually links to this story in the MInnesota Daily: More than 200 students rally on campus against Iraq War, Sixteen people were...[READ]

March 27, 2008

'An onslaught of attack'
Court: Michael Moore did not defame Iraq vet A federal appeals court has ruled filmmaker Michael Moore did not defame an Iraq war veteran when Moore used a clip from a television interview without his permission in the anti-war documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11.” Moore says he makes "movies that point out...[READ]

March 18, 2008

Galactica
The new season begins [next] [on a] Friday. Good. ...[READ]

March 15, 2008

IN THE MAIL: Grand Theft Jesus
Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America by Robert S. Mcelvaine: “We’re mad as Heaven, and we’re not going to take it anymore!” declares historian Robert McElvaine in this passionate and often hilarious rallying cry for sincere Jesus Followers. He lets the rest of society know that...[READ]

March 6, 2008

The Good Olde Days
I was watching Time After Time the other night and caught a glimpse of something soon to be changed forever: The film was released on August 31, 1979. Just over two months later, on November 4th, the US Embassy in Tehran would be stormed and hostages would be taken. Just...[READ]

Previous 'Books, Movies, Music' Posts

• IN THE MAIL: BB-67 Montana  01 Mar 09:59

• IN THE MAIL: Living Like Ed  25 Feb 12:32

• Miracle on Ice - 28 years ago  22 Feb 20:15

• No Chance?  21 Feb 12:25

• Bidding War  16 Feb 23:26

• Teen wanted to Kamikaze Hannah Montana  25 Jan 13:30

• Fanboy  25 Jan 11:54

• When Zack comes a-shufflin' up  17 Jan 12:57

• Wolverines!  04 Jan 19:54

• Christmas Videos 3 & 4  24 Dec 10:11

• Indy 4 Poster  11 Dec 12:28

• Things We Couldn't Say  28 Nov 13:01

• 'Remembering Vietnam: The Wall at 25'  08 Nov 12:45

• Dumbledore was a happy Wizard  21 Oct 21:01

• IN THE MAIL: Shadow Warriors by Kenneth R. Timmerman  19 Oct 12:03

• The War series  03 Oct 14:59

• IN THE MAIL: Lincoln - The Presidential Archives  27 Sep 07:59

• Clueless in Hollywood  18 Sep 07:59

• Blood and bloody ashes!  17 Sep 12:04

• 'Hold that Tiger'  01 Sep 20:03

• G.I. Joe  27 Aug 12:53

• The Deathly Hallows  10 Aug 13:38

• IN THE MAIL: 33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask  03 Aug 19:49

• World War Z by Max Brooks  29 Jul 10:59

• Ignore the jet pilots behind the curtain  08 Jul 09:54

• Robert A. Heinlein - 100th Birthday  07 Jul 19:00

• Harry Potter Book 7  06 Jul 13:18

• IN THE MAIL: 'The Prince of Darkness' by Robert D. Novak  05 Jul 18:02

• Lazy Weekend - Books and Cartoons  02 Jul 07:59

• IN THE MAIL: Deer Hunting With Jesus  27 Jun 08:18

• On the road  08 Jun 07:59

• A long time ago...  25 May 11:34

• Blade Runner HD DVD  24 May 16:52

• Air Raid: Daiquiri  03 May 12:18

• Star Wars 30th Anniversary  26 Apr 15:59

• The definitive book on the defense of earth against a potential alien incursion  25 Apr 21:48

• Plastics are oil-based  25 Apr 12:47

• 28 Weeks Later  25 Apr 09:59

• Anyone remember the miniseries 'World War III'?  24 Apr 20:11

• Soaked up waaaay too much sun  23 Apr 12:17

• IN THE MAIL: Chosen Soldier by Dick Couch  23 Apr 12:05

• Sew Much Comfort - video  16 Apr 12:50

• In the Mail: ON THE HUNT by Col. David Hunt  11 Apr 07:59

• October Sky  30 Mar 09:59

• Perhaps the oddest link to Murdoc ever  28 Mar 12:30

• 'The Children of Hurin' - A New Middle Earth Novel  26 Mar 23:15

• Review: NO HIGHER HONOR by Bradley Peniston  25 Mar 22:24

• IN THE MAIL: How to Raise an American  20 Mar 20:02

• Can America Elect a Mormon President?  12 Mar 12:50

• IN THE MAIL: Tales From a Tin Can  08 Mar 12:33

• Please, Louise  27 Feb 12:57

• The 246 Spartans  19 Feb 13:14

• Galactica renewed again  13 Feb 11:48

• System Down  06 Feb 20:26

• Pleased to meet you  03 Jan 14:59

• JUST ARRIVED: "The War Tapes" Special Preview Edition DVD  02 Jan 12:30

• REVIEW: "Gauntlet" by Barbara Masin  31 Dec 09:59

• The Star Wars Holiday Special  22 Dec 17:16

• IN THE MAIL: The Tyranny of Tolerance  16 Dec 10:59

• 'The War Tapes' on DVD  06 Dec 21:10

• "The Pinedale Shopping Mall has just been bombed with live turkeys"  25 Nov 12:23

• "Inappropriate Content"  20 Nov 07:55

• 'The Ground Truth'  17 Nov 07:56

• Free e-books for seriously wounded vets, among others  15 Nov 20:53

• THE GROUND TRUTH tonight in Grand Rapids  12 Nov 14:17

• ROUGHNECK NINE-ONE by Frank Antenori and Hans Halberstadt  05 Nov 19:02

• Marines in the Garden of Eden  04 Oct 21:48

• JUST ARRIVED: No Higher Honor by Bradley Peniston  03 Oct 20:59

• Two different bridges - One to build, one to blow  27 Sep 12:49

• In the mail: DON'T TREAD ON ME by H.W. Crocker III  22 Sep 13:01

• In the mail: GAUNTLET by Barbara Masin  19 Sep 12:08

• THE WAR TAPES [Review]  07 Sep 07:51

• We Didn't Start the Fire video  06 Sep 20:57

• Just watched THE WAR TAPES  31 Aug 23:10

• Star Trek poll  31 Aug 21:05

• "I'm laughing at the 'superior' intellect"  27 Aug 20:19

• WATCHING THE WATCHDOG  25 Aug 07:52

• Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors  18 Aug 12:08

• IN THE MAIL: Disrobed by Mark W. Smith  20 Jul 21:30

• Kiki's Delivery Service  16 Jul 21:51

• "Hanging Out With The Boys" video  12 Jul 12:43

• Schoolhouse ROCKS!  09 Jul 14:44

• This is so dumb it wouldn't even make it into a movie  06 Jul 07:53

• Book Review: Mustang Summer  30 Jun 17:55

• Checking in  23 Jun 10:37

• Star Trek vs. Star Wars  15 Jun 13:15

• ROUGHNECK NINE-ONE  14 Jun 20:07

• Aquaman Trailer  20 May 13:14

• In the Mail: "Can She Be Stopped?" by John Podhoretz  13 May 15:28

• Well, okay, question it a little  11 May 12:49

• Theodore Rex Audiobook  07 May 17:19

• Han shoots first!  05 May 07:56

• All of a sudden this is a problem?  28 Apr 12:27

• In the mail: THIS IS OUR WAR by Devin Friedman  27 Apr 12:24

• BOOK: 'Greatness' by Steven F. Hayward  09 Apr 15:25

• Indiana Jones is a Marine?!?  05 Apr 21:33

• In the Mail  08 Mar 23:50

• Oscars a grouch?  06 Mar 12:39

• In the mail: Prayers for the Assassin  05 Mar 14:30

• Go figure  01 Mar 12:02

• Zap! Pow!  18 Feb 20:47

• Earth-Shatnering Audio-Visual Torture Program  01 Feb 12:38

• Unhelpful in any way  26 Jan 13:07

• ABBA Rocks!  14 Jan 15:35

• New song by James Hooker  18 Dec 22:12

• Interview with Steven Vincent's widow  11 Dec 23:22

• Narnia -- Fiction, fact, or worse?  11 Dec 09:36

• Even worse, they probably violated copyright restrictions and deprived some poor artist of their deserved royalties  03 Dec 21:43

• Dumber than a box of locks  28 Nov 22:30

• Hollywood's Last Boy Scout?  28 Nov 10:07

• Second and hopefully last post about Prussian Blue  27 Nov 10:23

• Harry Potter: The Goblet of Fire  20 Nov 20:34

• K-TEL presents  31 Oct 15:50

• Al Franken - Weirder than I thought?  25 Oct 12:27

• MAROONED  20 Oct 12:24

• In the mail  18 Oct 15:13

• This is where Murdoc will be tonight  14 Oct 15:14

• Review: HOLLYWOOD NATION by James Hirsen  11 Oct 00:23

• Oh, boy  04 Oct 17:01

• Only $10 million?  04 Oct 12:18

• Can't stop the signals  30 Sep 08:26

• Despite appearances, I am NOT a sell-out  28 Sep 12:03

• Okay...are any bloggers NOT going to see SERENITY tomorrow evening?  26 Sep 12:39

• Review: TERROR IN THE SKIES by Annie Jacobsen  13 Sep 00:28

• In the mail  10 Sep 12:01

• In the mail  02 Sep 13:02

• On sale August 30th  24 Aug 07:52

• I said I'd link...I just didn't say WHEN  18 Aug 23:18

• IMAX: Fighter Pilot:Operation Red Flag  10 Aug 12:57

• Not that I usually watch the Hallmark Channel...  11 Jul 08:01

• NIGHT STALKER marathon Tuesday on Sci-Fi  10 Jul 22:25

• No war for H2O!  24 Jun 15:50

• Bookies  19 Jun 22:25

• "Atomic Batteries to power. Turbines to speed."  19 Jun 16:48

• Worth pointing out once again  16 Jun 21:38

• The book thing  15 Jun 23:49

• UPDATE: Is it me, or was ALIENS eerily prescient?  14 Jun 14:45

• I wonder what the political bias of the INS is?  12 Jun 21:49

• IN THE RED ZONE by Steven Vincent (Pt 1)  12 Jun 16:49

• IN THE RED ZONE by Steven Vincent (Pt 2)  12 Jun 16:49

• IN THE RED ZONE by Steven Vincent (Pt. 3)  12 Jun 16:49

• Didn't anyone say "I've got a bad feeling about this"?  24 May 12:23

• Harry Potter meets The Lord of the Rings  10 May 13:42

• Why EPISODE III is PG-13  06 May 15:15

• Ep III opening crawl wallpaper  04 May 16:56

• Luke, we're going to have company!  26 Apr 13:13

• But how did he really feel?  20 Apr 21:07

• Note to Self: Avoid this film like the Plague  19 Apr 11:38

• Galactica  18 Apr 23:45

• No freaking kidding  31 Mar 21:53

• Chely Wright  25 Mar 15:37

• I just plain don't like double-sided discs  23 Mar 12:08

• Sad  17 Mar 14:19

• Flag picture  12 Mar 14:55

• Dead Men's Hollow: FOREVER TRUE  11 Mar 20:37

• Despite appearances, this isn't a scam  12 Feb 15:09

• Spider-Man India  04 Feb 12:49

• Does it matter if THE PASSION is recognized?  22 Jan 14:21

• And Another Thing!  06 Jan 12:57

• I can't decide whether this really matters or not  06 Jan 12:28

• Movie Tickets that don't match  20 Dec 13:46

• Under the radar...WAAAAY under the radar  16 Dec 19:32

• "Nobody is pro-war...Good God, what kind of an idiot is for war?"  14 Dec 17:09

• No time at the moment...  14 Dec 13:22

• Just Arrived  08 Dec 12:30

• Well said!  03 Dec 20:38

• One reason I'd hesitate to call the A-Team...  02 Dec 20:54

• Episode III Teaser  22 Nov 21:44

• If my little girl gets it...  20 Nov 20:35

• Didn't Bruce Willis use this in THE JACKAL?  18 Nov 13:30

• I want my meat rare, rare but not cold.  03 Nov 16:30

• Not EXACTLY how I feel, but close  18 Oct 08:55

• For what it's worth  07 Oct 12:51

• Hahahahahahahahahaha  06 Oct 14:58

• Change your mind...The Boss says you should  02 Oct 15:06

• Various Little Things  17 Aug 13:23

• A Nightmare Fulfilled  14 Aug 23:43

• DVD 4 U  14 Aug 12:19

• City of the Dead  10 Aug 12:50

• Now we need an XM8 version, just not in 5.56mm  09 Aug 21:59

• AvP - One week to go  06 Aug 14:35

• At last, we will have revenge!  25 Jul 12:19

• Star Wars DVD Trailer  17 Jul 10:24

• I hope she got the accent right  16 Jul 12:26

• Expletive Edition!  15 Jul 12:45

• This could potentially alter my opinion of someone's music  23 Jun 19:40

• Not much time to write these days...  23 Jun 13:59

• New name...same stupid  18 Jun 14:01

• New AvP trailer  16 Jun 12:38

• The search for the purple banana ends on August 24th  15 Jun 21:15

• A "Ghoulish parody of humanity"  15 Jun 20:46

• What are we supposed to use? Harsh language?  15 Jun 12:54

• Battle of Midway, sixty-two years ago today  04 Jun 13:19

• Cartoon violence  02 Jun 22:37

• Star Wars 3 and Unfulfilled Expectations  23 May 15:19

• Dude, Where's Your Honesty?  14 Apr 20:15

• Jungleland  07 Apr 19:27

• Has anyone ever seen these two together in public?  06 Apr 12:00

• In today's Twisted History  04 Apr 12:37

• You gotta love Madonna  31 Mar 12:03

• Tell me this isn't just like YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN  25 Mar 22:41

• Who's on first?  20 Mar 13:55

• Censored STAR WARS  11 Mar 12:20

• Whoever wins...We lose  10 Mar 12:34

• Have Spacesuit - Will Travel  02 Mar 12:58

• "I admire it's purity. A survivor. Unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality."  25 Feb 11:02

• Wine like Lucas always intended  19 Feb 12:18

• Battlestar Galactica  10 Feb 23:24

• SW:SE DVD PDQ FUGL  10 Feb 13:07

• Quick Beatles story  09 Feb 09:02

• AVSAVSAVSAVS!!!!! BULLSHIT  05 Feb 20:14

• Star Wars pulled in more $$$ than Gone with the Wind  26 Jan 13:14

• Why use fake blood when there's so much real blood all over the place?  21 Jan 23:16

• Am I out of my freaking mind?  20 Jan 19:52

• I'm so tempted  28 Dec 12:29

• Widescreen vs. Aborted Pan & Scan  27 Dec 12:16

• Finished "The March Up"  27 Dec 01:18

• No more monkey business!  26 Dec 13:43

• One Cast to rule them all?  23 Dec 21:38

• Newspaper taxi! Get me the H out o' here!  23 Dec 21:15

• Completely Cool  22 Dec 21:50

• You are who you choose to be  21 Dec 20:23

• Best Buy DVDs  21 Dec 18:32

• More from "The March Up"  20 Dec 23:09

• LOTR: Not as good as the game  18 Dec 13:15

• "Red Dawn"  14 Dec 23:32

• "The March Up" by West and Smith  13 Dec 00:45

• Tolkien's great-grandson in ROTK  09 Dec 20:37

• Kirk vs. Piccard  06 Dec 12:31

• Battlestar Galactica  30 Nov 00:19

• ROTK is the only hope  09 Nov 20:57

• Boss 'n' Roll!  23 Oct 19:58

• So that set carpenter in the anti-piracy commercial before the movie I saw might have done it?  23 Oct 13:22

• I almost forgot!  21 Oct 16:09

• Springsteen by the numbers  16 Oct 22:01

• But doesn't there need to be a story of some sort?  16 Oct 18:55

• The Boss  10 Oct 23:04

• Huh?  10 Oct 12:57

• Star Wars on Cartoon Network  04 Oct 15:11

• LOTR goes one better  04 Oct 13:35

• All three LOTR films to play in January?  03 Oct 21:27

• Sting's BD Today  02 Oct 16:44

• ROTK  29 Sep 20:34

• ROTK  29 Sep 20:34

• ROTK Trailer to debut this weekend  24 Sep 12:14

• Happy birthday, Boss  23 Sep 12:22

• Middle Earth is such a drag  20 Sep 13:18

• E.T. the activist  18 Sep 22:26

• But that big red robot was scary  18 Sep 13:24

• I'm not convinced this is the best title  18 Sep 09:36

• Not even close  12 Sep 20:56

• Just for laughs  21 Aug 16:53

• In case you're looking for a subtitled movie  17 Aug 20:47

• How big is a Zentreadi Queadol-Magdomilla?  31 Jul 21:56

• This is just plain wrong  30 Jul 16:59

• Napster 2.0  28 Jul 13:14

• Bruce Blog  27 Jul 18:11

• I'VE GOT A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS  18 May 11:17

• SNAKES...WHY'D IT HAVE TO BE SNAKES?  06 May 14:24

• T2 UPDATE  29 Apr 20:04

• TERMINATOR 2 IN 720p?  28 Apr 23:14

• PAYING FOR THE WAR 15:42 5 Apr 2003  05 Apr 15:42

• ACID FOR BLOOD AND MEAN AS HELL 15:14 3 Apr 2003  03 Apr 15:14

• AUDIOBOOK RECOMENDATION 08:30 28 Mar 2003  28 Mar 08:30

• GROK 20:04 18 Mar 2003  18 Mar 20:04