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Despite the bad dialogue, the clichéd characters, and the random tree-man with a grenade-like blue heart, “Clash of the Titans” is generally worth seeing. The film is fun and entertaining, both intentionally and unintentionally. Just don’t watch the film hoping to be awed by anything other than the special effects...
...fact, that's exactly what happened inside the Obama Administration, which is why the President recently proposed new add-on provisions limiting bank size and speculation. So how hard is it going to be for the less staunch to find something in the bill to reject? It's worth noting that the 100%-confident Gregg and Democratic Senator Jack Reed were assigned to hash out compromise rules for derivatives - and failed. Even if they had succeeded, the House might not have gone along. And there are dozens of similar issues that need to be resolved for reform to pass...
...Hail Bernie Re "On the Edge" [March 15]: No matter what his detractors say, Bernie Ecclestone has managed to build and retain a truly world-encompassing empire since the 1970s. It's worth noting that, in the same time frame, Italy, among other countries, has formed dozens of ineffectual governments. With so many vultures attempting to take over Formula One's billion-dollar circus, it's not surprising he's circumspect and wary about lowering his defenses. Martin Toohey Sydney...
Bored with Busch? Think Natural Ice is nasty? Reeling over Rubinoff? Every day, we try to bring you news worth reading, but with The Crimson Cocktail, we offer you news that you can drink...
...worth remembering that Karzai was essentially parachuted into the country in the course of the U.S. invasion, tapped to lead a new post-Taliban government that would be founded largely on the Northern Alliance - the coalition of ethnic Tajik, Uzbek and Hazara former mujahedin warlords who had always fought the Taliban. A chieftain in the Popolzai tribe, Karzai was a prominent leader in Afghanistan's largest ethnic group, the Pashtun, which is also the social base of the Taliban. Still, his power base was limited, and creating an effective government forced him to cut deals with all manner of unsavory...