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A recent commenter’s anecdote on Get Rich Slowly made me realize something: sunk costs can be metaphorical as well as physical.

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Ziti Johan and Alberto Vargas must be in Universe lately because I found an actual clip of her film The Sin of Nora Moran at the wonderful blog Celluloid Slammer. Pre-code coolness that I’ve yet to find a full copy of.

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And who are those two people? Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich. And how did they vote? Against. That’s all you need to know.

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Please, I’m begging you, refrain from making Chuck too silly and unbelievable. We know it’s a little fantastical anyway but that’s the show’s dangerous tightrope that also makes it endearing.

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Enjoy the incredible surreal comix goodness that features a sketch by Captain Beefheart!

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We hear Nancy Pelosi saying that the "party’s over" and with it the golden parachutes of the financially corrupt CEO’s that created this financial disaster (no golden parachute but nothing precluding a golden salary). But what we’ve all forgotten is just a week ago that 2/3 of the Democrats and 1/3 of the Republicans were ready to pass the plan the way it was back then - WITHOUT ANY OF THE SAFEGAURDS of Pelosi’s new tough plan.

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At the age of 30, Fernando Sodré is recognized as one of the most important representatives of the new generation of violists who seek, in this traditional instrument, new paths and sound experiments that surprise their listeners.

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Of the three types of noir women, the femme fatale represents the most direct attack on traditional womanhood and the nuclear family. She refuses to play the role of devoted wife and loving mother that mainstream society prescribes for women. She finds marriage to be confining, loveless, sexless, and dull, and she uses all of her cunning and sexual attractiveness to gain her independence. As Janey Place points out, "She is not often won over and pacified by love for the hero, as is the strong heroine of the forties who is significantly less sexual than the film noir woman." She remains fiercely independent even when faced with her own destruction. And in spite of her inevitable death, she leaves behind the image of a strong, exciting, and unrepentant woman who defies the control of men and rejects the institution of the family. VIA

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Enjoy this touching scene from the classic Cool Hand Luke where Paul sings "Plastic Jesus" upon hearing the news of his mother’s death.

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VIA Sir Real’s Underground Comix Classix

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