| Italy: Xenophobia and Common Sense | | 2008-07-28 07:50:04 | | Italy has no shortage of comedy programs. The young making jokes for the old. There is no modernized sense of humor, the lingering echo of years of tight mid-century Neo-Nationalism hang like leaden mists over every punchline. A place where white men powder themselves black and whiten clown sized-lips in a grim imitation of the [...]
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| Shark-Bite DVD Review: American Gangster -- a drive-by on common sense | | 2008-07-13 15:15:19 | | There’s a scene not too far into “American Gangster” in which the eponymous gangster, Mr. Frank Lucas, played by Denzel Washington, is in Bangkok and outlining his plans to his contact here on how he wants to revolutionize the drug trade in New York. He wants to cut out the middleman and buy directly from the source – in this case, the Kuomintang operating out of the Golden Triangle (Thailand, even then, was known for its OEM work). This, his wide-eyed contact explains, would be impossible. Why getting the heroin at its source would require going into the deepest darkest jungles of Northern Thailand! Sitting with a bottle of Singha in hand, amid the din of Bangkok street life (well the modern day filmed-in-Chiang-Mai representation), Lucas is not to be deterred and delivers one of the movie’s best lines: “I’m in the jungle. Look around. They’re eating roaches and whatever the hell that is.”As fun as this scene and another brief one set in the Vietnam “R and R”-era | | By: The Shark Guys | | |
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| Best of MP: Doctor Pepper Proves Book Larnin' is No Substitute for Common Sense | | 2008-05-27 14:33:02 | | I've been thinking about doing this for a while, and since I've got a lot of new readers, I figure this is probably a good time. Every other Tuesday until you get sick of it, I'm going to do a "best of the Mattress Police" post. You'll recognize some of them from my book (What? You haven't bought my book? What the hell are you waiting for? Buy it! All the proceeds go to helping a poor ditch digging kid buy an iPod!), but I'm going to throw some surprises in as well. Today's post comes to us from way back in February of aught seven. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed copying and pasting it for you. Dr Pepper Proves Book Larnin' is No Substitute for Common Sense As you know, Dr Pepper is my muse. I therefore took it particularly hard when the marketing wizards at the Dr Pepper company turned out to be no more wizards than, well, than Dr Pepper is a real doctor. From the Buffalo News:Less than a month after | | By: Mattress Police - Antisocial Commentary | | |
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| The "Hero" at Mediacorp's Gates: When common sense fails... | | 2008-04-17 04:32:00 | | Lookie what I've got here...
TMS forwarded the Tomorrow.sg link to me, and that's how I got to know.
Anyhow.
According to Benjamin, a couple of days ago, a man standing outside MediaCorp (which is in Singapore) filmed himself aggressively scolding a taxi driver and went on to post the above video on YouTube and MediaCorp Videos under the alias andrewteo777.
What happened next?
Continue reading... | | By: Princess Sabrina - Just memories... | | |
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| Google Blog: A common sense approach to Internet safety | | 2008-03-26 09:53:52 | | Just to share with you all a very interesting article about "A common sense approach to Internet safety". It will give you a clear overview on how hard others are working to keep themselves safe online and what tools are recommended to use to protect yourselves from a changing internet world. Here is the full detail of the article.Over the years, we've built tools and offered resources to help kids and families stay safe online. Our SafeSearch feature, for example, helps filter explicit content from search results.We've also been involved in a variety of local initiatives to educate families about how to stay safe while surfing the web. Here are a few highlights: In the U.S., we've worked with Common Sense Media to promote awareness about online safety and have donated hardware and software to improve the ability of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to combat child exploitation. Google UK has collaborated with child safety organizations such as Beatbullying a | | By: Blogging for Blogs | | |
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| Common Sense Anew: Leadership | | 2008-01-13 18:33:09 | |
The following entry is from Common Sense Anew:In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince Whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
US Declaration of Independence
LEADERSHIP
With all the problems in society today, we have to question the effectiveness of our leaders and their ability to lead. Are they true leaders? Just because someone is in charge does not necessarily mean he or she is a leader. Leaders take society in a positive direction. We have been taken nowhere by people who resemble rulers. They couldn't care less about moving society forward; their motives are purely selfish. Rulers are not interested in leading, they just want to be in charge and have the power that comes with position. Rulers seize any opportunity to grab more power.Leaders have a great respect for power. Leaders are able to govern with minimal power. Leaders understand that it is not the power that makes someone a leader. If we are to save our democracy, we need leaders, not more rulers. A ruler cannot lead a democracy, and a leader will never rule a democracy. We need to learn and understand the difference between leaders and rulers, and what they represent. To help, I wrote the following piece, titled "Leaders and Rulers."Leaders and RulersPeople will follow a leader because they want to; people follow a ruler because they have to.Leaders place people's needs before people's wants; rulers place people's wants before people's needs.Leaders create a society of willingness to help; rulers cause a society of unwillingness to help.Leaders create an atmosphere of encouragement; rulers cause an atmosphere of discouragement.Leaders place their needs with the people's needs; rulers place their needs far above everyone.Leaders take responsibility for their mistakes; | | By: Miscellaneous Reflexions | | |
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| Common Sense | | 2007-10-17 11:11:20 | | There is a story told of a young businessman who happened to sit down in a crowded restaurant at the same table as a priest.
After a casual conversation, the young man said,”You know, I had given up belief in God until the other day.“
“Oh? What happened then?“
“My baby recognised me.”
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| The Simple Common Sense of Ron Paul | | 2007-09-18 05:58:33 | | Ron Paul has a lot of ideas that simply make sense. His sensibility and reasonable approach to the process of government is the primary reason I support him for the upcoming presidential race. To put it simply, I would like my leaders to be thoughtful, reasonable individuals who champion discourse, common sense and [...] | | By: Ponder This | | |
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| Ten Common Sense Tips to Combat Anemia | | 2007-09-09 03:49:04 | | For many of us, anemia was the first clue that something was wrong. Whether or not we are celiacs, mommies, or both we all have an interest in keeping our iron levels normal. Once you become anemic, it can be so hard to get your iron stores back up! I became anemic at [...] | | By: Gluten Free Mommy | | |
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| A Daly Dose of Common Sense | | 2007-09-07 04:00:00 | | There's no shortage of anti-gun mayors in California, but the pro-gun mayors don't get a lot of attention. That's why I was pleased to hear the mayor of Daly City, California, recently say there's no reason to ban gun shows from the Cow Palace in Daly City. Mayor Maggie Gomez says that criminals will do whatever it takes to get a gun, and that "people who abide by the law shouldn't be punished as a result of someone's criminal activity." Compare that attitude with that of San Francisco...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Common Sense Steps to Quality Document Control | | 2007-07-19 14:08:00 | | DOCUMENT CONTROL Following are some ideas and comments when managing a Document Control System:1. It all boils down to this phrase – “ Document What You Do and Do What You Document.”2. Without a document all you have is an opinion, or at best a good idea.3. When a document does not have standardization, approval, definition, scope and agreement then no one is responsible, and worse yet workers are doing their best in a wide and varied way.4. Within each Quality Management System (i.e., ISO Series) there is a procedure for designing a document control structure. ISO Series for example does not provide a method for controlling a document. Most companies follow the traditional style that includes numbered sections and broken down paragraphs.5. Do not sweat the format; spend time on defining the purpose of a document and the content that needs to be included. Just remember once you have gathered the information required, go ahead and write the procedure. If your not sure just ask you | | By: qualityg says ... | | |
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| Common Sense by Thomas Paine | | 2007-06-25 23:16:00 | | "These are the times that try men's souls," begins Thomas Paine's Common Sense, the impassioned pamphlet that helped ignite the American Revolution. Published in Philadelphia in January of 1776, Common Sense sold 150,000 copies almost immediately. A powerful piece of propaganda, it attacked the idea of a hereditary monarchy, dismissed the chance for reconciliation with England, and outlined the economic benefits of independence while espousing equality of rights among citizens. Paine fanned a flame that was already burning, but many historians argue that his work unified dissenting voices and persuaded patriots that the American Revolution was not only necessary, but an epochal step in world history.Click here to read the entire pamphlet | | By: Common Sense Isn't So Common | | |
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