Brian Flemming's Weblog about me   |   email me W H A T ' S   G O I N G   O N My most recent film, The God Who Wasn't There, is available on DVD at the official site and elsewhere. Bat Boy: The Musical is currently being staged in productions of various sizes around the world. A movie adaptation directed by John Landis is in development, with no casting announced or shooting date set. My next feature film, Danielle, remains in development. Bill Gates is still dead. B L O G R O L L FILMMAKING: Cinema Minima Filmmaker HD for Indies indieWIRE Blogs Hollywood Liberation Army The Movie Marketing Blog FREE CULTURE: Creative Commons Copyfight EFF Deep Links Freedom to Tinker Lawrence Lessig POLITICS: Atrios Daily Howler Orcinus The Raw Story Talking Points Memo OTHER FAVORITES: Boing Boing GreenCine Daily Nora Murphy Pharyngula J O I N Original text in this weblog is licensed under a Creative Commons License A R C H I V E S August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 powered by

« June 2007 | HOME | August 2007 » July 2007 An accountability moment Broadcasting clown Bill O'Reilly, who has no problem sending his crew to surprise innocent people at their homes and confront them with a bogus "accountability moment," this morning suffered his own accountability moment. I hope there are more to come.... July 31, 2007 Become a Fox Attacker Fox Attacks is recruiting.... July 31, 2007 "Playing Columbine" documentary Danny Ledonne just released the trailer for his upcoming film Playing Columbine, a documentary about the controversy surrounding his video game Super Columbine Massacre RPG. As you may know, the game was yanked from the inappropriately named "Guerilla Games Competition"... July 30, 2007 How "Super Columbine Massacre" almost won a Special Jury Prize at Slamdance On January 26, 2007, the Slamdance Film Festival documentary jury -- comprised of Karin Hayes, Christen McArdle and myself -- elected to award the independent video game Super Columbine Massacre RPG a Special Jury Prize for its innovative approach to... July 30, 2007 Come out, come out Wherever you are.... July 29, 2007 "You will never drive a hydrogen car" Damn laws of thermodynamics, always getting in the way of those magical alternative energy solutions. UPDATE: Fred sends a more optimistic story.... July 28, 2007 Fight! Fight! Fight! Another opportunity to highlight the inherent divisiveness of religious faith. By all means, politicians should be challenged to denounce the terrible, terrible injustice (a "shameful moment" according to a possibly serious Josh Marshall) of one group of deluded nutcases trying... July 27, 2007 Atheist in a foxhole Displaying courage, while a weaker soldier cries out for God's help: The chaplain said that O'Neal told him he was hugging the ground at Tillman's side, "crying out to God, help us. And Tillman says to him, 'Would you shut... July 27, 2007 "Alternative energy" Appears to be a euphemism for "woefully inadequate substitute": There are approximately 4 billion arable acres in the world. There are many different feed stocks from which to make renewable diesel, but most biodiesel is made from rapeseed oil. Rapeseed... July 26, 2007 More people get their news from ABC News than from any other source. They're in good hands. (Thanks, Brian)... July 26, 2007 I'm not surprised But I would have thought the gap would be wider.... July 26, 2007 "The cleansing of the Earth" Max Blumenthal once again enters the belly of the beast.... July 26, 2007 "We cannot let other people do our thinking for us" Especially when they're not thinking at all.... July 24, 2007 Freethought Radio Interview with yours truly now available.... July 23, 2007 Bummer The Weekly World News is over. I issued a statement.... July 23, 2007 I love libertarianism Until I think about it: But libertarianism I will freely admit I do not understand -- at least, not in any way that libertarians might like -- and I confess I find it hard to credit what I can decipher... July 23, 2007 I totally disapprove of this illegal behavior Which is not the same thing as saying the victim didn't have it coming. If you take open pleasure in displaying contempt for community property -- the environment -- the community may just send a message via your personal property.... July 19, 2007 On the radio This Saturday I'll be a guest on Freethought Radio: A weekly show, broadcast live from Madison, Wis., on 92.1 FM, Saturdays 11 a.m. - noon CDT. Hosted by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-presidents, Freedom From Religion Foundation. "Slightly... July 18, 2007 Free More Moore: As Ehrlichman said to Nixon in "Sicko": "The less care they give 'em, the more money they (the insurance companies) make." THAT'S the only thing we should be talking about. How profit and greed are killing our fellow... July 17, 2007 The faith destroyer My pixels are on the attack: Hi, I’m new to the Forum and have a question about the video "The God Who Wasn’t There." My son is quickly falling away from the faith and this video is one of the... July 16, 2007 Misc Guess how many Catholic priests have been accused of molestation just in Los Angeles? Yet another serious national-security blunder that President Gore would not have made. President Bush might as well have given North Korea nuclear weapons directly. When will... July 16, 2007 Will it blend? Of course. The iPhone does everything. (Via BAG News Notes)... July 16, 2007 The most trusted name in pro-pharmaceutical-company disinformation An Open Letter to CNN from Michael Moore: 7/14/07 Dear CNN, Well, the week is over -- and still no apology, no retraction, no correction of your glaring mistakes. I bet you thought my dust-up with Wolf Blitzer was just... July 14, 2007 I love libertarianism Until I think about it. (And if I'm going to link to the Cato Institute, I may as well link to Reason while I'm at it.) Via Atrios.... July 13, 2007 Bad advice The advice column is a literary form that is quite difficult to write even competently, and very few have mastered it. You need to have readers with interesting problems, select well from their letters and give them good, fearless, non-obvious... July 12, 2007 Happy Fair Use Day Enjoy it while you can!... July 11, 2007 I am in awe Not just of the 40 guitar godlets, but of YouTube user impeto's editing chops. As any sound cutter will attest, this was no small feat.... July 11, 2007 News flash: Men often use their penises unwisely The L.A. Times has been reporting nonstop on our mayor's affair as if it actually matters. And now the liberal blogosphere is celebrating the exposure of a senator's extracurricular activities. I really, really don't care. I don't care what these... July 10, 2007 Another Fake Rudy campaign ad highlights one of his best qualities.... July 10, 2007 Go see Keythe Farley The Bat Boy co-author plays the title role in an Actors' Gang adaptation of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and is getting rave reviews. At the Ivy Substation in Culver City. Get tickets.... July 10, 2007 Talking Points Memo has a new skin One of my daily reads (when I'm not avoiding the internet entirely, which I've been prone to do lately) is Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo. I've been reading it for years. In fact, my own weblog's simple and skinny design... July 10, 2007 Religion unites us Obviously. (Thanks, Dana)... July 10, 2007 More misc. links Cheat sheet Web 2.0 Man bites Wolf Man bites Fox The Bible can justify almost anything. Chasers: The Secret tested. Americans tested. Evangelicals explored. (Thanks, David.)... July 10, 2007 Videos Brave New Films wants to impeach Cheney. If Rudy Giuliani really tried to appeal to conservatives. Blue Man Group rocks. More rocks. Bass. More bass. Basshunter. (Via Atrios, MeFi)... July 08, 2007

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