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Entries by Thomas de Zengotita from 11/2007

Paul Tibbets Died on Halloween. Here's How He Felt About Dropping The Bomb On Hiroshima

| Posted 11.04.2007 | Politics
Read More: World War II, Studs Terkel, Politics News

I am not now equating dropping atom bombs on Japanese cities with the Holocaust in Germany in WW2. That's not my point. My Banality of Evil file is more capacious than that.

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Why Are Critics Dissing Lions for Lambs?

| Posted 11.19.2007 | Entertainment
Read More: In Defense of Lions for Lambs, Tom Cruise, Reviews of Lions for Lambs, Robert Redford, Lions for Lambs, Entertainment News

Where's the rule that says movies have to embody some cool cinema aesthetic just to earn the right to be on the screen?

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A Few Things I Am Thankful For

| Posted 11.22.2007 | Politics
Read More: Thanksgiving, Politics News

#4) Joe Biden, for coining the line about how every sentence Rudy utters consists of "Noun + Verb + 9/11."

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The Real Reason Russert Keeps Giving Carville And Matalin A Platform On His Show

| Posted 11.27.2007 | Media
Read More: Media News

Russert thinks, hey, I got a free half hour here, let's bring in the cue-ball and his sharp-tongued bride, kick back and have a little fun -- on the show, just the way we do in the saloon.

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