Just got back from the mountains, last mountain man rendevous of the season. Just finished doing my final clean on my .50 Hawken black powder rifle ("Sugar") and had to check in. Busy weekend. If the AQ #2 man has signaled the long awaited Ramadam offensive, Bali would be an interesting place to start. However, the JI are a degree independent too.
http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/2005/10/no_to_paradise_.html
October 2, 2005
""No" to "Paradise Now""
ARTICLE SNIPPET #1: "Last week the movie "Paradise Now" started in German cinemas. This critique in Germany's daily WELT (translation: Richard Bartholomew) pretty much sums up my feelings. I will post more on the subject next week.
A Jaundiced Look at a Sympathetic Figure
Suicide bombers are really good people:
Alan Posener: The disappointing film "Paradise Now"
Said is a suicide bomber in Nablus. Long trained for this job,
he and his friend Khaled don't hesitate a moment when their
organization's leader announces they've drawn the winning straw and
will be allowed to stage a double mass murder the next day in Tel
Aviv. (...)
The next day the friends start out and although Khled gets cold feet
at the last moment, Said goes through with it and blows himself up
with a bus load of jews. Mission accomplished.
So much for the plot of the German-Dutch-French co-produciton
"Paradise Now"."
ARTICLE SNIPPET #2: "At the 55th international film festival in Berlin 2005 "Paradise Now" won the Publikumspreis ("audience award") and the Blue Angle for the best European film.
It makes you want to scream."