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It is raining bailouts and after the $700 billion largesse for the financial industry almost every industry is knocking on the Capitol doors asking for a similar handout. Turn on the TV and you seen countless [...]
Patrix | 
Business, Current Affairs, Governance | 
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I’m sure that even if you aren’t into politics or simply tuning out the Presidential election, you must have seen yesterday’s debate between the Vice-Presidential candidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. It was the ultimate mashup of entertainment and politics which eventually fell flat. But Palin’s performances on the Couric interview had bottomed out her [...]
Patrix | Current Affairs | 7 Comments »
If Obama has to win the race on November 4th, he has to put this ad on a loop in the battleground states. It does three things – dispels the maverick myth still perpetuated by McCain, links McCain to Bush, and reminds voters about Sarah Palin’s ‘The Bridge to Nowhere’ hypocrisy. No attacks, no lies, [...]
Patrix | Current Affairs, Politicking | No Comments »
In the recently-concluded general studies paper of the UPSC’s Civil Services exam, candidates saw a strange question that asked them to evaluate the contribution of revolutionary terrorism represented by Bhagat Singh [source]. Since Indian citizens are always waiting to be offended, it was only matter of time before protests and law suits followed. Is Bhagat [...]
Patrix | Current Affairs, History, India | 2 Comments »
With the recent bomb blasts in Hyderabad came an eyebrow raising statistic in the newspaper. India is the 2nd country to lose maximum number of lives in terrorist activities after Iraq and we are not even in a state of war!
It is also important to note that none of the bomb blast [...]
Aditya | Current Affairs, India, Media | 4 Comments »
How will the Harry Potter series end? Will Harry be killed or just return to Hogwarts to make it one happy ending? Four NY Times writers take a stab at guessing the much-awaited climax.
Patrix | Books, Current Affairs | 4 Comments »
A favorite ducking tactic of the neo-conservatives is blaming Clinton. Every time a controversial decision is taken or a dubious policy implemented, the Clinton mantra is revived to show how before Bush, President Clinton had done something similar. This is done under the pretext that if Clinton could do it and get away, so can [...]
Patrix | Current Affairs, Media, Politicking, United States | 3 Comments »
Watching Lou Dobbs is the second-worst thing on television; first being of course Bill O’Reilly. The disparaging tone in which they address immigrants and accuse them of bring in dreaded diseases like leprosy (totally false) is indeed despicable. So much for the liberal media, eh?
However, just before switching to Nightly News I caught two items [...]
Patrix | Current Affairs, Law, Politicking, United States | 3 Comments »
The Iraq war and its subsequent consequences are endlessly debated in American political circles as well as international meets. However, the biggest casualty of the war – the Iraqi civilian – is hardly given any thought. The Lancet Journal published a study few months back that pegged the civilian casualty figures at around 650,000. President [...]
Patrix | Current Affairs, Governance, Politicking, United States | 1 Comment »
I have been keenly following the Presidential debates and have been taken aback by the amount of blatant rhetoric that the candidates indulge in. Since 9/11, the extent and amount of empty rhetoric has drastically increased and thanks to George Bush, terrorist attacks are always ‘imminent’ (hence vote Republican, eh!) I had believed that this [...]
Patrix | Current Affairs, Politicking, United States | 5 Comments »
Michael Cera is the only bright spark in an otherwise listless comedy.
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Love political movies so loved this one too. Frank Langella plays a terrific Nixon.
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Outrageously funny. Not recommended for watching with your kids or parents.
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