Friday August 24, 2007
07:11 PM : International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
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Interesting email I received the other day:
Five presidential candidates confirmed they will take part in discussions of key domestic issues before more than 600 representatives of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) on August 27 and 28 at the Disney Yacht and Beach Club in Orlando, FL. The schedule for the IAM's Conversation with the Candidates is as follows:
- Mon. Aug. 27, 3:30 pm - New York Sen. Hillary Clinton
- Mon. Aug. 27, 7:30 pm - California Rep. Duncan Hunter and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee
- Tue. Aug. 28, 7:30 pm - Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards and Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich
The candidate conversations will be moderated by Erin Moriarty of CBS News. The event will be streamed, live, from the www.GOIAM.org web site.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers are live-streaming their Conversation with the Candidates, and not only that, but they are emailing people like me to blog about it. Well, not the IAM, but their hired marketing agency, Portent Interactive. I don't think that Portant cares about any of us watching the video, but rather that are trying to boost the Google Rank of the IAM by getting people to blog about it.
07:11 PM : International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Flyered by kmikeym
Interesting email I received the other day:
Five presidential candidates confirmed they will take part in discussions of key domestic issues before more than 600 representatives of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) on August 27 and 28 at the Disney Yacht and Beach Club in Orlando, FL. The schedule for the IAM's Conversation with the Candidates is as follows:
- Mon. Aug. 27, 3:30 pm - New York Sen. Hillary Clinton
- Mon. Aug. 27, 7:30 pm - California Rep. Duncan Hunter and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee
- Tue. Aug. 28, 7:30 pm - Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards and Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich
The candidate conversations will be moderated by Erin Moriarty of CBS News. The event will be streamed, live, from the www.GOIAM.org web site.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers are live-streaming their Conversation with the Candidates, and not only that, but they are emailing people like me to blog about it. Well, not the IAM, but their hired marketing agency, Portent Interactive. I don't think that Portant cares about any of us watching the video, but rather that are trying to boost the Google Rank of the IAM by getting people to blog about it.
08:45 PM : THE KING OF KONG @ Cinema 21
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One Week: August 24 - 30
THE KING OF KONG
Premiere (2007, 79 minutes)
Called one of the great rivalries of all time, the competition between diehard video game fans Steve Sanders, a middle school science teacher, and Billy Mitchell, a hot sauce mogul, reaches a fever pitch when the duo battle for the Guinness world record on the arcade classic video game Donkey Kong. Director Seth Gordon's account of their rivalry is "thoroughly engaging" according to Steven Rea of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Wesley Morris of the Boston Globe calls the film an "hilarious and moving study," while Edward Douglas of ComingSoon.net says that The King of Kong is "up there with some of the greatest sports docs." Eugene Novikov of Film Blather believes that the film plays like "a real-life version of a Christopher Guest mockumentary." Scott Weinberg of Cinematical thinks the film is "as fascinating as something that Ken Burns put together," while Pete Vonder Haar of Film Threat says it is "compelling and involving."
A middle school science teacher and a hot sauce mogul battle for the guinness world record on the arcade classic, Donkey Kong.