http://capitalistlion.com Global Opinion of a Kapitalist Kitty. Capitalist is a web log focusing on world politics and other goings-on, as well as technical innovation and discussion. American, fairly right wing, and damn proud of both. en-us Mr. Lion 2012-01-29T07:07-05:00 Copyright 2002-2005, CapitalistLion.com http://capitalistlion.com/images/logo.jpg http://capitalistlion.com 33 88 World and technology commentary. By lions. hourly 1 2002-06-20T14:30-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2296 Evidently Newt's huge surge in SC was a bit too much for the usual suspects, and as such the last few days have seen a pile-on of negativity tossed in his general direction. Can't challenge the Anointed One, nope. It got to the point that even Drudge was in the tank for the RINO establishment. T... Mr. Lion 2012-01-28T11:56:19-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2295 I'll be honest, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a film barely on my radar. Trailers suggested it was yet another yawn inducing heroine flick in a long line of, as Lileks once put it, that which hath Ellen Ripley wrought. I'm happy to say though, that Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a massive brea... Mr. Lion 2012-01-27T15:10:46-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2294 In a word: Everything. On Nov. 1, Waddell, a 25-year-old executive officer with 3rd Battallion, 7th Marine Corps Regiment, was monitoring a surveillance camera in Sangin, Afghanistan, when he spotted a man who had been identified as a bomb maker working with area insurgents. Two days earlier, a s... Mr. Lion 2012-01-24T14:41:59-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2293 Okay, Mr. Lion, so what car should I buy that won't offend your delicate sensibilities? Well, I'm glad you asked. The sort of vehicle you drive says a lot about you as a person. It can also help you become a better person through cultivating an interest in driving, and the skills related to it. S... Mr. Lion 2012-01-23T14:23:49-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2292 Here's a pretty good list of cars you should sell if you own for some odd reason. The only changes I would make are to replace the Chevy Volt, that sell in fewer numbers than platinum-and-diamond tiaras, with the Lexus RX350-- a car that is universally driven badly by northeastern bluehairs desp... Mr. Lion 2012-01-23T12:35:43-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2291 A few things strike me about pissgate-- first, unsurprisingly, and quite deplorably, is the media running it up the flagpole with just about as much manufactured indignation as they can muster. Even though the bodies in question were previously an un-uniformed illegal enemy of our country. Even t... Mr. Lion 2012-01-13T15:59:41-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2290 Why do men go to strip clubs? Well, after years of intensive research, I have concluded that it's because there are naked women there. You're welcome. ... Mr. Lion 2012-01-11T14:44:16-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2289 You don't love men, you love romance novel goop conjured by other women. Why does Instapundit link this stuff? And why do I click it? ... Mr. Lion 2012-01-04T11:46:39-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2288 Heh. Fisker Automotive is recalling all 239 of its 2012 Karma luxury plug-in hybrid cars because of a fire hazard, according to a report filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Prices on the 2012 model start at $103,000, including the destination charge. I know, I know.... Mr. Lion 2011-12-31T14:27:22-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2287 A few, and I do mean a few thoughts on this film. 1) Horses are neat and all, and it's pretty spiffy that the industrial revolution has transformed them from beasts of burden to things of leisure and admiration. But. Thirty-five Million people being slaughtered in one of the most inhuman wars in... Mr. Lion 2011-12-28T00:32:18-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2286 Well, and pretty hot, if I'm honest. Anyway... Maria Conchita Alonso, who is known for her role in the movies "The Running Man" and "Predator 2," was picking up her wheelchair-bound mother at LAX when she noticed fellow actor Sean Penn standing by the same luggage carousel. Alonso had not intera... Mr. Lion 2011-12-20T12:49:57-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2285 Every so often this sort of thing crops up. First it was hand-held cell phone use while driving, now it's any "non-emergency" phone use at all. Some people claim that the phone isn't the problem, there are already numerous distractions one can preoccupy themselves with while driving. Others say ... Mr. Lion 2011-12-16T11:04:57-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2284 Chipotle is one of my favorite eateries-- to the point that I'll drive some 14 miles to visit one as they couldn't be bothered to build one closer to Casa de Leones. It is such for many reasons, chief among them the quality of ingredients and generally filling nature of a bigass burrito. I also enjo... Mr. Lion 2011-11-26T14:23:28-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2283 This is pretty spectacular: It was June in Donegal, when we stood on a windswept hillside in hard hats and high-vis surrounded by a crowd of locals and watched by an Irish army unit while we filmed an archaeological excavation. This was the place where, in 1941, Roland "Bud" Wolfe, an American... Mr. Lion 2011-11-11T10:06:04-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2282 I used to read your stuff quite a lot. PM has always been one of the very few publications to offer interesting stuff written about by people who at least take a passing stab at understanding it. But could you possibly make your effing web site less annoying to use? A big feature of PM are their... Mr. Lion 2011-10-21T20:10:30-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2281 In the last few days, many people have been drawing comparisons to the amazing life and accomplishments of Steve Jobs. Generally, they invoke Edison or Ford or other masters of industry. This is not strictly the case, as while Jobs was certainly one of the best industrialists the world has ever know... Mr. Lion 2011-10-11T00:17:30-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2280 So I decided to watch Drive, a film purported to be the next big thing in car-related action, at least so far as the trailers suggested. In reality, it is just about the biggest episode of ritalin-gobbling insanity crossed with acid-trip film noir bullshit I have ever seen in my life. What is ac... Mr. Lion 2011-10-09T18:11:15-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2279 I've been wanting to say something about the passing of Steve Jobs, but his lore is something virtually impossible to summarize. Fortunately, Cramer nailed it. Remember, a short decade ago, Apple Computer was roundly panned as a doomed company on the verge of collapse. Today it is the la... Mr. Lion 2011-10-06T23:35:01-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2278 I have but one description for the pseudo-males that gravitate towards the ludicrous concept of the man cave: Useless, simpering, girlie-boy, whipped, beta-male detriments to the species. Real men, the sort who lead, explore, fight and conquer the unknown do not gush with pride about having a se... Mr. Lion 2011-10-04T10:16:52-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2277 The trend lately in sports car design has been to add more and more computers and driver aids to a given vehicle, often under the guise of making it faster/better than it could be under the exclusive control of a human, or with the fairly laughable concept of selling F1 technology on the road. This ... Mr. Lion 2011-09-27T16:34:58-05:00