The Fog of War - Robert Strange McNamara

It's easy to criticize so I'll keep it to a minimum. McNamara wags his finger at the viewer and at Castro if you're paying attention. The only people he doesn't wag his finger at are the power elites whose boots he shined but didn't lick. Nobody makes documentaries about the quiet heroes like say Robin Cook who resigned from the Blair Cabinet rather than have blood on his hands. At least McNamara faces the camera and says his piece unlike say Kissinger who is always in hiding. However by the time somebody comes to make a war documentary of you it's pretty much all over in terms of morality. You don't even get invited to Govcorp unless you're willing to sends millions to their deaths. Kali Yuga living baby.

Bruce Lee - Enter The Dragon

It gave me a little kick that the essence of the movie is this opening scene snapped above and the deleted scene embedded below that is now available on the DVD but wasn't included in the original 1973 (important year that one) movie. The enemy is all illusion and that's so true and relevant it's nice that the video fell on the right moment as I flipped through it, and that the relevant clip came to light straight after.

Bruce Lee was so much more than an martial artist and for my money acts better than anyone else in the movie though there are some Thespian shockers in this film. The download was excellent quality and I really loved the Hong Kong scenes. I miss Hong Kong a lot but it's never taken good care of me for one reason and another.

Update: I just watched this new Bruce Lee documentary upload on Youtube. It's not bad at all. 

Anarchism For Relief of 1% Constipation

I don't consider myself any particular ideology though I don't mind choosing good ideas. In principle the dynamics of anarchism are much more in harmony with human nature than neoliberal capitalism which has to fall one day. That doesn't mean I can't pick and choose ideas from communism or capitalism when they're appropriate and contextually relevant. 

David Graeber from Yale gives a good talk on the subject of anarchism here. Pick and mix people. Create your own reality and chuck out the ideologies. They're too fixed, easy to corrupt and anti human.