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Call Mulder and Sculley — Air France Jet Disappears on Flight From Brazil to Paris

From this morning's NY TImes.

PARIS — Air France said Monday that it had lost contact with a passenger plane travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. “We have received no news from flight AF 447,” said an Air France spokeswoman in Paris, Brigitte Barrand.

The plane was carrying 216 passengers and 12 crew members, she said.

A Brazilian Air Force spokesman, quoted by The Associated Press, said that the plane disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean and a search was under way near the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha. The plane disappeared about 186 miles northeast of the coastal Brazilian city of Natal and near Fernando de Noronha, the spokesman said.

The plane had been scheduled to land at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport at 11:15 a.m. Paris time after a nonstop flight that left Rio 7 p.m. local time on Sunday.

“We are very worried,” said an aviation official in Paris interviewed by Agence France-Presse. “The plane disappeared from the screens several hours ago. It could be a transponder problem, but this kind of fault is very rare and the plane did not land when expected.”

We Live In Public — Cautionary Tale of a Douchebag

We Live In Public TRAILER from We Live in Public on Vimeo.

The Crisis of Credit by Jonathan Jarvis (Good Stuff)

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

Rachel Maddow PWNS AIG and Their Evil PR Hacks

Rachel Maddow sheds some additional light on the financial insanity that is the AIG bailout. Apparently, they're using your 173 billion on (drum roll) Public Relations.

Kirk Cameron's Fireproof Now Available on DVD – Fuck Yeah!

Kirk Cameron’s Fireproof is about God and saving your marriage and finding religion and not saying "bitch" apparently (?) It was an enormous success ($34 million gross on a $500k budget.) Where'd rednecks get that kind of money?!

This is a highlight reel from the recently released DVD ... let me repeat, this is NOT a gag reel. These are actual scenes that were included in the film. Based on these clips I'd say the plot also focuses on a profound hatred of computers, recycling and naturalistic dialog. I've watched it three times already. It's really THAT good. Swiped over at FilmDrunk.

Britain and France Crash 25% of Their Nuclear Submarines Into One Another

They only have four nuclear submarines each. So how the F do they manage to crash them into each other? Who's the Admiral over there, Benny Hill?

From the NY Times.

LONDON — Two nuclear submarines, one French and the other British, collided in mid-Atlantic earlier this month, reports in the British and French news media said on Monday, quoting sources in the two defense ministries.

Britain and France each have four missile-carrying nuclear submarines, constituting the core of their nuclear arsenals. According to military journals, Le Triomphant carries 16 ballistic missiles with a range of 5,000 miles, each with six warheads. H.M.S. Vanguard is a Trident-class submarine, 492 feet long and weighing 16,000 tons. It, too, carries 16 missiles, each with three nuclear warheads.

Rep. Paul Kanjorski Explains How the World Economy Almost Collapsed

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The Capital Markets Subcommittee Chair, Rep. Paul Kanjorski of Pennsylvania, explains how the world economy almost collapsed in a matter of hours.

 At 2 minutes, 20 seconds into this C-Span video clip, Kanjorski reports on a "tremendous draw-down of money market accounts in the United States, to the tune of $550 billion dollars." According to Kanjorski, this electronic transfer occured over the period of an hour or two.

"The Treasury opened its window to help. They pumped a hundred and five billion dollars into the system and quickly realized that they could not stem the tide. We were having an electronic run on the banks. They decided to close the operation, close down the money accounts, and announce a guarantee of $250,000 per account so there wouldn't be further panic and there. And that's what actually happened. If they had not done that their estimation was that by two o'clock that afternoon, five-and-a-half trillion dollars would have been drawn out of the money market system of the United States, would have collapsed the entire economy of the United States, and within 24 hours the world economy would have collapsed."

"It would have been the end of our political system and our economic systems as we know it."

Snoop Dogg, You Are Dead to Me

Introducing Wolfboy – Actual NY Post Cover Story

Ridley Scott Signs on to Direct Shitty Movie For Boatloads of Cash

Do not pass GO, do collect millions you cheap frickin' whore. Ridley Scott, the visionary director of classic films Alien, Blade Runner and Gladiator has lowered himself to directing movies based on Hasbro board games. From the Hollywood Reporter:

"Monopoly" marks the latest Hasbro property to look to pass go and head to the big screen. Board games and branded properties have become more attractive as studios look to mitigate risk by finding built-in audiences.

Universal is working with Hasbro on several projects as part of a long-term development deal. Platinum Dunes is producing its feature adaptation of "Ouija Board," while the maritime classic "Battleship" is also in development. Elsewhere at Hasbro, Paramount this summer is set to release Stephen Sommers' feature based on its "G.I. Joe" character. And "Trivial Pursuit: America Plays" is now airing as a syndicated television program.