September 28, 2012
— DrewM Yesterday Ace blogged about the upcoming anti-fracking movie Matt Damon is staring in and it's problems keep the good guys and bad guys straight.
Well, it turns out there are some interesting money folks behind the movie. Namely the people that run the United Arab Emirates.
Now I wonder, why in the world would some of the world's largest exporters of oil have an interest in demonizing domestic oil production in the US? Oh right, they want to shut down a major source of product not under their control thereby weakening their cartel's ability to control supply and pricing.
Huh.
Matt Damon: Useful idiot for the biggest of Big Oil.
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Islamophobia. Racism. Defamation of religion. I'm sending a couple Georgetown and Harvard professors to discuss your possible international human rights violations by posting this.
Posted by: King Abdullah at September 28, 2012 07:14 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Jean at September 28, 2012 07:14 AM (kUxiO)
Seriously, Matt Damon is a dangerous mouth-piece.
Posted by: john b at September 28, 2012 07:15 AM (NwqQO)
Posted by: thunderb at September 28, 2012 07:16 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 28, 2012 07:16 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 28, 2012 07:17 AM (0w+w3)
Posted by: no good deed at September 28, 2012 07:17 AM (mjR67)
Posted by: toby928© Scheming SoCon of the NoFap League at September 28, 2012 07:17 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: USA at September 28, 2012 07:17 AM (RIg+t)
I remember that was one of the first things we learnerd in International Oil and Gas law. The Big in Big Oil isn't big next to the nationally owned oil comapnies whether it be Pemex, Petrobras, CNOC, Aramco, Adnoc, Citgo, Royal Dutch Shell, etc.
The only way our companies can compete with these monopolies is by being "huge."
Posted by: Jollyroger at September 28, 2012 07:17 AM (t06LC)
Posted by: tofer732 at September 28, 2012 07:17 AM (2zM0P)
Posted by: Jean at September 28, 2012 07:18 AM (kUxiO)
Posted by: because they are the 1% they are smart? at September 28, 2012 07:18 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: JEM at September 28, 2012 07:18 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 28, 2012 07:19 AM (Vhc4u)
Choom Boy gets much more from his Muzzie pals than Matt Damon could ever dream of. He does much more for them, too.
But it's easier to diss a Hollywood wack-job than President Historic First©....
Posted by: MrScribbler at September 28, 2012 07:19 AM (ZgX/g)
Posted by: Free the Bacon at September 28, 2012 07:20 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: and irresolute at September 28, 2012 07:20 AM (JvklE)
Posted by: Vic at September 28, 2012 07:20 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 28, 2012 07:21 AM (1kFWI)
@19
Except Clint. Jon Voight appears rather intelligent too. And lets not forget Robert Duvall and that charming Rob Lowe fellow. And maybe Robert Downey Jr., although I can't tell.
Posted by: Jolly Roger at September 28, 2012 07:21 AM (t06LC)
WHERE tf was this?
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 28, 2012 07:21 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Free the Bacon at September 28, 2012 07:22 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 28, 2012 07:22 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: Billy Bob, psuedo intellectual at September 28, 2012 07:22 AM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Free the Bacon at September 28, 2012 11:22 AM (LpQbZ)
CINOs?
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 28, 2012 07:22 AM (8sCoq)
O/T, but how is it possible that Obama is up with the Catholic vote all of sudden?
Obviously a PPP poll of Pelosi Catholics in SF or Georgetown U.
Posted by: Billy Bob, psuedo intellectual at September 28, 2012 07:23 AM (wR+pz)
Well, it does cause pollution. It's not a perfect technique for extracting fossil fuels...it's just damned good.
I'm perfectly willing to accept the minor increase in pollution (which is mitigated almost immediately) for a cheap, easy and abundant fuel supply.
But I'm a running-dog lackey of the fascist oppressor, so my vote doesn't count.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 28, 2012 07:23 AM (2b4yb)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 28, 2012 07:24 AM (e0xKF)
Depends on what you call pollution and the proof that it came from fracking. Every single case when examined was proved to be fraudulent.
Posted by: Vic at September 28, 2012 07:24 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: thunderb at September 28, 2012 07:25 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 28, 2012 07:26 AM (i8yDd)
Posted by: thunderb at September 28, 2012 07:26 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular! With Full Stomping Power! at September 28, 2012 07:27 AM (0q2P7)
Matt Damon thinks he is smart like his character in Good Will Hunting. Well Matt, IT IS YOUR FAULT. LISTEN TO ME. IT IS YOUR FAULT!
Posted by: polynikes at September 28, 2012 07:27 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Sheik Yerbouti at September 28, 2012 07:27 AM (e0xKF)
Rob Lowe ain't a republican. Read his twitter feed. He may not be a hardcore leftist, but let's not pretend here.
This is the dude, remember, who had sex on camera with a minor or something at the DNC back in the 80's. Does no one remember this?
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,626709,00.html
Attending the Democratic National Convention that year (198
in Atlanta, Lowe
videotaped himself in a hotel room cavorting naked with two young women,
one of whom turned out to be underage. Lowe, a longtime Democratic activist, ....
Posted by: Matt Damon at September 28, 2012 07:27 AM (mcWHD)
thanks
would love to watch a debate between crazy old Lyndon and President Fatty-Boy Blunt
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 28, 2012 07:28 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 28, 2012 07:29 AM (OA1Yc)
I totally can't stand his movies any more. He will never see another dime of my money.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 28, 2012 07:29 AM (ccXZP)
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You mean like Code Pink in Pakistan?
Posted by: WalrusRex at September 28, 2012 07:29 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: thunderb at September 28, 2012 07:29 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Mohamed the goat fucker at September 28, 2012 07:29 AM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Matt Damon at September 28, 2012 07:29 AM (NioQm)
Posted by: Free the Bacon at September 28, 2012 07:29 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: t-bird at September 28, 2012 07:30 AM (FcR7P)
Remember ABSCAM?
Very successful, and basically never tried again. Cui Bono? Middle East oil interests, politicians, some big business, media, higher education, to name five. Of course by "benefit" I mean short-term selfish pecuniary only.
Posted by: Beagle at September 28, 2012 07:30 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 28, 2012 07:31 AM (GFM2b)
Posted by: Free the Bacon at September 28, 2012 07:31 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: thunderb at September 28, 2012 07:31 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Matt Damon at September 28, 2012 07:31 AM (/YJYi)
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"Fraudulent" is such and ugly word. We prefer the term "excessively persuasive."
Posted by: Environazis Uber Alles at September 28, 2012 07:31 AM (Hx5uv)
Did he even graduate high school much less some prestigious geological program?
Posted by: Exile at September 28, 2012 07:32 AM (JxQPs)
it's big, it's loud, it's from Milwaukee
http://tinyurl.com/8eeh4r5
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 28, 2012 07:32 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Stacy at September 28, 2012 07:33 AM (bKOZG)
Posted by: Samuel L Motherfucking Jackson at September 28, 2012 07:33 AM (wUl8r)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at September 28, 2012 07:33 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: "Dice" Clay at September 28, 2012 07:33 AM (edvam)
Posted by: thunderb at September 28, 2012 11:29 AM (Dnbau)
It was 1988 but that's not the point. The story references him as a long time democrat activist and this was just a few years ago
The people story was from, what 2003, when Arnold was trying to unseat Davis for the governor. Lowe is a democrat activist, who just happened to be on Arnold's side.
Lowe might not be a flaming liberal; but at least browse his twitter feed. He's clearly pro-Obama. He's no conservative.
Posted by: Matt Damon at September 28, 2012 07:33 AM (mcWHD)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at September 28, 2012 07:34 AM (8y9MW)
The only hint of Downey's conservatism comes from an interview a few years ago where he talks about his jail time for drugs and says you don't come out of that as a liberal. Something like that. I think he said he was a libertarian. But you can bet dollars to dounts, he's only libertarian on drug legalization.
Posted by: Matt Damon at September 28, 2012 07:35 AM (mcWHD)
Posted by: Matt Damon at September 28, 2012 07:35 AM (NioQm)
Posted by: thunderb at September 28, 2012 07:35 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at September 28, 2012 11:34 AM (8y9MW)
Only if we get it from here dude. Cause, like, the environment and shit.
Posted by: Matt Damon at September 28, 2012 07:35 AM (/YJYi)
it's big, it's loud, it's from Milwaukee
http://tinyurl.com/8eeh4r5
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 28, 2012 11:32 AM
I haven't had mine out all summer. I need to fire it up.
Posted by: Berserker at September 28, 2012 07:36 AM (FMbng)
""Don't laugh, but I just don't use e-mail at all," ( Janet Napolitano) said during a discussion at a Cybersecurity Summit hosted by National Journal and Government Executive. She didn't explain what communications tools she does use.
...
But in response to a question about her personal cybersecurity practices, Napolitano said she avoids many online services. "I don't have any of my own accounts. Some would call me a Luddite," she said. "
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 28, 2012 07:36 AM (CdCPN)
The fracking fluids get into the groundwater...of that there is no doubt. They are also about 99% water, so it's not that big a deal. They also use HCL in the fluids, which can do some damage.
But it's all manageable, although let's not pretend that it is perfect.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 28, 2012 07:37 AM (2b4yb)
Posted by: Robert Downey Jr at September 28, 2012 07:37 AM (/YJYi)
Posted by: Cricket at September 28, 2012 07:38 AM (DrC22)
Posted by: USA at September 28, 2012 07:38 AM (RIg+t)
Mitt's lookin good in those made-in-the-USA Levi's.
Posted by: TD at September 28, 2012 07:38 AM (DQMcq)
Posted by: General Woundwort at September 28, 2012 07:38 AM (06lNq)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 28, 2012 07:39 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 28, 2012 11:37 AM (2b4yb)
You obviously didn't read the post that ace put up a few days ago. They have never been able to prove fracking fluids getting in ground water.
Every time they have said it and it was examined it turned out the evidence was manufactured or it came from another source.
Posted by: Vic at September 28, 2012 07:39 AM (YdQQY)
Meh, he's trying to suppress job opportunities for Americans and taking oil tick money to do it.
Why no, I'm not the least bit surprised but I'll never go see a movie that has him in it. He can go pound sand, given to him by his butt buddies in UAE.
Posted by: Gmac at September 28, 2012 07:39 AM (IanLz)
Posted by: thunderb at September 28, 2012 07:39 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 28, 2012 11:21 AM (1kFWI)
I really hated Dogma and swore off that fat fuck Kevin Smith after that. Even Chris Rock was extremely unfunny (which I subsequently found out wasn't that surprising).
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at September 28, 2012 07:39 AM (g0oe/)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at September 28, 2012 07:41 AM (cQpP1)
Posted by: Vic at September 28, 2012 11:39 AM (YdQQY)
Oh, yeah, AOSHQ has the final say on all things.
I prefer to use more than one source for my information.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 28, 2012 07:41 AM (2b4yb)
96 vic
Some places if you dig a hole and light a match you flare off some gas as well. Fracking didn't make that happen.
Posted by: Beagle at September 28, 2012 07:42 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: the pink not panicking, but I hate the MSM,about one poll formerly known as the hobbit Donna at September 28, 2012 07:42 AM (9+ccr)
Matt Damon makes slime molds look intelligent.
Matt Damon makes elephant scat seem sentient.
I once picked an apple that made more sense than Matt Damon.
I once picked flicked a booger that was smarter than Matt Damon.
Matt Damon - not allowed near sharp objects
Matt Damon - not allowed to operate power tools
Posted by: @PurpAv at September 28, 2012 07:43 AM (bLEJy)
Posted by: thunderb at September 28, 2012 07:44 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Blanche DuBois!!!!!!! at September 28, 2012 07:44 AM (PHb2k)
Posted by: the pink not panicking, but I hate the MSM,about one poll formerly known as the hobbit Donna at September 28, 2012 11:42 AM (9+ccr)
Yeah but they play really really smart people so that means they're smart too. Amirite?
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at September 28, 2012 07:44 AM (g0oe/)
Posted by: polynikes at September 28, 2012 07:44 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 28, 2012 07:45 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: Team America at September 28, 2012 07:46 AM (V4q/3)
On purpose. He was smirking when I cleaned it up. Fuzzy bastard.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 28, 2012 07:46 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 28, 2012 11:41 AM (2b4yb)
You know better than that. Ace had links. We agree to disagree.
Posted by: Vic at September 28, 2012 07:46 AM (YdQQY)
Is Armageddon the one where Bruce Willis sacrifices himself so Affleck could live? Fuck that.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 28, 2012 07:46 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: thunderb at September 28, 2012 07:47 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at September 28, 2012 07:48 AM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone spatchcocker at September 28, 2012 07:48 AM (H5R8H)
"Matt Damon: Useful idiot for the biggest of Big Oil". Matt Damon: Meryl Streep in drag..
Posted by: Buffalobob at September 28, 2012 07:48 AM (x+7qA)
Posted by: @PurpAv at September 28, 2012 07:48 AM (bLEJy)
Posted by: ErikW at September 28, 2012 07:49 AM (edvam)
As with a lot of movie's made from books I've read, I really haven't found one that I've liked. Admittedly if I had not read the book I might have liked them.
Posted by: polynikes at September 28, 2012 07:49 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Norma Desmond!!!! at September 28, 2012 07:49 AM (PHb2k)
@108
"Here is some info. "Natural" gas and oil occur naturally. And place with oil and natural gas will show seepage of ....oil and natural gas. Even if man never touched it. And I'm done"
More hate facts from puppets of their big business neocon masters.
Posted by: Leftard in a Prius with a Coexist sticker at September 28, 2012 07:49 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Beagle at September 28, 2012 11:42 AM (sOtz/)
I'd hate to burn off yard waste in a place like that. I think I would move. What's worse I knew a guy who lived in a place where a spring boiled up full of Sulfur.
His yard smelled like rotten eggs all the time. He said "you get used to it after a while". He must have got it cheap but he never would tell me what he paid for it.
Posted by: Vic at September 28, 2012 07:50 AM (YdQQY)
http://tinyurl.com/8nb9v6d
"Obama tended to score higher on domestic policy and national security than on foreign policy, although he had substantial majorities approving of his performance in both areas."
Domestic policy? Like the budget? He scores higher? And foreign policy> WTF?
Posted by: Exile at September 28, 2012 07:50 AM (JxQPs)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at September 28, 2012 07:50 AM (DoZD+)
The Town is worth seeing. Affleck uses it to show off his "star power," but it's still a good movie.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 28, 2012 07:52 AM (2b4yb)
Affleck
- Good will hunting
- Armaggedon
- Shakespeare in Love
- Dogma
Damon
- Good will hunting
- Saving Private Ryan
- Rounders
- Dogma
- The Talented Mr. Ripley (Really, really good)
- The Bourne Identity
- The Bourne Supremecy
- The Departed
- The Bourne Ultimatum
- True Grit
Posted by: General Woundwort at September 28, 2012 07:52 AM (06lNq)
Posted by: logprof at September 28, 2012 07:54 AM (V/U0X)
Posted by: the pink not panicking, but I hate the MSM,about one poll formerly known as the hobbit Donna at September 28, 2012 07:55 AM (9+ccr)
I forgot about the Departed. Good, not great. Never saw the Talented Mr. Rippley. You liked Dogma so I don't know if I can trust your opinion but I'll give it a shot after I watch The Town.
Has anyone else seen Affleck's brother's Casey's dark, dark movie where he plays a killer deputy sherriff into kinky rough , violent sex? Like a deformed person that you can't turn your eyes away from.
Posted by: polynikes at September 28, 2012 08:01 AM (m2CN7)
Affleck:
The Town
Gritty demented love story, not bad.
Also the two before that I didn't see. Not sure.
Posted by: Beagle at September 28, 2012 08:04 AM (sOtz/)
Personally, I find most of the Bourne films ridiculously formulaic and predictable, but then I've also never been able to get through a Ludlum book. He writes like a ten-year-old, stunted little sentences and no flow whatsoever.
Posted by: JEM at September 28, 2012 08:05 AM (o+SC1)
Chasing Amy was pretty good in the first half; and then the second half was ruined by Affleck "acting" like a complete dumbass as Kevin Smith once again was completely clueless about how to effectively conclude a movie.
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at September 28, 2012 08:06 AM (g0oe/)
Posted by: JEM at September 28, 2012 12:05 PM (o+SC1)
I was on the beach in Ocean City, Maryland reading one of his dumbass books featuring completely implausible events and decided that life was too short to spend it reading garbage.
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at September 28, 2012 08:09 AM (g0oe/)
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012 and is Master of his domain at September 28, 2012 08:09 AM (he2LC)
O/T
Why the bowing to the Saudi king?
Why the sealed college transcripts?
Read and learn.
http://tinyurl.com/8lvcvm8
Posted by: drowningpuppies at September 28, 2012 08:13 AM (012vu)
A rich Hollywood pompous a-hole is driving across North Dakota and is Prius breaks down in front of a Rough-Neck bar .... hilarity in-sews.
Posted by: Duke Nukem at September 28, 2012 08:16 AM (QGbEp)
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012 and is Master of his domain at September 28, 2012 12:09 PM (he2LC)
Everybody sucked in that movie. Worst book-to-movie ever made.
Posted by: Vic at September 28, 2012 08:18 AM (YdQQY)
I'm betting this should do as well as "We Bought a Farm" or whatever the name was.
Posted by: joanne at September 28, 2012 08:19 AM (VNFBf)
Posted by: steevy at September 28, 2012 08:23 AM (6o4Fb)
Exile: Obama could base his campaign on bringing back slavery and exterminating the Jews and still have a majority of their votes. They might go to the polls thinking they'll vote for Romney (aka "Not Obama"), but they'll still vote D out of habit.
Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at September 28, 2012 08:25 AM (eHwT1)
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012 and is Master of his domain at September 28, 2012 12:09 PM
In a world overcome with numbers ...
MATH IS HARD...
Ben Affleck ... Matt Damon ... in ...
THE FEAR OF ALL SUMS
Posted by: Movie Trailer Voiceover Guy at September 28, 2012 08:27 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012 and is Master of his domain at September 28, 2012 12:09 PM (he2LC)
Everybody sucked in that movie. Worst book-to-movie ever made.
Posted by: Vic at September 28, 2012 12:18 PM
You're stupid! Affleck saved America with that movie. Since Ben warned us, we haven't been nuked by Serbian neo-nazis, have we?
Posted by: rent-a-jon at September 28, 2012 08:29 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at September 28, 2012 08:40 AM (JxMoP)
Hummmm an idea on how to get some easy money....
Posted by: Paladin at September 28, 2012 08:53 AM (LTquJ)
Posted by: Beagle at September 28, 2012 08:57 AM (sOtz/)
As he has gotten older and fatter, he no longer looks like a teenage boy, so Harry Reid is no longer interested in having buttsex with him on a regular basis.
But more importantly, as he has gotten older and fatter, he has also started losing his hair, and his face, especially with that slightly upturned puggish nose is looking more and more pig-like, resulting in his loss of appeal to the young girl movie going public.
Knowing this, Matt has begun to move heavily towards a social conscience environmental protection hate the rich white man approach in order to appeal to the older single female liberal demographic.
The reasoning is that these unmarried middle aged women who
have on average 5 cats...
and 40 pounds of extra belly and thigh fat...
3 vibrators...
read romance novels on their lunch breaks...
often work in education or at non-profit liberal coporations...
volunteer at acorn and planned parenthood...
canvas for Obama as a means to filling the Saturday I wish I had a man ache...
hate successful men and delude themselves with the belief that successful business men only value superficial stuff like pretty woman that look and smell nice and usually have all their teeth...which is why they can't see past their stringy once a week washed mousey hair, cottage cheese styled cellulite thighs, makeup free manfaces, and the stench of their obama volunteer sweat that they just mask with another layer of under arm deodorant in the mornings since official save the planet and conserve water bathing day is still three days away...
these women need a hollywood idol they can relate to...and Matt intends to plug that hole.
If that doesn't work, Matt intends to announce that he is a Gay Muslim.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at September 28, 2012 09:00 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: red sweater at September 28, 2012 09:00 AM (Xwgt3)
Posted by: red sweater at September 28, 2012 09:01 AM (Xwgt3)
Posted by: concerned hoser at September 28, 2012 09:01 AM (cRvGs)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at September 28, 2012 09:02 AM (ovpNn)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical_Oil:_The_Case_for_Canada's_Oil_Sands
Posted by: concerned hoser at September 28, 2012 09:06 AM (cRvGs)
Posted by: Leo Ladenson at September 28, 2012 09:25 AM (mAm+G)
"The Town" is an outstanding movie; my second favorite heist movie after "Heat". Affleck showed he had a good sense of mood and pacing as a director in "Gone Baby Gone", and "The Town" showed he could do action just as well.
Posted by: UGAdawg at September 28, 2012 10:13 AM (xZ8Ay)
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