TI EKANEΣ ΣΤΙΣ 14 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ 2012 ΟΤΑΝ ΞΕΠΟΥΛΟΥΣΑΝ ΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΜΕ ΠΡΑΞΗ ΝΟΜΟΘΕΤΙΚΟΥ ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΟΥ;

...Κοιμόμουν στον καναπέ.
...΄Εβλεπα τηλεόραση.
....Σχολίαζα την επικαιρότητα.
...Εγραφα στο twitter, facebook, blogger.
...Σκεφτόμουνα ότι θα φτιάξουν τα πράγματα από μόνα τους ως "...δια μαγείας". 
...Θα μας σώσουν οι εξωγήινοι, ή από μηχανής θεός....
(Συμπληρώστε κατά βούληση...)

ΔΙΑΒΑΣΕ ΟΛΟΚΛΗΡΗ ΤΗ ΠΡΑΞΗ ΝΟΜΟΘΕΤΙΚΟΥ ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΟΥ
http://www.kalami.net/2012/ellada/fek-240.pdf

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN PRESENTS GUN CONTROL PACKAGE TO OBAMA

(...) The Biden recommendations are likely to include proposed laws that Congress must approve and executive actions that Obama can take himself.

Obama assigned Biden this task after the Dec. 14 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

"You know," Biden said last week, "there's 10,000 people a year gunned down in our cities, different motives, different reasons, different explanations. But, you know, it's a real problem. It's serious."

Biden said, "I'm going to be submitting to the president a proposal as to how to proceed. I'm shooting for Tuesday. I hope I get it done by then."

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/01/13/obama-biden-gun-control-newtown/1829983/

MICHAEL HANEKE TWEETS TO BEN AFFLECK: "THANK YOU FOR LENDING ME YOUR (ARGO) NOMINATION"

Michael Haneke @Michael_Haneke . @BenAffleck thanx 4 lendin me ur oscar nominayshun 4 best director!!1! i guess daredevil 2 mite happen aftr all lol#teamhaneke 10 Jan

3 RETWEETS

ΦΤΙΑΞΕ ΣΕ ΠΕΝΤΕ ΛΕΠΤΑ ΕΝΑ ΑΘΩΩΤΙΚΟ, 'Η ΕΝΟΧΟΠΟΙΗΤΙΚΟ ΣΤΙΚΑΚΙ ΤΗΣ ΛΙΣΤΑΣ ΛΑΓΚΑΡΝΤ (ΟΔΗΓΙΕΣ) ΄Η ΠΩΣ Η ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗ ΒΛΑΚΕΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΤΟΧΙΚΗΣ ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΗΣ ΑΓΓΙΖΕΙ ΤΗ ΣΟΥΡΕΑΛΙΣΤΙΚΗ ΚΩΜΩΔΙΑ!

Αφού έχουμε “χάσει” τους πραγματικούς υπολογιστές και το αυθεντικό CD, μπορούμε εύκολα και γρηγορα να ρίξουμε την ευθύνη στον αείμνηστο Ανδρέα Παπανδρέου, αθωώνοντας Παπακωνσταντίνου και Παπανδρέου junior. Δείτε πως.

Οδηγίες προς ναυτιλλομένους.
-Παίρνουμε από το μοναστηράκι ένα pc αρχαίο
-Κατεβάζουμε μια έκδοση linux από internet cafe και μάλιστα από torrent
-(αδιαφορούμε για το md5 του αρχείου)
-Τρέχουμε από live cd το linux, αφού πρώτα έχουμε αλλάξει ημερομηνία στην bios και έχουμε βάλει 1-1-1981 !
-Δεξί κλικ στο “υπολογιστής μου” και ονομάζουμε τον υπολογιστή “Ανδρέας Παπανδρέου”
-Γράφουμε στο “στικάκιον” τα αρχεία που θέλουμε, επί παραδείγματι σκηνές από την αλλαγή του χρόνου 2012 προς 2013 (με τον Καμίνη νακαθυστερεί ….)

Αποτέλεσμα ; Έχουμε ένα στικάκιον με σκηνές από την αλλαγή χρονιάς και τον Δήμαρχο. Κατά άλλη ανάγνωση ο τότε “πολιτικός” Ανδρέας Παπανδρέου … γνώριζε την αλλαγή του χρόνου προ ολίγων ημερών.

Χαχαχα γελάσαμε και σήμερα !

Γιώργος Θ. Κ.

http://olympia.gr/2013/01/10/usb-stick-langarde/#more-226129

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS: SPIELBERG LEADS WITH 12 "LINCOLN" NOMINATIONS (VIDEO)

Nominations list is from deadline.com Deadline had the nominations first before any other website and also showed a live broadcast of the announcement.

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Bradley Cooper in “Silver Linings Playbook”
• Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln”
• Hugh Jackmanin “Les Misérables”
• Joaquin Phoenix in “The Master”
• Denzel Washington in “Flight”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Alan Arkin in “Argo”
• Robert De Niro in “Silver Linings Playbook”
• Philip Seymour Hoffmanin “The Master”
• Tommy Lee Jones in “Lincoln”
• Christoph Waltzin “Django Unchained”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Jessica Chastain in “Zero Dark Thirty”
• Jennifer Lawrence in “Silver Linings Playbook”
• Emmanuelle Riva in “Amour”
• Quvenzhané Wallis in “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
• Naomi Watts in “The Impossible”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Amy Adams in “The Master”
• Sally Field in “Lincoln”
• Anne Hathaway in “Les Misérables”
• Helen Huntin “The Sessions”
• Jacki Weaver in “Silver Linings Playbook”

Best animated feature film of the year

• “Brave” Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
• “Frankenweenie”Tim Burton
• “ParaNorman” Sam Fell and Chris Butler
• “The Pirates! Band of Misfits” Peter Lord
• “Wreck-It Ralph” Rich Moore

Achievement in cinematography

• “Anna Karenina”Seamus McGarvey
• “Django Unchained”Robert Richardson
• “Life of Pi” Claudio Miranda
• “Lincoln” Janusz Kaminski
• “Skyfall” Roger Deakins

Achievement in costume design

• “Anna Karenina”Jacqueline Durran
• “Les Misérables”Paco Delgado
• “Lincoln” Joanna Johnston
• “Mirror Mirror”Eiko Ishioka
• “Snow White and the Huntsman”Colleen Atwood

Achievement in directing

• “Amour” Michael Haneke
• “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Benh Zeitlin
• “Life of Pi” Ang Lee
• “Lincoln” Steven Spielberg
• “Silver Linings Playbook”David O. Russell

Best documentary feature

• “5 Broken Cameras”
  Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
• “The Gatekeepers”
  Nominees to be determined
• “How to Survive a Plague”
  Nominees to be determined
• “The Invisible War”
  Nominees to be determined
• “Searching for Sugar Man”
  Nominees to be determined

Best documentary short subject

• “Inocente”
  Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
• “Kings Point”
  Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
• “Mondays at Racine”
  Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
• “Open Heart”
  Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
• “Redemption”
  Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill

Achievement in film editing

• “Argo” William Goldenberg
• “Life of Pi” Tim Squyres
• “Lincoln” Michael Kahn
• “Silver Linings Playbook”Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
• “Zero Dark Thirty”Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Best foreign language film of the year

• “Amour” Austria
• “Kon-Tiki” Norway
• “No” Chile
• “A Royal Affair” Denmark
• “War Witch” Canada

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

• “Hitchcock”
  Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
• “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
  Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
• “Les Misérables”
  Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• “Anna Karenina” Dario Marianelli
• “Argo” Alexandre Desplat
• “Life of Pi” Mychael Danna
• “Lincoln” John Williams
• “Skyfall” Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• “Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice”
  Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
• “Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from “Ted”
  Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
• “Pi’s Lullaby” from “Life of Pi”
  Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
• “Skyfall” from “Skyfall”
  Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
• “Suddenly” from “Les Misérables”
  Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Best motion picture of the year

• “Amour” Nominees to be determined
• “Argo” Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
• “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
• “Django Unchained” Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
• “Les Misérables” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
• “Life of Pi”Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
• “Lincoln” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
• “Silver Linings Playbook”Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
• “Zero Dark Thirty”Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers

Achievement in production design

• “Anna Karenina”
  Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
• “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
  Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
• “Les Misérables”
  Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
• “Life of Pi”
  Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
• “Lincoln” 
  Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Best animated short film

• “Adam and Dog”Minkyu Lee
• “Fresh Guacamole”PES
• “Head over Heels”Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
• “Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”"David Silverman
• “Paperman”John Kahrs

Best live action short film

• “Asad” Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
• “Buzkashi Boys”Sam French and Ariel Nasr
• “Curfew” Shawn Christensen
• “Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)” Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
• “Henry” Yan England

Achievement in sound editing

• “Argo” Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
• “Django Unchained”Wylie Stateman
• “Life of Pi” Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
• “Skyfall” Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
• “Zero Dark Thirty”Paul N.J. Ottosson

Achievement in sound mixing

• “Argo”
  John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
• “Les Misérables”
  Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
• “Life of Pi”
  Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
• “Lincoln” 
  Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
• “Skyfall” 
  Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Achievement in visual effects

• “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
  Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
• “Life of Pi”
  Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
• “Marvel’s The Avengers”
  Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
• “Prometheus”
  Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
• “Snow White and the Huntsman”
  Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

Adapted screenplay

• “Argo” Screenplay by Chris Terrio
• “Beasts of the Southern Wild”Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
• “Life of Pi”Screenplay by David Magee
• “Lincoln” Screenplay by Tony Kushner
• “Silver Linings Playbook”Screenplay by David O. Russell

Original screenplay

• “Amour” Written by Michael Haneke
• “Django Unchained”Written by Quentin Tarantino
• “Flight” Written by John Gatins
• “Moonrise Kingdom” Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
• “Zero Dark Thirty” Written by Mark Boal

DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA NOMINATIONS

BEN AFFLECK
Argo
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
Mr. Affleck’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Amy Herman
· First Assistant Director: David Webb
· Second Assistant Director: Ian Calip
· Second Second Assistant Directors: Clark Credle, Gavin Kleintop
· First Assistant Director (Turkey Unit): Belkis Turan

This is Mr. Affleck’s first DGA Feature Film Award nomination.

KATHRYN BIGELOW
Zero Dark Thirty
(Columbia Pictures)
Ms. Bigelow’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Colin Wilson
· First Assistant Director: David A. Ticotin
· Second Assistant Directors: Ben Lanning, Sarah Hood
· First Assistant Director (Jordan Unit): Scott Robertson
· Second Assistant Directors (Jordan Unit): Jonas Spaccarotelli, Yanal Kassay
· Second Second Assistant Director (Jordan Unit): Tarek Afifi
· Unit Production Manager (India Unit): Rajeev Mehra

This is Ms. Bigelow’s second DGA Feature Film Award nomination. She won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for The Hurt Locker in 2009.

TOM HOOPER
Les Misérables
(Universal Pictures)
Mr. Hooper’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Patrick Schweitzer
· First Assistant Director: Ben Howarth
· Second Assistant Director: Harriet Worth
· Second Second Assistant Director: Dan Channing Williams

This is Mr. Hooper’s second DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for The King’s Speech (2010) and was previously nominated for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television/Mini-Series for John Adams in 2008.

ANG LEE
Life of Pi
(Twentieth Century Fox)
Mr. Lee’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Michael J. Malone
· Unit Production Manager (Taiwan): Leo Chen
· First Assistant Directors: William M. Connor, Cliff Lanning
· Second Assistant Directors: Robert Burgess, Ben Lanning
· Unit Production Manager (India Unit): Sanjay Kumar
· First Assistant Director (India Unit): Nitya Mehra
· Second Assistant Director (India Unit): Ananya Rane
· Second Second Assistant Directors (India Unit): Namra Parikh, Freya Parekh
· Second Assistant Directors (Montreal Unit): Derek Wimble, Renato De Cotiis

This is Mr. Lee’s fourth DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and was nominated for Sense and Sensibility in 1995.

STEVEN SPIELBERG
Lincoln
(DreamWorks Pictures/Twentieth Century Fox)
Mr. Spielberg’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Susan McNamara
· First Assistant Director: Adam Somner
· Second Assistant Director: Ian Stone
· Second Second Assistant Directors: Eric Lasko, Trevor Tavares

This is Mr. Spielberg’s eleventh DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film three times for Saving Private Ryan (1998), Schindler’s List (1993) and The Color Purple (1985). He was also nominated in this category for Munich (2005), Amistad (1997), Empire of the Sun (1987), E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (1982), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Jaws (1975).  Mr. Spielberg was honored with the DG’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.

KOSTAS VAXEVANIS: THE BICYCLE OF GREEK DEMOCRACY IS BROKEN.

Greek oligarchs are corrupted to the bone and would certainly make Tony Montana of "SCARFACE" and Don Vitto Corleone, the mafia patriach of "GODAFATHER" , look like old-fashioned 2d Saturday matinee cartoons and ultimately colorless and pale by financial numbers comparison. Before they call it quits they would turn the country that invented democracy, poetry, literature, philosophy, medicine among others, into a bloody mayhem of chaos, dust, ashes, death and pre-planned "intenal" confrontations and conflicts, with the help of Neonazi party "GOLDEN DAWN" financed by Greek shipping magnates. Read the NYT op-ed piece  below by investigative journalist Kostas Vaxevanis...

...DEMOCRACY is like a bicycle: if you don’t keep pedaling, you fall. Unfortunately, the bicycle of Greek democracy has long been broken. After the military junta collapsed in 1974, Greece created only a hybrid, diluted form of democracy. You can vote, belong to a party and protest. In essence, however, a small clique exercises all meaningful political power.

For all that has been said about the Greek crisis, much has been left unsaid. The crisis has become a battleground of interests and ideologies. At stake is the role of the public sector and the welfare state. Yes, in Greece we have a dysfunctional public sector; for the past 40 years the ruling parties handed out government jobs to their supporters, regardless of their qualifications.

But the real problem with the public sector is the tiny elite of business people who live off the Greek state while passing themselves off as “entrepreneurs.” They bribe politicians to get fat government contracts, usually at inflated prices. They also own many of the country’s media outlets, and thus manage to ensure that their actions are clothed in silence. Sometimes they’ll even buy a soccer team in order to drum up popular support and shield their crimes behind popular protection, as the drug lord Pablo Escobar did in Colombia, and as the paramilitary leader Arkan did in Serbia.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/07/opinion/greeces-rotten-oligarchy.html?ref=opinion&_r=0