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Disney, Pixar and LucasFilm

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As I was listening to an episode of the Incomparable podcast discussing the future of Star Wars under Disney stewardship a thought occurred to me. With Disney now owning LucasFilm, Pixar has in a roundabout way returned to its roots.

Long before the brilliant storytellers at Pixar made a few amazing computer animated shorts followed by Toy Story, the operation began as a digital imaging operation within LucasFilm. It was eventually spun off and sold to Steve Jobs before going on to reinvent animated movies. Disney eventually bought Pixar from Jobs in 2006. Now the whole gang is back together. 

5by5 | After Dark #263: More on the Future of “Star Wars” (The Incomparable #114b)
5by5 – After Dark #263: More on the Future of “Star Wars” (The Incomparable #114b)

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GOP philosophy == If the facts do not conform to the theory, they must be disposed… 2

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GOP philosophy == If the facts do not conform to the theory, they must be disposed of

Reshared post from +Tim O’Reilly

It's sad when one party is so fixated on their ideology that they ignore data that it's just wrong.  I'd love all the low tax people who are going to respond to this post to try to explain how their position is supported by data, rather than just calling me names.

GOP Protest Forces Congressional Research Service to Withdraw Tax Report
The truth will set you free. Unless, that is, you’re a Republican and the subject is taxes. As the New York Times reported on Thursday, ‘The Congressional Research Service has withdrawn an economic r…

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+Robert Reich provides an excellent articulation of the true philosophy of Mitt…

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+Robert Reich provides an excellent articulation of the true philosophy of Mitt Romney.  It's a new "ism" that takes corporatacracy to an unprecedented and dangerous level.

Romneyism
By now, in these last remaining days before the election of 2012, we have learned enough about the beliefs of the Republican presidential candidate to see them as a worldview all its own — a kind of …


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Another proof point that that the wealthy supporters of Mitt Romney are far more…

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Another proof point that that the wealthy supporters of Mitt Romney are far more interested in accumulating and maintaining power than actual governance. 

Murdoch threatens Christie: Re-endorse Romney or else!
Fox News chief tweets that the N.J. governor needs to back Romney again publicly — or be blamed for Obama’s win

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