Get ready

For a bloodbath in the stock exchanges around the world today.

Well this is just a minor setback for the proponents of this bill and the congress may ultimately pass the bill but this defeat in the house of Representatives gives you an insight into what the majority of people think regarding this ridiculous idea of bailing out the wall street firms with tax payers money, will they do the same thing on a personal level?

Let the markets take their own corrective measures, and I know it'll be a long drawn process and a pretty painful process too but hey you gotta do the right thing no?

Finally!!

Gilli is made the captain of the Deccan Chargers.

Will do a post later on this here.

Yabba dabba doo

I am idiot for watching Flintstones on the idiot box when I could have seen it live, which is more fun with more belly cramps assured every time our real time betty opens her mouth.

Seriously these religious nut jobs do much more damage to the US than the economic meltdown that's going on there. One thing for sure, McCain camp sure does know how to take the heat away from the old Dinosaur which is by itself a great achievement.

Eagle Eye

Jerry Shaw (LaBeouf) and Rachel Holloman (Monaghan) are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situation, using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move. As the situation escalates, these two ordinary people become the country's most wanted fugitives, who must work together to discover what is really happening -– and more importantly, why.

North By Northwest anyone?

Jeez last year it was Disturbia (Rear window) and now this, Dreamworks stop it already. Hitchcock was a genius, one of a kind and there won't be another director like him. Speilberg, you are better than this and never expected such kind of stuff from projects you were involved with, but again you have been pushing Shia labeouf down our throats, still don't get what you see in that lame ass piece of shit and he ain't a Jew either. I don't even have to try hard to hate that guy, guess one less movie to watch.

People who are considering of watching this movie will be better off seeing this one.
A good movie which gets you thinking if one should give it back or suffer silently or confront. I am for paying them back with interest included.

Breaking News

If what Rahul Gandhi has for lunch is a news worthy item then so is mine to the readers of this blog.

I had roti, dal, aloo and chawal in my dinner today.

P.S: Have to do a case study in economics but feel damn tired and sleepy, slept for only 6 odd hours in the past 2 days.

Thought for the day

Don't judge what you don't understand.

P.S: Well written and which even a lay man like me can understand. http://http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1842123-2,00.html

A much better explanation but a tad bit technical.

Edit: Ah!! the irony, news is that American government is going into regulation of the two left over Investment banks, so is this the last nail in the coffin of free market economy as we know or should say are preached my Asserica?

To do, or not to do

Just read the news that the Feds bailed out the ailing AIG by lending 85 billion dollars. Before this, it did the same for Bears sterns, the question that's been lingering at the back of my mind is how justified is the government in doing this with the tax payers money? and that too for companies who have made bad investment calls, doesn't it set a bad precedent of sorts where the banks hereafter can go into risky transactions where if it pays of, well and good but if it doesn't won't they look at the fed to come bail them out.

A much more relevant question in regards with India is do they continue with deregulaization of banking & Insurance sectors or after seeing the US experience re-evaluate their policies?

WTF!!!

They have power cut in my area everyday from 2 am to 3:30 am. Want to meet the official who did this scheduling, even by government standards this is so lame on so many fronts. Heard that in the rest of UP there is a load shedding for 8-12 hours, be it rural or urban so compared to that what we have in Noida is not a big deal but the whole idea is defeated by having it in the middle of the night.

Righteous Kill - Quick Review

The last time we saw Al Pacino and Roberto Di Nero acting in the same movie, they were pitted against each other but in this movie they play two detectives who are partners. Even though they are both on the same side, this movie has a scene reminiscent of the famous confrontation scene which takes place between them in Heat when both of them cross paths in the bar. It's worth watching the movie for that last five minutes, where you find out why these two actors are the best in the business. Other than that one scene, the rest of the movie is rather insipid and the movie is best watched on DVD, that too on a rainy day or when you have nothing better to do.

Tail piece : It's not much of a thriller really as from the beginning you sort of know what the ending would be. Both of them look really old to be playing Police detectives and should say that the director or more importantly the writer wasted such talented actors.

Valley of Tears

Says an article in Times

Some historical perspective about the whole Kashmiri problem from the beginning to the present day crisis.

And now why Kashmir is here to stay with India.
To be Continued....

A New Hope

Blogging & me. Been there done that is so Cliche, So let me put it this way all I do is start something, do it for a while and lose enthusiasm or move onto better/worse ( depends on where you are coming from) stuff. Now then, now then, the question is will this attempt at blogging be any different? Frankly I don't know, want to think that this will be a regular thing but knowing me can't take it for granted only time will tell where this blog goes.

Mostly I'm going to blog about movies & sports, maybe once in a while throw in some current affairs and some tidbits about my immediate environment. I got to warn you though, am highly opinionated, arrogant and come from the left side of the political spectrum but on the positive side can be funny, uplifting and use my common sense which eludes most of humanity.

Sixteen hours of the day that is like 95% of the time that I'm awake you'll find me thinking about a whole range of stuff right from the theory of relativity or how to become a billionaire without putting in much effort to much more simple stuff like what to have for my lunch or what template should I use for my blog, that being the reason for naming the blog "hmmm"- A constant state of contemplating something or the other.

Phew now that I've done with explaining why blog, about what and reason behind the name of this blog, now a little about myself, why create another blog and the significance behind the title of this post. Will be leaving to Noida tomorrow and start life afresh, wherein become more responsible and start owning up for my actions. That is my new hope and the idea behind creating this blog, start anew. My life parallels that of Luke Skywalker, atleast in the aspect of leaving your home, getting together with like minded people, and saving the world from the evil cluthes of Oil & energy companies, thus the title of my first.

Welcome on board.