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Michael Blowhard on DVD extras and commentaries:

I wonder if a new category of film is emerging: the film that isn't all that fabulous in its own right, but whose DVD package makes for a rewarding experience. So far, I've run across three examples.

Tacitus post on what to call the current American/British/Coalition military operations:

While the idea of fighting the War on Terror is right and necessary, the name itself has been lacking from the get-go. It just doesn't quite fit and it's not quite enough. A few days ago, the Weekly Standard remarked on a Bush administration trial balloon, where several Defense Department suits renamed the conflict from the Global War on Terror (GWOT)--or The War Against Terror (TWAT) or what have you--to the Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism (GSAVE). Ugh.

And last, but not least, NOTM Gizoogled.