Archive for August 5th, 2008
Eurogamer, “Payne is Wahlberg’s “favourite role so far””
Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg says Max Payne is his “favourite role so far”.
The former Funky Bunch figurehead reckons the part resonates with his “out of control” youth, and the lessons he learned growing up.
“I was lucky to get through it, but it made me stronger and, I hope, wiser. I had a lot of demons to fight. Maybe that’s why this character is my favourite role so far,” Wahlberg told Total Film.
“There’s a definite theme of Max fighting the devils inside. There’s a lot of action in this movie, but there’s also plenty of emotion and psychology. It goes pretty deep.”
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Breitbart, “US races to erect controversial steel fence on Mexican border”
Just west of El Paso, near where Spanish conquistador Juan de Onate crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico in 1598, construction crews have completed a steel fence authorities say is a new model for border security.
The five-meter (18-foot) tall fence has a mesh woven so tightly that feet and fingers cannot grab hold, but it still allows people to see through. Steel pylons are set close enough to stop a truck from bursting through, and two meters of reinforced concrete underground deters any tunneling.
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Politico, “Pelosi: At-risk Dems back drilling”
California Democrat Nancy Pelosi may be trying to save the planet — but the rank and file in her party increasingly are just trying to save their political hides when it comes to gas prices as Republicans apply more and more rhetorical muscle.
But what looks like intraparty tension on the surface is part of an intentional strategy in which Pelosi takes the heat on energy policy, while behind the scenes she’s encouraging vulnerable Democrats to express their independence if it helps them politically, according to Democratic aides on and off Capitol Hill.
