http://thefedorachronicles.com/ News, Information and Commentary for Vintage Aficionados - The Retro Guide for Surviving Modern Life en Copyright 2010 Eric Renderking Fisk The Fedora Chronicles All Rights Reserved info@thefedorachronicles.com (Eric Renderking Fisk) renderking@thefedorachronicles.com (Eric Renderking Fisk) Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:01:00 EST Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:01:00 EST Retro Classic vintage 5 http://thefedorachronicles.com/ http://thefedorachronicles.com/forum/images/forum_images/compass.jpg 75 75 Acolytes of Modern Anarchy Eric Renderking Fisk share with the world his Winter Wonder Land Right Next Door. http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/travel/2011/snowmageddon_2011.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/travel/2011/snowmageddon_2011.html Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:20:00 EST Eric Renderking Fisk reviews David Hoffman’s book about the Cold War Arms Race’s Dangerous Legacy. http://thefedorachronicles.com/book/2011/dead_hand.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/book/2011/dead_hand.html Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:20:00 EST What are the true consequences of abused and neglected children on society? Becoming Retrocentrics is the least of our worries. http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2011/03_23_bullying.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2011/03_23_bullying.html Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:50:00 EST Roger Shankel defends a woman's right to choose... a pistol or revolver to defend herself http://thefedorachronicles.com/shankel/reactionary_attack_on_the_second.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/shankel/reactionary_attack_on_the_second.html Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:30:00 EST Jason Cousineau discusses a little known aspect of The Revolutionary War. http://thefedorachronicles.com/cousineau/2011/shays_rebellion_2011.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/cousineau/2011/shays_rebellion_2011.html Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:22:00 EST An in-depth view on this controversial issue. http://thefedorachronicles.com/cousineau/2011/home_schooling_part_1.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/cousineau/2011/home_schooling_part_1.html Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:50:00 EST An in-depth view on this controversial issue. http://thefedorachronicles.com/cousineau/2011/home_schooling_part_2.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/cousineau/2011/home_schooling_part_2.html Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:58:00 EST Eric Renderking Fisk agrees, it is the mystery of life that sustains us now… http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ren/2010/12_29_prince_of_tides.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ren/2010/12_29_prince_of_tides.html Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:30:00 EST What does the future hold for this next decade? Who will decide besides us? http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2011/2001_2011_also_sprach_zarathustr.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2011/2001_2011_also_sprach_zarathustr.html Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:30:00 EST Remember, fellow retrocentrics – no one is a failure who has friends… and a good fedora. http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ren/2010/12_24_its_a_wonderful_life.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ren/2010/12_24_its_a_wonderful_life.html Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:30:00 EST Ask Washington DC, what did you do with the money we already gave you? http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/12_15_tax_debate_of_2010.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/12_15_tax_debate_of_2010.html Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:30:00 EST Eric Renderking Fisk writes about The 60 Minute segment on Ben Bernanke that was the subject of conversation for many talking heads on radio and television during the first week of December, 2010 http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/12_06_fed_chairman_bernanke_60min.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/12_06_fed_chairman_bernanke_60min.html Wed, 08 Dec 2010 09:30:00 EST Eric Renderking Fisk pokes a big ugly stick at the lazy, bloated, obnoxious watchdog agencies ironically known as The Transportation Security Administration and Department Of Homeland Security then asks, if the government can’t secure their own documents that are now freely published on Wikilinks, what’s to say the same won’t happen to the nude photos they’re taking of us at the airports? http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/12_01_information_is_not_secure.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/12_01_information_is_not_secure.html Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:11:00 EST Eric 'Renderking' Fisk discusses Charlie Rangel's conviction and what it means for congress, the American people, and morality in general. With a huge reference to “Miller’s Crossing” thrown in for extra measure. http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/11_11_missile_mystery_answers_questoin.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/11_18_rangel_matter_of_ethics.html Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:11:00 EST What does it say about our collective state of mind and collective paranoia? http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/11_11_missile_mystery_answers_questoin.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/11_11_missile_mystery_answers_questoin.html Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:45:00 EST Eric Renderking Fisk debates the wisdom of President Obama’s trip overseas after the 'shellacking' his party took this past Election Day. At this point, what’s the benefit of this trip, is the overwhelming risk worth the improbable net gain that’s being used as an excuse for this multi-stop tour? http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/11_05_passage_to_india.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/11_05_passage_to_india.html Fri, 5 Nov 2010 04:30:00 EST Eric 'Renderking' Fisk discusses one of the scariest moments in his life... being woken up in the middle of the night by an intruder from the neither world… http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/10_31_spector_at_your_door.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/10_31_spector_at_your_door.html Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:30:00 EST The Juan Williams/NPR incident proves how lethal partisan toxin really is. http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/10_28_npr_fires_a_black_man.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/10_28_npr_fires_a_black_man.html Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:09:00 EST Blackthorn shares with us his trip to Istanbul - "On my taxi ride from the airport to my hotel I was surprised by how much Istanbul looked like any city in America, with playgrounds, buses and modern buildings. Then, among the modern streets and cars I got my first view of historic significance when I saw this aqueduct from the Roman era, known as the Valens aqueduct..." http://thefedorachronicles.com/blackthorn/eight_days_in_istanbul.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/blackthorn/eight_days_in_istanbul.html Mon, 11 Oct 2010 06:07:00 EST This movie makes the case that humanity isn’t ready for exploring our neighboring stars and the planets around them, and never will be. The message that James Cameron sends is that we would be better off staying home and accept extinction rather then go forth into the cosmos. It’s just a matter of time until industrialists set out to extinguish the life that’s out there to exploit the resources that are there to make our iPhones, hover-cars and wide-screen TV’s for the folks back on Earth. http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ren/2010/avatar.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ren/2010/avatar.html Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:25:00 EST DLFerguson reviews The Expendables, a new movie by "Rambo's" Sylvester Stallone, and stars actors from two generations of action movies... http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ferguson/2010/expendables.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ferguson/2010/expendables.html Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09:25:00 EST Throughout this whole experience I’m reminded of what a great thing the “Harry Potter” phenomenon has been and we might never again see something of its kind again. We lived through an extraordinary period of pop-culture, and “Percy Jackson” reminds all of us that it can’t be easily duplicated. http://thefedorachronicles.com/forum/images/forum_images/film_reel.jpg http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ren/2010/08_28_percy_jackson__the_olympians.html Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:16:00 EST Eric Renderking Fisk reviews the A&E series about people who - like himself - can't seem to throw anything out and hold on to junk for far too long... http://thefedorachronicles.com/tv/hoarders.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/tv/hoarders.html Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:15:00 EST DLFerguson discusses Full Metal Jacket and it's place in the best Viet Nam war movies of all time. "...Ermey is simply wonderful in the role and he has a scene where he finds some contraband food in the footlocker of one of his recruits and the cat just simply loses his mind. The scene has even more power if you do your research and find out that R. Lee Ermey's dialog is this movie was actual things he used to say to his real-life recruits. Suddenly it doesn't become so funny." http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ferguson/2010/full_metal_jacket.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ferguson/2010/full_metal_jacket.html Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:28 EST The Fedora Chronicles staff took part in the NASA/Kepler Press Conference announcing the First Discovery of Two Planets Transiting a Sun-Like Star using the new space telescope and technology. This article explains the significance of this announcement. http://thefedorachronicles.com/space/kepler/2010_08_26_kepler_conference_call.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/space/kepler/2010_08_26_kepler_conference_call.html Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:43:00 EST Eric 'Renderking' Fisk asks the question - what does book burning solve? Who are we more like when we do that? What problem has ever been solved by burning a book, whether it's the Koran or "Mein Komph." http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/09_10_book_burning_questions.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/09_10_book_burning_questions.html Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:15:00 EST Eric 'Renderking' Fisk talks about a film that's somewhat entertaining...until you realize that you're watching yourself and your family dying. http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ren/2010/2012.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ren/2010/2012.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:09:00 EST http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/09_08_miles_down_a_different_road.html A variation on the theme "The Road Less Traveled," But in your own neighborhood. http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/09_08_miles_down_a_different_road.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:45:00 EST http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/09_03_incomplete_kits.html Exploring the missing experiences of life and making them up to prepare him for the next decades to come... http://thefedorachronicles.com/rants/2010/09_03_incomplete_kits.html Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:45:00 EST Eric 'Renderking' Fisk discusses a motion picture about a woman who finds herself... literarily and figuratively in another country http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ren/2004/under_the_tuscan_sun.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ren/2004/under_the_tuscan_sun.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:31:00 EST Eric 'Renderking' Fisk discusses the motion picture staring much of the same cast members of "The Maltese Falcon," also directed by John Huston http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ren/2002/across_the_pacific.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ren/2002/across_the_pacific.html Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:00 EST "Have you ever seen the movie "No Way Out" with Kevin Costner? They discuss a concept they call "Yuri" but the intelligence community uses a different name that escapes me.... http://thefedorachronicles.com/cousineau/2010/obama_video.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/cousineau/2010/obama_video.html Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:00:00 EST DLFerguson reviews the lastest and maybe last disaster film to be directed by Roland Emmerich, who might have topped Irwin Allen as the king of all disaster films. http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ferguson/2012.html http://thefedorachronicles.com/flicks/ferguson/2012.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:00 EST