Tag Archives: Steve Klein and Sam Bacile

film noir : back to the future

….A transitional period. But what follows? In the Arab world there is a crumbling of the always tenuous nation state system that existed, a sort of cobbled artificial entity not truly at home in a Western conceived habitat, yet now … Continue reading

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flip the switch

Context is everything. Send in the Marines. But with boxes and moving vans. Its a good business opportunity. Within twenty-four months, who knows if there will be a Western Embassy in an Arab country. And Saudi Arabia getting nervous? Who … Continue reading

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moving sale

Its always the same story:in the grip of forces they do not really understand; something out of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Behind all these protestors and “freedom fighters” is a risk of unchaining a process that cannot be contained … Continue reading

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phantom film maker

It turns out slippery Sam the shock doc maker may not be who he purports to be. That is, an American-Israeli who put together “The Innocence of Muslims” for a a claimed mere $7 million, funded by “a hundred jews”.  … Continue reading

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