Think Tank West

The new Newseum opens April 11th, and its an impressive project in many respects. It’s a striking but tasteful modern building, with the text of the First Amendment inscribed on its front. The location on Pennsylvania Avenue close to the Capitol has a defiant quality that I admire. As I walked past yesterday, I observed [...]

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Given the financial/regulatory system that we have — which is a very important pre-condition — I grant the Fed and Treasury a TEMPORARY “coordinating” role to help tide over the current crisis.  However, the initiatives and actions implemented so far appear unlikely to succeed. I agree only with its role in the Bear buyout by JPMorgan.  It is, [...]

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When I go to New York, I often ride the subways up and down Manhattan. Each ride costs $2. Usually I pay $10 for a MetroCard and get a $2 bonus, so you get six rides for the price of five. But on my most recent trip, to give a speech at the Manhattan Institute, [...]

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I just came across this letter I wrote to the editor of the Washington Post.  Sadly, the editor declined to publish it.  Since the Supreme Court just heard oral arguments about the D.C. gun ban and the meaning of the Second Amendment in District of Columbia v. Heller, it remains relevant: On January 5, we [...]

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A robot I got from Think Tank walking down a textured plane. Animated and rendered in XSI. Author: khaldar Keywords: animation walk robot softimage XSI Added: March 21, 2008

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this video took my like 6 months to finish and now that im done enjoy Song: Mentally Dull (Think Tank Remix) Author: Ninja97Becca Keywords: Friends Random Dancing Good Times Your Mom Fight South Park Added: March 20, 2008

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Winner of the Best DVD at the recent Media Innovation Awards (South West England) this a short snip from the Think Tank interactive DVD project made for Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon. Written by Jon Croose and Iona Dowling and produced by maniac films. Basically an alien comes to Earth and drops into teh [...]

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I just graduated from Think Tank Training Centre in Vancouver. Hope you like it. Author: dvolpe830 Keywords: Funny animation think tank tttc caveman demo reel cave man DaVinci Volpe Da Vinci dvolpe anchorman Added: March 15, 2008

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Cool vid made by inventor: terrain by inventor:objects made by Deathbot And Mr Phobik Author: inventor564 Keywords: think tanks Think Tanks tt thinktanks Added: March 15, 2008

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This is purley a fan based vidio, intended for free viewing on You Tube. Mamoru Oshii brought to life, Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell. This clip is, in my opinion, the most powerful segment of the movie, with deep emotion, suspence, and drama. I hope you the viewer, enjoy this clip as much as [...]

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