Tag: Media
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econocrash: threats, cheney, seattle, ubs & kucinich
cheney: no one could have predicted the financial crisis,just like no one could have predicted the attacks of 9/11from thinkprogress: Yesterday [jan8] in an interview with the Associated Press’s Deb Reichmann, Vice President Cheney repeatedly insisted that no one anticipated the looming U.S. financial crisis. “I don’t think anybody saw it coming,” he said. He…
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ground zero lounge: wetwired: converting to tunnel vision (panopticonII: the pandemonium configuration)
from clyde lewis: Why is the government anxious to spend money to replace analog television signals with new digital technology? They are virtually turning your television into a computer. The catch is – you have no control over what it does. stream (part1/part2)download (part1/part2) Recorded every Monday evening in front of a live audience at…
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media/memes: travolta, groucho, oregon art & world events
scientologist john travolta’s son dies strangely from a ‘medical episode’ while on vacation in the bahamasfrom ap: John Travolta’s teenage son, Jett, died in the Bahamas after falling ill and hitting his head at his family’s vacation home, police said Friday [jan2]. A house caretaker found Jett, 16, unconscious in a bathroom late Friday morning.…
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new year’s clearinghouse
end of the year or end of the world (as we know it)?from global research: [A]n end-of-year essay of sorts is in order, especially so given the bumpy ride capitalism has bestowed on us this past twelve months. And the portents for 2009 look to be even worse as capitalism, desperate to shed over-valued assets,…
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media memes: nixon, cruise, stone, lennon, vhs & hi-def
‘frost/nixon’: meant for each otherfrom washington post: Neither the title nor the subject matter prepares you for the pure fun of “Frost/Nixon.” Ron Howard’s movie is based on Peter Morgan’s play, which was based on the 1977 television interviews between British journalist David Frost and the disgraced former president Richard Nixon. You expect something dry,…
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the war of christmas: murder, suicide, norad & santas
norad fighters escort santa through ‘north america’from no one has to die tomorrow: As if Christmas had not been destroyed enough by consumerism, here comes NORAD pushing their propaganda on the young believers. NORAD has a website to ‘track’ Santa’s whereabouts, and they are using Rudolph’s rfid red nose to follow the jolly old elf.…
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ground zero lounge: panopticon: the pandemonium configuration
from clyde lewis: The movie Hellraiser features a mysterious box called a “Lament Configuration.” Those who possess this box can open other realms of existence. With the arrival of digital TV, you will have to purchase a box that will tune you in to another realm of propaganda. stream (part1/part2)download (part1/part2) Recorded every Monday evening…
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envirohealth: deathmaps, databanks, transplants etc
US natural hazard death map is producedfrom upi: Scientists using nationwide data collected since 1970 have produced a map depicting natural hazard mortality across the United States. Susan Cutter and Kevin Borden from the University of South Carolina said their map presents a county-level representation of the likelihood of dying as the result of natural…
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walsh’s most wanted case solved after decades
from dpa: One of the best known and longest running child murder cases in the United States has been solved. Police in Hollywood, Florida identified Tuesday a deceased serial killer and pedophile, Ottis Toole, as the man who abducted, murdered and decapitated six-year-old Adam Walsh. Toole was a convicted murderer who died in prison in…
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bondage babe bettie page dies at 85
from reuters: Bettie Page, one of America’s most photographed pin-up girls during the 1950s, died in Los Angeles on Thursday from pneumonia, her agent said. She was 85. Page was a ubiquitous sight during the 1950s, propelled to stardom when she posed for Playboy as Miss January 1955. Soon her image was gracing playing cards,…
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the military-entertaiment complex, musical torture & more
military-entertainment complex expandsfrom danger room: Creative Technologies Incorporated – the Hollywood-based company that grew out of the Army’s gaming lab at USC – is pairing up with defense megalith Boeing to collaborate on new sim tech for land forces. Among other things, the Army wants technology to help cannoneers stay in practice. According to the…
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former drug officer launches ‘kopbusters’ tv show
from raw story: Barry Cooper, a former Texas police officer with eight years of specialty in drug interdiction, first made waves when he released the film “Never Get Busted Again,” a how-to guide for evading police drug seizures. Austin, Texas-based Cooper’s latest project is not nearly so benign, and will likely generate for the former…
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childhood obesity, smoking & sexual activity linked to media exposure
from eco child’s play: Common Sense Media published the report, Media and Child and Adolescent Health: A Systematic Review, which reviewed 173 of the best studies from the last 30 years which examine the connection between media exposure and negative health effects on children. The average modern child spends nearly 45 hours a week with…
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the ‘chinese democracy’ meme
another fascinating intersection of art imitating life imitating politics… with an incongruous title like ‘clockwork orange,’ where the 2 words don’t seem to fit together, the ‘chinese democracy’ meme begs the question: who’s trying to force what on whom? even thought the record is warmed-over industro-rock way past its prime, it plants the seed of…