Tag: tv
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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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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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project bluebeam: tv fakery, holographic projections & audio spotlights
1999 & after: new video manipulation technologies raise fears of mass deceptionfrom history commons: Press reports warn that newly-developed digital data manipulation software which automate the creation of fake pictures, videos, or audio recordings could be used for political deception or military advantage. Moviegoers are used to elaborate special effects, but until recently that required…
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scarborough drops f-bomb on live television
from raw replay: MSNBC broadcasted uncensored profanity today on Morning Joe. Joe Scarborough was talking about Rahm Emanuel when he used the F-word. Scarborough said, “The nature of this campaign has really been the steady nature of Barack Obama, the steady nature of David Axelrod, the not-so-steady nature of Robert Gibbs – only because he…
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‘illuminated’ author michael crichton dies of cancer
from ap: Michael Crichton, the million-selling author of such historic and prehistoric science thrillers as “Jurassic Park,” “Timeline” and “The Andromeda Strain,” has died of cancer, his family said. He died Tuesday in Los Angeles at age 66 after a long battle with the illness. Chrichton was a brand-name author, known for his stories of…
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media & military: still in love after all these years
from fact to fiction: giving writers an inside look at the fbifrom fbi.gov: Imagine you’re a writer working on a film or television script about the FBI, but you really know very little about us beyond what you’ve seen in other movies or TV shows. What do you do? For decades, you’ve been picking up…
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homer simpson vs electronic vote fraud
from greatscat!: Not certain if this has aired yet or if it’s from the upcoming Simpson’s Halloween special (?). One thing is for certain, if we’ve got the big Simpson’s vote, it’s all over for McCain. (ed: it’s gotta be from the upcoming halloween episode, because you can hear the theremin playing the kang &…
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ike pappas, who broadcast oswald death, dead at 75
from ap: Ike Pappas, a longtime CBS newsman who reported the shooting death of presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald on the radio as it was happening, has died at age 75. Pappas died Sunday in a hospital in Arlington, Virginia, of complications of heart disease, his family said. Pappas was among the reporters at the…
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mythbusters gagged: credit card companies kill episode exposing rfid security flaws
from consumerist: Credit card companies successfully nixed a Mythbusters segment exposing RFID’s security flaws, according to Arbiter of Truth and Mythbusters co-host, Adam Savage. Texas Instruments comes on along with chief legal counsel for American Express, Visa, Discover, and everybody else… They were way, way outgunned and they absolutely made it really clear to Discovery…
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9/11: bbc hit piece, wtc7, debris & remains
the bbc believes in 9/11 conspiracy theoriesfrom rogue government: The BBC which just recently aired a hit piece on people asking questions about the events of 9/11, also posted an editorial by Mike Rudin on their web site attempting again to rationalize how they managed to report that WTC-7 had collapsed before the building actually…
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‘border security usa’ reality show from big brother
from hollywood reporter: A new ABC unscripted series will take an unprecedented look behind the scenes at the government’s fight against terrorism. The network has ordered 11 hours of “Border Security USA” from executive producer Arnold Shapiro (“Big Brother”). Shot on location throughout the United States, the series will focus on the efforts of border…
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blackwater twenty-four
san diego mayor blocks blackwaterfrom danger room: Blackwater Worldwide’s plans for West Coast expansion have hit another roadblock. After already backing away from one possible site in Potrero, Blackwater is now faced with a legal challenge to its plans to open a training facility in leased warehouse space in San Diego. “The company has leased…
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9/11 updates: tribunals, torture, toxic dust & fahrenheit
uk government loses case against supposed ‘9/11 pilot trainer’ demolition to resume at new york skyscraper damaged by 9/11 after deadly fire “the government has made it impossible to defend them” military judge denies motions to delay arraignment of 9/11 suspects US military officers challenge official account of 9/11 case against 9/11 mastermind in jeopardy…
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‘the view’ talks about bush family ties to nazis
from raw replay: Co-hosts of ABC’s The View talked about remarks President George W. Bush made during a speech in Israel. Bush had suggested that Democrats including Barack Obama wanted to “appease” terrorists in the way that some politicians appeased Hitler. Co-host Joy Behar mentioned the fact that it was George W. Bush’s grandfather, Prescott…