Tag: social studies
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"But it’s only a game!" — blurring the lines of war and entertainment, and with the help of George Lucas!
Pushing America’s Army at E3 2004. It’s only a game? That’s what some people are saying about America’s Army. But it’s not.
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Frag Dolls not content with gaming bloodshed
No, the Frag Dolls, http://www.fragdolls.com/about.php, so-named for… frag /frag/ n. & v. · n. 1 number of kills. 2 a fragmentation grenade. · v. 1 to eliminate other players in multiplayer shooters (fragging). …weren’t content with video game kills and bloodshed. As pointed out in my prior post, PTSD (maybe death) is finding out war…
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PTSD (maybe death) is finding out war isn’t like it was in the army’s hot fantasy combat video games
Note: Excuses for all the graphics. But that’s what this post is about. Sheldon Rampton’s War is fun as hellarticle, posted at AlterNet, begins… Years of writing about public relations and propaganda has probably made me a bit jaded, but I was amazed nevertheless when I visited America’s Army, an online video game website sponsored…
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This post is about Bush, Boy Scouts and Balloons
This is not a posting on how our lauded leader, Bush, was supposed to speak at the 2005 Boy Scout Jamboree last Wednesday, how security procedures had first 40,000 scouts go through lengthy security checks and how those procedures demanded that those 40,000 scouts be gathered and waiting in the arena for a full two…
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The authentic Everyman clown
This is a photo by Nicolas Asfouri, AFP, from 2005 July 4. “Police officers in riot kit block a street as a protester participating in the ‘carnival for full enjoyment’ rally stands in front of them in Edinburgh. The demo was to pressure leaders of the Group of Eight most industrialised nations who will stay…
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Honest John
Today a friend sends the following in an email saying it may be a reason to be for Roberts (but I disagree):
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Boy Wonder to the Neocon Rescue
“When he got things wrong, classmates assumed it was the teacher who had made the mistake.” — TIME
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Actually, now that I think about it…
Actually, now that I think about it, blood-sucking lampreys fit just right:
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"Head ’em off at the pass!" Connie Mack style
Ok, over to Skookum, who’s been posting some great links. This particular bit seeming to fit in with the “Global Struggle Against Violent Extremists!” Man, that’s a mouthful, isn’t it? Global Struggle Against Violent Extremists. No nifty acronynm. GSAVE. Hmmm. Or is there an acronym hidden in there after all? Globe Save? Was that on…
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At the Unjustifiable comedy Club, the not so Supremely Funny Man, John Roberts #3
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The War Against Terror is dead, long live the Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism
The NY Times has an article on how Bush & Co have taken the ever not-so-bright “War against terror” slogan and refurbished it to “push” the idea that the “long-term struggle is as much an ideologocical battle as a military mission.” So said senior administration and miliary officials on Monday, referring to the very recent…
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The Judicial Confirmation Process Show, with Patrick Leahy, presents John Roberts #3