Archive for the 'Media' Category
Anybody’s Son Will Do
April 22nd, 2010Or daughter, as you’ll see if you watch the film. Via: Counter Currents: The film shows the process by which young men become psychologically engineered to kill or die on command. While the model used is the U.S. Marine Corps, it’s made clear that the modern techniques for creating soldiers are refined, dehumanizing and universal.
The Cove
April 12th, 2010I just saw The Cove. It’s worth a look on several levels. On the DVD, the “extra features” are really good too—must see for anyone who eats larger, predatory fish. Hint: You’re poisoning yourself.
Backyard Rocketeer
April 9th, 2010This one goes out to all of you who just can’t keep your inner freak down. Via: VBS TV: Juan Manuel Gallegos has a full stable of rocket-powered conveyances in the backyard of his Morelos home/laboratory.
The Final Frontiersman
April 8th, 2010Via: VBS TV: In 1980, Jimmy Carter established the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the Alaskan Interior, cutting off 19 million acres of prime boreal wilderness from the mitts of fur trappers, oil tycoons, and would-be lodge owners alike. Only six families of white settlers were grandfathered in and allowed to keep cabins in the […]
List of Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
April 6th, 2010Via: Wikipedia: This is a list of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction works, sorted by the nature of the catastrophe portrayed.
Huge Collection of Videos
February 15th, 2010It’s a good thing that my bandwidth is metered. Via: sprword: The documentaries below epitomize the importance of free flowing information and the lack of it in mainstream media.
Family Spends $5000 Per Year on Screen Related Services
February 10th, 2010You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it. —Morpheus, The Matrix Don’t breathe the air, don’t drink the water, don’t eat the food, but, being saturated with endless electronic […]
Wal-Mart and H&M Destroy Brand New, Unsold Clothes
January 8th, 2010Add up all the sorrow, hard work and resources that went into producing those goods… Straight to the landfill. Wal-Mart apparently uses a machine to destroy the clothes. How very American is that? Did someone get rich designing and building the machines that Wal Mart uses to destroy brand new clothes before they are thrown […]
Will Update Later
December 4th, 2009We’re back home from Auckland, but all I wanted to do was watch Moon (which I highly recommend for sci-fi fans), and now it’s late/early. Updates will resume in about 12 hours.
New Film Blames Bayer Pesticide for Plight of Honey Bees
September 30th, 2009Via: Independent: It’s a question that has baffled the worlds of agriculture and science – what is it that has caused the mysterious deaths of honey bees all over the world in the last five years? A new film may have the answer. Vanishing of the Bees, which will be released in Britain next month, […]
