The Map is Not the Territory
Posted by Ted Bronson | Filed under Liberating Liberty
To be less than frank, but still allow that I have some street cred in the matter, let it suffice to say that I am a cartographer. I make maps. I make wonderfully detailed three dimensional maps that can show accurate elevation and spatial relationships to within fractions of an inch. I can map out [...]
Tags: creating news where there is none, hype-no-tized
THX-145847664.2
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Yellow Press
Oh lawsy mercy, the FBI is going to database us all!! The FBI is gearing up to create a massive computer database of people’s physical characteristics, all part of an effort the bureau says to better identify criminals and terrorists. Oh noes!! We’re all going to be *gasp* indexed!
Tags: creating news where there is none, print media is obsolete
There is Somsing Wrong Wit Chour Bowels*
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Oddly Not Satire
Via Alphecca, comes this story if ultra-left wing chicanery, courtesy of Brattleboro, Vermont: A town petition making President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney subject to arrest for crimes against the Constitution has triggered a barrage of criticism from people who say residents are “wackjobs” and “nuts.”
Tags: creating news where there is none, point and laugh
Manufactured Drama
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Yellow Press
Surprise, surprise, the modern press proves themselves completely dispensable yet again. Yesterday CNN posted an utterly ridiculous piece regarding black women voters in South Carolina, and how they had an awful dilemma on their hands: vote for the person whose skin color matches theirs, or whose sexual equipment (presumably) matches theirs? Yes, that’s just as [...]
Tags: creating news where there is none, print media is obsolete
