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What the mass media offer is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food,
forgotten and replaced by a new dish.

—W.H. Auden


The Global March of Democracy: Thailand

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Those of you visiting our site during its first couple of months of existence may be wondering why we have given so little attention to Asia, the continent where the billions of our future masters and overlords now reside.  In all honesty, the reason is simple: we just don't know very much about it nor do we hear much about Asia in the North American media.  However, one story that took place in Asia that did register a blip on the radar and deserves some attention was the the military coup that occurred in Thailand on September 19, 2006.  Continue Reading...


Borat 'Jews' Frat Boys Out Of Their Money

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In the weeks following the release of the Borat movie a number of lawsuits sprung up against Sacha Baron Cohen by people who felt embarrassed and taken advantage of. Most notable among these were the 2 frat boys who got drunk with Borat and spewed racist, anti-semitic and sexist remarks, and the villagers from Romania who played the Kazaks in Borat's home village. Continue Reading...


Shooting Drug Smugglers Doesn't Pay

With all of the talk this week over the involvement of illegal immigrants in a plot to attack Fort Dix, many of us have probably forgotten about the previous scandal that was politically manipulated in the immigration debate: the case of the two border guards who were arrested for shooting a drug smuggler in Texas. Continue Reading...