Monthly Archives: March 2011
The ever-prescient William Gibson predicts Fox News!
William Gibson, known for having fictionally invented the Internet and a lot else that later came to pass, nailed Fox News in Idoru in 1995, one year before FN’s founding. The “audience”: Which is best visualized as a vicious, lazy, … Continue reading
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Whoops! Nothing like a little 8 a.m. panic to start the day.
8:10 a.m., barage of emails, text messages, and phone calls: Hello John M., This is an emergency message for The Claremont Colleges. There is an emergency situation that requires your immediate action to evacuate the campus. Immediately leave the campus … Continue reading
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A live one at the Department of Defense!
Bravo, Colonel Beebe! Op-ed in Friday’s L.A. Times: article Excerpt: “This new century is teaching us that traditional security tools are far from the only weapons we have to confront today’s challenges. Our nation’s efforts to safeguard the environment around … Continue reading
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