So how did the die hard zombie fan react to my questions about the cult of Doctor Who, Roy Thinnes’ Invaders, and the zombie renaissance of recent years? Read on and find out… Richard Thomas: First thanks for agreeing to do this interview so soon, its not that long since our Room 101 interview so [...]
The Spy Factory. www.pbs.org/nova/spyfactory For the first time on television, NOVA exposes the hidden world of the high-tech, 21st-century eavesdropping carried out by the National Security Agency. Today, the NSA is the world’s largest intelligence agency, three times the size of the CIA and far more secret. Its mission is to eavesdrop on the world—from [...]
Whatever It Takes – The politics of the man behind “24.” by Jane Mayer February 19, 2007. Joel Surnow calls the show he helped create “patriotic.” Photograph by Martin Schoeller. The office desk of Joel Surnow—the co-creator and executive producer of “24,” the popular counterterrorism drama on Fox—faces a wall dominated by an American flag [...]
Reboot the FCC We’ll stifle the Skypes and YouTubes of the future if we don’t demolish the regulators that oversee our digital pipelines. By Lawrence Lessig | Newsweek Web Exclusive Dec 23, 2008. Economic growth requires innovation. Trouble is, Washington is practically designed to resist it. Built into the DNA of the most important agencies created [...]
U.S. Military Now in the Christian Reality TV Business By Chris Rodda. U.S. military involvement in entertainment productions is nothing new. This has been going on since the earliest days of film, with a collaboration between Hollywood and the government’s Committee on Public Relations to produce a series of World War I films using footage [...]
Peter Schiff on the Economy and Martial Law: The Beginning of the End New Mogul | Business, Leadership, Management, and Financial News | Peter Schiff: The Beginning of the End – “our economy will now face death by hyperinflation” and Permabear Peter Schiff’s Worst-Case Scenario – US News and World Report From Peter Schiff’s weekly email: [...]
SECRET documents have revealed the MoD have been studying the paranormal and other unexplained scientific phenomenon for use in the war against terror. The newly released files show that just after 9/11, the Ministry of Defence conducted a research project into psychics – with the possibility they could be used to locate terrorist cells. Last [...]
WASHINGTON (CNN) – The United States military’s Northern Command, formed in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, is dedicating a combat infantry team to deal with catastrophes in the U.S., including terrorist attacks and natural disasters. Soldiers preparing for a mission coordinated by Joint Task Force North, the U.S. Northern Command unit. The [...]
U.S. to Fund Pro-American Publicity in Iraqi Media. By Karen DeYoung and Walter Pincus, Washington Post Staff Writers. Friday, October 3, 2008; Page A01. The Defense Department will pay private U.S. contractors in Iraq up to $300 million over the next three years to produce news stories, entertainment programs and public service advertisements for [...]