Tag: reality
Law Makes Noose Display a Felony
The new New York governor David Patterson has signed legislation to make displaying a noose, a symbol of the lynching of African Americans common during the reconstruction era, illegal in New York state."Gov. David...
'Dog the Bounty Hunter' is Coming Back to TV
After being pulled from the airwaves for using a racial slur when referring to his son's black girlfriend, Dog the Bounty Hunter is getting his television show back.But the question remains, does this dog deserve a...
Apple Settles iPod Battery Life Lawsuits in Canada
Do you own an older iPod? Maybe you're like me and are using a four year old ipod mini. I mean, I never needed more than 4 gigs of music and it was built like a brick, why would I ever replace it?Unfortunately, these...
JT Phone Home: Timberlake to Produce Reality Show
Pop superhero Justin Timberlake is producing a new reality show, on which contestants (or victims) find themselves taking orders via mysterious mobile phones found in the street. The show is a remake of a Dutch...
Josef Fritzl confesses to 'addiction'
Josef Fritzl admitted through his lawyer today that he was driven by an addiction that 'got out of control' and made him repeatedly rape his daughter.An addiction is not an excuse though. If you kill someone...
Clinton To Put Gravity Under Scrutiny
It was a matter of time before someone called Hillary on her ridiculous statements about OPEC and who better than Josh Marshall:"What is Hillary talking about? She's going to break up the OPEC oil cartel? Because...
Taking Back The Debate Over Israel
Sick of right-wing Jews speaking in their name, progressive American Jews have launched J Street to change the way the game is played in Washington."For years, liberal American Jews who have chafed under the taboo...
McCain's "Remove GasTaxes" Leadership or Folie
"With oil set to break through the $120 mark and pump prices forecast to hit $4 bucks or more a gallon, Presidential candidate John McCain has called for all levels of government to remove their tax on gas. While...
"Deadliest Catch" Strays From Reality
Whether it's ANTM, Survivor, Big Brother, Man vs. Wild, Hell's Kitchen, Flavor of Love, or Deadliest Catch, the catch is that reality television never depicts reality.It is highly edited, produced, fabricated, made,...
Making Pledges and Smashing Toys: Global Day for ...
Five years on, and the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region continues. Around the world today, human rights campaigners are holding events to return this tragedy to the public eye; the region seems to be a vidtim of...
Inside the Black Budget
"Skulls. Black cats. A naked woman riding a killer whale. Grim reapers. Snakes. Swords. Occult symbols. A wizard with a staff that shoots lightning bolts. Moons. Stars. A dragon holding the Earth in its claws.No, this is not the fantasy world of a 12-year-old boy.It is,...
La La Land Obsessed with Reality!!
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWow, now there is Fairy tale we can all believe in.The Majority of true to life docu-drama movies and TV shows La La Land has spewed out are far from any reality I know...
Rice hits U.S. 'birth defect'
"Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that the United States still has trouble dealing with race because of a national "birth defect" that denied black Americans the opportunities given to whites at the country's very founding."Black Americans were a founding...
The Peak Oil Deception: Squeezing Energy for Profit
Best way to control the price of a highly desired product is to claim it is scarce.Scientists have known for many years that oil is not a fossil fuel. Recent reports have revealed that."The Peak Oil Deception: Squeezing Energy for Profit
While energy needs are set to grow...
Reality bites, don't judge food by its cover
This study documents in scientific fashion what we all know; food advertising is deceptive. It never looks like that package. Some of the discrepancies between the package the actual item are shocking. Check out the...
