He wakes up. The alarm is louder than normal or his ears are more sensitive. There is a new government. Some people are happy. Other people are sad. Still others are indifferent. There is an aftershock in Nepal. More die. More are abandoned. More are homeless. He buys a paper shredder. He is going to shred paper like a spy or a government employee who only has five minutes before the…
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Another Day.
He wakes up. The alarm is louder than normal or his ears are more sensitive. There is a new government. Some people are happy. Other people are sad. Still others are indifferent. There is an aftershock in Nepal. More die. More are abandoned. More are homeless. He buys a paper shredder. He is going to shred paper like a spy or a government employee who only has five minutes before the…
Another Day.
He wakes up. The alarm is louder than normal or his ears are more sensitive. There is a new government. Some people are happy. Other people are sad. Still others are indifferent. There is an aftershock in Nepal. More die. More are abandoned. More are homeless. He buys a paper shredder. He is going to shred paper like a spy or a government employee who only has five minutes before the revolutionary guard arrive to take him away or a corporate executive who only has 2 minutes before the Feds arrive. He draws some pictures. He writes some words. He writes some old fashioned letters on old fashioned paper and sends them in the post. He is not even sure that the post still works in that way. He put the envelopes into a box on the street marked post but he is not sure if it just an artifact from a previous age a living museum piece that has been left on the street. He does not know. He really wants a coffee and he really wants some wine and he really wants some chocolate but he looks at his swollen belly and he prepares his healthy smoothie and he acknowledges that the healthy smoothie is probably the better option. His legs ache. Every muscle screams at him. He does not know why they ache because he has not been doing any extra walking. He would not do well in a post-apocalyptic situation. He would be one of the first to go to be eaten to be poisoned to get the virus to become the slave to die in the opening salvo of the alien invasion to be farmed for his tasty lymph nodes. He watches Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. the ending is certainly unexpected. Then he reads about the history of violence and religious violence. Not as intertwined as one would expect. Behind any good example of religious violence there is always a human being happy to commit violence to use religion as an excuse for those who enjoy violence to commit it always a rabble to be roused always a smiling psychopath ready to be a messiah for the people. He plays The Witcher a game about hunting monsters that deals with racism and bigotry. That was not something that he was expecting. He prepares for bed and he goes to sleep.
Unarmed woman shot dead after car chase from White House — MSNBC
The female suspect tried to breach the White House and was shot dead after a car chase that ended on Capitol Hill.
Outside of the police and federal officers was there ever an active shooter?
So many questions.
Unarmed woman shot dead after car chase from White House — MSNBC
Unarmed woman shot dead after car chase from White House — MSNBC
The female suspect tried to breach the White House and was shot dead after a car chase that ended on Capitol Hill.
Outside of the police and federal officers was there ever an active shooter?
So many questions.
Unarmed woman shot dead after car chase from White House — MSNBC
So here’s a subliminal military recruiting tool that I was not familiar with.
Rambo and The Force of Freedom…
I love the fact that this show was from 1986, the same year that the Iran-Contra Scandal came to light.
You have got to love serendipity like that.
Here is an excerpt from the Wikipedia article for the show which hasn’t been sourced so I can’t confirm whether it’s accurate but it does accord with what I imagine happened so that will have to do for now:
The cartoon generated a mild controversy at the production studio, with writers wondering how they could present a child-friendly main character who was created as a troubled Vietnam War veteran suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The show’s child psychology advisors believed that the target audience, young children and preteens, would not grasp that aspect of David Morrell’s character. They recommended that the cartoon not make any references to Vietnam, POWs, or Rambo’s experiences in 1982’s First Blood and 1985’s Rambo: First Blood Part II.
Here also is an excerpt from The New York Times about violence in cartoons that came out just before it’s release:
The “Rambo” program will start in April with five weekly episodes timed to the arrival of a Rambo line of “action-figure” dolls in toy stores, manufactured by Coleco Industries, makers of the Cabbage Patch Kids.
Next fall, the show will begin a cycle of 65 episodes currently in production.
Do the show’s producers think that the R-rated “Rambo: First Blood Part II” is an appropriate source for children’s entertainment?
“When you think that the President has mentioned him, the symbol of Rambo transcends the film,” said Amy Kastens, a spokesman for Anabasis Investments N.V., producers of the television series. “That symbol is a symbol of good. He’s very patriotic. He stands for strength, he only does good, and he undoes evil.”
She added that the lead character of the children’s shows will not be a Sylvester Stallone look-alike. “It’ll be a total departure from the film,” she said of the television show. “There won’t be any violence. He will have giant muscles and all of that. But he will be a guy who loves nature and won’t look for trouble.”
The show will become “a sales tool” for the toys, Mrs. Kastens said. Although not directly involved in the “Rambo” film production, “we are working in conjunction with the producers to make sure that the product line and cartoon series carry the same messages,” said Barbara C. Wruck, a spokesman for Coleco.
So let us embrace shameless propaganda to sell toys and also a fictional idea about the super warrior and the inherent goodness of American foreign policy.
My reality is that as a 10 year old at the time of the original release I am now having flashbacks to loving this show.
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/)
So here’s a subliminal military recruiting tool that I was not familiar with.
Rambo and The Force of Freedom…
I love the fact that this show was from 1986, the same year that the Iran-Contra Scandal came to light.
You have got to love serendipity like that.
Here is an excerpt from the Wikipedia article for the show which hasn’t been sourced so I can’t confirm whether it’s accurate but it does accord with what I imagine happened so that will have to do for now:
The cartoon generated a mild controversy at the production studio, with writers wondering how they could present a child-friendly main character who was created as a troubled Vietnam War veteran suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The show’s child psychology advisors believed that the target audience, young children and preteens, would not grasp that aspect of David Morrell’s character. They recommended that the cartoon not make any references to Vietnam, POWs, or Rambo’s experiences in 1982’s First Blood and 1985’s Rambo: First Blood Part II.
Here also is an excerpt from The New York Times about violence in cartoons that came out just before it’s release:
The “Rambo” program will start in April with five weekly episodes timed to the arrival of a Rambo line of “action-figure” dolls in toy stores, manufactured by Coleco Industries, makers of the Cabbage Patch Kids.
Next fall, the show will begin a cycle of 65 episodes currently in production.
Do the show’s producers think that the R-rated “Rambo: First Blood Part II” is an appropriate source for children’s entertainment?
“When you think that the President has mentioned him, the symbol of Rambo transcends the film,” said Amy Kastens, a spokesman for Anabasis Investments N.V., producers of the television series. “That symbol is a symbol of good. He’s very patriotic. He stands for strength, he only does good, and he undoes evil.”
She added that the lead character of the children’s shows will not be a Sylvester Stallone look-alike. “It’ll be a total departure from the film,” she said of the television show. “There won’t be any violence. He will have giant muscles and all of that. But he will be a guy who loves nature and won’t look for trouble.”
The show will become “a sales tool” for the toys, Mrs. Kastens said. Although not directly involved in the “Rambo” film production, “we are working in conjunction with the producers to make sure that the product line and cartoon series carry the same messages,” said Barbara C. Wruck, a spokesman for Coleco.
So let us embrace shameless propaganda to sell toys and also a fictional idea about the super warrior and the inherent goodness of American foreign policy.
My reality is that as a 10 year old at the time of the original release I am now having flashbacks to loving this show.
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/)
10 Million Americans Have Had Their Homes Taken Away by the Banks — Often at the Point of a Gun
Against all odds, and continued predatory Wall Street behavior, community activists are working to reclaim devastated neighborhoods.
Everyone to the Poverty Warehouse.
10 Million Americans Have Had Their Homes Taken Away by the Banks — Often at the Point of a Gun
10 Million Americans Have Had Their Homes Taken Away by the Banks — Often at the Point of a Gun
Against all odds, and continued predatory Wall Street behavior, community activists are working to reclaim devastated neighborhoods.
Everyone to the Poverty Warehouse.
10 Million Americans Have Had Their Homes Taken Away by the Banks — Often at the Point of a Gun
The SleepCoat League Presents: 