For Libby, who is depressed that the Unity Elephant in the room keeps getting ignored by the media.
Showing posts with label Pictures that speak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pictures that speak. Show all posts
Monday, March 31, 2008
The Primary Races In Graphics
By Cernig
For Libby, who is depressed that the Unity Elephant in the room keeps getting ignored by the media.
For Libby, who is depressed that the Unity Elephant in the room keeps getting ignored by the media.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Google Maps Draws A Blank On Israel
By Cernig
I got an email from Ken at The Bonehead Compendium today. In the process of reseraching a story he had occasion to look up the location of an Israeli coastal town, and found a weird thing.
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Yet a quick search showed no indication that this was ever announced as Google policy or even that many have noticed before now. Back in 2005 Google said it was limiting resolution on satellite pictures of Israel to two meters, but this is very much more than just that kind of obvious military-driven precaution. I'm with Ken, just how paranoid is this?
I got an email from Ken at The Bonehead Compendium today. In the process of reseraching a story he had occasion to look up the location of an Israeli coastal town, and found a weird thing.
Guess what (maybe you already knew this)? Neither towns nor roads nor any other details appear to exist in Israel according to google maps. Even though Tel Aviv is clearly visible in the satellite images, in the pure map Israel appears to have no population centers. Roads and towns in Jordan, Sinai, Lebanon all are indicated but Israel is one big void.So I checked, and damned if he isn't right.
What is that all about? I mean, I can guess. It's probably the same thinking that has Dick Cheney's VP residence blotted out in google maps and earth, like no one will know where Dick is if Number One Observatory Circle is fuzzy in google earth. But how paranoid are these people?
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Yet a quick search showed no indication that this was ever announced as Google policy or even that many have noticed before now. Back in 2005 Google said it was limiting resolution on satellite pictures of Israel to two meters, but this is very much more than just that kind of obvious military-driven precaution. I'm with Ken, just how paranoid is this?
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Looking back on Beauchamp
By Libby
I've been trying to remember ever since poor Scott Beauchamp first came under fire by the Smearosphere for his stories, where I had seen these videos. I was digging in my archives for something else last night and finally found them. If you follow the links to watch all three, it doesn't prove that Beauchamp didn't make up his stories, but it makes a good case they could have been based on real life experiences. The sad truth is even good people can do very cruel things when they're under the stress of combat for too long.
I've been trying to remember ever since poor Scott Beauchamp first came under fire by the Smearosphere for his stories, where I had seen these videos. I was digging in my archives for something else last night and finally found them. If you follow the links to watch all three, it doesn't prove that Beauchamp didn't make up his stories, but it makes a good case they could have been based on real life experiences. The sad truth is even good people can do very cruel things when they're under the stress of combat for too long.
Monday, November 05, 2007
Friday, November 02, 2007
The stray thoughts of people under stress
by shamanic
Check out the graffiti scrawlings of US troops in Kuwait as they circulate in and out of Iraq, penned onto a latrine wall. It's emotionally reminiscent of PostSecret and provides a unique window into the inner lives of people living under incredible stress.
Picture #6 in particular jumped out at me, with the heartfelt message to God and family strikingly invalidated by another soldier. As the BagnewsNotes crew says, in the killing fields, "feelings become a liability, needing to be numbed out," or slurred away when they inevitably rise up.
Check out the graffiti scrawlings of US troops in Kuwait as they circulate in and out of Iraq, penned onto a latrine wall. It's emotionally reminiscent of PostSecret and provides a unique window into the inner lives of people living under incredible stress.
Picture #6 in particular jumped out at me, with the heartfelt message to God and family strikingly invalidated by another soldier. As the BagnewsNotes crew says, in the killing fields, "feelings become a liability, needing to be numbed out," or slurred away when they inevitably rise up.
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