San Antonio Express-News photo journalist Bob Owen, believing the photograph of Dawson had been altered, notified AP, which agreed and pulled down the photo immediately. AP sent a “photo elimination” notice to its subscribers nationwide that said the photo was “digitally altered and does not accurately reflect the scene.”
… Their poses, body types, placement in [...]

Somewhere, nestled in-between a food court and a fashionable shoe store, a new kind of propaganda awaits the consciousness of impressionable (and bored) teenagers: the new US Army Experience Center.
Pay no attention to the man (you know, the one with the gun, orders to seek and destroy, Modular Lightweight Load-bearing Equipment, et cetera) behind the [...]

In honor of today’s dubious distinction, I will be publishing a handful of posts which have been incubating for the last few weeks. But first, a word from our sponsor:

I am the Operator, and I approve of this message.
I realize that most of the material posted in recent memory is comical - otherwise it would be bleak.

No sleep - stuck on a particularly-compelling sound loop: We want your soul. We want your soul.
Marketing success. I was convinced to purchase the track. (Listen to the track, watch the video, catch the sardonic in-joke)
Momentary consumerism and mindless caffeine consumption aside, I found the mental clarity to issue a few updates to the site [...]