An embarrassing, yet entirely telling ‘mistake’ was made at the Republican National Convention Monday night. If ever one needs fodder to fuel the flames of the notion of political theater — they needn’t look any further than potential first lady Melania Trump delivering a nearly identical speech to Michelle Obama. However, as the Free Thought Project pointed out, politicians Read More…
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What Everyone is Missing About Melania Trump’s Plagiarized Speech
Melania Trump’s RNC speech, which was partially plagiarized from a Michelle Obama speech, has become such a popular subject that #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes has turned into a trending topic on Facebook and Twitter. As you can see in the video below, several segments of Melania Trump’s speech were lifted directly from Michelle Obama’s 2008 DNC speech, but there’s one detail Read More…
Augmented Reality Gaming – The Trojan Horse of Our Digital Age
Amidst one of the most widespread and intense outbreaks of violence in the US, as civilians are being murdered by aggressive police, and police are gunned down by angry civilians, as protests fill the streets, and our criminal presidential candidates clamor to make promises about gun control and police training and peaceful protest, something happened Read More…
What Living in Space Does to Your Body
Going to space, and living there for an extended period of time, has long been a subject of both wonder and debate among citizens of Earth. Some feel that life in space is the answer to our problems here on this planet, and that eventually, many people will be living in space or on other Read More…
Lost in the Funhouse: Andy Kaufman and the Maya of Modern Media
Andy Kaufman was a lot of things, but he always insisted that he was not a comedian. Quoting his lifelong friend and business confidant, Bob Zmuda, “The only reason he was called a comedian was because he worked in comedy clubs. That label meant he was supposed to get laughs all of the time. Andy did Read More…
Television News Illusion: “Reporter in the Field on Location”
All mainstream television news is built on transitions from one item to another. These transitions are called blends or segues. For example, the anchor in the studio goes to a “reporter on location” where “the news is happening” in real time. However, in many cases, the anchor in the studio already knows what the reporter Read More…