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• Does New SimCity Game Push Environmentalism?

  March 14, 2013 at 1:10pm

  SimCity has basically always been this way, but it is more due to the design of the game itself than the designers trying to push an agenda. Everything within is modeled to real life scenarios, so the push of Environmental factors comes basically engaged to the process.
  When you first start building one of these “cities,” you obviously only start as a small town. Environment impacts are low and have litte effect on the town and its people. Just like in real life – small towns usually import power, export trash, and thus the direct impact within the borders is hardly noticeable. It’s not until you get to larger cities, or bustling metropolis layouts that small power plants can’t keep up, large coal plants generate large amounts of pollution, water tables are depleted and/or polluted, and the user must find ways of balancing the effects (Do you destroy heavy-polluting factories in your industrial sectors and lose income, or do you find ways to balance the pollution with cleaner technologies that cost more?)
  Anyone who thinks SimCity is hell-bent on pushing an agenda or indoctrinating our children with leftist ideas apparently isn’t getting the same translation with Violent Video Games breeding real-life violence. It’s part of the game to challenge the user into innovating thier creation so that it isn’t destroyed from within.

• How would you respond to this anti-NRA, anti-gun letter? (Yes, it’s an essay contest, with prizes.)

  March 6, 2013 at 9:57am

  Dear Neighbor,
  Well, shucks – lots o big wurds in that letter you sent me.
  I ain’t no lunatic – my momma had me tested.
  God’s done reel good protectin’ this here nayberhood – done been that way since me and my weapon lived here. So if you wants to use them there First Amendmints to tell me all this, I promise to only use my Second Amendments for myself an my home.
  I’ll be prayin that you, your children, and everyone’s children will never need my Second Amendmints to help yall out in the future.
  -R.H. Nutt

• What Words and Phrases in Your Emails Might the FBI’s New Software Be Searching For?

  January 10, 2013 at 8:29am

  So, sending an e-mail to tell a friend “I will cover up the illegal write-off from a failed investment because they owe it to me to create a grey area for off the books transactions that are not ethical and no one will find out about since I do not volunteer the information to anyone.” Isn’t a good idea? – Noted.

• The ‘fiscal cliff’ bill has passed, now find out what’s in it

  January 2, 2013 at 2:51pm

  So, reduced taxes for Wall Street (I thought this was meant to increase taxes on the wealthy?), extra cash for Goldman Sachs (Working to crash the economy – Crime, Inc. really does pay), Coal from Native American Lands is now alternative energy (even though coal is contributing to global warming – redistribution of wealth / reparations, anyone?), Hollywood subsidies (failing to tax the rich, yet again) were all compiled together in a bill designed to increase taxes on the rich but not the middle-class or poor? Washington takes yet another step in epitomizing itself as hypocritical.

• Report: Laura Ingraham to Leave Talk Radio … For Now

  November 27, 2012 at 12:24pm

  This Just In: Mercury Radio Arts announces a new Talk Radio Show deal with Laura Ingraham. Ingraham to resume broadcasting after First of the year.
  Boy, would THAT headline ruffle feathers in the radio establishment!

• Haven’t Had Enough of Black Friday? Check Out This Dollar Store Prank That Made the Owner’s Day

  November 27, 2012 at 11:05am

  In reply to paulwbrown.

  Paul, you might want to read through the story first. They didn’t just drop onto the sidewalk then leave when the doors opened. All 100 people actually flooded the store and bought merchandise. Even on the low end of the advertised prices from the outside, that would be a minimum of $59 plus tax coming in (and I expect many of the people here bought more than one item since they were cheap items, after all).
  The premise of the story was to bring a new spin on Black Friday, poke fun at the crazies that battle over high-end “circus bread” at the box stores and bring a bit of attention to small businesses, and to have a bit of fun helping on a more local level. that’s 60-100 bucks more in the store than would have been there had they not come at all.
  Lighten up and enjoy the story.

• Seagull Steals GoPro Camera and Takes You on a Wild Ride!

  September 13, 2012 at 12:25pm

  Mine?!

• The Picture of a Bikini-Clad Israeli with an M-16 Is Making the Rounds Again — Here are the Theories About It

  July 17, 2012 at 12:38pm

  That’s it! I’m moving to Israel!

• ‘Overpowered’: Passengers Beat 2 ‘Hijackers’ to Death on Chinese Flight

  July 3, 2012 at 4:48pm

  “…they tried to break into the cockpit using a broken crutch as a weapon…”

  So, how long until the TSA starts offering the specialized screening for people with a broken foot/leg?

• Dem. Rep. Plays ‘Pick Out the Immigrant’ With Photos of Justin Bieber and Jeremy Lin on House Floor

  June 27, 2012 at 3:36pm

  Yet, Mr. Gutierrez fails to point out Arizona Law Enforcement is only allowed to check for status (Ask for papers) when a prior offense has occured. So, if Phoenix police attempts to ask The Beib for papers, it better have only been AFTER he torched the place, first.

  Half-truths abound – it amazes me what EITHER side will attempt to say in order to sway the ignorant masses.