The U.S. Army is going to start a webcast straight from Iraq, so potential recruits see that it is still possible to host a vlog while in the midst of an unwinnable war against an ill-defined enemy in an unfamiliar land a million miles from home.
The Army's retooled website is a project for the new focus of recruitment: the Internet. The GoArmy.com site also hopes to "connect with young Americans on a closer, more personal level."
But since websites and overseas real-time feedback aren't cheap, how is the Army paying for all these fancy new gizmos?
Don't worry dad! Your son isn't going to lose his expensive gun because he spent five extra minutes video-chatting with his sophmore girlfriend.
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Iran's sexiest/evilist president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is so sick, y'all. He works 20 hours a day making music videos pretending homosexuals don't exist in his country that he's plum worn out.
In fact, Mah-Jad is using one of the most famous excuses in Hollywood in order to avoid doing any work for his re-election. You see, the 50-ish president is suffering from "exhaustion, and low blood pressure."
Larry King has a well-earned reputation for launching soft balls to his interview subjects, but not so when it comes to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was in town addressing the United Nations.
While some mainstream media types avoid getting into gay speak, King grilled Ahmadinejad about his country's homophobic human rights record.
[Gay action starts at about the 1:43 mark.]
This photo, released by Sepah News, the media arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, and distributed by Agence France-Presse, hit the front pages of a slew of newspapers across the country, including the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, as part of a report about the country's controversial missile testing. Only problem? It was likely a fake. Or at least a, ahem, "photo illustration." Keen eyes spotted an extra missile — that second one from the right — that appears to have been Photoshopped into the pic. Not that this would be the first time Iran has been fingered for employing digital tricks in its official pix. So why'd they Photoshop this particular photo? CONTINUED »
Tired of a media that insists the Holocaust is true, Mahmound Ahmadinejad launched his own blog to get his propaganda straight to the public.
But instead of being treated like the ruthless dictator he is, readers are treating him like a regular blogger and heckling him online. Finally, all the nastiness on the Web has a purpose.
[Cartoon Credit: Peter Steiner, The New Yorker]
Recently, director Oliver Stone appealed to the Iran government seeking permission to make a film about their country's president. After much thought, and careful consideration, however, Stone's request was ultimately denied.
Tehran - Iran has rejected a request by United States filmmaker Oliver Stone to make a film about President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the website of the news network Press TV reported on Sunday.
Ahmadinejad's media advisor, Mehdi Kalhor, said that Stone had requested to make a film about Ahmadinejad which was however rejected by the president.
"We have already seen his documentaries - even though Stone is considered a member of the opposition group in the US, it is still part of the Great Satan," he said.
When asked to elaborate on the president's decision, Ahmadinejad's media adviser referred us back to his previous remark, then added, "Plus, we've seen Alexander."
Think those Paris street riots about teenage-something-or-other back in 2005 were cause for concern among Arabian politics?
Not at this year's Cannes Film Festival, where a new Middle East peace policy might be needed after Saudi Arabia billionaire (and University of Texas alum) Nasser Al-Rashid let his $250 million 354-foot Lady Moura yacht run aground Saturday, forcing at least two VIP parties to close!
While the floating behemoth sustained two gashes in its hull, the Cannes beachfront also suffered injuries, with fuel spilling along the coastline, ruining a full day of tanning for some.
All this, on top of Iran getting a nuclear itch after the screening of Persepolis – an animated film whose heroine "[struggles] with the authorities in the early days of the Islamic revolution – and we've got a Cannes that doesn't even need a Michael Moore film to be instantly obnoxious.
Iran has begun blocking websites like YouTube, Wikipedia, and – horror of all horrors – the New York Times! Reporters Without Borders (sorta like Doctors Without Borders, but these guys practice without a license) reports the move is part of the nation's stepped-up effort to restrict willy-nilly Internet access among its 70-plus million citizens. The move comes on the heels of October's devastating news, when officials started denying Internet connections faster than 128kbps — and you know what havoc that can wreak on your X-rated BitTorrent downloads, let alone your scheduled lonelygirl15 YouTube viewings.
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