1
POPSShooting the messenger The changing threat to the press in battle zones. Shana'a's case is but one of many in recent years which has indicated that journalists reporting from conflict zones are no longer regarded as impartial by the combatants. As a result, increasing numbers of journalists have joined the casualty lists. The deliberate targeting of the press in war zones can probably be dated back to the Balkan conflict of the 1990's. When the shocking atrocities committed by the Serbs, Bosnian Muslims and Croats were filmed or reported, the media fell under suspicion, and was accused of supporting one faction against another.
2
POPSRockstar paid $100,000 for the voice of Niko Bellic "Had this been a television program, a film, an album, a radio show or virtually any other sort of traditional recorded performance, Mr. Hollick and the other actors in the game would have made millions by now," writes Schiesel -- and important sentence cut out by Clipmarks. Essentially the theory here is that videogame companies need to offer royalties to all the voice actors in the game. The problem, however, is figuring out where to draw the line once you start paying royalties. Is a voice actor more important than an animator? This is one of the concerns facing EA in the possible acquisition of Take-Two: The Houser brothers receive generous royalties from Take-Two that, if acquired, might cause insurrection within Electronic Arts' other studios.
0
POPSLooting for Kosovo. BELGRADE (Reuters) - A video of two young women looting with gay abandon during rioting in the Serbian capital Belgrade was becoming a Balkan smash hit on the video-sharing Web site YouTube Friday. Police arrested some looters but public humiliation by YouTube may prove a far more painful punishment for the pair, whose spree Thursday night was also aired on local television stations and was being discussed across the Internet. A persistent amateur cameraman followed the women as they loaded up with chocolates at a corner shop, came out giggling, then went after designer bags, shoes and clothes at Belgrade's swankiest stores in its vandalized main shopping street.
0
POPSBush Recognizes Kosovo's Independence So who's a "surrender monkey" now? Recognition of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence shows quite clearly that terrorism pays, and leaves the "War on Terror" in tatters.
3
POPSNo Swimming in the Adriatic Sea "The southern Adria microplate is covered by a thick layer of buoyant rocks called carbonates," said lead researcher Richard A. Bennett of the University of Arizona in Tucson. Carbonates get piled up on the seafloor in front of the moving plate, forming new islands. Over millions of years the islands are squeezed together like folds in an accordion, which creates new additions to the nearby Dinaric Alps. What's more, the fault is causing the southern "boot heel" of Italy to move toward the Croatian coast at a rate of about 0.16 inch (0.4 centimeter) a year, while the Adriatic seafloor is sliding under Croatia. The new fault spans at least 124 miles (200 kilometers) along the seafloor northwest of Dubrovnik in southern Croatia It runs under the Dalmatians, which consist of 1,185 islands off Croatia's coast that have become a popular tourist destination..
4
POPS Outsourcing Conflict In fact, the former Halliburton subsidiary of Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) consummated its veritable marriage with the U.S. military during the Clinton administration, when the firm’s logistical capabilities were indispensable to the Balkan interventions that many liberals supported. The KBR-designed military bases in Bosnia and Kosovo became templates for those in Iraq and Afghanistan. Rather than mercenaries who will fight for the highest bidder, private contractors like KBR and Blackwater are composed mainly of retired American noncommissioned officers (NCOs), working alongside the same military to which they used to belong.
0
POPSShe's 1/2 Right Gorin provides a strong clear argument about duplicity. Too bad she doesn't have the insight to see the whole "war on terror", 9/11 Psyop are contrivances to let powerful deceivers do what they will.
1
POPSTravel Belgrade Serbia "Lively, mysterious and affordable and with a fascinating history forged through the war and woe of Balkang eopolitics, the Serbian capital can feel worlds away. This city of two million blossoms in spring, when evenings bring entire families out into the Mediterranean sun at the many terrace cafés, while the fast-paced nightlife spreads outdoors as well, to boats moored on the river."
4
Pops
Newest Clips
Latest Comments
Most Pops
Print
Save
Turn on live update