Nuketown’s long hiatus is over. Originally, the hiatus was supposed to end in September, and did in a way. After the attacks of September 11, I focused on writing about the attacks, and pretty much ignored the nuts and bolts of[…]
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The Undead Rise to Rule the World in All Flesh Must Be Eaten
The restless dead have risen from their graves. Whether because of interstellar radiation, comet debris, toxic pollution, alien microbes, animated corpses are attacking intent on slaying (at best) or devouring (at worst) the living. And some how, some way, the[…]
Read moreCult classic Big Trouble in Little China arrives on DVD
Big Trouble in Little China was a movie ahead of it’s time. Released in 1986, the movie was an eccentric — some would say bizarre — mix of kung fu, American bravado and the darkest Chinese magic. Jack Burton is[…]
Read moreLast-second Tourist Snapshot of WTC Plane Faked
The dramatic photo that depicts a blissfully unaware tourist smiling for a snapshot moments before a hijacked 767 smashed into Tower 1 of the World Trade Center is a hoax. It’s amazing what a jackass with too much time and[…]
Read moreWired, A Harsh Mistresses, Mercury Rising, and Panamanian Tailors
In Defense of Liberty
A terrible tragedy befell America on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. Let’s not make it worse by stripping away the freedoms that make this country great in a vain effort to achieve security.
Read moreDid Nostradamus Predict the 9/11 Attacks?
News reports say America’s intelligence agencies had no warning that terrorists were going to seize four planes and use them to launch devastating acts of war against New York City’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon. They should have been[…]
Read moreWaging War Against Unimaginable Terror with Delta Green
The stars are almost right. Alien creatures out of time and mind have infested our world, making dark packs with national governments that trade sanity-rending secrets for a freehand in human experimentation. At the dawn of the 21st century only one force stands against the vast conspiracies ensnaring America: Delta Green.
Read moreThe Morality of Gas Price Spikes
In a few places around the country, gas prices have shot through the roof, in large part because of rumors that gas prices were shooting through the roof. Folks are scrambling to get gas, drastically increasing the demand for a[…]
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