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Posts Tagged ‘conspiracy theories’

US counterterrorism officials insisted crotch bomber be let into country

Undersecretary for management at the State Department, Patrick F. Kennedy, told Congress that the State Department wanted to keep crotch bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab out of the U.S., but that intelligence agencies insisted that Abdulmutallab be let into the country.
Supposedly it was because blocking him would have blown a larger investigation. But wait, it appears [...]

Because you can never be too cynical

Our friend Wood Ingham just released MSG™, a RPG that is getting fine reviews. Like this one, excerpted on his blog.
It defies many of the characteristics we normally ascribe to a tabletop RPG — in the context of a very cynical, and very cool, cyberpunky future where even the minimal constraints on corporate action that [...]