Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base

Area 51 has gained legendary status over the past couple of decades.   It’s one of those places that seems to be both real and fantasy-and according to author Annie Jacobsen that’s just the way the CIA, Air Force, Dept of Atomic Energy, and countless other super secret government agencies wants it. It’s fill with stories from the Cold War, Atomic Weapons, and UFOs.  And despite the fact she talks at great lengths about how far the hidden powers will go to keep Area 51’s secrets, she accepts at face value the stories she hears from a number of witnesses who claim…

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Battle Royale

Following the recent obsession with The Hunger Games and the talk that it’s just a ripoff of Battle Royale, I thought I’d take a look at it.  There are a few similarities in the story and feel of the Hunger Games and Battle Royale. Both have an evil government putting kids in a battle to the death through random selection.  Both follow the Survivor model of a running tally as the little group gets smaller and smaller.  Both reward the sole survivor of the contest.  And both have too many characters that are, for all intents and purposes, identical and…

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