Word: fakeness
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Today, a gory SGPC combat video is on sale at some radical British mosques, presumably as a recruiting device. "What people often forget is that without money - and above all, without fake documents - Islamist terrorists would have a much tougher job preparing their attacks," says a French justice official. Perhaps the recent arrests will make that job even tougher...
...that's just the problem with the Palais de Tokyo's approach: it's fake. The works on display are all in keeping with the bogus trash aesthetic. The most significant is Chinese artist Wang Du's No Comment, a giant wastepaper basket filled with old newspapers and three TV sets, a visual pun on the notion of trash TV. In Taxi Biennale - a garishly airbrushed comic strip presenting the adventures of "Curatorman, the young CEO of the global player ?uratorman Inc." - Thailand's Navin Rawanchaikul offers a labored reworking of another hoary old chestnut: the relationship between...
...people will stick with FOX for the extended break, to see a performance by U2, perhaps the world's most popular band. NBC hopes to sway viewers, at least temporarily, with a specially timed "Fear Factor," during which six Playboy Playmates will battle. Call it a reality show with fake breasts. A third option is to run to the store for more of those cocktail franks that are always gone within the first three minutes of the first quarter...
...fashion shoot when flipping through a magazine the morning after your last final. Instead, fashion magazines lull you into a passive receptiveness by presenting a complete scene, a slice of life that happens to include size zero pants and $1,000 belts. I know that the scenes are fake and the models are paid to act like soulmates after having been introduced for the first time some five minutes earlier. I know that the clothes are probably tailored to fit just right and the photographers have to wait and wait for the perfect shot...
...Anyone who understands identity theft knows these things - so if they can get hold of this information, they can fake your identity...