Drudge is the media's whipping boy, but the End of the Line nevertheless would like to honor him for keeping tabs on subjects not always treated with the gravity they deserve in the US media. All that and daily blow-by-blow updates on livestock cloning and the Face on Mars. Even though you make the John Birch Society look like a Volvo full of gorp-gobbling Deadheads, we salute you.

They are watching you. Go here to read what USA Today "uncovered" about what the largest internet advertising company in America is doing with your web habits.

Then, if you want to opt out, go here

Indoctrination begins at home!

CBS This Morning, a show I never watch, actually had an interesting segment on recently. I didn't see it, but an abbreviated version appeared deep within the CBS website. I reproduce it here.

Ads, Kids And The Nag Factor
$2 Billion Was Spent On Ads For Kids In '98
By Age 5 Kids Ask For Brand-Name Products
87 Percent Of Parents Blame Advertisers
NEW YORK
Monday, August 09,1999 - 04:13 PM ET (CBS) Last year advertisers spent about $2 billion on commercials targeting children. Kids, in turn, influence millions of their parents' spending dollars.
Click H E R E for the whole piece.

SHOCKER OF THE CENTURY

NEWS FLASH: The Pentagon spent billions of dollars on secret military projects, some of which Congress had already spiked, like Star Wars. Wow! Didn't see that one coming. Read all about it in journalist extraordinaire Tim Weiner (author of the EotL's bible, Blank Check: The Pentagon's Black Budget) broke the STORY in the NY Times. Give em hell, Tim.

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