Is Captain America Saving Superhero Movies? The Rundown, July 16-22, 2011.

Now that the 4^th of July is over, I can continue my usual, hyper-critical, love/hate relationship with America. Previews for the new superhero film, “Captain America,” are colonizing commercial spots on every TV network. Why Captain America’s production team chose the white-guy-from-Brooklyn-running-around-blowing-shit-up-saving-the-world-and-getting-the-girl storyline is beyond me. Captain America should be removing Native Americans from their stolen homeland, kidnapping and raping Africans stolen from their homeland, murdering Asian immigrants for succeeding economically and forcing Mexican immigrants into a racialized underclass. Or, to make it less blatantly offensive, Captain America should be 10% Mexican, have a British accent, several half-Black illegitimate kids, an Asian wife and a penchant for “Native American” tribal prints.

In Facebook News:

• Congress addresses the debt crisis. On Facebook.

In Twitter News:

• Happy 5^th Birthday, Twitter!

• GOP Presidential Twitter debate and 140Townhall.com. Michele Bachmann hates young people, the Earth, Obamacare.

In Hacker News:

• ‘Anonymous’ hackers claim to breach NATO security.

• Rupert Murdoch phone-hacking scandal.

• LulzSec is back at it, hacks Rupert Murdoch’s News International, joins forces with Anonymous to target FBI.

In Google News:

• Google+ iPhone App Now Live in The App Store with SCREENSHOTS.

• Use Google+ for An Easy Home Surveillance System.

• Google closes experiemental lab, Gmail will live on.

In Chic Tech News:

• Smart and Rugged Gadget Cases from MONO Case.

In Adorable Animal News:

• Meet Carnitas, the cutest wittle pig, ever!

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