Critical Inquiry

"No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden" is an upcoming military memoir by "Mark Owen". "Mark Owen" is a pseudonym used to supposedly protect the identity of the former US Navy SEAL whom participated in the mission that culminated in the death of Osama bin Laden. Interesting approach and rather valid to cloak the author considering the sensitive nature of the work of the US Navy SEALs but it seems that this authoring mission failed badly with Matt Bissonnette quickly being identified as the real author hiding behind the name of Mark Owen. While the mission to protect his identity has been a spectacular failure with the US Department of Defense closely scrutinising his unvetted book for potential security leaks and al Qaeda members spreading Matt Bissonnette's personal information for militants to exact revenge on him, the actual book itself if successfully released is likely to see rather good sales. Origina

I am looking to take up a broadband plan and am considering Starhub for the fact that it also has a relatively stronger cable TV lineup. M1 actually has the best deal for broadband package, offering $39 for 100Mbps fibre connection. Starhub has a rather poor offer in that the monthly pricing has not come down at all. The draw in its plan is only freebies. "Smashing Deals"? I guess not with the following "giveaways" but still a better offer than signups outside this promotion period. Up to 1.2Mbps mobile broadband (included in typical Plus plans) Home phone line (Home phone line at a promotional rate of $2.10 per month. Valid till 31 December 2013. Activation Fee of $42.80 is chargeable for new Digital Voice sign-ups.) SafeSurf Online (Not very useful) 12 months FOX Movies Pack (Not too bad) $30 StarHub TV On Demand Access (Not too bad) 6 months Basic Upsize (rather standard option) 12 months Basic HD Upsize (rather standard option) Up to 30% off mobile

Singapore is really going international and the latest addition to our skyline, the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) has now been featured in a Japanese film! Interestingly, it was a Japanese adult video company which decided to film a porn movie resembling a tourism promotion video. The movie is said to be 2 hours and 40 minutes long. It must be a really engaging tourism promotion video to keep viewers glued to the programme for that long! Basically the plot of the story is of a Japanese couple having their holiday in Singapore. During their throngs of passion, the Japanese couple was filmed in various sexual positions in their hotel room with Singapore’s CBD skyline in the background and adjourned to spots like Bugis, Shenton Way and Chinatown to satisfy their palates with famous Singaporean delicacies such as Laksa and prawn noodles. It appears that the film had been uploaded to a site for viewers to download and after this news broke on the Singapore media and Internet forums, there ar