"Bob" "What is a casino?" "That's correct." ... A Rupert Murdoch controlled company has purchased the National Geographic magazine and other media assets of the Geographic organization. I think the deal is starting to have an impact on content. Recent articles ask whether President Obama responsible for the fall of Rome, speculating that Democratic immigration policy triggered barbarian invasions. There's also a cover story on "The Myth of Global Warming." ... Somebody who provides the product descriptions for DirecTV service on the United Airlines flight I just took must have some different definitions of family and kids programming than I'm used to. The evening's lineup included "The Day I Almost Died", "Monsters within Me" (things like parasites)," and "Fatal Attractions", a lot of stuff from the Investigation Discovery Channel.