A bit of current military jargon

[Wilson Gray]

Senior officers say [that MS PowerPoint] does come in handy when the
goal is not imparting information, as in briefings for reporters.

The news-media sessions often last 25 minutes, with 5 minutes left at
the end for questions from anyone still awake. Those types of
PowerPoint presentations, Dr. Hammes said, are known as “_hypnotizing
chickens_.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html?src=tp

-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
–Mark Twain

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