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Wednesday, July 31, 2002
Explosive Rocket Powered Toys
Some Scottish bin Laden supporter is distributing leaflets calling for the execution of random Americans in Edinburgh. The Tourism Board is worried that tourists, "especially Americans", will be offended.
Notice of Expanded Smog Advisory. We gots lots of smog in Ontario.
I'm sorry about all the horrible spread of US corporate fascism news I've been linking to, recently. There hasn't been much entertainment news worth mentioning recently.
Just painful things like Anthony Michael Hall in a TV series based on Stephen King's The Dead Zone. Who thought this would be a good idea? That's like redoing The Shining with Jack Nicholson's role given to the guy from Wings....oh, wait...
Mary Robinson, the UN human rights commissioner, who was publically very critical of the US, is being replaced by someone who won't be very critical of the US.
This is just the first step in trying to improve America's image around the world.
Is It Time to End the War on Drugs? Thinking people say "Yes". Bush's people say "No". "You don't win a war by giving in." There are certain Americans who think that if you approach a dilemma from a different perspective, one that doesn't consist of clubbing it over the head repeatedly with something incredibly big, you've lost. Change = Giving In.
Bush & Co., Inc. won't decriminalize drugs, no matter how well it works in other countries. It gives all those cops and guards something to do...
Hey, why don't they expand TIPS so that it includes the War on Drugs? I know, one step at a time...
What the US needs now is more aggressive PR. The White House has suddenly been alerted to the fact that people in every single country on the planet thinks that they're a bunch of self-interested assholes. Including their own. So, Junior and gang are opening the War on Terror advertising office, which will attempt to make everyone love America.
"Weeks after September 11, a public diplomacy office was set up in the state department, under the leadership of former advertising executive Charlotte Beers, but it has been unable to stem a tide of hostility towards US policies."
Maybe because there's been a steady flow of US policies that are insulting to the global community or that out and out suck, in that they are incomprehensibly stupid. Policies that not even Arnold Schwarzenegger could sell. The people in the State Department reportedly "listened" too much, instead of talking so much that they drown every other voice out, which is what the new office will do.
Maybe they should use Sony's approach...hire actors to hang around bars in foreign countries and "casually" engage people in conversation about how great America is.
But, what they'll probably do is unleash a relentless tide of commercials and posters and magazine advertisements with some lame slogan and some as-close -to-heroic-as-they-can-get pictures of George Bush saluting, if they can snap a shot of him where he's not bumping his head or cuddling a dog or looking too beady-eyed or making a moronic expression or sticking out his tongue or picking his nose or falling out of his chair, which is very hard to do and may explain why the State Department had such difficulty promoting to the world the idea that some simpleminded saphead who somehow stole the presidency is the planets' saviour and isn't just out to conquer the world in the name of homacidal American corporations.
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Green Bay rookie Davenport enters innocent plea to breaking and entering a dorm and shitting in some unfortunate woman's closet. Actually, his attorney entered the plea, since the rookie is at training camp, where football players learn where they should take a crap. Arraignment happens August 5th, when the judge is expected to swat Davenport over the nose with a rolled up newspaper and shove his head into his own excrement while repeating "No! Bad! Look at this! Bad!" over and over.
Sony infiltration advertizing is hitting the streets. Actors and actresses have been hired to hang around tourist attractions and bars and show off Sony's new digital camera/phone. They will attempt to appear as real people and pretend to engage folks in real conversations that are pre-scripted. They are trained to avoid detection.
I hope they get kicked out of places for loitering...
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Tuesday, July 30, 2002
Britney Spears gives Finger to Photographers. Is that really her?
Saudi princes dropping like flies.
Report: Bin Laden alive, preparing attack. Probably on September 11th, while Bush is doing that interview. You know, the only one he's giving that day, so he doesn't say anything really stupid to someone's unscripted question...
No more drinking for Chretien's unemployed alcoholic pedephile son is one of the conditions for his release after being charged with sexual assault. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister continues on his travels and pretends not to know him.
I'm curious....Chretien's son is adopted. I've known some adopted people in my time, and with one exception, they've all been frequently unemployed, alcoholic pedephiles and sometimes crackheads. Now, I don't want to generalize, here, but, has there been a study on this? It's just something I noticed.
Actually, those kids are usually adopted by well-off, upper class or even rich types. That's when they turn out that way. If a lower or middle class family decide they can even afford to adopt a kid, they turn out okay, I think. But, the rich adoptees get spoiled because Mr. and Mrs. Upperbracket have grown tired of fussing over Princess or Cuddles the poodle and so have gotten a new pet. The new pet learns that it gets a treat when it barks and so never learns how to pour its own food or take itself for a walk. And, if they do make it out the door, they piss all over everything and get in someone's garden and start digging up the petunias until the SPCA are called in. Then they're taken back home where they get another treat.
Ah...memories of human stupidity....
Clinic Crisis. Anti-Abortion clinics get more funding and outnumber real family planning clinics. The religious right have set up re-education camps in your neighbourhoods. America is getting very, very creepy and disturbing.
The Unimportance of Being Colin Powell. Everything he says gets overruled by Bush and his in-group friends. It must be humiliating. Why does he stay?
Because, he's terrified to see who'd get his job...
Iraq attack plans alarm top military. British and american military officials think attacking Iraq is stupid. They say that the objective of removing Hussein is unclear. Well, maybe they don't wanna oust him. He's good to have around so you can have a war whenever all your other attempts to jump start the economy don't work.
Bush and friends are opposing a provision of the Senate energy bill that would require electric companies to produce 10% of their energy from renewable sources, like wind and solar. 10%. These are the same bloodthirsty people who want control of the water.
S.1961 "Water Investment Act of 2002" is a little thing the Bush administration is trying to slip by everyone. It's part of the move to privatize water. Soon, we will also have to pay for air. And rain. They will withhold rain if you don't pay up. Also sunshine. Soon, there will be enough satellites to block out the sun. Then, only people who pay for it will get sunlight. I'm not making this up...
The damned Nihilist Propaganda Store is bigger.
Ass-o-tron
US Accused of Airstrike Cover-Up. You see, this is why they want immunity from the International Criminal Court...
Saudi Arabia Could Fall to al-Qaeda. That might put a stop to the attack on Iraq. Or there'd be a new bigger axis of evil to go after. Bush'll go nuclear....
It's Time To Slay the Corporate-Media Beast. Congressional symposium on corporate control of the media held in basement and given no coverage.
'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over' is the Onion's George W. Bush TV speech from January 2001, right after claiming the presidency. It was funny at the time....but funny in that way where something isn't really funny...you just hope it is...
I watched Black Adder V - Back and Forth last night. It was pretty funny. I never liked Mr. Bean, and from the interview at the end of the tape, I don't think Rowand Atkinson does either. Everyone's in it. Even Rik Mayal, as Robin "WOOF!" Hood.
'Nuke earthbound asteroid'. Hell, yeah! Say, that'd make a good movie....oh no, wait..no, it wouldn't.
I'n not sure that this is absolutely necessary, but, then again, that would be no fun...Snake Plissken Comic.
I'm listening to Medeski Martin Wood, Capitol Theater, 10/5/96 , right now. It's fuckin' groovy. It's not for dowload, anymore, but you can stream it, lessn you got a Mac. If you go there, check out the Les Claypool show with Bernie Worrell and Buckethead.
Fuck...welcome to Canada. Cops hunt turban snatcher. Police think the attacks, which targetted old Sikh men, were racially motivated. Fuck! You think so? "Well, shit, no. I ain't got nuthin against the Sikhs. I just like grabbin' turbins, is all...The Sikhs are the only ones who got 'em on."
The media repeatedly pointing out the obvious and ignoring the not as obvious may be why 16 - 34 year olds spend more time on the internet than reading newpapers or magazines. Good! Read me! Not some lacky who's quivering under the heel of his corporate sponsors and their editorial boards.
Monday, July 29, 2002
New 50-Cent Coin. Why? Nothing costs 50 cents. There isn't even a cent symbol on my keyboard. You have to get a whole different font set for it. And, are they gonna change all those vending machines? No, cause nothing costs 50 cents. So, how much did making a 50 cent coin cost?
Ottawa challenges Ontario Court Same-sex ruling, citing some gobbledygook about changing the "fundamental nature" of marriage and getting in a tizzy over what the implications might be. Or maybe the Pope shoved his thumb really far up Chretien's ass...and twisted...
'Liza Minnelli and her husband are having dinner parties on TV...in their penthouse apartment....it hurts...
But, it's not shocking....At first I was shocked, then I realized that it wasn't really shock. It was really just some vague memory of what shock used to feel like. Back before the days when the absurd was rational and the rational absurd. When parody still had a place.
"I'm livin' in a coo-coo-cock!" - Homer
Tribal councel orders gang-rape of 18 year old girl. Because her brother was walking unchaperoned with a girl from another tribe. The rapists are on the run and the girl has been given a lot of money from the government and told a school will be named after her. As compensation for being gang-raped. A school.
Well, as long as the school teaches not to listen to your tribal council.
Coke plans to introduce diet version of Vanilla Coke in fall. See below. At work, people order a pizza with double "pepperonies" (Ergh!), bacon, sausage and ham (none of which is real, it's all pre-crumbled bits of greasy stuff which never goes bad, because it can't get any worse) and then a Diet Pepsi. Fighting garbage with garbage isn't going to accomplish anything but a bigger goddamned mess.
And, I've tasted it. How do people manage to convince themselves that it tastes good? That they want it? That they will move their massive carcase far enough to actually acquire one? Is brainwashing that powerful?
Anyway, engourge on new Water That Tastes Kind of Like Someone Peed In It with a Sort of Vanilla Taste...
Man sues fast food chains, claiming their food caused his obesity, other health problems. I dunno...I mean, yeah, they're feeding you garbage. But, the thing is, they never said it wasn't. Nobody twisted the obese population's arm. And what, exactly, about the concept of "fast food" had you confused? There's an alarming amount of fat and preservatives in there which means the fat you ingest is not gonna break down very easily. I dunno if that's true, I just made it up...but it seems to make sense. And eating your insides out with fucking Diet Pepsi isn't going to help!
All the providers of crap food do provide the "nutritional" content, which is often probably just below legal levels of excrement. So, unless you're a complete idiot, you should be able to tell that when an ingredient listing is very verbiose and contains a swarm of long words ending in "ate" "ide" and "ose", it's not really food. But isn't it sad that McDonald's never has financial difficulties? How come? There are alternatives to eating shit, okay?
Anyway, I hope he wins...
Hey...Google makes a good dictionary if you tain't got one around...
Woman sues Delta, says she was humiliated over sex toy. That vibrating looked suspicious. Be careful when travelling with electric sex toys. Remember, there are still some states where it's illegal to insert that sort of thing in your anus.
Actually, I hope that this receives a lot of media attention and spurs a bunch of weirdos to travel with vibrators everywhere.
If you travel, bring a loud sex toy! Yes, let's make a goddamned campaign out of it! Right here! Right now! Make sure the batteries are good and charged. Turn it on as you check your bag. Fill your suitcase full of them and turn'em all on. Or wave one around shouting at the top of your lungs to all the security personel: "DON'T BE ALARMED! SEE, IT'S JUST A VIBRATOR!!! I KEPT IT WITH ME INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT IN MY LUGGAGE BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO FRIGHTEN ANYONE WITH IT! AND, WELL, HELL, IT'S A LONG FLIGHT, Y'KNOW?" The possibilities are endless. Use your imagination.
Send me your story of your escapades while travelling with sex paraphernalia, and win a NGC Comic. Do it, quick, before it loses momentum. The zeitgeist is primed; it must be now! Send a message to The Man! Yeah!
But, why stop at airports?! Show up at government buildings with a briefcase full of vibrators and nipple clamps and cock rings. Accidentally spill the contents on the floor. If there's a politician campaigning in your neighbourhood, make sure a vibrator's in your hand as he shakes it. Lube it up beforehand. Anything, anywhere. The world is your oyster.
Okay, you have your assignment....now, GO!
Iran's Emerging Nuclear Plant gets under US's skin. Remember, there's only one country allowed to have nuclear weapons and who has the authority to approve other countries possession of same weapons. They're mad because Russia is profitting off a nuclear reactor being built in Iran. Iran says it's for energy only. Bush keeps telling Russia to stop selling nuclear technology to them. Russia tells Bush to stop selling them the missiles and weapons.
And, Quote From US Official That Can Be Mirrored Back At Them, or, Tales of US Hypocracy #246:
"We continue to have concerns that technology and know-how for nuclear weapons are flowing to Iran," the U.S. ambassador to Russia, Alexander Vershbow, said in remarks outside Moscow on Monday. "Russia has to avoid letting its desire for commercial gain end up hastening the day that these countries can pose a threat that could not only destabilize their own region, but undermine the security of the entire world."
Coming soon:Tiny flying robots to spy on you, or, we don't need your stinking TIPS...
Quiz: Does Your Weblog Own You? I got 18.72%. Huzzah!
I wonder how many bloggers will link to this?
TheSpark.com's Un-Telligence Test! I got 66%.
Lover available. There you go, if you were looking...
Channel 4's Gay Pet-O-Meter
Steve Earle's song John Walker Blues gets him in trouble. You don't write a country song about an enemy of the state unless you're calling for his death.
Anti-Abortionists cost more lives....
The Chickenhawk Database is a list of Politicians who didn't serve in any war, but who advocate war. Most Republicans used family connections to avoid the draft. Self-interest and greed. That's all that party's about.
Sunday, July 28, 2002
Sex abuse scandals are bad, says Pope
Did they really need to make Analyze That? I mean, fuck'n hell...Some things really do not scream "sequel" and should be left well enough alone. Also, if you're just going to rehash all the jokes from the first movie, (ie. MIB II) don't frigging bother. We can just go rent the first one if we need a reminder. I challenge Hollywood to stop the madness at once. Unless a film suggests a series right away, don't force the issue. You just wreck the memory of the first one.
Although, I really think John Carpenter should do a sequel to The Thing. Have them bring a frozen Kurt Russell back to civilization and let him thaw out. But, don't have some grandstanding American yahoo beat it. The Thing should probably win. It should take over the world. It's just more realistic that way. Unless it has an allergy to pollution, or something.
How did Analyze That lead to The Thing?
Wednesday Guide...look, a radio show named after NGC. wow. It's noise and avant-jazz. But, what is "skronk". I'm sure I'd approve, but...
It's hosted by my old dear friend Steph, who's only returned one of my e-mails with a link to Get Your War On comics. Curious...
Somebody hip has linked to NGC...
This is not very nice.
Saturday, July 27, 2002
Bush Urges Malpractice Damage Limits. For a guy who pushed accountability during his election campaign, he sure does seem to not want to hold anyone accountable.
White House Security Rebuffs Attempt to Serve Lawsuit on Dick Cheney. The server guy was threatened with arrest. That's illegal, by the way...
Lessons in Propaganda...Bush Gives CBS a 9/11 Exclusive. On 9/11 2002, Bush will give ONE interview, heavily spun.
Worker Rights Battle Snags Homeland Bill. Bush will veto bill if it protects workers' rights...who IS this guy?!
Soldiers returning from Afghanistan have killed their wives. The Army says they weren't stress related or in any way connected to the war in, but how the hell would they know? I guess, really, the soldiers got a taste for killing women in Afghanistan. It had just become habbit.
AOL Class Action suite...aparantly, they screwed with their books to mask declining advertising revenue. Well, if they weren't so determined to provide the world with free coasters every month....
This to That (Glue Advice), what's the best glue to use when sticking one thing to another thing. Also, glue philosophy.
Friday, July 26, 2002
Israeli Forces Enter Gaza City, exchange of gunfire, death and destruction. Support for Hamas, after the Israeli attack that killed 9 children, has grown. Which just goes to show that fighting terrorists with terror does not do any good.
I just added a fun little link in the side menu from BLOGGER; the Random Blog link redirects you to a random recently updated blog.
Prime Minister's adopted son accused of sexual assault, but RCMP are apparently dragging their feet. After all, it's normal for politicians to rape and pilliage, so, why shouldn't their relatives?
At least there won't be a messy divorce...Texas dentist parks car on husband. She confronted him at a hotel with a woman he was having an affair with, then ran him over three times. I'd hate to have been one of her patients. Think Little Shop of Horrors.
Lost luggage woes.
Air Canada loses dog.
Mike Allred's G-Men From Hell comes out on DVD, soon. Madman's not in the movie, so I'm not sure how the flick differs from the comic, but it sounds pretty loopy and trippy. Madman's one of my all time favorite comics and Allred's one of my favorite artist/writers. He's piled in a weird mesh of pop culture and retro sci-fi and comic elements. It's like Golden Age comics with a light-heartedly morbid twist. It's a style similar to Jay Stephens, who've worked together on various projects, including an upcoming Teen Titans thing. These guys are two of the best artists in comics today. Definitely check them out. Product placement: G-Men From Hell DVD, Madman, Volume 4: Heaven and Hell (G-Men From Hell) trade paperback and also, a bunch of Jay Stephens comics.
AOL Time Warner are the latest corporation whose accounting practices are under investigation and who will probably be getting in line for their very own slap on the wrist and stern-ish talking to...
Billy Bob and Angelina, J.Lo and whoever, Tom and Nicole, Alec and Kim. Play the Celebrity Divorce Pool. Why don't celebrities just date, like normal people? Or, do they get married just to generate some easy PR? At any rate, being a lawyer in Hollywood must be pretty damned lucrative.
Boob licking scam busted.
So, I thought the band Loop were dead and long forgotten and almost impossible to locate on the web (try doing a search for "Loop" on any search engine). But as it turns out, Robert Hampson has a solo project called "MAIN" which is nice to see. Loop, if you've never experienced them, were a droney layered psychedelic guitar band, who more or less ripped off Spacemen 3 for their sound, but went heavier with it. Main claims to be "layered tapestry of guitar textures", which sounds true to form. But, of course, with a name like Main, damned if I can find any MP3s. The official site has none....or wait, that's not an official site. There isn't one....
Thursday, July 25, 2002
Tony Blair says Iraq attack 'not imminent'
The Pope's going to give a speech in T.O. in 45 minutes. Last night at work, I met some Popeheads, who kept the place open an extra hour, partying and carrying on like a bunch of animals.
But, I joke...no, they were good kids (of course they were, they were Catholics). I was wearing a Doestoevsky T-shirt with a quote about science being blind and they all had questions about my religious beliefs. I told them that I thought every religion offered something of value and I didn't want to limit myself to just one. Which is why I liked the T-shirt quote, because some scientists have formed their own dogmatic religion. I explained that I was raised Catholic, and have some respect for the message, but I also have great fondness for my Scottish ancestors' Pagan beliefs, I also like Norse mythology (someday I'm gonna write a big budget film about Ragnoraak, if I can learn to spell it) and have an affinity for Taoism. They were very interested and told me I should see the Pope, that the atmosphere is electrically charged when he speaks, of which I hve no doubt. They've followed him around, which is why I refered to them as Popeheads (Deadheads, Phishheads, get it?), so they know of what they speak.
So, go check out the Pope, by all means. Just ignore what he has to say about birth control and sex before marriage, two things which NGC wholeheartedly endorse!
Jeez, lady, adopt, would ya?! Infertility treatment has led to a Woman Pregnant with Nine Fetuses, totally oblivious to any overpopulation problem...doctors won't speculate on how many will survive...if any. I would think walking around with 9 babies in your belly would kill you...and probably anyone in your vicinity.
Boy's Penis Stitched Back After Donkey Bites It Off. Now, what in the hell was the kid doing with his penis close enough to a donkey's mouth to get bitten off?!!!
Okay, so I picked up Luna's new Romantica CD, which I mentioned a while back. It's pretty damned good. Although, it lacks some of the cool extended jam songs on past albums. If you're new to this band, I'd recommend either Penthouse, Pup Tent
or Luna Live as way cool starting points. Oops, that almost seems like I'm saying the new album's not as good as the earlier ones....no, it's just I've spent more time with them, gettin' to know 'em, y'know?
The Rogue Elephant...George Wacko Bush Jr says "Fuck nuclear deterance! I wanna use these puppies. Let's bomb someone!" Examining the US's "First Strike" plans and other ways the rogue superpower is a criminal threat to world peace.
Make clones at home. Clonaid offers do-it-yourself cloning machine. It's a bit pricey...
ACTION COMICS NO. 1, good quality scan of the first appearance of Superman...
Another flag (re: previous post, see below): White House defends Bush's vacation, another month long vacation....he'll return Labour day, just in time for the anniversary of 9/11. We're in a time loop, folks...just like that Next Gen episode where the Enterprize keeps getting destroyed over and over and over....
Bush mouthpiece Peter Kirsanow says you might see internment camps for Arab Americans after the next terrorist attack on the US. And Bush wants the military to take a more active role in policing the states. The situation is returning to what it was last year, Bush's popularity is falling, he's taking lots of criticism and rocked by scandals and the economy is diving. He needs another terrorist attack. So, there's no doubt in my mind that there probably will be one. But where? Statue of Liberty? Camp David? White House? CIA HQ?
If Bush ever plans a much publicized innocuous visit to a school or something, prepare yourself...
THE EARTH IS DOOMED! GIVE UP, NOW! Asteroid NT7 will destroy a continent and change the global climate on February 1st, 2019...which is years away, so there's still plenty of time left for Bush or someone else to obliterate the human race through whatever means are at their disposal.
Actually, scientists figure that further study will show that the 2 km wide hunk of rock will probably not hit us. But, they're excited because this is the first asteroid to have a plus rating on the Palermo technical scale of threat. It's the most dangerous piece of rock in the solar system. But, that could change...
Wednesday, July 24, 2002
That pundit with his head up his ass, David Horowitz, of FrontPage Magazine, has a blog, for chrissakes! They've also got a new discussion forum, which is better than the last one, since you had to wait until they cleared your post before it appeared in the forum. Now it's instantanious. Go, have fun...Give them a hard time, and tell'em NGC sent you....
Okay, so I'm a whore for the corporate elite, now...I got a page of affiliate sponsors now. If you wanna all go and buy stuff from them so I can get some of that commission cake, by all means go ahead. I mean, I was nice, I didn't litter the site with tons of banners or pop-ups or -unders, now, did I? I got some good ones...book clubs, comic ordering company, magazines, the like. I'll look into more. Find some interesting stuff I can push...
Tuesday, July 23, 2002
Bush condemns Israeli attack, calling it "heavy-handed"...well, if that's not the blimp calling the balloon "full of hot air"...
David McNamara (a.k.a. Anti-Porn Guy) is some poor kid who has never had sex...or fun of any kind, and will probably one day be president of the United States....assuming there still is one, when Bush is finished. He supports the death penalty for anyone doing anything he doesn't like, like drug dealers, adulterers and transvestites. He supports prison sentences for anyone smoking pot, women who wear pants, anyone engaging in oral or anal sex, anyone getting a tattoo, teaching evolution, smoking or drinking, or looking at porn. He supports a national dress code (which he doesn't seem to follow), a ban on interracial marriages, police brutality, prison reform (wherein prisoners do not ever leave their cells, are fed ONLY bread and butter, are refused health care and are beaten regularily by guards), and regular searching of people's homes for tobacco and pornography. If he wasn't American, I'd think this was a parody page. But, no, he's the future presidential nominee of the GOP, I bet...
Oh, look, now you can make a comment on these things I write. (Or whatever you want). Each post has a link to the discussion forum. The new one. It's an idea I stole from Boing Boing.
The CANCERHEAD Video I Ache is now online, completely. It's in Flash, now. So, the quality's not as good as Quicktime. But, the file is under the limit for Angelfire....And, there's also a goddamned Cancerhead - Mutant Music Store at Cafepress. When will it end?!
Monday, July 22, 2002
MAHER'S RANT FEST. Bill rants on-stage, where he doesn't have to worry about network executives or advertizers.
The Statement that Saddam Hussein should make...
From party animal to president animal...insider trading, abuse of taxpayers, fucking people over...the sordid, brutal and twisted rise of Dubya. Find out how he used his family name to create the illusion that he wasn't just riding on daddy's coattails...
BTW, NGC is moving, shortly, sort of. I've crossed the street, as it were...I'll be switching hosts. Hopefully there will be no downtime, here. But, there will be more room, so, the 0catch and Angelfire sites won't be necessary. Well, the Chaotic Fun Pages can stay where they are....I think moving them may be dangerous. Besides, there's so many links leading to them. Anyway, if you suddenly see another redesign in these pages, you'll know the transfer happened smoothly. If we're down for a day or so, you'll know things didn't go so well.
TIPS is scrapped. House Majority leader Armey said "no way". Good to see someone has some kind of level head down there. Ashcroft's people still say it wasn't meant to encourage people to spy on each other. Just to watch each other and report suspicious behaviour. I don't quite understand what their definition of spying is, exactly.
Sunday, July 21, 2002
With patches on their vests that proclaim "Jesus is my Lord", "100% for Jesus" and the like, the International Christian Bikers Association seems to be responsible for the weird childrens amusement park that's been set up outside my home today, with indecypherable announcements and bad music from a PA system...it was not a pleasant thing to be woken up by...And, Christian Bikers seem creepy.
Who is stonewalling the US anthrax investigation? They know who did it, but an arrest would raise too many sticky questions about US biological weapons research.
I have a theory about this. First, I think Bush & co. let 9/11 happen in order to have an excuse to invade Afghanistan so they could establish stability and a compliant government for their much publicized oil interests there. Next, I think the Anthrax attacks were orchestrated in order to have an excuse to invade Iraq, again. Do you remember how almost immediately after the first anthrax letters were delivered, certain sectors were pinning the blame on Iraq?
Well, the anthrax thing fell through, but Bush realizes that he doesn't really need a very good excuse to invade anywhere, be it your home or a country.
Hilights from the Citizen Corps' Citizens' Preparedness Guidebook: United for a Paranoid America. I want to make a parody of this sometime, when time permits. But, lookee here...
When traveling, dress conservatively.
Know the routines. Be alert as you go about your daily business. This will help you to learn the normal routines of your neighborhood, community, and workplace. Understanding these routines will help you to spot anything out of place.
Be aware. Get to know your neighbors at home and while traveling. Be on the lookout for suspicious activities such as unusual conduct in your neighborhood, in your workplace, or while traveling.
Remember that, with the exception of guide dogs, shelters usually do not allow pets.
Signs of suspicious mail include the following:
It is unexpected or from someone you don’t know.
It is marked with restrictive endorsements such as 5 “Personal” or “Confidential” or "You May Already Be a Winner."
What you should do with a suspicious piece of mail:
Do not handle a letter or package that you suspect is contaminated.
Stay away from the package and don’t shake it, bump it, sniff it, lick it or insert it in any bodily orafice.
Be wary of strangers.
Report unusual activities to the authorities.
Use the same common sense when traveling overseas that you would at home. Be especially cautious in or avoid areas where you are more likely to be victimized. These include crowded subways, train stations, elevators, market places, festivals, and marginal areas of cities. Would you travel through the low income part of town? No, of course not. So, why would you in a country where they hate Americans? Just to be safe, don't leave your hotel room. Just order take-out from McDonald's and watch TV, like you would at home.
Just found something out. A few weeks back, this site as well as a few others in Hamilton were down for a few days. We didn't know why. Well, our hosts have just told us that WorldCom is responsible. We were getting our airtime from them, and our host companies wanted to bail on WorldCom before their backruptcy was finalized.
Saturday, July 20, 2002
Record numbers are joining the Liberal Party, so they can take part in Chretien's leadership review. It's funny when democracy occasionally works. The only thing is, it seems now as if former finance minister Paul Martin will succede Jean. And, the man doesn't appear to have any personality or soul. I mean, say what you want about Chretien, but the guy has character. Almost a Trudeau for the 21st Century (more corporate, basically). Although, he's been looking awfully tired, lately. Martin's a number cruncher and I don't trust him. He'd be too eager to please certain sectors. The Liberals are best when their leader is a "Fuck you" guy. That's what they need, now. Not an accountant or a lawyer. Christ, no.
Pakistan blasphemy law under attack, as it may mean the death of Jesus Christ. Again.
The federal Oxymoron Party (the Progressive Conservative, or Pro-Con), wants leader Joe Clark to quit, refering to the party's popularity rating dropping from 20% when Clark took over to 12%. They don't want another incredibly embarrassing election.
It must be sad to be a right winger in Canada. The options are the PCs, who appear to be old and incompetant, or the Canadian Alliance, who appear to be immature and insane. Good...maybe they'll all move to the US, where right wingers are thriving.
Okay, the Nihilist Propaganda Store is now open. I'll be rotating the content on the items pretty regularily...at least, that's the plan. I'll also be adding more. As the poster content grows, so, too, shall the store's. And, remember, those hats are $3 off, for a limited time.
Friday, July 19, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION...
I linked, somewhere below, to some fun propaganda PDF posters at unamerican.com. Well, I was inspired and created some Nihilist Propaganda Posters. Eventually, there'll be a real link from this page to there, but, this'll work just the same for now. Oh, the Propaganda Store is a dead link, right now. I have to set that up, still. So, check them out, download them, print them and post them everywhere. Then, buy the T-shirt...
The U.S. Postal Service aren't interested in signing on with TIPS, Bush's spy on your neighbour/report your friends program. The program has come under fire from the ACLU. Homeland Security Commander Ridge defended the program. "We don't want Americans to spy on each other. We just want them to report each other. You see? There's a big difference. 'Report' is a longer word than 'spy'."
Scientists create big-brained mice, but then kill them shortly after birth, scared, perhaps, by The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy and/or Mouse Hunt.
The article doesn't say why they killed them, but does say that the scientists hadn't expected the mice's brains to resemble the folded structure of the human brain, so, maybe somebody got freaked out. Maybe they heard the mice speaking inside their head...
At any rate, they plan to produce more genetically altered big brain mice, to see how they develop, as well as a big-brained elephant, a cat and a president of the United States.
Thursday, July 18, 2002
Wow! It's finally raining!
Fun propaganda.
Operation RATS - Retrograde Activities and Treachery System "A national system for paranoid nuts to report neighbors they don't like."
Enough with the depressing approach-of-fascism news...You know those keychains of pigs and animals that shit out rubber poo when you squeeze them? Well, now there's the Pregnant Woman Keychain, which shits out a baby when you squeeze it....or something...
U.S. Consentration Camps. There's over 100 of them, all fully staffed and ready to house thousands of guests.
State Officials Ask Bush to Act on Global Warming. But, he probably has other things on his mind (sic). They want him to curb "so-called" greenhouse gases. Why are they always refered to as "so-called"...?...like there's still some possibility that it isn't really happening...
War, Inc. Join the Army. Make hostile lands safe for American corporations.
Meet Big Brother - John Poindexter and the Iran Contra Reunion Tour. You may remember him from the Iran Contra scandle when he was hangin' with Ollie and Ronnie. Now, he's director of the Pentagon's Information Awareness Office. The Shrub's method seems to be to surround himself with as many scandal-ridden people as possible, so that everyone is so overwhelmed by so many different things that no one can successfully launch any moves to stop him. I mean, it's hard to keep track of how many of your civil liberties are going up in smoke, taken away by people who have engaged in blatantly criminal behaviour, who are also bombing the hell out of various countries for no discernable reason and who are trying desperately to freak you out by telling you that more attacks are going to happen at some unspecified date. You're not sure what they're trying to get away with, but you know that they are.
You've heard of it, but have you actually gone there? WIL WHEATON DOT NET. It's his blog. And, well...he's not Wesley Crusher...not exactly...
Robert Anton Wilson's Quantum Conspiracy Game. It's a live action RPG with RAW in CA. August 31st and September 1st.
Wednesday, July 17, 2002
Undaunted by Independance Day, MIB or the X-Files, SETI is constructing some new $26 million dollar telescope array to search for intelligent extraterrestrial life faster than ever before. They've given up finding any here on Earth.
Can you say "Police State"? US planning to recruit one in 24 Americans as citizen spies. 'The Terrorism Information and Prevention System, or TIPS, means the US will have a higher percentage of citizen informants than the former East Germany through the infamous Stasi secret police. The program would use a minimum of 4 per cent of Americans to report "suspicious activity".
Highlighting the scope of the surveillance network, TIPS volunteers are being recruited primarily from among those whose work provides access to homes, businesses or transport systems. Letter carriers, utility employees, truck drivers and train conductors are among those named as targeted recruits.'
So, be sure to tip the delivery guy very well...because he could report you on a whim, and the Feds are allowed to search your home while you're out and plant bugs, tap your phone and read your mail.
Bush now has a 62% approval rating. Now, my questions are what the fuck is wrong with Americans that he's still above 50% or who the fuck were the polsters asking?
Washington masks deficits using accounting tricks. There you go....why shouldn't US corporations do it? Their government does. But to hideously enormous heights. There was no surplus last year. They don't know where $17.3 million went. Their books are so cooked as to be indecypherable. And, no one is shocked.
Web Portals Sign China Content Pact. Any web sites that have obscenity or free discussion will be blocked. So, someone's gotta sift through all the sites and decide which ones are not going to offend the government. And, if you try to access one of those sites from an internet cafe in China, you could be in serious shit.
I bet George Bush wishes he'd thought of that....
US politicians attack HIV Muppet. Republicans (of course) were quick to jump in as soon as news spread about an HIV infected muppet being introduced on the African version of Seseme Street. They don't want that on US soil, goddamn it.
And hey cool: Luna have a new album, Romantica. If you've never heard these guys, check them out. Think Velvet Underground inspired space-hipsters in a Paris lounge. Lots of wandering swirly liquid sounding guitars and sharp wit. As one of the reviewers in that link say, "for a nimble-fingered dude who sings like Kermit the Frog, Wareham is beyond compare." I am very disappointed to see that they played T.O. already, back in May. Their last CD, the live one, was awesome, sent shivers down my spine and I swore I'd see them when they came back. Luna are the kind of band who hypnotize you and you instantly become an enthusiast. Check them out if you haven't already.
Hey kids! Sonic Youth are coming to Toronto and Montreal! August 14th at Le Medley and the15th at the Kool Haus (formerly Warehouse).
Monday, July 15, 2002
Phil Donahue: A talk-show pioneer returns to TV. That's right. Phil's back. Looks like he was sick of all the Republican and/or right wing talk show hosts on the air complaining about the liberal media. He's gonna kick some ass...
Sunday, July 14, 2002
The 2002 Jesus Values Excellence Awards! Most Fearless Testimony In Uncomfortable Circumstances: Pastor Jenkins of Loxley, Alabama who was nearly beaten to death by funeral goers for mentioning in his eulogy that the person about to be buried was a piece of unsaved trash who is burning in Hell. And others.
Sesame Street to introduce HIV-positive Muppet. Yikes.
The great charade. John Pilger argues that 'war on terror' is a smokescreen created by the ultimate terrorist ... America itself.
Hey! Mikhail Gorbachev is still around. He saysBush is a threat to world peace. Well, duh.
Saturday, July 13, 2002
U.S. Faces Intense Criticism Over Global Court. Wow, the Canadian Ambassador called a public council debate where everyone except India gave a tonge-lashing to the Bush administration for attempting to grant their troops immunity from the International Criminal Court. To paraphrase, the US claims it can't conduct peacekeeping missions without committing war crimes, I guess. Really...that's what they said! They said they were afraid that countries could use the court to try American soldiers or politicians. And that would jeopardize US sovereignty. Read it another way and it appears that they are just afraid that if they have to be accountable for their actions, they can't get away with any damn thing they please, as has been the case for years. This is in keeping with the history of the corporate criminals in the White House. Bush and Cheney and the gang are also seeking immunity from all corporate crimes they've engaged in. It's their way and nobody can stop them. It's their right to lie and steal and cheat and murder.
They KNOW that there's no democracy anymore. They even know you know. But they don't give a shit. Why should they? They have the ability to do whatever they want. Even if everyone hates them and they get voted out of office next election, they'll still come out on top. They're evil, vicious and stupid, a truely brutal combination. But, keep your mouth shut lest you be branded a terrorist.
(I was going to mention something about assassination being some form of temporary solution, but I WON'T, because that would probably be going just a bit too far and I certainly don't want some people with strange ID in an unmarked car knocking on my door at 3 in the morning...)
An explanation of the USA Patriot Act, wherein any terrorists can be detained without charges or reason or trial. And anyone Ashcroft wants can be declared a terrorist.
Hey, I forgot to mention, for the next two weeks or something, the NGC Microfiber Bucket Hat is on sale! Order now. Save $3. Yes. Do it. Don't ask uncomfortable questions like "why is it I have to spend money I normally wouldn't in order to save money?"! Do not ponder the metaphysical aspects of the marketplace. You will be exiled as a heathen. Embrace the truths that are handed down to you. Just buy the thing now!
Friday, July 12, 2002
Britain eases up on pot smoking . You can smoke but not sell. So, there will be some interesting debates on what amount constintutes personal use. "No, constable, I actually do smoke that much...!"
NGC Presents Another Bizarre, Stupid Tale of Idiocy is the newest addition to the NGC Archives. I just put that there because Night Guy episode 3 is taking much longer than expected. When I upgraded all my system software, I backed up a bunch ofd stuff on disc. But, I broke the disc that had all the Poser 4 libraries on it. So, I have to go find a bunch of characters and crap again. (Don't worry, the characters I modified, like Anabolic Baby, Night Guy and the Finger, etc, are all safe on the workspace drive. I just need to find cops and shit...
Nihilist Glee Club Photo-OOPS! has one new addition. I should add more to this page some time.
Wednesday, July 10, 2002
Diners swoon over dishes that chefs long to forget. When you go to a restaurant, look at the menu and every once in a while order something different. Making the same food over and over again can become a soul sucking experience for the kitchen staff, prompting someone at the end of their rope and SICK to DEATH of the goddamned Pepperoni pizza or fucking chicken sandwich or Veal marsala and why can't people show some frigging imagination when they order food to spit in your order or poison you. Um.....yeah.....
US military plans for a long-term "training mission" in the Philippines. It's a training mission with live ammo and live enemies and real objectives. But, it's not a combat mission. They're just training local troops.
George Bush's unreported million dollars. I didn't do it. My lawyer's dog ate my homework.
Wal-Mart to close first two stores in Germany since entering European continent
Wal-Mart remains a small player in the country. It was further set back when its Cologne store burned down last year in a suspected arson. It hasn't reopened. The deeply vacuous and soul-sucking bargain-basement retail leviathan and destroyer of small American towns has only a tiny foothold in Europe, though it continues to pillage the American landscape like a happy cheap-ass porcelain circus-clown cancer, sprouting megastores like toxic mushrooms as the Walton family heirs smoke baby seal-skin cigars and inject liquefied thousand-dollar bills directly into their eyeballs, laughing and chortling and sucking stale blood out of each others' belly buttons by the pool, actively working to annihilate all that is good and funky and unique about existence. Ooh look, giant cartoon-character 5-gallon tins of stale candied popcorn, only $4.99. Alert the family.
That's the spin on the news you get from subscribing to
Mark Morford's mailing list. It's good for the soul.
U.S. Christians financing immigrants to Israel to fulfill biblical prophecy. This is the root of the problem over there. Once religious prophecy enters the picture, there's no room for rational discussion, or negotiation, or a solution to a problem. Especially if the prophecy has to do with the apocaplypse! I mean, those fundamentalists want to see death and destruction, don't they? They don't want peace. They want to see Georgie Boy shake hands with Christ in front of the cameras when he returns as they chuckle at all the unbelievers and infidels and pagans and Hollywood as they burn in the fires of righteousness, repenting and wishing they'd listened to Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh, but far too, too late...Plus, they got the bomb, if events take too long to get in motion...
David Hasselhoff checks into alcohol rehabilitation center. His social drinking has gotten a little out of hand.
This was linked to a long time ago and can be a lot of fun...the Pornolizer. Just enter your favorite website address (or a government, news or church site, for extra fun) and away you go...instant guffaws...
Just look what it did to Nihilist "Bastard" Propaganda.
Celebrity Bra Sizes, just in case you were curious.
elgooG. 'Nuff said.
WWW.WHITEHOUSE.ORG is very funny.
Tom Cruise is terrified by Bush's America.
Nihilist Propaganda gets a facelift. So does the "Home" page. Yowza.
Tuesday, July 09, 2002
Bush's plan to ensure corporate responsibility and ethics is to make the corporate tax reduction permanent. If we give them more money, perhaps they'll be satisfied and won't resort to cheating and fraud to make more. Considering his own past accounting "grey area" and his links to almost every corporation currently under investigation, how he can say these things with a straight face is beyond me...
BUSH, IN TOUGH WALL STREET SPEECH, VOWS TO MAKE MORE TOUGH WALL STREET SPEECHES. Democrats, In Strongly-Worded Reply, Challenge President To Back Up His Words With Additional Words.
Batman Vs. Superman has got a green light. Directed by the guy who did The Perfect Storm and written by the guy who wrote Seven. Good news for those who feared that DC/Warner's only answer to the Spiderman phenomena would be the Wonder Twins movie (which seems like it's more a response to Scooby Doo). This doesn't replace the Superman and Batman:Year One movies currently in developement. Wow. It's a good time to be a comic geek.
According to the World Wildlife Fund, the earth will be doomed within 50 years, if our current rate of consumption isn't altered. Or, at least humans are doomed. In 50 years, we'll need two more planets to sustain ourselves. And, of course, the US is the main culprit.
So, maybe Bush II or whoever's pulling the strings realize this, understand their responsibility, and so are attempting to start a global war in order to thin out the planet's population...
The NDP are allowing members of the party to vote for their new federal party leader online. That's pretty cool and maybe it'll set a trend.
While Hamilton can be brutal and gritty and a quagmire of desolation at times, I'm usually glad I don't live in Toronto. Sure, there's lots to do there and it's cool to visit, but it's just too much of a mega-city for my tastes. That's at the best of times. Now, during a heatwave, they have a city wide garbage strike. Now, it's a fact, Toronto stinks.
Sunday, July 07, 2002
An antidote, of sorts, to all the troubling news I've linked to below, can be found at n u g s . n e t . Download or stream live shows by various artists like Phish, Medeski Martin & Wood, Les Claypool, Oysterhead, Trey Anastasio and more. I just downloaded a 40 minute "Night speaks to a Woman" from the last show of Trey's US tour. Perhaps in my post about our trip down to Darian Lake to see him, I focused too much on the negative aspects of venturing into the land of the needs and the home of the craven. But, the show was breath-taking (in more ways than one) and, dare I say it, I think I like Trey's solo material better than Phish. It grooves, man. 40 minutes....fuck! The other tracks from the same concert range from 12 - 25 minutes. The show must have lasted 5 hours or something.
Oh, one tidbit of interest, John Zorn's drummer plays with Trey.
Where's the Beef Hormones?
What to do if someone criticizes your favourite government and their policies: slander them and ignore any points they bring up. It really works.
And, what the hell's up with that liberal media all those Republican talk show hosts keep going on about?
Official: One can criticize Israel without being anti-semitic. Or, as this guy says, "anti-Jewish", since Arabs are Semitic, too.
Okay, don't worry people! The L.A. Shooting was the work of a lone lunatic, not a terrorist conspiracy. So say the FBI. Israel, on the other hand, say it was an act of terrorism. But, Israel tends to see terrorists hiding under every carpet. In the USA, it's only a few carpets, or perhaps behind a curtain concealing nude statues....
I'm sorry...that was a bit of mixed references for no real point, there.....
Saturday, July 06, 2002
It's about time...Margaret Thatcher decapitated.
Usually I just grab a few links I find at Bush Watch that are weird or frightening or stupid and place them here. But, today, they all are. There's too many. What the hell is going on with the world? It's a cartoon. A joke! A Stanley Kubrick film done by David Lynch instead of Speilberg.
It's true. It's happening....Terminator 3. Well, could be could. Could even be great, maybe. Arnie's best when he's not trying to act. I find his portrayal of a robot very convincing. I heard there's a whole army of him in this one. I guess just two of him wasn't enough.
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