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Monday, September 30, 2002
Shit Coffee...Coffee made from patrially digested beans picked from the excrement of luwaks, which is some marsupial, is selling big in Vancouver and Edmonton. Some sick bastard who likes to play in animal feces found some coffee beans and desided to grind and brew them is now making a shitload of money from people who like to consume shit. Maybe natural crap is better than the artificial and chemical infused processed crap people are used to, but...
It's especially sought after by the novelty crazed collector who will buy any old shit if it's cool.
Doctors Grow Pig Teeth in Rats, which has something to do with replacing human teeth, eventually, but is extremely uncomfortable for the rats.
New Bush Policy: WE Hate THEIR Freedoms. Current US foreign policy is that the rich in every country should have tax cuts and that American corporations should be allowed to do whatever they want in every country and is enforcable by nuclear bombs and the most powerful military force on the planet.
One wonders where the deafening silence that greated Bush's new policy, which is a blatant quest for global domination in every way imaginable, came from. Are all the journalist and analysts in denial, or afraid, or is it job security that prevents them from warning the public that the monkey who stole the election is actually a deranged power hungry madman out for global conquest in the manner of Gengis Kahn, the Roman Empire and the Third Reich?
Correction, by some historical accounts, Kahn was attempting to form an enlightened and progressive empire, whereas such a thing would make Bush feel nervous and inadequate.
So, what wrong with Americans? Why has Bush's Approval Rating gone up? Nobody likes how he's handled he economy, but they think he'll be effective against Iraq. But, why the fuck is that necessary?! Where are people getting their information from? Who's making their opinions? And, who are the polsters asking?
I think perhaps the West Nile Virus nor AIDS are the dominant or most threatening diseases in the US, but rather rabies and psychosis.
US media rewrites history...as usual. All the major papers are claiming that Iraq's allegations of previous UN inspectors spying on them for the US are false. What they're not saying is that many of the same papers broke the original stories of inspectors being used for spying and even the government admitting that they used information submitted by the spies to pick targets for bombing in 98 and after. So, short attention span or deliberate war mongering?
WTF?! Scottish youths smoke bus shelters and garbage bins to get high. News from Scotland is frigging weird lately...remember the guy having sex with a traffic cone?
Wow...sometimes clueless people can be very dangerous...They've been talking about making a movie based on the comic Hellblazer, called Constantine, which would be damned cool if done right.
But, for some reason the people who own the rights to it are stupid. John Constantine is a heavy drinking, chain smoking, foul mouthed, working class British sourcerer .
In the movie, they want to make him an American, which is just wrong. Europeans use vulgarity in the most poetic way. Americans, when they use vulgarity, are just vulgar.
But, there's more...First, they said they wanted Elviser, Nicolas Cage to pay him. Then, fans were happy when he pulled out. But, now, Keanu Reeves is threatening to portray Constantine. And the director is some guy who's previous work has been music videos for Britney Spears, Will Smith, Aerosmith, Pink and the Goo Goo Dolls, all music that would make John Constantine vomit and put a curse on whoever made him listen to it.
So, instead of following the trend of succesful comic book adaptations that have remained faithful to the source material, Warner or whoever seems fully dedicated to butchering this one.
This is fun...Create your own Dubya Speech.
New designs at the Nihilist Propaganda Store. And a page with every design. Some pages are still under construction, which means that some designs aren't available on all products yet....but, I'm working on it. This is why I haven't posted as much recently.
Also, I've been working on comics, and I have a preview of the next one ready, but I need to compress the size of it some more. Does anyone out there have some information about effective Flash compression? I've got about half a minute preview of the Sigerson Crumb online comic for you all, but the damned thing is damned huge.
And, I've just generally been avoiding surfing over the past few days because I keep coming across Bush items that are giving me an ulcer, or something. So, I've just not looked around nor checked my e-mail because of various updates I get. But, some of the new designs at the store have got it out of my system, I think...specifically "War Pig" and "The President Sucks".
Plus, I've started a new job at a cool place but still have a few shifts at my old job at the shitty place. So, my free time is non-existent. I haven't slept in three weeks. I like coffee.
Arafat emerges from siege as Israeli troops pull back from his compound, bowing to pressure from President Kid, who doesn't want the double standard of Israel defying the UN unnoticed while Iraq must pay in blood for almost defying the UN. Israel is still in violation of recent UN resolutions because they haven't vacated any Palestinian cities and have actually still enforced curfews. But, Israel is one of the countries that's allowed to violate UN resolutions without threats from Amerika.
Saturday, September 28, 2002
Mass arrests at anti-IMF demo. Washington cops are arresting anyone in a hoodie, carrying a drum or riding a bike, in case they may be a protestor. Afraid of the protestors' message infecting the complacent citizenry, storm troopers, aka riot police, have been arresting and harrassing spectators who haven't taken part in the protest. IMF and World Bank villans met hiding behind baricades where they divided amongst themselves the rest of the world and figured out how to start charging people for air.
Friday, September 27, 2002
The war has begun!
No...wait...this is just routine bullshit...
US attack Iraqi airport. Iraq says it was a civilian target. The US/Britain tagteam said it was military. Get used to this.
Ecstasy May Cause More Widespread Brain Damage Than Previously Thought. Monkeys given E developed severe brain damage after just a few doses. They say that ravers and E-kids could develop Parkinsonism and brain damage later in life. Based on personal observation, I'd say it happens sooner in some cases....
Guard dog taken from house he's protecting. But not before it was attacked and mauled by the family cat.
Bush Asserts That Al Qaeda Has Links to Iraq's Hussein, but, don't bother to ask for proof, because as with the matter of weapons of mass destruction, tthe Iraqis know how to hide evidence.
The Iraq terrorism link had been dropped for a while, presumably as being to implausible to be useful in the drive for support against Hussein. But, they're dusting it off for another try, since the nukuler weapons angle isn't panning out as well as they'd hoped. And, Bush likes to bury any opposition to his schemes in a mountain of outdated evidence, mistated or mispronounced old sayings, disinformation, smug remarks, lies and half truths. So, layering the terrorist link on top of everything else they've been confusing people with over Iraq only helps their case. Nobody's going to call them on it, really. And, if anybody does, they'll just ignore them. But, it'll make enough headlines so that the salt of the earth believe it.
It won't be challenged by the Democrats. There are about one thousand and fifty-seven things that Daschle could call Bush on. But, he's not pressed Junior on his venomously lopsided and rampantly destructive corporate tax cuts, or his ascension to dictatorship or his adandonment of Afghanistan. Instead he's angry because George questioned the Democrats patriotism. Since they won't agree with Bush's grab for unlimited power or that workers within the Department of Fatherland Security should have less rights than office equipment, they must be terrorist sympathizers, was the basic gyst of Baby Bush's comments. Tom was offended and thinks the war issue and the Gestapo bill shouldn't be used as political fodder, since most Democrats have bent over and taken the Bush doctrine. Everyone was impressed that the "usually reserved" Daschle got mad at Bush. But, what he said was pretty lame. I mean, for instance, George the Second accused the Democrats of being controlled by "special interests". Tom could've said "Special interests my big hairy ass! Who are you off to war to liberate Iraq's oil for, you walking cartoon? You've given your corporate pals so many freaking tax breaks that we owe them money. So, who is it that doesn't give a shit about the safety and security of the American people because of special interests? Answer me, fizzhead!" But he didn't.
The thing about PR is that the most effective kind, like Nazi propaganda, appeals to the lowest common denominator in a society. And politicial discourse, for the most part, is just PR. Any president is in a positon to direct discourse. But, Bush is actually the lowest common denominator. No one can know if the Democrats even want to challenge the president on any of the multitude of things they could, but they don't seem to be trying too hard. And so I Was a Teenage President...who, in some states, it's against the law to ignore, is the one directing public discourse, which is limited to "You don't agree with me so I'm not listening to you and if I can think of something humorous and insulting to say about you I will" or variations on that theme and then someone else reacts to it.
But, not very well, usually. Really, Tom, isn't a bit late to start worrying about politicizing the attack on Iraq? This is all PR for the Republicans. Or is the timing just coincidence? Nobody's bringing up the failing economy or financial scandals that every resident and employee of the White House and their friends and relatives and a few of their neighbours were involved in. It's all war talk. But no" if" or "when" or even "why", just "how" and "how much will it cost". And no "where will the money come from", either, after the federal treasury is emptied into the pockets of the people clamoring for Iraq oil.
Of course, there are examples of people who have criticized Bush and Chiney Inc. effectively. They've been dismissed, ignored and shunned by the White House Riverdale gang. They must beg forgiveness, like Germany, who will not be invited to diplomatic parties with the President until they have undergone some vicious and humiliating Skull and Bones or university type of initiation to prove their loyalty.
One public figure who doesn't seem to give a shit about that, other than Tom Cruise, is the guy who maybe was supposed to be the president, a pissed off Al Gore, who wrote that entertaining op-ed piece entitled "I Told You So", or something, a few months back. He's back at it, trying to jump start the 2004 campaign or trying to light a fire under the Democrats' asses or probably both, with a new scorcher speech called "Don't Get Mad at the Germans for Calling You Hitler, George...Because You Fucking Are!" Gore probably wouldn't be nearly as entertaining if he were president, but it's fun to watch him rail against the illiterate monkey boy who stole the throne from him.
Approaching Ice Age,global warming or something far more hideous?
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts has claimed that reduced oceanic circluation could hint at lowering temperatures even as the planet as a whole heats up. Climate naturally reaches a threshold point where change occurs, but with human made pollution added to the mix, some seriously destructive and abrupt shit could hit the fan.
Wednesday, September 25, 2002
Spin Generator. See how Republicans make their speeches.
Shaolin Temple's martial art monks in trademark battle. They want to copyright their name, because they're sick to death of businesses and bad films using it. The upcoming martial arts flick based on Snow White was the final straw...
New products are in the Nihilist Propaganda Store. There's vinyl stickers, lunchboxes and stuff for babies...
 
which Cafepress probably had no intention of having fall into the wrong hands.
Tuesday, September 24, 2002
Senate Approves Panel to Investigate Sept. 11 government failure. But, just how far they'll get is anybody's guess at this point.
Israel violates new UN Resolution demanding that they exit all Palestinian cities. The US abstained from voting because they disapprove of recent Israeli aggression, but don't want to piss them off because they want their support for the Iraq invasion. Israel is disappointed that the US isn't supporting them. But, someone on Bush's staff realizes that this is just too much of a double standard for their $200 million ad campaign to handle. It puts them in the difficult position of trying to get support to attack a country that might someday attack someone else while ignoring an ally who's engaging in an internationally condemned act of aggression.
So, to avoid any outright hypocrisy, the Americans are just pretending it isn't happening.
I just picked up Sonic Youth's new CD, Murry Street, which is named after the street where their studio is, which was narrowly missed by falling wreckage on 9/11. New addition Jim O'Rouke was asleep when an engine from a plane landed outside and won't talk about it. I was worried because A Thousand Leaves and nyc ghosts & flowers were, while including a few outstanding tracks, overall a little disappointing. They were my favourite band back in the day. I'd hate to see them get old and boring. So, I read a number of reviews and the consensus seemed to be that it was a return to earlier sound but not quite as good, very few hated it, even.
But, fuck them! Fuck them all! This is the best SY album since...well, it's as good as anything they've ever done. This album is solid from beginning to end and runs the gammit of SY's sound. The Youth ain't youth anymore. They're "Radical Adults", now. They have a more mature approach to ambient guitar soundscapes and noise assaults. But, it's all there and executed marvelously. I thought the phone was ringing several times during the Lee Ranaldo interstellar wandering masterpiece "Karen Revisited". That follows three opening Thurston Moore tracks with his quirky lyrics and nostalgic psychedelic folk punk extended jams. The best being "Rain On Tin", which is possibly one of the best songs ever. I mean it, ever! The second movement jam just builds and builds and it's yeah, yeah, fuck! This is why I love Sonic Youth! I've always thought Thurston was the cutest man alive. He's always seemed somewhat unassuming but with attitude, and his personality infuses all his songs. He's just so endearing. I'll always remember the look on his face back in '92 at the Opera House when they blew the sound system out just as he was about to take drum stick to guitar during A Catholic Block. That was an interesting show. Someone had oversold tickets, so the place was beyond capacity and ticket holders were outside being refused entry and causing a scene and Thurston's response to being told that police were outside and may want to end the show was to encourage the audience to start chanting "Fuck the Police!", which had the theatre people visibly distraught.
Even Kim Gordon's songs are good. "Plastic Sun" is the second full on rock out song on the CD, the other being "Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style", which both should eliminate any fears that they've lost it. And then "Sympathy for the Strawberry" ends the album in a similar vein to "Washing Machine", with an extended intro to a song that melts into dreamy guitar assault.
The CD is enhanced, by the way. You can get to a secret site where you can download MP3s and images and screensavers and whatever. I'm not gonna link to it. Get the CD.
I have no idea what fans who came to the band with "Goo" or "Dirty" will think. I can't get into your heads. But, anyone who's aged with the band will probably love this CD. This is an album by the same band who recorded "Confusion is Sex" 20 years ago. Their cult-legend status or whatever is earned. It's brilliant and awesome and it makes me very happy and I love this band.
Blair's dossier on Iraq, which is supposed to include all that evidence about what a terrible and immediate threat Iraq is, just seems to be a rehash of everything we've already been told. Blair's going to take it round to Germany and Russia, who he's going to try to convince to want to blow up Iraq.
Blair is demanding a new UN resolution that demands that Iraq readmit weapons inspectors, who have already agreed to, but much faster. Then, he said that Iraq knows how to hide things from weapons inspectors, so if they didn't find any nuclear bombs, it wouldn't prove anything, and the only way to be sure is to go over there and blow the country up.
I'd like to get to the bottom of this, sort of. I mean, why do they want to attack so bad? Is it just cause George and Dick want access to Iraq oil, and it's a diversion from the lagging war on terrorism and the failure to stablize Afghanistan and the fraudsters in the White House and the evil bent of American economics? If so, what's in it for Blair? His only support comes from the Conservatives, not his own party. Why does Bush have him so tightly wrapped around his finger?
Toronto's Tent City raided by security guards and cops after Home Depot, who own the land, complained to the cops after being embarrassed by a New York Times article on the camp. If they don't have plans for the land, wouldn't it have been a nice PR gesture to donate the land to the people squatting there? I mean, do we need another drab building for a corporation to hawk their wares?
The Presurfer - Gerard Vlemmings' Daily Dose of Diversion celebrates his second birthday today. Happy birthday.
Obese people protest cuts to stomach stapling surgery by the Ontario government, who are still trying to cut funding to everything. The procedure helps people who suffer from hereditary morbid obesity lead normal lives and actually takes a strain off health care. Ernie Eve's people avoided the media, not admitting that they just thought it was a vanity thing for fat and lazy welfare bums.
Arafat rejects Israeli demand, Israel rejects Arafat's demands. International community codemns Israel. Even the US urged restraint, while they build up a massive attack force to pulverize a country that's in even worse shape than when they first attacked it. Israel wants Arafat to produce a list of the people trapped in his destroyed headquarters. Arafat wants Israel to provide a list of who they're after. Israel wants a shopping list first, so they can peruse it and decide which Palestinians they want. Actually, they want them all, and they'll sort it out later. UN Secretary says that brutality is not a good negotiation method and can encourage and strengthen extremists. The US is now privately thinking of a regime change at the UN, because the official doctrine is that extremists and terrorists are motivated only by hatred and jealousy, not aggression against their countries and families, and to claim otherwise is heresy.
Monday, September 23, 2002
That Tricky Saddam Still Sets the Agenda. After being swindled out of a green light to attack Iraq, Bush's next step is to block the weapons inspectors from going back. Then, so that Saddam can't undermine the UN Security Council by complying with their requests, Bush is going to ignore the UN and invade Iraq unless the Council gives him permission to attack. Yes, there's no typo there. That's what's going on.
'The Hulk' Villain Promises Dark Psychodrama, Hulk Dogs In Upcoming Flick. They say it'll be unlike any comic book movie so far, forcusing on rage and repression. Should be fun.
Toronto Airport security breached. Over a hundred terrorists from Boston were allowed into secure areas of the airport before being greeted by a security agent. The passenger list had no one they were looking for on it, but that doesn't matter, because everyone is suspect. Even your grandmother and her knitting needles.
The Senate has blasted the airport (figuratively, not literally, of course. That would make them terrorists), for past security breached. Including letting an Indian man run away and hiring Hell's Angels as baggage handlers.
But, shit, what would be so bad about having a few Hell's Angels around if some terrorists showed up?
Schröder Stands by Stance on Iraq, after winning the German election. The White House is sore at him over various things that were said during the election and didn't want him to win. An apology sent by Schröder to Bush last week wasn't quite apologetic enough, according to Ari, and so the administration is considering a regime change in Germany under the "You're either with us or with the terrorists" doctrine, forgetting that no links have been shown between Iraq and bin Laden, which is okay, because they can make the corporate media forget it too, if it becomes necessary.
'Worse Than Corporate Welfare', insurance companies want a billion dollar handout and a promise that the government will pay them for any future payouts the have to make regarding terrorist attacks. Bush wants to give it to them.
Sunday, September 22, 2002
The immensely hysterical online comic, Get Your War On, is being released in a print collection.
The psychotic war pigs in the White House will spend $200 million on anti-Hussein commercials, overseen by the Office of Global Communications, who haven't yet been formally acknowledged yet. But, the OGC was originally manufactured to help try to improve the global impression of the US, to try to get those of us who think they have their heads shoved up their asses and want to force the rest of us to join them to think better thoughts about them...send them flowers and accolades. But, it looks as if they're just going to use the usually tactics that they use during elections, which is to make someone else out to be worse than them.
Could you think of something better to do with $200 million?
MoveOn.org is an organization that is trying to broaden citizens' participation in the political process to counter special interest groups like Enron CEOs and other Bush contributers. There are various petitions you can sign there, which they compile and send to congress members and other people who are supposed to care what the citizenry think.
The Globe and Mail has revealed that Jean Chretien proposed the decriminalization of marijuana while Justice Minister in 1981, which will get some people yammering about a Liberal conspiracy, probably.
Saturday, September 21, 2002
This is exactly what the American political system needs. Pop-President Idol, or as it'll be called, American Candidate, will have someone who the public chooses from 100 contestants run for President. Whoever has the most points after 13 episodes will enter the election. Really.
There's truely a fine line between parody and reality.
I hope that mostly lunatics enter. There's an awesome potential for chaos and hillarity here. I hope every single aspect of the political spectrum is represented. This means all types of communists, nazis, greens, capitalists, libertarians, anarchists, fascists, anarchists, barbarians, pacifists, discordians, subgenii as well as other psychotics and maniacs. And several people wearing clown noses, making strange noises and talking in gibberish and drooling or spitting. And a fat slob who eats a lot of fast food and watches a lot of television. And a naughty priest with a choir. What amazing fun the next US presidential election could be...!
Bush reveals global domination doctrine. The 33 page "National Security Strategy of the United States" is written phoneticly and outlines Bush's plans to invade other countries at will and maintain superiority of destructive might.
He says that not only will they use their military power to make themselves rich, but they'll try to instill some christian values and proper thinking in anyone who disagrees.
And only the US may produce chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, which they will use on anyone else that tries to, except their allies, which are Britain and Israel, who may also use them on whoever they please.
You see, Bush explains, deterrence and containment only work against powerful conquering states. Not against countries and people who have been conquered and have nothing left to loose. And suicide bombers just don't fear retaliation all that much. And, since the only powerful conquering state left is the United States, the focus must be shifted to stopping those that wish to deter or contain American proliferation, by crushing them mercilessly, even if they aren't.
Also, Bush intends to ensure that the US remains the only powerful conquering state. Arming your country without permission from the Holy American Emperor will get you invaded. And, if China wants to start an arms race, they'll be dealt with in the harshest fashion.
All Muslims must accept Christ as their personal saviour and corporatism ("capitalism") as ordained by God.
In short, the document asserts that Bush can do whatever he wants, wherever he wants and he'll do anything in his power to keep it that way. And it doesn't matter what anyone else has to say about it...
Friday, September 20, 2002
Snow White to be remade as live-action martial arts flick. Snow White and the Seven Shao-Lin or something will be made by Disney and Yuen Wo Ping, choreographer of lots of kick ass martial arts films. Some things are too baffling to be commented on.
A Tribute Gone Awry, on the Wings of Pigeons. Unable to get doves for their 9/11 Memorial celebration, Jersey City officials got 80 pigeons from a poultry company and released them into the air at the unveiling of some monument. The birds had never been outside their cages and had never flown before. They were supposed to be made into soup. The crowd and buildings and the Hudson River were pelted by a flock of madly careening birds, landing on people's heads, crashing into windows and drowning in the water. Insert WKRP reference here.
The UN could likely set up a timetable for implementation of Iraq weapons inspections which could take a year, which has Bush furious and impatient. So, Junior's going to try to jump the gun and get a docile and frightened congress to grant him permission to follow any whim he should have and bomb the shit out of whosoever he pleases. Many Democrats have said they have no choice, because Saddam is so icky and mean and scarey, or something. "We have to hurry, before the Russians get all their oil!"
"You're fuckin' next!" Bush hissed through his teeth after the German Justice Minister compared the US president to Hitler. Gerhard Schroeder said that Bush was looking for wars to fight to divert attention from his domestic problems, a tactic "that Hitler used." White House mouthpiece Ari Fleischer said foreign countries should watch what they say, that criticism of the president is inherently wrong and outrageous and beyond comprehension, and that while the US considers Germany an ally for the time being, further insubordination will be dealt with harshly. "In case you haven't noticed, we don't give a fuck about the UN or international law. Maybe we'll start looking for links between Germany and terrorist organizations, if we have to sell the idea of a German regime change to the newspapers. We usually find what we look for. Remember, we're experts at asserting who's Hitler and who's not. And, you guys are German, which makes it that much easier."
For more Bush/Hitler comparisons, go here,here, and Bush and Hitler: Is History Repeating Itself?!
No one expected Hitler to rise to power. He had failed at just about everything he had even undertaken until he discovered politics. In the world of spin and power plays, a superficial gift of gab and bullish determination could replace intelligence and idealism without missing a beat. Hitler found that the path to the top was short: Just tell a discontent people what they want to hear and make promises you have no intention to keep.
In Hitler’s first radio speech after becoming Chancellor, he pledged “to revive in the nation the spirit of unity and cooperation” and invoked God’s blessing on the German government. . But, the Fuhrer soon proved he had no intention of being a uniter.
Hitler believed that to consolidate his power, he needed to create an “enemy of the state.” Contrary to popular belief, the first “enemy” Hitler formally targeted was not the Jews but the Communist Party. Why? Because they were the most outspoken activists against his regime. Hitler was thus the first to invoke the spectre of “the Red Menace.” He intentionally sought to provoke party activists to violent protest so, under his new aggressive laws suppressing public dissent; he could round them up and arrest them. Aware of this ploy, the Communists laid low, believing that Hitler was merely a puppet of reactionaries and his regime would not last. But the Fuhrer, becoming progressively more drunk with his new power, was not so easily thwarted. To facilitate his demonization of the “reds,” he sent provocateurs to orchestrate a staged act of “terrorism.” Their dupe was a young revolutionary named Van der Lubbe, who was implicated in (i.e. framed for) the bombing of the Reichstag (the equivalent of the Congressional building). This incident gave Hitler the excuse he needed for “cracking down” on “enemies of the state.” He rallied the Germans against the “terrorists” and passed the odious “Enabling Acts,” in which the government was granted the right to bypass any due process for “suspects.” One human right after the other was revoked: the Jews were stripped of all rights, trade unions were broken, and rival parties were made illegal. In addition, Hitler began to isolate Germany from the rest of the world: One of his first actions after assuming power was to withdraw from the League of Nations.
Historian John Weis pointed out that “Hitler inspired only those who shared his anger.”
Wasn't it better having a president that spent his time getting blowjobs from interns instead of creating a dictatorship and engaging in a global rampage? Vote for a sex-crazed Democrat instead of a war-crazed Republican.
Thursday, September 19, 2002
Israel Demolishes Homes of Suicide Bombers; Palestinian Boy Killed in West Bank. Okay, so, Israel has been demolishing the homes of the families of suicide bombers and killing kids, sometimes inadvertently. The army is complaining that the Palestinians are sneaking through their "choke-hold". Israel wants to throw more troops at them, since that always works so well. But, is it not human nature that when you're being strangled you're going to fight back? And is trying to top each other's body counts really productive? And, is it really necessary to stir up more shit with Iraq when this savage routine is underway?
They found a rabbit dinosaur, which looks like it must be a joke. Incisivosaurus gauthieri looks like a bird with rabbit teeth and stupid eyes and big claws and researchers said it was a fearsome predator. I can't wait for Jurasic Park IV. Or is it 10? No, really....if they put this thing in it, I'll watch it.
Then there's the 9/11 Memorial Ziggy Poster...shouldn't Zigggy and the dog be a little more solumn? They look far too happy. The advert for the poster said it was to "celebrate the heroics of September 11th". But, which "heroics"? Are they smiling because terrorists dealt a hideously brutal blow to the imperialist swine elite of Amerika?! Is Tom Wilson a terrorist sympathizer?! Is placing Ziggy in a FDNY uniform a subliminal suggestion that American civil authorities are short oddly-shaped losers? What's the relevance of the American pig-dog waving the flag?
Have Ziggy's antics been designed to promote American readers to accept a dull existence by inspiring in them a life-affirming satisfaction from mediocre accomplishments, zapping their motivation by bedevilling them into a worship of their inability to succede? Where are the profits from the poster sales going? You need smarter people in office who are gonna catch shit like this if you really want to defeat the terrorists. Bush will never see this one coming.
Hey, Hunter S. Thompson's new book will be released December 3rd. And since it's a year later, nobody's asked him to tone down his criticism of Bush and it's release required no campaigning librarians. You can pre-order Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century from Amazon, and, if the nation isn't in ruins and fiery rubble isn't raining from the sky by then, they'll send it to you when it's done.
Superman could fly again, if not for christians. Christopher Reeves said that the president and the catholic church are opposing embryonic stem cell research which could have enabled him to walk by now. But, it's generally well known that unborn fetuses (or feti?) are more important to militant christians than the already born. So are guns and fossil fuel. And money and talk shows.
Welcome to CELEBRATION Florida, a town developed by Disney, where you and your family can sit on the porch and wave to your neighbours as you all avoid reality in a cartoon land of fun and play and business opportunities and probably the setting for some future suicide cult, or at least a lot of break ins by bored teenagers living in the community...
Wednesday, September 18, 2002
Oil Junkie Bush Calls Iraqi Vow a Trick; Rumsfeld Urges Early Action. And so do the Democrats, showing the differences between the two parties. Mere weeks after appealing to the UN and the international community, Bush now wants to circumvent the UN. Rummy thinks that allowing weapons inspectors back into Iraq would be playing into Saddam's hand, which would be a very dangerous thing to do, and so wants to attack RIGHT NOW, GODDAMN IT!!! using a rare form of logic unknown to anyone but rich, right leaning politicians.
Daschle: Hill Vote On Iraq Is Likely Before Elections. In the US, the broad political spectrum is represented by two parties: There's the War Party, and the Support the War Party Party. Democrats want some of the corporate funding, too...
Defiant California City Hands Out Marijuana. Santa Cruz had their medical pot handout rally in front of City Hall yesterday. No one's been arrested yet. Federal and DEA people are making the noises that federal and DEA people usually make. Many more marijuana issues are on other state ballots in the coming elections. And, the linked to article even has a picture of Robert Anton Wilson picking up his medical pot. He suffers from post-polio syndrome and he's looking older and in a wheelchair.
Sept 11 swimmer detained over snorkel. A marathon swimmer during his "Swim for Liberty", hoping to hilight the spirit of America, was removed from the water by on-edge police who were suspicious of his snorkel, which they feared to be some new-fangled terrorist weapon, or maybe a bong or something.
Wow, someone's found numerogical proof that Nihilist Glee Club is evil....
Bush Planned Iraq 'Regime Change' Before Becoming President in a report called Rebuilding America's Defenses, which has nothing to do with defense and everything to do with US global domination. The Bush gang intend to establish a dominance of the Gulf region and south Asia. Further governments they wish to overthrow after Iraq include Iran, China, Libya, North Korea and Syria, as well as anyone else who may oppose them. They also want more biological weapons and more wars to use them in. They are also trying to take over the internet and shut down anyone who might voice opposition to them. They also plan to implement the filtering system on search engines and url accessability as in China. And if they don't like the results of any election in any country in the world, they want to veto it.
Bush Sends Troops To West Nile to combat the spread of the anti-American hate motivated West Nile Virus.
South Africa's Sesame Street Gets HIV+ Muppet starting September 30th. But the bear-like Kami will not appear on US television for fear that right wing republicans will pull funding from PBS.
Win a trip to space on new tv game show sponsored by Pepsi, who's blueberry crap has evidently not made a dent in vanilla shit sales.
The show's in development. And if the planned venture between the chemical water producer and russian space agency falls through, Pepsi spokepeople have mentioned interest in a TV game show where contestants can win a hunting trip with Ted Nuggent with free NRA membership and a possible meeting with NRA ambassador Charleton Heston...if he remembers to show up....
Bush is reshaping scientisfic committees who do research for the government to help shape it's policy towards health and environment and such. So, lots of pro-lifers, militant christians and lawyers and CEOs of chemical and pollution producing corporations have new positions helping shape government policy on pollution, scientific research and genetic food, among other things. Welcome to the dark ages...
Tuesday, September 17, 2002
Iraq agrees to weapons inspections - Bush vipers say "So what? We're gonna bomb them anyway." The rest of the world is happy and now sees no need for an invasion, except Bush's pet attack dog, Tony Blair. The Imperial White House is scrounging around for more excuses to attack and Cheney is probably having heart trouble. They want that damned oil so bad they can taste it. They can't contain themselves. Nothing will stand in their way.
Chretien warns UN world poverty has tragic results. Since his comments on 9/11 got him a huge wave of support from people and criticism from the far right, he went and repeated them to the UN.
After Jean's remarks and the Senate recommending that pot be legalized, the US must be considering some kind of military move against Canada. So far, no comments about Chretien's speech have made it out in public.
Iraq to Accept Weapons Inspectors, which will settle the crisis with most countries not run by oil-addicted maniacs and illiterate coke fiends. But, the Bush corporation will probably still require a regime change, since that's what will get them the oil under Iraq.
The White House is uncharacteristically tight-lipped about Iraqi compliance after several days of Junior hoping that they wouldn't so he could start his latest adventure. The US had dropped trying to link Iraq with the terrorists in favour of going the "Saddam might some day have nuclear weapons" route, so, maybe they'll pick it up again...
Monday, September 16, 2002
Cthuugle Ph'nglui Search Fhtagn! An HP Lovecraft search engine.
Sunday, September 15, 2002
Taiwan stores remove X-rated version of Snow White which were mistakenly displayed in the children's books section. "Mommy, what's Snow White doing to Sneezy?"
Badass, bogart and internet find place in Oxford English Dictionary
Citizens for Legitimate Government
Attacking Iraq...is it because of nuclear weapons potential or oil? Many oil companies are manouvering to be part of the feeding frenzy that will result once Saddam's Iraq has been obliterated and someone friendly to US oil is in place, oppressing the population in the name of US democracy.
There are no higher principles that are guiding policy decisions anywhere. Russia and France oppose the US invasion only because they are currently negotiating with Iraq for oil. Bush wants to attack now because US oil concerns don't have a shot at Iraq oil currently. Support for Iraqi opposion groups comes from the promise of oil. Is anyone other than victims of American mainstream media still unclear about all this?
With White House Approval, E.P.A. Pollution Report Omits Global Warming Section and Bush contributers are happy with the omission of the chapter on emissions. They said recent reports of global warming were dreary and now this report is more hopeful, in some bizarre if you don't see it it isn't there motife. Bush has admitted that carbon dioxide is linked to global warming but that there isn't clear evidence to warrent government action and that evil bloodthirsty corporations may voluntarily reduce emissions, as if, oh, and here's another tax cut for you, please, if you wouldn't mind, don't kill the planet or cook your books as we look the other way, and we'll grant your polluting company access to Iraq once we've crushed it again...
China investigates mass poisoning. Over 100 people spit blood and keeled over after taking a few bites from food from a snack bar. Reports have been censored and rat poison has been blamed.
Complete 9/11 Timeline...I don't have much to say about this yet, as I've just started sifting through this enormous page. But, it definitely give you reason to think that not all or even anything is as it seems.
Saturday, September 14, 2002
Police officer shot man 'by mistake'. "Oops, sorry...I thought it was a stun gun."
The family seeking refuge in New York from civil war in Sudan are now able to sleep easier. The reduced level of terror and violence outside their windows at night was difficult to get used to. Now, they feel more at home.
Communication from Hunter S. Thompson on CBS, as he watches the linked item below, when cops have closed the highway to search the car and blow up their luggage. He talks about America becoming a Kingdom of Fear, which is the title of his new book. He advises people to stop worshipping authority and welcoming the police state as Bush starts WWIII and WWIV at the same time. You can't run the swine out of power, but you don't have to join the pigs.
Santa Cruz officials to defy feds, hand out medical pot at City Hall after the DEA raided growers. People are waiting to see if the feds come to bust some 70 year old terminally ill women in wheelchairs in front of the national news cameras
California and a few other states have passed laws legalizing the use of medical marijuana. The federal overlords frown upon these acts of rebellion and individuality and wish to crack down on dissident states, showing them who's boss, all power to the central authority, never defy Bush, who wishes there was such a thing as medical cocaine, etc.
TOperation TIPS in action: Three men with brown skin passed through a small shallow pit in Georgia where some uptight white nurse overheard them talking in a restaurant and called authorities to tell them she heard them plotting terrorist activities. They were pulled over and held in a van without explanation as angry cops searched their car and were very disappointed not to find explosives or anthrax or a bin Laden tape or whatever. In whatever skewed surrealist nightmare that passes for Eunice Stone's perception, she assumed that laughing Middle Eastern men where joking about the attacks, and their very presence in Georgia was "kind of scary."
What's kind of scary is that TIPS will put a Eunice Stone on every block and some eager cops at a hotline waiting to bust 'em some terrorists.
Friday, September 13, 2002
Mulroney says Prime Minister's 9/11 remarks are "shameful". Why is this news? Is Brian's grandstanding just defending his good buddy George, or is it indicating that he wants to make a comeback? Clark's leaving the leadership of the Federal Tories. Does Mulroney want his old job back? Does he think enough time has passed that people don't hate him anymore? That they've forgotten?
Mulroney has sided with Junior and says that since the terrorists claim that they are motivated by the disenfranchisment of the world's poor you can't see things that way. You must ignore it and go after them with guns and bombs and freeze their assets and continue to expand your influence into poverty-stricken nations and pillage and support repressive regimes if they are willing to trade with you. That's how you deal with terrorism. Not by listening or acknowledging the gap between rich and poor. That's playing into their hands. Instead, ignore the divide and let the world know that the terrorists don't have a cause.
Personally, I think the terrorists would be better to take up political assassinations. That way, they're not killing innocent people, only the guilty.
Two more in Ontario positive for West Nile. Damn...it's spreading, and it's close. Don't kill any spiders.
Nick Nolte arrested for driving while completely wasted. He was drooling and droopy eyed, but very polite and cooperative.
mainstream media on 9/11 foreknowledge: the government knew airplane attacks were going to occur in the US. At any rate, they were all acting awfully suspiciously. Warning each other on the 10th not to fly the next day, not letting Salman Rushdie fly on North American flights that week, using private jets. They showed a very suggestive lack of confidence in air travel in the weeks leading up to September 11th that no one wants to explain...
Chretien a terrorist sympathizer, say some knee-jerk conservatives after he pointed out that there is a widening gap between rich and poor in the world, and flaunting power over the powerless doesn't do any good for anybody and in fact makes you look arrogant and can give people reason to hate you. On September 11th, according to some, all that was required of world leaders was to say "Oh, the poor, poor Americans" and "Oh, those evil, nasty terrorists". Instead, the Prime Minister took the opportunity to point out that it might be good to reflect on the possible consequences of ignoring the grievances of the world's poor nations. Thus, he's gotten criticism from politicians who get their funding from rich people.
Iraq to Bush after UN speech: "You're so full of shit." Resident Bush's accusations to the UN were all lies, they said. "We will not allow any terrorist or tyrant to threaten civilisation with weapons of mass murder", said Junior. "That's our job!" He said that the UN had to uphold resolutions regarding Iraq from 10 years ago but should ignore resolutions regarding Israel from over the past 50 years or resolutions regarding the US from over the past 30 or so. "A regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power," said the illegitimate president, who mentioned that a regime who had no legitimacy in the first place really had nothing to loose. He also said that if the UN doesn't agree to his demands, he will consider them useless and the US will take up the role of global law enforcer with a Dirty Harry trigger finger.
UN delegates, at the conclusion of his speech, applauded the President's successful pronunciation of almost all the words.
Thursday, September 12, 2002
Bush make "relutant sheriff: speech to UN, where he'll show a rare concern for UN resolutions. After almost showing tears yesterday and hugging people, Bush manipulatively said to an emotional population, "We will not relent until justice is done, and our nation is secure. What our enemies have begun, we will finish," not bothering to explain what, exactly, Iraq had begun. I mean, their invasion of Kuwait was over 10 years ago, and which, if you examine the history and events, was the exact action the US would have taken had they been in Husseins place.
Also, consider how many United Nations Resolutions Against Israel, which made it past the US veto, that Israel, who receive unflagging support from Bush, consistently defy. How can anyone be expected to take such a hypocritical position seriously?
No one can. They just have to sit there and realize that this rabid little pup is in charge of the most powerful military mob on the planet, and he has a personal grudge against Hussein. Could that be because of his Kuwait based oil company? Something to look into, definitely...
Johnny Asia, Pope-About-Town, First Church of Common Sense America's dependence on oil to fuel it's wasteful consumer society is like a cocaine addict who has squandered his inheritance feeding his addictions, and is now cashing in his children's trust fund, which he hopes to recoup on a gambling trip to Las Vegas. He gets his cocaine in the ghetto. He has safe passage there, the drug gangs protect him because he is such a good customer. He buys the gang a pit bull that has been trained to kill, to help protect his "interests" in the ghetto. The pit bull escaped, and bit the hell out of the guy.
By all means, let us euthanize the pit bull, but let us also get the guy into treatment for his addictions. It will be difficult at first, but if he is to avoid drug crazed gangs and their pit bulls in the future, he simply must kick the habit. It's time for America to wake up, and snap out of denial!
Sheep can remember 10 human faces for two years and 50 sheep faces and Pigs 'share brain skills' with humans and primates in their ability to outwit each other. Makes "Babe" make more sense, dunnit?
Police charge man over sex with traffic cone.
Anger at U.S. Said to Be at New High, as Arabs feel that they are ignored and misunderstood as reflected by current US policies. Bush dismissed the news.
Time to end war, yet? After most Americans and television networks spent the past day remembering the people killed a year ago, Bush is going to press the UN to endorse his urge to kill more people. Is it really necessary to give Iraq even more opportunities to have their very own 9/11-type day? The sanctions alone have killed over a billion people over ten years. If it had happened all on one day, then would people notice and maybe think that that was enough?
The way to combat terrorism is to try to deal with the grievances that are ignored which cause terrorism. Not by bombing the shit out of somewhere, creating a body count which becomes martyrs for those seeking revenge. That doesn't avenge the deaths of anyone or honour their memories, least of all rescue workers who lost their lives trying to save people.
This is the NGC 9/11 message. All violent death should be avoided and used only as a reminder that destruction is bad. Not as an excuse to cause more.
I'd personally like to kick Bush and his rabid staff all square in the nuts. Not least for abusing the dead to further their own selfish interests. I hope Americans will realize what he's doing and impeach the bastard...I'm sure there's enough reasons to.
Forbidden thoughts about 9/11, where some very human reactions are revealed...
Nelson Mandela: The United States of America is a Threat to World Peace, especially Cheney, who actually opposed the decision way back to release Mandela from prison.
Wednesday, September 11, 2002
New 'moon' found around Earth, or it might be a piece of garbage. At any event, it arrived in April or May and started orbiting the earth. Did you know we already have two moons? The second one is called Cruithne and was discovered in 1986 and is not very big. This new one is called J002E2 and may be a bio-organic satellite sent by a higher intelligence to observe the Earth's progress. Or a hunk of rock or some discarded crap that we put there.
Lunar Landing Skeptic Says 'Buzz' Aldrin Attacked Him, when he asked the astronaut to swear on a bible that he had walked on the moon. No comment yet from Buzz.
U.S. Raises Terror Alert Level, in case you haven't heard. Just to make sure everyone is on their toes and paranoid yet defiant. The government says don't change your travel plans, but be vigilant. Drink lots of coffee. Don't taunt any cops because they're going to be really edgy. Listen to Bush attentively when he speaks because someone will report you if you don't. If the shit does hit the fan, expect a military takeover of the country.
Don't you wish you booked time off work this week and took a vacation somewhere isolated?
Tuesday, September 10, 2002
Police Say Cocaine Found on Florida Governor Bush's Daughter; She Is at Drug Rehab Center, but she'll probably be president some day, if there's anything left to be president of by then.
Was Hitler human? John Cusack's new film Max, a portrait of the dictator as a young artist, is sparking controversy and demands for it being banned by tons of people who haven't seen a frame of it. Painting evil men as inhuman monsters is good for rallying the troops, but doesn't help us understand why they come into being.
This Modern World--What the President has learned since 9/11.
Switzerland will join the UN on Thursday. They'll keep their square flag, too.
Some new items at the Nihilist Propaganda stores, just in time for 9/11...
  
They're called Patriot?, Constitution RIP and State of the Union. Buy them for your friends and family. I'm sure I'll get hate mail...
Monday, September 09, 2002
NewLoch Ness Monster pictures!
Drain the swamp and there will be no more mosquitoes--Chomski on the US threat against Iraq, which terrorists are looking forward to, in the hopes that the widespread destruction and misery will create even more hatred towards the States and net them some new recruits.
FBI issues terror warning for the 9/11 anniversary celebrations, er, memorial events and Bush's speech in front of the Statue of Liberty where he'll explain that sometimes freedom must be sacrificed in the pursuit of higher ideals, or some such thing. Also, protestors had better expect some severe crackdown during the World Bank and IMF meeting in Warshington at the end of the month.
Obesity is changing human shape...the next evolutionary step for humankind is not enhanced powers like the X-men, or mental powers like Leary advocated, but rather a bulging rounder shape.
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UN warns of Iraq consequences. The UN Secretary General urges the world to actually think about what a US attack on Iraq would do to the country and the region. The US urges the world to let fear and paranoia guide them, repeating their nuclear weapons mantra.
Bush Choir signing the praises of war. Every member of the administration is singing the same tune now, even Powell. They have proof of how dangerous and threatening Iraq is, and maybe they'll show it to us, later, maybe. And anyway, what do you want, a 9/11 with nuclear weapons? Is that what you want?! Let us bomb Iraq, already, then! Are the polls up yet? Do we have to repeat ourselves again?
Sunday, September 08, 2002
In war, some facts less factual...The US lied in order to whip up war fever for the original Desert Storm. Is there any reason not to suspect that they'll continue to lie in the sequel?
Majority of Canadians believe US to blame for 9/11. 69% said "You are bound to get stung when you stick your hand in the hornets' nest looking for honey."
And, guess, what...Bush is looking to stick his hand in the nest again...
Bush's "evidence" is 10 years old, which is actually more advanced in years than his mental and emotional age.
UN says enough talk, now DO something! After the disappointing results following the international photo-op event known as the Earth Summit, the UN has announced that they'll have no more until some of the agreements are implemented. Instead, there'll be a report card issued that will praise or shame countries for their action or inaction regarding the agreements, which the US will dismiss, probably.
Blair and Bush talk tough on Iraq. Satellite photos show that there's construction going on in Iraq, which could be of a nuclear nature, maybe, and besides, any construction in Iraq is a viable target in the US's view. Bush asks "What more proof do you want? Isn't Dick convincing enough?"
Blair says he has more proof and will reveal it all in coming weeks, once it's ready, and convincing looking enough.
Despite the fact that all their allies are opposed to an attack, Bush says he has broad support.
Is all this just a distraction for these two from domestic issues?
Maoists rebels kill 48 police in Nepal. The guerrillas attacked a police station at night and blocked entry to the town of reinforcements.
But, they're not terrorists. I don't get it. What's the difference? No one's going to bomb the hell out of them.
Saturday, September 07, 2002
Bush spent 30 minutes on the phone asking Leaders in 3 Key Nations for Iraq Support, as Junior follows in his daddy's footsteps in coalition building.
France and Russia made statements after the calls that mirrored statements they've been making for months, that there was still no proof of an urgent need to blow the hell out of Iraq, again. But, the White House issued counter statements saying that what they really meant was maybe there is. No statements were issued by the White House or China regarding that phone call, so it must've gone really badly. Perhaps there were harsh words and embarrasment.
Bush is planning what stupid things to say at the UN next Thursday that could possibly make a difference to the global community. But, the president, who's rejected various disarmament agreements, has said that he'll attack Iraq to enforce their disarmament agreement, regardless of whether or not he has support and approval from the UN, NATO, the American public, congress or his mom. In fact, he's pressing congress to hurry up and vote on the matter before the fall elections, where the public might get a say. Better to keep them out of the important decisions.
The only US ally in agreement is the UK's Tony Blair, who's meeting with foreign leaders to try to muster support for the aging adolescent president's vendetta against Hussein, even though Blair can't even muster up support for the crusade in his own country.
Meanwhile Jean Chretien, who's meeting with Junior on Monday, said he'll dispute the need to attack and demand proof that Bush isn't just speaking out of his ass.
Friday, September 06, 2002
Fascist Harper slams Senate pot report. Well, no surprise there. The Canadian Alliance nazi leader wants his young children to get violently drunk instead of getting stoned.
And David Griffin of the Canadian Police Association, who thinks cops should "play scientist" instead of politicians and who , from his picture, appears to be someone who's brain wouldn't recognize a new idea if it kicked him in the teeth, called the senate report "a back to school gift for drug pushers." Which, I think, is missing the point, since the "pushers" would have to register with the government and open stores or be put out of business by cigarette corporations who should probably welcome the news, so they can switch production from tobacco to pot. Just as long as they don't dump a bunch of crack cocaine and other chemicals in it to make it addictive, like Coca-cola or television.
But, note to Mr. Griffin and other dumb cops of his ilk: Most pot "pushers" are old hippy men or kids putting themselves through school or at worst, some smart-ass punk kid who wants to get himself an Xbox or something. If they ever get violent, it's because of the laws and stupid-ass cops. I don't know why he's upset. If pot is legalized and sold in stores, there'll still be plenty for cops to do. Maybe they might even become effective doing it, instead of wasting their time and resources busting some pot growing operation run by a couple of brothers and their sons.
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Thursday, September 05, 2002
Bush has to attack Iraq now, or else he'll look like aWimp, say bloodthursty conservatives. This is a foolhardy practise, I think. If people start calling George a wimp, he'll throw a temper tantrum and destroy the planet.
A Senate committee, in a 600-page report released yesterday, recommends legalizing marijuana and creating licences for producing and selling it. Also, granting amnesty to anyone convicted of possession. The committee determined that pot is less harmful than cigarettes or alcohol, and recommend that the legal sparking up age should be 16. The senators say that prosecuting drug charges costs Canada &1.5 billion every year. They figure it would not only save money, but also make money, and also calm people down. (That was a typo, but I thought I'd leave it there to see if any American's reading this thought that it was the symbol for the Canadian dollar...) Everyone's freaking out. The White House issued a predictable statement, condemning the report and claiming that getting drunk is better than getting stoned, and that alcoholics are better than potheads. Canada's top cop says that there are too many politicians playing scientist, which should be left to the police.
But, the Justice Minister said he's already considering decriminalizing marijuana possession down to paying a fine. You'd get a pot ticket. You don't go to jail. Just mail them a cheque. Which is essentially the same as if they sold it in packs at variety stores or liquor stores or even at pot stores, which would be pretty cool places, you have to admit. Instead of a fine, it'd just be taxes. But no cops would be involved.
The Health Minister said she'd review the report and consider the recommendations that deal with her department.
And you know what...? Chretien will do it.
He's said that he believes pot should be legalized for a while. As far back as before he was Prime Minister. (Don't kid yourself...he hung out with Trudeau back in the day) And he's approaching retirement and is out to shake shit up before he goes.
Whether you like or dislike pot....wouldn't it just be nice to have one less criminal law around?
India's Supreme Court appointed a panel to determine how much in damages Coke and Pepsi should pay for painting enormous logos on the Himalayas. Coke representatives apologized and said that they were lead to believe that the corporation owned the mountains. Pepsi representatives just blinked vacantly, lacking the perspicuity to understand the potential for lasting damage that the soulless multinational's limitless blundering possesses. Both agreed that whatever price that's to be paid is probably worth the publicity. The soft drink empires are now racing each other to carve bottles of their products next to the faces of dead presidents on Rushmore and are debating sponsoring bodybags if America gets around to attacking Iraq.
Hey, look: five Spider Robinson stories from By Any Other Name are online.
Wednesday, September 04, 2002
Comics2Film reports that Nicolas Cage is involved in a film adaptation of Frank Miller and Geoff Darrow's brilliantly psychotic and absurdly violent comic Hard Boiled, which will probably be outrageously expensive to make, since the comic involves several scenes of intricately detailed massive destruction. This would be great as an animated film, and it's probably the only feasible way to do it.
Tonight on Donahue, Al Franken, author of Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot: And Other Observations, talks about Congress, Bush and his new self-help book Oh, the Things I Know! A Guide to Success, Or, Failing That, Happiness.
Signs Point to Greater Rich-Poor Wage Gap under Bush. White House strategists clasp their hands and said: "Excellent! Everything is proceding as planned."
Colin Powell, during interrupted speech defending US environmetal record, told to "stick it in your ear" by hecklers. World leaders have criticized the US for rejecting the Kyoto Protocol with the excuse that the agreement would be too expensive for struggling American corporations, who already need a bunch of tax cuts and government handouts to survive and have enough excess cash to contribute to Bush's re-election campaign.
Tuesday, September 03, 2002
A Bit Ambiguously, Russia Backs Iraq Over U.S. Threat. "Washington is out of their mind with paranoia over this guy who poses no threat to them," Russian foreign minister Igor Ivanov said. "What's wrong with them that they are so soft in the head?"
The "I'm right - You're wrong" of spin. Anyone who has a different opinion than you is stupid or evil, and the Sinister and Vicious Corporation becomes Actually Quite Good, Inc.American corporations aren't stupid: They know from public relations. I am indebted to Mother Jones for the following list of recent corporate name changes: Nuclear Engineering is now U.S. Ecology; Monsanto Specialty Chemicals is now Solutia; ChemLawn/ChemGreen is now Tru Green/Land Care; the Agricultural Insecticide and Fungicide Association is now CropLife America, and Benton Oil and Gas Company has become Harvest Natural Resources.
Bush doesn't need to be at earth summit to fuck things up. EU caves in to US over green pact. The EU and Brazil wanted to see firm target for the development and implementation of renewable energy sources in developing countries, but the US, Japan and oil producing countries said NO! Use oil, dammit. Now, the agreement suggests that it might be good if renewable, environmentally clean alternative energy sources be developed sometime in the future and that it would be swell if corporations felt like they might like to behave responsibly. And even that still has to be ratified, when Bush's people might say they don't like the harsh wording or tone of the suggestion.
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