tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63358592011-05-03T23:53:01.059-05:00TomfoolIrregular posting, dilettantish content. This is the weblog of Mac Lomax, little-known character actor, infelicitous web guru, and erstwhile poet. Feel free to track me down and tell me what an unfortunate pile of biomass I am.Mnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4611100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1115268869152735602005-05-04T23:54:00.000-05:002005-05-04T23:54:29.366-05:00"Chappelle's Show" Shut Down - Yahoo! NewsMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1115268809659497582005-05-04T23:53:00.000-05:002005-05-04T23:53:30.146-05:00Sadness, everybody! Sadness is spreading!Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1108962602954208382005-02-21T00:09:00.000-05:002006-07-27T20:21:01.276-05:00R.I.P. Hunter S. ThompsonSundry hagiographic posts and articles:Susie BrightEric Gillin & Will LeitchRalph SteadmanNPR interview with Ben Fong-Torreswell-written obituary and a wonderful photo of Hunter [via boingboing]For my part, I got trashed and screamed at the bartender. It was my own pathetic, and some would say disingenuous, attempt at a Gonzo memorial service for a writer I loved and Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1107283665269105712005-02-01T13:47:00.000-05:002005-02-01T13:47:45.270-05:00Disappointed and Terrified*
A significant number of US high-school students regard their constitutional right to freedom of speech as excessive.... Only half felt newspapers should be allowed to publish stories that did not have the government's approval.Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1107113626183446412005-01-30T14:33:00.000-05:002005-01-30T14:33:46.183-05:00The art of seeing without sight
“He paints houses and mountains and lakes and faces and butterflies, but he's never seen any of these things.”
You can see many more of Esref Armagan's paintings hereMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1106814642713163742005-01-27T03:30:00.000-05:002005-01-27T03:30:42.713-05:001" to 1'Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1106695979238811702005-01-25T18:32:00.000-05:002005-01-25T21:47:52.443-05:00The 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2004
4. Dick Cheney
Crimes: So loathsome his own party is frightened of him. Manages to deliver stunning lies with an air of sneering authority. Shamelessly employs scare tactics in order to strip the federal government of any resemblance to the one described in the constitution. So visibly evil that all of the documented evidence against him is Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1105906903891672222005-01-16T15:21:00.000-05:002005-01-16T15:21:43.890-05:00
extra-oompHMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1105904486315042632005-01-16T14:41:00.000-05:002005-01-16T14:41:26.316-05:00FBI retires CarnivoreMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1105779765091381402005-01-15T04:02:00.000-05:002005-01-15T04:02:45.090-05:00On the road again....Mnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1105757466839186772005-01-14T21:51:00.000-05:002005-01-14T21:51:06.840-05:00
8-Track scans [via Boing Boing]Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1105732587312780322005-01-14T14:56:00.000-05:002005-01-14T14:56:27.313-05:00"may George W. Bush drink the blood of every man, woman and child in Iraq."Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1105515086481343352005-01-12T02:31:00.000-05:002005-01-12T02:32:58.636-05:00Libraries Put 'America' Back on Shelves: 'We were communists and fascists at the same time.' [via linkfilter]Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1105474399766688442005-01-11T15:13:00.000-05:002005-01-11T15:13:19.766-05:00Open-source beer [via Boing Boing]Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1105434205620586502005-01-11T04:03:00.000-05:002005-01-11T04:03:25.620-05:00
[via fazed - not safe for the squeamish]Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1105353607365190272005-01-10T05:40:00.000-05:002005-01-10T05:49:05.686-05:00Hacker tells lawmakers he only trusts paper ballots:
Calling himself a "certified ethical hacker," Herrin said he would never trust systems with computers because he breaks into them for a living. He says he only trusts paper ballots.
(Nice "".) Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1105352961348948492005-01-10T05:29:00.000-05:002005-01-10T05:41:36.503-05:00Worst-Case Scenarios [washingtonpost - registration required]Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1105352742512614612005-01-10T05:25:00.000-05:002005-01-10T05:42:05.573-05:00Dying with ecstasy (morsel, Boston Herald-style)Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1104977873830998432005-01-05T21:17:00.000-05:002005-01-05T21:42:13.286-05:00Zimbardo on Abu Ghraib:
The same processes that I witnessed in my Stanford Prison Experiment were clearly operating in that remote place: Deindividuation, dehumanization, boredom, groupthink, role-playing, rule control, and more. Beyond the relatively benign conditions in my study, in that Iraqi prison, the guards experienced extreme fatigue and exhaustion from working 12-hour shifts, 7 days a Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1104802310052961202005-01-03T20:31:00.000-05:002005-01-04T15:10:58.850-05:00
[via memepool]Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1102376276784584782004-12-06T18:37:00.000-05:002005-01-04T15:06:02.930-05:00Mexican Hot Dog CasseroleMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1102315256516665792004-12-06T01:40:00.000-05:002004-12-06T01:45:13.550-05:00
[via Presurfer]Mnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1100574336029209292004-11-15T22:05:00.000-05:002004-11-15T22:07:58.543-05:00Representing Contemporary War: David Campbell on Susan Sontag's Regarding the Pain of OthersMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1100548165492736972004-11-15T14:49:00.000-05:002004-11-15T14:49:25.493-05:00Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1100497207711727512004-11-15T00:40:00.000-05:002004-11-15T00:40:07.710-05:00Furious George and the Cross-Country Crime SpreeMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1100114878916070392004-11-10T14:27:00.000-05:002004-11-10T14:27:58.916-05:00Find out if you qualify to immigrate to Canada. My score was 73, so chances are there's a Moose in my future.Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1099631957212556172004-11-05T00:19:00.000-05:002004-11-05T00:19:17.213-05:00NC: Computer Loses 4,500 VotesMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1099589527012502282004-11-04T13:19:00.000-05:002004-11-04T12:34:58.240-05:00
From IDblog; title: Finding Hope. Then again, there's also this idea (both links via MonkeyFilter, 'cause I'm feeling lazy and defeated.)Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1099296592312434032004-11-01T03:09:00.000-05:002004-11-01T12:08:47.396-05:00
(Note: link is to an atrociously-designed site with parochial, fundy overtones.)Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1099030024952092462004-10-29T01:07:00.000-05:002004-10-29T01:07:04.953-05:00If you haven't seen the new Eminem video, go watch it.
Yes, he's a hypocritical mysogynistic scumbag (blah blah blah blah) - but, for real, props where props are due....Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1099004904802081702004-10-28T18:07:00.000-05:002004-10-28T18:08:24.803-05:00As they say, "here comes the science."Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1099000497778427522004-10-28T16:54:00.000-05:002004-11-15T00:45:10.426-05:00The Mojo Nixon Timeline
I stand alone
Out on the road
I know my flesh will rot
But the renegade and crazy-free
Will not be forgot!
-Mojo Nixon, "You Can't Kill Me"
I felt my whiskey-reddened eyes tear up as I read the news - eight months after the fact - that Mojo Nixon has called it quits. The great Yeti-haired anarchist redneck, the King of Sleaze and Hell-Raisin' Hillbilly Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1098995876279401232004-10-28T15:37:00.000-05:002004-10-28T15:37:56.280-05:00Dr. Thompson on the Election: The question this year is not whether President Bush is acting more and more like the head of a fascist government but if the American people want it that way. That is what this election is all about. We are down to nut-cutting time, and millions of people are angry. They want a Regime Change.
Some people say that George Bush should be run down and sacrificed to theMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1098948931555497402004-10-28T02:35:00.000-05:002004-10-28T02:35:31.556-05:00So, we can't see Bush's website because of reckless politicking by pinko broadsheet agitators, Republicans can't call outside the US lest they be corrupted by pinko broadsheet agitators, but Canadians are exempt because - well, readers will have to answer that for themselves but a massive black swarm of black helicopters is already hovering menacingly on the horizon.Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1098897742442658632004-10-27T12:00:00.000-05:002004-10-27T12:25:09.903-05:00Gogo Para Presidente! [8.3M QT mov - gracias Doug]Mnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1098484958876700672004-10-22T17:42:00.000-05:002004-10-22T17:42:38.876-05:00"The Daguerreotype" by E. A. PoeMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1098082072115036472004-10-18T01:46:00.000-05:002004-10-18T01:57:34.416-05:00
(found in the dregs of a Google search for Dillon, S.C.)Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1097961181281718492004-10-16T16:12:00.000-05:002004-10-16T16:13:01.283-05:00tomfooMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1097945092752982822004-10-16T12:42:00.000-05:002004-10-16T11:51:37.926-05:00Jon Stewart on "Crossfire"(iFilm link, 200K stream is free, via /.)
This is amazing. I'm not hyperbolizing when I say that Jon Stewart is an American hero, and he gives the colostomy bag with a bowtie (Tucker Carlson) exactly what he deserves.Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1097861204576476132004-10-15T12:26:00.000-05:002004-10-15T12:26:44.576-05:00Wearing earphones and viewing goggles, a person can step into the schizophrenic's shoes and see the world through his eyes and ears as he makes his way through a supermarket to the in-store pharmacy counter.Mnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1097803554926819072004-10-14T20:22:00.000-05:002004-10-14T20:33:14.463-05:00
The “Buddafingas” wrapper lists the product as “TaiNTed / Buddafinga / diggety, dankity, peanut-buttery!” and a consumer warning “For MEDICINAL Use Only”. [via Metafilter]Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1097787426935726352004-10-14T15:45:00.000-05:002004-10-14T15:57:06.936-05:00Zombies descend on Times Square! (Also, check out the new Bret Michaels video.)Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1097361790600365522004-10-09T17:40:00.000-05:002004-10-09T17:43:10.600-05:00Useful Debate Transcript
Jim Lehrer-
New question Mr. President. Do you believe there are underlying character flaws in Mr. Kerry which would affect his work if he were to be president?
George W Bush-
Mr. Kerry is a noble man, an honest man, a tall man. I have looked on at him for many years and loved him. I have also loved his wife, Teresa, and his daughters too. I have loved them all. I have Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1097309135148099112004-10-09T03:05:00.000-05:002004-10-09T03:06:37.863-05:004:05 a.m. (.asx, via Tofu Hut)Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1097307360509869392004-10-09T02:18:00.000-05:002004-10-09T02:36:00.510-05:00
Got wood? (via Monkeyfilter) Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1097197908988744602004-10-07T20:11:00.000-05:002004-10-07T20:11:48.986-05:00Sea Disasters TimelineMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1097197690226861262004-10-07T20:07:00.000-05:002004-10-07T20:08:10.226-05:00Varieties of Fancy MiceMnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1097195584923558482004-10-07T19:32:00.000-05:002004-10-07T19:36:34.396-05:00Great editorial on the least remarked-upon moment in the first presidential debate.
Three days before the Kerry-Bush face-off in Miami, the Justice Department released a classified summary of a frightening report by that agency's Inspector General. The bad news literally sent a chill down my spine.
The IG investigation discovered that 123,000 hours of eavesdropped recordings related to possible Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1097190687793954002004-10-07T18:10:00.000-05:002004-10-07T18:11:27.793-05:00It's official: Bush has been re-elected. (via Metafilter)Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1097123604960194842004-10-07T00:31:00.000-05:002004-10-06T23:33:24.960-05:00If this is happening elsewhere, it looks as if the overseas military vote that Bush is used to won't be there this time around.
Sorry for the recent lack of updates, y'all. Regular updates start again tomorrow, guaranteed.Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1096917253638710332004-10-04T14:08:00.000-05:002004-10-04T14:14:13.636-05:00"In the event of a dildo, we have to use the indefinite article 'a dildo', never 'your ... dildo.'" (hat tip Mandi)Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1096897647860802572004-10-04T08:47:00.000-05:002004-10-04T08:47:27.860-05:00RIP Janet LeighMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1096640921761334982004-10-01T09:28:00.000-05:002004-10-01T09:28:41.763-05:00Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1096507563540225242004-09-29T20:24:00.000-05:002004-09-29T20:26:03.540-05:00"America totally kicks ass!... We are motherfucking hard like a gangster with a nine by our side! Except there’s no five-oh gonna roll up and beat our ass down! We’re not criminals because there’s no international law!"Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1096496656593207462004-09-29T17:23:00.000-05:002004-09-29T17:24:16.593-05:00W Ketchup is America's ketchupMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1096396523754192912004-09-28T13:35:00.000-05:002004-09-28T13:35:23.756-05:00Random Pomo Essay GeneratorMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1096347230840209752004-09-28T00:53:00.000-05:002004-09-27T23:54:08.126-05:00...Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1096344935859867562004-09-28T00:15:00.000-05:002004-09-27T23:54:21.100-05:00Mr. Palahniuk was sitting quietly in coach not long ago when a flight attendant who had seen his name on the passenger manifest leaned in very close and asked if "Fight Club" was really about gay men having sex in front of one another in bath houses. The impeccably polite author put a finger to his lips. "Don't tell anybody," he whispered.Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1095869265963683912004-09-22T12:03:00.000-05:002004-09-22T15:43:06.340-05:00For those of you interested, Chuck Palahniuk will be giving two readings in the Triangle today - one in progress at the Bull's Head Bookshop and another at 7 pm tonight at the Durham Armory ($2 admission fee).Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1095868931933306112004-09-22T12:01:00.000-05:002004-09-22T11:02:11.933-05:00RIP Russ MeyerMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1095726090728574492004-09-20T19:21:00.000-05:002004-09-20T19:21:30.726-05:00What if the whole world could vote in the U.S. presidential election? Afghanistan's results are interesting.Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1095713740226590412004-09-20T15:38:00.000-05:002004-09-20T16:14:09.463-05:00Watch (.wmv, skip ahead to 36:00) Jimmy Swaggart threaten to kill any potential gay admirers. (He probably shouldn't be worried about a gay man wanting to penetrate his hemorrhoidally-stressed brown star, but hey, he's young at heart - via The Church of Critical Thinking.)Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1095564008632654802004-09-18T22:19:00.000-05:002004-09-18T22:20:26.416-05:00Fnord!Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1095563532795467112004-09-18T22:11:00.000-05:002004-09-18T22:20:43.376-05:00Building the Perfect Dream MachineMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1095547124428850042004-09-18T17:38:00.000-05:002004-09-18T17:42:08.593-05:00Toutatis is coming. Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1095546839682881422004-09-18T17:25:00.000-05:002004-09-18T17:34:52.290-05:00"Treat him with kindness and maybe he'll see the light."
A soft spot in Dick Cheney's hardened arteries? Probably not, but I love the excuse the old veteran gives for attacking the protester.Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1095545221241520302004-09-18T16:55:00.000-05:002004-09-18T17:07:01.240-05:00
Planet X is also home of Monster Zero, a.k.a. Ghidrah.Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1095543735222557302004-09-18T16:41:00.000-05:002004-09-18T16:42:15.223-05:00Charles Montford. Age: 47. Profession: Plumber. Primary aspiration: To make Alex Trebek look like a goddamn idiot on his own gameshow.Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1095542565902903692004-09-18T16:18:00.000-05:002004-09-18T16:23:25.266-05:00
Canadian tobacco warning labels, eh?Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1095541378548398372004-09-18T15:52:00.000-05:002004-09-18T16:13:09.573-05:00
This advertisement for Parisienne Cigarettes by David Lynch is very Lynchian.Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1095530650295173662004-09-18T13:03:00.000-05:002004-09-18T13:04:10.296-05:00Startling demonstrations using real election software proving that any teenager or terrorist with a laptop can create havoc with the election results in November. Or, more onerous: Anyone with an agenda or a profit motive can help themselves to an election with subtlety such that no one will ever know.Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1095463004737860692004-09-17T18:14:00.000-05:002004-09-17T18:18:00.840-05:00HipstersCircle I LimboBill GatesCircle II Whirling in a Dark & Stormy WindParents who bring squalling brats to R-rated moviesCircle III Mud, Rain, Cold, Hail & SnowRepublicans, RednecksCircle IV Rolling WeightsGeorge BushCircle V Stuck in Mud, MangledRiver StyxFratboys/SorostitutesCircle VI Buried for EternityRiver PhlegyasCreationistsCircle VII Burning SandsCorrupt copsCircle IIX Immersed in Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1095013953071446702004-09-12T13:32:00.000-05:002004-09-12T13:32:33.070-05:00A furious row has broken out over claims in a new book by BBC broadcaster James Naughtie that US Secretary of State Colin Powell described neo-conservatives in the Bush administration as 'fucking crazies' during the build-up to war in Iraq.Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1094926667774460632004-09-11T13:16:00.000-05:002004-09-11T13:22:17.903-05:00Transtopia and the Extropy Institute seem to pick up where the Hedonistic Imperative left off.Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1094849051426594322004-09-10T15:35:00.000-05:002004-09-10T15:44:11.426-05:00"Pass the Black Widow, mate."Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1094846837712269912004-09-10T15:00:00.000-05:002004-09-10T15:10:35.670-05:00I didn't know about the Deborah Leigh Key disappearance/murder case - and for those of you so heartless that you find the article too long, I've excerpted the weird part:
In addition to the second-degree murder charge, Carrboro police charged Dalzell with obtaining property by false pretenses for attempting to obtain Internet access to the Svetlana Agency by using someone else's credit card. Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1094579761010871352004-09-07T12:55:00.000-05:002004-09-07T12:56:01.010-05:00By the numbers ... Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1094536765939168212004-09-07T00:58:00.000-05:002004-09-07T00:59:25.940-05:00This is a dense text. The opening line is a statement of faith, a creed if you will: "Jesus had a 12-inch penis". It is an affirmation of the manhood of Jesus; an echo of the ancient Chalcedonian confession of Jesus as "the same perfect in Godhead, perfect in Manhood, very God and very Man". And what more perfect expression of perfect Manhood can there be than a 12-inch penis?Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1094535583698573512004-09-07T00:38:00.000-05:002004-09-07T00:39:43.696-05:00Disneyworld BaghdadMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1094397879349028562004-09-05T10:23:00.000-05:002004-09-05T10:24:39.350-05:00... the proverbial "fox guarding the hen house ..."Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1094251931403638402004-09-03T17:50:00.000-05:002004-09-03T17:52:49.513-05:00The Justice Department has argued in a recent court case that librarians, booksellers and other businesses can easily challenge a controversial provision of the USA Patriot Act by appealing to a super-secret court that approves surveillance of terrorists and foreign intelligence agents.
The only problem, according to a document released last week, is that the same court does not allow anyone butMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1094249414385189752004-09-03T17:09:00.000-05:002004-09-03T17:10:14.386-05:00The Product Placement BibleMnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1094248944358783752004-09-03T16:50:00.000-05:002004-09-03T17:04:17.213-05:00My friend Gulliver will be on VG Extreme's call-in radio show this evening (in about ten minutes, actually), talking about Just Add Water's award-winning entry at the 48-Hour Film Project in San Diego.Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1094248004964410412004-09-03T16:41:00.000-05:002004-09-03T17:45:33.120-05:00Nooooo! (Yes.)Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1094069912128034572004-09-01T15:14:00.000-05:002004-09-01T15:20:04.093-05:00One person on the convention floor tore a banner, which said "Stop AIDS, Drop the Debt," from the hands of another protester. Security officials removed the demonstrators from the floor.
What the fuck is the point of this paragraph? CNN: still a shitty excuse for a viable news outlet after all these years.Mnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1093994837242732912004-08-31T16:01:00.000-05:002004-08-31T18:44:03.790-05:00I stumbled upon an old news item (Windows Media) about Carnivore (which, despite what Terry Nugent believes, remains operative under the less abrasive sobriquet "DCS1000"). Though I'm an often trenchant civil libertarian, I can understand the need for this type of technology. However, if the programmers who created Carnivore are that assiduous, then they're certainly capable of creating an Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1093913127666513772004-08-30T19:43:00.000-05:002004-08-30T19:45:27.666-05:00Industrial fire incident logs. That's right, it's Monday.Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1093912221116774142004-08-30T19:28:00.000-05:002004-08-30T19:30:21.116-05:00Ballots from the 51st State: With around six million Americans living abroad, there are enough voters to make up a 51st state. But US voters are registered in the county and state in which they last lived. And it was the absentee votes (and the way they were counted) that made the difference in the crucial states in 2000.Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1093874614565550832004-08-30T08:57:00.000-05:002004-08-30T09:03:34.566-05:00Black Table RNC Archive (thanks to Mandi)Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1093873782359907612004-08-30T08:48:00.000-05:002004-08-30T08:49:42.360-05:00Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1093821853350917472004-08-29T18:19:00.000-05:002004-08-29T18:24:13.350-05:00Hmmm ... dull anarchists?Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1093819817235908102004-08-29T17:38:00.000-05:002004-08-29T17:50:36.376-05:00
Hacktivists have launched an online protest against the Corporate Machine by stealing hundreds of credit cards from major news services and have made over $2400 in donations to various humanitarian and civil liberties organizations including the Sierra Club, Save The Children, Animal Protection Institute, and more.
This is from Indymedia's newswire, so take it with a packet of iodized salt.Mnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1093801069730615572004-08-29T12:30:00.000-05:002004-08-29T12:37:49.730-05:00'Bikes Against Bush' creator arrested ... though for what, no one can say. Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1093715858583818852004-08-28T12:54:00.015-05:002004-08-28T12:57:38.583-05:00It's hard for me to kick against the pricks...Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1093643817040641772004-08-27T16:55:00.000-05:002004-08-27T16:57:16.706-05:00"It'd get an orgasm out of a stone." (possible NSFW, if you're in some kind of fascist cubicle hell)Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1093532071280961132004-08-26T09:52:00.000-05:002004-08-26T09:54:31.280-05:00This is very sad. Makes me want to go torch a whole bunch of government vans. Not while sitting in them, mind you.Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1093480914673237642004-08-25T19:41:00.000-05:002004-08-25T19:41:54.673-05:00Hmmm ... I had never heard of Baby Huey.Mnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1093474078592174192004-08-25T17:47:00.000-05:002004-08-25T19:53:35.606-05:00The History of Fuck (sound NSFW) - I actually owned a tape with this audio track on it years ago - some weird, nominal compilation that included the then-profane (yet, still facetious) song "Orgasm Addict" by the Buzzcocks. I post this because Alec has become obsessed with this creepy video (.wmv) ... and might I suggest that, if you'd like to maintain some similitude of sapience, and respect Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1093445534826018462004-08-25T09:42:00.000-05:002004-08-25T17:48:27.000-05:00Speaking of spam, here are some gelastic farmboy hummus $pam p0etry, from geezer Yahoo account:
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And my favorite:
f 0 r b 1 d d e n    l 0 l 1 t a s    Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335859.post-1093444889640427742004-08-25T09:38:00.000-05:002004-08-25T09:41:29.640-05:00Chung-Kwei cut off head $pam free mature morphing daughters!!!Mnoreply@blogger.com0