Friday, August 29, 2003
Scientists found a new Mystery Ape
Another great band name swiped by scientists. Thanks to scientists, you'll never hear the phrase 'Holy shit dude, did you catch Mystery Ape's set last week? Sick.' spoken. Who are these "Scientists" anyway? If they were any kind of forward-thinking scientists, they'd forgo the Latin species naming conventions, and let the apes stick with the much cooler "Mystery Ape" moniker permanently. Who do you think would win in fight between scientists and experts? That's right. We all would.
Another great band name swiped by scientists. Thanks to scientists, you'll never hear the phrase 'Holy shit dude, did you catch Mystery Ape's set last week? Sick.' spoken. Who are these "Scientists" anyway? If they were any kind of forward-thinking scientists, they'd forgo the Latin species naming conventions, and let the apes stick with the much cooler "Mystery Ape" moniker permanently. Who do you think would win in fight between scientists and experts? That's right. We all would.
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Speaking of Orwellian invasion, MIT will unveil a new barcode that could give every damned thing a primary key into the ultimate database.
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Revoke succeeded.
SQL> DELETE FROM LIBERTIES.PRIVACY_CONSTRAINTS;
Table empty.
SQL> COMMIT;
Commit complete.
Tag! You're inventory.
Speaking of Orwellian invasion, MIT will unveil a new barcode that could give every damned thing a primary key into the ultimate database.
Absurdist, radical, mysticist, breastaphobe, and all-around 4th-Reich funboy John Ashcroft faces some lightweight, half-hearted, kid-glove criticism from his co-conspirators in the neofascist Republican party, and it makes news. Its not yet clear whether the Flat Earth Society has released a criticism. The Amish think this guy is a regressive bumpkin. Seems the (R)s want him to tone down the seig-heiling and goose-stepping that they all gladly went along with - Constitution be damned - back in October 2001. Only Dean had the courage to call him the worst attorney general in history.
At least somebody's not afraid to say it. How many future generations do you think it will take to clean up the right-wing ideological fallout, the liberties dismantling, and the stinking economic carcass that BushCo is leaving in its wake? If your name is 'Big Media', you apparently don't care. Its shameful how none of the supposed liberal media outlets are running this slow motion trainwreck in progress.
At least somebody's not afraid to say it. How many future generations do you think it will take to clean up the right-wing ideological fallout, the liberties dismantling, and the stinking economic carcass that BushCo is leaving in its wake? If your name is 'Big Media', you apparently don't care. Its shameful how none of the supposed liberal media outlets are running this slow motion trainwreck in progress.
Thursday, August 28, 2003
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
Friends in high places + monumental corporate crime = free pass
Prosecutors believe that Enron and Worldcom execs will skate. After all, how will Ebbers, Skilling, and Lay enjoy their tax cuts and dividend revenues if they're bothered by something as pesky as justice? This conservatism sure is compassionate!
Prosecutors believe that Enron and Worldcom execs will skate. After all, how will Ebbers, Skilling, and Lay enjoy their tax cuts and dividend revenues if they're bothered by something as pesky as justice? This conservatism sure is compassionate!
[The New Republican Surveillance State] In Ashcroft's new America, 8% of you are viewed as a risk so severe that you must be stopped, questioned, and searched.
Keene said he had been told at a private briefing by the head of the Transportation Security Administration that an estimated 8% of the 2.5 million passengers boarding commercial flights each day would be classified as posing an "unknown risk" and asked to step aside for additional searches.
Keene said he had been told at a private briefing by the head of the Transportation Security Administration that an estimated 8% of the 2.5 million passengers boarding commercial flights each day would be classified as posing an "unknown risk" and asked to step aside for additional searches.
Monday, August 25, 2003
More harmful Bush administration lies uncovered: White House Ordered EPA to Mislead New Yorkers on 9/11 Air Quality
"When the EPA made a September 18 announcement that the air was 'safe' to breathe, it did not have sufficient data and analyses to make such a blanket statement," the report says. "Furthermore, the White House Council on Environmental Quality influenced . . . the information that EPA communicated to the public through its early press releases when it convinced EPA to add reassuring statements and delete cautionary ones."
"When the EPA made a September 18 announcement that the air was 'safe' to breathe, it did not have sufficient data and analyses to make such a blanket statement," the report says. "Furthermore, the White House Council on Environmental Quality influenced . . . the information that EPA communicated to the public through its early press releases when it convinced EPA to add reassuring statements and delete cautionary ones."
Director of the BBC announces plans to open the archive, and make it publicly available online for free.
"For the first time there is an easy and affordable way of making this treasure trove of BBC content available to all."
He predicted that everyone would benefit from the online archive, from people accessing the internet at home, children and adults using public libraries, to students at school and university.
"For the first time there is an easy and affordable way of making this treasure trove of BBC content available to all."
He predicted that everyone would benefit from the online archive, from people accessing the internet at home, children and adults using public libraries, to students at school and university.
Sunday, August 24, 2003
Salt Hay is found in salt-water marshes along New England, Long Island, and the Delaware Bay estuary. Species of the plant differ by inches above tide level, and it is one of the messiest and most difficult plant to farm because of its habitat.
Early 20th century photographs of farmers harvesting Salt Hay [2]
Cutting and stacking
Another Article (New Hampshire)
Early 20th century photographs of farmers harvesting Salt Hay [2]
Cutting and stacking
Another Article (New Hampshire)
Friday, August 22, 2003
Speaking of the Bush administration as the new face of fascism - an article from Sunday, April 9, 1944 from the New York Times entitled The Danger of American Fascism, courtesy of Metafilter
The dangerous American fascist is the man who wants to do in the United States in an American way what Hitler did in Germany in a Prussian way. The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power.
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Still another danger is represented by those who, paying lip service to democracy and the common welfare, in their insatiable greed for money and the power which money gives, do not hesitate surreptitiously to evade the laws designed to safeguard the public from monopolistic extortion
The dangerous American fascist is the man who wants to do in the United States in an American way what Hitler did in Germany in a Prussian way. The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power.
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Still another danger is represented by those who, paying lip service to democracy and the common welfare, in their insatiable greed for money and the power which money gives, do not hesitate surreptitiously to evade the laws designed to safeguard the public from monopolistic extortion
[America vs. Ashcroft] Democrats around the country are bravely calling for ultra-right-wing, extremist, civil-rights terrorist, and fundamentalist/mysticist John Ashcroft to desist from further speaking engagements or or explain why they do not violate restrictions on political activities by government officials.
The brand of neo-fascism and invasion of liberties that the illegitimately-appointed Ashcroft supports cannot be defeated unless Americans are vocal in their unconditional rejection of his Orwellian, anti-American measures. A man who thinks dancing is satanic, and is so utterly terrified of a female breast that he has to have public art censored shouldn't be allowed to determine just measures of security policy, implementation, or enforcement.
Lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union raised similar concerns about Mr. Ashcroft's speaking tour, which began this week in Washington, Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Des Moines and will continue over the next three weeks.
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Barbara Comstock, the Justice Department spokeswoman, said Mr. Ashcroft's speaking tour had been thoroughly reviewed by department lawyers and was "entirely appropriate" under federal law.
Don't let Ashcroft get away with destroying everything that your Constitutional Amendments guarantee!
The brand of neo-fascism and invasion of liberties that the illegitimately-appointed Ashcroft supports cannot be defeated unless Americans are vocal in their unconditional rejection of his Orwellian, anti-American measures. A man who thinks dancing is satanic, and is so utterly terrified of a female breast that he has to have public art censored shouldn't be allowed to determine just measures of security policy, implementation, or enforcement.
Lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union raised similar concerns about Mr. Ashcroft's speaking tour, which began this week in Washington, Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Des Moines and will continue over the next three weeks.
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Barbara Comstock, the Justice Department spokeswoman, said Mr. Ashcroft's speaking tour had been thoroughly reviewed by department lawyers and was "entirely appropriate" under federal law.
Don't let Ashcroft get away with destroying everything that your Constitutional Amendments guarantee!
20 Cheap Beers Reviewed
This is a Dear John letter from your brain to your liver. It's so smooth and creamy and refreshing I thought the can was made from magic. It packs a hell of a whallop and costs less than a buck a can. Seconds after finishing it, I quit my job and vowed to never wash again.
This is a Dear John letter from your brain to your liver. It's so smooth and creamy and refreshing I thought the can was made from magic. It packs a hell of a whallop and costs less than a buck a can. Seconds after finishing it, I quit my job and vowed to never wash again.