2/11/05 – 2/18/05
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2/18/05
7:35 pm CST
What a terrible shame …
Vandals Horribly Deface Big Dictator Billboard
7:27 pm CST
A Very Special Message
Harry the Lobster King and his Lobster Waitresses say: “Thank God it’s Friday!”
7:09 pm CST
Freedom of expression:
Artist Jailed for Painting a Mural of a Bare-Breasted Woman and the Word “Love”
6:53 pm CST
You couldn’t make up a story like this if you tried:
Gorilla Foundation Sued by Former Employees Who Say They Were Told to Expose Their Breasts to Koko the Talking Gorilla
6:50 pm CST
Taser Report
A disabled man visiting the Universal Studios theme park in Orlando was shot with a Taser . The man was simply trying to reason with the off-duty cop who was moonlighting as a security guard at the park. This is the latest in a growing list of such incidents. Some are calling for a ban on Tasers, but I think these incidents say more about the police than they do about the weapon itself. Police departments need to stop hiring cretins and thugs as officers, and they also need to train officers to deal with the public in a more rational manner. Today’s cop culture, coupled with the lack of intelligence of so many cops, is the problem, not the Taser itself.
2/17/05
6:24 pm CST
Fourth Reich News
Big surprise. A bona fide creep has been picked to be Director of Creeps:
Bush to Tap Negroponte as Intel Director
I wonder how long it will be before these things are patrolling US streets:
US plans Carlyle Group's 'robot troops' for Iraq
Inexcusable:
Cops Taser Man in Diabetic Shock
No wonder hardly anyone is concerned about our vanishing freedoms:
99% of American adults can't name the 5 freedoms of 1st Amendment
2/16/05
8:32 pm CST
HUMP-DAY HEADLINE ROUNDUP
Wars and Rumors of Wars
Syria blames Israel for assassination
Putin to Sharon: Russia to sell anti-aircraft missiles to Syria
Iran to aid Syria against threats
'Missile strike' claim sparks scare
Iran says explosion caused by road blasting
Iran Will Know How to Build Bomb in 6 Months - Israel
Officials Warn of Future Terror Attacks
Gay Old Party
Al Martin: Karl Rove and the Gay Republican Mafia
WARNING: This link contains links to gay Republican porn (the worst kind):
A Man Called Jeff
Police State Australia
Australian Government keeping secret database of people who criticise policies
Police State America
States Mull Taxing Drivers by Mile
Big Brother Lives! States Considering Monitoring, Taxing Motorists with GPS Units
2/15/05
7:43 pm CST
Continuing the Silver Age Superman theme begun two days ago in this blog, I present the above classic JFK-Marilyn-Jerry Lewis cover. This scan, however, is not from my own extensive personal collection, but rather, was sent to me tonight by my friend Brian Roper.
By the way, Brian recently wrote two great articles on the File 23 site that I greatly enjoyed: Living in a Turd World and My Hometown. I especially related to the latter article, because it happens that Brian’s hometown is Fort Worth, where I spent a good portion of my formative years. I lived there in the ‘50s and afterwards lived close to it in one suburb or another, until ’78 when I moved to Austin; also, over the years, I have had many an occasion to re-visit Fort Worth. Thus, I can easily relate to Brian’s memories of Fort Worth in the ‘60s and his befuddlement over the swiftness and thoroughness of its replacement with an almost unrecognizable city.
Also on File 23: a new Cranky the Clown column. Check it out HERE.
6:52 CST
Gay Old Party: The Story Continues …
"OUTED": White House Reporter "Jeff Gannon" is/was Homosexual Escort
Karl Rove: Did He Leak Plame Memo to Jeff Gannon?
2/14/05
10:11 pm CST
Yet Another Taser report:
San Diego Man Dies After Being Shot With Taser
9:28 pm CST
Health Alert:
Flu Shots for Elderly Don't Save Lives
G.O.P.: Gay Old Party (Or, The Franklin Cover-Up Redux?)
Stirring the White House honey pot
''Jeff Gannon'': Meet Karl Rove, via Bobby Eberle
''Jeff Gannon'' of TalonNews/GOPUSA Quits Washington-Bureau in Disgrace
Jeff Gannon and Other Gay Republicans
Another Taser Report:
Man who died after Taser stun was facing trial
Taser stock drops on Chicago incident
2/13/05
5:06 pm CST
Robots, chimeras, clones, cyborgs … yesterday’s bad science fiction is today’s bad news:
Sex and the Single Robot
US Sends Armed Robots to Front Line
Animal-Human Hybrids Spark Controversy
U.S. Denies Patent for a Too-Human Hybrid
U.S. FDA approves use of implanted microchips in human brains
4:43 pm CST
BREAKING NEWS:
Gunmen Open Fire in Upstate NY Shopping Mall: 3-10 Shot
2/12/05
3:32 pm CST
“It was a time of great and exalting excitement …”
My friend Luke Przybylski, proprietor of the highly entertaining art blog The Bore Hole, sent me THIS LINK containing a true account (complete with photos) of a military recruitment rally held last month at Porter Memorial Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky. The shameful spectacle described therein (replete with the Cross being covered with the American flag during the pro-war pitch) reminds me of the scene in Mark Twain’s “The War Prayer.”
Mark Twain wrote "The War Prayer" during the Philippine-American War. It was submitted for publication to Harper's Bazaar, but the magazine rejected it. Twain later wrote to a friend, "I don't think the prayer will be published in my time. None but the dead are permitted to tell the truth."
Read “The War Prayer” HERE. It is as relevant today as it was in Twain’s time.
Two more pieces by Twain on the Philippine-American War:
To the Person Sitting in Darkness
A Defence of General Funston
Also, here is an article that discusses the relevance of Twain’s anti-imperialist writings to our present-day situation:
Mark Twain in Iraq?
3:28 pm CST
You may have noticed the Uncle Sam graphic at the top of the right column on this page. If you click on that graphic, it will take you to the website of Mothers Against the Draft, where you can sign the on-line petition. You’ll also find that the site contains a wealth of information about the draft. It is highly recommended as a resource. Send this link far and wide.
On that subject, here are two articles which just came to my attention:
Rolling Stone:
The Return of the Draft
American Free Press:
Draft Looms: Now That Election Is Over, Expect to See Conscription
2/11/05
6:31 pm CST
NOW SHOWING ON MY OTHER WEBSITE
BISONBILL.COM
5:07 pm CST
Super National ID Card Passes House
Homeland chief to 'waive all laws'?
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