Bubbling this link to the
Bubbling this link to the top: Retrogression Magazine: A journal of music and revolution because the site is active again after a couple months of dormancy.
Bubbling this link to the top: Retrogression Magazine: A journal of music and revolution because the site is active again after a couple months of dormancy.
I picked up a Fantastic Four the other day and was shocked! Either Sue is still breast feeding Franklin or Reed has found some interesting new uses for unstable molecules. Either way, it's not the role model I want for my little girl.John Sokol worries in a column for Sequential Tart that the comics he loves are no good for his daughter's self-image. For an idea of what he's talking about, check out ST's Bizzare Breasts.
In Florida, NPR profiles the first retirement community for openly gay and lesbian senior citizens.
I’ve been playing with these pictures of Don pointing at himself and yawning for about 30 minutes.
We are tired of seeing blonde blue-eyed women used to sell make-up to black women, of a 14-year-old girl selling anti-aging cream that a 60-year-old woman will buy.Isabella Rossellini is launching her own line of cosmetics called Manifesto. BoyCaught stole the quote from net.Headlines, so I figured he wouldn't mind too much if I stole it from him.
Friday’s Democracy NOW! featured a town-hall-type discussion titled The Resistance: Where Do We Go From Here? Guests included Michael Franti, Medea Benjamin, John Sellers and Jello Biafra.
I don't want to be part of a show that calls women "bitches" and makes fun of Cassandra not having sex in a year.Big Brother housemate Brittany almost walked out with the seven other cast members, but you'd never know it if you just watched the show. I bet if they could see the show as it is broadcast they'd be long gone. Salon's Martha Soukup watches the 24/7 webcast so you don't have to.
There’s some great stuff going on at fury.com – AOLiza interfaces the classic Eliza AI-ish psychotherapist program with unsuspecting AIMers; Project Cameo is a great meme that’s begun to spread, though I can’t find any content yet.
Gotta love the design of this interview … I only wish the ’d' key worked.
New at TCBY: Kool-Aid ice cream!
Cause I ride my slant-eyed slope like a brand new Kawasaki Oh me chinky she`s so kinky got me hot like Nagasaki I think I got that jungle fever but I caught it in `Nam She's like an oriental rug cause I lay her where I please Then I blindfold her with dental floss and get down on her kneesSpeaking of the Bloodhound Gang from 3-2-1 Contact, this Bloodhound Gang's racist, sexist and homophobic lyrics have spawned various protests and creative rebuttals, like this one sponsored by the spoken word troupe I was Born with 2 Tongues. (posted for bexn)
Screenshots is a unique and fascinating project – “a series of drawings from an isometric perspective, in the style of a computer game”. Other projects by the creator of Screenshots include historical and pornographic images digitally edited to remove the figures. Saturday’s Lake Effect provides some commentary and context for this challenging work.
It's often said there is an intergenerational responsibility for slavery, for brutality, and people in this generation say, Well, I didn't have anything to do with that. And what's that got to do with me? Well, you know what? Corporations have been around for a long time. They've got perpetual life. And they operated and benefited from the repression of innocent people in this country, and they should be required to pay.From Ralph Nader's speech to the NAACP's 91st annual convention.
Check out the best analysis of the Democrats and of the left I’ve read this political season.
Bubbling this link to the top: a r b l o g - p o l y m a t h - g r e e n - s m o k e - t e c h n o l o g y because I want to keep an eye on it.
la.indymedia highlights:
realaudio of hip hop panel at shadow convention
when animals attack: unprovoked police charge civilians in a subway station
more protests at the Boston presidential debate Oct 3?
Why? - IMC’s Protest E-zine
If you’ve let yourself be disinformed about the d2kla protests by the corporate media, then it’s your responsibility to educate yourself about the issues raised by the protestors and to keep up on the news as reported by independent journalists as well. A good start would be to find out exactly what a black bloc really is.
A mad depressing metafilter thread on the Kursk accident discusses the sinking of the USS Arizona (pictured) at Pearl Harbor.
After I irresponsibly set it off at MetaFilter, johnb of The Green Boffin stepped in to drop some knowledge – don’t miss the analysis and insight in his posts.
In the future, displays will be wadded up and thrown away. thanks, dad.
Is this what democracy looks like?
“The Robyn Van En Center offers assistance to the enlarging community supported agriculture movement.” Find and join a local CSA project for fresh farm produce, yum!
The official police explanation for shutting down the concert is that the crowd had become unruly, with youths throwing rocks over the fence at the police and starting fires. In truth, the police were looking for a pretext -- any pretext — to shut down the gathering, fire some ammo, and clear a path for departing Democratic delegates. At 9th and Figueroa my group decides to take advantage of this opportunity to ‘dialogue’ (Democrats like that word) with the delegates as they make their way away. I wish one cluster an expiditious journey back to Beverly Hills and I get a look that says, How did you know where we’re going? My friend Sara asks them how they feel about living in a democratic police state. Calling them corporate liberals — and ineffectual to boot — is also surprisingly satisfying. Since Democrats fashion themselves to the left of something, they are disarmed by such taunts.NewsForChange (good d2kla protest coverage) diarist Aaron Hackett participated in the Critical Mass ride yesterday and escaped arrest. I look forward to reading his protest journal as the week continues. thanks, considered harmful.
Meanwhile my friend Dean and I formulate a theory that Richard Nixon — the bane of all middle-aged Democrats — was, on many important issues, to the left of Clinton and Gore. That’ll get their hackles up, we think. We try our new pet theory out on the delegates, but none launches into a defense of their men. All we get is nervous laughter. Finally we get a response from a 50ish looking man wearing a Gore button who ponders the question and responds, ‘You’re probably correct,’ and moves on up the street. We do have one lengthy, honest-to-God conversation with a woman delegate, and a crowd forms to listen to the debate.
Finally, though, we tire of dialoguing and start heading away. As we walk along Figueroa the sounds of sirens and cop helicopters are a constant. We stop at 7th to rest and discuss the evening’s events, only to have three police immediately tell us to move along. We comply and walk to 5th where it seems safe to relax. We lament our sore bodies and decide a bit of yoga is in order and convene a small circle and commence our exercise. What could be more benign? But no! Within minutes four cop cars speed up, lights ablaze, and eight police demand that we desist from our criminal enterprise. Just another case of yoga interuptus on the streets of L.A. Time to call it a night.
la.indymedia.org is working now; sacco.indymedia.org appears to be a mirror but I suggest you use the la. address again.
The man closest to the watertight door closes it, to isolate you from the flooding. . . . After that, you just lie quietly. No unnecessary conversation or movementToday's Post explores the various nightmare scenarios facing any survivors on the sunken Russian sub.