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The Stranger offers up some of the scariest this year. With little prep, you'll be ready to get drunk and eat Reese's cups in no time. [via Wonkette]
The Cincinnati Enquirer and the Columbus Dispatch have both endorsed Bush, yet they keep having to run those pesky war stories on their front pages. Doesn't quite add up.
MyPollingPlace.com. Well, you don't vote there, but you can find out where to go on Tuesday.
[Thanks to Alexis K.]
From the Bush-Cheney 04 site:
I'm posting this bit here, even though the story is everywhere, because I couldn't find this specific bit of info on Google News when I searched for it, so here it is from CNN (via my roommate Lena who works for CNN):
And more from Reuters UK... why isn't this being aired on major networks?! According to Lena, CNN ran with it yesterday on Anderson Cooper and Paula Zahn, but everyone else seems like they didn't even notice. WTF. And the immediate response from both Bush and Kerry was that they'll continue to fight people there and kill for this war:
Is he retarded? YOU CAN'T KILL ALL THE TERRORISTS. You can kill some of the terrorists some of the time, but you can't kill all the terrorists all of the time. We have to deal with the problem like the smart, civilized individuals we profess to be, and stop murdering and destroying tens of thousands of innocent people and their homes. Say it with me, "diplomacy." Maybe I'm naive (and probably am, having lived only in America and being relatively young), but if many Americans are telling the government to stop the war, the Arabs are telling them the same thing, and now the terrorists themselves are saying the only way things are going to get better is if we stop fighting and try to come to some kind of agreement. After talking with Lena some more, I understand why Kerry can't suddenly change his position on terrorism saying we need to deal with the terrorists instead of kill them because he loses ground to Bush (somehow) on the question of terrorism control, commonly known as the War on Terra. And Kerry missed the boat on alerting the Americans who are still listening that the reason Osama has a tape out in the first place is because he wasn't captured by Bush, and is now able to roam around the mountains of Afghanistan with the other goats and livestock. But still, to me, it seems like this is a pretty clear message telling us to change course or else be prepared for another attack that "will make you forget all about September 11th."
From Copper Greene, the artist who did iRaq.
[via Bloggy]
New work from MK12, Lobo, and Nakd doing packaging for the Viva network in Germany.
Typographica post on Clearview, the new font for federal highways and roads. [via kottke]
Today the presidential candidates tackled the divisive issue of homosexuality and kissed for four and a half seconds at a brief meeting in Florida, Bush trying to prove that homosexuality is a choice, and Kerry attempting to show that being gay is no big deal. According to a small audience, both men seemed very comfortable and confident. "I couldn't believe what I was seeing. This is what America needs more of," said Kelly Brigson, a Miami resident and shoe boutique owner who sees the growing trend of "metrosexuality" as the key to increasing business. While no opposition was presented to either argument, moments after the event, the president was asked to extinguish his cigarette.
A message I got in my email from VoteNoWar.org:
There was other stuff on future events, t-shirts, etc at the end of the email. If you're interested in joining the "anti-war movement," or in more human terms, doing something about this crap, visit their site.
... for his appearance in F911, voted on by 10,000 readers of Total Film Magazine.
via ProteinOS
Oh, and The Economist endorsed Kerry, after endorsing Bush last time and Dole before that. Plus, Bush is bad for US brands! What can't this man be bad for?
While looking at the Brown Paper Tickets site, I noticed that they're Not Just for Profit -- they value the environment, honesty, community, and ethics. A great concept and a beautifully simple site.
I didn't know anything about this.
From Kos:
The Onion's Countdown to the Recount 2004.
The explosives were there after the war began. The Pentagon failed to guard them.
VIDEO
Two pieces of information:
1) Blogger has been sucking hard over the past 24 hours. Posting will be reduced until it gets better. 2) The Statue of Liberty weighs 225 tons. The explosives missing from Al Qaqaa weighed 370 tons.
The best DJ Radio 1 ever had, and a fantastic human being, John Peel, died of a heart attack while on vacation in Peru. [link]
I sent music in a couple times and listened to the show often. John Peel got me to enjoy rock music again. When you listened to his show it sounded like a friend you invited over to your house, who happened to bring his bag of records. He then played each one, remembering your favorites, and explaining what they were about and where in the world each one came from. He sounded like he loved the music even more than the listener, which came through on every show. He will be very deeply missed. UPDATE: The Washington Post has an article by Andrew Beaujon that almost brought me to tears.
Tim Cuprisin writes about how dumb Ashlee Simpson is for not only reacting like a fool on live television, but to continue to promote the incident on more live television.
Her amateurish reaction was to jump up and down in a self-described "hoedown" dance step. She then slipped off camera in front of millions of TV viewers.
If you're like me, you often have this thought circling through your head. You already really loathe him, but if only you could figure out more reasons to dislike Chimpy. If not just for who he is, but what he's done as President.
Here's your chance! 525 Reasons to Dump Bush. Send it to friends who may still be a little confused. (You may have to go over to their house and read it to them; it's hard to look at a list with your head up your ass.)
George W. Bush has not only famously banned the release or publication of all photos of incoming military coffins from overseas, but he also hasn't gone to a single soldier's funeral.
Not one. With that in mind, I just filled out my absentee ballot. It will be Priority Mailed tomorrow morning. I'm not taking any chances. A vote in Ohio is too important.
Cingular, a Bell company, spent forty-one billion dollars on ATT Wireless today. If the government had five or six leading cell phone carriers to unload, we might almost be able to pay for the war in Iraq! (Monetarily that is; it still won't replace the thousands of people.)
My good friend Alexis has designed a cool flash "game" over at Enjoy the Draft. The site is well worth a read as well.
Look what's out:
I encourage you to get it. It's very good.
"Someone's coming at Bill O'Reilly with lurid public accusations of a heinous personal nature? Wow. Sometimes life can be so... fair."
The Onion via Wonkette
This is the coolest Halloween costume I've ever seen.
From the Banterist:
Putting $50,000 into your kitchen leads to a better kitchen. Putting $50,000 into your face does not necessarily lead to a better face. This is because your face is not a kitchen.
Inspired by Escher, created on a Mac.
Al Jazeera is launching an English-language channel to compete with scummy American media. I welcome the change.
Post your stuff. Look at others'. Super cool.
Go now. I was going to post some links to a few articles on the feed, but soon realized that I'd just be reposting the whole feed.
[from Defective Yeti via BoingBoing]
Person 1: Knock knock.
I always thought American music sounded a little gay... but then again, so does Boy George, so who's to say?
[Have I mentioned how great Eyebeam reBlog is?]
Hey, those album covers look like those other ones... Babelfish, tell me what's going on!
[via Eyebeam]
Like in high school? Hey, I went there. LOL
Oh, but enough hilarious antics for one morning. These reputation systems are truly changing the way corporations and small retailers do business. It affects book sales, music sales, and almost every other kind of transaction, planned or impulse. Twenty-six percent of adult internet users in the U.S. have rated a product, service, or person using an online rating system. That amounts to more than 33 million people. These systems, also referred to as “reputation systems,” are interactive word-of-mouth networks that assist people in making decisions about which users to trust, or to compare their opinions with the opinions expressed by others. Many Web sites utilize some form of this application, including eBay, Amazon, Moviefone and Amihot. Informed purchases are being helped by reading others' opinions online and then arriving at the appropriate solution for oneself. In addition, impulse items can be extremely targeted because of review systems and purchase tracking, so one is much more apt to buy more at an online store with such technology. It's also helping lesser-known authors and artists get noticed by being placed in peer-reviewed lists placed near queried items on heavily-trafficked sites.
Do you design websites? Do you use colors?
Do you... do both? Check this out. Practical, fun, and geeky. [via Eyebeam]
Stereogum fills us in on Ashlee Simpson's groundbreaking performance this weekend on SNL. Oh, and there's video too. Not to be missed! She's quite the little musician, able to create soothing tones out of nothing but... well, nothing. ASHLEEGATE!
A radioactive injectable chip has been developed to "destroy malignant cells and prolong the lives" of patients. Pretty cool...
[via bTang reBlog]
"This country is going straight to hell."
Thanks to the Al Franken Show and The Rooftop Report for bringing this to our attention.
Our silly administration didn't adequately guard a bunker and weapons complex, so 350 tons of RDX and HMX explosives were looted. Why is this not just a problem, but a huge problem? Josh Marshall fills us in.
It is apparently widely believed within the US government that those looted explosives are what in many, perhaps most, cases is being used in car bombs and suicide attacks against US troops. That is, according to TPM sources and sources quoted in this evening's Nelson Report, where the story first broke. Did this just happen? Why are we just now finding out?
UPDATE:
Think John Kerry's hunting trip was a gross campaign stunt? Sadly, No!
Here's the latest stuff on Tom DeLay from Kos. I thought he had been indicted, but my enthusiasm was a little premature. In fact, just two of his closest aides and several of the corporations with which he worked were indicted. So a victory nonetheless.
Ronnie Earle has clearly set his gunsights on DeLay, but apparently determined early on that a pre-election indictment could be easily dismissed as partisanship. Earle doesn't give a shit if DeLay wins on November 2nd, he wants an indictment that will stick. Corruption must be punished.
The most branded object in the world. Holla!!
Via Design Observer
A letter to the NYT editor about the typefaces in the campaign logos.
Triumph takes on Spin Alley. Props to iFilm.
Ipecac via Atrios
There is so much shit that's going to happen until and after election day with voter fraud and disenfranchisement; I'll be surprised if November 2 goes anything close to smoothly. There's almost too much to post, and so I won't try (search Google News) but we'll find out how everything turns out soon.
Also, on Unfiltered this morning the question was brought up of John Kerry perhaps winning the electoral vote due to swing states, but lose the popular vote because of such staunch and overwhelming Chimp support in the midwest and rural America where, apparently, they don't do the knowledge thing. If that variable were added onto the fraud and misbehavior that will have already festered, the Supreme Court might just quit.
I just finished putting together my new book and am looking for a job, plus I'm working on work for three clients and doing three remixes for Fade. So I've been a little preoccupied with other things. Apologies for the abrupt void of content.
10 DAYS AWAY | November 2
Bush/Cheney unveils there newest ad, Wolves. It's meant to terrorize, or, I mean, make likely voters concerned... or something.
Today, the Bush-Cheney campaign unveils a major new ad it calls, simply, "Wolves." It may become the most talked about spot of the 2004 race -- especially if Bush wins. Moody and ominous, the 30-second ad mines the shadowy light-and-dark world of a mysterious forest, with an occasional nano-second flash of danger, before showing the large pack (sleeper cell?) of wolves ready to attack at the first sign of weakness. At the end, the pack is rousing, ready to pounce on....the election of President Kerry?Josh Marshall doesn't find it that scary, and either do I. Though he's seen it. Special Late-Breaking Bush Slime Update: After having watched this ad, as opposed to the still shots, I have to say that I didn't find it all that effective. I can't point to any one thing; it's just not that scary, not even that effective by the special standards used to evaluate lying right-wing slime and scare-mongering, a whole artform worthy of careful critical study.UPDATE: Wolf Packs for Truth
What does that mean? In short, that we had no idea what the hell we were going to do, yet we went on in with troops and bombs anyway. This faith stuff is working out pretty well.
This image was sent into Happy Go Larry and comes to us via BagNewsNotes.
iFilm has announced that over 500,000 people downloaded the clip of Jon Stewart on Crossfire. Tucker Carlson thinks he won the debate in keeping with his tendency to be wrong about everything.
What do you think it will be? Take the poll and join the discussion.
Here's a bittorrent link to his recent appearance, available in wmv and avi. (Don't have bittorrent? Search for ABC 2.6.8 on Google and download it.)
DOWNLOAD AND WATCH. So amazing. via random($foo)
A strange bit of info from the Kerry blog, via Kos, via Atrios. I wondered during the debate what exactly was going on with Bush's face. To have one side significantly droopier and less active than the other seems, to me, to be pretty serious. Could Bush want to talk to Kerry about something related to that? Or, possibly, he may have just wanted to invite him out to Cracker Barrel afterwards for coffee and baked apples.
Now America wants to know: What's the dilly? "anyway, I am new tonight... as you may not have seen me before in here.. just a FYI that I am deaf here and can read lips okay..
Civil unions should be enough to appease the gays, right?
Right? Oh, here are 1,049 rights that depend on being legally married. "Separate but equal" has never worked and has never been close to equal, in the 20th century or the 21st. If marriage laws don't change in this country in my lifetime, I'm going to have a very different view on all the "progress" we've made. [Another link brought to you by the letters J and K]
Mark Simonson developed a film spooling mechanism with his old Lego Technics set, proving once again that Legos are the greatest child's toy ever. Just don't eat them.
Via Jason Kottke
The first result on Google.
Check out these links please:
Any money invested in mutual funds that invest in Sinclair? Check it out. Also, email or call Sinclair's advertisers and politely explain why they shouldn't be advertising on Sinclair stations. Do it!
Are FIVE fonts really necessary for a book cover? [A: No. Never.] I will say this -- I do like the always concordant pink and teal combo. Quite an eye-catcher, especially for an 80's self-help book. What? This isn't...? And if the schoolkids were anything like Bill's logo, I guess they called him No-Feet Reilly on the playground. Smart quotes, goddammit! Any moron with fingers and Quark can use smart quotes. I think sometimes there exists the rare instance of awful design matching awful content in a partnership forged by the Creator itself, and this is one of those times. World O' Crap alerted me to the book. S.Z. provides cunning insight into the mind of assface.
If you're interested email me@benmautner.com. Take action! Contact Sinclair Broadcasting Group. David D. Smith
10706 Beaver Dam Road Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030 410-568-1500 (Main Telephone) 410-568-1533 (Main Fax)
Or, I mean, Columbus Day. Right.
I guess I'll mail my stuff and deposit my check tomorrow. Because today we honor the genocidal hero. Goooooooo Columbus!
You probably already knew Bush used to be pretty quick, and a good debater to boot. He was still an asshole, and also still a sad meat sack masquerading as a human, but he could debate. So how did he get from this [4mb+ Quicktime] to now?
The big story - "a striking decline in his sentence-by-sentence speaking skills." The reason? One doctor says "presenile dementia" a catch-all term for earlier-than-normal cognitive declines (probably "dry-drunk syndrome"). This video intercuts footage from 10 years ago with recent footage - the difference is dramatic and disturbing. And obvious.There was a great article about this in the Atlantic over the summer, but now we get the video footage for ourselves. Watch it and forward the link [http://home.comcast.net/~blogitics/BushTenYrs4MB.mov] to friends, regardless of political affiliation. Right-click/Ctrl-click, copy link location.
Power to the people. Just a reminder about Wednesday from the Freewayblogger. Some friends are participating in Boston; I posted signs above interstates in August in Cincinnati but can't really do anything here in Brooklyn. People here are already on our side. Use your voice! And your markers, and paints, and Adobe Illustrator...
First there was the bulge in the first debate. Now a, dare I say, cord behind his tie in this debate? WTF? [via Atrios!]
UPDATE: At first I thought maybe Bush's protruding schnoz was due to the Pinocchio syndrome, but now I realize it's a healthy combination of that and Cyrano disorder. Good thing his nose isn't made of metal -- it might start interfering with the signal. Here's what I've found so far... first: here's IsBushWired.com Next: Mine Bush and Kerry speeches for the message behind the spin. One examp | |||||