It will have been important to have this

This will be needed in the past.

some people i would like to meet

Of all the people listed as guests for Jon Favreau's Dinner for Five, there are very, very few that I wouldn't love to sit down and have a meal with. I have only seen the Stan Lee/Kevin Smith/Jason Lee/Mark Hamill/JJ Abrams episode, so I need to get cracking. Luckily, they are available on Netflix Watch Now and tv.com.

YANOSOLONG

Get Your Cyborg Name

I'm considering changing my name to Yano now....

Pandora: Not Just Crappy Radio

I've been thinking about this unit since I saw it this morning; theoretically it will allow emulation of any videogame system and open-source homebrew of limitless types, will run Firefox 3 over a Bluetooth connection to your phone with data plan, and generally provide a PC in your pocket, in a basically DS-size case.

Liberty City Diaries--Day 12

My name is Niko Bellic. I moved to Librty City twelve days ago....In this city everyone works for money, and so i have spent my time here working...doing the work i have experience in, which includes fighting in close urban environments, driving a variety of quickly obtained vehicles and providing a variety of support services for various ad-hoc groups, small business operations who wish to avoid entanglements, and other people like myself...outcasts, immigrants, and yes, criminals.

in any case, this is not a work i always enjoy doing--it's grisly stuff, but when men are shooting at me, and they are standing in the way of my objective, i do what needs doing, and i reach the objective and i take the cash.

i must confess, though, that in all my years of work i have attained the pleasure of doing my job well. when i am in the heat of fire, there is nothing like setting your sights on your opponent and then popping him in the head once, ending him.

today i was told to kill a man who operates out of a high-rise housing project in east harlem. he is distributing drugs in the community, running prostitutes, you name it. i don't care. he is the target. the highrise is filled with young men with guns, all shooting at me; i search them out, one by one, and execute them all. Finally, as i creep up the stairs, i see him with his back turned to me, and i fire four or five rounds into his back, almost taking him down. I could have, if i had aimed carefully. In any case, i climbed up the last set of stairs after him. he hid behind a wall until i came close and then he came out,unarmed. he asked me not to kill him. fuck you, i thought, i almost died back there. i took aim at him, but i listened to him plea. i heard him tell me he would change, reform, i don't remember at all. something about a GED.

i stood there and i moved my gunsights to his forehead. fuck you, i thought, for making me come all the way up here. and i thought, here comes the pink mist, and then realized i had no desire to do this.

i sorta wanted to see if he would get his GED. but i also felt that i wouldn't see him again. it didn't matter. i had made the pink mist enough times back home--never mind that, i was still making it every day--but i had the choice not to shoot this guy, this dumbass prick. and also, in the words of Bunny Colvin (Brucie has downloaded all five seasons of the wire) "fuck the bosses." let's see what happens to the little guy.

as i walked away, i wasn't proud of myself, but i thought that at least i wouldn't have that memory to deal with. i have enough on my plate already. to start with, i am on the roof of an East Harlem housing project with cops closing in on me....

a major insight i just had is that writing yourself an email may be way more important than writing to some other dude. Writing to yourself is thought, it's imagination, the first pieces of language. maybe writing to yourself comes first and allows you to see what you need to write to others. in any case you have not even gotten to the good part. you should continue writing at very fast speeds until something actually intelligent comes out of it. probably also should learn how to really type too. let's start now. youve tried to learn to type before. one thing that stopped you was a desire to stop trying to tell all ten fingers what to do. and even now, you've improved your speed not by moving the hunt and peck any faster, its; just keeping your fingers centered and not allowing the board to make your hands move around. instead just instantly move to the kys you already kknow are there. and another ting thats hard to stop doing is going back and backspacing everything eleting everything youve done. dont worry about deleting now, you should lay your beuush in broad strokes. and even then, learn to re-think your editing style if you want. cut and paste. you dont have to delete if you want to just cut and paste down the page. whatever overcomes your blocks, but you are old enough by now to overcome them, there's no reason to be afraid anymore because any day could be last. i was so lclose to typeing ":your life could be half over" but the fact is these could be your last moments. makes your mind curcle just thinking about it. but there it is : fear of death.

the best creations can be as mistake. like the word "curcle." yes my mind is doing that, circling and curdling and curling in on itself. that;s called being a reality architect. it's all about the little dirifit off thrift off pieces of your frantic sbriccling. that's what people will adore the most, you may see. in any case, the only thing you can do, is do it. the definition of bloggingL you bring it to the page.

Happiness is a Hangover

The company christmas party was last night. Suffice it to say that the events of that night, the names of the people involved, the performances we allegedly witnessed, and the location where we may have held it are all deep-cover classified, Code Level Tangerine. However, let me assure both of my readers that I can probably divulge this information in person, as long as you submit to thirteen hours of debriefing in a closed decompression chamber while trained operatives remove the relevant areas of your brain stem with a grapefruit spoon.

In any case, the anguish within my soul, the harrowing search for Advil at 4 am, the cottonmouth, these are all well-documented, the lingering traces of a vaguely-remembered good time that was allegedly had by all.

In other news, the threatened strike of subway workers resulting in the complete shutdown of metropolitan NY has been postponed. If you have been following this issue in your local newspapers (who am I kidding), you will know that originally, the strike was scheduled to start at midnight last night, forcing 10 million New Yorkers to find alternate ways to get to work. Instead, there has been a temporary ceasefire, and union authorities now say they will slowly shut down all service beginning tonight and lock down all train lines until Tuesday. According to Alicia, this is "sneaky but brilliant," shutting down the entire city on the last big shopping weekend before Christmas. According to me, the fucking MTA can die, die, die.

In the meantime, please enjoy these complimentary links.

The Zen of Iraq - fafblog! Zen! mock bush!
musicmap - I haven't fully explored the possibilities here, but I like what I'm seeing. Like six degrees of separation in the music world with a killer interface.
Cute Overload - just what it says.

just a quick thought before bed

record labels have an interesting way of pitching their DRM schemes: they act as though what they're doing is natural, that protection of music through copyright is a service to the universe. in reality, it is the record labels that are usurpers in this environment, because music was always shared, through all cultures. the boundary between musician and fan was less mediated by agents and PR and merch. these things--representation--cropped up with the same frequency as lawyers, accountants, and other pencil-pushers. shelved in neat Modern architecture, they pursued a regimen of ownership. but their dominance was always only partial; bootleg recorders, mixtape artists, and legions of fans proved them wrong. Endlessly strumming "Stairway to Heaven," they weren't "Stealing" the music, any more than the Grinch could actually steal Christmas. and for the same reason, the labels can't ruin it for us today; collaboration and innovation is stronger than their lawyering and book-learning. sharing is actually the future happening now. interesting thoughts on this subject here (click the link "Eight Ideas that will revolutionize the century.")

it;s my city

Just look at the titles of these books. I would like to own the whole set, but that would probably require a lifetime of Indiana-Jones-like achievements--if not George-Soros-like ones. Good thing they're available to check out at the NY Research Library. Now I just have to apply for a special research library card.

by Charles Bucke (1781-1846):


• Ruins of ancient cities: With general and particular accounts of their rise, fall, and present condition
  
  
• On the life, writings, and genius of Akenside: With some account of his friends
  
  
• On the beauties, harmonies, and sublimities of nature: With occasional remarks on the laws, customs, manners, and opinions of various nations : in four volumes
  
  
• The Italians;: Or the fatal accusation; a tragedy. With a preface; containing the correspondence of the author with the committee of Drury Land Theatre, P. Moore, and Mr. Kean
  
  
• Amusements in retirement, or, The influence of science, literature, and the liberal arts, on the manners and happiness of private life

I was thinking about this last night: the number one need in the virtual marketplace at this point is a fail-safe method of identity protection and verification. A company that can provide the user with an electronic ID verification system, failsafe and redundant, will control the marketplace, much as PayPal does, through providing an intuitive and reliable system.

Surprisingly, the federal government seems to agree with me: they have required that banks develop "two-factor" security systems by Q4 2006. The system banks use now is one-factor: to access your account, simply enter your self-created password or PIN. Two-factor requires independent verification through a redundant system. The most reliable ideas are biometrics and constantly refreshing passwords like those provided by a VPN SecureID. Of the two, I think biometrics should eventually become the verification of choice, but obviously we're a ways out from seeing that happen--technology like fingerprint readers or retina scanners would have to become standard equipment on any computer used to access a bank account. Nevertheless I suppose even this method could be hacked.

"We're seeing a bit of an arms race to upgrade networks."

Max Weise on the coming 4G maelstrom

Selections from the New Yorker this week

the recombinant city. noncoded DNA, reservoirs of language tissue, left turned on or off like lightswitches in corridors of genes.

a game plan. a unifed vision of the future as represented by liberal ideals. a 'contract with america' of sorts.

a deprivatory chamber, hypoxico, which creates walking-in-the-clouds syndrome, the feeling of light-headedness usually reserved for the lofty.

Peter Viereck, the founder of modern conservatism (piece not available online), a man who felt that its strength lay in being almost identical to American liberalism.

unexpressed desires, the secret code lay within, unexpectedly laid bare: it was there all along. the hidden potential of reality to recreate itself. the motions of growth, a leaf from a tree, ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.

it's difficult to concentrate on one project sometimes

So...just ignore anything you may see before this entry. It's all over two years old at this point. You can look at my Livejournal if you want to see anything I've written since then. Until now. Up to a few months ago, LJ was my home, but since then I've ventured outside that enclave, seen a lot of new stuff like real RSS and Atom and Ajax and APIs. Stuff I never thought about before. Now I try to read Slashdot and kottke and I furrow my brow and I look like a big sweetie. I don't really know what's being discussed a lot of the time--I'm a stranger in a strange land. But I find that it's really not enough just to be into books and fantasy and film and adventure. There are plenty of other factors to take into consideration, like true love and friends and science, discernment, sexual experiementation, bifurcation and more. Part of that is my experience with psychedelics, and the city, and life. But more importantly, this growth is a part of me, innate characteristics expressed, a few lines of the program designed to innovate, explore, and discover something new and unexpected, a vibrant juxtaposition, a creature of joy and actual transcendence. So part of that is this transformation into the Other, a digital transformation. To Be Continued.

This is a pretty cool progressive/conspiracy theorism site.

stopsleeping

Update: The Cost Of War in Iraq

A grenade attack killed a U.S. soldier in Iraq Wednesday, bringing the total combat deaths to 147, equaling the total in the 1991 Gulf War.

The Pentagon said military expenses for the war and its aftermath have cost the United States $48 billion to date, with a monthly price tag over the next couple of months estimated at more than $3.9 billion.

The Big Board

July 15, 2003
Casualties: 147
Cost: $48,000,000,000

Goals Accomplished

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Saddam Hussein's Status: Unknown
WMD Locations: Unknown
Iraqi Independence: Unknown
Estimated Time of American Departure: Fucking Unknown

atari archives

IraChernus-JamesonAndPostmodernism

Outrage At Administration Lying Misses A Crucial Point

Who is Fredric Jameson?

Merge, Left: What Progressives Can Learn from the Right Wing's Rise

We need ALL the help we can get.

Ocean's Bounty is Gone

one of the saddest things i've ever read. am i an alarmist? people who say i am an extremist can go jump in a cesspool. that's what the human race has created. 6 billion people and what has the human race become? bipedal swine. endless ravagers of all things good and plentiful. wastrels who cloak themselves in hypocrisy.

Scientific American: Parallel Universes -- [ COSMOLOGY ] -- Not just a staple of science fiction, other universes are a direct implication of cosmological observations

HoogerBrugge

Rum and Monkey

Adbusters

project: ultraviolet

iwantsacrifice

Edit Journal Entries neil gaiman's journal

don't give me that blank look.

What Kind of Drunk Are You?

Rum and Monkey

Which Colossal Death Robot Are You?Don't fault me for my insanely cheesy children's TV spinoff. Bandai Entertainment has dearly paid for their chicanery. I serve no master in my battle to rid the world of poorly-conceived marketing tie-ins. I AM MEGAZORD!!! KAPOW!!

How Much Is Enough?

In the battle over how many troops are needed to keep the peace in Iraq, one thing is clear: Republicans are just as guilty of wearing rose-colored glasses as we are, the"give peace a chance" granola-eating anarchist segment of the population. How else to explain the administration's grossly underestimated figures? Rumsfeld dismisses the notion of "hundreds of thousands" of troops as "inaccurate." There are now 160,000 troops in Iraq, and most analysts say we need more. How much closer can you get to "hundreds of thousands" and still be inaccurate?

In addition, Wolfowitz of Arabia said the Iraqis would welcome us with open arms. Maybe that was true on CNN for about five minutes, but I think the Iraqi people's goodwill has probably run out, after being invaded, bombed and desecrated in the name of "liberation." And he was positive that other countries, including France, would be glad to help recontruct and police Iraq. Well, guess what? Apart from our "new Europe" friends, we don't really have any other volunteers, and we really don't want any. And we're pretty sure we don't want the U.N. stepping in to help us.

So, America, who is going to foot the bil but us? Maybe everyone who derided us as unpatriotic should consider volunteering.

Bush Off on Road to Europe 'Old' and 'New'

What's up with "old Europe" anyway? Why can't they get with the program?

But seriously, folks, the terms are as useless as could be. It's like, anyone who disagrees with us is "old" Europe, and anyone who agrees is "new." Who made Bush the King of Europe, anyway?

I guess Karl Rove did.

War Profiteers Card Deck

Now here's a "most wanted" card deck i'd be proud to carry in my pocket. Includes Henry Kissinger as the Queen of Hearts, Dick Cheney as his King, and of course, Dubyah as the Joker.

Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy (Buy One, Get One Free)

White House Insider Cleans Up Bush's Image on Film

Is this a joke?

Democrats: Profiles In Spinelessness

(Sigh) I love Arianna Huffington soo much...

So Much for the Peace Dividend: Pentagon is Winning the Battle for a $400 Billion Budget

The Pentagon's own inspector general recently admitted that the department could not account for more than a trillion dollars of past spending. A congressional investigation reported that inventory management in the army was so weak it had lost track of 56 airplanes, 32 tanks, and 36 missile launchers.

Good, Bad and Picasso

And a little child shall lead them....

Acts of Hope: Challenging Empire on the World Stage

Some words of encouragement for all the peaceniks and activists of all stripes.

Intelligence Agency Does Not Distinguish Between Terrorism and Peace Activism

"I've heard terrorism described as anything that is violent or has an economic impact, and shutting down a port certainly would have some economic impact. Terrorism isn't just bombs going off and killing people."

Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy (Buy One, Get One Free)

It was Herman Goering, that old Nazi, who said, "People can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.… All you have to do is tell them they're being attacked and denounce the pacifists for a lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."

Former Writer for Kennedy Laments Hawkish Strategy

Conspiracy Crusader Doubts Official 9/11 Version

In Defense of Liberty

A conservative who doesn't agree that dissent should be silenced.

George Washington's Prophesy

I wonder if this is verifiable. It reads like the kind of thing that was written after the fact; but it is a good story, nonetheless.

The US and Post-War Iraq: An Analysis

Transcript of Tim Robbins Speech to the National Press Club

In recent months, a lot of pompous windbags have made statements to the effect that actors shouldn't be allowed to make political statements; that their handlers should restrain them, preventing them from commenting on anything except their upcoming new releases.

Which leads me to question: Who, exactly, is to be allowed to discuss these issues? Apparently, no one, for anyone who opposes American militarism must be anti-American. All these people should have their mouths gagged with duct tape and plastic sheeting, so that their poisonous views won't be exposed to the fertile soil of American gullibility.

TIm Robbins' speech to the Press Club is a breath of fresh air in these times.

Harper's Magazine: Jesus Plus Nothing, p. 1 of 11

An interesting look at the Jesus freaks.

Michael Moore.com

Mike encourages us all to continue voicing our opinions. Make your voices heard!

The Reason Why

George McGovern speaks out.

boards of canada

soulbath™

White House Proclaims That Hussein's Rule Is Collapsing

I'm willing to bet the Administration is passing out cigars today to commemorate the birth of the American Police State. Oh, sure, we've been heralding its arrival for months now, and many were sure that it was already taking its first steps--but today, we celebrate its full-blown brilliance. Through good ol' American gumption, us straight-shootin', hard-workin' folk have toppled our most dangerous enemy--or was it one of our best clients? Ask Rumsfeld what Saddam did that caused us to suddenly turn our backs on him after fifteen years of steadfast support. After all, we gave him the gas he used on his own people--and this is how we repay him?

Hey, Saddam--relax. Have a cigar.

Arabs Watch Hussein's Demise in Disbelief

The mood in America today is largely jubilant. Many Americans undoubtedly see the war as basically over; the occupation is merely a hazy formality. But in order to truly gauge the war's success, we must gauge the minds of Arabs, not only Iraqis but others who think of Iraq not as marks on a map, but their next-door neighbor, a country with many elaborate issues raging within. Many Iraqis fought under the banner of Saddam not because they supported him, but because they love their country. Thus, their war against America has not ended; in fact, I think it has only begun, as an occupying force is very different from an invading one. Perhaps many Iraqis are celebrating now, but I do not think they will be as pleased with American hospitality in six months. Time will tell....

land of hypocrisy

this link was actually featured on the blogspot banner at the top of this page. i guess that means that blogspot is monitoring my blogging preferences, much like the u.s. government does with "terrorists."

Welcome to the Project for the New American Century

This is the blueprint for the unilateralist American Empire that Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz are rapidly installing.

Steve Perry :

Excellent anti-war links, annotated by a clearer thinker than me.

Mesopotamia. Babylon. The Tigris and Euphrates

One of the most truthful and cogent analyses of the war I've read.

The Bright Side of War

The gung-ho embedded media and their palpable excitement for bloodshed.

Times Online: Baghdad will be near impossible to conquer

Yeah, no shit.

Pinocchios of a G-rated War Veil Scars of X-Rated Battlefield

There's no excuse for our government's current snowjob of epic proportions. This regime is inhuman and ungodly, and I'm talking about the Bush league here. It's astonishing that anyone believes the shit they broadcast--but it's also completely expected.

In short, the human race is more fucked than ever.

Support Our Protesters

FUCK THE WAR! SUPPORT PEACE!

reality is fractal; that is to say, it is infinitely detailed, each whirring atom as complex and fascinating as the greatest galaxy. society, too, is fractal; we are each as complex as any government could ever hope to be. our rich individuality has been denied social power by the tyranny of false representation. our very autonomy is at stake. we must find a new source of power. we must create a new frontier out of thin air, lest our minds atrophy from disuse.


---!!!srini, on unamerican

UNAMERICAN: your brain is our domain

this was the first anarchist website i ever found, several years ago. later i heard about crimeth.inc and i began to realize there really are other people like me who are fed up with the whole fucking matza ball. let's destroy what needs destroying and build a new world in its place....

E2 Magnetic Poetry Edition

This deck little site translates any URL's content into poetry magnets. Just replace "www.everything2.com" with whatever URL you want to play with.

Fireland | Watching

fireland has the rawkest content on the ether. josh is the punchiest of the newmedia magnates.

The Fox Hole

bloggers are the salt of the earth.

We Have a Winner in Iraq. Corporate America.

The vivacious Arianna Huffington follows the money in Iraq.

The Nightmare World of a Paranoid President

I have to confess I'm a staunch supporter of Bush's detractors. He is easily the worst leader this country has ever had--making Nixon look stellar and Ford like a Rhodes scholar.

Arrogance of Power

Sen. Robert Byrd's impassioned speech to the Congress yesterday.

AlterNet: From Boston to Baghdad, Friends Stick Together

ABCNEWS.com : Right Joins Left to Criticize Patriot Act

Well, it's about fuckin' time. Some conservatives have finally awoken to the fact that THEIR civil liberties may be in jeopardy--not just the poor, minorities, and non-Americans, but true-blue Americans like themselves. According to Michael Hammond, a consultant with Gun Owners of America, "All of a sudden it became apparent that a lot of people could be made noncitizens," he said. "We're very concerned about that. The whole thing is Orwellian."

The Collegiate Times: VT Board slammed for new policies

The creation of the Fourth Reich continues, as Virginia Tech's governing board votes to end affirmative action and non-discriminatory policies. One faculty member says: "I think we need to start reading the history of the 1930s,” and likens the decision to actions in pre-World War II Germany.

How Kofi Annan Can Stop the War

[Chant] KO-FI! KO-FI! KO-FI!

Don't Support Our Troops; Win or Lose, War on Iraq is Wrong

Did I say Americans weren't willing to voice unpopular opinions? Ted Rall actually compares our country's current predicament to Germany in the 1930s, a comparison I don't think you'll see explicated on CNN.

Whole World Feels Effect of US Intent, Activist Says

These days I have a growing respect for people who dare to oppose the hawks in Washington. Sensible voices inside the U.S. are becoming harder and harder to hear, but outside the States, the cries are mounting rapidly. Why won't Americans consider the views of people in other countries? Chalk it up to our steadfast arrogance and selfishness.

Moviefone.com: - Features - Take Five: Fernando Meirelles

The director of City of God discusses five films which influence his work. (If you haven't seen it yet, City of God is probably the best crime drama I have ever seen, a searing portrayal of life in the slums if Rio de Janeiro.)

mattsharp.net

Matt Sharp is the frontman (sort of) for the Rentals. Lots of mp3s, etc.

History News Network

Information on the right-wing conspiracy.

Heather wokusch . com

This freelance reporter has balls.

Fallacies and War: Misleading a Nervous America to the Wrong Conclusion

Dave Koehler rips apart the administration's arguments for war. Required Reading for all American citizens. WE ARE BEING LIED TO.

Watchmen, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons

This is the most important comic series ever, not only an innovative look at the superhero genre but also a dystopian vision of a political machine bent on everlasting war--an important message for our times. Read this book--it may change your opinion of comic books.

1984, Starring William Hurt and Richard Burton (1984)

This is one of the best film adaptations of any novel, accurately portraying the paranoia and horror of an Oceania ruled by Big Brother's iron fist--a vision being played out on our streets of America. The primary difference being, that Americans are mobilizing against the Bush regime--the proles are on the march. See this movie, not only because it is great, but because it can happen to us--it is already happening to us.

George Orwells's 1984

Since its publication, 1984 has been a world classic, considered by many an all-too-probable picture of the world of the future. Now, with Bush's government restricting civil liberties and waging an endless war on terrorism, as well as on Iraq, Orwell's vision is fast becoming our reality. Every American citizen must read this book--in Bush's America, knowledge of terms like "doublethink" and "thoughtcrime" is essential in understanding our political situation. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.

Carol Norris: The World is His Battlefield

A therapist weighs in on Bush's psyche and his quest to rid the world of "evildoers."

Welcome to CounterPunch

"America's Best
Political Newspaper"

TIME.com: Dialing Up Anti-War Protests

...Strong opposition to a war in Iraq, evidenced by millions of marchers and hundreds of thousands of callers, faces an extraordinarily unreceptive audience in Washington...

U.S. Diplomat Resigns, Protesting 'Our Fervent Pursuit of War'

disinformation

One of those sites which I stumbled upon and which I know I'll visit regularly. General revolutionary needs.

Sea Lions Protect U.S. Navy

Apparently, sea lions have no humanitarian concerns about the U.S.'s war with Iraq. I wonder why....

ScienceDaily News Release: Pioneer 10 Spacecraft Sents Last Signal To Earth

Farewell to a groundbreaking scientific project, as well as a superb photographer. Pioneer 10 provided us with our first quality images of Jupiter's surface, along with many other important discoveries. Though Pioneer will probably never be heard from again, with luck, it will reach Aldebaran in two million years. It will be remembered with fondness.

Call to Conscience Website

More voices of reason, this time American veterans of the armed forces. Can the bandwagon get any more loaded with reasonable people who will be ignored by the government?

TrueMajority

Here's where you can send your free fax as part of the Virtual March on Washington tomorrow. It's also a great activism site started by Ben Cohen of Ben&Jerry's. Please sign up to send a free fax to your Senators tomorrow, telling them to let the inspections work.

Dennis Kucinich 2004

i can already see my hopes for this Presidential candidate disintegrating like a hellbound snowball. But i'll vote for him anyway.

{fray} tell your stories

love it

Won't Get Fooled Again (idea)@Everything2.com

The first truly significant node I've seen on e2, this is a sobering read.

WorkingForChange-The bottom line on Iraq: It's the bottom line

The beautiful Arianna Huffington puts it all on the line. Don't we have enough leads to begin some sort of investigation on this White House? Not when they have more money than God for hush money.

'The Peace Race' / Martin Luther King on the Middle East / What would Martin do?

The voices against war continue to pour in. Mandela, Carter, King: will the "president" heed their words? I guess if 6-10 million voices don't matter, three or four great statesmen don't either.

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | US 'plans new nuclear weapons'

New From the United States:

Pocket Nukes!!!

Epiphany

You know, even as I remain a firm atheist, I think I finally believe John of Patmos knew what he was talking about:

The End Times are near, and the Antichrist will shepherd the world into seven years of despair and death, culminated by war in heaven, at which time YHVH will throw the Serpent into the Pit forever, and 144000 years of peace will ensue.

Even without looking up the Scriptures, I can tell you certain characteristics of the Antichrist.

• He is a charismatic leader, either a businessman, statesman, or both.
  
• He has a magnetizing effect on many people.
  
• His speech is full of talk of peace, prosperity and truth, while his actions and negotiations enable war, poverty and deception.
  
• He is a man of (unspecified) faith.
  

You know who it is, don't you?

I think you do.

Here's a clue: He's not a Muslim.

A war we can't afford - on many levels

Yet another voice of reason. Lift your voices to the skies: Stop the Madness!

Michael Moore on Donahue Transcript

I wish I had seen this on TV. I wish EVERY AMERICAN had seen this show, because in addition to discussing important issues, the audience is extremely perceptive, and raise many good points. Every American should see Bowling for Columbine, and read this transcript as well.

The Center for Public Integrity