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[ Comments Off ]Posted on September 24, 2008 by admin in Editorial & Opinion
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Abu Ghraib: The Bush Administration Gift That Keeps On Giving
Doing some early Christmas shopping? Looking for that perfect gift, that special something that really sends a message? Try shopping at America the Gift Shop. They stock those hard to find items like the Abu Ghraib Coffee Table, pictured left; a great centerpiece for reviving “Doing The Lynndie” at holiday parties. Actually, this is an art project by photographer Phillip Toledano, in which he asks “If American foreign policy had a gift shop, what would it sell?” If you find the “human being as coffee table” concept familiar, it’s probably because this idea was already kind of stolen from pop artist Allen Jones in the sixties, when Stanley Kubrick wanted to use the concept for sets in A Clockwork Orange
Hank Paulson To America: “Buy My Shitpile”
[ Comments Off ]Posted on September 23, 2008 by admin in Politics
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008I goy us here, I CAN GET US OUT!
Most Americans aren’t reacting too positively to this whole “let’s bail out the rich guys” idea. Maybe because the bill includes things like: “Sec. 8. Review. Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.” Well, we’re on to your shenanigans, Hank. That’s why someone set up BuyMyShitpile.com, where the government can give that 700 bil to YOU AND ME and let us heal the economy the good old-fashioned way, by frittering it away as consumers! BuyMyShitpile.com even lets you add your own items with images. Note: Hank’s also been sending this scam e-mail around. Be vigiliant!
Lifestreaming: Bored With Your Life? Live Someone Else’s
[ 1 Comment ]Posted on September 22, 2008 by admin in Lifestyle & Culture
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Lifestreaming – New Web Services make “Being John Malkovich” possible.
Burnt out on social networking sites? Alright, all you MySpace/FaceBook addicted luddites. Get ready for the next big thing you’ll get tired of next year: Lifestreaming. [My apologies to any readers who prefer real life to spending a few hours a day updating their FaceBook page. Just stop reading right now.] Big Brother probably never expected people to actively, even EXCITEDLY share their whereabouts not only in the past but in real time, now. I couldn’t possibly put it better than Damien Mulley, a blogger and writer for Ireland’s Sunday Tribune, who describes lifestreaming as: “…a dream come true for those that gloriously show off every facet of their life and the millions of lurkers who are willing to tune into such dross…Lifestreaming, like the movie Being John Malkovich, will allow you to climb inside the head of someone and experience their day via a digital smorgasboard of public text messages, blog posts, GPS-tagged photos and…a live video stream of them as they move around their world…” Yikes. It’s a little less dramatic than this of course. A simpler use of “lifestreaming” or “lifecasting” sites was well-explored in the Internet Meme timeline on Read the rest of this entry »
Inform Thyselves, Faithless Hordes
[ Comments Off ]Posted on September 20, 2008 by admin in Lifestyle & Culture
Saturday, September 20th, 2008Actually, you wacky atheists are a minority at 2%. Ha.
Assuming you’re American, this USA Today article points there’s a pretty good chance you don’t know much about the world’s religions. Why not take a look around for a minute? As Stephen Prothero, author of Religious Literacy
Alien Robot Children Invade Internet
[ Comments Off ]Posted on September 20, 2008 by admin in Popular Media
Saturday, September 20th, 2008Is Suicide The Ultimate In Self Editing?
If you haven’t already seen the video at left, I feel pretty safe in saying it will be the most peculiar thing you see on video today. Be patient, it picks up at around 25 seconds and really gets going by 45. Art of Noise actually sort of went into this territory with Close to the Edit back in 1983, but not with the same weird, verité quality. In the same vein, check out the quirky but brilliantly edited Amateur by Lasse Gjertsen. He brings new meaning to the term “play with yourself”. This solitary performance and editing lifestyle may explain why Lasse appears to have later died in an unfortunate Decuple Suicide, as documented here. R.I.P., Lasse, that looked pretty uncomfortable.