Earlier in the year the dojo had a Literary Extravaganza to raise money for tournament fees. We’re doing it again on November 8th, this time to get nonperishable food for donations. What’s nice is that a trio of performance artists from Flagstaff, Spoken Circus, will be there performing. Last time I saw something that impressive was in the […]
Archive for October, 2008
Sounds like domestic terrorism to me
This story broke less than an hour ago. Federal agents have broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee murder spree, the ATF said Monday. In court records unsealed Monday, federal agents said they disrupted plans to rob a gun store and target a predominantly African-American high […]
Queer. And armed.
Just so you know. I hit what I shoot at. Just so you know I’m not gonna be some random fag you get to bash. We will not bow to your ideas. We will not behave as you want us to. Fuck you. We’re liberal — and we are armed. And we will return fire. Just so you know.
Surgery
“You doing all right?” “I guess,” I said. “I’m a little nervous.” The nurse smiled. “You’ll be fine. We’re a well-funded institution, and we’re doing OK for technology.” Somehow, for some reason, I was not reassured. The mask was fixed on my face and I felt the cool injection of anesthetics into my IV line. “Breathe deeply,” the nurse said. “And relax.” […]
Pepsi: OMG FTW
Couple weeks back news surfaced that Pepsi was planning to change their logo from the standard roundel-with-a-stripe to something … well, lopsided and fugly. Brand New has the scoop, and wow, is this thing just bad. Pepsi alleges that the mark is meant to resemble a “smile”. Well, it doesn’t. It’s off balance, the proportions are […]
Nice little posters
Venezia Café in Romania is promoting wireless services in a fun way, one that appeals to the typography geek in me. Now that we’ve exhausted emoticons, I suppose emotibeverages are really the next frontier. I’m a little bummed that someone beat me to this, though I wouldn’t have much use for it anyway except to promote the hospital’s cafeteria… Via.
Why do we think religion is necessary, again?
When it’s used to justify setting an eleven-year-old girl on fire, it’s probably time for all of us to rethink the “respect” we give to religion, to its practitioners, and particularly to leaders who endorse extremism in its name. Kill ’em all and let their gods sort ’ em out.
A photo I wish I’d taken
Via Tavi, a twelve-year-old girl who I think might eventually change the world. This is one of her own self-portraits. Ignore the chronological age. This is a great image by any judgment. This is an artist in birth, about to take wing.
Beyond lies, into the realm of pure stupidity
Not so much McCain’s campaign, but those who still believe in him. Now McCain is suggesting that Obama’s proposed policies, such as raising taxes by 3% on the rich, are socialist. Not at all like the US Government’s 700 billion bailout of Wall Street fat fucktards, which isn’t socialist in the least, oh no no no […]
A fortunate man, all things being equal
On a somewhat lighter note, a woman in India beheaded a man on Thursday after he tried to assault her. (The article plays coy but we can assume it was an attempted rape.) He’d been stalking her for months, and he came upon her while she was harvesting grass to feed her cattle. He apparently didn’t fully understand […]
Why we can’t run government like business
The Dallas (TX) school district laid off hundreds of teachers and moved hundreds more on Thursday — in order to forestall an $84mln budget shortfall that was the result of math error. Apart from the irony of effect-and-cause here, this is a clear case where you ignore the numbers, damn the budget, and forge ahead with necessary […]
One step ahead with the Beeb
Ah, it’s nice to know the BBC is atop the latest tends. (Click to enlarge. Note the highlighted area. Chuckle.)
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