"You have to hand it to America. It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading as a force for universal good." (Harold Pinter)

"Das ist das Ergebnis vom Aufwachen im Techno Zeitalter; die Menschen sind unfähig, auf die Realität emotional zu reagieren, wenn sie nicht von Medienbildern übersetzt wird."

(David Wojnarowicz)

"US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may have left Berlin, but her visit has left all sorts of bad tastes in the mouths of Germans. Nobody seems terribly convinced by her claim that America doesn't torture. And what is 'torture' anyway?" Spiegel International

Beast is talking to the president! Snikt!

Finally: the pictures, the truth, the mice on the moon, the whole story! "Looks like the complex web of NASA lies is about to unravel! Just how stupid did the NASA officials think the public were?"

Ex-Innenminister Schily redet mit der SZ erstmals über die CIA-Affäre und gibt sich salopp. Natürlich hat er nichts gewusst, ist klar!

Bei all den Schweinereien, die aktuell beleuchtet werden, wurde diese Story in der "New York Times" bisher übersehen: "WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 - The military acknowledged Friday in a briefing for a ranking Senate Republican that news articles written by American troops had been placed as paid advertisements in the Iraqi news media and not always properly identified."

Im Irak braucht man langsam eine freie Presse, aber die Besatzungsmacht betreibt lieber Propaganda und plant die Bombardierung des Fernsehsenders Al Jazeera. Was kommt noch? Die Wiedereinführung der Sklaverei in US-Kolonien?

Another fanfilm from Finnland. This looks much better than the fanfilms I've seen so far. The trailer (starring Hitler and George W. Bush!) is worthwhile checking out. Impressive CGI for a bunch of amateurs.

Diese Zombie-Folge der neuen Gruselserie "Masters of Horror" (superbes Line-Up an Regisseuren!) von Joe Dante ist wirklich großartig! Da erheben sich die im Irak getöteten Soldaten aus den Gräbern um rechtzeitig zur Wahl zu gehen, aber dann werden sie vom fuchsigen Präsidenten übers Ohr gehauen. Das hätte er besser nicht gemacht. Die lebenden Toten werden böse, wecken ihre Kumpels aus dem Vietnamkrieg und zum Schluß wird die Regierung von einer Million Zombies in die Pilze gejagt. Alles etwas schmalzig aufgetragen mit den edlen Untoten, aber wirklich sehr spaßig.

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Don't miss this online exhibitions at The National Archives. There is a lot to see!

Thanks to The Cartoonist

The news keep coming in and the boys and girls at Spiegel International are working really hard today!

"How he learned radicalism, and may have seen America"

STEVE COLL in the New Yorker. Good one!

"Homecoming is a full-frontal assault on the Bush administration, and about as subtle -- and bracing -- as a punch to the jaw. Adapted by Sam Hamm from Dale Bailey's short story "Death and Suffrage" -- but also vaguely reminiscent of Irwin Shaw's 1936 anti-war play "Bury the Dead" -- Dante's hour darkly satirizes zombie movie conventions, as dead soldiers arise to vote against the politicians who shipped them off to war. (Variety)"

Sounds like Masters of Horror is a fun show in general. Check the roster of directors! Episode 2 was "Dreams in the Witch House" by H.P. Lovecraft with Stuart Gordon as a director.

Cool picture and full story at boingboing.net

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"Campus Anti-War Network is calling for actions around the country to show the federal government that they cannot intimidate schools for kicking out military recruiters. On December 6, the Supreme Court will hear the FAIR v Rumsfeld case (brought by several universities), which will decide whether schools can ban military recruiters without losing federal funding. Currently, the Solomon Amendment allows the government to cut off federal funding from schools that ban military recruiters. This policy forces schools to accept military recruitment, even though the military's anti-gay "don't ask, don't tell" policy violates university anti-discrimination policies."

Mon, December 5, 2005 By AP

"PARIS -- Seven foreigners will likely be deported from France soon for their roles in recent unrest that hit poor French suburbs, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday.

Other foreigners risk expulsion, the minister said in an interview on French television in which he came down in favour of punishment for rappers whose songs incite hate among youths living on the margins of society.

Sarkozy, known for his tough law and order approach, has been criticized by human rights groups and the opposition left for wanting to deport foreigners -- legal or not -- who took part in the three weeks of unrest in late October and early November marked by thousands of arson attacks.

Sarkozy said on television 83 foreigners had been arrested but 40 of them can't be deported because of their age, their status as political refugees or the lengthy time they had spent in France.

"Seven proceedings are finishing up," he said, and the seven will "likely" be expelled.

Sarkozy voiced support for legislators who want rap singers sanctioned for allegedly inciting hate and violence among youths living in suburban housing projects.

"There are inadmissible phrases and we don't have to accept them," Sarkozy said. "It's not because you're young, you do rap, that you should be exonerated from the risk of sanctions."

Source. London Free Press

Today's cartoon is great!

A message from Odeo: "Today we're launching a new version of Odeo with several big changes. The most notable is that everyone can now record audio with the browser-based Odeo Studio - or via the phone. Either way, your voice gets posted as an MP3 on an Odeo page, and from there you can easily share it or edit the title, etc."

Interoperable

Interactive

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"Harryhausen remains underwhelmed by the way special effects have colonised movies. 'Half the time I don't know what these movies are trying to tell me. They're just a series of explosions.'"

Interview in the Guardian

Das schwierige dritte Album! Eher enttäuschend!

"BUSAN, South Korea — U.S. President George W. Bush shakes hands with “Albert Hubo,” a 54-inch-tall, two-legged robot topped with a head modeled after Albert Einstein, as Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, right, looks on as leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum tours South Korea’s hi-tech exhibition." (11/22/05 AP photo)

Found by Warren Ellis

"ONDON -- An Eminem impersonator who beat a woman to death and stuffed her body in a suitcase is facing life in prison.

Christopher Duncan, 21, has the same hair style and tattoos as the rapper. He pleaded guilty in London on Thursday to killing 26-year-old law student Jagdip Najran.

A prosecutor said they met at a karaoke bar last year. Duncan took Najran back to his apartment and beat her over the head with an iron baseball bat until she fell unconscious, then stuffed her body into a suitcase. Duncan reportedly told police he was high on Ecstasy and LSD at the time.

In the video for Eminem's "Stan," an obsessive fan ties up his girlfriend, throws her in the trunk of his car and drives it over a bridge."

(The Associated Press)

Der DFB versteht echt keinen Spaß!

Kann sich jemand diese Spiegel-Überschrift erklären? Was ist an einer Hochzeit oder an Max Raabe so schockierend?

Und Herr Manson, Kreuzberger ehrenhalber, ist doch jenseits der Bühne überhaupt nicht so. Wenn er ohne Makeup im "Franken" privat Bier trinken geht ist er "einer von uns", noch ein Freak halt. Lädt dann sogar zu Runden ein. Ein feiner Kerl eigentlich und als Künstler unterschätzt.

Tolle neue PR-Kampagne von Regierung und Wirtschaft! Fällt einem nix mehr ein!

->Spiegel

"America's favorite cross-dressing, gunslinging frontier woman was less (and more) than her legend would have you think." Review of "Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legend" by James D. McLaird at salon.com

Sounds like a pretty interesting book about a very interesting woman.

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