The french paper La Charente Libre pointed out that the US-gouvernment withheld the 11.000 pages of the Iraque-arms-report for 18 hours. No other member of the UN-security council was allowed to see the report right away since the US stated that, only the Americans have copy-machines fast enough to get the document out in time.

QUESTION: Well, can you tell us whether a copy has reached Washington yet, or is it just -- 

MR. BOUCHER: As I mentioned, the documents in the declaration contain sensitive data. They need to be handled in a secure manner, in keeping with our overall nonproliferation concerns. So we have been asked to ensure that the document is copied in a controlled environment in order to guard against the inadvertent release of information. So yes, we have a copy that is being reproduced for other members of the Security Council.

QUESTION: In Washington or in New York?

MR. BOUCHER: I don't want to get into exactly where it might be. We have a copy that's being reproduced using the resources of the US Government because we are able to do this in the high volume necessary, with the technical expertise necessary, and to do it in a controlled environment. So we are making the copies for other members of the Council.

QUESTION: And during this copying process, is somebody simultaneously starting to look at it?

MR. BOUCHER: I don't know. I wouldn't necessarily know one way or the other. I can't say.

quoted from Daily Press briefing of the US department of state U.S. Seized Iraqi Declaration in Night Raid - story at Newsmax

Machtspiele - Story bei telepolis

"In the grand tradition of JFK's brain, the 18.5 minutes of Nixon's tapes, RFK's bodyguard's pistol, the Branch Davidians' front door, Vince Foster's X-rays, and the black boxes from numerous doomed airplanes, we now can add crucial WTC documents to the list of missing evidence." Story by Sara Kugler of AP Just in time after Henry Kissinger, the man they called "the monster". has taken over the job to run the investigation of the events on Sept 11th 2001. disinfo.com suggests we should have a "Conspiriology's Missing Exhibits" museum!

"American citizens working for al-Qaida overseas can legally be targeted and killed by the CIA under President Bush's rules for the war on terrorism, U.S. officials say." Story by John J. Lumpkin of AP

I sneaked around the Info-page for Guantanamo Bay at globalsecurity.org. They got all the statistics. The boys of the US Army also have an official Homepage for the base at Guantanamo Bay", but it looks like a job for the Under-Construction-Club

Anyway. The US got this spot on the south-eastern end of Cuba in 1902 when Cuba managed to become an independent state after three years of American occupation.
The island played a big role in the Spanish-American war which started with the explosion of the war-ship "Maine" in the port of Havanna in 1898 (it was supposed to be sabotage, but it looked more like some explosive gas blew up). The US kept Guantanamo Bay as an Army base until today, even though they lost their right of intervention in 1934. It became the only base in a socialist country after Fidel Castro kicked Batista's ass and made him escape to the US.

Guantanamo Bay is the place where detainees from the war in Afghanistan are held as prisoners in camps that look like something out of a John Carpenter-movie.

"The first detainees arrived at Camp X-Ray January 11, 2002. As of February 1, 2002, detainee in-processing and questioning at Camp X-Ray had been limited to such subjects as basic name, place of birth, time of birth, name of parents, siblings and education, though according to Sen. Inouye more in-depth interrogations was to start soon thereafter. "

Quoted from the info-page for Camp X-Ray at globalsecurity.org

"Soon thereafter", why did they wait that long? Wouldn't you want to question these people right away to find out where Dr. Bin Fu Manchu is hiding?

Camp Delta was first occupied on April 28, 2002, when 300 detainees previously held at Camp X-Ray were transferred to Camp Delta. The rest of the detainees were moved on April 29. Camp X-Ray closed down on that same day. As of June 26, 2002, the total number of detainees at Camp Delta was standing at 536. " Quoted from the info-page for Camp Delta at globalsecurity.org

Maybe it wasn't about questioning since the Bushies were working on something else and the US Patriot Act was only the beginning. The US did everything to secure a new international status for themselves. They made sure that no American can be held guilty at the offical court for International War Criminal. "If they try it, we will attack the Netherlands and get our boys out there", one official said on TV. Yeah, right! Send Rambo! And now they introduced a second judical system to deal with the prisoners on Guantanamo Bay and other evil-doers who are too evil for a regular lawsuit.

"Guantanamo is central to the Bush Administration's strategy to prevent judicial review of the legal status of prisoners. Located on Cuban territory, it is the legal equivalent of outer space, according to one US government official, unlike military bases on US territories. These other locations were ruled out as prison sites because they fall under the jurisdiction of the often-liberal Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals. Quoted from the info-page for Camp Delta at globalsecurity.org

The soldiers call the base "Gitmo". They worry about things only Americans worry about. Here are the top-questions from The FAQ of The unofficial guide to Gitmo  

1. Where do you shop on base?
2. What sports are offered for the adults?
3. What sports are offered for the youth?

Those yankees!!!

"They are desperately eager to win an easy victory over a defenseless enemy, so they can strut around as heroes and liberators ... It's as old as history."

full interview at alternet.org

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The Flash Award 2002 for a linear cartoon goes to Kunstbar by Whitehouse Animation Inc from Canada. Great little film of 2.9 mb that reloads while you watch. I saw it on a 56k-modem and it worked.

I uploaded the updated version of Dirty Tears - Part One and an all-new Part Two. I hope I'm finished with the whole thing by christmas. Thanks to Colin Raff for proof-reading!

It's a great idea and it's growing fast. The next time you wanna travel, check out the hosts of the Hospitality Club. Become a member, crash at someone's house instead of paying for a hotel and host other people at your own house in return. The site is getting more and more international and it's using a rating-system for hosts and guests. You will have to fill out a little potrait-thing, upload a picture of your ugly face if you want to and you're ready to see other cities through the eyey of a local. I've been travelling in this way for years with bands who took me on the road and it's the real thing. If you don't wanna waste time on the obvious tourist-attractions and prefer to go a little deeper, this one's for you. Hell, it reduces your costs as well!

Hospitality Club

Anmelden, einsteigen und billiger verreisen. Der Hospitality Club vermittelt Pennplätze in aller Welt. Wer Mitglied werden will, muß aber natürlich auch Reisende bei sich daheim aufnehmen. Eine großartige Möglichkeit um wie früher punkrockmäßig auf anderer Leut's Fußboden zu pennen und nebenbei im Ausland sofort Anschluß an die Locals zu finden. Und kostenlose Pennplätze mit Billigflieger-Tarifen kombiniert, ergeben effektiv mehr Geld für die Reisekasse!

Hospitality Club

The guy won a Pulitzer Prize and a whole bunch of awards for this. The novel follows a writer from Brooklyn and a graphic and escape artist who has escaped the Nazis in prague. It'S the story of a Jewish family during the war and it's all about comic-books. Joe Kavalier and Sammy Clay start working on superhero-books and they create charakters like The Escapist, an escape artist with a cape who becomes a national icon. Michael Chabon has done a good job writing a book about someone like Jack Kirby. The story keeps playing with the idea of the forgotten artist and people like Stan Lee and Gene Colan have guest-appearances. Jack Kirby was a king. He stood next to Elvis and nobody noticed how fucking good he was, how he had changed the look of contemporary culture by inventing this powerful style of his. But the core of the book is a triangle of love. Love, comic-books and World War II.

order The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay through this site

Großartiger Roman über zwei jüdische Künstler und eine Frau, die gemeinsam während des 2.Weltkrieges an einer Superhelden-Serie arbeiten. Wunderbar geschrieben, historisch sinnvoll verknüpft und comicmäßig dem ganz großen Jack Kirby Tribut gezollt. Dafür gab es u.a. einen Pulitzer. Die unglaublichen Abenteuer von Kavalier & Clay hier auf Deutsch bestellen

Herr Lehmann, Herr Lehmann, jetzt reicht es dem Kreuzberger aber langsam mit ihnen! Mal abgesehen davon, daß das Achtziger-Revival vermutlich vorbei ist und mit dem Autoren erst ein Bremer nach Berlin ziehen mußte um dem Kreuzberger seinen Kiez zu erklären - bis Sie Ihren Film in den Kinos haben, entwickeln sich die Dreharbeiten langsam zur ernsthaften Belästigung. Vor nicht allzu langer Zeit erst, bewarf ein Nachbar die Filmcrew mit Flaschen und die angerückte Polizei mit diversen Möbelstücken weil sie ihm die ganze Nacht in die Bude funzelten. Und langsam kann man des nachts keinen Meter mehr durch den Kiez oder am Kanal entlang marschieren ohne von ihren Wächtern des Gehweges verwiesen zu werden. "Da können sie nicht lang, wir drehen", dit kann so langsam keiner mehr hören, Freunde! Mad-Science.Net konnte in Person der bekannten Elektro-Turntable-Rockerin Nora Below eine Spionin als Extra auf den Set schmuggeln, aber es gab von den Dreharbeiten nichts wirklich nennenswertes zu berichten. Alles ist prima, prima 80er und der halbe Film scheint nachts rund um den Heinrichplatz zu spielen.

Ray Wallace must have been a funny guy. Two weeks after he dies at the age of 84 on November 26th, his son Michael revealed that his old man had invented the Bigfoot. Wallace was the first to spot the creature stalking the north-western USA and he kept producing evidence ever since 1958. He created the gigantic footsteps, the audio-tapes with the voice of the monster and some shady pictures. Michael Wallace also told the press that the Bigfoot which can be seen in the famous short-movie by Roger Patterson from 1967, was probably his mother who ran around the woods in a costume every once in a while to attract more and more true believers.

This a great new CD put out by the G7 Welcoming Committee and it aint punk or metal. Funky grooves combined with turntable-traditions, a touch of mellowness, interesting lyrics and w hole lot of Hip Hop.

"Justice - Peace and Equality, but, um... Power stems from the barrel of a gun We'll live and we die as One, but... Power stems from the barrel of a gun."

This is a really cool record by this new band from Canada. They got a bunch of sounds online. Catch up with the Warsawpack

Interesting little story in the "Berliner Zeitung" about the artist Thomas Nast who moved from Germany to the US in 1850. Nast originally created the image of Santa Claus the way we know him for the "Harper's Weekly"-magazine in 1862. President Abraham Lincoln himself ordered to create a positive charakter for christmas to cheer up his troops in the Civil War for the winter. Nast has also created the classic image of Uncle Sam (that "I want you"-poster!), the elephant for the conservative party and the donkey for the democrats. The archive in Landau, germany is having a show until January the 30th about Thomas Nast (call 06341-13157)
Thomas Nast Online
Political Cartons of Thomas Nast

Interessante Story in der "Berliner Zeitung" von heute

Der Weihnachtsmann wurde 1862 auf Anordnung von Abe Lincoln für das "Harper's Weekly"-Magazin entwickelt um die Truppen der Nordstaaten im Bürgerkrieg bei laune zu halten. Gezeichnet hat die Figur der deutschstämmige Künstler Thomas Nast, der auch Unkle Sam und die Wappentiere Elefant und Esel für die beiden großen Parteien in den USA entwickelt hat. Das Archiv in Landau zeigt bis zum 30.Januar eine Ausstellung über Thomas Nast (Info unter 06341-13157)

The city of Berlin is not able to stop the Nazis from having another demonstration against Israel on monday. Even though Israel's president Mosche Katzav visits the capitol of Germany at the same time, a demonstration under the banner "Hand off Palestine! No weapons for Israel" will take place in the heart of Berlin. The cops announced they will do anything to stop citizens from trying to get close to the march. It looks like the Nazis can do their thing for the media again. The radical right has been trying to assimilate the struggle for a free Palestine for quite some time now. Hopefully enough people show up to block the streets and offer some resistance.

All those fried munchies like potatoe chips, french fries and cereals contain Acrylamid, a dangerous poison you should try to avoid. Eat more veggies, fruits or nuts and keep yourself up to date with this Acrylamid Checklist

"Radio Hörer und Sender sind wir !(Kraftwerk)

Jede größere Stadt der Welt hat ein freies , unkommerzielles Radio. Berlin hat lediglich den Offenen Kanal, der aber als Bürgeradio kein übergreifendes, inhaltliches Konzept hat. Unterstützt deshalb die Radiokampagne mit Eurer Unterschrift!
Support the campaign for a free radio in Berlin with your signature!

Very interesting show with some great contamporary art from Berlin. Artists can move into this huge old glass-factory and stay there for two weeks to show their stuff. There are bands and Djs every night until the 15th. Highly recommended! You don't wana miss the swastika-sausages by Jan M.Petersen

Sehr gute Ausstellung aktueller Kunst aus Berlin mit Bands und DJs jeden Abned bis zum 15.12. Verpassen Sie nicht die Naziwürste von Jan M.Petersen!

Ausstellung mit Werken, Installationen, Projekten von: Susanne Ahner, Aron, Maria Best, Banu Birecikligil, Matthias Bothor, Stephanie Bothor, Alero Boyo, Gregor Brachmann, Aenne Burghardt, Jin Hee Cho, Andrea Droege, Katharina Erben, Christa Frontzeck, Gisela Genthner, Knut Gerwers, Anna von Gwinner, Svenja Hehner, Fritz Heisterkamp, Ulrike Helm, Sabine Jank & Günthnther Petzhold, Iris Kettner, Christine Kisorsy, Fried Knapp, Paul Kramer, Andrea Maria Krenn, Julia Kuhl, Edgar L., Malersuite, Jan Mende, Katharina Moessinger, Elena Papaioannou, Jan M. Petersen, PP, Jim Rakete, Mirko Reinecke, Michael Rhodes, Angelik Riemer, Michael Rutschky, Clemens Schergaut, Holger Schulz, Sercan, Giò Di Sera, Christoph Seifer, Stepha, Das Trixi Kombinat, Cornelia Vossen, Thomas Wagner, Bernhard Wald, Dennis Wettig, Christoph Wöllner, u.a. Ständiger Überraschungsgast: Jim Avignon

bis Sonntag, 15. Dezember täglich ab 12 Uhr, Glaslager, Alte Jakobstr.124-128, Berlin Homepage mit Programm

"Guten Tag, guten Tag, ich will mein Leben zurück!" Seit Tagen dudelt die Berliner Band mit ihrem Hit in meinem Hinterkopf. Überaus sympathische Band, die die besseren Teile der Neuen Deutschen popmusik auf sich vereint und nicht so plastikmäßig wie MIA rüberkommt. Homepage

New psyco-drama by that canadian director who is responsible of lovely classics like Scanners, Rabid and Dead Ringers. The trailer looks great

Platz 17 in der 2.Liga und auch sonst nicht unbedingt eine positive Bilanz.: die Freibeuter der Liga drohen Schiffbruch zu erleiden. Nun hat Thetaerintendant Corny Littmann alias Herr Schmidt die Präsidentschaft des FC St.Pauli übernommen. Der Vorzeige-Schwule wurde bereits 1999 zum Hamburger "Unternehmer des jahres" gewählt als er den Umsatz seines Theater ohne Subventionen von 350000 Euro auf 6,5 Millionen hochschrauben konnte. Das nennt man mal Wirtschaftkompetenz!

Herr Schmidt, the gay chief of Germany's coolest variety show, is the new president of everyone's favourite soccer-team, the guys with the Jolly Rogers-flag called FC St.Pauli.

In Utrecht, Netherlands the first school for political activists started with classes to teach the young generation how to deal with the cops, how to open doors etc. Smart move! These kids today, they run away whenever some cop moves his ass and they're too stoned to talk!

Squat.net/Utrecht

Alles wird besser, weil ...

... in Utrecht am 7. Dezember eine Schule für Hausbesetzer und Politaktivisten eröffnet wird. Denn das war wirklich überfällig. Wer kennt es nicht, man ist auf einer Demo, vom Lautsprecherwagen wird die Polizei aufgefordert, die Provokationen zu unterlassen, und was passiert? Alle rennen weg. Warum? Niemand weiß, wie man Ketten bildet. Beim Plenum das gleiche Bild, endlos wird gelabert, und am Ende wird doch nichts entschieden, weil niemand mehr Lust hat und nach sieben Stunden Laberei eh alle viel zu stoned sind, um noch die Hand zu heben. Warum? Niemand weiß, wie man eine Sitzung organisiert.

Noch ein Beispiel. Im Seitenflügel des besetzten Hauses ist das Fallrohr verstopft. Anstatt es zu reparieren, gehen alle ins Vorderhaus, obwohl da die Frauenküche ist und es dort überhaupt nicht gern gesehen wird, wenn im dazugehörigen Klo Männer im Stehen pinkeln. Wieso? Niemand weiß, was zu tun ist, wenn irgendein Punk die grandiose Idee hatte, im Hauskneipenklo Pflastersteine herunterzuspülen. Oder neulich in Berlin: Ein Haufen Linker will einer Wochenzeitung eine Petition auf die Nase drücken. Was passiert? Die Redaktion stimmt dem Abdruck zu. Warum? Niemand weiß, dass man auf Unterschriftenlisten mit Sharons Politik der Härte reagieren muss.

Es kann nur besser werden, und eine Schule für Hausbesetzer und Politaktivisten ist ein guter Anfang. Bewährte Aktivisten sollen das Lehrpersonal stellen, gab der Schulleiter Peter Polder zu Protokoll. Und tatsächlich: Von wem soll man denn lernen, wenn nicht von denen, die alle Fehler schon gemacht haben? Es wird Zeit, dass auch die deutsche Linke das Poldermodell entdeckt. tobias rapp

aus Jungle World 50/2002

Brilliant film about the fan-phenomena numero uno. If you're one of them or know one of them, it's a perfect christmas-gift. I really enjoyed it. Made me understand these people a little bit better. To get this clear, I hate Star Trek. I saw the original series when I was a kid and never really paid attention even though I liked Science Fiction. But I was the Star Wars-generation. I thought the show looked ridiculous. I mean, the cardboard-mountains and those alien they had, come on, it's stupid! Why would you want to waste your time trying to interpret this show as some sort of blueprint for the future? Yeah, they had a Russian and a black woman on the bridge. That's why Whoopie Goldberg became an actress and all that. Does anyone remember "Battlestar Galactica"? It was all about homeless Americans in outer space. I think earth was destroyed and they were just cruising around the galaxy to find a new home. It was truly Western and they had these great cheesy 70s-uniforms which were supposed to look Roman. Didn't they have capes too? Anyway, that show was real shit and just a rip off while Star Trek was something new. The approach was different. It was perfect for the hippies and Spock is obviously a classic charakter. Yeah, I always liked the idea of having Spock around. But everyone else was just a joke.

Years ago, they had a big convention in Bremen and I was writing about it for the taz, which is this daily leftie-newspaper in Germany. Walter Koenig (Checkov) was there and so was James Doohan (Scotty, the engineer), the red-haired woman who played the doctor in "Next Generation" and a few Klingons. I arrived when the doctor was on stage. Someone told me that she's a very rare guest at these cons and that even people from the US were in town to see her. Ok, people came all the way from Maple Plain, Minnesota on a plane to see this person speak for 30 minutes. I was interested to see this and went into that huge hall where thousands of people sat like they were in church. Most of them wore the red uniform that Kirk wears in the movies. Then there were a lot of Klingons, most of them in perfect costume. I had seen these people in magazines and on TV, but it's strange when you really see them doing their thing. It's a way of dressing up and playing around with certain parts of your personality that you usually can't act out in public. I looked at the photographer covering the story, Christoph Riccius. he's working for Wallpaper and all kinds of other fancy magazines by now. He's an ace. If you see what he can do with photography, you will die of envy. He's really getting into it and he was sniffing around like a young dog. I pointed over to the Klingons and said:"this is an easy job, go and get a shot of those guys while I check out this panel. I loved commanding around photographers, but Christoph obviouslay had his own idea. He did some great pictures of white walls and empty rooms. He got the utterly boring enviroment pretty good!

The doctor was talking and she started to get into it. I sat down on the side and watched the program. This was a truly religious event and I started to hate every moment of this. All these fans had been craving for this moment and suddenly this guy with a very bad costume comes on stage and interrupts the actress in the middle of some mildly amusing anecdote. He goes, "we gotta do the costume-contest now and I'm really sorry and bla." The guy took over the Mike and the doctor justz looks at the fans, shrugs her shoulders and leaves the stage. I thought, people would throw their lunch atthat guy, but everyone accepted the shedule. A bunch of the Klingons howled around for a minute, but that was it. Then Walter Koenig was on and he was an extremely nice guy. He must have done this kind of thing hundreds of times, but for some reason he wasn't in the right mood that day.

He obviously didn't like the big three and he certainly thought that William Shatner was an idiot chasing young women around the set. He said quite a few nasty things about how Spock, Kirk and Dr.McCoy always made sure their roles would stay upfront while Uhura, Sulu, Checkov and Spock would remain in the back and never really develop any sort of charakter. He got a little bitter when he talked about the time following the original-series. He was an actor in New York and he did theatre. It sounded like he preferred theatre anyway, but he remained Chekov for everyone even though he never had any better lines than "Captain, 'e 'ave a problem." Did Sulu ever have any other dialogue than "Warp ten, Mr.Sulu", "Aye Aye Captain"? Everyone's making a big deal out of Uhura being the first black woman on a TV-show, but she never got a brain or anything interesting to say. When the movies came out, Koenig tried to get a few more lines, but in the end they rewrote the script and all his scenes were remodelled for Dr.McCoy.

He was a very good storyteller and I laughed alot. But the nerds were making all this noise. When Koenig started putting Shatner down again, one of these idiots in their Admirals uniforms got up and went:"But, sir, don't you think, every ship needs a Captain?" Koenig answered something like"no, I don't believe in Captains and take off that monkey-suit while you're talking to me."
It was funny.

All these trekkie-people were like so challenged. I mean, everyone was ugly. It was unbelievable. They were all so harmless and friendly and talked in soft voices. But it's good they found a home in some way. I would have liked this thing when I was 13, but most of these people are grown-ups....

The question remains: Why make a cult out of Star Trek? How did this happen? Why not X-Men or something cool? Why don't they listen to the Velvet Underground instead?

Trekkie is probably the biggest religion in the world right now. We have to watch them!

Thanks to Jord for sending over the tape!

Trekkies - official homepage with a few video-clips to have a look at. You can buy video or the DVD over there as well

Deutsche Fassung von Trekkies kaufen

Kirk or not? - book this guy for your next party!

"'Crystallize' builds a bridge between all imaginable varieties of electronic music. That includes Industrial as well as Power-noise -- rhythmic noise and Nora Below's favorite music style. On her debut 'Crystallize' she rocks with her Atari and the resulting sound isn't always easy to digest. But as you adjust to the sound, you will discover the special charm of Nora's music. On 'Crystallize' it unfolds between electro-synthie-modulations and the secrets of the night. Alienated vocals, accompanied by her electro sound, remind you of 'Horror in the Skyscraper'. Nora Below has her fun with it." -forcedexposure.com

Meine bezaubernde Weggefährtin Nora Below, die Frau mit dem härtesten Cyberarm der Welt, hält weiterhin die Welt mit ihrem Vinyl "Crystallize" für Ellen Allien's bpitchcontrol in Atem weil sowas ja jetzt in New York auch sehr modern ist, was sie da macht. Und jetzte hat sie ja auch eine ganz süße Camouflage-Website Übrigens erstaunlich, wieviele Hits Du bei Google inzwischen hast, Cherie!

"Genauso, wie sich die Amerikaner als Ausnahme betrachten, tun das auch die Deutschen. Die Amerikaner sagen, uniliteral: Wir sind die Armee, und die Deutschen erklären uniliteral: Wie sind die Guten, die Reinen und Perfekten. Wir vergießen kein Blut." -Jane Kramer in einem Interview für die "Berliner Zeitung"

Frau Kramer hat ein interessantes Buch über einen beknackten Milizen der Ohio Militia geschrieben. Am 13.12. liest sie um 19 Uhr daraus in der American Academy zu Berlin.

Reading: Jane Kramer reads from "Lone Patriot. The Short Career of an American Militiaman", December the 13th, 7 p.m. Amercan Academy, Berlin

Schon ganz geil, daß der Deutsche wieder mal mit weißer Weste rumsteht und so tut als könne man Kriege mit Kindergärtnerinnen-Methodik verhindern. "Einen hochkarätig besetzten Fototermin" nannte CNN den Auftritt der Polit-Prominenz beim jüngsten Afghanistan-Gipfel in Bonn, wo sich unser Gerd als internationaler Macher und Strippenzieher profilieren wollte. Viel mehr als ein Foto ist tatsächlich nicht passiert. Erstaunlich wie sich die SPD mit schöner Regelmäßigkeit selbst demontiert und zur unglaubwürdigen Chaos-Truppe mutiert. Da weiß man nicht mehr genau um welche Panzer es nun genau geht und den ausgerufenen Nato-Bündnisfall versucht man weiter irgendwie zu ignorieren. Stattdessen sogar zaghaft hier und da mal wieder das Gerede einer Euro-Armee, die womöglich die Russen mit einschließen würde. Davon ist spätestens seit dem 11.September nichts mehr zu hören, aber der gute Deutsche hat das noch nicht ganz verstanden.

Neben der SPD mutieren die Grünen inzwischen zur glaubwürdigeren Partei der Mitte, die bürgernah mit Sachverstand zumindest die Sache mit dem Hühnerfutter oder die Scheiße mit der Atomkraft so zu behandeln weiß, daß man glauben mag, sie wüssten wovon sie reden. Politisch kauft man dem Hü und Hott-Gerd dagegen nichts mehr ab und der Volkszorn bahnt sich bei dem Sitzen auf den Pfründen langsam seinen Weg. "Das Volk soll nicht soviel konsumieren und lieber für den Staat sorgen" ließ Müntefering am Wochenende in einem Interview verlauten, wurde aber vom Gerd sofort wieder in's Glied gerufen weil der gute Deutsche doch zumindest gerade die Wirtschaft mittels Kauf diverser DVD-Player ankurbelte. Soviel entrückt und weltfremd sein ließ Entertainer Harald Schmidt vermuten, Münti überrascht uns demnächst mit dem Spruch:" Wenn sie kein Brot haben, sollen sie eben Kuchen essen." Hat aber keiner kapiert, was in Sachen Bildungsnotstand auch wieder tief blicken lässt.

Great collection of really stupid atomic power propaganda celebrating it's 20th anniversary with a dvd. Looking for it, I found this Tribute Page at Conelrad - "an eerie, creepy look at Cold War Culture" (NY Times). Great site with incredible pictures! And you can also listen to some original sounds at Clay's Atomic Cafe Wav Page

I found this over in the log of Tom Tomorrow:

Your George W. Bush Fun Fact of the Day

According to Secrets of the Tomb, Alexandra Robbins' book about Skull & Bones (the Yale secret society to which our President and his father both belonged), some new pledges--called "knights"--are automatically assigned traditional secret names:

"Magog," the knight who has the most experience with members of the opposite sex; "Gog," the least sexually experienced member; "Long Devil," the tallest man in the club; "Boaz," any varsity football captain; and "Little Devil," Long Devil's rival and the shortest knight in the club. The knights who are left over are free to choose their own names…

But here's the fun part:

The Bonesmen who influenced George W. Bush's life would have known him by another name: Temporary, an appellation he used because he could not think of anything else and never bothered to change it.

(For what it's worth, George Senior was reportedly named Magog.)

-stolen from thismodernworld.com

The Sad and Sordid Whereabouts of bin Cheney and bin Bush - Part One: "What Does a 99-cent Bic Lighter Tell Us About the Bush War on Terrorism?" Read the free Online Chapter addition to "Stupid White Men" by Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine)

aicn.com reports that Writer/director Michael J. Bassett has been asked by Wes Craven, creator of Freddy Krueger, whether he would be interested in doing a remake of the Craven-classic. "The hills have eyes" is fucking great! it scared me to death when I was a kid! Basically it's the story of the Manson Family having become mutants out in the woods!