"The tall, lanky man who spawned George W. Bush may have been standing in front of the Texas School Book Depository on Nov. 22, 1963. George H. W. Bush is one of very few Americans who does not precisely remember where he was and what he was doing on the fateful Friday in November 1963. Of course, he would have had a foggy memory if he was an accessory to the crime. The Bush family are modern Borgias - cruel 'human locusts' who devour and ruin everything in their path.' "

Wayne Madsen Report... Nice picture! Photoshop?

Another interview with the coolest leftie ever.

Quote: 'We are in an unjustifiable war. We are crippling our country with debt and fear, and killing off our children's prospects through neglect.'

On Alternet...

Very good documentary about german cannibal Armin Meiwes.

"Single man meets radical male masochist on the Internet. On their first date, the masochist offers up his penis as main course in a romantic dinner for two. After some teething problems over the best way to prepare the food, the two men enjoy a meal of garnished genitals. Satiated, and feeling woozy, the masochist is led upstairs to the bathroom, where he is left to bleed to death. Hours later, our host pops in to see how his date is doing, and finishes him off with a knife to the throat. He then butchers the body and barbecues the meat.

Even as fiction, this extreme tale of human weirdness would be difficult to stomach. So how do we respond when two middle-aged computer engineers turn this incredulous plot into jaw-dropping fact? Two words: shock and awe. Just when you thought you'd heard it all, along comes a German cannibal, Armin Meiwes, and his willing victim, Bernd-Juergen Brandes, to rewrite the book of bizarre human behaviour. Rarely has a criminal investigation aroused such ghoulish curiosity or raised such difficult questions about the dark places that the human mind can go."

Torrent

More about the film and cannibal-links at Channel 4...

The Man Who Ate His Lover director/screenplay: Srik Narayanan Germany/UK 2004, colour language: German; English subtitles production: Mentorn Films runtime: 60 min

Julius Marx was one of the greatest comedians of all time and perhaps the most imitated. But, unfortunately, Groucho's last years were anything but funny. Comicwriter Mark Evanier about Groucho's sad last years

Evanier also wrote a touching story about "the boys": Mr. Laurel and Mr Hardy

By the way, Laurel and Hardy, a great new dvd-collection coming up!

Shoutwire: What do you think of aman792's turban?

Always dressed to kill with my favourite smart fashion blog: "State of the Blogosphere: the Highlights of Online Fashion, Lifestyle & Pop Culture for the Week Ending 3/12/06". Not for women and girlie-men only!

Those boys should be very ashamed!

This woman from Sligo on the North West coast of Ireland has been called the new Mahir already, which I find unfair. Those boys writing nasty things about her are just jealous because she's got something to write about compared to the ten billion blogs out there!

I laughed so hard when I found this on digg.com. It explains a lot!

"Diesel is a long time fan and player of Dungeons & Dragons and other role playing games, a fact that he proudly states in various interviews. He occasionally makes reference to D&D in his films ... It has been said that his portrayal of Richard Riddick in the Pitch Black series of movies and games is based somewhat on this favorite character, a Drow "witch-hunter" who was a loner, and that Diesel has the character's image tattooed on his leg. He has also written the foreword to the commemorative book 30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of D&D, a collection of stories and essays which chronicles the history of D&D. It is also rumored (though never confirmed) that Diesel plays the popular game World of Warcraft under the alias "Dish"."

From Wikipedia

The Presidential Speechialist is a funny guy!

Sehr gutes Interview mit DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF

Also read the essay EVOLUTION AS A TEAM SPORT.

• Soapbox: World of Warcraft Teaches the Wrong Things
• EU & US World of Warcraft and how to play on both
• Utitlize Google Maps for World of Warcraft Maps

Shoutwire: Want to look like a Cartoon? How to get that Anime Hair...!

So, where is the content then, young lady?

"Many of you may have heard about MySpace, most likely due to moral panic brought on by the media's coverage of the potential predators and bullying. There is no doubt that the potential is there, but there are more articles on predators on MySpace than there have been reported predators online. Furthermore, bullying is a practice that capitalizes on any available medium. Moral panics are a common reaction to teenagers when they engage in practices not understood by adult culture. There were moral panics over rock&roll, television, jazz and even reading novels in the early 1800s [1]. The media, typically run by the parent generation, capitalizes on and spreads the fear with little regard for data or actual implications. Examples are made out of delinquent youth, showing how the object of fear ruined them in some way or other. The message is clear - if you don't protect your kids from this evil, they too will suffer great harm to their minds, bodies or morals."

Read on at the American Association for the Advancement of Science

"To the citizens of the United States of America, in the light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today.

Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories.

Except Utah, which she does not fancy.

Your new Prime Minister (The Right Honourable Tony Blair, MP for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a Minister for America without the need for further elections.

Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.

A questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect...." Read on...

Via del.icio.us

Excerpt from the "Declaration of Revocation":

6. You should stop playing American "football." There is only one kind of football. What you refer to as American "football" is not a very good game.

The 2.15% of you who are aware that there is a world outside your borders may have noticed that no one else plays "American" football. You will no longer be allowed to play it, and should instead play proper football.

Initially, it would be best if you played with the girls. It is a difficult game. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which is similar to American "football", but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like nancies).

We are hoping to get together at least a US Rugby sevens side by 2005.

You should stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the 'World Series' for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.15% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. Instead of baseball, you will be allowed to play a girls' game called "rounders," which is baseball without fancy team strip, oversized gloves, collector cards or hotdogs.

California Dreamboy!

I can't stop laughing!

"A guild in World of Warcraft has decided to hold an entire server hostage. The guild has created the item that allows them to open up a great deal of content in the game, but they are refusing to use it until somebody pays them 5000 gold to do the deed" Kotaku via digg.com

Get the ELVIS PRESLEY MARS GLOBE!

Update: Rollins in his own words!

I just read this nice interview with Mr. Rollins at themodernword.com when the following popped up:

"Henry Rollins ran into trouble while flying from Auckland, Australia during the Big Day Out Tour.

Apparently, the former hardcore vocalist and author made the mistake of reading Jihad: The Rise of Militant Island in Central Asia while on the flight. The book - a largely academic look at the roots and conflicts in Central Asian and their connections to terrorism - apparently raised some red flags resulting in Rollins recieving what he described as "a latter from a nice woman who worked in one of those government areas that deals with anti-terrorism matters."

The individual who sat next to Henry had reported him to the government because of the book; while the letter he recieved from the government dismissed the accussation as "idiocy," Henry responded: "I was reading a book called Jihad by Ahmed Rashid which is a history of Central Asia. I didn't speak to the man next to me past how do you do. I think Ahmed Rashid is published by Yale University Press. Bush's alma mater. Please tell your government and everyone in your office to go fuck themselves. Tell them twice. If your boss is looking for something to do, you can tell him I suggest he go fuck himself. Baghdad's safer than my hometown and your PM is a sissy." Via Shoutwire oder so!

Henry Rollins Spoken Word Sunday, March 19, 2006 (8:00 PM), Passionskirche, Markeinekeplatz, Kreuzberg

"It was a few minutes after midnight on September 28, 1983, and just outside of Moscow, in an incident not many westerners would ever find out about, millions of lives were about to be saved by a man who was considered to be an enemy to the free world."

Via Shoutwire

SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION! IT DOES EXIST!

This is so strange:

"My childhood friend, Burny Madden, is a young artist who is burning little by little to death. Something unexplainable is causing parts of his body to ignite for no apparent reason at all.

Burny usually bursts into flames when he is too upset or too excited. And the burnings are getting worse. Now I’m afraid that if he burns again – he might die.

A few weeks ago, a weird incident involving a dead dog that has allegedly sprung back to life when Burny touched it with his flaming hand, caused his stepfather, Stanley “Stan” Lucierno, to conclude that the fire has some kind of healing power. Stan is now trying to force Burny to burn – threatening him, hurting him, abusing both him and his mother in sickening ways – so he could cash in on it.

I built a web site for Burny: burnymadden.com and published his story so that through the Internet, people may know about his terrible situation and help me save him.

Nona"

Datajunkie has links for some great MP3s!

"Being bored is not only an important part of the German philosophical tradition. It can actually be a lot of fun. And it keeps the German police forces busy." Deutsche Welle!

This one goes out to the incredibly inspiring Geffen who turned me on to "Seinfeld"!!! Honey, why is your site still "under construction"?

Gerry Casale of DEVO is Jihad Jerry. Get a free MP3 by Jihad Jerry and the Evildoers.