Got our new license plate in the mail today. Before you ask about the spelling (missing o), it's because plates are limited to a maximum of eight letters. At this point I think we have more plates than cars, but what they hey, they'll look good on the walls of the bar I figure!
Oh, and the aliassing system is 90% built and 50% tested. I'm heading out for supper (Friday night on the town, w00t), but when I get back I'll try and activate it and see what happens.
I think one of the funniest — and most pathetic — things that I've been told in the last month is that none of my news was reputable… A couple people have said that until I stop referring to foreign news (because we all know that if they're not American, they're probably stupid and biassed, right?) and “shills of the left” like the Washington Post, the Financial Times, and so on, and start referring to “reliable” news such bastions of “fair and balanced reporting” as Fox News they couldn't take anything I said seriously seriously. For them, I refer to Fibbing It Up at Fox.
 BUSH: Professional Fascist |
Funny quote from Hans Blix along those lines:
What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons… I don't see how they could have come to such an attitude if they had, at any time, studied [existing reports by UN inspectors]. Is the United Nations on a different planet? Are reports from here totally unread south of the Hudson?
Quotes coming directly from Iraq are less funny though, mostly along the lines of “Death to Bush! Revenge!“ as civilians and Saddam's forces continue to fight against the invading pirate forces… The “funny” part is that US lawmakers are now getting worried that there are too many casualties as far as US troops go — they're troops. They know they might die on a combat mission. I'm a lot more concerned about civilians who are dying simply for being born in a country with oil. To quote:
American soldiers in Iraq today make the astonishing admission that they regularly kill civilians. They say they are frequently confronted by fighters dressed as civilians … The soldiers are furious that their commanders have reneged on promises to send them home as soon as the war was won and are now forcing them into the role of peacekeepers.Their response is often to shoot first and ask questions later, even when it means killing genuine civilians.
I come not bearing peace, but a sword, right?
Or maybe I have no idea what I came to bring?
Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother … My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee.
- Hosea 4:5-6
Oh, and before you think Syria got away unscathed (since it's been mostly mention of Iran and North Korea), think again — but that's just the start… As the Financial Times reports, “One rogue state down, six still to go!” And to guarantee the world is even worse off, the US is continuing arms sales to Pakistan, a religious extremist nation that publicly sponsors terrorism, and not only that is a nuclear power with one of the most anti-US populations in the region.
The mainstream is so polluted with lies… once you are wet it's so hard to get dry. We are all taught how to justify history as it passes by.
- Ani Difranco
As I've mentioned over the past little while, the US is trying to pressure North Korea (who it refuses to even have negotiations with) into war by giving it no other options. The US now warns Japan that North Korea has nuclear ballistic missiles and they should expect to lose a couple more cities thanks to nuclear attacks brought on by America.
PS. Oops, where did I put that plutonium?
Be the change you want to see in the world.
- Mahatma Gandhi
In better news that will never pan out unfortunately,
George Bush and Tony Blair indicted for war crimes; Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, John Ashcroft,Condoleezza Rice, and Tommy Franks also charged with war crimes, with additional charges filed against Bush, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, Rice, and Wolfowitz.
In response, Rumsfeld has threatened Belgium (where the international war crimes courts are located) would be “facing consequences” over this “absurd” action and in fear of further tensions, Belgium is forcing their courts to drop all charges. Yeah, because murdering tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people or far more, without provocation of any kind isn't a war crime? To suggest that mass-murder of innocent people in the name of greed is wrong is obviously “absurd”, right?
She's ten years younger than me… ten years and two months exactly, to be precise, and her movie is coming out before mine! More stills on my sister's page (currently on page three of her IAM page). I can't wait to see it! Have to see if we can find somewhere to post it online I think.
I guarantee it beats my first project… Suckmord, a tale of a guy who's girlfriend dies in a horrible vacuum cleaner accident (falling down the stairs — get your mind out of the gutter, perverts) and then refuses to accept her death and eventually kills himself to be with her.
The new gallery format software is complete, minus fully testing it of course (I've only tested what I can; there's nothing but a live update that can really answer the dangerous questions). I've got it integrated completely right now as far as I can tell, and it's really looking nice. I think you'll like it.
…So tomorrow I'll do a tiny update to test things, and then hack together the aliassing system for IAM so those of you who have kooky characters in your name will be able to play with the new features too.
For those of you in Toronto that are interested in attending the above seminar, here's the text at the bottom (if the pic isn't clear):
Featuring: Dr. Michael Mandel
Prof, Osgoode Hall Law School & Lawyers Against War
Tues, June 24, 7pm Dufferin Grove Rink House
(corner of Dufferin Rd and Dufferin Park Ave,
opposite Dufferin Mall)
Sponsored by Davenport Neighbours for Peace
For more information, email againstthewar@care2.com
or phone: 416.536.5442
Dunno if anyone gives a damn these days about justice and stopping one of the most dangerous war criminals of the last century, but if you're in Toronto, that's downtown, and on transit lines. Check it out! Remember, if “you're not with us, you're against us.” Normally I wouldn't encourage people to enter a lawyer's hive, but in this case it might be a good idea.
Every single gallery on the site is now correctly building using the new tools — BME/extreme, HARD, the text-only sections, the image-only sections, etc. and all the links seem to work. There's still a ton to do but I'm calling it a night for now I think. (It's not uploaded yet; I might do that tomorrow but I'll probably just wait till my test updates instead).
Advice to people seeking a succesful entrepreneurial life… Here's the keys as I see it. There are plenty of people with far more ruthless and perhaps more traditionally successful codes, but these make me happy:
Oh, and I also broke up some of the BME/extreme sections into proper subsections — keep in mind many of those haven't been really edited in something like five years so they were (are) still very fetal. Time to grow up… There are some that should probably die too, but I'm more of a builder than a killer I think.
PS. Anyone interested in hosting two wayward Americans in Montreal for a couple nights? They're housebroken, and I've just cured one of them of his drinking problem… Well… for now anyway.
Brief excerpt from an online conversation:
>do you feel that there aren't that many roads
>left untravelled?I'm not sure that's relevant. I'm not looking for untravelled roads; I'm looking for roads I enjoy.
>as in, your a punk not because you fit in
>with that mentality to so speak, but because
>there really isn't anywhere left, stylistically,
>that you can go to. no new, small group of
>outcasts left. thus leaving no room for suprise
>to the general public, because technically,
>they've seen this before.Anyway who's simply seeking to be an outcast has got issues. I just want to be me. I don't care if I'm different or not.
The final statement is actually a paraphrase from Ryan of BMEbooks who'd said (I hope I'm quoting this right), “I never wanted to be different; I just wanted to be me.”
First, it's probably a good time to issue an important warning about the dangers of excessive drinking. I am fairly certain that this picture will illustrate my point. For some bizarre reason I am immune to hangovers on the whole so luckily I feel fine… Phil on the other hand…
I'm going to finish off my gallery tool today and then integrate it and make a couple test posts for you to check out, but before I did that I wanted to point you to one bodmod related news story that I think is a
giant load of bullshit
Other than that I will also mention that according to the Financial Times, neo-con forces are pressuring Bush for “regime change” in Iran (more), and that British and US special forces are preparing to go into combat with Iran (more). Reading the articles I think it's important to note the timing; right before the election. Given that the Republican party has already promised to make laying the cornerstone of the WTC monument the centrepiece of the GOP Convention (more), I think it should be abundantly clear that they're willing to politicize pretty much anything.
And I also want to remind people of this: If Bush goes to war with two nuclear-capable nations on the eve of the election, legislation is currently in place and is being strengthened that would allow for the permanent suspension of elections in the US and the replacement of the House of Representative by Republican appointees. I'm not even kidding about this. (more, more, more, more, etc…)
Since I haven't posted much here lately, I'll mention of course that the last of the WMD claims were totally debunked (more) — I want a full investigation into all of this, and when it's confirmed that Bush, Ashcroft, Cheney, Rumsfeld and the rest of the butchers were involved, they must be charged for war crimes and I hope they spend the rest of their lives behind bars. With the US goading Korea into war (more), and continuing to murder civilians in Iraq (more), and top-level agencies and officials in the US accusing each other of very serious crimes against humanity (more), I don't think it can be emphasized enough just how important it is to get these monsters out…
It's getting to the point where the word “American” is one of the worst insults you can use on a person internationally, and clearly the US government does not have the right to force that label onto “their” people.
So if you're not willing to raise arms and execute the bastards (j/k… right?), please at least register to vote, and actually go out and do it. Anyway, there are various forums on IAM on this topic that are probably going to be more useful than some foreign instigator's page (more).
PS. WTF is wrong with some people? According to the latest polling (more), 22% of Americans believe that Iraq actually used WMDs during the war…
Thanks again to Kay for these pix from both the BVI CURED filming and also our most recent business undertaking (not related to BME)… Everything is rolling along well on it; I'm not posting too much on it publicly right now, but it's really looking better every day. If you really like the looks of these pictures, talk to me more about it at BMEfest.
