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Monday, March 31, 2003 |
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What's left to say? I hate the US? Surely not. World Domination? Surely not. But something similar in that direction. All of this happenend before in a country called Germany, you know. Must have been 1933. Have fun. From Wounded Knee to Afghanistan"U.S. military spending ($343 billion in the year 2000) is 69 percent greater than that of the next five highest nations combined. Russia, which has the second largest military budget, spends less than one-sixth what the United States does. Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Cuba, Sudan, Iran, and Syria spend $14.4 billion combined; Iran accounts for 52 percent of this total."
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Old London. Pictures of a London that once was are at Images of London; you can order the prints or just browse the gallery. More old London pics are here; unfortunately the enlargements of the thumbs come with an ugly red watermark and I am much too lazy to retouch that. But then the photos are much better than those at the 'Images' site.And at GenDocs you will find lots of information about London Churches; Victorian Lodging Houses; London Metropolitan Police Divisions; Victorian London Inns, Taverns & Public Houses; and much, much more. Sadly, no pictures. Damn.
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Anna Livia in Antwerp. Here's the Antwerp James Joyce Centre with lots of online articles and webpages that look lekker in either browser. The picture on the left alone is worth visiting.
3:08:10 PM Literature | |
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Family matters. Paul Joyce is indeed the great grandnephew of James Joyce and like him he was born in Dublin. Not only that, he's also an artist and has produced 18 etchings and oil paintings illustrating the book. That book. The one and only Ulysses."My visual exploration of Joyce's masterpiece has culminated in these eighteen etchings. Pivotal scenes from each chapter of Ulysses are shown, with as much attention to the details of the book as possible," explains Joyce. Each etching displays a different visual style -- such as abstract, realist and cubist -- and corresponds to the literal style used in the book."
2:59:05 PM Literature | |
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Boo! Rail strikes continue. UK: A second one-day rail strike inconvenienced thousands of commuters across Britain today, as operators slashed services by as much as 90%. [Guardian Unlimited]
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Which side? Whenever you're in a foreign country, like, let's say Iraq, Syria or Lebanon, it's always worthwhile to know which side of the road people are driving on. The Travel Library tells you where, why and how.
9:19:33 AM Cult | |
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Sunday, March 30, 2003 |
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Proper Advertising. The original print of the picture on the left can be found hanging on a wall at the staircase leading down to the Bates canteen and shows the Creative Department at Dorland, London, which later became Ted Bates (Dorland Advertising's illustrators creating new material in 1920. Their client list was superb.). Pictures like this one and lots of old UK ads and insights into the ad industry are at The History of Advertising Trust. Enjoy.
4:09:03 PM London | |
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Fruity. Great. Old postcards with gigantic fruits."FruitFromWashington.com Welcomes you to a Display of Exaggerated and Novelty Fruit Postcards" Via The J-Walk Weblog.
3:25:40 PM Cult | |
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Personality Crisis gone. Thanks to Jörg and Anneke, especially Anneke, I should say, I'm now blogging all my rants about the war - as well as other things - over at Der Rollberg. Thank you, guys! You've made a Cartoonist with a split personality very happy. And very 'unsplit'.
3:00:51 PM Blogs | |
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Found in my referers: Keys Corner, a British couple blogging from Frankfurt. Welcome!
2:06:46 PM Blogs | |
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Needful Things. I feel like a kid in a candy store. At the same time at a loss of how to explain this website. The Imaginary World is full (and I mean full) with old ads, toys, store displays, Disneyland, food packaging, gum card art - oh, go and have a look. It's amazing. Just amazing.
10:31:19 AM Cult | |
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One for the kids. Children's Books Online: the Rosetta Project is the largest collection of illustrated antique children's books online... Very nice. Well done.
10:01:41 AM Literature | |
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Saturday, March 29, 2003 |
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ho-hum. Terminator. LOL. Good for about 15 seconds, then it gets boring. Why not. X-RAY "link"
9:10:48 PM Cult | |
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Humboldt. A special reunion, initiated by Robert. Please - whoever graduated from Humboldt Gymnasium Dortmund in 1978 - please go to this website. Now. That's an order. And everybody else please have a look at my Bishop cartoons over there. I'm an artist, I need this. Appreciation. Fandom. Love. Fame. Money. And all the other things that come with it.Robert, where's my Raketenfoto?
8:07:40 PM Cult | |
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"The United States mistakenly named Slovenia as a partner in its war against Iraq and even offered it a share of the money budgeted for the conflict, the tiny Alpine nation said on Thursday." Via Quarsan's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. And those Grappas ... we have to repeat that. But don't tell Zoe.
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Punk. Not. New at The Bunker: Golden Earring with Radar Love (3.9 SMEG movie download)."Drummers Who Jump Over Their Drums...It's Golden Earring With 'Radar Love' "
2:19:24 PM Cult | |
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Even more democracy. Sigh. I just heard that Henry Norr, who I've known for almost 20 years, has been suspended from the San Francisco Chronicle because of his anti-war views. There are quite a few articles about this. "I don't write about national affairs, I don't write about national politics, I write about things like spam," Norr said in an interview. "To me, in any normal understanding of what is a conflict of interest, I didn't have one." [Scripting News]
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"One Marine told me: "I've had enough of being fired at from all directions, I just want to go home". "
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Cards. All the cards of the old Raumpatrouille-Quartett from 1966 are here; complete and in 200dpi RGB colour.
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Colourful Language. Owen Jones's book The Grammar of Ornament does not seem to be online anywhere, apparently due to licensing problems - which I find a bit strange, considering the fact that the book first came out in 1856 - but I found two websites with quite a few sample pages. They're located here and here
11:23:19 AM Cult, Literature | |
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Turn your radio on. An archive of Collins Radio ads from 1945 to 1983."What follows is the progression of the Collins Radio Company's Amateur Products Program as chronicled by its advertizing in QST Magazine. Every ad between January 1945 and December 1983 (when Rockwell-Collins ceased serving the amateur community) is presented here for your review. "
9:19:17 AM Cult | |
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The Page of the Dead. Pictures of cemeteries in London and Vienna, along with a gallery of the graves of famous people."This page proposes to take you to some places of death. Let's have a look at a few tombs, and reflect on their illustrious inhabitants. "
8:57:40 AM Cult, London | |
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"Unterdes dürfen wir uns sagen: Alles, was die Kulturentwicklung fördert, arbeitet auch gegen den Krieg." "koewi" Personality Crisis. What am I gonna do? This weblog is getting messy. Originally I intended to post my cartoons and links about art, literature and London. Now I find myself posting more and more 'war links' and 'commentaries', which I actually don't want to do. But the whole injustice of this war, all the lies, the speed-ridden face of Tony Blair just make me mad. Where shall I go from here? Readers, please post your comments.
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Friday, March 28, 2003 |
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"Chief of the General Staff General Sir Mike Jackson said irregular Iraqi forces were being "pinned down" and "dying in large numbers". "
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Hoon. Blair. Straw. What planet do those guys live on? William Gibson""Umm Qasr is a town similar to Southampton", UK Defence Minister Geoff Hoon told the House of Commons yesterday. "He's either never been to Southampton, or he's never been to Umm Qasr", said one British soldier, informed of this while on patrol in Umm Qasr. Another added: "There's no beer, no prostitutes, and people are shooting at us. It's more like Portsmouth."
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Democracy in Pittsburgh, US of A. Rachel went on a peace march:"We were all rounded up and arrested. 122 of us. I heard later that the cops had prevented anyone who looked older than 30 from continuing to march. That there were federal marshals there, who had given the order to arrest everyone, even those who weren't causing any trouble." "I spent the next 30 hours in jail, being called a coward, an asshole, a fucker, a traitor to my country, ungrateful to the troops dying for my freedom, a bitch, a lesbian, a pinko (yeah--really, a pinko!), etc." [...] Via a comment by The Fabulous Flemish Blogger at The Ministry of Propaganda
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"NEW YORK -- Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading charges -- and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!" "However, he refuses to reveal the location of the machine or discuss how it works, supposedly out of fear the technology could 'fall into the wrong hands.'"
10:33:01 PM Cult | |
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More from the Memory Hole. The Gulf War: Secret History.... Saved by The Memory Hole, this extensive history of the first Gulf War by William M. Arkin draws on lots of declassified documents and inside information to present previously unknown facts about that conflict. It was published in installments on the Website of the magazine Stars and Stripes (a privately-owned magazine, not the US military newspaper of the same name). At some point the Website disappeared and with it, unfortunately, went this important piece of work. A full copy had survived in the Internet Archive until just a week ago. Now that it has completely vanished from the Net, The Memory Hole is extremely pleased to resurrect it. [Ye Olde Phart]
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Das Potential Mengele. (For my German speaking readers) Although Hans Wollschläger's complete works edition is apparently progressing rapidly, his excellent essay "Tiere sehen dich an" oder Das Potential Mengele is still online. More about the author, musician and philosopher at Andreas Weigel's website. Oh - and a late 'Happy Birthday' to you, Hans!
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Back for a week. Be well prepared for daily entries. I'm a whole week back at home in London. And here's a very funny Irish joke I found at Zoe's My boyfriend is a twat:Saddam Hussein was sitting in his office wondering whom to invade next when his telephone rang. "Hello! Mr. Hussein," a heavily-accented voice said. "This is Paddy down in the Harp pub in County Sligo, Ireland. I am ringing to inform you that we are officially declaring war on you." "Well, Paddy," Saddam replied, "This is indeed important news! How big is your army?" "Right now," said Paddy, after a moment's calculation, "there is meself, me cousin Sean, me next door neighbour Seamus, and the entire dart team from the pub. That makes eight!" Saddam paused. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have one million men in my army, waiting to move on my command." "Begorra!" said Paddy. "I'll have to ring you back!" Sure enough, the next day, Paddy called again. "Mr. Hussein, the war is still on! We have managed to acquire some equipment!" "And what equipment would that be, Paddy?" Saddam asked. "Well, we have two combines, a bulldozer, and Murphy's old farm tractor." Saddam sighed. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 6,000 tanks and 4,000 armoured personnel carriers. I've increased my army to 1.5 million since we last spoke." "Saints preserve us!" said Paddy. "I'll have to get back to you." Sure enough, Paddy rang again the next day. "Mr. Hussein, the war is still on! We have managed to get ourselves airborne! We've modified Harrigan's ultra-light with a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and four boys from the Shamrock pub have joined us as well!" Saddam was silent for a minute and then cleared his throat. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 1,000 bombers and 2,000 fighter planes. My military complex is surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites, and since we last spoke, I've increased my army to TWO MILLION!" "Jezus, Mary and Joseph!" said Paddy. "I'll have to ring you back." Sure enough Paddy called again the next day. "Top o' the mornin', Mr.Hussein! I am sorry to tell you that we have had to call off the war." "I'm intrigued," said Saddam. "Why the sudden change of heart?" "Well," said Paddy, "we've all had a long chat over a few pints, and there's no way we can feed two million prisoners."
8:42:21 PM Blogs, Cult | |
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Sunday, March 23, 2003 |
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"head2"Klasse. A weblog from my hometown, Dortmund.So, nu muss ich aber los ... "koewi"
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Important Message. The Platypi are conquering the world of weblogs. First victim is Horst.
12:32:23 PM Blogs, Cult | |
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Off. Back to Brussels. Oh, how I hate those Eurostar journeys ...
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Have Faith. Another tasteless Flash game: Nun Lander. And check out the films too.
10:30:04 AM Cult | |
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Pop! Mark Hiner is a 'Paper Engineer' and designs those wonderful pop-up books. On his website are samples of his work, a history of pop-up books and even a 'make your own' course."What does a paper engineer do? I don't remember my careers advisor mentioning it as a possible career option."
10:05:13 AM Cult | |
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The atmosphere's strange Out on the town Music for pleasure It's not music no more Music to dance to Music to move This is music to march to To a war dance A war dance Look at the victim Scrawled on the wall You know the reason Outside the door You got something Nasty in your mind Trying to get out To a war dance A war dance We walk round the pitch Honesty is sick Try to be honest Look what you get The food runs short And then the money talks One way out Look for a nationist command A war dance
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Saturday, March 22, 2003 |
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Deutschland, Deutschland, alles ist vorbei. The thing on the left was the public phone in the old Ratinger Hof. I really shouldn't do this. But I'm sure Janie Jones and Mary Lou Monroe won't mind. Embarrassing, yes it is. I've uploaded a complete Mittagspause gig (live in Wuppertal, 1979 (?)) as an MP3 file onto my iDisk. For a limited time. Next weekend it will be gone. And beware: It's noisy. It's bad. It's a 40MB download. It's Punk Rock. It's German.And now it's gone.
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Here comes the train. A really nice exhibition of old British Railway Posters. Great stuff."It is hardly surprising that the "Golden Age" of British railway posters coincided with the quarter-century following the amalgamation in 1923 of almost all of the numerous small independent companies into what came to be known as the "Big Four"railways: the Great Western (GWR); the London, Midland, and Scottish (LMS); the London and North East (LNER); and the Southern (SR). The end of the Great War saw Britain with a public eager to travel - and possessing a well-developed taste for the poster as a medium of advertising. In the latter case the war itself provided continuity for initiatives that began in peacetime, for the recruiting and saving and funding campaigns needed to vanquish the Hun were waged largely on the hoardings. Now how on Earth is she going to see someone in Aberystwyth when that person is apparently standing on the platform somewhere at King's Cross
? The guy hasn't even got onto the train yet! Perhaps some old-fashioned 'beaming device'? Who knows.
2:56:49 PM Cult, London | |
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Analog Recording. Remember? The days you actually had to use something called Tape and a big machine to record sounds and music? Even before the Compact Cassette? Well, Phantom Productions have old ads, brochures and magazine covers nicely assembled on their website. Go and find out. Knowledge is power.
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Smashing. I'm now using Safari v67. Fantastic!
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Futuro. This is the Futuro House - another incredible 70's design.
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Tulip. A website about 70's design, cars, fashion and so on. BTW: the 'Tulip' chairs in the picture were heavily used in the Starlight Casino scenes in Raumpatrouille.
9:46:53 AM Cult | |
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No blogging about the war. Here's a weblog straight from Kuwait."The past few hours I have been hearing deep humming sounds in the sky. I think they might be a B52s flying towards Iraq since they dont sound very fast, they sound big, and they dont sound like jet engined planes. Good thing I don't live in Baghdad. Kuwait feels so safe now."
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I will not mention the war. Great. 'Allied Forces', who are there to liberate Iraq from the Saddam regime, are now moving in onto the Kurds. They are probably just killing or torturing them. No need to be concerned.Turkey to send troops to Iraq. Turkey says it will send troops into northern Iraq - despite US disapproval - but it will allow US warplanes to use its airspace. [BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition]
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To do: Sort all of the blog links on the right in alphabetical order. And add Quarsan. And Zoe. And lots of other blogs.
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Friday, March 21, 2003 |
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Jack-the-Lad. I can't say I'm a Ripper fan, but casebook.org is fascinating. The website is huge, they have transcripts and facsimiles of Ripper letters, official documents, press reports and best of all, a whole section devoted to Victorian London, especially 'Whitechapel - Then and Now', a comparison in photographs. Have a look and dive deep in. Brilliant.
11:24:14 PM Cult, London | |
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The Analytical Engine. Victorian computing, invented by Charles Babbage. Instead of using mathematical tables, Babbage wanted to build a machine capable of calculating series of numerical values with automatically printing the results. He never finished it, though (Sounds like my old Dragon 32 to me). There's a comprehensive Swiss website about his machine, along with a JAVA 'Analytical Engine Emulator'; and of course the exhibit at London's Science Museum."Charles Babbage (1791-1871) is widely regarded as the first computer pioneer and the great ancestral figure in the history of computing. Babbage excelled in a variety of scientific and philosophical subjects though his present-day reputation rests largely on the invention and design of his vast mechanical calculating engines. His Analytical Engine conceived in 1834 is one of the startling intellectual feats of the nineteenth century. The design of this machine possesses all the essential logical features of the modern general purpose computer. "
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No blogging about the war. I made the mistake of switching on the telly. My God, what are they doing to Baghdad? In German: Kann mal jemand dem Chefschwein in den Staaten sagen, daß er ein Oberlump ist?! Danke.
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Alright, I'm back from Brussels. The Central Line ist still not running, I'm tired and exhausted, more links tomorrow. Links I received while having moules avec frites in the Brasserie round the corner of my apartment. See you tomorrow or later tonight, when I had a chance to chill out.
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I will not blog about the war. The illegal war: "Interesting post from e-thepeople.org. As I've stated on this blog before, I'd also refer to Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles (1919). The guys in Washington better do their homework." [The Mediaburn Radio Weblog]
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I won't be blogging about the war. In the meantime, have a look at Russ Daggart's text Why I Oppose An Iraq War.I highly recommend taking the time and reading it from start to finish. It is, as Mark wrote in his publisher's note (opens in a new window), the most cogent text on the issue that you can read. Via Armin's wonderful Ministry of Propaganda.
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Sunday, March 16, 2003 |
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Bye. Off to another week's work in Brussels. See you next weekend. God willing.
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Delicious. Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974 is simply unbelievable. I can't imagine people were actually eating that stuff.Dehydrated onion flakes are in almost everything here. Apparently Weight Watchers dieticians depended heavily on dried onion flakes, and pimientos, too. They also had a prop department that was clearly out of control. Oh, you'll see.
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Telly. I'm pretty sure, someone must have blogged this before, but what the hell. Here's TV History in all its glory.
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"war"Terry Jones of Monty Python fame about Tony. Blair thought he could sagely steer his impetuous American friends away from actions they would later regret. It turns out they were just playing him for a patsy.... Terry Jones: Poor Tony Blair wakes up
[Ye Olde Phart] I mean it's simply not fair. Here he is - Prime Minister of Great Britain (just) - and he's doing everything he possibly can including leaning over backwards and licking his own bottom. He's spending vast amounts of money he hasn't got on sending men to the Gulf. He's put his entire nation in the front line for terrorist reprisals. He's upset his other admirers in Europe, and - to cap it all - he's put his name to a plan that is not just plain stupid but is actually wicked, and in return? Zilch.
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Saturday, March 15, 2003 |
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BTW. Troubled Diva has managed to get more comments than Wil Wheaton. Amazing. Must be some sort of a time-warp; dilithium crystal overflow or Q. Wil's weblog isn't that bad at all, I actually like it. From time to time. Not always. Sometimes. No, he's great. A proper actor and opposed to ... well, that 'government' and everything else that might happen.
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Punk Rock. Check out The Bunker again - they now have clips of Gang of Four - Poverty; The Damned - Stretcher Case; and, oh meGod, Medicine Head with Pictures in the sky. Good grief.
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Any Day. Coming in from Baghdad: the big momma of all demonstrations is going on and I will be stuck in the office for ever. maybe i will take a walk and watch the show. Operation "Office Evac" is now in its final phase. any day now. Where is Raed ?
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Der Sheriff. You can now download the video of DAF's new single 'The Sheriff - An Anti-American Song' from their website (click on 'Filme'). Mhmm. I find it a bit boring actually, compared to the thundering drone of 'Der Mussolini'. And the lyrics... well, I guess DAF just hasn't changed at all.
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And one for the bots. More tomorrow.xpebyixkx@kknqjyqt.org, lnlkugr@eexmwdtyykaeislxx.com, cjcodhgs@xtchilpnetrwolnr.tv, qzezcp@mjkweltogzajkniygaog.net, ksl@wbqvpoiubgvcabb.ch, uhvogue@yvimjywbwcqs.jp, xqpoyd@rrpanldcilm.com, nzvlhkm@flzui.com, mjeixgw@drtv.br, vjwkljfkbp@grclqnitmdztsidj.dk, dbk@haiehnbebgywqokvuwo.com, ctletjgf@eatenteddybzzyczsed.at, ygmjjxqlsc@mpcrvks.net, cuukpparv@uxdponfdjafrcuuc.nl, bif@cmjllhhrdskqeajvt.dk, cxtqlijz@zbfvkvbj.com, nazpomnutj@wthkoritxhmzahxca.mil, mwvqwmv@rdvb.pl, pvxtjklc@tzinqzdtewhulxaouim.eu, qdpg@oporvdflvvwc.mil
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Set your Alarm Clock. According to Quarsan, war begins on Monday 17th March, 4 am GMT. Quarsan, do you know anything we don't know?
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Skulls. Because CNN is going to present similar stuff fresh from Iraq in the near future, here's a link to a skull exhibition at the California Academy of Sciences. And the skulls there are really old skulls.
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Travel Ephemera. I'm having a problem with this website. On one hand, you will find the most beautiful travel-related graphic design there (travel brochures, ads, luggage labels...), on the other hand, if you follow the author's Truth Victorious link, you will find the most disturbing anti-Arabic, anti-France and anti-UN right wing links there. Up to my readers to decide. Found via xq.
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To boldly go ... My mate Reimund Bertrams has finally updated his website with his Bonestell and Wernher von Braun inspired 3D renderings. Great. (Click on 'Bilder')
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Freedom of Speech [2]. Freedom of speech? Democracy? We don't need this crap. NYPress - Cage Match"Abandoning the time-honored pretense of spontaneity, Bush chose the order of questioners not by scanning the room and picking out raised hands, but by looking down and reading from a predetermined list. Reporters, nonetheless, raised their hands in between questions- as though hoping to suddenly catch the president's attention. In other words, not only were reporters going out of their way to make sure their softballs were pre-approved, but they even went so far as to act on Bush's behalf, raising their hands and jockeying in their seats in order to better give the appearance of a spontaneous news conference. "koewi"
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Old ads, continued [2]. It cured me! Have a look at the Victorian Tradecards exhibit at Miami University Libraries. The Miami University Libraries contain several thousand advertising trade cards. Trade Cards were typically used to advertise products and services including such items as patent medicines, thread, sewing machines, food and beverages, farm equipment and others. Trade cards reached the height of their popularity during the 1880's and 1890's. Reduced postal rates and the rise of magazine publishing led to the eventual decline in popularity of this unique American form of advertising.
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Old ads, continued. AdFlip is 'the worlds largest archive of classic print ads'. Brilliant. The ad on the left is from the famous Volkswagen campaign by DDB. Doesn't work with Safari for some reason.
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