Sunday, November 12, 2006

ö Major corps want to kill Air America, Jews, atheists and other unsavory types  Air America on Ad Blacklist? ... The directive then advises ABC Radio Network affiliates to take note of a list of other sponsors who do not want their programming to run during Air America programming. The list [PDF], totaling 90 advertisers, includes some of largest and most well-known corporations advertising in the U.S.: Wal-Mart, GE, Exxon Mobil, Microsoft, Bank of America, Fed-Ex, Visa, Allstate, McDonald's, Hewlett Packard, Sony and Johnson & Johnson. The U.S. Postal Service and the U.S. Navy are also listed as advertisers who don't want their commercials to air on Air America.  And, in a related development:  Left Behind: Eternal Forces: Video game where Jews and Atheists must be killed or converted due for Christmas A video game about a Christian militia slaughtering Jewish and atheist New Yorkers who won't be converted in the name of a particular brand of Christianity will be on the shelves of more than 10,000 American retailers in time for the Christmas season, including Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Target, Circuit City, GameStop, EB Games, CompUSA, Amazon.com, Costco and numerous others. [...] In Left Behind: Eternal Forces, kids will assume the role of a member of a "Christian" gang wandering the streets of a post-apocalyptic Manhattan, killing or converting as many Jews, Atheists, and other unsavory types in the employ of the Anti-Christ as possible to get to the next level. If the heathen won't convert, the character can kill them. The company is offering a free demonstration model to churches.  Merry X-MAS... permanent link #     ^ TOP ^  what is this place?

ö mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!! [YouTube] From the 1976 movie, Network [IMDB], newsman Howard Beale's rant as written by Paddy Chayefshy. If you haven't seen the movie, at least see this. If you have, check it out again and pass it around:   We all know things are bad -- worse than bad -- they're crazy. [...] You've gotta say, "I'm a human being, goddammit! My life has value!" So, I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window, open it, and stick your head out and yell, "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!!"  Oh btw, this is the rant that eventually took me to the video: The 'Election' Results - Sucker-Punched Again permanent link #     ^ TOP ^  what is this place?

ö Giant Native American Medicine Hat Head [Google Map] Medicine Hat?  A land formation in Alberta, Canada, that looks like a native American wearing an iPod was recently discovered in satellite images on Google Earth near Medicine Hat. The origins of Canadian city names are always interesting, but the origin of the name of Medicine Hat is the stuff of legend. Approximately 150 km east north-east of Lethbridge, the name of the site of the present city was noted as Medicine Hat by W. Johnson, a member of the North West Mounted Police, in 1882. There are many possible explanations for the name, which is a translation of saamis, Blackfoot Indian for "the head-dress of a medicine man."  Zoom out one and scroll around, for other evocative formations. Here's a page with more info, interviews, and suggested names. permanent link #     ^ TOP ^  what is this place?