Tuesday 30 June 2009

Kunstler on Michael Jackson

"America was a fat man jerking off on the sofa watching a vampire of no particular sex 'vogue' deliriously on the boob tube."
The Man in the Mirror - Clusterfuck Nation

Monday 29 June 2009

ClubOrlov: The Slope of Dysfunction

Dmitri Orlov laying it down like he does:

"Ever eager to present a hopeful vision, I will say here and now that I believe this scenario to be entirely plausible... but it requires alien intervention. As Russian oil production was saved by foreigners, so Earthling oil production must be be saved by aliens from outer space."


ClubOrlov: The Slope of Dysfunction

Wednesday 24 June 2009

Three Wolf Moon "Official" T-Shirt 100% Cotton Short Sleeve Shirt KIDS - TEENS & ADULTS: Apparel



Go here and read some reviews. Then check the 'Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought' section!

2,251 of 2,300 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great compliment for my skin art, May 19, 2009
By overlook1977 (Raleigh, NC United States)
"Unfortunately I already had this exact picture tattooed on my chest, but this shirt is very useful in colder weather."

Amazon.com: Three Wolf Moon "Official" T-Shirt 100% Cotton Short Sleeve Shirt KIDS - TEENS & ADULTS: Apparel

Thursday 11 June 2009

DEAD WAYS

Wanted to post up some photos from recent visit to New York but rather than fill this whole page with them I started a new photo blog: Dead Ways


ENJOY - AMERICAN DREAM


AMERICA'S MOST CONVENIENT BANK

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Life Inc. The Movie on Vimeo

Didn't this guy write 'Cyberia'? ... ah well, this one might be a bit better...

Life Inc. The Movie from Douglas Rushkoff on Vimeo.

Monday 8 June 2009

Foreign Policy: The Land of No Smiles

Mind-blowing photo essay!

"SHOP GIRL: This is shopping in North Korea. The clerk sits in the dark, unheated special store, waiting to turn on the lights for foreigners, the only permitted customers. “She’s wearing a ski jacket or parka; the rest of this time they’re sitting there with the lights off, freezing,” van Houtryve says. The goods—toys, televisions, and the like—are imported from China. The store only accepts euros."

"When van Houtryve approached North Koreans, they walked off or averted their eyes. He never once photographed a smile. Even children ran away from him. “They’d turn and notice me and immediately bolt off—as if a wolf had come up to them.”
Foreign Policy: The Land of No Smiles

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NEOMEDIEVALISM

"The world is fragmenting, badly. Gird yourself for a new Dark Age."
Nice article by Parag Khanna:

"Many see the global economic crisis as proof that we live in one world. But as countries stumble to right the wrongs of the corporate masters of the universe, they are driving us right back to a future that looks like nothing more than a new Middle Ages, that centuries-long period of amorphous conflict from the fifth to the 15th century when city-states mattered as much as countries."
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Foreign Policy: The Next Big Thing: Neomedievalism

Wednesday 3 June 2009

The Onion: Sources Warn Miley Cyrus Will Be Depleted by 2013

Forget oil - it's teen stars I'm worried about:



Nice also - Brasscheck on how the markets work - from 2007!



Also some scary time-lapse videos here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/03/watch-earth-disappear-in_n_210790.html