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You’ve heard it on the radio, you’ve seen it on the tv show. Bitches and hoes on wheels, for charity and fun, rollerball style for your your viewin’ pleasures. Detroit Derby Girls have been around for a minute, the matches always sell out, so buy your tickets for April 12th, they’re $12. Do it up, i’ll see ya there.

Coming event:
6 p.m. Saturday, April 12th
the Detroit Pistoffs take on the Devil’s Night Dames at the
Girls get down at Masonic Drill Hall.

Entertainment by:
The Twistin’ Tarantulas, Motor City Rah Rahs, DJ Clark Eagling
National Anthem: The Voice feat. Tiny Terror

Immediately following:
Afterparty: Northern Lights
660 W. Baltimore, Detroit
Featuring: Woden, The Beautyfire, and DJ Clark Eagling

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Bomb afterparty at Northern Lights Lounge at New Center
660 W. Baltimore.

Video by [Tom Hendrickson]

Post by christos

I received a letter from my grandparents today with a photo of barack on a phone. I had to explain it was a photoshopped image of this one. I’m not really a Barack supporter, I’m just anti-Hillary. To show how vile and sick she is, I must devote this morning to a blog post:

For a video of every account where Hillary uses Bosnians to her advantage [click]

Forget the YouTube version of events and the Howard Wolfson’s twist on what happened. Here is the historical rather than personal aspect, which is what you should focus on. Note the date that Sen. Clinton visited Tuzla. She went there in March 1996. By that time, the critical and tragic phase of the Bosnia war was over, as was the greater part of her husband’s fist term. What had happened in the interim? In particular, what had happened to the promise in 1992, that four years earlier, genocide in Bosnia would be opposed by a Clinton administration?

President Bill Clinton had not found it convenient to keep this promise. Let me quote from Sally Bedell Smith’s admirable book on the happy couple, For Love of Politics:

Taking the advice of Al Gore and National Security Advisor Tony Lake, Bill agreed to a proposal to bomb Serbian military positions while helping the Muslims acquire weapons to defend themselves—the fulfillment of a pledge he had made during the 1992 campaign. But instead of pushing European leaders, he directed Secretary of State Warren Christopher merely to consult with them. When they balked at the plan, Bill quickly retreated, creating a “perception of drift.” The key factor in Bill’s policy reversal was Hillary, who was said to have “deep misgivings” and viewed the situation as “a Vietnam that would compromise health-care reform.” The United States took no further action in Bosnia, and the “ethnic cleansing” by the Serbs was to continue for four more years, resulting in the deaths of more than 250,000 people.

I can personally witness to the truth of this, too. I can remember, first, one of the Clintons’ closest personal advisers—Sidney Blumenthal—referring with acid contempt to Warren Christopher as “a blend of Pontius Pilate with Ichabod Crane.” I can remember, second, a meeting with Clinton’s then-Secretary of Defense Les Aspin at the British Embassy. When I challenged him on the sellout of the Bosnians, he drew me aside and told me that he had asked the White House for permission to land his own plane at Sarajevo airport, if only as a gesture of reassurance that the United States had not forgotten its commitments. The response from the happy couple was unambiguous: He was to do no such thing, lest it distract attention from the first lady’s health care “initiative.”

It isn’t necessary for me to point out that the United States didn’t receive national health care in return for its acquiescence in the murder of tens of thousands of European civilians. But perhaps that is the least of it. If I were to be asked if Sen. Clinton has ever lost any sleep over those heaps of casualties, I have the distinct feeling that I could guess the answer. She has no tears for anyone but herself. Eventually, and over her strenuous objections, the United States and its allies did rescue our honor and did put an end to Slobodan Milosevic and his state-supported terrorism. Yet instead of preserving a polite reticence about this, or at least an appropriate reserve, Sen. Clinton now has the obscene urge to claim the raped and slaughtered people of Bosnia as if their misery and death were somehow to be credited to her account! Words begin to fail me at this point. Is there no such thing as shame? Is there no decency at last? Let the memory of the truth, and the exposure of the lie, at least make us resolve that no Clinton ever sees the inside of the White House again. Funny how Hillary’s interest in pumping up her foreign policy credentials happens to coincide exactly with her supposedly faulty memory, which is a good indicator that a politician is lying. Although I doubt anyone is surprised.

Actual Footage of the gunfire:

sources you should read before accepting the truth:

[WashingtonPost.com] – article 1
[WashingtonPost.com] – article 2
[For The Love of Politics]
[Yahoo News] – Inlcuding Howard Wolfson’s take “misspeak”
[USA Today]
[AgainstHillary.com]
[Associated Press] fed to [breitbart.com No comments

Dr. Revolt has been decorating the streets of New York City with his ‘psychedelic’ spray paint stylings since the mid-seventies. Here, in this completely unedited interview, Dr. Revolt discusses his upcoming live art installation at the upcoming Sneaker Project (March 29 & 30) being held at the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit. (Interview conducted by Ryan Patrick Hooper)

Where am I speaking to you from?

I’m in my laboratory lair type of space. I’m reviewing an episode of the Simpsons and I’m eating lunch. I’m having rice and beans.

The strangest thing about sneaker culture is that everyone appreciates it – from the mainstream to the hipsters to the young kids and everyone in between, everyone adores a well designed, different looking pair of sneakers. What do you think the mutual attraction is?

I think it’s a utilitarian thing straight up. Lifestyle – people got tired of wearing these bad shoes that do nothing but cause pain. The technology – we have much better technology available. Also you have the whole styling thing. Everyone wants to be fly and super fresh and looking good. With all the many shoes and many different styles, many different styles of sneakers…natural progression there. 50 years ago, you weren’t wearing the right shoes…if you came out with Chuck Taylors, people would say, “You can’t come in here for dinner with those shoes.”

Have you ever worked with sneakers before?

I actually have work in the Puma Clyde book and I’ve worked on a couple of Puma campaigns for the Yo! MTV Rap cross over sneaker. I’ve done some advertising for that. Upper Playground put out a limited pair of hi-tops and oxford cut with my work on it about two years ago.

Was the experience enjoyable?

Yeah, I would like to do it again. I would like to have a little bit more control over the design and how it’s actually done up. But yeah, I’m totally game to do another one.

You’ve worked with a lot of different mediums, but what is your particular favorite?

Favorite medium to work with…well, it’s a toss up between the traditional tools of cartooning and illustration – the pen, the brush, the pencil, the marker and the spray can.
I mean, that’s where it happens. Concept, pencil, marker and then spray paint.

What’s the big difference between being a pirate graffiti artist and being a refined designer? What changes do you find yourself making to fit the mold of designers instead of being out in the streets and tossing something up on the subway train?

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Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij from The Pirate Bay recently did a video interview which resulted in some great quotes. One such quote comes from Fredrik, he suggests that the movie and music industry should set up their own torrent site, and monetize it through advertisements. “We would be out of business.” he added.

Dayrobber, the site that did the interview, is a new web-tv site that publishes 5 minute short shows. The initial plan was to release the second and the third part of the interview on Thursday and Friday, but especially for TorrentFreak they decided to release all three parts today.

Part 1

In the first part of the interview Fredrik (TiAMO) and Peter (Brokep) talk about the goal that they have for the Pirate Bay, which basically comes down to uncensored sharing. Of course, they are also asked about the millions they make from the site. Peter says that he’s not making any money from it, his income mainly comes from the speeches and seminars he gives. Fredrik adds that it is hard to monetize a BitTorrent tracker, because the legal gray zone makes the ad prices drop.

The pirate bay does plan to launch a few side-projects that will eventually make them some money, such as the videobay and playble, a site where artists can put up their music for free, which will be monetized by advertisers.

Part 2

In the second part of the interview Fredrik advises the movie and music industry to start their own torrent site, and put The Pirate Bay out of business. Peter briefly comments on the upcoming trial, which is a good pr-stunt for The Bay in his opinion.

The interviewer then asks: “We think the design of your website sucks, don’t you know any designers.” Peter responds by saying that the designers he knows are very hard to work with. Fredrik says he rather focuses on securep2p, the new faster and anonymous p2p protocol based on BitTorrent he’s currently working on.

Peter goes on by saying that Denmark the new North-Korea, when the recent block by the Danish ISP comes up.

Part 3

In the third and last part the upcoming trial against the Pirate Bay comes up again. Peter says that he is pretty confident: ” We’re not going to lose the case.”

They further discuss copyright, why mashups are often more interesting than the mainstream media, and how more and more people are consumers and producers

[written by Ernesto]
[via torrentfreak.com]

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Lee Camp explains why he shit on Fox News while live on Fox News. This is a satisfactory moment for every red-blooded America. Lee Camp says it best.

As most of you have seen, I ripped into Fox “News” while on a Fox “News” morning show this past Saturday. If you haven’t seen it, the clip is to your right. I didn’t say what I said in order to get attention. I figured that my statements would piss off a few hundred Fox viewers (or maybe help them question the “facts” they’re getting from their sacred channel) and that I would show the clip to a few friends. As it turned out, within a day the clip had been viewed around 300,000 times on various sites, and I was getting interview requests from national radio shows. Apparently I struck a nerve.

I thought I’d answer a bunch of questions people had about the incident. Many have asked what happened before that moment to make me say those horrible things about such a lovely news network. (Isn’t it sad that when someone speaks the truth on TV, we all ask “What caused it???”) Well, nothing really happened in the interview – A right-wing comedian and I told some lame Huckabee jokes. The anchor, hard hitting journalist Clayton Morris, asked the necessary questions while seeming completely unaware that I was a fellow human being, and that was about it. But in a broader sense, what “happened” to make me call Fox “News” a “festival of ignorance” was the past twelve years of knowing this festering pile of propaganda coated with drivel and wrapped in the American flag has been spewing its poisonous eggs into the brains of average Americans. Now THAT’s desecration of the flag – watching it flap back and forth behind a Fox “news” program.

What happened after they cut to a commercial? Clayton Morris was visibly furious but didn’t say a word. Neither did anyone in the main studio. I got up, took my microphone off, and walked silently back to the greenroom, itching to the get the fuck out of that sixth circle of hell. Back in the greenroom I saw the female co-host, who was wearing her normal business skirt that is only half an inch away from illegal in 23 states. Even though there are three TV’s back there showing nothing but Fox “News” (and we act like water boarding is torture?) she apparently had not watched the segment. She looked at me and said, “GREAT JOB!! We need more humor on the show. It’s all so serious!” She did not get to the natural conclusion of her thought, “Now excuse me. I have to go interview strippers wearing Star Trek outfits designed for three-year-olds.”

I then left the building without speaking to anyone. Following the break, intrepid newshound Clayton Morris pretended on-air as if he had thrown me out of the building…

more.

Lee Camp is a comedian and writer in NYC. He tours clubs and colleges across the country, writes for Huffington Post and 236.com, and does comedic commentary for various television shows (but no longer Fox News).

Posted by Lee Camp, AlterNet at 12:14 PM on February 28, 2008.
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From one free human to another. Should one fear terrorism.. or a police state? We would like to restore democracy, but we’re afraid to face the state that we allowed ourselves to cook in.

Naomi Wolf, author of The Beauty Myth, has written of “End of America”, which I haven’t put a dent in yet, but will find the audio book online and post it here soon. In the meantime, I scoured the web for a .pdf of the book which i did find on isohunt, godlbless their soulless shell. This is worth the read even if it is an eye strain.

Torrent: Naomi Wolf – The End Of America

If digi-digest doesn’t suit your fancy amazon has paperbacks of the book starting at 5.50 used, and around 15 new. Do not let the price fool you, this lesson is invaluable.

[Buy the book on Amazon]

Fascinating interview with renowned author Naomi Wolf, perhaps best known for her early 1990s feminist classic “The Beauty Myth”, considered by many to be one of the most important works of the 20th century.

Wolf discusses her new book “The End of America”, already on the New York Times bestseller list. The book identifies ten classic steps common to all dictatorships — including those of Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin. Alarmingly, Wolf makes the case that each of these ten steps is occurring in post 9/11 America today. The book is a call to action for young and concerned Americans and this interview intimately frames this important discussion.

Late 2007 Naomi Wolf guest on Colbert Report

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