Two Very Important Announcements
Mr. Bentsen's Corpse would like me to make the following two announcements:
(1) Mr. Bentsen's Corpse is currently accepting video applications for consideration to be his running mate.
(2) All further information about the campaingn can be found at ayatollah's blog.
Let's get the stink out of Washington, and replace it with rotting flesh.
Lloyd Bentsen's Corpse '08.
Bob Reich on Bill Clinton
Clinton's former Labor Secretary and Jeremy's current professor,
brings the pain:
I write this more out of sadness than anger. Bill Clinton’s ill-tempered and ill-founded attacks on Barack Obama are doing no credit to the former President, his legacy, or his wife’s campaign. Nor are they helping the Democratic party. While it may be that all is fair in love, war, and politics, it’s not fair – indeed, it’s demeaning – for a former President to say things that are patently untrue (such as Obama’s anti-war position is a “fairy tale”) or to insinuate that Obama is injecting race into the race when the former President is himself doing it.
Hackers v. ScientologistsMaybe you're a
hacker. Maybe you're a
scientologist. In any case, it's time to pick sides. A group calling itself "Anonymous" (which is kind of like being "Anonymous," right?) has apparently declared war on the
Church of Scientology. In fact, the first blows have
fallen. So it all comes down to this. Who's side will YOU be on?
I spent last weekend at
Arisia, one of the two Boston-area SF&F cons I attend every year. One of the panels I went to was entitled "When did society get so awesome?" Whether or not society is awesome is, of course, up for debate. The panel was mostly about how formerly nerdy things such as
Talk Like a Pirate Day and
Zombie Marches have become more mainstream. I wonder, though, does a war between Hackers and Scientologists count as making society more awesome? I think it does. There are, after all,
robots fighting pirates on the high seas. So maybe this is all just normal now?
Maybe I'm being too glib. Maybe Scientologists and their freedom of speech squelching powers are a more lethal foe than I'm willing to acknowledge. Maybe the possibility that mercenary Hackers can shut down organizations by flexing their l33t skillz is a dangerous precedent to set. I don't know. I think this is a pretty funny war.
Certainly not
the most hilarious war. But pretty funny.
Anyway, "Anonymous" has issued a
press release for your perusal. You can also find more, including a written statement and a YouTube video "Anonymous" released, at
this Wired blog post. (I haven't watched the video yet, so I don't know if it's SFW or not).
Or maybe this is nothing. After all, the battle between Scientology and the Internet is ancient and
well-documented. This might just be the most recent blood-letting. Let's enjoy it while we can!
(P.S.: If any of the links to Scientology pages aren't working, it may well be because of this war.)
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disgusting.
if you haven't been paying attention to the nomination campaign, i fucking envy you.
the garbage tactics of the Clintons Two have destroyed any attempt at her winning the general, and any possibility of me voting for her. this display has been absolutely revolting. gag, gag, gag. who would want to be affiliated with the party if these hacks are running it?
fuck the policy degree, i'm going to chef school.
(Obama.)
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