Av Ron English.
tisdag 28 oktober 2008
söndag 26 oktober 2008
söndag 19 oktober 2008
Sy Hersh i The Guardian
The Guardian intervjuar Seymour Hersh:
"How do we get out of this? There is no way out. We have a moral obligation to the people of Iraq that goes beyond anything that anyone's talking about. The notion that it's their problem, that we should just leave... I mean, can you believe what we've done to their society? Imagine the psychosis, the insanity, that we've induced."
Långt och läsvärt. (Rolig trivia: Hersh har en tvillingbror och två systrar - som också är tvillingar.)
"How do we get out of this? There is no way out. We have a moral obligation to the people of Iraq that goes beyond anything that anyone's talking about. The notion that it's their problem, that we should just leave... I mean, can you believe what we've done to their society? Imagine the psychosis, the insanity, that we've induced."
Långt och läsvärt. (Rolig trivia: Hersh har en tvillingbror och två systrar - som också är tvillingar.)
lördag 18 oktober 2008
Hemma
Efter ganska exakt sju veckor på resande fot är jag nu tillbaka i Malmö. Nu får det vara nog med bäddsoffor, tältsängar, vanliga soffor, andra människors porslin och allmänt kappsäcksliv på ett tag (åtminstone två veckor). Kommande veckas middagar, fikor och luncher bokas in av vänner jag inte sett på länge. Lägenheten är nystädad, maten står på spisen, regnet faller utanför. Vin- och ölförrådet är påfyllt. Ur högtalarna strömmar Sonar Kollektiv Orchester. På tv är det Liverpool v Wigan. Jag hade hävdat inre frid om jag inte hade en jobbig deadline på måndag, men ganska bra är det.
torsdag 16 oktober 2008
torsdag 9 oktober 2008
Det där memet
Jag är inte så förtjust i FARK, men det här Obama-Biden-McCain-Palin-memet är ganska fantastiskt. Får erkänna att jag skrattade högt mer än en gång.
onsdag 8 oktober 2008
Medhjälp till rån: Craigslist
Det här knäckte mig:
In an elaborate robbery scheme that's one part The Thomas Crowne Affair and one part Pineapple Express, a crook robbed an armored truck outside a Bank of America branch in Monroe, Wash., by hiring decoys through Craigslist to deter authorities.
It gets better: He then escaped in a creek headed for the Skykomish River in an inner tube, and the cops are still looking for him. "A great amount of money" was taken, Monroe police said, but did not provide a dollar value.
It appears to have unfolded this way, according to a Seattle-based NBC affiliate: around 11:00 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, the robber, wearing a yellow vest, safety goggles, a blue shirt, and a respirator mask went over to a guard who was overseeing the unloading of cash to the bank from the truck. He sprayed the guard with pepper spray, grabbed his bag of money, and fled the scene.
But here's the hilarious twist. The robber had previously put out a Craigslist ad for road maintenance workers, promising wages of $28.50 per hour. Recruits were asked to wait near the Bank of America right around the time of the robbery--wearing yellow vests, safety goggles, a respirator mask, and preferably a blue shirt. At least a dozen of them showed up after responding to the Craigslist ad.
"I came across the ad that was for a prevailing wage job for $28.50 an hour," one of the unwitting decoys, named Mike, said to the NBC station. As it turns out, they were simply placed there to confuse cops who were looking for a guy wearing a virtually identical outfit.
Authorities eventually found the getaway inner tube (a getaway inner tube!) and suspect that accomplices may have picked up the robber in a boat. According to the NBC affiliate, police hope to track him down by figuring out who posted the Craigslist ad in the first place.
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark was not immediately available for comment.
Källa här.
In an elaborate robbery scheme that's one part The Thomas Crowne Affair and one part Pineapple Express, a crook robbed an armored truck outside a Bank of America branch in Monroe, Wash., by hiring decoys through Craigslist to deter authorities.
It gets better: He then escaped in a creek headed for the Skykomish River in an inner tube, and the cops are still looking for him. "A great amount of money" was taken, Monroe police said, but did not provide a dollar value.
It appears to have unfolded this way, according to a Seattle-based NBC affiliate: around 11:00 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, the robber, wearing a yellow vest, safety goggles, a blue shirt, and a respirator mask went over to a guard who was overseeing the unloading of cash to the bank from the truck. He sprayed the guard with pepper spray, grabbed his bag of money, and fled the scene.
But here's the hilarious twist. The robber had previously put out a Craigslist ad for road maintenance workers, promising wages of $28.50 per hour. Recruits were asked to wait near the Bank of America right around the time of the robbery--wearing yellow vests, safety goggles, a respirator mask, and preferably a blue shirt. At least a dozen of them showed up after responding to the Craigslist ad.
"I came across the ad that was for a prevailing wage job for $28.50 an hour," one of the unwitting decoys, named Mike, said to the NBC station. As it turns out, they were simply placed there to confuse cops who were looking for a guy wearing a virtually identical outfit.
Authorities eventually found the getaway inner tube (a getaway inner tube!) and suspect that accomplices may have picked up the robber in a boat. According to the NBC affiliate, police hope to track him down by figuring out who posted the Craigslist ad in the first place.
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark was not immediately available for comment.
Källa här.
tisdag 7 oktober 2008
Bob Odenkirks kampanjtal
A CALL FOR CHANGE! (my campaign speech - with STAGE DIRECTIONS)
America, it's time for change. (HOLD FOR APPLAUSE)
The current city of Washington is a cesspool. (HOLD FOR APPLAUSE). It's worse than a cesspool. It's a bilge pond. (HOLD FOR CONFUSION) I say it's time we wipe out Washington as we know it and establish a new city of Washington. (HOLD FOR SHOUTS OF "YOU GO, GIRL!") A city I propose that we call..."New Washington". (HOLD FOR UNCERTAIN APPLAUSE)
America, it's time for change. (HOLD FOR APPLAUSE)
The current city of Washington is a cesspool. (HOLD FOR APPLAUSE). It's worse than a cesspool. It's a bilge pond. (HOLD FOR CONFUSION) I say it's time we wipe out Washington as we know it and establish a new city of Washington. (HOLD FOR SHOUTS OF "YOU GO, GIRL!") A city I propose that we call..."New Washington". (HOLD FOR UNCERTAIN APPLAUSE)
måndag 6 oktober 2008
Meta-kul med YouTube
Två snälla mindfucks så här på måndagskvisten:
Kolla först det här, hela vägen. En enkel lo fi-lek med YouTubes interface.
Kolla sedan det här, hela vägen. En maffig high concept-variant på samma tema.
Kolla först det här, hela vägen. En enkel lo fi-lek med YouTubes interface.
Kolla sedan det här, hela vägen. En maffig high concept-variant på samma tema.
söndag 5 oktober 2008
lördag 4 oktober 2008
fredag 3 oktober 2008
Jag läser, jag lyssnar, jag tittar, jag länkar
Robert Redford minns Paul Newman
The New Yorker argumenterar kraftfullt, sakligt och metodiskt för Obama och mot McCain. OBS! För läskunniga.
Står du också i valet och kvalet om du ska köpa en Blu-Ray-spelare som klarar amerikanska skivor ($$$) eller en som bara fixar europeiska och regionfria ($)? Visste du att massor av amerikanska skivor är de facto regionfria?
Photos of TV
"Gabba Gabba Pray!" Lyssna på The Christian Ramones framföra bland annat Blitzkrieg Church
Typ all musik som någonsin användes på Ren & Stimpy
DVD-nörderi på hög nivå: hur Criterion producerar sina Blu-Rays
Varför så sur?
Det kan man fråga sig när man läser TT:s recension av Somers Town idag. Anmälaren låter nästan personligt förorättad.
torsdag 2 oktober 2008
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