Living the Liminal

From the mouths of puppets:

This was created by a group called monochrom which is an:
art-technology-philosophy group having its seat in Vienna and Zeta Draconis. monochrom is an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science, context hacking and political activism. Our mission is conducted everywhere, but first and foremost in culture-archeological digs [...]

Searchable Database of the Bush Administrations LIes:
It would be a terrible mistake for the world to allow this man to continue to flaunt his obligations to the international community, to continue to build weapons of mass destruction under the dark of night, and to one day wake up in a situation in which [...]

From his Discworld book Interesting Times:
When people who can read and write start fighting on behalf of people who can’t, you just end up with another kind of stupidity. If you want to help them, build a big library or something somewhere and leave the door open. - Rincewind

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Hmm, any wonder why so many people in so many places see the US as an arrogant, lawless, and rogue nation?
US says it has right to kidnap British citizens - Times Online :
AMERICA has told Britain that it can “kidnap” British citizens if they are wanted for crimes in the United States.
A senior lawyer for [...]

This is fucking depressing:
In a survey of NYU students, Two-thirds say they’ll do it for a year’s tuition. And for a few, even an iPod touch will do.
That’s what NYU students said they’d take in exchange for their right to vote in the next presidential election, a recent survey by an [...]

From an essay by Mark Morford:

True outrage, like
Olbermann’s, like (occasionally, hopefully) this column’s, like what
you should ideally be experiencing on a daily basis while Bush is in
office, is honed and sharp and poignant. It contains a powerful sense
of deeply informed decency, and therefore has a true feel for when that
sense has been violated. Outrage has [...]

Playgoer has been giving some good coverage/linkage on the strike.From the front lines, however, there is The Humble Nailbanger, whose entry “The subtle demonization of working people” is a must read on the issues and includes this incredibly “nail on the head” account:
During some of the recent talks, a head stagehand at one of the [...]

Love him or hate him, Harlan Ellison says what he means and means what he says:

If I had to pick out a hero, Ellison would be on my short list. As a writer, he inspires me, but as a human being he humbles me. His willingness to spit in the face of authority, oppression and [...]

I mean, we all know where this is heading:
Craig Venter, the controversial DNA researcher involved in the race to decipher the human genetic code, has built a synthetic chromosome out of laboratory chemicals and is poised to announce the creation of the first new artificial life form on Earth.
Of course, that’s not really the problem, [...]

If the Republican Party is searching for a candidate that appeals to their religious conservative base, they need look no further. According to sources who are close to the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has expressed interest in a possible run for Republican nomination in the 2008 election. When asked about the Constitutional requirement of being [...]