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Archive for September, 2007

DeLillo PDFs

Posted: Sunday, September 30th, 2007 @ 2:30 pm in Literature | No Comments »

Here, readers, is an offering sure to bring joy to the heart of any DeLillo fan who does not subscribe to Harper’s magazine: a collection of work by Don DeLillo, in PDF format, for you to download and enjoy.
Stories

“The Runner” (Sep. 1988) - (PDF, 1.2 MB)
“Pafko at the Wall” (Oct. 1992) - (PDF, 12 [...]

Crazy Pammy: TSA Are “Pigs,” “Enemies of America”

Posted: Saturday, September 29th, 2007 @ 9:17 pm in Political | 5 Comments »

Yes, readers, Crazy Pammy says the U.S. Transportation Security Administration are “pigs” and “enemies of America.”
It’s enough to make your skin crawl. Atlas readers in the Oakland area - write your congressman now. These pigs arene’t [sic] fit to wipe the boots of those Marines. These enemies of America really ought to go lie [...]

Friday Dog Blogging

Posted: Friday, September 28th, 2007 @ 6:00 pm in Dogs and Cats | 3 Comments »

Mystery the border collie, possibly the world’s best dog

Thursday MP3s: The Young Gods

Posted: Thursday, September 27th, 2007 @ 6:00 pm in Music | 5 Comments »

Today you can download the first two Young Gods LPs. You know the drill, readers: just click on the album-cover pictures to download ZIP files of the albums. These are both industrial classics, especially the first (self-titled) album.
The Young Gods - The Young Gods (1987 LP)
Track list:

Nous De La Lune
Jusq’au Bout
A Ciel [...]

The Costco Coulter, Polyglot

Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 6:26 pm in Political | 6 Comments »

Making fun of the Costco Coulter’s lack of Arabic is like shooting fish in the proverbial barrel, I know. But readers, what a fucking moron:

“Alhamdillullah”? That would be al-hamdu lillahi. Nice try, though.
She also seems to believe the Arabic word Harb (war) means “sword,” for some reason.
Keep in mind, this fool brags [...]

Starbuck Dirty Turbin Lovers

Posted: Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 @ 7:18 pm in Political | 12 Comments »

The best blog comment ever:
that writing looks like what a tagger would spraypaint on a highway overpass, write the special in english starbuck dirty turbin lovers
Posted by: PNAMARBLE at September 25, 2007 05:01 PM
Where did this quote come from? The Costco Coulter, in an EXCLUSIVE, reveals a shocking sign, written in Arabic, in a [...]

Open Thread: NY Slimes Edition

Posted: Monday, September 24th, 2007 @ 9:29 pm in Open Threads | 11 Comments »

This one’s for you, Dank Hagny

Blog Comments Used in Negative Attack Ad

Posted: Saturday, September 22nd, 2007 @ 4:43 pm in Political | 4 Comments »

The GOP has officially jumped the shark, readers:
A Republican state legislator from Fairfax County [Va.] has launched an attack ad on cable TV against his Democratic opponent that features unidentified, unverified quotes from a blog.
The ad by Del. Timothy D. Hugo points to a new form of negative campaigning in which information for an attack [...]

Thursday MP3s: Greater Than One

Posted: Thursday, September 20th, 2007 @ 12:53 am in Music | No Comments »

Greater Than One have been around since the mid-1980s, releasing industrial/techno/electronica singles and albums under various monikers (GTO, Technohead, Church of Extacy, Killout Squad, etc, etc). These two classics (Index EP, London LP) were released in the US on the Wax Trax! label.
Click on the album-cover images to download the ZIP files.
Greater Than One: [...]

ACLU Supports Sen. Craig

Posted: Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 @ 3:12 am in Political | 15 Comments »

The ACLU has filed an amicus curiae brief recommending that Sen. Larry Craig be permitted to withdraw his guilty plea, saying his arrest was probably unconstitutional.
“The real motive behind secret sting operations like the one that resulted in Sen. Craig’s arrest is not to stop people from inappropriate activity. It is to make as many [...]