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Monday, December 05, 2011
Poem: Failure
Failure
By Jack Brummet
I try over and over to slap the stink-eye
On those who trespass
Against me.
I stand in the yard at midnight,
Sending invites to the greys.
They keep right on moving.
I sit in meetings,
Trying to hypnotize
The speaker droning
On about something
That won't really matter.
I focus every electron of thought
On my perceived enemies,
And they always wake up.
Either telepathy fails me
Or I fail telepathy,
With a brain
That refuses to transmit.
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Sunday, December 04, 2011
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Throw The Bums Out - a poster by jack, mona, and pablo
research and assemblage by jack brummet, pablo fanque, and mona goldwater
click to enlarge
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Friday, December 02, 2011
A 3D copy of you
By Mona Goldwater, Technology Editor
Real-F is offering an amazingly detailed 3D face mask of you for $3,920. A copy of your entire head will run you $5,875. But after the first one, discounts come in...additional faces and heads cost $780 and $1,960.
Real-F's "Three -Dimension Photo form (3DPF)" technique allows them to duplicate pores, eye's blood vessels and iris exactly like the original, the original being you.
I would love to have a bunch of these and walk the streets with my platoon of clones. . .
You can find them here, on Facebook, or at their Website. Only four grand: what have you got to lose?
Real-F is offering an amazingly detailed 3D face mask of you for $3,920. A copy of your entire head will run you $5,875. But after the first one, discounts come in...additional faces and heads cost $780 and $1,960.
Real-F's "Three -Dimension Photo form (3DPF)" technique allows them to duplicate pores, eye's blood vessels and iris exactly like the original, the original being you.
I would love to have a bunch of these and walk the streets with my platoon of clones. . .
You can find them here, on Facebook, or at their Website. Only four grand: what have you got to lose?
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The 1919 Seattle General Strike
By Jack Brummet, Seattle Metro Editor
The Occupy Oakland General Strike made me remember studying the 1919 Seattle General Strike in a Labor Union class in college. Oakland also had a very successful general strike in the 1940's. And they had another effective one a few weeks ago as part of the Wall Street Uprising. It got a lot of attention, and nothing bad happened; it helped shore up OO; the Oakland P.D. did not leap in with a disproportional response, that night anyhow.
Twenty years after the Seattle strike, in 1936, James Farley, the Postmaster under FDR, said "there are 47 states in the Union, and the Soviet of Washington," referring to the leftist movements in the state, and especially in Seattle, where the general strike had occurred. There have been similar quotes over the years, referring to the Supreme Soviet of Seattle. . .
The Seattle General Strike of February 1919 was the first real city-wide labor action in America to be acknowledged by the media (then, radio, magazines, and newspapers) as a "general strike." The strike happened due to the heavy presence of radical labor unions in the Pacific Northwest, the strong influence of the IWW [International Workers of the World, sometimes referred to as IWW:"I Won't Work."], although they were not heavily involved, and because of the vast numbers of workers and soldiers who were recently out of work due to the end of World War I.
The strike lasted less than a week, but inspired other strikes and was one of the triggers of the Great Red Scare of 1919. This strike frightened people (well, mainly the 1%-ers of the early 20th century) because it was generally believed the strike was fomented by Communists/Bolsheviks, who successfully revolted in Russia two years earlier. The Wikipedia says the fallout from the strike was "the first concentrated eruption of the anti-Red hysteria that characterized the Red Scare of 1919."
In an editorial in the Seattle Union Record, a union newspaper, activist Anna Louise Strong tried to describe the general strike's power and potential:
"The strike began in shipyards that had expanded rapidly with war production contracts. 35,000 workers expected a post-war pay hike to make up for two years of strict wage controls imposed by the federal government." (From an article in the The Seattle Times on March 31, 1996)
When the regulators refused to lift the wage caps, the Metal Trades Council union alliance declared a strike and closed the shipyards. The Metal Trades Council pleaded for support from the Central Labor Council and virtually all of the city’s 110 local unions voted to join a sympathy walkout.
Local and national press vehemently denounced the strike, and the conservatives called for extreme measures to snuff what they felt was a revolutionary/Anarchist/Bolsheviki plot. Mayor Ole Hanson, elected the year before (with heavy labor union support), armed the police and threatened to declare martial law and bring in federal troops to prevent the strike.
Some of the unions caved early on, and by the time the Central Labor Council officially declared an end on February 11, most unions had already gone back to work.
After the strike, reprisals against "the Reds," specifically the IWW, and Socialist Party, began. Their HQ were raided, and the leaders thrown in jail. Federal agents closed the Union Record, the labor-owned daily newspaper, and arrested several of its staff members.
Around the country, headlines screamed the news that Seattle had been saved, that the revolution had been broken, and, as Mayor Ole Hanson said, “Americanism” had triumphed over “Bolshevism.” The mayor promised to preserve order and do whatever it took to protect life and property. A few months after the strike was over, Hanson resigned and made a small fortune on a lecture tour, talking about the strike and the evils of Bolshevism.
An anti-syndicalism law passed by the state Legislature early in its 1919 session was used as a basis for numerous raids on Socialist and radical labor headquarters, police disruption of meetings, and the arrest of suspected revolutionaries.
When three marchers were mysteriously shot in Centralia's 1919 Armistice Day parade, vigilantes retaliated by lynching a radical union leader, Wesley Everest. The Seattle Union Record's sympathetic coverage of the union side prompted federal marshals to suspend publication of the paper for several days, charging its editor with sedition.
Slowly, things returned to what passes for normal in Seattle.
The Occupy Oakland General Strike made me remember studying the 1919 Seattle General Strike in a Labor Union class in college. Oakland also had a very successful general strike in the 1940's. And they had another effective one a few weeks ago as part of the Wall Street Uprising. It got a lot of attention, and nothing bad happened; it helped shore up OO; the Oakland P.D. did not leap in with a disproportional response, that night anyhow.
Twenty years after the Seattle strike, in 1936, James Farley, the Postmaster under FDR, said "there are 47 states in the Union, and the Soviet of Washington," referring to the leftist movements in the state, and especially in Seattle, where the general strike had occurred. There have been similar quotes over the years, referring to the Supreme Soviet of Seattle. . .
The Seattle Star's last ditch effort to stop the General Strike
The Seattle General Strike of February 1919 was the first real city-wide labor action in America to be acknowledged by the media (then, radio, magazines, and newspapers) as a "general strike." The strike happened due to the heavy presence of radical labor unions in the Pacific Northwest, the strong influence of the IWW [International Workers of the World, sometimes referred to as IWW:"I Won't Work."], although they were not heavily involved, and because of the vast numbers of workers and soldiers who were recently out of work due to the end of World War I.
The strike lasted less than a week, but inspired other strikes and was one of the triggers of the Great Red Scare of 1919. This strike frightened people (well, mainly the 1%-ers of the early 20th century) because it was generally believed the strike was fomented by Communists/Bolsheviks, who successfully revolted in Russia two years earlier. The Wikipedia says the fallout from the strike was "the first concentrated eruption of the anti-Red hysteria that characterized the Red Scare of 1919."
In an editorial in the Seattle Union Record, a union newspaper, activist Anna Louise Strong tried to describe the general strike's power and potential:
- "The closing down of Seattle's industries, as a MERE SHUTDOWN, will not affect these eastern gentlemen much. They could let the whole northwest go to pieces, as far as money alone is concerned."
- "But, the closing down of the capitalistically controlled industries of Seattle, while the workers organize to feed the people, to care for the babies and the sick, to preserve order--this will move them, for this looks too much like the taking over of power by the workers."
- "Labor will not only Shut Down the industries, but Labor will reopen, under the management of the appropriate trades, such activities as are needed to preserve public health and public peace. If the strike continues, Labor may feel led to avoid public suffering by reopening more and more activities."
- "UNDER ITS OWN MANAGEMENT."
- "And that is why we say that we are starting on a road that leads--no one knows where!"
"The strike began in shipyards that had expanded rapidly with war production contracts. 35,000 workers expected a post-war pay hike to make up for two years of strict wage controls imposed by the federal government." (From an article in the The Seattle Times on March 31, 1996)
When the regulators refused to lift the wage caps, the Metal Trades Council union alliance declared a strike and closed the shipyards. The Metal Trades Council pleaded for support from the Central Labor Council and virtually all of the city’s 110 local unions voted to join a sympathy walkout.
Local and national press vehemently denounced the strike, and the conservatives called for extreme measures to snuff what they felt was a revolutionary/Anarchist/Bolsheviki plot. Mayor Ole Hanson, elected the year before (with heavy labor union support), armed the police and threatened to declare martial law and bring in federal troops to prevent the strike.
Some of the unions caved early on, and by the time the Central Labor Council officially declared an end on February 11, most unions had already gone back to work.
After the strike, reprisals against "the Reds," specifically the IWW, and Socialist Party, began. Their HQ were raided, and the leaders thrown in jail. Federal agents closed the Union Record, the labor-owned daily newspaper, and arrested several of its staff members.
Around the country, headlines screamed the news that Seattle had been saved, that the revolution had been broken, and, as Mayor Ole Hanson said, “Americanism” had triumphed over “Bolshevism.” The mayor promised to preserve order and do whatever it took to protect life and property. A few months after the strike was over, Hanson resigned and made a small fortune on a lecture tour, talking about the strike and the evils of Bolshevism.
An anti-syndicalism law passed by the state Legislature early in its 1919 session was used as a basis for numerous raids on Socialist and radical labor headquarters, police disruption of meetings, and the arrest of suspected revolutionaries.
When three marchers were mysteriously shot in Centralia's 1919 Armistice Day parade, vigilantes retaliated by lynching a radical union leader, Wesley Everest. The Seattle Union Record's sympathetic coverage of the union side prompted federal marshals to suspend publication of the paper for several days, charging its editor with sedition.
Slowly, things returned to what passes for normal in Seattle.
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Thursday, December 01, 2011
The rules from Zombieland
By Jack Brummet, Film Editor
I really liked this movie a lot. . .and the rules were good. Of the 32 or 33 rules alluded to by Columbus in the film, these are the ones specifically mentioned.
Cardio (Rule #1) Build up that endurance.
Limber Up (Rule #18) Don't pull a muscle running or dodging.
When in doubt, know your way out (Rule #22) "This rule is all about knowing your surroundings and preparing yourself for the worst,” says Columbus.
The Double Tap” (Rule #2) "In those moments when you're not sure that the undead are really dead-dead, don't get all stingy with your bullets…You can avoid becoming a human happy meal.”
Check the back seat (Rule 31) “The last thing you need while driving is to have a zombie crawling up behind you trying to bite you.”
Wear Seatbelts (Rule #4) “You won't be driving along easy roads anymore. You need to be ready for a crash!”
Beware of bathrooms (Rule #3) "Just because it's not socially acceptable to climb under cubicle doors, it doesn't mean the zombies won't do it."
"Enjoy the little things (Rule #32) “Without enjoying the little things, it's all too easy for you to lose sanity and peace of mind from the constant stress and pains of staying alive.”
Don't Be a Hero (Rule #17) “Possibly the most important rule of all. Don't risk your own life just to make yourself look good."
BE a Hero (also Rule #17) Every good rule is meant to be broken.
I really liked this movie a lot. . .and the rules were good. Of the 32 or 33 rules alluded to by Columbus in the film, these are the ones specifically mentioned.
Cardio (Rule #1) Build up that endurance.
Limber Up (Rule #18) Don't pull a muscle running or dodging.
When in doubt, know your way out (Rule #22) "This rule is all about knowing your surroundings and preparing yourself for the worst,” says Columbus.
The Double Tap” (Rule #2) "In those moments when you're not sure that the undead are really dead-dead, don't get all stingy with your bullets…You can avoid becoming a human happy meal.”
Check the back seat (Rule 31) “The last thing you need while driving is to have a zombie crawling up behind you trying to bite you.”
Wear Seatbelts (Rule #4) “You won't be driving along easy roads anymore. You need to be ready for a crash!”
Beware of bathrooms (Rule #3) "Just because it's not socially acceptable to climb under cubicle doors, it doesn't mean the zombies won't do it."
"Enjoy the little things (Rule #32) “Without enjoying the little things, it's all too easy for you to lose sanity and peace of mind from the constant stress and pains of staying alive.”
Don't Be a Hero (Rule #17) “Possibly the most important rule of all. Don't risk your own life just to make yourself look good."
BE a Hero (also Rule #17) Every good rule is meant to be broken.
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Dr. Hunter S. Thompson on the 99%
"In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile—and the rest of us are f***ed until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. We owe that to ourselves and our crippled self-image as something better than a nation of panicked sheep." —Dr. Hunter S. Thompson in The Great Shark Hunt, 1979
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Middle Finger of the day, No. 23
By Mona Goldwater, Sign Language Editor
True, we don't post them every day, but when we have received enough good ones from our readers, we'll throw them up on the blog all at once. Send in any interesting middle finger shots that come your way. . . /Mona
True, we don't post them every day, but when we have received enough good ones from our readers, we'll throw them up on the blog all at once. Send in any interesting middle finger shots that come your way. . . /Mona
John Shaft
Aussies
Senior Citizen
sign
Old Navy girl
the family photo
Iraq
Another family photo
On The Street
Kristen Srewart
J.C.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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