The advertising and propaganda exercise known as “the Olympics” has come and gone, and reinforced the totally artificial and nonexistent illusion called “patriotism” yet again. So what could be more fun than looking at a collection of evil pictures that tend to show the Olympic athletes looking like retards? I’m there. Watch out for the breasts here and there as you look at Funny Olympic Pictures.
Naturally, one always says rubbish about “it’s not who wins, but how you play the game”, but of course we all know that is a total lie and just something one says to losers to make them feel better and not kill themselves right there and then. If you’re a urgh sports fan, go browse the online blog and tons of links all dedicated to Last Place Athletes.
So you have an ability to make evil Photoshop pictures and have access to lots of Olympic photographs. Hmm, how can one combine these two abilities into creating a bizarre collection of online pix? Go browse Photoshopped Olympics.
Here’s a brief but interesting read that hasn’t made much news locally: How the CIA Sent Mandela to Prison for 28 Years. And for confirmation of this, read Salon Magazine‘s Our Man in South Africa.
Despite there being the appearance of two major political parties in the United States, there is only one — loosely known as the Military Industrial Complex, which has two branches known as “Republican” and “Democrat” that seem to be fighting for control. The streets of New York were the battleground this past week, giving credibility to the “two-party” illusion that many buy into. Protesters were given a minor taste of what Iraq and Afghanistan have been subject to, for some time now. Arrested without any legal reason, thrown into makeshift holding pens — and the police simply ignored the courts when ordered to release the protesters. So much for freedom or justice. Read First They Came for the Protesters and consider Guantanamo on the Hudson.
It’s funny that there is little mention of the fact that Afghanistan is about to vote for a “democratic” government — yet there are more registered voters for this event than there are people in Afghanistan. A total of 10,3-million registered voters, yet only 9,8-million eligible voters. Read Bush Lauds Afghan Voter Fraud and Afghan Vote.
Or if you want to go a step further into insane territory, what could be cooler and more outlaw than a tattoo? Well, I guess it depends on what kind of tattoo you’re talking about. Have a browse through the site known as Revenge of the Tattooed Nerds!.
But the most interesting thing about the internet is its ability to deliver coherent, logical and sane information to you. Take for instance the truly intelligent (and leg-crossing horrors) of the site known as 12 Ways to Crush Your Testicles in Your Own Home.
Look on the bright side, at least no one has had the urge to make an online game out of putting different kinds of chocolate into baby nappies and asking you to identify them. Oh wait. I was wrong. Eeuww. I know it’s just chocolate, but it still just looks so — so wrong! Be cautious and hold your nose anyway, as you Guess the Chocolate in the Nappy!.
It’s interesting that there hasn’t been this many possible earth-shaking events approaching in a while. On the one hand there’s the possibility of Bush deciding to create a “super-9/11” event, which will justify the calling-off of the next US election. On the other hand, there are a number of astronomical oddities approaching Earth. Start off your journey towards utter paranoia at 25 Things We’ve Learned Since 9/11. Then, just in case you thought that if the US is going to vote, that the vote itself is tamper-proof, read Security Hole in US Election Software.
As to what this next item “means” — I have no idea, but it does seem to show something rather large and bright, moving in space, near Saturn. Cross-reference the pix with the links to the original Nasa pages and consider the Strange Bright Object Near Saturn.
Right now, we’re just a few weeks away from the arrival of a 3km-wide asteroid that has — according to science — an “unpredictable orbit”. The giant body known as Toutatis has received little or no media coverage, which is surprising given that much space is devoted to arbitrary cosmic displays in the sky, whereas here we are talking of an extinction-level-event-sized object. Read City-Sized Asteroid to Pass Earth and One of the Strangest Objects in the Solar System. Then, to slip into the online conspiracy arena, swat aside the pop-up and read Why I Fear Toutatis.
Some sort of strange anomaly has been found underwater. Unfortunately, the page itself detailing whatever it is, is in Portuguese, so translate it or just go stare at the odd pictures at Underwater Anomaly.
At the time of writing, the next hurricane is about to hit the US coast. However, there’s growing unease and mystery over the body count and real figures of deaths from the last hurricane — go look at the pix and read Cover-Up of Body Counts for Hurricane Charley.
In more important news, David Beckham thought he could get away with making a Japanese advert for nuts without anyone noticing. He was wrong. Go stare at (and, yes, I’ve waited a long time to say this) David Beckham’s Nuts.
It’s allegedly every woman’s dream come true. The wedding day. The white dress. The groom wearing a nice shiny Darth Vader outfit, and happy Imperial storm troopers everywhere. Have phasers set on stun as you enter the Star Wars Wedding.
Fema, the US federal emergency agency that some suggest is part of the actual shadow government which is running the country, seems so certain that large-scale destruction of US cities is coming that it has put out tenders to companies to create emergency cities to house survivors. Seems they know something the rest of us don’t, as they are willing to expend money to prepare the groundwork. Read Fema Preparing for Mass Destruction of US Cities and Follow-Up Article on Fema.
Then, in a perhaps related vein, I spotted this news item out of the Washington Post, showing that city’s transport authority is beginning the training of people to Prepare for Terror Attacks.
Alternatively, staying in the “gets you in the ass” territory — if you’ve ever wondered just how medical students get to practise their skills in doing prostate exams and other genital-related examinations, go stare at the things on the page known as Male Pelvic Trainers.
And speaking of ass-related activity, being a suffering Sentech user means I’m in almost daily contact with that company’s so-called help desk. Other Sentech users may also find the stories at this next site oddly familiar. Go browse Stupid Tech Support Stories.
Dumb download time. For a novelty video to make you go “awww”, try the Two Legged Dog. But before you think all animals are sweet and suitable for the novelty clip insert in the nightly TV news, get your armour on and be ready for the story of one mightily peeved squirrel in When Animals Attack!. Then, added to the “mad squirrel going postal” story is this weird news item: Evil Squirrels Menace Community.
Or if you need to be creeped out in more orthodox ways, go light a candle, turn the lights down and browse through the ghost stories online at Castle of Spirits.
Seeing as we’re trapped in a country where there’s so little information about reality and sex that morons and psychopaths are being almost encouraged to have sex with children in the bizarre belief that this will cure them of Aids, try directing your spawn towards the online community forum made by teens, for teens, known as Sex Etc.
And for bangs of a different sort, there’s some very interesting pix and potential wallpaper goodies to be grabbed at the fascinating Nuclear Weapons Image Gallery.
Pay for books? You clearly either have way too much money, or you just haven’t realised that there are many free online books just waiting to be downloaded. Of course it’s irksome as hell to read e-books in bed, but still, it’s free. Go browse through the books on offer at Knowledge Rush!.
It’s getting harder and harder to find real news. To keep an eye on the hardcore local lefty movement, which shouldn’t be confused with the totally co-opted puppylike leftists who are aligned with the conservative African National Congress government here, look at South Africa Indymedia.
Then, to get a sense of just how widespread the concept of ignoring news that is not acceptable to various vested interests is, spend some time browsing at the site dedicated to covering stories the mass media censored, at Project Censored. You might also get some eye-opening news in their news item section at Censored News.
Until the next time, if squirrels don’t get me.