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Chuck Norris: Aborted Jesus
12.16.2009
05:08 pm
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For anybody who missed this cultural trainwreck, somebody gave Chuck Norris a blog. And he is currently mouthing off about Democrats and how they want to abort the future of humanity. Vide:

I’m not exaggerating. Here are the relevant passages:

“In short, while President Obama was accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, the Democrats in Congress drove a sword through the womb of the unborn.”

(Yes, the womb of the unborn. They had to use those tiny plastic swords they put in drinks.)

And:

“Lastly, as we near the eve of another Christmas, I wonder: What would have happened if Mother Mary had been covered by Obamacare? What if that young, poor and uninsured teenage woman had been provided the federal funds (via Obamacare) and facilities (via Planned Parenthood, etc.) to avoid the ridicule, ostracizing, persecution and possible stoning because of her out-of-wedlock pregnancy?”

He brings up this original argument:

“Imagine all the great souls who could have been erased from history and the influence of mankind if their parents had been as progressive as Washington’s wise men and women!”

Here’s a relevant Biblical question lawmakers should ask themselves before they proceed with the bill:

“Will Obamacare morph into Herodcare for the unborn?”

(AlterNet: Chuck Norris: Health Reform = Aborted Jesus)

(Bonus CN Caring About the Youth)

Posted by Jason Louv
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12.16.2009
05:08 pm
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Back From Combat, Women Struggle for Acceptance
12.16.2009
04:59 pm
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Good AP report on the stresses faced by women enlisted in the military on their return home (not to mention while they’re on active duty). We don’t need another post-Vietnam in this country. Treat veterans right and provide the services they need.

WASHINGTON ?

Posted by Jason Louv
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12.16.2009
04:59 pm
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Ana?ɬ
12.16.2009
04:56 pm
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Via Dave Snoob at Arthur:

[Huxley] reminded me that drugs are beneficial if they provide the only access to our nightlife. I realized that the expression ?

Posted by Jason Louv
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12.16.2009
04:56 pm
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Thee Industrial Poppy Cult Has Come
12.16.2009
04:44 pm
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Dangerous Minds friends Feral House / Process Media are having a Winter Solstice Mega-Sale. FH/Process are the publishers of the recently mega-covered books Thee Psychick Bible and Love Sex Fear Death. They have a buy-2-get-1-free sale. Which means that you could buy the two books above and get a copy of any of their fine books… including the just-released Opium for the Masses. Which means you could be in a candy-colored-cloud and doing godawful sorcery in NO TIME. FH says:

For you Solstice gift givers, we offer you a special HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: for the next three weeks only, buy any two books from Feral House and get a FREE book of your choice! (Book must be of equal or lesser value to the least expensive book). Offer good until January 1, 2010.

(Feral House / Process Media: Thee Industrial Poppy Cult Has Come)

Posted by Jason Louv
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12.16.2009
04:44 pm
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Psychic TV Has A Foggy Notion
12.16.2009
03:09 pm
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Wonderful time yesterday as Dangerous Minds taped for an upcoming show “cultural engineer” Genesis Breyer P-Orridge.  Not to tease something that won’t show up here for a week or so, but Richard’s interview with Gen was at times so captivating I was practically crawling into the speakers beyond our “black box studio” so as to not miss a single word.  In the meantime, check out Psychic TV covering the Velvet Underground classic, Foggy Notion:

 
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
Thee Psychick Bible Now Out! , The Infinity Factory: Genesis P-Orridge Interview,
The Infinity Factory: Robert Anton Wilson, Genesis P-Orridge and Me

 

Posted by Bradley Novicoff
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12.16.2009
03:09 pm
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Looking Major Tom In The Molars: An Analysis Of Bowie’s Teeth
12.16.2009
02:32 pm
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Could the artistry of David Bowie be tied somehow to the appearance of his teeth?  That appears to be the subtext of the following video.  Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie?  As “Surgeon To The Stars” Alex Kardis points out, “his teeth don’t look particularly great.”  By the time he got around, though, to recording Let’s Dance, Bowie’s choppers look brighter and tighter.

I find it interesting that Rolling Stone’s Alan Light feels that after Bowie cranked out not only Ziggy Stardust, but Hunky Dory, Low, Station to Station, etc., the one thing “holding him back” was a self-consciousness about his teeth.  Hmm, by that logic…did cosmetic surgery beget Tin Machine?!

Posted by Bradley Novicoff
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12.16.2009
02:32 pm
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To Permit Mouth To Be Able To Rejoice
12.16.2009
02:10 pm
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What’s wrong with “bite the wax tadpole” as a slogan for Coca-Cola ?
 
via Coca-Cola Conversations :

When Coca-Cola was first sold in China in 1927, it was obvious to the Coke employees in China that the Coca-Cola trademark must be transliterated into Chinese characters. To find the nearest phonetic equivalent to ?

Posted by Brad Laner
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12.16.2009
02:10 pm
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Sarah Palin Shirt
12.16.2009
11:27 am
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(via BuzzFeed)

Posted by Tara McGinley
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12.16.2009
11:27 am
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Christopher Mayhew Says
12.15.2009
07:35 pm
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12.15.2009
07:35 pm
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Hazel Hill: Living on the Edge
12.15.2009
07:27 pm
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Hazel Hill, the designer of Thee Psychick Bible and one of the masterminds of Show Cave, showed this video to an awe-struck crowd this weekend at her art space. Jaws dropped.

(Via Made of This)

Posted by Jason Louv
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12.15.2009
07:27 pm
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1950 GE Play-Talk Turntable Tape Recorder
12.15.2009
06:31 pm
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From Pea Hicks, The king of the Optigan.

This is a GE Play-Talk from 1950. It’s a kid’s toy, but it’s actually pretty advanced for the time, since tape recorders were just starting to become available. This is a tape recorder / record player hybrid. The paper disc is coated with magnetic tape and the tonearm has a tape recorder head on it. The little plastic disc that goes over the “tape” disc has a spiral groove for guiding the tonearm. The speaker serves double duty as the microphone. All tube electronics.

What’s great is the way you can play/record in random access mode. There’s no erase head, so the sounds just keep building on top of each other until you erase the disc with a bulk tape eraser.

In the 2nd part of the video, I use another fantastic GE toy- the Tote-A-Tune keyboard from the early 70s. I record a scale onto the disc, then attempt to play a tune by manually moving the tonearm over the disc. Lots of creative lo-fi applications for this sucker!!

Posted by Brad Laner
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12.15.2009
06:31 pm
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I Will Fear No Celeriac
12.15.2009
04:38 pm
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Never mind its off-putting appearance, what with its Cthulhu like tentacles and weird lil’ miniature celery tops (not too nice to eat those), the celery root or as the French know it, celeriac, is a multi-faceted delight once you get to know it. Chop all the nasty bits off (it’s easier than you would think) then dice into cubes and basically treat it as you would a potato, turnip or any other root vegetable. Roast in the oven, saute with garlic and olive oil, puree into soup, eat raw in a salad, you can’t go wrong. What you taste is the essence of celery-ness but with heavier presence and substance than your standard stalk variety. It’s in season now until spring, so harass your grocer !
 
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Posted by Brad Laner
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12.15.2009
04:38 pm
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Sketchy Santas
12.15.2009
11:42 am
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Sketchy Santas is a WONDERFUL photoblog dedicated to evil mall santas. Ummm… Err….
 
Sketchy Santas

Posted by Tara McGinley
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12.15.2009
11:42 am
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Twinsies: Robots Custom-Built to Look Like Owners
12.15.2009
02:41 am
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Pink Tentacle has a creepy post about Sogo & Seibu announcing plans to build “robot doppelgangers.” Ack!

Pink Tentacle says:

The mechanical doppelgangers are available for a limited time as part of a special New Year?

Posted by Tara McGinley
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12.15.2009
02:41 am
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The Beatles as seen from the distant future
12.14.2009
09:23 pm
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I find this totally plausible.
 
(via Scott Gairdner)

Posted by Brad Laner
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12.14.2009
09:23 pm
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