Feb 19 0 comments
Extinct!, Psychotics

Rare really only means “extra delicious”

Bird Suspected to Be Extinct Photographed for First Time … Then Eaten

National Geographic link (with photos)

So really, why  not?  I mean…shit.  Whenever I come across something really rare and special and unique my first thought is “I bet that sucker tastes awesome!  Don’t you agree belly?” and then I promptly go about the Lord’s work of killing the thing and eating it.

This is, of course, what civilized, intelligent people do.

To quote the ol’ Nat Geo “Michael Lu, president of the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines, told AFP the bird’s demise should inspire a “local consciousness” about the region’s threatened wildlife.”

Great.  Put the ol’ “It’ll inspire a lot of “local consciouness” spin on it.  No one’s bad here.  We’re all painted in shades of gray so why not make the psychotics look like gentle giants who don’t understand the error of their ways?

Alls I have to say is this: Godspeed little Buttonquail because heaven knows your in the shit.

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Feb 18 0 comments
Uncategorized

Dictionaries, Slang, Definitions, and Thoughts on Words

I’ve been doing a lot of work on the main site lately and I couldn’t be more honest if I said that it’s a mess.

Not that it bothers me, mind you, I just like organization. So, as it stands, I’m revamping the hell out of it but not in any design sense–more on the basis of organizing the chaos.

The goals behind YellowPress have become clearer. It is indeed a mind map and a collection of interestings and influences, but that’s simply too simple and yet there’s so much to do to accomplish that–why add more?

Because I must. The dispatch here is an easy thing to do that–although it isn’t done nearly as frequently as I’d like–contains updates, thoughts, rants, and more (although the rant aspect has been certainly ramped up as of late) while the main site endeavors to be a strictly content site with little or no commentary.

Is this right? Should it be more? Could I fit the instructional in there as well as the content? Or should that go here? Or, hell, do I make another site and stick it in there somewhere? Certainly the last option is the worst and yet, it seems like the best.

The big kicker of it all is trying to work within a set of tools that has already been created. As an avid Open Sourcer I work towards that end but then, at the same time, the disappointments that come from the continual realization that open source is mostly a hobby for some and a lame f**k around for others leaves one riding the infinite bummer.

More later.


Feb 04 0 comments
The Mutos, science

MutoFish Rock!

So.  There’s really nothing to say here aside from the old adage of “just because you can create genetic freak fish doesn’t mean that you should create genetic freak fish.”

Stop the Approval of Genetically Engineered Fish!

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Feb 03 0 comments
taxes

Fool us once shame on you, fool us twice…

So, Tom Daschle just withdrew nomination for the Health and Human Services Secretary and good deal.  Granted, I feel that a tar and feather job may be in order but, then again, I’m a bit old fashioned when it comes to the taxes.

Now, I’d like to say that I feel bad.  That I could all overlook this whole “I don’t pay taxes like you common folks” theme that’s currently running through the Obama regime.  That I could just let it go and recognize that sometimes to get the job done we have to ignore the monster we’re allied with.  But this would be wrong.

What should happen is this (and to quote the greats here): “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”  So when I see big wigs operate with near impunity, I get a little discouraged at the current state of America but more specifically, the current mindset of our psychotic politicians.

And why not?  I have to pay taxes and if I don’t I get run up the river.  There is no “awww shucks…I forgot” mistake making capabilities on my end and there is certainly no Democrat honcho to step in and say with firm assurance that “well, he makes mistakes you know and we can’t nitpick over ‘mistakes’…we’ve got a ‘crisis’ on our hands”.

These things don’t happen in the world of the common man.  If you’re the common man and you don’t pay 150,000 in taxes you’re status as common man is most definitely in the FUBAR range.  Hell, you’ll probably wish you were just in FUBAR shape.  If there’s one group of folks you don’t want on your ass it’s the IRS.  But, since we got a tax evader in charge now…maybe not?  Hell, let’s try it out.  Maybe this is the age of change and that change is no one has to pay taxes anymore.  This is the dawning of a new era!  Tax cheats unite!

If only Al Capone were alive today…

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Jan 28 0 comments
Advertising, propaganda

Makes it all seem good enough to eat


‘Veggie Love’: PETA’s Banned Super Bowl Ad

I’m not a vegetarian. I’m not even close to being a vegetarian cuz I got these canine teeth and by golly do I like using them. But, what I’m curious about is the psuedo-contrived hubbub because of this ad. Reasons for pulling it from NBC are as follows:

* licking pumpkin

* touching her breast with her hand while eating broccoli

* pumpkin from behind between legs

* rubbing pelvic region with pumpkin

* screwing herself with broccoli (fuzzy)

* asparagus on her lap appearing as if it is ready to be inserted into vagina

* licking eggplant

* rubbing asparagus on breast

Now, it’s safe to say that this ad is definitely not child friendly really didn’t have an ice cubes chance in hell in getting aired. And why would it? While watching it I felt that this was something I needed to be in a private booth for. So, now that we have reason and logic out of the way…why bitch and moan that it didn’t make it? And, it’d be safe to say that PETA never expected it to make it. But rather that it was created for the sole purpose of failure. Why? To created a stir, cause a scene, promote the cause, etc, etc, etc.

Sigh.

Campaigns such as these are sad and pathetic. Something akin to an attention starved 5 year old shouting “look at me!” while waving their hands about in a desperate plan to receive love and attention. Don’t get me wrong, something should be done to raise awareness about the conditions that we impose on animals–take the puppy mills, poultry industry, etc. for example. But seducing people to an ideal based on how much great sex you can have? Bah. Hell, if anything this gives good cause to become a food fetishist. I mean, come on, look at those ladies lickin’ on the vegetables. Did that asparagus go where I think it did? OOOH, rub the pumpkin! rub it!!!

But I digress…I’ve got an eggplant to go lick.

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Jan 23 0 comments
Centralization, Government

The Problem with Peanuts

If experience has taught us anything it’s to never trust a centralized system. Psychotics trust centralized systems and look what happens. Chaos, fear, terror, death, destruction, etc. Centralization is not the nature or spirit of the Individual and it shouldn’t be the spirit of a country.

Centralization, by its very nature, is slow, hard to change, desperate, and–for the most part–has an extremely weak immune system. With that said–this accurately describes the state of the United States food supply. Lately centralization has caused at least 488 people to get sick and has led to the death of at least 6. This is incredible. Especially since this isn’t how it has to be.

But here we are. The recalls are coming in left and right, the number of sick and dead are growing, and what can be said about it? Well, they’ll say, we’ll do better next time. That this was just a fluke. Some mistake in the works of the grand machine we call food processing. And it’ll be forgotten too. 10, 20 days from now we’ll look back at the beginning of this year and remember fondly the inauguration and quietly forget about the rampant illness that is currently plaguing this land. And why not? I’m not sick. I don’t know anyone who got sick. Hell, it was something that was probably made up by somebody who got everybody to believe it right?

But if we can draw anything out of this whatsoever it should be this:

Centralization is wrong.

A centralized system can be brought down in any number of ways simply because there is only one major artery to strike. Whether this system is the government, the power grid, the food supply, water, etc–to have centralization is to have a major weakness.

For example, the power grid. Knock out the one supplier on the grid and you can disrupt a major part of the population. Granted, there are backups, workarounds, etc. but these aren’t easly done without a vastly increased load on the other systems that are still alive and kicking (and considering that these systems are usually psychotically out of date any increase of burden increases the chances of blow out to an even higher degree). So what’s the solution? Decentralization. Every house can be a power supply. And, shit, you can kill some of us but you can’t kill us all. This means that we could easily survive hardships that may just otherwise destroy the world if left centralized.

But I digress.

Perhaps all I want is a scenario similar to the banking crisis in It’s A Wonderful Life. Where we are all tied together by such a strong sense of community that we no longer have strangers for neighbors and folks can walk down the street at night without fears of rape and death. And…is this too much to ask? That people dare be civil? And worse–that they actually care about each other? The devolution of society has been a slow one but that has been its strength. The Mom and Pop’s have been eliminated. Supermarkets are king. We’re constantly reminded that we must be “global”. The world’s grown up, they say, it’s time to grow up to!

Outsource your business needs to India. Sell out your fellow countrymen for a buck. That’s alright, I mean, you’re just trying to make a living and prosper a bit right? That’s what capitalism is all about, dammit. And why not? Everyone else is doing it. Why can’t I have my piece of the American Dream pie too? And if I want to make any sort of profit this year I’m gonna have to cut employment, destroy salaries, and most of all kill the quality of my services. Money money money!!!!!!

It seems we’ve all taken the spirit of the anti-Mr. Rogers. Instead of asking “won’t you be my neighbor?” we’ve simply gone to ignoring our physical neighbors and issuing a blanket “f*** you” to all our other would be neighbors. Classes are divided as we find it acceptable to punish the rich for getting ahead by saying “Hey, they’re rich…tax them. After all–they deserve it. Damn them for being something I’m not!!!!” Meanwhile, on the other side of the coin, the hands are out and waiting for some green to fill them. Sure they don’t actually pay taxes but that doesn’t matter–they’re good souls and I’m sure they’d be hard workers if, you know, they wanted to. So it’s the spirit that counts right?

Sigh. I’m off on full rant/tangent mode all because of those damn peanuts. But really, things like this shouldn’t actually have to happen.

Sigh.

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Jan 20 0 comments
Election, Freedom, Government

Inauguration Blues

President-Elect Obama became President Obama today and there’s significance in this moment.

No, none of the usual banter about how he’s the first and how it’s significant and etc. No. Yes, these are great times and great moments but there’s something deeper than that. That, although it’s been pointed out numerous times on every single station known to man, significance lies with the very fact that we as Americans have the ability to tell a previous adminstation to leave and a new administration to go.

This is unusual and different since not many other people have this ability to do so with such freedom as we do.

Not that these people have any concept of what they’re doing, mind you, since from 2 years preceeding the election they’re constantly bombarded with ads telling them to be patriots and ads telling them that they need to be different. These create confusion and, much like prison, most of the voting comes down to your affiliation rather than your beliefs. This election only pointed out the sharp divide that has been widening in this country for some time now and as of this writing shows no sign of slowing.

But that is neither here nor there.

These words, at this moment in time, do not matter.  We’re here to celebrate a beautiful thing called freedom and the miraculous nature of the American System.

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Jan 16 0 comments
taxes

A mistake any working man wishes he could afford to make

It’s all over the headlines these days:  Obama pick owes big in back taxes and all the cronies are now taking to defending the man.  After all, Obama is God and, well, God isn’t capable of sin right?  But there’s something more to this than that.

For starters, remember that 16 page “you’d better confess your deepest darkest sins” vetting process that was supposed to seperate the wheat from the chaffe?  Apparently it was meaningless because we’ve already had blunder after blunder but this…this is something new and different.  RIchardson stepped down at the faintest hint of smoke but now the alarms are turned off and we have a full fledged fire.  Politicians are great at lying, this is just understood, Clinton did it, Nixon did it, everyone’s doing it and hey, why not?  But to call something a mistake, to belittle the problem, to laugh it on through is something else, to say that regardless the crime–we need this man–this is just insane.  The fundamental truth is he’s still an American and should be treated exactly the same as the rest of us–possibly some jail time but definitely some harsh fines right?

Unfortunately, if you believe that you’re a fool like the rest of us common people.  What you must understand is that he’s not like the rest of us, he’s better.  The politicians told us so.  He’s the right man for the job and damn whatever crimes he’s committed.  Your foolish notions of “all men are created equal” should go back to the grave with the rest of the founding fathers because those ideals are only likely to bring on the eternal bummer once the stone cold reality of modern America comes a calling.

Sadly, this could have been different.  This man could have been a modern day Robin Hood had he only continued in his ways and never paid up.  He could have then claimed Civil Disobediece.  He’d have been a hero. Nothing tugs at the ol’ heartstrings of us common folk like a stirring defense that harkens back to Thoreau.  It wouldn’t have even mattered why he was claiming civil disobedience–the public would have loved it.  And why not?  This is the stuff that we’re made of.  We want a cause that transcends simple greed and ignorance.  We want to believe that all of our shit and toil and struggle actually amounts to something.  We, unlike the rest of them, still believe that America can be and still is great.

But moments like these are just one more reminder that as a general public–our thoughts, our feelings, the laws that bind us, etc. etc. etc. don’t work and don’t apply to the rest of them.  When someone important needs bailing out our money gets stolen for their salvation.  When someone important commits a crime they’re the ones getting off on technicalities and loopholes–not us.  When the shit goes down they’re the ones with the right excuse that everyone believes but we’re left to our devices.  Take our money and throw the book at us.  We’re the folksy workers who cling on to our religion and guns.  We’ve been trained to bend over and take it whenever the government needs another perverted fix so why stop now?

Why not take it all the way?  Why not simply come out and tell us that we’re too stupid to be treated with in an honest and fair manner?  Why not tell us that we’re the pack of wild animals that you already believe us to be?  It’d be far more freeing and at least we’d know where we stand.

I’d like to believe that there was something I was missing.  That I was just overreacting to a small problem but I know, deep down, that I’m not.  I know that if I don’t pay my taxes I’m on the short end of the stick with the IRS and, hell, even if I do pay my taxes that doesn’t mean that some psychotic won’t decide to audit me just for the hell of it.  And then what?  Hassle, burden, terror.  And that, I think, is where this all comes crashing to a swift and violent halt.  The realization that we have to follow the law and we have to pay our taxes because if we don’t hell comes a callin.  This is fine.  This is, after all, how America works.  But the converse isn’t true–they don’t have to follow the law and, apparently, don’t have to pay their taxes and the America they live in is one that profits off of all us hacks who still cling on to our ideals.

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Jan 14 0 comments
Celebrity, propaganda, science

“Jenny McCarthy is not a scientist…”

“Jenny McCarthy is not a scientist…”

These words struck me in a manner that hasn’t happened in a while.  Dear God, I thought, how can this be used as an excuse or, for that matter, a justifiable defense?  And, if the scientists are resorting to such illogical attacks, where will it end?  It strikes me as a catch 22.  Much like trying to convince someone you’re not a drunk–the more you fight back the more you look like a drunk and why not?  This is exactly what drunks do.  Think about it:  when’s the last time someone who isn’t a professional had any real knowledge about the profession?  And if they did, well, they’re not actually professionals so…how reliable is their information?  It’s easy to not believe anything they say.

This realization is incredibly freeing.

When’s the last time you made your own decisions?  All that terrible thinking.  It was like some twisted nightmare wasn’t it?  Well, never you mind anymore young citizen!  There’s group of professionals everywhere willing to tell you just what is right and wrong.

Need to know who to vote for?  Consult a politician.  Clearly, You, don’t know who or what to vote for or, for that matter, what is good for our country–you’re not a politician.  You can trust politicians to always tell you the truth.  They’re not like the others.  Of course, maybe then the whole system is flawed here.  Our Founders clearly didn’t know what they were doing when they set up the Republic.  After all, they gave us the ridiculous right to think for ourselves, draw our own conclusions, and vote.  Clearly our Founders weren’t the right men for the job.  Maybe what we need then is change.  Something along the lines of a Monarchy or Totalitarian Regime.  I mean, if we’re not politicians, how can we really say what we need?  We need someone to look out for us.

How about that leaky drain?  It’s a bit annoying isn’t it?  But don’t think for a minute you can fix that bastard.  This here is the job of a plumber.  Hell, the drain might not even be leaking–who’s to know?  You’re not a plumber.

House on fire?  Again, there’s no telling.  For the love of God, don’t do anything hasty.  You know nothing of fire and because of that, there’s no need to fear–you’re assessment of the situation is completely wrong.

Shit, there’ no end to this.  The cult of the professional is growing by the day and heaven help us poor bastards who simply think that because we trust our senses we might actually have a handle on the physical world but I encourage all to hang tight.  This argument only comes on when the animal is trapped in the corner.  Like some clawing beast seeking legitimacy as an elite force, this tactic is always the last resort when a position is indefensible.  We’ve seen it before by almost every party that’s had its house built of sand.

The Catholic church used this all the time to keep the public under its thumb.  What’s that?  You think you can read the Bible?  You’re not a theologian.  Now get back over there and pray to Mary, buy your indulgence, and hope that you can get your dead baby out of limbo.

Eugenics loves this argument as well:  “Well, it’s fine that you like to have your rights but, after all, you’re not a superior race so I don’t think your opinion matters.”

Sigh.

I’m going back to bed.

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Jan 14 0 comments
propaganda, science

Strange and Terrible lies at the heart of Science–part 1

The ACSH released their “The Top 10 Unfounded Health Scares of 2008″ recently and with much anticipated expectation the press release was picked up nationwide by a surprising amount of folks.  After which, it didn’t take long then for the release to reach third gear and then the real scream began.

This is what they wanted.  The wackos came out in droves thus proving that the Scientists, by God, were the real truth givers and the new Gods for the new Age.

But who is the ACSH?  According to SourceWatch they’re a front group but that alone doesn’t get us far.  We need to actually know them in the Biblical sense.

According to SourceWatch: “The American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) describes itself as “a consumer education consortium concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health. ACSH is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization. The nucleus of ACSH is a board of 350 physicians, scientists and policy advisors - experts in a wide variety of fields - who review the Council’s reports and participate in ACSH seminars, press conferences, media communications and other educational activities. ACSH was founded in 1978 by a group of scientists who had become concerned that many important public policies related to health and the environment did not have a sound scientific basis. These scientists created the organization to add reason and balance to debates about public health issues and bring common sense views to the public.”"

Good enough until we discover that ACSH stopped disclosing its donors almost immediately after it was birthed.  Information, rumors and otherwise, however, indicate that their donors read like a telephone book dedicated to big company, big pharm, and big anything else.

So here’s the top 10:

1. Phthalates pose health threat to children
2. Bisphenol-A linked to cancer, heart disease, and diabetes—just to name a few
3. Cell phones cause brain cancer
4. Coffee shrinks breasts
5. Toxic bras attack!
6. Pharmaceuticals can be found in our drinking water
7. Toxic toys remain on shelves through the holiday season
8. Vaccines cause autism
9. Dioxins found in Irish pork.
10. Granite countertops emit radiation

This list does a wonderful job of mixing the absurd with the true.  But that is exactly what propaganda is supposed to do.  It’s easy to believe that Phthalates are dangerous since there are numerous studies that prove they are.  But wait a minute!  Coffee shrinks breasts?!  Whatever!!!  And thus the evil has won.  The choice seems like you can’t have one without the other.  It’s like finding out that a politician has had psychiatric care–at that point there’s no sense in going on.  Everything is lost.  But the question is how does the ACSH defend their accusations?

1. “There is no evidence whatsoever—not even a hint—of health problems from phthalates in any consumer products used by children or adults…”
2. “There is no need for concern about the current, very low levels of human exposure to bisphenol-A from plastic bottles and other consumer products…”
3.  “I was amazed to read that a physician made this warning…”
4.  “a perfect example of junk reporting fueled by science…”
5.  “…took issue with the inflammatory description of formaldehyde.”
6.  “the dose makes the poison…”
7.  “The toxic terrorists know exactly how to time these stories to get themselves at the top of the news…”
8.   “While it is unfortunate that she has an autistic child, Jenny McCarthy is not a scientist…”
9.  “This sort of food ‘contamination’ should not be confused with salmonella or E. coli, …”
10.  “There was nothing constructive about this segment…”

Meanwhile, here I sit.  20 miles away the streams and rivers are flowing with transgendered fish and amphibians due to the chemicals that we’ve flushed down the toilet.  But obviously this is a lie right?  These transgendered fish don’t actually exist according to these scientists.  They’re all a clever ruse developed by the Eco Freaks in desperate masturbatory attempts to further their goal of world domination.  At the heart of this, and I can almost here the saying this, these green freaks are communists.  It’s like the damn 60’s all over again and we won’t let them fuck with Nam now.  But how to throw a wrench into the works?

Well, two things actually.

One, the American public is far more tame these days.  We’ve succumb.  And perhaps it was due to all of the coke from the 80’s coupled with the rampant psychosis of the 90’s but, whatever the cause, we’re compliant these days.  Ready to easily be filed away into a role.  Whatever you say scientist.  Clearly you know more than me.  I’m just a Hollywood Celeb looking for a cause to make me feel better.  WTF?  The issue is obfuscated in an almost elementary fashion.  Blame others, blame panic, blame irresponsibiltiy, blame crusaders, blame the amount we consume but never actually present a study to say why the “unfounded myths” are unfounded.  Of course, I expect nothing less from the god king Scientitst.

I vaguely remember a day told to me while sitting on my parents knee about how they almost did it.  How they almost won during the 60’s.  But here we are at yet another turning point in time.  A new President is coming, hope abounds, the truth just might make is through this time but here we are–same old same old.

Fuck it.  I don’t care.  Smoke your cigarrettes, drink your poison, and have your damn cancer filled transgender babies.  There’s nothing wrong with it you know?  The Scientists told us.

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