Category: Alt

  • Dawn of the Latinos

    Wunder-bigot and political scientist Samuel Huntington warns of the upcoming takeover by our hispanic friends: The persistent inflow of Hispanic immigrants threatens to divide the United States into two peoples, two cultures, and two languages. [They] have not assimilated into mainstream U.S. culture… and reject[ed] the Anglo-Protestant values that built the American dream. The United […]

  • Awful Plastic Surgery

    A horrendous catalog of celebrity plastic surgery disasters. The photos of L’il Kim are pretty damned disturbing. She does look like a mogwai in some pics: Awful Plastic Surgery.

  • What is a Darknet?

    In the case that the internet becomes entirely regulated by corporations and digital rights management locks out innovation and creativity: A darknet is a simple thing really. Perhaps not technologically simple, but conceptually simple. It’s a hidden network on the internet. Usually it’s purpose is illegal in nature, but it does not have to be. […]

  • Ishmael

    (from a week ago) If Jean-Paul Satre had ever been called for jury duty I think that he would have definitely written a play about it. I am sitting in the jury assembly room at the courthouse on California and 26th. We go there at 9:30 and then went through a brief viewing of an […]

  • Kanji Confusion

    The Trib took pics of a bunch of Chicagoans with kanji character tattoos. They then asked the tattooed what the characters meant. Then they went to the Japanese Consulate: (discussion on MeFi) What she thinks her tattoo says: “circle seven.” What it really means: The tattoo does read as “circle seven,” but in Japanese, “circle” […]

  • Illinois Bill to Bar Youth From Tattoo Parlors

    This is so goddamn stupid. A bill moves to the State Senate (it passed the House 103-13) that would ban anyone under 18 from entering a tattoo parlor. [Rep. Jerry] Mitchell’s bill also would exempt minors from criminal charges if they tattoo another youth outside of a tattoo shop. He said teens who rig their […]

  • Air America Radio

    As any left-lib worth their salt knows, Air America launched last week – an effort to bring a liberal talk show radio channel to the masses. I am glad to know that liberal commentators can be just as abrasive as conservative talkies. I think Al Franken is so much better in print than heard. Randi […]

  • Margot Knight

    Margot Knight creates photographs that combine dismembered bodies in mundane settings. Great collection of art. This one called Cancer. Check out the ones with the giant worms. Eeek.

  • Amy Goodman

    When I was a kid my heroes were creative storytellers like Jim Henson. I was a major puppetry freak in the 4th and 5th grade and still think that is how I developed an intuition into how to tell a good story. That and having a father that can’t stop telling tales – and now […]

  • Unamerican T-Shirts On Sale

    To celebrate it’s tenth anniversary. Unamerican.com has all their T-shirts onsale for $10 each. I got three a month ago the one that says Unamerican, the one of a TV with a hypodermic needle captioned: ‘Set Me Free’ and the shirt with a gas-masked storm-trooper captioned ‘We’re all doomed.’