Wednesday, October 9, 2013

"Tenno Heika banzai!" Yukio Mishima takeing one for team nippon

"And now, in keeping with Channel 40's policy of always bringing you the latest in blood and guts, in living color, you're about to see another first - an attempted suicide." Chris Chubbuck, Chubbuck shot herself in the head during a live television broadcast...American news reporter, died July 15, 1974, Now that's dedication to ones craft.

"Frances and Courtney, I'll be at your altar. Please keep going Courtney, for Frances for her life will be so much happier without me. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU."
In a note meant for his family, but addressed to his imaginary childhood friend 'Boddah'.
Curt Cobain, died April 8, 1994

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Ted Cruz and the Tea Party vs. Democracy | #FixThisShit 003

8 Members of Congress Arrested

McDonald's Employee Confronts Executive: I can't afford shoes for my children

Trita Parsi: Iran and Israel: Peace is possible

Taking on Capitalism, U.S. Torture & Dictatorships, Costa-Gavras on Decades of Political Filmmaking

Spoiler Alert! The Debt Ceiling Will Be Raised!

The Resident: Invoke 14th Amendment, solve debt crisis

Stay in Line or Get Firebombed? | Brainwash Update

BARBARA BUONO vs CHRIS CHRISTIE New Jersey Governor's Debate

US-Latin America Relations Hit New Low

Drugs, Drones and the NSA

How the US raid on al-Shabaab in Somalia went wrong

Navy seals launched a daring night-time raid in Barawe, but were forced to retreat an hour later without their target – why?

XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'

• XKeyscore gives 'widest-reaching' collection of online data
• NSA analysts require no prior authorization for searches
• Sweeps up emails, social media activity and browsing history
• NSA's XKeyscore program – read one of the presentations

Janis Joplin on Rejection "In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly."
- Janis Joplin

Jim Morrison on Why Fat is Beautiful. "What's wrong with being fat? That's what I want to know."

Koch brothers claim no involvement in efforts to defund healthcare reforms

Billionaire brothers who bankroll Republican causes have distanced themselves from the GOP's high-risk shutdown strategy

Reconsider Columbus Day

By Peter Rothberg

- The Columbus Day holiday has always been controversial. Observances are far from uniform across the country. South Dakota marks the occasion as "Native American Day." Meanwhile in Denver, Colorado’s annual Columbus Day parade is met by protesters decrying the genocide of indigenous peoples. A post at Daily Kos offered a good chronicle of Christopher Columbus's crimes against humanity and a good case for abolishing the holiday.