Scary Shit.

7. Dagnaski comments:
October 16, 2008
To Commonsense: I'm not out to prove anything to you or anyone else. I'm also not blind to reality. Obama is going to win handily. There will immediately be outbreaks of violence nationwide. This is the way the afircan american community celebrates. How many dozens of examples would you like me to provide? The only saving grace is that most of the violence will be limited to the urban core. A fair warning to all malcontents. In my suburb we're aware of you, we're realistic about you, and we're prepared to deal with you. Come into my neighboorhood, and you're going to die.

Taken from a Hollywood Reporter story about the World Series being pushed back due to Obama's thirty minute ad buy.

edit: now with somewhat related video.

The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives.

Muy interesante. Psychologist Jonathan Haidt gave a talk regarding the liberals, conservatives, and centrists, and explains that there are about five values that make up our morality and influence where we fall in that spectrum. Haidt posits that these five values are there when we are born-arguing against the idea of the blank slate-and are then modified by experience. It's a great talk and deserves to be watched in full (Haidt delivers one hell of an uppercut to the jaw in the end) with an open mind. It's definitely enough to make you more understanding of those that fall outside of your ingroup.

Slacker Uprising.

Always one to put his money where his mouth is, political documentarian Michael Moore is making his film, Slacker Uprising, available for free download starting September 23rd. The documentary chronicles Moore's 2004 tour of colleges in background states as a way to encourage the students to vote.

The move to distribute the film is a contemporary extension of that cause-and a costly one at that. The film took about $2 million to make, with half of that amount coming directly out of the director's pocket. Moore plans for the film to be screened in private neighborhood screenings on October 4th, the "Night of A Thousand House Parties". If you like hard copies of your films, don't fret, the film will also be released on DVD on October 7th.

Sign up to be notified of when the film will be available for download at the official website. The trailer can be viewed below.



P.S. On a somewhat related note, I've changed my clan tag for Call of Duty 4 to "OBMA" and can count on getting shit for it in every game lobby and even getting teamkilled when playing Hardcore Team Deathmatch. Who knew conservatives were the only ones on XBox Live?

LA vs. WAR

LA vs WAR

Inter Active Art show unites community around anti-war message.


The Los Angeles art community is uniting April 10-13, 2008 for an event titled LA vs. WAR.


This four-day event is produced by John Carr and will take place in Downtown Los Angeles at The Firehouse, 710 S. Santa Fe Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90013. All ages are welcome and admission is free. Street parking will be available and shuttle vans will also carry visitors to and from a Little Tokyo parking lot located at 1st Street and Central on specific dates/times.


Updates will be added to www. LAvsWAR. com


LA vs WAR aims to highlight the travesty of a senseless war now going into its 6th year and to give a platform for LA's artists to exercise their freedom of speech.


Artwork by hundreds of artists will represent our diverse communities in delivering a universal message of peace and understanding,
and offering resistance and opposition to the US government's war policies.