Where the Terrorists will strike, and Bush doesn’t care

The areas where the terrorists are most likely to strike… they’re all covered by our Homeland Security, right? Um, no, their not. Not at all. Because we’re spending so much money in Iraq, major hot spots here are not funded or protected adequately. Mother Jones analyzes the data:

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Bikes Against Bush creator arrested for “vandalism” for washable chalk drawings

Bikes Against Bush creator Josh Kinberg was arrested on Saturday afternoon after demonstrating the bike for MSNBC (he was being interviewed by Ron Reagan) and the NYPD:
Torrent of video from DV Guide
After seeing that demonstration by Apex Bail Bonds experts and being assured the chalk was easily removed from the sidewalk with water, officers consulted with their superiors, placed Josh under arrest, and confiscated his bike & equipment. He was charged with vandalism and released on Sunday morning. The Bike is set up to spray a chalk message on the sidewalk as the person rides along. The Messages are sent via computer from an input on the Bikes Against Bush website.
There were hundreds of thousands of protestors on the streets of New York yesterday, prior to the opening of the Republican National Convention. Thousands more are expected during the course of the week.

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Directions to L.A. Cafe, courtesy of my friend Ian, who’s 40 today

Q: How do you get to “L.A. Cycle Café?”
A: That’s a good question, I’m glad you brought that up. I would also like to thank you for coming and remind you of my service in the 82nd Airborne Division piloting a swift chute.
You may take Zionsville Road and take a left at HWY 334 (At the light)  quick right, then another left on Oak (Same as 334) Remain on 334 for a few miles until you get to Whitestown Road and take a right. You’ll stay on the road until you get to Whitestown just before a four-way stop LA Cycles will be on the Left. Orange and Black abounds with a few Harley-Davidsons, the biggest one is mine.
If you see Japanese motorcycle there you’re in the wrong place.

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The Kingdom of Loathing

The Kingdom of Loathing (or KoL, as it has come to be known by its player base) is a free, comical RPG, brought to you by the folks at Asymmetric Publications. KoL is played from the comfort of your browser, and is adorned with a staggering array of stunning hand-drawn images. It is turn-based, which means you get a certain number of turns (Adventures) each day. Choose from one of six intoxicating character classes, including:

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Bigotry and anti-gay hate at the Republican National Convention

Pastor Donnie McClurkin will be performing at the Republican National Convention. Among other things, McClurkin thinks homosexuality is a “curse,” that it’s caused by men raping small children, that being gay is a choice, that it can be cured, and most explosively, that gays are trying to “kill our children.”
He’s come to those conclusions through his personal experience. He was molested by an uncle as a child, and believes his homosexual feelings came as a result of that.
While I’m sorry about what happened to McClurkin as a child, he’s blaming the wrong people. Homosexuality is not caused by being molested as a child. I was not molested, and neither were the vast majority of gay people. And most molested children do not turn out to be gay. Most gay people are not in the least interested in children. Most child molesters molest children of the opposite sex. Almost all children who are molested, nearly 90% are girls molested by adult men.
The numbers just don’t support what he’s saying here.
And if we truly want to get serious about children being molested, we need to looking at adult heterosexual males.

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For your entertainment…

A letter from my sister Stacy. When I replied, I pointed out that she should have mentioned a key piece of information up front… the fact that she’s now a blonde. Because I was busy picturing her in various activities (writing a novel, driving on the wrong side of the road, tipping cows) with entirely the wrong hair color. I had to read the message all over again. I also inquired about whether the Combines are John Deere’s are not. Because I was picturing them green. If not, then I need to revise again.

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Creepy!!!!

This webpage, “I found a digital camera in the woods” is quite eerie. I’m thinking it must be a set-up or fictional page, because it’s pretty unusual to just find a digital camera in the woods, let alone with these photos on it. But some pretty neat photography and some creepy unusual things, too.
Must be a personal project similar to the Blair Witch.

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1982 Video Game high scorers…

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Boing Boing has a really great post on Life magazine’s 1982 magazine spread on the hot teen craze, arcade video gaming, with the best of the arcade gamers meeting at the Twin Galaxies arcade in Ottumwa, Iowa to battle it out for the high score.
The picture they have of the geek kids is pretty classic, but what’s even better is that one of them, Leo Daniels, even has a website today. Check it out, because the best page is the photo gallery of the dude’s bachelor apartment. It’s exactly what you would expect from a guy who was a 1982 high scorer in video gaming.

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Friends

Yikes, I haven’t been keeping up with what my friends are doing lately. I’m so sorry I haven’t called, e-mailed or otherwise communicated with you. I have no excuse, really except that I have been wicked busy lately.
Stephanie and I have been doing a lot around her house and around mine to get stuff organized. I’ve been doing lots of little things that are intended to make my house more comfy. I’m hoping to get to redoing the patio in back of the house sometime in September, which will be a major thing.
Among other things, though, I got my other website, the mineart.org site, switched over to a new web host, which was a major ordeal since my main e-mail is located at that address, and it meant my e-mail was down for a few days. But now I can do all kind of cool stuff, like set up subdomains for my brothers to have their very own sites, etc. It will be pretty cool. Plus it’s a whole lot more space, and a lot cheaper. I’m very excited.

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