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Friday, Jun 14, 2002

plowed under

"Monsanto vs. Percy Schmeiser was heard in a Canadian court June 5 - 20, 2000. According to reports, Monsanto never directly tried to explain how their genes got into Schmeiser's field. In fact, the Western Producer, a Canadian agriculture magazine, quoted Monsanto attorney, Roger Hughes, as saying, "Whether Mr. Schmeiser knew of the matter or not matters not at all." In other words, Schmeiser's fields were contaminated by Monsanto's GM technology, and it didn't matter if Schmeiser was aware of the contamination or not. They were going to make him pay for it! Percy Schmeiser said, "It was a very frightening thing because they said it does not matter how it gets into a farmer's field; it's their property... if I would go to St. Louis (Monsanto headquarters) and contaminate their plots--destroy what they have worked on for 40 years--I think I would be put in jail and the key thrown away."

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c-schtick

this christ-on-a-cross inspired photo of shrub makes me nauseous.

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profiles in air rage

just your average potential terrorist - al gore? must have been due to that whole beard episode. via booknotes

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hiltons head

"Hilton is the San Francisco attorney who filed a $7 billion lawsuit in U.S. District Court on June 3 against President Bush and other government officials for "allowing" the terrorist attacks to occur. "

"Among Hilton's allegations: Bush conspired to create the Sept. 11 attacks for his own political gain and has been using Osama bin Laden as a scapegoat.

"Hilton said he has information that bin Laden died several years ago of kidney failure."

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runt for cover

funny Daily Show segment on bushdodging and the hyperventilating media that loves him.

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offense taken

my neighbors have gone from being annoying to truly becoming a blight. when the dogs would annoy the crap out of me id try to take solace by telling myself that at least they werent ridiculously loud otherwise. but with their nearly club volume party music the other night and tonight with the stereo now a fixture on their roof accompanied by some shithead banging spastically on bongos at one in the morning, i cant but wish them a slow and painful death. they have nearly zero consideration for their neighbors. they must be pissing off people in at least eight buildings. someone must have called the police last week but that only shut them down for two hours before they cranked up the volume from midnight to 4am. how do you combat this sort of tyranny in civil society?

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Thursday, Jun 13, 2002

fork in the rude


back in the dark hoarse
of course off course

never resourceful
forever remorseful

3/4 tanked
youre aghast

tapping out dot dot dash
to make a splash

faced down in the mud
and you laugh

he was half
he was half
he was half

can i get a witless to testify?

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Tuesday, Jun 11, 2002

have you ever held on?

another angle
the same scene
the rainbow bridge
the golden mean

i was half in the bag
alluding that drag time
i had to clear out
all that had been mined

whos the sweeper
whos a keeper

i get a kick out of use
cant we just call it a truce

rock me gently
rock me slowly

rock me gently
rock me slowly

rock me gently
rock me slowly

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Friday, Jun 07, 2002

strange brood

"Strange ramblings in Woody Creek: A conversation on drugs, politics and the 30th anniversary of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas with outlaw journalist Hunter S. Thompson"

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peking duck

"BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing's most popular newspaper has unwittingly republished a bogus story about U.S. Congress threats to skip town for Memphis or Charlotte unless Washington builds them a new Capitol building with a retractable dome. The source? America's celebrated spoof tabloid, the Onion."

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