December 2009
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Reminder
You have forgotten about a voucher or shop-specific gift card someone gave you a while ago.
“Elizabeth Antebi, who was the producer of the film, wanted to have me whirling...”
– Philip K Dick on Disneyland
“You shouldn’t be so timid—you are not alone. There are millions of us waiting...”
– Fighting For Our Lives
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Space Hijackers →
During the 2009 G-20 demonstrations in London, members of the Space Hijackers protest group drove their Alvis Saracen armoured personnel carrier (known to them as “the tank”) into the City of London and parked it outside the Royal Bank of Scotland in Bishopsgate. The Saracen, which had been painted bright blue with black and white chequer stripes in a mock police livery, was equipped...
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“Knockeen Hills Irish Poteen is an ideal cocktail base and can be simply...”
– So basically fucking anything.
From Poteen Cocktails. (Protip, don’t drink it unless it’s spelled poitín)
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Bank firewalls cracked by cyberhackers →
For more than a decade the common currency among cybercriminals has been pilfered credit card numbers, but some underground hackers have learned how to drain money directly from corporate bank accounts.
There has been a big rise in such frauds, raising the stakes in the war between financial institutions and criminals and costing some bank clients half a million dollars – or more.
This is the...
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Notre-Dame Affair - Wikipedia, the free... →
The Notre-Dame Affair was an action performed by Michel Mourre, Serge Berna, Ghislain Desnoyers de Marbaix, and Jean Rullier, members of the radical wing of the Lettrist movement, on Easter Sunday, 9 April 1950, at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, while the mass was aired live on national TV. Mourre, dressed in the habit of a Dominican monk and backed by his co-conspirators, chose a quiet moment...
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Two gardai convicted of assault outside pub →
Cops beat the shit out of someone. Man films video. Cops detain man, delete evidence of wrongdoing. Cops found guilty. It almost seems like a good outcome.
Their penalty for being found guilty? Around €1,000 each. They are both appealing. As far as I can tell, both are still active Gardaí despite their destruction of evidence and assault of a citizen.
Horror film at eleven.
Guardians of the...
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Ayn Rand Dating & Networking →
I… I… I. Uh. I…
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ACID DRINKERS
It was with a clouded mind I arrived at the venue. I’m a fan of psychedelic trance but I’ve never really been one for dancing. I was somewhat loosened in advance and so was almost ready for it. After a few minutes of standing, watching a support act, I decided it was time to divest myself of my coat. Up I went, passing a fellow who was already walking like a hiking monkey, methodically making his...
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