(title in French; “Lettre aux escrocs de l’islamophobie qui font le jeu des racistes.”) … (Stephane) Charbonnier said the problem is not religions but those who practice and distort them. “The problem is not the Quran or the Bible — sleep-inducing, incoherent and badly written novels — but the faithful who read the Quran or … [Read more…]
Due to the wild and wacky world of domain registration, and after 9 years, sergneri.ch is expired. I received the last notice from SWITCH, the Swiss registrar a few weeks ago, which warned me, again, that they were no longer in the business of registering web sites and I’d have to find a new registrar. … [Read more…]
WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE THINKING. Here is a response from one of the people to our rallytag cry — that a popular victory must be won over popular sluggishness : FROM MY OBSERVATORY Editors Alta: When any one considers the great importance of our Primary elections, the very foundation and safeguard of our politics, and … [Read more…]
On Saturday, June 27, at the County Sanitary Landfill on Mecham Road off south Stony Point Road between Petaluma and Cotati, “Recycletown” will be officially inaugurated by Garbage Reincarnation, Inc., the Sonoma County Community Recycling Center, and by the Sonoma County Public Works Department. Recycletown is a place where citizens can bring used oil, paint, … [Read more…]
Sausalito News, 23 August 1951 page 3 http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SN19510823.2.6&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN——-# THESE COMMIE LEADERS ARE BEING SOUGHT BY THE FBI JAMES EDWARD JACKSON Jr.. Southern Regional Director of the Communist party, USA age 36, born November 29, 1914. Richmond, Virginia; height 5 feet 6½ inches; weight, 160 pounds; build, medium; hair, black, curly, bald in front; eyes, brown; … [Read more…]
Marysville Daily Appeal, Volume XIII, Number 107, 6 May 1866 Riot at Memphis (Tenn.)—Large number or Negroes killed and their Houses Burned— Gen. Stoneman takes Military Possession of the City. MEMPHIS, May 4th. The Memphis Riot culminated in a great conflagration of the negro quarters on Wednesday night, and the killing of some 15 negroes … [Read more…]
Charlie Haden is no more. From the New York Times of Sunday 13 July, 2014: Charlie Haden, Influential Jazz Bassist, Is Dead at 76. “Mr. Haden, who liked to say he was driven by concern for “the struggle of the poor people,” hardly restricted his opinions to the Liberation Music Orchestra. While playing a festival … [Read more…]
California Digital Newspaper Collection – Daily Alta California Murder in San Francisco WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. 19, 1849 The Recent Murder. We cannot refrain from saying a few words with regard to recent sad occurrence at the Bella Union which resulted in the death of one of the parties concerned, and the utter ruin and disgrace … [Read more…]
I’ve loaded excerpts from John Berger’s “Ways of Seeing”, Jacques Ellul’s “The Technological Society” and Gary Panter’s very original “Rozztox Manifesto” to stimulate some thinking about advertising and its effects on modern culture. The use of the techniques of propaganda to sell products, ideas, and ways of life, we’ve allowed ourselves to be manipulated by … [Read more…]
Bill Griffith, creator of ZIPPY THE PINHEAD takes on advertising icons once again … See Zippy Here