McAfee's blunder; symantec plunder

Woah, this should be big news right now. Ever watch Mad Money on CNBC? I do. Jim Cramer is always pushing McAfee. Best of breed my ass. No, in reality it's the accounting firm that should bear the brunt of responsibility in this case, but also they should at the same time be thanked for being so forthright. As the misplaced disc was a back-up copy, it might have been easy for them to just make another copy and pretend it never happened. So who's this hot shot ace accounting exuctive tossing around sensitive data while on a plane? that's rockstar. Anyways.. Cramer should dump McAfee in favor of Symantec, BOOYYA Jim.

Auditor loses McAfee employee data
By Joris Evers
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: February 23, 2006, 10:46 AM PST

An external auditor lost a CD with information on thousands of current and former McAfee employees, putting them at risk of identity fraud.

The disc was lost on Dec. 15 by Deloitte & Touche USA, McAfee spokeswoman Siobhan MacDermott said Thursday. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based security software company was first notified on Jan. 11, and on Jan. 30, it received particulars of the data that may have been on the CD, MacDermott said.

The disc contained personal details on all current U.S. and Canadian McAfee workers hired prior to April 2005 and on about 6,000 former employees in the same region, MacDermott said. (The security company currently has approximately 3,290 employees worldwide.) The information wasn't encrypted and potentially includes names, Social Security numbers and stock holdings in McAfee.

"We notified our current and former employees last week and the week before," MacDermott said. "We have no reason to believe that any of the information has been accessed, and we are proactively protecting McAfee current and former employees with credit monitoring services."

Deloitte & Touche confirmed the incident. "A Deloitte & Touche employee left an unlabelled backup CD in an airline seat pocket," a representative for the professional services firm said. "We are not aware of any unauthorized access to this data in the two months since the CD was lost."
In other news:

The McAfee incident is the latest in a string of data security breaches. In the last 12 months, more than 53 million personal records have been exposed in dozens of incidents, according to information compiled by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.

McAfee has arranged for past and present U.S. employees to receive free services for up to two years from credit reporting agency Equifax. Similar arrangements are being made with a credit monitoring provider for Canadian employees, MacDermott said.

Deloitte & Touche USA is a multibillion-dollar professional services firm that provides audit, tax, consulting and financial services.

GOT MARX?

Possibly no marx tonight. waiting on the final word.

update: yeah, I'm not going.

Call your congressman!

Well ain't that fucked.

Congress Poised to Pass Bill Taking Away Right to Know What's in Your Food

Tell your Congressman or Congresswoman to vote "No" on House of Representatives Bill H.R. 4167, the "National Uniformity for Food Act"

The House of Representatives will vote this week on a controversial "national food uniformity" labeling law that will take away local government and states' power to require food safety food labels such as those required in California and other states on foods or beverages that are likely to cause cancer, birth defects, allergic reactions, or mercury poisoning. This bill would also prevent citizens in local municipalities and states from passing laws requiring that genetically engineered foods and ingredients such as Monsanto's recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) be labeled.

The House will vote March 2, 2006 on a bill that would gut state food safety and labeling laws. H.R. 4167, the "National Uniformity for Food Act," lowers the bar on food safety by overturning state food safety laws that are not "identical" to federal law. Hundreds of state laws and regulations are at risk, including those governing the safety of milk, fish, and shellfish. The bill is being pushed by large supermarket chains and food manufacturers, spearheaded by the powerful Grocery Manufacturers of America.

Big food corporations and the biotech industry understand that consumers are more and more concerned about food safety, genetic engineering, and chemical-intensive agriculture, and are reading labels more closely. They understand that pesticide and mercury residues and hazardous technologies such as genetic engineering and food irradiation will be rejected if there are truthful labels required on food products. Industry-sponsored H.R. 4167 is gaining momentum and must be stopped! Act now! Preserve local and regional democracy and protect yourself and your family from unsafe food by sending an email or calling your Representative and urging them to vote "No" on H.R. 4167.

Please Take Action Now--Send a Message to Your Congress Member in the House of Representatives to Vote "No" on H.R. 4167
http://www.organicconsumers.org/rd/labeling.cfm

And please call your Congress Member at 202-224-3121

Regards & Solidarity,

Ronnie Cummins,
Organic Consumers Association

WAFI

What a fucking idiot! I made a new aim acronym thingie, WAFI. use it! no charge

Russians like to eat dead humans.

Man, those wacky Russians are always up to something.

2 Cannibals Convicted of Murder After Cooking Russian Man for Dinner

Created: 27.02.2006 11:49 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 14:53 MSK, 7 hours 7 minutes ago

MosNews

A court in Russia’s Far East convicted two men of murder after they killed and ate a man, sharing the meal with their girlfriends. The women were not prosecuted as cannibalism proper is not punishable under Russian criminal law.

The two men, residents of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, have been found guilty of murder, Interfax reported Monday, and sentenced them to 20 and 13 years in prison.

In October 2004 the two friends met a man at an alcohol kiosk. After a brief conversation, they killed him, dismembered his body and cooked it.

Then they invited their girlfriends to dinner, telling them the meat was dogs’ meat. The girls only learned what they had eaten after they finished the dinner.

However the girls who ate human flesh were not taken to court.

“The Russian legislation does not say anything about cannibalism,” the court said.

A similar trial took place in Kamchatka four years ago. Then, the group of criminals that killed and ate several people were sentenced to more than 20 years in prison each.

SKATE JAM

on this day...

Today is an important holiday in Estonia.

Estonian Declaration of Independence, 24 February 1918

MANIFESTO


To All The Peoples of Estonia


Never in the course of centuries have the Estonian people lost their ardent desire for Independence. From generation to generation Estonians have kept alive the secret hope that in spite of enslavement and oppression by other nations the time will come in Estonia ?when all splinters, at both end, will burst forth into flames? and when ?Kalev will come home to bring his children happiness.?

Now this time has arrived.

An unprecedented struggle of nations has destroyed the rotten foundations of the Russian Tsarist Empire. All over the Sarmatian plains ruinous anarchy is spreading, threatening to overwhelm in its wake all peoples living within the borders of the former Russian Empire. From the West the victorious armies of Germany are approaching in order to claim their share of Russia?s legacy and, above all, to take possession of the coastal territories of the Baltic Sea.

In this fateful hour the Estonian National Council, as the legal representative of our land and people, has, in unanimous agreement with Estonian democratic political parties and organizations, and by virtue of the right of self-determination of peoples, found it necessary to take the following decisive steps to shape the destiny of Estonian land and people.

What we do is secret

BUSTED!!!!

BAAHHHAAAAAAA!!!

CHENEY WAS DRUNK DURING HUNTING ACCIDENT

Who the fuck drinks ONE beer? Those things are like lays potato chips, you can't have just one. Especially if your Dick Cheney, a man with two DUIs under his belt and a reckless disregard for the law. of course he was drunk!

Sloshed: Journalist Says Secret Service Report Claims Cheney was Drunk
by Dave Lindorff Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006 at 8:45 AM
dlindorff@yahoo.com

And anyhow, what kind of a guy would shoot a friend, and then pack him off to the hospital and not go hang around the waiting room to see how he’s doing, instead of going home and having dinner and a drink?

The vice president was tanked when he confused his hunting companion, Texas Republican stalwart Harry Whittington, for a quail, according to Capital Hill Blue reporter and editor Doug Thompson.

In an article in Capital Hill Blue, Thompson, who worked for several key Republican members of Congress before going back into journalism and who appears to have excellent contacts on the Hill and in the White House, says the Secret Service agents who travel with and guard Cheney filed a written report saying the vice president was "clearly inebriated" at the time of the shooting.

The Secret Service report, according to Thompson, who says he spoke with people who've seen it, states that Cheney showed "visible signs" of impairment, such as slurred speech and erratic behavior.

This would put Cheney's inexcusable delay of a day in making the shooting public and also the even more inexcusable effort made by the owners of the ranch and the Cheney entourage to bar local sheriff's deputies from interviewing anyone, including the shooter himself, until the following day, in a different light.

All the nonsense about "needing to know what Whittington's condition was" before going public, or "wanting the ranch owners to be the ones" to tell the story, or about Cheney being too upset to talk about it are just so much bull. This was a case of ducking the law.

Hunting while drunk and shooting someone is a felony in Texas, and the vice president is escaping prosecution because he has the power to hide his crime and his reckless poor judgement.

It had always struck me as peculiar that Cheney, after shooting someone he describes as a friend, would not have gone to the hospital with him, and hung around there at least until learning that he was okay. But what did Cheney do? He went back to the Armstrong house after shipping Whittington off to the hospital in the ambulance that follows him everywhere, and had a drink (!) and a nice dinner.

I know Cheney has the public persona of being a cold bastard, but even heartless SOBs at least want to look like they care about their friends, so why would the vice president have not at least made a show of going to the hospital--unless he was unable to walk straight, and was afraid a local sheriff might get past his Secret Service guards with a breathalizer.

Cheney, it should be noted, has a reputation as a hard drinker (he has two DUI convictions on his record--one more than the president), and the belated admission that he'd had "one beer" before heading out on the hunt never seemed very credible.

Unfortunately, we're unlikely to see this story go very far, since the White House is unlikely to let the Secret Service report see the light of day. Still, if that report is out there, it's also unlikely that it will simply vanish. Sooner or later the story will come out.

Thompson also reports that the Secret Service confiscated all Whittington's blood tests from the hospital, making it impossible to know whether he also was drunk--a finding which would have cast further doubt on the vice president's sobriety at the time of the shooting.

The best that can be said of this whole sorry incident is that at least we're unlikely to have to hear any more moralizing from this sorry vice president.

By the way, compare our brave and noble VP's response to his own shooting of a friend to the way Franklin Roosevelt responded to someone being shot and injured during an attempt on his own life. This from Richey Hope of Hinsdale, IL, whose own grandfather was the shooting victim:

When Giuseppe Zangara, an anarchist and immigrant, emptied his revolver at President-elect FDR (during a motorcade in 1933), he wounded five people, including my great-grandfather, Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Chicago. Roosevelt had been speaking via microphone from the back of his open limousine to a crowd of about 15,000 at a park. Cermak had been speaking to FDR while standing on the running board, and fell wounded to the ground. The Secret Service, not even knowing the number of shooters, immediately started to drive off. Roosevelt looked back, saw Cermak on the ground, and courageously ordered the Secret Service to back up the car. FDR then had the Mayor, his one-time political enemy, placed in the back with him, and held him all the way to the hospital. What FDR did was especially brave when one considers that because of his lower paralysis he was, in effect, trapped in that open car.

Roosevelt went to the hospital with Cermak. Cheney shipped his victim off the the hospital and hung back at the ranch and had another drink and dinner by the fire.

Deadeye Dick had "other priorities" I guess, just like he did back during the Vietnam War, when others of his political convictions were signing up for duty.

For other stories by Lindorff, please go (at no charge) to This Can't Be Happening! .

mattb shows himself + MARX TONIGHT

Here's a picture of myself from saturday's party, I'm the white guy.

lovely, huh? As you can tell I'm drunk in this picture, and there may be a peice of food stuck to my upper lip. eww...

Anywayssss..... MARX TONIGHT! It's tuesday, time to rock out to some classic garage and 2step at a revolutionary bar in Mt. Pleasent. be there!

3203 Mount Pleasant St. NW, Washington, DC

keg party wrap-up, HOLL@!!!1

So the party was a great sucess, peep the photos here. We still have a half full keg, I'm slowly working on drinking the rest of it, but I am only one man. We managed to convince everybody at the party that it was Miller Lite, ha ha.. it wasn't! It was Busch Lite! I guess nobody figured it out or didn't care. The pictures includes many shots of people on the floor in various states of fucked-up-ed-ness. As you can see from the photos there was a lot of wrestling on the ground and people getting drawn on. The sushi I brought for the party went over real well, it was a HUGE platter (sorry no pics )-:) that I got from Kotobuki, well worth it and very delicious! We played nintendo games, duck hunt, mario, DR. Mario, mortal combat, etc.. Al in all I feel it lived up to the bar we set the last time we threw a shin-ding like this.

Keg party this weekend

KEG PARTY!!!!

THE 18th, (Saturday)

1406 Webster ST NW, Wash dc.

$10 suggested donation.


It's my roomate Jessica's birthday party. Much drunken fun to be had by all. Come one, come all, no weapons or bad vibes. DJ? maybe. Won't be me that's for damn sure, lol. I'll be too busy schooling everybody on the Beruit tables! Our last party was pretty off the hook. we'll be holding it down steady at the ready. Hopefully the weather will cooperate as well. man we have a lot of cleaning to get done before tommorow night. good times.

Dick Cheney and what he can do to make it right

So Dick Cheney shot someone in the face; why must this become another administration stumble? When did these supposed spin wizards loose the ability to manage the national conversation and keep everybody "on message"? There is a missed opportunity here; for the white house could turn this mishap into something positive if they weren’t concerned with saying as little as possible. The Vice President should start a hunting safety initiative, give a series of fireside chats on cable news TV, explain through the steady counsel of range safety experts, how accidents like this can be avoided. This new office would sponsor grass roots education efforts throughout America bent on encouraging youngsters to take up hunting, with a mind for safety and protocol. This is the kind of stuff the Boy Scouts and the NRA should be doing if were it not for all the lawsuits and gay scout masters consuming these organizations time and resources. Dick Cheney's little hunters club; or something like that. Ultimately I'd like to see a coloring book, with cartoon depictions of the VP demonstrating safe muzzle control, proper transportation of firearms, the correct way to hunt game birds when hunting with more than just two people, dog handling, etc... It'd be a heartfelt way for the VP to give something back to the electorate that has given so much in return.

Editorial: Cheney's actions blow against hunter safety

No, bird hunters don’t shoot each other all the time, regardless of what partisan hacks are saying in defense of Vice-President Dick Cheney.

The Vice President earned unwanted publicity after shooting a 78-year-old hunter in the face while hunting quail in south Texas. The hunter will recover, but the accident produced a secondary wound: the cause of hunter safety. A sample of just-another-day-in-the-woods punditry. Washington Times columnist Wes Pruden: “The Texas authorities are more bemused than interested, since such accidents are commonplace in bird-hunting country.” u A Salina, Kan., caller to Rush Limbaugh: “I’ve been shot before, and I’ve seen -- well, I’ve even shot a kid before. Not intentionally.” Rush’s response: “Thanks a lot for that professional input.”

Mark Steyn on the National Review’s The Corner weblog: “From an anecdotal survey of my part of the North Country, most guys see the Cheney business as an excuse to tell their own hunting stories, mostly of the been-there-done-(or-nearly-done)-that variety.”

Such are factually wrong and slander anyone who hunts. In 2004, Texas reported just 29 hunting accidents in a state that issues over 1 million hunting licenses. The overwhelming majority of hunters are extraordinarily careful. The Vice President is a conspicuous exception.

The Vice President himself didn’t help matters by waiting four days to accept any responsibility for what happened, during which time various spokesmen blamed the victim for not properly announcing his whereabouts. Nor did Cheney accept responsibility for failing to purchase the proper hunting stamp. He pinned that one on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Every year in Wisconsin, volunteer instructors devote many hours teaching the virtues of gun safety -- knowing one’s target, knowing what’s behind the target and knowing where one’s hunting partners are at all times. The scandal over the Cheney hunting accident isn’t that it took 21 hours for the accident to become public; it’s that a careless Vice-President and his media apologists complicated the task of hunter safety instructors and sullied the reputation of a noble sport. Hunting deserves better than that.

drunk n' fun for everybody

Last night at Marx was another night of fun n' games. Good tunes and good drinking were in great supply. OMG I'm so hung over right now, I didn't drag my sorry ass into the office until almost 11am today, I'm dragggging soo bad. Last nigt at marx this guy who I was talking too for a while was getting really drunk, it's my fault cause i was like, SHOTS! SHOTS! WE ALL MUST DO SHOTS OF JACK! COME EVERYBODY, what of course im buying! ha ha ha!. . . . then this guy started to slur his words real bad and then he fell off his bar stool and smashed a bar glass, beer and glass went everywhere. I'm not sure why mike gave him another beer. and he ordered another jack on the rocks after this happened, got that too. then he went to move an ashtray from the bar to where the wall he was leaning on was helping to stand him up and SMASH! ashtry bites it, two count! 5 minutes later... another bar glass was dropped by this loser, that makes three! mike (bartender at marx) kept trying to take his beer away everytime he set it down but when he did the drunk would reach reflexivly for the brew just before mike could snatch it. and this guy was wasted by now, wandering around aimlessly, trying to talk to people but not making any sense at all. pathetic. Eventually after breaking ANOTHER ashtray mike had the guy thrown out. after collecting his tab mind you. Anyways,... the music was on point last night, I played a sappy love song set, spinning out material that normally wouldn't get the chance to be heard save for the fact that it was a "holiday" of sorts last nite. then the guy who mike just booked for sunday nites went on to try out the setup, he borrored my headphones and went at it with a mix of spanish language rap, salsa and latino dance music. Damn the guy had some tigghhttt tunez, diamonds all around, a pleasure to hear. maybe I'll go to marx this sunday nite to hear this guy spin out the rest of his catalouge. awsome. i own tuesday nites, now to get some work done.

MARX CAFE tonight!

Special Saint Valentine's Day set tonite. umm.. well actually no. It'll be jammin' anyways, fo shizzle. We'll be watching olympics on the tvs and I'll be spinning classic love songs all nite long. love is in the air.. etc. Seeya there!

Marx Cafe
3203 Mount Pleasant St. NW
Washington, DC

weather and the VPs anger issues

My sunday night gig never happened, the snow hath paralised the DC metro area and in response Japone closed up. Folks here in DC are big pussies whenever it snows. We got less than a foot, and it's melting as we speak. oh well. Max said we'll re-schedule, so be on the look out for a make up date.

In the news - The VP shot someone in the face, for real! the official story id that the victim accidently walked into the VPs line of fire just as he was sighting up some game birds. That sorta mumbo jumbo my fly over at the New York Times, but not around here. Ever seen the movie Goodfellas? I have. Remeber the part whre spider dies after making a smart remark to Tommy DeVito, aka Joe Peschi? and tommy dosen't like it so he shoots him, and then spider dies? I think something like that happened here, this Harry Whittington must have made some scarcastic remark about illegal wiretaps, or an administration run by incompetent criminals. The enraged Dick just happened to have a gun handy, and BLAMMO! one to the face, how do you like that, I don't hear you talking now that your face is full of buckshot! See normally whenever the VP becomes homicidal his staff is there to restrain him until the rage subsides, but this time he had a weapon handy and his knee jerk reaction, when faced with critism, is to try and either strangle or stab, or in this case just use a gun. Dman that was easy, it's a shame I can't use this at my new press conference. lol. nice one dick!

mattb @ Tsunami Tsundays 2-12-06

This sunday, SUNDAY, SUNDAY!!! No, it's not a monster truck rally, it's what will be matt's first dj stint that's not at marx. It's at cafe Japone's ShangoSho lounge, 9-10.

2032 P St. (21st and P St.) NW
Washington, DC 20036
18+, 21 to drink

This place has excellent first rate sushi and japanese cuisene, it's to die for, it's that good read the washpost review if you don't belive me. For me this an important first step, and I really hope that it goes well for me, seeing as I haven't really practiced much recently. When I first started going out to parties in DC this place was one of the first spots I ever checked out so it seems rather neat that I'm playing there. nervous as fuck though... I'm going to spend time this weekend playing along with song order and such, really try and put together the correct mix, so to speak. So please if your going to be downtown DC near dupount circle this Sunday nite, come check it out, ya herd? Here's some more info on the lineup's.

Guest DJs: Brother Pinch | Matt B | JR
Resident DJs: GruvRegulator | Shaft XXL | Ken Lazee | Synz

Tsunami Tsundays @ SangoSho (located under Cafe Japone)
9pm-1am every Sunday
2032 P St. (21st and P St.) NW
Washington, DC 20036
18+, 21 to drink

Ohh thats right it's 2 Step Garage night. Something that we don't get enough of around here. There are great dj's who take the time to crate crawl and surf the nooks and cranies of the english internet muffin to find these hot tracks, and soulful sounds. We are bringing them to you @ Cafe Japone. Kick Ass DJ's are why Tsunami Tsundays has been such a long running party, yes even for sunday night.

A dj, producer, and artist, Brother Pinch pushes the soulful side of UKG from deep down grooves to roaring basslines. In early 2003 Brother Pinch joined forces to found 2-Charming Crew (DC/Baltimore's only UK Garage crew) and their weekly party, Delivery. BP's sets always include classic 2-step, 4x4 and increasingly his own new tracks. If you crave hot vocals thrown overtop a nasty bassline be sure to catch Brother Pinch out.

A relatively new face to our ever abundant scene Matt B will be fiercely brandishing a dangerous assortment of groovy 2step and zany garage mashups. Subversive | DC is his crew, I know you've heard of them. Matt B runs the only 2-Step garage night in the city. Please get a pen and paper.....The Marx cafe, a hip little revolutionary bar in the heart of Mt. Pleasant, he will give you a taste of some of the unique flavors he whips up on Tuesday nights at the Marx .

JR If you don't know him by now you obviously need to stop by. He is one of the most energetic personalities in our scene. If he isn't rippin up the dance floor battling it out within in the unrelenting circle, putting Usher to shame than he must funkin' it up on the decks with his very signature sound of breaks, house, and 2 Step Garage, and only the most proper remixes to get your joints poppin' and droppin'. He is a regular guest here and member of Plate Techtoniks. Please welcome back Mr. JR for a special Garage set.

This is DC’s hottest way to close out a weekend. Sango Sho offers a delicious selection of Japanese cuisine and drink that earned it an *editors choice* in the Washington Post. So come down; enjoy the vibe, the beats, the great food; and the aquarium-like atmosphere. We look forward to seeing YOU there!!!

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SET TIMES:

9pm - 10:15 - Matt B | Subversive - DC

10:15- 11:30 - Brother Pinch | 2 Charming Crew - Baltimore

11:30 - Close - JR | Plate Techtoniks - DC

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For more info and directions; check out www.gruvregulator.net/tsunami

the other mile high club

I wonder if other passengers were knocking on the door and trying to get the flight staff to do something. "This guy has been in there for almost 20 minutes now, and I really have to go!" These planes have more than one wc these days, so I guess that it wasn't a really big deal until they landed. If I chose to hang myself, there would be some measure of satisfaction in rudely inconveniencing airline passengers like that. Lol.

Jet Lands in Denver After Apparent Suicide
Feb 09 12:14 PM US/Eastern
DENVER

A man apparently hanged himself in an airplane lavatory during a flight that was diverted to Denver after his body was discovered, police said.

Denver medical examiner's spokeswoman Michelle Weiss-Samaras said an autopsy was planned for the body of Gerald Georgettis, 56, of Miami, which was found Wednesday on a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles.

"Right now, everything leads us to believe the male involved did commit suicide," police Detective Virginia Lopez said. No other passengers were ever in danger, she added.

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

UPDATE: Apparently the stiff was the guy who burnt up a Ford dealership last Sunday. I guess he didn't like his APR?

Man Hanging In Plane Lavatory Was Charged In Arson Case
Man Had Set Miami Auto Showroom On Fire Earlier, Police Say

POSTED: 5:35 am MST February 9, 2006
UPDATED: 10:49 am MST February 9, 2006

DENVER -- Police are investigating the apparent suicide of an airplane passenger that forced a Los Angeles-bound flight to divert to Denver. Authorities said a man was found hanging in a lavatory of the United Airlines flight Wednesday night.

The plane departed Washington, D.C., en route to LAX, but had to detour to Denver. Passengers were put on another plane before the flight took off again for California. The Denver medical examiner's office identified the man Thursday as Gerald Georgettis, 56, of Miami, Fla.

According to the Miami TV station WPLG, Georgettis was involved in an arson incident on Sunday at a Ford dealership in Miami. Miami-Dade police said Georgettis was upset about the price he paid for a new Ford Escape. According to police, Georgettis drove his vehicle into the showroom of Metro Ford, poured gasoline over the showroom and set it on fire. Contacted by the TV station the following day, Georgettis said it was a stupid thing to do and he regretted it.

Fire officials said the blaze scorched about a dozen cars, including a limited edition 2006 Ford GT Heritage. Only 250 of the cars that sell for $150,000 were made. Georgettis was charged with first-degree arson and felony criminal mischief in connection with the incident.

The station said he quit his job as a supervisor with the city of North Miami Beach the day after the television interview. He had managed and booked acts into the city's Performing Arts Theater for the last four years. It's not yet known how Georgettis got from Miami to Washington, D.C. for the flight, or why he was going to Los Angeles.


Copyright 2006 by TheDenverChannel.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Curious george co-editor found dead.

Wow someone really dosen't like the man in the yellow hat! That's pretty scary, IMO... sucks, yo. :pursout40: RIP gramps.

Curious George Collaborator Found Dead in Boynton Beach Driveway

2/8/2006 11pm report

BOYNTON BEACH, FL (AP) -- Police say the body of a collaborator on the children's book series Curious George was found in a Boynton Beach driveway.

Alan Shalleck's body was covered in black garbage bags in the driveway of his mobile home. Investigators say they received an anonymous 9-1-1 call yesterday morning but they haven't released details about the death.

The 76-year-old co-edited more than 28 Curious George books and helped write and direct 104 short film. The mischievous monkey, created in 1939 by Hans and Margret Rey, makes his big screen debut Friday in movie theaters nationwide.

Shalleck came to Florida in the early 1990s, working in the children's department of a Boynton Beach bookstore. There he created Gramps, the persona he used when reading to children. He created the company, Reading By GRAMPS, and made numerous public appearances at book stores and local events.

Created: 2/9/2006 10:48:29 AM
Updated: 2/9/2006 10:50:37 AM
© 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, rewritten, or redistributed.

Man steals big rig full of perfume.

What a shame this guy didn't get away with this, how easier could it get with the keys still in the truck. Where would you sell it though, ebay? lol.

Tampa Man Charged with Taking Truck with $1.9 Million in Perfume

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (AP) -- Police didn't have to do much to sniff out this theft suspect. Felix Cabrera, 34, of Tampa, was charged with stealing a tractor-trailer carrying more than $1.9 million in perfume and cologne.

Cabrera took the vehicle from a Fort Pierce truck stop after the driver left the keys in the ignition, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office. The items were being driven from New York to Fort Lauderdale.

Authorities spotted the truck headed south on the turnpike near Boynton Beach about 10 a.m. Wednesday. Cabrera pulled over, ran from the truck and swam across a canal before being apprehended, police said.

He was charged with grand theft and resisting arrest.

Created: 2/9/2006 10:41:46 AM
Updated: 2/9/2006 10:42:06 AM
© 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, rewritten, or redistributed.

marx last night

Marx was real fun last night. There was some guy I met there, he brought records with him, we tagged out for an hour or so. Then someone else was walking by, and happened to pop in right quick, and came back with some dubs. We had a real lab type atmosphere going on, it was good times and I didn't get too wasted. I think that's what I really dig about that place, no one really cares what sorta music is in the background, just as long as its groovy, not too loud and helps build the mood. While everybody is drinkin' and groving on the tunes I get to try out some new tunes for the first time. it's win/win!

Suez Canal all jammed up

I am waiting on my mixer to arrive, but I'm pretty sure that's being shipped from Texas and wont be traveling on a container ship through the Suez canal at any point during its journey. But what coud explain its abcense? dammnnt.. I want my mixer now!

Suez canal blocked by cargo ship

A cargo ship has blocked the Suez canal, jamming traffic in one of the world's busiest waterways. The 93,000-tonne Hong Kong-flagged ship drifted from its path and became wedged across the canal as it travelled from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean. Four tug boats had been sent to help pull the vessel free and ease the congestion, officials said.

The Suez is one of Egypt's main sources of revenue. Lost income is said to be $7m for each day the canal is shut. The incident happened at 1100 local time (0900 GMT) near the town of Ismailiya, Egyptian officials said. They said strong winds may have been a factor.

At least seven ships that were in the vessel's convoy remained blocked behind it and transit in both directions had to be stopped. Some 7.5% of world sea trade passes through the canal, which is 190km-long (118 miles) and 300m-wide (984ft) at its narrowest.

marx tonight

I'll be at Marx tonight. Proably wont play till after 11pm though, getting there kinda late. We'll see. Mention mattb's thought zone and get a free drink (1). seeya there.

Marx Cafe
3203 Mount Pleasant St. NW
Washington, DC

New DJ rig!

I'm so excited, Im getting a whole new DJ rig! This will enable me to practice, which is sorely needed! and create a demo disc to hand out. I selected what I think will give me the most bang4buck. including....

Two of these.


One of these.


....one of these!


And some nifty headphones that have blinky LEDs!!!


yaaaaa.... party time.

matt's sick

No marx tonite for me. I'm home sick. blah.

Drive BUSH OUT!!!

Four years ago I publicly predicted that Bush would be forced out of office due to some terrible abuse of power. So that I may now revisit that profetic statement of mine and say to anyone I know that, "I TOLD YOU SO!" please support the protest effort tommorow nite during the prez's state of the union speach.

Tuesday, January 31, 8-10 PM
During Bush's State of the Union Address
Capitol Reflecting Pool

BUSH STEP DOWN
AND
TAKE YOUR PROGRAM WITH YOU

STATE OF THE UNION/STATE OF EMERGENCY

BUSH LIED. BUSH SPIED. BUSH STEP DOWN!

WE NEED YOU!

8-9 PM Speakers:

Cindy Sheehan
Ann Wright
Doug Nelson, Vets for Peace
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, the HipHop Caucus
Rev. Deborah Lake

9-10 PM Performers:

Chris Chandler
Joe Jencks
Guerilla Poets
Rhythm Workers Union
Rabbi David Schneyer
rock bands
tap dancers
choirs drum
circles noisemakers
and YOU!

short segments by performers, jam session, and WALL OF SOUND

BRING:
warm clothes
instruments
noisemakers
FLASH LIGHTS to illuminate truth over lies

The World Can't Wait, Drive Out the Bush Regime!

http://www.worldcantwait.org
dc@worldcantwait.org
(202) 536-4313



State of Emergency - Bush Step Down Rally Program
February 4, 2006

Washington Monument
17th and Constitution


11:00am - 12:00 pm Music; DJ and sound system


12:00pm - 1:45 pm Speakers and performers will include:

Kathleen Chalfant

General Janis Karpinsky

Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights

Boots Riley

David Swanson, After Downing Street

Saul Williams

Ann Wright, Veterans for Peace

Other speakers pending schedule confirmations

2 pm - March around White House to deliver the people?s demand Bush Step Down

The World Can't Wait, Drive Out the Bush Regime!

http://www.worldcantwait.org
dc@worldcantwait.org
(202) 536-4313

pissed off cops

This looks like fun!

Chinese new year @ cubik!

Come ring in the year of the dog tonight! Woot! read all about it.

peazz.

last nite; marx and an apartment fire.

MARX was real cool last night, it wasn't terribly crowded but there were some interesting people in attendance. I'm getting really bored with garage music; I think I have exhausted the p2p networks for spin worthy 2step. I have a friend who has a large collection; I'm hitting him up sometime this week to rummage through his hard drive for some new material. My mixing last night was horrible, really awful; I stumbled through nearly every transition and made several really stupid mistakes with the mixer. Seriously, learning on the job like this is not fun in the least, entirely nerve racking and not recommended. On the other hand I couldn't ask for a better environment, as no one there seems to notice or care, so it's kind of like my little lab. Nobody who said they were coming actually showed up last night!

On my way to the place last night, while trudging up 16th street I started to hear fire engines and police sirens in the distance, as I walked past the Woodner apartment building (the city’s largest apartment complex) there was smoke visible coming from one of the top floors, the lobby appeared to be smoky and there was a large crowd outside. I walked past the front of the building as the first couple of pump trucks arrived and fire fighters ran into the building. I really need to start carrying a camera with me. Looking for news items about the fire this morning I came across a DC Fire and EMS webpage with details of the blaze; can’t find any dc news outlets running anything about it. Looks like it was quickly contained and no one was seriously hurt. Good work DCFD!

MARX CAFE tonight!

Yup, it's tuesday nite and that means mattb will be rocking the house. Don't sleep. boh. I think some friends of mine from college are going to be joining us tonight. We'll see.

Marx Cafe
3203 Mount Pleasant St. NW
Washington, DC

review in WashPost.

Passenger freaks out, leaves plane

hmm.. No air marshall on board this time, he's lucky to be alive.

Man jumps out of plane onto tarmac at Fort Lauderdale Airport

The Associated Press
Posted January 23 2006, 9:35 PM EST

FORT LAUDERDALE -- A passenger on a commercial flight jumped out of the airplane as it prepared to take off Monday from Fort Lauderdale, authorities said.

Troy Rigby, 28, was detained on the tarmac by officers who used a stun gun to subdue him, said the Broward County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.

The Boeing 737 had been delayed for about 30 minutes and as it began to move toward the runway Rigby started yelling to get off. He ran to the front of the plane, and banged on windows and the cockpit door. As passengers and crew tried to restrain him Rigby bit a passenger, the sheriff's office said.

When the pilot depressurized the cabin Rigby opened a door and jumped out onto the tarmac, the sheriff's office said.

Deputies found him running toward the terminal and zapped with a stun gun after he resisted arrest. He was then taken to the Broward General Medical Center, but it was unclear if he was injured, the sheriff's office said.

Rigby will be charged with criminal mischief, criminal trespass, battery, resisting arrest with violence and battery on a law enforcement officer, in addition to an outstanding warrant for marijuana possession, the sheriff's office said.

Continental flight 408 was headed from the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport to a Newark, N.J. airport. The flight had been delayed after passengers boarded because of weather conditions in its flight path, airport spokesman Jim Reynolds said.

The plane was carrying 116 passengers and a crew of five. It was rescheduled for later Monday, Continental spokesman Martin DeLeon said.

good news!

I'm playing at cafe Japone on Febuary 12th!

wtf?

I was reading another blog that I tripped across today, and read this.

One answer as to why this demeaning trick works: women are predisposed to want to please people and earn everyone’s approval. And what the fuck is up with that, yo? This is the sense in which I actually value my bitchiness. Most of my friends say I came off as a stuck -up cold bitch when they first met me. I’m trying to cultivate that in a better direction; as in, letting people’s displeasure towards me roll off my back, because ultimately, I shouldn’t give a flying fuck if they like me.

But yes. I must say, that I do have to fight the urge to make everyone happy and like me. It was much worse when I was younger, when I wouldn’t be able to sleep if so-and-so was mad at me. I’m better about it now, but I still wonder if perhaps this is a biological thing? Or a socially influenced thing? On all women?

read the rest...

Why am I like this as well? Why am I such a fucking girl? I do this soooo much, If I find out that someone dosen't like me or someone snubs me or is rude to me on purpose it reallly bothers me. Messes up my whole day. But I'm spoussed to be a a guy, you know agressive and crude. but that's not me at all. and i know I'm straight, so i don't think that's the issue at all. So why can't I be brutish and controlling like other guys? I treat women with the respect that biology and society tells me that they don't deserve or want and it gets me nowheres contstantly. She goes on to talk about how if someone dosen't like her she then tries to please them even further, totally me too. For some reason if someone does something rude to me I seem to want to get to know them even more, and additionally it then weighs on my mind constantly. ERRGGHH!!! I need a drink.

yeah, yeah I know!

Ok just one more I promise and then I am done!

amazing dribbling

This is so rad that i couldn't help but share it! Enjoy.

this weekend

This weekend I'm going to skate as much as I can. Since I don't have any ID right now, I'm not going to be able to see the DNB LIB tour at cubik, which I'm pretty bummed about. :sadface: So to find something interesting to do I'm going to hit the streets instead. I have to go check out the movie Tristan and Isolde as well cause I'm dying to see it. that's it, my weekend layed bare.

good times

Yeaahh! marx was kick ass last nite. I got to play for like three hours again, and everything i played went over really well! So in celebration I'd like to share this video clip of cars playing football. Oh if anybodies interested, my birthday is tommorow. Cheers!

MARX CAFE tonight!

Hello! Sorry that I didn't do this earlier; I actually had to do things related to my job while at work today and it almost slipped my mind. I'm playing @ Marx cafe tonight! I have new music and no money again, so it might be a short night. As such I won’t be offering any drinks if you mention mattb's thought zone, instead I'll ask you who in their right mind would ever read this tripe. Seeya there!

shaggy hair

ok I just watched on SNL the Tina Fey and whatever the fuck the hot one is named; interview the person whom they were talking to. Wow, let me tell you I have missed out on like half of my damn life. Do you have any idea what the fuck im talking about?

redskins not going to superbowl.

Awwhhh... I'm real disappointed on this. They never should have kicked that missed field goal; they should have just gone for it on fourth down instead of trying to kick a field goal. Gibbs showed his balls earlier in the game when he went for it on fourth down instead of punting, why didn't he do the same when the team was in the red zone, when it really mattered? This continues the awful trend which the redskins routinely exhibit whereby they loose momentum during the third and fourth quarters of games. I thought that we were perhaps beyond that and the skins were in fact capable of sustaining a credible effort during the second half. and for awhile I thought that that was the case. But after I saw that failed field goal fly left of the uprights I knew at that point that our playoff hopes were spent and that we'll have to wait for the next season for a chance at the super bowl. Oh well. I will always love the redskins; they are my team through thick and thin. Once we have captured the Vince Lombardi trophy for another time, which will be a sweet day truly for all of us in DC. I tell ya, beating Dallas and Philly twice during the regular season as soooooooo sweet! I was there at FedEx field to witness in person the first Philly victory and it was quite awesome. Redskins’ football is crazy to watch. I can't believe that we put the hurt on Alexander so hard that he couldn't play anymore and after that they still lost. Oh well. I guess there's always next year.

I really hope that the bears go on to the super bowl. I think that they have a decent chance of defeating the panthers, which I truly detest.

Ya, know, I am very optimistic for next season. Joe Gibbs is 16-5 in the post season and he will certainly carry us to victory in the future. For he is our Joan of Arc, our Pancho Villa, our George Washington and our Richard the Lionhart. We’ll be back, for shizzle ma nizzle.

I have good news!

I got the worker bee award from Buzzlife in recognition of my promotional efforts. This is so cool!! I have been working for them for almost three years now and it's really gratifying to receive some formal recognition of my efforts. This party, Cubik, is the cornerstone of the DC clubbing experience and I'm proud to have had a hand in its continuing success. So yeah, I’m totally psyched on it, go Buzzlife and everybody go to Cubik and party it up while your there.

Additionally, if anyone who reads this space wants to go to nation nightclub on a Friday to the Cubik dance party, send an email to me and I’ll put you on the guest list so that it’s free for you! Also, be sure and tell all your friends about the Cubik party, it truly is something unique and should be enjoyed by everyone in the District of Columbia.

BOH!!

US tries to regulate space

no, no, no,.. :shakesheadindisgust:

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is attempting to regulate the commercial space industry in a bid to ensure minimum safety standards.

There should be an international framework, a global space agency with member nations that will draw up these regulations. Not the FAA. Much of what they are trying to do here strikes me as silly at first but I also realize they are planning for the future when commercial space travel matures into a larger industry that would then need to be regulated, but the United States FAA has no business trying to regulate something like this.

US draws up space tourism rules

Space tourists must be screened to ensure they are not terrorists, according to proposed regulations from the US Federal Aviation Administration.

The draft report's suggestions aim to prevent a terrorist from destroying a spacecraft or using it as a weapon.

However, the report has no strict proposals on the health of any would-be space tourists.

The suggestions will affect Sir Richard Branson's enterprise which aims to launch people into space this decade.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is attempting to regulate the commercial space industry in a bid to ensure minimum safety standards.

It has recommended security checks similar to those for airline passengers.


The public interest is served by creating a clear legal, regulatory, and safety regime for commercial human spaceflight
FAA

The FAA also suggests space tourism companies check the global "no-fly" list, from the US Homeland Security Department, to exclude potential terrorists.

"New technologies carry new risks. Nonetheless, Congress recognises that private industry has begun to develop commercial launch vehicles capable of carrying human beings into space, and greater private investment in these efforts will stimulate the nation's commercial space transportation industry as a whole," said the report.

"The public interest is served by creating a clear legal, regulatory, and safety regime for commercial human spaceflight."

Companies should give passengers safety advice including the number of flights the spacecraft has been on and any problems they have experienced with the craft, according to further recommendations in the report.

Space tourists should also be given pre-flight training to handle emergency situations such as a loss of cabin pressure or fire.

However, the FAA has so far left any medical requirements in the hands of the tourist, who should decide themselves if they are fit to fly.

The draft regulations could come into force soon, as the first space tourists have already made it into low orbit around the Earth.

In 2004, Burt Rutan witnessed the successful launch of SpaceShipOne, as his team won the $10m prize for having the first private ship to fly 100km above Earth's surface.

By the end of this decade, Virgin Galactic aims to take people into space from a spaceport in New Mexico.

After consulting the public, the FAA should publish its final report before June 2006.

marx tonite

Hey i don't think I'm going to do marx tonite. Feeling kind of under the weather, and I never got around to finding any quality tunes this weekend, and I have some important things to take care of at home.

On an unrelated note, what do you do when you have lost every form of ID know to man? Driver's license, social security card, birth certifacte, passport, etc.. Can i still get a basic ID from the DMV?

update: So I ended up going there anyways and just hanging out. The dude who schedules dj's for marx seemed real disappointed, and when I told him that I hadn't gotten any new music since last week he said I should have just played the stuff from two weeks ago. oh well. I'm going to make sure i have some fresh shit for next week.

Canadian Tar Sands

From this....






Interesting photo essay about tar sand production in Alberta.

link here...


To This....

heath ledger

From this......

to this.....

Does anyone else not find it absoultley fucking hillariously ironic that heath ledger is playing a gay cowboy in brokeback mountian and at the same time, often times right next door, staring as the epotime of renissance lovers in Cassanova?? The optimist in me would like to belive that this is mearly evidence of how fantasticaly forward our society has moved in recent years, or is this some type of awful studio accident that noone could have predicted?

could you kill your food?

some shit I wrote on the buzz board in response to a thread about the PETA employee who legally changed his name to KentuckyFriedCruelty.com. here's the link to the story.

ya know, it's hearing about things like this that are slowly beginning to change my thoughts concerning the practice of willfully abusing other creatures for sustenance. I really don't see any fundamental difference between the practice commonly referred to as "humanely slaughtering a chicken intended for human consumption” and something else like violently punting it across the room after ripping its wings and feathers all asunder before ramming a steel rod through its midsection and placing the tasty meal above a nicely stoked fire.

It's not like I am going to become a vegan tomorrow or the next day, but I am merely recognizing at face value the inherent cruelty that fuels life. It’s a simple fact that death enables life. If you believe otherwise, you’re either delusional or stupid.

Many people will gladly and without a hint of remorse or second thought consume a finely prepared dish of lamb shank at a five star restaurant, yet were the same individuals to find themselves presented with the breathing healthy animal, spices, sharp knives and a raging fire they would be entirely incapable of recreating the afore mentioned meal. That is utter hypocrisy in my mind. If you eat chicken mc-fuckin'-nugets at all you should be prepared to personally wring the life from the bird and prepare it, if otherwise don't do it at all.

Me personally; I don’t have a problem with it; I appreciate the fact that some toothless yokel in an Arkansas factory farm has taken all the work out of my chicken strips. I think these are questions every person should consider for themselves.

I got a new bike, i think.

I'm the leading bidder! It's just like my stolen bike cept it has a buncha upgraded parts, new wheels, chain, etc. I can't wait to get it in the mail! I also bought a $100 Dolche & Gabana track suit for lounging around the house.

No-one better try and snipe this auction, I'm staying here at work until it closes to ensure I'm riding around town by this time next week. Weee!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI....

update: Fuck, I got outbid on the bike. This sucks, less the shipping charges I was literally outbid by $1. I messaged the high bidder and offered him $50 to drop the auction in my favor, but nothing doing. This sucks. Perhaps I should have actually stayed at work until it closed like I said I would, instead of going shopping at the giants for caviar and cheese (no joke there, among other things that's what I bought). Fuck. I doubt I'll see another bike like that for sale anytime soon. Ya know; I almost knew this would happen.. Me screaming earlier about how no-one better snipe me on this auction, well it happened. This is a lesson that I have to learn and soon! I would go on and on about instances over the past three years where my instincts screamed out to me at times and I merely shrugged them off, and as such the consequences I felt were immense and then later I was like, "wow, if only I had listened to my initial gut reaction on this, I wouldn't be here now". Fuckers, all. Ya hear?

YEAHHHH!!!

MARX was rather chill last nite. I spun out some atroucious garrage music and some particularly putrid house. I closed with some instrumental jamican dance music that noone appreciated. Some random hipster looking doofus asked me to turn it down and in response I punched him in the face while rudely fondling his date.

Ok, so it didn't really go like that at all. It went well, I got some compliments from a chunky woman who said her name was kate. The new tuesday bartender there, replacing my roomate Tom, i think his name is Mike, oh he's the owner to boot is a real chill guy. had one too many beers and I'm barely functioning here at work today, and I didn't make it in until 12, ouch my fucking head.

Can you believe that shit with the miners in PA? I left marx thinking that they were all found alive only to get the tragic news that this wasn't the case at all. I was so drunk and stupid at that point that I started to cry for them, i balled like a little girl i tell ya, and it felt good.

update: oh yeah, my card cleared thank god. i guess that possibly could have endangered me playing there in the future, "hey that's the bum that couldn't cover his tab last week" you get the idea. my consertation while mike ran the card was imense, then he handed me the recipet and i knew all was well. whew.... good times.

MARX is on tonite!

Yeah, first Tuesday at MARX for the 06! 3203 Mount Pleasent Street, I'll be playing from 11-12. I'm psyched, got some new tunes and no money. No free drinks on me tonight. I really hate banks. In this day and age it's ridiculous that I have to wait till Wachovia’s computers "update" (whatever the fuck that means). Since I made my deposit on Saturday, not a "business day", my account wont reflects the new money until tonight, sometime after midnight. Is it too risky to start running up a large bar tab, on the chance that I'll actually be able to pay it after the money hopefully clears? Yup, that's how we do things here. So at 2am tonight when I go to clear out my tab and the check card bounces on what will probably be at least $60. What do I do then? I don't know, hopefully I won't have to find out.

I really think this business day thing is a scam by the banks, or they need to overhaul their data infrastructure. Is there really any practical reason why a bank ever needs to close? I don't necessarily mean the brick n' mortar bank, as it would hardly make sense to staff the counters at all hours of the night, but shouldn't the electronic machinery keep the books open? If someone wires me money from somewhere remote it would be nice to see that reflected on an ATM receipt a couple of minutes later. I guess I’m asking for too much, it’s enough that every 5th deposit isn’t lost outright, without the bank employees managing to correctly spell their own last names. I realize that this problem isn’t limited to just Wachovia, that just happens to be my financial institution of choice. Although I have been thinking of switching to PNC, maybe I should capitalize on this groundswell of frustration I’m feeling here and switch banks. Like I said I would expect the same performance from any other bank, but if I were to change banks I could ad that to my growing list of 06 accomplishments, it’s called “Things I should have done last year”. Oops, time to get back to work.

Oh yeah, mention my blog and get a free drink, maybe.

NFLs first drop kick since 1941.

I'm trying to find video of this. Records have been broken in the 06, flutie dropkicks it!

Flutie Hits NFL's 1st Drop Kick Since '41
The Associated Press

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Jan 1, 2006 — Doug Flutie added another oddity to his football resume on Sunday when he converted a drop kick in the fourth quarter of the New England Patriots' game against the Miami Dolphins.

It was the league's first drop kick since the 1941 NFL championship game, according to the web site for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

With starting quarterback Tom Brady sitting out most of the season-ending game, backup Matt Cassel threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Tim Dwight to cut Miami's lead to 25-19 with 6:10 left in the game. Flutie, who was listed as the No. 3 QB, came in for the extra point and lined up at quarterback.

After a timeout, Flutie took the snap, dropped the ball and kicked it off a short hop through the uprights for one point. He ran off the field and embraced coach Bill Belichick.

According to the Hall of Fame site, Chicago's Ray "Scooter" McLean converted the last drop kick in the Bears' 37-9 victory over the New York Giants on Dec. 21, 1941.

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Well, 06 is going well so far, but it's still way to early to be able to tell if 06 will be better than 05, cause 05 was a bad year, so looking forward from here it's easy to assume that 06 will be better than 05. Cause for me and probably a third of the people I know agree that 05 really tested us all and broke the mold for rotten experiences. Perhaps in the future we will look back and see that 06 succeeded in sucking less than 05. I think that this is the best we can hope for. I know that 06 will invariably be filled with it's own special mistakes, accidents, intentional tragedies and terrific failures, so in light of this I will take heart in the knowledge that 06 will be able by comparison to improve our outlook if only through such lucid judgment and bent logic.

SRAH sILVERMAN IS SOOOOO HOT!~!!!!

I think she's the sexiest woman on tv like ever. I'd like to meet a woman like that, i just watched her performance on comedy central's last laugh '05 and i about lost it when she stuck her sweet ass into the mic and sang amazing grace in a bass voice eminating from her anus. wow. that;s one to take home to mommy! if you read my blog sarah, call me; i'd like to cum on your face.

US to invade Canada

I say go for it. What do we have to loose?

Raiding the Icebox
Behind Its Warm Front, the United States Made Cold Calculations to Subdue Canada

By Peter Carlson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 30, 2005; Page C01

Invading Canada won't be like invading Iraq: When we invade Canada, nobody will be able to grumble that we didn't have a plan.

The United States government does have a plan to invade Canada. It's a 94-page document called "Joint Army and Navy Basic War Plan -- Red," with the word SECRET stamped on the cover. It's a bold plan, a bodacious plan, a step-by-step plan to invade, seize and annex our neighbor to the north. It goes like this:

First, we send a joint Army-Navy overseas force to capture the port city of Halifax, cutting the Canadians off from their British allies.

Then we seize Canadian power plants near Niagara Falls, so they freeze in the dark.

Then the U.S. Army invades on three fronts -- marching from Vermont to take Montreal and Quebec, charging out of North Dakota to grab the railroad center at Winnipeg, and storming out of the Midwest to capture the strategic nickel mines of Ontario.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy seizes the Great Lakes and blockades Canada's Atlantic and Pacific ports.

At that point, it's only a matter of time before we bring these Molson-swigging, maple-mongering Zamboni drivers to their knees! Or, as the official planners wrote, stating their objective in bold capital letters: "ULTIMATELY TO GAIN COMPLETE CONTROL."

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Will Smith gets ripped off

None of us are imune to the perils of identiy theft. Not even the fresh prince.

Will Smith identity thief sent back to prison
Dec. 29, 2005, 9:12AM

By JOE MANDAK
Associated Press

PITTSBURGH — A man who stole Will Smith's identity to run up credit-card debts is going back to prison for two years for violating probation, a judge has ruled.

Judge Alan N. Bloch concluded Tuesday that Carlos Lomax, 45, formerly of Duquesne, was "not amenable" to probation, according to defense lawyer Mark Lancaster.

Lomax failed to rehabilitate himself and make restitution to his victims while on supervised release, U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan said.

He was sentenced to 37 months in prison — later reduced to 30 months — after pleading guilty to opening 14 bogus credit accounts at Pittsburgh-area stores using the identity of Willard C. Smith, the legal name of the rapper-turned-actor. Lomax was released from a halfway house in June.

Lomax has an earlier identity-theft conviction involving former Atlanta Hawks basketball player Steve Smith, now a TV commentator for the team.

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cab compaines in dc

why the fuck is so godmn hard to call a taxi at odd hours in dc? I need to get to union statioin tonight by 3am, cause that's when my train leaves and i need to be on it. Who do i call to get this done? i called all the companies listed here. and no luck. How is it that these jokers don't have hours right fuckin' now? bastids!

Christ, I'm druink.

update: ok I finally got ahold of someone at the Diamond cab company, and they said that a car will be infront of my house at 2:15, or so they say. we'll see. I'm waiting fuckers. got that?

update: ok, yeah they showed up and on time, actually a little early to tell the truth. so Diamond cab company is allright in my book.

yaaaaa

marx went really well last night. I played my Phil Collins "Easy lover" remix, and the garage remix of Kool and the Gang's "ladies night". I got some good feedback from the people there, and the best part - i got a phone number on a bar napkin (a first) from a pretty ladie who said that she thought my music was "fabalous". lol.

i think I'm slowly realizing, katie helped me with this, that I like and play some gay ass music. Most of my tracks feature diva vocals and extended breakdowns which i use as drop and mix points. Apparently these are signs that my selection is super limp wristed. My Man in the mirror mix really set it off, I never really knew it was a michael jackson song until one of my roomates pointed it out. She was all like, "Bad is like the best MJ album ever."

Well I'm glad that everything went over so well. People told me they enjoyed it and i think that's cool, yo. I won't be back there until the 3rd of January. My drink offer still stands, mention my blog and get a free drink. Actually since this outlet receives minum exposure as it is, the first person to mention it to the bar tender will get whatever they want, shots, beers, wine, etc.. fuckin' go nuts.

Tonight @ MARX CAFE

Yup it's that time of the week again, time to strap on the record bag and see what shakes loose. Marx Cafe, ~11pm. Mention mattb's thought zone to the bartender and get a free (1) drink. I have new music, UK Garage, House and some D&B ready to rock the hizzie fo sheezie.

Marx Cafe
3203 Mount Pleasant St. NW, Washington, DC

insland mystery continues

Why is it that Rita Cosby is the only one reporting the Holloway disappearance?



She watched Tookie die.

fake exorcist scams old woman

This seems oddly reminiscent of this story that i reported on earlier during the year. I guess there is a down side to harboring ridiculous beliefs like the supernatural. it makes you the pray of scam artists. ha ha, bitch got what she deserved.

That's way too much for an exorcism...

Dec 15, 10:50 AM (ET)

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German woman lost more than 5,000 euros ($6,000) after a would-be soothsayer convinced her she was possessed by evil spirits and prescribed an expensive exorcism as a remedy, authorities said Wednesday. Police in the central town of Northeim said the 44-year-old was told she was possessed by a young woman who read her palm at a Christmas market.

The victim became agitated and agreed to an exorcism at her home the following day, for which she paid the 'seer' more than 5,000 euros in cash and jewelry. The exorcist then gave her more bad news -- there were other spirits that needed casting out.

"That's when a bad feeling crept over the victim," the police said in a statement. "She informed the police forthwith." Police have arrested a 17-year-old woman from former Yugoslavia. The victim's money and jewelry have been returned.

Tonight / last night

Unfortunately BOH! Was canceled for tonight/last night, apparently Andalu is closed for renovations whatever the fuck that means. They might find another venue, and I'm waiting to hear back from my contact at incognito if this happens or not. Damn, this shit was going to be hot.

Update: basic ops played at club five instead of Andalu last night. Apparently Andalu is going through a complete renovation, and it's about time that place could use some new furniture at the very least, and while they are at it; take the mirrors off the walls. You’re not fooling anyone when you attempt to create the illusion of space.

world's dumbest criminals

What are these guys doing stealing a 2001 Mustang anyways? American cars suck, and I know because I used to own one. The details are just too funny. One of these clowns was actually found wearing the same shirt he was wearing while taking pictures of himself in a stolen car right before leaving the camera in the abandoned vehicle. Damn going joyriding can be fun, but don't leave behind such evidence. Whenever I steal a car I always wear gloves, and I don't bring a camera.

Car theft suspects foiled by fingerprints, photos
06:46 AM CST on Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Associated Press

REDLANDS, Calif. - Police in California say they had a lot of help nabbing a pair of car theft suspects -- from the suspects themselves. The men left behind not only fingerprints, but also photos of themselves sitting inside and standing outside the stolen 2001 Ford Mustang, police said.

The photos were taken with a disposable camera the suspects found in the Mustang, which they left behind when they abandoned the car. "These are not the brightest people," said Carl Baker, a Redlands police department spokesman.

The fingerprints and photos led police to the Redlands home of Albert Engelsman on Friday. Police say he was wearing the same shirt he had on in the photographs. "Once he was confronted with this evidence, he pretty much realized he was done in," Baker said. Engelsman, 28, was charged with grand theft auto and possession of stolen property, Baker said. He is free on bail.

An arrest warrant on the same charges has been issued for his alleged accomplice, Matthew Montanez, 22, of Rialto, Baker said. Both men have unlisted telephone numbers. Redlands is about 80 miles east of Los Angeles.

wooha, i like playing music

Hell yeah, I just got back from marx cafe and let me tell you I turned that mother out! I laid out a fun set of UK garage, house and breakbeats. with some NWA and depeche mode thrown in along the way. I even played a house remix of love is in the air it went over like like a plane. I played for almost two hours and went through all my cd's. I made a couple of mistakes, i cued the wrong channel once and brought the cue channel into the mix prematurely. and beatmatching was a mess through only but two or three mixes. Overall I felt it had been well received. This drunk russian guy said he liked it and that's all the proof I need. Same time next week, and I gotta get to downloading some new tunes.

mattb @ Marx again!

That's right kids, come hear the sounds of mattb learning how to beatmatch on a dodgy numark cd mixer in a comfortable homey venue with a penchant for the revolutionary. It'll be good times; I promise. i haven't listened to any of my records in 2 years. If you reconize any of the tunes I play, that means that you have excellent taste or a napster subscription. Don't sleep! BOH!

Marx Cafe
3203 Mount Pleasant St. NW, Washington, DC

Matt Damon got married

I love how the press is saying that this is "Damon's first marriage" it's as they are assuming that this one will end in failure and he'll marry again, and once that happens the press here has set themselves up to be able to run the story of his fourth marriage, etc.. You see what I mean. How many local papers run marriage announcements informing readers that this is the groom’s first marriage? Probably not too many. It pisses me off that the press treats celebrities like they are different than ordinary non-famous people. Yo!!! Famous people, ya know they shit like normal people! Famous bitches; they still menstruate like the rest of us! Matt Damon jacks off, just like the rest of us, and that means using the left hand! Pokers need to fly off you. i have an imense respect for Matt (cause we share the same first name, duh) and I hope that this marrige will last forever! Congrats!!

Updated: 03:58 PM EST
Matt Damon Marries Girlfriend in New York City

LOS ANGELES (Dec. 9) - Matt Damon married girlfriend Luciana Bozan in a private ceremony Friday in New York City, his publicist said.

Damon, 35, and his bride exchanged wedding vows during a small ceremony at an undisclosed location, spokeswoman Jennifer Allen said. Bozan's 7-year-old daughter witnessed the ceremony. In a previous marriage Bozan went by the name Luciana Barroso.

The wedding took place in New York's City Hall, according to Ed Skyler, a spokesman for Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Skyler and Damon's publicist provided no further details.

Asked if Damon's friend and "Good Will Hunting" co-star Ben Affleck witnessed the wedding, Allen said no.

It was the first marriage for Damon, the second for Bozan. They will split their time between homes in New York and Florida.

Damon's publicist wouldn't discuss an "Access Hollywood" report that Damon's bride is pregnant.

Damon and Affleck won a best screenwriting Oscar for 1997's "Good Will Hunting."

Damon's screen credits also include roles in "Saving Private Ryan," "The Talented Mr. Ripley," "Ocean's Eleven" and "Syriana." He met Bozan while she was working as a bartender in Florida, Allen said.

Damon is in New York shooting the Robert De Niro-directed film "The Good Shepherd" with Angelina Jolie.

Associated Press Writer Sara Kugler in New York contributed to this report.

12/09/05 15:52 EST

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Industrial accidents are da bomb yo.

Ha ha. Dead people are funny. Everybody point and laugh! I hope this particular accident was totally grisly, ya know w/ guts and blood everywhere. I wonder if it ruined the machine, or if they were back up and running a couple of hours later. I'd be kind of freaked out a little to tell you the truth if I had to go to work the next day knowing that this machine I'm using is the same one that ate one of my co-workers the day before. Maybe he was pushed?

Man killed by fall into shredding machine

Dec 8 2005

By Adrian Short, Weekly News

POLICE are investigating the circumstances which led to the death of a Widnes man who was killed after falling into an industrial shredding machine.

Following a post-mortem examination in the wake of the horrific incident - which took place in the early hours of November 24 at Delleve Plastics Ltd in St Helens - the cause of death was given as multiple crushing injuries.

But on Tuesday - more than 10 days after the death - police were still waiting for the body to be formally identified.

Two crews of firefighters and a rapid response team from Mersey Regional Ambulance Service rushed to the scene after a member of staff at Delleve raised the alert.

But they said nothing could be done to help the man as he was already dead upon their arrival.

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Dennis Rodman moons Tiesto!!

OMFG that's too perfect. Rodman: He does what were all thinking! This is riddled with irony; I take back any thing disparaging I may have said in the past concerning Dennis Rodman. He should get a dance star award for this latest antic. I hope Rodman is at the WMC this year; I’d like to thank him personally for exposing his ass to another ass. CHEERS!!

Rodman Keeps His Low Profile

Hey, Dennis Rodman made some “news” over the weekend. After showing up at a book signing scandalously dressed in revolutionary drag, Rodman apparently showed up at a DJ Tiesto show at Crobar and got himself in a wee bit of trouble.

The former NBA star [jumped onstage and] doffed his shirt and pulled down his pants to expose his backside, prompting a disgusted Tiesto to storm offstage. “Rodman chased after him, screaming that that he was sorry and for him to come back,” says a witness. A club spokesman confirmed that Rodman was escorted out when Tiesto refused to return to his turntables until “The Worm” was shown the door.

Be sure and read the emails from Rodman's agent found linked on the original article; they’re just too damn funny!

Rap star shoots self in head

HA HA HAHA AHA AHA AHA AH !!!! wow, I guess his record career is off with a bang! It's a shame cause he was such a high caliber performer. All the top producers in the game are going to be gunning to sign this cat! LOL

Rapper Shoots Himself With Pen Gun
Tuesday, December 06, 2005

ST. PARIS, Ohio — Steven Zorn had put the pen gun to his head and clicked before, apparently thinking it was jammed and would not work.

But on the third try, the tiny silver pistol went off as the 22-year-old budding rap artist was drinking to celebrate an impending record deal. He died at a hospital.

The Nov. 18 shooting at Zorn's home in this rural village of 2,000, about 50 miles northeast of Dayton, is believed to have been accidental, according to family, friends and law enforcement officials.

"Steven had a career and his dreams all ahead of him," said Zorn's mother, Lisa McCoy-Horn. She said she wants lawmakers to outlaw pen guns, which are small-caliber, single-shot weapons that resemble pens.

Zorn had taught himself to play the keyboard and record tracts using inexpensive software on his home computer. He tracked down rap artist Miracle in Georgia and urged the crunk artist to listen to a CD of his original recordings.

"The lyrical content was awesome," Miracle said. "He had a lot of skill. I took a liking to him, took him under my wing."

mattb's DC debut on the 1 & 2's.

10pm or something TONITE! I am Djing at the Marx Cafe in Mount Pleasant. I am very excited, it's been two years since I have done this and am rather nervous as well. I'll be playing a crispy selection of UK Garage, laid back Drum n' Bass and Epic House. Come out if you can. My roomate tommy is the bartender at Marx and will mix whatever drink you can come up with. Below is a little review of the spot. Hope you can make it!

Marx Cafe
3203 Mount Pleasant St , NW

This restaurant and bar has an inviting low-key ambience without being pretentious. The low-lit wooden interior provides more character than the clubs that try to be hip in Adams Morgan. The menu is composed of mostly Spanish cuisine that is reasonably tasty and pretty cheap. Their Belgian beers round out the usual beer menu. The Marx Cafe hosts DJs who spice up the experience as the night goes on. This is a chill place to spend an evening.

Another article about Marx Cafe

South park is cool

The current week's southpark episode is totally funny. There's a dead orca whale on the moon! While looking for some screencaps or videos of it on google video I tripped across this anime music video. Now, I know most anime music videos suck cock diesel all the way. Watching poorly digitized Dragon Ball Z clips set to a Staind MP3 is a formula for poor taste. This one is really good however. It's an hour long and is edited with the furious style of the cartoon network's adult swim series robot chicken. Each clip jumps after like 15-50 seconds and features all maners of music.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do.....

Seattle has a monorail?

Hey I read this whole article. Who knew that Seattle had a monorail? I sure didn't. The only thing I know about that city is that it rains all the time and starbucks, Microsoft and Boeing live there. What idiot places monorail track so close together that passing trains may strike each other? It's a shame that the voters up there didn't vote to expand the current system as I’m sure it would have promoted tourism there. How many cities even have monorails? Malaysia has one kick ass monorail. Why not DC? Putting aside the obviously crude Simpson’s references for just one second, I'd like to say that a monorail would do more good for dc than the currently proposed baseball stadium and we could build one smokin’ hot monorail with the cash dc is prepared to sink into the new sports entertainment complex proposed for SE DC.

Monorail accident caused by human error

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEATTLE -- Human error caused the Seattle monorail accident. The inbound driver failed to yield to the other train at the point where the track are too close together for passing, officials said Wednesday.

"The incident is a sad situation for all concerned and we are very relieved that no one was seriously injured," said Stuart Rolfe, a Seattle Monorail Services partner, in a statement. "The inbound driver was an experienced individual who made some very unfortunate and costly errors."

Seattle Police reported Wednesday that drug tests on both drivers by an independent lab showed "illegal substances were not a factor in the accident."

The monorail's only two cars sideswiped each other on a curve near the downtown station Saturday evening, and both ground to a halt. Fire crews helped the 84 passengers down from the 28-foot-high tracks. There were no serious injuries.

Dead rat found in russian crackers

When I first read this story I thought we were dealing with a dead human. Who uses infant to describe a rodent? The description small rat would have sufficed. I think the editors of this Russian news magazine must have intentionally loaded the article's title in this fashion in the hopes others would jump to the same conclusion. I mean the dead rat story is ok, but it can't compare with a story about a dead human infant found in a pack of crackers. Happy December First!

Dead infant rat found in a crackers pack

Butyrsky District Court (Moscow) is currently investigating a suit of three citizens who claim for compensation of moral damage and threat to their health, a REGNUM correspondent was told in the press office of the Moscow Department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS). The sum of moral damage compensation, claimed by three citizens, equals to at least 50 million rubles ($1.786 million).

On March, 18 2005, the plaintiffs bought a product of “Bridgetown foods Ltd.” – rye crackers. When they opened the package, they found a dead body of an infant rat in it.

The plaintiffs went to the local Veterinary-Sanitarian Center to have an expertise conducted. The expertise showed that the body of the infant rat “has the traces of the same thermal and cooking procedures that have been passed over the crackers”, and “the body is covered with the fragments of the crackers, that are identical to the biscuits in the package”. As the press office informs, “it clearly represents that during the production of this package, severe violations of a number of federal laws and sanitarian regulations have been conducted,” that caused the violation of article 7 of the Russian law “On Defense of Consumer Rights”. The plaintiffs avoided food poisoning, but their health was harmed, the medical examination states.

As violations during the production of the foodstuffs have a high rate of the public danger, the lawyer of the victims asked to draw representatives of FAS and the Service for Defense of Consumer Rights to the court sessions as third persons.
Permanent news address: www.regnum.ru/english/540588.html
20:07 12/01/2005