Live, from inside a compaq SLT286 laptop, it's _____ _ _ ( _ ) ( )_ _ _ ( )_ | (_) | ___ | ,_)(_) _ _ (_) ___ | ,_) | _ | /'___)| | | |( ) ( )| |/',__)| | | | | |( (___ | |_ | || \_/ || |\__, \| |_ (_) (_)`\____)`\__)(_)`\___/'(_)(____/`\__) _____ (_ _)_ | | (_) ___ ___ __ ___ | | | |/' _ ` _ `\ /'__`\/',__) | | | || ( ) ( ) |( ___/\__, \ (_) (_)(_) (_) (_)`\____)(____/ issue238 the fact that I don't know him [marauder of LOD] makes it obvious that he's not very important. Hi, I'm prime anarchist and here's my rant for the weekend of August 17, 2000. The moon was full. Did you get to enjoy it at all? Bob Griese's son is playing for the Denver Broncos this year. How bizarre. Dale Earnhardt Jr, Muhammad Ali's daughter, Hank Williams' grandson. What next? Does "Pudge" Fisk have any athletic kids? Anyone know any big trucking companies besides Rollins and Ryder? I need a new stage name. /\ / \ / \ / LIFT \ \ PLOW / \ / \ / \/ Laura Nero, will you marry me? Anti-bioengineering slogan of the month. GM is BM. This paradigm shift brought to you by USB. The United States of Being. Music for this trip has been RATM's newest album and GD's Skeletons From The Closet. See Dick See Dick Rock See Dick Rock his youknowwhat off with his new KOSS headphones. Mattel got the contract for the DARE mobile. How easy to predict. Can you say plastics? Ramses corporation has announced a recall of 100,000 rubbers. The ribbed ticklers have been peeling off. Feelix Tso Sensitive, spokesman for Ramses said... [this should be in PAWN, Marco. Not here...] Are you ready for this cowpoke election? You have the sly dog, Toto who's lookin' like he's not in Hope, AK anymore passing the baton to Tipper's Tennessee Valley Posse going head to head at Mr. old west, Wyoming Cheney where Levis bootcut are still ten bucks and change and if you've got odd sizes, there's probably still hemp or leather pants for sale from Decades gone by, teamed up with Dubba Bubba from the Texas stocks a.k.a. George "Hang 'Em Twice" Waldo, Jr. And Tipper's secret weapon in all this? An old cowhand named Zion Joe, scarier'n Indian Joe because not only can he spout off hate and drivel faster'n you can say "sure as flies on tarpaper, he's from Konetiuk," but his six-gun from-the-hip wife Hadassah "rapid-fire" Liebenschmaltz is the real secret weapon behind the secret weapon. Oh and of course there's her husband. Expect elephants. I'm prime anarchist, and I said that. Enjoy... #'s run for 7:17 pm the 47th day of month #7. Yes way. http://www.arcweb.org http://www.angrycoffee.com http://geocities.com/downrun http://WWW.UPPERDARBYTOWNSHIP.COM http://www.savepacifica.net/strike http://www.negativland.com/riaa/dowesue.html http://pia.kracked.com/piamagazine/issue1/PIAissue1.txt http://la.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=1947 http://www.netwizards.net/~acohen/nicole.html http://members.aol.com/drovics/home.htm http://www.thenation.com/diary/cooper http://www.emailxtreme.com http://GenerationNet.org http://www.bartcop.com > LETTUCE From Our Readers: > > "aye tee eye haz h1z 386 4nd h3 gn0z h0w3 t3w Us3 17^#^%" > --[malkav #2600] You forgot to include a "translation" for those uncool oldsters who aren't "1337" (pronounced "leet", and short for "elite"), and can't read the W4R3Z (Warez) Language. 4=A 3=E 0=o 1=L 7=T "ATI has hells 386 and he knows how to use it!." - The Cheshire Catalyst (age 50) http://SpaceyIdeas.Com/cheshire/humor/nato.attacks.hackers.html to ati@etext.org Are you familiar with Nomar Garciaparra's quirky ritual that he performs every time he comes to the plate? After each pitch he fastens and unfastens the velcro on his batting gloves. And while the pitcher is beginning his windup Nomar repeatedly digs first his right toe and then his left toe into the dirt of the batter's box. He does the same thing each time. There's a certain rhythm to it. Well, my friend Perry tells me his girlfriend April (a serious baseball fan) noticed that last night Nomar performed his entire ritual before each pitch .... even though he knew he was receiving an INTENTIONAL BASE ON BALLS!!! I guess he isn't aware of what his hands and feet are doing when he is at bat. The man is possessed! What do you think of Ralph Nader's position on the issues? I agree with him more so than with any other candidate in this or any other election. I hope lots of people vote for Nader. I realize that many people view it as helping Bush by "robbing" Gore of votes. But in the long run it's wise to vote for Nader and the Green Party now, because if the Green Party gets enough votes this year it can be guaranteed federal election funding in future elections. Then we'll truly have alternatives. But you already knew that. Here's an "only in America" ticket: Lieberman (a Jew) and Nader (an Arab-American, specifically Lebanese). Both from CT, of course. Gelf to ati@etext.org OK people, as you already know, this is WAR... click and read and sign... and forward the site to everyone you know who wants to win this one! http://www.proboards.com/napster lordj to ati@etext.org Would you like to sell or rent your TimeShare? If so, we can help! For a Free consultation click reply with your name, complete telephone number(including area code) and the Resort and we will contact you shortly. [ed note: no thanks] Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the LAPD's operation Monday night is that the one way in which police did show a discriminating use of force was by targeting the media present at the event. One veteran journalist heard officers receive express directions to "shoot that [expletive] with the camera." He was shot six times. Another freelance photographer standing by as the protesters were dispersed was shot in the head by an officer at point-blank range. [ref]-[http://www.commondreams.org/views/081600-104.htm] POSTED IN INDEPENDENT MEDIA by D.eny N.ational C.rimes If i got 9 of my friends, walked to the morristown, nj municipal building, and asked for a permit to march against the prison industrial complex, i'd be kicked out by the mayor, my phone would be tapped, my house searched, my family harrassed, and i would be branded a terrorist and a thug. it's okay though. the roman empire fell after three hundred years to a few Goths and Vandals, too. Here's to the last years of the amerikkkan empire. OVERHEARD SOMEWHERE "USENETTISH" Dear Free Market, I'm concerned that, a few months ago, I may have eaten some strawberries that weren't laced with pesticides or picked by underpaid migrant workers. What should I do? Tommy Jones Dear Nate, Please tell us EXACTLY who you bought the strawberries from and we will make sure the mistake is permanently erradi-..uh... corrected. The Free Market [ref]-[http://www.michaelmoore.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/002241.html] Crackdown On Dissent In Cradle Of Liberty By Steven Slosberg Whether Los Angeles proves more tolerant than Philadelphia toward public displays of disaffection will be known imminently. Adam Cook, for one, won’t be there to observe the reception on the streets surrounding the Democratic National Convention. He’s just out on $30,000 bail after being busted in Philadelphia at the onset of the Republic National Convention. His offenses? Nine misdemeanors, including possessing instruments of crime such as duct tape, chicken wire and PVC pipe. He was also charged with conspiracy to harm a police officer. Cook, the 26-year-old son of state Sen. Cathy Cook, a Groton Republican, may be angry, but he is not the mad anarchist. He’s a puppeteer. He lives in New London, works at the Color Outpost, a graphic design shop on State Street and studied at the Bread and Puppet Theater in Vermont. At 6-foot-5, he’s achieved rather recognizable standing in puppeteering, including a two-man itinerant street theater enterprise, Insurrection Landscapers. Credentials notwithstanding, Cook was just another activist putting together 20-foot-high puppets for a march protesting the death penalty and criminal justice system when scores of Philadelphia police knocked on the door of an old trolley building in West Philadelphia. This was Aug. 1, a Tuesday afternoon, just as the GOP convention, miles away in downtown Philadelphia, was hitting stride. "We asked if they had a warrant, and they responded by spraying Mace through the mail slot," said Cook, sitting at his second-floor worktable at the Color Outpost on Monday. "There were 30 to 50 cop cars and helicopters. They came through skylights and spit down on us. They sawed through the building next door." Police arrested some 80 people in the puppet making warehouse. In all, nearly 400 protestors were booked during the convention. Cook, who’d staged protests against the International Monetary Fund last spring in Washington, D.C., came to Philadelphia to participate in demonstrations organized loosely by the Direct Action Network. He said the protests were not as well orchestrated as in Seattle and Washington, D.C., and the violent confrontations with police on bicycles, motorcycles and horses were more the action of individuals. "Those were stupid tactics and we need to work to curb them," said Cook. "But you get more property destruction after a hockey game and nobody gets treated the way we were." Cook says he did not participate in vandalism or violence. He and the others arrested with him -- the "Puppetistas" -- made figures out of paper and plastic. They were handcuffed -- most, including Cook, behind the back -- herded onto buses and spent the next 10 hours being driven around the city in 90-degree heat inside vehicles without ventilation or water. He wasn’t physically abused, but said the handcuffs were tighter than they had to be. Cook was kept 48 hours as a "John Doe" in a jail cell with five other people. He is due in court in Philadelphia in September. All for the crime of making puppets. His possessions, including tools, were destroyed during the raid. He saw protest marches curtailed under the guise of charging $10,000 for parade permits. He saw what he calls the pageantry of protest -- theater, puppets, parades -- crushed, and confrontations reduced precariously to cops against activists. "There is a crackdown on political dissent," said Cook. "In Philadelphia, cradle of liberty, they shut down the right of free speech." As he watches LA from afar, Cook, registered as an independent, wonders how much his vote, bolstered only by his voice and creativity, matters. It no longer seems quite as intimidating a force for change as, say, duct tape. -= ---- =-= --==-- -----===- -- --==-- ==--==- To Beat The Devil: Parenting In Modern America -= ---- =-= -====- --====--- -- --==-- ==----- By Patrick Moore Part 2 "A Parent Opposes The PMRC" I must admt that until the PMRC hearings, I had never heard of Tipper Gore. Nor had I heard very much on her husband, Al, except that he was the son of a powerful Tennessee senator who served in the 1950's and 1960's. But as I watched the news reports of the hearings, I was amazed that records like that existed.But at the same time, I had heard of very few of the groups cited for obscene lyrics. At that time in 1985, I was 21 years old, and living in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. At first, my impression of the PMRC was ambivalence. "They're not trying to censor, so what?" I thought. This is America. We don't censor. Besides, I don't buy those records anyway. But as time goes by, your values change. I got married for the first time in 1986. My wife was a Catholic. The community she was from was very close-knit. Shortly after we got married, I was stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado. We lived off-post, in Colorado Springs. It was there that she (and I) got a heaping taste of religious bigotry. There was a church called "Victory Chapel", a non-denominational church in Colorado Springs that tried to "save" Catholics. Well, one day, one of the members tried to tell her that she was an "idol-worshiper", and this hurt her feelings deeply. I confronted the guy that did it, and he said her religious beliefs were "wrong". Later, this same person was busted on DWI (driving while intoxicated) charges. Nobody from Victory Chapel was at his hearing. One day, I found a copy of Frank Zappa's autobiography. I knew he testified against the PMRC, but never read his testimony. It didn't take long to realize that I should have paid more attention. After my discharge, I returned to Mississippi. I began working at the hospital in Itawamba County. One night, I was channel surfing, and I caught a John Ankerberg program that dealt with rock music. Ankerberg had a rock music "expert" by the name of Eric Holmberg who told the TV audience that, in essence, rock music was responsible for everything from teen suicide to bad grades. He proceeded to give examples of "bad rock" that gave credence to his claims. He showed album covers that, in his opinion, were anti-religious or satanic. One of them was Dead Kennedys' "In God We Trust, Inc.", which showed a crucifix made of dollar bills. And, of course, the Beatles' "butcher cover"(which was never made available for retail sale, but some copies got out with the new cover pasted over the old one). Being the curious soul I am, I decided to put Ankerberg and company to the test. I bought a copy of "In God We Trust, Inc.". After viewing the TV program, I realized that Rev. Ankerberg and Co. were twisting the truth. One day in Memphis, I spotted a copy of Jello Biafra's "No More Cocoons" LP. On a whim, I decided to buy it. I have listened many times since. Later, I ordered a copy of Tipper Gore's book, "Raising PG Kids In An X-Rated Society", the book that was mentioned on "No More Cocoons". Jello was more truthful than Tipper. My first impression of the book was that Tipper had not the faintest clue what was going on in America. In short, she struck me as someone who had little, if any, idea what parenting in America was about. In 1992, my son Matt was born. Because Cathy had complications during birth and gestational diabetes, we decided that one was enough. As a parent now, I began to pay closer attention to what was being done in the name of "the children". Most often, those who gave the impression of "helping" kids were actually furthering their own agendas. And, in the long run, these agendas were harmful not just for children, but for all of society in general. And, it was up to me, as a parent, to guard against such things. Part 3: Parenting in the New Economy -= ==-- =-= -====- --====--- -- --==-- ==----- The ORGANIC MAYA GOLD Dark Chocolate candy bar contains cocoa beans grown under controlled organic conditions by the indigenous Maya of the Maya Mountains of Belize. Originally the Maya flavoured their cocoa with allspice and vanilla. MAYA GOLD recaptures this sweet and spicy flavour with the low sugar content you'd expect from the Green & Black's company. This FAIRTRADE - marked product has a direct benefit on the lives of the Maya producers and their families. [it is my prime anarchist opinion that Maya Gold kicks Godiva's butt] -= ==-- =-= -====- --====--- -- --==-- ====--- Well, that's about it for the E-ZINE We end with a poem by Valkyrie send any complaints or submissions to: ati@etext.org Go to all or none of our unofficial websites: http://www.angelfire.com/wi/kokopeli/ATI.html http://www.freespeech.org/kokopeli/grudge.html http://cosmos.lod.com/~ati And don't forget to catch us in: alt.2600.414 and alt.society.ati As per usual, reach us voice at: (860)887-2600 vmb 5293 I listen to the men talk, and I try to keep my mouth shut, because Everything they say Pisses me off. They talk about the old times, They say that things were better Before the world was run By niggers and cunts. I sit in the corner, and Listen to their bullshit While they spread their lies and hate. As their asses get bigger >From all the beer they drink, I watch the minutes tick by, And wish that I weren't here- Because in their twisted minds I know it's all my fault.