Tuesday, September 2, 2003

Free Will: A Word From Our Sponsors Marshall McLuhan. "There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happening." [Quotes of the Day] 11:30:57 PM

8000 Year Old Supernova Remnant IC 443 Truly awesome. This is what Mediaburn is all about. Galactic Supernova Remnant IC 443 (2003 September 3 ) [Astronomy Picture of the Day] 10:12:23 PM

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Rolling Stones - Going Green and Planting Trees Yahoo News article on the Stones planting trees in Scotland to offset greenhouse gas emissions. They are working with UK environmental organization Future Forests. 3:06:14 PM

100,000 Join Meet-Up for Howard Dean Campaign Incredible Moment -- 100,000 on Meetup. This is the second day of the September to Remember, and you've already made history. At 11:35 AM, the 100,000th person joined Dean Meetup. This is truly astounding. I knew it was coming, but I'm still stunned with the power of it. This is completely unheard of in presidential history, especially this early in a campaign -- one hundred thousand people planning to meet in their own communities and organize locally to take this country back and restore what is best in American Democracy. Tomorrow, in 728 towns and cities, Americans will be putting aside a few hours -- skipping a movie or skimping on dinner -- to come together in 728 places to work with eachother on building this campaign. The Governor, who is here in Vermont today preparing for the September 4th debate, said "This is an extraordinary moment." "From the first moment I stepped out the car at the March 5th Meetup in New York City, I knew something incredible was happening in America. On that cold winter day in an out-of-the-way place, more than 600 people had shown up to help the campaign. Since then, all across the country I?ve met people who got involved in politics for the first time through their local Dean Meetups. These are people who have got involved and decided to help take their country back. Every day now, our grassroots community is growing stronger. These 100,000 Americans have reengaged in politics--and they?ll find out that they really can make a difference." Thank you so much and congratulaions. Meetup has been the soul of the campaign, and the powerful creative political energy that has come out of your Meetups has brought this campaign to where it is today. [Blog for America] 1:09:31 PM

Old Fashioned Smarts Opposition to the Iraq War: Smart or Liberal?. Political consultant Susan Estrich confirms what many Americans have believed for months: opposition to the unilateral attack on Iraq was not "anti-war," left or liberal, but the most intelligent foreign policy course. Click here for the article.... [Dean Independents] 11:23:13 AM

Belleville Rendez-vous Belleville Rendez-vous. Belleville Rendez-vous, a film by French cartoonist Sylvain Chomet goes on release next week (you lucky London types have it already). Champion, the adopted son of Madame Souza is kidnapped while racing in the Tour De France. Madame Souza and her dog Bruno set out to rescue him, which leads them across the sea to Belleville. There they met three 1930s musical hall stars, who take Madame Souza and Bruno under their wing. That's as much as I know, other than it looks rather lovely - and very French, I'm reminded of Tardi's Adele Blanc-Sec - and that it's getting terrific reviews (1, 2, 3, 4). If that's all I know, why am I writing this? Well, I was asked to by the distributor and since this is the first comics-related (however loosely) film for some time that didn't rely on overmuscled men thumping things as a major plot point, I thought why not. [BugPowder] 2:10:15 AM

Alan Moore - 'The Courtyard' Alan Moore's The Courtyard TPB cover by Jacen Burrows. Kicking off the short work week we have a new piece in the section for Alan Moore's The Courtyard. The long-awaited collection of that acclaimed saga from Moore, Burrows, and Johnston is coming in December, and that's not all of our Courtyard plans for the month -- check back here in the coming weeks for more information. [Avatar Press] 1:20:22 AM

A High Ranking Official This is your Bishop Information Minister speaking. The person known as The Cartoonist is busy doing silly things in Soho, so check out the archives! Check out the archives! [The Cartoonist] 1:15:10 AM