Sunday, March 2, 2003

Yeah. Right, arseholes, let's go. KillKillKill. And don't forget to throw some 'nucluar' devices in. Or any other WMDs. Have fun.US prepares to use toxic gases in Iraq. The US is preparing to use the toxic riot-control agents CS gas and pepper spray in Iraq in contravention of the Chemical Weapons Convention, provoking the first split in the Anglo-US alliance. "Calmative" gases, similar to the one that killed 120 hostages in the Moscow theatre siege last year, could also be employed. [linkfilter.net] 10:31:44 PM     |

"tube"Bye. Going back to Brussels tomorrow morning to produce some more new Eurotrash. See you next weekend. 10:19:34 PM     |

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Currencies. I know, I've blogged this before. But some things are just too good, so here's a repeat: This is a wonderful gallery of currencies, even Antarctica is listed. Go and have a look. 5:45:52 PM     |

HeHeHe ... The odd case of Heimatsicherheitshauptamt. I'm Top One at Google now. How exciting. The power of the web... yawn. 5:25:25 PM     |

Chroma's Fault. Before I depart for another week's work in Brussels (Eurostar tomorrow morning, leaving Waterloo @ 10:27), here's another Raumpatrouille picture. Nice. 4:36:05 PM     |

Creepy. This must be the most scary doll I've ever seen. Phil, where do you find that stuff? This thingy is worse than Chucky! Ugh... 4:23:52 PM     |

Pasta. I should blog some pasta. Robert, do you have a pasta link ready? 3:59:50 PM     |

Hic. When I don't draw stupid cartoons or maintain a stupid and obscure weblog, then I'm usually - no, not drunk, but - booked by an ad agency to work for them as an art director. Now here's the art director's dream: Every single Absolut Vodka ad on a website, accessible by topic, like Absolut Legends, Bottle focused ads, Heritage, and so on. Brilliant. Branding. Like the vodka. Clear. 3:34:40 PM     |

Radio, radio. Fab website about Radio Advertising Illustration Art. Fantastic: History, Designers, Artwork, Clubs ... 3:22:42 PM     |

TVOD. I know, this is a song by a chap who called himself The Normal, back in the good old days when everybody who dressed in black and wore safety pins was a good guy, but this is a really nice collection of vintage TV sets. Routed through NSA's wonderful Kosmonautentraum, which gets better every day. 3:14:01 PM     |

How interesting. I found this article - it's actually a series of 3 articles - through Quarsan's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. BTW, is there a way of getting rid of a Prime Minister? Is there something like 'impeachment' here in the UK? Of nuclear weapons capability, Ritter says: "When I left Iraq in 1998... the infrastructure and facilities had been 100% eliminated. There's no doubt about that. All of their instruments and facilities had been destroyed. The weapons design facility had been destroyed. The production equipment had been hunted down and destroyed. And we had in place means to monitor - both from vehicles and from the air - the gamma rays that accompany attempts to enrich uranium or plutonium. We never found anything." One might think that this would be vital information for interviewers like Paxman now when Blair, Straw and co are declaring war regrettably essential to enforce Iraqi disarmament. Instead, these central facts have been simply ignored by our media - as far as the public is concerned Iraq did not cooperate between 1991 and 1998. In a recent Panorama documentary, for example, Jane Corbin said merely of the 1991-98 Unscom inspectors, "their mission ended before they completed their task". This is a good example of how institutionalised media corruption means that power is freed to manipulate the public to suit whatever cynical ends it chooses. This is the secret of elite control in an ostensibly 'democratic' society - the media are central to the task. Blair is referring to people like Ritter when he says "they came back to the United Nations and said we can't carry out the work as inspectors". This is what Ritter actually says: "If this were argued in a court of law, the weight of evidence would go the other way. Iraq has in fact demonstrated over and over a willingness to cooperate with weapons inspectors." 12:22:56 PM     |

The black stuff. The Iron Gall Ink Corrosion website presents all about ... well, iron gall ink. Even old recipes. Make your own. And check out the ink corrosion horrorshow. Found via Robert's most fabulous and highly recommendable :::koewilog:::. 11:47:54 AM     |

And so it goes. Check out Back to Iraq. Turkey says no to U.S. deployment ? Is this the start of real democracy in Turkey? In the span of a few minutes this morning, the Turkish parliament approved the deployment of 62,000 U.S. troops, 255 warplanes and 65 helicopters in a squeaker vote (264 to 250 with 19 abstentions) only to have the vote nullified a few moments later by speaker of parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc because a majority of legislators present had not voted in favor. He then shut down the parliament until Tuesday. 2:57:12 AM     |

Why am I not surprised? Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote. Secret document details American plan to bug phones and emails of key Security Council members ahead of crucial vote over war on Iraq. [Guardian Unlimited] 2:41:58 AM     |

Old Ads. As an Art Director I've actually worked for Colgate-Palmolive, desperately trying to make their soaps more shiny and their toothpaste more white. Here are some very old Colgate Ads. And there's even more old stuff at DRM'S Enterprises: Advertising Media, Political Articles, Pinups ... And guess what - I found it all via another obscure weblog - Serner's Random Items,which is just great. Fab. Sifry, carry on with your wonderful and silly research. The World surely needs this and is just waiting for your 'scientific research'. Have fun. 2:07:26 AM     |