tinhuviel: (Here is the news!)

About three hours ago, the Mother Unit and I went to the Apple Store in Fashion Valley to throw in our support of Tim Cook’s refusal to cave to the FBI’s intimidation methods to break into people’s cell phones.  As we waited for the rally to begin, we got into discussion on what we should chant ‘cos, at the time, the rally felt more like a funeral.  I suggested FIRST YOUR PHONE, THEN YOUR HOME.  The people seemed to dig it, but the news crews in attendance ate it up.  They specifically requested we chant that when they began covering the rally.



Afterward, the Unit and I went by Rubio’s to get Matt some fish tacos, then by the grocery store so I could buy some ice cream and cottage cheese.  By the time we got home, the local ABC affiliate had already posted a video, and Times of San Diego had posted a news story, the headline being Apple Corps at Fashion Valley: ‘First Your Phone, Then Your Home’.



Here’s the Channel 10 news video.  The Unit and I are front and center.  I also managed some free Shriekback advertising with my ultra-groovy Shriek tee.



tinhuviel: (Herne_Moon)

I got to thinking about this after reading a news story about a park ranger who got suspended without pay for refusing to kill two bear cubs. The reporter used the word "destroyed" when mentioning the mother bear. Such language diminishes the gravity of what happened to this bear. She had gotten in the habit of raiding a freezer full of salmon, so she was murdered. Plain and simple. Afterward, the media reduced her to an it that was "destroyed". You destroy buildings, you destroy works of art. These are things. Destroy is a word better suited to inanimate objects. The bear was not inanimate at the time of her murder. So, I bit the bullet and took the plunge into Change.org. Here's what I wrote, along with the video I added. Click the bear pic to go sign my petition, if you feel the call to do so.

Language matters. Language is how we exchange information and share common experiences. It helps to form our worldview and even how we see ourselves. It is also used as a tool of propaganda to sway the opinions of millions, a perfect example of which is its use by the Nazis, which resulted in the agony and death of countless millions more, either in the Holocaust or many battles of World War II. The language our officials and media outlets use when referring to non-human animal deaths at human hands is done so to keep us ignorant of, or complacent regarding the methods used to increase profits for industries dependent on such practice. Words like "destroy", "put to sleep", and "process" are examples of this. We are more comfortable with these words, because it paints over human complacency and disregard of other life on Earth. As long as we remain comfortable, however, the more lives will be lost. The media and government need to stop propagating such language when talking about our fellow Earthlings. The three aforementioned terms should be replaced with more accurate expressions of human/non-human lethal interaction, such as "murder" or "mass murder" instead of "destroy" or "population control", "euthanized" or "executed" instead of "put to sleep," (dependent on if the animal were ill and near death, or an inmate in a pound that engages in supposedly unwanted animal executions), and "slaughter" instead of "process." In just one generation, such changes would produce more empathy in humanity, not just for non-humans, but toward one another and toward the planet we all call home, as well. The sanitization of our language has blinded us to how brutal nature is and, indeed, how much more vicious we ourselves can be to everyone around us. Because of the shift of opinion based upon the language we use, we would take a longer time to decide to wage war or not be so complicit in the Prison Industry. By simply replacing a few little words with more accurate and honest ones, we could put ourselves on the road to a better and more sustainable way of life for all Earthlings.


So there you have it. If enough people sign the petition, hopefully it will bring the suffering we inflict on others to fore, and eventually make life on Earth better for everyone.

SETI

Apr. 26th, 2011 10:16 pm
tinhuviel: (Red and black alien)
If ET wants to talk to us, he'll have to come for a visit during this recession. How depressing...

The SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array has been forced offline due to lack of funding, essentially crippling the organization's hunt for extraterrestrial communications.

tinhuviel: (Inconceivable)
The same blue food dye that gives your Gatorade its turquoise tint and turns your tongue a peculiar shade of purple might also protect your nerves in the case of spinal cord injury.

By lucky accident, researchers discovered that the commonly used food additive FD&C blue dye No. 1 is remarkably similar to a lab compound that blocks a key step in nerve inflammation. When rats with spinal cord injury were given an infusion of blue dye, they recovered much faster than rats that didn’t get the treatment. And researchers reported only one adverse effect: The rats turned blue.
tinhuviel: (Sheriff Obama)
The Pickens County Sheriff's Office is searching for two men who allegedly tased and carjacked a woman outside a convenience store early Thursday morning

::cackle::

And even more important, those fucking BoJo Fundies are getting their Caucasian heads out of their arses, for fear there's a new Sheriff in town and he's a ni*****!

Duh-huh, motherfuckers! I wish you'd close down and rot in hell
tinhuviel: (Crone)
After surviving a horrendous car accident that almost cut her car in half, thanks to her texting someone on her cell phone, this intrepid teen had the following to say. And I quote:

"Ahh wawn't evur testisses aginn an' drahve."


Please, kid. Testisses again. Please.
tinhuviel: (Porno Sith)
"If the trace is correct, I will find out where this bug came from, my master.."

Wow. Just wow! It's the Maul Bug! I want one for a pet.

Experts have been baffled by the presence of an unidentified insect in parts of London.

My Day

Jul. 16th, 2006 07:50 pm
tinhuviel: (Mowing)
I was supposed to go over and see Llew today, but he ended up having to babysit until 5:30 this afternoon. He said we could still go flying, but I'm not keen on doing anything with the kid because.....well, because she's a kid. I don't do kids. I have contended in the past that the only way I'd intentionally have a child would be to ensure good meat for when the pickin's get slim after the Alpaca Lips. I am that wicked witch who fattens up children for baking in a pie. As for Llew, I'm going to see him tomorrow.

As is almost weekly tradition 'round here, I went out to cut the grass. It's so dry in our area right now that I blow red snot outta my nose for hours after I'm finished mowing. Maybe I need to wear one of those face masks, but I really don't want to do that. I already wear Terminator sunglasses to keep the light and crap out of my eyes. Combine that with a face mask and I'd end up looking like an extra on the Road Warrior set. It was hot out there. I was slimy by the time I was finished. I was a pale blue, slimy lump of misery who was blowing red mud out of her nose and throat. Attractive. Very attractive.

Aunt Tudi and I prepared an actual dinner to eat today. We had conflake crust fried boneless/skinless chicken, glow-in-the-dark green beans, and mashed potatoes. Afterward, Aunt Tudi had a slice of sugar free lemon pie and I had a nap.

An hour after that, I drug out the computer to stare at The Chalice for a while. I've hit another block. All I want to do is get past "Sui Generis," then the rest will be gravy. I'm so close, but I can't seem to get there. In frustration, I threw my hands up in the air and logged on to The INTARWEBS. Once there, I stared at the e-mails I need to answer and the journal in which I haven't written all day, while I watched the bad news about the Middle East. So I made a misanthropic post about that in [livejournal.com profile] misanthrope_inc, then commenced to staring at The Chalice again. Oh, and I got an email from [livejournal.com profile] moad_terran_hq in which he sent me some pictures of himself.

He is a hottie. It is proclaimed, yea and verily. As it is written, so shall it be done. Amen.

And that brings me up to this point in time. Now, I'm watching a Law & Order: CI that I've seen twice before and debating on whether or not to post another useless poll about nothing and everything. Honestly, I can't be sussed. All I want to do is finish up "Sui Generis," go to bed, and watch Harry Potter movies until I fall asleep.

Tomorrow is an early day. After being delayed last week, I'm heading out to Greenville Tech to take my placement tests and enroll for the Autumn semester. After that, I'm hoping I can go on to the financial aid office and let them see my cupped hand of blatant begging. Gimme money pleez. I R POOOOR. I spent all my money in England, so pity me! All I want to do is care for the animals and hit humans with a big stick, so please let me come to school for free. Better yet, pay me to come to school so I won't have to work whilst getting an education.

It would be nice to be a slacker student. It'd give me time to get back into the groove of school life. I've got twenty years of rust to scrape off my edumacation skillz.

News Shows

Jan. 29th, 2006 09:09 pm
tinhuviel: (Farce)
They're always featuring stories that display the multitudinous dangers of every day life. There's death around every corner according to the media. All your neighbours are perverts, all the medicine you take will help with one thing but make your tongue fall out and your left arm fall off, your vehicle may explode any minute, the sky is falling, the sky is falling!

It's like the folks in charge of this hooha are desperate to create a nation of ninnies, too scared to even step out of their own doors. I think this is the main reason why I hate watching the news. Not only do they try to scare you to death, but they use other people's deaths as a lesson that needs to be taught, even pounded into the heads of the viewing public. If someone died in a car accident, the reporter is always keen on adding that they were not wearing their seatbelt. I don't like to be talked down to like that. I wear my seatbelt thankyouverrahmuch so I don't need you waggling your index finger in my face like I'm some sort of demented child.

Now they're saying that taking some antibiotics may produce a poison bacteria that will kill you. I'm sick of it. If I'm sick enough and antibiotics will help me, I'll take my chances. If I die, I die. Stop trying to protect me with your sensationalist news reports. The world is already in the crapper, so why seek out even more dangers to try to scare the hell out of people? Reporting the simple facts should be frightening enough to keep viewers riveted.

Speaking of the news, I heard yesterday that a band of scientists have created a vaccine for the bird flu. This disappoints me more than I can sufficiently express with words. Guess I'll have to turn my prayers for something else as monumental, like airborne ebola or the return of the Great Mortality.
tinhuviel: (Alien)
I'm the Fox Mulder of my family. There's nothing that goes on in this mysterious world that doesn't merit at least a lifted eyebrow on my part. I've read just enough about this, that, and the other to make me sufficiently paranoid to the point that people have offered me tinfoil hats.

Aunt Tudi is currently watching the news. The story that was just aired had to do with this helpful new program that takes children's fingerprints and DNA samples. Why? Well, there's this terrible menace in our country having to do with children being abducted. Having their prints and DNA could help find children should they be snatched.

This is how I feel about it:
A lot of the abductions that happen in this country are perpetrated by our government, just like most other crimes. The government wants to get the population so petrified with fright that we voluntarily give up our rights and freedom (what there is of it) in favour of feeling safe. THEY want our DNA samples and THEY can keep tabs on us if THEY have our fingerprints. What better way to map the future generations than to have the parents ask that THEY print their kids and take their DNA. Say, one of these little rug rats grows up to be a leader of the Rebellion (aka Terrorist 'cos we all know it depends what side you're on as to what you're called). With every effort he takes to return the country or the world to a more humane mindset, he's risking being ID'd because his dumbass parents gave all his physical goods to the enemy. What would have happened to John Conner if Sarah had given his fingerprints and DNA to the government? The machines could have found him any time, anywhere, man. The Earth would have been completely doomed.

Or, what if the government is getting this information for the Greys? I'm sure it's a bit time-consuming for them to abduct everyone to get this information and samples, so wouldn't it seem more logical to have the government with whom they've been in cahoots develop some program that retrieves what is needed without raising the suspicion of the human herds? Hell, they're probably responsible for the majority of child abductions anyway. Most abductees began experiencing contact in their childhood.

Just think about the new "chip" that was originally just for household pets. Go to the vet and have a chip popped into Fido and ne'er shall he be lost again! The chip can be scanned to find out who the dog is and with whom he belongs. Easy! Then THEY started suggesting this would be a wise move for children. I believe that England's Princes have both been chipped, or so I read somewhere many moons ago. Most abductees have also had implants, usually in the sinus area, and it's the consensus of most UFO and abduction experts that these implants are tracking devices that also carry important information about the subject in question.

Anything is possible in my certifiably daft world.
tinhuviel: (Lambada)
Words aren't sufficient to express how much I hate this man, so this news just thrills the living shite outta me.

Tamika

Aug. 12th, 2005 09:05 pm
tinhuviel: (Pensive)
The cops have found the remains of Tamika Huston in Duncan.

A couple of things:

  1. I think it's just a tad too coincidental that the officials find the young lady just days after Spartanburg County gets a black eye for not doing very much in searching for her.

  2. Great...now that her story finally went national, she's found in Duncan. It's going to be this shithole town's only claim to fame.


I had a bit of a vested interest on Tamika being found since I know one of her aunts. My heart goes out to her family... At least, now, they can properly say goodbye to their loved one.

That's a damned shame...

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