May 9, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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HALLIBURTON SOLVES GLOBAL WARMING SurvivaBalls save managers from abrupt climate change

An advanced new technology will keep corporate managers safe even when climate change makes life as we know it impossible.

"The SurvivaBall is designed to protect the corporate manager no matter what Mother Nature throws his or her way," said Fred Wolf, a Halliburton representative who spoke today at the Catastrophic Loss conference held at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Amelia Island, Florida. "This technology is the only rational response to abrupt climate change," he said to an attentive and appreciative audience.

Max Payne Cheats Only: Demo and Q&A
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
6:30 pm
Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI)
535 West 22nd Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10011

EAI and Rhizome present renowned digital artists jodi.org in a rare public demonstration of their latest video game modifications, Max Payne Cheats Only. The work is a series of "cheats": alterations to the behavior of a video game that are often built in by the original programmers to help players who have reached an impasse. jodi.org has compiled cheats from the ultra-violent New York vigilante game, Max Payne. Their live demonstration will be followed by an in-depth discussion and question and answer session hosted by media art curator Caitlin Jones.
http://maxpaynecheatsonly.jodi.org/

Reuters 08:45 AM May, 09, 2006

LOS ANGELES -- Warner Bros.' video unit will sell movies and television shows to BitTorrent for legal downloads from the website that was once blamed for aiding the swapping of illegally copied films and programs.

Starting this summer, Warner Bros. will make more than 200 films available at BitTorrent.com, including blockbusters such as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and TV shows like Babylon 5.

*911 Loose Change 2nd Edition with extra footage

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8260059923762628848&pr=goog-sl

*Description:*
"This is the best damn 9-11 documentary out there."
-Dave vonKleist

Producer of "911:In Plane Site" Loose Change is an extremely hard hitting, heavily referenced documentary. It has the best footage that I have seen to date, of all the bombs and explosions going off at the World Trade Center. He covers each individual aspect of 9/11 in keen detail, and after watching 'Loose Change' it is almost impossible to walk awayand not believe that 9/11 was engineered, not by Osama, but by our own Government. Heres a quote from Tom Flocco regarding Dylan Avery's brand new 911 documentary; "...The best packaged DVD footage for sharing actual TV coverage & interviews shown only once during WTC / Pentagon attacks--evidence strangely removed from repeat broadcasts ...striking visual and narrative analysis--shown frame by frame--pointing to government-linked mass murder and a new Pearl Harbor ...every school class should see ! "Loose Change 2nd Edition" is the follow-up to the most provocative 9-11 documentary on the market today. This film shows direct connection between the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the United States government. Evidence is derived from news footage, scientific fact, and most important, Americans who suffered through that tragic day.

Hillsborough County Commissioner
Ronda Storms

When I lived in Florida the St. Petersburg Times was the one sign of liberal hope in an increasingly right wing area. Seems like even that paper has given in:

From MTAA:

MTAA knows this very nice pop culture/art/music writer down in Florida named Gina Vivinetto. She also runs a gallery/ music space called Bombshell. Gina makes us laugh.

Thanks to all the 100,342 People join Cinco de Maya VR Sit-In!
Todos Somos Antenco!

Update - Friday May 5, 10:00 pm

Marcos has just arrived in Atenco with 4000 individuals representing students, workers, farmers, teachers and and community organizations. Mexican mainstream media is reporting agression on the part of the marchers - the truth appears otherwise . The Other Campaign will stay in Mexico City indefinitely. A peaceful meeting is scheduled in Atenco tomorrow at 12 noon.

I've been involved with this for a couple of years. It started out as a a film festival but I've been pushing to turn it into a new media festival. For the film festival you have to send in your video with a 25 dollar fee. There's also a call for new media proposals which is free. The cool events will be at the Roebling Bridge for sound art and Bethel Woods Art Center (the old woodstock hippie site). we're calling this Podstock.

LMCC SITELINES 2006 KICKS OFF IN NEW YORK
When is a fire escape a stage? When is the marble adorned lobby of a corporate headquarters an intimate playhouse? When is a ballerina's tutu a sound studio? Only during Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's annual Sitelines series. Beginning this Monday! Free dance downtown in unusual places all summer long.
Full list of performances

The4thScreen: a global fest of art & innovation for mobile phones focuses on the emerging cultural, technological and social phenomenon of mobile phones.

http://www.thefourthscreen.com/

"We are at the moment when everybody, from the media moguls to Vietnamese peasants - artists, hackers, activists, businesses and governments are trying to grasp the impact, the power, of this new phenomenon.... trying to claim a part of it. There is still a lot of space for great ideas, to fulfill dreams and real needs. I hope the Festival will serve as a catalyst and influence this process... "

rantapod-021The internet is an information tool. It's also a mis-information tool. Some of the more gruesome kidnapping videos posted on the internet from Iraq may be faked. Politicians of every stripe see the internet as a tool for re-arranging the truth to make it more to their liking. In the environment of Bush Whitehouse demagoguery we are in a world of George Orwell 1984 style doublethink. In this realm are a whole host of White supremacists, Moslem fundamentalists, and genocide denial groups. One of the most insidious is the Turkish government which refuses to admit the Ottoman genocide against the Armenians. Since I am Armenian I know more about this than the average American. I grew up with stories from my grandmother and all the adults (I was raised in the Armenian community of Watertown, Massachusetts)about the Armenian Genocide. I happened upon a report by an American professor by the name of Justin A. McCarthy.Justin A. McCarthy, a Ph.D professor at the University of Louisville denies the Armenian genocide ever took place. Holocaust denial and genocide denial are increasingly tools of the power elite. Look at George Bush. He's perfected lying and denial to a high art.