That’s how I would distill what Howard Bloom does in a nutshell. The older title Lucifer Principle, I’ve just finished, and it truely works your mind. For he presents new interpretations, sometimes difficult, of human historical events, allowing us to fathom some explanation to the madness. Also I recommend Global Brain which I talked about before.
Whether accidentally or on purpose, the media certainly does contribute to and sometimes direct trends. So this Disinfo piece on Precursor Trends seems particularly prescient. 
Just as any book about Hitler’s Germany is on the one hand important, and on the other difficult, so too is one about the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Recently interviewed in Giant Robot Li Zhensheng has published some of the photos he secretly took during those years into a volume Red Color News Soldier.
Gorgeous site of Japanese Advertising art from a Japanese ad marketing company, Dentsu.
Looks like I’ll probably be adding DrugWar Rant to my daily dose of good blogage.
Kozyndan graced the cover of Giant Robot some months back. That was my first exposure to their great work. They also did a piece for the SARS Art Project. Think soft lovely anime-art, with subtle, almost mythological and subversive imagery woven into every pore…
Kozyndan is short for Kozy and Dan. Thanks Felix.
If it was, it will bring new meaning to the term “elaborate”. Or it may be that this guy gets really frustrated when he can’t figure out a code. A more in depth piece from disinfo
What the heck is moblogging. Ok now that you know, all you phone-cam people will love this site.
Probably sounds like I’m turning conservative, but I do think this is a notable loophole in the law that local police cannot enforce immigration law.
Nice woodcuts of animal and pastoral scenes. Would make great backgrounds, or if you’ve got $1500 to burn, you can buy one!
[Thanks Jing]
Hi all… I’m posting this info for my friend Carol Ann. Read on for info about getting your hair taken care of by the best in NYC!
Wow, these guys mean business. The new Intelligence Authorization Act allows the feds to get records from financial institutions (remember about libraries) without getting an OK from the judge, and preventing the financial institution from telling you about it.
This Dodge It site is WAY WAY cool. Here’s how it works. Any email you makeup will work. No registration. Go to amazon, buy stuff, use a different email each time. Then go to dodgeit.com to check for messages. It’s receive only but that’s the beauty of it.
Now to think of a way to keep track of all those new email addresses…
Bizarre but true, 3 Yemenis are suing NASA. Even stranger, you too can get in on the action.
[Thanks CT for LE link]
I’m glad when I read that nuclear weapons are difficult to make. But am I the only one still scared when the keys are lost.
This site of lists of five things includes such greats as:
Five things I probably should not have tried to make on my own
Five cool words I’ve been having trouble working into a normal sentence
Five good responses for telemarketers or collection agencies
And much much more!
A funny site where ladies sell you their panties for peace. Their mission statement says they believe in healthcare, civil rights, and world peace, but I can’t figure out if they donate the money or not. And I don’t see anywhere that you specify size when ordering!
Thanks to everyone for all the great posts in 2003. Click on POP for more info on who’s posting what.
In northern Spain, from Valencia to Santiago de Compostela, hundreds witnessed fireballs in the sky. Perhaps they’re working with the people in Ohio.
200 keys are missing from various nuke facilities around the country.