Hoist the distress signal; pass it on.

The flag should never be displayed with the union down,
except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
—THE FLAG CODE, Title 36, U.S.C., Chapter 10, § 176 (a).
As amended by P.L. 344, 94th Congress, approved July 7, 1976.
I am posting this on my weblog in opposition to The Patriot Act, which represents an extreme danger to the life, property and liberty of all persons living in the United States.

deanocturne, thank you. Original post is here with html to clip. Via gynocide.

A good addition might be the marine signal for "Not under power, not under control, not under command", which is also known by the slang term "Panamanian Running Lights". It's used as a warning to other vessels to keep clear, since this ship cannot maneuver and is not being properly steered.

I hate to keep bringing up Dr. Strangelove, but

For example, of the 12,500 targets in the SIOP at that time, one of them was slated to be hit by 69 consecutive nuclear weapons. It seems superfluous to say that this is crazy, but it is important to understand how the planning process could result in such a figure.

One misconception you may have is that the people who plan our military adventures are cold, calculating bureaucrats who comb through huge quantities of data and calculate invasions, bombings, and coups d'état with analytical precision. That would in fact be hateful and frightening.

Spreadsheets are involved and there are huge quantities of data. And bureaucrats, lots and lots of bureaucrats doing this work. But they're all completely insane.They have abstracted the world so completely that there is no longer any connection to the ordinary evil of war; they live in another place. Remember that next time you're watching the news and we do something tragicomic on a huge scale.

Metaphysical Power Tools!

Crossposted to psychoceramics

http://www.higherpowertech.com/

The ultimate Manifestation instrument includes:

The Psychotronic 4's Circle Of Power, this is a large, heavy, monster scalar wave energy device, it has within the Circle Of Power 4 Heavy Duty Mobius coils connected in series each with solid quartz crystals, this part (the base) works as an etheric energy reactor, constantly producing and pumping orgone energy. The Circle Of Power itself is made up of 100 percent Orgontek, which is pound for pound the most powerful orgone generating matrix material available anywhere. The Circle Of Power is multi cast (layered) and also includes directional and amplifying coils, magnets, plus the unique and powerful amplifying frequency vortex energy resonator Pods. This is nothing else like this anywhere.

"Energy Grid" / chakras / orgone / magick / telepathy / consumer electronics / psychoceramic typography / dowsing / sex / magnetism/ etheric planes

As they say, "That is what some folks call Radionics and for good reason." Very expensive electronic items that blast your thoughts into etherspace, adjust various energies, and move around chakras, chi, etc.

Thanks to springheel_jack for this one.

Faulkner does the White House

http://www.hemispheresmagazine.com/fiction/2005/faulkner.htm

Condi wiped some spit on her hand and patted down my hair. Her hand was soft and she smelled like Xerox copies coming right out of the machine. “He looks just fine,” Condi said.

Summer nights in Costa Mesa

Newlyweds, storytellers, and the Warcraft Widow ( behind the cut )