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I never would normally expect someone to carry a simple double barrel shotgun for a job inspecting water pumps. But a certain Paul Cantu says that's what he does while posting his personal encounter with the legendary Latino ghost of La Llorona. The local old folks did believe the area near the river where the irrigation pumps were to be haunted. However, Mr. Cantu and his fellow graveyard shift members carried a single-action shotgun for more mundane threats. It seems that the station was near the Mexican border of the Rio Grande. "Macheteros" from across the border were a bit of a problem; coming across to find victims to kill with machetes. I'm assuming simple shotguns were used for the simple reason of no need for a gun license as complicated as one for handguns, their ease of use for people not trained in firearms on the level of police or security, and they are fairly cheap. In fact, the article "Double Down Home Invaders" by Matt Berger makes an excellent case for having a double barrel shotgun. The article showcases four models of double barrel shotguns. Stoeger Double Defense, Escort Silver Synthetic SHORTY, Mossberg Maverick HS12, and EAA Baikal MP220F. Stoger's Double Defense is a side by side double barrel that fires 12 and 20 gauge shells. It hails from the classic "coach gun" series used by the shotgunners of the old fashioned stage coach to defend cargo and passengers. Legacy Sports makes the Escort series of over & under shotguns like the Escort Silver Synthetic SHORTY. The short barrel makes this gun an ideal for stowing in the RV, truck cab or the bedroom. It also makes for ease of pointing the barrel around corners. it only comes in 12 gauge. Mossberg is a classic shotgun company. Their 500 series is the prime choice for tactical shotguns by the U.S. Military. Their Maverick HS12 seems to be discontinued. It was one of their few over and under double barrel series and available in 12 gauge. It is worth checking out their JIS - Just In Case series of pump action shotguns. These versions of the Mossberg 500 hold six rounds of 12 gauge shot shells in the magazine tube. What makes them special is that they are modular and collapsible; thus good for travel if an evacuation from home is a must in the wake of a disaster. You never know if you'll run into rabid animals, roving brigands, or hungry zombies. EEA's Baikal MP220F is discontinued at the moment. Their Baikal series of shotguns is still available in general. The MP220F was a side by side double barrel in 12 gauge with a 20 inch barrel. Perhaps you don't feel comfortable enough with two shots in your long gun? Or the kick of a shotgun is a bit much? Perhaps a carbine would be more in order. Cabelas has the old fashioned style Cattlemans Carbine made by Uberti. (Makers of replica firearms from the Wild West that really work.) Six rounds of .44 caliber bullets in a revolver cylinder, but as a carbine instead of a pistol. The bullets are old fashioned black powder though. On a side note, Uberti makes beautiful Dragoon revolvers as well. Or if you want a different kind of smaller gauge shotgun in a more AR platform style, the AT-14 from American Tactical Imports comes recommended. .410 gauge shells come in a standard 5 round clip. The AR shaped shotgun is semi-auto. ATI is also selling Ted Nugent's line of ammunition. (The rock star is an avid hunter.) Tags: guns
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Hornady makes bullets for home defense and zombie attacks. You read that right. The new Zombie Max line comes in all kinds of calibers. You can get them 9mm Luger, or .40 S&W, .30-.30 WIN for your lever-action rifles, and 12 GA Buckshot. They're also good for home defense in general, especially the lever-action ammunition. You don't always need an AR platform when a lever-action will do for a rifle to protect hearth and home. You could test it out on some freshly purchased Bleeding Zombie Targets. OR just buy some regular paper Zombie Targets. Remington 870's are still billed as an ideal "Zombie Gun" for those 12 GA Z-Max rounds. STI's Guardian is still the only "Zombie Pistol" on market. GLOCK guns get in movies a lot. Look up the I nternet Movie Firearms Database. They feature just trailers for films, like the Avengers trailer. Somehow, contributors found out that the handgun featured prominently being reloaded by Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow are a pair of GLOCK 26's. 9x19mm, average load is 10 round clips. The Raid: Redemption, is about police vs gangsters. So naturally, lots of guns can be seen in the trailer alone. Many of the cops have 3rd Gen Glock 17's and Heckler and Koch HK 416 Assault Rifles. Right now a lot of political news hoopla is made over the shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman. I won't talk about hooded sweatshirts and race. The topic du jour is the gun making the news because of the shooting. A Kel-Tec PF 9 semi-automatic pistol. 9mm with 7 rounds in the clip plus one in the chamber. Because guns are part of the topic, Massad Ayoob has added his two cents on the issue. I just hope some troll doesn't start touting Kel-Tec as the mascot gun for racists to go "nigger shooting". A gun is a tool. It's not evil or racist. The only Kel-Tec gun that really had my attention before was the Kel-Tec RFB or "Rifle, Foreward-ejecting Bullpup". MSERP is about $1880.oo and comes with clips of 10 or 20 rounds in 7.62 NATO. Not many bullpup rifles or carbines are on the market for us civilians. One more thing: Smith and Wesson Model 29. The classic "Dirty Harry" .44 caliber revolver is the gun showcased in "Harry's Law" as wielded by the title character played by Cathy Bates. I get the pun. Took imfdb long enough to post that. As iconic as the Model 29 is, I've had my eye on the large N-Frame Model 327 by Smith and Wesson. Like Model 327 TRR8. Or the Smith & Wesson Night Guard Model 327. They're revolvers in .357 magnum or .38 S&W Special P but with a whole EIGHT ROUNDS in the cylinder instead of the usual six. Their M&P series revolvers have a similar offering in the M&P R8. Why carry 5 or 6 rounds when you can have 8? (Califronia's cap is 10 rounds.) Tags: guns
Current Mood: Trigger Happy
Current Music: "Trigger Happy" by Weird Al Yankovic
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First of all, I am not going to be some fan wanker and start slamming either "Star Wars" or "Star Trek". Not like that dude on Star Destroyer dot net. I want to support George Takei's plea for " Star Peace". (Because "Twilight" is "really, really, bad.") This is just a little look at how a planet's surface gets fragged in popular science fiction. First of all, Base Delta Zero on Wookiepedia is a naval code for the complete surface destruction of a planet. Usually done by orbital bombardment. Sometimes in Star Wars, only one really big star destroyer is needed, as fantastic as that sounds. A Base Delta Zero is said to be responsible for turning Tatooine from an ocean planet to a gigantic desert. 'Trek on the other hand, does not have such a term. But there are mentions and instances of the destruction the ships in that series could inflict on a planetary surface. One big example was done during the Battle of the Omarion Nebula involving Cardassian Keldon class war ships and Romulan D'deridex class warbirds. (20 ships total; 5 Romulan ships and 20 Cardassian ships). The opening volley alone took out 30% of the planet's crust with phaser beams, disruptor beams, photon torpedos, and maybe plasma torpedos. Keep in mind that these are weapons of mass destruction. A nuclear warhead is dwarfed by the anti-matter reaction of a photon torpedo warhead. Even the phasers of a "primitive" Constitution class ship could "destroy half a continent" in a concentrated bombardment. (At a range of 90,000 kilometers.) A single one of these "old" ships could actually destroy the surface of an undefended planet if all forward batteries were fired. (4-8 forward phasers and at least 4 forward torpedo tubes, and perhaps a few minutes of sustained fire.) Another example shown was done by a prototype Xindi weapon meant to destroy the human race on Earth. It fired a single particle beam cutting a 4,000 kilometer swath from Florida to Venezuela and killed 7 million people in 25 seconds. Now for some "honorable mentions". Stargate: The Horizon weapon platform by us Tau'ri of planet Earth is a way to lob a ten Mark IX "Gatebuster" warheads at a planet before the occupants know what hits them. Each warhead is said to deliver 100 times the power of a nuclear warhead to an area with a 100 mile radius. Starcraft: The planet Korhal IV was said to be razed with 1,000 Apocalypse class nuclear missles. A what wasn't turned into black glass on the surface became desert. I wish they would explain how the missles traveled from Tarsonis to Korhal. That's got to be several lightyears distance. HALO: Glassing a planet's surface was done with plasma weapons from a number of Covenant ships. The humans of the UNSC could do a weaker version of orbital bombardment with giant rail canons and nuclear weapons. Unless a NOVA Bomb gets used. LEXX: The titular ship doesn't count as it all too easily can destroy a whole planet and eat the chunks. The antagonistic Megashadow and it's predecessor however, does demonstrate the ability to destroy a planetary surface from sustained fire. Tags: nerdtown, star trek, star wars
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You simply must read this WIRED article about how social media fuels or facilitates riots. It is a fascinating article on social movements and technology. You can also segway on the topic of technology and social activism to read up on their online history of Anonymous. Part 1 and Part 2 are already up online. Or how a writer embeds with Anonymous and the Occupy Wall Street movement. WIRED has several recent articles. Like Guy Fawkes Caturday of 2011. Or when Anonymous decided to take on Mexican drug cartels for the LULZ. Most of their activities are in part done for the " lulzy motherfuckery". WhyWeProtest has an Occupy Wall Street area in the forums now that is growing. Their main initiatives besides OWS are fighting the church of scientology, freedom of information, and activism in Iran. The format this year seems a bit different. You have to dig deeper to find info on the local anon chapter/cell. Tags: nerdtown, war on scientology
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Why didn't I know of this earlier? The Krampus. A type of "Christmas Demon" that punishes the naughty children instead of Santa just leaving coal. Are American kids just too afraid of this kind of myth? It's been mentioned before in some of our popular media. There is an overlap with the Krampus in German myth, along with the "White Lady" or Weisse Fraun Fae of German myth. The Perchta in German myth can be an old crone or a young maiden with snow white skin and a foot deformed in some way like having a Goose's webbing. Sounds like the one from Raymond E. Feist's novel "Faerie Tale" and depicted here by Wayne Barlowe. What is your True Meaning of Christmas? The one from "Charlie Brown" as outlined by Linus is technically true. But to me feels...technical. I prefer the one from Terry Prachet's "Hogfather". My Christmas dinner was nothing to complain about. Though it swung the way of " Chinese Turkey" a la "A Christmas Story". We had the "Chinese Turkey", crab claw shrimp balls, mustard greens with mushrooms, steamed fish, and a nice St. Honore Cake from the famous Victoria Pastry to end the evening. I saw plenty of other Chinese places open today. Packed too. (They were closed on Thanksgiving.) Tags: food
Current Music: "Holy Night" - (Rie Kugimiya and Eri Kitamura) from "Toradora"
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Kim Jong Il has passed away at the age of 69. He wasn't in good health what with his lavish lifestyle of rich food while his people starved and drinking himself to sleep each night on the finest liquors. His son really runs the show now and he might be even more batfuck crazy. The region is on high alert and even crunchyroll took the time to report it. I'm not that glad he's dead because his system is still entrenched in power and corruption. Maybe if he was offed in a more brutal manor and then teabagged... Speaking of LULZ about this news, NMA has their usual irreverent animation about it. BAAS had their usual holiday party this past Saturday at the usual place. There was ham, turkey, mango chutney, sausages, green beans, waldorf salad...the ham was the first to go. Then the sausages. Then the turkey. Felt like less food and people than last year. I bought Diet Barq's, Vanilla Coke Zero, and RC Cola. Took back the untouched 12 pak of diet root beer. Got there at 4:30 to catch the tail end of Rifftrax Star Wars Holiday TV special, including the commercials. Then they broke out the copy of "Ultraman: The Adventure Begins" anime I bought. Followed by the "Santa Clause Conquers the Martians" episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000". Here's a copy of the initial menu: Butter-Herb crusted roasted Turkey (2)Ham (y'all would be upset if there wasn't any)
Homemade Cornbread dressing
Rice Dressing w/cranberries
Green Beans
Oven roasted vegetables
Mac 'n Cheese ( no, mom didn't make this one) On another note, I visited the Dickens Christmas Fair again this year. The week before the BAAS party. Gpt some stuff from Whirlwood Wands again. His carries holsters made by Phoenix Wands this year instead of his own. They are of a better quality than his own holsters. He also has a Harry Potter fan spell book by Whimsic Alley as well. Tags: food, nerdtown
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I've heard of zoos feeding gorillas chopped zucchini, cabbage, romaine lettuce, dandelion greens, alfalfa, green beans, tree branches, and the occasional banana with vitamins. Seems that one zoo occasionally places ketchup around the habitat as a treat. Scattering the food around the exhibit simulates the foraging for food in the wild to keep the gorillas mentally and physically stimulated. I did not know however, that other treat were served. Like the Bronx Zoo offering cupcakes as a special treat. (Video link includes one GREEDY cupcake glutton of a female gorilla.) I'm not sure if it was a special made " gorilla cupcake" made from bananas, primate biscuits, unflavoured gelatin, and water. Or did the zookeepers go to Magnolia? Speaking of zoo "enrichment" feedings, here's a YouTube link of the Cincinnati Zoo putting live Tilapia in the Polar Bear habitat. This one has a Polar Bear with watermelon. That was unexpected. I'd expect that for the Hippo exhibit, not for an Arctic carnivore. Halloween wasn't special, like I mentioned before. Didn't get to go anywhere special, just a local family house haunt and wander around looking at decorations then watching "Trick R Treat". Crunchy Roll put up a list of horror games. I'm not sure about switching out "Fatal Frame" for "Friday the 13th though. There's also mention of Nissan's "anime robot" themed cars. I don't see the mecha design except in the decals. One more thing about primates. Last year, a novel by Lawrence Gonzales titled "Lucy" made some headways. It's about a teenage girl who is genetically half Bonobo. 30 years earlier though, British author Maureen Duffy wrote "Gor Saga", which was adapted by the BBC in 1988. It's about a genetic scientist who combines his sperm with a gorilla ovum and names the resulting baby Gor. I don't know what happens in "Lucy", but I know of the BBC drama "First Born" based off 'Gor Saga". Earlier today (when it was still November 5th) was Doughnut Appreciation Day. It is not to be mixed up with National Doughnut Day. Tags: food
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Not really about gunpowder, treason in the plot. Plenty of Guy Fawkes masks may be involved. Anonymous, the open banner "group" is sort of involved, not that Why We Protest will talk much about it. Their Freedom of Information Rally on November 4th may be overshadowed by the massive Occupy Wall Street movement. Their war on scientology may be taking a bit of a back seat. On November 5th, aside from more rallies, camp outs, and marches, November 5th the day a message is said to be sent to large banks nationwide. People have already been withdrawing from big banks and relocating finances to small banks and credit unions. Overall, I am sympathetic to the cause. We need accountability for predatory lenders, irresponsible corporate practices as well as corporate cronyism corrupting democracy. Our medical insurance system is broken and too many people are jobless. However, Ben Stein has the right idea in his critical comments of the movement. A lazy slacker is still a lazy slacker and contributes nothing to the movement. A more serious problem with the movement are the degenerate "piggybackers" who threaten the movement from inside. Anarchists who instigate violence and cause police crackdowns on otherwise peaceful protesters. Also, the rising bouts of sexual assault within the protest camps. Said crimes are not being reported to the police. Side mention: Many Occupy Protesters come from affluent backgrounds. The accusations of them being hipsters who know nothing will come out. Like here. Tags: war on scientology
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One of my favorite web comics, Shadowgirls is ending. I like the art, the story, the fact that it was part of M&M Superlink, and that if incorporated Cthulu Mythos. Halloween is very much on my mind. I think my best option on Halloween night (Monday this year) is going to be watching my Trick R Treat DVD. Fear Net is having a 24 hour marathon of the movie for Halloween. By the time I get home, the trick or treat crowd of kids will be mostly gone. This year, for free online, they have a product placement short slasher flick called Butterfinger the 13th. Blatantly commercial, almost to the point of parody. I had plans to carve my pumpkin too. I think this design will be the one I use this year. I think San Francisco is getting worse for Halloween venue options. Most events advertised for people my age after 9pm are thump-&bump DJ dance parties or strip club costume parties. Not my cup of Halloween brew. The SF Ghost Hunt begins too early for me that night. I have to drive far out of the city in order to get to what I call a great venue like 3D Fear Factory, California's Great America Halloween Haunt or Six Flags Great America during Frightfest. Not to mention Fear Overload in San Leandro. , Haunted Bay still has a good list of NorCal events. Actually, San Francisco has some small haunts on Halloween night. Wawona Street Haunt is going into it's 10th year. Time is narrow: 6:30pm to 9:30pm. Not as big as Fear Overload or open as long. I'll mostly get there by 9pm. Note of interest: Cemetery Dance Publications will be releasing a special 25th Anniversary Edition of Stephen King's IT. It's almost the end of National Popcorn Poppin' Month. Tags: food
Current Mood: mild dissapointment
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This New York Times article talks about how Texas, a state known for executions is ending their last meal request program. Lawrence Russel Brewer, white supremacist and murderer ordered but did not eat the following: Before Mr. Brewer was executed by lethal injection in the Huntsville Unit on Wednesday, he was given the last meal of his request: two chicken-fried steaks with gravy and sliced onions; a triple-patty bacon cheeseburger; a cheese omelet with ground beef, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers and jalapeños; a bowl of fried okra with ketchup; one pound of barbecued meat with half a loaf of white bread; three fajitas; a meat-lover’s pizza; one pint of Blue Bell Ice Cream; a slab of peanut-butter fudge with crushed peanuts; and three root beers. The LA Times also reported this. Anyway, that little stunt outraged a state senator Democrat who said it wasn't about saving the state money so much as it was catering to the whims of evil murderers like Mr. Brewer who never even offered their victims any final requests. I wonder about Brewer's motivations. Was it his last "Fuck You" to the system? Or to the other Death Row inmates, most who are statistically black? Bigots can be real spiteful till the end. The food itself is typical Death Row request fare, if a little large in quantity. In response, a former convict and prison cook has offered to pick up the slack for last meal requests. "Dead Man Eating" stopped updating its blogspot page. Now you fave to check out the Facebook Page for updates including the expression of regret that Texas has no more last meals to document. Others share that regret. A last meal provided some with an insight to the mind of some condemned criminals. Like how pork chops and cheeseburgers are often the most requested items. Famous Last Meals hasn't even updated since last year it seems. Others are popping up like The Last Meals Project. Ghost Theory has a subsection project on the topic. FEARNET has an online short film about a most fascinating diner. "Last Meal" can be viewed online HERE. PS: Ever since THIS OLD LJ entry, does anyone else have any last meal requests to put in comments? Tags: food
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I think I'll start with the soup. Chef Gordon Ramsay is spearheading a campaign to stop the unsustainable practice of consuming sharks fin soup. I myself have to agree that when it's the broth that's the best part and synthetic fins are available, we should leave the ocean ecosystems alone. You can go with pork gelatin, seaweed gelatin, or glass noodles. Restaurants like Enjoy Vegitarian offer vegan sharks fin soup. It's not an issue of cruelty for me so much as a utilitarian one. In other news of the world, Iran has freed the last two American hikers they've effectively been holding hostage for two years. Ransom was effectively paid for the two young men at a cool million dollars. The comments on the link include angry comments about how foolish the hikers were, walking so close to hostile territory. I've seen such comments before. Such as "linguini leg cracker" on hiker Sarah Shourd at t his "Die Hipster" article around 2:43pm on December 1, 2010. Basically calling the hikers typical dumb hipsters helping Iran squeeze cash out of America. Ditto here. But they at least agree that Iran is run by assholes. Something we all agree on. I went and did it. I made myself another Desna Paladin for the Pathfinder RPG. The Holy Gun. My Paladin can only wear light armor in exchagne for the ability to have and use a musket. We are playing the Jade Regent adventure path. So far, it's the most we've ever heard about the continent of Tien Xia on the fantasy world of Golarion. I've started to read "The House on the Borderland" by William Hope Hodgeson. his Project Gutenberg works can be read online here. The man was a horror pioneer. H.P. Lovecraft himself praised his works. I think the "Swine Things" in the book make for creepy D&D 3.5/Pathfinder monsters. So does this guy. If you want a great picture, look no futher than the rendition by Wayne Barlowe. Same with his swine thing sketch. (Ditto for his rendtion of Whitley Streiber's Wolfen. That book makes the city streets more scary.) Barlowe also draws a decent Trolloc from Robert Jordan's books. I think the Orc from the d20 SRD makes a good stat approximation. Or the Pathfinder SRD Orc. For more of Barlowe's art from his out-of-print books, go HERE> "Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy" has an excellent wikipedia entry here. His book makes you want to read all the books he references. Tags: food, nerdtown
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It's been ten full years since that fateful day. I woke up that Tuesday morning about to get ready for a summer job when I was told to turn on the TV news. The first thing I heard was the destruction of the World Trade Center. I realized later that day that this was my generation's version of John F. Kennedy getting assasinated. I also remember news footage from the Middle East where people were dancing in the streets while burning cheap crayon-colored American flag effigies. A friend of mine, a Sunni Muslim said later that day that those were ignorant people who only heard that the friend of their enemy (Israel) got hurt. I also remember online comments on news sites saying "Kill the sand niggers!" by more local ignorant folk. There have been a lot of plans for "Ground Zero" since that day a decade ago. BIg plans. Not only will there be memorials and a museum, but more towers, bigger than before. I've seen a number of things this past week. There's the Sonic Memorial Project. Audio documents by people who worked in the WTC up until it's destruction. The Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence report was about the 10 year anniversary of 9/11 this month. The cover story is about how Jihadist are trying to radicalize domestic Muslims for terrorist activities and carry on the work of the late Osama Bin Laden. THey also talk about Silver Bullet Gun Oil. There's 13% pork fat in the gun oil so a bullet fired from a lubed gun will have pig fat on it when it's fired into the body of an Islamofacist. That's the main selling point. The official site says the gun oil was used to kill Osama Bin Laden. I keep forgetting to get myself the Captain America: Fight Terror t-shirt. Tags: guns
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Been a couple years since I last played Pathfinder. It was the early part of the Legacy of Fire. I played a Paladin of Desna. A Lawful Good servant of a Chaotic Good Deity. I think I've role played him well, careful not to fall into Lawful Stupid territory. It's simple. Choose Good over Law when it comes down to it. Also, freedom and liberty is part of Desna's Domains. Lawful Evil tyranny is something Lawful Good should always oppose. I came across this recent discussion thread on Paladins and Alignment. Snow Crash has the followng to say on August 19th: One of my players had a LG paladin of Calistria and I have so far not had a problem with it. She is a prostitute of the church and as long as she puts her church's interests ahead of her own and does what the church and her superiors demand of her then I have no problem with it. She overseas disputes and puts peoples rights to revenge at the forfront. An eye for an eye. She promotes lust and polygamy among the populace. She sleeps around and she tries to right any wrongs she sees being done by helping those avenged to seek a suitable revenge in fitting with the slight against them. That was an eye opener of sorts. Calistria and Desna are both Chaotic female deities with overlapping followers. On a side note, it turns out the Viking-like Ulfen barbarians of the cold North will just as likely as any Romani-like Varisian draw the wings of Desna over their hearts during an impending crisis where luck may be needed to supplement brawn and skill. I read it so in the Pathfinder novel " Winter Witch". (That was a page turner; finsihed it in a day.) Still, my character is likely to be rare. Paladins are rare in general, so it seems especially among Chaotic Good Goddesses. Then again, the temple my character uncovered around Katapesh would be a rarity in itself. Most of Desna's temples are roadside shrines, akin to a Shinto Jizo statue. My charater was working on restoring the actual walk-in temple to be styled like the old Missions the Spanish set up along the California coast. Desna's porfolio includes travel and travelers need to rest. Also, if Desna didn't have Paladins, who else would take up the blade to kill Gnolls and other spawn of Lamashtu or Rovagug? PS: Pathfinder comes from open source, so they have their own open source. www.d20pfsrd.com for the win. Tags: nerdtown
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The San Francisco Examiner is making Anonymous out to be a "group of hackers" unified in thought and theory as opposed to the Stand Alone Complex phenomenon anons tend to embody. From what witness observations and news footage shows, there were hardly a dozen Guy Fawkes masks out of a hundred protesters. Most protesters turned out to be the usual crowd of people who equate police with killer Nazis and demand that BART Police disband or ban use of their own firearms. It seems the usual crowd of anon i.e. the majority will hold their own Freedom of Information Rally this Friday at Union Square. I'm not so surprised as Rules 1 and 2 always apply to the majority of the law abiding anonymous movement. Groups like O.N.Y.X. Organization Committee and Black Flag Anarchists deviate too far from the plan with their general anti-police sentiments. Most of today's protesters didn't follow the dress code of anonymous. As racialized as the recent protests of police in July were in the San Francisco Bay Area were, I thought it funny how KTVU kept on showing angry black subway passengers lash out at the protesters holding up the trains or speaking out against the commute clogs. Then again, not all people, including African Americans equate local police with facist death squads. (Clearly, someone needs to take a look at Iran or Syria or mainland "Peoples Republic" of China. ) I daresay the majority of protesters were not of the anonymous movement and practically hijacked the issue of digital censorship for their own anti-police railings. If you want to see anon LULZ this month, August 20th will have Luna C's Lulzy Lulz Raid. It's by the local Chanology SF. This protest at "Club Xenu" goes from 6p-10p and offers a cultraep lulzfest. Co$ still is a favored target because of teh lulz and evidence of butthurt. Tags: war on scientology
Current Music: "Chocolate Rain" by Tay Zonday
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