This issue dedicated to Jeff Moebus. SWEDISH FINANCE MINISTER GETS JUST DESSERT! EU Finance Ministers were meeting in the Swedish city of Malmö for the Informal ECOFIN Meeting April 20 - 22. Demonstrations, actions and lectures were all planned in a mini counter-summit. Leading up to the Stockholm events, the Swedish Finance Minister, Bosse Ringholm, presented the spring 2001 Swedish state budget. Processing on his way to the presentation, Ringholm was pied, not only once, but twice. In a press release, Stockholms Tårtbrigade (Stockholms Pie Brigade) took credit for providing the early dessert. An irritated Ringholm told news reporters that "This is the kind of thing you do when arguments no longer work!" AFA-Sweden commented by saying, "How right you are Mr. Ringholm!" More info about the events in Malmö can be found at: http://come.to/oresundsaktionen2001 o ooooo o o o o We take up less space; o o o o oo o o o o And say twice as much. o o o ooo ATI! Hi, I'm prime anarchist and this is the e-zine for Saturday, April 28, 2001. Or was it Sunday, Ap... or Monday the first quarter moon... yeah, whatever. First up we got the usual numbers and letters, than we have some news oriented treats for you. Or was that treat oriented news? Yeah, what he said. But even before "first up," (yeah, so early he's taking warmup swings) I've got: PREDICTION: Earthquake near Quebec on or before May 20 of this year. College-Beer-Oriented Riots in Quebec by next Mardi Gras. Oh, and this seems like the week of the "Open Letter" format. You'll see what I mean shortly. And now to the rest of my column. Wonders never cease. Guess what error message I got today in my Windows machine? "This is not a bootable floppy. Replace and press any key when ready." Now I wouldn't bring this up, because it's the right error for what was wrong. I had a floppy in the A drive (which is at the top of my set priorities before booting from the hard-drive.) which only contained txt files. But I bring it up because every other time I've ever powered this machine with a floppy in the A drive that didn't have a command.com in it, I get any of half a dozen random, arbitrary erroneous error message and I go, "oh yeah, right. That means I have a floppy in there that's not bootable." You ever worry right after something works RIGHT for the first time of it's life? I have to ask you about P.J. Squares. (t.m.) Made with fresh roasted peanuts and fruit juice. 10 slices (1.2 oz. ea.) Yes, that's 12 oz of something in a shrink-wrap that makes it look exactly like kraft sandwich slices. You know, the kind with so much preservative added to the casseinate that you won't have to ever refrigerate them. Only THESE slices you have to refrigerate. Hmmm. There must be some food in here then. Or is there? Let's turn over the package for our answer. "What is a PJ Square?" it asks, or more to the point suggests. "Fresh roasted peanuts on one side and Strawberry on the other. It's the quickest, neatest, easiest way to make a P-nutty an' Yummy sandwich!" This is apparently a busy parent's dream. Just slap a piece of wonderbread on a piece of glad-wrap, open up one of these slices of foodstuff, slap it on the bread, take out one more piece of bread, fold up the plastic, stuff it in one of those brown paper bags, add apple or pear to taste and voila! Quick, easy lunch. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! What the fuck are we doing to ourselves? This is a perfect way to make our children ever so much MORE the Columbine-leaning; and we don't even notice, do we??? DUMB, PEOPLE, DUMB. BAD MOVE. AN ASSEMBLY LINE FOR OUR KID'S SCHOOL LUNCHES. YEAH, I KNOW. PERFECT. ALL THE REASON TO HAVE 7.9 MORE CHILDREN. YES, THERE'S ALMOST 8 MORE SLICES IN THIS PACKAGE. Or wait, I'll keep the 2.1 I've got and buy one package a week. And yes, the .1 child'll just have to feel left out once in a while. I'll instruct that one to make a leftover turkey or ham sandwich while I'm poppin' out these perfectly popular PJ Squares. But wait, there's an underlying revenge tucked in this underdog scenario, isn't there? "What did your mom make?" "Boloney, see?" "Oh, yeah, well at least she used Hellmans and not that Miracle Whip, stuff." "But I like Miracle Whip." "Yeah? Then I'll trade you this Roast Beast and Hellmans for your Baloney and Miracle... wait, what did your little brother just..." "I said, ALL I GOT WAS A FRIGGIN' SLICE OF PEANUT HONKIN' APPLEJUICE THING ON TWO PIECES OF PROCESSED FLOUR! MY MOTHER HATES ME, I'M GONNA..." "No, put down that rocket launcher, Dylan, it's not worth it. Don't risk detention, Dylan." "Thad, she always loved you more. Who's gonna trade me ANYTHING for a PJ Square friggin samwich???" NUMBUCE - (273) http://gus.protest.net http://www.hipmama.com http://www.stallman.org http://dru.ca/qc.gallery http://www.rubberhose.org http://dept.kent.edu/may4 http://www.giantheads.com http://ckln.sac.ryerson.ca http://www.caffeproust.com http://free2disagree.cjb.net http://www.thisisdemocracy.org http://thempaasucks.tripod.com http://www.engage.nu/index.php3 http://www.hippy.freeserve.co.uk/csgas.htm http://www.radio4all.org/anarchy/black.html http://www.craigslist.org/aboutus.html#josh http://www.projectcensored.org/cyearbook.htm http://www.infoshop.org/humor/lightbulb2.html http://www.interesting-people.org/200104/0101.html http://www.laslocomm.net/techjournal/ltj_v1_i1.txt http://flag.blackened.net/wwwthreads/wwwthreads.php http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,43339,00.html http://www.thecapitaltimes.com/2001/04/16/news/street_music.php LETTUCE - 0104291458 ¿Sabes? MIENTRAS MI PC TRABAJA YO GANO DINERO!!! ¡¡¡ EN SERIO !!! He descubierto como ganar dinero con mi PC y mi Modem... [No thanks. Send me a personal email though. That'd be nice. Thanks.] to ati@etext.org Check out Deedee O'Malley http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/30/deedee_omalley.html - I believe the title song from her latest CD, BEAUTIFUL L.A., will fit your format beautifully. The song is an upbeat walk down the cynical side of the music scene in L.A. Deedee is a Star 98 Lilith Fair Contest Winner, was voted #1 Female Independent Artist by Music Connection Magazine, and is a featured artist on LA Women in Music CD. Give a listen to all the tunes. Thanks. Annie to ati@etext.org Hey sister, have you heard? Some people stand like trees, without a word and what that means is that some people don't talk. -From Never Tell -Submitted by neilg OPEN LETTER TO http://www.freepressinternational.com [18:02] [17:45] [13:23] freepress: I asked you before to go somewhere else and investigate on your own which 3 government agents infiltrated black bloc and get to the bottom of THAT rather than stir up shit based on flawed generalities like "all of black block are cia." /The following film has been/ /modified from its original/ /version. We've added a JVC/ / commercial in between the/ /previews and the feature / /so we can suck even MORE / money out of you all. / Congratulations to Phil Collins for finding someone 1/3 his age to have a baby with. Born today, this kid will likely inherit about 1/4 of the entire music cartel for the entire planet. Imagine that you get a record deal and find out that the person who owns the person who owns the person who owns the company who owns the person who owns the company who owns Bertlesmann who owns Napster, AOL, Warner-Lambert Bros, Newsweek, Chivas Regal, Chrysler, Taco Bell, Star- Bucks, Grumman, Sikorski, Metallica, Britney Spears AND you is still wearing diapers??? Yikes. And the "understatement-of-the-year" award goes to a ghost writer who said, "Talent doesn't count in today's music business." OPEN LETTER TO DUBYA: There is a small island named Pine (unpopulated) less than one mile off the coast of Connecticut. Please, show me how patriotic you really are, and pull completely out of vieques island. Bomb the shit out of Pine Island, CT and risk YOUR FATHER'S prostate and YOUR MOTHER'S breasts. Leave the indigenous alone. For Mother Earth, Marco OPEN LETTER TO THE CORPORATION WHO WROTE ME: Thank you for contacting us about employment opportunities at ____, inc. We will maintain your resume in an active status for 60 days and will contact you should we have a position that fits your interests and background. We appreciate your interest in ____ and wish you the best in obtaining a challenging are rewarding position. Sincerely, _____ Human Resources Thank you for informing me that yadda yadda, yadda yadda, yadda yadda yadda and yadda yadda. But you left out one very pertinent detail in your very well-typed (or was that printed out?) letter. YOU DIDN'T MENTION I DIDN'T GET THE JOB, YOU SPINELESS PIECE OF ANONOMOUS BUREAUCRATIC "I'M- JUST-DOING-MY-JOB WORTHLESS DRONE. Get out of your cubicle and beat the shit out of yourself. And when you're done, try really hard to wake yourself out of this funk and take back your life, or it'll soon be too late. You'll be herding people onto cattle-cars and chanting "I'm-just-doing-my-job; I'm-just-doing-my-job; I'm-just-doing-my-; I'm-just-doing-;I'm-just-" SHARED PERSONAL LETTER TO BOB KERREY Dear Mr Kerrey, Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you for your own personal healing. Thank you for being the next big facilitator in this vastly ill Nation's healing, and thank you for finally allowing the families of some of the people you've harmed that they may begin healing also. Toward the end of my military career, I was home in Connecticut visiting my mom, and sister, my girlfriend, etc. I happened on a man on Route 1 in Mystic with a plate in his head who was 100% disabled because of shrapnel he'd taken during Nam. He apparently has been holding two signs up in Mystic and also in New London almost every day since the late 70's without fail. One sign says "No More Vietnams," and the other, Mr. Kerrey, says "What About The Children?" I talked with him a little and found out what made him tick, and asked him why he was doing this. Mr. Kerrey, he handed me a George Mizo poem. This poem changed me so much I've done two things since. 1) carried the poem he gave me in my wallet for the rest of my life. 2) scanned it's tattered remains in as a .jpg so I have it on the net. It's at: http://flag.blackened.net/ati/mizo.jpg in case you'd like to look at it, and I'll type it in here in case you'd rather just see the text. Sincerely, marco ==== and Kerrey replies: And my thanks right back to you. Bob ==== Don't blame ME for this one. I'm just passing it along, since the concepts are interesting. Cheshire -- end comment To be a good "Liberal": 1.. You have to believe the AIDS virus is not spread by personal behavior choices but by a lack of federal funding. 2.. You have to believe that the same teacher who can't teach 4th graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex. 3.. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans are more of a threat than U.S. nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Chinese communists. 4.. You have to believe that there was no art before Federal funding. 5.. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical, documented changes in the earth's climate, and more affected by yuppies driving SUVs. 6.. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial, but being homosexual is natural. 7.. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand. 8.. You have to believe that businesses create oppression, and governments create prosperity. 9.. You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but activists who've never been outside of Seattle do. 10.. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it. 11.. You have to believe the military, not corrupt politicians, starts wars. 12.. You have to believe the NRA is bad, because it supports certain parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good, because it supports certain parts of the Constitution. 13.. You have to believe that taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too high. 14.. You have to believe that Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem are more important to American history than Thomas Jefferson, General Robert E. Lee, or Thomas Edison. 15.. You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides aren't. 16.. You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked anywhere it's been tried, is because the right people haven't been in charge. 17.. You have to believe conservatives telling the truth belong in jail, but liars and sex offenders belong in the White House. 18.. You have to believe that homosexual parades displaying drag queens, transvestites and bestiality should be constitutionally protected and manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal. 19.. You have to believe that illegal Democratic party funding by the Chinese is somehow in the best interest of the United States. 20.. You have to believe that a crucifix submerged in urine is art, while a crucifix in a classroom is a threat to our constitutional freedom. ----==[===000===]==---- MY ART IS WORTH TOO MUCH TO TURN DOWN THE FREE GIGS =000= I'd like to say something about Human Resources There. I've said all I need to, huh? = # = LINER NOTES "Most creepy about the Monday hearing [Jaggi Singh] was the description of the infiltration of this political collective. Police testified they had been surveilling the group for several months. Aware that one guy was looking for a job, they created a fake company and advertised for a delivery person. He was hired and found himself driving food between Montreal and Quebec City -- with a cop in the same car! The two ended up being "friends" and in this way the cop got access to the whole group of anarchist militants, and participated in the strategizing for the upcoming Summit. [ref]=[http://www.cmaq.net/viewarticle.ch2?articleid=1503&language=english] THINK ABOUT IT "Human" and "resources." Two words which should NEVER sit next to each other in a sentence. \\(o0o)// STRAY #'S http://www.freespeech.org/kokopeli/latuff/violence.html http://flag.blackened.net/ati/pulitzer.html And in keeping with tradition: we end with a "poetry." You are watching ATI, activist times, dIgesting. A cyber-love-note, to brighten your day in case all you get anymore in your inbox is yucky stuff. A breadth of fresh hair. _____ (_ _)_ | | (_) ___ ___ __ ___ | | | |/' _ ` _ `\ /'__`\/',__) | | | || ( ) ( ) |( ___/\__, \ (_) (_)(_) (_) (_)`\____)(____/ Send blogs, cogs and pol(l)ywogs to: ati@etext.org Webby nominations and libellous gossip about CNN, AP and Fox's Shephard Smith should be directed to: lutenist@geocities.com get the 'zine in marked up form (custom made - each one unique!) at: http://www.thepentagon.com/primeanarchist You, my church, told me it was wrong to kill... except in war. You, my teachers, told me it was wrong to kill... except in war. You, my father & mother, told me it was wrong to kill... except in war. you, my friends, told me it was wrong to kill... except in war. You my country, told me it was wrong to kill... except in war. You sent me to war to kill... And when I had no choice... You told me I was wrong. But now I know, you were wrong... And now I will tell you... My church, My teachers, My father and mother, My friends, My country... It is not wrong to kill in war... It is wrong to kill... Period. And this you have to learn... Just as I did. George Mizo A Vietnam Veteran For Peace [Again: this issue dedicated to Jeff Moebus.]