What is the sound of a guitar gently weeping? Live! From the low-band of Kevin Mitnick's HamRadio it's aTi. At Thousand-Oaks Island. Judge Richard Sippel, do you copy? A small piece of justice recovered. You are a better man for it. Over. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Out. _ _ _ _ __ _ __ | |_ (_) __ __ (_) ___ | |_ / _` | / _| | _| | | \ V / | | (_-< | _| \__,_| \__| \__| |_| \_/ |_| /__/ \__| _ _ | |_ (_) _ __ ___ ___ | _| | | | ' \ / -_) (_-< \__| |_| |_|_|_| \___| /__/ 0212291334 hrs ATI 340! For the week ending tomorrow or yesterday, depending on which ethnicity you like or dislike. PUBLISHIARY COLUMNIARY You prolly noticed something extra "under your tree" this year. Something really neato. Keen. Yeah, that's right. Counting this issue, you got three (count em 3) editions of ATI. Activist Tiactivist Iactivist. Mumbo jumbo. That's a lot o' rant, ramble, raving writing and parithmetic. (the PA is silent) Yup. That's because there's much to say, lots to do. and mega bigtime hella lot to share. I've also had six (count em 6) people ghostwriting this month. A couple will continue on, but the rest are done until summer or so, they say. I bet they don't come around until next year though. Either way, I think that's a record here. Truth be told, aTi has never been written by more than three or four people at a time. And in our 13-year history I must say most weeks have gone by with this one lonely little old me to write, edit AND publish, save for the occasional "letted" or #s RUN URL submission. At any rate, things welled up so much by mid-Dec we decided to put out 3-in-a-row as close to the day they call "XMas" as possible. So here's the 3rd of 3. Enjoy. Could we sustain this kind of behavior? 2 or 3 per week? Hells no. But could this be the sign of a shift toward a 2X / wk schedule? Wrong again. No way. Nah! Just there's so much coming in -- much needs to go out, and you know I don't like to edit things down too tiny, or very much at all, eh? Brings us back to the "weekly" periodicity. About 4-a-month. Fairly close-tuned to the lunar fazes. I mean phases. Er uh, er, I mean phrases. Word. -={ Prime }=- HALF-PRICE GIFTWRAP ONLY AT ATI Yeah, yeah, we know. 50% of zero is 0. Sure. Go ahead. You know you wanna. Print out this 'zine, get some scotch tape and wrap up a belated gift for someone. Yes, give them homemade ATI "newsprint" giftwrap. Washington's economy won't thank you, but worry not! Mr. Housekeeping (ekonomos) is an ingrate anyhow. You'll get your thanks from the entire universe. And contrary to popular belief, the US. Eco - Nomy's NOT senior ranked to the universe. SHARDS a poem by marco 59 beads is a rosary 33 is the same but anglican 33 or 99 makes muslimism they say 108 is the hindu mala And it is said that 27, 54 or 108 beads make you a buddhist. Gee is it any clearer? That we are each left with Just a few pieces of the Whole truth. #'s http://www.antiwar.com http://www.blackopradio.com http://www.newsmakingnews.com http://www.notowar.com/media.html http://www.rawilson.com/links.shtml http://www.indieradio.org/submitrecordings C&C: A More Harounish Satanic Versesish Comparison And Contrast: Tallit and Kafiya: How similar; How different? SIFODOH: Sitting In Front Of Dahmer's Old House The Weekly Column On Violence In The Untied States Yesterday, I saw Bowling For Columbine again. My second time. This doesn't mean much to this column in the grand scheme of things, but I just thought I'd mention this as the documentary asks some of the same questions you and I do. QUESTION: Of Child Husbandry Is four minutes a proper time-out? And is 4+ moving toward being seen as abuse? Is time-out in a corner, a bathroom floor or a currently unoccupied room proper for a timeout? But is a closet abuse? Especially if you lock the door, right? Where do parents and "careworkers" draw these lines, and where do children? How about child-advocates and how about the state? We really need to ask these questions "aloud" don't we? When is an egg-timer therapy, and when is it a subtle form of torture? What exactly *IS* a timeout anyways, and how many times a day is still "effective?" Did Jack the Ripper have timeouts? And how about Timothy McVeigh? Did Benjamin Spock do timeouts? Mr. Rogers? Captain Kangaroo? George W. Bush? Baby Bush. I'll leave it at that. [INLINE] (PAWN) Unemployed Japanese look over job listings on computers at an unemployment office in Kadoma City, Osaka. As the EnronOsaka price-per-share plummets, so jobless rates and bankruptcies soar. QUOTE: "For better or worse, Americans by the millions get their information about politics from 'The West Wing.'" --Frank Luntz QUOTE: & NOW ATI'S FUNNIEST QUOTE OF THE WHOLE WEEK QUOTE: "This is not a porn video, it is a clean-cut strip video only." [found in a weekly newspaper ad looking for "acters."] A SHORT NOTE FROM THE GLICK BOOK In Berkeley, California in the late 1960s, activists used whistles, noisemakers, and spotlights to ward off FBI and police harrassment. When law enforcement personnel entered an area, the first person to spot them would alert other activists in the vicinity. Soon dozens of people were gethered around the intruders, blowing loud whistles, shining bright lights on them, and demanding that they leave. The effect was to ridicule the FBI and police and undermine their intimidating mystique. Activists had fun in the process, and gained a sense of their collective power. [ref]=[http://www.publiceye.org/liberty/War_at_Home/Glick_Overview.html] ANOTHER GREAT QUOTE (OR PRETTY GREAT...) "Tasteful wear has become part of an album's look and is a visible metaphor for an LP's history." -- Art Greinke OPEN LETTER TO POWERBALL WINNER So, how's it feel to win big? Oh, we already asked you that the last couple careers, didn't we? Meeting Daily, US Nerve Center Prepares Terrorists (PAWN) NORAD, Colorado - At about 8:45 most mornings in a conference room deep inside a mountain, the CIA, FBI, and a dozen other 3 & 4-letter agencies meet to debate how the Pentagram should respond if the whole ship leaks and sinks too much. Four Star General Phillip R Eberhard throws out doomsday scenarios for a new wave of attacks easily blamable on Al Queda, or some other GOT (group-of-terror) such as the Daschle-Feingold Brigade (nicknamed Dirty Buggers or DFB) or the dreaded Simbiotic Leiberation Army. For up to an hour each day in what is blandly called "The Commander's Situational Attitudinal Maintainance Meeting" (or C-SAMM for short) General Eberhardt asks representatives of the 14 agencies (that we're allowed to discuss) a roster that includes DOS, NSA, NASA, NAUSA, the FAA, the FASA, and the FAUSA, essentially everyone EXCEPT FEMA (yes, FEMA's never there. Repeat, FEMA's never there. Do you hear me? FEMA is NOT there every morning.) for updates from their experts and advice on what if the worst happens. There are boxes of alka-seltzer in each hallway along with Pain-Aid (TM) and Aspirin (TM) and the brand new Eli Lillies (Also TM) and a psychotherapist sits in a front lobby Info-Booth that strongly resembles Lucy from the Peanuts cartoon. Eberhard says he is sensitive to the concerns of Civil Liberties and that he would respond to a terrorist attack ONLY IF the White House and Pentagram tell him it's O.K. "We understand Civics101," he said. "I really don't think based on those checks and balances, that we're going to get into a situation where the military will be doing something they shouldn't." T R I L O G Y DEPART MENT: Store Blues A story in three parts. 1) ati 340 2) ati 341 3) ati 342 I shopped at Caldor the other day. I bought three things; all from different departments. I always like giving Caldor my money even though the original owners sold it many years ago; back in the 80's I'm told. Carl and Deloris Bennet live comfortably now somewhere in western Connecticut. One of the managers at the Norwich store tells me they're doing well. Just your typical retired old people, I guess. Once when I was young I went to the Groton Caldor wearing a shirt and tie; and I filled out a job application. Those were the days when you didn't need a resume to land minimum-wage jobs. But a young man was always assured that a tie gave him a "shoe in." I honestly don't know if it was a manager or an owner who took my application, but she directed me into her office saying it just happened to be a slow moment and if I was willing she could interview me right away. She offered me coffee and I obliged. I honestly didn't know how I liked coffee yet, so I asked for it "with everything." All went well with the interview until she got to the line about my date of birth. Yes it was my 14th birthday. She wished me a happy birthday and explained to me that by law she couldn't hire me for another two years. She said I was a very nice charming determined young man, and that she was certain I would do quite well for my self in all of life. If I came back in a few years, I had her word that she would personally find me a job somewhere within the company. I thanked her, shook her hand, held up my face until I left the building and then cried all the way home. I never took her up on that job offer two years later as I'd ended up working at a local Elks Club that paid twice the minimum wage. Cash! And a year early, but I won't go there in THIS story. A year later I found out at a family reunion while my father was picking on me for what I'll always remember as "that Caldor moment," that my grandmother used to buy fruit from Deloris Bennet back during the depression. Lots of fruit. My grandmother supported my grandfather's two failing clothing stores by selling apples in front of factories during shift changes and breaks. Her philosophy was, "If they can't afford anything else, they should at least buy fruit." "You actually knew Carl Bennet?" I asked my grandfather. "Knew him?" he said. "I helped him open the clothing departments to all his stores years ago." When my grandfather sold his three clothing stores back in the 70's, you could say he went on to live and die comfortably in Pawtucket and Warwick, Rhode Island. I'll never forget when my 9th grade prom was coming up and my grandfather looked me up and down and said "38 short." No tape measure or anything. Grampa still "had it." That was long after he'd sold off his stores. One became a chain of "Gentleman's Wearhouses," and the others are still in Warwick and Providence run by children of some of his original partners. My dad took me to Anderson Little outfitting me a really cool light brown corderoy 3-piece suit. "36 medium," the salesman said measuring me with tape. He tried a few suits on me and they looked almost right in the mirror, but never felt right. (CON'T Next Issue) ANALYSIS: Lies Don't Figure; Music Figures Don't... AP says best-selling albums for '02 *WERE* by Eminem Nelly Avril Lavigne Dixie Chicks 8Mile Soundtrack Pink Ashanti Alan Jackson O BrotherWhereArtThou Shania Twain Hmm. Only four of these sound the least bit familiar to me, and I listen to, play, write and record music all day, every day. What's wrong with this picture? Best selling according to who? Is this dollar returns for each artist? Some for each corporation? Each major label?? Or is this perhaps based on how much each artist's PR department budgets for a year's worth of "Product Recognition?" Is this how much was bought anywhere in the world, just the US? One state like NY or L.A.? Or perhaps only one store? And since there's still four days left to the year, I should ask if this isn't only part of a year, like did they poll just a coupld stores for a couple days? Weeks? And since the album publishing season really only goes from like mid-Sept til about late Dec, I would have to ask out loud whether this didn't just reflect Christmas, Chanuka, Kwanzaa sales? So who does AP claim made this year-end "Top 10?" Nielsen SoundScan. Figures. VOTER ALERT: If Hillary runs I might vote (for her). If she picks Liebensheizahozen though, I will definitely not. Frankly, I've no room in my heart for fascism, no matter which ethnic group it eminates from. Clinton gave the "radio address" retort yesterday. Didja hear it? Me either. But I sure did read about it, thank you very much. It was big news everywhere. Didn't you notice? It's her first radio addy, according to the AP. APparrently you must ask permission of the democrats to do this. Since when do you need permit to key a mic? (DON'T ANSWER THAT!) So she's going to get a lot of mileage out of saying she's definitely not running for pResident the next few months. I predict she makes it official March 1. 'Zine #340 ends with a POEM: Because We All Need More Thneeds Needless Things; Need Less Things send all sendmail to: (well, scroll down...) | o ,---. |--- . ,---| | | `---^ `---' ` OK So this was AT. The Activist Timez. ...as usual send all fede-bak 2: ati@etext.org And just remember. A bird in hand is worth... Well, not much. I think porkbellies would get you more at the market T H E S E D A Y S ======================== ooh, second ending: /free/ /subscription?/ /send/ SUBSCRIBE ATI /to/ listserver@franklins.net Click on the homepage at: http://flag.blackened.net/ati/zine/infomaniack.html http://www.angelfire.com/wi/kokopeli/cygnus.html for back issues and to order hats shirts, lunch boxes. Hurry there's only _00_ left! 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