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Where is the reaction to Wikileaks?

2011-04-29T00:45:00.001-07:00

No, I don't mean hailing Julian Assange as the new messiah or, alternatively, calling for him to be murdered in cold blood. I mean, beyond the weird Cult of Assange thing that's going on.

Wikileaks, for a large part, isn't telling us stuff we hadn't already suspected. You could go as far as to say that most of it we already knew. But there's 'knowing' something and it going on somewhere far away and maybe it's real and maybe it's not, and there's 'knowing' something as in it is out there in the open and in your face. Wikileaks is making the former into the latter.
And, for me, it pretty much makes the entire Western world a hideous place of hypocrisy, lies and heinous crimes.
In our name.

They are our governments. Our corporations. We live in their countries. We buy their products. We work for them. They pay our wages and we pay their taxes. We support it. And now we can't even pretend not to know about it. We are now accomplices if we do not make a stand.

And I find it hilarious that some condemn Wikileaks for this. Call for them to be shut down. Call for the death of Assange. Really? Calling for someones death because they had the balls to get the truth out there?! Because they got your crimes out in the open? Because they make it harder for you to pretend this shit doesn't happen. Makes a mockery of every working day in the Western world. Freedom? Nope, we don't have that. Morals? Not a fucking chance.

We'll make people disappear and torture them with no problem. Funny too that a big deal was made of that one German who was taken and held without trial or due process because it turned out he was the wrong guy. Even if he was the right guy, it's STILL WRONG!

And I say a big deal was made of it but only within the limited press reporting on the leaks.
No arrests have been made. Except for Jesus 2, Julian Assange, who I'm really suspect about altogether but that's a separate issue. Where is the real reaction? The outrage? The arrests for crimes that have come out in the open with these cables?
Where is the reaction?

As far as I'm concerned, these leaks simply make real what most of us suspected. And what that does is make a complete mockery of the Western world. Not just the US. Every country. Hell, not even just the Western world. The whole thing. It's a mess. A complete utter joke. These governments have outlived their usefulness. The corporations should be torn down. This entire society should be allowed to fall apart so it can build something new.
Something better.

For the people. Not for the money. Not for politics. Not for pure evil. For the people.
Just the people.

Facebook by santhOOsh

2011-04-29T00:27:00.001-07:00

Embarrassing incidents

2011-04-29T00:25:00.001-07:00

Halloween Cat

2011-04-29T00:18:00.000-07:00

What is asshole

2011-04-29T00:13:00.000-07:00

Funny Animal Photo

Funny Cartoon Picture

2011-04-29T00:11:00.001-07:00

Funny Picture Cartoon

Funny Cartoon Management Lesson

2011-04-29T00:08:00.000-07:00

Funny Management Lesson Cartoon

Norman Rockwell is a CHEATER!

2011-04-28T23:58:00.000-07:00

Norman Rockwell is a CHEATER!

My kids have been asking me for art lessons lately. Lillian has been making anime and manga, and wanted to learn to create action scenes. First, I directed her to WALLY WOOD'S 22 PANELS, an invaluable document which every Marvel Comics artist has at his drawing board.

Next, we went to the Brooklyn Museum to see the work of my favorite illustrator, Norman Rockwell. Rockwell was an expert at telling a complete story using wordless images. He's world-famous for the realism of his paintings. How did Rockwell create such convincingly photorealistic illustrations? By copying photographs!

A lot of stupid fanboys have recently been mocking some Marvel and DC comics artists for using photographs to create realistic art, as if the artists are somehow "cheating."
Well, guess what, morons? We all do it. It's what they teach you in art school; How to trace and copy to make art.
My job as an illustrator is to entertain, not to make things up out of my head. It's not a memory test.

Norman Rockwell is one of the greatest painters of all time! If you want to be as great as he is, do what he did! Trace photographs!
Below, another great artist, Gil Elvgren reveals his secret...

The brilliant Maxfield Parrish:

Vermeer used a camera;

Alex Ross's hands (from his web site)

The Greatest Cartoonist Of All Time™

I'm too lazy to track down the photos I used. I don't usually hold on to reference, but I assure you these images were all traced or copied.

Such a Long Tounge

2011-04-28T23:54:00.001-07:00

Dirty Fest

2011-04-19T23:44:00.001-07:00

They had some kind of music fest this weekends near Moscow. It was conducted at the place that was located between two rivers with a narrow road connecting it with “big grounds”, so when the storm rains forecasted some time before acc

Pilot Says “Love You”

2011-04-19T23:40:00.001-07:00

One Russian pilot has said “Love You” to his girlfriend in a manner that the whole Perm city has learned about that too.

The Building Shower

2011-04-19T23:38:00.001-07:00

Sometimes the buildings need showers too.

In this case the underground high pressure water pipes come in very handy. When they become too worn out they demand some attention and complain about this to houses in a furious fountain way.

There is a video inside too.

Funny Cartoons For Enjoyment

2011-04-19T23:37:00.000-07:00

In everyday life there are different moods in people life like angry, smiling, tension etc....here we collected some funny cartoons and we sure that you laugh after seeing these funny cartoons and feel great.

The cockerel lollipop for everyone

2011-04-19T06:51:00.001-07:00

It’s Spring, Say SUNk

2011-04-19T06:47:00.001-07:00

Toy Soldiers Parade in the Red Square

2011-04-19T06:29:00.001-07:00

A Bit Too Rainy Minsk

2011-04-19T06:25:00.000-07:00

While Moscow can at the moment bristle at its exceptional weather (+32C/ +90F), it seems that the capital of Belarus, Minsk, is not up for the same heat spree and decided to cheer its inhabitants up with a bit of a flood.

Swimming With White Whales

2011-04-19T06:20:00.001-07:00

News From Russian Roads

2011-04-19T06:17:00.001-07:00

Japanese Cars Delivery Fail

2011-04-19T06:16:00.000-07:00

Don’t Go Mini In Ukraine!

2011-04-19T06:13:00.000-07:00

Only In Russia You May See

2011-04-19T06:09:00.001-07:00

Wackiest Russian Vehicles

2011-04-19T05:43:00.000-07:00

The most bizarre Russian vehicles one couldn’t even imagine.

The Timeless Russian Problem: Bad Roads

2011-04-19T05:31:00.001-07:00

The Most Creative

2011-04-19T05:28:00.001-07:00

Recently there have appeared many interesting outdoor ads in Russia. Though their performance is often very lame and ideas are not always original, such advertising is certainly an example of Russian creativity which arouses passers-by’s interest and smile.