Friday Round-Up

Quote of the Week

• Watching a Mayday episode about the mysterious crash of an Italian I got curious about the case and found this recent story suggesting it was a crazy French assassination attempt based on documents found after the destruction of the Libya:
  http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2011-09-18/news/libyan-secret-documents-said-to-uncover-ustica-tragedy-and-how-gaddafi-escaped-to-malta-unscathed-298884/
  
  
• I'm still disturbed/laughing about Joe Sacco's Bumf comic, it spans WWI slaughter to Obama's drones in the style of a well-drawn 1970s underground comic, hard to praise it enough:
  http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/joe_sacco_a_bomb_in_every_comic_20141102
  
  
• This Twine game stuck with me, I can't claim it really that good, but it did get under my skin. A Russian house-spirit is being evicted by the new secular Soviets. Sometime you have to beat the shaggy goblin with a hammer - repeatedly. Very melancholy but get me to play it a few times, if there is a happy ending I have not found it:
  http://www.bravemule.com/storage/thedomovoi.html
  
  
• The third season of Mike Tyson Mysteries is in effect
  http://www.watchcartoononline.com/mike-tyson-mysteries-season-3-episode-8-save-me
  
  
• People are still putting forward the crazy idea that humans should have to work under threat of death - because that what our current system is: you either work for 'money units' or you die on the streets. Those wacky Swiss.
  
  

  "Swiss Idealist: How My ‘Free Money For All’ Scheme Really Works"
  "There will be rich and poor, as today, there will be wages related to your performance as today, but the basic level will be protected for everyone," he explained. Schmidt believes such a system will reveal to individuals their intrinsic motivation for work, instead of just working for money.

  http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160604/1040788615/switerland-referendum-free-money.html
  
  
• Great interview explain how the 'wars of terror' cash-cow has created a new class of millionaires who must keep these wars going to secure their paycheque.
  https://www.patreon.com/posts/radio-war-nerd-6-5734184
  
  
• Went to start the car and it was dead - that sucked but then it decided to bite down on the key in the ignition and not give it back! Here is how to get your key back by popping out a small little cap next to the shifter - I always wondered what that little cap was hiding
  http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/f77/key-stuck-ignition-8485/
  
  
• Everyone favorite perverted fantasy comic brings out the avocados...
  http://oglaf.com/