Archive for March, 2007

US Homeland Security classes TRON as ’sensitive’ - oh really?


Are we to believe that the US Department of Homeland Security has designated the 1982 film TRON as ’sensitive’, and has ordered Walt Disney Studios to turn over all copies of the film?

TRON is a science-fiction film where the adventure takes place within a computer’s circuitry. The character Kevin Flynn is pulled into the computer using a laser controlled by an evil Master Control Program.

I am having a very hard time believing this story. I first encountered it on Fusion Anamolog.

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Saturday, March 31st, 2007

Are you blocked by China?


Great Firewall of China is a site that allows you to find out if your own or any other is blocked by the Chinese government. I’ve had some surprises today, among them the fact that Khlari is blocked. Feisty goths are a big threat to Communism.

Howard is also banned, but then, we homos are known for our desire to undermine totalitarian regimes and subvert the natural order of oppressive bullying hierarchies.

I couldn’t test The Spicy Cauldron when I checked in. No idea why.

A Feminist Lost in the Patriarchy is okay, strangely enough. The Chinese can read her site, no problem. I would have thought feminists would be considered at least as dangerous as goths and queers. But no. Well, not this one!

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Friday, March 30th, 2007