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The Barrett Brown Review of Arts and Letters and Prison: Stop Sending Me Jonathan Franzen Novels

Another fun piece written by Barrett Brown from federal prison, this time about Purity.

Here are some older articles along similar lines.

This is a reposted submission with editing.

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Anonymous Coward-28 writes:

Incomplete list.

Overlord. (13 episodes) Too short. Ending yelled "our production budget is too small". Really, felt like an advertisement to learn WRITTEN japanese, and buy the raw manga from amazon.co.jp; to find out what happens next.

Chaos Dragon. (12 episodes) Beautifully dark; at least for the first few episodes. The "happily ever after" ending felt tasteless and disgusting. Doesn't anybody know how to write a good tragedy anymore ?

Normally, I wouldn't submit trash like this; but the queue's empty, so . . .

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Original Submission

• A London Cereal Café Was Attacked by an Anti-Gentrification Group Called 'Fuck Parade'
• The hipster Cereal Killer Cafe owners aren't the East End's real enemy
• Cereal Killer protest: police investigate threats against cafe owners
• Cereal cafe defended by Boris Johnson after gentrification demo

We're getting set up to have an Eclipse party with the kids tonight. We're going to arrange to be driving on the road with a very good view of the rising "supermoon" when it comes up. Then we're heading to the store to pick up a cheap tent as a surprise - three of our boys are going to have the option to camp out in the woods tonight if they like, but they don't know that, yet. After we get home the partial eclipse should be just beginning and we'll all hang out outside watching it for awhile. The boys can hang out and watch to the bitter end if they want, but I bet they'll be asleep before that.

Interestingly enough, our youngest daughter was actually born the night of the first lunar eclipse in this tetrad. We drove home late from the birth center that night watching the moon disappear, which was pretty cool. So I've made a point to notice each of these four eclipses as they've passed (couldn't see one due to clouds - hoping for better visibility tonight).

ETA: Crud. Clouds rolled in. At least the boys got their tent.

ETA: Wow. Right after the kids fell asleep, we went out, and the sky was almost cloudless, with zillions of stars showing. The moon was still behind what was left of the clouds, but we could see it glowing through and it was a great sight with binoculars. Went back out 25-30 minutes later and it was totally gone and clouds covered everything again. Finally went out for one last look about 30 minutes before the partial eclipse was over, and that spot of the sky was clear for some spectacular viewing. It's a shame the kids didn't get to see anything at all, but they were still thrilled by the tent.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34358380

Los Angeles police said Majed Abdulaziz al-Saud, 28, was arrested on Wednesday and released the following day after posting a $300,000 (£197,000) bond. He is scheduled to appear in court on October 19 to face a charge of "forced oral copulation". Al-Saud does not have diplomatic immunity, police said.

So I joked last Sunday about how some of my kids gave a pass on watching Star Trek to go play role playing games. This Sunday will be different: there's a new episode of Star Trek Continues! It's neat to see my kids' preferences: most of them prefer TOS over everything else (we skip around and watch random episodes every Sunday) although one likes Voyager the most. Star Trek Continues is actually how we got started doing this, and they all love it.

Three of the kids didn't want to watch Star Trek with the rest of the family today; they were too busy playing a pen and paper role playing game of their own devising.

In other news, I think I'm successfully raising kids to be a lot like me...

http://www.cnn.com/ (right on the front page, no Fox BS)
Or an audio stream.

Starts at 5:10 PM PT, 8:10 PM ET.

Wikipedia:

The undercard broadcast took place at 3 PM PDT, while the main card broadcast will occur at 5 PM PDT. The candidates in the main debate are Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie, and John Kasich. The candidates in the undercard debate are Bobby Jindal, Lindsey Graham, Rick Santorum, and George Pataki. Rick Perry suspended his campaign on September 11, effectively ending his candidacy. The two-tiered CNN broadcasts will be consecutive, with the primetime debate planned to immediately follow the second-tier broadcast. The moderator is Jake Tapper of CNN, with side-by-side participation by Hugh Hewitt of Salem Radio.

Other stuff:

• NYT live coverage
• PolitiFact
• Republican Party presidential debates, 2016
• Twitter live

Pushing To Attract Millennials, Taco Bell Will Offer Beer And Wine

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On Tuesday, Taco Bell announced it is launching a new concept that "redefines fast food experience." The first of these "experiences" will open in Chicago next week, and another one will follow later this month in San Francisco.

In a statement, the company says:

"Taco Bell Cantina restaurants will be the first and only Taco Bell restaurants to serve alcohol to customers who are of legal drinking age. The San Francisco restaurant will serve beer and wine only, while Wicker Park will serve, beer, wine, sangria and twisted Freezes. Cantina restaurants will also feature a new tapas-style menu of sharable appetizers — including nachos and rolled tacos — during designated hours each evening, in addition to the standard Taco Bell Menu."

These new cantinas won't have drive-throughs and will have open kitchens, according to a press release. They will also have digital menu boards, television monitors and an option for customers to use a mobile app to order and pay for their food.

[...] As USA Today reports:

"The company knows that its Millennial customers increasingly are attracted to urban areas, where real estate is pricey. Company officials think that selling a stiffer drink might pad the receipts — the typical Taco Bell receipt is in the $7 range — and in turn help make their urbanization push more doable.

" 'To put in a drive-thru you need land,' Neil Borkan, the Taco Bell franchisee who will operate the Chicago test location, told USA TODAY. 'Can you imagine buying an acre of land in a neighborhood like [Chicago's] Wicker Park? You couldn't afford it. As real estate becomes more and more expensive, this kind of concept makes more sense.'

"Taco Bell is treading carefully into booze. While quick-service rival Starbucks recently announced it would accelerate its push of its beer and wine program and has applied for liquor licenses for hundreds of stores across the USA in recent months, Taco Bell spokesman Rob Poetsch said the company could potentially open 10 locations selling hard drinks next year."