5/23
Current mood: crazy
Category: Automotive

it is 5 kallisti
all hail dISCORDIA
eat some wood
pillage your neibghors flower garden and then buy them some beer
flip off your boss and ask for a raise!

9:09 AM - 1 Comments - 2 Kudos - Add Comment

a tiny rant
Current mood: discontent
Category: Life

i was just watching one of those television judge shows that the local fox channel shows almost constantly.  these jackass judges are all shitheads.  i realize that some of these know-it-alls are hamming it up for the camera when they browbeat or belittle the people that make the mistake of letting them adjudicate thier disputes.  they're always cutting people off, raising thier voices and snarking it up when the litigants try and explain things to them.  fuck these assholes!  its not just the celebrity judges either.  i've stood in front of my fair share of judges and they are all jerks.  law school, a black robe, and a shitty little wooden hammer gives these pieces of shit the right to be dicks and lord thier authority over us plebians?!  fuck them all i say, from the lowly local buffoon judge spears to that sanctimonious ex-cop meathead on TV.  they can all stick thier little wooden hammers up thier asses and spin til the splinters make them bleed!!!

this concludes my anti-authority rant

Currently listening : Deicide By Deicide Release date: 23 June, 1998

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Blackwater Neighborhood Patrol
Current mood: nervous
Category: News and Politics

from:
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0907/091207kp1.htm

Contractors take on expanded role in drug warBy Katherine McIntire Peters kpeters@govexec.com September 12, 2007 Late last month, the Pentagon tapped five major defense contractors to provide wide-ranging support in global counter-narcotics operations. The contract, worth up to $15 billion over the next five years, illustrates the extent to which the Defense Department is relying on contractors to perform critical missions while combat forces are stretched thin by operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In response to specific task orders issued under the indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract, companies will develop and deploy new surveillance technologies, train and equip foreign security forces and provide key administrative, logistical and operational support to Defense and other agencies such as the Drug Enforcement Administration.
According to the work statement provided to bidders, the vast majority of the drive will be conducted overseas.
"The contractor shall provide security and related services in support of [counter-narcoterrorism and] related missions to include, but not limited to, intelligence, medical, logistics, canine services, surveillance, counter-surveillance, aerial over-watch, security advisory, etc. The services may be incidental to other activities (i.e., training programs, construction, etc.) or the primary purpose of the [task order]," the statement said.
Three task orders included in the request for proposals issued last December give some sense of the contract's scope:
The first task order requires the contractor to develop and install high-resolution shortwave infrared cameras and all necessary appurtenances on two types of aircraft. A second requires the contractor to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support in Trans-Saharan Africa by identifying the best platform and sensor suite; designing, building, operating and maintaining a base of operations; and providing various analytical reports. A third "sample" task order requires the contractor to develop a program to train border police in Afghanistan to guard crossings, prevent the flow of contraband, and search people and vehicles.
All contractor personnel must have security clearances for handling classified information, and some must possess clearances for special access programs, including those at the Top Secret/sensitive compartmented information level.
Awardees include Raytheon Technical Services Co., Lockheed Martin Co., Northrop Grumman Corp., Arinc Inc., and Blackwater USA. The contract was let by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command on Aug. 24 on behalf of the Pentagon's Counter-Narcoterrorism Technology Program Office.
The mission of the counter-narcoterrorism office is to "develop and deploy technology that aids disrupting, deterring and denying the flow of drugs, people, information, money and weapons related to illegal drug trafficking and narcoterrorism," according to a 2003 Pentagon memo that expanded the charter. The office was formerly known as the DoD Counterdrug Technology Development Program Office.
While contractors have long supported federal counternarcotics programs, the scope of requirements in the contract issued last month is new. In late February 2006, Space and Missile Defense Command issued a "sources sought" document seeking information from industry about the support that contractors could provide for the counter-drug mission.
Two months later, at an industry briefing in April, Defense officials estimated that the value of the contract would be $500 million to $750 million per year over five years, according to briefing documents. Clearly, the Pentagon's requirements expanded between that briefing and last December, when Defense issued its request for proposals.
As the work statement in the request noted: "Due to the rapid adaptability of the counter-narcoterrorist threat, special federal government spending authorities are available to the [deputy assistant secretary of Defense for counter-narcoterrorism]."

Like the sound of a private police force consisting of security contractors (mercenaries) watching over you (watching you)? with "narcoterrorism" on thier minds?

Currently listening : The Last Temptation of Reid By Lard Release date: 26 September, 1990

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a trippy dream
Current mood: groggy
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

so, as much as i can remember the dream begins with me standing in line for a haunted house sort of thing.  once inside i realize that i'm in a cave and there are dozens of people huddled in dark corners fearful and cowering.  so i get the feeling there's something strange about the haunted house and i'm not gonna sit around waiting for whatever fate awaits the refugee-like people in the cave.  so i start exploring cave passages and soon come to a line of people.  the line of people ends in another cave where strange ugly humanoids are handing people pieces of paper.  i take mine and move on with the line of people to another cave, where i take the time to look at the paper.  on the paper is the figure of a human with the best cuts of meat oulined for butchery and i think to myself..."fuck this."  so i leave the line of chattel, looking for a way out.  eventually i find a pile of furniture leading up to hole in the cave ceiling, from which i can hear people talking.  i climb up the pile and out of the hole to find myself in a mall.  here, there is yet another line.  so like any good American, i get in line.  finally i get to the counter and find out that i get a prize for not being eaten.  there is a stack of cd's that i look through, conscious that i'm holdin up the line.  all the cd's are utter shit and i say that to the girl at the counter..."these suck, all of them."  the girl tells me to look at the bottom cd, and i do.  it is a dvd, the golden collection of "the tick", all the tick episodes plus some that don't exist.  i take the cd and wake up.

Currently listening : King of the Grey Islands By Candlemass Release date: 17 July, 2007

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