THE LEMON BASKET: THE BEST & WORST OF THE WEB
#481 JULY 25, 2008
Copyright 2008 FRANCIS DIMENNO
http://www.dimenno.gather.com/
francisdimenno@yahoo.com
AGITPROP
"Those who manipulate the organized habits and opinions of the masses
constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of
our country."- Edward Bernays
"You can hardly imagine the warfare that broke out in this area in the
first half of the last century. It would hardly be an exaggeration to
say that sometimes real 'astral battles' took place." - General Boris
Ratnikov, former KGB officer
"The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of
opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts." -
Benedict Spinoza
"No one ever heard of the truth being enforced by law. Whenever the
secular arm is called in to sustain an idea, whether new or old, it is
always a bad idea, and not infrequently it is downright idiotic." -
H.L. Mencken
"The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to
make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's
power. Because they control the minds of the masses." - Malcolm X
"We need a program of psychosurgery and political control of our
society. The purpose is physical control of the mind. Everyone who
deviates from the given norm can be surgically mutilated. The
individual may think that the most important reality is his own
existence, but this is only his personal point of view. This lacks
historical perspective. Man does not have the right to develop his own
mind. This kind of liberal orientation has great appeal. We must
electrically control the brain. Some day armies and generals will be
controlled by electrical stimulation of the brain." - Dr. Jose
Delgado
"During a war, news should be given out for instruction rather than
information."- Joseph Goebbels
ICONOGRAPHY OF CONTAGION: AN ESSAY IN PICTURES
http://dillsnapcogitation.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/mind_control_america.jpg
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/arts/Iconography_Contagion-2.jpg
http://www.andysocial.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/crankymen-need-thorazine.jpg
http://scienceblogs.com/bushwells/upload/2006/11/Thorazine.jpg
http://badbanana.typepad.com/weblog/images/2007/06/16/thorazine2.jpg
http://www.pantherhouse.com/newshelton/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/eye-thorazine.jpg
http://uncle.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/rocknoir.jpg
http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4141f3422685e00d4144253d06a47-500pi
http://www.msuextensionhousing.org/photos/featuremethpics/large/faceofmethusr.jpg
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5205/benzedrineinhalerda7.jpg
http://www.earlymodernweb.org.uk/wpimages/newcal.jpg
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9218/dexamylhq1.jpg
http://www.mnddc.org/parallels2/prologue/4-drug_ads/drug21.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/339554354_7f0604f241_o.jpg
http://blingblingauctions.freeservers.com/DVD%20DVD/commercials%20vol%20two/colt%2045.jpg
http://www.synthstuff.com/mt/archives/vintage-drugs.jpg
http://www.victoryseeds.com/candystore/images/fizzies/1960_ad.jpg
http://psychodoc.eek.jp/abare/gallery/serenace5_t.jpg
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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/67/184674772_3710d9bc46.jpg?v=0
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/stylishnoodle/Old%20Ads/914b9d4a.jpg
http://www.decodog.com/inven/MD/md29009.jpg
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http://pzrservices.typepad.com/vintageadvertising/images/2007/06/18/vintage_cigarette_ad.jpg
http://thesituationist.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/cigarette-ads.jpg
http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/gallery2/d/49482-1/DAISY%20RIFLES%20-%20For%20kids%20who%20like%20to%20smoke_%20_1963_.jpg
http://emulsioncompulsion.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/rommels-rod-the-krazy-kommand-kar-1969.jpg
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:EBn_WwL937czCM:http://media.skybuilders.com/Lydon/Images/rockefeller.jpg
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http://www.adclassix.com/images/56beerbrewers.jpg
http://www.dccomics.com/mad/images/will_elder/beerbelongs_lg.jpg
SOURCE:
http://www.thenoiseboard.com/index.php?showtopic=189196&st=0
1*SALUTATION
THE SITUATIONIST
http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/about/
2*REFERENCE
EARLY MODERN RESOURCES
http://earlymodernweb.org.uk/emr/
3*HUMOR
JERRY LEWIS AND THE MDA
http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/tag/mda
4*NOVELTY
GREY LODGE OCCULT REVIEW
http://www.greylodge.org/occultreview/glor_007/dopefiend.htm
5*AVATAR OF THE ZEITGEIST
ELECTRIC ALYCE
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1125/788546686_bae0fe8d49.jpg
6* DAILY UTILITY
NEWS AGGREGATOR
http://www.wynia.org/experiments/opmlsampler/scoble/
7*CARTOON
http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/jmo1149l.jpg
8*PRESCRIPTION
PHARMACEUTICAL ADS
JAPANESE
http://psychodoc.eek.jp/abare/gallery/index_e.html
SPANISH
http://www.flickr.com/photos/exnovo/sets/72157594191592919/
AMERICAN
http://community.livejournal.com/vintage_ads/88173.html
http://www.decodog.com/inven/psychological1.html
ALSO SEE:
THORAZINE CURES HICCOUGHS
Indications and Usage
Management of manic phase of manic-depressive disorder; treatment of
schizophrenia; relief of anxiety and restlessness prior to surgery;
adjunct in treatment of tetanus; management of acute intermittent
porphyria and severe behavioral and conduct disorders in children 1 to
12 years of age; control of nausea and vomiting; relief of intractable
hiccoughs.
http://www.drugs.com/ppa/chlorpromazine-hydrochloride.html
9*RUMOR PATROL
SPEED
To those interested in public health topics, I would highly recommend this book:
On Speed : the many lives of amphetamine / Nicolas Rasmussen.
http://www.on-speed.com/CONTENTS.html
"Rasmussen documents America's eighty year love affair with
amphetamine and its various permutations. Monumental in scope and
research, the book traces the history of this seductive drug's uses
for a myriad of 'illnesses' when the true sickness may be inherent to
our unique American society. Given our current extraordinary use of
this drug, On Speed is an urgent and necessary read."
-Lawrence Diller, M.D., author of Running on Ritalin
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2007043261-d.html
1O*LAGNIAPPE
MASS MEDIA MIND CONTROL AND THE HERD MENTALITY
http://kassandraproject.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/mass-media-mind-control-and-the-herd-mentality/
11*DEVIATIONS FROM THE PREPARED TEXT: A REVIEW OF
OTHER MEDIA
RASTUS
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Cream_of_Wheat_advertisement.jpg
The Cream of Wheat mascot's name is "Rastus," though he's often called
"Cream of Wheat Man".
Rastus is a pejorative term traditionally associated with African
Americans in the United States. It is considered highly offensive.[1]
The name is sometimes given as 'Rastus, and it is likely a shortening
of Erastus, a disciple of St. Paul mentioned in Acts 19:22, Romans
16:23, and 2 Timothy 4:20. "Rastus" has been used as a generic, often
derogatory, name for black men at least since 1880, when Joel Chandler
Harris included a Black deacon named "Brer Rastus" in the first Uncle
Remus book. Contrary to popular belief, however, "Rastus" has never
been particularly popular as a Black name. For example, the 1870
census reported only 42 individuals named "Rastus" in the United
States, of whom only four were Black or mulatto.[1] Rastus-as any
happy black man, not as a particular person-became a familiar
character in minstrel shows
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastus
He certainly belongs in some sort of League of Racially Degrading
Advertising Mascots, along with Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, and The Gold
Dust Twins. Maybe even Famous Amos and Sammy Stevens (this fellow):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vao-IfsMROA
The boy's name Rastus \r(a)-stus, ras-tus\. Diminutive of Erastus
(Greek) "loving".
Similar baby names are Rasmus, Faustus, Festus, Gustus and Justus.
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Rastus
Rastus does, however, occupy a place of honor here:
http://www.collectmad.com/madCoverSIte/mad035id.jpg
*11A BOOKS READ
AMERICAN MURDER. MAYO. ***
BEST AMERICAN POLITICAL WRITING 2007. FLIPPIN. ****
BLOOD MERIDIAN. MCCARTHY. ****1/2
BLOWBACK. JOHNSON. ****
DISCONNECTED AMERICA. SHANE. ***
DOWN & OUT IN PARIS & LONDON. ORWELL. ****
THE DRUNKARD'S WALK. MLODINOW. ****1/2
EAT THIS, NOT THAT. ZINCZENKO. ****
ENCY. OF DEAD ROCK STARS. SIMMONDS. ***
FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO TWH. OSGOOD. ***
GOING DUTCH IN BEIJING. MCCRUM. ****
GREEN LANTERN CORPS 1.***
GREEN LANTERN CORPS 2. ***
THE HARD TRUTH ABOUT SOFT SKILLS. KLAUS. ****
HULK: THE END. ***
INCREDIBLE HULK: PRELUDE TO PLANEY HULK. ***1/2
INCREDIBLE HULK: PLANET HULK. ***1/2
KLUGE. MARCUS. ****1/2
LAMENTATIONS OF THE FATHER. FRAZIER. ****
LAST TOWN ON EARTH. MULLEN. ***
THE LOGIC OF LIFE. HARFORD. ***
MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST HORROR COMICS. ***
NIGHTMARE ALLEY. GRESHAM & SPAIN. ****1/2
ON SPEED. RASMUSSEN. ****
OVERHEARD IN THE OFFICE. FRIEDMAN & MALICE. ****
PANIC IN LEVEL FOUR. PRESTON. ****
PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE. ZINN, ETAL. ***1/2
PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL. ARIELY. ****
SAVVY SAYIN'S. ALSTED. ****
SEIGE, MASON. ***
SINISTER FORCES: A WARM GUN.LEVENDA. ****
SINISTER FORCES: THE MANSON SECRET.LEVENDA. ****
SIXTIES UNPLUGGED. DEGROOT. ***1/2
SONG OF SOLOMON. MORRISON. ****
SUB MARINER: REVOLUTION. ***1/2
SUMMER OF LOVE. SELVIN. ***1/2
THIS LAND IS THEIR LAND. EHRENREICH. ***1/2
THE ULTIMATE INSULT. LEACH. ***1/2
WAR POSTERS. AULICH. ****
WASHINGTON GONE CRAZY. YBARRA. ***1/2
WHICH PRESIDENT KILLED A MAN? HUMES. **
WHITE TRASH. WRAY & NEWITZ. ***1/2
WHY YOU SHOULDN'T EAT YOUR BOOGERS. GOULD. ***
WRITER'S QUOTATION BOOK. CHARLTON. ****
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