*EDIT: You will note that the video is no longer available above. The account was suspended with no notice. Read here for more details. Another copy of the video is available here.
Jason Beghe was best man at the wedding of “X-Files” star David Duchovny (his childhood pal) and actress Tea Leoni. In 1998, he starred as Demi Moore’s love interest in “G.I. Jane.” He’s been featured in numerous TV dramas such as “Criminal Minds,” “Numb3rs” and “CSI.”
Speaking of Scientology, he says: “It’s very, very dangerous for your spiritual, psychological, mental, emotional health and evolution. I think it stunts your evolution. If Scientology is real, then something’s f—ed up.”
Nothing new there, but the folks over at Lets Get Tight have compiled a rather brilliant time line of his top 5 crazy moments. Lets not forget that it all started with Tom Cruise slamming Brook Shields on anti-depresents. What an ignorant jerk. No, not ignorant.. perhaps just brainwashed and misinformed. As a side note, this video is solely responsible for me not seeing “War of the Worlds”.
Quote:”Anonymous” now has a bunch of faces to go without its name. The loosely bound group of net activists who’ve got a beef with the Church of Scientology showed up Sunday at the church’s largest Los Angeles’ locations. The protests were part of a global day of demonstrations against Scientology. Hordes of masked, costumed (and mostly young) picketers showed up in Boston, New York, Toronto, the U.K., Australia and a dozen other locations (thanks wikinews).
” Be very wary of the 10th of February. Anonymous invites you to join us in an act of solidarity. Anonymous invites you to take up the banner of free speech, of human rights, of family and freedom. Join us in protest outside of Scientology centers world wide.”
*EDIT*: I’m trying some new themes. Please bear with me. The last thing I want to do is alienate the 1 person that visits..
Well, the interwebs are still aflame with the war. There have been several more releases from Anon as well as general mayhem. both NBC and Sky have decent coverage. The other links keep poping up and down too fast to post… If nothing else, check the Dig Links
In other news.. I’m going to open discussions with a friend who does some art dealing on the side. I’m hoping to get some space in a gallery for a few sculptures and maybe start making some money.
Fast post on two new controversies flying around the interwebs.
First, is the declared war on Scientology. A group called anonymous has decided to stand up to this cult and go at them with everything they have. Their official declaration came in the form of a YouTube video. Watching this is strangely thrilling, and still gives me the Heebiegheebies.
The second is a branding and trademark issue within the Second Life community itself. A book artist named Richard Minsky has trademarked the word “SLArt” for his own uses and had begun contacting anyone who has used the term in any way.
The controversy is that SLArt is a rather common term in Second Life, primarily used by the art community (Obviously). By trademarking this term, he has effectively denied its common use to the rest of the universe. Normally, this would be met with some grumbling and a little shouting, then die out as these things do. However, in this case, Minsky has offered to “license” the term to anyone using it for a small fee. This action leads to the impression that he is not defending his trademark for the sake of preserving its reputation for his work, but rather that he trademarked the term for the purpose of making a profit, as well as being a jerk in general. This has lead to some notable anxiety in the community. Anyone familiar with Second Life would know immediately how this type of action would be received.
As Mr Minsky has in the past paid over $1000.00 for one book just to prove a point (I’ll let you find the story, he’s not getting the press from me..), I don’t think he needs the money.
As further evidence of the lack of interweb savvy of Mr Minsky, he has been caught editing his own entries on the very wiki he had served with a infringement email. He forced the owner of the wiki to move it to a new name, then created his own page with glowing information on his projects. The community has responded nicely and manages to keep his entry updated with the latest information on the controversy.
