http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#57cd3489-d915-4c8a-9f76-c70d5f25a6c3 I'm not supposed to tell you Mr. Man. Eh, the Yes Men. It sounds much better "on paper". When you watch the movie you can see that most people in the room(s) know something is up. Still, it's an interesting direction and a wonderful example of manipulating media to shock people into thinking for themselves. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:15:04 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#57cd3489-d915-4c8a-9f76-c70d5f25a6c3 Ben 2007-08-09T07:15:04Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#a10ba8ce-906e-4c39-ab5d-e353ba5be5d5 Where I can find these men? Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:27:19 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#a10ba8ce-906e-4c39-ab5d-e353ba5be5d5 The Man 2007-07-30T03:27:19Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#63cdfe7a-6a8f-4139-8716-b849771b4a37 Just watched the Moyers piece. Excellent! Thanks for posting it. It's good to see some serious media attention for these guys even if it is a bunch of extreme left, elitist dilettantes called NPR (just kidding). Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:39:25 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#63cdfe7a-6a8f-4139-8716-b849771b4a37 Richard 2007-07-25T18:39:25Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#2459f746-7b63-443e-9d2a-ffd98b56aa9d heres a piece Bill Moyer did on the Yes Men http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07202007/watch.html Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:56:31 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#2459f746-7b63-443e-9d2a-ffd98b56aa9d Dustin (El Guano) 2007-07-25T02:56:31Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#eef84edb-eea7-4945-93e6-904a01e3307e Swaz - I'm not sure if this is true, I suspect it's a bit of a legend that was started out as a xenophobic rumor. I remember reading a debunking of this story somewhere but can't remember where now. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:34:33 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#eef84edb-eea7-4945-93e6-904a01e3307e Fifi 2007-07-02T16:34:33Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#23b049bf-6be4-4691-8dd0-88512fd9129a This is going to sound like a joke but I'm totally serious. While the British ruled Egypt, and supplies of coal were interupted, they would burn bodies to fuel the steam engines running the trains. Why? There were 50 centuries of bodies buried in sand dunes everywhere. No one cared if they were harvested because there were no grave-markers in the sand and the areas around Cairo were packed with indigents that were dehydrated and basically they were clearing areas for city expansion. This was a hell of a lot easier than running-around oceans killing whales for their oil. Yes I know they didn't burn whale oil in trains, I'm just making an analogy. Anyway, strange but true. And the supply lasted for decades. Almost like Soilent Green or something huh? Swaz Sun, 01 Jul 2007 19:11:34 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#23b049bf-6be4-4691-8dd0-88512fd9129a Swazzie 2007-07-01T19:11:34Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#7e9eae33-ea18-4750-bea5-5bc550b839eb I'm betting Exxon-Mobil's pack of lawyers will have a more difficult time of permanently supressing this story on youtube (assuming they are up against dedicated, subversive adversaries....hmmm???) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=vivoleum&search=Search Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:19:48 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#7e9eae33-ea18-4750-bea5-5bc550b839eb Richard 2007-07-01T17:19:48Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#a99439ee-85f2-4b1f-9447-0621569c0398 <It seems that the Yes Men's internet service provider has been censoring them (at the behest of Exxon apparently). > Based upon your comment I tried the www.vivoleum.com link above, and indeed it is broken. Can you be more specific about your assertions? I don't doubt their veracity, as unlike previous Yes Men antics, there appeared to be many more visibly pissed-off people on the other side of the "fourth wall" Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:58:46 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#a99439ee-85f2-4b1f-9447-0621569c0398 Richard 2007-07-01T15:58:46Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#bafc53df-ae9c-4e8e-ae19-dbf73cfc1d28 It seems that the Yes Men's internet service provider has been censoring them (at the behest of Exxon apparently). Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:36:54 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#bafc53df-ae9c-4e8e-ae19-dbf73cfc1d28 Fifi 2007-07-01T13:36:54Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#3505fe6f-2576-40de-80c8-b97c412c7039 the visual I would most like to see... the crowd all holding up the "janitor candles" like at a dobbie brothers concert... ahhhh - life's rich pageant. Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:09:03 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#3505fe6f-2576-40de-80c8-b97c412c7039 Tom 2007-07-01T13:09:03Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#d5ed3449-56f2-410a-b0aa-5da82af9e90a now that would have been priceless! HA! Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:32:38 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#d5ed3449-56f2-410a-b0aa-5da82af9e90a $item.owner.firstName 2007-06-23T14:32:38Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#eb0c4e4f-c51c-4656-9b28-a82c88d77218 I love these guys. Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:11:59 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#eb0c4e4f-c51c-4656-9b28-a82c88d77218 Allen 2007-06-17T01:11:59Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#3c4ab003-1b45-42c5-a71b-1cd91dd9609b thx Sat, 16 Jun 2007 23:55:39 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#3c4ab003-1b45-42c5-a71b-1cd91dd9609b Dustin (El Guano) 2007-06-16T23:55:39Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#ed1decb6-3c38-4200-989c-b614aac74590 Check out the movie, if you haven't already ... http://imdb.com/title/tt0379593/maindetails Sat, 16 Jun 2007 23:51:56 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#ed1decb6-3c38-4200-989c-b614aac74590 Krumpet 2007-06-16T23:51:56Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#fcff6753-8fb1-4a5d-bb73-9c449c6b6673 I would love to see a video of the crowd as they were hearing this proposal for the first time, just too see what their reactions were really like Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:32:47 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#fcff6753-8fb1-4a5d-bb73-9c449c6b6673 Dustin (El Guano) 2007-06-16T21:32:47Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#915ca2ae-e975-4053-99cc-f6e3410625e4 Shall we start with the oil execs themselves? Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:28:44 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#915ca2ae-e975-4053-99cc-f6e3410625e4 shawn 2007-06-16T21:28:44Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#8d454998-8863-4de7-bfbd-5e6de89f57ef Yep, black gold rich ;) Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:18:12 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#8d454998-8863-4de7-bfbd-5e6de89f57ef Fifi 2007-06-15T21:18:12Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#9f0bd61c-7b09-42e6-aa81-67abccff0b79 damn that's rich. Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:13:41 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#9f0bd61c-7b09-42e6-aa81-67abccff0b79 AtlantaHoopla 2007-06-15T20:13:41Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#11a22ef3-bfb4-45e8-a22b-31561de5c07b Priceless! Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:39:31 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#11a22ef3-bfb4-45e8-a22b-31561de5c07b Richard 2007-06-15T07:39:31Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#68b46c65-c888-4c9f-abfc-461d3b7f7f08 LOL Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:26:34 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#68b46c65-c888-4c9f-abfc-461d3b7f7f08 Dustin (El Guano) 2007-06-15T06:26:34Z http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#8eadb552-decb-4d1c-a078-3de0728ea938 June 14, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EXXON PROPOSES BURNING HUMANITY FOR FUEL IF CLIMATE CALAMITY HITS Conference organizer fails to have Yes Men arrested Text of speech, photos, video: http://www.vivoleum.com/event/ GO-EXPO statement: http://newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2007/14/c5086.html Press conference before this event, Friday, Calgary: http://arusha.org/event/7214 Contact: mailto:fuel@theyesmen.org More links at end of release. Imposters posing as ExxonMobil and National Petroleum Council (NPC) representatives delivered an outrageous keynote speech to 300 oilmen at GO-EXPO, Canada's largest oil conference, held at Stampede Park in Calgary, Alberta, today. The speech was billed beforehand by the GO-EXPO organizers as the major highlight of this year's conference, which had 20,000 attendees. In it, the "NPC rep" was expected to deliver the long-awaited conclusions of a study commissioned by US Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman. The NPC is headed by former ExxonMobil CEO Lee Raymond, who is also the chair of the study. (See link at end.) In the actual speech, the "NPC rep" announced that current U.S. and Canadian energy policies (notably the massive, carbon-intensive exploitation of Alberta's oil sands, and the development of liquid coal) are increasing the chances of huge global calamities. But he reassured the audience that in the worst case scenario, the oil industry could "keep fuel flowing" by transforming the billions of people who die into oil. "We need something like whales, but infinitely more abundant," said "NPC rep" "Shepard Wolff" (actually Andy Bichlbaum of the Yes Men), before describing the technology used to render human flesh into a new Exxon oil product called Vivoleum. 3-D animations of the process brought it to life. "Vivoleum works in perfect synergy with the continued expansion of fossil fuel production," noted "Exxon rep" "Florian Osenberg" (Yes Man Mike Bonanno). "With more fossil fuels comes a greater chance of disaster, but that means more feedstock for Vivoleum. Fuel will continue to flow for those of us left." The oilmen listened to the lecture with attention, and then lit "commemorative candles" supposedly made of Vivoleum obtained from the flesh of an "Exxon janitor" who died as a result of cleaning up a toxic spill. The audience only reacted when the janitor, in a video tribute, announced that he wished to be transformed into candles after his death, and all became crystal-clear. At that point, Simon Mellor, Commercial & Business Development Director for the company putting on the event, strode up and physically forced the Yes Men from the stage. As Mellor escorted Bonanno out the door, a dozen journalists surrounded Bichlbaum, who, still in character as "Shepard Wolff," explained to them the rationale for Vivoleum. "We've got to get ready. After all, fossil fuel development like that of my company is increasing the chances of catastrophic climate change, which could lead to massive calamities, causing migration and conflicts that would likely disable the pipelines and oil wells. Without oil we could no longer produce or transport food, and most of humanity would starve. That would be a tragedy, but at least all those bodies could be turned into fuel for the rest of us." "We're not talking about killing anyone," added the "NPC rep." "We're talking about using them after nature has done the hard work. After all, 150,000 people already die from climate-change related effects every year. That's only going to go up - maybe way, way up. Will it all go to waste? That would be cruel." Security guards then dragged Bichlbaum away from the reporters, and he and Bonanno were detained until Calgary Police Service officers could arrive. The policemen, determining that no major infractions had been committed, permitted the Yes Men to leave. Canada's oil sands, along with "liquid coal," are keystones of Bush's Energy Security plan. Mining the oil sands is one of the dirtiest forms of oil production and has turned Canada into one of the world's worst carbon emitters. The production of "liquid coal" has twice the carbon footprint as that of ordinary gasoline. Such technologies increase the likelihood of massive climate catastrophes that will condemn to death untold millions of people, mainly poor. "If our idea of energy security is to increase the chances of climate calamity, we have a very funny sense of what security really is," Bonanno said. "While ExxonMobil continues to post record profits, they use their money to persuade governments to do nothing about climate change. This is a crime against humanity." "Putting the former Exxon CEO in charge of the NPC, and soliciting his advice on our energy future, is like putting the wolf in charge of the flock," said "Shepard Wolff" (Bichlbaum). "Exxon has done more damage to the environment and to our chances of survival than any other company on earth. Why should we let them determine our future?" About the NPC and ExxonMobil: http://ga3.org/campaign/lee_raymond/explanation About the Alberta oil sands: http://www.sierraclub.ca/prairie/tarnation.htm About liquid coal: http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/liquidcoal/ Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:41:18 GMT http://culturejamming.tribe.net/thread/93ee2d3c-f358-4c17-962a-805fc59c7ecb#8eadb552-decb-4d1c-a078-3de0728ea938 Krumpet 2007-06-15T05:41:18Z