removing baudrillard, removing advertising

I can't yet find references in the English-language press, but Jean Baudrillard died this morning at his home from a long disease, at age 77. [Nouvel Observateur/AFP]

ETA: Associated Press article

ETA2: IllegalSigns.ca is a team of volunteers who fight illegal billboards and this is our blog. Half the billboards in Toronto are illegal - help us bring the vast, unlawful privatization of our public visual environment to an end.

Half the billboards? No wonder we are inundated. This site looks pretty good. This sound like a workshop idea for the proPIRGanda working group... "Billboard Removal Workshop"

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Russian journalist who died in fall reportedly probed weapons deals [CBC]

Upon his return from the trip, it said, Safronov told colleagues that he also had learned about Russian plans to provide Syria with Iskander missiles, MiG-29 fighter jets and Pantsyr-S1 air defence systems.

Police State News

Bad News: 9 year old Canadian still incarcerated in Texas (sabotabby provides background on the jail)

Good News: Mahmood Jaballah, detained on a security certificate for 5 years or so, is finally released to house arrest.

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Fuck. I bought a pair of books twice and it's too late to return them. Fucking hell.