The US says being a tattle-tell is a sin – i.e. it’s a capital crime to leak (Sweden says it molestation to leak). The Pope says it’s a sin to wear a condom. Sweden says it’s a sin to not wear a condom, they define it as rape. The US says we’re going to play the Universal Spider and attack you where it counts – in the pocket book. The hacker community retaliates. But the Pope loosened his restriction – it is not more of a sin if you are already in the act of committing a bigger sin- its ok for male prostitutes to wear a condom). Visa, MasterCard and PayPal suffer hacker attackes today – the US says it is a crime, what he is doing - lookout Julian for any lurking Pedators. Meanwhile the State Department informs college students not to mention any of this in a Twitter or FaceBook or their chances of ever working for the government will be nil – it shows that you can’t be properly trusted to deal with secrets which are essential to good government (half a million individuals have top secret clearance - I would'nt call that keeping a secret). And then the US extols its mission to bring democracy to the world. It's just all seems too bizarre. Honest, I didn’t make any of this up.
Their bumper sticker… it’s just one word: ‘NO’… our bumper sticker has – it’s just too many words. And it says: ‘Continued on Next Bumper Sticker’ – Senator Al Franken
17º again – a dumbing down of reaction to this coldness is the result of acclimation – it is the human nature. Cold, yes, but it no longer affects me like it did just a week ago – you adjust. Some people actually like Winter and the holidays – those who see financial and emotional gain, the rest of us see death, abandonment and lost hopes.
There are two strong conquerors of the forgetfulness of man – poetry and architecture – John Ruskin – The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from his writings, 1963 p131
Over half the delayed-notice search warrants issued under the Patriot Act are related to drug offences and less than 1% are related to terrorism
A benign plutocracy is still a plutocracy – David Callahan
The productive capacity liberated by increasing efficiency in the material production gets absorbed by immaterial production. Immaterial production then serves as the model for material production.
Nothing more relaxes good order than misery – Herman Melville – Benito Cerano
The State of Louisiana has sold almost $6 billion in economic recovery bonds since Hurricane Katrina – 1% of the funds raised was spent on projects in New Orleans and 29% on the oil industry.
Simple ideology routinely trounces nuancesd pragmatism just as emotion so often beats reason and the varsity fullback will most likely deck the captain of the debate team in a fistfight – Jonathan Alter – Liberalism – New York Times Book Review – 10/24/10 p14
The US suicide rate increases 17% for every 500 meters above sea level that someone lives
It goes so fast. We dole out our lives in dinner parties and plane fights, and it’s over before you know it. We lose everyone we love, if they don’t lose us first, and every single thing we do is intended to distance us from reality – Amistead Maupin – Mary Ann in Autumn, 2010
Carbonated beverages are the best-selling item in US grocery stores. The ranking of the average American child’s source of calories are (1) baked deserts, (2) pizza and (3) soda.
Bless the bones and skeleton thy body / swings upon. Without them we would dream / in Space – or be nothing! – Michael McClure – Star poems, 1970 p64
Those that understand an idea/concept/ideology/project best are usually the ones who oppose it
The suicide bomber is the dark opposite, the gory doppelganger of the safe bodyless soldier – Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri – Multitude: war and democracy in the age of empire, 2004 p45
A program of propping up the ‘old regime’ is handicapped by a negative reaction to its real purpose – hence it invents alternative programs – a form of cynicism is inherent in everything thus proposed – real intentions can not be discussed.
In any kingdom you point to the triumphs of its greatest artist, you point also to the determined hour of the kingdom’s decline. The names of great painters are like passing bells… And there is profound justice in this; for in proportion to the nobleness of the power is the quilt of its use for purposes vain and vile, and hitherto the greatness of art, the more surely has it been used, and used solely for the decorations of pride, or the provoking of sensuality – John Ruskin – The Genius of John Ruskin, 1963 p227
Science provides the organizational model for network social and economic production
Meaning is what an explanation of meaning explains – Ludwig Wittgenstein
How many mosquitoes does it take
To withdraw an ounce?
How many mosquito’s are there
To the pound?
How many mosquitoes will fit on the
Head of a pin?
How many mosquitoes do I need
To swat to make any difference?
War against a concept or set of practices somewhat like a war of religion, has no definite spatial or temporal boundaries – Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri – Multitude: war and democracy in the age of empire, 2004p14
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