Keith “Maggie” Brown
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Article: Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex?
Fascinating http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/20/young-people-japan-stopped-having-sex Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether. Continue reading
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Birth of conservative delusion: Roger Ailes takes his revenge – Salon.com
Under Reagan, Republican appointees on the FCC abolished the fairness doctrine, the obligation for broadcasters to air both sides of controversial issues. This led to an explosion of opinionated propagandists on the air waves relentlessly attacking “liberal” media. It continues… Continue reading
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The Ghost of Authoritarianism in the Age of the Shutdown
…The American political, cultural, and economic landscape is inhabited by the renewed return of authoritarianism evident in the ideologies of religious and secular certainty that legitimate the reign of economic Darwinism, the unchecked power of capital, the culture of fear… Continue reading
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▶ Science and Islam, Jim Al-Khalili – BBC Documentary – YouTube
Science and Islam is a three-part BBC documentary about the history of science in medieval Islamic civilization presented by Jim Al-Khalili. The series is accompanied by the book Science and Islam: A History written by Ehsan Masood. Episodes: Part 1:… Continue reading
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Dwindling Ignorance
Conservation of energy does not mean preservation of energy. See the latter as opposite to entropy while the former is middle ground betwixt the two. The struggle of conservation we call life; our way through it, love; our outcome, belief.… Continue reading
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Blake and Bashō
William Blake “I feel that a Man may be happy in This World. And I know that This World Is a World of Imagination & Vision I see Every thing I paint In This World, but Every body does not… Continue reading
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minding no-mind
intertwining words sweet sighs carried as mirrors joyous reflection Continue reading
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at last, flooding rain
warm october day, no wind; clouds delay their threats: frog leaps from lotus Continue reading
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forgotten assistance
squirrel burrying winter pantry all around– in the spring oak sprouts Continue reading
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afternoon walking downtown
white daisy bunches near gold dandelion neighbors a full vacant lot Continue reading
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America’s police are looking more and more like the military | Michael Shank and Elizabeth Beavers | Comment is free | theguardian.com
America\’s streets are looking more and more like a war zone. Last week, in a small county in upstate New York with a population of roughly 120,000 people, county legislators approved the receipt of a 20-ton Mine Resistant Ambush Protected… Continue reading
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Root of the Kingdom
birds chirp in tree top squirrels chitter on the ground all at daily play in the no-shadow of noon leaf falls touching root Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether. Continue reading
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Mid-Term Exams Approaching
young fish, busy school– ripples under the surface– hungry cat prowling Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether. Continue reading
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Textimony 20131009
purple sage flower falling, drifting before dawn cold morning sidewalk Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether. Continue reading
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Textimony 20131008
autumn sun dancing on plum trees and rosemary people are shadows Continue reading
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Blossom Viewing
From my dear friend Dušan… In the capital: ninety-nine thousand people blossom viewing – M. Basho Related articles shimmering soundscapes and sudden impulses: the music of toru takemitsu (kvnomusic.com) Fire and Ice (flute, guitar) (maverickensemble.wordpress.com) Liebeslabyrinth (pascalkirchmair.blogspot.com) The Japan Journals: 1947-2004… Continue reading
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The Debt Ceiling Denialists « The Dish
Some of the current GOP delusions: the deficit is rising (it isn’t); the debt is currently unsustainable (it isn’t); the public wants Obamacare ended (it’s split on even delaying it); climate change has nothing to do with human-produced carbon emissions… Continue reading
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Worrying is Preposterous
Brothers and sisters… Terence McKenna Worrying is presposterous… And you know what else… Culture is not your friend! Continue reading
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