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Moon filling night sky Brilliant summer evening Chrysanthemum bud Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether.
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The Confidential Memo at the Heart of the Global Financial Crisis | VICE United Kingdom
The whole sorry thing is both depressing and infuriating… When a little birdie dropped the End Game memo through my window, its content was so explosive, so sick and plain evil, I just couldn’t believe it. The Memo confirmed every conspiracy freak’s fantasy: that in the late 1990s, the top…
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Masters Of The Country Blues | Youtube
Mance Lipscomb and Ligntnin’ Hopkins tear it up. Introduction by Taj Mahal.
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8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance
My good sister, Stephanie E., with whom I am reading Paulo Freire‘s Pedagogy of the Oppressed sent me this article yesterday on FB. It details what the situation that Henry Giroux has been talking about in such texts as Youth in a Suspect Society and Youth in Revolt. Of all the…
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▶ The Emperor Voiced by Mark Hamill’s Joker – YouTube
Mark Hamill vs. Mark Hamill “Luke Skywalker” as acted by Mark Hamill [Return of the Jedi] “The Emperor” as voiced by Mark Hamill’s Joker [Arkham Games/DCUO clips] “Darth Vader” as voiced by Tom Hardy‘s Bane [Dark Knight Rises] This video is a salute to Mark Hamill, whose talent and enthusiasm…
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Sometimes It Pays to Be a Weakling | Science/AAAS | News
Sometimes it’s better not to be the best. Take rams. Those with bigger horns get the girl more often—but they also die younger… The tradeoff helps explain a long-standing puzzle about why the best genes for mating don’t take over… …Fending off potential rivals or vying for a female’s attention…
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The look of music | Harvard Gazette
Thanks to my good brother, John C., who pointed this out for me. John did some studies with my mentor and myself on the Philosophy of Music and Silence. Always a rare treat to sit and converse with him. We have had more than a few dialogs on “the tyranny…
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Freelance Nation: How to Become a Part-Time Worker Without Really Trying | The Nation
This originally appeared as a Tomgram over at Tomdispatch and was picked up by the Nation… …what a weird economic downturn and recovery this has been. From the end of an “average” American recession, it ordinarily takes slightly less than a year to reach or surpass the previous employment peak. …
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Blogs I ♡: Tender Heart Musings, Himani B. | man of words
Himani is an ecstatic poet of note, she wanders through this world inviting ecstasy and pain in equal measure. A trail of Tender Heart Musings tell the tale. Utilising deeply evocative imagery and her unique connection to the unquantifiable elements of existence; Himani weaves exquisite webs of words to awaken and bring…
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Daodejing 11
#11* Thirty wheel spokes sharing one hub. The empty space in the middle has the usefulness to a cart. Knead clay to make a vessel. The empty space in the middle has usefulness to the vessel. Cutting the door and the window to make a room, the empty space in…
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Pyramid of Khufu Revealed
Exploration of an interesting theory on how the Great Pyramids were constructed. 4500 years after the construction of the great Pyramids, their secret still remains. Jean-Pierre Houdin‘s very serious ramp theory explains how the Great Pyramids could have possibly been built from the inside. This theory is considered by many…
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Recognized by a Man of Words
Blogging contains the remnants of the old bulletin board system that I originally used way back in 1991. Then and now, I posted things that I hoped other folks would find of some interest. I want Reason and Existenz to be a public testimony to what I love and bear witness…
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Slow Down Jolene | YouTube
Wow. No, its not Tracy Chapman or Cher doing Jolene–it’s Dolly Parton: a 45rpm played at 33rpm. Thanks to my good brother Todd for posting this to my FB wall.
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the escape from reality
Originally posted on coromandal: Here is the economist John K. Galbraith making two more excellent points about the popularity and insanity of speculation. He describes two reasons why after a bubble bursts — as it did in a spectacular fashion that echoed around the world in 2008 — the real reasons…
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dignity, trust, failure
Originally posted on coromandal: Acumen Fund’s observations about poverty alleviation at their 10 year anniversary. What does not help: money and markets as the only measure, parachuting solutions remotely, depersonalized analytic approach. What does work: dignity, local leadership, government, patience and longsuffering. From Design Observer: 1. Dignity is more important…
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ABE : Psychotic Robot Butler
London filmmaker Rob McLellan;s straightforward short film ABE takes some heavy minutes out of Silence of the Lambs, speciifically where serial killer Buffalo Bill interacts with the girl in the well. The twist: gender enraged psychopath making a “girl dress” is replaced by Robot Butler looking for a human suit. Great!…
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Ripping Off of Young America: The College Loan Scandal
Good investigative piece from Matt Taibbi and well worth your time. If you are not sure, just read these few paragraphs and decide if you can afford to not read the whole article. …How is this happening? It’s complicated. But throw off the mystery and what you’ll uncover is a…
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