Monthly Archives: July 2010

Water

Posted on July 26, 2010 by

Advertisements

Posted in Interesting and unlabelled | Leave a comment

Versailles, with multiple digressions

Posted on July 26, 2010 by

At Versailles, King Louis is the man. No silly, not that King Louie, though he was a pretty chill dude as well. This King Louis: He holds his scepter like we hold the pole in the metro, only his pole … Continue reading →

Posted in Interesting and unlabelled | 1 Comment

Against Chomsky?

Posted on July 25, 2010 by

AGAINST CHOMSKY Rancourt on Chomsky: Among activist readers Chomsky mainly serves to deepen the pathological pacifism of neutralized mainstream movements. This is mainly because almost all First World activists are of the latter variety [4] but Chomsky does not challenge … Continue reading →

Posted in State Capitalism--How the system works, Videos you should see | Leave a comment

On Advertising

Posted on July 24, 2010 by

We are continually being  taught, out there, in society. But what are we being taught? In the advertisments I see, we are taught how, precisely, according to someone, we are to live with each other: how to think, how to … Continue reading →

Posted in Social critique in culture, State Capitalism--How the system works | Leave a comment

A Che who missed his mark, or: Terrorism reconsidered

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

Carlos is the new biopic/docufiction about the ultrafamous superterrorist would-be revolutionary named Carlos. He was actually named Illich, but Carlos sounded better. It was his stage name. It’s way cooler. The film is three hours long, and only about two … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel-Palestine Conflict, Movie reviews, Social critique in culture, State Capitalism--How the system works | Leave a comment

You can have sex with me…if you’re genes are correctly configured!

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

So he said: you want to hop in the sack? She said: you’re Jewish ass looks good to me. Little did she know…he wasn’t Jewish!!! Even worse…he was Palestinian!!! They had had sex. Later, she claims that she was “raped” … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel-Palestine Conflict | Leave a comment

UC Undergrads: funding administrative profits

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

Bob Samuel’s just published in the Huff Post a solid rebuttal of some of the UC’s major claims about the financial situation. One thing I think we should never forget about the UC today is that its president earns, all … Continue reading →

Posted in Interesting and unlabelled | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Palin, stupid bigotry, Islam, Ground Zero, and bad English

Posted on July 19, 2010 by

Juan Cole makes reminds us of some crucial points refuting the Islamophobia revolving around the 9-11 attack. Mainly, we should recall that the dark vision and ruthless tactics of a marginalized sect called al-Qaeda have virtually nothing to do with … Continue reading →

Posted in War in Afghanistan/Iraq | Tagged , , ,

W. Bush now ranks with the bottom five in the list of effective presidents

Posted on July 4, 2010 by

History in the making; or, Bush: he’s no FDR. A group of scholars (200+) at the Siena institute publish every five years a list of “best” and “worst” presidents, according to their scores in domains such as imagination, integrity, foreign … Continue reading →

Posted in Interesting and unlabelled | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

The dry land: a trailer, promising a film to think about hard things

Posted on July 2, 2010 by

The Dry Land (see trailer here) This movie looks stellar. Spellbinding, politically provocative, poignant, well-cast, and beautifully shot. In fact, it looks like one of those dramas that helps you see how life really is. The mother’s character, her look, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie reviews, Reviewing...(movies, books, music videos), Social critique in culture, War in Afghanistan/Iraq | Leave a comment

When they do it, it’s torture. When we do it, its…interrogation techniques.

Posted on July 1, 2010 by

Interrogation techniques of the enhanced variety. Anything to avoid calling a spade a spade. Torture, or the infliction of pain, broadly defined, for political purposes, is a very evil thing. We in America have always considered it a practice of … Continue reading →

Posted in War in Afghanistan/Iraq | Leave a comment