Conceptual art finally says something meanigful about capitalism |
BBC NEWS Oslo thieves nab cash from canvas ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- First off, the guy who did this "ouvre" apparently made it out of "100,...
Posted by Jordan on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:02:00 PST |
Brecht |
"In the dark times, will there also be singing? Yes, there will be singing about the dark times."
Posted by Jordan on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:57:00 PST |
Arendt |
From the Essay "Organized Guilt and Universal Responsibility" by Hannah Arendt"For many years now we have met Germans who declare they are ashamed of being German. I have often felt tempted to a...
Posted by Jordan on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:42:00 PST |
The Age Of Irrationality - Conspiracy theories and the decline of the american left after 9-11 |
The Age of Irrationality The 9/11 Conspiracists and the Decline of the Anmerican Left By ALEXANDER COCKBURN Where was the American left in the campaign that ended in r...
Posted by Jordan on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:19:00 PST |
Richard Dawkins - The Athiest's Rottweiler. Seriously, watch this little video. its fantastic |
Richard Dawkins is the evolutionary biologist who wrote "the selfish gene" in the 70's but who has since been on a "crusade" for rational thought and against religious belief. He is fucking awes...
Posted by Jordan on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 02:51:00 PST |
Best Bob Dylan Quote. Super poetic and magical! |
" Folk music is a bunch of fat people." - Bob Dylan
Posted by Jordan on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:44:00 PST |
Hmm. This isn't perfect and a lot was obviously lost in compromise |
....but it is a needed call for critical thinking on the left. A basic point to follow in this being that it its preposterous to equate domestic rights abuses ( Guantanamo, rendition, et al) wit...
Posted by Jordan on Sat, 13 May 2006 05:04:00 PST |
people keep asking me about this so here is the source courtesy of William E. Childish |
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Posted by Jordan on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 12:40:00 PST |
cartoons, etc. |
This is probably the most cogent defense of secularism that has arisen out of the cartoon controversy that manages to evade turning itself into another caricature of the "secularism vs. religion" deba...
Posted by Jordan on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:50:00 PST |
Wise words (in translation because only assholes quote in the original language) |
so being bored and with my time held hostage ( that strange state wherein one is forced to be somewhere for 9 hours a day without necessarily having very much to do), I decided to start a running list...
Posted by Jordan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
