tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60882342011-04-21T14:17:02.280-07:00The Autonomistnews from around the world and here at homemariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comBlogger1501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1096048572982318962004-09-24T10:54:00.000-07:002004-09-24T10:56:12.983-07:00behind these eyes, a dark tunnel..................................
mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1095701338163357812004-09-20T10:23:00.000-07:002004-09-20T10:28:58.163-07:00The End (for now)
I guess you could say I feel uninspired to write these days. RNC, DNC, Bush, Kerry, it's all so painfully boring, to say the least. And I'm busy doing other stuff, feeding addictions (girls, food, community, etc). Hopefully this is just a lull and I'll be back at it in maybe a few months. I'll let everyone know when. Sorry for not posting this earlier.
mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1094852114503860022004-09-10T14:31:00.000-07:002004-09-10T14:35:14.503-07:00Letter to Myisha
(a female inquiring about my roommate wanted ad)
Myisha, Hey, I'm down. Are you wanting the whole room for $550 or split $275/each?
The thing is, I need to ask if you are black. I'm not racist at all but
my Indian immigrant roommate and
many of his friends have been robbed or robbed and beaten by black guys.
They are fairly intolerant now to all black people. We live on themariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1094434735484016642004-09-05T18:37:00.000-07:002004-09-10T14:27:01.783-07:00Low End Prostitution?
The other day under a bountiful fig tree shielding us from the hot sun, I met another dirty beautiful punk girl. She even had a rat companion, and was talking about going to a roadkill barbeque. Me and this other kid laughed about how many bazillion punk points we'd get if we came home with a roadkilled raccoon or parts of a deer in our backpacks. Rat Girl didn't think it mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1092707037392245882004-08-16T18:20:00.000-07:002004-08-16T19:59:59.873-07:00How I'm Living
Just about everything in the Bay Area is so damn easy. I've got a free bike fixed at a moneyless bike workshop, free clothes, just ate some free feminist candy-i.e. dumpstered Luna bars from a local factory here.
It sounds simple but this place is kind of unusual in America in that when people throw stuff away here, often times they put stuff that other people might want in a boxmariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1092365295121314862004-08-12T19:06:00.000-07:002004-08-12T19:48:15.120-07:00Jolly Pirate Party
"Maybe I'd have more credibility if I'd gotten here on a freight train".
Those are the words of a jaded old FNBer I work with. There's probably a grain of truth for where she was at. It seems like most everyone in the circle of people I'm hovering around used to be into punk rock, but now they are more likely to be learning the accordion, fiddle or banjo than a 3 chord bass.mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1092107610576919562004-08-09T19:59:00.000-07:002004-08-09T20:13:30.576-07:00Sucked Deeper & Deeper In
I have been helping out with East Bay FNB less than 2 months and being coerced into more and more responsibility (see post from a couple weeks ago). Now it appears that the Wednesday meal will be a simple beans and rice instead of the usual 4 or 5 options unless I step in and pick up the bike cart, ride it over to Whole Foods, and then drag it and the donated food up amariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1091761605499307972004-08-05T19:54:00.000-07:002004-08-06T10:02:50.926-07:00Ancient People
Here in the states when you say someone is old-fashioned people think of someone who has attitudes, ways of doing things, reminiscent of 100, or even 50 years ago. From what I can see that doesn't quite fit Ghar, one of 3 recent immigrants from India I live with. I can imagine her from 2000 years ago being sent in a time machine to the year 2004. The other day when I left she was mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1091584040504300892004-08-03T18:42:00.000-07:002004-08-06T10:03:52.146-07:00Netscape 4.7 :(
Yeah, I know there are some grammatical errors in my last post and I could make it better, but for some reason blogger.com doesn't work right on this old version of Netscape. For example there is no link where it says "edit" next to each post. I guess the computers donated here are real old and so they can't hold anything too bandwith hogging...mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1091503455024614162004-08-02T19:51:00.000-07:002004-08-06T10:07:05.940-07:00The Way I Was
Watching the recent documentary about some urban guerrillas in the 60s known as the Weather Underground made me remember the kid I was and how much I've changed from those days.
Back when I was 20-23 I had a fire in me like you wouldn't believe. Nothing felonous but a few times I'd be walking or riding a bike down the sidewalk in broad daylight and kick over media bins for the mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1091112102789139692004-07-29T06:49:00.000-07:002004-07-29T23:13:00.090-07:00Sleepless for My Homeless Peeps, Many of Whom Are Now Sleeping Like Babies
It's 6:55AM. I don't have a job. My family provides money for my housing. I get almost all my food for free. I'm not in school, no assignments due. I just took a hot bath for an hour. And yet I'm stressed out.
In fact I even woke up at around 4A.M. with FNB thoughts. Not even utopian FNB thoughts either. But more mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1090824632845723332004-07-25T23:16:00.000-07:002004-07-26T09:53:00.626-07:00Moving
I'll be moving soon over to North Emeryville ( I say "North" to make it sound like there is an inspiring side to that town) and will have more limited access to the internet.
Fortunately there is the Long Haul Infoshop with 4 or 5 computers.
So, starting in August I'll have something published for Tuesday and Friday mornings.mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1090568639977909562004-07-23T00:43:00.000-07:002004-07-23T19:29:57.603-07:00"female preferred"
Sometimes I wish I was female, or at least be able to morph into a female character so as to take advantage of peoples issues.
I know. I know. The patriarchy is omnipresent but for some things, women have it easier. Like finding an affordable place to live in the Bay Area. I don't think I've ever seen a collective in this liberal mecca with the phrase "male preferred." And mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1090132289516074882004-07-17T22:24:00.000-07:002004-07-19T10:12:59.666-07:00Same Place, Different Worlds
Over on 59th and Martin Luther King two worlds were holding events at the same time, yet they never came together or collided.
Today I was riding my bike down there (a block south of Berkeley in Oakland) when I saw a blocked off street and heard what sounded like band practice in someone's house or back yard. I decided to take a peak. About 25 white guys in mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1089967835681419672004-07-16T01:05:00.000-07:002004-07-16T08:56:37.256-07:00Snowbunny In a Mean World
The weather is a nice 70F in the afternoon but West of Shattuck Avenue it feels a little like my old neighborhood in South St. Louis.
Is there an underlying meaning that I'm not getting when young Americans whom I've never met say "Lemme borrow your bike!" or the slightly more polite, "Can I borrow your bike?" What do they think I'm going to say, "Why sure, mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1089962530771025042004-07-16T00:18:00.000-07:002004-07-17T09:43:08.836-07:00Favorite Liberal Sticker
(In bold white letters on a plain black background)
"I suck dick and I vote."
Why should we have these high priests that benevolently give us liberty or tyranically take it away? What you consensually do in your home is your business, not a politician's or (more likely) an appointed bureaucrat's concern. And if there is a decision that will affect the entire mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1089616250862457412004-07-12T00:10:00.000-07:002004-07-12T14:50:34.103-07:00Under a Eucalyptus Tree
The other day after the FNB at Peoples Park in Berkeley I heard some
hobos under a tree practicing the accordion. I walked over and sat down saying "Man, it's beautiful over here: shade,music, people. " I think they appreciated that. One was from Brazil,another had recently been beat up by some yahoos in Asheville, and a shy, quiet,bookreading girlish girl with boys mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1089355742500442262004-07-08T22:57:00.000-07:002004-07-09T10:23:53.676-07:00Another Friend Mugged
This is not a good sign. My first friend in the East Bay, a kid like me, was mugged on Friday, and other people I've talked with have similar stories.
What's ironic is that when I met Jeff, a fellow small town Midwesterner, he was telling me about adjusting to the big city, not being able to so easily trust strangers. A friend of his friends was mugged recently in an mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1089009683827164282004-07-04T22:31:00.000-07:002004-07-05T10:41:49.433-07:00A Quiet Evening on the Berkeley-Oakland Border
I wonder what the Marxist spin would be. Right now most all is quiet on the northern fringes of Oakland, while down in the more poor and black working class area around 45th & Martin Luther King mini-bombs have been going off all night.
To be fair, most people watching the fireworks probably aren't getting dewey eyed about their freedom (to buy mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1088658345848430152004-06-30T21:40:00.000-07:002004-07-02T17:37:22.340-07:00Another Street Is Possible
I have never seen so many bicyclists in my life. And they come in all kinds: neighborhood kids, bike punx, bums, the spandex accessorized crowd, etcetera. Some days I get the impression that almost 5% of vehicles on the streets here in South Berkeley and North Oakland are bikes. Not only is there great weather and more or less flat land for riding in most places, mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1088352538360828442004-06-27T07:27:00.000-07:002004-06-29T11:19:32.810-07:00 BART, An Overpriced Nazi Babysitter
Many of my early childhood memories consist of constantly being barked at by adults even though I was trying to play it safe.
There was the time I gave this girl a haircut at my babysitters, the time I poured dishwater on my mom as a playful surprise, and the time I got my babysitters panties in a bunch for not eating my spaghetti in the proper way, to mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1088287859969347642004-06-26T15:01:00.000-07:002004-06-26T15:10:59.970-07:00Berkeley: First Impression
right now i'm on a superfast computer but when i write in capital letters it tends to flip out, and since there is no mouse, i'm not quite sure how to highlight.
yesterday i ate the best free food ever at people's park: fucking sticky rice and black beans (a staple for me), leafy salad with dressing, peaches, not too old bread and some boiled and well seasoned zuchinimariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1087775679326809432004-06-20T15:46:00.000-07:002004-06-21T09:14:28.730-07:00Bigots Pay More
Somewhere in the East Bay a punk house is having a difficult time
and I'm savoring the thought of their little problem.
Not having much luck, I responded about 10 days ago to an ad for a relatively cheap ($250) place in Oakland. 5 punk kids between the ages of 17 and 22 were wanting to fill a room ASAP because one of their roommates had all of a sudden left to go traveling.
mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1087577124450139412004-06-18T08:45:00.000-07:002004-06-18T09:52:28.733-07:00Miscellaneous
No major stories to report so here are some random thoughts that have been going through my head:
California
Man, I'm exhausted from tyring to sell myself to prospective roommates, let alone find good ones. So far my most promising lead in the East Bay has a cat named "Mao". Here are some other snippets of conversations I've had: "....quiet hours are roughly from 4AM to 11AM..."mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1087228219236511672004-06-14T08:18:00.000-07:002004-06-14T09:30:59.493-07:00My dear mum is a fascist
I kind of already new this but I just read off the British National Party slogans and my mother clapped and hollered loudly to just about everything.
To her credit, their foreign policy paragraph seems fairly anti-imperialist and their statement on democracy reads more like decentralist republicanism (elect local leaders with autonomous powers) than republican mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1086976119920929362004-06-11T09:56:00.000-07:002004-06-11T10:48:39.920-07:00Margarine or Butter or Neither?
Have you ever looked into the health risks of hydrogenated oils?
The several websites I have read so far when doing a search for "partially hydrogenated oils" have all been emphatically negative since they claim or have proven that they disable cells (the building blocks of all life) from doing their job. As a consequence, a myriad of health problems can occur,mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1086622264519361112004-06-07T08:23:00.000-07:002004-06-07T08:31:04.520-07:00Ted Bundies Fuck Us All
Imagine how easy and safe life would be if there weren't any sociopaths.
I mean in any major city you could just go to any boulevard, stick your thumb out, or wear a sign saying what cross streets you were wanting to hit up with, and some good samaritan who was going by your destination would open their door and offer you a ride.
Also finding an affordable place to mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1086360054750500192004-06-04T07:23:00.000-07:002004-06-04T07:40:54.750-07:00Martha Stewart Clones Are Everywhere!
File this one under obnoxious neighbors. Adjacent to my mom's
property is easily 1 of the 10 most expensive houses in Cowley
County. And guess what the little sign posted outside their front
door says. In fancy old fashioned writing surrounded by music notes, there is, believe it or not, a sign that reads:
"Summertime
And the livin' is easy."
Yeah bitch,mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1085970614117780482004-05-30T19:28:00.000-07:002004-05-31T11:41:28.833-07:00Sheep Herder Shelters Flock from the Truth
Remember April 09, 2003? It all seemed so easy back then. After a couple weeks of battle with noticeably few American casualties (the ones that matter to Jack & Jill), one of the most monstrous tyrants in the world was dethroned. Maybe war was the answer, I thought half-jokingly. To think otherwise, you'd almost have to be a hardline pacifist, or an mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1085545069656648652004-05-25T20:51:00.000-07:002004-05-31T10:04:26.760-07:00Prairie Boy for Prairie Girl
Man, I'm such a sucker for underdogs, especially ones wearing cute outfits.
Today a virtually unknown Yulia Beygilzimer played international tennis badass, Jennifer Capriati, in Paris . Being a political nerd, I imagined her tight, short-sleeve black shirt to be symbolic of anarchism. Clearly in dream mode, I thought I spotted a lone clump of bleached blonde hairmariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1085422377219471482004-05-24T10:30:00.000-07:002004-05-25T12:57:33.880-07:00Death Road to White Rock City
from a 17yr old in Santa Cruz:
I've never really talked with a prostitute. As a man I sometimes wonder if it's an occupation I'm denied. Is it a good way for a girl who loves sex to make a shitload of money or a side effect of rape? What of pornstars/strippers? How does age fit in? How many people do I know who are doing it now/have done it in the past and keep it amariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1085158975328250662004-05-21T09:47:00.000-07:002004-05-21T10:02:55.326-07:00The Joy of Fabrication
Here's my teenage punk rock fantasy post on a crimethinc introductions thread:
My earliest memories are being hunched over in a field picking strawberries. Every once in a while a plane would swoop down and drop poisons on me and my family.
Then one day I was 11 or 12 walking down the road and a van came by. A man asked if I wanted a ride. He had face tatts, and a mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1084989624604802322004-05-19T10:36:00.000-07:002004-05-19T11:53:22.833-07:00An Update, Finally
I said I was heading to Northern California but here I am still in Cowley County Kansas. Mom made an appointment for today to have one of her cataracts removed. She was really frightened (I would be to!) and said that it would help if I was here when she came home. But she just came home without even a patch over her eye. And she didn't feel a thing, other than the intense mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-108121477838701592004-04-05T18:15:00.000-07:002004-04-05T18:36:32.060-07:00Time for Action
A few weeks later and I'm still burnt out from writing articles. So at the end of the week I'll probably take this
blog offline. As for the near future, "Go west, young man." Northern California is calling me. Yeah, I know that's about as cliche as it gets for a lefty, but I've done my time in ironic places such as Los Angeles and rural Kansas. There in the Bay Area I'd like mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1080782190287997712004-03-31T17:11:00.000-08:002004-03-31T17:39:38.123-08:00Hatred
Four American contractors working for the Occupation Authority died the most horrific deaths today.
After their vehicles came under small arms and grenade attack, the charred bodies were dragged out and beaten by a mob. Reminiscent of Mogadishu 1993, a couple of them were roped and dragged through the streets to the Euphrates bridge in Fallujah. There they were hung "like sheep".
mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1080264324457344972004-03-25T17:23:00.000-08:002004-03-25T17:45:58.280-08:00Anarchism in Haiti
Would anarcho-syndicalism or any other anarchist economic idea have relavence for Haiti?
Even if all the wealth of the country was shared equally, that would mean everyone would be equally hungry. And what is there to collectivize? According to the CIA, which has worked hard to install killer capitalist puppets there, the result is about 2/3rds of the labor force being mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1079632826573708292004-03-18T09:55:00.000-08:002004-03-18T10:03:46.326-08:00...And So Victory is Borne in the Darkest Hour
A response from Hyjinx on Tribe.net to my article, Aural Assault:
For me the movie theater is one of the worst. I went to see ROTK about 2 weeks after it came out. There were 2 kids sitting next to us who talked for about the first 1/2 hour of the movie. Jabber jabber jabber jabber jabber. In a normal tone of voice. Not whispering. I noticed the mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1079298891446709212004-03-14T12:30:00.000-08:002004-03-14T13:46:55.013-08:00Me & Cavegrrl
from Issue #1 of DROPPING OUT (for students):
"I'm 16 years old.
I don't attend school.
I don't work.
I don't live at home.
I don't know where I'll be
one month from now.
I don't worry.
I have $82, a sleeping bag,
and a journal to my name.
And I love life like never before.
(2ND column)
This is a handbook; a tool, made by a human being, with fears and faults, just likemariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1079152061214627702004-03-12T20:15:00.000-08:002004-03-12T20:30:53.110-08:00Aural Assault: Being Prepared
(first posted on a childfree movement site)
Aural Assault.
It's not as bad as other forms of violence. Though with your blood boiling and irrationality kicking in, it can get physically violent, especially if in a more clear state of mind, you haven't thought about what you would do in a given situation. For too long many of us have taken it on the chin. Wanting mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1078283740846798082004-03-02T19:09:00.000-08:002004-03-03T08:30:03.356-08:00Back to My Old Ways
(first posted on a Runner's Knee website)
Having lived with Chronic Chondromalacia Patella since September of 2001, I've frequently wondered why it is that some days are so much better than others. Is it the barometric pressure, the food I've eaten, or too much weight bearing exercise?
Since there are so many variables, it can be hard to figure out what's significant and mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1077489120148821822004-02-22T14:25:00.000-08:002004-02-22T14:37:23.546-08:00Taking A Break
I need to take some time off. 3 months of writing and I'm exhausted. Not sure where I'll next appear. Maybe infoshop.org/inews/ or enrager.net. Fellow bloggers, I'll let you know if/when I come back to this site. -Mariomariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1077404135772126792004-02-21T14:12:00.000-08:002004-02-21T15:03:24.360-08:00Latinos Arrive At AryanFest
(a post in response to Barbecue Nations: AryanFest A Huge Flop )
Once I had a roommate from Bolivia that blew me away with his assertion that the U.S. and Mexico have very similar cultures.
He pointed out that both have a predominantly Christian background and speak European languages. At the time I thought how could people who make $3 or $5 a day even partake in mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1077314899417963812004-02-20T13:20:00.000-08:002004-02-20T14:23:59.030-08:00Stupid in Iraq
The LA Times is reporting that the "Central Intelligence Agency" is having a difficult time doing its job in Iraq and Afghanistan. There are reportedly few people who speak the language and are willing to commit any length of time to extremely dangerous assignments.
Good! From Chomsky we learn about the hard work the CIA did to subvert democracy in Italy and nurture right mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1077226667423042282004-02-19T13:21:00.000-08:002004-02-19T13:47:40.810-08:00Survivor Predicitions & Observations
Only a few more hours until the flagship of Reality TV has arrived. Here are my thoughts on each of the three tribes:
-Ethan is playing very smart. Rupert is not. There are few things more maddening then putting in hard labor on something that you know is BS. He's toast.
-Richard is getting his game on as provider. The other two construction worker mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1077143304664617562004-02-18T13:30:00.000-08:002004-02-18T14:52:50.920-08:00Before and After '98
In the Summer of '98 I went to a punk show up on 14th & Ohio St. in Lawrence. Even then I was a few years older than the 17-19 year old crowd converging outside. So, being alone, not knowing anyone other than a handful of elitist kids there, it could have been a little bit alienating. But a man about my age with Manson's eyes and jet black stringy hair walked over and mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1077060936768472262004-02-17T13:21:00.000-08:002004-02-17T17:14:31.466-08:00America, the Addict
If an article on post-9-11 efforts to a put a Liquefied Natural Gas terminal in Long Beach isn't a sure sign there's an energy crunch, I don't know what is.
As the LA Times article states, "One of the nation's most respected LNG experts, Jerry Havens, warned last month that if a single tank of LNG spilled on water, it could create a fire half a mile wide that could mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1076961299115949212004-02-16T11:54:00.000-08:002004-02-16T12:13:35.793-08:00SF Party Takes Over Street, Heads to Safeway
pictures along with one person's account of the day
From a Reclaim The Streets-San Francisco website:
Reclaim the Streets is a global, decentralized direct action movement which uses street parties to take back public space - the street - from cars, corporations and the police state, and to return it to the public for socializing, bicycling, art, mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1076878416622954412004-02-15T11:19:00.000-08:002004-02-15T12:59:36.200-08:00Burning Police Car
Reading over the last couple posts, most Americans in the U.S. might think "Geez, lighten up, bro." I would counter that anyone who is not outraged by that 17 year sentence, or the example of a man being threatened with arrest for sleeping on the beach (for being poor) has lost touch with their humanity.
How that happens is a difficult question. Maybe for most people, mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1076785389885828562004-02-14T10:20:00.000-08:002004-02-14T13:23:14.610-08:0019 Dead Cops, 75+ Prisoners Freed
"Good cops"? I remember in college my squeaky clean RA with a man in blue pounding on my neighbor's door cause the RA thought he smelled marijuana. I remember serving free food down on Venice Beach, overhearing an unemployed man saying he was so mad he could scream. He had been woken up in the middle of the night by some nazi officer informing him that it was mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1076708558440867562004-02-13T13:11:00.000-08:002004-02-13T13:55:45.560-08:00Fuck Yourself, Your Honor
Two teenage boys decide to have some fun. One gets a blowjob. The other gets 17 years in jail. A developmentally disabled young man's life is ruined and it appears that Kansas taxpayers are complacent with allotting about $25,000/year (~$425,000 total in current dollars) to teach him a lesson, or as the Leavenworth Kansas Apellate judge said, to defend "the very mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1076624194737746542004-02-12T14:00:00.000-08:002004-02-12T14:21:17.296-08:00Class Warfare, American Style
I've always hated Martha Stewart. I never could pinpoint the reason. But having lived with a Martha Stewart clone in the Baldwin Hills of Los Angeles, I can see clearly now that inner Bitch. In Rebecca Taister's latest article for Salon, she recounts her own experience as a former full-time assistant slave to a star. In it she reveals that America's mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1076538195939757002004-02-11T13:42:00.000-08:002004-02-11T14:45:17.483-08:00Death to Slim Shady & His Lover
For too long record companies have been putting out a narrow range of crap. For too long artists have been lured into the business by money rather than a desire to create something from the heart ...
But now there is a new file sharing system called "Mute". When reading about it, one gets the feeling that these geeks may be giving record companies the mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1076453606826229732004-02-10T13:55:00.000-08:002004-02-10T16:38:33.263-08:00Bush Releases National Guard Records, Media Wags its Tail, Looks Happy
Under pressure, the Bush Administration has released virtually unreadable payroll records that they say clearly document the president "fulfilled his duties" during Vietnam. Yet not even the White House has been able to find anyone from his former unit who remembers George Bush serving in 1973.
So what's the explanation?mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1076347741374423492004-02-09T09:18:00.000-08:002004-02-09T09:33:13.513-08:002 Minute Speech, 30+ Topics Covered
In order to attract more amusing hate mail, fellow blogger C. Bryan Lavigne spent the last Sabbath putting together a quick little rant to pinch every conservative nerve he could find.
(more) mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1076306575209318852004-02-08T21:22:00.000-08:002004-02-08T22:22:19.076-08:00They say hatred can blind a person.
The BBC is reporting that Coldplay is dedicating their Grammy award to Johny Cash and AWOL's likely opponent, John Kerry.
That from a singer who has apparently worn a "fair trade" t-shirt to every concert for at least the last year.
That to a Senator who has championed NAFTA and normalized trade relations with China- a country which has shown the world that,mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1076196481874926712004-02-07T14:58:00.000-08:002004-02-07T16:14:43.466-08:00British Rail Union Abandons Tony Blair
A major transportation union in Britain that helped create the Labour Party is now breaking its ties. Several branches of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers union (RMT) have reaffiliated with the new Scottish Socialist Party. The SSP currently has 6 members in the 129 seat Scottish Parliament, up from 1 in 1999. A prominent politician in the SSP mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1076103613850950952004-02-06T12:55:00.000-08:002004-02-06T16:34:42.513-08:00Big Media Scramble to Defend Their Favorite Felon
from G. Robert Hellman of the Dallas Morning News, February 04 edition, deemed worthy of reprint in Knight-Ridder's Wichita Eage Beacon:
"WASHINGTON-The White House and top officials of the Republican Party and President Bush's re-election campaign on Tuesday took after Democratic critics who have questioned the president's service in the Air mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1076019747080272502004-02-05T14:22:00.000-08:002004-02-06T14:16:54.246-08:00Survivor All-Stars Prediction: Richard Stays
I know what you're thinking: "The Autonomist, reality tv?" Rest assured. This is perhaps my favorite sport cause politics are front & center.
A lot of people are saying Richard Hatch may be the first person from his tribe voted off the island. After all, he hasn't been helping out with attempts at starting a fire, (so they can drink mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1075938666244076052004-02-04T15:33:00.000-08:002004-02-04T16:00:54.810-08:00Workers Fire Boss, Continue Production After Lay-Off Announcement
After big lay-offs in the Saguenay-Lake region of Quebec, locals seem to have had enough. Several hundred aluminum workers voted to continue production in response to the latest announcement. Most of the community surrounding the factory are reportedly in support of the takeover, despite the charge of "illegality" by state mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1075852448768102512004-02-03T15:54:00.000-08:002004-02-03T17:00:48.403-08:00The "Other" Canada
Visualize an upside down Canadian flag with maple syrup dripping off it. Now recall the "Welcome to the Jungle" video where Axl steps off the bus into LA with nothing more than a guitar and a piece of grass hanging out of his mouth. These are some of the images I get after reading axenic.diaryland.com. In 2001 it was the diary of Bob & Anna Key as they hopped, hitched, 'mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1075775725011482072004-02-02T18:09:00.000-08:002004-02-02T19:03:37.280-08:00Thinking Outside the Bike Lanes
Last week a cluster of bicyclists in Los Angeles found a new way to show support for UFCW workers in their battle for healthcare benefits. As the Critical Mass rode into a Vons parking lot, half the group of 40 suddenly got the idea to quickly ride their bikes through the shopping lanes, urging slack-jawed customers to do business elsewhere. This is the kind mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1075693868102571222004-02-01T19:31:00.000-08:002004-02-01T22:29:21.390-08:00Anarchist Jail Break!
An anarchist prisoner has managed to escape the torture of his cell, and has written a passionate letter to the world. Unfortunately, right now the English translation isn't the best. But here it is on the net in English, French, & Spanish.mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1075668484963349892004-02-01T12:33:00.000-08:002004-02-01T15:08:24.780-08:00Work & Family
Capistrano Valley Republican Women, Federated,
It has come to my attention that your former President has spoken out against the Aliso Ridge development saying that the lower income residents would be "weak neighbors". According to the LA Times, a flyer posted earlier spoke of the social ills of the lower class, urging residents of Mission Viejo to oppose the development.
mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1075604282496770642004-01-31T18:24:00.000-08:002004-01-31T19:03:03.826-08:00Bob Black: Pro-worker, Anti-Work
Quotes from Black's "Aboliton of Work":
Adam Smith on the results of specialized labor:
"'The understandings of the greater part of men are necessarily formed by their ordinary employments. The man whose life is spent in performing a few simple operations... has no occasion to exert his understanding... He generally becomes as stupid and ignorant as it is mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1075508080482944422004-01-30T14:35:00.000-08:002004-01-30T16:20:13.826-08:00What makes a right winger so obnoxious?
Why is it that some will get my blood boiling , while others I'll invite over for pizza?
There are a lot of reasons I could give, but for
me it really comes down to class.
A middle(1) or upper class person on the right(2) represents privilege and often an ideology nurtured far from the brutal realities of the economic system they embrace. They push anmariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1075431536936617112004-01-29T18:48:00.000-08:002004-01-29T19:13:18.360-08:00US Military Unprepared for Unconventional Warfare
from The Independent:
"I never heard of this type of bomb until I came to Iraq," said Private Aaron Brown, a combat engineer in ... Fallujah...
Some [improvised explosive] devices are aimed not at convoys but at his [bomb squad]. The most ingenious so far was a solar panel, which when the dirt covering it was brushed aside by a US soldier mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1075430084531494672004-01-29T18:12:00.000-08:002004-01-29T18:36:57.076-08:00Iraqi Oil Union Defies Bremer, Wins Big
Workers at the Southern Oil Company have been openly rejecting the Occupation Authority's wage table with threats of strikes and an armed insurgency in the south if it wasn't changed dramatically. After an emergency compromise, the new minimum wage for all public employment in Iraq will be almost double the ~$50/month that Paul Bremer had previously setmariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1075356063620398722004-01-28T21:51:00.000-08:002004-01-28T22:03:15.343-08:00A flicker of light in the darkest hour
from an ex-Mercedes driving petroleum analyst:
Anti-work, pro-community
by Jan Lundberg
I propose the word "community" as a verb. When someone communities she or he does service for the greater good. Such activity may be to restore a watershed to prevent erosion. In so doing, the person is helping oneself as well.
Work is a noun and verb that has mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1075310415738133132004-01-28T08:57:00.000-08:002004-01-28T09:34:15.043-08:00Isn't She Adorable?
Dear Victor Davis Hanson at nationalreview.com ,
My name is Marissa Kathleen Holcomb. I am a 4th grader at Mariners Elementary in Newport beach. The uther day I was realy bored so I sat down at my daddys computer. He had your new webpage on.
It seemed realy weird in alot of places. One thing I didnt understand was how come you compared the 500 deaths in Iraq to the 500mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1075244754017262062004-01-27T15:05:00.000-08:002004-01-27T15:13:26.356-08:00Visualize Martha Stewart Behind Bars
Find out what a "shiv cozy" is from "Martha Stewart's Doing Time". Imagine that: a rich person behind bars. It's not supposed to work that way, right? But still we can visualize another world , one where Martha Stewart's living in prison .
mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1075226471296634572004-01-27T09:36:00.000-08:002004-01-27T10:05:27.590-08:00Puritan Hell Week
(revealed in a letter to Fucking Kansas )
...
In the coming days it's going to be "Puritan Hell Week" on my site. Here I will stab the protestant work ethic again and again, and then give its capitalist quaker-cut child a virtual swirley in an underfunded public restroom. Rest assured, Bob Black will be an accomplice...
Let me explain. In the last year I've had the distinctmariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1075150382701468002004-01-26T12:47:00.000-08:002004-01-26T14:40:58.403-08:00Definition of Irony
irony "2: incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs" -Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Example Using The Washington Times: It would be ironic for a newspaper owner, who according to his former daughter-in-law, organized her statutory rape (11/08,"4." for definition) and illegal immigration into the U.S, to publish an alarming top story mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1075140915840332052004-01-26T09:50:00.000-08:002004-01-26T11:13:25.123-08:00Freepin Scary Robots
Considering my Rumsfeld-as-hypocrite theme isn't too controversial on the Left, I decided last night to make a long journey over to the "Free Republic" in an attempt to peel off some support for the Bush Administration.
Within seconds of posting my Saturday editorial, I began to receive comments. Here are the two most substantive ones:
Posted by alnick to The Autonomistmariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1075057927949929782004-01-25T10:24:00.000-08:002004-01-25T12:13:56.903-08:00Is college worth it?
Well, maybe if you like to party or are searching for personal growth.
The Economic Policy Institute has recently analyzed new U.S. government data. Their conclusion is that 30 states haven't seen an increase in employment since the official end of the recession in 2001. What is not mentioned is that, due to population increase, about 150,000 jobs need to be created eachmariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1074969702861087572004-01-24T08:49:00.000-08:002004-01-24T16:39:47.390-08:00Rumsfeld At It Again: Old Habits Hard to Kill
Twenty years after shaking hands with the "Baghdad Butcher", Donald Rumsfeld is at it again. Last month he was spotted chatting up the new dictator of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.
Given that Donny was one of the original signatories to a 1997 statement calling for the US "to promote the cause of political and economic freedom abroad", one might mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1074883281302497762004-01-23T08:41:00.000-08:002004-01-24T07:36:50.780-08:00Maybe a prairie boy can make a difference with a computer
Over the last year I've engaged in a few extremely non-radical, modest efforts. I'm overjoyed to report on some extremely modest results:
-Anarchist Prisoner Moved to Arizona
A couple years ago someone posted a link on Sherman Austin's raisethefist.com to a webpage on how to make an explosive device. Under a draconian provision of the "mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1074806943447097232004-01-22T12:52:00.000-08:002004-01-22T14:09:46.483-08:00Belief in Human Progress Challenged in Siberia
Siberia, 1998:
"Hunters, the police chief included, also raid an indigenous herder's nearby turf and pick off her reindeer."
Interesting to hear that children of the enlightenment are
robbing nomads. Of course we've all heard about the forced privatization of their land, but isn't the piecemeal theft of their food sort of like shoplifting from mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1074706886783179382004-01-21T08:41:00.000-08:002004-01-21T10:13:17.513-08:00"We are talking about the end of industrial civilization here. " -lifeaftertheoilcrash.net
When I did a search for the word "biodiesel", and "ethanol" on the alarmist site quoted above, and on hubbertpeak.com , no word match was found.
It seems that the question of whether these plant based fuels are economical, (more energy coming out of their production than going into it), is an mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1074623648629438382004-01-20T10:10:00.000-08:002004-01-20T12:57:50.110-08:00Nazis Fire Bomb Birthplace of Joe Hill
In Europe the class compromise of Social Democracy seems to be under attack from all corners of the political spectrum. In Sweden big membership gains have accrued in the anarchist movement, and on the far opposite end, to neo-nazis. Here's the latest on the war between the two.
mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1074620923232361892004-01-20T09:30:00.000-08:002004-01-20T09:57:47.606-08:00Mad at Skippy
You've probably noticed that a link to Skippy the Bush Kangaroo no longer sits at the top of this website. "Why?", you ask. Well, let's just say I'm wielding some 1995 hegemony, (albeit unforcefully). A couple weeks ago I tried to play on the emotions of a "proud liberal" by saying I'm just a po boy with an 11 inch monitor. That means when I go to his site I have to scroll mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1074483283181685612004-01-18T18:54:00.000-08:002004-01-19T06:58:12.153-08:00CBS poll shows Bush's popularity diving, ( despite favorable coverage at CBS )
According to the latest CBS poll, Bush's approval rating has dropped 10% since the days after the capture of Saddam Hussein. It's now at 50%.
But will it drop any lower?
That may require some cognitive dissonance on the part of a fraction of the nearly 50% of voters in 2000 that helped send him to the White Housemariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1074451849099288602004-01-18T10:05:00.000-08:002004-01-18T10:59:47.233-08:00Iraqi Resistance Forcing Occupation Authority to Create Jobs
In response to repeated attacks of pipelines and other oil infrastructure in Iraq, almost 15,000 security jobs are being created to ward off saboteurs. The salary for new recruits to the Iraqi Force Protection Service reportedly starts at $60 a month. Also on duty are tribal leaders, charged with keeping an eye on pipelines that run mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1074408475918824302004-01-17T22:13:00.000-08:002004-01-17T23:23:18.500-08:00"Let me study how you ride the beat, you big freak"
Hehe, That's the title of a journal entry from Conflict Girl,
a sociology major, blogger, ex-punk rocker, and Midwesterner approaching 30, just like your friend. Earlier I was debating whether to list her website in the political section, or what some consider to be the stigmatizing "Other" section, since it is so personal. But considering mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1074313017782299172004-01-16T19:47:00.000-08:002004-01-16T20:43:51.060-08:00Shit Government, Shit Food
from Molly Ivins:
As Lou Dubose and I conclude, if you must eat while Republicans control both the White House and Congress, you may want to consider becoming a vegetarian. I am especially fond of the USDA inspection memo we uncovered that drew the following reaction from the Government Accountability Project: "Feces is feces whether it's fibrous or not. ... The USDA mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1074237487031167942004-01-15T22:29:00.000-08:002004-01-16T08:18:19.623-08:00Socialist KKK???
It's been a long while since an essay caught me by surprise as this one has. The author of "Rank-and-File Radicalism Within the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s" claims that the popular conception of The Klan today has little to do with the reality of it 80 years ago: predominantly northern, urban, and class conscious, with some local chapters actively supporting multiracial labor mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1074192595335117072004-01-15T10:45:00.000-08:002004-01-21T10:32:28.576-08:00Bikes & Cars: Like Oil & Water
Bicycle Commuting Now is probably the quintessential blog for the spiritual bicyclist. News items about biking in cold Pennsylvania weather, new parts purchased for Frank's bike, rude motorists, and more Frank opinion fill the page of this website. Having lived in rural, urban and suburban areas, one post I found interesting was on urban sprawl:
Sprawl affects mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1074140627146500362004-01-14T19:43:00.000-08:002004-01-14T20:36:39.140-08:00"A Mighty Wind"
The creators of Spinal Tap, the classic parody of heavy metal superstardom, are back with a new target: tree hugging folk singers. With a title like "A Mighty Wind", one can almost imagine a subversive duo infiltrating a Kindergarden class to slip in some anti-capitalist sing along songs before nap time.
The article from The Independent provides a history of folk and country mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1074056667796161442004-01-13T20:30:00.000-08:002004-01-13T21:08:51.496-08:00Boo-hoo: Ted Nugent in chainsaw accident, 40 stitches needed
You don't know how saddened I was to hear this story about an upstanding member of our nation accidentally slashing his leg with a chainsaw. Well, who am I kidding. Here's a quote I'll remember Nugent by:
"I contribute to the dead of winter and the moans of silence, blood trails are music to my ears. I'm a gut pile addict. The pig mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1074031623351732512004-01-13T13:51:00.000-08:002004-01-13T17:05:47.950-08:00What Would Ricardo Do?
One of the more respected theorists of capitalism is David Ricardo. In his book, "On The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation", he brings us the theory of "comparative advantage" -a sacred cow in schools of classical economics.
As with all holy books, interesting interpretations are inevitable as the powers that be selectively search for self-justifying quotes. mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1073941774474860382004-01-12T12:28:00.000-08:002004-01-12T13:41:38.106-08:00Where's the Recovery, Awol?
A few days ago the stock market was jolted by some very unexpected news. A rapidly expanding economy produced 1,000 new jobs for December, about 150,000 less than expected. Due to our increasing population, 150,000 is also about the number needed to keep the unemployment rate steady. Yet the official unemployment rate dropped 2/10ths of a percent. What's the deal?
mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1073926172629074902004-01-12T08:44:00.000-08:002004-01-12T08:49:53.376-08:00To vote or not to vote: anarchists debate elections
"We all have left-liberal friends who will ask us to vote. I'm considering attaching strings: I will vote if you will help FNB so many hours a week... " -Mike
mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1073762170344678882004-01-10T10:26:00.000-08:002004-01-10T11:27:01.610-08:00Basra Journalist Claims Some U.S. Fatalities Going Unreported
Autonomy Press (AP)--A journalist is standing by her story in a January 6 news round-up that 6 U.S. soldiers were shot at and killed on the "notorious" Nassiriyah highway on December 26, 2003.
However U.S. "Central Command" (centcom) had no report of this attack on the same day or in their next report on December 28. Instead they mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1073703195220300202004-01-09T18:43:00.000-08:002004-01-09T19:40:08.100-08:00Short Story
Just found this short history of U.S. intervention in Guatemala. A more comprehensive chapter from Chomsky illustrates that on foreign policy, liberal and conservative leaders in Washington are working as a team. The New York Times should be pleased with their harmonious cooperation in defense of "vital U.S. interests":
" In 1954 the Guatemalan government nationalized the landmariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1073677524217094802004-01-09T11:15:00.000-08:002004-01-09T12:39:18.236-08:00Mixing it up with the Alan Keyes brigade
Recently I've been debating some self-described "free-market libertarians" at the Alan Keyes website over the question of whether (or not) libertarianism is compatible with capitalism.. Of course I've received much heavy breathing from people angry that I've roasted their sacred cow. Still, I've received some sober challenges under the "News" section of mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1073601487494385532004-01-08T14:38:00.000-08:002004-01-08T14:43:38.826-08:00favorite songs
Cat Power
>He War
>I don't blame you.
mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1073584724593635532004-01-08T09:23:00.000-08:002004-01-08T14:35:59.926-08:00Bush in 30 Seconds
Over 1500 TV ads have been submitted to Moveon.org in a contest to choose the one most likely to defeat George Bush in '04. Millions of nominations were made by the site's readers that ended with the 15 most popular finalists to be voted on by a panel of 20 judges. Judge Moby, Judge Janeane Garofalo, Judge Al Franken and Judge Jack Black among others will issue their ruling mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1073501440337727312004-01-07T10:41:00.000-08:002004-01-07T11:05:15.270-08:00New Sidebar Link
"Living on Less" is right up my alley on a number of levels elaborated on in a comment to their latest post. Anyways, they have a ton of interesting links for the underclass intellectual. All in all, one of my favorite blogs.mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1073424627159616432004-01-06T13:24:00.000-08:002004-01-06T13:52:18.123-08:00Oops!
Below I write that Franken was "dishonest" to not mention that Evan Thomas is the grandson of Norman Thomas. Ann Coulter also uses this as an example of "intentional dishonesty" on Franken's part. Yet I just found it mentioned on the very last page of his book under "Endnotes". Brilliant! This serves Franken's point about Coulter's use of them: Endnotes are harder to reference than by mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1073410168840447542004-01-06T07:26:00.000-08:002004-01-06T15:26:19.786-08:00Franken Lies?
As I read through the chapters of Franken's latest book, I wondered how people like Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, or Sean Hannity could now bear to go out in public.
"Why aren't they as out of sight now as hair rock was after Nirvana's second album hit the radio?", I thought.
The evidence seemed so damning, and to be honest, most of it still appears that way as I write.
In fact, mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088234.post-1073329694654098682004-01-05T10:01:00.000-08:002004-01-05T11:25:25.546-08:00Al Franken and Socialism: An Open Letter to a World Net Daily Columnist
Vox Day,
In my research of right-wing criticisms of Al Franken's book: Lies, I have come across quite a few people that have referred to the author's politics as "socialist", "far-left", and your term, "Marxist".
I can assure you that those of us on the Left were not
fans of NAFTA, putting more ineffective cops on the mariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06018107752883596261noreply@blogger.com