OK, so everyone knows if you’re mining the newswires for some tidbit of sillyheaded leftist tripe, the latest extreme-PC inanity or just something that you want to angry up the blood, typing in “Berkeley” as your search query is a pretty safe bet, almost as consistently productive as inputing “Michael Moore” when looking for news on fat lying sacks of crap.
But even Berkeley sometimes manages, in spite of itself, to do something that wouldn’t make Loki rub his hands manicially while mumbling, “Yes, yes, it’s all going according to plan!”
Measure O was one of those things. An earnest, enthusiastic but softheaded type wished to make it a crime, punishable by up to six months in jail, to sell any kind of brewed coffee within the city limits that wasn’t organic or Fair Trade certified. Now I’m not going to extensively go into the entire organics/Fair Trade debate here. That’s a lengthy post for another day, but it’s enough to know right now that I abhor organic food (partially because I’m already forced to eat it - more on that in a moment).
However, in the case of Measure O, sanity somehow clawed her way out of the catacombs to which the city of Berkeley so often confines her and her sweet face beamed upon the world.
On election day, Measure O was defeated by a 40% margin. Berkeley did the right thing. Somewhere in Hell, Hitler looked up and silently watched a snowflake dance its merry way to the ground K9 dog sex fantasies. Everywhere, dogs and cats came together in the spirit of brotherhood and harmony. Baby Jeebus rejoiced.
Well, the Berkeley co-ops are to Berkeley as Berkeley is to the rest of the nation. Often, their membership consists of the self-selected hardcores, those who are too stupid to tell the difference between cooperativism and communism, the kinds of people who think that living in an apartment and contributing to a capitalistic transaction would be tantamount to chucking books on the fire at Nuremburg.
I might be exaggerating just a tad, but the general tenor of what I said is true. You’ve got Berkeley, and then you’ve got the freebased Berkeley that is much of the USCA: purified, concentrated… hell, practically turned into a fine powder and weaponized girl doing sex with dog.
To be sure, that isn’t true of the entire membership. You’ve got poor people who just can’t afford apartments, those too lazy to go through the process of looking for another place to live, kids who couldn’t find one because the housing crunch just doesn’t leave any open spots anywhere, and folks who would just rather live in a more social atmosphere. I fit in at least a lttle bit with all of those.
I see my co-op, and the co-op movement in general, as a useful and practical business model for people without a lot of resources. You find some like-minded fellow people, and you pool your resources to further whatever goal you’re aiming for. In this case, it’s low-cost student housing. You’d be amazed though how many people in Che shirts and steeped in the “philosophy” of Rage Against the Machine think they’re smashing capitalism by living here.
Riiiiiight.
These types are often just absolutely devastated when they learn that the USCA is an honest to God corporation farm sex story.
So while you do have your share of normals (hell, in CZ alone there’s like 5 libertarians… do they count as normals?), there is an undeniably significant component of extremist lefty types: unrepetant Marxists, anarchists, eco-freaks etc), and when Berkeley does someting sensible like hand Measure O its ass, you can often count on the co-ops to pick up the Stupid Torch right where Berkeley dropped it.
If they can’t make Berkeley buy the economically unsustainable coffee they want them to, at least the co-ops will!
Living in CZ, I’m already forced to eat almost exclusively organic produce. which is often inferior tasting, always expensive and occasionally sprinkled with delightful “prizes” (ie, bugs). The fact that it’s actually worse for the environment and your health, and that the only real reason I’m forced to put up with this shit is because it makes some poorly-informed people with guilt-complexes feel all fuzzy about themselves inside since they’re under the mistaken impression that going organic is like giving the Earth Mother a great big hug really really gets my goat.
Right now, the co-op Board of Directors meeting is going on, and they have probably already voted to make this part of official co-op policy. So not only will I be paying extra money for food to help some silly college kids give a blowjob to Captain Planet, but I’ll also be subsidizing an economically and enviromentally fallacious procedure of coffee buying big dog sex.
This was a quote I particularly enjoyed from the Daily Cal article:
“It’s a debate right now as to what’s more important, the individual’s right to choose or that we’ve already committed ourselves to certain principles by being part of a cooperative,” de Giere said.
That’s right you putz. Let’s take a gander at what those principles actually are:
The ROCHDALE COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLES are as follows:
1.Open, voluntary membership
2. Democratic control
3. Limited return on equity capital
4. Net surpluses belong to user-owners
5. Honest business practices
6. Ultimate aim to advance common good
7 dog cum fantasy. Education
8. Cooperation among cooperatives
Hmmm, I guess I missed the part about silly environmental practices and poorly thought out social justice schemes.
This really would surprise no one who spent any time in the co-ops, seeing as how anyone seeking to advance some whacked-out political cause will immediately claim that we have to support it because it’s part of our mission as a co-op.
Want to create a house policy to let whatever bums in off the street sleep on our couches? It’s a co-op man! Not letting bums in isn’t being very co-operative, dude.
Wanna donate house money to some guy who hasn’t washed his hair since Woodstock to further his political cause of delcaring all property illegal? I don’t think we have a choice. What kind of a co-op would we be if we didn’t?
What say we invite some fifth-column socialists to sleep in our common area for free while they’re attending some dumbass anti-everything-but-hemp rallies? We’d like, be violating our co-op principles if we didn’t!
We had this very conversation in our weekly house council around November 2001, when some dirty peace hippies wanted to sleep at CZ for the weekend so they could go make idiot spectacles of themselves during the day protesting those darned wars for oil and multiple genocides that the US commits every other Tuesday. I calmly pointed out that there was absolutely nothing in the Rochdale Principles that had anything to do with social or political causes, and to subsidize such causes is an unfair use of house funds contributed by the entire membership.
They voted to let them stay, of course.
Like so many other things in Berkeley, you have to just sorta shrug and say, “Typical.”
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
University or Diversity
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
rivals.
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
I finally went and did it.
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
of fist.
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
of fist.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
I finally went and did it.
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
again soon, didn't we?"
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
conflict.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
vulnerability.
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
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(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
again soon, didn't we?"
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
Wheeler Hall last spring.
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
about equal probability.
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course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
let you know when there's a mushroom cloud over New York, because that's the only "final proof" that seems to be able to
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
Why are you still here?!
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
I've been blogging since July 2005, and in that time, I've had a few inter-blog arguments with the folks on the other
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
and you'll get diversity in the speech by the politician, in the one by the principal who welcomes him and in the one by
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
hacky-sack?"
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
cause, but I,
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
rivals.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
of the mass moron movement.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
I urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
Why are you still here?!
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
looks like a green light, no?
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
lap dance.
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
cause, but I,
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
In your face, Space Coyote!
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
rivals.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
It is time for a new day to dawn in the Blogosphere, my gnome brothers. A glorious day. A day when no longer will we
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
that I hadn't thought of it first!
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
computer systems.
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
who has been deprived of food for at least 6 hours - sounds like an unusually cruel thing to do, I know, but I'm sure
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
to penetrate.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
let you know when there's a mushroom cloud over New York, because that's the only "final proof" that seems to be able to
the not-being-a-jerk department.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
vulnerability.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
In your face, Space Coyote!
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
again soon, didn't we?"
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
Wheeler Hall last spring.
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
Maybe I can't change the fact that I have to be intimately confronted with the death and pain in order to really feel the
computer systems.
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
lap dance.
looks like a green light, no?
cause, but I,
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
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