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The Beatles’ Revolution: Idealistic Individualism

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Flickr : Thomas Duchnicki"][/caption] I love the Beatles. Any difference in opinion between I and their lyrics is not something that will ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 12:49 PM.

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Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

[caption id="attachment_70" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Paul Gauguin's "D'où venons-nous? / Qui sommes-nous? / Où allons-nous?", 1897"][/caption] I love Chris Harman's book, A People's History of the World, ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 8:33 AM.

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The Keffiyeh Scarf in Popular American Culture

Only this year did I learn about the keffiyeh scarf being used as a symbol of solidarity with Palestine, pretty much the same time I ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 12:34 AM.

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The New Socialism Sounds Suspiciously Like The Old Socialism

[caption id="attachment_52" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="by BinaryApe (Flickr)"][/caption] Through a mention by Nancy Scola via TechPresident, I found a really awesome article on Wired today called "The ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 11:45 AM.

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What’s Scarier: The Murderer or the Lynch Mob?

[caption id="attachment_47" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo/stencil by clagnut (on Flickr)"][/caption] Recently my building was burglarized. Days later, there was a drive-by shooting down the street. The reason ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 4:37 PM.

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How to Discover the Truth (Maybe, Sorta)

I've probably talked a lot about this before, since it's been driving me nuts lately, but I try to explain often that I don't really ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 9:06 PM.

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The Techno is the Political?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCUuEfgqctk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]Ok I'll admit it. I love techno. I'm an ex raver. I love all the little kandi kids. Some rave songs make me cry. Techno ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 1:21 AM.

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Review of the Inauguration

I have little to compare this inauguration to as I don't think I've ever watched an inauguration before. I imagine it was quite a bit ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 6:07 PM.

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Communal vs Individualist

I just received an email from the Barack Obama mailing list pointing me to a new government-endorsed volunteer site, complete with the the supersexy site ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 7:02 PM.

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Kill them all? Really? A total rant.

It's REALLY unfortunate when ignorant, hateful assholes put their support behind a cause, because it encourages viewers to assume that these people represent what they're ...

4 Comments. Posted by admin on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 7:13 PM.

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Ideas for Change in America

I'm writing to tell/remind you about the Change.org: Ideas for Change in America "competition". This project was created in response to Barack Obama's call for ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Monday, January 5, 2009 at 6:52 PM.

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The myth of the nuclear family

Mark Steel is always delightful to read:The myth of the nuclear familyHe says:NO MATTER how far society moves from the "traditional" family, we still seem ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 7:56 PM.

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Homophobic Minorities, Racist Homosexuals, Divide & Conquer, Oh My!

I guess the title says it all. First the story is that homophobic blacks are to blame for the passing of prop 8. Now people ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Friday, November 14, 2008 at 6:07 PM.

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As though a message sent by god… haha just kidding

No but seriously, after writing the last entry I found myself watching Jonathan Haidt's TED video again about the difference between liberals and conservatives. I ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Friday, November 14, 2008 at 12:22 AM.

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The Tyranny of the Majority

I'm only just starting to think about this, so this is a dipping-my-toes entry, but I already find it really fascinating. This past weekend I ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 10:53 PM.

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What I learned at the Northwest Socialist Conference

I learned a lot at this year's Northwest Socialist Conference. Since this blog still has no defined audience but myself, parts of this may only ...

1 Comment. Posted by admin on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 12:43 AM.

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The government is blogging?!

The new administration already seems to have a more human face than I've seen in my lifetime. Barack Obama talks about change coming from the ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Monday, November 10, 2008 at 10:06 PM.

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Racism is Damn Sticky Stuff.

Ok. I probably shouldn't even be upset about this because what it really comes down to is an altercation with two complete strangers who were ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 10:50 PM.

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Nail Polish is an Oppressive Tool of Patriarchy!

Haha just kidding. Sorta.So lately I've been trying to do more... typically "girly" things, like put on nail polish (black in memory of high school) ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 6:39 PM.

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Totally Random Thoughts on Homophobia

I find it really funny when guys (usually it's men) say "I'm not homophobic, but I'm really not cool with gay guys hitting on me". ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Friday, October 31, 2008 at 9:33 PM.

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Barack Obama

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtREqAmLsoA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1]This "infomercial" for Barack Obama makes it even more clear (in case we forgot) how very very good his marketing team has been. I don't ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 7:57 PM.

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Mark Bittman and the Vegetarian Experiment

This is a really informative and persuasive talk by a meat-eater (hehe, always sounds like yer talking about dinosaurs, right?) who thinks we REALLY should ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Thursday, October 9, 2008 at 10:38 PM.

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Celebrities Really Really Want You To Vote

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vtHwWReGU0&hl=en&fs=1]This sort of thing drives me nuts. Yeah, these campaigns are great. I have no idea if they actually work, but hopefully they do. Me, ...

2 Comments. Posted by admin on Friday, October 3, 2008 at 6:54 PM.

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On “Preaching to the Choir”

Apologies for totally not writing in a long time. I have a lot to say but for the moment I'm just going to get this ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 6:15 PM.

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On tattoos: a personal (and therefore probably boring) diatribe

I've been in various conversations recently where I'm confronted with someone who expresses a distaste for permanent ink based on a belief that the body ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 3:37 AM.

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