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giving an inch to allah

Inch Allah. Its a game of inches. Do people who write and make films that glorify through the narrative of “humanization” aid and abet forces helping to destroy, stonewall, or indefinitely postpone the possibility for peace, instead turning the conflict … Continue reading

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big bang and it came upon us

The nature of evil, the mechanical moving parts that make up villainy.The question is always posed, so that the question reveals the answer: if humanity collectively does want evil, then why does it exist? The short answer is that goodness … Continue reading

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turning the last page of history

Holocaust Remembrance Day is on the horizon at the end of the month,and whatever its merits, or its motivations that underlied this United Nations initiative it interestingly coincides with the Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shevat, as a renewal, a time … Continue reading

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desde-michelle-ona

Do you think he actually thinks about strangling her? Is Michelle Obama Desdemona? Othello pulled all the right strings through virile stories of war and danger which Desdemona swallowed with “a greedy ear.” She implied that she wanted to marry … Continue reading

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spiritually diseased please

There was a famous line attributed to Walter Benjamin that captures somewhat the problem the Nazi’s had with what they termed “degenerate art,” which lacked the necessary material underpinnings to easily transform itself into unchallenging kitsch. Benjamin’s  “logical result of … Continue reading

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bank on it: riding the gatsby curve

Monopoly theories of profits. State sanctioned cartels. Wring out  last drop of blood, milking the last dollar. its ruling class economic-politics , closed and narrow, like minded, and they have a  self-perpetuating control of the key establishments of the state. And … Continue reading

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lookin’ for joey’s camel

“Deux poids. Deux measures” A kind of double standard. A sigh, a resignation of acceptance of moral relativism. This is especially acute with regard to the established canon of the church of socialist thinking in which the high priests of … Continue reading

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black and white dahlia

by Art Chantry: my old friend and cohort mark michaelson has started up a new website called ‘american mugshot . check it out.(https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMugshot). in his honor, i post this lovely shot of the black dahlia before she got that “smile … Continue reading

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caliban r & b

At the end of The Tempest, the enchanter Prospero says of his half-human slave Caliban: “This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine.” Caliban, the native slave has really no articulation of character. He is a thing. A primate. Colonized. Shakespeare … Continue reading

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the pause between seconds

Asking the Bisonics what their musical influences are is like trying to coax quicksilver into a mason jar on the first crack. So intrigued by the disc “seconds” that I had to, dared venture to ask. Its the kind of … Continue reading

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