Instrumental Reason and Left Politics (tags)
In the neoliberal variant of capitalism, postmodern pluralism dominates and with it a reason that is no longer trusted to understand the whole.. For instrumental reason, the actual world is always the best of all possible worlds since the question of a better world cannot arise in it. No problem arises that makes another, not yet existing world necessary or desirable.
ANECDOTE In the very distant past, The Toltec Troops were sent to conflict universes to save the local garrisons, but they fell into corruption because they left their homeland to reach unknown territories to fight for a leader who offered nothing in return and for for this reason they were easily defeated by The Toltec Troops and not only because of their very powerful enemy, but because the poisonous sensitivity that reigned there was enough to wisely retreat immediately.
The Forgotten, “finding home in a new city.” (tags)
Post Katrina New Orleans seeks the means to avoid wide spread disaster relief as hurricane season approaches once again.
The Real Reason The Beit HaMikdash Was Destroyed (tags)
Beware of Modern Advertising’s Influence and International Consumer Culture, the Same Values That Led to the Temple's Destruction
From the irrationalism of the market to the irrationalism of life in neoliberalism (tags)
Reason is not allowed to question the market but accepts it as a neutral and objective authority. The market takes the place of reason on a collective, social level. By definition, compulsion does not come from the market.
With slogans like "Less State, More Private," the state was run down for years. Neoliberal ideology managed to present it as a bureaucratic monster. Banks were bailed out. In the emergency, the most wicked neoliberal becomes the state fan. The history of innovations shows the state takes risks
Israel
5 Reasons to Support RAC-LA This Month (tags)
A call for funds and/or other support for the critical work Revolutionary Autonomous Communities, Los Angeles (RAC-LA) does to fight hunger and poverty by building anti-authoritarian people's power here in LA.
Mindanao, Philippines: An Appeal for All-out Justice; All-out Peace (tags)
Today, we reiterate the collective call to give justice to all who have perished in this tragedy and to ask that we recommit ourselves to a lasting peace in Mindanao.
Sacking NYT Executive Editor Jill Abramson (tags)
NYT
West Hollywood Police Department: "We Don't Need a Reason to Interrogate Pedestrians" (tags)
West Hollywood Police Department: "We Don't Need a Reason to Interrogate Pedestrians"
Los Angeles Marches in the Second Global March Against Chemtrails & Geoengineering (tags)
Los Angeles participated in the Global March Against Chemtrails & Geoengineering today in Santa Monica. There were 50-70 activists involved, including members of Los Angeles Skywatch. The public was very receptive and inquisitive.
Video: Republican Theme Song - Nothing Really Matters and The Fear Economy (tags)
Thanks to House Speaker John Boehner and his Republican caucus, the "Do-Nothing Congress" was so awful this year that I decided it deserved its own theme song. I had fun putting together this video—which also calls out some uplifting wins MoveOn members and other progressives were able to achieve this year
So long as the United States is at war, their power is preserved, and now that they have attained empire the USA must expand the war or fall, for the arts of peace they know nothing and have never engaged in any employment higher than torture & war. Aristotle.
The South Central Farm: A New Battle Begins... (tags)
The fight to save the South Central Farm is still going strong. As one activist said, “A people united will never be sub-divided.”
Barnes and Noble, Aliso Viejo, Incurs more ADA Violations (tags)
Barnes and Noble in Aliso Viejo didn't learn from its last ADA violations. It continues to discriminate against disabled customers.
"There is a beautiful fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen where the devil builds a mirror that distorts everything beautiful and good into nothing. The most glorious countrysides appear like boiled spinach, the best persons are repulsive or without torsos.."
THE AGE OF MADNESS & A Critical Review of fbi/cia Operations (tags)
This report represents a summary of my reflections & analysis on fbi/cia/police/societal egregious agendas.
Independence Day Hypocrisy (tags)
hypocrisy
Fukushima Mon Horreur - The Dream of Economic Reason Gives Birth to Tremendous Catastrophe (tags)
In "Anti-Duhring," Frederick Engels explained that nature also has a history and that capitalism tends to destroy its own foundations and nature. The negative is bound to the positive as conservation of energy is bound to transformation of energy.
Mission: to combat the Americanism in Brazil.
Following Tucson Shooting, Dissent Demonized (tags)
Following the tragic shooting in Tucson by a mentally disturbed individual, any and all anti-government speech is now being attacked by the corporate media. This sounds like an MK ULTRA CIA operation that pushes unstable individuals over the edge and causes the reactionary left to call for censorship of anti-government sentiment and ideas.
LA COUNTY PARKS AND LAPD ALLOW BIG, GAY, ECOSEXUAL ART-WEDDING IN FARNSWORTH PARK TO GO ON (tags)
Altadena attempts to cancel the wedding of Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens
mesage from the earth to humanity (tags)
iam looking in on you nowWhat do you think you can do from now.
Obama’s Lies About Iran or What he was "hired" to do. (tags)
"Iran’s nuclear power capability is used to keep us frightened beyond all reason. That nation’s domestic turmoil wrought by last year’s disputed presidential election has also been used as proof that Iran is a terrorist state, or a “state sponsor of terror” or whatever new terms can be invented to make Americans believe that war is a necessity."
The sociologist Dr. Atilio Boron, professor of political theory at the University of Buenos Aires, is an internationally known radical political author. UNESCO awarded him the “International Jose Marti prize” on July 17, 2009
"Banned in Berkeley" Anarchist Bookfair Afterparty (tags)
SF Anarchist Bookfair Afterparty in Berkeley at Kip's, Saturday March 13th from 8PM onward.
Now we can starve seeing beautiful space pictures!
Gemstone Jewelry - Bring Luck To You (tags)
Women, fashion and jewellery can not be separated. Although there are jewelry for men too but it seems that women are the most rightful candidates for wearing them. Women jewellery come in all types of materials- gold, silver, other metals, beads, wood and even clay and stones, coins etc.
OBAMA, FOX AND THE JOURNALISTIC CORPORATIVISM (tags)
Obama is being long to bury FOX.
ELECTIONS IN IRAN, THE WESTERN MEDIA IS SAD BECAUSE IT LOST (tags)
Noisy minority cannot dominate silent majority.
Prosecute Obama for War Crimes (tags)
"ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT – Whoever, knowing that an offense has been committed, receives, relieves, comforts or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent his apprehension, trial or punishment, is an accessory after the fact; one who knowing a felony to have been committed by another, receives, relieves, comforts, or assists the felon in order to hinder the felon's apprehension, trial, or punishment. U.S.C. 18"
Same process - Same old story. (tags)
Same process - Same old story.
Atheist speaks at Montclair church (tags)
Atheist speaks at Montclair church: Addresses censorship and church-state separation violation in Rancho Cucamonga February 22, 2009 MONTCLAIR, California -- Dan Barker, influential atheist and co-president of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, addressed a full house today at the Monte Vista Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Montclair, a quiet community on the western end of San Bernardino County known more for its shopping mall than as a bastion of religious tolerance and freethought. One topic on the minds of many in the audience was the recent controversy surrounding a FFRF-sponsored billboard reading "Imagine No Religion" in the nearby city of Rancho Cucamonga. Despite the foundation's contract with the billboard company to display the message for a month, the sign was censored after a mere five days. Legal action against the city is pending.
Hope in Common, by David Graeber (tags)
We seem to have reached an impasse. Capitalism as we know it appears to be coming apart.
ROUGH SAILING FOR THE VETERANS EQUITY BILL IN CONGRESS? (tags)
The Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV), the alliance of veterans groups and advocates through its Coordinator Arturo P. Garcia expressed dismay over the failure of Democratic Party Speaker Nancy Pelosi to present to the floor of the house HR 760 or the Veterans Equity Bill before the memorial day weekend. JFAV learned from different sources that the reason for the untimely delay was the strong opposition from the “ blue dog” democrats. The blue dogs are the fiscally conservative democrats in the congress. The fear is that they might vote with the conservative Republicans against the equity bill.. ‘
The pacifist strategy of Jesus - 1. The lost message (tags)
Throughout history there have been people who have faithfully read about Jesus in the Bible over and over again and yet for all their reading, not once did they ever understand a thing that the man was really saying. The following investigation is intended both to expose how religion functions as a brainwashing tool, as well as recovering the Lost Message of Jesus.
Are T.V.,Radio,Mags "Liable" for promoting "Fradulent" Products? (tags)
Don't you also then,become just as culpable and liable,as the fradulent product makers,for cheating and stealing from all those audiences who watch,hear or read your ads?
Only Tigers Survive: Scientology (tags)
As Erich Fromm would say, scientology fits in the world of the marketing character and the "unproductive I-orientation." Scientology is the glorification of an American ego-trip. Life is a game! Everyone plays for himself! Everyone can be a winner! Wars are only part of this game!
Blackwater moving to San Diego (tags)
sound familiar?
Marijuana Dealers/Growers Offer Schwarzenegger One Billion Dollars (tags)
August 6 -- A coalition of California marijuana growers and dealers has offered Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger one billion dollars to solve the current state budget crisis. The group, calling itself Let Us Pay Taxes makes the offer through its web site LetUsPayTaxes.com. The offer comes at a time when the California legislature is deadlocked on a new budget and California has stopped issuing checks for vitally needed social services. Legislators are currently arguing over which programs will be cut in order to balance the budget.
Senators hammer Gonzales on Ashcroft hospital visit (tags)
Sparking the ire of several members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales claimed on Tuesday that the controversial 2004 hospital visit he made to his predecessor, John Ashcroft, dealt not with the warrantless eavesdropping that the administration has confirmed but with an entirely different program.
Fresh & Easy: A Wal-Mart Clone? (tags)
An open letter to Fresh & Easy, Tesco's (UK) upcoming US subsidiary...
A Missionary of Ignorance (tags)
The king of arrogance and the missionary of ignorance are part of a frozen elite consciousness of fear and indifferent reason where there are no alter-natives and bankruptcies are just normal business practice. Another world is possible of open arms, not clenched fists!
Top 8 Reason for Iraq Invasion (tags)
It’s spring of 2007, four years deep into Iraq occupation .Here’s a mature top 8 reasons that combined to trigger and perpetuate this invasion/occupation what used to be the sovereign nation of Iraq.
LAPD ATTACK PEACEFULL MAY DAY CROWD WITH RUBBER BULLETS AND TEARGAS (tags)
It looked like the cops were just running unnecessary drills; scare tactics to freak people out and intimidate them, but it wasn’t really working.
New Film Exposes evangelical Hypocrisy/ Bush War Crimes (tags)
Real Christians Don't Choose War
Christian Morality and Economic Reason (tags)
Finance capital circling anonymously around the globe seeking only short-term profit must expect the resistance of the affected and of the church that turns to the affected. The question is who profits from globalization.
GAS DOWN OIL UP AND CIA SPACE TOURIST (tags)
YOU ALWAYS GET TOMMORROWS NEWS TODAY FROM THE AMERICAN bLASHEMER and so the indymedia of Houston editorial collective had to disappear my post called OIL PRICES ARE NOT DOWN the other day when they were down. But now spot prices are up, (why included here) gas is down, (why included here) and Russia unknowingly launches possible CIA space tourist. The FBI and HOUSTON CHRONICLE have blamed all this on William Jefferson.
Peoples do not win wars, only governments. People only delight in war when they are poisoned by propaganda and indoctrinated by the school, media and religion.. War, this orgy of killing and destroying, is the absolute horror.
What if Israel can't win militarily?
COP WATCH REPORT: Police attack demonstrators in Hollywood and march with Minutemen (tags)
Police attacked demonstrators in Hollywood before marching with the Minutemen.
The Second American Revolution : Capitalism, Proverbs and Parables (tags)
I will speak to them in parables (sound bites). I will reveal to them mysteries and the secret things which have been kept hidden from them for long ages past. A revolution is a propaganda war and it the decisive battles are not fought with guns.
World Trade Center 7 and Financial Markets (tags)
911 Inside job. Why World trade center 7 came down.
Immigration Policy: Send Us Your Poor, They Will Wind Up in Iraq (tags)
They are coming by the millions from all over the world. Let them come here. Let them find that there are not enough jobs. They will find the military to be the last resort when their welfare is cut off. And let them acquire Gulf War Syndrom (radiation sickness from uranium munitions).! It works just fine in the minds of the neo-cons.
A Message from the Chairman (tags)
Maybe not Howard himself, but fearful Democratic Party leaders are putting the screws to those in Congress who want to call Bush a criminal or to call for impeachment.
The only way that today remains practicable is to observe carefully, with minuzia and patience, that has been - but, only, in order to find that it would have to be, or, in alternative, that is it. No eruditism is more acceptable.
Israel is the reason America is at war (tags)
Fw: Israel is the reason America is at war
Where Have All the Bush/Cheney Bumper Stickers Gone? (tags)
You still see Kerry stickers, so what’s the deal? Did the GOP use cheaper glue, or is there some other reason that the once ubiquitous black-and-white decals have suddenly disappeared from the nation’s SUVs?
Max Mayfield-Natl Hurricane Center-Lies About Global Warming (tags)
During a Congressional Hearing on Predicting Hurricanes, Max Mayfield (hurricane guru) was asked if he believes the increase in number and intensity of hurricanes are due to global warming.
WHY PAT ROBERTSON ISN'T TREATED AS A TERRORIST (tags)
ONE OF BUSH'S GOOD TERRORISTS
July 7 bombings: Another reason to end war and occupation (tags)
Will the July 7 bombings in London be followed by greater opposition to imperialist war and occupation--which has already cost so many lives and so much suffering in so many countries?
In the Dialectic of the Enlightenment, Adorno and Horkheimer diagnosed that instrumental reason has the tendency to become a murderous delusion under the frosty sun.. Adorno used the term regressive progress to erpress the paradoxical nature of modern civilization.
People Arrested For No Reason (tags)
Activists were arrested for no reason. People are going to the Garden Grove Police Department to show solidarity and demand their release.
Bashar Assad ordered the death of Rafiq Hariri (Bill Clinton ) (tags)
People in the media should stop making up infantile excuses by saying the real power behind Bashar Assad killed Hariri. Assad is the power
Consevative's Almighty Values Debunked (tags)
Aren't you sick of hearing about the Conservative's Almighty Values?
Tsunami - Paradigm Shift Competes With Passion for Oscars (tags)
Tsunami catastrophe is face saving opportunity for American Armed Forces to shift from doing the devastating "right thing" for wrong reason to doing the "Right Thing!" for heartfelt right reason
The REAL Reason For The War (tags)
How do you spell.......
Mass Arrests and Police Brutality in New York / Los Angels Activists Arrested (tags)
This is a report from the front lines in the police state of New York.
The number one reason why most Americans avoid political organizing is probably lack of free time. Can they take a page from the latest slacker manifesto from France?
food not lawns and cattails for central valley drought and heat..
Rat in a Drain Ditch, Caught on a Limb (tags)
It’s been a long, dark, strange trip these past three-plus years, but rejoice, dear readers: Bush is toast! How can this be, you ask, and how can one be so sure? Read on, and be ye comforted: Find out why the Bushman goeth come November.
A short peice in response to the recent beheading of Nick Berg.
The reason for the invasion? (tags)
Pictures show evidence of the reason Iraq was invaded in March 2003?
Lies and Delusions gotz us here Here is Where We Die Here is Where We Bleed In Body Bagdad Body Bagdad Body Bagdad
OFFER TO BUY HALLIBURTON (tags)
The next dead troop was sponsored by Halliburton and confirmed by Paul Bremer according to Fox news channel. Bremer is some GOP thug in charge of stealing oil and killing Persians in Iraq.
Taiwan independence: necessary, beyond campaign rhetoric (tags)
George Bush, Howard Dean, and Jacques Chirac have shown a lack of comprehension about Taiwan. John Kusumi sets 'em straight.
The Democratic Party is not a vehicle for ending corporate control of our lives. It is an obstacle to building a new society.
COUNTRY JOE AND THE FISH! (tags)
These poems were actually songs of protest from the 60's psychedelic band out of Berkeley California, Country Joe and the Fish. The Fish produced some of the greatest protest music of that period, and their infamous "Feel Like I'm Fixin To Die" song epitomizes the dark humor, anger, and hope of the 60's antiwar movement. The lyrics offered here were of course written about America's war against Vietnam, but the words are timeless and easily apply to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. If you don't know this band... do yourself a favor and find a cd by them.
The CIA, the Miami mafia and terrorism against Cuba in December (tags)
NOW, more than ever, I am convinced that there is a reason for everything that happens in life, which can explain it or provide an answer, even though, in order for that to happen, some time has to pass or a succession of apparently disconnected events are eventually linked together. When dawn broke on that December 23, 1963, ...
The Democrats don’t deserve our support (tags)
There is no reason to assume, as many do, that a Gore presidency would have avoided war after September 11. Clinton oversaw UN-sponsored sanctions against Iraq that led to the deaths of more than 1 million Iraqis, and U.S. warplanes dropped bombs on Iraq almost daily during his time in office. And Clinton signed the Iraq Liberation Act in 1998, calling for the U.S. "to seek to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein." Clinton’s Secretary of State Madeleine Albright admits in a recent Foreign Affairs article, "I personally felt [Bush’s new Iraq] war was justified on the basis of Saddam’s decade-long refusal to comply with UN Security Council resolutions on weapons of mass destruction."
9/11: Flights of Fancy in Florida (tags)
In these selected excerpts from his landmark article, Chaim Kupferberg looks at the Florida portion of the 9/11 Legend, using the recorded recollections of Yosri Fouda - the only journalist ever to interview the 9/11 mastermind - in order to expose a glaring contradiction in the "official" record of 9/11.
Strikers, Fires and Unity (tags)
Although I have supported the strike.....
Attack of the Dean-Leaners (tags)
"At some point, no one can say precisely when, libertarians apparently swore a feudal oath of fealty to the Republican Party... with this alliance (such as it is) we hold our noses and vote for Republican in close presidential elections, while they pay lip service to limited government."
How Brad and Emily took Jamal and Lakisha’s job (tags)
Attention African American’s struggling to find a job in today’s job market, George W. Bush’s miserable economic policies may not be the only reason for your unemployment. It could be your name.
A New American Civil War - West Vs. East? (tags)
Enviro types are using every un-Constitutional law they have shoved down our throat to stop this use of "government land" for grazing, logging and recreation. That's why I'm worried about civil war. Sheriff Mike Cook (retired) God Bless America.
How much of what the Bush Junta said was there justification for war was true. Paul Wolfowitless has said it was a consensus reason. How nice. What this means is that it is not the real reason.
Triumph of Kleptocracy & Death of Reason (tags)
"The great danger of the lynch-mob terror-bubble we find ourselves trapped in, as the Germans under the Nazi regime were, is losing touch with the rest of the world..This is no longer our government, but has been stolen from us by country-sized corporations and their henchmen." from Slingshot 2003
Mass Media Mind Manipulation and the World of Illusion (tags)
The wealthiest men of our nation are in control of our education system. Our schools teach curriculums created by the Ford Foundation, Carnegie Endowment, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation. While President of the Ford Foundation in 1954, Rowan Gaither explained the Foundation’s mandate: "… we operate in response to directives, the substance of which is that we shall use our grant making power to alter life in the United States so that it can be comfortably merged with the Soviet Union."
'I simply don't believe the whole thing was a lie' (tags)
"In the Iraq debate, my conscience was overruled by loyalty but I doubt I'd vote the same way again. The sole reason I backed the government amendment was because we were given very clear indications there were weapons of mass destruction and that these could be used against neighbouring countries. As far as I'm concerned, that was the only legitimate reason for going to war.
An adult attitude towards Enforcement Act (tags)
What makes it so different and interesting to other Laws? How can it be used and how it is being used, and what are the possible consequences of abusing it.
Those who sexually prey on children will love this plank. They would probably be immune from prosecution unless it could be proven they forced the child in some sexual act.
Vindication is no Consolation (tags)
The protection by US troops of the Oil Ministry in Baghdad while allowing the looting of the National Museum is a vivid illustration of the real reason for the war, but it is no consolation to the suffering and maimed Iraqi children.
What on earth might be the reason for the Finns recession? (tags)
When recession strikes, there aren't many to blame. True reason to economical recession is people's acts. The same people keeping and maintaining power are causing deliberate damage to business and citizen, and can't understand what economical consequences their acts have. An other silent silent Iraq is born.
Now that the War Is Going On.....It's Time to STEP UP, Not Water Down, the Opposition (tags)
The reason this movement did not succeed in preventing this war, is clearly not that the movement was not broad and large-scale. The reason and the problem is that decision-making in the U.S. does not follow the popular will but is dominated by a small group of people--heads of corporations and their political representatives.
Revolution = Independent Thinkers (tags)
The real revolutionaries are the ones that are independent thinkers, sovereign, not groupthinkers. the groupthinkers are afraid, so they need groups to feel secure, so they act the way the group says they must act. So they remain stupid.
To get your ideas across, use reason, not force. That's what Ayn Rand taught. She also was against religion and government. She was our genius. For more genius, check out Alex jones (www.infowars.net).
Fucking Dummies
Few Teachers Have Ability To Reason Accurately (tags)
Teachers are idiots. Don't trust them. The government hires them, they know all, and they want dumbies working for them to make sure the populace are kept ignorant, to allow the State to do their dirty work.
Columbia U Protest Debates and Flag-Waving Jingoists (tags)
A couple of nights ago, the President again emphatically restated his deep caring for the Iraqi people by angrily chiding them with, “You WILL be liberated.”
Notes towards a Constitutional Convention (tags)
We need a constitutional convention in America. The right wing is a shrinking minority. The chickens are still coming home to roost.
Shame on You, Mr. Moore! Shame on You! (tags)
It should not be good enough for anyone who wants to create an antiwar movement that could actually stop a war.
"(Recently. at a children?s activity in Nablus. someone asked a room full of children how many had someone from their family in prison. Over half the children in the room raised their hand.)"
Venezuela: EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CHAVISM AND ANARCHISM... (tags)
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CHAVISM AND ANARCHISM, BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK
Everybody has a reason to celebrate the death of Ronald Reagan
Report on the Massive London Demo from the Guardian (tags)
Old and new radicals joined forces to make the Stop the War coalition feel more like the start of something, says Euan Ferguson
"There is a beautiful fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen where the devil builds a mirror that distorts everything beautiful and good into nothing.. I asked myself whether or not Andersen meant scientific reason.." This sermon is translated from the German.
Thanks for Your Recent Prayers (tags)
Contemporary religious life in California is hopeless. The global future is politically and socially crazy. Let's practice our ancient ways.
"Oil is only part of the fascinating treasure in the former Soviet Union. For instance, Siberia is a treasure trove house of gold, natural gas, virgin forest and more. This vast wealth is only part of the reason Washington wants to dominate the former Soviet Union. The rest of the reason is this: only the former Soviet Republics have the military might to resist U.S. imperial expansion."
COUP WATCH: Pregnant, Dimpled Chads Due To Faulty Machine Design, Not Voters (tags)
A common Republican theme of blaming individual voters for everything fishy in Florida is mndlessly echoed through almost all of the corporate media. But it's not the voters, it's the system, stupid! In this case, the voting system clogs & prevents a normal punch from registering an unambiguous vote. A mere mortal explains it all for the benefit of pundits everywhere.
IMC Staffer Reports Fair Treatment By Police, However Law Was Skewed (tags)
IMC worker "Clown Man" was arrested on August 15th, and reported fair treatment by the police after he was relased.
Riordan IS the owner of The Pantry (tags)
This is why we must do advance p.r/media. (tags)