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Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday.
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The secret
word is Organize
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
THE END IS AT HAND ALL OVER AGAIN
A few
months ago archaeologists supposedly laid to rest the idea that time, the
universe, and everything would come to end when the Mayan calendar runs out on
December 21st of this year. Unfortunately we have another set of
researchers who now claim the end may be at hand after all. For my part I’m hoping some of us
might come together to stage some kind of event on the last day, either to go out all together, happy and loaded, or laugh at the stupidity of it all.
“Now, researchers
exploring the Maya ruins of La Corona in Guatemala have unearthed another
reference. On a stairway block carved with hieroglyphs, archaeologists found a
commemoration of a visit by Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' of Calakmul, the most
powerful Mayan ruler in his day. The king, also known as Jaguar Paw, suffered a
terrible defeat in battle by the Kingdom of Tikal in 695. [...] In an effort to
tie himself and his reign to the future, the king linked his reign with another
13th cycle — the 13th bak'tun ending on Dec. 21, 2012. David Stuart, a
professor of art history at the University of Texas at Austin, recognized the
reference to the date among 56 glyphs that were carved on the stone block.
"It was a time of great political turmoil in the Maya region, and this
king felt compelled to allude to a larger cycle of time that happens to end in
2012," Stuart said in a statement released by UT.”
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The secret words are That’s, All, and Folks
AND WHILE WE’RE WAITING FOR THE END LET’S NOT FORGET…
“The goal of the future is
full unemployment, so we can play. That’s why we have to destroy the present
politico-economic system.” This may sound like the pronouncement of some
bong-smoking anarchist, but it was actually Arthur C. Clarke, who found time
between scuba diving and pinball games to write “Childhood’s End” and think up
communications satellites.”
AND LET’S ALSO NOT FORGET…
The UK Nation Health Service may not be perfect and is also being
constantly strangled by Conservatives but in comparison to the USA – where socialized
medicine is treated like an abomination of Satan – it’s a near miracle and the
only reason I’m still alive. In the US I would have died along with over
100,000 others without health coverage. Check these figures…
“Just this year, Families USA's report, “Dying for
Coverage,” found that…
26,100 people between the ages of 25 and 64 died prematurely
due to a lack of health coverage in 2010
2,175 people died prematurely every month in 2010
Between 2005 and 2010, the number of people who died
prematurely each year due to a lack of health coverage rose from 20,350 to
26,100
Between 2005 and 2010, the total number of people who died
prematurely due to a lack of health coverage was 134,120.”
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
ART ON THE BARRICADES
As
the fabric of capitalism disintegrates before our very eyes we may have to
move and fast. We have often posted the apt and timely rants of our comrade
Chris Hedges. Here’s another one…
“Cultures that endure carve
out a protected space for those who question and challenge national myths. Artists,
writers, poets, activists, journalists, philosophers, dancers, musicians,
actors, directors and renegades must be tolerated if a culture is to be pulled
back from disaster. Members of this intellectual and artistic class, who are
usually not welcome in the stultifying halls of academia where mediocrity is
triumphant, serve as prophets. They are dismissed, or labeled by the power
elites as subversive, because they do not embrace collective self-worship. They
force us to confront unexamined assumptions, ones that, if not challenged, lead
to destruction. They expose the ruling elites as hollow and corrupt. They
articulate the senselessness of a system built on the ideology of endless
growth, ceaseless exploitation and constant expansion. They warn us about the
poison of careerism and the futility of the search for happiness in the
accumulation of wealth. They make us face ourselves, from the bitter reality of
slavery and Jim Crow to the genocidal slaughter of Native Americans to the
repression of working-class movements to the atrocities carried out in imperial
wars to the assault on the ecosystem. They make us unsure of our virtue. They
challenge the easy clichés we use to describe the nation—the land of the free,
the greatest country on earth, the beacon of liberty—to expose our darkness,
crimes and ignorance. They offer the possibility of a life of meaning and the
capacity for transformation.” (Click here for the rest)
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The secret word is Act
Monday, July 09, 2012
THE CRO MAG GOT A KNIFE
While
Russian punks challenge the system and go to jail, in New York they just stab
each other. (This is from the ever-reliable New York Post.)
“A former
member of the hard-core punk band the Cro-Mags attacked two of the group’s
current members with a hunting knife in a dressing room before a show at
Webster Hall yesterday— biting one and slashing both The band was about to take
the stage about 8:15 p.m. when tattooed rocker Harley Flanagan, 42, barreled
through the East Village venue’s VIP section toward the Cro-Mags’ dressing
room, sending nearly 30 guests on the balcony into a frenzy, law enforcement
sources and witnesses said.
“Someone
was yelling, ‘Get his hands, get his hands, he’s got a knife!’ ” witness Dave
Gustav said. “Everything went nuts.” Several beefy security guards rushed to
contain Flanagan, who seemed about to boil over before he entered the East
Village venue. “I talked to him outside minutes before it happened and I knew
something was going to go down,” a witness said, according to the Horns Up
Rocks website. “He was like a lunatic outside. Next thing I know he’s in the
VIP area stabbing people!” Flanagan, the band’s former bassist and founder,
suffered a broken leg by the time security finally pinned him down, witnesses
said. Cops handcuffed him to a chair and took him out. “People started booing
him and throwing stuff at him,” eyewitness Justin Brannan said. “His hands were
handcuffed but he still gave everyone the finger.”
A comment
adds extra insight...
“The Cro-Mags are a true group of psychopaths founded upon
the principles of the Hare Krishna movement (LOL, it's true... Both Flanagan
and Joseph will tell you about how they're all for Krishna and Vishnu). John
Joseph and Harley Flanagan have hated each other for years. Harley has always
talked a bunch of trash on his Myspace and Facebook accounts about how he wants
to fight certain ex-members of the Cro-Mags in MMA style matches. John Jospeh
is a conspiracy theorist who believes The Illuminati are out to get him and all
this other crap. Harley needs a trip to the insane asylum and John Joseph needs
to quit buying that nasty weed at the ISKCON center.”
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The secret word is Pointless
Ernest Borgnine – RIP
THE FROZDICK FAMILY
Buzz
Frozdick believed most things could be achieved with a bottle of Jack Daniels
and a gun.
