The Elderly Defecating

In a brief conversation about having to listen to the elderly person perched in the stall adjacent to your own taking a dump, and all of the important descriptors involved. We began to discuss the ways in which the images such sounds conjure include sea turtles laying eggs, see below:

Cursing President

So in a brief moment of adulation/enjoyment mirroring that for JFK, I delighted myself giggling over a recently discovered an audio version of Barack Obama's book, where he second hand recounts the colorful language of a highschool friend, Ray. Click on the link and listen to the clips. I recommend the one titled "Ignorant Motherfuckers."

Also, after a return to the senses, the new face of imperialism.

Alain Badiou on BBC HARDTalk

If you are interested, Alain Badiou the contemporary communist/philosopher who made me think twice about dialectics, interviewed by some British nitwit. Badiou himself seems to bumble somewhat.

Five Things I Currently Find Annoying About Pittsburgh

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Native American Studies scholar Ward Churchill Wins Against University of Colorado

Churchill who was ostensibly fired for cases of "plagiarism" and "scholarly misconduct" by the University of Colorado, won in a case against the University recently, which really fired him because of his controversial piece following the Sept. 11th, 2001 attacks in which he called those who died in the attacks, little Eichmans.

Although this is ostensibly a "win" for Churchill (of $1 in damages), because the 9/11 essay was not a sufficient grounds for dismissal, which according to the jury it was, some commentators view the damages as a commentary on the value of academic positions and only a grudging acknowledgment that this case may have been the context for much more intense McCarthy-style witch hunt.

to the glory of the last post....Hail Satan

INVASION - Follow the Smoke / Conjure War from Marek Steven on Vimeo.

This Band Has Changed Your Life

For a second I thought Morrissey had drained all the talent out of the British Kingdom, but I have changed my mind. INVASION video introduced to me by Ed Um