First, read this. Then, if you have time, read the very long: http://dearthey.com/2010/07/29/government-assasinates-ninjas-to-catch-pirates-its-not-stealing-if-it-isnt-real/ which was my eulogy of sorts for Ninjavideo last year. I’ve been meaning to come back to this for a while. The very real consequence of internet piracy, as we’ve learned from Ninjavideo, and now Mega Upload, is that they’re not just going to [...]
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Mega Upload Is Dead: A Quick Reminder That You Don’t Run Your Government Anymore
Posted: January 19, 2012 in Culture, Politics, Random Thoughts, TechnologyTags: America, Bankers, crime, Financial Crisis, Hana Amal, Hulu, Mega Upload, Ninjavideo, Occupy Wall St, PIPA, Sony, SOPA, Time Warner, Universal
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Why? (And Don’t You Dare Say Freedom): An Open Letter To Anonymous And The 99%
Posted: October 8, 2011 in Culture, Politics, Random ThoughtsTags: Anonymous, Fawkesian Mask, Guy Fawkes, Occupy Wall Street, Protest, Revolution, The 99%
We don’t live in Camelot; that is abundantly clear. The sky is falling upon us as the fruits of forty years of financial idiocy ripen and an entire generation of would be oligarchs and imperialists burn the evidence of their culpability. People have begun to riot (as they tend to do right before starving) and governments [...]
On Greyhound, Guards and Gestapo: Abusing Power Isn’t Just For Cops Anymore
Posted: September 30, 2011 in Culture, Random ThoughtsTags: Abuse, Bus, Busses, Fascism, Gestapo, Greyhound, Guards, Power
First, let me get something out-of-the-way. I put the word “Gestapo” up in the title, and that kind of thing tends to make people cranky. Any comparison between what a couple of immature, power-mad security guards can get up to, and the evils perpetrated by that noxious stain on human history would be demented at [...]
All Those Things I Can Do…All Those Powers; Impotence, Fear and Happiness In The Face Of Death
Posted: April 28, 2011 in Culture, Random ThoughtsTags: Dashiell Hammett, death, Dylan Thomas, Grandchildren, Grandparents, Homer, identity, Superman Quotes
My grandfather is dying. Cheery, I know. I’ve had a…problematic relationship with family during my life. I moved out when I was fifteen due to a near fatal combination of my teenage rebellion and my mother’s hellish and sadistic early menopause. My brother and I have different fathers; his tried to be a parent to me [...]
Happiness Isn’t A Check You Can Wait To Cash Later
Posted: September 24, 2007 in Random ThoughtsTags: Uncategorized
I’ve been trying to figure out lately just what is exactly that makes me happy. Not, as you’d probably guess, because I’m terribly unhappy (read emo), I’ve already shaved off my beard and Emo Jules is long gone. And not (and if you’ve read my last few posts you’ve definitely had enough of this) because [...]
Shazam! Waiting for your turn to speak is not the same as listening.
Posted: June 29, 2007 in Random ThoughtsTags: Uncategorized
So, my biggest pet peeve in the last couple of weeks has been me. Why, Jeebus, can’t I just fucking listen to what people tell me? Do I really need to be hit in the face with a sledgehammer before I get it? I think that people tend to mythologize their own lives in ways [...]
I am the Anti-Buddha or: Who the Fuck is This Me Person Anyway?
Posted: June 18, 2007 in Random ThoughtsTags: Uncategorized
If you are a person who flinches at the mere mention of Descartes or who genuinely didn’t understand that Animal Farm wasn’t just a novelization of Loony Toons, I have some serious advice for you. STOP READING THIS RIGHT FUCKING NOW For the rest of you, you’ve been warned. Yar, here there be philosophically pretentious [...]
Poo Tornado or: Why Movie Theaters Really Need to Install Interval Spray Air Fresheners.
Posted: June 3, 2007 in Random ThoughtsTags: Uncategorized
So, (cracks knuckles) where to start? THE WEEK IN REVIEW (aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!) There were only a few things that happened this week that really stood out as truly fundamentally retarded bullshit. First and foremost was, of course, the evil of censorship on the internet, brought to you by Live Journal. My blog is still here though, [...]
Golf Clap, I Say Golf Clap! to You Live Journal
Posted: May 30, 2007 in Culture, Media, Random Thoughts, WritingTags: Assclowns, Asshats, Blogging, Censorship, Livejournal
So it looks like we all have to start backing up our posts for fear that corporate interests and fear of liability will rear their ugly heads and bite our thoughts in two. Here is the link to a story on the glorious skull-fuckery perpetrated by the folks who run Live Journal against those who [...]
