Great film. I recommend it. As for the paper…well…as always…quickly penned. Welcome to the Liberators by Chris Damitio “Welcome to the Liberators!” It is painted on a brick wall as Antonia and her daughter walk into a Dutch village that Antonia grew up in in the movie Anotonia’s Line, directed by Marleen Gorris. While the…
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If You Want to Fight the Power, You Have to Know What Power Is.
Might be interesting….might not… If You Want to Fight the Power, You Have to Know What Power Is. by Chris Damitio Throughout the recorded history of humankind, and presumably even prior to that, human beings have ordered themselves in groups and often placed themselves into positions which necessitate relying upon other human beings. One can…
Are you interested in making a little cash with used books?
Here is my latest project you guys. As a lot of you know, I have been selling used books online for quite a while. First I was using fuknbooks.com and for the last year or so I have been using primitivebooks.com. I won’t promise to make you a millionaire, but I will tell you that…
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War For Oil
It’s hard to convince me anyone who really has power wants to solve the oil problem. There are too many interests against finding a solution. From the government’s point of view, it might cut tax revenue–state and federal. From the private sector’s view, at least the one most lobbyiests seem to work for, war is…
Neatorama » 30 Strangest Deaths in History
After the Civil War, controversial Ohio politician Clement Vallandigham [wiki] became a highly successful lawyer who rarely lost a case. In 1871, he defended Thomas McGehan who was accused of shooting one Tom Myers during a barroom brawl. Vallandigham’s defense was that Myers had accidentally shot himself while drawing his pistol from a kneeling position….
Midgets Gone Wild in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysian police detained an eight-member gang of small-sized robbers dubbed the “midget gang,” who allegedly confessed to committing 14 break-ins over the past three months, a news report said Thursday. All the gang members, aged between 14 and 23 years, were diminutive, The Star newspaper said without saying whether they were…
Fun With Spammers #2
I’ve been answering Fuck Yes! to a variety of employment offers and many other things that have ended up in my mailbox. Since there are so many, I will post them when and if I get a reply. I have also just heard from the original spammer I said Fuck Yes to. —– Original Message…
Get two of these, put them on your feet, and play golf like it's the seventies…
I’ve been waiting a long time to see someone work up a diesel electric hybrid car, and it looks like someone finally did. I don’t care if it looks like a white golf shoe from the seventies, I think it’s kinda cool. And at today’s gas prices 230 miles per gallon at 55 MPH sounds…
Ice at the poles—of Mars….
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A spacecraft orbiting Mars has scanned huge deposits of water ice at its south pole so plentiful they would blanket the planet in 36 feet of water if they were liquid, scientists said on Thursday. The scientists used a jointNASA-Italian Space Agency radar instrument on the European Space Agency Mars Express spacecraft…