Failure to embed!As has been stressed throughout this book, US society today is neither a tyranny nor a democracy; it is organized from top to bottom according to the principle of oligarchy or plutocracy. The characteristic way in which an oligarchy functions is by means of conspiracy, a mode which is necessary because of the polycentric ( Read more... )

( Al Giordano's prediction seems about right )

I don't know if there will be any more raw food demonstrations. Apparently some problems have come between our chef and where she works. I think she's just going to start a raw food catering business and leave the other place. This is pretty good. Adapted from Camella Soleil, Elaina Love and Alissa Cohen (1 2 3), spinach mini-quiches ( Read more... )

So the last few subject headings have been lines from Mad Men episodes. I'm waiting to see if the show becomes as daring as it claims to be. The third season, when it happens or if it happens (apparently negotiations are still under way), should be the key. Each season covers approximately a year in time, though time has been accelerated a bit. ( Read more... )

Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test...
Simple, Progressive, and Sensual

22 Ukiyo-e, 4 Islamic, 16 Impressionist, -17 Cubist, -30 Abstract and 6 Renaissance!


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A little session last night to renew my CPR certification. Actually, I suspect that my last certification expired at least a year ago. I shouldn't be putting that in writing. The group I lead hikes for are crazy about liability issues, and CPR training seems to be very important for them. At an earlier training course, which didn't include any ( Read more... )

The bail out bill worked: it passed, and investors are bailing out.
--Stirling NewberrySo, our first snow came Friday, pretty steadily for awhile though nothing stuck on pavement, in my area anyway. A little potluck last night to kind of celebrate the summer hiking. Pretty good turnout, though the weather might have kept some people away. As far as ( Read more... )

Are the problems of the starving class more interesting than those of the idle rich? If you don't think so, then you might enjoy this display of self-destruction more than I.
--Mark Turvin

Well, I might be a cynical dude, but I still found the characters in Wendy MacLeod's Juvenilia likeable, and I found them likeable even before seeing Kenneth ( Read more... )

I probably won't watch the debate tonight as I have other plans. Nevada Rep opens this season with two productions--tonight is Juvinilia, tomorrow night is ... something else. I don't have it memorized.

( Anyway, as the world turns )

Various views on the failure (so far) of the giveaway (and some other things):

( I really wouldn't have thought that anything could make me proud of the US House of Representatives, but yesterday's stunning rejection of the bailout bill certainly did--no thanks to the Democrats, who voted for it 140-95 )