In These Times

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• • 12 Feb 09
  • 6:06 am

  Firstly ... "Historians commonly suggest that the actions of political leaders are the result of the slow dissemination and society's osmotic absorption of - the ideas of intellucuals. While it is true that political leaders absorb ideas from the academy, they also requisition ideas, embracing those thinkers who provide them with the intellectual underpinnings for what they want to do." ( I quote this directly from the book - A History Of Nonviolence - ) Secondly, I believe that the universities of today promote militaristic, warmongering wealth-hoarding societies. Thirdly, regarding the reply from Gregory T. Hill, : "REPLY: American corporations and …

  Posted to The Failed Prophet

• • 26 Jun 08
  • 7:57 am

  "He shows visitors large color photos of lambs born abnormally — bright pink and hairless, with yellow eyes. Many of them die soon after birth. He attributes this to uranium in the drinking water." Are these pictures available on-line. It'd be nice to see them! Every picture tells a story!

  Posted to Canaries in the Uranium Mine

• • 08 Apr 08
  • 10:33 pm

  The Abuster examples shown, Assolut vodka, and Joe Chemo are fantastic - very potent. The advertisers paying the broadcasters would be very unhappy to see adds like these air. You can imagine the pressure they would exert on the broadcaters not to air Adbusters adds. I suppose that's just common sense.

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