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LOL. Jon Stewart riffs on the federal shutdown

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/you_get_nothing_jon_stewart_rips_the_gop_shutdown

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What is the language we all speak? FOOD. In Tormonden, England, they even sprout cemeteries. (“The soil is really good.”)

“We call it ‘propaganda gardening.’ . . And we’ve done it all without a flippin’ strategy document. And we’re not asking permission, we’re just doing it. . . We’re doing it because we want to start a revolution . . .” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KmKoj4RSZw&feature=player_embedded#t=13]

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Pity the Poor (Exceptional!!!) Empire

For those like me who are historically challenged, wikipedia’s entry on “American Exceptionalism” is worth reading. And, for more history (his-story), check out the fabulous, cheeky video on American military exceptionalism below this article which sums up what happened at the U.N. after the U.S. backed off its”red line” in Syria. The United States Feared […]

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Do you notice when you are being manipulated?

And if so, do you know how to let the conditioning go? For example, the video below, a rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. Frankly, it scares me. Especially because it’s presented on the “Good News Network” as a “bad-ass version” with “patriotic images” that will “lift your spirits”! Huh? Yep, it’s true! This rendition […]

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Arne Gunderson, on Fukushima: “The addiction is ours, and the pain is occurring in Japan.”

Thanks to SueM for the nudge. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LVOPSgR1Xk&feature=player_embedded#t=307]

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October 2: Day Two of the Federal Shutdown . . .

As we contemplate the impasse in our federal government, we might also check out the impasses in our own lives. Who among us does not have at least one neighbor with whom we are not on speaking terms? Who does not feels estranged from at least one member of our families, from at least one […]

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