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Countries I’ve visited

July 24th, 2005 at 1:48 pm » Comments (1)

create your own visited country map
Pretty sad - US, Canada, Mexico, Taiwan and a few in Europe. I need to get out more!
(Thanks H.K.!)

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States I’ve visited

July 24th, 2005 at 1:42 pm » Comments (1)

Create your own personalized map of the USA
(Thanks H.K.!)

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Nechvatal Interview

July 24th, 2005 at 10:16 am » Comments (0)

InterviewStream » Blog Archive » Joseph Nechvatal
My (increasingly successful) intellectual artist friend Joseph has his interview for ZKM up at InterviewStream. It’s all about his thinking concerning his work (computer-robotic assisted painting and computer animations), his critique of ideologies of power and, most interesting to me of course, great stuff on the viral.
A couple [...]



No right to torture

July 24th, 2005 at 9:23 am » Comments (2)

Torture is a contradiction of our historical national values. In addition, we undermine our national security and are in violation of our own laws when we allow it. Informants will not come forward if they cannot trust us not to treat them fairly under international law. We do not get accurate information with torture - [...]



Unconscious Mutterings 7-24

July 24th, 2005 at 9:09 am » Comments (0)

Unconscious Mutterings Free Association Meme - Weekly

Believing::Faithful

Invasion::Greed

Boys::Girls

Island::Rock

Repeatedly::Hostile

Normal::Eccentric

Hex::Charm

Tuxedo::Penguin

Virgin::Naive

Cereal::Grains

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Jehovah’s Witness Elders

July 23rd, 2005 at 9:05 am » Comments (2)

This short article by Victoria Cater gives another common example of what the Watchtower Society (Jehovah’s Witnesses) does to families. This is typical of the kinds of situations I remember and hear about from people who write to me for advice.
The first claim - that her father was kicked out for not giving [...]



Supreme Court: Roberts Nominated

July 19th, 2005 at 7:58 pm » Comments (2)

Should we be shocked that it leaked in advance? Initial view of John G. Roberts Jr.- down-the-line hard rightwinger on abortion, separation of church and state, and environmental protection. He’s pro-corporate and doesn’t support voter rights much. My sad prediction is that he’ll probably go through. Don’t let the smile fool you - he’s very [...]



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