Israeli Settlers Threaten Mutiny. Yes, They’re Quite Nuts.

PLEASE watch this. I’m kind of surprised it exists, and Bob Simon actually says a few meaningful things (eg. ‘but the Israelis have the guns.’) – and you’ll see just how insane some of this is…a settler leader promises a MUTINY of the Israeli military, etc. They’re really insane, completely and absolutely insane. Bob Simon...

The Monkey On Your Back

If you’ve been paying any attention, you already know that last week, while Joe Biden was in Israel to supposedly help move along the peace process – Israel declared, as though by accident, that it was ‘allowing’ the construction of 1,600 settler housing units in East Jerusalem. Now the Israelis know damn well that the...

Mamnou3 El Intizar

Work continues on Mamnou3 El Intizar. I want to thank everybody for their comments and downloads, and I can assure you that the album is almost finished, and I’ll start working out release options pretty soon. So far, the track listing includes tracks such as ‘Shafshaq’, ‘Ghali’, and ‘Be3eed’ – which you may have heard...

Sultans and Scarves

Three weeks ago, an Egyptian Muslim mother and wife, four months with child, was stabbed to death in Dresden, the civilian city bombed to the ground by the allies during World War II. She was stabbed in full view of her son and husband, and when her husband rushed to defend her, he himself was...

Ahmedinejad, The U.S., and The Iranian Elections

It’s an easy enough lie to digest. Ahmedinejad is a nutcase. Look at him, he’s been wearing the same jacket for years, ever since we ever laid eyes on him. He’s unshaven, looks kind of gruffy. He exhudes an informal, almost clumsy air and doesn’t seem like much of an orator. He’s soft spoken enough...

ShortCuts

Posted 1 year, 4 months ago in SeptiC

Shortcuts are offered. In flavors tailored to appeal to both men and women.

For men, books like The Laws of Power basically provide a pseudo-mystical-alpha-male warrior disguise for what, basically, is a manual on how to be an asshole. Hardly the first of that kind that we’ve seen.

The excuse offered to women to allow them the luxury of being assholes is that of Disney-Destiny-Fate-Plan-Esteem-Bubbles – the kind of dross packaged in The Secret – ideas both useless and corruptive -

All there to give you permission to feel that you’ve earned the comfort your own life provides and to ease your guilt regarding the poor bastards to whom your ‘miserable life’ is a charmed one, and to provide a framework for the sacrifice or abandonment of others.

Go figure.