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Tag Archives: John Lennon
stop the rain
Politics. Is there a place where we collectively send rich and talented, or somewhat talented people when they have nothing left? Its hard not to acknowledge. After all, there must be something of the imminently cruel, somewhat voyeuristic attitude embedded … Continue reading
tea and the polite amusements
To dip or to pour. that is the question…. The Tea Party felt it was better to pour tea into the waters around the Boston wharf. Maybe if they had poured water into the barrels of tea history would have … Continue reading
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imagine if you can: yes!
John Lennon’s message was fairly straightforward: don’t swallow wholesale what you’ve been told. Affirm your independence or it will be taken from you. Assert your individuality. Don’t let yourself be imprisoned by rules and regulations devised by others. All easier … Continue reading
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Tagged Gary Tillery, John Lennon, knotted gun statue, knotted gun strategy, Marshall Crenshaw, non-violence project foundation, Paul McCartney, Rene Descartes, Ringo Starr, Slavoj Zizek, steve forbert, Tennessee Williams, The Beatles, Viktor Frankl, Yoko Ono
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take off your hat when the hearse passes
God always seems to be bumping into an atheist’s head in the most unexpected places. There was always Voltaire fessin’ up on his deathbed.His almost comic anti-semitism attributed to a repressed piety and faith. But, then he was always angling … Continue reading
charity is the greatest luxury
The poverty industry. Reinforcing destitution and economic ruin wherever it plants its well heeled foot. The spin is all about helping the poor reach empowerment. Ending the viscous cycle.But really, as Thorstein Veblen observed over a hundred years ago, most … Continue reading
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Tagged arthur c. brooks, bill gates charity, carlos slim charity, charitable giving, David Reisman, gary rivlin, George Cruikshank, James Gillray, Jean Baudrillard, John Lennon, madonna malawi project, Mia Farrow, patrick west, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Rick Salutin, Slavoj Zizek, Thomas Rowlandson, Thorstein Veblen, Viktor Frankl, Warren Buffett
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final sale: everything must go!
Just make sure you win the last game.Under new management. Oh yeah. Remember: nice guys finish last. Wailing not whining. Its called the wailing wall; a cry of anguish of the forsaken, and not a whining of the comfortable piqued … Continue reading
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the garrison
“Must be something in the water.” (Robbie Robertson ) Very potent water indeed. It was the politics of the mystic. One taken in with the idea of a New Jerusalem. This concept of the “City on a Hill” which originally … Continue reading
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Tagged audrey mclaughlin, Book of Revelation, daniel francis author, ed broadbent, fred herzog photography, George Woodcock, John Lennon, Margaret Atwood, new jerusalem, Northrop Frye, Robbie Robertson, Ronald Reagan, simon de jong, Stephen Harper, tommy douglas, william notman, Yoko Ono
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threw it all away
There is a business expression that you should only lose in the stock market what you can afford to lose; like this play money is gravy for amusement. The story of Sino-Forest, a Chinese company, an alleged forest resource company … Continue reading
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Tagged carson block, carson block muddy waters, Edgar Degas, John Lennon, John Paulson, Linda Nochlin, marcel duchamp art as money, mark blyth, mark blyth brown university, richard chandler new zealand, richard chandler sino-forest, sino-forest
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