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Tag Archives: Julian Assange
domino effect: men in long black coats
An aesthetic of violence. An aesthetic of racism. An aesthetic of the excessive. Who knows how this horsetrading is going to work out in the end. Pawns in their game, from Syrian “freedom” fighters and any other form of demented, … Continue reading
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Tagged al-Nabi Saleh spring, ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Bashar Al Assad, Damien Cave, Dror Etkes, Free Syrian Army, George Galloway, Greek Patriarch Theophilos III, ICAHD Jeff Halper, Julian Assange, Meir Margalit Jerusalem, Migron expulsion Israel, Nabi Saleh Water Spring, Nariman Tamini Nabi Saleh water spring, Peace Now movement, Simon of Trent, Sunni Islamists, Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, Taif Accord 1989
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Not boyfriend material
The acorn doesn’t far fall from the tree. A date with Bashar. Appealing. Or is there something chilling about being so close to a figure with an aura of total banality and boredom, and a reputation for a seemingly unlimited … Continue reading
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Tagged Aleppo Codex, Ami Horowitz, Asma Assad, Bashar Al Assad, Christopher Hitchens, Hafez al-Assad, Henri Bernard-Levy, jody williams, Julian Assange, Maimonides Aleppo Codex, Maimonides guide for the perplexed, Sergio Duarte, Vogue Magazine Asma Assad
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pink slip
Bad boyfriends. For some reason groups like Hamas and Hezbollah always seem to chase after the wrong sorts of boyfriends, in these instances the allure if Iran and Syria. Its a typical pattern. Through back channels, these groups do actually … Continue reading
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Tagged abou mazen, Amir Peretz, Dan Halutz, ehud olmert, Eric Fischl, Hannah Arendt, Hannah Arendt Zionism, Hasan Nazrallah, Israel Shamir, John Kerry in Gaza, Julian Assange, Khaled Mashaal, Lebanon War 2006, Meir Dagan Mossad, michael moynihan, mohammed badie muslim brotherhood, Peter Howson art, Steve Earle Jerusalem, Valley of Tears, valley of tears Israel, winograd commission, yossi melman
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loose lips sink ships: uncertainty principal
As Clausewitz postulated, war is simply a means for a pre-determined purpose. A continuation of policy which implies a rather solid and usually sordid link between politics and war. There have been newer theories, which may actually be clever repackaging … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Alexander Cockburn, Andres Serrano, Andy Warhol, bill lewis art, Carl von Clausewitz, Howard Zinn, Julian Assange, kirsten cale, martin van creveld, Noam Chomsky, Norman Rockwell, pearl harbor, pearl harbor anniversary, pearl harbor attack, Salvador dali, Sigmund Freud, thomas lacquer
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anonymous builders
There is an old story of how the Cathedral of Chartres was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Then, thousands of people cam from all parts of the land. Like a giant procession of ant, and together they … Continue reading
war games: virtual hero
What me worry? The country is safe. The anarchist threat has been rebuffed. The virtual vigilantes ensure that the sun will always rise on America. …”The latest ‘Call of Duty” video game set a first-day sales record of over $400million … Continue reading
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Tagged albert skip rizzo, Anita Sarkeesian, call of duty video game, Clint Eastwood, cynthia enloe, Donald Sutherland, Feminist frequency, Henry Jenkins, John Singer Sargent, Julian Assange, justine cassell, Marcel Duchamp, peter singer brookings, roger horrocks, Sarah Palin, Slavoj Zizek, tim wise
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anonymous : keeping the spurious alive
Whether the inspiration is the comic, the movie or the historical figure, the imagery — co-opted today by everyone from Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the hacker group Anonymous — carries stronger connotations than some of the Occupy protesters seem … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media
Tagged alan moore, anonymous hackers, anonymous mask, daniel lloyd, gunpowder plot, Guy fawkes, guy fawkes day, henry perronet briggs, Julian Assange, King James I, martin hume, robert cecil, v for vendetta, william cecil, william Parker
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poet leaks : a hacking of verse
Julian Assange’s recently leaked e-mails to a young lover is a collection of some awkward attempts at poetic charming. A romantic poet he is not; yet the love letters probably reveal more about him than the headlines do. Although … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrien Chen, Amanda Marcotte, Amelia Gentleman, Amy Goodman, Anita Sarkeesian, Daniel Ellsberg, Daniel van der Velden, Dwayne Flinchum, Edward Heathcoat, Eric Holder, Farhad Manjoo Slate, Julian Assange, Kate Harding, Lady Gaga, Malcolm Rifkind, Marlon Brando, Michael Moore, Russell Smith, Todd Gitlin, Wiki Leaks
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gender and feminism at a higher frequency
The ideologies of our views are often shaped by the portrayal of gender and sexuality we are exposed to. In fact gender appears to be the basic point of departure in any and all efforts to “divide and conquer”. Socialization … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous
Tagged Allen G. Johnson, Amanda Amundson, Amanda Marcotte, Anita Sarkeesian, Ben Huh, Bianca Jagger, Bob Dylan, Brenna Ehrlich, Cynthia Peters, Henry Jenkins, Jonathan McIntosh, Julian Assange, Kate Harding, Naomi Wolf, Nic Huber, Paromita Vohra, Pink Floyd, Thadis Coley
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FACING UP TO ELITISM: Not A Private Affair
Are you an elitist? Does the phrase make you insecure, vulnerable? is it a metaphor for other personal fears ? Meanwhile, it is usually elitists that accuse other elitists of being ….elitists. Then how can they despise elitism? Can you … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Al Siebert, Ben Mezrich, Chris Knight National Post, David Fincher, Glenn Beck, Henry Jenkins, James Hillman, Jillian York, John Harlow, Jose Antonio Vargas, Julian Assange, Julie Weiner, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Moore, Rick Groen, Robert Fulford, The Social Network Movie
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