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a cow still had to die
A cow still had to to be sacrificed to make that leather car seat that adds such prestige to the automobile…. But young people, more than ever are less interested in cars, and more concerned about cleaner, safer and quieter … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Al Cowlings, bianca mugyenyi, Billy Wilder, Bridge of Weir Leather Company, Burt Reynolds, Lewis Mumford, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Max Horkheimer, O.J. Simpson Ford Bronco, Reclaim the Streets Group, Sally Field, Steve McQueen, Theodor Adorno, yves engler, Yves Engler Stop Signs
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running on almost empty
It’s an interesting proposition. Getting rid of cars period would be a huge leap in changing our sense of consciousness. The debate has been quarantined and hi-jacked by discussion about national security and ecology, but smaller and more fuel efficient … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged bianca mugyenyi, Chevrolet Spark, Ford B-Max, General Smedley Butler, James Woolsey CIA, marshall berman, Naomi Klein, Nathan Adlen, Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Bogdanovitch, Reclaim the Streets, Reclaim The Streets RTS, The last Picture Show movie 1971, TomTom Congestion Index, yves engler
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Do you compromise?
That’s an ironic headline. Considering it came in a fold-over card weight flyer in the weekend Globe and Mail for State of Israel bonds. Evidently, militarism, belligerence and bad faith negotiating, not to mention illegal settlements, human right violations, and … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged arthur goldreich, ateret cohanim oraganization, Buster keaton, david weinfeld, dennis goldberg ANC, dr. sherry cooper, elbit systems, israel africa bonds, israel bonds, israel divestment, john dugard united nations, kalle lasn, meir margalit, melanie lidman, menachem kahana, Noam Chomsky, Rick Salutin, yves engler, Z communications Michael Albert
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shall we dance a slow one
The American flag floating over every square foot of North America, clear to the North Pole. The ancient ghosts of annexation have always haunted Canadians that reciprocity would engulf the country. To America, Canada is seen as useful, as well … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged alan taylor author, Canada U.S. relations, canadian history, Cornelius Krieghoff, George Cruikshank, George Woodcock, ivan lett, john a. macdonald, John Verelst, Michael Greenstein, Northrop Frye, Rick Salutin, robert borden, wilfred laurier, William Heath, William Lyon Mackenzie King, william notman, yves engler
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vroom vroom
The assumption is that cars will be with us forever. And they better be since most of the economy is dependent on them in one way or another. So, the general wisdom is that they are good for the economy … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media
Tagged 2007 darpa urban challenge, artificial intelligence, audi race up pike's peak, bianca mugyenyi, bigdog boston dynamics, dr. behrokh khoshnevis, Francis Picabia, Noam Chomsky, peking to paris car race, yves engler
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road weary
It is the triumph of capitalist rationality. Call it Fordism. The dark side, apparent from the beginning, is the dangerous temptation of an inhuman but very rational drive toward profit. Fascism. There is no doubt that the landscape created by … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Stieglitz, Andrew Graham Dixon, bianca mugyenyi, Billy Wilder, charles sheeler, diana dors, Filippo Marinetti, Georgia O'keefe, giacomo balla, italian futurism, james j. flink, John Sloan, Max Horkheimer, Reclaim the Streets, Rick Salutin, Theodor Adorno, yves engler
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is-real-thing: endless solutions
It is difficult to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian issue in anything approaching what could be termed a “common sense” way. The conventional wisdom is that we are even handed, or that some form of pseudo-historical junk science as religion “special status” … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged a.m. klein, alan schechner, Claude Levi-Strauss, henry wentworth monk, ivan c. rand, joshua neustein, lester b. pearson, margaret bourke-white, ram katzir, Rick Salutin, roee rosen, sigalit landau, Stephen Harper, Tom Sachs, yves engler
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when the revolution comes…
Joseph Heath put it very superbly. The modern condition, modern marketing and how criticism of mass society ends up increasing the cycle of consumerism. How books like “No Logo” by Naomi Klein actually make us more brand conscious and how … Continue reading
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Tagged Adbusters, angie jackson, arnold mindell, ben courtice, bianca mugyenyi, Emma Goldman, Gloria Steinem, henry rollins, james woolsley, johan norberg, john bellamy foster, Jonathan Chait, Maurice Merleau Ponty, Naomi Klein, seymour martin lipset, Steve Earle, Thomas Frank, thomas frank the baffler, Thorstein Veblen, Tom Peters, yves engler
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