“..I bit my tongue and stood in line With not much to believe in I bought into what I was sold And ended up with nothing This is not my idea of a good time ..” – Garbage, “not my idea” This started as a comment at Poetry of Flesh’s blog… but it got too […]
Politics
elites and expert classes in post-Democratic societies
[ed. just correcting some typos. 5/2/2010] I think that the notion of a power elite still has some validity, but in our post-democratic Western societies, it’s of a much different nature than people think when they think of terms like “The Establishment” or “the Elite” Establishments exist, Europeans typically have a more realistic understanding of […]
1000 ways to die, reading the signs of life, heaven and hell for dummies
Watch a show like 1000 Ways to die and you will quickly notice that most of the horrible hellish deaths on the show are the result, frequently, of sheer stupidity. The correct thing to do with a show like this is to learn from it. Do not do as these people have done, lest you […]