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Gubernatorial

Gubernator.  What a dumb-sounding word.  Strikes me as odd that it would be political in reference, making it difficult to take seriously.  Doesn’t the word gubernator remind a person of dorky s… more →

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Gubernatorial

wakemenow wrote 1 month ago: Gubernator.  What a dumb-sounding word.  Strikes me as odd that it would be political in reference, … more →

Tags: On Politics

Introduction to Quantum Physics — 2 comments

wakemenow wrote 4 months ago: Lecture Series on Quantum Physics by Prof. V. Balakrishnan, Department of Physics, IIT Madras. For m … more →

Tags: On Education, On Imagination, On Technology & Science, Balakrishnan

A little scary...

wakemenow wrote 7 months ago: …and not the alternative I expected to be advocated by an economist. An article from SleptOn M … more →

Tags: On Politics, On Power, On Education, On Imagination, On Economics, Corporate Irks & Irritations, On Media & Propaganda, Socialism, Economy

Memorial Day 2009 — 1 comment

wakemenow wrote 7 months ago: Went to a cookout at a friend’s house earlier in the evening and have been mad as a hornet sin … more →

Tags: On Body & Health, On Politics, On Power, On Imagination, On Economics, Corporate Irks & Irritations, On Military Matters, Civil Rights, War

Ramblings on Technology, Evolution, and Wild Cards

wakemenow wrote 8 months ago: What’s to be said tonight that hasn’t already been said before?  I’m feeling rathe … more →

Tags: On Body & Health, On Literature, On Personal Development, On Imagination, On Economics, On Technology & Science, GEORGE ORWELL, homo evolutis, Aldous Huxley

Doing Good, Pt. 2

wakemenow wrote 10 months ago: When I now reread Mother Teresa’s book quote on a previous blog entry, a lot of other question … more →

Tags: On Radical Feminism-Humanitarianism, On Personal Development, On Politics, On Religion & Beliefs, On Imagination, On Economics, Corporate Irks & Irritations, On Media & Propaganda, Civil Rights

Metaphors of Psychological Transformation

wakemenow wrote 10 months ago: From Joseph Campbell’s book The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor As Myth and As Religion … more →

Tags: On Body & Health, On Literature, On Personal Development, On Religion & Beliefs, On Education, On Imagination, book, Christianity, Joseph Campbell

Postmodernism

wakemenow wrote 10 months ago: According to Wikipedia: Postmodernism literally means ‘after the modernist movement’. Wh … more →

Tags: On Radical Feminism-Humanitarianism, On Self-Expression, On Imagination, postmodern, Philosophy

Will Obama Change U.S. Policy Toward Latin America?

wakemenow wrote 10 months ago: by Mark Weisbrot February 23, 2009 Posted on Guardian.co.uk and SleptOn Magazine: U.S.-Latin America … more →

Tags: On Politics, On Power, On Education, On Economics, On Media & Propaganda, On International Affairs, South America, Venezuela, Chavez

Defining relevant terms

wakemenow wrote 11 months ago: Idealogue According to Merriam-Webster, it is: 1 : an impractical idealist : theorist 2 : an often b … more →

Tags: Ideology, IDEALOGUE, definition

Roaming

wakemenow wrote 11 months ago: Wednesdays tend to be my busiest day of the week, so tonight I’m taking her easy, as I try to … more →

Tags: On Radical Feminism-Humanitarianism, On Politics, On Power, On Imagination, On Media & Propaganda, Civil Rights, dissidence, Right Wing Extremism, labels

Chomsky Clips

wakemenow wrote 11 months ago: Noam Chomsky in a recorded interview answering a young man’s question: “Is Capitalism ma … more →

Tags: On Politics, On Power, On Economics, Corporate Irks & Irritations, Civil Rights, libertarian, Noam Chomsky, videos, Recordings

Doing Good — 2 comments

wakemenow wrote 1 year ago: While researching book titles on Amazon.com, I came across a review for Mother Teresa’s … more →

Tags: On Radical Feminism-Humanitarianism, On Violence, On Personal Development, On Self-Expression, On Religion & Beliefs, On Imagination, Suicide, Sin, Good

In consideration of Albert Einstein

wakemenow wrote 1 year ago: In giving consideration to the depth and incredible consequences of the work conducted by Albert Ein … more →

Tags: On Body & Health, On Personal Development, On Religion & Beliefs, On Education, On Imagination, Criminal Justice, On Technology & Science, Psychology, Science

Concern for the Destruction of Our Civil Liberties — 1 comment

wakemenow wrote 1 year ago: In April of 2007, the S.1959 Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 w … more →

Tags: On Self-Expression, On Power, Criminal Justice, Civil Rights, radicalization, s.1959, Center of Excellence, dissidence, Homegrown Terrorism

Hmmm..."Truth Movement"...

wakemenow wrote 1 year ago: The more I read about this stuff, the more I wish I hadn’t. No offense to the folks out there … more →

Tags: On Personal Development, On Power, On Religion & Beliefs, On Imagination, T.M., truth movement, Cassiopaea, Ian Xel Lungold

A Few Words On Drugs, Tobacco, Pharmaceuticals & Addiction

wakemenow wrote 1 year ago: Just for the record, in case anyone was curious: I do not take prescriptions of any kind except Apri … more →

Tags: Criminal Justice, On Body & Health, On Education, On Imagination, On Media & Propaganda, On Personal Development, On Power, On Self-Expression, On Technology & Science

Norman Finkelstein

wakemenow wrote 1 year ago: Norman Finkelstein’s lectures on human rights violations, the controversy relating to Israel a … more →

Tags: On Radical Feminism-Humanitarianism, On Violence, On Literature, On Politics, On Power, On Religion & Beliefs, On International Affairs, Finkelstein, Jewish

On the Political Spectrum — 1 comment

wakemenow wrote 1 year ago: In this video narrated by John McManus, he briefly discusses the political spectrum. Here’s a … more →

Tags: On Politics, On Power, On Economics, Civil Rights, Socialism, systems of governance, Anarchy


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