Tag Archives: Leviathan
links for 2007-11-23: Kissinger, Arthur
LRB · Greg Grandin: Sucking up to P A brief history of Henry Kissinger (tags: Kissinger US-foreign-policy politics globospheric) Arthur No. 27 contains an interview with Sun City Girls’ Sir Richard Bishop, written by Erik Davis and illustrated by John … more…
The River Crab Wears Three Watches
Under the Internet Police’s Radar :: China Digital Times (CDT) ??????
China Regulates Buddhist Reincarnation
China Regulates Buddhist Reincarnation In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which … more…
links for 2007-03-22: The Trap
BBC – BBC TWO – EVERYTHING – NOISE – The Trap The new Adam Curtis series, which sits somewhere between The Century of The Self and The Power of Nightmares, overlapping its themes with both of them. (tags: Economics history … more…
US: the conspiracy that wasn’t, by Alexander Cockburn
From Le Monde Diplomatique: Some discover a silver lining in 9/11 conspiracism. A politically sophisticated leftist in Washington DC wrote to me agreeing with my ridicule of the inside job scenarios but adding: “To me the most interesting thing (in … more…
P! — Impeachable? Or Treasonous?
ddjango lays it out one more time: Constitution [Presidential Oath of Office]: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, … more…
Ministers accused of sidestepping torture ban
Yesterday’s Guardian: The government is undermining the ban on torture enshrined in domestic and international law in a mistaken belief that it would help counter terrorism, a human rights group warns today. The warning, by Human Rights Watch, comes as … more…
Virgin ends ad campaign with anarchic site over images of Branson
Excellent news from the Guardian: Virgin has been forced into an embarrassing U-turn after a new viral advertising campaign backfired spectacularly. The company had asked readers of b3ta.com, an online community known for bad taste jokes, to create a new … more…
Mark Twain – To the Person Sitting in Darkness
How does this rock? Shall we? That is, shall we go on conferring our Civilization upon the peoples that sit in darkness, or shall we give those poor things a rest? Shall we bang right ahead in our old-time, loud, … more…
Death’s Dream Kingdom: The American Psyche Since 9-11
This is a chapter exerpt from the book by Walter A. Davis, in which religious fundamentalism gets taken apart nut by bolt, in a psychological stylee. Charles Strozier identifies four beliefs as fundamental to Christian fundamentalism. (1) Inerrancy or biblical … more…