blakecosmos

Is this your personal guess? or am I to take this as some sort of an “official” explanation. Being that I am quite familiar with Word Press, and it’s plug ins, I find that if indeed this is merely a glitch, that it’s awfully selective about when and what and to whom it seems to invoke itself. I’m just trying to categorize your response and…[Read more]

I third it!!

This has been occurring with Schwarzenstein and myself as well.

Rest In Peace GP, you will be missed.

Given the penetrating nature of Scarmoge’s multiple loops around Harvey’s Barn, which require of those who will consume it, a not insignificant amount of formalized logical ability… as well as at least a rudimentary grasp on a vast sweep of disciplines and the literature that ultimately describe these disciplines and thus lead to…[Read more]

To the Tune of “Take It Easy”

Well I’m driving down the Road, And avoid the new goad,
I’ve seen seven Walgreens down the line…
Four that wanna make me. Two that wanna shake me, and one says their a friend of mind…
Take it Sleazy. Take it Wheezy… Don’t let the sound of your own mind, tell you we’re crazy
Loosen up while we still can, don’t…[Read more]

To the melody of “show and tell”

Mayhem…. Just the game they play, when they want to say, Oh I own you.
So show me, that you’ll
Serve me….
Say you do, Baby.

But then, how else are they going to conceal the truth that lies in the underlying languages? As that famous Texas politician once said, “If American was good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for y’all”!

I just picked this up in the last couple of weeks. I have a particular interest in Stalin, and plan on make reading the titles I have remaining in this tranche of books, prior to the most highly anticipated title still to come, that title will be Professor Stephen Kotkin’s Third Volume of his masterful Trilogy on Stalin. That will come…[Read more]

With any of the Philosophers, it’s largely a matter of finding a way in, once you’re in you’ll get acclimated and find lots of things to bid you to go deeper. When it comes to Heidegger, I have a suggestion for you. There’s a podcast called, “Entitled Opinions” out of Stanford, helmed by one of my favorite Academics ever, Robert Pogue…[Read more]

Ok, I’ll bite. Since you seem willing to thoughtfully explain yourself, I can applaud that, and if it’s not too late to consider such things as “playing devils advocate” or “questioning one’s pre-suppositions or the actual content of what they write, let me ask you this.

If you’re going to post regularly in the Forum, doesn’t your…[Read more]

I like the following: “There are two kinds of Science, the actual Science, and the kind of Science you pay for.”

It also brings to mind a line from Drug Kingpin Jose Yero in Michael Mann’s Film: “Miami Vice”

“ In my business I do not purchase a service, I pay for a result”

I attended a wake over the weekend where the primary topic of discussion, was who had the injections, how they maneuvered their way into getting them and how this made them a better “member of society” than those who have either not been offered the opportunity or who, GASP would elect not to have it or question “the science”. I was honestl…[Read more]

I would agree with the premise to the degree that this is possible with either any individual, or for any group still rational enough to listen as well as pound the table. Where no fertile ground remains, I would suggest Gordon White’s adage and admonition to: “Not Spook The Zombies”!

Re: Pollock. For the corpus, or is that more plainly the corpse of modern art, we may offer our heartfelt thanks to our betters at the See/Aye/Eh for their comprehensive efforts at the business of “Culture Creation”. Under the rubric of the Cold War our betters were determined to show what “an open society” really looked like via its emphasi…[Read more]

Excellent questions all Peter!