by Emmett R Smith
AS A Libertarian, I must freely confess that the mass of pullulating Americans are no more up to self-reliance than they could build computers for themselves, out of (more…)
Archive for February, 2008
As Matters Stand Now: Hillary Or Bust!
Posted in As Matters Stand Now: on February 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
As Matters Stand Now: “Take (Away!) My Endorsement…Please!”
Posted in As Matters Stand Now: on February 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
by Emmett R Smith
Of late, Mr Arizona Republican Senator John McCain has doubtless been feeling just a bit like the Baptist lady who kept shouting “Amen!” while the preacher went after boozers and fornicators and gay adoptive parents, but then started to holler, “Just a God-damn minute, Rev’rend, NOW y’all are gettin’ TOO close to home!” when he started in on gossip. Because the gossip in some Arizona Democrat quarters at least is (more…)
The Secret History Of Old Mankato
Posted in History & History-Making on February 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
by Benjamin R Lacosset
As an amateur and respected regional historian of more than a little (more…)
“Thou Art…Mercy And Compassion”
Posted in Muslim and Beyond -- as-Safara lil'Abru on February 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
by ‘Boo Kedheeb
“Imagination is our holographic engine. It makes the world. Literally. If our imagination is running someone else’s program, we are living in someone else’s dream. It is time to take control and observe how manipulated scientific and religious dogma has misled us about how our world actually functions. Time is not linear. We are not hopeless wanderers in a cold lifeless universe. We do not cease to exist when the body (the bio-suit) is finished. Life is a progression of many lives, many consciousnesses and many worlds. This is one of them. You are one story; one piece of cosmic consciousness. Indestructible. We are designed to interact with the universe by articulating and encoding it with our wisdom, love, intent and creativity. These are things of galactic significance. Not nice-to-haves.”
http://thecleaver.blogspot.com/2008/02/crossing-rubicon-waking-from-fake-news.html
And, now, here is an exercise for those already (more…)
“How Will I Know…?”
Posted in Muslim and Beyond -- as-Safara lil'Abru on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
ar-Ras al-Baphomet
(With thanks to Unspiek, Excellent Baron — BW)
The following are some important words from the February 23, 2008, edition of The Cleaver:
“Michael Moore’s 2004 film Fahrenheit 9/11 is a classic example of the limited utility of pursuing documentary (more…)
IS The World worse? Or: “Are The Sonsofbitches Just More Numerous?”
Posted in Muslim and Beyond -- as-Safara lil'Abru on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
by Muhammed Nejmi
Let us begin by reviewing these thoughts on contemporary public integrity today (more…)
As Matters Stand Now: …With A Little Help From His Friends!
Posted in As Matters Stand Now: on February 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Well Done
Posted in Muslim and Beyond -- as-Safara lil'Abru on February 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
by Benny Raymond
Three contractors from three heremetically sealed-off different enterprises of the Halliburton Corporation are bidding to fix up two-three meters of a blown-up fence around (more…)
Monkey Business
Posted in Muslim and Beyond -- as-Safara lil'Abru on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
by Nejmi MuHammad
Sufi teaching-stories work simultaneously on a number of levels.
Some aspects furthermore can be discussed simply enough in purely narrative-terms.
One point is that these stories deal often in helpful (more…)
When The Law Is An Ass…It Gets Slapped
Posted in How We Live(d) Here (& There) on February 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
by Emmett R Smith
THE Following recent and heartening item in the the Mankato & Terre de Bleu City Free Daily Valve & County Compactor reveals that Blue Earth & Squawbunion County Attorney Mr Ross Arneson has definitively had (more…)
