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2014-10-14 - 10:24 a.m.

Marxism is the promising shoot
Without Judaism you have no Marxism
Without Tikkun Olam you got no Communism
Most importantly, perhaps, you got no This American Life

Now there are two general ways to learn: there's a coming and a going. If learning was a Venn Diagram, the coming would be the overlap. The overlap is the revolutionary mindset because it connects the thing back to its vastness. Sure if you want to get lost in the details and discover the "deep" differences, have fun with that. The going is the commercial way. Said in a low testosterone trickle of a law observing voice: "But there are deep differences between Coke and Pepsi." "Yep and there's also a deep difference between a donkey and an ass."

Leonard Cohen, from the house of Aaron, said "the rich put their channels in the bedrooms of the poor." And now due, to all of the "change" there are more entertainment "options" with every passing year!

My "provider" is giving me some sweet deals. Let us always remember to shine a paternalistic light on the things that are most predatory. "But I thought you worked in an underserved area?" "No, that is no longer the case. These days, I work in a poor neighborhood."

In Africa in 1914 the Spanish helped the underserved in a country they called "Rio de Oro." But we can't all have hearts of gold.

Here's a recipe for making deodorant:
6 T coconut oil
1/4 cup baking soda
1/4 cup cornstarch
Essential oils of whatever you like
*Personally, I choose not to mask the musk*

The power with all these tech companies is that they believe they are revolutionary. They actually think they are going to disrupt the powers that be by taking selfies and liking hamburger helper.

Can we even talk about tech without speedup? That's what tech really is, something that speeds things up. Speed is the only synonym for technology of all types. If a leaf could type and were in a shallow part of a river, going quickly over rocks it would say "WEEEEEE!" as it goes for the ride of its life, but the leaf stuck in rocks would be watching everything pass by, reflecting and not having "fun." That leaf would be writing with a pen and paper. To notice, to really observe something, students can only learn one way: slowly.

I'm not really into birds or anything outside of myself, but I know that when the life coach begins to sing, it is time to fly this coop.

They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. I say, that's how the dog got old in the first place. If the dog spent his life learning new tricks, he would have died from a heart attack long ago.

There are two dangerous virtues at present: to be open minded and to embrace change. It says something about the economic order when a president can run for office under the banner of a slogan, a glittering generality, presented as virtue that is harmful vice to most of us. Change is good if you own the factory, not if you work there. Stability, slow-speeds, boring, these are all good things too. Don't forget to change out your spouses frequently too people.

Talking about religion in these times is moot, when the real religion is the cult of capital. You are what you do and as Dellilo sagely said, "In America we don't die we shop."

An NPR reporter recently said that because gas prices are down consumers will now have more money to shop for the Holiday season and it actually sent Wall Street numbers up a little bit. WTF? I declare my allegiance to Rev. Billy and the Church of not shopping. This year I have only one goal. (and no it's not that ridiculous charter school curriculum designed by that rich kid from North Chicago who unwittingly will only achieve self-loathing and hatred in the students who have to suffer under that false consciousness that they call curriculum). No this year, I will buy nothing new, except for a printer...a bike maybe...and underwear...and socks. You get the drift. It's not easy to extricate yourself from this prison of pleasure and plenty. Like David Berman, I too got stuck inside the candy jail with its"peppermint bars and peanut brittle bunk beads and marshmallow walls, where the guards are gracious and the grounds look grand, but some type of warden is keepin' data on all my favorite brands."

There is only one word for the internet and its portals at this point: panopticon. As in, "baby, you didn't leave your ponopticon portal that you pay $100 dollars a month to have at home did you? How will the algorithms deepen your tastes which will then turn you into more of what you already were?"

Is your panopticon newer than mine? Dang, I just got a new one. Oh well, time to upgrade. How come I can never seem to keep up with that lead dog?

 

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