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A formulator of the "Cloward-Piven strategy" in 1966 wants to revive the concept to force action on employment - Have the unemployed march on D.C.?  (Frances Fox Piven) The Nation
Jerry Brown begins his third term as governor of California - (Joel Kotkin) NewGeography
China announces the introduction of it's new stealth fighter aircraft - Aviation Week
And ahead of schedule, too. Hmm...

Capitalism and Degrowth-An Impossibility Theorem - (John Bellamy Foster) Monthly Review

Some real problems with this notion.
Marx's carbuncles; a symptom of alienation caused by capitalism? - (Phil Gasper) ISR
"According to the paper’s author, a professor of dermatology at the University of East Anglia in England named Stephen Shuster, medical evidence suggests that Marx suffered from a disease known as hidradenitis suppurativa in which the apocrine sweat glands—found mainly in the armpits and groin—become blocked and inflamed. According to Shuster while Marx complained of excruciating boils, he was actually a victim of this chronic skin disease."

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The faith of the statists never dies - Businessweek

If we just have the perfect system then things will be fine. But they never are, are they?

Modern Life Is A Fraud - Lewrockwell.com (David Galland)

"What if the modern version of society is really nothing more than a sleight of hand designed to fool the masses into becoming little more than government mules, allowed their simple pleasures in exchange for providing the muscle and the money needed to feed the beast?"

The trans-human age is nearly upon us - Slashdot.org/

A new set of vat grown rat lungs have been successfully transplanted

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Bloggingheads.tv - Science Saturday: Darwinian Dancing: "Is cancer largely a side-effect of advanced civilization?" No. Anthropologists have found cancer in the bones of ancient peoples too. The thing is over 90 percent of cancer happens in people over age 55. In those days most people died before that. But even so, all the carcinogenic shit we have in our environment today sure doesn't help.

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NYC Mayor speculates that Times Square car bomb suspect could be "anybody" perhaps even someone who doesn't like Obama-care. - Real Clear Politics

Wonder why he picked that particular reference?

Hutaree Militia defendants to be released on bail - Ann Arbor.com

But with conditions. Monitoring devices attached and all guns and ammo turned just to name a few. For a laugh though read through the comment section underneath the news article. All these "progressives" who believe in being considered innocent until proven guilty are just beside themselves foaming at the mouth and ready to form a lynch mob.

Americans are alienated from the government! - Wall Street Journal (Peggy Noonan)

She says this like it's a bad thing. For once she gets the reality of the situation.

Is the U.S. due for a Soviet Union style break-up? - Lewrockwell.com (podcast)

Hope so.

British army sniper sets "world record" killing two Taliban fighters from 1.54 miles away - NY Post
"[Sgt.] Craig Harrison killed the two insurgents from an astounding distance of 8,120 feet ... in Helmand Province last November firing an Accuracy International L11583 long-range rifle."

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Sarah Palin e-mail hacker convicted of two felonies - Cnet (Declan McCullagh)

Jury hangs on one charge and acquits on another. Don't have much use for Palin but it ain't cool to hack other people's private communications.

We have deadly school shootings. China has mass stabbing and bludgeoning attacks against school children. - NY Times (Michael Wines)

Both societies struggle with rage, alienation and grief and the nihilistic violence it foments.

U.S. Army acquiring a new sniper rifle - Popular Mechanics

A bolt-action with flash and sound suppression in .300 Winchester Magnum.

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An excellent lecture on Marcuse's One Dimensional Man.