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Fun fact: Mole is actually the intrigued woman in the video.

Electoral reform up in this bitch. Is necessary. Single plurality sucks. Proportional Representation is better.

Do it

MOAR

No, because I agreed with their argument that they deserved residuals (I had always been under the impression that they got them already), but I don't see a strike ending well for the union here. The studios look ready to sit this one out, and they have more resources than the writers do in a war of attrition like this one. They'll get something in the end, though, but not as much as they were demanding. Glad they're marching around with signs on sticks, though. That'll show 'em. How do teachers who make over $100,000 a year not only go on strike for more money (this is another strike transpiring at the moment), but participate in these dopey picket lines? Go sing some Woody Guthrie while you're at it. I was listening to NPR, and they were talking about this. The studio has reserves, but only for a very limited amount of time. It's definitely a war of attrition though, and it seems like the studios have more to lose.

Top Five Albums of '07 1. Armchair Apocrypha - Andrew Bird 2. Planet of Ice - Minus The Bear 3. Love is Simple - Akron/Family (Mindblowing album.) 4. Night Falls Over Kortedala - Jens Lekman 5. Beyond - Dinosaur Jr

Modest Mouse: 1. The Moon & Antarctica 2. We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank 3. Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks 4. This Is A Long Drive For Something With Nothing To Think About 5. Good News For People Who Love Bad News 6. Building Nothing Out Of Something 7. The Lonesome Crowded West Decemberists: 1. Her Majesty The Decemberists 2. Castaways and Cutouts 3. Picaresque 4. The Crane Wife Minus The Bear: 1. Planet of Ice 2. Menos El Oso 3. Highly Refined Pirates 4. They Make Beer Commercials Like This

I dislike Urban Outfitters. A lot. Having lived in Huntington Beach, that store seems to be all about 17 year olds trying to be hipsters, or 17 year olds trying to be faux-hippies or whatever they are. Either way, they are shitty.

Wilson was a complete raging racist and sexist. The man thought he was Jesus, after all. Wilson, in my opinion, is definitely one of the absolute worst presidents in history. Just look at the guy's performance at the Treaty of Versailles talks. Unwavering on the matters of the League of Nations, he pretty much single handedly fucked over all of Europe for the next 60 years. Not to mention that he basically caused the Russian Revolutions, twice. Once because he made sure Russia stayed in the war even though the Provisional Government should've pulled out of the war IMMEDIATELY after taking power. And then again, after he refused to send troops and help to Russia while the Bolsheviks were attacking, even though he promised that the world would be safe for democracy. Fuck Wilson. Also, I'm pretty sure that George Bush has shamed the United States for the next few centuries. He's causing a fucking HUGE problem in the Middle East too. One of the religious sects in northern Iraq has basically become sovereign with a loose tie to the Iraqi government, and is supported by Turkey. Iraq wants to bring that northern section back in. Turkey also wants to invade that northern section. If they do that, Iran comes in, and you've got a mess. That's why the US has been warning Turkey against invading. Like, telling them very harshly not to invade Iraq. It's his fault too. Iraq may not have Saddam in power, but without Saddam, they don't have security. Period. With a democracy, it's just a free for all, and that's all it's going to be. Democracy may look nice on the news, but we need dictators in the middle east to secure order. It sounds shitty, but without dictators there, you have the situation we have now.

omg i just read today that benoit died

Said it before, I'll say it again Luigi > All

Surprise, surprise: The Ness clone is, in fact, just as shitty and faggy as Ness.

Nah, dude, in England, supposedly there's a whole new drug with the gutter punks: lighting the contents of a garbage can on fire, closing the lid, then opening it back up again and inhaling the fumes.

I've already done it

Yeah. I'm graduating with 14 semesters of history, and this year i'm taking two semesters of that course taught by the hands-down best teacher in the entire school. It's way more comprehensive and informative than my Poli Sci class that I took at UC Berkeley.

Where have all the jolly fat people gone?

I'm taking a comprehensive class in the advents of Communism and Fascism in the 20th century, so..

Then, by that definition, there are no capitalist countries in the world. We're all socialists. I think a better term for what you're referring to is "mixed economy." On the scale from laissez faire to socialism the US tilts further toward laissez faire than almost all other developed countries, with the possible exception of Australia (maybe). No, the definition of socialism is to take measures against Laissez Faire capitalists. So, yes, by that definition, there are no capitalist countries. The modern definition of socialism is equated with countries like Switzerland or those other middle European cold countries. That's not incorrect, but it's also not the definition of socialism. To reiterate: socialism is to take any measures at all against Laissez Faire capitalism. Period. It's not the government controlling the economy in it's totality.

Ultimate Communism is the actual philosophical name for the state reached after all countries have progressed from a single proletariat dictatorship. No joke.

1. A Communist society must be worldwide or else it does not exist. Not in many countries, but in ALL countries. This is why you had such major conflicts, and thus the rise of Fascism, in Europe after WWI: the possibility of Communist uprisings in the midst of the sordid post-war conditions. Before going worldwide, there exists the PROLETARIAT DICTATORSHIP, basically a dictatorship. Much like Fascism where the dictator, king, Duce, whatever, rules on behalf of the transcendent State, the Proletariat Dictator rules on behalf of Communist doctrine. 2. Communism was the official name of the Bolshevik Party after Lenin changed it in like 1919 I think. 3. A Communist society is, yes, a classless society (<- the intensely watered down version) so therefore it has never existed. Socialism is NOT the closest any society has ever come to this. That's ludicrous. Socialism defines the classes like no one's business; i.e., workers, businessmen, etc. Fascism, in theory, has come closer to a classless society than Socialism ever has. If you read Hegel (specifically The Philosophy of the Right), it clearly defines that through the denial of individualism, classes mean nothing, and are therefore abolished. Of course, no truly fascist state has lasted longer than like 20 years. Remember, one must clearly define the boundaries between Fascists and Authoritarians and Monarchists/Tsarists/etc. 4. Most countries are socialist. The United States is a socialist country. By definition, if you are not Laissez Faire Capitalist, you are a socialist. Any measure that detracts from Laissez Faire Capitalism is socialist: strikes, minimum wage, union, any sort of hour restrictions. The US is a VERY socialist country. 5. Communism isn't technically the name of a government system. In Ultimate Communism, there is virtually no government. It's almost tribal. Hunters and gatherers were primitive Communists. They did not have any possessions, they just simply used and recycled whatever they needed without keeping it. Localized farming created capitalism through the creation of "possessions." Anyways, the main government system up until that point is the Proletariat Dictatorship, and then Ultimate Communism. There are some things to remember about Karl Marx and the Communist doctrine as well. a. Karl Marx never worked a day in his life. b. Communism is based upon 19th century Russian agrarian and worker conflicts. c. Communism is based upon the central philosophy that they are right and you are wrong.

God bless the US of fuckin' A

But.... I'm..... white......

DVD? Hah. $20 on the fact that this will come out exclusively on LaserDisk.

In 8th grade, I was at a camp thing, and this girl flashed her friend and I was standing right next to him, so I got a glimpse. Her just-began-puberty boobs were hairy. HAIRY. Not like a coconut, but they had actual hair on them. Dark hair too.