tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51212840615507950252024-02-20T01:58:07.117-05:00Bad Egg Collective: Notes from Our LairElla the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-79733818459771293542008-05-09T01:35:00.010-04:002008-06-26T01:06:03.419-04:00"We're Looking for the Mouse!"The title of this post is a quote from <a href="http://itp.tisch.nyu.edu/object/ShirkyC.html">Clay Shirky</a>'s speech at the recent Web 2.0 conference: <a href="http://www.shirky.com/herecomeseverybody/2008/04/looking-for-the-mouse.html">Gin, Television, and Social Surplus</a>. But I think it could just as easily also be a <i>cri de coeur</i> in response to Tom Friedman's recent editorial, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/opinion/04friedman.html">Who Will Tell the People?</a><br /><br />Kevin Kelly actually placed even more significance, though, to the surprising success of Wikipedia, when he inserted the below image into <a href="http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/01/believing_the_i.php">a blog post earlier this year</a>, with the caption, "<em>A mind-grenade as iconographic for this generation as a nuclear bomb was for the last.</em>"<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSF8Gi88dtIsmE8BMQ5-ksap7KUENx0bWeawPYCgWcjiJpolwoPSfp8IX0vfjKSvfST_AGmtdoBWrolC_p56jlvbvc_3uUTCz4qY0GQuqkW2WXWcpah5Ex96J0rsg1PYEUy2u5lvaZEqM/s1600-h/wiki-bomb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSF8Gi88dtIsmE8BMQ5-ksap7KUENx0bWeawPYCgWcjiJpolwoPSfp8IX0vfjKSvfST_AGmtdoBWrolC_p56jlvbvc_3uUTCz4qY0GQuqkW2WXWcpah5Ex96J0rsg1PYEUy2u5lvaZEqM/s320/wiki-bomb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156606022957350130" /></a><br />In fact, I think he may be much more right than he yet realizes. In "<em><a href="http://www.fourthturning.com/">The Fourth Turning</a></em>", the prediction is made, based on the 80-100 year inter-generational cycle in human affairs known since Ancient Roman times as a <em>saeculum</em>, or in modern times more often as a <em>siécle</em>, or sometimes simply a <em>century</em>, that we are today on the verge of the next great disruption in history, one on the order of Protestant Revolution; the American and French Revolutions; the American Civil War and Gilded Age; and the Great Depression, New Deal, and WWII. This last, of course, was the time that saw the development of the atomic bomb. Is it horribly reckless to hope that perhaps we are indeed on the cusp of another historic disruption of such magnitude?<br /><br />Note: see also Kelly's most recent post, <a href="http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/05/the_cell_phone.php">The Cell Phone Platform</a>, too see why this is not just a <i>bourgeois</i> Western disruption. Especially as we anticipate the impact of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMAX">WiMAX</a>.<br /><br />Note 2: see also Kevin Phillips' latest book, <a href="http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780670019076,00.html">Bad Money</a>, for a detailed description of another striking parallel to the last great disruption: a looming financial collapse on Wall Street. See also, <a href="http://io9.com/377465/bourgeois-survivalism-hits-wall-street">Bourgeois Survivalism Hits Wall Street</a> (accompanied by another mushroom cloud graphic!). Of course, you probably all remember <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWksEJQEYVU">Jim Cramer declaring "We have Armageddon"</a>, back in August, right? But don't despair—<a href="http://future.meetup.com/49/boards/view/viewthread?thread=4669736">as Olga posted yesterday</a> (thank Olga!), you can hear Rob Kutner, in person, later this month, read from his new book, <a href="http://www.apocalypsehowthebook.com/about">Apocalypse How: Turn the End-Times into the Best of Times</a>. That's right, put a big happy smile on that mushroom cloud!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.robkutner.com/Images/apocalypse_how.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand" src="http://www.robkutner.com/images/apocalypse_how.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Sedicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08212751630211620243noreply@blogger.com74tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-33155930854101385092007-12-19T21:44:00.000-05:002007-12-19T21:49:13.762-05:00Graffiti Research Lab<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graffitiresearchlab.com/"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://graffitiresearchlab.com/grl_how_to/grl_how2_vertical_blk_500px.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />"read HOW TO START YOUR OWN GRAFFITI RESEARCH LAB, then get a URL, set the background color to #000000 and tear your city apart."<br /><br /><a href="http://graffitiresearchlab.com/">http://graffitiresearchlab.com/</a>Ella the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-56007508659731377962007-12-19T21:25:00.000-05:002007-12-19T21:44:21.623-05:00Free Speech TVJust found this channel, pretty cool videos online. Available full time on DISH Network ch. 9415 and part-time on 172 community access cable stations in 35 states.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.freespeech.org/fscm2/genx.php?name=home"><br />http://www.freespeech.org/fscm2/genx.php?name=home</a>Ella the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-51854861993123506772007-12-12T16:45:00.000-05:002007-12-12T16:47:04.982-05:00The Ultimate ConA documentary on 911 that we talked about in the last hangout. Take a look. <br /><br /><embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-751298171535560228&hl=en" flashvars=""> </embed>Ella the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-60612164716799196272007-12-05T22:08:00.000-05:002007-12-05T22:12:30.713-05:00Question AuthorityBad Eggs, I know how much you like questioning, especially if it involves questioning Authority, so I figure you'd really like this project:<br /><br /><a href="http://mondoglobo.ning.com/group/questionauthority/forum/topic/show?id=1509099%3ATopic%3A103">QuestionAuthority Proposal</a><br /><br />QuestionAuthority is an educational and advocacy project dedicated to defending and extending personal and civil liberties and encouraging free expression. <br /><br />Our goal is to create a broad-based coalition of non-authoritarian groups and individuals who may currently be working in relative isolation on single issues, for political organizations and candidates, or in relatively isolated ideological cohort groups. <br /><br />As a cohesive force, we can do more than just stem the tide one issue -- or one court case -- at a time. We can exercise political and cultural influence by uniting the vast numbers of Americans who believe that the country has taken a radical turn in an authoritarian direction.Ella the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-31649734579103781152007-12-04T11:31:00.000-05:002007-12-04T11:40:23.299-05:00Man Weds Dog?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/south_asia_enl_1194978757/img/1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/south_asia_enl_1194978757/img/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">An Indian man has "married" a female dog, hoping the move will help atone for stoning two other dogs to death.</span><br /><br />BBC:<br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7093422.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7093422.stm</a><br /><br />Interesting. And very logical. Especially if that dog is a relative of those two other dogs. But this makes me wonder, I wanted to screen the documentary ZOO at some point. Anyone have any interest in watching it? Details about the movie here: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0874423/">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0874423/<br /></a>Ella the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-23408402420277624532007-11-30T23:39:00.000-05:002007-11-30T23:50:01.027-05:00Extraordinary Stories at the Bad Egg Collective<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://darwinawards.com/i/charles_pencil.118.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://darwinawards.com/i/charles_pencil.118.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a>As inspiration for the upcoming Extraordinary Stories at the Bad Egg Collective (and as mentioned by Matt at the last hangout), here's a website full of stories about stupid humans:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Darwin Awards</span><br /><a href="http://darwinawards.com/">http://darwinawards.com/</a><br />A Chronicle of Enterprising Demises<br />Honoring those who improve the species...by<br />accidentally removing themselves from it!<br /><br />Description "The stories on this website, which range from the sublimely ironic to the pathetically stupid, display examples of trial and (fatal) error that vividly illustrate evolution in all its selective glory."<br /><br />and remember to join us on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at Stain Bar for more of the hilarity. RSVP here: <a href="http://worldhistory.meetup.com/26/calendar/6773337/">http://worldhistory.meetup.com/26/calendar/6773337/</a>Ella the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-43205534892230066142007-11-25T23:33:00.000-05:002007-11-25T23:39:40.666-05:00The Mole ManPer our recent exploration into alternative homes and extraordinary things, I stumbled upon this story: <a href="http://www.local6.com/news/14673988/detail.html">http://www.local6.com/news/14673988/detail.html</a><br /><br />A homeless man was found living underground in California. This reminds me of a time when I was a kid, my friends and I built an underground home (or a bunker, as we called it) and the authorities destroyed it...Ella the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-11878151466956002922007-11-22T10:23:00.000-05:002007-11-24T23:48:44.003-05:00Look what I found! Robots who Drink!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://craphound.com/images/roboeexotica2007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://craphound.com/images/roboeexotica2007.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cocktailrobots.org/">http://www.cocktailrobots.org/</a>Ella the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-40140755291176631422007-11-20T19:59:00.000-05:002007-11-20T20:14:35.005-05:00Some Reading Materials<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.impassionedinsurrection.info/youthliberation/ParisMay1968.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.impassionedinsurrection.info/youthliberation/ParisMay1968.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />radical pamphlets and books<br /><a href="http://www.anti-politics.net/distro/">http://www.anti-politics.net/distro/</a><br /><br />Came upon it on the net, anyone see any interesting topics in there that you want to discuss?Ella the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-81423800414164442602007-11-19T20:11:00.000-05:002007-11-19T20:35:22.331-05:00Poppa NeutrinoBad Eggs love to meet iconoclasts, and here's one we went to see yesterday night. "Poppa doesn’t work, pay rent, listen to doctors or kiss institutional butt. He prefers to invent his life as he goes along, whether he’s building a raft out of scraps and sailing the Atlantic, inventing a new football play or touring the world from Mexico to Russia with his band, the Flying Neutrinos. But don’t discount the intellect that Poppa uses to back up his wit and daring as leader of his tribe" <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.poppaneutrino.com/">http://www.poppaneutrino.com/</a></span><br /><br />His three pieces of wisdom for the audience were: (I'm paraphrasing since I did not write it down)<br /><br />1) figure out the three things you want to do in your life<br /><br />2) learn to participate, redirect or leave<br /><br />3) figure it out on your own<br /><br />More wisdom from Poppa Neutrino: <a href="http://www.floatingneutrinos.com/Message/Poppa%20Neutrino%20Speaks.html">http://www.floatingneutrinos.com/Message/Poppa%20Neutrino%20Speaks.html</a><br /><br /><embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=1780035955604189704&hl=en" flashvars=""> </embed>Ella the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-20119914937980502452007-10-29T10:48:00.000-04:002007-10-29T11:00:51.094-04:00Bad Egg Phil's Bands Bring Down the House<a href="http://www.myfoxny.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=4761104&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1">(Across the street)</a> I have pictures! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.google.com/ella20/RyRaUHMc9wI/AAAAAAAAFXk/pbJ_IH88z54/DSC_7679.jpg?imgmax=800"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://lh5.google.com/ella20/RyRaUHMc9wI/AAAAAAAAFXk/pbJ_IH88z54/DSC_7679.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.google.com/ella20/RyRaG3Mc9lI/AAAAAAAAFWM/Jv3RIztGXBY/DSC_7694.JPG?imgmax=512"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://lh4.google.com/ella20/RyRaG3Mc9lI/AAAAAAAAFWM/Jv3RIztGXBY/DSC_7694.JPG?imgmax=512" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.google.com/ella20/RyRZI3Mc82I/AAAAAAAAFQI/4elQvaYrQWc/DSC_7757.JPG?imgmax=512"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://lh4.google.com/ella20/RyRZI3Mc82I/AAAAAAAAFQI/4elQvaYrQWc/DSC_7757.JPG?imgmax=512" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.google.com/ella20/RyRZKHMc83I/AAAAAAAAFQQ/U_wAzabJOKQ/DSC_7759.JPG?imgmax=512"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://lh5.google.com/ella20/RyRZKHMc83I/AAAAAAAAFQQ/U_wAzabJOKQ/DSC_7759.JPG?imgmax=512" border="0" alt="" /></a>Ella the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-20112524299593366812007-10-21T17:27:00.000-04:002007-10-21T17:34:54.670-04:00heheheh... Bill Maher's show!<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CzrUD-5hf1A&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CzrUD-5hf1A&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Ella the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-68636526061726119642007-10-17T10:56:00.000-04:002007-10-17T11:05:00.670-04:00The CorporationI'm just watching this movie and thinking we should hang out and watch it together soon. Fits well with the wage slavery topic that is in our heads at the moment.A summary from the <a href="http://www.thecorporation.com/index.cfm">official website:</a> <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"THE CORPORATION explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time... Taking its status as a legal "person" to the logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?" The Corporation includes interviews with 40 corporate insiders and critics - including Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva and Michael Moore - plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change."</span><br /><br />Part 1:<br /><embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-3969792790081230711&hl=en" flashvars=""> </embed><br /><br />Part 2:<br /><embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=7365345393244917682&hl=en" flashvars=""> </embed>Ella the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-79675021449381347822007-10-17T08:26:00.000-04:002007-10-17T08:32:16.708-04:00Reactable<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mtg.upf.edu/reactable/pics/xavi03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://mtg.upf.edu/reactable/pics/xavi03.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Saw this on Current the other day:<br /><a href="http://www.current.tv/watch/80477082">http://www.current.tv/watch/80477082</a><br /><br />Interesting musical instrument. I just wanna touch it...Ella the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-17195620356812823052007-10-12T23:12:00.000-04:002007-10-13T01:07:27.321-04:00<a href="http://www.pe.com/entertainment/stories/PE_Ent_Daily_D_upfront12.1d5ab7a.html"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUdxvOBWh9SzgRtd7l-hsEi-KylswVjpbp5pLe9blLcS4icvm_CVrDZafQK7iPDOo7HwBnm4pdK8P9vNRispf0D1NZj96KIGaoAVKPi0ys683LcJRVvizqiPQhJHP8gwmx3o4zMJ8rd8M/s400/upfront12a_400.jpg" border="0" alt="[Artist Gabriela León is photographed on the riot-torn streets of Oaxaca in the "barricade dress" she created.]" /></a> When I saw the article <a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2007/10/91737.shtml">Vicente Fox Disrupted in NYC</a>, I couldn't help but think of our own "guerrilla press corps" idea. As the article notes, "<i>Fox, to his credit, or that of pr handlers who have prepped all world "leaders" for similar circumstances in light of Kerry's embarrassing and cowardly inaction while a questioner was tased, said aloud that this is still a free country and that people have a right to speak and the audience erupted in applause and the goons backed off.</i>" Some of the questioners were nonetheless later ejected through the front door, reportedly breaking a window in the process. I looked for a picture or video to post, but couldn't find anything from that event.<br /><br />But I did find the picture shown here, of a completely different form of protest over the situation in Oaxaca. Resident artist Gabriela León crafted a "baracada" dress from scavenged garbage, and had some friends film and photograph her taking a stroll through the <i>zócalo</i> (market square), past federal police in full riot gear, in her outfit. She's now assembled the dress, a video of her walk, and other related articles into a traveling exhibit, currently being shown at the University of California, Riverside, Sweeney Art Gallery. See "<a href="http://www.pe.com/entertainment/stories/PE_Ent_Daily_D_upfront12.1d5ab7a.html">A Walk of Conscience</a>" for the full story.<br /><br />Note: Just to be clear, our own "guerrilla press corps" was never meant to have such a particular political agenda, beyond, perhaps, promoting iconoclasm and independent thinking. And of course free expression—especially when it involves wonderful art made from salvaged trash!Sedicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08212751630211620243noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-54653216995863364202007-10-01T21:09:00.000-04:002007-10-01T21:56:10.028-04:00TED for your Viewing Pleasure<!--cut and paste--><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="320" height="285" id="VE_Player" align="middle"><param name="movie" value="http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/loader.swf"><PARAM NAME="FlashVars" VALUE="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/movies/SIRKENROBINSON_high.flv&autoPlay=false&fullscreenURL=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/fullscreen.html&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="scale" value="noscale"><param name="wmode" value="window"><embed src="http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/loader.swf" FlashVars="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/movies/SIRKENROBINSON_high.flv&autoPlay=false&fullscreenURL=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/fullscreen.html&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true" quality="high" allowScriptAccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" scale="noscale" wmode="window" width="320" height="285" name="VE_Player" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ted.com">"TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design.</a> It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.<br /><br />The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).<br /><br />This site makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free. Almost 150 talks from our archive are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted."Ella the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-8535885747877304822007-10-01T20:02:00.000-04:002007-10-01T20:43:22.464-04:00Heresy and Moral Fashions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1174/1470506702_c454054143.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1174/1470506702_c454054143.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Interesting article by Paul Graham: <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html">What You Can't Say</a><br /><br />"It seems to be a constant throughout history: In every period, people believed things that were just ridiculous, and believed them so strongly that you would have gotten in terrible trouble for saying otherwise.<br /><br />Is our time any different? To anyone who has read any amount of history, the answer is almost certainly no. It would be a remarkable coincidence if ours were the first era to get everything just right."<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/addictive_picasso/1470506702/">Image</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/addictive_picasso/">Addictive Picasso</a> via Flickr, <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en-us">used under a Creative Commons license</a>.</span>Ella the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-71125680203130605882007-09-21T20:10:00.001-04:002007-09-25T10:10:39.954-04:00The Shock Doctrine<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/kieyjfZDUIc' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/kieyjfZDUIc' /></object></p><p>UPDATE: the talk at the Graduate Center has been POSTPONED.</p><p>I've been so distracted lately, that I've missed Naomi Klein's first two NYC appearances in promotion of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shock-Doctrine-Rise-Disaster-Capitalism/dp/0805079831/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-9764244-7645633?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190410437&sr=1-1">her new book</a>. But she'll be speaking <!--a href="http://www.gc.cuny.edu/events/index.htm#24"--><del>Monday at the Graduate Center, CUNY, at 4pm</del><!--/a--> on <a href="http://worldhistory.meetup.com/26/calendar/6424096/">Friday, November 16, at the Graduate Center, CUNY, at 12 noon</a>. (I'm sorry to anyone else who went on Monday only to be disappointed, I did too! And there has been no word yet on why it was postponed.)</p><p>Or if you can't make it to hear her in person, then the next best thing is to check out <a href="http://www.policyalternatives.ca/naomi%5Fklein%5Fvideos/">videos of the lecture she gave recently in Vancouver</a>.</p><p>The short film shown here can also be downloaded in <a href="http://hbpub.vo.llnwd.net/o16/video/olmk/klein/shockdoctrine_large.mov">Quicktime</a> or <a href="http://hbpub.vo.llnwd.net/o16/video/olmk/klein/shockdoctrine_large.wmv">Windows Media</a> format from <a href="http://www.naomiklein.org/main">her website</a>.</p></div>Sedicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08212751630211620243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-90363299788443337552007-08-31T20:13:00.000-04:002007-08-31T20:24:39.934-04:00Cancer TheoryIs Cancer a deficiency disease?<br /><br /><embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=4312930190281243507&hl=en" flashvars=""> </embed><br /><br /><a href="http://www.worldwithoutcancer.org.uk/">http://www.worldwithoutcancer.org.uk/</a>Ella the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-41261099594282179422007-08-25T19:44:00.000-04:002007-08-30T11:01:25.087-04:00Interview with Aaron Russo<embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=5420753830426590918&hl=en" flashvars=""> </embed><br /><br />"Hollywood director Russo goes in-depth for first time on the astounding admissions of Nick Rockefeller, including his prediction of 9/11 ... all » and the war on terror hoax, the Rockefeller's creation of women's lib, and the elite's ultimate plan for world population reduction and a microchipped society"<br /><br />More info on the man: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Russo">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Russo</a>Ella the Crazy Breakfast Madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338542812590587208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-91714395071269793612007-08-18T05:02:00.000-04:002007-08-18T05:04:41.023-04:00Let's beat up the Poor! - Charles Baudelaire ("Assommons les pauvres!")For fifteen days I was confined to my room, and I was surrounded by the sort of books that were fashionable then (this was sixteen or seventeen years ago)--I mean to say those books in which is treated the art of making people happy, wise, and rich in twenty-four hours. I had, then, digested,--I should say, swallowed whole,--all the lucubrations of all of these entrepreneurs of public happiness,--of those who council all of the poor to make themselves slaves, and of those who persuade them that are all unthroned kings. You won't be surprised to learn that I was in a state of mind close to dizziness or stupefaction.<br />It seemed to me only that I felt, confined in the depths of my intellect, the obscure seed of an idea superior to all the old wives' tales collected in the encyclopedia that I had recently read through. Bit it was only the idea of an idea, something infinitely vague.<br />And I went out with a great thirst. For a passionate taste for bad reading engenders a proportional need for fresh air and refreshments.<br />As I was about to enter a cabaret, a beggar held out his cap to me, with one of those unforgettable gazes that would cause thrones to tumble, if spirit could move matter, and if the eye of a hypnotist could make grapes ripen.<br />At the same time, I heard a voice whispering in my ear, a voice that I well recognized: it was that of the good Angel, or good Devil, who accompanies me everywhere. Since Socrates had his good Demon, why shouldn't I have my good Angel, and why shouldn't I have the honor, like Socrates, of obtaining my own certificate of insanity, signed by the subtle Lelut and the well-advised Baillarge?<br />There is a difference between Socrates' Demon and my own, and that is that Socrates' only appeared to him to forbid, warn,m and prevent, whereas mine deigns to offer council, suggest, and persuade. Poor Socrates only had a prohibitive Demon; mine is a great affirmer, mine is a Demon of action, a Demon of combat.<br />Now, his voice whispered this: "He alone is equal to another who proves it, and he alone is worthy of liberty who knows how to conquer it."<br />I immediately leaped upon the beggar. With a single punch I gave him a black eye, which became in a second as big as a ball. I tore one of my nails breaking two of his teeth, and since I didn't feel strong enough--having been born delicate and being little practiced in boxing--to beat this old man to death quickly, I seized him with one hand by the collar of his jacket and with the other I grabbed his throat, and I began to bang his head against the wall vigorously. I must admit that I had previously inspected the area with a quick glance and that I had verified that i would find myself, in this deserted suburb, out of the reach of any police officer for a fairly long period of time.<br />Having then knocked down this weakened sexagenarian with a kick in the back, energetic enough to have broken his shoulder-blades, I seized a big tree limb that was lying on the ground and I beat him with it with the obstinate energy of a cook who wants to tenderize a steak.<br />Suddenly,--Oh delight of the philosopher who verifies the excellence of this theory!--I saw that ancient carcass turn, stand up with an energy that I would never have expected to find in so singularly broken-down a machine, and, with a look of hatred that seemed to me a good omen, the decrepit ruffian threw himself upon me, blackened both of my eyes, broke four of my teeth, and with the same tree branch beat me to a bloody pulp. Through my energetic medicine, I had returned to him his pride and his life...<br />Then I made him numerous signs to let him understand that I considered the discussion ended, and getting up with all of the satisfaction of a Stoic philosopher, I said to him: "Sir, you are my equal! Do me the honor of sharing my purse with me; and remember, if you are really a philanthropist, that you must apply to all of your brothers, when they ask you for alms, the theory that I had the sorrow of testing out on your back."<br /> He swore to me that he had understood my theory, and that he would obey my advice.<br />------------------------------------------------------<br />Perhaps we have a new project for the Bad Egg? The guerilla poverty corps where we fan out to revitalize the city's downtrodden? I <span style="font-style: italic;">have</span> been itching for a fight. If nothing else, the idea is both intriguing and hilarious.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921507400050816124noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-25953837755868571292007-08-18T04:58:00.000-04:002007-08-18T05:01:54.143-04:00How do our own preconceptions influence our decisions?This was from a class some years in the past now, but the exercise still holds my interest, and perhaps will ignite a heated discussion here in the blog. Time shall tell.<br /><br /><br />You are a member of a surgical team at the World's Greatest Hospital. All the patients listed below MUST receive a heart transplant TODAY or else they will die. There only TWO hearts available and YOU must decide, from this list, which two patients will be heart-donor recipients.<br /><br />1. A seventy-year old female U.S. Senator credited with creating and protecting the nation's first National Health Plan.<br /><br />2. A Hispanic ex-officer who is a very successful drug dealer. His "business" allows him to hire community youth, support his entire extended family of fifteen, and be perceived by the community as a leader.<br /><br />3. An African-American Vietnam veteran and amputee who created a national training program for people with disabilities. Hie is under investigation for possible embezzlement of program funds to support a known gambling addiction.<br /><br />A White fifteen-year-old female who tested intellectually "gifted." She is on drugs and supports her habit through prostitution.<br /><br />5. A scientist/researcher who is know to be closely associated with a white-supremacist group and is very close to discovering a cure for AIDS.<br /><br />6. An ex-Roman-Catholic priest who works with small children in a day-care center. He is homosexual and a strong gay-rights advocate. His lover recently tested HIV positive.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921507400050816124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-88342032751025633162007-08-12T19:34:00.000-04:002007-08-12T19:43:44.565-04:00What You Can Learn from Zombie Movies<a href="http://discovermagazine.com/2007/aug/peer-review-what-you-can-learn-from-zombie-movies/"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px;" src="http://discovermagazine.com/2007/aug/peer-review-what-you-can-learn-from-zombie-movies/key_image" border="0" alt="" /></a><i>According to early reports, the undead are now trying to reconnect with old friends, jobs, and romances. If they succeed, television will also have succeeded in broadcasting its ultimate message: “Melt into that couch: You’re dead already.”</i><br /><a href="http://discovermagazine.com/2007/aug/peer-review-what-you-can-learn-from-zombie-movies/">Douglas Rushkoff, Discover Magazine</a>Sedicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08212751630211620243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121284061550795025.post-43045906936640317032007-08-08T16:19:00.000-04:002007-08-08T16:24:57.829-04:00<a href="http://rense.com/1.imagesH/ronpaulrace_dees.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://rense.com/1.imagesH/ronpaulrace_dees.jpg" border="0" alt="Ron Paul, looking good" /></a><br />Yes, it's silly. But very well done. : )Sedicioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08212751630211620243noreply@blogger.com3