to read a bookis to know a life.it is to take the knowledgeof a human,and to distill it into words.it is to take the mind of onewho took-in the minds of thousands:their thoughts, their worries,their wisdom and their faults.it is to take the imaginationand the pastof a generation.it is to go … Continue reading To Read
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America, You’re Funny: Antibiotics and Surveillance
A recent Frontline documentary discovered a small little story about resistant antibiotics. 20,000 people die of Antibiotic resistant bacteria, because antibiotics allow for less feed to grow larger animals which become antibiotic resistant which then pass it on to humans. This was known 40 years ago and Europe and Canada stopped feeding antibiotics to their animals.. but … Continue reading America, You’re Funny: Antibiotics and Surveillance
The Birth and Death of Tree of Life
Death is relativeI’m sure Einstein would agreeAfter allHis death we do not missBut Einstein’s lifeImpacted nearly all.Some are thankful, I am sureHis kids or wifeMay think sad thoughts And I’m sure he knows that His ex-wife cursed himAlthough maybe not his deedsWhich she herselfMay have helped the world to see.It all depends he’d say.It all … Continue reading The Birth and Death of Tree of Life
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There Is No Such Thing As ISIS, Just Old Disbanded Iraqi Army
In Afghanistan winter of 2002, United States felt victorious and invincible as it routed the Taliban using the Northern Alliance. It seemed like a new warfare was here where we could take on anyone with limited troops and take hold and then enjoy the "peace". This technique was known by many Russian and European generals … Continue reading There Is No Such Thing As ISIS, Just Old Disbanded Iraqi Army
White Priveledge
White privilege is:Everyone at my school doing and selling drugs, and none of them going to jail for it.A kid at my high school killing his parents and getting off lightly.Thousands of white kids at Coachella doing drugs in broad daylight even as cops walk around.Amnesty boxes at Coachella for the thousands of rich white … Continue reading White Priveledge
Digital Isn’t Free
Since the dawn of internet, people assumed, that the internet and everything on it, is cheap and free. They assumed that because information, that we pay on paper, is on a computer screen, has no cost associated with it, that it somehow occurs like air and since we don't pay for air, we shouldn't pay … Continue reading Digital Isn’t Free
"the vast majority of police are…"
We often hear that the cast majority of the police are good people. It is hard to believe that seeing how many after many complaints end up doing grave harm without any reprimand, or when seeing grave violence on behalf of many police and none trying to stop the violence of one, or worse, helping … Continue reading "the vast majority of police are…"
Police Body Cameras! Great!? Not So Much
Remember when the news came out that Walter Scott was shot in the back running away? Afterwards body cameras were touted as a quick solution. Sounds great right? Yes. For cops and the company making millions on the cameras. The cameras would be great if the footage were public knowledge, it isn't. In fact what … Continue reading Police Body Cameras! Great!? Not So Much
A Case for the War on Drugs
He pretty much started convulsing right there in front of us, in the crowd of 30,000 people while Alesso played. People called the medics and by the time they took the kid in his twenties out, he looked dead. Alesso never stopped playing and everyone danced as if nothing happened.This is how we treat death … Continue reading A Case for the War on Drugs