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Nobody for President: Voting Legitimizes a Fraudulent Democracy
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Nobody for President: Voting Legitimizes a Fraudulent Democracy

by William HawesOctober 16, 2020September 10, 2021

Reasons to not vote. The system is verifiably corrupt beyond repair, arguing that further investment in a corrupt democracy causes more harm than good.

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The Riots
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The Riots

by Jason HollandJune 19, 2020June 19, 2020

I came across this Charles Bukowski poem and thought it apropos for our times: The Riots I’ve watched this city burn twicein my lifetimeand the …

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The Implications of Social Hierarchy & Questioning the Right to Rule
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The Implications of Social Hierarchy & Questioning the Right to Rule

by Jason HollandJune 11, 2020June 11, 2020

Wherever there is strict social hierarchy among people or animals inequality, angst, and discord will soon follow.

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The End of Policing
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The End of Policing

by Jason HollandJune 9, 2020June 9, 2020

Discussing Alex Vitale’s book The End of Policing and offering some of my own thoughts.

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Revolution Is Inevitable and Necessary
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Revolution Is Inevitable and Necessary

by Jason HollandMay 10, 2020September 10, 2021

“None are so hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free. The truth has been kept from the depth of their minds by …

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A Long Overdue Goodbye
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A Long Overdue Goodbye

by Jason HollandApril 3, 2020September 10, 2021

A goodbye to Richard Oxman.

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TERRIBLE NEWS: I HAVE THE CORONAVIRUS!
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TERRIBLE NEWS: I HAVE THE CORONAVIRUS!

by Jason HollandFebruary 28, 2020September 10, 2021

I was just informed I have cornavirus! You can imagine how I felt when I was informed, and when the doctor told me I only …

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The Essay Cafe: Commentary on  Literally Insane by Ted Dace
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The Essay Cafe: Commentary on Literally Insane by Ted Dace

by Jason HollandFebruary 6, 2020February 6, 2020

In a new segment I highlight recent essays and provide my own thoughts on what other’s are saying. This week: Commentary on Literally Insane by Ted Dace

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Ecological Obliteration: Nobody Seems to Notice, Nobody Seems to Care
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Ecological Obliteration: Nobody Seems to Notice, Nobody Seems to Care

by Jason HollandJanuary 31, 2020September 10, 2021

One of George Carlin’s great lines said with apropos satirical condemnation was “Nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care.” And what Carlin was speaking …

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The Finest in Poop Poetry: The Pesky Little Turd
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The Finest in Poop Poetry: The Pesky Little Turd

by Jason HollandJanuary 8, 2020February 17, 2022

The tale of the pesky little turd

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The Obscured Horror Show
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The Obscured Horror Show

by Jason HollandOctober 3, 2019September 10, 2021

A thin veneer of propaganda and contrived imagery is all that keeps the horrible truth from the populace.

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Before You Embrace The Apocalypse
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Before You Embrace The Apocalypse

by Richard Martin OxmanSeptember 18, 2019September 10, 2021

We are constantly reminded about the dishonesty of the Russian government with regard to the fallout from Chernobyl. But there is relatively little coverage of how …

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The Challenge of Securing Authentic News
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The Challenge of Securing Authentic News

by Richard Martin OxmanAugust 25, 2019September 10, 2021

Why It’s Good Practice to Question all Narratives Pushed Down From Mainstream News and Corporate PR

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On Walking a Path
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On Walking a Path

by Jason HollandJuly 14, 2019September 10, 2021

It’s difficult to even talk about walking a metaphorical path one takes in life without immediately traversing into cliche platitudes, so much has been said …

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The Idiot
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The Idiot

by Jason HollandMay 27, 2019September 10, 2021

“If man were wise, he would gauge the true worth of anything by its usefulness and appropriateness to his life.” Michel de Montaigne For your …

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Delusion of the Masses: An American Epidemic
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Delusion of the Masses: An American Epidemic

by Jason HollandMay 9, 2019May 9, 2019

Americans believe in many a myth about the nation in which they reside. The largest myth they seem to have swallowed is that America is …

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6 Critical Questions With Richard Oxman: Part 3
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6 Critical Questions With Richard Oxman: Part 3

by Jason HollandApril 17, 2019April 17, 2019

An interview with Richard Oxman discussing 6 in depth critical questions of our day. Part 3

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6 Critical Questions With Richard Oxman: Part 2
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6 Critical Questions With Richard Oxman: Part 2

by Jason HollandApril 10, 2019April 17, 2019

An interview with Richard Oxman discussing 6 in depth critical questions of our day. Part 2

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6 Critical Questions With Richard Oxman: Part 1
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6 Critical Questions With Richard Oxman: Part 1

by Jason HollandApril 5, 2019April 17, 2019

An interview with Richard Oxman discussing 6 in depth critical questions of our day. Part 1

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Liberation From Squares
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Liberation From Squares

by Jason HollandMarch 29, 2019March 29, 2019

“…there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I’m too clever, I only let him out at night sometimes when everybody’s …

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Curated Quotes

 


“If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.”
― Lao Tzu


“They want obedient workers. Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machine and do the paperwork. And just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime and vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it.”

-George Carlin


Spanish proverb: honra y provecho no caben en un saco (Honour and money are not to be found in the same purse)


 

“I could not become anything; neither good nor bad; neither a scoundrel nor an honest man; neither a hero nor an insect. And now I am eking out my days in my corner, taunting myself with the bitter and entirely useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot seriously become anything, that only a fool can become something.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes From Underground


 

“A path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you . . . Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself alone, one question . . . Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn’t it is of no use.” – Don Juan, Carlos Castaneda


Hunter S Thompson on the 60s & Bay area from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas:

“There was madness in any direction, at any hour. If not across the Bay, then up the Golden Gate or down 101 to Los Altos or La Honda. . . . You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. . . .

And that, I think, was the handle—that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn’t need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting—on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. . . .

So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark—that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.”


“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.” – Marcel Proust

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