hi all. as some may have noticed Ive collected links under the heading "electronic democracy" almost since this blog started.

its an old idea Ive had ever since the late 80s or early 90s as computers were starting to gain traction in everyday life. what if our government & other bureacracies… Read full post »

hi all .. my last installment in this series was about 3mo ago at which point the Occupy msg was starting to resonate across the country. boy has it ever! within the last 2 weeks we saw Romney get dinged bigtime over his comments that he "likes to fire people" and… Read full post »

hi all. I just read a great front page article in UsaToday on the new TLC program "all-american muslim".* I havent seen this show yet but its definitely making waves & creating some buzz. it portrays "everyday" muslim americans going thru their typical struggles. I noticed another editoria… Read full post »

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hi all. one of my favorite ironic sayings-- be careful what you wish for, you might get it. Im feeling that way lately. Ive been advocating economic issues for many years now, esp since 911. from a progressive angle. something seemed broken, but like a fish in water, it was… Read full post »

hi all. Im a little shocked at the wall st protests. Ive seen a lot of protests over the last few years, but they always seemed to be aimed at something useless.  yet the wall st protesters seem to me to be a real grassroots, spontaneous, meaningful phenomenon. moreover, the… Read full post »

hi all, its been quite awhile since I did a beautiful women post, and I have accumulated probably the largest batch ever. also, a ton of gender-related articles which I hope you find interesting.

as usual, click on their pics to go to their pages.

whats new with me? at work… Read full post »

hi all. 

I started this blog almost 2.5yrs ago now. I had a laundry list of topics but one stood out. I started the blog less than a month after I found out about a remarkable scientific paper by niels harrit et al on "nanothermite" found in world trade center… Read full post »

hi all. skip to the bottom if you want to gloss over the boring, self-indulgent blog-prose. I put in a bunch of cool, kick @$# android videos [commercials]. I was inspired because I saw one of them prior to seeing the latest transformers 3d [the "droid charge" ad below]. it really… Read full post »

hi all, while the recent murdoch/news corp brouhaha was at full swing in the media, I collected a bunch of links on the subj which I was waiting for another well-timed moment to post.

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 hi all. I havent written about one of my favorite subjs in this blog lately. "favorite" is a simplification. as facebook says, "its complicated". its more a love-hate relationship. ah but thats life isnt it.

the subj is polyamory. in the past, Ive written a long essay using recent press links… Read full post »

hi all. I was gonna write a little about rupert and his young half-as-old bride wendi deng with my last post, but I skipped it. little did I know that the whole thing would go unbelievably internet-viral. she slapped the guy who tried to pie murdoch at the UK parliament hearings,… Read full post »

hi all. happy 4th of july. Im glad I live in a free country where I can write and express myself about whatever I want [esp in a public forum]; its a freedom Ive been exercising my whole life, even as a pre-teen.

based on the recent ongoing flamewar/melee here… Read full post »

contents: 

• introduction
• the basic questions of existence
• corporatocracy
• corporations, the dark side
• Taoism & an analysis of our quandary

- introduction

hi all. a few months ago I wrote a well-received post on class warfare, a topic that has intruded into my adult consciousn… Read full post »

hi all!! it was my btd about 1mo ago & I didnt buy myself anything. then the sig.other decided to go on a long 2mo vac to south america. yow!! so Im about 1.5 week into that and its a field day around here. Ive been splurging on all kinds of… Read full post »

hi all. this Strauss Kahn incident has all the elements to make me either totally uninterested or rapt with attention.

its likely to generate mountains of media coverage, it already has. it seems to be a rare occurence of a rape case of astonishingly large international significance. I mean, this… Read full post »

hi all whats new in your life? finally the crunch mode is off in my job after nearly 3mos of hard crunching. then two key people resigned within two weeks, a 11year developer and a 1year software architect!! wtf!! ah geez.

have been feeling the permanent blahs lately. so… Read full post »

hi all. Ive been collecting links on what I call Warbotics for several years now and waiting for just the right opportunity to post on it. Ive been waiting a long time. I figured there were pretty good odds that some nasty little outrage would get the US public talking.… Read full post »

hi all, as I mentioned in recent blogs Ive been tied up with a new sweatshop job so havent been able to goof around as much in cyberspace, ouch. but, I have been reading & commenting & collecting the pics as usual. old habits die hard.

and of course, the misc… Read full post »

hi all. its been a long time since I wrote about conspiracy theory on here. but, today I just read the latest issue of rolling stone & am a bit blown out of the water.

Ive been reading alex jones for many years. probably more than half a decade. I dont… Read full post »