Archive for July, 2013
Revolution: Game Over
Cold-blooded, premeditated, state-sponsored killing. The Egyptian revolution is over, it seems, and it failed.
Posted by eatbees on 27 Jul 2013 at 08:52 under Civil Rights, Egypt, Politics.
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A Universe Predisposed for Us
There must be some other principle at work in the universe to counter the drift towards entropy. Maybe we live in a universe which, through random events playing out over time according to natural law, is pre-programmed with a high likelihood of becoming conscious.
Posted by eatbees on 24 Jul 2013 at 18:14 under Cosmos, Philosophy, Religion, Science.
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Links 23 July 2013
Links and excerpts from my internet reading of 23 July 2013.
Posted by eatbees on 23 Jul 2013 at 23:31 under Civil Rights, Culture, Egypt, Media, Politics, Science.
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Links 20 July 2013
Links and excerpts from my internet reading of recent days.
Posted by eatbees on 21 Jul 2013 at 16:14 under Civil Rights, Culture, Egypt, Media, Politics, Propaganda.
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From “Superchill” to Boston Bomber
Viewed purely in terms of dramatic potential, doesn’t Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s story contain far more human interest than the stories of his victims — who are, after all, only part of the story by tragic accident, rather than through choices they themselves made?
Posted by eatbees on 18 Jul 2013 at 19:16 under Culture, Media, Psychology.
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Moment of Rupture
“When I see the pictures of Kyenge I cannot but think of…the features of an orangutan.”
Posted by eatbees on 17 Jul 2013 at 08:24 under Culture, Media, Politics, Race.
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Links 15 July 2013
Links and excerpts from my internet reading of 15 July 2013.
Posted by eatbees on 16 Jul 2013 at 15:04 under Civil Rights, Egypt, Extremism, Imperialism, Media, Politics, Race, Science, Secrets.
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The Paradoxes of the Egyptian Moment
The February 2011 revolutionaries found themselves in the unenviable position of having achieved a key demand — free and fair elections — which nevertheless set Egypt on a course that was in direct conflict with the rest of their demands — namely for an open, inclusive, and participatory society based on human dignity and social reform.
Posted by eatbees on 09 Jul 2013 at 02:28 under Civil Rights, Egypt, Politics.
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Links 09 July 2013
Links and excerpts from my internet reading of 09 July 2013.
Posted by eatbees on 09 Jul 2013 at 00:57 under Civil Rights, Egypt, Media, Politics, Psychology, Religion.
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Model Women
Model women across the oceans and the ages.
Posted by eatbees on 08 Jul 2013 at 00:36 under Culture, Personal, Travel.
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