The Audacity of a New Hope
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The Audacity of a New Hope
This post is more just a general clearinghouse of some of the more interesting articles I’ve come across lately, and a bit of a call for a ray of hope, somewhere along down the line.
First up is this diatribe by Camille Paglia [bio]. She takes [...]
September 17, 2009
Categories: Poli-Fi, President 08, Sci-Non-Fi, advice, business, government, history, media, tech, us . Tags: Camille Paglia, Glenn Beck, global warming, Health Care Reform, Jimmy Carter, obama, racism, Republicans, Tebaggers, Thomas Friedman, Tom the Dancing Bug . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: Leave a Comment
“Roy, wake up. A plane has hit the World Trade Center”
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Calmly calling the President a liar.
I was sleeping when I heard those words. I don’t remember what my dream was that day, as I lay all comfy in my bed.
I had recently left a job in Colorado and was planning on moving to New York [...]
September 11, 2009
Categories: Examples of Work, My World, Poli-Fi, government, history, myth, religion, sad, us . Tags: "terrorism", 9/11, Dick Cheney, Distrust, Eight Years On, Fear, iraq . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: Leave a Comment
Let’s Talk about Socialism (and the sub-text Totalitarianism)
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Wow, where to start with this one. I’ve been reading a lot, as per, regarding what used to be a debate about much needed health care reform in this country. That debate has since devolved into mad, crazy fear-mongering and nutjobbery about the creeping tide of communism/fascism/LOUD NOISES [...]
September 9, 2009
Categories: Doh, Poli-Fi, government, history, iraq, middle east, myth, oil, us . Tags: Brian, Dick Cheney, Hugo Chavez, obama, Socialism, torture, Totalitarianism . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: Leave a Comment
Last week, after it became apparent that the GOP campaign of disinformation regarding the health care legislation was working wonderfully [1] President Obama shifted gears a bit to talk about *why* this change is necessary.
WASHINGTON — President Obama sought Wednesday to reframe the health care debate as “a core ethical and moral obligation,” imploring a [...]
August 24, 2009
Categories: 3_RobotPirateNinja, Examples of Work, Poli-Fi, Sci-Non-Fi, business, government, history, religion, us . Tags: Evolution Science, health care, Health Care Debate, Health Care Reform, Morality . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: 2 Comments
I’ve been a bit lax (ha!) in keeping up the blog lately. My apologies for withholding from you.
As mentioned previously, the saving the world bit is on the tiring side, and the writing stuff is on the high energy side, and seldom did the ‘twain meet.
When one is pouring all of one’s emotional energy into [...]
July 14, 2009
Categories: Int Poly, Poli-Fi, Sci-Fi, advice, archaic interfaces, business, government, history, internet, pirate, robot, us . Tags: Arrested Development, Evolution of Mankind, Healthcare Reform, Hulu, Meth Capital of Alaska, Revolution, Sarah Palin, Stephen Hawking, True Blood, Universal Healthcare . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: Leave a Comment
So I heard from the Byrds (via the Bible) that things turn, turn, turn.
Here’s the Byrds…
And here’s the Bible…
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¶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
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I said in mine heart, God shall judge the [...]
February 26, 2009
Categories: Poli-Fi, President 08, Texas, advice, business, government, history, money, music, pirate, robot, tech, us . Tags: "The Messiah", Barack Obama, Byrds, Ecclesiastes, Economic Stimulus, Juggernaut, Political Advice, Republicans, Rick Perry, Rick Perry's Hair, Turn Turn Turn, Wall Street . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: 4 Comments
This line of thought began with this MetaFilter post linking to this FRONTLINE piece on what happened with the banking/ibanking sector last Fall. [BTW, the best animation explanation of the problems is here.]
The FRONTLINE documentary does a great job at pointing out some of the players in the mix and the personal relationships that helped [...]
February 26, 2009
Categories: 3_RobotPirateNinja, Doh, Examples of Work, Poli-Fi, President 08, bullshit, business, government, history, money, us . Tags: Economic Collapse, Food For Thought, Frontline, George Soros, Hank Paulson, Jonathan Jarvis, Lehman Brothers, Phil Gramm, Richard Fuld . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: 4 Comments
I’ve recently had the pleasure of playing through Bioshock a second time, and, well, I’m more blown away than I was the first time. The first time through I largely missed the story, simple following instructions and playing through. On the second I sat and listened more closely, and enjoyed it quite a bit more.
Allegedly [...]
February 19, 2009
Categories: Examples of Work, business, curious, game review, gaming, government, history, money, nerd, robot, tech, us . Tags: Andrew Ryan, Ayn Rand, Bioshock, Economic Stability, Emotional Stability, Howard Roark, John Galt, Objectivism, On The Purpose and Limts of Government . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: 1 Comment
Been seeing and hearing a lot of lamentations lately about the stimulus package. A lot of them seem to be nebulous complaints not focused on the actual legislation, but more of the ideological whining that plagues our Democracy.
After actually looking at a nice, objective, analysis of what’s in the package (which you can read here) [...]
February 18, 2009
Categories: 3_RobotPirateNinja, Examples of Work, business, government, history, media, performance, us . Tags: 600000 Teachers, Economic Stimulus, Environmental Jobs, Green Energy, Hope Peace Change, New Home Buyers, Partisan Whining, Stimulus Package, Toddler Care, Unemployment Extensions . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: 2 Comments
I put together this little video the other day to try and make a point. During the video I hold up a particular book that talks about, generally, some of the stuff I am gettting at in the video. Here’s the vid…
After I had created the video (which I recorded on [...]
February 17, 2009
Categories: 3_RobotPirateNinja, Doh, Examples of Work, Int Poly, Poli-Fi, President 08, advice, government, history, money, stupid, us . Tags: Alexandra Pelosi, anti-intellectualism, Antichrist, Barack, Barack Obama, Changing Demographics, Every Day is A Gift, Fiscal Conservative, Messiah, president 2008, Right America Feeling Wronged, Southern Strategy, Tax and Spend Liberal . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: 2 Comments
Computer power and intelligence. I actually did a video bit about this one the other night. Hopefully I’ll get it edited soon. Simple fact: We DO NOT WANT TO CREATE AN AI! Really, it would not be a good thing.
What invasive species are trying to tell us.
Shaq isn’t human, he’s dancer. (Thanks, Case!)
Watching Republicans Grieve. [...]
February 17, 2009
Categories: Sci-Non-Fi, cool, environment, history, media, nerd, ninja, robot, sport . Tags: aghanistan, Andrew Sullivan, Computing Power, Do Not Create an AI!, Five Stages of Grief, intelligence, Northern Lights, Plasma Bullets, Republicans, Shaq is Dancer, Why I Blog . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: Leave a Comment
I learned this one from Piers Anthony at about thirteen.
CSM Story.
February 14, 2009
Categories: 3_RobotPirateNinja, Int Poly, My World, Sci-Non-Fi, advice, art, curious, history, middle east, myth, nerd, religion, tech, us . Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, evolution, god, light, Piers Anthony . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: Leave a Comment
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