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NYPD Goal…Prevent Citizen Protests With Pre-emptive Arrests

March 17, 2006March 24, 2006 John Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Expression, Police Misconduct, Probably Cause, Totalitarian State, Totalitarianism

Unbelievable, and yet true: The explicit goal of the police is to prevent law-abiding citizens from protesting. If this isn’t a totalitarian state, I don’t know what is.

Culture Politics Religion Society

The Basis For The Rise of Religious Extremism

March 16, 2006 John Connecting Culture, Control Culture, Philip Slater

I came across an article by author and playwright, Philip Slater, titled “Why America is Polarized.” This is perhaps one of the best explanations I’ve read explaining why religious fundamentalism is on the rise, not only in America, but around the world. Slater’s basic premise is that, “The purest forms of a cultural system always appear as it decays.”

General Technology

Pretty Much Done

March 14, 2006March 14, 2006 John Blog, CSS, Deep Sand, Flickr, IMDB, PHP, Plugins, Wordpress

You might have noticed that posting appears to be lite lately. Actually, I’ve been adding some posts related to my movie collection, and I’ve been doing lots of updates to the blog. In fact, I think I pretty much have it complete in terms of functionality. This included an upgrade to the most recent version of the WordPress software to Version 2.0.2.

Culture Movies Movies I Own

Casablanca

March 13, 2006March 25, 2008 John Bergman, Bogart, Casablanca, Film Classics

Classic film set in occupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Humor Technology

If nnnnnn Made Toasters

March 13, 2006 John Apple, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Toasters

If Oracle made toasters… They’d claim their toaster was compatible with all brands and styles of bread, but when you