tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post6818856179956774250..comments2024-03-15T07:38:08.505-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: The Whir of I Should Be, I Should Be, I Should Be Slows to SilenceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-72839597721837541642011-03-22T16:21:29.676-04:002011-03-22T16:21:29.676-04:00There will be The Bats and The Clean showing up he...There will be The Bats and The Clean showing up here over the next week or two.<br /><br />As for blocks, it's what I've been writing on since I was fifteen. If Aquarelles Arches ever made blocks with quadrilles, I'd be in heaven.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-28810939257346529502011-03-22T15:29:11.714-04:002011-03-22T15:29:11.714-04:00I'm not sure the security-state is yet totalit...I'm not sure the security-state is yet totalitarian. Moving toward authoritarian, yes. Witness the Tea Party, as authoritarian a bunch as you'd ever want to meet.<br /><br />Oh, and The Bats. And w/ David Kilmour. Damn, what a great album. I owe you one, BDog, or should I say BlockDogRead.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-38994154449668255862011-03-22T15:00:34.532-04:002011-03-22T15:00:34.532-04:00Re: comments - Richard emails:
"I can't ...Re: comments - Richard emails:<br /><br />"I can't comment at work, using XP & IE7 (have no choice in the matter; downloading browsers<br />is a decided no-no). What this means is that, beneath the words "Post a Comment", I see a big white space, but cannot type in it, cannot select or specify my user name or account, see no buttons for submitting or previewing or anything related to comments. I also see, at<br />the bottom of the page, "Done, but with errors on page" (this is also what happens with Twitter, most of the time, rendering that fine venue more or less useless for my outgoing messages, a great tragedy indeed). My<br />assumption is that the new version of Blogger doesn't expect people to still be using IE7. Blogs using old Blogger, such as mine, or Ethan's, or ladypoverty, etc, are not a problem."<br /><br />Re: perpetual war - it's the weight bearing leg of the Empire's staggering economy.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-86113662436262622011-03-22T14:49:39.648-04:002011-03-22T14:49:39.648-04:00I used to sign in under anonymous with my drip han...I used to sign in under anonymous with my drip handle at the bottom because I couldn't get Blogger to work here (and other places as well, btw). Then I did the typepad thing which still gives me a blogger notice from time to time that I was not allowed or I had my cookies set wrong or some other pathetic lie, all stuff which I know, even in my techno-klutzitude is false. So, after losing the 5 most brilliant things ever written in the history of earth, I learned to copy and save my comments before hitting publish. Then, when it feeds me one of its lies I just paste it in until it works. Hah! Fuck you Blogger! Unfortunately Blogger edits my comments into the mundane drivel I send to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-86774363250826369372011-03-22T14:21:21.734-04:002011-03-22T14:21:21.734-04:00To me, the Iraq fiasco was all about re-purposing ...<i>To me, the Iraq fiasco was all about re-purposing the American economy to put it on a military footing. And oil.</i><br /><br />And the inevitable totalitarian security-state, can't forget that. That's what makes the War Economy work, and it's what excuses the oil theft. New bogey-men must be fabricated and the Citizenry must be taught to fear these holographic horrors as if they were as real as a night terror!<br /><br />Duly distracted, the populace cares not a whit about the fiscal chicanery, the collapsing economy, the society of illusion. They've got more brainwashing to welcome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-7999660973376691072011-03-22T14:10:23.598-04:002011-03-22T14:10:23.598-04:00I have to say I love the Robert Scott piece. Didn&...I have to say I love the Robert Scott piece. Didn't know who he was 'til I looked him up. Of The Clean, of course. Thanks.<br /><br />Funny, your mentioning Blood Meridian from CFO's reading list the other day and today highlighting the collection of souvenirs from the Afghan dead: the Judge's scapular of ears in BM inspired me (along w/ a true account, Tiger Force, look it up) to include a similarly grotesque collection in a section (re Vietnam) of the novel I'm currently writing. Ho hum?<br /><br />But really, are atrocities in war ever surprising? For literary purposes, clicheic?<br /><br />Next question: Once a society becomes as militarized as this one was in the aughts, how long does it take to re-tool? Re-purpose? Re-set? How strong a leader, too? Or how subtle? And if such a leader is so strong, won't s/he then be co-opted by the powers that be? And if subtle, who's gonna' know the difference?<br /><br />As another cliche goes: one can't simply turn around an aircraft carrier on a dime, no?<br /><br />U.N. Sec. Council is a fig leaf, I know, a thin veneer of law. International Law is barely existent; it depends on the consent of all the states. For the most part, power rules—unless it chooses not to. But this Resolution re Libya was not based on false pretenses and phonied evidence as was the Bush/Powell Iraq Resolution farce. It's an important point, raising the key question: When is the use of force legitimate?<br /><br />To me, the Iraq fiasco was all about re-purposing the American economy to put it on a military footing. And oil. It succeeded. Is this a winding down? Or, as you suggest, a rewind? I think the question is still open. Or at least hope so.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-9677146143032820492011-03-22T12:35:12.930-04:002011-03-22T12:35:12.930-04:00Yo bubba: this here link is busted:
"$157...Yo bubba: this here link is busted: <br /><br />"$157M worth of democracy."<br /><br />Did Zizek read MacKay on the madness of the Tulip fetish?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-8251021634604657762011-03-22T12:24:47.322-04:002011-03-22T12:24:47.322-04:00I might be able to help if I knew what "can&#...I might be able to help if I knew what "can't comment" means. No window? Can't type? Etc., etc. And what browser would help.Sashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06501998212859335778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-28491645203950853702011-03-22T11:43:24.542-04:002011-03-22T11:43:24.542-04:00Hopefully this means the army will include a bottl...Hopefully this means the army will include a bottle of formaldehyde with field provisions. War trophies are important for self-esteem.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-44369557097532365962011-03-22T10:52:50.829-04:002011-03-22T10:52:50.829-04:00hahaha zizek is fucking hilarious.hahaha zizek is fucking hilarious.fwoanhttp://fwoan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-473540613616614242011-03-22T10:38:00.352-04:002011-03-22T10:38:00.352-04:00United States forces are conducting a limited and ...<i>United States forces are conducting a limited and well-defined mission in support of international efforts to protect civilians and prevent a humanitarian disaster.</i><br /><br />Good Morning, Vietnam! <br /><br />Of course, that was back in the days when getting the U.S. into a quagmire centered on killing wrong-colored people <i>hurt</i> your re-election prospects, rather than guaranteeing them.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-16940182727791209232011-03-22T10:36:08.391-04:002011-03-22T10:36:08.391-04:00Yeah, it's set to allow anyone to comment, and...Yeah, it's set to allow anyone to comment, and from I can tell from google (un)help, the spam filter is set by google and fuck you.<br /><br />I know Richard says he can comment on blogs using old blooger but not blogs with new blooger.<br /><br />Anyone who really wants to say something here but can't in comments, send me an email and I'll copy and paste into comments with full attribution.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-87991235940708055482011-03-22T10:05:30.903-04:002011-03-22T10:05:30.903-04:00The only place I know of to change comment-blockin...The only place I know of to change comment-blocking settings is under Settings then Comments then Who can comment? which I imagine you've checked already. Have you checked your spam filter? Mine's been known to be hyperactive.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.com