:: blame the extended gestation.... ::

:: Saturday, May 25, 2002 ::

The centre of me is always and eternally a terrible pain.

Bertrand Russell
--The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell: The Public Years
1914-1970

:: Jim Nichols 5/25/2002 07:24:00 PM [+] ::
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I think that there are no forces on this planet more dangerous to us
all than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism, of all the species:
Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, as
well as countless smaller infections. Is there a conflict between
science and religion here? There most certainly is.

Daniel Dennett
--Darwin's Dangerous Idea

:: Jim Nichols 5/25/2002 07:23:00 PM [+] ::
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The beauty of the democratic systems of thought control, as
contrasted with their clumsy totalitarian counterparts, is that they operate
by subtly establishing on a voluntary basis - aided by the force of
nationalism and media control by substantial interests -
presuppositions that set the limits of debate, rather than by imposing beliefs with
a bludgeon.

Noam Chomsky
--After the Cataclysm


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:: Jim Nichols 5/25/2002 07:22:00 PM [+] ::
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Cannes VIPs Walk Out on 'Irreversible' Violence

Its always good to see people pushing the limits, though from past experiences of expecting other peoples limits to be very far, I'll probably have to see it for myself to know if it does.

:: Jim Nichols 5/25/2002 07:03:00 PM [+] ::
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"At this time of distress people naturally recalled old oracles, and among them was a verse which the old men claimed had been delivered in the past and which said: War with the Dorians comes, and a death will come at the same time. There had been a controversy as to whether the word in this ancient verse was 'dearth' rather than 'death'; but in present state of affairs the view that the word was 'death' naturally prevailed; it was a case of people adapting their memories to suit their suffering. Certainly I think that if there is ever another war with the Dorians after this one, and if a dearth results from it, then in all probability people will quote the other version." --Thucydides "The Peloponnesian War"



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:: Jim Nichols 5/25/2002 09:39:00 AM [+] ::
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Production data weaken eurozone recovery hopes

economics still baffle me

:: Jim Nichols 5/24/2002 06:47:00 PM [+] ::
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Does Poverty Fuel Terror?


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:: Jim Nichols 5/24/2002 06:44:00 PM [+] ::
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Decision on euro membership economic, not political, Blair says


The Wall Street Journal the other day said that Blair's internal polling was showing that they've closed the gap and are within the margin of error for joining the EU. I bet we'll see a big push soon.


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:: Jim Nichols 5/24/2002 06:37:00 PM [+] ::
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Radical Farmers Storm Polish Agriculture Ministry


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:: Jim Nichols 5/24/2002 06:33:00 PM [+] ::
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US farm bill plan arouses African fury

oh this is a good one....

"Bono said. 'We can't have people in Congress who agree with debt cancellation and want to do something on Aids and then sponsor the farm bill.' "

noooo...
Hate to break it to you, we can... and we just did. And yes, when Bush II was explaining to those backwards peoples about the need for free trade... he had no cloths on. But nobody said anything.

:: Jim Nichols 5/24/2002 05:08:00 PM [+] ::
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And the angels came forth from the heavens

Telling the people the good news they said. "Your heavenly father has spoke, your
semester is over."

And the people danced and sang.

And there was much rejoicing.

:: Jim Nichols 5/24/2002 04:26:00 PM [+] ::
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She gave me this sheet. A character analysis. This list of things she wanted to know (or was it "I" wanted to know). Physique, posture, marital status, obsessions, beliefs, ambitions, sexual history. And I kept thinking, what the hell? What she wanted was a storyteller... well shit. Thats what I wanted too. And if I wasn't gonna get one, then why should she get one either. You know what I can give her, I can give her words, and they'll taste like salty water... cause.... fuck her. Thats why.

:: Jim Nichols 5/23/2002 02:13:00 AM [+] ::
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I cut my hair again. Its like being 15 all over again. And you know.. a hair cut is not a lifestyle. But it sure is funny to watch all the people get so mad. What I mean is that it sure is nice to know that everyone does hate you, that its not just a hunch you have.

:: Jim Nichols 5/23/2002 02:02:00 AM [+] ::
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He said we should evolve. And I said I didn't even know what we should do. It was then that I knew it was never going to end, and that when it truly did, I wouldn't even get to enjoy it.

:: Jim Nichols 5/23/2002 01:57:00 AM [+] ::
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All they could ask was "why". And all I could think was, yeah thats what I wanted to know too. But you don't see me getting stuck on that anymore do you? Nevermind.

:: Jim Nichols 5/23/2002 01:50:00 AM [+] ::
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"What good is intellect if it leaves us immobile and frozen in indecision? At some point, despite all the other options, you have to commit yourself to a path. Being flexible is fine, it's maybe the greatest talent you can have, but in order to define yourself, you need to pursue your passion. There will always be good reasons not to do something, or to do something else, the world is full of women more beautiful than your wife, you can never choose the best car, there's always a cheaper air fare. What's most important is that you choose and get on with your life."

- CHUCK PALAHNIUK

:: Jim Nichols 5/23/2002 01:39:00 AM [+] ::
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"I am Jack's complete lack of surprise" -yeah so I don't have a lot of influences

:: Jim Nichols 5/23/2002 01:35:00 AM [+] ::
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"... and God asks me, "Why?"
Why did I cause so much pain?
Didn't I realize that each of us is a sacred, unique snowflake of special unique specialness?
Can't I see how we're all manifestations of love?
I look at God behind his desk, taking notes on a pad, but God's got this all wrong.
We are not special.
We are not crap or trash, either.
We just are, and what happens just happens.
And God says, "No, that's not right."
Yeah. Well. Whatever.
You can't teach God anything." -Fight Club

:: Jim Nichols 5/23/2002 01:33:00 AM [+] ::
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"That old saying, how 'you always hurt the one you love', well it works both ways." -Fight Club

:: Jim Nichols 5/23/2002 01:22:00 AM [+] ::
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drinking margarita's is studying... right?

You know what... I don't like tests at all. I mean I just don't see how memorizing something is worth anything in the world. Your boss won't say... give me this by 5 pm... oh and no looking anything up asshole. Maybe its just cause whenever someone tells me to learn.... blank. I don't learn... blank... so I can prove that learning...blank...isn't really necessary. I have yet to learn that proving this gains me nothing. Still I do it...and just feel like a complete asshole. You'd think i'd get used to it by now.

:: Jim Nichols 5/23/2002 01:12:00 AM [+] ::
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I don't like this Jim Nichols shit they stick at the end of every post... if I'd known it'd be like that i'd have signed up as So says God...
and then everything would end... "so says God"

that would make me laugh

:: Jim Nichols 5/23/2002 01:04:00 AM [+] ::
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and she goes... "wait, what do you mean"

and I go... "exactly"

she didn't get it

:: Jim Nichols 5/23/2002 01:02:00 AM [+] ::
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"Foucault values the brilliant opacity, the dark superficiality, the casual profundity of those writers who inhabit the silent places left by the discourse of 'normal' men. His debt to them would permit us to place him among the anarchists--if he shared their utopian optimism; or among the nihilists--if he possessed any standard by which to justify his preference for 'nothing' over 'something'. But Foucault has none of the directness of his heroes. He cannot say anything directly. And this because he has no confidence in the power of words to represent either 'things' or 'thoughts'." -Hayden White

maybe this is why I quote instead of speak...

:: Jim Nichols 5/23/2002 01:01:00 AM [+] ::
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"Information can be transmitted in two ways: either by coding it in a shared language or by drawing attention to it, by displaying it." -Dan Sperber

:: Jim Nichols 5/23/2002 12:50:00 AM [+] ::
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in two days I will be done.
and then I get a week
to do nothing but read.
i'm looking forward to that


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:: Jim Nichols 5/23/2002 12:48:00 AM [+] ::
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sometimes naked
sometimes mad
now the scholar
now the fool
thus they appear on earth
the free men

-Hindu verse

:: Jim Nichols 5/23/2002 12:45:00 AM [+] ::
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half a pound of apathy... two 10 page term papers... and a bottle of I wanna sleep forever

i was gonna type something... but I don't feel like it anymore. it wasn't important anyways.

:: Jim Nichols 5/22/2002 11:28:00 PM [+] ::
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The "Oh Really?" Factor Bill O'Reilly spins facts and statistics

FAIR does it again. I should go learn how to do better reaserch and go work for them. Hell I should just go learn something...

:: Jim Nichols 5/22/2002 05:43:00 PM [+] ::
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Stop Wasting Anti-Drug Ad Money

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:: Jim Nichols 5/19/2002 03:57:00 AM [+] ::
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Netherlands moves right, but faces political gridlock

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:: Jim Nichols 5/19/2002 03:49:00 AM [+] ::
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The Cato Institute published a report in 1998 under the name 'protecting the homeland,
the best defense is to give no offense'. The Cato Institute is a nonpartisan public policy
research foundation headquartered in Washington, D.C. The report can be found here in pdf



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:: Jim Nichols 5/19/2002 03:46:00 AM [+] ::
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Ralph Nader attacks post-Sept. 11 response of corporate America, Bush and Western Europe


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:: Jim Nichols 5/19/2002 03:25:00 AM [+] ::
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Improving U.S.-Russian relations may face some setbacks

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:: Jim Nichols 5/19/2002 03:22:00 AM [+] ::
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East Timor to Be World's Newest Nation

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:: Jim Nichols 5/19/2002 03:19:00 AM [+] ::
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U.N. says corpses bobbing in Congo River tributary, expresses concern after uprising against rebels


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:: Jim Nichols 5/19/2002 03:17:00 AM [+] ::
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"Because of the instinct of rebellion, man has never been content, finally, with the limits of his life: it has caused him to deny death and to war with morality. Man is a rebel. He is committed by his biology not to conform, and herein lies the paramount reason for the awful tension he experiences today in relation to Society."
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"Today, in the struggle between man and Society over the issue of conformity, Society is winning becasue man, the rebel, does not yet know how to rebel successfully--positively. his protest is expressed in negative forms, in ways which may discharge somewhat the energy of his rebellious instinct but which yield him little profit; indeed, in ways which are often actually harmful to himself and to the community. Non-conformity, as it is now conceived, is largely exhibited as psychosis, neurosis, crime, and psychosomatic illness; or it appears as pitifully hopeless and vain little defiances of convention and custom in dress, manner, opinion and taste. All of these ways are negative, unproductive, totally inadequate to meet the situation man faces."
-Robert Linder "The Pressure of Conformity and the Instinct of Rebellion"
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:: Jim Nichols 5/19/2002 03:10:00 AM [+] ::
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