tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post4764158122507695572..comments2023-11-07T04:53:01.453-08:00Comments on Dispatches from the United States of Mordor: International Women's Day as a vehicle for change, is it possible?Gerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-77367901012209376442017-03-10T11:22:24.866-08:002017-03-10T11:22:24.866-08:00Nice bit of archive there. A smiling 'monster&...Nice bit of archive there. A smiling 'monster', now where have I seen that before?Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-45293570248158355022017-03-09T12:29:36.131-08:002017-03-09T12:29:36.131-08:00...manufactured consent! :)...manufactured consent! :)Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-91250427474815086242017-03-09T12:23:02.838-08:002017-03-09T12:23:02.838-08:00On a more 'serious' note, how the 'lef...On a more 'serious' note, how the 'left' and 'right' manufacture these optics very much determines perception by Joe Sixpack.<br /><br />'Manufactured outrage'!Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-2349243886989364182017-03-09T11:41:13.258-08:002017-03-09T11:41:13.258-08:00I can't argue with that!I can't argue with that!-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-30182772625660026652017-03-09T10:00:23.252-08:002017-03-09T10:00:23.252-08:00Optics are in the eye of the beholder.Optics are in the eye of the beholder.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-26519019200318940462017-03-09T05:06:26.503-08:002017-03-09T05:06:26.503-08:00It's what Berlin termed "the unavoidabili...It's what Berlin termed "the unavoidability of conflicting ends" or, alternatively, the "incommensurability" of values. He once called this "the only truth which I have ever found out for myself... Some of the Great Goods cannot live together.... We are doomed to choose, and every choice may entail an irreparable loss." In short, it's what Michael Ignatieff summarized as "the tragic nature of choice".-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-4582346063200072352017-03-09T05:04:14.527-08:002017-03-09T05:04:14.527-08:00School got cancelled yesterday in a number of Mary...School got cancelled yesterday in a number of Maryland county's, as the women went on strike for a day. The optics didn't work out very well for them, I'm afraid. It was immediately interpreted as "women gain, children suffer".-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-24526206584917099652017-03-09T00:26:54.073-08:002017-03-09T00:26:54.073-08:00There's a problem in Mordor? Don't tell St...There's a problem in Mordor? Don't tell Stinker! '-)Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-61789155981766792632017-03-08T18:14:44.279-08:002017-03-08T18:14:44.279-08:00We've got a problem with misogyny in America t...We've got a problem with misogyny in America these days, rearing it's ugly head again. It's reactionary, I think, to pressure on the working class, with entrenchment of the right wing church among them.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.com