Happy Birthday, Antiwar.Com

According to Ann Charters, Kenneth Rexroth’s reading of his 1953 poem “Thou Shalt Not Kill: A Memorial for Dylan Thomas” influenced Allen Ginsberg’s Howl, published in 1956. Rexroth says in his preface that “The poem is directed against the twentieth, the Century of Horror” :

  

             They are murdering all the young men.

             For half a century now, every day,

             They have hunted them down and killed them.

             They are killing them now.

             At this minute, all over the world,

             They are killing the young men.

             They know ten thousand ways to kill them.

             Every year they invent new ones.

(The above from http://rossbender.org/exorcism.html)

From -

Alexia Gilmore

Executive Director

Antiwar.com

      On December 2 , 2010, Antiwar.com quietly celebrated 12 years of existence. 12 years of questioning the powers that be, shedding light on the truth and analyzing the events that shape our world. As an independent, reader-funded web and radio presence, Antiwar.com continues to bring higher quality news to more people (around 80,000 unique visitors on one recent day!) faster than any mainstream print or television media source, and at a fraction of their operating costs. We like to think no one shares more information with more people for a less money—we’re proud of that, and we hope you are proud to invest in what we do.


   Despite some positive signs of improvement in some sectors, the economy is still down. In fact, it’s just been during the latter half of this year that we, as a non-profit entity, have really started to feel the burn. As we lose donors who’ve had to tighten their belts, we’re in danger of losing our shirt. Our recent decision to boycott Amazon.com for kicking WikiLeaks off their servers will cost us much of the little ad revenue we get as well—but as always, Antiwar.com chooses principles over profit, because we know our readers demand nothing less. Just as you can trust us to bring you the truth, Antiwar.com trusts you to keep us alive, and you always come through.


[That's how it is in the boring, stupid 21st century. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when long-haired humanoids roamed the earth... and the high-point of my spiritual journey. Also from http://rossbender.org/exorcism.html] -

The mimeographed text circulating at the Pentagon march is reproduced in Norman Mailer’s account in The Armies of the Night: 

           

OCTOBER 21, 1967
WASHINGTON DCA
USA
PLANET EARTH

We Freemen, of all colors of the spectrum, in the name of God, Ra, Jehovah, Anubis, Osiris, Tialoc, Quetzalcoatl, Thoth, Ptah, Allah, Krishna, Chango, Chimeke, Chukwu, Olisa-Bulu-Uwa, Imales, Orisasu, Odudua, Kali, Shiva-Shakra, Great Spirit, Dionysus, Yahweh, Thor, Bacchus, Isis, Jesus Christ, Maitreya, Buddha, Rama

Do exorcise and cast out the EVIL which has walled and captured the pentacle of power and perverted its use to the need of the total machine and its child the hydrogen bomb and has suffered the people of the planet earth, the American people and creatures of the mountains, wood, streams, and oceans grievous mental and physical torture and the constant torment of the imminent threat of UTTER DESTRUCTION

We are demanding that the pentacle of power once again be used to serve the interests of GOD manifest in the world as man. We are embarking on a motion which is millennial in scope. Let this day, October 21, 1967, mark the beginning of suprapolitics

By act of reading this paper you are engaged in the Holy Ritual of Exorcism. To further participate focus your thought on the casting out of evil through the grace of GOD which is all (ours). A billion stars in a billion galaxies of space and time is the form of your power, and limitless is your name

Norman Mailer devotes several pages to his observation and analysis of this historic rite of exorcism:

            “Now while the Indian triangle and the cymbal sounded, while a trumpet offered a mournful subterranean wail, full of sobs, and mahogany shadows of sorrow, and all sour groans from hell’s dungeon, while finger bells tinkled and drums beat, so did a solemn voice speak something approximate to this:

            In the name of the amulets of touching, seeing, groping, hearing and loving, we call upon the powers of the cosmos to protect our ceremonies in the name of Zeus, in the name of Anubis, god of the dead, in the name of all those killed because they do not comprehend, in the name of the lives of the soldiers in Vietnam who were killed because of a bad karma, in the name of sea-born Aphrodite, in the name of Magna Mater, in the name of Dionysus, Zagreus, Jesus, Yahweh, the unnamable, the quintessent finality of the Zoroastrian fire, in the name of Hermes, in the name of the Beak of Sok, in the name of scarab, in the name, in the name, in the name of the Tyrone Power Pound Cake Society in the Sky, in the name of Rah, Osiris, Horus, Nepta, Isis, in the name of the flowing living universe, in the name of the mouth of the river, we call upon the spirit to raise the Pentagon from its destiny and preserve it.

….

Then all the musicians suddenly cried out: “Out, demons, out,  -- back to darkness ye sevants of Satan – out, demons out! Out, demons, out!” …..

Ed Sanders spoke: “For the first time in the history of the Pentagon there will be a grope-in within a hundred feet of this place, within two hundred feet. Seminal culmination in the spirit of peace and brotherhood, a real grope for peace. All of you who want to protect this rite of love may form a circle of protection among the lovers.” …

“These are the magic eyes of victory,” Sanders went on. “Victory, victory, victory for peace. Money made the Pentagon – melt it. Money made the Pentagon, melt it for love.”

     Now came other voices, “Burn the money, burn the money, burn it, burn it.”

     Sanders: “In the name of the generative power of Priapus, in the name of the totality, we call upon the demons of the Pentagon to rid themselves of the cancerous tumors of the war generals, all the secretaries and soldiers who don’t know what they’re doing, all the intrigue bureaucracy and hatred, all the spewing, coupled with prostate cancer in the deathbed. Every Pentagon general lying alone at night with a tortured psyche and an image of death in his brain, every general, every general lying alone, every general lying alone.”

     Wild cries followed, chants: “Out demons, out! Out demons out! Out! Out! Out! Out demons out!”

     Sanders: In the name of the most sacred of sacred names Xabrax Phresxner.”

     He was accompanied now by chants of “hari, hari, hari, hari, rama, rama, rama, ram, Krishna, hari Krishna, hari, hari, rama, Krishna.”

     “Out demons out!”

     They all chanted: “End the fire and war, and war, end the plague of death. End the fire and war, and war, end the plague of death.” In the background was the sound of a long sustained Ommmmm.”

So, politicians and generals, do you want to knock off the bullshit? Or do you want to risk the wrath of of Tuli; more powerful in death, like Gandolph and Obi-Wan? Just walk away from the refinery...

Assange, Looking Back, Sees His (and Our) Future

Mon 18 Sep 2006 : Even so, we did what we believed in

1953. US. Death row. A bad poem, but elevated by its monumental context and constrained by a simple encipherment revealing the authors.

Even so, we did what we believed in:
Treason, yes, perhaps, but with good cause.
History will judge by its own laws,
Each act within the sunlight of the season.
Love was what inspired us, a reason
As pure as any saint in Satan's jaws.
Nor was the god we worshipped through those wars
Demonized, as later all would see him.
Justice would not just sustain our guilt,
Undoing those who would undo a wrong,
Leaving us in lucid infamy.
Instead, it would remember what we willed
Under the illusion of a song
So beautiful it would the chained earth free.

From IQ.org

Interesting that this is an archived site. IQ.org still exists, but it's empty. I foresee a huge
future in Assangiana

Eek, a Mouse!

The equivalence of the hysterical official American response to WL and (for instance) the hysteria of the Moolies over the Danish cartoons, the call for Assange's death and Rushdie's is obvious. I value the opinion of Stansilav at Mat Rodina on this sort of thing, both because of his (presumed by me, I could be wrong) relative emotional distance, and (again presumed) ability as a Russian to spot authoritarian auto-overeaction indicative of a weak "hand". I would caution anyone saying nothing important has been disclosed to remember that most of what is available has not been released yet, 842 out of 251,287, so it's a bit early to say there's nothing there. Also, Assange has stated that one of the main reasons for releasing these "secrets" is to cause this overreaction and disrupt the internal habits of communication and trust within the conspiracy. The shutting and blocking of websites and even secondary commenting shows that he has succeeded, brilliantly, it seems to me, much like the clownish overreaction by the TSA to the underpants bomber, or the possibility that a prankster with a firecracker could shut down air travel in the USSA. I believe the countrymen of Kasparov and Solschenizyn should appreciate the genius behind wikileaks. If you happen to have a lot of spare time, check out this discussion of Assange's motives and methods.


"The more secretive or unjust an organization is, the more leaks induce fear and paranoia in its leadership and planning coterie. This must result in minimization of efficient internal communications mechanisms (an increase in cognitive “secrecy tax”) and consequent system-wide cognitive decline resulting in decreased ability to hold onto power as the environment demands adaption. Hence in a world where leaking is easy, secretive or unjust systems are nonlinearly hit relative to open, just systems. Since unjust systems, by their nature induce opponents, and in many places barely have the upper hand, mass leaking leaves them exquisitely vulnerable to those who seek to replace them with more open forms of governance." Julian Assange

Like a Sharp Stick in the All-Seeing Eye

The Daily Bell has had a series of pieces discussing whether Wikileaks may be a mis/disinformation front. I personally don't think so, and am continuing to take it provisionally (as one should take most of what's on the 'net, imho) at face value, but whether or not our unseen enemies want some of this released, I'm sure nothing more than embarrassment will result from leaks at his level.The various levels of security may be key to this puzzle, as Wadosy states it - whether Julian Assange is a knowing or unknowing tool.  We can assume there are official levels of security that are effectively unbreachable, and easily imagine groups keeping tabs on the generals and spooks as well, so that the really smart guys probably don't, or even need to, communicate much at all. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.  One should at least entertain the idea that Israel is not at the top of this pyramid, either. 

Brad Manning could be liable to execution or long term imprisonment, but I have the feeling that anyone attempting to expose the really high level dope would simply never be heard from again. I obviously have no idea how many layers there are on the onion, but this stuff is just the skin. I'm grateful for Wikileaks, however. He may not crush all the bastards, but they should be on notice that the world is watching and we're not in a good mood.

Displayin' Around

I was trying to figure what, if anything, the Stats on Blogger could tell me, and the only data that seemed significant (besides the fact that most of my hits were my own; like looking in the toilet before flushing, I guess) was that most of the hits were referred from yandex.ru. So I went there and it's russian only which sent me searching for a translater, and eventually to google translate, which is frickin' amazing, and where I've wasted many hours since, but still don't know what yandex.ru is, other than a russian AOL or the like.

In the event, I noticed that some of the russian pages offered google translation, so I translated this page at random, just playing around (bolshoi brat; I love it!) and just skimming it, saw "Yandex", which I had recently searched for... the hairs on my neck literally pricked up!

"Nothing prevents also recognize all conversations and save them in text form, and then search for keywords like "Yandex" searches on the Internet. Intelligence services are able to fully control what you say. And since the recorded conversations of everyone, you can quickly compare the texts of calls different people to find out with whom you spoke. So we can calculate all the people with whom you were talking ever (not just on the phone)"

Even creepier, I couldn't get a translation of the word, yandex, in english, so I'm assuming it means "nothing to see here, keep moving". Think I'll go unplug my router, now. Just kidding. I like paranoia; it feels sort of like bad coke. Naturally, skimming the rest of the page are references to the joos, I'm seriously wondering if anti-semitism makes one nuts, or vice-versa.

Либертарианская Ненависть - Яша и Марк форме кругового расстрел.

Я долго вентилятора изгнании времени, и было интересно, о своей политике, так как они были изгнаны из России для принятия по РТВ (между прочим,-торговый гигант Вайнер на картину Путина.) Они были явно сумасшедший / храбрых в этой среде, и очень хорошо на раскрытие безудержной коррупции в USSA, см. ESP. работы Левина по Калифорнии Совет по воде, но они, и левые вообще, кажется, не видеть, что плутократов работы своих злых только через наш гигант и коррумпированными правительствами.


Можно лишь предположить, их ненависть к либертарианцы связано с стойких заблуждений, что правительство может быть приручены, чтобы служить "народу" и наивная вера в добро общественного сектора профсоюзов. Их ненависть к ТП крайней поскольку считают TPers как класс предателей и обманутых богатых, а не рациональные субъекты, постоянно обливали от политического класса, и обе стороны. Они вернулись из России в время выполнения, основы Америка от нежити Рейгана, которые могут быть сохранены на праведных людей применение силы к рычагам гражданских добродетелей. Они думают, что мы хотим приватизации АСП, как если бы неконституционным учреждений будет лучше работать на почту, а не возчиков, и они думают, что мы наивно.


Вот мой комментарий в изгнании (ожидает модерации!)"Ваш комментарий ожидает модерации.
Это (Рон Пол любящий, анти-Кох, малых L) либертарианской, долгое время изгнании вентилятор все еще любит тебя. Я никогда не понимал, как можно НЕ либертарианской, особенно после того, как вы лечились russkies, но я просто понял, перегруженных политическом плане неизбежно означать разные вещи для разных людей.все ...Несколько раз вы укуса медведя, а иногда медведь кусает вас.
Fight The Power! ".


[Just some fun with Google Translate, which is amazing]

Libtard Hatred - Yasha and Mark in Circular Firing Squad

I'm a long time eXile fan, and have been wondering about their politics since they were forced out of Russia for taking on the PTB (among other things, -shopping a giant weiner onto a picture of Putin.) They were obviously crazy/brave in that environment, and are very good at uncovering the rampant corruption in the USSA, see esp. Levine's work on the California Water Board, but they, and the left in general don't seem to see that the plutocrats work their evil only through our giant and corrupt governments. 

I can only assume their hatred of libertarians is due to the persistent delusion that government can be tamed to serve "the people" and a naive belief in the goodness of public sector unionism. Their hatred of the TP is extreme because they regard the TPers as class traitors and dupes of the wealthy, rather than rational actors that have been consistently hosed by the political class and both parties. They returned from Russia to a time-warp Amerika run by the undead Reagan that can be saved by the righteous application of people-power to levers of civic virtue. They think we want the privatization of the TSA, as if unconstitutional institutions would be better run by the post office instead of the Teamsters, and they think we're naive. 

Here's my comment at the eXiled (awaiting moderation!) 
"Your comment is awaiting moderation. 

This (Ron Paul loving, anti-Koch, small-l) libertarian, long-time Exile fan still loves you. I never understood how you can NOT be libertarian, especially after how you were treated by the russkies, but I just figured overloaded political terms are bound to mean different things to different people. 
whatever… 
Some times you bite the bear, sometimes the bear bites you. 

Fight the Power!"