No, you really can’t legally “secede” from or declare your “sovereignty” with regard to the US government
Saturday, 19 February 2011 by Mike Gogulskimind control, people | 7 Comments »
This phenomenon is now big enough that it really needs a name. I propose: nomikographomania (n.) - A mental disorder caused by reading too many legal(istic) documents. Other suggestions? From the Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Sarasota detective fired for trying to secede from U.S. SARASOTA - Last ...
The Julian Assange Welcome Pledge
Sunday, 5 December 2010 by Mike Gogulskiactivism, people | 13 Comments »
[caption id="attachment_3998" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Credit: craigmdennis @ flickr"][/caption] I, Mike Gogulski, hereby pledge that if Julian Assange should call upon me in need of a place to stay, I will provide it to him with no questions asked, indefinitely, and with ...
Practical agorism…
Monday, 7 June 2010 by Mike Gogulskipeople | No Comments »
... is really simple. And you don't even have to be an agorist to do it! [caption id="attachment_3711" align="aligncenter" width="525" caption="Practical agorism, via Facebook"][/caption]
Fan mail
Tuesday, 1 June 2010 by Mike Gogulskipeople | 31 Comments »
Sometimes I get fan mail. Sometimes I republish it here. I put a few comments below, but feel free to let Barbara know just how you feel. From: poloblsd@aol.com [mailto:poloblsd@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 1:03 AM To: mike@gogulski.com Subject: nice ...
“I dreamt it again”: An ex-victim speaks
Monday, 4 January 2010 by Mike Gogulskimind control, people | 2 Comments »
A European friend with whom I've been engaged in an ongoing conversation about domestic violence and rape sent me this for publication. Even though the events described are well behind her and even though she's a much stronger person today, ...
You are now part of the tribe
Wednesday, 23 December 2009 by Mike Gogulskiart, diary, people | 1 Comment »
The best image, from the best moment of Avatar. [caption id="attachment_3514" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="You are now part of the tribe"][/caption]
We are one planet
Monday, 14 December 2009 by Mike Gogulskidiary, people, war | 6 Comments »
Carl Sagan. Bawling my eyes out, now. You try. Yeah, sure. We all awoke from the horror in 1989. The Soviet menace quelled, peace and flying ponies reign. Right.
Normal people scare me
Tuesday, 10 November 2009 by Mike Gogulskimind control, people | 12 Comments »
All around the world, including on the other side of this screen you are reading now, people act according to what I call little mental programs. They learn to obey mommy and daddy (or whomever the child-rearers are in their lives), ...
Did a liberal call me dumb? Does a neocon think I can make mercury switches?
Tuesday, 6 October 2009 by Mike Gogulskipeople | 41 Comments »
The whole G20-Pittsburgh-Twitter-police-scanner-anarchists-arrested thing is really spilling over into the land of great wackiness. I'm so confused! Here, I'll let y'all have a crack at 'em: Queens 'Tin Can' Anarchist Held One Pound of Liquid Mercury Since mercury is liquid at room temperature, ...
One from the heart
Tuesday, 22 September 2009 by Mike Gogulskipeople, philosophy | 2 Comments »
[caption id="attachment_3190" align="alignright" width="104" caption="Angel Tech by Antero Alli"][/caption] Communication only occurs between equals. Any relationship based in the hierarchy of mutually oppressing forces, i.e. Master-slave, Dictator-masses, King-serf, etc. only jams the communication potential born from mutual affinity, commitment to openness, ...
