“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, ...
Reader feedback
Tuesday, 4 August 2009 by Mike Gogulskipeople | 3 Comments »
Sometimes I get reader feedback of various sorts. This particular bit has been taking up two slots in my inbox for a while, and it's time to purge: From "Sioux Warrior" at 2:54am: why did you renounce US citizenship? are you fucking ...
Heartfelt gratitude and stuff
Friday, 31 July 2009 by Mike Gogulskiactivism, people | No Comments »
I'm really overdue for this. I want to express HUGE gratitude and give big, big thanks to the people of the Language of Liberty Institute and the others who made the LLI Liberty and Entrepeneurship Camp in Martin, Slovakia possible. You are: Mary ...
Independence Day interview with Jeff Knaebel and Free Talk Live
Sunday, 26 July 2009 by Mike Gogulskiactivism, people, podcasts | 3 Comments »
Jeff Knaebel, known also as Sojourner Free, did a beautiful thing on 19 June 2009 by informally (and, thereby, perhaps more freely than I!) renouncing his United States citizenship and shredding his passport and birth certificate at the monument to ...
Solar eclipse! Run for your lives!
Tuesday, 21 July 2009 by Mike Gogulskipeople | 1 Comment »
From FoxNews.com: This week's solar eclipse has Indian astrologers predicting violence and turmoil across the world, AFP reported. Yes, Virginia, people still believe in astrology. Even after you ask them questions like, "If I had been born on the moon, would I ...
