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California über Alles

Sunday, 19 October 2008 by Mike Gogulski
art | 3 Comments »

Dead Kennedys, "We've got a Bigger Problem Now", 1980/81(?). Music begins at 1:15. Even more important now than then. You know that's true, both because I said so and because I'm older than you are. I'm looking forward, sadly, to a day ...

The Good Citizen

Sunday, 31 August 2008 by Mike Gogulski
philosophy | 3 Comments »

The good citizen stands in relation to his country as the good son to his mother. He obeys her because she is his elder, because she conjoins within herself the vision of many, and because he owes to her his begetting ...

Why Slovakia?

Tuesday, 12 August 2008 by Mike Gogulski
diary | 3 Comments »

A lot of people have asked me how I came to live in Slovakia. Answering that casts us back to around 1997 when I read Roger Gallo's Escape from America. The book advances the Perpetual Traveler, or PT, philosophy, and provides ...

The wrong kind of anarchism

Wednesday, 16 July 2008 by Mike Gogulski
crime | 5 Comments »

Hoo-rah "anarchists" from one of my old home towns go wild! From Anarchist news dot org: Santa Cruz: Condo Windows Smashed Submitted by anon on Mon, 2008-07-14 23:15. Tags: Anarchist Practice On the 4th of July, amidst the tourist frenzy and sounds of fireworks, at ...

To Alex Jones, Luke Rudkowski and the 9/11 Truth Movement

Saturday, 12 July 2008 by Mike Gogulski
crime, history, people | 3 Comments »

Dear Alex Jones, Luke Rudkowski and the 9/11 Truth Movement: First of all, and let me be very clear, I love you guys (and girls). Around 8:30am Pacific Time on September 11, 2001, after my girlfriend and I had watched -- shocked, ...

Taser manufacturer in hot water, murderous cops absolved again

Monday, 9 June 2008 by Mike Gogulski
police | No Comments »

There's an interesting story here in that Taser International's wall of mendacious claims about the safety of its cute little electrocution weapons is beginning to crumble. Even so, holding the company responsible for the actions of its customers who use its ...

From the spam bag on marriage

Wednesday, 4 June 2008 by Mike Gogulski
people, politics | No Comments »

I do get some amazing spam from time to time. This just today from The Alliance for Marriage, in a plea for support of the California constitutional amendment proposal before voters which would define marriage in strictly heterosexual terms. "The future ...

San Francisco taxpayers billed $235,000 for aggro cop

Sunday, 11 May 2008 by Mike Gogulski
police | 2 Comments »

From the San Francisco Chronicle: S.F. settles excessive force suit for $235,000 Sunday, May 11, 2008 Kelly Medora, a petite preschool teacher who weighed about 118 pounds, went out with a friend in North Beach one Saturday night in 2005 for some fun. Instead, ...