Guns of November?
Friday, October 31st, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in guns, politics, war | 9 Comments »A long-ago colleague writes that she (paraphrased): will be a) getting her pistol permit, b) stocking up on ammo, c) investing in a HAM radio all by January if the US election doesn't go well. Naturally, I replied: If the situation is that ...
Imagine my shock… and awe!
Saturday, October 4th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in mind control, people, war | 14 Comments »I have been honored with a right proper fisking over at "The Bobo Files" for my "Fuck the Troops!" post, and given a "Bobo of the Week" award!. Take a look. You really really really don't want to miss the sheer ...
I’m crazy? When I went to your schools, I went to your churches, I went to your institutional learning facilities?
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in art | No Comments »Suicidal Tendencies, "Institutionalized", 1983 Oh BTW: the fact that the name "Mike" appears in this song is sheer coincidence. Just like the massive military/civilian drills for multiple simultaneous terrorist airline hijackings were on 9/11. Sometimes I try to do things and it ...
My muddy anti-corporate anarchist ethics
Sunday, August 17th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in philosophy | 3 Comments »I've made a couple of posts here so far illustrating how I've taken to refusing work which supports government. To the most recent, Francois Tremblay offered both praise and a question of consistency: I also applaud you, however do you also do ...
Quote of the day - Arundhati Roy
Monday, July 14th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in war | 3 Comments »This is not to suggest that the terrorists who perpetrated the outrage on 11 September should not be hunted down and brought to book. They must be. But is war the best way to track them down? Will burning the ...
To Alex Jones, Luke Rudkowski and the 9/11 Truth Movement
Saturday, July 12th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in crime, history, people | 1 Comment »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, ...
BBC: US ‘killed 47 Afghan civilians’
Saturday, July 12th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in war | 2 Comments »From the BBC: US 'killed 47 Afghan civilians' A US air strike in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed 47 civilians, 39 of them women and children, an Afghan government investigating team says. Wups, our bad. Haditha, anyone?
Guantánamo: Beyond the law
Monday, June 16th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in prison, torture, war | No Comments »A little something for the "they hate us for our freedom" file. But never you mind, these are just "a few bad apples" and "isolated incidents". There's no pattern here whatsoever. And no, of course these "enhanced interrogation techniques" will ...
Random acts of war
Monday, June 16th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in war | No Comments »From The Washington Post: Britain, E.U. Plan Iran Sanctions 16 June 2008 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday announced plans for new sanctions against Iran and a small increase in troops for Afghanistan, handing President Bush a symbolic boost on the last ...
What is murder?
Monday, June 16th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in crime, people, philosophy | 8 Comments »This article and philosophical discussion began as a response to my "Fuck the troops!" post. As that thread has grown rather extensive, and the specific issue of my own (anarchist) definition of murder is related but tangent, I have decided ...
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