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Stand with Bradley Manning

Friday, 3 December 2010 by Mike Gogulski
activism | 1 Comment »

Dear friends, I'm asking for your help to support Bradley Manning, the accused Wikileaks whistle-blower. The entire US government is lining up against this courageous young Army Private, including calls for his death, but we're building a "Stand with Brad" campaign ...

Collateral murder

Thursday, 8 April 2010 by Mike Gogulski
torture, war | 6 Comments »

If you haven't seen it yet, WikiLeaks has released a damning classified video of American Apache gunship pilots wantonly slaughtering people in Baghdad. This is an abbreviated version of the full 39-minute video, and perhaps necessary background to what I ...

I am not crying. I am not crying. I am not even FUCKING WATCHING THIS. Ya Neda!!!

Monday, 22 June 2009 by Mike Gogulski
crime, war | 8 Comments »

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDCsp1atehU [caption id="attachment_2490" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Neda Soltani"][/caption] (YouTube video comment by witness) shery630 June 20, 2009 Place: Karekar Ave., at the corner crossing Khosravi St. and Salehi st. (Tehran) A young woman who was standing aside with her father watching the protests was shot by a ...

What do you call a young man with no arms?

Friday, 12 June 2009 by Mike Gogulski
crime, war | 3 Comments »

One fine evening in the summer of 2004, I sat with my girlfriend at our favorite restaurant in Antigua, Guatemala, as we picked at our appetizers, sipped our wine and chatted. We had been there a couple of times already during ...

Remembrance of things past

Monday, 25 May 2009 by Mike Gogulski
war | 4 Comments »

So it's the American Memorial Day again, a time when many Americans get a bit teary-eyed over what "our heroic/brave/noble troops" have done "for our freedom" -- a conflated nexus of genuine mourning and pathological patriotism. I have a bit of ...

A taxing day for America

Wednesday, 15 April 2009 by Mike Gogulski
police | 3 Comments »

Government: If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will ...

Seth speaks: On military and other statist lies

Sunday, 12 April 2009 by Mike Gogulski
war | 5 Comments »

One of my frequent commenters, Seth, left a comment in reply to another one on my ever-popular "Fuck the troops!" posting. I thought it was important enough to repost here (with minor edits), for those who aren't diligently following the nostate.com ...

To Defy The Laws Of Tradition

Monday, 6 April 2009 by Mike Gogulski
art | No Comments »

Primus, "To Defy The Laws Of Tradition", Frizzle Fry, 1990. What if Christmas didn't come this year? And no one paid for Christmas cheer? Who would cry the biggest tear, The child or the store? Why do brides wear virgin white? ...

Dear tool

Wednesday, 24 December 2008 by Mike Gogulski
people | 17 Comments »

You are the technician tightening bolts on the Enola Gay. You are the clerk with the bad attitude behind the desk at the motor vehicles office. You are the janitor cleaning up the blood after the firing squad is finished. ...

The statist judicial dream

Sunday, 30 November 2008 by Mike Gogulski
philosophy | 3 Comments »

Very often, in fiction, institutions of societal judgment, institutions which shape the future and help to define the past -- our own history -- are portrayed in a favorable light, shown to impartially facilitate the victory of truth over falsehood, ...