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News Briefs 16-09-2010

By red pill junkieon

Bicentennial Blah…

Thanks Kat, Rick, Greg & jnsaisq

Quote of the Day:

“I do not study to know more, but to disregard less.”

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

red pill junkie
Agnostic gnostic, walking conundrum & metaphysical oxymoron (with emphasis in the 'moron' part), the mysterious RPJ leaves a double life: By day he serves as Grand Master of the International Sacred Order of Lucha Libre, but at night he pursues his life-long study of everything considered mysterious and/or 'paranormal' --a term he personally detests... When he's not exploring the web looking for his daily fix of Forteana, he can be found blogging, doodling, fooling around and offering his services as news administrator and writer at The Daily Grail. He also regularly participates in other websites and podcasts like Radio Misterioso and Where Did the Road Go? He impatiently awaits for the return of the mothership in Mexico City. absurdbydesign.com
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23 Comments

  1. canadian scientists
    Well, Canada is among the free countries of this planet. Of course “free” is a relative word, you can’t have everything.

    Having said that, Canada in my view is today less free than most of the West. Mostly because the people don’t care.

    We have a nice constitution. It includes a peculiar clause, the “notwithstanding” clause. This basically enables the federal and provincial legislatures (the rough equivalent of states in the USA) to pass laws which conflict with the constitution, saying that they know this and don’t care.

    There isn’t anything really drastic in terms of suppressed rights currently. But there are the usual tendencies to limit individual rights, questions about free speech and freedom of assembly, everyday politics being more important than fundamental issues. As I said, this is largely due to apathy among the population. Not very encouraging for the longer term.

        1. Cure for apathy
          Nothing like a nice powerful shock.

          Opposition to the extreme.

          The forces behind evolution know that.

          People seek happiness by creating cocoons that would shield them from any outside threat. It is their biggest personal mistake. They don’t develop the necessary inner strength.

          Its a bit like all those people in the US and in Canada, most especially English Canada, who constantly seek to sterilize their environment. They don’t develop the necessary immune responses and they and their children catch anything that bypasses their illusory microbe barriers. Then they demand more health services. Not mentioning how they wish to control and contain other people’s life to feel more secure.

          Nothing like status quo to stop evolving. And people in rich countries are trying very hard.

          Something is going to happen and the house of cards will beak down.

          Its like in the US. Now they want to prevent people from growing their own food. The land of the free, right? Or the land of the corporation for the corporation?

          Canada is quickly becoming the same thing.

          It makes me laugh when a Canadian feels so insulted to be identified to being an ‘American’. They are much more American then they wish to know.

          Just look at people in the West, their values, look at the anti gun control crowd, look at Toronto’s film festival that is almost totally dedicated to US movies.

          A bunch of clones, not to say a bunch of clowns.

        1. LOL
          You know, there was a time not too long ago, when people thought the opposite was the rule —the Flower-power generation that got tired of fighting The Man when they began to grow a bald spot and a beer belly 😉

          But maybe you’re right. Maybe apathy and the “meh” ‘tude is now a thing of the teenagers?

          Then again, what’s the average age here at TDG? I bet the youngest members were born in the mid 80s.

          1. I don’t post around very much
            I don’t post around very much (though I check TDG on a daily basis), but I happen to be 20.

    2. Muzzled
      This is in response to the muzzled scientist article not your comment earthling.

      Does anyone know what the scientists were wanting to get out? They said the topics but not the material.

        1. in isolation
          I read this piece that was linked to, and as a free-standing document it makes no sense whatsoever.

          Also the blog is labelled quite ambiguously as fiction but not really.

          So perhaps this isn’t really for the general public, but mostly targeted at those who already know Dan Mitchell and the context of all this.

          If the first edition of his blog is not available any longer, then perhaps this context is lost.

          2. My intention
            My intention for linking Dan’s blog was because, though it’s certainly not for everyone, it could nevertheless resonate powerfully on some members of this community —there are already some among us who are fans of Dan.

            I didn’t expect most to agree with him —I certainly don’t, at least not with everything he says. But you never lose anything with trying to expose people to new ideas.

            In retrospect, maybe my choice for one of his posts wasn’t the right one. Maybe people should try with this one: The Larger World.

  4. Interesting!
    Red Pill,

    The Shark Vidio attached to Dog Poop powers lights and Mexican Ceremony were very interesting.

    Sharks are very important to the ecosystems of the oceans and people need to understand that. Furthermore, the way in which Shark Fins are obtained is cruel and inhumane. Cruelty to animals is unacceptable. Save the oceans and end the cruelity!!!

    The Mexican Cave Fish Ceremony is interesting; because, I’m interested in relatively obscure cultural rituals. Do you know an url that is devoted to relatively obscure Mexican cultural rituals or other relatively obscure cultural rituals.

    1. Obscure cultural rituals
      You know, if you let me check it out when I have a few hours of free time, I’ll try to find out.

      I don’t know if there will be in English though…

        1. Good News and Bad News
          OK amigo, the good news is that there seems to be a treasure trove of material at the site of the Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas (National Comission for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples).

          At this link you can find a whole catalog of PDF downloadable books referring to the customs of many Mexican indigenous groups.

          The problem is… the PDF files are in Spanish :-/

          I sent them an e-mail asking for more info. Let’s see what they reply.

          1. Gracias!
            Red Pill,

            When I came to Japan 25 years ago, I could speak passable Spanish and reading Spanish was no problem. I haven’t used Spanish for 25 years. Now, hablo espanole muy poko. But, I think that the spanish will come back.

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