Off the Mark

Cowboy Junkies - Early 21st Century Blues
This is one hell of an album.  I bought it for myself around Thanksgiving after hearing a song or two on the local community radio station, WEFT 90.1.  It is my 1st Cowboy Junkies CD even though I had been intrigued by Margo Timmins voice many years ago.  I [...]

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My boss’ husband set up some cafepress schwag for all of us Radical Militant Librarians.
Just doing our small part to educate (and clothe) even more of them.
So, do your part.  Buy some and wear it. 
What, not a librarian yourself?  Then buy some for your own favorite RML.
Personally, these are the pieces I want:

1" button
T-shirt [...]

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Current events shed light on the extent to which language games are played in our society and by our government, and  how the denial of wrongdoing can be based on accusing the the questioner of "inappropriate … second-guessing."
European ministers may be satisfied by Secretary of State Rice’s statements that "US interrogators are banned from using [...]

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Somewhere around 2 weeks ago I started reading Arthur Silber at Once Upon A Time….  I really don’t remember how I came across his blog, but that isn’t relevant.  He seems fairly astute and I look forward to reading more of his prolific writings.
His post today made me scream and cry in rage, frustration [...]

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Seeing as today is Veterans Day this seems like a good time to check out this site:
Hope and Memory 1801-2004
This is a timeline of 163 US "interventions."  Wars, coups, humanitarian efforts, covert activities, and so on that our government has been involved in.  As the site says, "Out of this legacy, a complex picture emerges."
Actually, [...]

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You need to watch this footage.  It is kind of long.  And is it difficult to watch. 
But you need to understand what our country is doing in your name.  After you’ve watched it I’ll leave it up to you as to what you do.  After you stop crying anyway.
Fallujah footage from Sivacracy.net   (Quicktime format)

Update: [...]

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I am going to be attending Library History Seminar XI over the next few days.  I will have very limited connectivity, but I will be taking my laptop nonetheless.  That said, feel free to comment here while I’m away and I’ll happily catch up when I can.
I have received some feedback on my (virtual) journal [...]

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Interesting article on the political power of blogs.
Peter Daou comments on the triangle of blogs, the media, and the political establishment:
How influential are bloggers?
It’s a difficult question to answer. First, there’s no consensus on metrics. Second, blogs serve many purposes, some of which are more social than political. Third, the use of the Internet [...]

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Much of the confusion over the terms objective and subjective stem from the fact that there are, in fact, two senses of both terms. 
These senses are the ontological and the epistemic.  A simple way of describing these are our commitments to what, in fact, exists and to how we know it, respectively.
John Searle, Mills [...]

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I sure hope [Libcat] is wrong; but since my freakin’ head is killing me now after reading that post I sort of hope ?she’s? right.  And I sure hope the neighbors didn’t call the cops based on the amount of screaming involved on my part!
Man, is my head pounding now.  Completely disruptred my evening.  I [...]

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