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Julian Assange on Facebook, Media, and Wars…

by Pier Marton | May 3, 2011 | Death, Doc, Future Tech, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Media, Now, Politics, Software, Spectacle, Wars

… and Wikileaks as just the tip of the icebergs: Excerpts: ”Every war in past 50 years a result of media lies” Our No. 1 enemy is ignorance. And I believe that is the No. 1 enemy for everyone – it’s not understanding what actually is going on in the world. It’s only...

Jews: Free to Question Passover, God & Progress (+ what it is to be “a Jew”)

by Pier Marton | Apr 18, 2011 | Antisemitism, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, France, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, KeyText, Magyar, Middle-East, Mystery, Native, Now, Politics, Racism, Roma, Sci/Nat, Shoah, Spectacle, Time, Travel, Wars, Women

¿Passover???oss?d? How can one pass over the fact that the 20th Century was the most murderous so far? The University of Hawai has compiled the disasters, whether through war or political regimes, to a grand total of 262 million killed. Click to email a link to a...

Home (the movie/le film)

by Pier Marton | Mar 31, 2011 | Afri, Art, Asia, Books, Care, Dance, Death, Doc, Eco, Film, France, Galleries, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Ideas, Idées, KeyFilm, Magyar, Media, Middle-East, Native, Now, Photo, Politics, Racism, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, Time, Travel, Wars, Women

Yann Arthus-Bertrand & the film’s website. Altitude, the photo agency for aerial photography. ActionCarbone to change some of the issues at stake and Good Planet, another similar site of his. http://youtu.be/jqxENMKaeCU En Français: Click to email a link to a...

“Stand Up and Fight”

by Pier Marton | Mar 13, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Native, Now, Politics, Roma, Women

A petition for democrats from Working Assets. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

George Carlin & 2 Powerful Figures

by Pier Marton | Mar 7, 2011 | Death, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Media, Mystery, Now, Politics, Spectacle, Wars

“Who really controls America – The American Dream” “Religion is bullshit” Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

Manufacturing Consent

by Pier Marton | Mar 1, 2011 | Afri, Asia, France, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Ideas, Idées, Magyar, Media, Middle-East, Native, Now, Objects, Photo, Politics, Roma, Shoah, Spectacle, Theater, Wars, Women

The film on Noam Chomsky and the media on Hulu. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

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BREAK THE SURFACE
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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus