why is every star trek film a let down. good god . . . if abrams puts out a star wars film as horrible as the last 2 star trek films, then god help the force.
TBD
I would bet money that they will be better than Episode 1 or 2.
you know the situation is f*cked up when russell brand is the voice of reason:
http://darkernet.in/russell-brand-and-the-woolwich-murder/
http://darkernet.in/russell-brand-and-the-woolwich-murder/
no . . . you know a system is fucked up, when everybody says something should be done about it, but does nothing to actually solve it. maybe if twitter forced people to act upon their posts, it would be a better world? better than what we have now which is, "if we dont think about it, it will go away." perhap russell should question why man made religion controls people so much. somehow i feel people would think he is an asshole if he dared make a comment about the evils of the entire fucking, scandal rigged invention.
sweetcell wrote:
you know the situation is f*cked up when russell brand is the voice of reason:
http://darkernet.in/russell-brand-and-the-woolwich-murder/
the idea that there is no connection between islam and all these terrorists simply doesn't hold up…I wish there wasn't…but wishing don't make it so..
I love Brand and agree with a lot he sys but his post reminds me of those who reduce people who use guns to kill many people as "mentally ill"… anybody who kills people can be considered mentaly ill after the fact but guns have something to do with them carrying out that illness just as there is a connection between islam and these terrorists
Matmos extracurricular activity:
A Political Necrology of God
Drew Daniel
Abstract
For early modern Christian subjects, Christ?s crucifixion and death fixes at the heart of things a momentary submission to decreation and destruction, replenished by the Resurrection and the promise of the Second Coming, but present all the same as a kind of absolute eclipse in ontotheology. With reference to the reworked ?Nicene Creed? that closes Jane Bennett?s Vibrant Matter, this essay asks: what happens to political ecologies of vibrant matter when they confront the corpse of God? How might Renaissance political ecologies speak to contemporary political dynamics, and what stands to occupy the vacant place of suicide, then and now, within this communal nexus? This essay pursues answers to these questions by placing an early modern text on suicide, John Donne?s Biathanatos, into conversation with a contemporary theorization of community?Roberto Esposito?s Communitas: The Origin and Destiny of Community. Donne?s scandalous, even blasphemous, presentation of Christ as a ?self-killer? in Biathanatos raises the possibility that Christian community is founded in the shadow of an originary yet occulted moment of self-destructive will, at once inferred yet unrepresentable. The socially binding consequences of this sacrificial dynamic are further explored in relation to contemporary politics, with reference to the focalizing effect of the suicide of Mohammed Bouazizi, the Tunisian street vendor whose self-immolation catalyzed the ?Arab Spring? of widespread popular revolt.
Keywords
John Donne, Biathanatos, Suicide, Arab Spring, Roberto Esposito
A Political Necrology of God
Drew Daniel
Abstract
For early modern Christian subjects, Christ?s crucifixion and death fixes at the heart of things a momentary submission to decreation and destruction, replenished by the Resurrection and the promise of the Second Coming, but present all the same as a kind of absolute eclipse in ontotheology. With reference to the reworked ?Nicene Creed? that closes Jane Bennett?s Vibrant Matter, this essay asks: what happens to political ecologies of vibrant matter when they confront the corpse of God? How might Renaissance political ecologies speak to contemporary political dynamics, and what stands to occupy the vacant place of suicide, then and now, within this communal nexus? This essay pursues answers to these questions by placing an early modern text on suicide, John Donne?s Biathanatos, into conversation with a contemporary theorization of community?Roberto Esposito?s Communitas: The Origin and Destiny of Community. Donne?s scandalous, even blasphemous, presentation of Christ as a ?self-killer? in Biathanatos raises the possibility that Christian community is founded in the shadow of an originary yet occulted moment of self-destructive will, at once inferred yet unrepresentable. The socially binding consequences of this sacrificial dynamic are further explored in relation to contemporary politics, with reference to the focalizing effect of the suicide of Mohammed Bouazizi, the Tunisian street vendor whose self-immolation catalyzed the ?Arab Spring? of widespread popular revolt.
Keywords
John Donne, Biathanatos, Suicide, Arab Spring, Roberto Esposito
Nice. Always thought it would be pretty awesome to have him as a prof. He comes off as hilarious and pretty brilliant.
The US soccer teams should only play friendlies. They seem to do well in those.
no wonder the military did not want gays in . . . they dont rape woman in the service.
Oh snap yo!
Man… that would stink to pocket $370 million at the end of your life.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/05/us/florida-powerball-winner/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/05/us/florida-powerball-winner/index.html
im sure her four children . . . totally agree with you
walkonby wrote:
im sure her four children . . . totally agree with you
Are you looking to duel today walky?? I wasn't talking about her children, I was talking about her.
I'd rather be 24 and poor and be an 84 year old powerball winner.
James wrote:
I'd rather be 24 and poor and be an 84 year old powerball winner.
Well you are 55 and poor and have a bad personality
James wrote:
I'd rather be 24 and poor and be an 84 year old powerball winner.
that is odd coming from someone permanently yapping about his kids college fund…
Yada wrote:walkonby wrote:
im sure her four children . . . totally agree with you
Are you looking to duel today walky?? I wasn't talking about her children, I was talking about her.
Old people care about their children and grandchildren. I am sure it makes her very happy to be able to provide for her family.
The person who gave me the nickname Chaz died suddenly in his sleep last night. I'm so very sad. Everyone raise a very expensive glass of your favorite spirit for my friend David, the smartest and coolest guy you will never have the pleasure to know.
:(
:(
My kid will be finished with college when i'm 62. Are you implying that I should pay for the grandkid's college too? Because I aint!
hutch wrote:James wrote:
I'd rather be 24 and poor and be an 84 year old powerball winner.
that is odd coming from someone permanently yapping about his kids college fund…
chaz wrote:
The person who gave me the nickname Chaz died suddenly in his sleep last night. I'm so very sad. Everyone raise a very expensive glass of your favorite spirit for my friend David, the smartest and coolest guy you will never have the pleasure to know.
:(
I'm so very sorry, Chaz.