Collaboration and Original Sin
In my paper I want to: move us away from an ‘original sin’ narrative in which anthropologists discover the importance of collaboration only after being cast out of the Imperial Garden of Eden by post-colonial critique.
In my paper I want to: move us away from an ‘original sin’ narrative in which anthropologists discover the importance of collaboration only after being cast out of the Imperial Garden of Eden by post-colonial critique.
"Let me cut through the jargon, the euphemisms we use to mask human suffering and war crimes. “Closures” mean heavily armed soldiers who ring Palestinian ghettos, deny those trapped inside food or basic amenities—including toys, razors, chocolate, fishing rods and musical instruments—and carry out a brutal policy of collective punishment, which is a crime under [...]
I vividly remember throwing the 40MB hard drive for my Mac Plus out the window of my college dorm room when it died. Although I checked that the coast was clear, I still managed to scare someone who yelled at me for a long time before I was able to calm her down… Yesterday, nearly [...]
Early on in the summer blockbuster Inception the main character, Dom Cobb, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is looking to hire a dream “architect” and he gives Ariadne (Ellen Page) a test: Can she create, in less than 60 seconds, a two-dimensional maze which takes more than 60 seconds to solve? I feel this scene perfectly captures [...]
Eyeless in Gaza | The New York Review of Books http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/jul/15/eyeless-gaza/ There is another critical facet to the shift that has taken place. Under conditions of escalating nationalist hysteria, Israeli dissent is harshly dealt with. Ezra Nawi, one of the heroes of Israeli nonviolent resistance to the occupation, is now in jail. (He was convicted [...]
via en.wikipedia.org Finally got to see this! As good as everyone said it was, even if the characters all seemed a bit too familiar. Song Kang-ho’s performance is great.
A young Obama asks his Indonesian step-father, Lolo, about war: “What are those?” “Leech marks,” he said. “From when I was in New Guinea. They crawl inside your army boots while you’re hiking through the swamps. At night, when you take off your socks, they’re stuck there, fat with blood. You sprinkle salt on them [...]
It wasn’t too long ago that I was writing posts comparing Firefox vs. Safari. When Chrome came along I thought it would solve the problem, combining the best of both worlds and adding some nice new features as well. However, since Safari 5 came out I’ve noticed that my iMac functions much faster. This is [...]
via en.wikipedia.org Worth it for the fight scenes, but otherwise the story is just the usual nationalist claptrap and clichés.