VoxDay - Darkstream 637: Tolkien's Forge - A Mythology for England

Most of the intellectuals I would like to meet in real life would probably be too pompous to make it enjoyable.

That is not the case with Vox Day.

PKD Fireside Chat

Philip K Dick

Fascinating.

A Message To Barack Obama From Jimmy Dore

After 8 years of George W Bush I woke up in a hotel room in Bangkok to the soul lifting news that a hope and change black man was going to be president after winning the election. Well, I now understand that leaders are puppets for interests that are skilled in concealing their influence though we have since learned, through Wikileaks, that Citibank Executive and super rich Chosenite, George Froman sent Obama his cabinet line up which he followed dutifully at least 90%.

I get it too that half the job of President is being happy and optimistic while shitty things are going on around you in the world. However it's clear that Obama never had the backbone or courage to do that kind of job, and while millions of Democrats fell asleep because their guy was in power, a lot of us who pay attention to the bottom line, not corporate sponsors realised they're all crooked.

Time will tell how Donny Tiny Hands will fare, and there's no great expectation but it has been comforting to know the serial genocider he opposed didn't get the job she felt was automatically hers.

Jimmy Dore is a good guy, who despite being clueless on a few important issues that matter to fans of reality is still calling out memorable truths in a manner that I will not forget.

Chinese Literacy

Chairman Mao was a prolific reader. It's rumoured he would spend days in bed surrounded by piles of books absorbing a diverse selection ranging from philosophy to politics and religion. If his chosen reading was unavailable he'd plump for anything to hand. One of the observations experienced was that a security guard was reading easily the thickest book I've ever seen a security guard read, anywhere in the world. Over the last couple of weeks, I've noticed there are a number of statues around Beijing celebrating the power of books and reading. The one above is outside the Beijing Books Building and was taken as I walked from Xidan through Tiananmen square to Wanfujing over the weekend. Chinese literacy is one of the highest in Asia at around 90% if the CIA world fact book is to be believed. Speaking of facts, asessments of China were recently downgraded by 40% if you were paying attention to what the U.S. controlled World Bank announced yesterday. Makes me wonder what metrics China would use to measure the U.S.

The smog in Beijing at the moment is rather harsh.