Tagesarchive: Februar 20, 2020

Holding hands against 9mm slugs

It’s not enough to just hold hands of course: it’s important to be silent and look serious as well. It’s the silence which makes this effective. This is a 9mm handgun. It’s a CZ, a Czech gun. It’s a nice … Weiterlesen

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Defining feature of postmodern capitalism

The defining feature of ‚postmodern‘ capitalism is the direct commodification of our experience itself: what we are buying on the market are less and less products (material objects) that we want to own, and more and more ‚life-experiences‘ — experiences … Weiterlesen

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Tragedy

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Žižek on American late night comedians

In fifteenth-century Russia, when it was occupied by Mongols, a farmer and his wife walk along a dusty country road. A Mongol warrior on horseback stops at their side and tells the farmer that he will now rape his wife. … Weiterlesen

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Trump Names Richard Grenell as Acting Head of Intelligence

New York Times: President Trump on Wednesday named Richard Grenell, the ambassador to Germany who quickly antagonized the establishment after arriving in Berlin in 2018, to be the acting director of national intelligence overseeing the nation’s 17 spy agencies. By … Weiterlesen

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