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Entries from June 2009

When Branding Turns to Brandish

June 11th, 2009 1 Comment

Whatever cause you may be devoted to, be it customer retention, artistic genius, eradicating AIDS or denying women access to adequate health care, has at its core a non-negotiable act of rejection. The difference between civilization and chaos lies in how well you’re able to cope with that which you reject. Yes, you. I have [...]

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Exposé

June 8th, 2009 No Comments

How many times do we have to replay this scenario? Overzealous, ignorant and puffed up with authority, the cops in Snohomish have done their part to inch us forward into a world where perfectly benign behavior is suspect. It’s hardly a small-town attitude; I recently had two run-ins with rent-a-cops on a single night of [...]

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He Ain’t No John Brown

June 1st, 2009 4 Comments

Few things floor me more completely than violence in the name of religion. Seriously, what the living fuck? I understand there’s no line that separates passion from passionate hatred, but it never fails to astound me how self-aggrandizing, how willfully stupid, how hopeless you have to become to think this is a good idea. Operation [...]

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