Jan Irvin puts it thusly: "Today Dave McGowan rejoins the Gnostic Media podcast for part 2 to discuss "The CIA and the Music of Laurel Canyon -- The Magic Carpet Ride". This episode is being released on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, and was recorded April 3, 2014.
David McGowan was born and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, California, where he still resides. After graduating from UCLA in 1983 with an unused degree in psychology, he went to work in construction and now works as a general contractor. He is the proud father of three daughters and is a lifelong music fan."
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
The Gnostic Media Podcast #186: Dave McGowan, the CIA & the Magic of Laurel Canyon - Covert Ops & the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream
Jan Irvin describes this episode thusly: "This episode is an interview with Dave McGowan, titled "The CIA and the "Magic" of Laurel Canyon -- Covert Ops & the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream" and is being released on Sunday, December 01, 2013. This interview with Dave was recorded today.
David McGowan was born and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, California, where he still resides. After graduating from UCLA in 1983 with an unused degree in psychology, he went to work in construction and now works as a general contractor. He is the proud father of three daughters and is a lifelong music fan."
David McGowan was born and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, California, where he still resides. After graduating from UCLA in 1983 with an unused degree in psychology, he went to work in construction and now works as a general contractor. He is the proud father of three daughters and is a lifelong music fan."
Monday, May 5, 2014
Walpurgis Night with Thomas Sheridan
Thomas Sheridan returned to the radio recently, in part to promote a new book, but also because he's got something to say that's worth hearing. Yes, there are audio problems; don't freak out when that happens. I put the link to his Lulu page for the book below, after the videos. Enjoy.
The Lulu link for his new book: http://www.lulu.com/shop/thomas-sheridan/walpurgis-night-volume-one-1919-1933/paperback/product-21604657.html
The Lulu link for his new book: http://www.lulu.com/shop/thomas-sheridan/walpurgis-night-volume-one-1919-1933/paperback/product-21604657.html
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Billy Deily on Anarchism
There are times when I come across something that so encapsulates what I'm thinking that I find it a better use of this space to share that those words than to reinvent the wheel. Today, that happened again. Here are those words.
"The answer is to govern YOURSELF, and allow me to do the same. If I harm you, or you harm me, we each have a right to defend ourselves from that. But what NO ONE has the right to do is say "There are things in this world that might, possibly, under certain circumstances, in some nondescript point in the future, perhaps cause harm or offense to you or someone else. So, because of this, myself and a small group of others hereby declare that we have the right to rule over all the rest of you for your own protection. We also declare the right to demand regular payment from you to cover the cost of enforcing said rule and protection. This is NOT optional...we've drafted a very official looking piece of paper (it's written in calligraphy, so you know to take it seriously!) as a contract establishing all of this...a contract to which you will be automatically considered beholden to from birth, regardless of whether you actually consent or not. If you resist our services or refuse to pay us for them, we will send our blue-suited winged monkeys to arrest and imprison you. If you resist imprisonment, our blue-suited winged monkeys have been given the ok to kill you. Again, this is all for your own protection and totally NOT a scam to allow the ruling class to funnel taxes into their own pockets and create monopolistic market structures for the filthy rich to avoid free market competition . - Yours truly, Every government ever in the history of forever-ever " ---Billy Deily
TL/DR: Government is a scam. All we need is to control ourselves, and stop being dicks to each other.
"The answer is to govern YOURSELF, and allow me to do the same. If I harm you, or you harm me, we each have a right to defend ourselves from that. But what NO ONE has the right to do is say "There are things in this world that might, possibly, under certain circumstances, in some nondescript point in the future, perhaps cause harm or offense to you or someone else. So, because of this, myself and a small group of others hereby declare that we have the right to rule over all the rest of you for your own protection. We also declare the right to demand regular payment from you to cover the cost of enforcing said rule and protection. This is NOT optional...we've drafted a very official looking piece of paper (it's written in calligraphy, so you know to take it seriously!) as a contract establishing all of this...a contract to which you will be automatically considered beholden to from birth, regardless of whether you actually consent or not. If you resist our services or refuse to pay us for them, we will send our blue-suited winged monkeys to arrest and imprison you. If you resist imprisonment, our blue-suited winged monkeys have been given the ok to kill you. Again, this is all for your own protection and totally NOT a scam to allow the ruling class to funnel taxes into their own pockets and create monopolistic market structures for the filthy rich to avoid free market competition . - Yours truly, Every government ever in the history of forever-ever " ---Billy Deily
TL/DR: Government is a scam. All we need is to control ourselves, and stop being dicks to each other.
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Friday, May 2, 2014
Alexander Dugin: Letter to the American People on Ukraine
(Originally posted here on March 8th, 2014.)
Note: This is an exerpt. For the full letter, follow the link above.
Letter to the American People on Ukraine
by Alexander Dugin
In this difficult hour of serious trouble on our Western borders, I would like to address the American people in order to help you understand better the positions of our Russian patriots which are shared by the majority of our society.
Difference Between the two Meanings of Being American (In the Russian View)
1. We distinguish between two different things: the American people and the American political elite. We sincerely love the first and we profoundly hate the second.
2. The American people has its own traditions, habits, values, ideals, options and beliefs that are their own. These grant to everybody the right to be different, to choose freely, to be what one wants to be and can be or become. It is wonderful feature. It gives strength and pride, self-esteem and assurance. We Russians admire that.
3. But the American political elite, above all on an international level, are and act quite contrary to these values. They insist on conformity and regard the American way of life as something universal and obligatory. They deny other people the right to difference, they impose on everybody the standards of so called “democracy”, “liberalism”, “human rights” and so on that have in many cases nothing to do with the set of values shared by the non-Western or simply not North-American society. It is an obvious contradiction with inner ideals and standards of America. Nationally the right to difference is assured, internationally it is denied. So we think that something is wrong with the American political elite and their double standards. Where habits became the norms and contradictions are taken for logic. We cannot understand it, nor can we accept it: it seems that the American political elite is not American at all.
4. So here is the contradiction: the American people are essentially good, but the American elite is essentially bad. What we feel regarding the American elite should not be applied to the American people and vise versa.
5. Because of this paradox it is not so easy for a Russian to express correctly his attitude towards the USA. We can say we love it, we can say we hate it – because both are true. But it is not easy to always express this distinction clearly. It creates many misunderstandings. But if you want to know what Russians really think about the USA you should always keep in mind this remark. It is easy to manipulate this semantic duality and interpret anti-Americanism of Russians in an improper sense. But with these clarifications in mind all that you hear from us will be much better understood.
(For the rest of the letter, please follow the above link to the original post.)
Note: This is an exerpt. For the full letter, follow the link above.
Letter to the American People on Ukraine
by Alexander Dugin
In this difficult hour of serious trouble on our Western borders, I would like to address the American people in order to help you understand better the positions of our Russian patriots which are shared by the majority of our society.
Difference Between the two Meanings of Being American (In the Russian View)
1. We distinguish between two different things: the American people and the American political elite. We sincerely love the first and we profoundly hate the second.
2. The American people has its own traditions, habits, values, ideals, options and beliefs that are their own. These grant to everybody the right to be different, to choose freely, to be what one wants to be and can be or become. It is wonderful feature. It gives strength and pride, self-esteem and assurance. We Russians admire that.
3. But the American political elite, above all on an international level, are and act quite contrary to these values. They insist on conformity and regard the American way of life as something universal and obligatory. They deny other people the right to difference, they impose on everybody the standards of so called “democracy”, “liberalism”, “human rights” and so on that have in many cases nothing to do with the set of values shared by the non-Western or simply not North-American society. It is an obvious contradiction with inner ideals and standards of America. Nationally the right to difference is assured, internationally it is denied. So we think that something is wrong with the American political elite and their double standards. Where habits became the norms and contradictions are taken for logic. We cannot understand it, nor can we accept it: it seems that the American political elite is not American at all.
4. So here is the contradiction: the American people are essentially good, but the American elite is essentially bad. What we feel regarding the American elite should not be applied to the American people and vise versa.
5. Because of this paradox it is not so easy for a Russian to express correctly his attitude towards the USA. We can say we love it, we can say we hate it – because both are true. But it is not easy to always express this distinction clearly. It creates many misunderstandings. But if you want to know what Russians really think about the USA you should always keep in mind this remark. It is easy to manipulate this semantic duality and interpret anti-Americanism of Russians in an improper sense. But with these clarifications in mind all that you hear from us will be much better understood.
(For the rest of the letter, please follow the above link to the original post.)
Thursday, May 1, 2014
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