June 2012
22 posts
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I find it fascinating how, in reality, we are simultaneously the...
– Stan’s brain (via stanielsbookclub)
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…let’s get it clear is that there is no “War on Drugs.” You cannot make war on...
– Gabor Mate
No, Mitt, corporations are not people. People have hearts, they have kids, they...
– Elizabeth Warren
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Love is a horrible game for ignorant suckers, but can we honestly say there is...
– via doug
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AIDS Saskatoon and the 601 Outreach Centre have recently come under scrutiny for...
– Natalie Kallio, BA, BEd, MA
Support Services Coordinator
AIDS Saskatoon and the 601 Outreach Centre
Some sense (backed up by actual empirical data) to counter John Gormley’s misinformative fear-mongering.
May 2012
18 posts
Alain Badiou: a life in writing | Culture | The... →
The declaration of love marks the transition from chance to destiny and that’s why it is so perilous and so burdened with a kind of horrifying stage fright.” Love’s work consists in conquering that fright. Badiou cites Mallarmé, who saw poetry as “chance defeated word by word”. A loving relationship is similar. “In love, fidelity signifies this extended victory: the randomness of an encounter...
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On Mondays
by Marilyn Donnelly
On Mondays when the museums are closed and a handful of guards look the other way or read their newspapers all of the figures step out of golden frames to stroll the quiet halls or visit among old friends. Picasso’s twisted ladies rearrange themselves to trade secrets with the languid odalisques of Matisse while sturdy Rembrandt men shake the dust from...
OctopusME Designs from the Abyss on Etsy →