Mad news and views

This reprinted from Ron Unger’s blog today:
Posted by Ron Unger on January 31st, 2008
Below is the first paragraph of an exerpt from a recent book review, followed by some of my thoughts about the problems caused by looking at experiences as the result of an “illness” rather than as the workings of a mind that [...]

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Take a moment

laughing children

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The 1913 Italian Hall Massacre

The copper strike of 1913-14 started in July and lasted nine months. It was one of Michigan’s most bitter labor actions. The introduction of the one-man drill triggered the strike. Miners feared cutbacks on the number of jobs and working alone. Strikers also demanded recognition of the Western Federation of Miners as their bargaining agent, [...]

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Tibeten folksong

Kinda perty. I like it.
tenzing wongmo – ajeb bu das tha hay yhe

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Yip yip Martians

An unusual and little known recorded interaction between the beings of Mars with earthlings. This undeniable proof of extraterrestrial intelligence was first broadcast on the respected science education program, Sesame Street. Click below.
Proof

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It’s almost time

for Mad Liberation by Moonlight. There are times (like tonight) when I am really dragging to get myself to showtime. But Daniel says, “the show must go on” or some such rot. Tonight I am hoping to get some calls from my friends at the Interactive Theater project- From the Inside Out.
On the other hand, [...]

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Oregon State Hospital Caught with it’s Pants Down

SALEM, Ore. — The U.S. Department of Justice has found numerous civil rights violations of patients at the Oregon State Hospital. In a report released Wednesday, federal investigators listed inadequate conditions and practices at the mental hospital ranging from life-threatening use of restraints to widespread patient-on-patient assault. Federal law entitles patients to certain standards of [...]

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Post MLK Day post

 
This in from David Oaks:
Repeatedly, in the last two decades of his life, Rev. King said in 
speeches and essays that he was proud to be “psychologically 
maladjusted” to oppression, war and poverty.MLK said the “salvation of the world lies in the hands of the 
maladjusted!”More than 10 times MLK said the world desperately needed a new 
organization, the [...]

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Lets see if this works

Sound bite- Daisy, a blue front amazon who is part of my family, claims that she is a good bird. We know otherwise.
im-a-good-girl.mp3
If this doesn’t work, I’ll try another way.

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Another thing

For people in Portland this Friday evening:
January 25th 7-9 pm
4312 SE Stark, Portland
“The Challenges Facing Religion Today”
Speaker Imam Mamadou Toure of Institute of Islamic and Interfaith Studies will explore the guidance we can draw from the Gospels, the Torah, and the Koran to answer the question “What is it that God demands of us in [...]

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