"Sinful Revelation of Anthropology"

Optimism Strikes Back

You've gotta love the concise blurbs of positivity brought to you every year by The New York Times.  I, being a nerd, always feel as giddy as a budding sorostitute when the hottest new Cosmo arrives on the shelves chock full of bullshit about love and menstruation.  The fact that people continue to come up with innovative solutions, theories and products and are discovering new things about the universe and our own biosphere is the only reason that I still think we've got a chance to save ourselves from what I see as an almost guaranteed worldwide crisis in four to five decades.  Enough of my pessimistic dribble to which you should be well accustomed, enjoy the read.

Hit the jump to peep the articles: NYT

Senator Bernie Sanders on the Dire State of Our Economy

Banana Republic sells nice clothes. "Clothes make the poor invisible. America has the best dressed poverty in the world." - Michael Harrington

Coincidence? I think not

Cablegate Continued

Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder. Photograph: Carmen Valino for the Guardian

People, including myself, the New York Times, and the Atlantic just to name a few, are having difficulty deciding if wikileaks are a good thing, or indeed an act of terrorism. One thing is clear, Hilary's pissed, and Assange remains under close surveillance by the British government, and yet to be arrested/captured by Interpol/U.S. government. According to NBC, plans to meet with Scotland Yard in the near future are in the works. Whether or not he'll be arrested is unknown. In my, perhaps not so humble opinion, he'll be snagged away whether on trumped up charges or not, and likely pwned by the almighty U.S. of A alongside Bradley Manning who apparently is gay (wtf?! so...?). Can you say red herring?

So why are JAM and I rereporting on all this wikileakage?! Because it is an expression of radical freedom of information while on the other hand a breach of privacy. The debate's going, but how will history decided whether these leaks are an act of terrorism meant to topple super power(s), or is it merely an attempt to hold governments accountable?