[kj] (OT) Age of Greed - It's not all bad

[bongo]

there was that fkn awesome design Javier done a few years back - i think for
a tshirt...
oh yes - here t'is!  http://misera.net/gathering/gathering.html

=)



On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 9:21 PM, sade1 <saulomar1 at yahoo.com> wrote:


>   We need a flag!

> Someone,  somewhere, make one!

>

>

>

> ... ... ... ... ... ...

>

> *[looking at the current state of things..]*

> **

> 'Save me...

>   save me from Tomorrow..

>     I don't want to *sail **in this Ship Of Fools...'   *

>

>

>

>  ------------------------------

> *From:* Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>

> *To:* A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <

> gathering at misera.net>

> *Sent:* Friday, November 28, 2008 8:37:03 PM

>

> *Subject:* Re: [kj] (OT) Age of Greed - It's not all bad

>

> Oh and this list itself is a haven from the Shitstem too, g0d bless the

> Gathering!

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

> On

> Behalf Of Brendan Quinn

> Sent: Saturday, 29 November 2008 15:34

> To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'

> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Age of Greed - It's not all bad

>

> Read the indie press, and even videos on youtube! Example: I work at an

> investment bank, and it's funny...I hear conversations at work regularly

> about how the whole current financial mess was impossible to predict(!)

> This

> is from the big wigs (managers) and currency / equity traders. And you hear

> the same viewpoint by pundits on the mainstream television shows. "No one

> saw this coming." Whether it's people bullshitting themselves because they

> have lost half of their net worth, or they can't face the fundamental fact

> that the fundamentals they held to be true about markets and their

> contribution to society is all turning into quicksand...who knows. But it's

> not accurate.

>

> I was posting about it ages ago, only because I'd read articles written by

> other people. If you stick to the mainstream press, and hang around with

> people who are only connected to information via the mainstream, you get a

> filtered view of the world.

>

> Thankfully there's a sliver of independent press, independent thinkers,

> documentary makers, there's youtube (even with its legions of moronic

> comment posters), The Onion / The Daily Show (political satire), blogs,

> forums, Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, Robert Fisk, Mike Moore, Michael

> Meacher,

> Richard Dawkins, Pat Condell, Killing Joke, Tool, Joe Rogan...

>

> RIP Bill Hicks, George Carlin, Robert Anton Wilson, and a whole host of

> others

>

> Oh and China has the largest online population of anywhere, The Great

> Firewall has been breached and they have a very active blogging community

> that's finally giving accurate information to the person on the street.

>

> It's a good idea to do what you can as well. I make DVDs of documentaries

> and give them to people, stuff like The Corporation and Zeitgeist...then I

> check back 6 months later and no one has watched them. Haha...at least I

> try!

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

> On

> Behalf Of Bo Krogsgaard

> Sent: Saturday, 29 November 2008 12:00

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Age of Greed

>

> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 1:51 AM, jerry bodkin <jelbod at hotmail.co.uk>

> wrote:

>

> >  I can see tomorrow..............

>

> O great oracle, tell me the world to come!

>

> Should i rub your balding head and go "oh divine 8-ball, show me tomorrow"?

>

>

> :)

>

> b

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