Oresteia's Community Call, Part 1
from Oresteia's Community Call
On my clarification and its complications; On the thickness of skin, and the catch-22 of gag orders, Turkish baths and surveillance; Corrections to last time, on revolution, Cuba, Jefferson, etc.; The forces of politics and history, the birth of ISIS and the military-industrial monster, Ukraine, Iraq, and the prospect of another world war; Iran and Jon Stewart; "Gay therapy" and aversion therapy; The mysterious temporary disappearance of planes from European radar; Two Russian journalists killed in Ukraine; "Are foreign wars really necessary?", Lydia's views on human nature, revolutions, the decline of the American Dream; Cuba, China, Poland; On cinema, interpretation, "Elizabeth"; On writing and whether we can do it; Ham radios, procrastination, mental blocks, and associations; Our suffering, and the lack of community; Theories of acoustic modes of attack; Anna Funder's superb "Stasiland", the impotent "The Lives of Others";
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