Bey, no date [Hakim. Radical philosopher, Marxist-Sternist, deviant. “The Architectionality of Psychogeographicism…” Hermetic.com. http://www.hermetic.com/bey/grotto.html]
The Babylonian grid-city wants memory to persist thru time -- smooth & empty time -- but as Dali showed, memory persists only in the deliquescense of measured time. The medieval-hermetic city (like Blake's Green Jerusalem) preserves memory but in a "disordered" way -- like akashic marmalade -- time which is textured & full. "Babylon" preserves order (or else!) -- but what happens to memory there ? Isn't it transmuted into the poison formaldehyde of History, the re-iterated tale of our poverty & their power, taxonomic myth of the ruling class ? Who can blame us for harboring both a nostalgia & an insurrectionary desire for the narrow winding alleys, shadowy steps, covered ways & tunnels, middens & cellars of a city which has designed itself -- organically, unconsciously -- within an aesthetic of festive & secret conviviality, & of the curvaciuos negentropic mutability of memory itself ?
A. Kerner in 1971 [George C. “The Immorality of Utilitarianism and the Escapism of Rule-Utilitarianism.” The Philosophical Quarterly. Professor @ Queens University – Belfast.] The act-utilitarian can defend himself against these and similar criticisms with some air of success. He may point out that he does not have to say that breaking a promise may be right, or that self-sacrifice may be wrong, or that there are no human relations which create prima facie obligations, or that equality and freedom may be sacrificed, or that you may make exceptions for yourself, or that punishing the innocent may be right, except in only a few, indeed very few, instances. For in calculating the total effect of our actions, we must consider also their " hidden " consequences, in other words, consequences which are hard to predict. But why should we fear such consequences and why is their prediction hazardous? The essence of the explanation which the act-utilitarian gives is that our actions have psychological effects on both the agent and others as well as sociological effects on human institutions and practices, and all these, in turn, will have an impact on the realizability of the summum bonum. The relation of our actions to the greatest universal good is often dizzyingly complicated. On the other hand, so the act-utilitarian argues, we have good reasons to believe that actions which go against recognized moral principles and ideals all tend to have in general a dilatory effect on the realization of the greatest good. They do damage to the indispensable psychological and sociological conditions for the realizability of the total utilitarian programme. Any broken promise or contract undermines mutual trust, any failure to sacrifice oneself diminishes the spirit of self-sacrifice, any betrayal weakens the sense of loyalty, any violation of the ideals of fairness, equality and freedom causes resentment and insecurity, any exception made sets a bad example and corrupts one's own character. Thus the alternative requires
B. Bill Emmott, Editor-in-Chief of The Economist, 2003 , 20:21 Vision, pp. 272-273 (HARVUN4145) The findings of history are quite simple, even if it is not becoming any easier to implement them. To believe them, however, one must first believe in capitalism and in the fact that it has been the only successful generator of sustained improvements in human welfare that has so far been discovered. The next thing is to work out what it is that makes capitalism tick. Or, put another way, one must find out what is different about the places where it ticks and the places where it doesn’t. That is what an international study, Economic Freedom of the World, has sought to do every year since it was first published, in 1996, by eleven economic think tanks around the world led by the Fraser Institute in Canada. The correlations it finds between sustained economic success and aspects of capitalist circumstances suggest that most of the explanations lie in how poor countries are governed, rather than in natural disadvantages or unfairness by the rich. Those suspicious of free-marketeers should note that conclusion: it is government, or the lack of it, that makes the crucial difference. The aim of the study was to see whether countries in which people had more economic freedom were also richer and grew more rapidly. But the study also sought to define economic freedom, in the hope of capturing and measuring the things that matter in making capitalism work. Broadly, economic freedom means the ability to do what you want with whatever property you have legally acquired, as long as your actions do not violate other people’s rights to do the same. Goods and services do not, alas, fall like manna from heaven; their arrival depends on property rights and the incentives to use and create them. So the issues surrounding those are what matter: Are property rights legally protected? Are people hemmed in by government regulations and trade barriers, or fearful of confiscation? Are their savings under attack from inflation, or can they do what they want with their money? Is it economically viable for parents to send their kids to school? The study’s authors initially found seventeen measures of these things, expanded in the 2001 update to twenty-one, and rated 102 (now 123) countries on each of them, going back, if possible, to 1975. They then had to find ways to weight the measures according to their importance, and used a panel of economists to do so. The conclusion was abundantly clear: the freer the economy, the higher the growth and the richer the people. This was especially so for countries that maintained a fairly free economy for many years, since before individuals and companies will respond to such freedom they need to feel confident that it will last.
today spent making hit lists
in this dirty fusion restaurant, my hollow space
crisp echoes bouncing off a mountain an atoll
the last island on the left, next to a lovely dime and a half
attacking the sun has sunk compassed on lone man crest or rooftop
catch a glimpse of each suspended white note confidence man they are all about taste
troll on the bridge, the same crest a tore up pastejob they want to design
iterations oh such numbers i'm flossing just for you today a dedication
call dedication for one, and things not being the same for two
kicked in the head you called it grinning we won the toss
in all interior spaces remember. see those things
nearly just the walls hold all our things - arch hold us up too
got to know that it's for both jet black earrings, we want part and parcel.
so this one dime on the left
to my friend the dealer from shrink no tom deal in reality
tom deal say hush on the phone
do not put that last name in your phone
chanting my little brother had heft and a voice
i think he can grow into a rock like me
we hate rockers, we'll spit black and sometimes lie down a little mild
forgive the crew to my left that dime i think i owned that
you mousy and clothes on the ottoman
be embarassed, it was cute, a fix
a dark story about corners on a light time screen
oh moon i wanted you blown up
rocks do not experience tragedy
nor goons impenetrable cretins
in a plot eliminate the moons
Technical manual
If the large end faces outside, the world comes in
If the large end faces inside, you have control
Pet the cat
If it is even, make sure the ends are packed precisely
Do not move too quickly
Do not move too slowly
Do not attempt to average the two
Scratch the cat and fall asleep
Turn ons
Don't carry it around
Making noise in public is wrong
Find specific spots, keep them
Have no illusion of safety
Moving like that will upset the cart
Appear without a reveal
Save the leftovers
Hard containers work best
Do not use too large a container
Never mix new with old
Learn to spot fakes and spot wrong amounts
Be attentive to details and volumes
Think about a cylinder or an Erlenmeyer
Dirt and grime don’t make you better
Props and routines are helpful
Stomping is wrong
Crushing is a situational action
Kari Ann Peniche, you absolutely have to get out of bed. No one is going to bring you juice. Get it on your own. Don't you dare be so lazy. This is your life. For god's sake, live it like it matters to you.
No, you can't have a 100 calorie pack of oreos. out of the question.
Commence Interview:
Is it true that you are in fact a longtime resident of the PNW?
[Meow]
The pacific northwest, it can affect people. I read a book on Jack Keruoac said so. Did it affect how you ended up?
[Lick on]
Do you think its appropriate to act like this, always sexing yourself up in public? Stop getting your lick on. Stop it.
[Scratch]
And to stay so filthy! Poor manners, Poor Taste! I expected better from a former Miss Teen USA. Oregon, not so much. I've been to Oregon. It is very tragic. But really Kari Ann, being like us, it's unbecoming.
And you're such a fake lesbian! Give up the ghost. I bet that hair's not even real. You think you're so butch. Look, we all know you're just attention starved.
[Meow]
Maybe you've just been depressed. Not gay, a sex addict, and depressed. but then again. The cat is definitely on drugs. The cat probably wants to party. It does want to party. Seriously. It is on drugs. It just knows when party time is.
I worry about you Kari Ann. I can't fix your problems. you wouldn't let me. of course not. I'm not all northwest queerness for you. You are familiar with northwest queerness of course?
[Grab tail]
Listen kari ann peniche. sit still when you listen to me. no bathroom no ores no juice and no more two toned hair. you look much better even all over. very handsome mr cat. Really no need to project on me.
I am laughing at you. Kari Ann Peniche and I are just magnetic interference between halves. That's a thought experiment. What do you think about that Ms Peniche?
And you’re not dead yet. Fuck no. Can’t kill what you can’t see. Gotta discern. Prostitution ring? No comment. Sex Tape? No comment, consensual, only naked. Giggles? Check.
So I am running and running clouded in smoke
Maybe a warehouse or fire or just pinions those alone
Bones, eagles, grips, clenches, unfound
I am doing this for you. I am doing what I am doing.
Badman badlands and we’re on a road out of town
Diesel sun cuts to wheels, speed, jugs, which cuts to not my car. I don’t own anything except garbage and I roll forth
To mystic boy’s house, to a T in path a square in T
At the house I sung him little snips little tips
Ignored me, kept them in a jar, dark drank and dank
Furrow’d a brow, the lark so hanged on bad covers
Had a album unique from Winston-Salem where there are only two or three things including car dealerships, a hotel, cookout
Broke my heart damn near in half in a bathroom with a pile of sour kids
This is where the smoke came from? A drag and leftovers from the wiz.