I was contacted a few days ago by a recent immigrant to Ypsilanti by the name of Rob Noonan. Rob and his wife, Rose, just moved here from Australia to open a traditional Chinese medicine clinic… Here’s Rob’s official immigration interview. MARK: Why Ypsi of all places? We don’t get a lot of immigrants from […]
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“Right now we are living in an Ayn Rand novel…” -Paul Ryan
When Mitt Romney chose as his running mate an avowed acolyte of the serial killer-loving philosopher Ayn Rand, he ensured that the controversial libertarian author would factor significantly in this Presidential race. Here, if you aren’t familiar with her work, are two videos that will bring you up to speed on Rand, who famously referred […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged altruism, Ayn Rand, fascism, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, individualism, Libertarianism, Medicare, Paul Ryan, philosophy, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, Satanism, selfishness, social security 31 Comments
The Ullage Group Film Festival in Brooklyn on August 19
Later this month, my friend Doug Skinner will be screening “brief, rare, and unusual” films at a theater in Brooklyn. The event, entitled The Ullage Group Film Festival, Volume One, will take place the afternoon of Sunday, August 19, and will feature, among other things, seldom-seen animated shorts by the late Fortean researcher John Keel, […]
Posted in Art and Culture Also tagged 1972, Anne Shapiro, Anthony Matt, art films, Brooklyn, Charles Bowers, Earle Doud, experimental film, Film, Fink Flats, Flann O'Brien, Fortean, Garbage Pail Kids, George Kuchar, Jalopy, Jen Duffy, John Keel, Le Voyage dans la lune, Lisa Hirschfield, Mad magazine, Mark Newgarden, Metropolitan Motion Picture Club, Michael Smith, Mike Kuchar, Morgan Miller, Murder of an Anatomy, New York City, petroglyphs, Richard Shaver, Russ Johnson, The Mothman Prophecies, The Whimper, Three On a Match, Ullage Group, underground film, View Master 12 Comments