Sunday, April 25, 2010

All that glitters is certainly not free

Posted by Mickey Z on 04/25 at 10:17 AM
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  1. Paper money, coins, pictures of dead presidents who were never alive. We’re told this currency is backed by gold or silver which are simply by-products of rocks...so what!

    Both forms of exchange are reinforced by the same brutal authorities and TRUST? Trust in what...,who? In fact, these man-made systems of exchange, that are for the benefit of the tyrants and the priests help reinforce distrust among citizens. Shall we all continue to obey?

    Posted by Joe of Maine from The Window to the South Side  on  04/25  at  11:25 AM

  2. It amazes me how gold is thought to be rare, when it’s available on every high street. Same goes for silver. Can anyone tell the diference between silver jewellery and stainless steel? or aluminium? I can’t.

    Posted by Rick (the Cartoonist) from England  on  04/25  at  12:25 PM

  3. It’s all part of the mass hypnosis that we call “society.”

    Posted by Mickey Z. from Astoria  on  04/25  at  12:38 PM

  4. Wouldn’t be difficult to satisfy my demand for gold cos i don’t have or want any.

    Tangentially related… I heard a funny thing about alchemy recently.

    Suppose it was possible for a moment to turn lead into gold. Everyone would do it and there would be gold everywhere so its value would plummet. You would go the bank and they would say “Can’t take if off your hands, we’ve got tons of the stuff.....but if you’ve got any lead???”

    Posted by michael from not scotland  on  04/25  at  04:22 PM

  5. As we all know, and I don’t know why I’m stating this, the predators, the greedy, the insane..., they want all of everything..., lead, gold, uranium, all the ores, all the gases all the countries, all the people. They want to make all the rules and they want everyone to obey their rules. Pretty god damn pubescent like, if you ask me.

    Posted by Joe of Maine from Window of Twilight  on  04/25  at  06:42 PM

  6. Precisely. Even if many of us opted out as Michael did, the relentless raping of the planet continues.

    Posted by Mickey Z. from Astoria  on  04/25  at  08:49 PM

  7. Interesting comments and article. I’ve thought about this a lot. A lot of ‘value’ is outdated abstract ‘agreements’.

    I still think the greed merchants can be scuppered right now by a shift to less consuming. The economy is in turmoil and if huge amounts of people opted not to buy, it would kill them off.

    But wait ... then our rulers might do something like ... I don’t know, plunder billions of tax dollars and just give it away to banks.

    No, surely if that happened ‘the west’ would be torn apart by revolution and change.

    captcha sez: deal

    Posted by Andy from Shanghai  on  04/25  at  10:44 PM

  8. In other news, Spain’s most celebrated Bullmurderer .. I mean, fighter, is in critical condition after being gored.

    Full article

    I have no sympathy. The article is pretty bad although it does bring itself to mention that the Catalan region has all but passed law to ban the ‘sport’ and a national debate has been triggered.

    I just hate all the hypocrisy. read the article and it’s quotes. people shocked there was so much blood, his father crying. The bull usually gets the entirety of its blood spilled slowly over a long period of time, and those same people are whooping and cheering.

    Fuck them, really.

    Posted by Andy from Shanghai  on  04/26  at  01:50 AM

  9. Morning Andy,

    Speaking of Spain (well, the Basque country to be precise) I have a little something on opednews. Votes etc appreciated (it is less than a 100 words and is about the anniversary of something important today)

    http://bit.ly/cHSRNR

    Posted by michael from not scotland  on  04/26  at  01:52 AM

  10. Agreed, Andy. Matadors get what they deserve when they’re gored.

    Michael: I voted.

    Posted by Mickey Z. from Astoria  on  04/26  at  04:21 AM

  11. I agree Andy and Mickey...If people don’t purchase, the tyrants would create laws forcing people to buy. The auto insurance industry jumped on this 35 years ago. Guaranteed profits with a product that’s mandatory by the laws of the parasites.

    Bullfighting, animal torture of all sorts is just another symptom of mans stupidity, cruelty and the need to evolve. Just like events where people line up and then slam into each other with an occasional pause to command viewers to go to Best Buy and spend money.

    Shall we continue to love our athletic heros?

    Posted by Joe of Maine from The Window  on  04/26  at  05:11 AM

  12. Thanks, Joe.

    FYI: A fun new post is up. See you all there.

    Posted by Mickey Z. from Astoria  on  04/26  at  07:19 AM

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