John Perkins, Economic Hitman
Confessions of an Economic Hitman
“9-11 was the motivation [to write the book]. I’d put off writing this book for a long time. I was sworn to secrecy. I’d been bribed not to write it. I’d been threatened when I tried to write it earlier….”.
adumbration: “to vaguely foreshadow”
casuistry: “the use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions; sophistry”
concrescence: “the coalescence or growing together of parts originally separate”
fardow “the embarrassment you feel when someone else fucks up” (Terence coined this term. Alternate spelling: “fartao”)
gurus geisheis, roshis and rishis: “refers to traditional spiritual authority”
malarky @Erik ”meaningless talk; nonsense”
neoteny: “the retention of juvenile features in the adult animal”
yawning grave: “death, stretching its mouth wide, consumes everyone”
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Bringing the Mind Back Home
Trying to find kingdoms,
We watch an empire fall –
Silent, wailing ghosts that pass
Along graffitied walls.
We can’t define the feeling
That something’s gone too far—
Suspicion turns to knowledge, Ma
As space dust turns to stars.
Om Ma Nee Beng Mei Hung
Om Ma Nee Beng Mei Hung
(repeat)
Throughout this vast creation
The Word on deaf ears falls.
Monkeys chatter to themselves
And fail to hear the Silent Call.
In our re-creation we can manifest as Men,
Cast aside our foolish pride
And step inside the Sacred Hall again.
Om Ma Nee Beng Mei Hung
Om Ma Nee Beng Mei Hung
(repeat)
Shawn Hamilton, 1994