tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post2249447189348114668..comments2024-03-28T08:37:58.136+01:00Comments on Limited, Inc.: the face of necessity: competitionRoger Gathmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-42851952506182831222010-03-21T18:14:05.341+01:002010-03-21T18:14:05.341+01:00"If there were such a thing as Marxist social..."If there were such a thing as Marxist social psychology" - therre is/was extensively in Soviet and fraternal country science.<br /><br />Chuckie KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-60326304699380744512010-03-21T17:57:55.446+01:002010-03-21T17:57:55.446+01:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGDbXcNtaRM
Amiehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGDbXcNtaRM<br /><br />AmieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-79535259754352043842010-03-21T05:41:54.317+01:002010-03-21T05:41:54.317+01:00Strange, when i linked to the films the sponge ad ...Strange, when i linked to the films the sponge ad didn't come up up but it sure did when I went back, and the ad is about a product producing clean hands!<br /><br />And yes, the grounds are important in relation to the Commune. The film is shot in that part of Père Lachaise where the Communards made their last stand, the wall known as Le Mur des Fédérées where they were lined up and shot. The film shows the plaque on the wall commemorating the Commune dead but unfortunately in the dailymotion clip it is out of focus. <br /><br />And grounds would also be important if one thinks of that Mallarmé text and also of Marx where the "base" is in motion.<br /><br />Now that you remind me, I did link to the film before on LI a couple of years ago, right when I was returning to Paris. Returning and ground, so to speak.<br /><br />"Say ground. No ground but say ground." (Beckett)<br /><br />AmieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-49665307546184800152010-03-21T01:54:08.588+01:002010-03-21T01:54:08.588+01:00in an interesting comment on capitalo-drollism, da...in an interesting comment on capitalo-drollism, dailymotion played me the sponge advertisement without hesitation, and then kept pausing during the straub-huillet films!<br /><br />One of them I think I've seen - probably through you, Amie. I'm assuming that the grounds are important in relation to the Commune - is that right? I checked out a huge picture book on the commune a couple of days ago. I needed pictures.Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-45947391856637927052010-03-21T01:15:34.492+01:002010-03-21T01:15:34.492+01:00"World history would indeed be very easy to m..."World history would indeed be very easy to make, if the struggle were taken up only on condition of infallibly favorable chances. It would, on the other hand, be a very mystical nature, if “accidents” played no part. These accidents themselves fall naturally into the general course of development and are compensated again by other accidents. But acceleration and delay are very dependent upon such “accidents,” which included the "accident" of the character of those who at first stand at the head of the movement."<br />(Marx to Kugelmann, April 17, 1871)<br /><br />http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2watp_toute-revolution-est-un-coup-de-dés_creation<br /><br />http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x42zft_ouvriers-paysans-premier-plan_creation<br /><br />AmieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-91284512202925733032010-03-21T00:31:54.415+01:002010-03-21T00:31:54.415+01:00thank you! me, i'd tell the cow to go up by it...thank you! me, i'd tell the cow to go up by itself & send me a postcard :)<br /><br />NHF 1122 = WHEN THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN WILL BE, / AT NOON DAY THE MONSTER WILL BE SEEN, / EVERYONE WILL DIFFER ON THE INTERPRETATION, / HIGH PRICE UNGUARDED: NONE WILL HAVE PREPARED = DEFINE THE LONGITUDE AND THE LATITUDE OF THE PROJECTION SYSTEM, IN SUCH A WAY THAT EVERY SOCIO-TECHNICAL IMBROGLIO MAY BE DEFINED BY TWO DIMENSIONS (<em><a href="http://www.bruno-latour.fr/articles/article/036.html" rel="nofollow">The Prince; Bruno Latour</a></em>) = EXTENDS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND ENHANCES ITS UTILIZATION, BRINGING NATIONS TOGETHER IN A COMMON PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXCELLENCE IN SPACE = FISTING THE BALLS MOST PAINFULLY, NEIL CAUSED HER HUMAN HOSE TO SPOUT LIKE A GEYSER, THROBBING UP ITS CLOTS OF SEMEN WHICH WENT FLYING THROUGH THE AIR (<em><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=KW7kZuZiln8C&pg=PA181" rel="nofollow">Disciplining Jane</a></em>) = I AM THE GOLEM! THIS IS MY FIFTH DIMENSION! I WILL SEND YOU THE FIFTH DIMENSION CONSTITUTION. FROM THIS DAY ON, I WILL BE RIDING AND SURFING ON YOUR CYBERWIND.northangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124226438327229521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-10895787648890265962010-03-20T23:12:17.714+01:002010-03-20T23:12:17.714+01:00One of your lovelier sets, dear North!
And right ...One of your lovelier sets, dear North!<br /><br />And right in the middle is Eckstein:<br />ECKENSTEIN USED TO SAY THAT HE WOULD TAKE A COW UP THE MATTERHORN PROVIDED THAT HE WERE ALLOWED TO TIE ITS LEGS -<br /><br />Whereas myself, I'd prefer that the cow walked behind me.Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-11897646346394302182010-03-20T22:35:39.021+01:002010-03-20T22:35:39.021+01:00NHF 3836 = THE TRUE MYSTIFICATOR SEEKS NOT TO APPE...NHF 3836 = THE TRUE MYSTIFICATOR SEEKS NOT TO APPEAR TO BE ONE, BUT TO BE ONE. ON THE CONTRARY, MALLARMÉ IS PARADOXICALLY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT APPEARING TO BE A MYSTIFICATOR IN ORDER NOT TO BE ONE. ONE HAS ALREADY SEEN THIS IN RELATION TO HIS OBSCURITY. IMBUED WITH THAT TRUTH THAT THE HIGHEST ART IS ACCESSIBLE ONLY TO THE VERY FEW, HE DID AS HE WANTED TO BY INTENTIONALLY EMPHASIZING THE HERMETIC SIDE OF HIS GENIUS, SPARING THE PUBLIC THE PRETENTION TO UNDERSTAND HIM, THE ERROR TO SUPPOSE THAT THEY DID UNDERSTAND HIM = ON AUGUST 11, THE WORLD WILL WITNESS THIS MILLENNIUM'S LAST TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. REMARKABLY, THE SUN'S SHADOW WILL PASS RIGHT THROUGH THE HEART OF FRANCE - WHICH WOULD MAKE IT AN ECLIPSE OF PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE TO NOSTRADAMUS. AUTHORS ALAN VAUGHAN AND STEFAN PAULUS HAVE POINTED TO CENTURY III, QUATRAIN 34, AS A CLUE TO UNDERSTANDING THE KING OF TERROR: WHEN THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN WILL BE, / AT NOON DAY THE MONSTER WILL BE SEEN, / EVERYONE WILL DIFFER ON THE INTERPRETATION, / HIGH PRICE UNGUARDED: NONE WILL HAVE PREPARED.northangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124226438327229521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-81026080449813616372010-03-20T22:35:20.435+01:002010-03-20T22:35:20.435+01:00NHF 817 = THE MOMENT WHEN THE TECHNIQUE OVERFLOWS ...NHF 817 = THE MOMENT WHEN THE TECHNIQUE OVERFLOWS EMOTION AND BECOMES AGGRESSIVE / FROM PROSE, MALLARMÉ GOES ON THE TIGHTROPE = ANY REVIVAL OF THE INTEREST IN MARX IS NOT A UNIFORM PHENOMENON. I THINK IT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE REVIVAL OF STRUGGLES = CONCEALED FROM THE SPECTATOR THAT THIS IS PRECISELY THE POINT TO WHICH THE PLOT DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN DIRECTED (<em>The Riddle of Hamlet</em>) = DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD… INITIATED BY HUMANITY ITSELF THROUGH THE INSTRUMENT OF THE FORTY-EIGHT KEYS = ECKENSTEIN USED TO SAY THAT HE WOULD TAKE A COW UP THE MATTERHORN PROVIDED THAT HE WERE ALLOWED TO TIE ITS LEGS = HIS FRONT RECALLS THE DEER, BUT HIS FEET THE ELEPHANT, HIS TAIL THE BOAR, HIS VOICE THE COW, AND HIS BODY REVEALS THE HORSE = NOT UNTO US, O LORD, NOT UNTO US, BUT UNTO THY NAME GIVE GLORY, FOR THY MERCY, AND FOR THY TRUTH'S SAKE = THE MORAL SERIOUSNESS OF ROMANCE AND ON THE EXTRAORDINARY INTEGRATION OF THEME AND METAPHOR IN NIZAMI'S POETRY = THE SECOND [CAVEAT] IS THAT THEY MUST BE SO IDENTIFIED <i>FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE PERSON OR PERSONS WHO HAVE TO ACT</i> = VIRTUALLY NO USEFUL SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE ON A TARGET THAT WAS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES' TOP INTELLIGENCE PRIORITIES.<br /><br />NHF 124 = LA POÉSIE DE MALLARMÉ = STAR OF JACOB.<br /><br />NHF 227 = ARGOELNIORATTAROEPINABNLH (<em>10-Jan-2004 • Pentagram of Babalon</em>) = IN MY VIEW, THE POEM IS A WATERSHED = NOT A WHIT, WE DEFY AUGURY.<br /><br />NHF 218 = ARGO·EPIN·TARO·ORAP·ELNI·ABNLH = DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SCHEME = GEORGE WASHINGTON'S GRISTMILL = GO DEEP OFFERS THE BEST CHANCE = LOOKING FOR GENUINE ALTERNATIVES = NASA'S MOST IMPORTANT ASSET = PERFECTION OF THE SYMBOLISM = PUT THE HYPOTHESES IN A MATRIX = SLAVERY BECAME THE ANSWER = THE ECONOMY OF THE FEDERATION = THE TREADMILL OF PRODUCTION = THE YEARS BETWEEN 1936 AND 1952 = THEORETICAL ASTROPHYSICS = VECTOR DIFFERENTIAL OPERATOR.<br /><br />NHF 214 = MALLARMÉ GOES ON THE TIGHTROPE = AGREEMENT CREATES REALITY = DEMOCRACY AS PRACTICE = I.E., THE "PORTHOLES" ON THE POSITIVE IMAGE = IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION = LAW OF THE DANCING MASTERS = STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY = STYLE WAITS FOR NO BITCH = THE LIMITS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE = WHAT REPLACES THE SHUTTLE?<br /><br />NHF 1094 = TO GO OUTSIDE THE SOLAR SYSTEM THROUGH THE EARTH, ONE HAS ONLY BUT TO USE ONE'S HEAD. JUST SAY WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, AND STEP THROUGH A PENTAGRAM (<em>Pentagram of Babalon</em>) = …CAPTAINS OF THANG TIMES FOLLOWED CLOSELY THE COSMOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES EMBODIED IN THAT ANCESTOR OF THE MAGNETIC COMPASS, THE SHIH OR DIVINER'S BOARD = BUT IT IS THE GREAT POLITICS THAT IS THE MOVER. AND IT IS THE EFFECT - THE SIDE EFFECT - OF THE GREAT POLITICS THAT WILL SET THE AGENDA FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE (<em><a href="http://limitedinc.blogspot.com/2009/11/notes-on-nietzsches-great-politics.html" rel="nofollow">notes on Nietzsche's great politics</a></em>) = 'OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND': THE STRUGGLE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN INTELLECTUALS AGAINST THE INVISIBILITY OF THE SLAVE[RY] TRADE IN WORLD ECONOMIC HISTORY = THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ; EDITOR: ANDREW PORTER ; ASSOCIATE EDITOR : ALAINE LOW, VOLUME 3 ~ OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1999 = THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN: REPRESENT MANY THINGS IN THIS CONFLICT - AN AUDIENCE, AN ACTOR, AND A SOURCE OF LEVERAGE - BUT ABOVE ALL THEY ARE THE OBJECTIVE.northangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124226438327229521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-44976846237997762212010-03-20T22:34:09.706+01:002010-03-20T22:34:09.706+01:00NHF 5453 = 8. IT WAS DESCRIBED AS: "LA QUINTE...NHF 5453 = 8. IT WAS DESCRIBED AS: "LA QUINTESSENCE DE L'ININTELLIGIBLE" IN 1912 (THIBAUDET 403), AND AS: "LE MOMENT OÙ LA TECHNIQUE DÉBORDE L'ÉMOTION ET DEVIENT AGRESSIVE./ A PARTIR DE PROSE, MALLARMÉ MARCHE SUR LA CORDE RAIDE" (NOULET 255), AND: "LA BORNE EN DEÇA DE LAQUELLE LE SYSTÈME D'ÉCRITURE DE MALLARMÉ RESTE LISIBLE. APRÈS LUI, LES POÈMES TOURNENT AUX RÉBUS DANS LESQUELS N'APPARAÎT PLUS, AU DÉCHIFFRAGE, QUE LE MOTIF ACCIDENTEL DE LEUR ÉCLOSION" (NOULET 262). THE POEM IS ALSO SEEN AS A TURNING POINT IN MARSHALL OLDS'S STUDY DESIRE SEEKING EXPRESSION, "IN MY VIEW, THE POEM IS A WATERSHED" (74). OLDS ALSO ARGUES FOR THE PRIMACY OF POETIC LANGUAGE ITSELF, "THE FINAL REJECTION OF THE DISSERTATION PROJECT AND SIMILAR PROSE VENTURES, PLACED THE FULL BURDEN OF THIS TASK [THOUGHT FINDING ITS WAY TO THE ABSOLUTE] ON POETIC LANGUAGE" (75) = NOW I'VE HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE / NO I NEVER FELT LIKE THIS BEFORE / YES I SWEAR, IT'S THE TRUTH / AND I OWE IT ALL TO YOU / 'CAUSE I'VE HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE / AND I OWE IT ALL TO YOU / I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG / NOW I'VE FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE TO STAND BY ME / WE SAW THE WRITING ON THE WALL AS WE FELT THIS MAGICAL FANTASY / NOW WITH PASSION IN OUR EYES / THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD DISGUISE IT SECRETLY / SO WE TAKE EACH OTHER'S HAND / 'CAUSE WE SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY / JUST REMEMBER / YOU'RE THE ONE THING / I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF / SO I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING / THIS COULD BE LOVE BECAUSE / I'VE HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE / NO I NEVER FELT LIKE THIS BEFORE / YES I SWEAR, IT'S THE TRUTH / AND I OWE IT ALL TO YOU / 'CAUSE I'VE HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE / AND I'VE SEARCHED THROUGH EVERY OPEN DOOR / 'TIL I FOUND, THE TRUTH / AND I OWE IT ALL TO YOU.<br /><br />NHF 1260 = MCCULLOUGH DESCRIBED THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AS "PURE DEMOCRACY," AND URGED HIS AUDIENCE TO REMEMBER THAT "THERE ARE MORE PUBLIC LIBRARIES THAN MCDONALDS" (<em>03-Jul-2005</em>) = THE 42-YEAR-OLD RHODES SCHOLAR IS ARMED WITH MISSIONARY ZEAL, AN ARSENAL OF QUOTATIONS ABOUT MILITARY STRATEGY, AND RED BULL-ISH ENERGY ON THE CONFERENCE CIRCUIT = THE FINAL REJECTION OF THE DISSERTATION PROJECT AND SIMILAR PROSE VENTURES, PLACED THE FULL BURDEN OF THIS TASK [THOUGHT FINDING ITS WAY TO THE ABSOLUTE] ON POETIC LANGUAGE.<br /><br />NHF 805 = LE MOMENT OÙ LA TECHNIQUE DÉBORDE L'ÉMOTION ET DEVIENT AGRESSIVE./ A PARTIR DE PROSE, MALLARMÉ MARCHE SUR LA CORDE RAIDE = ARE NOT THE LABORING CLASSES DEPRIVED OF THEIR EARNINGS BY USURY IN ITS THREE FORMS — INTEREST, RENT, AND PROFIT? = IRREGULAR BOUNDARY WHICH ALMOST TRANSITS THE LIGHT OF THE BACKGROUND IN A TRANSPARENT MANNER (<em>Photo Analysis Of An Aerial Disc Over Costa Rica</em>) = MULTILATERAL MAN, WHO WANTS TO COOPERATE TO IMPROVE COORDINATION AND COORDINATE TO IMPROVE COOPERATION (<em>The International Finance Multiplier</em>) = PRAEFATIO LATINA IN ACTIONEM PRIMAM EX 7 (HABITAM, 10 DIE APRILIS, PRAGAE), ET IAM IN LATINUM CONVERSAM SERMONEM. ANNO 1586 (<em>An Unknown Chapter in the Life of John Dee</em>).<br /><br />NHF 1405 = LA BORNE EN DEÇA DE LAQUELLE LE SYSTÈME D'ÉCRITURE DE MALLARMÉ RESTE LISIBLE. APRÈS LUI, LES POÈMES TOURNENT AUX RÉBUS DANS LESQUELS N'APPARAÎT PLUS, AU DÉCHIFFRAGE, QUE LE MOTIF ACCIDENTEL DE LEUR ÉCLOSION = THE HOROVITZEAN PHASES CONSTITUTE QABBALISTIC GROUPINGS OR CROSS-SECTIONS OF THE PANDEMONIUM POPULATION (SIMULTANEOUSLY NUMBERING THE IMPULSE-ENTITIES AND DEFINING THEIR COLLECTIVE 'TONE'.northangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124226438327229521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-28150540941574568842010-03-20T19:19:50.806+01:002010-03-20T19:19:50.806+01:00not in the classical sense, of course.not in the classical sense, of course.northangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124226438327229521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-5836949624867122142010-03-20T19:19:30.034+01:002010-03-20T19:19:30.034+01:00one word: competition.one word: competition.northangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124226438327229521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-87261932433882618612010-03-20T19:02:37.188+01:002010-03-20T19:02:37.188+01:00Hold your horses, North. What is happening to wome...Hold your horses, North. What is happening to women's happiness? I have my theory - but I would be all ears to hear yours.<br /><br />Of course, it would have increased tremendously if Obama had paid attention to my suggestion of ten women who should have had the seat now occupied by Larry Summers.Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-19966445517990100062010-03-20T19:02:13.697+01:002010-03-20T19:02:13.697+01:00can we compare Marx's Revolution with John'...can we compare Marx's Revolution with John's Revelation? both seem to deal with the teleological (even though you resist this) & both express amazing subsets of massive interpretation.<br /><br />correct me if i'm wrong, but i get the sense Marx was able, by turning things upside down & rightside up, to explain something paradoxical/contradictory (<i>thoughtless confusion</i>) about humans that defies the hard look.<br /><br />is Marx's review of History similar to Shakespeare's <i>Seven Ages of Man</i>?<br /><br />this may seem obvious to you & a silly question by me: but why, out of all the things he could chisel out from History, did Marx choose <i>Capital</i>?northangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124226438327229521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-80474849541798842882010-03-20T18:46:02.245+01:002010-03-20T18:46:02.245+01:00Mallarmé and the Language of Ideas
NHF 672 = THE ...<a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/nineteenth_century_french_studies/v029/29.3williams.html" rel="nofollow">Mallarmé and the Language of Ideas</a><br /><br />NHF 672 = THE IMPRESS OF NECESSITY IN CAPITALIST SOCIETY IS EXPRESSED IN THE VOCABULARY OF COMPETITION = HE HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED WITH THE FAMOUS QUOTATION, "WE WILL EITHER FIND A WAY, OR MAKE ONE" (<em>Hannibal</em>) = IT IS ARGUABLY THE MOST FAMOUS ENDGAME STUDY AND IS COVERED IN MANY BOOKS ON THE ENDGAME (<em>Réti endgame study; Richard Réti; {12} Book of Thoth</em>) = OBJECT OF THE SAME GAZE AND JUDGMENTS - WHICH WERE, COLLECTIVELY, MARGINALIZING JUDGMENTS (<em>What's Happening To Women's Happiness?</em>) = THE FIRST LANDFALL OF THE SHADOW ACROSS THE WESTERN END OF CORNWALL (FROM ST IVES TO LIZARD) (<em><a href="http://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/73" rel="nofollow">Solar Eclipse of August 11, 1999</a></em>) = THE NAGUAL TAUGHT ME THAT I SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A TRUMP CARD, AN UNSUSPECTED TRICK (<em>The Second Ring of Power, Carlos Castenada</em>) = THESE ARE THE OLD-FASHIONED THINGS LIKE DRINKING AND DRIVING HARD AND THE PRIVATE PURSUIT OF MANLINESS (<em>The Right Stuff; 03-Jul-2005</em>) = WEAK NAVAMSA IS LIKE A WEAK SIGNAL, EVEN IF YOUR RADIO IS OF EXCELLENT MAKE, YOU CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING! (<em>Navmansh</em>) = <a href="http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/fischer260106.html" rel="nofollow">YOU THEREFORE CAN'T SEGMENT AND SAY THERE IS ONLY ONE AREA OF STRUGGLE THAT IS IMPORTANT</a>.northangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124226438327229521noreply@blogger.com