http://xelent.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains..." Rousseau en Vox Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:09:33 +0000 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/children---empathy-or-strategy.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(xelent) http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/children---empathy-or-strategy.html?_c=feed-rss http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/children---empathy-or-strategy.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:09:33 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225217eb1549d0123f181cc16860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c225217eb1549d0123f181cc16860f-50si" alt="A Little Genius" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I was taking my usual walk to work via a shortcut I've just recently discovered and I was following two young mothers pushing prams. There was also a young boy probably no older than say 3, perhaps 4 years old straggling some 6 - 10ft behind them... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/children---empathy-or-strategy.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225217eb1549d0123ddebab6a860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> strategy baby child hug toddler empathy hugging http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/the-hell-of-verdun.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(xelent) http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/the-hell-of-verdun.html?_c=feed-rss http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/the-hell-of-verdun.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:29:48 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/video/6a00c225217eb1549d0123dda111e6860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c225217eb1549d0123dda111e6860b-50si" alt="Hell of Verdun" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Firstly I must warn you that this film is very violently graphic. That for some reason I was unable to watch it twice. That my first impressions were one of complete shock and horror. So I ask you to consider that feeling as you decide to watch it... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/the-hell-of-verdun.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225217eb1549d0123ddc9b12f860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> government war power violence profit mind state greed ww1 http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/corporations-and-govts.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(xelent) http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/corporations-and-govts.html?_c=feed-rss http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/corporations-and-govts.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:55:33 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/video/6a00c225217eb1549d011015f436c7860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c225217eb1549d011015f436c7860b-50si" alt="Corporatism and Survival" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> An interesting look at how corporatism goes hand in hand with statism <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/corporations-and-govts.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225217eb1549d0110181382f5860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> greed corporations capitalism corporatism statism http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/wade-in-the-water.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(xelent) http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/wade-in-the-water.html?_c=feed-rss http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/wade-in-the-water.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:52:05 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/video/6a00c225217eb1549d011015eb8763860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c225217eb1549d011015eb8763860b-50si" alt="Marlena Shaw .. Berry Bothers.. Eleanor Powell .. Wade in the water." /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Marlena Shaw's version of wade in the water was always one of those tunes that got my feet a moving and sends goose pimples all over my body every time I listen to it. It's the mixture of brass, drums and soulful lyrics of Marlena that put me in a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/wade-in-the-water.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225217eb1549d011016305a1e860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> dancing dance liberty slave freedom self expression slavery eleanor powell slaves wade in the water marlena shaw ramsay lewis berry brothers http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/the-madness-of-christians.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(xelent) http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/the-madness-of-christians.html?_c=feed-rss http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/the-madness-of-christians.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:25:31 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225217eb1549d01101669e93d860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c225217eb1549d01101669e93d860d-50si" alt="Dr John Sentamu" /></a> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/video/6a00c225217eb1549d011015ea3ef8860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c225217eb1549d011015ea3ef8860b-50si" alt="Falwell and Robertson after 9/11" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu was quoted in an article in the Daily Mail today called, "People think Christians are 'mad' ". "Christians are seen as 'mad' by the rest of society because they are motivated by compassion rather than the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/the-madness-of-christians.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225217eb1549d01101669eb88860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> religion christian greed bishop mad god atheism church 9/11 jerry falwell pat robertson recession daily mail sentamu archbishop of york http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/free-range-humans.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(xelent) http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/free-range-humans.html?_c=feed-rss http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/free-range-humans.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:50:30 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/video/6a00c225217eb1549d011017a8c1e5860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c225217eb1549d011017a8c1e5860e-50si" alt="True News 13: Statism is Dead - Part 3 - The Matrix" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> An interesting take on our unseen incarceration, loosely based on the theme of the movie The Matrix.. I am fairly sure that I cannot add anything more to this otherwise wonderfully scripted video.. I did try, but profoundly failed.. Please enjoy.... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/free-range-humans.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225217eb1549d01101807c509860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> control farming violence free liberty farm cattle livestock slave freedom matrix propaganda democracy slavery feudalism ownership slaves feudal free range statism serfs serfdom true news http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/the-birth-of-the-modern-state.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(xelent) http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/the-birth-of-the-modern-state.html?_c=feed-rss http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/the-birth-of-the-modern-state.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:27:01 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/video/6a00c225217eb1549d0110162a976b860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c225217eb1549d0110162a976b860c-50si" alt="WW1 in Colour - Hell in the Trenches" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I take the creators own words here. "World War I was the first modern global military conflict which took place in Europe between 1914 to 1918. Archaic military tactics met modern industrialised warfare for the first time, resulting casualties... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/the-birth-of-the-modern-state.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225217eb1549d011017a61a62860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> military war death lies liberty gun state freedom clint mansell trenches trench warfare the last man http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/the-irreplaceable-value-your-life.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(xelent) http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/the-irreplaceable-value-your-life.html?_c=feed-rss http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/the-irreplaceable-value-your-life.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:15:09 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/video/6a00c225217eb1549d01101804f104860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c225217eb1549d01101804f104860f-50si" alt="This is John Galt speaking - Part 4" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> XCowboy2's continuing adaptation of Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged, looks at the value of life and that it is our choice to live it. Life is very much about the living of it and the virtue and honesty that we can bring to that life. That to hi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/the-irreplaceable-value-your-life.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225217eb1549d011017a5f111860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> religion death life living philosophy ayn rand choice mysticism thought objectivism communism quarters john galt atlas shrugged rational http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/oh-men-of-athens.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(xelent) http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/oh-men-of-athens.html?_c=feed-rss http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/oh-men-of-athens.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:45:44 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/video/6a00c225217eb1549d01101803d4d1860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c225217eb1549d01101803d4d1860f-50si" alt="The Trial of Socrates - After the Verdict" /></a> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225217eb1549d011015ea7c07860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c225217eb1549d011015ea7c07860b-50si" alt=" The Trial and Death of Socrates" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I think if there was ever a way to disrupt the thoughts and machinations of the mystic, both religious or political. Then perhaps Socrates parting speech to his judges and accusers deals a blow better than no other. Stefan Molyneux narrates his... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/oh-men-of-athens.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225217eb1549d011017a4d36d860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> religion death politics mythology christian philosophy truth mysticism muslim christianity judaism socrates hinduism myths mystical mystics sikhism budhist budhisim http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/anarchy-in-the-city-napoli.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(xelent) http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/anarchy-in-the-city-napoli.html?_c=feed-rss http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/anarchy-in-the-city-napoli.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:19:27 +0000 Another stunning collection of graffiti from Napoli, Italy. I particularly like the religious iconography used here. For a country so steeped in Catholicism it makes perfect sense that the street should reject it.. More of this <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://xelent.vox.com/library/post/anarchy-in-the-city-napoli.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225217eb1549d011015e48548860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> italy streetart graffiti napoli catholic urban art