Τι παστίτσιο είναι αυτό;

Δάνειο από το αξιόλογο blog του Νίκου Σαραντάκου   http://sarantakos.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/elderpasticcio/

Όταν τις προάλλες έγραφα για τις γελοιογραφίες του Μωάμεθ, είχα προσθέσει στο τέλος του άρθρου και μια “εύθυμη νότα”, ότι οι εγχώριοι σαλαφιστές (δηλ. οι Χρυσαυγίτες) ζήτησαν με επερώτηση στη Βουλή “να αφαιρεθεί το προφίλ “Γέροντας Παστίτσιος” από το Φέισμπουκ, διότι προσβάλλει τη μνήμη του Γέροντα Παΐσιου (που δεν ξέρω ακριβώς τι είναι, πάντως φαίνεται ότι έκανε θαύματα ή προφητείες)”. Και είχα προσθέσει ότι “Κι αν πεις ότι θαύματα δεν γίνονται στις μέρες μας, κι ότι δεν μπορεί να δακρύζει η εικόνα της Παναγίας, ασφαλώς κάποιου τα θρησκευτικά αισθήματα θα θίξεις και κάποιος θα θεωρήσει ότι δυσφήμησες τις θρησκείες…”.

Γιάννης Χοντζέας

(Ποίημα Του Γιάννη Χοντζέα Στα Δεκατρία Του)

Τα μικρά μου, τα παιδικά μου χρόνια, τα θυμάμαι και με

Αγάπη και με πόνο...

Με νοσταλγία όμως καθόλου...

Από πάρα πολύ μικρός συνήθισα να ζω σα «μεγάλος». Αυτό μ’ έκανε γρουσούζη και ανάποδο...Παρόλα αυτά, τα θυμάμαι με κάθε λεπτομέρεια.

Δεν άλλαξα και πολύ από τότε.

Μια νύχτα μεσολαβεί από τότε που ούρλιαξαν οι σειρήνες...

Αφορισμοί Ιπποκράτη

Ο βίος βραχύς, η δε τέχνη μακρή, ο δε καιρός οξύς, η δε πείρα σφαλερή, η δε κρίσις χαλεπή.

Marx, the Master of Sarcasm and Wit

Δάνειο από το blog  http://mrmetalman1000.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/polemic-in-capital.html?spref=bl

One of the reasons Capital, Vol. 1 is, despite its intimidating subject matter and length, the level of rhetoric used in the argument. Some moments are just plain funny. Examples are abound, but one I recently read deserves mention.

Eyes of Dawn (1991)

"The place you can't run away from,

even if you want to,
because you'd have nowhere to go.

That place you try to forsake
but never can.

Is that the country people talk about?"

Jang Ha Rim wondering aloud in episode 13 of the MBC drama.
eyes of dawn free stream on aznv.tv 

Notes on Contemporary Imperialism by Prabhat Patnaik

Phases of Imperialism

Lenin dated the imperialist phase of capitalism, which he associated with monopoly capitalism, from the beginning of the twentieth century, when the process of centralization of capital had led to the emergence of monopoly in industry and among banks. The coming together (coalescence) of the capitals in these two spheres led to the formation of “finance capital” which was controlled by a financial oligarchy that dominated both these spheres, as well as the State, in each advanced capitalist country. The struggle between rival finance capitals for “economic territory” in a world that was already completely partitioned, not just for the direct benefits that such “territory” might provide, but more importantly for keeping rivals out of its potential benefits, necessarily erupted, according to him, into wars, which offered each belligerent country’s workers a stark choice: between killing fellow workers across the trenches, or turning their guns on the moribund capitalism of their own countries, to overthrow the system and march to socialism.

What Is The European Economic Crisis About? – Prabhat Patnaik

THE standard view of the European economic crisis is that it consists in the loss of confidence of the “market” in the creditworthiness of several European governments which have piled up massive debts because of their past profligacy; the solution to the crisis correspondingly lies in their cutting back on their expenditures, and adopting austerity measures, so that apparently unexceptionable precepts like “one must live within one’s means”, and “one must cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth”, which are valued by the “market”, are not henceforth violated.

The meaning of life

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Morning Dew [아침이슬] by Kim Min-Gi

아침이슬
Morning Dew

긴밤 지새우고 풀잎마다 맺힌 진주보다 더 고운 아침이슬처럼
Like morning dew, prettier than pearls, hanging on every blade of grass
내 맘에 설움이 알알이 맺힐때
When sorrow hangs in my heart, drop by drop
아침동산에 올라 작은 미소를 배운다
I hike the morning hill and learn a little smile

태양은 묘지위에 붉게 떠오르고
The red sun rises over the graves
한낮에 찌는 더위는 나의 시련일지라
And the sweltering heat of the day is my trial
나 이제 가노라 저 거친 광야에
I shall now go, into that barren desert
서러움 모두 버리고 나 이제 가노라
Casting off all the sorrow, I shall now go.