http://unnaturalhabitat.com Andrew Minh Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:39:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Penetrating philosophical insight from Slavoj Zizek in less than 140 characters. I have a feeling Part Trois is gonna stink. http://unnaturalhabitat.com/2009/09/30/zizek-on-twitter Everyone was acting out a part and playing a role: prisoners, guards, staff … everyone was acting out a part. It’s when you start contributing to the script. That’s you, and thus you should take responsibility ... Prisoner 416, of the Stanford Prison Experiment* From wikipedia: The Stanford prison experiment was a study ... http://unnaturalhabitat.com/2009/02/18/stanford-prison-experiment Looking for cheap accommodation in Madrid, I came upon the webpage for Hostal Tijcal, which informs us IN ALL CAPS that "FROM THE HOSTEL YO CAN VISIT ALL THE CENTER" and that it is close to "TYPICAL BARS TO GO ON TAPAS". This useful webpage has a photo gallery which ... http://unnaturalhabitat.com/2009/02/13/a-hostal-torrente-would-be-proud-of Micheal Phelps is the world champion swimmer who wiped out the rest of the mere mortals at last summer's Olympics in Beijing, garnering eight gold medals. He was recently photographed at a private party taking a hit off of a bong. A righteous flurry of anti-marijuana hysteria ensued and ... http://unnaturalhabitat.com/2009/02/12/hero-or-criminal-3 Banker + gangster = bankster. An article by Harold Evans on the origins of this newly-relevant Americanism from the 30s: It was coined, as far as I can deduce, by an American immigrant, a fiery Sicilian-born lawyer by the name of Ferdinand Pecora. He was the chief counsel to the ... http://unnaturalhabitat.com/2009/02/01/banksters-paradise Long excerpts on Democracy Now of the late, great Martin Luther King's incredibly moving speeches -- in particular the one he delivered on April 4, 1967, exactly a year to the day he was assassinated. Not just a civil rights leader ... a revolutionary. http://unnaturalhabitat.com/2009/01/19/in-memoriam   (and sometimes that man just don't have a lot of options) Rent-a-sex-toy in Japan. Whatever you do don't watch the video of the Lora doll. Don't do it, don't do it, I tell you! (via Nerve)     http://unnaturalhabitat.com/2009/01/15/a-mans-gotta-do-what-a-mans-gotta-do