what i'd say about the video is that it's really, unbearably cheesy - and perhaps a little bit trivializing.

...and that producing controversial videos is a time-tested way to distract from the fact that your music is regurgitated, unoriginal garbage.

that being said, i'll give them a C for effort. i'd prefer to see this message articulated than it's opposite one.

mmhhmm.

coincidentally, as space-based weapons drive a new cold war and arms race, a number of "asteroids" that are "as powerful as nuclear bombs" have "appeared out of nowhere".

further, the presented solution is to spend more money on space-based weapons systems.

we have absolutely no idea what our governments are doing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWIx4RZ0uRw

yeah. i'll be ok. hopefully it goes away soon, though.

it hasn't really improved, but i've gotten used to it. also, i'm developing a sore throat, which leads me to conclude that i've picked up a virus. this is pretty intense for the flu, though....

...and the truth is the only vector i can conceive of over the last week would be those eggs. so, bird flu? maybe....

i'll see what i feel like when the sun comes up.

my neck needs rest, but my brain is wide awake. so, read.

i'm finding myself in far greater agreement with hobbes than i ever thought i would be, and am actually seeing him produce a lot of the same sorts of arguments i'm always throwing at ancaps. hobbes would agree that a society based around markets and contracts would require a state to enforce those markets and contracts, rendering the vision of classical liberalism (today pushed by anarcho-capitalists) a sort of contradiction in terms - precisely agreeing with myself and other anarchists, who don't think anarchy and capitalism are compatible with each other.

of course, hobbes would not conclude that markets and contracts (and property and currency) should be abolished, as i would. instead, he'd argue in favour of a totalitarian state that forces actors to carry out their promises.

but i'm a little surprised how much i'm actually identifying with somebody that's always been presented to me as the exact opposite of everything i've ever believed in or stood for.