The WELL: inkwell.vue.168: Paul Krassner: Investigative satirist

#301: Gerry Feeney (gerry) Sat 2 Aug 03 20:30

Sat, 02 Aug 2003 20:30:00 PDT

#300: the next governor of california, not (ggg) Tue 22 Jul 03 19:59

Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:59:00 PDT

that would've been fun -- cross-posting scoop and paul!

well, if anyone knows, i'm wondering (inquiring minds, and all): where can a person find paul's review of "the parallax view" these days?

someone in front of me at the library was checking out the video and we got to talking and I didn't know...

and, me, i'm a zen judaist. [Read entire topic]

#299: Gail Williams (gail) Mon 21 Jul 03 11:05

Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:05:00 PDT

macoyote, you do hear people say "my parrents were christian, but I don't consider myself christian," of course. Dunno if Paul's still cheking in, Scoop. He had a book party/conversation thing here too, and sometimes people just can't stop talking and hanging out after the fixed time is up. [Read entire topic]

#298: Wes Scoop Nisker (scoopnisker) Sun 20 Jul 03 13:49

Sun, 20 Jul 2003 13:49:00 PDT

Hi Paul, I just realized that we are in the well together for a while! Hope the heat isn't too bad in Desert Hot Springs. Be cool, man, as if you could be anything else... Blessings.... Scoopji [Read entire topic]

#297: Huh? (macoyote) Sun 20 Jul 03 12:03

Sun, 20 Jul 2003 12:03:00 PDT

#283 of 296: Paul Krassner

>>Funny thing, you never hear anybody asserting, "My parents were gentile, but I don't consider myself gentile."

Say good night, Graciie<<

'Cause I, and most of my gentile friends, read so many novels about growing up in the East Side that a small section of our brains is totally convinced we're jewish. [Read entire topic]

#296: David Gans (tnf) Wed 1 Jan 03 11:34

Wed, 01 Jan 2003 11:34:00 PST

From Phil Proctor:

2002 IN RE-PHEW!

The best non-news: we didn't suffer another insane terrorist attack. Most of our wounds were, as usual, self-inflicted.

It's also the year that asks the question, "If you're a Raelian Clonaid baby, are you a 'clonely child' or just 'alienated'?"

It may be the last year Mervin Whipple of Killlingly, CT sets up his 120,000 Christmas lights and animated displays, because he says, these days, "The spirit of giving is nowhere near as much as the spirit of receiving."

Or the spirit of receivership, for that matter, with over $350 billion in corporate bankruptcies declared this year. But then we can all feel comforted that a millionaire sewage treatment contractor (no, not that other "waste manager"), copped a $314.5 K powerball prize.

And speaking of winners, a world-wide poll by the BBC has named the globe's "favorite songs ever", led by the Irish republican ballad "A Nation Once Again", followed by a Bollywood movie song, a Nepalese lieder, a Tamil Tiger film song and the pop song "Believe" by our own Cher, dearly won.

One of the UN Iraq weapons inspectors, Harvey John "Jack" McGeorge was found to be the co-founder of the Washington-based S&M group, "Black Rose", and offers training seminars in the use of knives and ropes. Do those into rough sex need to wear a "sheet belt"? Funny the inspectors didn't find that out sooner...

This Xmas, you could've purchased a die (sic) cast iron replica of JFK's Dal- las death limo complete with non-action figures or a pocket-sized "Joke Master" offering electronic access to a thousand jokes, PLUS -- three "TV- style laugh tracks of increasing intensity."

Good thing to have in the bomb shelter.

Video games this year included "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" where a player can hijack police cars, kill cops and pedestrians, and pick up prostitutes for "health points" and then whack the ho-ho-hos to get their money back. Looked good under the tree next to the "Army Forward Command Post, a dollhouse destroyed by a bomb.

Forward - into the paaaast!!! [Read entire topic]

#295: better late than ever (topsy-turvy) Sat 28 Dec 02 04:53

Sat, 28 Dec 2002 04:53:00 PST

just back from Vegas... mightly enjoyed the riffs here.

words that make no sense to me (think I saw them all here, except, maybe, ultimate?) -

right wrong truth ultimate

<\http://freespace.virgin.net/sarah.peter.nelson/lazyman/lazyman.html>

"In the province of the mind what one believes to be true, either is true or becomes true within certain limits. These limits are to be found experimentally and experientially. When so found these limits turn out to be further beliefs to be transcended. In the province of the mind there are no limits. However, in the province of the body there are definite limits not to be transcended." - John C. Lilly [Read entire topic]

#294: deja jew (bluecat-sings) Fri 27 Dec 02 09:37

Fri, 27 Dec 2002 09:37:00 PST

why do we have to decide on either ethnicity or religion? jews are complicated people, we have a complicated history, and there's lots more social/spiritual possibilities these days.

and, you know it already, jews are just like everyone else, only more so. [Read entire topic]

#293: Jack King (gjk) Wed 25 Dec 02 08:50

Wed, 25 Dec 2002 08:50:00 PST

Whoa. I'll bet. [Read entire topic]

#292: Are You My Caucasian? (shmo) Tue 24 Dec 02 23:07

Tue, 24 Dec 2002 23:07:00 PST

My Jewish friend Akiko Yonekawa would most definitely disagree with the Jewishness=Ethnicity thing. [Read entire topic]