Important Editor’s Note 2022: This month of blog posts was one that I took some care in re-reading and in updating, due to the historic events that happened on 9-11 (September 11, 2001). I did my best to leave my original thoughts and impressions unedited from 20+ years ago, but I have added editorial notes (marked in gray, as this block is). These notes include some reflections on what I wrote, but also some updates and information on broken links — sadly, almost all of the stories from MSNBC, I have yet to be able to find on either their website, […]
9-11 Attacks , Afghanistan , Austin , Gun Policy , JMBzine Vault , Meta-Analysis , Socialism
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From the JMBzine vault – Fri, Sep 28, 2001
This post is from the JMBzine Blog Vault, which means it is a very old blog post that I wrote at a very different time of my life. My views on religion, politics, and many other subjects have drastically changed over the years, so please bear this in mind when reading this post. Friday, September 28, 2001 7:18 pm Rabble.ca is a Canadian based alt-news source. 7:08 pm Hahaha, I’m at Scholtzky’s cyberterminal right now, but their cybernanny/censor now won’t let folks see www.jmbzine.com now that I posted the last post on gun control. 2023: This was from the time when […]
Music , Peace , Politics
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From the JMBzine vault – Sep 27, 2001
This post is from the JMBzine Blog Vault, which means it is a very old blog post that I wrote at a very different time of my life. My views on religion, politics, and many other subjects have drastically changed over the years, so please bear this in mind when reading this post. Thursday, September 27, 2001 6:30 pm A45. Ponder it. 2022: I’m sure this meant something to me when I wrote it (where I parked?), but I have no idea today. 6:28 pm This is rather disturbing, Christian Guide to Small Arms 5:07 pm Listening to Phil Ochs’ song I ain’t […]
9-11 Attacks , Books , Free Speech , Movies
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From the JMBzine Vault – Sep 26, 2001
This post is from the JMBzine Blog Vault, which means it is a very old blog post that I wrote at a very different time of my life. My views on religion, politics, and many other subjects have drastically changed over the years, so please bear this in mind when reading this post. Wednesday, September 26, 2001 9:49 pm 2023: This was a website by Arianna Huffington to promote her book How to Overthrow the Government. 9:44 pm Cowardly companies like Sears, and FedEx have convinced ABC to cancel Bill Maher’s “Politically Incorrect” TV show. For more info on what […]
9-11 Attacks , Art by JMB , Austin , Catholicism , Free Speech , Military Law , Sports , Visual Arts
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From the JMBzine Vault – Sep 25, 2001
This post is from the JMBzine Blog Vault, which means it is a very old blog post that I wrote at a very different time of my life. My views on religion, politics, and many other subjects have drastically changed over the years, so please bear this in mind when reading this post. Tuesday, September 25, 2001 9:29 pm http://www.wx.com/link/ 2022: broken links 8:45 pm From Newsweek: Voices of Dissent Amid Calls for War It is true that many pacifist activists have been lying low, but that time should be past. It’s now time that we speak out for peace and […]
9-11 Attacks , Free Speech , JMBzine Vault , Music , Peace , San Marcos
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From the JMBzine Vault – Sep 24, 2001
This post is from the JMBzine Blog Vault, which means it is a very old blog post that I wrote at a very different time of my life. My views on religion, politics, and many other subjects have drastically changed over the years, so please bear this in mind when reading this post. Monday, September 24, 2001 9:11 pm US Attorney General John Ashcroft wants to take away your rights. Here’s the latest from a story in MSNBC.com ASHCROFT ISSUED his warning in testifying before the House Judiciary Committee in favor of far-reaching measures to ramp up the war on […]
9-11 Attacks , JMBzine Vault , Music , Peace
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From the JMBzine Vault – Sep 21, 2001
This post is from the JMBzine Blog Vault, which means it is a very old blog post that I wrote at a very different time of my life. My views on religion (I’m now a Humanistic Jew), politics (today I’m a democratic socialist), and many other subjects (LGBTQ+ inclusion, abortion rights, etc.) have drastically changed over the years, so please bear this in mind when reading this post. Friday, September 21, 2001 1:39 am Here’s a version of the peace flag flyer in PDF format for printing and distribution. (This is a very large file, over 1 MB.) (2022): Unfortunately I hosted this […]
9-11 Attacks , Afghanistan , Austin , Iraq , JMBzine Vault
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From the JMBzine vault – Sep 20, 2001
This post is from the JMBzine Blog Vault, which means it is a very old blog post that I wrote at a very different time of my life. My views on religion (I’m now a Humanistic Jew), politics (today I’m a democratic socialist), and many other subjects (LGBTQ+ inclusion, abortion rights, etc.) have drastically changed over the years, so please bear this in mind when reading this post. Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:23 pm Listening to Bob Dylan tonight. It seems like the only music that is appropriate to the occasion. I missed hearing President’s Bush’s speech to a joint […]
9-11 Attacks , Afghanistan , Iraq , Islam , JMBzine Vault , Meta-Analysis
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From the JMBzine vault- Sep 18, 2001
This post is from the JMBzine Blog Vault, which means it is a very old blog post that I wrote at a very different time of my life. My views on religion (I’m now a Humanistic Jew), politics (today I’m a democratic socialist), and many other subjects (LGBTQ+ inclusion, abortion rights, etc.) have drastically changed over the years, so please bear this in mind when reading this post. Tuesday, September 18, 2001 10:33 pm The Christian Science Monitor has its own blog, Monitor Blog 6:22 pm Where were you? – an excellent homily from St. Thomas Aquinas church blogthis.cjb.net 6:19 pm […]
9-11 Attacks , Afghanistan , Austin , JMBzine Vault , Pedicab
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From the JMBzine Vault – Sep 17, 2001
This post is from the JMBzine Blog Vault, which means it is a very old blog post that I wrote at a very different time of my life. My views on religion (I’m now a Humanistic Jew), politics (today I’m a democratic socialist), and many other subjects (LGBTQ+ inclusion, abortion rights, etc.) have drastically changed over the years, so please bear this in mind when reading this post. Monday, September 17, 2001 11:47 pm A couple of thoughts from over the weekend… It was so strange on Friday night to look up in the sky and see an airliner flying […]