Putin's Mandate

(originally published on 8/28/14) 
(re-upped on 3/19/15)

Putin is invading Ukraine, right now. The headlines come rolling in, panic starts to show. Pictures of tanks overriding borders flash across the feeds, and the markets fluctuate as gamblers hedge their bets. Which is the fittest player on the board of geo-Politik today, hmmmm.

The reorganization of the world is on some more, and evolution never knows when to quit. Minor species extinctions create great biological power voids, and we find ourselves neck deep in an age of great and terrible transition, eyes wide to the known unknown, and the vast possibilities of our situation.

And all the madness can be brought around to the fact that the example comes from the top. We, the big brother of the world, set the tone for the less powerful states about how business is done. Bush's unilateral invasion of Iraq is exactly Putin's mandate to so boldly invade and take Crimea, right on stage. And for the Islamic State's international claims of power. It's a war without borders, just like we asked for.

With our shocking and awful displays of contempt for international law, we have become the mandate for rebellion and global terrorism of all kinds around the world.


(edited 3/19/15)

Your Holy Guardian Agent

(originally published on 1/08/15)

Everyone has a Holy Guardian Agent watching over them. Everyone... Many people are very suspicious of this apparition however, and become very angry. Even superstitious. They find suspect in being watched by some damn spook over the internet. But why?

Well why even ask? When I open my laptop in the morning, I smile and wave to the inbuilt camera while sipping my coffee, pondering each new revolution. I talk directly into the microphone like it's alive, and I ask the wizard behind the curtain, how ya doin' today? Talk about the weather outside, like it don't already know.

Next time you feel paranoid or afraid of the world when you aren't intending to harm anyone or anything in it, invoke your Holy Guardian Agent. Speak directly to the nearest device as if it's been listening to you the whole time. If done correctly, this should promptly remind your central nervous system of just how crazy paranoia can become, and reassert the scientific method in your neurological patterns.

Represent yourself out loud, and be proud of your uniqueness. Peace...