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Barroso's 100 faces Gollum my precious
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[williambanzai7]

[janus]

WildBill & Hedgers,

i'll probably write quite a bit tonight...mrs. janus is being a bitch (so i'll have some free-time)...but i'll reveal the real reason in just a second.

before i tell you why the janus fingers will be flyin all over the keyboard tonight, i'm going to do something i never, as a matter of policy, do...i'm going to apologize.  look, the only reason i'm making such a big deal about this is because it is a big deal...a VERY big deal.  an apology from janus is like a loch-ness sighting, a hole in one at augusta or integrity in a politician...it is something freakishly rare, awe-inspiring and as near to magic as you're gonna git.

so here goes:

even though i publicly stated, at the very outset of my adventures here on the Hedge, that i'd be using this platform as a position from which to launch all manner of revenge-seeking artillery shells; that i was deliberately and ruthlessly assaulting those who'd assaulted me (whether they be groups or individuals); that i would here be utilizing my God-given talent for crushing souls and extinguishing spirits to strike a blow at those who annoyed or bored me; and that i would, much like zeus, deploy my command of language and razor-sharp wit as-if thunderbolts streaking down from the clouds to obliterate and reduce to ruin all that i found unsatisfactory; and that i would do all of this knowing that the pen is truly mightier than the sword, state and bank (and all of them put together)...yes, even though i put it all out there, laid my cards on the table and made this sort of honesty a matter of policy, some have managed to get their feelings hurt. 

i'm just as shocked as any of you.

even so, i must at times recognize that i on occasion go too far.  and so i will for a brief moment or two depart janus-mode and sincerely apologize to any good and decent individuals within two groups who, though they did seek ill for me, were nonetheless maligned by janus in an unsavory fashion...call them collateral damage in my own shock and awe operation.

so to any of my jewish brothers who were offended by some of my comments regarding 'zionists' (i'm thinking of two comments in particular), i apologize.

and, gay-folk, i suppose i owe the good among you a bit of contrition, too. 

i said some things in both cases that were over the line, and i do hope that any who were troubled or wounded will forgive me...if you cannot, i accept that too. i just felt compelled to say sorry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGLR25EJtfE

caveat: i'm still pissed at israel; but i will, in the future, avoid generalized attacks on 'the tribe' (but i do expect to see some more intra-tribal responsibility for both the behavior of that country and what seems to be an organized assault on traditional america from many members of that same tribe...just sayin)...and i furthermore intend to continue making an issue of this dual-citizen nonsense; and to encourage others to question why so many dual citizens of a particular nation seem to occupy so many of the highest-level chairs in departments that have a direct and meaningful influence over issues specific to that 'other' nation...and invariably endorse policies that are detrimental to america's interest and at the same time pander to the fears and bigotries of that 'other' nation of which they enjoy citizenship (without the fear of extradition, i might add).

to the gay-folk...no caveats.  i wanted to get some revenge for what GLADD and its minions did to my son; i suppose i'm satisfied now.  but there is a distinct possibility that i'll be poking a bit of fun now and again -- i'll do my best to keep it as harmless as janusly possible.

and besides, i've been neglecting so many other groups in my recent revenge campaign.  i know feminists have got to feel lonely, despondent and worthless by now; communists everywhere moping about uncared for; enviro-wackos are no doubt listless and flagging...on and on and on; and all because janus took a week or so to focus his efforts.  well, i'm happy to announce that there'll be no more slacking off from janus...nope, you can all expect a heavy-dose of my patented medicine.

speaking of 'medicine', and with respect to the cause of tonight's gushing profligacy with the prose, i will only say that one of last night's cab fares tipped me with an adderol; i will also add that they advised that i crush it up and snort it...naturally, i admit to nothing and would never engage in such sordid behavior.

if i remember correctly, i tossed the thing in the garbage and went about my business...but i've been told, and i now believe it to be true, that that shit is a VERY powerful drug.  amorica, i cannot believe that you are prescribing this shit to children.  have your lost your cotton-pickin minds?!?  i really am dumbfounded.  if any of you have children now taking this substance, i cannot sufficiently emphasize my alarmed concern.  i tell you without reservation or qualification, you are raising a future meth-head. 

you 'physicians' and you kings of pharmacopia are an outright abomination.  the more i know, the more i'm convinced that prison won't be an adequate penalty for so many of you.  this is so wildly obtuse, so inconceivably corrupt and obnoxiously rapacious...what the fuck is going on in this country?

are we really under full-scale attack from every angle at all times and most especially from the institutions in whom we've placed the most trust?  are they now this baldly cavalier in their efforts to destroy us?

amorica, i tell you flatly, you are addicting your children to something that is a very potent recreational drug...i've never done 'meth', but this adderol shit is nothing but a street drug being pushed and pimped by dope-dealers in scurbs with RX pads.

i suppose we should chalk adderol up to yet another triumph of the religion of science...sweet, sweet therapy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO2bM4sgE1E

p.s. the apologies aren't 'just' the drugs talkin.

janus

[Lordflin]

Couldn't read more than the first paragraph... you were boring me to tears. So I guess this is the part where you crush my soul with your magic fingers.

Arrogant little prick...

There, how is that as food for fodder... Type away...

[nmewn]

"CNN is ending 'Piers Morgan Live' after three years on air, David Carr of the New York Times reported."

AHAHAHAHAHA!

ah ha, ahahahaha.

AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

And miles to go before I sleep ;-)

[toadold]

The Patrician from Terry Prachett's Disc World states,  if I remeber correctly, that it is the bad people who are always plotting to take over things.  Good people are to busy working, taking care of their family, or trying to survive best they can. It is the useless and evil who are constantly scheming .

Good  thing that is just a fantasy.......

[Peter Pan]

ANGELA LISTEN TO ME CLOSELY. IF THE GERMANS LOSE THIS WAR I WANT YOU TO TAKE CONTROL OF EUROPE BY LOADING THEM UP WITH DEBT.

[ChanceIs]

We haven't seen one of those funny Hitler in the bunker parodies recently.  I love those.  The best was when Jamie Dimon was Hitler and he had been caught short silver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0mhX9hpq3g

Come to think of it, we haven't seen the bears recently either.  They were the best.  I demand some new bears cartoons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl47z2g2EvI 

[general ambivalent]

Post more of these if you remember them.

[the grateful un...]

gee where would we be if Hitler controlled all of Europe (and Russia) after 1945. sigh, well there would not have been a Jewish state, but i think the Germans did that because they were losing the war. No Cold War. and fifty years later after Bush and Obama, nobody would be surprised. one big happy fascist family

[Winston Churchill]

Was expecting  EU lauches operation Barbarroso in the Ukraine for lebensraum.

[ChanceIs]

I think rather Comrade Vladimir's Operation Bagration instead.

[no more banksters]

The Golden Dawn case: How the neo-nazi party in Greece treats former members

http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2014/02/the-golden-dawn-case-how-neo-...

[Cognitive Dissonance]

You are truly amazing Banzai7. I have trouble producing a new piece once a week and at times you seem to create several brilliant strokes of your Photoshop pen a day.

Bravo Banzai7! Clearly old(er) age has not slowed your creative bones. :) :)

[Manipuflation]

You are doing just fine Cog.  Writing is different than what William does.  William is awesome at what he does, no doubt, but don't worry because I like what you do as well.   

[williambanzai7]

CD is awesome at combining pictures and prose. You don't see that often.

[Hulk]

True dat, but he does have a world full of material to work with !!!

[williambanzai7]

I have learned one very important thing doing this, 99% of artists are total sell outs. With all this material I have to pick and choose from consider the absolute dearth of visual artists, musicians and comedians brave enough to have a field day. By brave enough I mean staking your career by targeting something other than monetary gain. There is definitely a slope in the direction of the inane.

I suppose it is no surprise, but an eye opener for me since I spend so much time now looking around at what is available. I hardly ever come across other new work that I consider worthy of respect in the artistic politcal sense. Everyone is either too busy creating nonsense targeting viral social media content or catering to their bankster clientele. 

Seriously, I have all kinds of art related twitter feeds etc that I monitor.

So while it is easy to imagine all artists are political. It is really not the case at all.

If I ever get the chance to speak at some art school, I will call them all out on this.

Let me digress a bit further. I look at other work all the time. If I had a fraction of the squandered technical skill that I see  floating around out there, I would be a total animal. There are many things that I could imagine doing but do not have the time invested in developing the requisite technique. But there are many things that can be done beyond depicting a new way of seeing clouds and flowers. Forcing people to see the ugly things that their mind tricks them into ignoring or accepting.

When I went to that Basel Show in HK last year it was an embarassment to see so many fine artists engaged in the trivial at a time when the world is desperate for visionary thinking and communication.

Finally, I will mention that the other disease that has afflicted the art community is the political correctness cabal. I don't think I have to elaborate on why this is a bad thing. If you expect to subsist on public grants and entitlements, you are permanently muzzled.

I will probably have to write some sort of tract on this subject.

[janus]

WildBill,

i up-arrowed this post of yours before i finished the first paragraph.

actually, i think Tyler should install an "amen" button for those posts that deserve a punctuated approval.

everything you've said is so true...

dealing with these fucking agents and publishers and wanna-bes...there is an expectation; no, it's far more than that -- there is a tacit requirement for those endeavoring to contribute something meaningful, something other than imbecilic doggerel, blathering/formulaic tripe or bloviating political screeds...you cannot, for example, be an artist and love guns; you must abhor market/initiative-based economic policies; you can be a person of faith, so long as it's nothing to do with Christ; you must ridicule 'fly-over-country' as provincial half-wits,  slack-jawed rubes, intolerant dolts, militantly bigoted, antique buffons and clownishly contemptible relics of an embarrassing chapter in the american experiment; you must not only tolerate homosexuality, you must enthusiastically promote it as the more expedient and sensible way of life-partnering in the new age; you must accept the state as intrinsically benevolent, and the only acceptable criticism thereof being coy remonstrations of our failure to 'change' (always cloying and vague when using the word 'change' as a substitute for providing any definition for what 'change' is needed); if you happen to be from the south AND white, you must at all times demonstrate your shame for the same; you can be apolitical, but only if you're a disillusioned bolshevik; masculinity, except for women, is perfectly unacceptable...funniest thing is, i really had myself believing that all of what i just said were the wildly distorted gripes and exaggerated complaints of 'conservatives' and that they were being repeated to straw-man these 'east-coast-elites' as mindless zealots serving an invented cause.  turns out they were right; and they weren't in the least exaggerating.

but, as much as it bugs me, i try and not let it get me down...the simple truth of the matter is that i'm one of the most gifted around (and i'm sincerely not trying to boast, it's just the way it is)...and i must confess that i find their consternation and frustrations with the unfairness of janus being janus to be delicious in extremus.  

i know they're all just heartbroken that my gift didn't fall to some high-Ashkenazim of ancient hungarian extraction -- who grew street-wise and art-savy by age seven developing into full-blown and chronic cynicism by age nine (having matriculated around the mean streets of the east village), or a black militant chick raised in a crack house in yazoo city, mississippi with a chip on her shoulder the size of a sequoia, or maybe a latina heroically grappling with some deformity or hanidcap or something acceptably tragic, someone to properly represent the 'new america' and refashion the vanguard about these stale and played-out ideas that 'progressives' decree as doctrine...they demand brooding, introverted, aching and injured for the sins of an opressive and insensitive world, homosexual, tortured, scornful, contemptuous, hostile to all that is holy. 

look, guys, i didn't want this gift, either; it's too much at times...i would much prefer to be a rock star, that or possibly a military strategist; but we all just have to accept the fact that it's mine -- for better or worse. 

all the same, i suppose this is the way it has to be.  when a new movement arises, it doesn't change or graft-in the old...it subsumes it, destroys it, ridicules it, strips its aged and withered acolytes, ambassadors and toadies for public display and hilarious scorn. 

it's so funny to watch it happen before my eyes...i see the young and gifted respond with awe and wows, and the establishment-types urging that i sterilize my style and 'tone' to make it more 'common' and 'marketable' and palatable.  look, if these people knew shit about the market, publishing wouldn't be in the shape it is today.  it's not that people don't read...the same proportion of people who've been reading since the advent of TV has remained fairly steady (it's actually increased of late, if you count online reading)...it's only that, when it comes to fiction, they're reading stuff that was written in times past -- there is almost nothing new that is both literary & original and at the same time compelling and spirited.

i've really shot myself in the foot several times already with these people; and yet i retain this certainty that everything is going to go gangbusters...it's like this odd and irrational yet absolute and abiding sense of destiny. besides, when it comes to the work, i cannot relent to change if it's for reasons that do not make artistic sense; i must remain uncompromising...it's so very visceral when you sin against and whore-out your gift...you can quite literally feel it evaporate and depart.  it's as if it feeds on this raw and fearless integrity/honesty.  it's like a living thing, in a way; you feel it's presence, and you know when you've disturbed or peeved it.  hell, the only reason i'm not a total reprobate is because i feel obliged to behave as a responsible steward to this gift...i take it very seriously.  okay, well, i suppose having three of the most honorable, handsome, intelligent, well-mannered, athletic, personable and all-around-wonderful sons in the world does go a long way in keeping me from total depravity. 

well, i guess i'll leave off rambling on about my frustrations with this industry...i should probably delete all that shit...but i think i'm just going to post it, without editing it, and maybe someday read it once i've made it...and then have a good laugh at ole janus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4sltp1uO5A

cathartically,

janus

[Stud Duck]

Damn, William, just logged on hit this one, and read this very profound statement of yours..  I a a little drunk, went by rhe bar after deliverying all the grandsons to the kids!

While t the bar, hit on a art prof, about your work, did  postit to her with a " he is a newAndy Whahol that will be discussed in Universit art classes" .

Your work as been a obsession since I discovered it,I am so proud to e oneof the first o recognize its singificance!

Keep pouring it to 'em!

[williambanzai7]

I don't think I can ever recall someone using me as a pickup line ;-)

[Stud Duck]

Woooooooooo, what a headache this morning! Woke the laptop up while downing some IB profrin, then saw what I wrote last night!

She is a hottie, but not a chance of making it to first base with her, I believe she is more inclined to the same sex thing.  She also is one of those "aloof" types from the Clestine Prophosies classification.

Still stand by those drunken words about you work being discussed in University art classes 20 years from now!

[weburke]

Imagine the science guys....they have to teach science that they know is not true. For decades. At what point will we be free of the most massive lies ?  What possible explanation will they offer as to why they did it? I guess they will wait till they can say, "no one alive had anything to do with it."  

[Scarlett]

<3

[logicalman]

I do a lot of typographical design and 3D modelling (Blender).

Here's my 2013 Christmas card and a design I used to make T-shirts for an anti - GMO protest.

http://s25.postimg.org/54yg9xh3j/Christmas2013.jpg

http://s25.postimg.org/rpkopaqq7/Monsatan.jpg

[williambanzai7]

Nice

[layman_please]

wb7, i can't agree more. i'm somewhat familiar with the art world and academy as my calling is architecture. also this field is, and has always been, under the establishment thumb. it is also the cause for my recent struggles to find my way. i'm yearning for an approach to convey at least a minuscule amount of meaning or resistance but the discipline leaves little or no room for it. well, i guess it's not supposed to be easy.

don't get me started on artists. they are one of the worst examples of indoctrination coming from academies. i can only compare them to journalists, both supposedly the critical thinkers and watchdogs of the society. what a joke.

and fuck technical skills, that's the reason many succumb into superficiality. you have a distinct style, don't lose it to perfection.

[williambanzai7]

I have always found it curious tha the "art world" of all places,  is so hung up on degrees and credentials. It is almost as if you can't be considered creative unless you have the proper training.

And I have been told point blank that there is definite friction caused by this for people perceived as jumping the system. The same holds true for any pyramid shaped social structures. 

[logicalman]

A certain level of technical ability is required, I think.

If you draw like a 3 year old you may have trouble using imagery to make a point.

Art is basically selfish for most artists. They do what they do because they love doing it. Some step outside a little and try to convey a message.

Just because someone claims to be an artist doesn't mean they are one.

[williambanzai7]

I understand that. But I am puzzled that there is such a vacuum compared to other periods of political disenchantment and economic strife. I always thought the jaws of totalitarianism served as an invitation for creative rebellion. The interwar period is the best example.

At a certain point rebellious expression is tricky because it has to hide behind many layers of artistic abstraction. But I don't see any of that either.

There are of course certain topics that are considered "politically correct" like sexual oppression, environmentalism, racial discrimination.

But in that Art Basel I did not see anythng going remotely near the question of economic oppression and corporatism or skewering the Obozo show.

Most of it was wall covering for billionaires and/or aesthetic escapism.

There are of course people engaged in the activity of generating various forms of visual propaganda. Most of them are ideologues rather than artistes. What they generate is predictable.

I am fortunate to have a basic familiarity with with this genre in the US, Europe and Asia, simply because I spent a significant amount of time in all three places.

[williambanzai7]

Yes, age is mind over matter: if you don't mind it don't matter...

[OldPhart]

Tried that line on my spouse (learned from Marine DI) "It's mind over matter.  I don't mind, and you don't matter."

I should be out of the hospital in 2016.

[williambanzai7]

[ShakaZulu]

I did send off for his X-Ray NSA glasses.  Worked about as good as anything else he's tried.

[williambanzai7]

[williambanzai7]

[StychoKiller]

Unka Joe, where's yer thumb??

[Tsukato]

Beautiful! Looks like he's about to rape little Angie. Regarding barrosso: is there a soul alive that doesn't see him as 100% little cunt? Every time I see his face, I inexplicably feel like smashing it with an iron pan.

[williambanzai7]

Full of sizzling oil...

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In your free time take a look and of course turn on subtitles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defilada

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267419/reviews?ref_=tt_ov_rt

Defilada (The Parade)

http://youtu.be/8cptMShGbqQ

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