Darryl Hannah, getting arrested at a Keystone pipeline protest. (Creative Commons photo, source).
"I have never used cocaine in my life or hosted cocaine-fueled parties. I have never pressured anyone into marriage. I have never desecrated any family heirloom or intruded upon anyone’s private memorial. I have never planted any story in the press. I never compared Jacqueline Onassis’ death to a dog’s." Darryl Hannah. Has Hollywood gone too far with "based on a real story" lies? Is Robert Anton Wilson lucky he never became truly famous? I enjoyed Darryl Hannah's home movies of her husband, Neil Young, during the lockdown.
A New York Times reporter tries ibogaine. Compare with the recent Mike Gathers Hilaritas podcast.
Can psychedelics fix cluster headaches, "probably the most painful medical condition known to science"?
Hey, audiophile, is that an expensive cable or a banana?
"America has become a bit like a banana republic, where the government is now so overbearing that everything becomes seen as a political issue. Indeed, President Trump often goes out of his way to make everything seem to be about politics. I used to think of this as something that happened elsewhere, say in Peron-era Argentina. It’s a sad way to go through life." Scott Sumner, maybe my favorite blogger right now.
"Still, the point of the tale of the Boy Who Cried Wolf is not that wolves don’t exist, or that wolves are always easy to spot. Though I’m painfully aware of the ubiquity of false accusations of fascism, one glaring expression of fascism hides in plain sight all over the world: anti-immigration policies." Bryan Caplan, the piece cites Alan Moore.
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