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"I am the world crier, & this is my dangerous career... I am the one to call your bluff, & this is my climate."

—Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972)

Thursday, July 10

This persecution of Gypsies is now the shame of Europe 

Seumas Milne: "Italy's campaign against the Roma has ominous echoes of its fascist past, and the silence of our leaders is deafening." (Guardian.UK)

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Wednesday, July 9

Schadenfreude Dept. 

Some coffee fans get grim delight in Starbucks woes: "Financial woes at Starbucks Corp., which is planning to close 600 underperforming U.S. stores, is evoking glee and little sympathy from aficionados who say they resent the coffee shop giant and favor small independent cafes." (Yahoo! News)

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Monday, July 7

Spiritual effects of hallucinogens persist, researchers report 

"In a follow-up to research showing that psilocybin, a substance contained in 'sacred mushrooms,' produces substantial spiritual effects, a Johns Hopkins team reports that those beneficial effects appear to last more than a year.

Writing in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, the Johns Hopkins researchers note that most of the 36 volunteer subjects given psilocybin, under controlled conditions in a Hopkins study published in 2006, continued to say 14 months later that the experience increased their sense of well-being or life satisfaction." (PhysOrg)

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