October 2008
6 posts
“Elitism may be annoying, but the mob is dangerous.”
– In Defense of Elitism | Tucker Carlson | The Daily Beast | 28 October 2008
“The dollar is an occult, mystical unit based entirely on the belief that...”
– Victor Pelevin, The Sacred Book of the Werewolf, page 229
“Radical Islamist terrorism will never disappear because the West defeats it....”
– The Next Generation of Terror | Marc Sageman | Foreign Policy | 19 February 2008
“The elite here is divided into two branches, which are called ‘the...”
– Victor Pelevin, The Sacred Book of the Werewolf, page 85
Chuck Klosterman's 23 Questions
1. Q: Let us assume you met a rudimentary magician. Let us assume he can do five simple tricks — he can pull a rabbit out of his hat, he can make a coin disappear, he can turn the ace of spades into the Joker card, and two others in a similar vein. These are his only tricks and he can’t learn any more; he can only do these five. However, it turns out he’s doing these five tricks...
