Author: Antarctica Journal
Quote – Necessary Evils
“It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.” Margaret Mead
Read moreSimone Weil Quote – Our Great Adversary
“Whether the mask is labeled Fascism, Democracy, or Dictatorship of the Proletariat, our great adversary remains the Apparatus — the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the one facing us across the frontier or the battle lines,… but the one that calls itself our protector and makes us its slaves. No matter what the circumstances, the worst betrayal will always […]
Read moreI.F. Stone quote – Somebody who believes as you do, wins
“The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you’re going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do, wins.” – I.F. Stone
Read moreSteven Wright Quote – Dry Ice
I thought if you melt dry ice, you could swim without getting wet. ~ Steven Wright
Read moreOutsmarting the NSA
Russia’s secret service ordered dozens of electric typewriters, saying that recent revelations about the U.S. National Security Agency’s online surveillance program made them distrust computer communications.
Read moreJames Baldwin Quote – A Man Is Not A Man
“A man is not a man until he’s able and willing to accept his own vision of the world, no matter how radically this vision departs from that of others.” – James Baldwin
Read moreGabriel García Márquez Quote – The Life Of A Person
“The life of a person is not what happened, but what he remembers and how he remembers it.” – Gabriel García Márquez
Read moreJUNO Spacecraft Reveals Mysteries of Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun, and it is pretty amazing. On average this planet takes about 11 years to make it around the sun once. The planet measures about 88,000 miles in diameter and is located about 450 million miles from earth. Jupiter has four major moons that are larger than earth and one of them is […]
Read moreJohn Ruskin Quote – The Only Thing Of Consequence
“What we think or what we know or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do.” – John Ruskin
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