Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Fight crisis with crisis

Some help on a recent post from Walter Benjamin:

"The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the 'state of emergency' in which we live is not the exception but the rule.  We must attain to a conception of history that is in keeping with this insight.  Then we shall clearly recognize that it is our task to bring about a real state of emergency, and this will improve our position in the struggle against Fascism.  One reason why Fascism has a chance is that in the name of progress its opponents treat it as a historical norm." ~quoted in Taussig, "Terror as usual" (1989)

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Horse Ivermectin

"If you don't speak the language, you're just practicing veterinary medicine."  ~ Arthur Kleinman

What if you speak the language while calculating the appropriate does of equine-strength Ivermectin for all the members of the family?