1865-1957

A genius with feelings. Sibelius.

Russ Feingold

In my opinion, the best senator in the US senate is Russ Feingold. He and Bernie Sanders represent the independent-minded left in the senate. It is really scary that a far-right, tea party-like candidate is leading in the polls Russ Feingold who was first elected in the US senate in 1993. Although I dont live in Wisconsin, I gave money to his campaign. It would be pathetic if Russ Feingold loses to a teabagger, semi-illiterate republican candidate. It would be also a reflection of the total political illiteracy and ignorance of a large percentage of voters here (lets not forget that Bush was elected twice). Lets hope this will not happen and Russ will be re-elected.

Sofia Gubaidulina

In classical music, there are some recognized geniuses and some yet to be recognized. She is probably the best contemporary composer. Her music is defining and unstoppable.

She has decided to design the borders of time and space and she did it. Her music is a re-definition of the past and the future. A crisp view of the image of existence. Simply remarkable

Stress

Non-productive stress

And here is another angle

The most famous Chicagoan of all times

Old Spirit

Racism and the Tea party movement

I think it has now become crystal clear what the tea-party movement represents. It represents pure racism and neo-fascist ideas, hidden under the cover of "conservatism". What Rand Paul advocated was pure racism. Of course Rand Paul does not think himself as a racist, but that's not unique. No racist considers himself a racist. Sarah Palin and other similarly minded idiots who support the Tea-party movement are also racists.

I think the Rand Paul incident leads to few conclusions:

1. The tea-party movement is an openly racist movement with characteristics similar to neo-fascist movements in europe.

2. About 30-35% of the voters in this country are consciously or subconsciously racists. That is the approximate percentage of voters who support the teabaggers.

3. Libertarianism is a totally idiotic theory. From another planet.