An amalgam of the three most famous winter holidays, first used in Virgin Mobile commercials during the 2004 holiday season. Used to express the coming together of people of all different religious beliefs, and in phrases as a modern but still PC alternative to the classic "Happy Holidays."
by Andy February 01, 2005
Leading anarchist theorist of the nineteenth century. Author of "Statism and Anarchy", "God and the State" and a number of critical essays on Marxism.
Best-known for the slogan, "the urge to destroy is a creative urge" (as in, "I want to create some smashed glass from that McDonald's window over there") - very much a spiky. The basic idea here is that clearing space occupied by existing (violent) relations is necessary to create the possibility of a new, liberated world.
God and the State is a strongly-worded attack on Christianity for enshrining the idea of unequal power in metaphysical absolutism. "If God existed we would have to overthrow Him". "A boss on heaven is a good excuse for a boss on earth". Bakunin is a strong materialist, one of a number of similarities with Marx.
In Statism and Anarchy, he analyses international relations from a perspective which, in common with conventional IR Realism, maintains that states are inherently violent and try to take over as much territory as possible, but which, unlike IR Realism, uses this as a basis to condemn the state.
His critique of Marxism is based on its alleged authoritarianism, especially in terms of the idea of dictatorship of the proletariat. He claims that Marxian socialism would inevitably degenerate into a dictatorship by a small stratum of intellectuals and bureaucrats because of its centralism and its lack of support for grassroots activity; also that the better-off workers would rule at the expense of the "lumpen-proletarian" (socially excluded) poor and the peasants. Marx and Engels try to rebut these claims in various essays, accusing the Bakuninists of taking a dogmatic approach to political action and of succumbing to bourgeois nationalism.
Today, his work is popular with both anarcho-communists and green anarchists, although they do not usually adopt his peculiar ideas on organisation (emphasising small numbers of professional revolutionaries as a catalyst for a movement which was nevertheless to be popular and mass-based) or his personal prejudices.
Down-sides to Bakunin's work include his nationalistic chauvinism and anti-Semitism. Also, he didn't clarify his own theoretical ideas; most of what he wrote is either short pamphlets or is incomplete.
Best-known for the slogan, "the urge to destroy is a creative urge" (as in, "I want to create some smashed glass from that McDonald's window over there") - very much a spiky. The basic idea here is that clearing space occupied by existing (violent) relations is necessary to create the possibility of a new, liberated world.
God and the State is a strongly-worded attack on Christianity for enshrining the idea of unequal power in metaphysical absolutism. "If God existed we would have to overthrow Him". "A boss on heaven is a good excuse for a boss on earth". Bakunin is a strong materialist, one of a number of similarities with Marx.
In Statism and Anarchy, he analyses international relations from a perspective which, in common with conventional IR Realism, maintains that states are inherently violent and try to take over as much territory as possible, but which, unlike IR Realism, uses this as a basis to condemn the state.
His critique of Marxism is based on its alleged authoritarianism, especially in terms of the idea of dictatorship of the proletariat. He claims that Marxian socialism would inevitably degenerate into a dictatorship by a small stratum of intellectuals and bureaucrats because of its centralism and its lack of support for grassroots activity; also that the better-off workers would rule at the expense of the "lumpen-proletarian" (socially excluded) poor and the peasants. Marx and Engels try to rebut these claims in various essays, accusing the Bakuninists of taking a dogmatic approach to political action and of succumbing to bourgeois nationalism.
Today, his work is popular with both anarcho-communists and green anarchists, although they do not usually adopt his peculiar ideas on organisation (emphasising small numbers of professional revolutionaries as a catalyst for a movement which was nevertheless to be popular and mass-based) or his personal prejudices.
Down-sides to Bakunin's work include his nationalistic chauvinism and anti-Semitism. Also, he didn't clarify his own theoretical ideas; most of what he wrote is either short pamphlets or is incomplete.
When Bakunin's train broke down, he saw a crowd of peasants outside a castle. By the time he got back on, the castle was on fire.
Stop spouting all that right-wing shit, or I'll do a Bakunin on your ass.
Stop spouting all that right-wing shit, or I'll do a Bakunin on your ass.
by Andy April 19, 2004
When people are smoking pot in a circle, one could play the game baseball (also known as suicide). Its when the person holds in their smoke after each hit until the hit comes back to them.
its hard.
its hard.
by andy June 08, 2006
by Andy December 22, 2004
Term used to describe a mode of attack favoured by Indian cops when attacking protesters. Basically the same as a baton-charge, but using long sticks known as lathis. In a lathi-charge, pigs run at a crowd and start randomly beating the nearest people with five-foot-long bamboo rods.
The roadblock lasted for three hours before police used tear gas and lathi-charge to break it up. Protesters later regrouped outside the police headquarters to continue their agitation.
by Andy February 07, 2005
Dubbed the Wytch-King, Shasarak is an evil former Shianti who has become ruler of much of southern Magnamund at the time of the World of Lone Wolf gamebook series. This area, known as the Shadakine Empire, was ruled through his ferocious troops, the Shadakine, and the evil Shadakine Wytches. Shasarak himself was almost destroyed in a fire which occurred in the once-great empire of Taklakot. Defying the oaths of the Shianti, Shasarak had become ruler of Taklakot and under his rule it had become great, but the people started using dangerous magics which led to their destruction in a conflagration. Shasarak survived, but at the cost of severe burning; now half his face is permanently covered by an iron mask.
He is a powerful wizard, always wearing a long black robe and carrying a wizard's staff. He commands evil creatures such as the Kleasa and has even entered into a pact with Agarash the Damned. Now based in a tightly guarded fortress in the city of Shadaki, he makes his presence known through mental projections, nightmares and his control over his fearsome minions.
Grey Star fights Shasarak at the end of the fourth and final World of Lone Wolf gamebook. In fact, he is the only real "boss monster" of the entire series. Having said this, he is not an especially powerful opponent given the extraordinary skills Grey Star has in this fourth book. When he's defeated by Grey Star, he crawls through the demon gate and joins Agarash in his hell.
He is a powerful wizard, always wearing a long black robe and carrying a wizard's staff. He commands evil creatures such as the Kleasa and has even entered into a pact with Agarash the Damned. Now based in a tightly guarded fortress in the city of Shadaki, he makes his presence known through mental projections, nightmares and his control over his fearsome minions.
Grey Star fights Shasarak at the end of the fourth and final World of Lone Wolf gamebook. In fact, he is the only real "boss monster" of the entire series. Having said this, he is not an especially powerful opponent given the extraordinary skills Grey Star has in this fourth book. When he's defeated by Grey Star, he crawls through the demon gate and joins Agarash in his hell.
Shasarak's minions control all the eastern coastal regions and have subdued the free cities such as Karnali, Forlu and Andui.
It is discovered that Shasarak is a former Shianti towards the end of the second gamebook, when Grey Star uncovers a book bearing a Shianti rune in Gyanima, the last remnant of Taklakot.
It is discovered that Shasarak is a former Shianti towards the end of the second gamebook, when Grey Star uncovers a book bearing a Shianti rune in Gyanima, the last remnant of Taklakot.
by Andy April 25, 2004
to swear under the mando blood within your veins. If used inapropriately, it means as much as a non-scout saying "scouts honor"
"I swear i didn't steal your beautiful g unit sneakers!!Under my mando oath!"
Daniel Chiu(bc he only has dirty canto blood, this oath means nothing)
Daniel Chiu(bc he only has dirty canto blood, this oath means nothing)
by andy June 14, 2004