Month: February 2013
This garden universe vibrates complete. Some we get a sound so sweet. Vibrations reach on up to become light, and then thru gamma, out of sight. Between the eyes and ears there lay, the sounds of color and the light of a sigh. – Moody Blues
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James Fowler, a professor of psychology at UCSD, found that messages from our peers are more likely to initiate action than messages delivered by a political committee [ link ]. Last year, Obamaâs reelection committee learned the same thing. They developed a system that leverages database technology and social-media to deliver their messages. In an instant, this system allows them to:
- mobilize grassroots support for White House concerns
- provide White House support for local concerns
Apparently they took an extra step, conducted surveys ..and learned that nothing energizes participation better than âreciprocityâ. Brilliant use of technology combined with Obamaâs experience as a community organizer. Politically Iâm independent and pretty damn naïve ..but I can see why this might give Republicans cause for alarm.
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Pandoraâs Promise is a new documentary by Robert Stone whose website, Robert Stone Productions, proclaims: âThe film is anchored around the personal narratives of a growing number of leading former anti-nuclear activists and pioneering scientists.â The filmâs website also asserts that nuclear power is ânow passionately embraced by many of those who once led the charge against it.â
Our research found that there is no evidence that any member of the âcastâ of Pandoraâs Promise ever led the anti-nuclear movement. READ OUR FACT SHEET.
The filmâs participants advocate for the deployment of the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) as the best pathway to addressing climate change, a canceled breeder reactor design whose so-called âGeneration IVâ iteration, re-considered by the George W. Bush administration, does not exist anywhere in the world.
If Stone had interviewed those with the authority and credentials in the areas he covers â even without featuring them in his film â and then still come to the conclusions he has today reached, his credibility might be intact. But Stone apparently chose not to talk to those with genuine research credentials and depth of knowledge on the issue and whose evidence would have contradicted his filmâs protagonists. Therefore, we must reluctantly conclude that Stoneâs agenda was to produce a propaganda piece.
Here we fact check the credentials of those members of the Pandoraâs Promise âcastâ who allegedly fit the profile of âleading former anti-nuclear activists.â (The film also includes two scientists who worked on the original IFR program at the Argonne National Laboratory, Len Koch and Charles Till, not profiled here, whose vested interest in the technology is self-evident).
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The current distribution of wealth in the United States is
extremely skewed towards the wealthy â more so than in any other developed
country. This inequality results in the
unavoidable reality that there are insufficient economic resources available
for the majority of the nationâs citizens.
extremely skewed towards the wealthy â more so than in any other developed
country. This inequality results in the
unavoidable reality that there are insufficient economic resources available
for the majority of the nationâs citizens.
This situation has been severely exacerbated by the economic
downturn precipitated by the Great Recession that began in 2008. This economic reversal was caused, for the
most part, by the unwise, cavalier and often extra-legal activities of the
major financial institutions that led to widespread unemployment and a rash of
home mortgage foreclosures. The
consequences of this monumental economic catastrophe were so severe that a
bailout involving vast sums of public money was required.
downturn precipitated by the Great Recession that began in 2008. This economic reversal was caused, for the
most part, by the unwise, cavalier and often extra-legal activities of the
major financial institutions that led to widespread unemployment and a rash of
home mortgage foreclosures. The
consequences of this monumental economic catastrophe were so severe that a
bailout involving vast sums of public money was required.
Notwithstanding this most recent event, the core issues
gravitate around fundamental problems that have been in evidence for many
years. These include:
gravitate around fundamental problems that have been in evidence for many
years. These include:
– – Large numbers of low wage and minimum wage jobs
that are inadequate for survival within the modern economy
that are inadequate for survival within the modern economy
– –A national health care system that fails to
effectively serve tens of millions of vulnerable and at-risk men, women,
children and the elderly
effectively serve tens of millions of vulnerable and at-risk men, women,
children and the elderly
– – A housing market that is geared towards maximizing
profit and, therefore, fails to build low-cost housing in sufficient number to
serve those in need of affordable shelter
profit and, therefore, fails to build low-cost housing in sufficient number to
serve those in need of affordable shelter
– –Public policy at the local, state and federal
level that invariably caters to the needs of the affluent and corporate classes
to the exclusion of those with the most need.
These policy choices are dictated by the intimate relationship that
exists between politics and money. The
net impact of this collaboration is the paradoxical dismantling of the
Commons. This is, in effect, a form of
reverse socialism where resources flow from the many in need to the few who
have an abundance of wealth to begin with
level that invariably caters to the needs of the affluent and corporate classes
to the exclusion of those with the most need.
These policy choices are dictated by the intimate relationship that
exists between politics and money. The
net impact of this collaboration is the paradoxical dismantling of the
Commons. This is, in effect, a form of
reverse socialism where resources flow from the many in need to the few who
have an abundance of wealth to begin with
– – A lack of social resolve around the important
issue of gun control
issue of gun control
The net effect of these intrinsic factors is a dangerous increase
in poverty especially among the most vulnerable, personal bankruptcy that is often
triggered by a major health crisis, homelessness, infrastructure collapse, the
rise of a thriving black market and the indiscriminate use of deadly firearms
against innocent people.
in poverty especially among the most vulnerable, personal bankruptcy that is often
triggered by a major health crisis, homelessness, infrastructure collapse, the
rise of a thriving black market and the indiscriminate use of deadly firearms
against innocent people.
It is, therefore, not surprising that this array of economic
conditions and their natural consequences promotes social instability. The fact the wealthiest nation in the world
can tolerate this severe disparity between the living conditions, well-being
and longevity of its citizens based on economic status is suggestive of a
deep-seated malaise that undermines the real prospects for peace.
conditions and their natural consequences promotes social instability. The fact the wealthiest nation in the world
can tolerate this severe disparity between the living conditions, well-being
and longevity of its citizens based on economic status is suggestive of a
deep-seated malaise that undermines the real prospects for peace.
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#IDLENOMORE J-11 2013 EARTH REVOLUTION by TA’KAIYA BLANEY – YouTube
January 11th at City Hall, Coast Salish territory (Vancouver, B.C) 🙂
Video by: Damien Bouchard
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in·ter·mez·zo/ [in-ter-met-soh, -med-zoh]
noun,
2. a short musical composition between main divisions of an extended musical work.
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It is perhaps incumbent upon tHE mAN to make addicts of us all, and at this hE is deft and insidious.*
Recently, during the restless interim between two periods of – what I’ve been falsly led to believe all my life was – “fitful” or, “broken” sleep, I did a little online digging into the subject.
Turns out, the only thing “broken” was my idea(MY IDEA? All I could think of was, “What do the experts say?”) of what constitutes normal sleep.
For centuries of human history, waking up in the middle of the night was acknowledged as the norm.
Taking a pill to eradicate that is just the latest attempt to implement tHE mAN’s reach into and control of our personal lives.*
Here are just a few of the articles, and if you want to persue the research that brought all this to light, just do a search on Roger Ekirch.
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmented_sleep
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16964783
Ekirch got us all stirred up; there are many more, plenty to do during a sleep break. I’ve had the pill they’re pushing these days and my opinion is, a little reading is better for you.
*Also my opinion.
Art: The Nightmare by John Henry Fuseli
