November 2009
68 posts
The 2012 Manifesto →
via ianstgermain
The crisis we are now experiencing is just a prelude to the major Transition in global consciousness that will occur during the 2012 period. In order to make the shift, the corrupt, hierarchical systems which do not serve the needs of Humanity must collapse. This will create fear and hardship for many, but for those who prepare for the paradigm shift to a new matrix of...
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Lobbyists pushed off advisory panels →
via squashed: Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed initiative by the Obama administration to curb K Street’s influence in Washington, according to White House officials and lobbying experts.
The new policy — issued with little fanfare this fall by the White House ethics counsel — may turn out to be the most...
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Grim reaper's role in climate change denial →
via azspot In 1973 the cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker proposed that the fear of death drives us to protect ourselves with ”vital lies” or ”the armour of character”. We defend ourselves from the ultimate terror by engaging in immortality projects, which boost our self-esteem and grant us meaning that extends beyond death.
More than 300 studies conducted in 15 countries appear to confirm...
“A computer crash at the London Stock Exchange, which by coincidence is 21 per...”
– Dubai in deep water as ripples from debt crisis spread (via ledgergermane)
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“I never stopped to think of it before, but you know — a policeman will...”
– Woody Guthrie
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The bankruptcy of Dubai - in every sense →
azspot: Dubai is finally financially bankrupt – but it has been morally bankrupt all along. The idea that Dubai is an oasis of freedom on the Arabian peninsular is one of the great lies of our time. Yes, it has Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts and the Gucci styles, but beneath these accoutrements, there is a dictatorship built by slaves.
If you go there with your eyes open – as I did earlier this...
Prospective client: $400 for a logo?! Why are you so expensive? My nephew has Photoshop—I can just get him to do it.
Designer: Does your nephew have Microsoft Word?
Prospective client: Yes.
Designer: Then have him write you a novel while he’s at it.
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Test Your Global IQ →
Six out of twelve, thanks to NPR, Al Jazeera, and Das Erse.
azspot: azplace:How much do you know about the opinions of people around the world? I only tallied 5 correct answers (out of 12 total)…
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Vegetarianism is a major step for environmental... →
*Excluding wild hunted meat
Here in Alabama we have a massive deer population — and unlike feedlot cattle and factory poultry, hunting and eating deer is beneficial and not detrimental to the environment.
Unless I’m at a potluck or at home with the family I only eat a vegetarian diet — but this winter I’d really like to go on a hunt rather than just eating what friends...
In House Record, Many Spoke With One Voice:... →
langer:
We’re so fucked:
WASHINGTON — In the official record of the historic House debate on overhauling health care, the speeches of many lawmakers echo with similarities. Often, that was no accident.
Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies.
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“I was born a human being in 1922 A.D. What does “A.D.” signify? That...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (via rlrr)
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“Far too much of the debate about sustainability still orbits around ideas of...”
– Alex Steffen (The Revolution Will Not Be Hand-Made: A Quick Sunday-Morning)
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