Nov 102013
 
2013-22-10  "On Solitude"  By  Ruel F. Pepa

RECOMMEND:  Go to the original.  Click on the URL. NEWS JUNKIE POST http://newsjunkiepost.com/2013/11/10/on-solitude/#sthash.dZqAKqWf.dpuf (OPENING EXCERPT – – I have not copied the full text.  Just enough to capture attention!) A communion with oneself…. A state of being alone within the confines of one´s self-consciousness….  A singular moment of intimate encounter with one´s soul….  A spontaneous […]

Nov 092013
 

. . .  treat(ies) that would let rapacious companies subvert our laws, rights and national sovereignty (de-confuse CETA, TTIP and TTP, just 3 of the trade deals): CETA,  the trade deal between Canada & Europe, the  Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement  See   http://www.canadians.org/search/node/CETA TTIP:  The equivalent deal, but between the US & Europe is the […]

Nov 092013
 
2013-11-04  (Canadians: we will be paying Eli Lilly $500M.  Wake up & rise up!) "This transatlantic trade deal is a full-frontal assault on democracy", The Guardian, George Monbiot.

. . .  a treaty that would let rapacious companies subvert our laws, rights and national sovereignty CETA:  The trade deal between Canada & Europe is the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (Ref  http://www.canadians.org/search/node/CETA)   TTIP:  The equivalent deal, but between US & Europe is the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership   (Wish I had time […]

Nov 072013
 

Hi Everyone, We can lend a hand here: Pandora’s Promise is a slick piece of propaganda for the nuclear industry, airing on CNN. The Atomic States of America (bless good people) tells a different story.  I watched it – it’s well done, worth your time, and free on-line for the next 2 days. Please pass […]

Nov 052013
 

I joined numerous peace groups on-line.  Skimming the comments, there is a common thread of people’s optimism.  Maria from Italy: ” a new awarenes among common people that is encouraging and make us hope that together we really can”.  Nima from Libya makes a valiant effort to communicate in English.  Run down her postings in hieroglyphics […]

Nov 012013
 

http://www.nationofchange.org/nsa-spying-really-about-blackmail-1383294652   I POSTED A RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE ARTICLE:  (changed from the original)   RE: the spying .. to target up-and-coming potential leaders of so-called “friendly states.” AND your suggestion that the NSA might represent “the heads of key corporate interests“.   I am a citizen of a “friendly state” (Canada).  There is an overlooked point […]

Nov 012013
 
2013-11-01 Rising Resistance to Obama’s Drone Wars, Amy Goodman

http://www.nationofchange.org/rising-resistance-obama-s-drone-wars-1383294498 “I wasn’t scared of drones before, but now when they fly overhead I wonder, ‘Will I be next?’” That is the question asked by 9-year-old Nabila Rehman, from northwest Pakistan. She was injured in a drone attack a year ago, in her small village of Ghundi Kala. She saw her grandmother, Mamana Bibi, blown […]

Oct 312013
 

ILLUSION IS THE FIRST OF ALL PLEASURES (VOLTAIRE). THE WORLD WANTS TO BE DECEIVED (HITLER)    I wish to make one point:  Historically, people deny that the invader is coming.  They are caught off-guard.   Two examples Ardennes woods in World War Two and more recently, the experience of Sarajevo.   Please!  I do not want Canada […]

Oct 302013
 

With most people, unbelief in one thing is founded on blind belief in another. –Lichtenberg Unbelief in Islam,  Blind belief in ourselves. A police state WILL come to be, as it did in Nazi Germany, if we are unable to deal with the complexity of putting our collective ego aside. If we are blinded by […]