Mar 162013
 

Look at this!  Europe in revolt.  Changes in legislation mean: “  . . .  EU bankers cannot get bonuses bigger than their salaries… This applies wherever EU bankers work, and to any overseas banker working in the EU.  Meanwhile, a Swiss referendum now requires top executives to seek explicit shareholder approval for their pay, with a […]

Mar 062013
 

Don’t miss appended quotes from Audre Lord. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = RE SALLY ARMSTRONG I highly recommend click & listen:   http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/ID/2340427936/ Thanks to Janet for sending the link;  she writes: Holy shit!   (if I may be so bold) I have written & just […]

Dec 182012
 

2007:    Shell Oil’s plan to destroy the shared headwaters of BC’s Skeena, Nass and Stikine rivers – known as the Sacred Headwaters – by drilling for coal bed methane gas  (involves fracking) . . . . .   Wow! And congratulations to the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition. After a years-long battle, Shell Oil is withdrawing […]

Sep 272012
 

I replied to a friend: From my perspective, human brains are wired to find patterns.  We need to be able to do that, in order to make sense of the world and our lives.  And, in order to survive – – recognize the patterns that lead to harm. My brain seems to be good at […]

Jun 282012
 

Watch the video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQmdoK_ZfY OR, same thing, but on Dan Simons’ blog: http://www.dansimons.com/videos.html    the top video. OR:  To the right see the menu of 8 videos.  The top right-hand one should be 19.16 minutes, of Dan’s TED Talk, demonstrating students passing basketballs.  Try that one. The work of Dan Simons is valuable.      

Jun 102012
 

I offer PROBLEM and REMEDY in this posting. When NATO does this in Tampa  /  WE do this in our community. I am sorry you may find it lengthy.   I feel I have to make a water-tight case. ON “THE REMEDY” SIDE: Do not fall for the propaganda that what is happening in Quebec is […]

May 022012
 

From: Joseph Bourgault Sent: April-17-12 11:55 AM Subject: RE:  Mercury Fillings  re Obstacles to getting the use stopped Hi Sandra, Regarding the Issue of convincing our so called “Health Authorities”, i.e. Health Canada, from Banning Mercury Amalgam Dental Fillings few people have put more thought and more energy into understanding this Highly Harmful Situation than […]

Apr 242012
 
Why smart people defend bad ideas, by Scott Berkun

http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/40-why-smart-people-defend-bad-ideas/ By  Scott Berkun, April, 2005 We all know someone who’s intelligent, but who occasionally defends obviously bad ideas.  Why does this happen? How can smart people take up positions that defy any reasonable logic? Having spent many years working with smart people I’ve cataloged many of the ways this happens, and I have advice […]

Mar 252012
 

Note:  Later I will post the creative and wonderful story in 2012, of how Israelis and Iranians are using some same ideas as below.  People come to same conclusions. Below is    (1 of 3)  Find Alternatives to the Killing Ways (2 of 3)  Non-violent resistance versus killing war  – Checkpoint Charlie – Compliance (3rd of 3)   […]