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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This is quite a woman!! & this is quite an essay…… *********************************** Wake Up! Our World Is Dying and We’re All in Denial “George Orwell argued that pessimism is reactionary because it makes the very idea of improving the world impossible. I found that whether or not we believe we can change the world, even […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]