Source – robertscribbler.wordpress.com – From about a thousand years ago through to the mid 19th Century, global sea levels remained remarkably stable. Together with overall global temperatures, sea surface heights stayed at about the same levels until the late 1800s. At that time, an initiation of large-scale burning of oil, gas and coal dumped heavy…
Source – /robertscribbler.wordpress.com – The entire premise of “solar radiation management” (SRM, a form of geoengineering) is to create artificial cloud cover by spraying reflective aerosols into the atmosphere. This tunnel-visioned “human inte…rvention” approach to cooling planet Earth is so packed with pitfalls that they are impossible to quantify. But what is the bottom line? Although…
Source – libertyblitzkrieg.com – I’m not one of those people who thinks robots taking over menial labor from human employees is a bad thing. On the contrary, I think such a displacement could ultimately prove very positive for the species. Nevertheless, the short-term pain and suffering that this could cause for displaced workers and their families…
Source – psychologytoday.com – In my last post I took a step that, I must admit, made me feel uncomfortable. I said, several times: “School is prison.” I felt uncomfortable saying that because school is so much a part of my life and the lives of almost everyone I know. I, like most people I…
Source – naturalnews.com – The only proof you need that many Californians are still living in a water fairy tale is the fact that California real estate prices haven’t yet collapsed. Even as the California Governor has declared a state of emergency — and emergency water rationing is under way — there are still people…
Source – .yesmagazine.org, By Jennifer Luxton and Araz Hachadourian – The #BaltimoreUprising isn’t just about one death. Years of systemic neglect have left people with shorter lives, poor educations, and few employment opportunities. On April 12, Baltimore police arrested Freddie Gray. His hands were cuffed, his legs were shackled, and he was placed into…
Source – zengardner.com – Waking up to the realities presented before us and even more importantly what they imply is a very profound and personal experience. Once we become aware we are living in a world that’s been deliberately fabricated in ways we never would have imagined and that even our own true nature is…
Source – robertfkennedyjr.com – Colorado is now claiming national leadership in American’s transition to a new energy economy. Gov. Bill Ritter has quietly built a strong coalition including Colorado’s largest utility, Xcel Energy, to support the proposed Colorado Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act. The proposal would require Colorado utilities to significantly reduce pollutants by retiring, retrofitting,…
Source – goldenageofgaia.com – I define a “sage” as someone who uses their awareness, which they find in stillness and contemplation, to subtly and quietly create positive change. The sage embodies material transcendence and expresses him or herself through love and peace, and everything flows to this quiet, still embodiment of divine perfection. The sage…
Source – truthdig.com – The almost daily murders of young black men and women by police in the United States—a crisis undiminished by the protests of groups such as Black Lives Matter and by the empty rhetoric of black political elites—have given birth to a new young black militant. This militant, rising off the bloody…
Source – bizlifes.net – A new island has appeared in the Pacific. A submarine eruption just off Nishino-Shima Island Japan has erupted for the first time in 40 years. The Japanese Navy noticed the explosions as boiling lava met sea water giving rise to plumes of steam and ash. Almost 7,000 miles away in Mexico,…
Source – charleshughsmith.blogspot.ca – All those angered by the mere question of the viability of this predatory pillaging in the name of capitalism are incapable of even admitting this cultural crisis exists. Somewhere along the line, we lost the ability to distinguish between earning a profit and maximizing private gain by any means, i.e. Infinite…
Source – thefreethoughtproject.com – Baltimore, MD — The Crips, Bloods, BGF and other major gangs reportedly called a truce during yesterday’s Freddie Gray protests in Baltimore. They did not make threats of violence, they were not indicated as participants in acts of violence or vandalism during the protests. However, their promise to no longer be…
Source – ewao.com -If there’s anything you read – or share – let this be it. The content of this article has potential to radically shift the world in a variety of positive ways. And as Monsanto would love for this article to not go viral, all we can ask is that you share, share,…
Source – wakingtimes.com – I am inspired by the very definition of self-reliance: to be reliant on one’s own capabilities, judgment, or resources. Ultimately, it is the epitome of independence and lays the groundwork of what we are all striving for – to live a life based on our personal principles and beliefs. It is a concept rooted in the…
Source – off-grid.net – In 1973, the American sociologist Daniel Bell, in his book, The Coming of the Post Industrial Society predicted that advanced societies would change from being based on manufacturing of goods to ones in which knowledge workers would occupy a central position. This did happen, but because of the meteoric rise…
Source – zerohedge.com – Over the past several months, as a result of their lockout from capital markets, Greek banks’ reliance on the ECB’s Emergency Liquidity Assistance has soared, and at last check was somewhere in the mid-€70 billion range. The conventional wisdom was that the ECB was merely plugging the hole created weekly (and…
Source – zengardner.com – This has been bothering me for some time. We have neighbors who treat their dogs horribly. They don’t beat them, but their indifference and neglect is heartrending. It’s not the norm in this country, as most dogs are free to roam most of the time and cared for in loving homes.…
Source – pontiactribune.com – A bill introduced in March by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Mark Pocan (D-WI) would not only completely terminate the USA PATRIOT Act and the FISA Amendment Act of 2008, but would also dramatcially downsize the NSA’s domestic spying practices. A bill introduced in March by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and…
Source – canadiandimension.com – Millions of working Canadians are being fiscally conscripted into the shameful business of war. We are forced into this unwitting participation in the arms trade and imperialist American wars, thanks to the Liberal government’s legislation governing the Canada Pension Plan. Through our mandatory CPP contributions, we are entrapped in complicity with…
Source – trueactivist.com – Great news! The city of Vancouver (population 600,000+) is now the largest city to commit to running on 100% renewable energy. Their goal is to use only green energy sources for electricity, heating, cooling, and transportation. Last Friday in Vancouver, British Columbia, the city council approved Mayor Gregor Robertson’s motion to…
Source – watkinsmagazine.com – Looking up at the stars can lead us to two very profound realisations about our existence on planet Earth. On one hand, we realise how minute we are in human form within this immense expanse of Universe. On the other, there is the deep knowledge that everything and everyone are inextricably…
Source – goodnewsnetwork.org – “the project has rescued more than 5,000 waste pickers from trash heaps while doubling their income to about $144 a month. If a husband and wife work together, that’s enough to send their kids to school” The third largest city in India piles up huge amounts of garbage every day, while…
Source – civileats.com – The new law will test the real-life implications of taxes for health: On long drives across the Navajo Nation, a remote and, unpaved territory spanning 27,000 square miles and three states, procuring healthy food is nearly impossible. “Our communities are food deserts,” says Janene Yazzie, who recently moved from New York,…
Source – opendemocracy.net – It is one of the most robust findings in political research. It holds over nations and times: the existence of a democratic deficit. Support for democracy as an ideal is still pretty much intact among the majority of citizens. (That is not a given as the grim lessons of the 1930s…
Source – trueactivist.com – ‘We must change our minds’ offers a simple solution to the problems facing mankind In another creative and thought-provoking short film from esoteric vlogger ‘Revolution Love Evolve‘, one of Terence McKenna‘s most celebrated speeches is mixed with visuals to make a hard-hitting (but positive) point about the future of humanity. Terence…
Source – theguardian.com – ‘China-Russia-Canada-America line’ would run for 13,000km across Siberia and pass under Bering Strait through 200km tunnel: China is considering plans to build a high-speed railway line to the US, the country’s official media reported on Thursday. The proposed line would begin in north-east China and run up through Siberia, pass through…
Source – paulcraigroberts.org – John W. Whitehead is a constitutional attorney. As head of the Rutherford Institute he is actively involved in defending our civil liberties. Being actively involved in legal cases, he experiences first hand the transformation of law from a shield of the American people into a weapon in the hands of the…
Source – rt.com – Scientists at Virginia Tech have come up with a brand new way to create hydrogen fuel: It’s cheap, fast and produces clean results, and involves plain old corn stalks, cobs and husks. It’s long been known that the use of hydrogen has a tremendous potential both, for increasing energy efficiency and…
Source – buckminster.info – (St. Martin’s Press, 1981 – hard cover, 1st edition, Chapter #3) – I‘M GOING TO REVIEW my prehistory’s speculative assumptions regarding the origins of human power structures. In a herd of wild horses there’s a king stallion. Once in a while a young stallion is born bigger than the others. Immediately…
Source – thedailybeast.com -We have the earth-shattering technology in our hands—but even its inventors worry about its awesome power to alter our genetic future. “We have within our grasp the technology to change evolution. This could change the course of biological life.” — Paul Berg, Nobel Laureate and a pioneer of genetic engineeringIn 2012, scientists…
Source – lewrockwell.com – Africa’s most populous nation has just achieved something very important. This week Nigeria’s voters handed a landslide victory to former president, Muhammadu Buhari. Equally impressive, the incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan, became the first Nigerian leader in 55 years to democratically cede power to his rival. President-elect Buhari, a dour, ascetic, unsmiling…
Source – thebricspost.com – Russian BRICS sherpa Vadim Lukov on Friday said the name of the $100 billion BRICS Bank was finally changed to New Development Bank as the five founding members will be joined by other countries in the future. Lukov was speaking to journalists in Moscow on Friday, in a briefing ahead of…
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