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Claudia Kimball: Poem, for America . . .

My dear friend Claudia Kimball has brought tears to my eyes with her comment on the Interdependence Day post. You may “feel similarly.” She writes: I went to a poetry fest here on Vashon Island. A poet, Stormey Webber conducted a workshop where she gave us a bunch of words and asked us to select […]

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David Icke: Lizard kings take us to war

Link below to an effective eleven-minute video as intro to Icke’s views on ancient history to present. Incorporates current news footage and rousing rock music to shake us loose from mind-control. The “lizard” aspect of Icke’s views on the Illuminati is almost impossible to take seriously at first. Take me, for example. It took me […]

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Freedom Flotilla: Americans now behind barbed wire

Update: (A few hours after the original post). It now looks like the efforts of the Freedom Flotilla 2 may be doomed, with the arrest of the captain of the Audacity of Hope and the Greek determination to not let the flotilla float, in this remarkable and courageous confrontation between an international group of scrappy […]

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Celebrate Interdependence Day this July 4th weekend

Finding what is good about our nation and celebrating that, building upon that. “The key to our alternative, what we call the Strategy of Generosity, is our commitment to re-establish trust and hope among the peoples of the world so that we might begin to reflect and act coherently on ending world poverty in our […]

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The Deep, Hidden, Pervasive Costs of War

Today, front page headlines in my gentle, bucolic Bloomington, Indiana newspaper: “Boy, 11, faces murder charge” — for shooting his 6-year-old brother; and “Man sentenced to 85 years for robbery [of an ATV], murder” — in cold blood, to the head, leaving him for dead in his driveway in the rain. Then, on page 2: […]

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Freedom Flotilla passengers speak

Excerpts from: U.S. Ship in Freedom Flotilla Attempts to Leave Greece For Gaza, Despite Threats and Risk of Sabotage July 1, 2011 Democracynow.org The U.S.-flagged ship “The Audacity of Hope” left a Greek port today bound for Gaza, but the status of the 10-boat flotilla remains uncertain. At least one boat has already pulled out […]

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