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Norway aftermath: We must — and we can — shift our culture towards non-violence

Irrespective of whether or not the slaughter of innocents on the island off the coast of Norway was instigated by a mind-controlled manchurian candidate following the dictates of the cabal or simply by a “fundamentalist right-wing, Islamophobic, Christian nut,” we must transform our response to this shocking act from hatred to love. Love, especially our […]

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Environmental hero and activist Tim DeChristopher sentenced to federal prison

If you’re new to this inspiring Uranus/Pluto, David/Goliath story, see this and this. Bill McKibben compares DeChristopher to Ed Abbey and Terry Tempest Williams, both passionate, articulate and courageous defenders of the red rock canyons of Utah and beyond. In a post written today for commondreams.org, McKibben says that now “. . . they’re joined […]

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Take two: Vanish the debt

The last post talks about releasing the ego of empire and presto, the humongous U.S. debt vanishes. And here’s the other obvious way to do the same thing. Thanks to Keith Johnson. Plutocracy: If Corporations and the Rich Paid 1960s-Level Taxes, the Debt Would Vanish   By Sam Pizzigati July 26, 2011 Once upon a […]

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As Marx said, (Empire-ical) "history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce"

There are lots of essays on the internet right now that call for the U.S. to do the unthinkable, place what the military trumpets (quietly) as “full spectrum dominance” (of the whole world), on the table for debate during this polarized, blinkered, impotent(?) drama of attempted intervention to name and treat our addiction to expanding […]

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