February 2, 2012 - ExopermacultureExopermaculture

Busting the corporate druggies: coca leaves and cocaine

The coca plant is revered in Peru. In the two trips I made to the high Andes, all our ceremonies with various shamans centered around the coca plant. Chewing coca leaves also helped propel me, for miles and miles, uphill! When I think about how empire has decimated the villagers of Peru and their beloved […]

New Rules for Radicals

Synchronicity Department: I was thinking yesterday that I ought to reacquaint myself with Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals. And now this! I especially appreciate the author’s focus on fostering a culture of creativity rather than a culture of complaint. Thanks to alternet.org. New Rules for Radicals: 10 Ways To Spark Change in a Post-Occupy World […]

Mathew's Message for February 1, 2012

Suzanne Ward channels various spiritual beings through her deceased son Mathew. I find these monthly messages unusually clear, and the historical sweep of this one, in particular, lends an interesting and hopeful perspective to current events. Thanks to mathewbooks.com. Matthew’s Message, February 1, 2012 Effects of negative thoughts; dispelling fear; evidence of light’s progress; reasons […]

Economic descent continues . . .

Do I want to listen to this? No. Will I? Yes. Not to beware, or to be wary, but to stay aware, attuned to the (still largely) unconscious undercurrents of the collective. Meanwhile, see this, for a richly nuanced view of how to work with loss. The Impending Undeclared Default of 5 Major U.S. Banks […]

Phil Rockstroh, poet and philosopher, on our current predicament: "Rejoice in this: Seeds of futurity require the darkness within soil to dream."

Thanks to Common Dreams. A Journey To The End Of Empire: It Is Always Darkest Right Before It Goes Completely Black February 1, 2012 by Phil Rockstroh “When the poet stands at nadir the world must indeed be upside-down. If the poet can no longer speak for society, but only for himself, then we are […]

Cenk Uygur riffs on the arrest of Gasland director at House Energy Committee hearing on fracking

From my notes: Cenk Uygur: Wait a minute. Isn’t this our house! It’s the House of Representatives, our representatives!! Thanks to currenttv. Huffington Post reporter Zach Carter and Rep. Zoe Lofgren join Cenk to talk about ‘GasLand’ director Josh Fox’s arrest for trying to film during a public House Science Committee hearing on hydraulic fracturing. […]

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Filer's Files #5 for this week of 2012 . . .

. . . are unusually full and rich. You might want to subscribe. He’s a very 3-D kinda guy, and I prefer multidimensional, but his stories come from all over and they just keep coming! For example, he says that 758 UFO sitings poured into MUFO in just the first month of this new, and […]

Ooooo! MUST WATCH! Back to the future? Time-Travel? No. Just spot on, scathing SATIRE (so far).

Thanks to beforeitsnews.com. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ojmOESqVeak]

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