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Meet Raj Patel: who worked for the World Bank, the WTO, and the UN, and has been gassed on four continents protesting against them.

Why is this the first time I’ve come across this extraordinary man? It reminds me of when I finally discovered Vandana Shiva. From my notes: The basic rule is: if you have money, you get to eat. If you don’t have money, you starve. In times of famine, people read the writing on the wall […]

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Good News: Giant marble concentrates light energy up to 10,000 times

This post made my heart leap. Thanks to americankabuki.com for the pointer. Giant Marble Makes Energy from Sun and Moon It looks like a giant, glass marble. But this globe is no game. It’s a sun-tracking, solar energy concentrator created by Barcelona-based architects Rawlemon and, according to the designers, is able to collect not just […]

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On Occupy’s first anniversary: “The crowds of thousands seemed just as big, just as strong, just as joyful, diverse and undisciplined.”

I looked high and low on the internet for just this kind of article, a narrative of one person’s experience of the first Occupy Anniversary. That it was hard to come by is something Rob Kall addresses: the blindness of those who see with only “top-down” eyes. Not just mainstream media reporters, but even many […]

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Good Advice Department: How to BE in relationship

During this volatile, Uranus/Pluto week, here’s three pieces of advice I hold in my heart: • The first, from my good friend Judy, “Everyone’s doing the best they can.” • The second, from my graduate school mentor, “Assume good will.” • The third, from my grandson Drew, when he was five years old: “In any […]

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Forever Young Neil Young: authentic, heartfelt, and “suspicious of tricks”

On this day when Uranus/Pluto goes exact, check out this moving story, layer upon layer upon layer of perspective on crotchety, unpredictable (Uranian!) Neil Young — whose staying power (Pluto!) is legendary, and who thinks what he thinks, and plays what he plays without worrying about money or reputation (Uranus/Pluto) — and the colorful world […]

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Good News: Ozone Hole Shrinks!

On this day when the indefinite detention provision of the NDAA appears to be back on, here’s a bit of good news. At least I think it is. However, can we ever precisely identify and delimit, for sure, just what factors are at work in this or any situation? Even “controlled experiments” aren’t, not really. […]

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Barbara Hand Clow, on the second Uranus/Pluto square, exact TODAY!

For this second Uranus/Pluto square — exact this very day at 6°57 Aries/Capricorn — astrologer Barbara Hand Clow focuses on the intensely creative quantum field that each of us can access, in each and every moment, of each and every day — and night! See my post, from the night before last. Choosing Your Intentions: […]

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