If we want to call ourselves the greatest country in the world we should want the smartest citizens in the world, which is why higher education should be subsidized.

Being Liberal

(M) If we want to call ourselves the greatest country in the world we should want the smartest citizens in the world, which is why higher education should be subsidized.

BC/Yukon First Nation bans fracking, finds impacts outweigh benefits -The Common Sense Canadian commonsensecanadian.ca

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CANADA - BC/Yukon First Nation bans fracking, finds impacts outweigh benefits

BC/Yukon First Nation bans fracking, finds impacts outweigh benefits -The Common Sense Canadian

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A First Nation with un-surrendered traditional territory in both northern BC and the Yukon passed a motion late last week banning controversial fracking.

Just a month ago, these wild horses were living their lives free on the range in Wyoming. Now they are incarcerated at BLM's Rock Springs holding facility where...See More

Karen Kantor shared American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign's photo.

Wild horses now incarcerated and without shelter.

Just a month ago, these wild horses were living their lives free on the range in Wyoming. Now they are incarcerated at BLM's Rock Springs holding facility where they have no shelter from the elements -- snow and frigid temps. Please read the press release from our coalition partner, The Cloud Foundation ( Cloud the Stallion) on this situation. http://bit.ly/18A44ZQ Photo by Living Images by Carol Walker

Fracking Bonanza Threatens Texas Suburbs. ecowatch.com

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US - Fracking Bonanza Threatens Texas Suburbs

Fracking Bonanza Threatens Texas Suburbs

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By Julie Dermansky When a representative from Chesapeake Energy knocked on Phyllis Allen's door in 2003 and offered $300 for her mineral rights and an invitation to a lease-signing pizza party, she turned them down. Allen’s home is in the United Riverside neighborhood, predominately poor and working...

Tell the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District to stop GM mosquito experiments

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US - Fears voiced over the planned introduction of genetically modified mosquitoes

This week, applications by British company Oxitec to release GE olive flies in Spain & Brazil, were withdrawn. The company was unable to provide evidence to the Spanish & Brazilian governments that these insects would not harm humans or the environment. Oxitec is still pushing for approval to release experimental genetically engineered mosquitoes into the Florida Keys. The FDA is, as usual, asleep at the wheel. Please sign the petition and contact the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District to update them on this very important development. Oxitec can't provide evidence of the safety of these insects and should therefore, not be allowed to release them. Tell the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District to stop GM mosquito experiments: http://keysmosquito.org/contact-form You can also call & email at this address: Phone: 305.292.7190 Email: keysmosquito@gmail.com SIGN the Petition: https://www.change.org/petitions/say-no-to-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-release-in-the-florida-keys READ: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/9/genetically-modifiedmosquitoessetoffuproarinfloridakeys.html READ MORE: http://www.scribd.com/doc/100213440/Issue-Brief-GE-Mosquitoes-in-U-S SAMPLE TEXT COMMENT, or write your own: I urge you to reject Oxitec’s bid to experiment with GM mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. Oxitech recently withdrew applications to release GM Olive flies in Spain & Brazil because they don't have evidence that their GM insects are safe for humans and for our environment. Oxitec admits their system isn't foolproof. About one female is accidentally released for every 1,500 male mosquitoes and the consequence of being bit by one these genetically engineered female mosquitoes is unknown. Biting female mosquitoes could inject an engineered protein into humans along with other proteins from the mosquitoes’ salivary gland. Oxitec has yet to conduct or publish any study showing that this protein is not expressed in the salivary gland and therefore cannot be passed on to humans. We need more data. If something goes wrong the consequences could be catastrophic not only for humans but also the whole ecosystem. I don’t want this experimentation done in Florida or any part of our country. ‪#‎oxitec‬ ‪#‎FDA‬ ‪#‎AedesAegypti‬ ‪#‎mosquitoes‬ ‪#‎GEMosquito‬ ‪#‎GMMosquito‬ ‪#‎florida‬ ‪#‎floridakeys‬ ‪#‎gmo‬ ‪#‎gmofreeflorida‬ ‪#‎gmofreeusa‬

Black Rhino - 23 million years on earth. Extinct 2013.

Deep Green Resistance

This planet does not belong to humans; it is home to countless millions of other living beings who have as much right to be here as we do. The dominant culture, industrial civilisation, is wiping them out.

Today, eight people were arrested for blocking deportations in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

David Whittall shared Tar Sands Blockade's photo.

Ni una mas! Today, eight people were arrested for blocking deportations in Elizabeth, New Jersey. For more incredible photos and updates from the ‪#‎Not1More‬ campaign, click LIKE on the National Day Laborer Organizing Network page! You can also check their website for videos and photos: http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/2013/12/10/jersey/

Will the Union for Reform Judaism tell Netanyahu to ‪#‎StopPrawerPlan‬ when he addresses their Biennial gathering?

Jewish Voice for Peace

Will the Union for Reform Judaism tell Netanyahu to ‪#‎StopPrawerPlan‬ when he addresses their Biennial gathering?

POST YOUR PIC (with a sign from http://bit.ly/1dnuvVB) at stopprawer.tumblr.com to send URJ a message!

pic. While you were busy bitching about the guy who bought a Snickers with food stamps, Exxon pocketed $9000 of your tax dollars.

Being Liberal

(M) Corporations don't need welfare, and they shouldn't be getting it.

***** pics. Depression Update: I've put myself though the Heart of Darkness, Psychological Hell, these last months. This is why - to See this. I didn't know. I knew I was to NOT turn away. I knew it was something.

***** Depression Update:  I've put myself though the Heart of Darkness, Psychological Hell, these last months.  This is why - to See this.  I didn't know. I knew I was to NOT turn away. I knew it was something.

***** pic. INDISPUTABLE FACT: OUR CORPORATE MATERIALIST SYSTEM IS NOW FINISHING ALL-OUT VIOLENT WAR ON THE PEOPLE’S ECONOMY, VALUES, AND ENVIRONMENT - EARTH. HOW MUST WE RESPOND NOW? WHAT DOES OUR CHILDREN’S FUTURE DEMAND OF US? ALL-OUT UNVIOLENT WAR, BY EACH OF US, FROM WHERE WE ARE, ON OUR CORPORATE, MATERIALIST SYSTEM. IT CANNOT SURVIVE IF WE DON’T FEED IT. WE CAN VOTE IT OUT IF WE WAGE OUR VERY LIVES TO DO SO. OTHERWISE, ALL IS LOST NOW. BE THE CHANGE.

INDISPUTABLE FACT:

OUR CORPORATE MATERIALIST SYSTEM IS NOW FINISHING ALL-OUT VIOLENT WAR ON THE PEOPLE’S ECONOMY, VALUES, AND ENVIRONMENT - EARTH. 

HOW MUST WE RESPOND NOW?  WHAT DOES OUR CHILDREN’S FUTURE DEMAND OF US?

ALL-OUT UNVIOLENT WAR, BY EACH OF US, FROM WHERE WE ARE, ON OUR CORPORATE, MATERIALIST SYSTEM.

IT CANNOT SURVIVE IF WE DON’T FEED IT.

WE CAN VOTE IT OUT
IF WE WAGE OUR VERY LIVES TO DO SO.

OTHERWISE, ALL IS LOST NOW. BE THE CHANGE.

EXCELLENT CHOICE: 'Time' Person of the Year: Pope Francis. USA TODAY

'Time' Person of the Year: Pope Francis

USA TODAY

180mph wind to batter Britain as we face worst Christmas on record. Daily Star

180mph wind to batter Britain as we face worst Christmas on record

Daily Star

Obamacare's next threat: Inertia among the uninsured. NEWS.GNOM.ES

Obamacare's next threat: Inertia among the uninsured

NEWS.GNOM.ES

“We in the Caribbean Are Living Climate Change” Inter Press Service

“We in the Caribbean Are Living Climate Change”

Inter Press Service

Earth's sensitivity to climate change could be 'double' previous estimates ... Phys.Org

Earth's sensitivity to climate change could be 'double' previous estimates ...

Phys.Org

Climate Change Opens the Arctic to Shipping, Drilling, Militarization. BillMoyers.com

Climate Change Opens the Arctic to Shipping, Drilling, Militarization

BillMoyers.com

Global warming is unpaused and stuck on fast forward, new research shows. The Guardian

Global warming is unpaused and stuck on fast forward, new research shows

The Guardian

SERBIA - Serbia has been denied admission to the World Trade Organization this year because the country refuses to accept GMOs

Earth Tribe - Activist News shared GMO Free USA's photo.

SERBIA - Serbia has been denied admission to the World Trade Organization this year because the country refuses to accept GMOs

Serbia has been denied admission to the World Trade Organization this year because the country refuses to accept GMOs. Is this called coercion? STAND STRONG, SE...See More

Great Barrier Reef dredging approved as environmental activists cry foul

Earth Tribe - Activist News shared Generation Alpha's photo.

AUSTRALIA - Great Barrier Reef dredging approved as environmental activists cry foul

NEWS: Great Barrier Reef Dredging Approved http://www.dailyexaminer.com.au/news/greg-hunt-approves-cq-and-great-barrier-reef-proje/2111063/

MUST SEE pic. YOUR greed is hurting this economy

Pro Labor Alliance Inc. shared Socialist Alternative New Hampshire's photo.

MUST WATCH: Pope Francis Takes Aim At Ideologically Obsessed Christians, Says They Have Illness (VIDEO) addictinginfo.org

Being Liberal via Addicting Info

(M) When you hear Fox "News" is criticizing him you KNOW he's doing something right.

Pope Francis Takes Aim At Ideologically Obsessed Christians, Says They Have Illness (VIDEO)

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Clearly, Pope Francis isn't fond of the extreme ideals of the Christian Right. Now, he's calling right-wing, fundamentalist Christianity an "illness."

Let's Get This Straight: AIG Execs Got Bailout Bonuses, but Pensioners Get Cuts. commondreams.org

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So... the "leading villains in the economic disaster" get bonuses while the folks "who taught our kids, put out fires, and picked up garbage" get their pensions axed.
Seem fair?

Let's Get This Straight: AIG Execs Got Bailout Bonuses, but Pensioners Get Cuts

commondreams.org

As we passed the fifth anniversary of the peak of the financial crisis this fall, the giant insurance company AIG was prominently featured in the retrospectives. AIG had issued hundreds of billions of dollars of credit default

The Seaway Pipeline, construction of which was completed in 1976, originally carried imported crude from Freeport, Texas, north to refineries in the midwest. While ‪#‎NoKXL‬ has slowed down the Keystone XL pipeline, TransCanada's competitor jumped at the chance to beat them to the coast. In November of 2011, Enbridge bought 50% interest in the Seaway pipeline, while Enterprise Products retained ownership of the other 50%. Now they are installing the "Seaway Loop," which will make the Seaway line have about the same production level as the southern leg of the Keystone XL.

Tar Sands Blockade

The Seaway Pipeline, construction of which was completed in 1976, originally carried imported crude from Freeport, Texas, north to refineries in the midwest.

While ‪#‎NoKXL‬ has slowed down the Keystone XL pipeline, TransCanada's competitor jumped at the chance to beat them to the coast. In November of 2011, Enbridge bought 50% interest in the Seaway pipeline, while Enterprise Products retained ownership of the other 50%.

Now they are installing the "Seaway Loop," which will make the Seaway line have about the same production level as the southern leg of the Keystone XL.

Read more about the Seaway pipeline and community efforts to stop it: http://safecommunityalliance.org/SeawayPipeline.htm

As NAFTA turns 20, don’t let history repeat itself. Derail Fast Track and Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership! Learn how you can take action here: http://www.exposethetpp.org/TakeAction3.html

Expose the TPP

As NAFTA turns 20, don’t let history repeat itself.
Derail Fast Track and Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership!
Learn how you can take action here: http://www.exposethetpp.org/TakeAction3.html

And don’t forget to share this with your friends. The more people who know about this, the stronger our voice will be!

If there is to be a future worth living, we simply must each adopt all persons, and each creature, as Immediate Family. And to Live accordingly, In Truth. Now. Loving

If there is to be a future worth living, we simply must each adopt all persons, and each creature, as Immediate Family.   And to Live accordingly, In Truth. Now.
Loving

***** The only Loving, responsible thing to do is to begin starving materialism in all its manifestations. All else is to feed the beast, to feed mammon.

***** The only Loving, responsible thing to do is to begin starving materialism in all its manifestations.  All else is to feed the beast, to feed mammon.

Edward Snowden Will Testify About Mass Surveillance To EU Parliament : I Acknowledge iacknowledge.net

The Everlasting GOP Stoppers shared a link.

Edward Snowden Will Testify About Mass Surveillance To EU Parliament : I Acknowledge

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Edward Snowden is set to give evidence to the European Parliament on mass surveillance in a hearing later this month, where Snowden will be called to officially testify against the US Nation...

pic. Reaganomics: Convincing poor people they can become rich by giving rich people more money.

Right Off A Cliff with Allen Clifton

A 15-Year-Old Ad About Racism Is A Great Reminder Of The Power We All Have To Promote Justice. upworthy.com

CommonDreams.org

Imagine if we saw ads like this as much as we see fast-food commercials.

A 15-Year-Old Ad About Racism Is A Great Reminder Of The Power We All Have To Promote Justice

upworthy.com

Imagine if we saw ads like this as much as we see fast-food commercials.