US - Singer James Taylor says no to fracking
2.16.2014
Girl to Loving this morning: "I just want to say that I think you are so cool." Loving's note to his Face Book sister RC.
[My dear sister RC from FaceBook learned yesterday that to get wifi (my shelter doesn't have it, and can't support my wifi device that my dearest friend provides me) I spend $2, and a $2 tip, as 'rent' for the wifi in a coffee shop.
L: Hi dear. I expect to be off internet till tomorrow morning.
RC: Any special reason?
L: I've moved into the 50 and over men's floor of a homeless shelter - I think it may be near-perfect for me - a bottom bunk bed, a locker, with 250 af am men. 1 meal a day. Jesus would approve. Me too. No wifi. So, I can only be online in the morning when I afford myself a cup of coffee, and $2 tip as 'rent' at a coffee shop.
RC this morning: Is there an address where I could write you or send a package? I know you are fine but I would like to help you financially once in a while. Jesus would approve. Me too. Heart .
She wrote to ask my address to make a small donation to my work.]
Loving, this morning: I'm in a Corner Bakery shop having coffee, sucking wifi, since 7am. I'll leave at noon, or sooner if I am taking a table that could earn the server money.
1. There is a girl's b'ball tournament in town, I guess. Mostly white girls. In the corner of the store where I sit, at the end, a table of about 6 13 year old's I'll guess. I was busy typing. I guess I saw them leaving out of the corner of my eye. I am wearing my tattoo's, of course, and t shirt that is the name Jesus, formed into a cross, and the words - "Our Religion? Loving. Universal Family." One of the the smaller of the girls, all of a sudden was at my table. Shyly, Respectfully, Reverently, Thankfully even, "I just want to say that I think you are so cool." She was so grateful for my Stand for Loving, Jesus, Universal Family.
2. They left a whole bunch of food, and I never afford food, cept what the Creator provides as unsolicited hand outs to we homeless, or an occasional dumpster dive (Jesus called it gleaning in the fields). The tall, late 30'ish af am male server was at table taking the plates... I scooted over and lied - 'The girls wanted me to have this plate (full of scrambled eggs and a piece of bacon)" Oh, ok, he said confusedly. He went on, 'I used to see you at the Martha's Table Homeless Food truck, didn't I? I'm homeless too, I stay in the shelter." He works his butt off. Nice as he can be. I gave him a $2 tip. "Thank you for the Love." He was deeply grateful.
3. A little later, 6 middle age, white, church ladies were at that same table. The front desk screwed up the order of 1, and it was late. Big fuss at the server. Must have been a $60-80 breakfast. They left him ZERO tip. My God.
Heart .
L: James McGinley, 425 2nd St. NW, Washington, DC, 20001. It is NOT your kindness to me that touches my heart. I don't matter. It is your Kindness. 100% of what I am Steward of is put to the Service of our Global Neediest. This will never change. For the Joy of it.
RC: That much I know and understand. It won't be much but those $2 tips can add up. .
L: Hi dear. I expect to be off internet till tomorrow morning.
RC: Any special reason?
L: I've moved into the 50 and over men's floor of a homeless shelter - I think it may be near-perfect for me - a bottom bunk bed, a locker, with 250 af am men. 1 meal a day. Jesus would approve. Me too. No wifi. So, I can only be online in the morning when I afford myself a cup of coffee, and $2 tip as 'rent' at a coffee shop.
RC this morning: Is there an address where I could write you or send a package? I know you are fine but I would like to help you financially once in a while. Jesus would approve. Me too. Heart .
She wrote to ask my address to make a small donation to my work.]
Loving, this morning: I'm in a Corner Bakery shop having coffee, sucking wifi, since 7am. I'll leave at noon, or sooner if I am taking a table that could earn the server money.
1. There is a girl's b'ball tournament in town, I guess. Mostly white girls. In the corner of the store where I sit, at the end, a table of about 6 13 year old's I'll guess. I was busy typing. I guess I saw them leaving out of the corner of my eye. I am wearing my tattoo's, of course, and t shirt that is the name Jesus, formed into a cross, and the words - "Our Religion? Loving. Universal Family." One of the the smaller of the girls, all of a sudden was at my table. Shyly, Respectfully, Reverently, Thankfully even, "I just want to say that I think you are so cool." She was so grateful for my Stand for Loving, Jesus, Universal Family.
2. They left a whole bunch of food, and I never afford food, cept what the Creator provides as unsolicited hand outs to we homeless, or an occasional dumpster dive (Jesus called it gleaning in the fields). The tall, late 30'ish af am male server was at table taking the plates... I scooted over and lied - 'The girls wanted me to have this plate (full of scrambled eggs and a piece of bacon)" Oh, ok, he said confusedly. He went on, 'I used to see you at the Martha's Table Homeless Food truck, didn't I? I'm homeless too, I stay in the shelter." He works his butt off. Nice as he can be. I gave him a $2 tip. "Thank you for the Love." He was deeply grateful.
3. A little later, 6 middle age, white, church ladies were at that same table. The front desk screwed up the order of 1, and it was late. Big fuss at the server. Must have been a $60-80 breakfast. They left him ZERO tip. My God.
Heart .
L: James McGinley, 425 2nd St. NW, Washington, DC, 20001. It is NOT your kindness to me that touches my heart. I don't matter. It is your Kindness. 100% of what I am Steward of is put to the Service of our Global Neediest. This will never change. For the Joy of it.
RC: That much I know and understand. It won't be much but those $2 tips can add up. .
2.15.2014
![Sowing love, @[237426919655997:274:ProgressiveChristianity.org]](https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/s403x403/71677_610006299064722_1370520542_n.jpg)
Nat Gas is 20-100X more warming than CO2. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been underestimating methane leaks from natural gas production and use by 25 to 75 percent
The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been underestimating methane
leaks from natural gas production and use by 25 to 75 percent, according
to a comprehensive assessment of more than 200 studies. When the
methane leaks are accounted for, natural gas contributes to climate
change more than industry and the EPA have claimed, the report
concludes. http://bit.ly/1gFvPor
2.14.2014
LeftAction: Don't Let Oil Billionaire Koch Brothers Kill Wind Power. leftaction.com
Tell Congress: "Don't let the Koch brothers kill wind power!"
http://leftaction.com/action/dont-let-oil-billionaire-koch-brothers-kill-wind-power
Wind power has been taking off in the US, helping to reduce carbon emissions, and creating thousands of jobs in the process....See More
http://leftaction.com/action/dont-let-oil-billionaire-koch-brothers-kill-wind-power
Wind power has been taking off in the US, helping to reduce carbon emissions, and creating thousands of jobs in the process....See More
Billionaires’ Wealth Is At All-Time High, But They Aren’t Sharing It With Charities. iacknowledge.net
America
has worked hard to concentrate an astonishing amount of money in the
hands of a few. Now that they have it, they don't feel like giving any
of it back. So much for the benevolent rich.
The World you'r giving our kids: Fake Blood and Bullets: Schools Stage Active Shooter Drills - NBC News nbcnews.com
“One
girl, who has fallen on her stomach after getting “shot,” doesn’t get
up. Her body is trembling. It doesn’t take long to realize she is
sobbing.”
Simulated school shootings: is this really the best way to get at the problem? A must-read.
Simulated school shootings: is this really the best way to get at the problem? A must-read.
Marine Heatwaves Have Caused ‘Unprecedented’ Damage To Australian Coral thinkprogress.org
Coral worldwide is at risk.
2.13.2014
"STARVE THE BEAST." You KNOW this GOP strategy, right????
![Let's expose the Republican Party's shameless strategy.
Thanks to @[472422969486331:274:Armed Democrats].](https://scontent-a-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/s403x403/1779090_587707311322327_31057057_n.png)
Olympians speak out on climate change as Sochi warms up usatoday.com
Olympians are feeling the heat in Sochi!
'No Country for Brave Journalists': US Plummets in Press Freedom Rankings. commondreams.org
“Countries that pride themselves on being democracies and respecting the rule of law have not set an example.”
Rationally Speaking, We Are All Apocalyptic. Now www.truth-out.org
'Rationally Speaking, We Are All Apocalyptic Now'
Great article by Robert Jensen
Great article by Robert Jensen
2.12.2014
nd. Offline till Friday, maybe, due to snow and temporary wifi problems.
nd. Offline till Friday, maybe, due to snow and temporary wifi problems.
Massive Pipeline Spill Kept Under Wraps For 5 Years. huffingtonpost.ca
No
place is too far for TransCanada to secretly ravage, so close to the
intriguingly intricate wetlands of the Hay-Zama Lake Wildland (http://goo.gl/maps/ZGTM8).
![via @[541885599232789:274:DemoNews.org]](https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1/s403x403/1922069_286037898215030_950816447_n.jpg)
2.11.2014
On: 1. Abe Maslow's Hierarchy; 2. Homosexuality. FB Dialog
AL: I know you to be a very intelligent man. What is your opinion of Mazlow's heirarchy?
I know you to have ignored the lower levels in favor of the higher for extended periods of time, but this is only after having had the lower levels fulfilled for a large portion of your life. Do you think that one is capable of doing the former without having had the latter?
L: I am a huge respector of Maslow and his work. The hierarchy is among the best known, and least important parts of his work. I'd suggest reading all of his books. Your question is a very important one, on which I've thought, over the years. We know the answer - there are people born of extreme deprivation that seemingly from birth, operate at the higher levels. So, on that one point, I think Abe was very incorrect. I'd say it is 99% a matter of the culture, community, environment in which one is raised that determines what part of the hierarchy we operate at. For me, it was my dad. If the community lives self-centered, the child, and adult will strongly tend to operate as though the lower part of the hierarchy were THE ONLY PART. Conversely, a child raised among those operating at the highest levels, will live as though they don't know that the lower levels even exist. That is my experience, that is my observation. By modern standards aboriginal tribes of today and 1000's of years ago, were massively deprived at the lower levels, but my understanding and view is that they tended to operate at the higher levels, as do near all other of the higher species. We've ADDICTED ourselves and our children to the lower levels, that's what we see. That's why it seems 'normal;' it is 'normal' to our sick culture, but not to our species epigenetic tendencies (maslow's term).
AL: Thanks. :-)
L: What are your thoughts on homosexuality?
AL: Well, unimportantly, it is so foreign to my nature that I am uncomfortable with it. But importantly: 1. It is biological; 2. It is a type of sexuality, just as heterosexuality is; 3. To our earlier discussion, there is nothing that dooms your world, you are young, to operating as tho the joyless lower 'needs' are all there is... than our obsession, sick addiction, to recreational sex (my #1 addiction for so many decades) - singularly depriving us of the infinite Joy of the higher level needs - yes, sex is Lust, with virtually no exceptions.. not Love (Lust is me about gratifying me; Love is me about tending to the neediest of my human family). I'm not moralizing, any more than Abe did; I can be disagreed with, but I am not moralizing. So, #3. My sad objection to homosexual sex and heterosexual is the same - recreational sex which we've (especially we males) put at the center of our being in this society, well, there may be no greater tragedy - it robs individuals of meaningful service for their lives; and it robs humanity of the selfless, dedicated sisters and brothers that a healthy planet utterly depends on.
I know you to have ignored the lower levels in favor of the higher for extended periods of time, but this is only after having had the lower levels fulfilled for a large portion of your life. Do you think that one is capable of doing the former without having had the latter?
L: I am a huge respector of Maslow and his work. The hierarchy is among the best known, and least important parts of his work. I'd suggest reading all of his books. Your question is a very important one, on which I've thought, over the years. We know the answer - there are people born of extreme deprivation that seemingly from birth, operate at the higher levels. So, on that one point, I think Abe was very incorrect. I'd say it is 99% a matter of the culture, community, environment in which one is raised that determines what part of the hierarchy we operate at. For me, it was my dad. If the community lives self-centered, the child, and adult will strongly tend to operate as though the lower part of the hierarchy were THE ONLY PART. Conversely, a child raised among those operating at the highest levels, will live as though they don't know that the lower levels even exist. That is my experience, that is my observation. By modern standards aboriginal tribes of today and 1000's of years ago, were massively deprived at the lower levels, but my understanding and view is that they tended to operate at the higher levels, as do near all other of the higher species. We've ADDICTED ourselves and our children to the lower levels, that's what we see. That's why it seems 'normal;' it is 'normal' to our sick culture, but not to our species epigenetic tendencies (maslow's term).
AL: Thanks. :-)
L: What are your thoughts on homosexuality?
AL: Well, unimportantly, it is so foreign to my nature that I am uncomfortable with it. But importantly: 1. It is biological; 2. It is a type of sexuality, just as heterosexuality is; 3. To our earlier discussion, there is nothing that dooms your world, you are young, to operating as tho the joyless lower 'needs' are all there is... than our obsession, sick addiction, to recreational sex (my #1 addiction for so many decades) - singularly depriving us of the infinite Joy of the higher level needs - yes, sex is Lust, with virtually no exceptions.. not Love (Lust is me about gratifying me; Love is me about tending to the neediest of my human family). I'm not moralizing, any more than Abe did; I can be disagreed with, but I am not moralizing. So, #3. My sad objection to homosexual sex and heterosexual is the same - recreational sex which we've (especially we males) put at the center of our being in this society, well, there may be no greater tragedy - it robs individuals of meaningful service for their lives; and it robs humanity of the selfless, dedicated sisters and brothers that a healthy planet utterly depends on.
Climatologist: When Souped-Up Ocean Warming Ends, ‘Global Temperatures Look Set To Rise Rapidly’ thinkprogress.org
Oceans can't bear the brunt forever.
Climatologist: When Souped-Up Ocean Warming Ends, ‘Global Temperatures Look Set To Rise Rapidly’
thinkprogress.org
Recently,
surface temperatures haven't appear to warm as fast as expected —
although the oceans have, while Arctic sea ice, Greenland and Antarctica
have melted faster than expected. New research finds the slowdown is
due to
***** WOW. JUST WOW. vid. 'Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.'
“There
are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a
miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” -Albert
Einstein
2.10.2014
Loving, here: I spent the night in the ER - Chest Pain radiating down my arm...
Went to bed early, awoke 10:30 with great pain in my arm and chest. Went to the sister hospital of Georgetown - closer and better cardiac - via ambulance.
'Probably angina, but didn't convert into a heart attack. All tests (CT scan, 2 ekg's, 2 blood work ups) came out negative. YES you should have come in with those symptoms. GET A STRESS TEST, SOON.' Said the hospital team.
Pain lasted till about 5am.
'Probably angina, but didn't convert into a heart attack. All tests (CT scan, 2 ekg's, 2 blood work ups) came out negative. YES you should have come in with those symptoms. GET A STRESS TEST, SOON.' Said the hospital team.
Pain lasted till about 5am.
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