2.03.2015
Construction union leader’s beating triggers renewed concerns about industry Matshidiso Moeti steps into WHO’s most challenging position Matshidiso Moeti steps into WHO’s most challenging position The colder it is, the bigger the discount at Mark’s The colder it is, the bigger the discount at Mark’s News / GTA Be wary of Harper’s anti-terror bill, Edward Snowden warns Toronto students Via streaming video, the NSA whistle blower’s discussion with a journalist touched on national security, surveillance and their recent tumultuous years. Share on Facebook Reddit this! Edward Snowden and Glen Greenwald delivered a keynote for a Toronto high school Monday night. Edward Snowden and Glen Greenwald delivered a keynote for a Toronto high school Monday night
2.02.2015
***** WOW. '“We don’t read anymore,” Goldman said. “We don’t learn anymore. History is disappearing. People talk about living in the moment as if it is a virtue. It is a horrible vice. Between the twitterverse and the 24-hour cable news cycle our history keeps disappearing. History is something boring that you had to endure in high school and then you are rid of it. Then you go to college and study finance, accounting, business management or computer science. There are damn few liberal arts majors left. And this has erased our history....' [Brilliant article: Two fatal flaws: 1. Empire is not the problem. The problem is the hearts of the victims that allowing Empire is worth prostituting themselves for to pay, whether they are at the top, bottom, or in between; 2. Willingness it kill is not the solution, tho it may at times be a necessary tactic. King was right, 'Hate cannot eliminate hate; only love can do that.' We must Truly Hate the Sin, and even kill to stop it; but the instant we are not Loving, all hope is lost.]
“We don’t read anymore,” Goldman said. “We don’t learn anymore. History
is disappearing. People talk about living in the moment as if it is a
virtue. It is a horrible vice. Between the twitterverse and the 24-hour
cable news cycle our history keeps disappearing. History is something
boring that you had to endure in high school and then you are rid of it.
Then you go to college and study finance, accounting, business
management or computer science. There are damn few liberal arts majors
left. And this has erased our history....'
[Brilliant article: Two fatal flaws: 1. Empire is not the problem. The problem is the hearts of the victims that allowing Empire is worth prostituting themselves for to pay, whether they are at the top, bottom, or in between; 2. Willingness it kill is not the solution, tho it may at times be a necessary tactic. King was right, 'Hate cannot eliminate hate; only love can do that.' We must Truly Hate the Sin, and even kill to stop it; but the instant we are not Loving, all hope is lost.]
http://www.truthdig.com/report/page3/malcolm_x_was_right_about_america_20150201
[Brilliant article: Two fatal flaws: 1. Empire is not the problem. The problem is the hearts of the victims that allowing Empire is worth prostituting themselves for to pay, whether they are at the top, bottom, or in between; 2. Willingness it kill is not the solution, tho it may at times be a necessary tactic. King was right, 'Hate cannot eliminate hate; only love can do that.' We must Truly Hate the Sin, and even kill to stop it; but the instant we are not Loving, all hope is lost.]
http://www.truthdig.com/report/page3/malcolm_x_was_right_about_america_20150201
nd. When earlier in my years I was becoming a technically world class skier, there were mtns that terrified me, made my stomach churn... until I learned to metabolize them. Every moment my life is agony... refusing to turn away from, choosing to sprint toward... the world's horrors. But I've learned to metabolize them, devoting my life to gain this capacity, so my life is Heaven, and HELL, each moment. Near-pure Loving, every breath, the most profound Peace, and Agony. The agony AND the ecstasy.
When earlier in my years I was becoming a technically world class skier, there were mtns that terrified me, made my stomach churn... until I learned to metabolize them. Every moment my life is agony... refusing to turn away from, choosing to sprint toward... the world's horrors. But I've learned to metabolize them, devoting my life to gain this capacity, so my life is Heaven, and HELL, each moment. Near-pure Loving, every breath, the most profound Peace, and Agony. The agony AND the ecstasy.
nd. Every waking breath of my life is 'peace' precisely because I refuse to not fight, to not serve, in lived solidarity, from my soul, for my most suffering Family. It is the only real peace possible, physiologically.
Every waking breath of my life is 'peace' precisely
because I refuse to not fight, to not serve, in lived solidarity, from
my soul, for my most suffering Family. It is the only real peace
possible, physiologically.
nd. My family in Palestine is dying, suffering, every second of every day. I don't want to get away, until they can. I'm sure you understand.
My family in Palestine is dying, suffering, every
second of every day. I don't want to get away, until they can. I'm sure
you understand.
nd. I think it is all doomed, but I refuse to live that way, so I choose to fight it anyway, with every breath. That's who I want to be. The internet will accelerate the doom, or, if enough of us make the choice, part of the salvation. It has all gotten so evil, so depressing, the only thing worth living for is to try an fix it.
I think it is all doomed, but I refuse to live that
way, so I choose to fight it anyway, with every breath. That's who I
want to be. The internet will accelerate the doom, or, if enough of us
make the choice, part of the salvation. It has all gotten so evil, so
depressing, the only thing worth living for is to try an fix it.
***** FB friend: "James, Good to see someone so devoted." My reply: "I appreciate the kind and encouraging words. I tried self-centeredness for, oh, 45 years or so. It sucks. So since then I've tried other-centeredness, and it is a Joy. That's it. Those are the choices. The only hope for the world's future is, and has ever been, that one by one, we start a mass flip from self-centeredness (me and mine) to other-centeredness (lived solidarity with the global neediest). That's really the only choice each of us has to make of any consequence whatsoever. All of the rest is a consequence of that. In that we choose to be cancer, or healthy tissue."
I appreciate the kind and encouraging words. I tried self-centeredness
for, oh, 45 years or so. It sucks. So since then I've tried
other-centeredness, and it is a Joy. That's it. Those are the
choices. The only hope for the world's future is, and has ever been,
that one by one, we start a mass flip from self-centeredness (me and
mine) to other-centeredness (lived solidarity with the global
neediest). That's really the only choice each of us has to make of any
consequence whatsoever. All of the rest is a consequence of that. In
that we choose to be cancer, or healthy tissue.
2.01.2015
***** Hey, seriously - you know how business sell trips to kill oh, elephants, lions, giraffes... in Africa? Well, GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY!!!! SELL TRIPS TO PALESTINE SO US CHRISTIANS CAN SHOOT PALESTINIAN CHILDREN. SERIOUSLY. ASK YOUR CHRISTIAN ZIONIST PALS ABOUT THIS IDEA!!!! (Huge market! There are 50-100 million of these US Christian Zionist Psychopaths! WE CAN MAKE A KILLING!)
***** Hey, seriously - you know how business sell trips to kill oh, elephants, lions, giraffes... in Africa? Well, GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY!!!! SELL TRIPS TO PALESTINE SO US CHRISTIANS CAN SHOOT PALESTINIAN CHILDREN. SERIOUSLY. ASK YOUR CHRISTIAN ZIONIST PALS ABOUT THIS IDEA!!!! (Huge market! There are 50-100 million of these US Christian Zionist Psychopaths! WE CAN MAKE A KILLING!)
nd. Is clearly labeling the 'Truth' as best one can see it 'name calling?' No, it is not. Is speaking Harshly when the Truth is Harsh... inappropriate? No, it is DEMANDED. It is ESSENTIAL. I see this 'truth' more every day. The 'shaving' we do of the 'truth' to be 'kind,' 'non-offensive,' 'politically correct,' 'palatable....' is EXACTLY the shaving that the 'cell' in the body does when it deviates ever so slightly from the 'truth' of what its DNA was telling it to do. That's exactly what makes it cancerous, deadly. We are dying from shaving the truth... for oh such 'nice,' reasonable, reasons.
Is clearly labeling the 'Truth' as best one can see it 'name calling?' No, it is not. Is speaking Harshly when the Truth is Harsh... inappropriate? No, it is DEMANDED. It is ESSENTIAL. I see this 'truth' more every day. The 'shaving' we do of the 'truth' to be 'kind,' 'non-offensive,' 'politically correct,' 'palatable....' is EXACTLY the shaving that the 'cell' in the body does when it deviates ever so slightly from the 'truth' of what its DNA was telling it to do. That's exactly what makes it cancerous, deadly. We are dying from shaving the truth... for oh such 'nice,' reasonable, reasons.
nd. HEY ISIS! DON'T BEHEAD PEOPLE!!!! 1. LIE AND CALL THEM 'TERRORISTS,' 2. EXTERMINATE EACH OF THEM AND AT THE SAME TIME A DOZEN OR SO OF THEIR RELATIVES, NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS WITH ARIAL DRONES, F16'S, SATELLITES, 1 TON BOMBS... SNIPERS ... AND YOU'LL BE RIGHTEOUS, 'CHRISTIAN,' HEROES!!!! RIGHT AMERIKKKA????? RIGHT OBAMA????????
HEY ISIS! DON'T BEHEAD PEOPLE!!!! 1. LIE AND CALL THEM 'TERRORISTS,' 2. EXTERMINATE EACH OF THEM AND AT THE SAME TIME A DOZEN OR SO OF THEIR RELATIVES, NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS WITH ARIAL DRONES, F16'S, SATELLITES, 1 TON BOMBS... SNIPERS ... AND YOU'LL BE RIGHTEOUS, 'CHRISTIAN,' HEROES!!!! RIGHT AMERIKKKA????? RIGHT OBAMA????????
1.31.2015
***** MUST READ... "my own long-term reaction to the Holocaust has led me not to focus on anti-Semitism and Jewish security (although neither can be ignored) but on the values and teaching that I see as central to Judaism. Justice, Compassion, Humility, individual and collective Responsibility. These are not new lessons but very old ones. As a Jew, I choose to apply these to our relationship with the Palestinian people because this is the issue on which we must judge ourselves. In the 21st century this is ‘the Jewish question’... While a growing number of Jews both in Israel and around the world share this perspective, it is still a minority opinion. When it comes to the Palestinian people, the Holocaust has hardened our hearts and closed our minds. The scale of our own suffering has made us blind to their suffering – which we see as all of their own making....Perhaps this was inevitable. Why should a people abused and broken become saints? The opposite result is more often the outcome. I am asking for too much. Expecting something that no group is capable of. - See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2015/01/auschwitz-revisited#sthash.d1NkFQKE.dpuf
"my
own long-term reaction to the Holocaust has led me not to focus on
anti-Semitism and Jewish security (although neither can be ignored) but
on the values and teaching that I see as central to Judaism. Justice,
Compassion, Humility, individual and collective Responsibility. These
are not new lessons but very old ones. As a Jew, I choose to apply these
to our relationship with the Palestinian people because this is the
issue on which we must judge ourselves. In the 21st century this is ‘the
Jewish question’... While a growing number of Jews both in Israel and around the world share this perspective, it is still a minority opinion.
When it comes to the Palestinian people, the Holocaust has hardened our hearts and closed our minds. The scale of our own suffering has made us blind to their suffering – which we see as all of their own making.
...
Perhaps
this was inevitable. Why should a people abused and broken become
saints? The opposite result is more often the outcome. I am asking for
too much. Expecting something that no group is capable of. - See more
at:
http://mondoweiss.net/2015/01/auschwitz-revisited#sthash.d1NkFQKE.dpuf
- See more at:
http://mondoweiss.net/2015/01/auschwitz-revisited#sthash.d1NkFQKE.dpuf
1.30.2015
STOP. WATCH: Dolphin Asks Diver for Help Removing a Fishing Hook Read more at http://blog.therainforestsite.com/dolphin-hook-rescue/#psRuigYJxtPyFMJm.99
WATCH: Dolphin Asks Diver for Help Removing a Fishing Hook
Read more at http://blog.therainforestsite.com/dolphin-hook-rescue/#psRuigYJxtPyFMJm.99
Read more at http://blog.therainforestsite.com/dolphin-hook-rescue/#psRuigYJxtPyFMJm.99
***** On Religion.... When Religion moves from 'as if' it were True, to 'IT IS THE TRUTH' it moves from Life Giving to Death Giving... Religion is NEVER the Truth, Reality. And... It is virtually impossible for a human to exist without a 'religion' - world view, understanding of how things work, belief system. "Fundamentalism" is the genocidal problem. (click for detail)
(the following is far from neatly written and thought out but it is an explosive advance, for me, this afternoon, in terms of my understanding of these issues)
When Religion moves from 'as if' it were True, to 'IT IS THE TRUTH' it moves from Life Giving to Death Giving
Religion is often on my mind because it is central to the single greatest evil on earth today - the slow torture genocide of my Muslim / Christian family in Palestine by Fundamentalist US christians and Israeli jews. This is forcing me into study of Islam, Judaism, fundamentalism (christian and jewish)... that otherwise I would not undertake:
Fundamentalism
is clinical delusion, insanity, mental illness. It is divorce from
reality, truth... that we can never know Reality, Truth.
Fundamentalism of the left, the liberals, academic elites... is destroying all life on earth materially and destroying much human goodness by ignoring the moral limits and boundaries the human needs for Health and Survival.
Fundamentalism on the right, the conservatives... is destroying life regionally - christian Fundamentalists exterminating a million in Iraq, torturing millions in Palestine, literally trying to bring about Armageddon. muslim fundamentalists are killing thousands in Nigeria, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria.... jewish fundamentalists are driving much of the US christian Fundamentalist insanity and mid-east Islamic Fundamentalist insanity. Fundamentalists on the right are thereby moving us to global annihilation by nuclear war.
When Religion moves from 'as if' it were True, to 'IT IS THE TRUTH' it moves from Life Giving to Death Giving
Religion is often on my mind because it is central to the single greatest evil on earth today - the slow torture genocide of my Muslim / Christian family in Palestine by Fundamentalist US christians and Israeli jews. This is forcing me into study of Islam, Judaism, fundamentalism (christian and jewish)... that otherwise I would not undertake:
Human Religion is NEVER the Truth, Reality because we Humans are in imperfect species.
And... It
is virtually impossible for a human to exist without a 'Religion' -
world view, understanding of how things work, belief system.
And it is Impossible to Thrive Spiritually and Physically without a comprehensive, healthy, Holistic, Truth-Approximating Religion that enables one to keep all aspects of their needs as humans optimally met, and those of the people they influence, most importantly young-ones. (Adamant 'Blindness' to this is maybe the most fatal flaw of the Left.)
And it is Impossible to Thrive Spiritually and Physically without a comprehensive, healthy, Holistic, Truth-Approximating Religion that enables one to keep all aspects of their needs as humans optimally met, and those of the people they influence, most importantly young-ones. (Adamant 'Blindness' to this is maybe the most fatal flaw of the Left.)
One
of the greatest scientific minds, EO Wilson, is in the news recent days
for his stance in an upcoming book that the world is dying from
religion. I often have this thought. But seeing this from him makes me
recall that no one does not have a 'religion,' a 'belief system,' a way
of 'seeing and understanding' the world.
What
may well destroy the world, and what DOES destroy any individual
'spiritually' (the only existence that matters) is not Religion, which is Indispensable and Unavoidable, but Fundamentalism, that
is, when one moves from understanding that their way of seeing the world
is NOT REALITY, NOT TRUE... that the world, the Creator, is REAL, TRUE,
and that our religion at best can only approximate that Truth,
Reality... to the error of 'believing' their Religion to be True, Realty, and therefore 1. The Only True religion (all others being inferior) and 2. Dead, Fixed, no longer moving closer to the Truth, Reality... and probably 'Killing' anyone and anything that IS moving toward them. Making this mistake is the False Idol that Jesus spoke of, and
the 'Tribal' religions that cause so many genocidal wars. Making this
mistake is when 'religion' becomes 'dry as dust,' or, 'a social club with a thin veneer of reality,' whether this fatal mistake is made by a
christian, jew, scientist or atheist, liberal or conservative.
The
US left, Liberals, are mostly Fundamentalists. They believe they know
the Truth - education, science, equality, rationality... whatever.
The
US right conservatives are mostly Fundamentalists - 'christian' (they
couldn't be more anti-Christlike), terrified of change, 'religiously'
selfish in principal... whatever.
The one in a million Great Humans are so exactly because they never make the Deadly Error of becoming Fundamentalist in their Belief.
The one in a million Great Humans are so exactly because they never make the Deadly Error of becoming Fundamentalist in their Belief.
All
Fundamentalist make themselves less than human, sub-human, truly
'Dead,' Dead to moving closer to Reality, Truth... they surrender their
'Image' as children of the Creator by taking on their Fundamentalists
beliefs as Truth, Reality, rather than Facing, Embracing that their
Religion is at best a means of best living even though we can never know
Truth, Reality being the imperfect beings that we are... and that their Religion can, and needs to, constantly improve, move more toward the Truth, Reality.
Fundamentalism of the left, the liberals, academic elites... is destroying all life on earth materially and destroying much human goodness by ignoring the moral limits and boundaries the human needs for Health and Survival.
Fundamentalism on the right, the conservatives... is destroying life regionally - christian Fundamentalists exterminating a million in Iraq, torturing millions in Palestine, literally trying to bring about Armageddon. muslim fundamentalists are killing thousands in Nigeria, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria.... jewish fundamentalists are driving much of the US christian Fundamentalist insanity and mid-east Islamic Fundamentalist insanity. Fundamentalists on the right are thereby moving us to global annihilation by nuclear war.
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