I don't know what has changed, but something(s) has, and I must get my arms around it, and I need a clearer head to do so. For an indeterminate number of days, I'll hold at D15 by going to a maintenance diet at this weight of approx 157 lbs, down 10 pounds from my starting point 27 days ago. I expect to consume 1800 calories per day. I expect to remain on post 22 hours per day here at the embassy working on "Actionable Essentials 2 - Lester Brown's Statements," and possibly several more in the series in the process of gaining the personal clarity I need to proceed -
As of now, "you look thinner than when I saw you 3 weeks ago," I was told Saturday; indeed I am, having adhered to 900 calories per day - half rations, my 'maintain' target being 1800 calories per day.
I don't know what has changed, but something has. Some element or combination of:
* Feeling the pregnancy of a next Pr. Obama term.
* Slightly renewed confidence that he and Chu have been quietly waging war against env armagageddon with ARPA-E - see Atlantic article.
* The slightest of optimisms that we may be better off than I thought:
a. Lester Brown's 3.0 may have been needlessly pie in the sky - calling for accomplishments by 2020 that James Hansen may not call for until 2030+;
b. On some or all fronts renewable energy may be moving faster than I or anyone thought due to technology, price points;
cwhat impact the global economic slowdown - how much time is that buying us;
d. Is natural gas giving us an added 2-5 years?
* Where are we? I'm getting closer to answering that, these last few weeks, so I have an acute sense that I maybe can, and need to find out with higher clarity where we are, before I should have my life terminate on less than now close to available to me information.
Start Loving 200 Billion Kids Bangladeshis...
9.11.2012
West Virginia anti-mining crusader Larry Gibson dead at 66 The Guardian
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Mountaintop removal was largely unheard-of and unseen when Gibson moved back home to West Virginia in the 1980s, after being forced into early retirement from a job at General Motors in Ohio.
Mapuche: Hunger Strike Continues In Prison UNPO
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Mapuche villagers are on hunger strike in Chilean prison to recover their property and to ensure the freedom of their people.
Obama makes a gutsy bet on the wisdom and maturity of American voters Baltimore Sun
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In his speech accepting the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama neatly transformed the hope and change of 2008 that centered on him into a voter-centered hope and change for 2012.
9.10.2012
***** Romney: The new Palin?!?!? Mitt Romney's epic incompetence New York Daily News
| New York Daily News (blog) - |
BY
MICHAEL COHEN I've been following politics for many years; I've written
a book on presidential campaigns and I've delved quite a bit into the
minutiae of the 2012 campaign.
nd GWDF2 D15b Tired. Can I go on? Mentally, Physically, Spiritually Tired.
nd GWDF2 D15b Tired. Can I go on? Mentally, Physically, Spiritually Tired.
Loving, here: 50 reasons I'm fighting for Barack's Election
| 1 | No Neocon War advisers (Romney's got em all) |
| 2 | Pr. Obama on our side |
| 3 | Inclusiveness |
| 4 | Inclusive of more than the 1% |
| 5 | Party of all races, religions, socio-economics |
| 6 | Hand-up party |
| 7 | Education |
| 8 | Party of "And" not "Or" |
| 9 | Foreign policy of Diplomacy and Military |
| 10 | War budget cuts |
| 11 | Green energy |
| 12 | EPA / Regulation |
| 13 | Ending Oil Subsidies |
| 14 | Experience domestic and foreign |
| 15 | Compassion for immigrants |
| 16 | Reducing war engagements |
| 17 | Health care |
| 18 | Medicare |
| 19 | Women's issues, rights |
| 20 | Pr. Stands for something - not flip flops |
| 21 | Support of our military |
| 22 | Michelle |
| 23 | Not Gordon Gecko |
| 24 | Not beholden to Tea Party |
| 25 | Committed to compromise |
| 26 | More policy options than tax cuts and war |
| 27 | Democratic Team |
| 28 | Better off than 4 years ago |
| 29 | Dems 2x better at jobs creation |
| 30 | International Relations |
| 31 | National Security |
| 32 | Believes in Science |
| 33 | Believes in Education |
| 34 | Likelihood of expanding middle class jobs |
| 35 | Competence of execution - in all areas |
| 36 | Leadership of empowerment |
| 37 | Belief in the American People |
| 38 | Leadership vs Domineering |
| 39 | Against Citizens United |
| 40 | Financial regulation |
| 41 | Opposed by Wall Street, Chamber of Commerce (corps, oil, Kochs) |
| 42 | Ryan's Randian Zealotry (Ayn) |
| 43 | Romney's zeal to drill baby drill |
| 44 | Romney's zeal to reduce EPA |
| 45 | Pr. Obama's Christ-likeness |
| 46 | Negotiations with Iran |
| 47 | Social Security |
| 48 | LGBGT Rights |
| 49 | Findin a way despite total citizenship failure - Renewable Energy Inv… |
| 50 | Demand for Citizenship by all |
9/10 Tracking Plan B - WAR ROOM
Tracking Plan B - WAR ROOM
Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:05 PM PDT
Climate change
expert calls for nuclear power 'binge' to avert global warming
The Guardian - 14 minutes ago
"It is very, very depressing that politicians and the public are attuned
to the threat of climate change even less than they were 20 years ago
when Margaret Thatcher sounded the alarm.
9/9 Tracking Plan B - War Room
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Posted: 08 Sep 2012 05:01 PM PDT
"'Close' counts only in horseshoes and hand-grenades." Anonymous
Our next 200 billion kids don't get another chance at life.
Cap
and Trade, too little, too late, will be the final nail in their
coffin. NOTHING LESS than $240/ton by 2022, announced 2012, will save
them, using the George Schultz / Inglis revenue neutral tax shifting
from income to carbon, or the right / left sanctioned Fee
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Posted: 08 Sep 2012 04:42 PM PDT
Entrepreneur Offers Alternatives to the High Cost of Solar Energy
Entrepreneur - 29 minutes ago
While few homeowners would object to lower utility bills, many have
eschewed residential solar power systems because of the upfront
costs--which can be equal to the price of a new car.
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Posted: 08 Sep 2012 04:38 PM PDT
In swing states climate change considered critical election issue
Alaska Dispatch - 1 hour ago
Climate change,
a signature issue for President Obama, has thus far been absent on the
campaign trail. Here's why you can expect it to soon dominate the
debate.
Climate change: why it could be a hot topic on the campaign trailChristian Science Monitor
Obama Counterpunches on Climate
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9/7 Tracking Plan B - War Room
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Posted: 06 Sep 2012 12:52 PM PDT
Most US Farmland Still in Drought, Even After Storm
New York Times
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Posted: 06 Sep 2012 08:04 AM PDT
Game-Changing Breakthrough to Make Snack Packaging More Sustainable
Midland Daily News - 11 hours ago
BASF, The Chemical Company, has made a game-changing breakthrough
towards sustainable snack packaging that can help companies and
communities everywhere get closer to their goal of zero-waste.
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Posted: 06 Sep 2012 07:56 AM PDT
For Electric Car Batteries, The Race for a Rapid Charge
Yale Environment 360 - 2 hours ago
His group and others are working on ways to create highly structured
internal battery architectures that allow for substantially faster
electron and ion transport.
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Posted: 06 Sep 2012 07:54 AM PDT
Multi-million Boost For UK Electric Vehicle Battery Technology
Fresh Business Thinking - 55 minutes ago
Multi-million Boost For UK Electric Vehicle Battery Technology. Share.
06/09/2012. By Claire West Government has pledged further support for
the automotive industry yesterday by announcing the creation of a new
'UK Energy Storage R&D Centre' for the ...
£13m boost for EV
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Posted: 06 Sep 2012 07:48 AM PDT
BBC News
See realtime coverage
Arctic ice melt 'like adding 20 years of CO2 emissions'
BBC News - 1 hour ago
The loss of Arctic ice is massively compounding the effects of
greenhouse gas emissions, ice scientist Professor Peter Wadhams has told
BBC Newsnight.
Record Arctic ice melt 'like doubling CO2 emissions'Newstrack India
Record Arctic Melt 'Like Doubling CO2'
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Posted: 06 Sep 2012 07:39 AM PDT
Obama, EPA actions make cap-and-trade more likely
The Hill (blog) - 18 hours ago
President Obama's use of executive authority and his Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA) interpretation of existing laws might have
laid the groundwork for renewed cap-and-trade efforts, political experts
said Wednesday. The courts have approved...
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Posted: 06 Sep 2012 06:58 AM PDT
Death Spiral Watch: Experts Warn 'Near Ice-Free Arctic In Summer' In A Decade ...
ThinkProgress - 13 hours ago
By Joe Romm
on Sep 5, 2012 at 7:46 pm. The sharp drop in Arctic sea ice area has
been matched by a harder-to-see - but equally sharp - drop in sea ice
thickness.
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Chris Matthews Compares Mitt Romney to 'Wall Street' - Newsbusters
Chris Matthews Compares Mitt Romney to 'Wall Street' - Newsbusters
newsbusters.org › Blogs › Noel Sheppard's blog
May 7, 2012 – David Gregory Asks Mitt Romney 'Do You Think Bill Clinton Could Get ... candidate Mitt Romney "a sort of political Gordon Gekko" if he won the ...
Mitt Romney is not Gordon Gekko. Or is He? | Mother Jones
Mitt Romney is not Gordon Gekko. Or is He? | Mother Jones
www.motherjones.com/.../mitt-romney-not-gordon-gekko-...
 | Jan 11, 2012 – Is Mitt Romney really the Gordon Gekko of presidential candidates thanks to his years of running Bain Capital? Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry ... |
Mitt Romney vs. Gordon Gekko - ABC News
Mitt Romney vs. Gordon Gekko - ABC News
abcnews.go.com/blogs/.../mitt-romney-vs-gordon-gekko/
 | Jan 9, 2012 – Analysis from ABC News' Rick Klein: Mitt Romney has met his worst enemy on the 2012 campaign trail, and his name isn't Newt Gingrich or .. |
Starring Mitt Romney as Gordon Gekko - Slate Magazine
Starring Mitt Romney as Gordon Gekko - Slate Magazine
www.slate.com/.../the_obama_campaign_is_looking_to_pai...
 | Jul 9, 2012 – Sometimes, you can understand why conservatives think that a “Democrat-Media Complex” is meeting, mind-melding, and plotting against ... |
Arrested too often to recall: Anti-mountaintop-removal activist Larry Gibson dies Charleston Gazette
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Renowned environmentalist and mountaintop removal opponent Larry Gibson died of a heart attack Sunday afternoon while working on Kayford Mountain -- the place he dedicated his life to protecting.
Former Hungarian Premier on 7-Day Hunger Strike ABC News
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A former Hungarian prime minister says he is on a week-long hunger strike to call attention to planned changes to the electoral law which he says limit voters' rights.
Syrian hunger strikers demand 'action, not speeches' from Egypt's Morsi Ahram Online
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Four Syrian women have reached the seventh day of a hunger strike
in front of the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, in a bid to
highlight the suffering of civilians caught up in Syria's 18- month old
uprising.
GWDF2 D15b 'I BADLY miscalculated. No time for election.
There is no way I can fulfill my physical, spiritual and psychological role in Global Warming's Death Fast AND work for America - the re-election of Pr. Obama.
I expect all of my attention to return immediately to Global Warming's Death Fast.
I expect all of my attention to return immediately to Global Warming's Death Fast.
9.09.2012
nd 'Spectator sports: Dictatorship, Fascism; not Democracy.' Loving
nd 'Spectator sports: Dictatorship, Fascism; not Democracy.' Loving
Loving, here. I can't think of 1 reason to vote for Gecko/Rand
As the Creator is my witness, I can't think of 1 reason to vote for Gecko/Rand.
nd GWDF2 D15a Maybe the meds are helping. Less pain today. We'll see.
nd GWDF2 D15a Maybe the meds are helping. Less pain today. We'll see.
9.08.2012
"Loving - Can't know another without it. Can't not know, or die trying, with it." Loving and Wall-E
"Loving - Can't know another without it. Can't not know, or die trying, with it." Loving and Wall-E
Report: Netanyahu - SA Steve Biko beat himself to death in Apartheid Prison
| Ma'an News Agency - |
TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma'an) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
says President Mahmoud Abbas' refusal to re-enter negotiations is the
reason his government faces growing domestic opposition, Israeli media
reported Friday.
Netanyahu is not Israel Haaretz
| Haaretz - |
In the run-up to the meeting expected in two weeks between U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Obama should believe the reports out of Tel Aviv: Netanyahu is not Israel. Indeed, Netanyahu is only part of Israel, and ...
Tibetan hunger strikers refuse medical treatment Examiner.com
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Not
a day has passed for a long time without pain being shared by Buddhists
worldwide for the suffering of the Tibetans. The seriousness of their
situation is being felt with even more intensity now than usual due to
an ongoing hunger strike by ...
"'Close' counts only in horseshoes and hand-grenades." Anonymous
"'Close' counts only in horseshoes and hand-grenades." Anonymous
Our next 200 billion kids don't get another chance at life.
Cap and Trade, too little, too late, will be the final nail in their coffin. NOTHING LESS than $240/ton by 2022, announced 2012, will save them, using the George Schultz / Inglis revenue neutral tax shifting from income to carbon, or the right / left sanctioned Fee and Dividend approach.
"'Close' counts only in horseshoes and hand-grenades." Anonymous
Our next 200 billion kids don't get another chance at life.
Cap and Trade, too little, too late, will be the final nail in their coffin. NOTHING LESS than $240/ton by 2022, announced 2012, will save them, using the George Schultz / Inglis revenue neutral tax shifting from income to carbon, or the right / left sanctioned Fee and Dividend approach.
"'Close' counts only in horseshoes and hand-grenades." Anonymous
Honda Boss Retires, Gives $1000 to Employees for Each Year of WorkForbes
| ABC News - |
Before
retiring, a Michigan car dealership owner wanted to thank his employees
in a special way. All 89 employees at the Howard Cooper Import Center
in Ann Arbor were given $1000 for each year of service to the
47-year-old auto dealership.
GWDF2 D14b Less pain today. WOOHOO!
Well, I can't hardly walk standing fully straight or normal speed, hurts stomach too much.
But WOW, I'm nothing but grateful for feeling better than yesterday. Nothing but grateful. The Creator sent in two angels to get me meds yesterday, out of the Blue, and maybe the meds helped; maybe it is just the natural cycle of whatever it is that's broken inside me.
But whatever. I'm nothing but grateful, nothing but grateful that it doesn't hurt as much as yesterday. So far, I can work through the pain I have, today. Thank Creator.
I'm continuing my diversion from Book 4 - "Actionable Essentials 2 - Dr. Lester Brown's Words," and finishing Book 1 - "Global Warming's Death. Fast," to absorb all I can learn from the DNC and RNC coverage and speeches. In another day or so of that I expect to go full time on the books for maybe 2 weeks more, get them done, and spend every second I have left on the Zero Calorie, Global Warming's Death Fast, and phone work for Pr. Obama.
Except today, for about 4 hours, I'll visit with my best friend, the woman I was married to for 2 and a half decades. She's coming to visit from Phila. Miracle.
But WOW, I'm nothing but grateful for feeling better than yesterday. Nothing but grateful. The Creator sent in two angels to get me meds yesterday, out of the Blue, and maybe the meds helped; maybe it is just the natural cycle of whatever it is that's broken inside me.
But whatever. I'm nothing but grateful, nothing but grateful that it doesn't hurt as much as yesterday. So far, I can work through the pain I have, today. Thank Creator.
I'm continuing my diversion from Book 4 - "Actionable Essentials 2 - Dr. Lester Brown's Words," and finishing Book 1 - "Global Warming's Death. Fast," to absorb all I can learn from the DNC and RNC coverage and speeches. In another day or so of that I expect to go full time on the books for maybe 2 weeks more, get them done, and spend every second I have left on the Zero Calorie, Global Warming's Death Fast, and phone work for Pr. Obama.
Except today, for about 4 hours, I'll visit with my best friend, the woman I was married to for 2 and a half decades. She's coming to visit from Phila. Miracle.
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