pic. Voltaire: "The comfort of the rich depends on an abundant supply of the poor."

Being Liberal

(M) And the rich are incredibly comfortable right now.

Thanks to Liberal And Proud Of It for sharing this.

5 Million People To Miss Out On Health Insurance Because Of Their Republican Governors. huffingtonpost.com

Democrats United to Take Back Congress in 2014 and The Christian Left shared a link.

5 Million People To Miss Out On Health Insurance Because Of Their Republican Governors

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — About 5 million people will be without health care next year that they would have gotten simply if they lived somewhere else in

The Tyee – Dismantling of Fishery Library 'Like a Book Burning,' Say Scientists. thetyee.ca

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CANADA - Harper government closes down library devoted to freshwater science and protection - THROWS AWAY THE BOOKS

The Tyee – Dismantling of Fishery Library 'Like a Book Burning,' Say Scientists

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Harper government shuts down 'world class' collection on freshwater science and protection.

Global Warming News from the Science Front – It May Be Far Worse Than First ... Gather.com

Global Warming News from the Science Front – It May Be Far Worse Than First ...

Gather.com

pic. You have no idea how little drinkable water is on earth. See pic.

Bryce Kuchik shared Carl Green's photo.

Kind of puts it into perspective, eh?

 

So I'm sat here thinking about how astounding our Universe is, all those planets, Mars, Venus, Pluto, Saturn, Uranus, the Moon etc. You see the pictures of them from space and can't help but be in awe of such magnificence but they're dead aren't they......Just rock, dust and gas. There is no grass, trees, no birds, no lakes or rivers, no lions or giraffes, elephants and ants, no humans and all because of water. Yet what is truly astounding is actually how little of it there is on Earth and the amount of fresh water is miniscule (see pic). Without that water we'd be another barren rock in space, no colours, no life just an empty ball of dust and rock held in an orbit around the sun until it burnt out. This is what fracking threatens the planet with, becoming just rock and dust, polluting the small amount of water we have for profit. A short term benefit for a few at the cost of all life The fact is that fracking carries risks, no oil man will tell you different, they admit it freely yet say they can manage those risks. This has not been the case in most Countries such as the USA where there is a wealth of evidence of pollution, of sickness in man and beast and of droughts caused by the water useage. We've seen the Pacific Ocean is now being polluted with radioactive waste from Fukushima, where peoples are being advised not to eat seafood and food grown in Japan. We cannot afford mistakes with water, there is no back up, no spare planet we can go to replenish our stock. We have a limited amount and that amount is a lot smaller than you think, the picture is genuine -I know it's hard to believe but that is it -if your stocks were that low in your cupboard would you take chances ? The image was a US Geological Survey image so is accurate. Are you really willing to risk all life on Earth for a Gas and Oil Company's profits ? http://8020vision.com/2012/05/15/how-much-water-is-on-earth/

nd. Am I near the point of admitting, FULLY, that I don't have what it takes to provide the service the world needs? I mean, all this blabbing I do, all the outreach.... Don't I need to face it, and stop any and all outreach, and see if I can devote my time to becoming what can help the world? May be time, finally.

nd.  Am I near the point of admitting, FULLY, that I don't have what it takes to provide the service the world needs?  I mean, all this blabbing I do, all the outreach....  Don't I need to face it, and stop any and all outreach, and see if I can devote my time to becoming what can help the world?  May be time, finally.

Multiple Scientific Studies Confirm: Extreme Conservatism Linked To Racism And Low I.Q. aattp.org

Rose Clark and Americans Against the Tea Party shared a link.

Multiple Scientific Studies Confirm: Extreme Conservatism Linked To Racism And Low I.Q.

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An article published at Psychology Today by Goal Auzeen Saedi, Ph.D. of Millennial Media writes about the correlation between far right-wing conservatism, low i

Wealthy Americans Prove Pope Francis’ Point by Threatening Economic Blackmail. politicususa.com

Bryce Kuchik and 2 others shared a link.

Wealthy Americans Prove Pope Francis’ Point by Threatening Economic Blackmail

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Home Depot founder Ken Langone complained that the Pope is being mean to rich Americans because unlike rich people in other countries, American rich

***** Note to my Friends: I Love you all, known and unknown. Nothing can change that, even this. Yesterday I did a massive posting of the pic below in FB.... DETAIL...

I Love you all, known and unknown.  Nothing can change that, even this.  Yesterday I did a massive posting of the pic below in FB.  It is the first time anyone has called for action that would likely save a future for humanity.  Wanna know how many replied?  2 - two 'likes.'  The point?  EVERYONE I KNOW IS 'OK' WITH THE WORLD GOING TO HELL.  The point isn't that the pic below is perfect, tho it may be - I'm a life long master of massive strategic change.  But it is at least in the ball-park - AND NO ONE WANT'S ANYTHING TO DO WITH PAYING SUCH A PRICE.  Had my father's generation been as we are today, here in DC the flags on buildings would be Swastikas.  We are a nation of Talkers, Lip-service liberals.  My FB community, my FB friends, are Talkers, not Doers of any consequence, my beloved brothers and sisters all. They Talk AS A SUBSTITUTE for paying the price to change the future.  I don't know how this will affect my future use of FB, but I suspect it will.  I am not at liberty to feed the deadly globe-killing, future killing disease of Lip Service.   A Joyful New Year to you all. Loving you all

Dog and Bird playing. You've NEVER seen anything like this before.

Bryce Kuchik shared 95.7 KJR's video: .

I've never seen anything like this. A bird and a dog playing? Did you ever see anything like this before?

Climate change models underestimate likely temperature rise, report shows. The Guardian

Climate change models underestimate likely temperature rise, report shows

The Guardian

Climate Change Vastly Worse Than Previously Thought. Slate Magazine

Climate Change Vastly Worse Than Previously Thought

Slate Magazine

Republicans Pout Because Six Million People Have Received Health Coverage Since October. politicususa.com

PoliticusUSA shared a link.

Republicans Pout Because Six Million People Have Received Health Coverage Since October

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On New Year's Eve, Health and Human Services released a statement detailing the amount of people who have gotten coverage under the ACA since enrollment began on October 1st.

huffingtonpost.ca The New York Times editorial board has accused the Harper government of seeking to "guarantee public ignorance" by muzzling federal scientists. In a scathing piece published Sunday, the newspaper argues Harper Conservatives have tried to restrict publicly financed scientists from sharing information...

Bryce Kuchik

"It is also designed to make sure that nothing gets in the way of the northern resource rush — the feverish effort to mine the earth and the ocean with little regard for environmental consequences. The Harper policy seems designed to make sure that the tar sands project proceeds quietly, with no surprises, no bad news, no alarms from government scientists. To all the other kinds of pollution the tar sands will yield, we must now add another: the degradation of vital streams of research and information."

New York Times: Harper Aims To 'Guarantee Public Ignorance'

huffingtonpost.ca

The New York Times editorial board has accused the Harper government of seeking to "guarantee public ignorance" by muzzling federal scientists. In a scathing piece published Sunday, the newspaper argues Harper Conservatives have tried to restrict publicly financed scientists from sharing information...

Pipeline explosion at plant near La Porte. click2houston.com. Firefighters are working to control the flames after a pipeline explosion at a plant near La Porte.

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http://www.click2houston.com/news/pipeline-explosion-at-plant-near-la-porte/-/1735978/23711628/-/ut00r9z/-/index.html

Pipeline explosion at plant near La Porte

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Firefighters are working to control the flames after a pipeline explosion at a plant near La Porte.

Hundreds urged to evacuate after freight train derails, catches fire in N.D. cbsnews.com

Bryce Kuchik via Lisa Stewart

Why are these so-called civil servants called Senators and Congressmen ignoring this? I know why! I ask them and get no answer.

Hundreds urged to evacuate after freight train derails, catches fire in N.D.

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Train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded near a small town in North Dakota; no injuries reported but with toxic smoke lingering, residents urged to leave

Climate Change Likely To Be 'Catastrophic Rather Than Simply Dangerous.' huffingtonpost.com

Peter Mizla

We have passed the stage of dangerous-simply because we have not faced the music- of curbing our emissions in the next few years. We will still be 80% dependent on fossil fuels by 2050. Yes we are heading toward a catastrophe- and no one is looking.

Climate Change Likely To Be 'Catastrophic Rather Than Simply Dangerous'

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Climate change may be far worse than scientists thought, causing global temperatures to rise by at least 4 degrees Celsius by 2100, or about 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a new study. The study, published in the

nd. Cancer Update: Knocked out, knocked off-line (mostly) for the next 4 days by Chemo. I'm wearing the poison pump till late Wednesday. Will be mostly resting until Friday, I expect.

nd. Cancer Update: Knocked out, knocked off-line (mostly) for the next 4 days by Chemo.  I'm wearing the poison pump till late Wednesday.  Will be mostly sick and resting until Friday, I expect.

***** YOUR MORAL IMPERATIVE. detail. READ THIS. SHARE.

YOUR MORAL IMPERATIVE: You can’t destroy all human future, just for your own; and YOU are, by ALLOWING so much Fossil Fuels. See Dr. James Hansen 12.03.13 Definitive Paper.

YOUR SCIENTIFIC FACT: YOU must cause a 6%/yr reduction in Fosil Fuel emissions beginning now, 2014. Impossible has been done before. Attempt it again, now. Hansen’s paper.

YOUR ONE STRATEGIC PRAYER: ‘Fee and Dividend,’ $240/tn carbon fuel implemented over 10 years.  Free, at  google books, see Hansen’s ‘Storms,’ Search ‘Fee and Dividend.’

YOUR ONE CHANCE TO ACHIEVE THIS
EXISTENTIALLY IMPERATIVE STRATEGY: Force this unassailable demand onto the Congressional table by shocking the country and the world with 10,000, on the Mall in DC, Civilly, Seriously, fasting to the death, if need be, till this morally unassailable demand -polluters pay their own wreckage fee, now - is assured of implementation.  Waves of Fasts till done.

It is now your responsibility to devote your life to making this happen; unless you devote to a better, more certain, more immediate, way.

***** Students in Matamoros, Mexico weren't getting much out of school -- until a radical new teaching method unlocked their potential. Wired.com

Ryan Haliday

Very interesting, but is it scalable?

How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses | Wired Business |...

www.wired.com

Students in Matamoros, Mexico weren't getting much out of school -- until a radical new teaching method unlocked their potential.

nd. I wish I were a hero. We are dying for them. I'll keep trying. Loving

I wish I were a hero. We are dying for them. I'll keep trying.

nd. Cancer Update: I'm in the Hospital, getting a chemo (poison) infusion. I'll be wearing a pump for the next 2 days. It may (already) make me a bit crabbier than normal.

I'm in the Hospital, getting a chemo (poison) infusion. I'll be wearing a pump for the next 2 days.  It may (already) make me a bit crabbier than normal. 

pic. Our Calling is our Life. We're not aLive till we find it, and the next one, and the next.... And a True Calling is ALWAYS that which is the best way we can serve the neediest of our Universal Family, in that moment. Loving

Our Calling is our Life. We're not aLive till we find it, and the next one, and the next.... And a True Calling is ALWAYS that which is the best way we can serve the neediest of our Universal Family, in that moment.
Loving

***** THE LAST HOURS. vid. 10 min.

pic. OUR EXISTENTIAL ECONOMIC CHALLENGE Replacing an economy designed to chronically addict stuff-addicts... With an economy designed to provide meaningful work to every adult on earth.

OUR EXISTENTIAL ECONOMIC
CHALLENGE

Replacing an economy
designed to chronically addict stuff-addicts...

With an economy
designed to provide
meaningful work to
every adult on earth.

pic. Ecocide by Global Warming is a scientific certainty if we burn EXISTING, CONVENTIONAL fossil fuel reserves!!!!!! WHY ARE WE DEVELOPING MORE!?!?!?!? This = ‘MAD’ - Mutually Assured Destruction

Ecocide by Global Warming is a scientific certainty if we burn EXISTING,
CONVENTIONAL fossil fuel reserves!!!!!!

WHY ARE WE DEVELOPING MORE!?!?!?!?

This = ‘MAD’ - Mutually Assured Destruction

Salon. Global warming the worst is yet to come

http://www.salon.com/2013/12/29/climate_change_by_the_numbers_the_worst_is_yet_to_come/

posted from Bloggeroid

***** pic. WINNING SOME BATTLES, ABSOLUTELY LOSING THE GLOBAL WARMING WAR!!! Despite the heroism - Arctic 30, Indigenous in Canada and US, anti-fracking in UK and US, anti tar sands... Despite the heroism, these efforts are divided, and hence, already defeated, winning a few battles, absolutely losing the war. They’ve got us going after the million tentacles. We must go after the Heart - Global Fossil Fuel Emissions: 6%/yr reduction starting now, NOW, or all is lost. (Hansen’s 12.03.13 paper) Time is all on their side. WE ARE LOSING THE WAR. IS THAT OK WITH YOU? FEE AND DIVIDEND, NOW, OR BUST. (at google books: Hansen’s “Storms,” search ‘Fee and Dividend.’) SHARE THIS.

WINNING SOME BATTLES, ABSOLUTELY LOSING THE GLOBAL WARMING WAR!!!

Despite the heroism -
Arctic 30, Indigenous in Canada and US, anti-fracking in UK and US, anti tar sands...

Despite the heroism, these efforts are
divided, and hence, already defeated,
winning a few battles, absolutely losing the war.

They’ve got us going after the million
tentacles. We must go after the Heart - Global Fossil Fuel Emissions: 6%/yr reduction starting now, NOW, or all is lost.
(Hansen’s 12.03.13 paper)

Time is all on their side. WE ARE LOSING THE WAR.  IS THAT OK WITH YOU?

FEE AND DIVIDEND, NOW, OR BUST.
(at google books: Hansen’s “Storms,” search ‘Fee and Dividend.’) SHARE THIS.

Climate Change Devastating Ocean Fisherman: ‘Sometimes We’ll Catch 5,000 Pounds Of Jellyfish.’ thinkprogress.org

Earth Tribe - Activist News via 1,000,000 Strong Against Offshore Drilling

OCEANS - Rising water temperatures and ocean acidification are causing jellyfish populations to increase off the coast of Oregon (and also around the world), disrupting the ocean ecosystem and clogging fishermen’s nets

Climate Change Devastating Ocean Fisherman: ‘Sometimes We’ll Catch 5,000 Pounds Of Jellyfish’

thinkprogress.org

For many U.S. fisherman, there's no debate about climate change.

Boy Scouts open ranks to gay youth on Jan. 1 - Boston.com. boston.com

Start Loving shared a link.

Boy Scouts open ranks to gay youth on Jan. 1 - Boston.com

boston.com

The Boy Scouts of America will accept openly gay youths starting on New Year's Day, a historic change that has prompted the BSA to ponder a host of potential complications — ranging from policies on tentmates and showers to