This St. is 1/2 right: "Radical change will not be negotiated by governments; it can only be enforced by people." - Arundhati Roy. Nothing will be conceded to cowardly people. But the Election Process remains a tool. tic, tic, tic...

"Radical change will not be negotiated by governments; it can only be enforced by people." - Arundhati Roy

This is why we are all doomed, if we waste all our time fighting to get presidents or other representatives elected and never take the initiative to find a way to unite people aroung the push for a global shift to non-market economies.

http://www.countercurrents.org/wsf-roy190104.htm

WSF India- Do Turkeys Enjoy Thanksgiving? By Arundhati Roy

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"Radical change will not be negotiated by governments; it can only be enforced by people." - Arundhati Roy This is why we are all doomed, if we waste all our time fighting to

***** From a Dear FB Sister: "Loving, please correct me if I'm wrong, but I sense a change in you that feels ominous. Again, if I am wrong please don't be angry, just CORRECT me. Do I read between the lines that you would "off yourself" to bring attention to the crisis? I have been sitting with this upsetting feeling for 2 days.... detail follows...

Dialog with a dear FB friend:

KK: Loving, please correct me if I'm wrong, but I sense a change in you that feels ominous. Again, if I am wrong please don't be angry, just CORRECT me. Do I read between the lines that you would "off yourself" to bring attention to the crisis? I have been sitting with this upsetting feeling for 2 days.

L:  Oh, sweet sister, no, no, no... nothing about 'offing myself,'  ...it wouldn't be noticed, nor have any good effect. But no, the first and last it is in my mind is your mention of it here. I'm so glad you were able to voice your concern. No, no, no, no... Nothing of the sort. I wish it could be that easy, but I've known for some time, and more clearly these last few weeks, I'd be doing anything like that... in a graveyard - we are so Dead in this culture. I am NOT to waste what life I have.

KK:  Phew! I am very glad to hear it! xo

L:

But yes, a big change. One that will persist, I suspect. Nothing is true because Einstein said it. It is true because it is True. Same with Jesus, or anyone. This pic, right, is a mashup of two things he may have said, but for the first time so clearly, because of experiences I've had these recent weeks... hits me as the roseatta stone - Our breath by breath, dna given purpose, is to lay down our lives for the global neediest. I've been circling in on this for 15 years, but I've hit a much greater level of clarity. Lay down our life for the neediest... with every breath. Schweitzer, Teresa of Calcutta, Malala, Mandela, Gandhi... this is what they did. And some of us place the likes of these at the pinnacle - I do. Because we westerners live so opposite of this we've moved to such a non-adaptive place - we can't see the need to stand, crazily, for our kid's future. We are too far away from home - lay down your life for the neediest, with every breath. With little hope for my efforts for the world, I still see my Path now as doing just that - laying down my life for the neediest, over the next whatever years I'm given. I'd LOVE for that to be on hunger strike with 10,000 others here in DC, but I've been down that road - folks in a graveyard don't hunger strike. But the disease is we've moved away from home - lay down your life for the neediest in creation (not bio-fam - we are ALL Family, ALL connected. Ebola in a non biofam kid can just as easily kill my biofam kid as another biofam kid can - we are ALL Family). I need to, as best I can, find, walk, and Live the path - lay down your life, every breath ,for the global neediest. So pitifully little, but it is the root cure, I'm so sure now, and the only cure that can save us from going over the cliff. Over coming weeks I'm sure I'll be posting more, but at my blog. I review posts on FB now but it is just such a substitute of talk for action... I think I can no longer feed into it. (((((HUGS))))) and much Loving forever, no matter what

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Hanes is stealing from some of the world's poorest workers.. action.sumofus.org

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This is outrageous! And one of the three sins that cry our for justice!

Hanes is stealing from some of the world's poorest workers.

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These workers can't feed their families thanks to the apparel giant

Huge upswing in crude oil shipments on the Great Lakes from Canadian tar sands crude may be coming. eclectablog.com

Huge upswing in crude oil shipments on the Great Lakes from Canadian tar sands crude may be coming

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What could possibly go wrong? Photo by Anne C. Savage Impending upgrades to crude oil pipelines that bring tar sands crude to the Midwest are sparking fears of a significant jump in crude oil shipments on the Great Lakes. A report

pic. In 2013 deforestation in Amazon rose 28%.

More Trees Less Assholes

Amazon deforestation rose by 28% in an year - http://bit.ly/KqvoEA

BP wins first Greenland drilling concession despite chequered record Greenpeace says decision to open country's pristine waters to company responsible for Deepwater Horizon spill beggars belief. http://www.theguardian.com

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

GREENLAND - BP wins first Greenland drilling concession despite chequered record

BP wins first Greenland drilling concession despite chequered record Greenpeace says decision to open country's pristine waters to company responsible for Deepwater Horizon spill beggars belief. http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/03/bp-wins-first-greenland-drilling-deepwater-horizon

2014: year of solidarity with Palestinians kicks off! veteransnewsnow.com

Linda LeTendre

Follow Christ and stand with the Palestinians. Jesus would have because he always stood with the opressed and the suffering.

2014: year of solidarity with Palestinians kicks off!

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The year 2014 has been proclaimed the International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People by the UN General Assembly

Southern City To Homeless People: Get Out Or Get Arrested. huffingtonpost.com

Storm is Coming posted 2 updates.

Southern City To Homeless People: Get Out Or Get Arrested

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Updated on Aug. 22, 2013 at 3 p.m. EST

For decades, West Papua’s tribal people have suffered at the hands of the Indonesian military. Massacre investigation exposes Indonesian army atrocities owl.li

For decades, West Papua’s tribal people have suffered at the hands of the Indonesian military.

Massacre investigation exposes Indonesian army atrocities

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A tribunal has concluded that Indonesian soldiers and police attacked a peaceful demonstration, killing 'scores of people'.

California drought deepens as another year's rains stay away. mercurynews.com

Carolyn Scott

the most IMPORTANT news of the New Year for California. READ THIS!

California drought deepens as another year's rains stay away

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The official drought map of California looks as if has been set on fire and scorched in the center. The Bay Area has pulled out its umbrellas only few times this year. The usual December reprieve, a storm or two, has been denied us. The jet stream that pushes rains across our landscape remains up

***** Jesus: 'Lay down your life for the neediest.' This is where we westerners, we lefties, have gone wrong. (The Right is beyond lost). This is why we westerners, and those emulating our gluttony, er, um, righteousness, are destroying Creation.

Jesus: 'Lay down your life for the neediest.'  This is where we westerners, we lefties, have gone wrong. (The Right is beyond lost.) This is why we westerners, and those emulating our gluttony, er, um, righteousness, are destroying Creation.

***** pic. Who do you know that would gladly pay an awful personal price to stop ecocide by fossil fuels? The ultimate price if need be? Me either. And what price do you think it would take to stop an industry after $50 trillion in reserves? This is the sole reason the Fossil Fuel Industry has won. They know - they can exact a far greater price from lefties than lefties are wiling to pay. (Same for all the other leftie causes, too.) A future for creation has a terrible price, and no one wants to pay it.

Who do you know that would gladly pay an awful personal price to stop ecocide by fossil fuels?  The
ultimate price if need be?

Me either.

And what price do you think it would take to stop an industry after
$50 trillion in reserves?

This is the sole reason the Fossil Fuel Industry has won. They know - they can exact a far greater price from lefties than lefties are wiling to pay. (Same for all the other leftie causes, too.)

A future for creation has a terrible price, and no one wants to pay it.

pic. Jesus Teaching: Don’t, at any moment, at any price, for any cost, sacrifice your humanity, Heart, conscience, universal loving, agape. Yes, it will cost you dearly, everything that is not essential, not divine, not Joy. Yes, it is opposite of everything you’ve been taught in this sickest of all times. And all else is the path away from Joy, Life, Peace on Earth... the very survival of Creation.

My Teaching:

Don’t, at any moment, at any price, for any cost, sacrifice your humanity, Heart, conscience, universal loving, agape.

Yes, it will cost you dearly, everything that is not essential, not divine, not Joy.

Yes, it is opposite of everything you’ve been taught in this sickest of all times.

And all else is the path away from Joy, Life, Peace on Earth... the very
survival of Creation.

AMEN - NYT Wants Clemency For 'Whistle-Blower' Snowden. TIME

NYT Wants Clemency For 'Whistle-Blower' Snowden

TIME

- ‎49 minutes ago‎

Two newspapers urge Obama to help NSA whistleblowerNewsOK.com

Should Obama cut a deal with Edward Snowden?The Week Magazine

Highly Cited:New York Times: Give Snowden clemencyWashington Post (blog)

Opinion:Snowden is far from a hero (Your view)al.com

In Depth:Clemency for Edward Snowden Would Not Set a Dangerous PrecedentThe Atlantic

See realtime coverage »

***** pic. You’ll know that you want to stop ecocide, in time, when... detail...

You’ll know that you want to stop ecocide, in time, when, as the Greatest Generation did, you’ve dropped everything, and run and put your very being in way of the greatest emergency ever to confront children, grandchidlren, all of humanity, and all of Creation. Until then, stopping ecocide is just a feel-good hobby for you.

BTW, how many people will have to risk it all to stop an industry bankrolled by $50 trillion in fossil fuel reserves, and sociopathic enough to destroy everything to get it?

All I see, anywhere on the global warming scene, are hobbyists. The 1 in a million exception proves the rule.

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 ...

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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'

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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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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.