A collection of ideas, letters, opinions, and inspiration. On freedom, on Generation X, modern society, the ethereal dance of the unconquered mind (ok, that's the name of a photo exhibit in San Jose, but it's nifty sounding), the Democratic Party, how much rock and roll and the web will fuel activism, things worth chronicling, things we can improve, and the future.
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Tell Congress and Nancy Pelosi to LEAD and vote NO on "fast tracking" the TPP
Subject: NAFTA on steroids
A secret trade deal that hurts working people and enriches corporations? No thanks!
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) will make it easier for corporations to ship job overseas, roll back Wall Street reforms, and drive up the costs of medicines. It'll be like NAFTA on steroids!
President Obama is asking for "fast-track" authority from Congress to quickly pass the agreement with limited debate. But members of Congress don't even know what's in it! The deal has been kept secret, accessible only to corporations and heads of state.
Tell Congress to vote NO on "fast tracking" the TPP. Add your name to the petition. http://act.credoaction.com/sign/pelosi_reid_tpp
Which Country Will Be First to Go Completely Underwater Due to Climate Change?
Which Country Will Be First to Go Completely Underwater Due to Climate Change?
And finally, behold Miami, the upcoming Atlantis, City in the Sea....
And finally, behold Miami, the upcoming Atlantis, City in the Sea....
Obama Calls Climate Change an 'Indisputable' Security Threat - NYTimes.com
Obama Calls Climate Change an 'Indisputable' Security Threat - NYTimes.com
Pentagon cites global warming / climate change as a major national security threat. (Spoiler alert: it is a global threat; uniquely threatening the U.S. strategically, resource wise at home, and in terms of responding to international strife and wars as a result, etc.).
Been much discussed on this site, Google search for 'Pentagon' in box on upper left of this site.
Or start reading link here... "Such climate-induced crises could topple governments, feed terrorist movements or destabilize entire regions, say the analysts, experts at the Pentagon and intelligence agencies" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/science/earth/09climate.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Pentagon cites global warming / climate change as a major national security threat. (Spoiler alert: it is a global threat; uniquely threatening the U.S. strategically, resource wise at home, and in terms of responding to international strife and wars as a result, etc.).
Been much discussed on this site, Google search for 'Pentagon' in box on upper left of this site.
Or start reading link here... "Such climate-induced crises could topple governments, feed terrorist movements or destabilize entire regions, say the analysts, experts at the Pentagon and intelligence agencies" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/science/earth/09climate.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Giant Solar Floating Farm Could Produce 8,000 Tons of Vegetables Annually
Giant Solar Floating Farm Could Produce 8,000 Tons of Vegetables Annually
This is groovy, on the positive futuristic tip if you are also groovy with such things. Like the future, and sustaining life and stuff.
This is groovy, on the positive futuristic tip if you are also groovy with such things. Like the future, and sustaining life and stuff.
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Friday, May 8, 2015
NO Vote of Fast-Tracking Trade Until the TPP Text is Made Public
Sign petition here Elizabeth Warren's petition
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
15 Companies That Paid Zero Income Tax Last Year (Despite $23 Billion In Profits)
Here ""The revenues raised from eliminating corporate tax subsidies should not be given right back to corporations in the form of tax-rate reductions," the report says. "Instead, as the vast majority of Americans understand, these desperately needed revenues should be used to address our nation’s fiscal problems and to make critically needed public investments in our nation’s future."
Sign This TPP Petition to Stand with Senators Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown and Bernie Sanders
Subject: I just signed this TPP petition to stand with Senator Warren – will you?
I just took action to add my name to Senators Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown and Bernie Sanders' demand that the Obama administration immediately release the full text of the latest draft of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to members of Congress, their staff, and the American public, before Congress votes to Fast Track the TPP.
I think you should too!
http://act.credoaction.com/sign/tpp_reveal?sp_ref=119990290.4.13374.e.53796.2&referring_akid=.6060295.s4QWjN&source=mailto_sp
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Monday, May 4, 2015
New Estimates for Extinctions Global Warming Could Cause - NYTimes.com
New Estimates for Extinctions Global Warming Could Cause - NYTimes.com
Potentially 1 in 6 plant and animal species. We're on-track for mass extinction, man-made.
Potentially 1 in 6 plant and animal species. We're on-track for mass extinction, man-made.
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Tesla Introduces $3500 Home Battery for Your Solar Panels
Hhttp://news.yahoo.com/tesla-pulls-plug-big-utilities-204024453.htmlere
Fantastic news. Tired of your utility? Are they discouraging you from going solar or adding more weird fees and rates?
Great price point. Super tempting. My family has two homes with solar PV systems on their roofs. Tied to utilities... for now.
Fantastic news. Tired of your utility? Are they discouraging you from going solar or adding more weird fees and rates?
Great price point. Super tempting. My family has two homes with solar PV systems on their roofs. Tied to utilities... for now.
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Sunset, Venice 12/20/2012
I've been thinking some about the Winter Solstice, the Mayan end of the 30,000-year-cycle on 12/21/12.
What if in fact the world did end? Even though this probably will not happen, to live consciously it is honest for us to take a bit of an inventory.
Am I happy with how I've lived my life? (Yesterday, I thought mostly yes, with some areas for improvement, as below.) Are there changes I would make?
Would I have tried to forgive those that were hostile or disappointing to me?
Would I spend more time with those I loved the most, telling them that, feeling that more?
Would I be happier, grateful for what I have, what I've experienced, the joy, the beauty in this world?
Maybe the answer is yes to all of the above.
So this time can serve as a point of rebirth for all of us. If we think about it.
Because somewhere along the line I realized I think maybe mankind deserves it. !
The way we are killing each other, killing the planet.
How selfish we are, and snotty to those around us. Petty, competitive. Why is this? Do we have to behave this way? (I say no, it greatly detracts and misdirects energy from the full-time celebration in which we could engage, the great multi-cultural, multi-rhythmic dance we can sustain here.)
Maybe God or the Great Universe is fed up, and will pull the rug out from under us.
Don't think I can say we could blame Him/Her/It.
But it probably won't happen. (Probably not! This time.)
Still we are finite on this ride.
It is a time to think, am I happy with how I've lived my life?
Hopefully most of us can say yes.
For the part of us that have a little worry, a little sadness....
This is the time to be present.
This is the time to be the person you want to be, that can die at peace, that can hope to every day be able to look yourself and the Universe in the eye and say, how beautiful, smiling, and thank you. Let's do that.
What if in fact the world did end? Even though this probably will not happen, to live consciously it is honest for us to take a bit of an inventory.
Am I happy with how I've lived my life? (Yesterday, I thought mostly yes, with some areas for improvement, as below.) Are there changes I would make?
Would I have tried to forgive those that were hostile or disappointing to me?
Would I spend more time with those I loved the most, telling them that, feeling that more?
Would I be happier, grateful for what I have, what I've experienced, the joy, the beauty in this world?
Maybe the answer is yes to all of the above.
So this time can serve as a point of rebirth for all of us. If we think about it.
Because somewhere along the line I realized I think maybe mankind deserves it. !
The way we are killing each other, killing the planet.
How selfish we are, and snotty to those around us. Petty, competitive. Why is this? Do we have to behave this way? (I say no, it greatly detracts and misdirects energy from the full-time celebration in which we could engage, the great multi-cultural, multi-rhythmic dance we can sustain here.)
Maybe God or the Great Universe is fed up, and will pull the rug out from under us.
Don't think I can say we could blame Him/Her/It.
But it probably won't happen. (Probably not! This time.)
Still we are finite on this ride.
It is a time to think, am I happy with how I've lived my life?
Hopefully most of us can say yes.
For the part of us that have a little worry, a little sadness....
This is the time to be present.
This is the time to be the person you want to be, that can die at peace, that can hope to every day be able to look yourself and the Universe in the eye and say, how beautiful, smiling, and thank you. Let's do that.