Zuckerberg Promoting Dirty Fuels? Dislike! | Sierra Club | causes.com
Hey Zuck, pull your head out of those filthy tar sands. Pull your ads supporting the Keystone XL Pipeline and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Your brand is taking almost a permanent hit here.
The rest of you, sign the petition! We want a sustainable future.
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Mark Zuckerberg's New Political Group Spending Big On Ads Supporting Keystone XL And Oil Drilling | ThinkProgress
Mark Zuckerberg's New Political Group Spending Big On Ads Supporting Keystone XL And Oil Drilling | ThinkProgress
For those annoyed with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, for among other things, lack of respect for customer privacy, and saw in The Social Network some strong character and moral flaws, the jury is no longer out.
He's started a group supporting the XL Pipeline and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Among other R-SC Lindsay Graham supporting ads. READ: He's just clearly a complete asshole. Sell Facebook, buy Google.
For those annoyed with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, for among other things, lack of respect for customer privacy, and saw in The Social Network some strong character and moral flaws, the jury is no longer out.
He's started a group supporting the XL Pipeline and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Among other R-SC Lindsay Graham supporting ads. READ: He's just clearly a complete asshole. Sell Facebook, buy Google.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Inequality Widened During Post-Recession Period
Inequality Widened During Post-Recession Period
"New figures show inequality has sharply widened in the two-year recovery following the period known as the Great Recession. According to the Pew Research Center, the top 7 percent of U.S. households saw their income jump 28 percent, while that of the remaining 93 percent declined."
And those protecting the wealthy figure, 'nothing to see here, everyone keep stumbling along please.'
The fibers America's popular foundation are dehydrating and peeling away. What will be left? Will or when will we be like England, the superpower rotted away by aristocracy and over-reaching?
"New figures show inequality has sharply widened in the two-year recovery following the period known as the Great Recession. According to the Pew Research Center, the top 7 percent of U.S. households saw their income jump 28 percent, while that of the remaining 93 percent declined."
And those protecting the wealthy figure, 'nothing to see here, everyone keep stumbling along please.'
The fibers America's popular foundation are dehydrating and peeling away. What will be left? Will or when will we be like England, the superpower rotted away by aristocracy and over-reaching?
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
LA Moves Past Coal! In 12 Years. Don't Inhale: SoCal Still Has The Nation's Dirtiest Air: LAist
Don't Inhale: SoCal Still Has The Nation's Dirtiest Air: LAist
Obvious news.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dwp-coal-20130424,0,5270283.story
Much better news! But still late, for health and climate reasons.
Yes the last coal plant sending electricity to LA is in Utah, and contractually has until 2025 until the coal burning stops, but if we had a cleaner grid and electric cars already, all the above would be history.
Obvious news.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dwp-coal-20130424,0,5270283.story
Much better news! But still late, for health and climate reasons.
Yes the last coal plant sending electricity to LA is in Utah, and contractually has until 2025 until the coal burning stops, but if we had a cleaner grid and electric cars already, all the above would be history.
L.A. City Council votes to move away from coal-fired energy
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
BBC News - Transatlantic flights 'to get more turbulent'
BBC News - Transatlantic flights 'to get more turbulent'
Great. Another unforeseen serious problem of climate change, among countless millions of unforeseen no doubt.
Here's to more uncomfortable, dangerous, and expensive trips, as pilots have to take longer routes to avoid the problems areas.
"Flights across the North Atlantic could get a lot bumpier in the future if the climate changes as scientists expect. Planes are already encountering stronger winds, and could now face more turbulence, according to research led from Reading University, UK."
Great. Another unforeseen serious problem of climate change, among countless millions of unforeseen no doubt.
Here's to more uncomfortable, dangerous, and expensive trips, as pilots have to take longer routes to avoid the problems areas.
"Flights across the North Atlantic could get a lot bumpier in the future if the climate changes as scientists expect. Planes are already encountering stronger winds, and could now face more turbulence, according to research led from Reading University, UK."
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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.