Why Aren't You Outraged?

The obedient must be slaves.” – Henry David Thoreau Google+: Reshared 1 times Google+: View post on Google+

"If Wall Street paid a tax on every “game” they run, we would get enough revenue to run the government on." ~ Will Rogers  Google+: View post on Google+

Those who follow the great part of themselves become great men, and those who follow the small part of themselves become small men. – Mencius Google+: View post on Google+

It solves so many problems. Embedded Link Practical Sustenance: make Your Calories Count IF YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT, then I want comfort food. I could use some reassurance these days. But I don’t seem to get it from buying a lasagna out of the freezer section at the grocery store. Once, e… Google+: View… Continue reading »

"His argument was, you're just not going to find intelligent life elsewhere, and you probably won't find it here for very long either because it's just a lethal mutation. …With the environmental crisis, we're now in a situation where we can decide whether Mayr was right or not. If nothing significant is done about it, and… Continue reading »

"McGinn himself believes that no matter how much scientists study the brain, the mind is fundamentally incapable of comprehending itself. "We're rather like Neanderthals trying to understand astronomy or Shakespeare," McGinn said. Human brains suffer from a "cognitive gap" in understanding their own consciousness, he said." Embedded Link Will We Ever Understand Consciousness? Scientists &… Continue reading »

That is pretty sad for a supposedly intelligent species. Oil limits are price limits. Indirectly because of these price limits, fuel consumption of all sorts (not just oil) will decline in the near future. The problem will be greater job loss and an inability to afford products of many kinds, including those made with fossil… Continue reading »

When was the last time you put your hands in the dirt? “No, it’s not us or them, no matter all the stories we’ve heard about the fierce competition for survival. It is either us and them, or it is death all around.” Embedded Link On the Acceptance of Near-Term Extinction – Nature Bats Last… Continue reading »

Any attempt to “blame civilization” for our modern epidemic of chronic physical and mental disease is fraught with danger. Yet when the advertisers and politicians and media keep telling us life has never been better, the cognitive dissonance with the misery all around us is hard to ignore, and hard not to ascribe to something… Continue reading »

“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.” – Rollo May Google+: View post on Google+

“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.” – Rollo May Google+: View post on Google+

The new Mother Pelican is out. Embedded Link Mother Pelican ~ A Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability Sustainable Human Development Google+: View post on Google+

I am trying to effect positive change within the existing political system.  Some say I am a dreamer. But I need to start somewhere. If every single person in my circles sends me $5 via the Paypal donation page below I will have what I need to defeat the money in my riding. I turn… Continue reading »

The new Mother Pelican is out. Embedded Link Mother Pelican ~ A Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability Sustainable Human Development Google+: Reshared 1 times Google+: View post on Google+

"Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist." – Kenneth Boulding  Google+: Reshared 2 times Google+: View post on Google+

"Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness, will never seek the light."–Bruce Lee Google+: View post on Google+

“Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act.” – Albert Einstein Google+: Reshared 3 times Google+: View post on Google+

When you consider the serious health effects of stress, this is such a simple solution. “People who reported higher levels of mindfulness described better control over their emotions and behaviors during the day. In addition, higher mindfulness was associated with lower activation at bedtime, which could have benefits for sleep quality and future ability to… Continue reading »

“In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be, by remaining what we are.” - Max DePree Google+: View post on Google+