tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88039082538398780602012-01-31T16:59:08.325-10:00Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.comBlogger31931100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-73459191585561272042012-01-31T09:01:00.005-10:002012-01-31T16:59:08.338-10:00

SUBHEAD: The sea cucumber's feces may be key to saving coral reefs.By Stephen Messenger on 29 January 2012 for TreeHugger - (http://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/sea-cucumber-poo-may-be-key-saving-coral-reefs.html)Image above: A Leopard sea cucumber or Eyed sea cucumber (Bohadschia argus), in Pulau Aur, West Malaysia. From (http://www.colours.dk/anders/diving/echinoderms/seacucumber/

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-28427447115909718402012-01-31T08:19:00.000-10:002012-01-31T08:52:37.253-10:00

SUBHEAD: The report will "merely" serve as the catalyst that blows up the powder keg. It may take a few months.By Ilargi on 28 January 2012 for the Automatic Earth - (http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2012/01/report-that-will-blow-up-eurozone.html)Image above: Dutch politician Geert Wilders of the right wing PVV (Party for Freedom) in 2008. Note bleached hair. From (http://

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SUBHEAD: Will the NY Attorney General, as co-chair of Obama task force, be able to prosecute the banksters?By Robert Kuttner on 29 January 2012 for Huffington Post - (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-kuttner/eric-schneiderman_b_1240453.html)Image above: Photo of NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. From (http://www.politickerny.com/2012/01/11/

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SUBHEAD: America just wants to hear another story about its own wonderfulness before mass self delusion completely fails.By James Kunstler on 30 January 2012 for Kunstler.com - (http://kunstler.com/blog/2012/01/jive-talkin.html)Image above: Mashup by Juan Wilson of Obama State of the Union Speach from (http://www.sodahead.com) and (http://www.ibtimes.com).Well, he had to get up there and say

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-86028014044255421942012-01-29T10:55:00.002-10:002012-01-29T11:10:21.540-10:00

SUBHEAD: Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann says Greek default would be worse than many estimate.By Christine Harper on 28 January 2012 for Bloomberg News - (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-28/ackermann-says-greek-default-would-be-playing-with-fire-1-.html)Image above: Michael Oreskes, Senior Managing Editor of the Associated Press, left, asks a question to Josef Ackermann at World Economic

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SUBHEAD: At World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, fear of global contagion dominates discussions.By Peter S. Goodman on 28 January 2012 for Huffington Post - (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-s-goodman/world-economic-forum-global-financial-crisis-davos_b_1239074.html?ref=business)Image above: Donald Tsang, Hong Kong's chief executive, left, sits with Christine Lagarde, managing director

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-8499734753431399752012-01-28T10:17:00.009-10:002012-01-29T11:15:36.731-10:00

SOURCE: Ken Taylor (taylork021@hawaii.rr.com)SUBHEAD: Hawaii law may allow tracking of all of a users website visits for up to two years.By Declan McCullagh on 26 January 2012 for C-Net - (http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57366443-281/hawaii-may-keep-track-of-all-web-sites-visited/)Image above: John Mizuno (dressed as gangster?) speaks before Hawaiian legislature. From (http://

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-59733331902716921842012-01-28T09:47:00.005-10:002012-01-28T10:13:26.805-10:00

SOURCE: Brad Parsons (mauibrad@hotmail.com)SUBHEAD: Maui group holds week of protest against GMOs crops near Monsanto office in Kihei. Police claim trespass.By Wendy Osher on 23 January 2012 for Maui Now - (http://mauinow.com/2012/01/23/monsanto-responds-as-maui-occupy-group-launches-demonstration)Image above: Maui activists demonstrate against Monsanto GMO products. Photos by Madeline Ziecker.

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SUBHEAD: Is there any hope for a non-genetically modified future in anywhere in this world?By Mat McDermott on 28 January 2012 for TreeHugger - (http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/hope-for-non-genetically-modified-future-america-or-africa.html)Image above: GMO canola (rapeseed) cultivation in New South Wales, Australia. From original article. For commentary see also (http://

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SOURCE: Dick Mayer (dickmayer@earthlink.net)SUBHEAD: The Navy has obtained the two Superferrys. One of them will be headed back to the Pacific.By Robert McCabe on 27 January 2012 for the Virgibian-Pilot - (http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/superferries-parked-norfolk-now-belong-navy)Image above: U-Turn? No, the Alakai circles during sea trails after crossing Pacific to Hawaii in 2007. From (http://

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SUBHEAD: Firm implicated in Keystone XL pipeline conflict of interest does PR for Big Oil in the Amazon.By David Hill on 27 January 2012 for TruthOut.org - (http://www.truth-out.org/firm-implicated-keystone-xl-conflict-interest/1327509771)Image above: The north Peruvian pipeline, transporting oil from deep in the Amazon to Peru's Pacific Coast. From original article (http://news.mongabay.com/2010

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SUBHEAD: The freedom represented by the car moving down the open road is a pathetic illusion.By John Michael Greer on 25 January 2012 for Archdruid Report - (http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2012/01/myth-of-machine.html)Image above: A slot-car heads down the long and lonely road. From (http://www.slotforum.com/forums/blog/ferrari1950/index.php).The strategy discussed in last week’s

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-85131823677472776732012-01-26T07:47:00.005-10:002012-01-28T15:34:22.777-10:00

SUBHEAD: Indications are it was Iseri-Carvalho who may have initiated the action against Tim Bynum as part of a grudge.By Andy Parx on 25 January 2012 for Parx News Daily - (http://parxnewsdaily.blogspot.com/2012/01/but-was-it-basmati-or-local-kine-sticky.html)Image above: From (http://kotaku.com/368302/arcade-flyer-art-saturday-grudge-match).Only on Kauai could we have a scandal that revolves

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-45149358112363192432012-01-25T15:51:00.005-10:002012-01-25T16:02:47.098-10:00

SUBHEAD: The only roles being cast in the up-coming production is that of occupying your own space.By Ilargi on 25 January 2012 for Automatic Earth - (http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-25-2012-occupy-your-own-space.html)Image above: Detail of 1937 ohto of wife and child of tractor driver on Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, by Dorthea Lange.From original article.For today’s

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SUBHEAD: Don't pretend what you have on the books is worth face value. Take the loss and walk away.By Eliot Spitzer & Dylan Ratigan on 24 January 2012 for HuffPo - (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eliot-spitzer/mitt-romneys-mortgate-crisis_b_1228229.html)Image above: Detail of a Bloomberg Business News cover that did not get published. From (http://www.therightscoop.com/

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SUBHEAD: The 3,500 year old tree burned from the inside out after being struck by lightning in mid January.By Alex Davies on 24 Janaury 2012 for TreeHugger - (http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/burnt-3500-year-old-tree-florida-candidate-cloning.html)Image above: "The Senator" cypress as it stood in Longwood, Florida, before it burned. From original article.The January 16 burning of The

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SOURCE: Ken Taylor (taylork021@hawaii.rr.com)SUBHEAD: American Academy of Environmental Medicine calls for a halt to wireless smart meters.[Ken Taylor's note: Mayor B. Carvalho and Council, It’s time for you to stand –up and do your job. I believe you have a ethical and moral obligation to protect the health and safety of the Kauai Ohana.Please help me, if it’s not your job, who’s is it?

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-55371439656397893662012-01-24T07:35:00.004-10:002012-01-24T07:59:36.613-10:00

SUBHEAD: ‘Red tape’ is a red herring when it comes to protecting our environment in Hawaii.[Editor's note: It was the requirement for an Environmental Impact Statement that sank the Superferry. Without such checks there will be no balance.]By Gary Hooser on 23 January 2012 for GaryHooser Blog - (http://garyhooser.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-17987290895001776092012-01-24T07:15:00.006-10:002012-01-24T07:35:11.489-10:00

SUBHEAD: In the confrontation on Molokai its clear that Abercrombie would use as much force as Lingle did over Superferry.By Catherine Cluett on 22 January 2012 for tne Molokai Dispatch - (http://www.themolokaidispatch.com/security-measures-peaceful-protests-greet-yacht-s-return)Image above: From Protestors against the Young Brothers fence at Kaunakakai Harbor made their message loud and clear:

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SUBHEAD: A story about de-industrialization of the empire before the end of time.By Guy McPherson on 23 January 2012 for Nature bats Last - (http://guymcpherson.com/2012/01/video-alerts-2/)Image above: Still frame from Mike Sosebee movie. See preview below. I’ll be delivering a TEDx talk on Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 7:00 p.m. at Arizona State University’s Barrett Honors College Cottonwood

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-60992871760723107862012-01-23T08:14:00.008-10:002012-01-23T20:44:53.160-10:00

SOURCE: Brad Parsons (mauibrad@hotmail.com)SUBHEAD: Maui county police and federal agents puts tail-spin on return of tourist vessel to Molokai.[Source note: An email from the Big Island claims "On January 21st 2012 over 100 police, coast guard, us sheriffs, and FBI converged on the tiny isle of Moloka'i. To protect a private luxury yacht and it's 36 passengers. At a cost of over $1 million

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-89182430673759165822012-01-23T07:17:00.003-10:002012-01-23T08:11:41.673-10:00

SUBHEAD: Interaction between the two could make for a rapid change to dependence on local resources.By James Kunstler on 23 January 2012 for Kunstler.com - (http://kunstler.com/blog/2012/01/murmuration.html)Image above: During the Arab Spring an ax-wielding Abdel Ibrahim is among a group of men helping to protect a poor neighborhood in Cairo. From (http://framework.latimes.com/2011/01/28/

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-68306790598318115972012-01-22T10:47:00.005-10:002012-01-29T11:15:03.123-10:00

SUBHEAD: The agency's tracking of online "dangers" takes its activity into US homes and from there it gets complicated.By Rachel Martin on 22 January 2012 for NPR - (http://www.npr.org/2012/01/22/145587161/cia-tracks-public-information-for-the-private-eye)Image above: Photo by Manoocher Deghati of a student painting the Facebook logo on a mural commemorating Egypt's revolution last spring. From

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SUBHEAD: By killing the animal himself, he says, strengthens his bond to that animal, as well as the food it provides.By Kristoror Husted on 21 January 2012 for NPR - (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/01/21/145521431/how-one-former-vegan-learned-to-embrace-butchering)Image above: Andrew Plotsky, former vegan, assists dying pig he will soon butcher. From original article.The farm-to-table

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-82285485747711204792012-01-22T09:22:00.005-10:002012-01-22T13:46:44.815-10:00

SUBHEAD: NASA maps area of continental United States for "above ground woody biomass" - or in English "tree cover".By Alex Davies on 22 January 2012 for TreeHugger - (http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/nasa-maps-americas-trees.html)Image above: The ridgebacks of the Appalachian Mountains is the bulk of forests left in the United States with a strip running along the Sierra Nevada

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SUBHEAD: The unpleasant truth is that modern agriculture, tourism and development is destroying Hawaii.By Juan Wilson on 20 January 2012 for Island Breath - (http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2012/01/truly-old-day.html)Image above: Detail of an etching of a young Hawaiian woman dating from 1788. From CD on early Hawaiian maps and images available at (http://www.euriskodata.com).Yesterday I read

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-42919547639507724142012-01-20T08:04:00.006-10:002012-01-20T11:24:59.181-10:00

SUBHEAD: The ongoing disconnect between conservation and development is because we can't have both.By Joan Conrow on 19 January 2012 for Kauai Eclectic - (http://kauaieclectic.blogspot.com/2012/01/musings-truly-new-day.html)Image above: DLNR armed uniformed police patrol on land and in the ocean. From (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii_Division_of_Conservation_and_Resource_Enforcement).

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-33150719151018123932012-01-19T09:59:00.003-10:002012-01-19T10:14:23.431-10:00

SUBHEAD: Canada pledges to sell oil to Asia after Obama rejects Keystone pipeline.By Theophilos Argitis on 19 January 2012 for Bloomberg News - (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-19/canada-pledges-to-sell-oil-to-asia-after-obama-rejects-keystone-pipeline.html)Image above: lanborer's International Union of North Anmerica members supporting KXL pipleline. From original article.President Barack

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-17976442002108892392012-01-19T09:28:00.004-10:002012-01-19T09:51:12.429-10:00

SUBHEAD: If you’re going to be poor in the future, and you are, you might as well learn how to do it competently.By John Michael Greer on 18 January 2012 for the Archdruid Report - (http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2012/01/waking-up-walking-away.html)Image above: Abandoned Detroit suburb. From (http://zfein.blogspot.com/2009/08/local-architecture-goes-to-detroit.html).Last week’s Archdruid

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-54803724639340576152012-01-19T07:57:00.007-10:002012-01-19T08:22:16.567-10:00

SUBHEAD: Modern Mayans more concerned with Earth's environment than their ancient calendar ending.By Matthew McDermott on 17 January 2012 for TreeHugger - (http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/modern-mayans-more-concerned-environmental-problems-than-calendar-ending.html)Image above: Illustration of Mayan cosmology attributed to Edward Babinski for National Geographic production of "Ancient

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SUBHEAD: Sponsors of the PIPA/SOPA internet copyright legislation found to be pirates and have to abandon ship.[Editor's note: In the last few days the internet communication community faced off against the old-guard corporate content distributors and have turned the tide away from government censorship. The help of organizations like Google and Wikipedia were huge, but even more so was the

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-32836006043335379552012-01-18T07:49:00.005-10:002012-01-20T21:35:18.745-10:00

SUBHEAD: Google protests SOPA using popular home page and asks visitors to ask US Congress to back away.[Editor's Note: You can sign Google's online petition against SOPA/PIPA here (https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/).]By Declan McCullagh & Greg Sandoval on 17 January 2012 for CNet - (http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-57360223-261/google-will-protest-sopa-using-popular-home-page/?part=rss

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-63890900383355354922012-01-18T07:23:00.004-10:002012-01-19T07:51:06.937-10:00

SUBHEAD: Imagine a world without free knowledge. With SOPA and PIPA soon you won't need imagination.By Staff on 18 January 2012 for Wikipedia - (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more)Image above: The face of the English version of Wikipedia during SOPA/PIPA blackout on 18 January 2012 blackout/ From (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page).For over a decade, we have

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-5973553470788466482012-01-17T09:05:00.007-10:002012-01-17T09:24:37.579-10:00

SUBHEAD: 3,500 year old bald cypress tree used by pre-contact Seminoles for navigation is burns to ground.By Mark Memmott on 17 January 2012 for NPR - (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/01/17/145342304/one-of-worlds-oldest-cypress-trees-the-senator-burns-in-florida)Image above: View of 3,500 year old cypress tree in 2002 in Big Tree park. From (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/27543129).

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-2378580026696011352012-01-17T08:38:00.003-10:002012-01-17T08:51:17.069-10:00

SUBHEAD: Chevron blames victims of its deliberate contamination of Amazon rainforest in Ecuador.By Kerry Kennedy on 16 January 2012 for Bloomberg News - (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kerry-kennedy/chevron-equador-amazon_b_1209408.html)Image above: An oil flare reflects in a pool of toxic heavy metals and crude oil at Cheron's Guanta Well. Photograph by David Gilbert From (http://

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SUBHEAD: That migration is diluting an agrarian economy that was once the ruling Communist Party’s power base.By John Liu on 16 January 2012 for Bloomberg News - (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-17/china-urban-population-exceeds-rural.html)Image above: Painting of Chairman Moa Zedong visits Guandong countryside, by Chen Yanning, 1972. From (http://summerinshanghai.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-49729881667282744902012-01-17T08:00:00.003-10:002012-01-17T08:11:44.242-10:00

SUBHEAD: London financial center shrinks faster than any other as banks come under attack.By Kevin Crowley on 16 January 2012 for Bloomberg News - (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-17/-bloated-london-banks-shrink-in-the-city-as-europe-takes-aim.html)Image above: The City of London is the largest financial center in the world in October 2008. From (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-6414330055497232792012-01-16T08:27:00.005-10:002012-01-16T13:32:47.434-10:00

SUBHEAD: Most amazing is how quiet the world has been since 2001. The buildup of tensions are out-of-this world.By James Kunstler on 16 January 2012 for Kunstler.com - (http://kunstler.com/blog/2012/01/what-gives.html)Image above: Detail of the "Survive the Holidays" poster for the movie "The Darkest Hour". From (http://www.iamrogue.com/news/movie-news/item/5227-

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-77749374371691105012012-01-15T16:47:00.004-10:002012-01-15T17:22:53.640-10:00

SUBHEAD: I’ve decided it’s better to be an honest observer of a dark world than to make up cheery lies for desperate people.By John Rember on 14 January 2012 for Nature bats Last - (http://guymcpherson.com/2012/01/last-days-last-words)Image above: Sun Valley Pavilion. From (http://allanknight.blogspot.com/2011/11/sun-valley-experience.html).1.For most of my life, I’ve been a teacher of rhetoric,

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SUBHEAD: Dinner and a film about chemicals in our environment on Friday 1/27 at 6:30pm at Children of the Land.By Juan Wilson on 15 January 2012 for Island Breath - (http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2012/01/living-downsteam-movie.html)Image above: Detail of photo of Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D. From (http://www.livingdownstream.com/for-media).WHAT:Free dinner and showing of documentary, "Living

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SUBHEAD: Results for Round I. Now inspire others to take action in Round II by spreading the word.By Jonathan Jay on 13 January 2012 for Island Breath - (http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2012/01/kauai-power-down-round-ii.html)Image above: Power Down - Round Two graphic fro Jonathan Jay.And the first reports ore just coming in from our very successful Inaugural Kaua`i Power Down Challenge.

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SUBHEAD: The techno optimists, political hopefuls and apocalypse worshipers won't matter much when we get down to survival on Mother Earth.By Juan Wilson on 13 January 2012 for Island Breath - (http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2012/01/heros-way.html)Image above: A updated DeLorean running on Mr. Fusion and flying through space/time. From (http://calvinisticcartoons.blogspot.com/2012/01/

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-83990937971910069332012-01-12T07:53:00.006-10:002012-01-12T19:20:00.420-10:00

SUBHEAD: If we want more healthy local food, we must stop government criminalizing them for the sake of big agriculture.By John Kinsman on 10 January 2012 for Common Dreams - (http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/10-0)Image above: Detail of "July Hay" by Thomas Hart Benton, 1943. From (http://whisperinglion.tumblr.com/post/362517052/xye-sealmaiden-thomas-hart-benton-july).On Wednesday January

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-74397190106382076282012-01-11T19:50:00.004-10:002012-01-11T20:18:10.490-10:00

SUBHEAD: We have somehow gotten stuck, all seven billion of us, inside the pages of a pulp fantasy novel.By John Michael Greer on 11 January 2012 for the Archdruid Report - (http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2012/01/blood-of-earth-or-pulp-nonfiction.html)Image above: Illustration for Michael Moorcock's 1969 fantasy novel "The Ice Schooner". From (http://realmofryan.blogspot.com/2010/05/

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SUBHEAD: Free movie showing at Kapaa Library on Friday, January 20th at 6:30pm.By Ray Catania on 10 January 2012 in Island Breath - (http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2012/01/in-light-of-reverence.html)Image above: Still frame of Devil's Tower from "In Light of Reverence". From (http://www.pbs.org/pov/inthelightofreverence).WHAT:Free movie showing of "In the Light of Reverence". It tells the

Linda Pascatorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10212139060568589929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-45280870362464288732012-01-11T08:26:00.003-10:002012-01-11T08:51:21.583-10:00

SUBHEAD: In such times as these everyone needs to put down their cellphones, get out of their cars and turn off their televisions.By Jan Lundberg on 7 January 2012 for Culture Change - (http://www.culturechange.org/cms/content/view/811/1/)Image above: Still image of actress Mireille Darc from Jean Luc Godard 1967 movie "Weekend". From (http://hauptstadtkulturfonds.berlin.de/index.php?id=245&

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-25286989023573194602012-01-10T20:50:00.007-10:002012-01-11T15:49:11.028-10:00

SUBHEAD: Environmentalists have happily jumped on the technological fix bandwagon--the solar farm, wind farm, energy crowd.By Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on 8 January 2012 for Orion - (http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-01-09/whither-environmentalism)Image above: Tree on landscape. From Kingsworth's Orion article (http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6599).In the

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SUBHEAD: It would seem that the USA's perpetual war is about to expand again. This time aimed at Iran and American citizens.By Juan Wilson on 10 January 2012 for Island Breath - (http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2012/01/american-war.html)Image above: Secretary of State cHillary Clinton in black leather installing silencer on automatic pistol. From (http://www.whiterabbitcult.com/

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-4829391702293989902012-01-10T10:39:00.002-10:002012-01-10T10:55:30.844-10:00

SUBHEAD: For global gasaholics, the ending of national fuel subsidies are the first step to a cure.By Editorial staff on 10 January 2012 for Bloomberg News - (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-10/for-global-gasaholics-ending-subsidies-is-the-first-step-to-a-cure-view.html)Image above: 32 gallon tank Hummer. From (http://phytophactor.fieldofscience.com/2011/04/cost-of-gasoline-petrol.html).

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-92146503758535992242012-01-10T10:23:00.004-10:002012-01-10T10:35:19.696-10:00

SUBHEAD: Seattle’s Bullitt Foundation building sustainable building with composting toilets and solar PV roof.By James S. Russell on 9 January 2012 for Bloomberg News - (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-10/seattle-s-bullitt-goes-green-with-toilets-cooling-hat-james-s-russell.html)Image above: Architectural rendering of Pike Street side of Bullitt Foundation headquarters being built in

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SUBHEAD: Obama is prepared to use US military force to stop Iran achieving nuclear weapons.[Editor's note: As stated in the article below "The latest round of punishing sanctions target oil sales, which fund a majority of Iran’s government revenues." This in itself, is an act of war against Iran. America is now about to escalate the confrontation.] By Indira Lakshmanan on 10 January 2012 for

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-59793001012971366162012-01-09T08:26:00.002-10:002012-01-09T08:34:44.026-10:00

SUBHEAD: Baffled scientists test for radiation after seals and walruses found dead in Alaska.By Bonnie Hulkower on 8 January 2012 for Treehugger - (http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/seal-walruses-dead-alaska-mysterious-sores-hair-loss-scientists-baffled.html)Image above: Seal affected by sores and hair loss from mysterious illness. From (https://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/

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SUBHEAD: John Kruse, who was raised in Koloa, toils to save plantation rental houses for kapuna.By Lee Cataluna on 8 January 2012 for the Star Advertiser - (http://www.staradvertiser.com/s?action=login&f=y&id=136899108)Image above: One of the rental homes in Koloa that Grove Farms plans to tear down. From (http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/koloa-camp-residents-to-be-evicted/article_5979483c-

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-54494897944437962042012-01-09T07:22:00.003-10:002012-01-09T07:35:01.545-10:00

SUBHEAD: A few months from now neither major party will have a credible candidate or a plausible platform of ideas.By James Kunstler on 9 Janaury 2012 for Kunstler.com - (http://kunstler.com/blog/2012/01/this-ripe-moment.html)Image above: A clown car drives through American small town. From (http://themoderatevoice.com/134085/hawk-in-a-clown-car-field).The narcolepsy of the long Yuletide draws

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-7976707523333392542012-01-08T10:43:00.004-10:002012-01-08T10:57:04.000-10:00

SUBHEAD: To escape rising sea level the president of Madives suggests moving his entire island nation to Australia.By Btian Merchant on 6 January 2012 for TreeHugger - (http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/sea-levels-rise-maldives-president-may-move-his-entire-island-nation-australia.html)Image above: The Maldives capital of Male in the Indian Ocean. From original article.The first week of

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-61091342374606580572012-01-08T09:53:00.007-10:002012-01-08T21:02:56.385-10:00

SUBHEAD: This year begins with record-breaking warm weather across much of America.By Brian Merchant on 6 January 2012 for TreeHugger - (http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/2012-begins-record-breaking-warm-weather-across-nation.html)Image above: Girls in Mitchell, Minnesota, shoot hoops in record breaking 58º on January 4th, 2012. From (http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/event/article/id/60778/

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-1032475782211947992012-01-08T09:21:00.005-10:002012-01-08T09:44:15.466-10:00

SUBHEAD: Despite desperate mergers and acquisitions, large centralized institutions are in danger of failure.By Ilargi on 8 January 2012 for the the Automatic Earth - (http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-7-2012-death-of-institution.html)Image above: Illustration of M&E as sharks eating sharks. From (http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2007/we-live-in-financial-times/).In a nice

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-77094508060080646902012-01-07T17:18:00.006-10:002012-01-07T17:44:37.232-10:00

SUBHEAD: US navy PR shown to be in top shape after freeing Iranian fishing boat withh US carrier strike group.By Tony Capaccio on 6 January 2012 for Bloomberg News - (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-06/u-s-navy-rescues-iranian-boat-held-by-pirates.html)Image above: Iranian fishing boat freed by US Navy with USS Stennis Strike Group. From (http://globalriskinfo.com/2012/01/06/us-navy-rescues

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-45966523518529305852012-01-07T17:06:00.003-10:002012-01-07T17:13:04.401-10:00

SUBHEAD: Internet replaces Main Street - banks, pharmacies, post offices as well as camera, book and record stores.By Alan Greenblatt on 6 January 2012 for NPR - (http://www.npr.org/2012/01/06/144789779/internet-exiles-stores-on-main-street)Image above: John Timmons, owner of Ear X-tacy in Louisville closed his record shop after 26 years. From original article.Open any children's book with a

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-74916255473070827172012-01-07T16:50:00.002-10:002012-01-07T17:00:36.114-10:00

SUBHEAD: Renewable energy now provides more electricity in USA than nuclear power plants.By Matthew McDermott on 6 January 2012 for TreeHugger - (http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/renewable-energy-now-provides-u-s-more-power-than-nuclear.html)Image above: View from downstream of Glen Canyon Dam. From original article.The latest figures from the Energy Information Agency are out on US

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-58680349234239114622012-01-06T19:46:00.004-10:002012-01-06T19:56:30.102-10:00

SUBHEAD: I don’t know where I’ll be when collapse is complete, and I don’t much care, because I’m afraid to move and afraid to stay.By Guy McPherson on 4 January 2012 for nature Bats Last - (http://guymcpherson.com/2012/01/taking-a-hike)Image above: "Life After People" building collapse is witnessed by no one. From (http://www.destructoid.com/your-enslaved-primer-go-watch-life-after-people-

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-45093228008681701892012-01-06T09:09:00.007-10:002012-01-06T09:54:53.164-10:00

SUBHEAD: Business on a trike. A man with a 12v blender makes cups of shaved ice with sweet corn or coconut.By Albert on 4 January 2012 for Dmitry Orlov - (http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2012/01/rise-of-tricycle-pushcarts.html)Image above: A tricycle pushcart serving crepes in From original article. "Even in backward mining communities, as late as the sixteenth century more than half the

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-8841698604818040452012-01-05T09:04:00.005-10:002012-01-05T09:26:10.959-10:00

SUBHEAD: The US hard-line policy is tipping Iran towards belligerence. It would seem that is our goal.By Vali Nasr on 4 January 2012 for Bloomberg News - (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-05/hard-line-u-s-policy-tips-iran-toward-belligerence-vali-nasr.html)Image above: Iranian military personnel participate in Velayat-90 war game near Strait of Hormuz. From (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-13861967869018220612012-01-05T08:35:00.005-10:002012-01-05T08:51:27.594-10:00

SUBHEAD: Climate change dropped even further from the world's headlines and newscasts in 2011.By Douglas Fischer on 3 January 2012 for The Daily Climate - - (http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2012/01/climate-coverage-2011)Image above: NOAA's VORTEX2 field command vehicle in vicinity of thunderstorm in Colorado, June, 2009. From (http://www.flickr.com/photos/noaaphotolib/).Weird weather,

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-4157251968814653172012-01-04T16:39:00.003-10:002012-01-04T16:57:12.301-10:00

SUBHEAD: Most predictions for 2012 are flawed. More likely each of the difficulties we had in 2011 will get a little worse.By John Michael Greer on 4 January 2012 for Archdruid Report - (http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2012/01/waiting-for-great-pumpkin.html)Image above: Snoopy and Linus waiting for the arrival of the gift giving Great Pumpkin. From (http://www.myfreewallpapers.net/

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-19772291107326305752012-01-04T12:13:00.003-10:002012-01-04T12:45:16.227-10:00

SUBHEAD: Montana state supreme court says Citizens United not welcome there.By Sam Ferguson on 4 January 2012 for Truthout.org - (http://www.truth-out.org/montana-state-supreme-court-citizens-united-not-welcome-here/1325688926)Image above: Movie poster for "Walmart - The High Cost of Low Price". From (http://watchdocumentary.tv/wal-mart-the-high-cost-of-low-price-documentary/). In a

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-38751569758445311372012-01-04T07:35:00.005-10:002012-01-04T09:11:00.328-10:00

SUBHEAD: How to downsize a transport network to a sustainable human scale system.By Kris De Decker on 29 December 2011 for the Low Tech Magazine - (http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2011/12/the-chinese-wheelbarrow.html)Image above: A Chinese wheelbarrow in use today. From ().For being such a seemingly ordinary vehicle, the wheelbarrow has a surprisingly exciting history. This is especially true in

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-36707093323572092632012-01-03T08:09:00.003-10:002012-01-03T08:43:30.423-10:00

SUBHEAD: We need to emulate the herd animals and cross the river all at once. It's our best hope of achieving workable, simpler, decentralized future.By Nicole Fosse on 3 January 2012 for The Automatic Earth - (http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-3-2012-storm-surge-of.html)Image above: Victim of Desert Rat War reaches Phonehenge. From (http://gregg-rice.blogspot.com/2011/09/

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-55788336470273698042012-01-02T18:30:00.002-10:002012-01-02T18:47:29.544-10:00

SUBHEAD: Top economic thinkers explain why 2012 will be a year of continued, escalating predation by financiers. By Lynne Parramore on 29 December 2011 for Alternet.org - (http://www.alternet.org/story/153604/vampire_squid_watch%3A_4_scary_economic_trends_for_2012)Image above: Cthulhu the Great Vampire Squid. From (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=

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SUBHEAD: The USA is diving into an economic depression that will make the 1930s look like a Busby Berkeley production number.By James Kunstler on 2 January 2012 for Kunstler.com - (http://kunstler.com/blog/2012/01/2012-forecast-bang-and-whimper.html)Image above: Unrest in street during Occupy Seattle 11/2/11. From (http://www.firstpost.com/topic/organization/

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-88098413455367620582012-01-02T17:20:00.008-10:002012-01-02T17:47:21.560-10:00

SOURCE: Dick Mayer (dickmayer@earthlink.net)SUBHEAD: Lawmaker wants state to give Hawaiian interisland Superferry system another try.[Editor's Note: Now that the Superferry's were bought by the Navy they could lease them to the state of Hawaii for civilian interstate travel - thus dooming the outer islands.]By Ilima Loomis on 30 December 2011 for The Maui News - (http://www.mauinews.com/page/

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-40958511295455568612011-12-30T11:03:00.003-10:002011-12-30T11:21:23.299-10:00

SUBHEAD: GoDaddy domain service bows to boycott, now 'opposes' dangerous SOPA copyright bill.By Declan McCullagh on 29 December 2011 for CNET - (http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57349913-281/godaddy-bows-to-boycott-now-opposes-sopa-copyright-bill)Image above: Still image of GoDaddy dilemma created by embracing SOPA. Still from video below. GoDaddy, the domain register targeted by online

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-86077074291858585762011-12-30T10:26:00.007-10:002011-12-30T10:59:32.185-10:00

SUBHEAD: Anonymous targets military related sites in latest holiday hacks revealing personal user information.By Michelle Meyers on 29 December 2011 for CNET - (http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57349976-83/anonymous-targets-military-gear-site-in-latest-holiday-hack)Image above: Graphic for tee-shirt of armed special forces team dressed as Santa about to parachute into drop zone. From (http://

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-71092020395379427532011-12-30T09:44:00.003-10:002011-12-30T09:50:57.707-10:00

SUBHEAD: United States armed forces are testing out alternative energy solutions in Afghanistan.By Quil Lawrence on 29 December 2011 for NPR - (http://www.npr.org/2011/12/29/144395953/u-s-military-tests-out-green-tech-in-afghanistan)Image above: Lance Cpl. Dakota Hicks, from Laharpe, Ill., connects a radio battery to a portable solar panel From original article.The heavy, mine-resistant vehicles

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-8444023272448419532011-12-29T15:59:00.004-10:002011-12-29T16:20:03.887-10:00

SUBHEAD: Come and help us celebrate the shift in consciousness that embraces us all. Rain or Shine! We’ve got tents!By Ken Taylor on 28 December 2011 for Kauai New Year's Brunch - (taylork021@hawaii.rr.com)Image above: Ceremonial entrance to the Taro patch site in Anahola. Photograph provided by Ken Taylor.The Kauai Community Brunch Bunch Welcomes You to the 2012 New Year’s Day CelebrationWHERE

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-21814858229057067612011-12-29T11:01:00.006-10:002011-12-29T11:14:04.194-10:00

SUBHEAD: Pro-nuclear industry politicians and lobbyists are trying to dump safety oriented NRC Chairman.By Staff on 18 December 2011 for Enformable - (http://enformable.com/2011/12/jaczko-claims-small-victory-after-failed-coo-attempt/)Image above: NRC Chairman Greg Jaczko. From article below.It was a hearing more fit for Dr. Phil than C-SPAN, but members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-24153421666623479072011-12-29T10:11:00.003-10:002011-12-29T10:41:34.660-10:00

SUBHEAD: It could be the return of the drachma and lira, or the return of the mark and guilder.By Ilargi on 29 December 2011 for the automatic Earth - (http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/12/december-29-2011-trends-2012-end-of.html)Image above: Fore burning in front of the European Central Bank to keep protesters warm. From (http://exame.abril.com.br/economia/mundo/noticias/

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-19155766210734407022011-12-29T09:12:00.004-10:002011-12-29T13:47:24.073-10:00

SUBHEAD: When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are, anything your heart desires will come to you.By John Michael Greer on 28 December 2011 for Archdruid Report - (http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2011/12/hope-in-cold-season.html)Image above: Jiminy Cricket convinces Pinocchio to "Wish Upon a Star". From (http://www.flickr.com/photos/disneyfreaksam/4692957979/).Last week’s

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SUBHEAD: What's happening in Samoa on Friday? Nothing (sort of). Officially, the day won't exist.By Mark Memmott on 28 December 2011 for NPR - (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/12/28/144385201/there-will-be-no-friday-this-week-in-samoa)Image above: A palm frond roofed shack at the beach in Somoa. From original article.As Eyder previewed back in May, the tiny island nation in the South

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SOURCE: Brad Parsons (mauibrad@hotmail.com)SUBHEAD: Study confirms GMO herbicide glyphosate contaminates groundwater supplies.By Jonathan Benson on 28 December 2011 for Natural News - (http://www.naturalnews.com/034504_glyphosate_groundwater_contamination.htm)Image above: Pallets for sale of Roundup"Extended Control" herbicide used by farmers and suburban lawn gardeners. From (http://

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SUBHEAD: Monsanto Bt corn is not killing rootworms in four state and Roundup is not killing weeds on 14 million acres of U.S. farmland.By Jack Kaskey on 2 December 2011 for Bloomberg News - (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-01/monsanto-corn-may-be-failing-to-kill-rootworms-in-four-states-epa-says.html)Image above: Photo of sculpture of "Cornhenge" photo taken on October 15, 2008 in Dublin,

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SUBHEAD: A weak, harmless voltage run through metallic structures underwater is reviving near-dead reefs.By Loic Vennin on 26 December 2011 in Discovery News - (http://news.discovery.com/tech/electricity-coral-reefs-biorock-111226.html)Image above: Coral growing on electrified metal cage off Bali. Still from video below. Cyanide fishing and rising water temperatures had decimated corals

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SUBHEAD: The proliferation of intense underwater noise poses a threat to the depleted fish stocks in the world’s oceans.By Sandy Herndon on 26 December 2011 for Children of the Land - (http://thechildrenoftheland.com)Image above: Detail of illustration depicting sources of ocean noise that can endanger whales. From (http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/big-idea/noisy-ocean).Underwater

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-90656269399444007722011-12-28T09:43:00.003-10:002011-12-28T11:09:50.163-10:00

SUBHEAD: The Occupy movement can light a fire of human beauty, and human love amidst the sterility of this world.By John Duffy on 21 December 2011 for Grow Food Raise Hell - (http://growfoodraisehell.tumblr.com/post/14572070695/occupy-embrace-what-you-are)Image above: Police arrest a protester on New York's Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011, during a march by Occupy Wall Street. From (

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-87038015966133572402011-12-27T09:36:00.005-10:002011-12-27T09:49:23.445-10:00

SOURCE: Brad Parsons (mauibrad@hotmail.com)SUBHEAD: Treasury is considering plans to restrict the flow of money in the event of a full-blown euro break-up.By patrick Aldrick on 26 December 2011 for the Telegraph - (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8976204/Treasury-plans-for-euro-failure.html)Image above: Tombstone of Euro currency. From original article. The Treasury is working

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SUBHEAD: Wikipedia's to ditch GoDaddy domain service over its support of internet censorship legislation.By Bianca bosker on 26 December 2011 for Huffington Post - (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/26/wikipedia-godaddy-sopa_n_1170034.html) Image above: When someone thinks your company needs a logo-promoting NASCAR paint job its time to reevaluate your goals. From (http://

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-59327574211233184972011-12-27T08:58:00.003-10:002011-12-27T09:11:13.477-10:00

SUBHEAD: Whale conservation group has an advantage they never had before — drone eyes in the sky.By Staff on 26 December 2011 for MSNBC - (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45790766/ns/world_news-world_environment/t/drones-deployed-against-japans-whaling-fleet/#.TvoVTEpfW2A)Image above: Sea Shepherd activist Peter Brown prepares to launch a drone from the Steve Irwin on Saturday. From original

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SUBHEAD: We’ll fight each other, even our children, over the last few scraps falling off the table.[Editor's note: The following is the end portion of a long article from the Automatic Earth. Follow link below for the whose piece.]By Ilargi on 25 December 2011 for the Automatic Earth - (http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/12/december-25-2011-most-tragic-species.html)Image above: "Dogs

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SOURCE: Surfrider Foundation Kauai (surfriderkauai@gmail.com)SUBHEAD: Walter Ritte, "These seals are not invasive; they are like the Hawaiian people who are struggling to survive in their own lands."Image above: Monk seal pup swimming in ocean. From (http://nameahulu.org).Background: Kaunakakai, MolokaiThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in cooperation with the

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SUBHEAD: For Christmas around $600 billion US dollars (in zero interest loans) flowed to over 200 Euro banks.By James Kunstler on 26 December 2011 for Kunstler.com - (http://kunstler.com/blog/2011/12/a-christmas-carol-2011.html)Image above: CEO of Santa Corp in his corner office. From (http://www.alienrobotzombies.com/2010/12/santa-corp-factsheet.html).Slouched in woe beside the Christmas tree,

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SUBHEAD: Frito-Lay sued for labeling GMO ingredients as "All Natural" while Monsanto insists they are not.By Deniza Gertsberg on 23 December 2011 for GM Watch -(http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13573:new-consumer-lawsuit-over-not-so-natural-gmo-food) Image above: A variety of Frito-Lay "All Natural" Sun Chips with GMO ingredients. From product promo at (http://

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-23619554496147799472011-12-24T09:47:00.002-10:002011-12-24T10:00:05.948-10:00

SUBHEAD: President Obama could declare Christmas as a day of peace for US troops in Afghanistan.By Robert Naiman on 24 December 2011 for Truthout - (http://www.truth-out.org/stop-war-christmas-cease-fire-afghanistan/1324745394)Image above: Tribute to "Twas the Night Before Christmas in Afghanistan". From (http://www.173rdairborne.com/Xmas-afghanistan.htm). Shouldn't Americans of every faith

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SUBHEAD: By signing the 'anti-terror' bill the president could end up being worse than George Bush on civil liberties.By Mehdl Hasan on 23 December 2011 for the Guardian - (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/dec/23/obama-abysmal-record-civil-liberty)Image above: Camp X-Ray at the US Navel Base at Guantanamo, Cuba. From (http://pbd.blogspot.com/2011_04_01_archive.html).Here we

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SUBHEAD: 'Absolutely no progress being made' at Fukushima nuclear plant, undercover reporter says.By Robert Irvine on 16 December 2011 for Mainichi Daily News - (http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20111216p2a00m0na002000c.html)Image above: Tepco contract workers enter Fukushima nuclear plant to work with plastic bags taped over footwear. From (http://www.tokyoprogressive.org/content/

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-7664561382578725882011-12-23T10:50:00.005-10:002011-12-23T10:59:33.257-10:00

SOURCE: Dick Mayer (dickmayer@earthlink.net)SUBHEAD: The Navy to buy the two Hawaiian Superferry vessels from MARAD for $35-million.By Robert McCabe on 23 December 2011 for Hampton Roads - (http://hamptonroads.com/2011/12/navy-gets-ok-buy-two-hawaiian-superferries)Image above:The Alakai, shown moored at Lamberts Point Dock in Norfolk on July 16, 2009 From original article.Congress has given the

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SUBHEAD: The winter solstice celebrates the return of the light. Is the feeble US economic recovery a sign of good times to come?By George Mobus on 21 December 2011 for Question Everything - (http://questioneverything.typepad.com/question_everything/2011/12/winter-solstice-are-we-turning-a-corner.html)Image above: Smile like everything is OK.. From (http://psych-your-mind.blogspot.com/2011/04/

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SUBHEAD: What to do? Too old to die young, too poor to start anew and the industrial era is nearing its end.By Guy McPherson on 23 December 2011 for Nature Bats Last - (http://guymcpherson.com/2011/12/identity-crisis/)Image above: The woodcut shows a pilgrim who, after a long and fruitless spiritual quest for a terrestrial and heavenly paradise, is on his knees. Finally he realizes his

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-75284753314618857352011-12-22T11:21:00.009-10:002011-12-22T17:32:02.169-10:00

SUBHEAD: Poor little Red Riding Hood, the economic forest seems denser and darker all the time.By Ilargi on 21 December 2011 for the Auomatic Earth - (http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/12/december-21-2011-forest-feels-denser.html)Image above: A contemporary Red Riding Hood and the big bad wolf. From (http://superpunch.blogspot.com/2010/03/red-riding-hood-and-very-big-bad-wolf.html).

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SUBHEAD: It's darkest day before we turn towards the light again. Even so, the hardest time still lies before us.By Juan Wilson on 21 December 2011 for Island Breath - (http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2011/12/winter-solstice-2011.html)Image above: Illustration of 2011 Winter Solstice. From (http://interdependentproject.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-holidays-winter-solstice.html).A year ago, in

Juan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00235465611717847305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803908253839878060.post-77558699472617732952011-12-21T07:59:00.004-10:002011-12-21T08:09:37.518-10:00

SOURCE: Eliel Starbright (elielstarbright@gmail.com)SUBHEAD: Occupy Portland outsmart police, creating blueprint for other urban occupations.By Lester Macgurdy on 15 December 2011 for Portland Occupier- (http://www.portlandoccupier.org/2011/12/15/occupy-portland-outsmarts-police-creating-blueprint-for-other-occupations/)Image above: Portland swat and riot police face off with Occupy forces in a

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