but i am seriously beginning to doubt it’s this century and in this country. yep, you over there, you guessed it- i went shopping today. now, anyone who reads here regularly pretty much knows i would rather stab myself repeatedly in both eyes with a soup spoon than go to the grocery store- or wal-mart- [...]

what the hell is wrong with us? what is wrong with the rich western nations that we believe that the world is our garbage dump? what is wrong with the governments of third world nations who believe that their people are just garbage?

i wondered what i would post about my first real day back online after summertime company. i have managed to squeeze a few moments here and there to read ‘mindful politics’ and various blogs and sundry online while my outlaws were here- and friends

…CAN NEVER STAND IN FOR REAL LIFE.

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Ok this title should trigger a big red flag. The Bush Administration wants to “help” us? When they “helped” Iraq, it turned out to be a profit scheme involving oil.

China has some of the worst pollution on the planet. They will be shutting down factories, limiting car use, and have additional factories further away on standby to shut down, if need be to address air quality issues.

reason number 5,980 why the rest of the world is dissing us
“No. Buying a Prius is not taking action. Neither is upgrading the insulation on your house or buying carbon offsets when you fly. We need, as a nation, to commit to seriously ending our addiction to fossil fuels, to rapacious development and the concomitant [...]

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reality has an ugly way of creeping into life’s lovely moments- and it brings me around to what i am trying to teach myself- the four noble truths. which, of course, led me around to the dalai lama’s visit here in the states

how will humans survive if we kill off other species? even the msm occasionally prints about collapsing ecosystems here and around the world. many of the species with population declines or large decimations in population are our pollinators. we depend on insects to grow our food and to feed other wildlife that is beneficial to [...]

“There are times in the history of our nation when our very way of life depends upon dispelling illusions and awakening to the challenge of a present danger.

h/t survival acres blog
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i have been doing much research on natural ways to control bugs in the garden and lawn. i don’t want to use insecticides unless i have to- and besides that- many don’t work long term anyway. take japanese beetles for example. there is an infestation like nobody’s business here in upstate new [...]

book review on raj patel’s book, ’stuffed and starved: the hidden battle for the world’s food system’
many folks don’t realize that food shortages and food lines and riots will hit american streets. the global climate change, along with wars, speculators, corporate farming, etc., has already sparked shortages among the basic food groups. asia [...]

It’s called electronic waste, or e-waste, and the world produces a lot of it: 20 to 50 million tons a year, according to the UN - enough to load a train that would stretch around the world.