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Monthly Archives: November 2013
ThanksGIVING
I found a cool study on my oldest and dearest friend’s fb page that supports what I have always suspected, people who give, time-food-compassion-a warm smile-anything, are more evolved. Check it out.
Teaching Imagination
I watched Moyers & Company this afternoon. Dr. Henry Giroux spoke about education and the social contract. He called the prevailing American social and political attitude “savage”. It is savage. Education is fundamental to a healthy society. Yet, rather than … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged common core, Dr. Henry Giroux, Education, Marc Tucker, Moyers & Company, race to the top
10 Comments
Federal Reserve Secrecy
The Federal Reserve directly impacts all of the people in the United States and indirectly, or perhaps directly, in all that swirling opaqueness it’s difficult to say, the lives of all the people in the world. It’s time for an … Continue reading
Trans Pacific Plutocracy
Wikileaks has released the Intellectual Property section of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement. Apparently, it is intended to be fast tracked through Congress before year end. Meetings will commence in Salt Lake City from tomorrow, November 19, through the 24th. … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Intellectual Property, Obama, PLUTOCRACY, trade negotiations, Trans Pacific Partnership
9 Comments
Subsidizing Wall St. (or Putting It To the People)
As most of us are aware the Fed is no friend to the People. Quantitative Easing is an outrageous outcome of Too Big To Fail. Matt Taibbi elaborates: “… the thing I want to focus on is the subsidy aspect … Continue reading
Obamacare UNaffordable
I watched the physicians, Margaret Flowers and Jill Stein on Moyers & Company yesterday. I was struck by several of the points Dr. Flowers made. I found the following information on a blog entry she posted. “Insurance companies have a … Continue reading
Death for Dadah
Over 30 years ago when I was traveling in SE Asia, I was scared by the awareness that, in many of the countries I visited, a death sentence was imposed for possession of drugs. There were big signs declaring Death … Continue reading
Disturbing Changes
I’ve lost the certainty of me and the diplomacy of the filter. Patience is a coveted virtue. Everything is a personal affront. I fixate on situations that are irrelevant, or should be. I have forgotten who is an ally and … Continue reading
Posted in Human Condition, Marriage
Tagged Experience, Peri-MENOPAUSE, Personal, True Love
16 Comments
People Get Ready
I always wonder, when Congress is making much ado about nothing, i.e. the Ted Cruz October Debacle, how the government is really putting it to the People. The Trans Pacific Partnership is a horrifying back room deal. We must do … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Doctors without Borders, Obama, slave workers, Thunderdome, Trans Pacific Partnership
3 Comments