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Category Archives: History
Goodbye Donald T****
Good riddance to bad rubbish.May he disappear (just as he promised he would!) And may the lessons learned never be forgotten.
Posted in art, balance, Communication, Education, History, Just for laughs, News and politics, People, Phlyarology
Tagged Donald Trump
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Two weeks left until sanity returns
“Two weeks” has been one of the themes of T****’s term in office. Taxes, wiretapping, infrastructure, the Paris Accords, ISIS, the new healthcare plan, minimum wage plan, COVID-19 vaccines… and ‘proof of widespread election fraud’; all of these things have … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Drama, Education, History, Just for laughs, News and politics, People, Phlyarology
Tagged Donald Trump, Electoral College, Two weeks
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Planet of The Idiots: a lecture by Carl Sagan
Disclaimer: this lecture is actually entitled ‘The Age of Exploration’, but I think my title is more appropriate. Let’s make a planet in which nobody is starving. Let’s make a planet in which men and women have equal access to … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Core thought, Education, History, Phlyarology, Science, Tributes
Tagged Anthropocentrism, Carl Sagan, chauvinism, conceit, homo fatuus brutus
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English landowners have stolen our rights. It is time to reclaim them!
Update 06Sep2020: The petition closed yesterday with 134,900 signatures — and so will be considered by UK Parliament for a debate…. Landed power, built on theft, slavery and colonial looting, crushes our freedoms. A new campaign seeks to decolonise the … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Environment, History, Phlyarology, Strategy
Tagged George Monbiot, land, theft
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Why governments need to be bigger
It is, quite simply, a question of numbers. There are more people now. QED. Oh: you want more? More people means more resources required to satisfy the problems that the increased population creates. Each person in government represents a certain … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Core thought, History, Phlyarology
Tagged 'common' sense, Justice, representation
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The wolves within: a Cherokee legend
An old grandfather said to his grandson, who came to him with anger at a friend who had done him an injustice, “Let me tell you a story. “I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Core thought, Culture, Drama, Education, History, People
Tagged cherokee, legend, wolf
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A brown new deal | The Consciousness of Sheep
Those lucky enough to die of old age often fall into a very peaceful state – not dissimilar to the deep relaxation sought after by meditation practitioners – from which they simply slip away. Since 1958, though, one of the … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Core thought, Culture, Economics, Education, Energy, Environment, History, Reblogs
Tagged civilization, death
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A reminiscence from World War II
In response to: Carrot Ranch May 14, 2020, flash fiction challenge: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that answers the question, “What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you are in absolute danger?” Go … Continue reading
This is NOT natural
Originally posted on Open Mind:
This graph should be on every billboard in the U.S. Paleo from PAGES2K: https://figshare.com/collections/Global_mean_temperature_reconstructions_over_the_Common_Era/4507043 combined with the surface temperature from Cowtan & Way http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~kdc3/papers/coverage2013/had4_krig_std.temp
“Nobody Could have Predicted..”
Originally posted on Climate Denial Crock of the Week:
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Posted in ... wait, what?, Core thought, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, History, Reblogs
Tagged coronavirus, pandemic
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