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A powerful piece on the struggle to offer help to the indigenous who once had Paradise…then taken away.
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Rachel, Who Came To Rafah.
If you recall, a young Presbyterian minister was also run over by a bulldozer while he marched for Civil Rights during the 1960s. It was an eerie discovery. Bless those with courage to stand up for what is right. Evil flourishes when good people stand by and do nothing.
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Today marks thirteen years since American peace activist Rachel Corrie was killed by the Israeli military in the Palestinian city of Rafah. Today, I remember Corrie through the post I wrote two years ago, introducing her and her letters from Palestine.
In his article for The Independent Robert Fisk wrote:
“An American heroine, Rachel earned no brownie points from the Bush administration which bangs on about courage and freedom from oppression every few minutes. Rachel’s was the wrong sort of courage and she was defending the freedom of the wrong people.”
I remember Corrie through thoughts she expressed in one of her letters:
“If I lived in Bosnia or Rwanda or who knows where else, needless death wouldn’t be a distant symbol to me, it wouldn’t be a metaphor, it would be a reality. And I have no right to this metaphor.
But I use it to console myself. To give…
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Exposing Thomas Potter, Disinfo Artist and Internet Troll
I have seen more and more videos removed on youtube that are important for an informed discussion of important issues, especially ones on the environment and shedding light on misrepresentations. I have read several accounts of youtube removing videos for dubious reasons. If you don’t fight for the First Amendment, we’re done.
Warm and fuzzy thoughts for the weekend…
Reblogging this — a map of nuclear reactors. Here is a report on nuclear waste and Yucca Mountain: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/built-for-eternity
Yucca Mountain= Lead, South Dakota if this so-called research facility goes into operation. My gut feeling is that it is a slight-of-hand where it will be called a radiation research facility, but in reality will be a place to dump radioactive waste.
….well, not exactly. Here’s a map of nuclear power plants in the U.S. and the areas that would be affected if the worst happened:
modernsurvivalblog.com/nuclear/u-s-nuclear-power-plants-safe-distance/
Indiana is so screwed. So is the Midwest, with the exception of Kentucky and lower parts of West Virginia.
*yawn*
How ’bout those Dodgers…?
(trying to emphasize the lack of concern)
…and the evil experimentation continues: Radiation Underground
I had read about an underground facility being bandied about in South Dakota. It was disheartening to see this on the jobs website:
I had that sinking feeling when I first read of the underground facility…the report stated that it was considered, but was tabled. Now we see it is back…
Just because the facility is underground does not mean it is safe. Likely will poison the earth, as well. This in turn would poison water underground. I mean, we don’t even know what all it would do…and being out-of-sight, it would be even more difficult to discover what harm it has done.
There is no reason at all that radiation should be tested anywhere, anytime. None. As Ralph Nader once put it — nuclear energy is just a fancy way to boil water.
There are too many downsides to radioactive energy and dubious benefit. You will never, ever be able to get rid of the waste so that someone, somewhere is not exposed. As always, the destruction to Earth and to plants and to animals is conveniently ignored or downplayed by those who make profits off of the industry. They are rarely held accountable (both legally and financially).
Fukushima is the most recent incident that shows how devastating radiation is. This recent report states that radiation IS STILL A PROBLEM on the ship that served in the rescue mission after the nuclear accident.
Moving radioactive waste.
Karen Silkwood, an activist who mysteriously died in a car accident after raising awareness and demanding accountability by the nuclear industry.
Yassar Arafat poisoned with radioactive polonium. This is the same poison allegedly used on the Russian opponent to Putin.
Finally, this one is especially important to the area that is now being used for this underground facility — Native Americans were told they would have to choose between casinos or nuclear waste facilities in order to be recognized as sovereign. Now we have casinos…AND radioactive facilities.
I don’t think, as an economist, that I would hang my development policy on a casino. But the federal government says to Indian people, “I will recognize your sovereignty if you have either a nuclear or toxic-waste dump or casino.” That’s pretty much the only way you get your sovereignty recognized as Indian people.
Let me be clear about this: We are sovereign. I don’t care if the federal government recognizes me, my nation, and my people. That’s of little consequence to me in the long-term picture. The federal government, as far as I’m concerned, is by and large illegal. Most transactions are illegal. It’s like being recognized by a bunch of hoodlums.
~~~Winona LaDuke
It’s like the continuation of genocide — only instead of bioterrorism (smallpox in blankets) or killing nearly all the buffalo, it’s poisoning with radioactive uranium mining, poisoning the river with lead, mercury, and arsenic; and now an underground facility with unknown radiation.
Why must we all be subjected to this over and over?
Because nuclear is a weapon of war. And there are those saying Syria will be our WWIII, with nuclear being used as the final solution.
God help us.
Now we see why Zika hysteria was created…
Watching HLN just now, they announced that genetically modified mosquitoes are being released in Florida….to combat the non-threat of the Zika virus. Un-freaking-believable.
As someone opposed to this stated — We don’t want to be Big Pharma’s guinea pigs for their big mosquito experiment. They have no idea how these genetically modified beings are going to affect one’s health. Going on history, they have created more problems than they have cured. Just look at any Big Pharma product’s ad — there are as many side effects as are *cough* cures. And when people start having side effects that seriously impact their health, they are ignored, laughed at, and being told they are hypochondriacs (usually women).
This is wrong, wrong, wrong. These monsters have nothing on Dr. Mengele. Just plain evil.
My other posts on Zika virus here and here; and the post of the devastating effects of Lupron/Synarel here, here, and here.
Meet With Berta’s Daughters Mr. President
The three daughters of environmental activist and Lenca indigenous leader Berta Cáceres, who was shot and killed by two assailants in her home in the town of La Esperanza, Honduras last Thursday, have asked to meet with President Juan Orlando Hernández to personally petition that an international and independent commission be established to investigate the murder of their mother. The names of the three young woman are Laura Yolanda, Olivia Marcela, and Berta Isabel Zúniga Cáceres.
“If the government of Honduras wants to guarantee our security, then it has to determine the origin of the threat, who is behind it and why, for the sake of our safety and that of our entire family,” said the eldest, Olivia Marcela. At a press conference organized by the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), the daughters read from a prepared written statement, saying… “We request publicly an urgent meeting with President…
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Horrifying … **edited
I cannot believe an abusive jerk like this has no problem getting a job. **edited to add: Did anyone else get that creepy feeling when reading that he has no luck with women, and he such a great guy? It reminded me of Eliot Rogers…
I’m sure most of my former students will tell you I was too strict and gave too much homework, but the chapter I hope you read on apparent abuses by a KIPP CEO at a school in California is absolutely horrifying. It was posted at Steven Krashen’s blog, Schools Matter.
Or click on this link:
http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2016/03/the-green-whitewash-of-no-excuses-part-2.html
Scientists want federal environment minister to reject ‘flawed’ B.C. LNG report on Lelu Island
…note that the Lax Kw’alaams rejected 1.15 BILLION bribery money. Good for them. They get it. You can’t eat money, breathe money, nor drink money…
By Gord Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun,
More than 100 Canadian and U.S. scientists have concluded a federal environmental assessment of the $12-billion Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal is “scientifically flawed” and represents an “insufficient base for a decision.”
The scientists, in a letter dated March 9, are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government to reject a Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency draft report released last month that found the project would not adversely affect aquatic life, including salmon. The project has an estimated cost of $36 billion if development to extract gas in northeast B.C. and a pipeline to the coast are included.
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Almanac Garden Planning
Farmer’s Almanac has a piece up on garden planning for beginners…Enjoy.
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