Dow and Monsanto seem to be in a race to see who can be the most sociopathic. Because only a sociopath can bioengineer corn so that they can poison the earth more, no matter at the cost to the ecology, humans, and animals.
The Center for Food Safety has a petition up to somehow get the spineless FDA to stop this depraved idea. Please sign it–you never know, they just might feel the pressure for once.
Creation Assistance has this post up on an invention to turn salty sea water into drinking water. Absolute genius. I wonder if this can be applied to our dirty drinking water through public utilities? Could it take out the prescription drugs, petroleum products, fertilizers, herbicides, etc.?
Here’s the article in translation:
A Frank Liefooghe Project ConceptMr. Frank Liefooghe :
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OF SEA WATER BECOMES DRINKING !
January 4, 2014 by reglang22From http://izitech.ma :
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OF SEA WATER BECOMES DRINKING WITH THIS INVENTION OPEN SOURCE THAT WILL SAVE MILLIONS OF LIVES .
Lack of access to clean water is one of the leading causes of mortality in poor countries .
In recent years , several efforts have been made to make seawater drinkable . This required power plants that consume a lot of energy and was inaccessible to poor countries.
Italian designer Gabriele Diamanti , had the idea to rally two natural elements in the service of the environment.
He created the ” Eliodomestico ” an eco- distiller that turns salt water into drinking water using solar energy.
This project is aimed at developing countries and allow these people access to clean drinking water at lower costs, with the added technical “Open Source” .
How does the ” Eliodomestico “?eliodomestico
Eliodomestico each device can produce five liters of drinking water per day. More than enough for a family of 4 people .
The concept is simple, just put the sea water (salt water) in the morning in a special boiler.
This boiler is waterproof and thanks to the sun ( heat ) water evaporates throughout the day.
The steam passes through a connecting pipe and condenses in the cover pan.
The user can retrieve the fresh drinking water contained in the tank after sunset.
A more satisfactory idea for transporting drinking water, just wear the pelvis on the head ( a common practice).
Click the link to see more!
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I would caution, however, that since this is made of clay, that water not be allowed to stand in it. Clay is notorious for having lead in it.
Okay, people, stop your whining about how c-c-c-c-cold it is and the snow…
So…I thought I’d list the benefits of Winter:
–The snow is ESSENTIAL for us not to have a drought. A biology teacher once said that we needed at least two feet of snow each winter to avoid having a drought. With the climate change weird weather, I would up that to three feet of snow. Right now, we’ve almost gotten that, so we’re looking pretty good for next summer.
–The freezing weather kills a lot of bugs.
–Playing in the snow is fun. The beauty is phenomenal.
–After a winter is through, we can appreciate Spring and warmer weather. Would we appreciate it as much if we didn’t have the colder weather?
–Winter isn’t for sissies. Like the butterfly struggling out of its cocoon, the struggle makes one stronger.
–The winter allows the plants to “sleep” and rest. The snow protects the roots from the severe cold. I dislike the “bad” part of this post, because it is always from a human’s perspective, instead of all of nature. The broken branches or dead trees serve as homes to creatures, or as a base for other living plants that use the decaying matter as food.
Here’s a neat video with an amazing dead tree hosting several plants:
And here is a video on life beginning again after a devastating wildfire.
Related to the trees, I found this video on saving acorn seeds for planting:
(As a side note~ I just have to say that I’m digging the hairy arms. I don’t know how it all got started, but men shaving their arms and chests bare is a turn off. )
Also related to winter, I came across this ecotraction substitute to winter salting on roads. Great idea. I heard that they were using beet juice now in salt mixtures for the roads, and at first I thought that was better than the destructive effects of salt, but then I thought…they’re using food when people are hungry…yeah, can’t support that. Beets are especially good for their detoxing effects.
I have the bah humbugs for the New Year…can’t get too worked up over the new year–too many times hopes have been dashed…
So…I thought I’d go looking for something to lift my mood...here’s a neat thing–do it yourself solar panels. I think even if someone only wanted to do one panel, it would still help reduce their electric bill, and that would reduce the country’s needs for energy produced by oil or other environmentally toxic stuff, like fracking. Note that the author recommends a professional installation, or having a professional inspect your work if you do it yourself.
Eartheasy also has a page on energy efficient lighting, with LED lights. I was happy they did not have the dreaded mercury-filled lightbulbs.
Enjoy.
**edited to add: As I read the comments, the author mentions they have a small generator when the sun is not available. It flashed in my head that with the stupid chemtrails creating a solid mass of “clouds” it could also interfere with available sunlight for the solar panels.
Granny Miller has a post up on the curious phenomenon of preppers.
I am positively revolted by the survivalist perception and belief that somehow there will not be enough food, water, clothing, shelter and goodness and humanity to go around when “the collapse” comes.
…wisdom from the elders….
( TEOTWAWKI = The end of the world as we know it. TSHTF= the sh*t hits the fan.)
Global News has this up on highway collapse thought to be caused by several local earthquakes.
So…yeah, I’m looking at fracking in the area. Here’s a report on fracking near the area:
(not linking to it for obvious reasons)
thehydroexcavationblog.com/south-texas-hydro-excavation-link-love-shale-fracking-growth/
From the article:
U.S. oil production has reversed a 30-plus year decline and, by some estimates, the country will become the world’s largest oil producer by as early as 2017 and will achieve full energy self-sufficiency by 2030.
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::…meanwhile, citizens are dropping dead of *mysterious* illnesses at a rate parallel to the amount of fracking being done…..:: /not really snarky, but a little too close to the truth
I found a protest blog by Mexican nationals. Again, you’ll have to use google translate.
I also found this on the detrimental decision to release control of Mexico’s oil resources to outside investors. Combine that with this previous story on the huge reserves just ripe for fracking…and well, you can draw the picture.
Egyptians are also protesting fracking. Can you imagine poisoning the Nile? Good Grief.
Warrior Publications has this up on the curious fact that people opposing the Enbridge pipeline are not the radicals that the Oil industry and the politicos would like you to think.
Like I’ve said before, there are a lot more people in favor of protecting the environment but are afraid to be categorized as terrorists or radicals, so they remain silent. It really came home to me when I wrote an op-ed for my local paper talking about environmental concerns, including GMO labeling. I had people call me and talk to me in person (in a low voice, no doubt so no one else could hear the conversation) about how they agreed with me. But they didn’t take that next step and write their own op-ed on how they, too, wanted to protect the environment.
The oil industry and others have done a bang up job of portraying *all* environmentalists as radical, violent people….when only a small number of people have done things that are disagreeable to the rest. And I’m sure there were agent provocateurs amongst the violent ones.
The following isn’t related to the environmental protests, but it is helpful in understanding that it isn’t paranoia on the part of protestors:
The more I learn about the gut and neurological health, the more amazed I am at the intricate workings of our miracle bodies…and how spot on Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride is with the GAPS diet…
I’ve been all over the ‘net this morning, reading blog after blog on probiotics. One linked to this post on the gut-brain-skin axis.
Some of this is over my head, but it appears that probiotics help reduce inflammation after a heart attack.
Here’s a good paper on the connection between probiotics and the brain. It is so interesting that fermented food, like sauerkraut, can contain acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter. Blows me away.
This blog has a recipe for GAPS yogurt. Since I was very sensitive at first, I gave up on yogurt. I tried making my own according to another member’s method of putting it in an electric skillet on low heat, but didn’t have satisfactory results. It could have been that I didn’t use yogurt starter, but rather, used store-bought kefir. I found out later that this brand, an expensive organic brand, was putting the live cultures back in after processing it.
Yeah, that’s not going to work.
I like her idea of using raw milk. But since obtaining raw milk is a crime…I’ll have to go through the Mafia to get some. /super snarky
She talks about using her food dehydrator for growing the culture, but I thought it might be easier to use a yogurt maker. I looked at several brands, and they had automatic shutoffs at 6-10 hours, which is waaaay too short a time to allow the cultures to develop…but there was this one that follows GAPS, too. Not having tried it, I’m not able to give any kind of review on its ease of use or reliability.
You might remember this post with a quote that says the words “third way”. Not long after I posted it, Ed on the Ed Show (MSNBC) mentioned the Third Way. I can’t remember exactly what he said, but it was negative and the segment intrigued me.
I’ve just now gotten around to doing a bit of research on Third Way. Whew…do you smell a rat?? Me, too.
Red flags are going off with Elizabeth Warren being attacked by supposed Democrats for…speaking out against selling us out to the 1% by cutting Social Security and other social programs….calling them “populist”. Um-hmmm…that and the word “entitlement” are key words for the “I’ve-got-mine-screw-you” crowd.
Now, getting back to the previous post with Hillary Clinton’s religious leader saying those words: third way…and how they wanted to do away with New Deal programs:
It emerged, he [Reverend Don Jones] says, as a third way, a reaction against both separatist fundamentalism and the New Deal’s labor-based liberalism.
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Social Security. Public Schools. Medicaid. Medicare. Public employees like fire fighters, police. Public Libraries. A decent living wage.
I know that it’s hard to believe they want to destroy it all, but all signs are pointing towards that very end.
Elizabeth Warren stands in the way of that.
Here’s a humorous video up on it:
Please, please run for President, Elizabeth. Please!! I’ll go knocking on doors…whatever needs done to help get you votes. Hillary Clinton is nothing but a Goldwater Girl doing the dirty work of the bankers, warmongers, education profiteers, Big Oil, Monsanto, and no doubt countless other organizations that don’t give a crap about Americans or America, the poor, the elderly, the children, the environment, nor the middle class.
Please run, Elizabeth.
First, the legal stuff: Statements posted on this blog are for information only, and should NOT be taken as medical advice. If you need medical advice, you should seek it from those who are licensed to give medical advice. You are responsible for any decisions you make, or actions you take (or do not take).
(It is sooo stupid that I have to say that when I have had more harm done by licensed medical professionals than by non-professionals. Pshaw.)
Okay—I was doing research on herbs used to rid the body of xenoestrogens, and came across several helpful sites. (xenoestrogens are plastics/chemicals that match the body’s estrogen receptors, taking the place of the real hormones).
One of the sites mentioned the connection between xenoestrogens and breast lumps. I had tried this product, Estrosense, many years ago, but stopped taking it because of an adverse reaction. I was unaware of that I was full of mercury at the time, and since turmeric is sulfuric, it made me miserable….being that I was sulfur dominant from the mercury.
I tried it again the last two months, and had a successful go of it this time around.
And guys, if you think this is *just* a woman’s concern…think again. Signs are out there that these stupid fake hormones are affecting men, as well. So ixnay on the hormones-only-affect-women-bit.
More here on the connection to breast cancer and xenoestrogens.
Here’s a good blog on what to do to avoid them. I think it is always better to avoid them in the first place rather than trying to remove them afterwards.
While doing that research, I came across a blood purifer using plants, called Kroeger blood toner. I researched the ingredients, one by one, and found a fairly helpful site on herbs here. It just never gets old discovering all the neat stuff that plants can do for us. Like I’ve said a zillion times before–we’ll discover that all the stuff we called “weeds” were the cure for cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc….
Milkweed being one of those undervalued plants….as shown by the site. Now we see the damage that herbicides are doing through the chain of nature…first the milkweed, then the butterflies:
A major cause is farming with Roundup, a herbicide that kills virtually all plants except crops that are genetically modified to survive it. As a result, millions of acres of native plants, especially milkweed, an important source of nectar for many species, and vital for monarch butterfly larvae, have been wiped out.
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Monsanto, milkweed, and the monarch butterfly. A 59% decline!!
Gah, I remember when we saw milkweed *everywhere* we went. Now you’re lucky if you see a few plants scattered here and there. Same with burdock. Our dog rarely came home without burrs on him (this was back in the day when you let your dogs run loose.)
Nope…now we need manicured lawns with nary a weed on them. Got to be perfect.
I used to allow a small (24 x 24) patch of my lawn go to weed…much to the irritation of my neighbors who thought of me as the local hippie of the neighborhood. It.just.was.not.done. It was like I was letting the whole neighborhood go to hell. And the thing was–my little overgrown patch was off the road behind a line of private evergreens. Only two neighbors could actually see the *jungle* (said with a grin).
Anyway….I’m all for allowing more manicured space go back to its natural habitat.
There’s a certain peace, tranquility, and restfulness when nature is allowed to be…nature. There’s nothing like bending over to admire a plant when a butterfly comes floating by and lands on a plant near you….as if to say hello…
…and *thanks* for not messing with my nourishment and my home…
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