Here is a good video of Michael Twitty and his efforts to have African cooks recognized for their contributions to culinary endeavors.
I just want to add that women in general have added so much to our culinary endeavors, but that has been under recognized, if at all. Men put on white hats and call themselves “chefs”. Women cook. Get it?
Warrior Publications has a blog up on the massacre at Wounded Knee.
As I look at the photo of the mass grave, it is a shocking picture too similar to the Jews in Nazi Germany camps.
Something that is really important to know—these Native Americans had laid down their guns. They had given all their weaponry to the calvary in what they thought was a truce…
…and then they were fired upon…
Unarmed men, women, and children gunned down…
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Warrior Publications also has this up on Carter Camp, of the 1973 Wounded Knee siege. Treaty after treaty had been broken, and the Native Americans were asserting their right to exist, their right to practice their spirituality–which had been outlawed–and their right to their land. They were protesting the war-like atmosphere created by Dick Wilson, whom thought of the traditional American Indians as “communists” . He terrorized the traditionals.
The movie Thunderheart is loosely based on the events at Wounded Knee. (Pay close attention to the bartender in one of the scenes–Crosby, Stills, and Nash fans will see a familiar face. 🙂
On the message board under portrayal of elders, a commenter talks about Grandpa Reaches being their favorite character in the movie–he was a medicine man, but not full of himself, not holier-than-thou. He was the genuine deal.
Another commenter was commenting on the scene where Grandpa’s TV and ancient sacred turtle rattle are destroyed–they were trying to explain to someone why Grandpa would be upset about them breaking his TV, but not the sacred rattle.
It struck me odd, too, but trying to think as the Native Americans do about possessions, perhaps it was supposed to be a “letting go” of possessions such as the rattle, because it, too, could be replaced? Or perhaps Grandpa Reaches thought that the rattle represented connection with the Creator, but he didn’t need an object because he was always connected? I don’t know the answer, but it’s a good question.
They also talked about what Grandpa Reaches gave Ray Levoi for his sunglasses. I thought it was probably a stone that Grandpa had blessed?
Anyway, I hope I haven’t given too much away to anyone who hasn’t seen it but wishes to–a really good movie full of twists and historical value.
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:
And to you, my good friends, I wish you a wonderful holiday, whatever and however you celebrate our connectedness with each other and your Higher Power/Creator/God.
My post last year….with the addition of the Native Americans, who see everything as connected to the Creator.
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…
Warrior Publications has a blog up on the ruling that it’s okay to allow a repeat offender access to its victims…
Part of the problem with the conditions set is that even though Enbridge must carry $950 million in insurance…one cannot replace what is lost with…money. You can’t eat money. You can’t breathe money. You can’t drink money. It won’t make a bit of difference if you have billions upon billions of dollars if you are made ill by breathing particulate, eating food grown in polluted soil, or trying to cleanse your kidneys and liver with petrochemically poisoned water.
Idle No More has a virtual “teach-in” up on the web (scroll down) by Sharon Venne. It’s a really interesting piece on the historical treatment of the indigenous and how s-l-o-w-l-y their culture and their land has been “disappeared”.
As she says in her talk, it goes on over such a slow period of time, that one doesn’t realize what is happening until it’s almost too late….like the frog put in a pan of water that the heat is turned up so slowly that the frog doesn’t realize it’s being boiled to death.
It’s really worth watching it all the way through–she has such a good story to tell of her own struggle to get an education. She tells the story of not being able to read until going to university. (By the way, Literacy Volunteers are out there to help folks learn to read–check with your local library). She was continually kept in stress mode by them not sending her monthly stipends on time so she could pay her rent. God Bless the administrator who helped her.
She makes an important point at about 29:00 minutes in– of what sounds like the precursor to “corporations are people, too”. If anything, we need to pay better attention to what is going on in other countries…especially to the poor and minorities…because it seems to be a worldwide power grab–given that there have been austerity measures all over the globe and attacks on teacher’s unions and such. More here.
And here.
Only a heartless person would want to ruin this by fracking….
(I really wanted to take some time off, but there is just too much stuff going on…)
Natives protesting fracking on their land have been run over. I’m unclear about the first paragraph and whether the persons were run over by SWN vehicles. In the posted tweets, note the upside down Canadian flag (on the mylar balloon)–I have to wonder if that were purposeful, as they have flown the U.S. flag upside down as a signal of distress. And support is growing around the world, with Ireland expressing their solidarity with the Elsipogtog. Bless the Irish 🙂
In this link, the journalists have rallied around Miles Howe, the journalist arrested three times so far:
The Canadian Association of Journalists issued a press release Monday calling on “the RCMP to either lay charges or stop harassing a journalist working in New Brunswick arrested for the third time on Nov. 28,” referring to Media Co-op’s Miles Howe.
“RCMP behaviour suggests they are unfamiliar with the charter rights of a free press and the allowances those rights permit journalists while covering controversial and volatile situations,” CAJ president Hugo Rodrigues said.
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More here.
This just in: RCMP arrests Santa. For shame.
Caption: “Well, that about sums it up.” Yep….except the politician needs to be wearing a blazer with all the corporate logos that sponsor him/her on it…..and their pockets full of cash they bribe with…
On a hot summer day, nothing sounds better than a cool drink of water….
(sorry for the visual, but you get the point…contaminated water is unappealing to look at as harmful to the body.)
Ways to help the Elsipogtog. You can click on the picture to enlarge. More here.
The Warriors send their greetings and Thanks.
Blessings to the defenders of the water and land…
Eagle 
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