The Journey…

Okay, I’m not promoting Winding River herbals, but with that in mind, she has posted a wonderful poem of deep thought:

‘The Journey’ by Mary Oliver

One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice – – –
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
‘Mend my life!’
each voice cried.
But you didn’t stop.

You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations – – –
though their melancholy
was terrible. It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.

But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice,
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do – – – determined to save
the only life you could save.

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That inner voice…that has been drummed out of us by messages of the outer world…is still there…warning us of danger.

The mind is engaged, but the heart and soul have been diminished and ignored….

New Indiana law encourages speeding and penalizes those obeying the law

Yep.  You can’t make this stuff up.  Of all the bonehead laws I have seen, this has got to be in the top ten.  Apparently, the Indiana legislature hasn’t got enough to do if they can sit around and make a law that slaps a $500 fine on a law abiding citizen for…obeying the law…while at the same time encouraging people who are already breaking the law to be even bigger (insert favorite expletive here).

So…anyone wanna bet this will lead to more road rage?

How about the four lane highway near us that people are already using as a race track — I can foresee it becoming more DANGEROUS — not safer.  What a load of horse manure.

It is already becoming more hazardous crossing the highway due to the excessive speeding….I can hardly wait to see what happens after July 1.

I mean, there are times when it is congested and I purposely drive in the left lane so that I am at least a couple of car lengths behind someone.  Isn’t that the safe thing to do? And I have had people come up on me very quickly when I could not get over into the right lane.  They were riding my bumper trying to intimidate me into going faster.  I kept my legal pace and got over into the other lane when it was safe to do so.

Why would these idiots make such a stupid law?  Methinks perhaps they have been making “job hunting junkets” to Colorado to buy some funny cigarettes….

Five For Friday: Costs of War.

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This week, Five For Friday presents five charts and graphics concerning wars in Afganistan, Iraq and Pakistan. These exist thanks to the Costs of Warproject. First released in 2011, the Costs of War report has been compiled and updated by more than 30 economists, anthropologists, lawyers, humanitarian personnel, and political scientists as the first comprehensive analysis of over a decade of wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan.

The project analyzes the implications of these wars in terms of human casualties, economic costs, and civil liberties. Some of this data is from 2011 and 2012, so have in mind that these numbers are probably significantly higher today.

1. Iraqi IDPs and refugees.

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There are more than 1.5 million internally displaced Iraqis and 1.5 million Iraqi refugees. Fifty-eight percent of Iraqi IDP households are food insecure, consuming only cereals and carbohydrates on a daily basis. Approximately 500,000 people live as squatters in Iraq. For more on…

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Plastic in your toothpaste

Boy, I didn’t see *this* coming. /snarky to the extreme.

Plastic here, plastic there, plastic everywhere.

I think the best way to understand this is:  put a piece of plastic wrap covering your face.  Can you breathe?  Neither can the ocean and all the life it contains….

It disgusts me that I even have to buy products with plastic containers.  I want to use reusabe containers such as glass.  I think most folks believe that if they put their plastics in recycling bins, that makes it okay.  Plastic is not really recyclable — they can make it into different products, but they cannot get rid of it.  I don’t think most folks understand this.

For the record, I use baking soda, cinnamon, and cloves for my toothpaste. It works very well — better than commercial toothpaste.  My teeth actually feel clean afterwards.

And there are a number of natural things one can use for facial care:  lemon juice or honey or egg whites for exfoliating; coconut or safflower or avocado oil for moisturizing.

And you might recall the deodorant I use:  a half and half mixture of coconut oil and chemical-free baking soda.  (No plastic container to throw into the ocean).

Lastly, I also use olive oil soap not only for the body, but as a shampoo, as well.  It lathers quite well and leaves my hair soft and shiny.  No bottle to throw into the ocean.

And the journey goes on…

Directed energy, Radiation and destruction

Dahr Jamail has a piece up exploring the Navy’s determination to ruin what’s left of the salmon industry and humans, too, while they’re at it.

(from the electro-magnetic warfare link):

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On October 4, 1971, the Naval Medical Research Institute published a research report written by Dr. Zorach Glaser, of which Truthout acquired a copy. The title of the report is “Bibliography of Reported Biological Phenomena (‘Effects’) and Clinical Manifestations Attributed to Microwave and Radio-Frequency Radiation.”

Given that the Navy continues to claim that their EMR warfare training exercises will have “no significant impact” on humans, it is interesting to note that their own research paper’s abstract states:

More than 2,000 references on the biological responses to [microwave and] radio frequency and microwave radiation, published up to June 1971, are included in the bibliography. (Three supplementary listings bring the number of citation to more than 2,300.) Particular attention has been paid to the effects on man of non-ionizing radiation at these frequencies.

The Navy’s paper lists well over 100 negative biological effects caused by microwave and radio frequency radiations, of which here is a partial list from their report: corneal damage, tubular degeneration of testicles, brain heating, alteration of the diameter of blood vessels, liver enlargement, altered sex ratio of births, decreased fertility, sterility, altered fetal development, decreased lactation in nursing mothers, altered penal function, death, cranial nerve disorders, seizures, convulsions, depression, insomnia, hand tremors, chest pain, thrombosis, alteration in the rate of cellular division, anorexia, constipation, altered adrenal cortex activity, chromosome aberrations, tumors, altered orientation of animals, birds and fish, loss of hair, and sparking between dental fillings.

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The introduction of the report states that “researchers have discovered a number of biological dysfunctions that can occur in living organisms” and that “exposure of the human body to RF/MW [radio frequency/microwave] radiation has many biological implications” that range from “innocuous sensation of warmth to serious physiological damage to the eye,” and added that “there is also evidence that RF/MW radiation can cause cancer.”

The report goes on to acknowledge that RF/MW radiation “is known to have a biological effect on animals and humans” and lists biological impacts like “damage to major organs, disruption of important biological processes, and the potential risk of cancer,” among many others which include “mutagenic effects,” “cardiovascular effects,” negative effects on chromosomes, and notes that “Soviet investigators claim that exposure to low-level radiation can induce serious CNS [central nervous system] dysfunctions.”

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I can attest to the destruction that EMF’s can do to a person, especially the more vulnerable populations.  When I was really sick, I could not talk on a cell phone for more than 20 minutes or else I would get a migraine within 24 hours. It was clearly connected to EMF’s as they still affect me if there are enough electronics in the room.   These are the reasons I do not use cell phones (along with loss of privacy).

As far as sparking –before they removed my amalgams, the dentist took a measurement of the “sparking” of my amalgams.  He accurately predicted that my tooth would have decay underneath the dental filling, even though the filling was intact.  And it did.  Clear down to the root.

While I’m reading these reports, I think about Dane Wigington, of geoengineeringwatch.org, and his questioning the murder of John Wheeler, who had an outstanding government career (see the Climate Engineering, Weather Warfare video at about 40:00, he mentions Wheeler.)  Wheeler was a good man, not unlike Birch Bayh, who had a conscience and was supposedly going to expose a program that he felt was wrong.  Here is a detailed blog on John Wheeler’s death.  Given that EMF’s can cause heart arrythmias, it is not so “out there” to think that it caused the bird deaths in Arkansas and around the globe (plus the fish deaths).

A billionaire walks into a bar…

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NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia publicly announced that NEA would not take money from Billionaire Bill Gates and his foundation. Then the NEA, with her consent, took money from Gates. She and NEA continue to take that money.

Why? Garcia stated that taking money from Gates is “complicated.”

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This reminds me of a story

“There was an after-work, impromptu party in a bar for a young woman who had just received a promotion and a raise. As the party ended and people left after midnight, she sat at the bar alone and was about to call for a cab to take her home.

Then, a limousine pulled up, and a billionaire staggered into the bar.

He saw her radiant beauty and joy and stepped right up to her. He was more than a little drunk, the front of his tuxedo and cummerbund was spattered with stains from food crumbs, previous…

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Here’s the remarkable letter Chuck Johnson’s attorney sent to Twitter threatening legal action

I’ve seen Chuck Johnson’s tweets and those of his misogynist followers. He is trying to out rape victims and characterizes them as liars and attention seekers. His followers have made tweets such as “drunk sex does not equal rape”… in other words, “if I’m drunk, I’m not responsible for my behavior” or “if she’s drunk, it’s her fault for being drunk and I can do what I want with her even if she’s not able to give consent”. Another made the assertion that almost all rape accusations are false. No facts to support his assertion, but no matter…this is Chuck Johnson’s idea of “journalism”. Don’t make me gag.

Centenary of the Armenian Genocide: Goodbye, Antoura.

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Middle East Revised marks the centenary of the Armenian genocide until the end of this year – with various reports, books recommendations, articles, testimonials.

The following is an excerpt from Karnig Panian’s Goodbye, Antoura: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide (English translation by Simon Beugekian).

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At night, elderly Turkish women patrolled up and down the rows of beds, trying their best to make sure we were all asleep. Some of us slept four to a bed, others eight to a bed, covered by one single blanket, breathing into each other’s faces. On cold nights, boys sometimes pulled the blanket off the others, starting an argument. The commotion would wake up everyone in the dormitory, and the women would do their best to restore order.

Often, the boys cried out in their sleep, or they woke up from a nightmare. When that happened, the Turkish women…

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