Obama Presses Chinese on Global Warming Holy cow, what he did was basically say “Follow our lead”. O M G. If he thinks this is all we need to change direction, he is sadly mistaken. Yeah, “as the two largest economies and emitters of the world , we have a special responsibility to lead. That’s what big nations do”. But what Continue Reading
http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/k5a58t/naomi-klein?utm=playershare_twitter Another Colbert segment taking on immediately relevant issues The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,The Colbert Report on Facebook,Video Archive
Tuesday, the one-day United Nations’ summit on climate change in New York City began by viewing ‘What’s Possible’, a short film on the urgency of global warming. via What’s Possible, a New Film for World Leaders on the Urgency of Global Warming | Moyers & Company | BillMoyers.com. Let’s not just react to the meaning behind this film with some sort Continue Reading
Yesterday was a day of celebration, of our collective power, and today is a reflection of the coming resistance. – Frankie, of Boulder, Colo at #FloodWallStreet via The tide turns from celebration to resistance, with Flood Wall Street – Waging Nonviolence. Many are hoping this is the case. The climate and the economy, intertwined, and both collapsing, as the system Continue Reading
Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman and Truthdig’s Chris Hedges with their thoughts on the Occupy Wall Street movement Old (2011) but still supremely relevant via Amy Goodman And Chris Hedges Discuss #OWS On The Charlie Rose Show | Crooks and Liars.
Colbert hilarious look at Fox News’s obsession over “exactly what kind of boots will be on the ground” in the Middle East via Stephen Colbert brutally mocks Fox News for obsessing over the kind of boots on the ground. The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,The Colbert Report on Facebook,Video Archive
A group of activists struck a blow against America’s mounting student loan crisis this week, via Occupy group buys, then cancels nearly $4 million of student debt | MSNBC.
“Apple making software that anyone can connect to is a very Google play, while Google developing beautiful hardware with Nest is a very Apple play,” via The $3.2 Billion Man: Can Google’s Newest Star Outsmart Apple? | Co.Design | business + design. This sounds exciting. The above quote also refers to the kindof integration/collaboration/cooperation I have bemoaned as missing from Continue Reading
“People often start multi-tasking because they believe it will help them get more done. Those gains never materialize; instead, efficiency is degraded. “ and the above has been constantly verified by actual tests. Before these tests were done, I often felt a sense of iadequacy that I didnt seem to experience that up-tick in productivity that the “multi-taskers” claimed. Often Continue Reading
Shane Claiborne: “Tears were met with teargas.” http://ow.ly/BvwA3 “Dr. King said: a ‘riot is the language of the unheard.’ What happens when folks do not feel like their voices are being heard?” Another#Ferguson happens. That first Claiborne line is a powerful way to put it. I posted this in my Occupy Theology section in my blog because this is an Continue Reading
“I am tempted to despair…. must be time for some Hauerwas.” – from @Tim_Suttle via ISIS, Syria, Israel, 9/11, Ray Rice, Pistorius, Ferguson: Stanley Hauerwas & the Freedom to Hope “To hope in the midst of despair is an act of profound freedom. Hope is performed in defiance of the powers of the world who want us to hate each other Continue Reading
“For some, this was an excuse to return to their cynicism; for others, it was an invitation to lose their illusions and begin to see the world from the viewpoint of political activists” – from the Amazon description