tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10530650338802252972023-11-16T13:22:01.755-05:00Who am I? Who are you?<b>I like to play it straight ... said Moses to the Lord.</b> (or: everything and the kitchen sink.)David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.comBlogger345125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-15642981189500418842013-07-14T11:35:00.000-04:002013-09-02T03:27:08.007-04:002013 Index of Posts[All links open in the current tab/window - unless you right-click & <i>'Open Link in New Tab'</I>.<br />
<b>Other Blogs: </B><a HREF="http://comics-tirinhas.blogspot.ca/" TITLE="Blogger."><b>Comics / Tirinhas ... Boobage &etc. </B></A> and <a HREF="http://profetadegentileza.blogspot.ca/" TITLE="Blogger."><b>José Datrino, Profeta de Gentileza </B></A><b>.</B>]<br />
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Sunday, 14 July 2013 <b>Birthdays: Alton 1902, Northrop 1912</B><br />
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Not exactly related & more generally: Google has stepped way beyond 'Don't be evil'. There are alternatives: for searching - <a HREF="https://duckduckgo.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="DuckDuckGo."><b>DuckDuckGo</B></A>, for email - <a HREF="https://www.hushmail.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Hushmail."><b>Hushmail</B></A>, and for blogging there are <a HREF="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=free+blogging+platforms+-blogger" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="DuckDuckGo search for 'free blogging platforms -blogger'."><b>various</B></A>.</TD></TR>
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<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;">Recovering from Canada Day with help from New Brunswick, Greenspiration, Mark Bittman & Stephen Gardiner (and the OED).</SPAN><br />
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361 University Avenue (</B><a HREF="https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=361+University+Ave,+Toronto,+ON&hl=en&sll=43.656877,-79.32085&sspn=0.633889,1.536713&oq=361+University+Ave,+Toronto&hnear=361+University+Ave,+Toronto,+Ontario+M5G+1T3&t=m&z=16" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Maps - in new tab."><b>map</B></A><b>), and see</B> <a HREF="http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f134ea6ed7d1c7d2a5d1d7462&id=f625d22a8f&e=04b2263f0d" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Rising Tide - in new tab."><b>announcement</B></A><b>.</B></SPAN></CENTER><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/stop-enbridges-line-9-in-beverly-swamp.html" imageanchor="1" ><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGETlAvTKtgXKVFqI8Czc1RbCpTy1OBj6gr2tF9PFCEiLQ1yLG-Qnp4ISYlcCRw3aWDjbEghYbWj-JMd_H2ytCl_4YLc8Cfx8ee_aiZPLVoSaX7bacxkTLnLHJs40T4MaE7ehRl8AOKnR/s200/Flamborough+00btt+Draw+the+Line.jpg" TITLE="Continue to this post." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><s>Saturday, 22 June 2013</S> updated Monday, 24 June 2013 <b>Full Moon</B><br />
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SWAMP LINE NINE ! DRAW THE LINE !</B></SPAN></A><br />
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Collection of links & photographs to help spread the word.</TD></TR>
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Chaucer, Byron, The Great Rising ... genocide falls into perspective like a nightmare jigsaw.<br />
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<b><i>"We have met the enemy and he is us."</I></B></TD></TR>
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From Rancho Mirage to 'Harmonious Happy Dream' <b>和悦梦想</B>; Jared Diamond's notions on agriculture shake me up.<br />
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The coalition leaves Brasília. Sadder but wiser. Alive.<br />
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The coalition: Munduruku, Juruna, Kayapó, Xipaya, Kuruaya, Asurini, Parakanã, Arara; are stonewalled, disrespected & ignored in Brasília.<br />
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Rob Hopkins of Transition Towns (with all respect) settles for adaptation & defence;<br />
Nick Cave & <i>Red Right Hand</I> settles for heroin;<br />
A meditation on the superiority of bourgeois sensibility - not with a bang but a whimper.<br />
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</DIV><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL BLACK; FONT-SIZE:350%; COLOR:#FFFFFF;"><center><b>Is that what you're sayin'?</B></CENTER></SPAN><br />
<span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL BLACK; FONT-SIZE:170%; COLOR:#FFFFFF; LINE-HEIGHT:120%;"><center><b>How lame is that? To accept such a thing quietly?<br />
Mitigation?! Adaptation!? Resilience!? Civil Defence!?<br />
Are you kiddin' me?</B></CENTER></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;"> <br />
</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#FFFFFF;"><b>Anyway we're not fucked, not quite, not quite yet. We have until 2015 to stop CO<sub>2</SUB> emissions. It will take thousands upon thousands of actions like that of Tim DeChristopher: imaginative, thoughtful, courageous, weighing the consequences and accepting them, but it can be done.</B></SPAN><br />
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<b>This is <i>Lucky '13</I> - the year we turned it around.<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:40%;"> <br />
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<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/utopiaeutopia.html#UeS01"><b>Cartoons:</B></a> Brian Gable & Greg Perry on Stephen Harper's well oiled machine;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/utopiaeutopia.html#UeS02"><b>Ok-lahoma!</B></a> (you know that tune): Tornadoes in Kansas & Oklahoma; and tOad;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/utopiaeutopia.html#UeS03"><b>The Meat of the Matter:</B></a> Northrop Frye, Doris Lessing;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/utopiaeutopia.html#UeS04"><b>How can it be?</B></a> Wesley's '<i>Amazing Love</I>'; objective correlative, necessary & sufficient;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/utopiaeutopia.html#UeS05" title=""><b>K'bye:</B></a> Tim DeChristopher & Bill Moyers; Nick Cave, heroin.<br />
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</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#FFFFFF;">"This is not an ideological revolution. It is driven by an authentic desire to get what you need."<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;" ALIGN=RIGHT><a HREF="http://torontojungle.com/forum/showthread.php/75227-Time-for-Outrage!-Indignez-Vous!-St%C3%A9phane-Hessel" TITLE="Time for Outrage! Indignez Vous!"><span STYLE="COLOR:#FFFFFF;">Stéphane Hessel</SPAN></A>.</DIV></SPAN></TD></TR>
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<b>"Não sairemos de Belo Monte, mesmo com decisão judicial."</B> We will not leave Belo Monte even with the court order.<br />
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<b>Labels:</B> <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/All Good" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Belo Monte</B></A>. <br />
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</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#FFFFFF;">"This is not an ideological revolution. It is driven by an authentic desire to get what you need."<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;" ALIGN=RIGHT><a HREF="http://torontojungle.com/forum/showthread.php/75227-Time-for-Outrage!-Indignez-Vous!-St%C3%A9phane-Hessel" TITLE="Time for Outrage! Indignez Vous!"><span STYLE="COLOR:#FFFFFF;">Stéphane Hessel</SPAN></A>.</DIV></SPAN></TD></TR>
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/this-little-light-of-mine.html" TITLE="Continue to this post."><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>This little light of mine.</B></SPAN> or: <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>The answer is 42 (or possibly 70).</B></SPAN></A><br />
<b>Contents:</B><br />
<b>Tim DeChristopher: [</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/this-little-light-of-mine.html#TllomS01" title=""><b>Bidder 70</B></a>, <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/this-little-light-of-mine.html#TllomS01a" title=""><b>Quotes</B></a>, <b>k-k-Canada?:[</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/this-little-light-of-mine.html#TllomS01b" title=""><b>Joe & The Boys?</B></a><br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/this-little-light-of-mine.html#TllomS01c" title=""><b>Harper?</B></a> <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/this-little-light-of-mine.html#TllomS01d" title=""><b>Justin?</B></a> <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/this-little-light-of-mine.html#TllomS01e" title=""><b>Counterforce?</B></a><b>]</B>, <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/this-little-light-of-mine.html#TllomS01f" title=""><b>More Quotes</B></a><b>]</B>,<br />
<b>Other (sort'a related) stuff: [</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/this-little-light-of-mine.html#TllomS02" title=""><b>NYT Nonsense</B></a>, <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/this-little-light-of-mine.html#TllomS03" title=""><b>Brazil/Bolivia Border</B></a>, <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/this-little-light-of-mine.html#TllomS05" title=""><b>Uphill</B></a>,<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/this-little-light-of-mine.html#TllomS06" title=""><b>An Enigma</B></a>, <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/this-little-light-of-mine.html#TllomS99" title=""><b>Light for a Troll</B></a>, <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/this-little-light-of-mine.html#TllomS99a" title=""><b>Tiny Story</B></a><b>]</B> ... ... <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/this-little-light-of-mine.html#TllomS99c" title=""><b><i>Dénouement</I></B></a>.<br />
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<b>"The way the environmental movement has been for the past thirty years ... it's not working. Our team is getting slaughtered. The refs have been paid off. And the other side is playing with dirty tricks. And so it's no longer acceptable for us to stay in the stands. It's time to rush the field and it's time to stop the game."</B><br />
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<b>Labels:</B> <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/All Good" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>All Good</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Brigette DePape" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Brigette DePape</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Clive Hamilton" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Clive Hamilton</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Glen" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Glen</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Gwynne Dyer" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Gwynne Dyer</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Keith" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Keith</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Keystone" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Keystone</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Tailing Ponds" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Tailing Ponds</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Tim DeChristopher" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Tim DeChristopher</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Tiny Stories" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Tiny Stories</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Ya Basta" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Ya Basta</B></A>. <br />
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</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#FFFFFF;">"This is not an ideological revolution. It is driven by an authentic desire to get what you need."<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;" ALIGN=RIGHT><a HREF="http://torontojungle.com/forum/showthread.php/75227-Time-for-Outrage!-Indignez-Vous!-St%C3%A9phane-Hessel" TITLE="Time for Outrage! Indignez Vous!"><span STYLE="COLOR:#FFFFFF;">Stéphane Hessel</SPAN></A>.</DIV></SPAN></TD></TR>
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<b>Contents:</B> <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/do-math.html#DtmS01"><b>Do the Math:</B></a> <b>WATCH THIS FILM!</B><br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/do-math.html#DtmS01a"><b>Dumbass Criticism:</B></a> Sorry about this, feet of clay and all that; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/do-math.html#DtmS01b"><b>Humility:</B></a> or so;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/do-math.html#DtmS02"><b>Jokes:</B></a> My father told me; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/do-math.html#DtmS02a"><b>Joe Oliver:</B></a> Speaking of jokes, a bad k-k-Canadian one;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/do-math.html#DtmS03"><b>Solar Eclipse for Kiribati:</B></a> Consolation prize for a rising sea level?<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/do-math.html#DtmS04"><b>Daniel Pudles:</B></a> Illustrator; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/do-math.html#DtmS04a"><b>Hong Kong:</B></a> Photographs by Michael Wolf;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/do-math.html#DtmS04b"><b><i>The Shallows</I>:</B></a> Read it if you must but don't buy it; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/do-math.html#DtmS04c"><b>Keith:</B></a> A pome comes to mind; <br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/do-math.html#DtmS99"><b>Wayne:</B></a> Mr. Hollywood is gone; the best I could do for an obituary.<br />
<b>Labels:</B> <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/350" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>350</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Bill McKibben" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Bill McKibben</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Ian Fry" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Ian Fry</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/James Hansen" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>James Hansen</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Keith" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Keith</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Keystone" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Keystone</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Kiribati, " TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Kiribati</B></A>.</TD></TR>
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<b>Contents:</B><br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html#OobmS01" title=""><b>News</B></a>, <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html#OobmS02"><b>Film <i>Anúncio de uma Guerra</I></B></a> in Portuguese & English;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html#OobmS03"><b>Letters:</B></a> (from the front lines) <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html#OobmS04"><b>#1</B></a> <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html#OobmS05"><b>#2</B></a> <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html#OobmS06"><b>#3</B></a> <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html#OobmS07"><b>#4</B></a>, <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html#OobmS08"><b>#5 Help us!</B></a>, <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html#OobmS09"><b>#6</B></a>;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html#OobmS10"><b>Gilberto Carvalho</B></a>, <b>Funai:(</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html#OobmS11" title=""><b>José Eduardo Cardozo</B></a>, <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html#OobmS12" title=""><b>Marta Azevedo</B></a><b>)</B>,<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html#OobmS99"><b>News Updates</B></a>, <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html#OobmS99a"><b>Media Devolution</B></a>.<br />
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<b>Useful Sites:</B> (open in new tab) <a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte: by the occupiers."><b>Blog</B></A>, <a HREF="http://forestrivers.wordpress.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Indigenous Brazil: by Forest Rivers."><b>Indigenous Brazil</B></A>, <a HREF="http://cimi.org.br/site/pt-br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Conselho Indigenista Missionário: Catholic church."><b>Cimi</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.xinguvivo.org.br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="O Movimento Xingu Vivo para Sempre (MXVPS)."><b>Xingu Vivo</B></A>, <a HREF="http://stopbelomonte.tumblr.com/archive" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Maíra Irigaray's blog."><b>Stop Belo Monte</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.prpa.mpf.gov.br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Ministério Público Federal, Procuradoria da República no Pará (PRPA)."><b>MPF/PA</B></A>, <a HREF="http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Empresa Brasil de Comunicação S/A (EBC)."><b>Agência Brasil</B></A>, <a HREF="http://agenciapara.com.br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Agência Pará."><b>Agência Pará</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.altamirahoje.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Altamira Hoje."><b>Altamira Hoje</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.socioambiental.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="ISA - Instituto Socioambiental."><b>ISA</B></A> ...<br />
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<b>Labels:</B> <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Belo Monte" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Belo Monte</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Ya Basta, " TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Ya Basta</B></A>.</TD></TR>
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/certainties.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Certainties? "... pettiness that plays so rough ..."</B></SPAN></A><br />
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<b>Contents:</B> <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/certainties.html#CertS00" TITLE=""><b>Begin:</B></a> 'Swish', <i>Screech</I>, London Dock; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/certainties.html#CertS00a" TITLE=""><b>Certainties:</B></a> Death & ideology;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/certainties.html#CertS01" TITLE=""><b>Uncertainties:</B></a> Continuum of non-violence; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/certainties.html#CertS02" TITLE=""><b>Complicity:</B></a> 99%+1%=100%; two clues;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/certainties.html#CertS03" TITLE=""><b>The Public Square:</B></a> This Internet thing is now the public square buddit don't work;<br />
Nicholas Carr's 2008 Atlantic essay and 2011 book 'The Shallows';<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/certainties.html#CertS04" TITLE=""><b>How To Live?</B></a> Buddhists & canny drunks; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/certainties.html#CertS05" TITLE=""><b>Dysfunctional Stories:</B></a> TV & porn;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/certainties.html#CertS06" TITLE=""><b>Yoni Yum:</B></a> Another view of 'Primary Concern'; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/certainties.html#CertS07" TITLE=""><b>Misgivings:</B></a> Is this OK?; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/certainties.html#CertS08" TITLE=""><b>Amazônia GIS:</B></a> Raisg.<br />
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</TBODY></TABLE><b>Saturday, April 27, 2013</B> <b>Good News!</B><br />
<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/wake-up-canada.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>WAKE UP CANADA!</B></SPAN></A><br />
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<b>Contents:</B> <b>A Canadian Youth Climate Coalition (CYCC) campaign towards events on May 30th;</B> David Suzuki at the WFCU Centre in Windsor on Wednesday April 25th for kick off; Melina Laboucan-Massimo and Sam Harrison; Matthew Chisholm, Karen Rooney, James Hutt, Sonia Grant, Brigette DePape, and Meghan McCarthy of CYD; Waglisla fast.<br />
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And <b>Tim DeChristopher is free at last</B> - some pictures and a video from Earth Day in Salt Lake City.<br />
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/compos-mentis-or-not-and-home.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Compos mentis (or not) and home. "Gimme a string bean, I'm a hungry man."</B></SPAN></A><br />
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<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/compos-mentis-or-not-and-home.html#CmonahS00" TITLE=""><b>Begin:</B></a> Lunar eclipse, snowdrop, 7-ball;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/compos-mentis-or-not-and-home.html#CmonahS00a" TITLE=""><b>Boto:</B></a> River dolphin, feet of clay, ubiquitous foolishness;<br />
<b>Watershed:(</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/compos-mentis-or-not-and-home.html#CmonahS01" TITLE=""><b>Cognitive Maps:</B></a> Moon River;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/compos-mentis-or-not-and-home.html#CmonahS01a" TITLE=""><b>Muskoka Watershed:</B></a> <i>Umwelt</I>, Nicholas Carr's <i>The Shallows</I>;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/compos-mentis-or-not-and-home.html#CmonahS01b" TITLE=""><b>Internet Odyssey:</B></a> Stuck with road maps?; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/compos-mentis-or-not-and-home.html#CmonahS01c" TITLE=""><b>Try Again:</B></a> Lucky, time spent, Karma?;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/compos-mentis-or-not-and-home.html#CmonahS01d" TITLE=""><b>Bala Falls:</B></a> Controversy resolved; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/compos-mentis-or-not-and-home.html#CmonahS01e" TITLE=""><b>Layers:</B></a><b>)</B> Alice Murphy, Tony Clement, etc. 10%'ers;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/compos-mentis-or-not-and-home.html#CmonahS05" TITLE=""><b>Home:</B></a> Robert Frost, 'when you have to go there they have to take you in' (Not!);<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/compos-mentis-or-not-and-home.html#CmonahS06" TITLE=""><b>Tar Sand Terrorist:</B></a> Peter Kent, Joe Oliver; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/compos-mentis-or-not-and-home.html#CmonahS99" TITLE=""><b>Cracked Pot:</B></a> River dolphin, sorry.<br />
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/sink-sank-sunk-sibilant.html" TITLE=""><b><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;">Sink sank sunk (sibilant). / (There, that didn't take very long.)</B></SPAN></A><br />
<b>Contents:</B><br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/sink-sank-sunk-sibilant.html#SsssS00a" title=""><b>Positive vibes for Earth Day:</B></a> Goldman Prize, Thin Ice, Judy Rebick, TCAN;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/sink-sank-sunk-sibilant.html#SsssS00b" title=""><b>Bathetic:</B></a> Outrageous complaints;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/sink-sank-sunk-sibilant.html#SsssS01" title=""><b>Joanna Macy:</B></a> Another Buddhist? They are always sooo complicated;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/sink-sank-sunk-sibilant.html#SsssS02" title=""><b>Internet:</B></a> Where it is (and is not); <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/sink-sank-sunk-sibilant.html#SsssS03" title=""><b>Lot:</B></a> A story for an age of collapse;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/sink-sank-sunk-sibilant.html#SsssS03b" title=""><b>Jim Hansen:</B></a> Retirement & beyond; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/sink-sank-sunk-sibilant.html#SsssS03c" title=""><b>Peter Sale:</B></a> In Huntsville April 20; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/sink-sank-sunk-sibilant.html#SsssS04" title=""><b>FAO Food Price Index:</B></a> Update;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/sink-sank-sunk-sibilant.html#SsssS06" title=""><b>Uakti:</B></a> <i>Águas da Amazônia</I> was the high point; <a href="#SsssS07" title=""><b>Straight Talk?</B></a> Excuses for honesty;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/sink-sank-sunk-sibilant.html#SsssS07a" title=""><b>Anima:</B></a> Ongoing discovery; <br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/sink-sank-sunk-sibilant.html#SsssS99" title=""><b>'Vantage #11:</B></a> If this is Alz' then it's not all bad; and a particularly apt Peanuts cartoon.<br />
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-pre-ach.html" TITLE=""><b><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Occupy the Spirit (pre-ach). / Three days smoakless.</B></SPAN></B></A><br />
<b>Contents:</B><br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-pre-ach.html#OtsachS01" title=""><b><i>Ruach</I></B></a>: Hebrew: רוח/ruach; Greek: πνεῦµα/ pneuma; Latin: spiritus ... wind & breath;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-pre-ach.html#OtsachS02" title=""><b>Honeybees</B></a>: John Atkin, Chief Operating Officer of Syngenta;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-pre-ach.html#OtsachS03" title=""><b>Numbers</B></a>: How much energy do we use? How much do we get from the sun?;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-pre-ach.html#OtsachS04" title=""><b>Amazônia</B></a>: Imagine! Naming a place Castelo dos Sonhos/Castle of Dreams;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-pre-ach.html#OtsachS05" title=""><b>Chris & Retha</B></a>: In South Africa Chris Hani's death is remembered around April 10th, and Retha Harmse;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-pre-ach.html#OtsachS06" title=""><b>FFF</B></a>: Fuck For Forest, a different kind of activist; <b>Coming up:</B> <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-pre-ach.html#OtsachS07" title=""><b>Peter Sale in Huntsville for Earth Day</B></a>.<br />
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<b>Labels:</B> <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Amaz%C3%B4nia" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Amazônia</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Earth%20Day" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Earth Day</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Honey%20Bee" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Honey Bee</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Peter%20Sale" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Peter Sale</B></A>.</TD></TR>
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-prelude.html" TITLE=""><b><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Occupy the Spirit (pre-lude). / What it's like on this side of the mirror.</B></SPAN></B></A><br />
<b>Contents:</B><br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-prelude.html#OtsPreS01" title=""><b>Hydroelectric</B></a>: I always thought hydroelectricity was clean - now, not so much;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-prelude.html#OtsPreS02" title=""><b>Tapajós & Valdenir Munduruku</B></a>: Bring in the army and shut those people up!<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-prelude.html#OtsPreS03" title=""><b>Legends & Music</B></a>: Philip Glass, Uakti, Águas da Amazônia;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-prelude.html#OtsPreS99" title=""><b>Carta Mundurukú</B></a>: Letter from the Munduruku people March 29 2013 - translated.<br />
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/occupy-spirit-preface.html" TITLE=""><b><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Occupy the Spirit (pre-face). / Beneath contempt is ... laziness & indifference.</B></SPAN></B></A><br />
<b>Contents:</B><br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/occupy-spirit-preface.html#OtspS00" title=""><b>The Gist</B></a>: Two scientific reports on how neonicotinoid pesticides are killing bees;<br />
<b>Details:(</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/occupy-spirit-preface.html#OtspS01" title=""><b>I</B></A>: Provenance - how I found the reports;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/occupy-spirit-preface.html#OtspS02" title=""><b>II</B></A>: Calculations. How much does it take?; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/occupy-spirit-preface.html#OtspS03" title=""><b>III</B></A>: Monga Bay & Cargill<b>)</B>;<br />
<b>Plus More:(</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/occupy-spirit-preface.html#OtspS04" title=""><b>I</B></A>: Additional reports and the penny drops on Acetylcholine;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/occupy-spirit-preface.html#OtspS05" title=""><b>II</B></A>: Symmetry with the overall environmental catastrophe; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/occupy-spirit-preface.html#OtspS06" title=""><b>III</B></A>: Who's to blame?<b>)</B>;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/occupy-spirit-preface.html#OtspS07" title=""><b>Sermon</B>: </A>Is there any such thing as an 'intellectual environment'?<br />
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/big-famine-moon.html" TITLE=""><b><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Big Famine Moon</B></SPAN></B></A>.<br />
<b>Contents:</B><br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/big-famine-moon.html#BfmS00" title=""><b>Begin:</B></a> Doonesbury Harmonic Convergence, Romeo & Juliet;<br />
<b>Software:(</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/big-famine-moon.html#BfmS01" title=""><b>BookOS</B></a> Texts on-line - BookOS & BookSC, the fallacy of reading on-line;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/big-famine-moon.html#BfmS01a" title=""><b><i>Caveat I</i></B> (Douglas Adams)</a> Good from far but far from good;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/big-famine-moon.html#BfmS01b" title=""><b>Open Source:</B></a> So obvious but ...; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/big-famine-moon.html#BfmS01c" title=""><b><i>Caveat II:</i></B></a> A tradeoff;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/big-famine-moon.html#BfmS01d" title=""><b>Handel:</B></a> The Messiah for Easter at Knox Presbyterian church, a bust<b>)</B>;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/big-famine-moon.html#BfmS02" title=""><b>ppm & ppb:</B></a> Trying to find simple (minded) rules of thumb;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/big-famine-moon.html#BfmS03" title=""><b>Honey Bees vs Neonicotinoids:</B></a> Three scientific papers;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/big-famine-moon.html#BfmS99" title=""><b>Confusion:</B></a> Any honest person who has looked at this science should be screaming from the rooftops!;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/big-famine-moon.html#BfmS99a" title=""><b><i>Beyond the Zero:</I></B></a> Thomas Pynchon 'Against the Day', some thoughts & excerpts;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/big-famine-moon.html#BfmS99b" title=""><b>Bit of News:</B></a> Fossicking in the Internet compost; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/big-famine-moon.html#BfmS99c" title="Peter Victor, April 4th at UofT."><b>Coming Up Soon:</B></a> Lecture by Peter Victor at UofT.<br />
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/modern-mind.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Modern mind. (... Mind? ... Modern? ...)</B></SPAN></A><br />
<b>Contents:</B><br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/modern-mind.html#MmmmS00a" title=""><b>Urban Consciousness:</B></a> Anything but the facts will do;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/modern-mind.html#MmmmS01" title=""><b>Venus de Pedra:</B></a> LRB -> T.J. Clark -> Jill Cook at the British Museum;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/modern-mind.html#MmmmS02" title=""><b>Carbon Tax:</B></a> Cap & Trade vs Fee & Dividend, Jim Hansen;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/modern-mind.html#MmmmS03" title=""><b>Connectivity Cost:</B></a> Mobile telephones & data charges;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/modern-mind.html#MmmmS04" title=""><b>Updates:</B></a> No Dash For Gas, Honey Bees, cosmic endings, Ken Kesey;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/modern-mind.html#MmmmS05" title=""><b>Edward Burtynsky:</B></a> Some photographs & his 2005 TED talk; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/modern-mind.html#MmmmS99" title=""><b>Rhyming Slang:</B></a> Human discretion;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/modern-mind.html#MmmmS99a" title=""><b><i>Beyond the Zero:</I></B></a>Thomas Pynchon 'Against the Day', 'A Journey into the mind of Watts', 'Entropy'.<br />
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/diehard.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Diehard, not. / (I don' care'f I do die do die do die do ... Johnny Cash.)</B></SPAN></A><br />
<b>Contents:</B><br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/diehard.html#DiehS00a" title=""><b>David Suzuki & Jeff Rubin:</B></a> at University of Western Ontario in October 2012;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/diehard.html#DiehS00b" title=""><b>Oratory List:</B></a> Collection of good speeches from Severn Suzuki to Naderev Sano; <br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/diehard.html#DiehS00bb" title=""><b>All vs Honey Bees:</B></a> Owen Paterson, Bayer, Syngenta, Monsanto, Dupont;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/diehard.html#DiehS00c" title=""><b>Here's for the Pope:</B></a> Finally get a response to an email & choke.<br />
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Deixe de bobagens! Cala boca! Vai embora ... / G'wan! FCOF! STFU!</B> (Ok.)</SPAN></A><br />
<b>Contents:</B><br />
<b>Diehard:(</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS00a" title=""><b>Again:</B></a> Email to Waglisla fast connections;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS00b" title=""><b>Again again:</B></a> Bella Bella Community School logo;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS00c" title=""><b>Again again again:</B></a> Replies? As close to none as makes no nevermind;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS00d" title=""><b>Soup & a road trip:</B></a> Jay McGinley. Still make pretty good soup though;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS00e" title=""><b>Cognitive dissonance:</B></a> Reaches a K-Pg boundary, geometry, Bill Brandt<b>)</B>;<br />
<b>Keystone:(</B><a href="#CbddbS01" title=""><b>Sequestration:</B></a> The Tragedy of the Commons; The Mighty Ship of State;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS01aa" title=""><b>José Mujica of Uruguay:</B></a> José Mujica and Lucía Topolansky, & Verónica Pamoukaghlian;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS01a" title=""><b>State Department Report:</B></a> John Kerry; Kerri-Ann Jones;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS01b" title=""><b>Hand-wringing & Bleating:</B></a> Bill McKibben bleats; Michael Brune I expected better; Rick Mercer;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS01c" title=""><b>Hagiography:</B></a> Revkin & McKibben & Matthew Nisbet; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS01e" title=""><b>Object Lesson:</B></a> Jason Russell & Kony 2012;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS01f" title=""><b>Wrinkles:</B></a> Any role for fundamental Christianity?;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS01g" title=""><b>Tzeporah Berman:</B></a> Joe Oliver; Stephen Harper; Alison Redford; Bairdy; Brad Wall; nothing;<b>)</B>;<br />
<b>Food:(</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS02" title=""><b>FAO: </B></a> Duelling pundits; Abdolreza Abbassian; Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS02a" title=""><b>China:</B></a> Plans for a carbon tax?<b>)</B>; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS03" title=""><b>Perfect Moral Storm:</B></a> Update;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS04" title=""><b>Bicycles:</B></a> A few ambiguous stories; Charlie Brown & Lucy; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS05" title=""><b>Joan Baez:</B></a> Love is just a four-letter word;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS06" title=""><b>Drat Google:</B></a> They are so obvious!;<br />
<b>Cadence:(</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS99" title=""><b><i>Finis Kaputt Caput:</I></B></a> Ai ai ai; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS99a" title=""><b><i>Garden:</I></B></a> Candide; Tim DeChristopher; John Goodman in Treme;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS99b" title="Beyond the Zero"><b><i>Beyond the Zero:</I></B></a> Thomas Pynchon, 'Against the Day';<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS99c" title=""><b>Choices:</B></a> "It's true sometimes, you can see it that way."; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS99d" title=""><b>The Cat:</B> Another tiny story</a><b>).</B><br />
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/if-it-were-up-to-me.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>If it were up to me ...</B> / but everybody's busy & nobody's listenin'.</SPAN></A><br />
<b>Contents:</B><br />
<b>Leeks:(</B><a href="#EbnlS00a" TITLE=""><b>Three Jovial Welshmen:</B></a> Dewi Sant, Pelagians, Quietists, tranquility;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/if-it-were-up-to-me.html#EbnlS00b" TITLE=""><b>Agamemnon:</B></a> Apeneck Sweeney, Tereus, Procne, Itys, Philomela;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/if-it-were-up-to-me.html#EbnlS00c" TITLE=""><b>Shylock:</B></a> Al Pacino, two versions<b>)</B>;<br />
<b>SLAPP:(</B><a href="#EbnlS01" TITLE="Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation."><b>No Dash For Gas:</B></a> vs EDF Energy;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/if-it-were-up-to-me.html#EbnlS01a" TITLE=""><b>Ron Plain:</B></a> There is some fucking shit I will not eat!;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/if-it-were-up-to-me.html#EbnlS01b" TITLE=""><b>Climate Scientists & Activists:</B></a> John Abraham, John Stone, Danny Harvey, Mark Jaccard,<br />
Bill McKibben, Tzeporah Berman;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/if-it-were-up-to-me.html#EbnlS01c" TITLE=""><b>Hierarchies:</B></a> Clayoquot Sound in the summer of 1993, Kennedy bridge;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/if-it-were-up-to-me.html#EbnlS01d" TITLE=""><b>Slappers:</B></a> Marjory LeBreton, Stephen Harper, James Inhofe, James Sensenbrenner, Lisa Murkowski,<br />
Sarah Palin, Rona Ambrose, John Baird, Elmer Derrick, Lisa Raitt, Janet Holder, Chuck Szmurlo,<br />
Peter Kent aka 'piece of kent', Dan McDougall, Dave Heineman, Russ Girling, Bev Oda, Joe Oliver,<br />
Ellis Ross, Alison Redford, Shawn Atleo, John Duncan;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/if-it-were-up-to-me.html#EbnlS01e" TITLE="Belo Monte, UK, Canada."><b>Spies:</B></a> In Belo Monte, Kitchener/Waterloo, Toronto, & the UK;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/if-it-were-up-to-me.html#EbnlS02" TITLE=""><b>Buddhists:</B></a> Phagmo Dundrup, Tsesung Kyab, Death & Taxes<b>)</B>;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/if-it-were-up-to-me.html#EbnlS03" TITLE=""><b>Brasil:</B></a> Fernando de Noronha, Salvador, Bahía, Porto de Pedras;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/if-it-were-up-to-me.html#EbnlS99" TITLE=""><b>Zero:</B></a> One is (not) enough; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/if-it-were-up-to-me.html#EbnlS99a" TITLE="Beyond the Zero"><b><i>Beyond the Zero:</I></B></a> Thomas Pynchon 'Against the Day'.<br />
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>A Chicken Little kinda guy.</B></SPAN> or: <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;">Wolf! WOLF!! There's a <b>wolf</B> among the sheep!</SPAN></A><br />
<b>Contents:</B><br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS00" TITLE=""><b>Begin:</B></a> Kinks <i>Tired of Waiting</I>, and an Easter hymn <i>Ride On, Ride On In Majesty</I> (?);<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS00aa" TITLE=""><b>Ron Plain:</B></a> The <b>MOTHERFUCKERS</B> are going after Ron Plain! (Judge David Brown);<br />
<b>Fairy Tales:(</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS00a" TITLE=""><b>Chicken Little:</B></a> a variety; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS00b" TITLE=""><b>Walt Disney:</B></a> imagineering, DSM;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS00c" TITLE=""><b>Emily Dickinson:</B></a> #340 'I felt a funeral in my brain'<b>)</B>;<br />
<b>Internet:(</B><a href="#AclkgS01" TITLE=""><b>Darn Google!:</B></a> Oh well ... It's wet and it's warm and it's free eh?;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS01a" TITLE=""><b>Spammers:</B></a> The hungry get hungry enough to begin to think<b>)</B>;<br />
<b>Manic:(</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS02" TITLE=""><b>Joe Oliver:</B></a> A silly 'activist' email; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS02a" TITLE=""><b>Resonance:</B></a> None;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS02b" TITLE=""><b>Dissecting Live Frogs:</B></a> 20/20 hindsight<b>)</B>;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS03" TITLE=""><b>Standstill:</B></a> Standstill in the temperature record? (Not!);<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS04" TITLE=""><b>Belo Sun again:</B></a> Interview tith Stan Bharti by Kirk Exner, for gold, all the good news is bad;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS05" TITLE=""><b>Barach Obama - a Freudian typo:</B></a> 'Barach' is Hebrew for ‘to go through, flee’ according to Strong's;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS05b" TITLE=""><b>Fracking Maps:</B></a> Misinformation from such a height makes me angry;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS06" TITLE=""><b>Bucket Toilets:</B></a> The lingering shame of Mangaung (?);<br />
<b>Two articles:(</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS07" TITLE=""><b>Will Braun:</B></a> A thoughtful piece on pipelines in Canadian Mennonite Magazine;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS07a" TITLE=""><b>Brendan Smith:</B></a><b>)</B> Not so thoughtful at Rabble;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS08" TITLE=""><b>Lately:</B></a> News, all bad but Hey! that's what it's mostly like;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS99" TITLE=""><b>Cosmic Wrapup:</B></a> Joseph Lykken - The end of the cosmos as we know it(?), João Magueijo 'A República das<br />
Putas', there's something about Guy McPherson, well now everything dies baby that's a fact;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-chicken-little-kinda-guy.html#AclkgS99b" TITLE="Beyond the Zero"><b><i>Beyond the Zero:</I></B></a> Thomas Pynchon 'Against the Day'.<br />
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/forward-on-climate-march-to-white-house.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Forward On Climate, march to the White House, Washington D.C., February 17.</B></SPAN></A><br />
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<b>Contents:</B><br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/forward-on-climate-march-to-white-house.html#FocmtwhS00" TITLE=""><b>Timeline:</B></a> Michael Brune hones his message - <b>THE SPELL HAS BEEN BROKEN!</B>;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/forward-on-climate-march-to-white-house.html#FocmtwhS01" TITLE=""><b>40,000 in Washington:</B></a> Just say NO to Keystone, Occupy Earth, Michael Brune says<br />
we are going to win and I believe him.</TD></TR>
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/marina-silva-rede-sustentabilidade.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Marina Silva - Rede Sustentabilidade. Ordem e Progresso (e Amor).</B></SPAN></A><br />
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<b>Contents:</B> Marina Silva's invitation to the encontro Rede Pró-Partido (with English subtitles); and co-founder Heloísa Helena; photographs; <b>Guerreira da Sustentabilidade / Sustainability Warrior.</B><br />
<b>Labels:</B> <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Brasil" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Brasil</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Marina Silva" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Marina Silva</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Partido Verde" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Partido Verde</B></A>.</TD></TR>
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/keystone-xl-protest-washington-dc-white.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Keystone XL protest, Washington DC, White House, Wednesday February 13.</B></SPAN></A><br />
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<b>Contents:</B> Fifty people detained by police at White House demanding Obama stop Keystone XL. Michael Brune puts his money where his mouth is.<br />
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<b>Labels:</B> <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Good News" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Good News</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/James Hansen" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>James Hansen</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Keystone" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Keystone</B></A>.</TD></TR>
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/trying-to-nail-down-blob-of-mercury.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Trying to nail down a blob of mercury; Clutching at straws; Whatever.</B><br />
</SPAN>or: <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Wha ... ? said Jack the lad.</B></SPAN></A><br />
<b>Contents:</B><br />
<b>THE MAIN THREAD: [</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/trying-to-nail-down-blob-of-mercury.html#TtndabomS00" TITLE="Begin the Beguine."><b>Begin:</B></a> Undoing a snarl one loop at a time;<br />
<b>Khomani: (</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/trying-to-nail-down-blob-of-mercury.html#TtndabomS01" TITLE=""><b><i>The Gods Must Be Crazy:</I></B></a> San, Dawid Kruiper, k'waa/luck,<br />
<i>The Great Dance</I> (2000) by South Africans Craig and Damon Foster;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/trying-to-nail-down-blob-of-mercury.html#TtndabomS01a" TITLE=""><b>Bradford Keeney:</B></a> <i>Aesthetics of Change</I> (1983), Gordon Wasson, suspended judgement;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/trying-to-nail-down-blob-of-mercury.html#TtndabomS01b" TITLE=""><b>Palimpsest:</B></a> Romantic & sentimental notions, simple mistakes, intentional mistakes etc.;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/trying-to-nail-down-blob-of-mercury.html#TtndabomS01c" TITLE=""><b>Progress:</B></a> Snowstorms, k'waa explained, blemishes on <i>The Great Dance</I><b>)</B>;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/trying-to-nail-down-blob-of-mercury.html#TtndabomS02" TITLE=""><b>FAO:</B></a> Equivocation, Abdolreza Abbassian;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/trying-to-nail-down-blob-of-mercury.html#TtndabomS02a" TITLE=""><b>Idle No More:</B></a> Disillusionments, Theresa Spence, Raymond Robinson, Ron Plain, Ezra Levant,<br />
but whatever else may be said - they opened a door<b>)]</B>;<br />
<b>OTHER STUFF: [</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/trying-to-nail-down-blob-of-mercury.html#TtndabomS03" TITLE=""><b>Belo Sun again:</B></a> MPF negative on Belo Sun's Volta Grande, Belo Sun stock losing value,<br />
Thaís Santi & Meliza Barbosa procuradoras in Altamira;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/trying-to-nail-down-blob-of-mercury.html#TtndabomS04" TITLE="In several senses."><b>Cod:</B></a> John Crosbie, Bay Bulls Canada Day 1992, still bragging the sleveen;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/trying-to-nail-down-blob-of-mercury.html#TtndabomS05" TITLE=""><b>Naomi Klein again:</B></a> Timeline, probably extraneous opinions;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/trying-to-nail-down-blob-of-mercury.html#TtndabomS06" TITLE=""><b>Corporations:</B></a> EDF, No Dash for Gas, APP in Jambi - Sumatra - Indonesia, Grande Cache Alberta;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/trying-to-nail-down-blob-of-mercury.html#TtndabomS07" title=""><b>Luncheon with Enbridge:</B></a> CEOs Pat Daniel ... Al Monaco, always the same bogus mentality;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/trying-to-nail-down-blob-of-mercury.html#TtndabomS08" TITLE=""><b>Real Climate:</B></a> Global warming continues much as predicted<b>]</B>;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/trying-to-nail-down-blob-of-mercury.html#TtndabomS09" TITLE=""><b>Time Gentlemen Please:</B></a> “Getting and spending we lay waste our powers.<br />
... up-gathered now like sleeping flowers.”<br />
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<b>Labels:</B> <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Belo Sun" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Belo Sun</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Cod" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Cod</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/John Crosbie" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>John Crosbie</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Liminal" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Liminal</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Lucky '13" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Lucky '13</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Naomi Klein" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Naomi Klein</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Ron Plain" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Ron Plain</B></A>.</TD></TR>
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Don't know, can't say. (So ... why're you lookin' over your shoulder then?)</B></SPAN></A><br />
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<b>Contents:</B> <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS00" TITLE=""><b>Imbecile Euphemisms:</B></a> If I listened long enough to you I'd find a way ... ;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS00a" TITLE=""><b>Dylan's <i>Tempest:</I></B></a> A close reading turns up too much coded Christianity;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS00b" TITLE=""><b>Attawapiskat:</B></a> Doesn't look so bad - I would be satisfied;<br />
<b>Gold:(</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS01" TITLE=""><b>Belo Sun:</B></a> Patrocinio & Rainbow as well as Xingu Volta Grande (Ouro Verde,<br />
Grota Seca, & South Block);<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS01a" TITLE=""><b>Senador José Porfírio:</B></a> (is a municipality), ISA (Instituto Socioambiental) challenges environmental<br />
reports, goes to MPF(Ministério Público Federal);<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS01b" TITLE=""><b>Stan Bharti:</B></a> Owns/runs Forbes & Manhattan Inc. aka F&M, with his buddy Pierre Pettigrew;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS01c" TITLE=""><b>Bharti School of Engineering:</B></a> Project whatever personality works and kiss ass as necessary;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS01d" TITLE=""><b>Guyana Update:</B></a> Joan Chang, gold miner, versus Isseneru Village Council (she wins)<b>)</B>;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS02" TITLE=""><b>Damn Google:</B></a> If it ain't broke (puh-leeze) don't fix it.;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS02a" TITLE=""><b>Nomenclature:</B></a> Omnibus, Bill C-38, Bill C-45, some resources;<br />
<b>Recently:(</B><a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS03" TITLE=""><b>Nicholas Stern:</B></a> Everything about him seems tentative;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS03a" TITLE=""><b>Activists you say?:</B></a> Trent Hawkins, Michael Brune, John Bennett, Doug McArthur;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS03b" TITLE=""><b>Nigeria Shell verdict:</B></a> Eric Dooh, Allard Castelein, Henk Wien; not liable for most Nigeria claims;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS03c" TITLE=""><b>Carbon Trading:</B></a> Cap & Trade vs Carbon Tax, What about Fee & Dividend Gawdammit?!;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS03d" TITLE=""><b>Al Gore</B></a> New book - The Future; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS03e" TITLE=""><b>Barack Obama:</B></a> Fiddles While Planet Burns, Beyoncé lip synch<b>)</B>;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS04" TITLE=""><b>Closing Time:</B></a> No communication with the 'movement', it's enough to get you down;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS04b" TITLE=""><b><i>Beyond the Zero</I>:</B></a> Thomas Pynchon's 'Against The Day' with excerpts.<br />
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/lucky-13-mark-ii.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b><i>Lucky '13</I> (Mark II.) Heal our broken selves.</B></SPAN></A><br />
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<b>Contents:</B> <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/lucky-13-mark-ii.html#L13MiiS00" TITLE=""><b><u>Bottom Line</U>:</B></a> <b><u>Not until we have a plan to heal the planet</U><br />
<u>that also heals our broken selves and our broken communities</U><br />
<u>do we have a hope</U></B>;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/lucky-13-mark-ii.html#L13MiiS01" TITLE=""><b>Naomi Klein 1:</B></a> Recapitulating the trip; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/lucky-13-mark-ii.html#L13MiiS01a" TITLE="Before that."><b>2:</B></a> Adjusting perceptions; <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/lucky-13-mark-ii.html#L13MiiS01b" TITLE="."><b>3:</B></a> A-and more;<br />
<b>Recently:</B> (<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/lucky-13-mark-ii.html#L13MiiS02" TITLE=""><b>Barack Obama:</B></a> Second Inaugural Address, Nebraska ... a lame liberal;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/lucky-13-mark-ii.html#L13MiiS02a" TITLE="Resident Denier at the Globe."><b>Margaret Wente:</B></a> A self-serving woman of a certain age (& Ezra Levant);<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/lucky-13-mark-ii.html#L13MiiS02b" TITLE="Making time with the hard right."><b>Boris Johnson:</B></a> A hard-right wannabe;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/lucky-13-mark-ii.html#L13MiiS02c" TITLE="Point of No Return."><b>Greenpeace Reports:</B></a> 2015 or 2020, not that much much to choose really;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/lucky-13-mark-ii.html#L13MiiS02d" TITLE="David Cameron's referendum promise.."><b>UK vs. EU:</B></a> "Fog in Channel: Continent cut off." - an island nation<b>)</B>;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/lucky-13-mark-ii.html#L13MiiS03" TITLE="Theresa Spence tips."><b>Hunger Strike:</B></a> Theresa Spence & Raymond Robinson gave it up for some bullshit bureaucrat's<br />
blancmange; except that's what they wanted all along; but yes, <b>they opened a door</B>;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/lucky-13-mark-ii.html#L13MiiS04" TITLE="Allan gardens to the Liberal Convention."><b>At the Demo:</B></a> No Line-9! from City Hall to Allan Gardens to Maple Leaf Gardens; the unions are lame;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/lucky-13-mark-ii.html#L13MiiS05" TITLE="Pot Pourri."><b>Negative Resilience:</B></a> Heisenberg uncertainty principle of the soul; Carlos Dias, Clementine Hunter, Toad.<br />
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-not.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Totally Different (Not!) It's midnight and I really should come clean.</B></SPAN></A><br />
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<b>Contents:</b> <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-not.html#TdnS00" TITLE=""><b>CALL TO ACTION!</b></a> NO Line 9, Saturday, January 26, 2013;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-not.html#TdnS01" TITLE=""><b>Dipshit Flake:</b></a> OK, it's all a hoax then, satisfied?;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-not.html#TdnS01a" TITLE=""><b>Lesson from the Waglisla Fast:</b></a> QED on 'stupid knucklehead' (me, that is);<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-not.html#TdnS01b" TITLE="Why doom suits me."><b>Doom is Good:</b></a> Suits my age; suits my situation; suits my brand of guilt;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-not.html#TdnS02" TITLE=""><b>Ehrlich:</b></a> 'The Population Bomb' & 'Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided?';<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-not.html#TdnS02a" TITLE=""><b>Musical Vision:</b></a> Bob Dylan <i>Queen Jane Approximately</I> 1965; Neil Young <i>Alabama</I> 1972;<br />
Leonard Cohen <i>Closing Time</I> 1992;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-not.html#TdnS03" TITLE=""><b>Paranoia:</b></a> Glen up on a desk - Three Examples:<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-not.html#TdnS03a" TITLE=""><b>Idle No More:</b></a> Theresa Spence & Raymond Robinson, continuum of protest;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-not.html#TdnS03aa" TITLE=""><b>Fundamental Transformation?</b></a> Economics & petty politics more like it;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-not.html#TdnS03aaa" TITLE=""><b>Day 41:</b></a> Interview with Kevin Newman on Question Period, Sunday January 20;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-not.html#TdnS03b" TITLE=""><b>Virtual Print Media:</b></a> The (Evil) Media; NYT dismantles environment desk;<br />
Why haven't the alternative media picked up the slack?;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-not.html#TdnS03bb" TITLE="Not!"><b>Social Media</b></a> We go in the streets chanting "The people, united, can never be defeated!" But we are not<br />
united, and consequently we certainly can be defeated - sorry to tell you;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-not.html#TdnS03c" TITLE="Technology?"><b>Blogger:</b></a> Poor programmers, ill-defined standards, etc.;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-not.html#TdnS04" TITLE=""><b>Final Note:</b></a> Louis Lesosky the gardener aka Crowbird & Occupation Apple Tree;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-not.html#TdnS05" TITLE=""><b>Sorry About the Exaggeration</b></a> Joeri Rogelj '2020 emissions levels to limit warming to below 2 °C'.<br />
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/theres-gold-in-them-thar-hills.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>There's gold in them thar hills!</B></SPAN> or: <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>All that glisters is not gold.</B></SPAN></A><br />
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<b>Contents:</b> <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/theres-gold-in-them-thar-hills.html#TgitthS01" TITLE=""><b>Begin:</b></a> <i>The Merchant of Venice</I> & Belo Sun Mining Corp. Canada BSX:CN;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/theres-gold-in-them-thar-hills.html#TgitthS02" TITLE=""><b>Mining.com:</b></a> Carnaval girls with nice tits;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/theres-gold-in-them-thar-hills.html#TgitthS02a" TITLE=""><b><i>Ela tem fila:</I></b></a> Mostly horny Canadians: Kinross Gold Corporation, Yamana Gold Inc., Jaguar Mining Inc.,<br />
Aura Minerals Inc.; plus AngloGold Ashanti Limited from South Africa;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/theres-gold-in-them-thar-hills.html#TgitthS03" TITLE=""><b>Good as Gold:</b></a> What might <i>clean</I> gold mining look like? (one asks); no such thing industrially;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/theres-gold-in-them-thar-hills.html#TgitthS04" TITLE=""><b>Who are these people?</b></a> Peter Tagliamonte, Mark Eaton, Helio Diniz, Stan Bharti, Clay Livingston Hoes,<br />
C. Jay Hodgson, Rui Botica Santos, Catherine Stretch;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/theres-gold-in-them-thar-hills.html#TgitthS05" TITLE=""><b>Postscript:</b></a> Canadian gold miners in Guyana & French Guiana; map; they've even got Reality TV for this - A<br />
Rumble in the Jungle; Nadav Kander pictures of the Yangtze River.<br />
<b>Labels:</B> <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Belo Monte" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Belo Monte</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Belo Sun" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Belo Sun</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Gold" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Gold</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Greed" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Greed</B></A>.</TD></TR>
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-1-eunoia-is-that-it.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Totally Different. ('Eunoia? Is that it?)</B></SPAN></A><br />
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<b>Contents:</b> <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-1-eunoia-is-that-it.html#Td1EitiS01" TITLE=""><b>Three foundations:</b></a> 1962 - Silent Spring, Rachel Carson (1907–1964);<br />
1973 - Small Is Beautiful, Fritz Schumacher (1911–1977); 1972 - The Limits to<br />
Growth, Dana Meadows (1941-2001), Dennis Meadows (1942-) et al;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-1-eunoia-is-that-it.html#Td1EitiS02" TITLE=""><b>Totally different:</b></a> Dennis Meadows is talking about discount rates but the question<br />
works at another level too;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-1-eunoia-is-that-it.html#Td1EitiS03" TITLE=""><b>Disconnects:</b></a> Various, Richard Brautigan 'In Watermelon Sugar'; Something else I might be wrong about;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-1-eunoia-is-that-it.html#Td1EitiS04" TITLE=""><b><i>Problématique</I>:</b></a> Same quandary faced by Stéphane Dion when his 'Green Shift' failed to ignite;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-1-eunoia-is-that-it.html#Td1EitiS05" TITLE=""><b>Complete cultural disconnect:</b></a> <b>The crux of the matter is not only whether the human species<br />
will survive, but even more whether it can survive without falling into a state of<br />
worthless existence</B>;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-1-eunoia-is-that-it.html#Td1EitiS06" TITLE=""><b>Catching up:</b></a> Tim DeChristopher, Stephen Gardiner, Simon Critchley, UN FAO, Paul & Anne Ehrlich.<br />
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<b>Labels:</B> <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Dennis Meadows" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Dennis Meadows</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/EF Schumacher" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>EF Schumacher</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Eu-words" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Eu-words</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/FAO" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>FAO</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/GMO" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>GMO</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Keith" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Keith</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Rachel Carson" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Rachel Carson</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Richard Brautigan" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Richard Brautigan</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Samaritan" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Samaritan</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Simon Critchley" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Simon Critchley</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Stephen Gardiner" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Stephen Gardiner</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Tim DeChristopher" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Tim DeChristopher</B></A>.</TD></TR>
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/odyssey.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Odyssey.</B></SPAN></A><br />
<b>Contents:</b> <a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/odyssey.html#OdyS01" TITLE=""><b>Victoria Island:</b></a> Raymond Robinson of Cross Lake Manitoba has joined<br />
Theresa Spence on Victoria Island in Ottawa;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/odyssey.html#OdyS02" TITLE=""><b>Images:</b></a> Trying to see what is necessary and stay with the <i>Lucky '13</I> energy;<br />
<a href="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/odyssey.html#OdyS03" TITLE=""><b>Baby steps:</b></a> Review the pundits, trying not to hear what I know I heard.<br />
<b>Labels:</B> <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Unist'ot'en" TITLE="Search blog for this Label."><b>Unist'ot'en</B></A>.</TD></TR>
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<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2012/12/new-year-lucky-13.html" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600; FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Lucky '13 - the year we turned it around (!)</B></SPAN></A><br />
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<b>ROUND DANCE AND CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL<br />
IN HONOUR OF CHIEF THERESA SPENCE</b></TD></TR>
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[There is a gap, from July to December 2012 which will eventually be filled in.]<br />
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<b>Previous Index: </B> <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2008/09/posts.html" TITLE=""><b>September 2005 - July 2012</B></A>.David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-20742746239327531962013-07-14T10:31:00.000-04:002013-07-25T05:09:23.900-04:00I'm sorry. It's a bust gentle reader.<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:60%;">or: <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/07/im-sorry-its-bust-gentle-reader.html#" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; FONT-SIZE:140%; COLOR:#CC6600;">One-sided conversations eventually stop.</SPAN></A> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/07/continence.html" TITLE="Continence ... incontinence ... you know ..."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN> <b>Alton 1902, Northrop 1912</B><a NAME="SiabgrS00"> </A><a HREF="#SiabgrS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbzcr0cJrir3L46Jh88aZ9Crp8_XLIYLpV97Lbwv4hb5TNZdEUuQABuMMuU3XZeggyRdq7iDZrtZVDXwzBEy_DdvTnbWpu-H-yp6L0j-VC6F1glON0Fe-3W8MdZE26QWaPEGz33Y9uyKYw/s1600/Tiras+Toles+13-06-24+everything+is+broken.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLtPz7HpxddPa7Wc72Z9lc8Cidm4fZwe1aYkDQvw9z1D8gv5qHtcnzJry7y51zI33wae8xGL6338yvl-8qZxzNF6-Z7ASJ1lSVczY6B4E7pGX8VGZXkaxnWmSwrt_6c7ebRMmShQdw9Uuj/s375/Tiras+Toles+13-06-24t+everything+is+broken.jpg" ALT="Tom Toles, Washington Post, June 24." TITLE="Tom Toles, Washington Post, June 24."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_zjHjUpz1H8OsF-ms0bP2Kn1eQgv-HIImB0fjN-Ts6F5_DdRyzVnce4G0AN1NeR029NMSBJwLlSFYxNG-geeuhmOKuaRhjQfMigdFKO15mZkcdCOgFIiVemc9v5-hWac4GHbguNRC84T/s1600/Bob+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#FFFFFF; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4KQUDCMVdoM6rzuqq97x7BXuao7g3_5h3u9AnxwkOmNEAOCZpv-nE5yv8bE07BJnoX8oGYaVwmikGP63uEHNFakrqkcj9CcgHgmWq0M9cB9fozVEfSlVpPbxd3_ThlMqjRHYU4Y0MV-3/s316/Bob+2tl.jpg" ALT="Bob Dylan, Oh Mercy, 1989." TITLE="Bob Dylan, Oh Mercy, 1989."></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBXn9PptgN8" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#FFFFFF; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YgVy9e3KV-Z_y2JDnxYlAlobIMajEBtfO-3RwwDZUoXu47AjxG9wlzKl6P7rePpYryq7NVNKjjLIwWPnVcc6i0XtmRemfuSow1pUEEVLyPQaSDDrmMtQhc0i5WeDWXy9hsSSU0cRhaxc/s316/Bob+2tm.jpg" ALT="YouTube: Everything Is Broken." TITLE="YouTube: Everything Is Broken."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_zjHjUpz1H8OsF-ms0bP2Kn1eQgv-HIImB0fjN-Ts6F5_DdRyzVnce4G0AN1NeR029NMSBJwLlSFYxNG-geeuhmOKuaRhjQfMigdFKO15mZkcdCOgFIiVemc9v5-hWac4GHbguNRC84T/s1600/Bob+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#FFFFFF; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVeJ6q7pxLeuxSjJqAD7otOGLTkI6is2ux8JiWpG-2g7iZuzTJ_TXtNcs6Jpc69ioDBEBtKoj7l1Y3v_IaDs4QMMLQbLIdMEyxw21VizPEV4YYW_HqR88AfXPq6cn78zr1ZCSjqlOAfd1B/s316/Bob+2tr.jpg" ALT="Bob Dylan, Oh Mercy, 1989." TITLE="Bob Dylan, Oh Mercy, 1989."></a></DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">More than one night after closing time driving drunk straight down the 9th Line, gravel, no cops, as fast as she'd go with <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBXn9PptgN8" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube: Everything Is Broken."><b>this tune</B></A> on max. Pedal to the metal, Russian intersections through the stopsigns. Bongo riff at the start still sets me off twenty years later; "broken words never meant to be spoken". <b><i>Play it Bob!</I></B><br />
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That, and <a HREF="http://davidleewilson.blogspot.ca/2007/01/swallow.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b><i>The Swallow</I></B></A>. I had a way of torturing the last line of each verse, twisting the key minor somehow to make it ... as bitter as it feels.<a NAME="SiabgrS01"> </A><a HREF="#SiabgrS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>The thing about computer programming, one of the things, is that you can sometimes get it right. It is possible to write (admittedly relatively small and bounded) patches of code that are perfect. Not for long mind you, things change quickly, but for a moment at least. Like wazizname in '<i>A Voyage to Arcturus</I>' ... Panawe, Joiwind's husband.<br />
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I don't understand the ones who proclaim "Don't complain, don't explain," ... as if; but it works ... sort of. Keeps the lid on I guess.<br />
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I got hooked early on geometry. I like to figgure things out; be able to confidently write <i>QED</I> at the end of a proposition. It's a problem though because the figgurings look like blame (where there is really none at all) and you wind up shamed, crippled in a double bind.<br />
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There are antidotes: <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu0brlGGQ2Y" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>Incredible String Band - <i>Cousin Caterpillar</I></B></A> ... I wish I could find Pied Pumpkin with their story of Mister Mulvangel ... but it is just not there ... "flew once around the bay and shit upon the Dew Drop Inn," is how I remember it.<br />
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This is the meat of the matter.<br />
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I may say (and often do), "I don't care," but of course I care very much. The indifference and silence (enmity?) of old friends and family cuts like a knife. Sure I care. I wake from bad dreams mumbling "I'm sorry," and it goes on all day, a mantra and constant meditation.<a NAME="SiabgrS02"> </A><a HREF="#SiabgrS03" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOesIuMsSvdghGtheuP-bLsC6eDTeWV21tl7J64LxcfmmWxNWQABFP3_Od5yuiVmTdKKBPaGNo0Yfmzmy7QxeTC9xpVhwjJp5oWc8N6EsHbdm8xbBmOtFmHBATFZpT8mkd1gF47-f6OEc/s1600/Tiras+Gable+13-05-30+You+Are+Here.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YvexzxUVdojPtteeEXdk7Hi-qsyfWCSjPAolfazR-8fEtq-GEmaeLlrTJGYTlDP6zuPOppTmcz5PvU8yHk-8pGmK6YHCWR-aQQ_1DTVoLn7YhxNyHtcIieHJW-d65Ae0y130d17VlD1I/s1600/Tiras+Gable+13-05-30t+You+Are+Here.jpg" ALT="Gable: Flying upside down." TITLE="Gable: Flying upside down."></a><br />
I must be getting soft: the movie <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_%282012_film%29" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b><i>Flight</I></B></A> touches me - touches Gable too obviously. Denzel Washington & Stephen Harper are not the only ones flying upside-down. From Bashar al-Assad, José dos Santos, Tayyip Erdoğan, to ... Barack Obama. They're all doin' the <i>Hokey Pokey</I>: baffle their brains with bullshit; crush 'em & shush 'em; <i>panem et circenses</I>; lies, propaganda, secret police, legalized murder; whatever it takes ...<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjHeQGuO1XVAzDIuY_Xhnit3JJI7Zw_F07jf214RJmTboAQoN8Mu3TN9YYbVImlIa82pOvBr6v4LA5f4G5-rvTjSLUVVhkTepHXDUa-umomdJv5XgAd0qs4IVanJwD0fCe8oc_iUPHoBGc/s1600/Tiras+Aislin+13-07-12+Harper+%2526+Harper.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 10PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YXhyrdeF89BTmXp5Dz-1mJCz0jxlRs7eab0yLZYvjMcmLYNNYUcGN6H7QLKVHesOsQzkHzOokYTqletTdtwi-MCuR3aX4Tg4Czfz7u4Vstv45dsa6htzx1X7B2TzadxCBYw6KjcZTI0U/s320/Tiras+Aislin+13-07-12t+Harper+&+Harper.jpg" ALT="Stephen Harper." TITLE="Stephen Harper." ALIGN=LEFT></a>And yet the general population is ever so slowly (but inevitably since it's physics not a horse race) recognizing that ⅔rds are living on time borrowed from the future - the planet supports 2-3 billion, we have 7-8, QED.<br />
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A very large number of people (just like you and me), an almost unimaginable number of people, are going to suffer and die, are going to watch their loved ones die, are going to be forced into competition to the death over a bit of food. Tell me this isn't so if you are able to. I don't want to know it. ... But I don't think you can. (See Gwynne <a HREF="#SiabgrS08a" TITLE="Elsewhere in this post."><b>below</B></A>.)<br />
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What does it mean to be upside-down in this context?<a NAME="SiabgrS03"> </A><a HREF="#SiabgrS04" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><i>Macbeth</I> comes to mind: <a HREF="http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/text/5717.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Oxford Text Archive."><b>here</B></A> or <a HREF="http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=macbeth&Act=1&Scene=1&Scope=scene" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Open Source Shakespeare."><b>here</B></A>. Can you get through school these days without reading it? Probably.<br />
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<tr><td>1.</TD><td>When shall we three meet againe?</TD></TR>
<tr><td> </TD><td>In Thunder, Lightning, or in Raine?</TD></TR>
<tr><td>2.</TD><td>When the Hurley-burley's done,</TD></TR>
<tr><td> </TD><td>When the Battaile's lost, and wonne.</TD></TR>
<tr><td>3.</TD><td>That will be ere the set of Sunne.</TD></TR>
<tr><td>1.</TD><td>Where the place?</TD></TR>
<tr><td>2.</TD><td>Upon the Heath.</TD></TR>
<tr><td>3.</TD><td>There to meet with <i>Macbeth</I>.</TD></TR>
<tr><td>1.</TD><td>I come, <i>Gray-Malkin</I>.</TD></TR>
<tr><td><i>All</I></TD><td><i>Padock</I> calls anon: faire is foule, and foule is faire,</TD></TR>
<tr><td> </TD><td>Hover through the fogge and filthie ayre. <i>Exeunt.</I></TD></TR>
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</DIV>We could call this 'morality masquerading as superstition'. For 'superstition masquerading as morality' consider the several references to unnatural acts by lions in the early scenes of Julius Caesar (<span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:95%;"><i>I<span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:70%;">VLIVS</SPAN> C<span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:70%;">ÆSAR</SPAN></I></SPAN>: <a HREF="http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=juliuscaesar&Act=1&Scene=3&Scope=scene&LineHighlight=436#436" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Open Source Shakespeare."><b>I-iii</B></A> & <a HREF="http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=juliuscaesar&Act=2&Scene=2&Scope=scene&LineHighlight=988#988" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Open Source Shakespeare."><b>II-ii</B></A>).<br />
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It took me a long time to figgure out how much the left-libs of the United Church distrust (hate?) Northrop Frye (and Blake by association) - nevermind 'socialist', Blake's a fricken' <i>romantic</I>! and we know where that can lead ... Nietzsche, Wagner ... <i>Hitler!</I><br />
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Martin Buber gets about the same reception; and to think I used to get into discussions with some of these people using Frye & Buber as authorities - naïve knucklehead eh? Haveta laugh.<a NAME="SiabgrS04"> </A><a HREF="#SiabgrS05" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><table BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"><tbody>
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(Christian Forebearance)<br />
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I was angry with my friend:<br />
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.<br />
I was angry with my foe:<br />
I told it not, my wrath did grow.<br />
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And I watered it in fears,<br />
Night and morning with my tears;<br />
And I sunned it with smiles,<br />
And with soft deceitful wiles.<br />
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And it grew both day and night<br />
Till it bore an apple bright;<br />
And my foe beheld it shine,<br />
And he knew that it was mine,<br />
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And into my garden stole<br />
When the night had veiled the pole:<br />
In the morning glad I see<br />
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.<br />
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William Blake,<br />
Songs of Innocence and Experience, 1794.</DIV></TD></TR>
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O Rose, thou art sick.<br />
The invisible worm<br />
That flies in the night<br />
In the howling storm<br />
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Has found out thy bed<br />
Of crimson joy,<br />
And his dark secret love<br />
Does thy life destroy.<br />
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William Blake,<br />
Songs of Innocence and Experience, 1794.</DIV></TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTilzEGE_5LBC1vwMlrNpKoR0JZUCSo7nuq-IgzaDmAE0MeDcfpr1dy45j0pXQ06G76tKoFoSBNlAz5DAqQgEkdh6jRDAN6BxVyRYyTg4rMw8svXuyHNMJ1tEjqTD5-LuX5-5i9RgVwlx/s1600/Blake+The+Sick+Rose.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='DISPLAY:BLOCK; PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 0PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:11PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9A-d8N1x7EMLdbYuEFHM3QkIPC9v_-cCKrz1vqFE9jWk4GUs8i1FFt0de_IdXov8G_0xHuEr3ThF7hal7zHsww2ZxQdd2cTVQZa9yjL9GIApyQJLp1JCk4hMSCAuIywliDVknHss40i1/s320/Blake+The+Sick+Rose+t1l.jpg" ALT="William Blake, The Sick Rose, 1794." TITLE="William Blake, The Sick Rose, 1794."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTilzEGE_5LBC1vwMlrNpKoR0JZUCSo7nuq-IgzaDmAE0MeDcfpr1dy45j0pXQ06G76tKoFoSBNlAz5DAqQgEkdh6jRDAN6BxVyRYyTg4rMw8svXuyHNMJ1tEjqTD5-LuX5-5i9RgVwlx/s1600/Blake+The+Sick+Rose.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='DISPLAY:BLOCK; PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:0PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OxKVEI77tlOSb7Elnk9O1m6Bx1w_fP1xwJAfKF8ZbRyJdGYWliq8UtGfBUj_X4HBavJGkVWhhyf2uJoiB20QPfbvipQ86vLskNsG8_fa-fjnf0JN8PGwEQQWhgcEZLtKSn9EN-PIKliZ/s320/Blake+The+Sick+Rose+t2l.jpg" ALT="William Blake, The Sick Rose, 1794." TITLE="William Blake, The Sick Rose, 1794."></a></TD><td VALIGN=TOP><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTilzEGE_5LBC1vwMlrNpKoR0JZUCSo7nuq-IgzaDmAE0MeDcfpr1dy45j0pXQ06G76tKoFoSBNlAz5DAqQgEkdh6jRDAN6BxVyRYyTg4rMw8svXuyHNMJ1tEjqTD5-LuX5-5i9RgVwlx/s1600/Blake+The+Sick+Rose.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='DISPLAY:BLOCK; PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 0PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:11PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNl-1bNzEhO5NJG92Sih26euxTFom1JjfLi9NFgLqMSzh7lGnV-_jEVMch3IOrbIJNwqnn0lLyuGAzXvqDG19LpjKsjCtM-yveYjh6gyQr9oanGG5-ZGYXkQ4Xt7HDpEg_VDx89NnT377A/s320/Blake+The+Sick+Rose+t1r.jpg" ALT="William Blake, The Sick Rose, 1794." TITLE="William Blake, The Sick Rose, 1794."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTilzEGE_5LBC1vwMlrNpKoR0JZUCSo7nuq-IgzaDmAE0MeDcfpr1dy45j0pXQ06G76tKoFoSBNlAz5DAqQgEkdh6jRDAN6BxVyRYyTg4rMw8svXuyHNMJ1tEjqTD5-LuX5-5i9RgVwlx/s1600/Blake+The+Sick+Rose.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='DISPLAY:BLOCK; PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:0PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 5PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGc04aov-Z3OvZkKfJiNP5U28-Jlg-abQbGhIMkTlVg5F2_M4JDcFiz3Nw9TlfHsd1EF2hYsIhNBP-jk1AtU3bLBaAdo1JlNiF7dEw0TBJDCPczGzJQcdkgFyx-M0v3FVpCEFCNCcm0IVC/s320/Blake+The+Sick+Rose+t2r.jpg" ALT="William Blake, The Sick Rose, 1794." TITLE="William Blake, The Sick Rose, 1794."></a></TD></TR>
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</TBODY></TABLE><div ALIGN=RIGHT>"... and Blake very seldom talks nonsense."</DIV></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><br />
[This from the first paragraph of <a HREF="http://northropfrye-thedoublevision.blogspot.ca/2009/02/chapter-two-double-vision-of-nature.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda blog."><b>Chapter Two of <i>The Double Vision</I></B></A>. For ready comparison of some of Blake's images see the Blake Archive: <a HREF="http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/blake/archive/comparison.xq?selection=compare&copies=all&bentleynum=B49©id=songsie.b&java=" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blake Archive."><b>Poison Tree</B></A> (13 examples) & <a HREF="http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/blake/archive/comparison.xq?selection=compare&copies=all&bentleynum=B39©id=songsie.b&java=" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blake Archive."><b>Sick Rose</B></A> (a dozen).]<a NAME="SiabgrS05"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#SiabgrS06" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've seen Paree?</B><br />
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This is <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgqVCJpRqWQ" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>a tune</B></A> from just after WWI, 1919; about the same time that 'french kiss' entered the vocabulary apparently (though here the OED has failed to elucidate - wankers!). 'French letter' came along in the mid-1800s (again no thanks to the OED) so who can say?<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LPopA7nLQPehcHd1f28TcqbyeUF8dFRlQB7wiA0G4cKdSwJtaov37J9eIoOu_twEgbXWA5zLVqGJgPnpQnON5FdetHgrNwKeRuv1JMamSFVEEe_PJFVLeP5_h8qxrYXjfHVzsufbHLpw/s1600/Tiras+Doonesbury+13-07-13+no+one+cares.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMq_aVth4bWBKqr972d_1BSdJcYVmp_wrMP9F8X6oDRD5yOMH9TMhZpKcIx1OOMWlWYWcJrOLp_nmggyN_lTtyItzBemgSj-I79bI3zHwzeWBGjn2fgLhJdUapH5s6PTm1wZPp7Svi3UY/s320/Tiras+Doonesbury+13-07-13t+no+one+cares.jpg" ALT="Doonesbury July 13 2013." TITLE="Doonesbury July 13 2013." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>Interesting resonance with '<i>galocher</I>' recently introduced to French dictionaries (according to the <a HREF="http://www.terrafemina.com/vie-privee/sexo/articles/27109-french-kiss-petite-histoire-du-baiser-a-la-francaise.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Terrafemina dot com."><b>news</B></A>). Galoshes?<br />
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Ah that Gallic sense of humour.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />My point is that it is important, even imperative, to understand the drivers, the cultural engines of out-of-control urbanization & consumerism. Someone who knew her social history once said to me, "The rich and powerful have always had more-or-less complete sexual freedom. Gaining that freedom (licence?) is one of the main reasons for wanting to be wealthy."<br />
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Hopefully understanding leads to compassion rather than judgement.<a NAME="SiabgrS06"> </A><a HREF="#SiabgrS07" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi610z-e214mjVNAvhNjclRC6khcbt3siPqlJMb_DHIUkkoneJRAJGxR5NaBd2Ibw4AJWOaUT3tBkFDMMlQMX194JxsOOMIZxdqOOe-ZjXsZepjth5bg9MrAlkm3nnkTk9oscRPOHczMz0e/s1600/Tiras+Baldinger+03-00-00+rich+and+poor.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmobu9DG9PtwyxcK9RCzNf3fazDzM4pOoyoHpI-Q7YxWSASaCGHWX_QCmC8_YHZVSuezwJ8pX8jDjzf634E6ZnUjEVBbX3p7Mwa8nNs2eOuIps7AqGicTw6YC4s61MZRQyMqnvIhe1tn8/s1600/Tiras+Baldinger+03-00-00t+rich+and+poor.jpg" ALT="David Baldinger: Rich & Poor." TITLE="David Baldinger: Rich & Poor."></a><b>Zero-sum Game ...</B><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:10%;"> <div ALIGN=RIGHT><b>... (sort of).</B></DIV></DIV></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"> </DIV><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">[The cartoonist, <a HREF="http://www.dbaldinger.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="David Baldinger's website."><b>David Baldinger</B></A> (more recently <a HREF="http://davidbaldinger.blogspot.ca/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="David Baldinger's blog."><b>here</B></A>) seems to have given it up - some kind of mental health issue. I can't help but wonder if the cure (or attempted cure) has anything to do with the end of the artwork?]<a NAME="SiabgrS07"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#SiabgrS08" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">A zero-sum game is a situation in which a participant's gain (or loss) is exactly balanced by the losses (or gains) of the other participant(s); that's to say: a strictly competitive game/situation. If you read the fine print on <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_game" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Wikipedia</B></A> you will see that economics & politics don't make the cut. There are subtleties: the degree of rationality of markets etc.; but still, a useful metaphor.<br />
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Tantalum now ... or increasingly scarce resources generally ... or ... survival? And then there is the wrinkle of survival for how long? A week? A year? A decade? A generation? Two? I'll leave it with you. Carefully though - or that smart-phone in your hand might start to look like an instrument of rape.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0JP1jPn496Z68BZ_doaANz0LU0dMklDNj3LBmLOWCZH6U6KuoAby3RUKB5NUaeDCoQadZPWniw0SNJ6EfLjvIPIFh3vJCg4LmiY6yAyOhF8ovIecdzrcGcxvTJENIKg91wzCNB7rAi4/s1600/Tiras+Ramirez+Bio+Fuel+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXDQW_h07zhtbNgDw6chO29q6SY_9y2zoJKiEo_Hd0eGxj1ldfgy9dzdmgALwmQEbvO9TEBzjhbhvdQzxuLycX6IECCvB32wSL1XIb6vMKZW_sEyXpSRTEZjZbDZhnXQTw_BoCx0nRU5h/s1600/Tiras+Ramirez+Bio+Fuel+1t.jpg" ALT="Michael Ramirez: Excuse me. I'm going to need this to run my car." TITLE="Michael Ramirez: Excuse me. I'm going to need this to run my car."></a></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">[Michael Ramirez (on the other hand) seems to be more towards the conservative end of the spectrum, according to <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ramirez" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Wikipedia</B></A> at least, and thriving.]<a NAME="SiabgrS08"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#SiabgrS09" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b><i>Pot-pourri</I>:</B> (in memory of Rowan & Martin's <i>Laugh In</I>; also <i>pauperie</I> & <i>popery</I>)<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />I wanted to mention that the EU is now more-or-less restricting the use of four of the numerous pesticides threatening honey bees: <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiamethoxam" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>thiamethoxam</B></A> (Helix XTra® and Cruiser® brands), clothianidin, imidacloprid, and fipronil. I was going to build a table of active ingredients, manufacturers, brand names etc. but ... who cares?<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />The FAO continues to lower the <a HREF="http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/FoodPricesIndex/en/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="UN/FAO."><b>Food Price Index</B></A> (marginally). They appear to have made a right cheer-leader out of Abdolreza Abbassian. Can't believe a word they say.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />Instead of dealing with quality issues around Chinese solar panels, the EU & the USA are busy building trade barriers. Doh!?<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfe2bDny4ZzRVodTRMBi0PLeT-vIule89JPz2CDwPhoImEag4JcyErbKhdS993kkBrsNLOL4zmKpgSSjI6OAlxwa3eXd10sqlCwmn2NSvZKL_UdzVIK3-p5-XKKZQSqSQILvBemOSgexIW/s1600/Tiras+tOad+13-07-07+Prism+Snowden.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0a8kY34nC4-Y62-S2m1PXN35SR8VqQZXXPvVJ0k7frcya9Y_DS_kWPNdm817PcrMIsz5LC-Bm5PAWF6Fs27yF7EVjCHDF51QT4pBr51NqaD4ki5UN4ld62jC8x7rPcI-Dn-Av0iE1znN/s320/Tiras+tOad+13-07-07t+Prism+Snowden.jpg" ALT="tOad: Edward Snowden, Prism." TITLE="tOad: Edward Snowden, Prism." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><b>Turnkey Tyranny:</B> <a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/16051.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Live Journal Addenda."><b>David Bromwich on Edward Snowden in LRB</B></A>, June 21 2013. <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/jun/09/nsa-whistleblower-edward-snowden-interview-video" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: 'I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things' – video, Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald in Hong Kong, Sunday 9 June 2013."><b>First <i>Guardian</I> interview</B></A> (12 minutes) and <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/jul/08/edward-snowden-video-interview" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Edward Snowden: 'The US government will say I aided our enemies' – video interview, Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald in Hong Kong, Monday 8 July 2013."><b>second <i>Guardian</I> interview</B></A> (7 minutes). (Also available on <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z99qFwsDmU" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>YouTube</B></A> - but then ... YouTube is now part of the problem.) And various articles in The Guardian which you can find, here's a <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillance" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations, Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras, Monday 10 June 2013."><b>start</B></A>.<br />
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Glenn Greenwald lives in Rio apparently - good for him :-)<br />
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Our Barack is not going to scramble jets he says (yet?) but he is doing <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/12/world/americas/us-is-pressing-latin-americans-to-reject-snowden.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: U.S. Is Pressing Latin Americans to Reject Snowden, William Neuman & Randal Archibold, July 11 2013."><b>everything south of that</B></A>.<a NAME="SiabgrS08a"> </A><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />This is too strong for the left-libs of Vancouver apparently - Georgia Strait, which usually publishes Gwynne Dyer's articles, passed on this one: <a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/15818.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Live Journal Addenda."><b>Tripoli Post: World Population: The African Exception, Gwynne Dyer, June 26 2013</B></A>. Even Gwynne himself seems to me to be pulling his punches - but the necessary & sufficient information is in there. Read slowly - this is tough stuff.<a NAME="SiabgrS09"> </A><a HREF="#SiabgrS10" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrCRxdsrrp9Bfc2J_tF7Hnu2NecZNpIOMMfFX3YiqAKfHRLUCiUloiTO33P0wSKWOegtgi6Ga9HNP9zzAwdL9a92OiuhEMUlNUijUizUl7i7qvtjh_s-VtmOt0Hf4l7QcZEz1OzYIrjME/s1600/Tiras+Bilicki+We+Are+Destroying+Earth.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXj65wPt9HOyV6i-_9JCNYPvW_YLjon67BT3H6brWt1-qVmJSNIEbl265NP8moYnObfErKZfeBWT4EQu5rs4yVrDJL_Bpa4jXgXEek-bLJ6-T17yBTfagVhFaeqWX_3LY42vvm65fSQ2j0/s1600/Tiras+Bilicki+We+Are+Destroying+Earth+t.jpg" ALT="Justin Bilicki: We are destroying Earth." TITLE="Justin Bilicki: We are destroying Earth."></a><br />
<b>Well ... not 'Earth' exactly; the planet will be fine ...<div ALIGN=RIGHT>... civilization & humanity not so much.</B></DIV></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">[The cartoonist, <a HREF="http://www.justinbilicki.com/Political-Cartoons" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Justin Bilicki website."><b>Justin Bilicki</B></A>, is a good consumer - he writes copy for Mercedes, Masterfoods (Snickers), Fedex, Footlocker. The cartoon thing was always a sideline which he gave up to pursue the career ... haveta smile :-) ]<a NAME="SiabgrS10"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#SiabgrS11" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">Otherwise we might have a billion years or so to figgure out what to do when the sun becomes enough of a red giant to <i>really</I> & <i>finally</I> cook us. This whole climate change/global warming/environmental catastrophe could be viewed as a kind of ... practice run. So far the grade is D- to F - verging on W (withdrawn).<br />
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As mentioned before ... Gwynne Dyer has <a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/14842.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Georgia Strait: The peaceful world, Gwynne Dyer, May 27 2013."><b>some good words</B></A> on violence; <a HREF="http://stevenpinker.com/publications/better-angels-our-nature" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The better angels of our nature: why violence has declined, Steven Pinker, 2011."><b>Steven Pinker</B></A> too.<br />
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One wonders if there is a kind of uncertainty principle at work? (Nonsense of course.) Violence will visit us through one slot or the other, but it will visit - like the Royal Mail, the light must get through!<br />
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I know it's completely unreasonable (<b><i>UNREASONABLE & FUCKED-UP CRAZY!</I></B>) to go comparing war violence with economic violence; but eonomic violence is one way of looking at where the environmental Armageddon is coming from eh? Do I have to spell it out?<br />
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<img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 5PX 0PX 0PX;' SRC="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2e4HvkqKQlK_3nyWRvuNEDX9mvfg2YbhKr21XDdo3CqUffzgX-nrn0HY5nbpYxLyM9SqwRuVTvKPimTXb2UGLIpl9zvP3M8eRszbBqRaz7QLtSZLTFZEgOszgAfehXrT4Y0i3ibLiOTA/s200/Trystero+3.jpg" alt="We Await Silent Trystero's Empire." title="We Await Silent Trystero's Empire." ALIGN=RIGHT>Or the violence of lies, intentional untruths used to manipulate and control complacent consumers, voters, 'citizens'. The language of doublespeak, equivocation, in which there is no possibility of love because there is no possibility of clear communication. And a tip of the hat to Thomas Pynchon's <i>The Crying of Lot 49</I>.<br />
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This meditation goes on to benign neglect, awkward silences, bureaucratic compassion and the like, and fetches up on shunning. Violence is so flexible & versatile.<br />
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But it could just as well be Van Morrison's <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh-rwOXmGHc" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b><i>Domino</I></B></A>: "... if you never hear from him, that just means he didn't call ... and if you never hear from me, that just means I would rather not."<a NAME="SiabgrS11"> </A><a HREF="#SiabgrS12" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9FE1xdRLL4zaw0MGN63P2t7-dkKoXDEul5tj1MfsR5JKrvOL5Ptp7HEBxhwxFAX8XaX-j0JMfBqfe_8FvZLb11TEwPZlipsOwVAPWMdY6oELipExTvydLQyRA5MdI0Vsa2GI1Z9MSo584/s815/IEA+Fatih+Birol+3+at+UN+in+Bonn.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gfhev_XMI0SgSQx57pRj6XWRz4p_6fo8lEinjhnpM2X6Qcmo6ZI1PHA4X7zjz__CCKDZAndm9_fkTuDmhOyiHqVcFUD-CaEqDrwLpIan89r8RfzdBz7VK5rakObLo025I7bn12T57k-b/s134/IEA+Fatih+Birol+3t+at+UN+in+Bonn.jpg" ALT="Fatih Birol of IEA in Bonn, June 2013." TITLE="Fatih Birol of IEA in Bonn, June 2013." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><b>IEA, neither lightweights nor radicals:</B><br />
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<a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/10/waiting-climate-deal-set-world-path-5c" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Waiting on new climate deal 'will set world on a path to 5C warming', Fiona Harvey, Monday 10 June 2013."><b>Waiting on new climate deal will set world on a path to +5°C</B></A>.<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/15333.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wall Street Journal: IEA Urges Action to Avert Dangerous Temperature Rise, Sarah Kent, June 10 2013."><b>IEA Urges Action to Avert Dangerous Temperature Rise</B></A>.<br />
<a HREF="http://www.iea.org/newsroomandevents/pressreleases/2013/june/name,38773,en.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="IEA: Four energy policies can keep the 2 °C climate goal alive, 10 June 2013."><b>Four energy policies can keep the 2°C climate goal alive</B></A>.<br />
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The <a HREF="www.worldenergyoutlook.org/media/weowebsite/2013/energyclimatemap/RedrawingEnergyClimateMap.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="IEA: pdf."><b>report itself</B></A>; and videos of Maria van der Hoeven & Fatih Birol 'launching' it: parts <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTvlSN8pZ7o" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>one</B></A> & <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVPfnpPdZ5A" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>two</B></A>. But ...<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvIZhQn43TpfXIwuy-lQY1xPMvlrIwRnxJ1EXeb67c17wGRpNwkp_hQUPCwgxQ1MDN3chsL8wNsh8g9gTCRbs_9hyphenhyphen7weeOMe82GQHYZMFLa6pjiB6KnE0AMvUxpLos7kD8LEa1bnsQXuDU/s1600/IEA+Fatih+Birol+4+at+UN+in+Bonn+empty+chairs.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqn0c-fh3pK1VlXdcM2LG5No6ciIccbdMiZMSu09g0KNsea3BCeN9qa5yc7JCxW8m7Q764nF7m4wrF64H0ZAEVUijPpErVXWMfjRyqqI-6GosKArl8pfYmdmwNsuxLRO9oMaR4p1auJcI/s320/IEA+Fatih+Birol+4tl+at+UN+in+Bonn+empty+chairs.jpg" ALT="Empty chairs at Bonn Climate Conference during IEA report briefing." TITLE="Empty chairs at Bonn Climate Conference during IEA report briefing."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvIZhQn43TpfXIwuy-lQY1xPMvlrIwRnxJ1EXeb67c17wGRpNwkp_hQUPCwgxQ1MDN3chsL8wNsh8g9gTCRbs_9hyphenhyphen7weeOMe82GQHYZMFLa6pjiB6KnE0AMvUxpLos7kD8LEa1bnsQXuDU/s1600/IEA+Fatih+Birol+4+at+UN+in+Bonn+empty+chairs.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6AwiwzYiG6QjuZKoplIZ-GqVtZghN_EP92aTNpPubbDuTsW5JtrO18_yuMiM-HBqsl7_VQ0ouHb9hfjv8XVN49MtUobdUYO7_y3K5FXRVsA0IBUsVl94Qux1AVXoejCEuXFcDHVv02tt/s320/IEA+Fatih+Birol+4tm+at+UN+in+Bonn+empty+chairs.jpg" ALT="Empty chairs at Bonn Climate Conference during IEA report briefing." TITLE="Empty chairs at Bonn Climate Conference during IEA report briefing."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvIZhQn43TpfXIwuy-lQY1xPMvlrIwRnxJ1EXeb67c17wGRpNwkp_hQUPCwgxQ1MDN3chsL8wNsh8g9gTCRbs_9hyphenhyphen7weeOMe82GQHYZMFLa6pjiB6KnE0AMvUxpLos7kD8LEa1bnsQXuDU/s1600/IEA+Fatih+Birol+4+at+UN+in+Bonn+empty+chairs.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ooTKnXI9JZcwGT4JrDxc48indK_oBRAhVgma6S7Te76TZZMLRmW6hcXyhW1ganioM1fbIxLLpzrx_D6YRx-EDbsHMaWpuKSTO8CKDiMklp6bNn8hhQbssqC1r9V1ykFo_0Ds9FfgXjav/s320/IEA+Fatih+Birol+4tr+at+UN+in+Bonn+empty+chairs.jpg" ALT="Empty chairs at Bonn Climate Conference during IEA report briefing." TITLE="Empty chairs at Bonn Climate Conference during IEA report briefing."></a><br />
... check out the empty chairs when Fatih presents it to the UNFCCC in Bonn.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />Then Barack Obama stands out in the hot sun in Georgetown to say a few more-or-less lame words. But even the Pulitzer prize winning journalists at Inside Climate News claim to be mystified: <a HREF="http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130627/artful-and-delphic-obama-keystone-pipeline-all-things-once" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="InsideClimate News: Artful and Delphic: Obama on Keystone Pipeline Is All Things at Once, Stacy Feldman & Maria Gallucci, June 27 2013."><b>Obama on Keystone Pipeline Is All Things at Once</B></A>.<br />
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Here, listen to the man himself (again?): the <a HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n03ZB7KKLQ8" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>long version</B></A> (action starts ~26:00), or the <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=ySxPJesNfII" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Whitehouse approved version</B></A>. Nothing mystical or mysterious about it: Barack Obama is not gonna do enough. It's not in him.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />Surprising that this news comes first from the south: Projeto de mineração ao lado de Belo Monte está prestes a receber licença ambiental / Mining project beside Belo Monte is about to receive an environmental license (from <a HREF="http://www.socioambiental.org/pt-br/blog/blog-do-ppds/projeto-de-mineracao-ao-lado-de-belo-monte-esta-prestes-a-receber-licenca-ambiental" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="ISA - Instituto Socioambiental: Projeto de mineração ao lado de Belo Monte está prestes a receber licença ambiental, sexta-feira 12 de Julho de 2013."><b>ISA - Instituto Socioambiental</B></A> & <a HREF="http://amazonia.org.br/2013/07/projeto-de-minera%C3%A7%C3%A3o-ao-lado-de-belo-monte-est%C3%A1-prestes-a-receber-licen%C3%A7a-ambiental/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Amigos da Terra – Amazônia Brasileira"><b>Amigos da Terra – Amazônia Brasileira</B></A>). No sign yet in the k-k-Canadian press or in the <a HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/markets/stocks/summary/?q=BSX-T" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Globe: BSX stock price."><b>Belo Sun stock price</B></A>. Something to watch for.<a NAME="SiabgrS12"> </A><a HREF="#SiabgrS12a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><table ALIGN=RIGHT BORDER="0" CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><tbody>
<tr><td VALIGN=TOP><img STYLE='DISPLAY:BLOCK; PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJ2IfJ5Vpbg6e2hii8JRSRcT0ADE9fDPWtttmwGyc1QBtBOMcxsD0BUrPUVl_A3mk8anNSRXAc_xzJ-wS29oE5szzEC9Z0pe8F7Aajjfh2zuBoY72rd7VOS7Kc1M-7ns2M8mhu0xPVO7W/s320/Cheshire+Cat+1t.jpg" ALT="The Cheshire Cat." TITLE="The Cheshire Cat."><img STYLE='DISPLAY:BLOCK; PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptvsUtVhVm5bX7iycGICVyUx-HtLu24tpD13W1gsT_qINE8p1ATZo3YKJntSXbJshO-U63_mcC9VcCybypeJKULwyOnn2sEaAbz8hW-04pNFNFE6SVZQS3qFyYKAulP7XOOEwM_gWIdmE/s320/Cheshire+Cat+2t.jpg" ALT="The Cheshire Cat, going." TITLE="The Cheshire Cat, going."><img STYLE='DISPLAY:BLOCK; PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitNZPeCEGQT_OtVVb-DllEOYwsd8cvlDEbMWDh4nCdGlgXqt9PNaO_17GY7_YqUU6ReWi5vcR7mSK5IHAZ6cgTMUF1PaVeK8CWMRX05Bbl8iX9_YZ1gjgvDHS0TJtOxYhjvf6zf3hjZLLx/s320/Cheshire+Cat+3t.jpg" ALT="The Cheshire Cat, going." TITLE="The Cheshire Cat, going."><img STYLE='DISPLAY:BLOCK; PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqVKGmWX5ujGjnGdjjCBFa6X6QTPwEWnAVGtnbZqGMVL2aPX0Z40JxTnz95G01mzeBbrSnc2zGMeIHj0kj3v4wGLL7GvmtKuqgJsW03jw0ckVUFHiioXwlAqWFRDwaWlMMopzyuGfLbhJ/s320/Cheshire+Cat+4t.jpg" ALT="The Cheshire Cat, going." TITLE="The Cheshire Cat, going."><img STYLE='DISPLAY:BLOCK; PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6pTl6C3DxNM9uhG7onCLZBLLKkO2l5Y7j4exCMyJgMZZjLI4pJmg06iGVQK1n-0fwmowgrvrg-dFwbjLMHHdXVWoM5infgH75O-0PtywM6PrTyo_9Lv4n3nrEaturaUUY2pjrbYpfg4c/s320/Cheshire+Cat+5t.jpg" ALT="The Cheshire Cat, going." TITLE="The Cheshire Cat, going."><img STYLE='DISPLAY:BLOCK; PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZO81bjXh1B7bBIzSRORxs5E02XgPOXuN2kxkRHRJz2rjr8_aax3zkkbaxkUirRj5bXgYQ2ePwADCjYhV2pgoJ6ZUa0WhlpVWEHf6zFg3ncmSD9WAVuYcIGRJmBU3sN2KBVOeibdonKsx1/s320/Cheshire+Cat+6t.jpg" ALT="The Cheshire Cat, all but gone." TITLE="The Cheshire Cat, all but gone."></TD></TR>
</TBODY></TABLE><b>High Water Mark:</B> I predict a die-off in interest in the Internet, even email (which is no longer private). Not much of a prediction - equal parts of: making principles out of incapacities; Delphic/Orphic pretence; predilection; & wishful thinking.<br />
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Oh, and the Blogger button that says 'Don't track my pageviews' doesn't work either. In fact, every 'Preview' may also be being counted; and given the rudimentary HTML editor provided (necessitating constant previews to see what you've got) most of what I thought were hits may actually be ... me. This would explain the lack of comments despite apparently robust traffic.<br />
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'No Evil,' hahahahahaha ... in addition to surveillance for NSA these fuckin' maggots <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/09/google-climate-denier-jim-inhofe" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Google hosts fundraiser for climate change denying US senator, Suzanne Goldenberg, Tuesday 9 July 2013."><b>support James Inhofe</B></A><b>!</B><br />
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So ... time for a general withdrawl from the scene and <a HREF="https://duckduckgo.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Duck Duck Go."><b>Duck Duck Go</B></A> for any back-sliding.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />So tempting to say, "It's neither the 1% nor the 99% - it's the 99<sup><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:70%;">44</SPAN></SUP>/<sub><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:70%;">100</SPAN></SUB>% (Ivory Pure)."<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />They have been at it again in Bonn with more UNFCCC nonsense (June 3-15); and the Citizens Climate Lobby in Washington (June 23-25); a-and the 350/Global Power Shift in Istanbul (June 24-30) ... Someone has got to persuade these people to all go home and find something useful to do that involves no air travel, no five star hotels, no purchases of any kind, no automobiles ... ?<a NAME="SiabgrS12a"> </A><a HREF="#SiabgrS13" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><br />
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No one sets out to arrive in this place, but yes, some do wind up here - on the beach, and worse. I wish I had some piece of porn to show you that's equal to the moment. Don't, sorry again ... maybe just the <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o11LTgXPtM" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>last few minutes of <i>Blow Up</I></B></A>.<br />
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It's a bust gentle reader. Nothin' lef't'do but suck it up. Hum a few bars of <i>Flanders Fields</I> - "to you from failing hands we throw" ... whatever. Two items on the agenda got dropped: what I've finally figgured out around my personal history; and, a more detailed list of apologies. Par. Oh well ... trust me.<br />
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Esteja bem.</SPAN><br />
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[No idea what to do now ... big hole to fill, no cash, bad health ... boo hoo ...<blockquote STYLE="MARGIN-LEFT: 50PX;"><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:ARIAL; COLOR:#000099;">"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"<br />
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.<br />
"I don't much care where –" said Alice.<br />
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.<br />
"– so long as I get <i>somewhere</I>," Alice added as an explanation.<br />
"Oh, you're sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk long enough."</SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">Two from <i>Blood on the Tracks</I>: <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN4GcOOSfuA" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b><i>Keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew</I></B></A>, and <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axzuSV9zros" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b><i>Meet me in the morning</I></B></A> ... a-and a gooder from <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEn2aNqGwrU" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube: Bruce Springsteen, Reason to Believe."><b>Bruce Springsteen</B></A> ...<br />
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almost fergot <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMPd6Y0htdc" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b><i>It takes a lot laugh it takes a train to cry</I></B></A> ...]<a NAME="SiabgrS13"> </A><br />
<a HREF="#SiabgrS14a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEd9t98yQXXcJ4IwYoklx4PRei4-5vYLSnGLwIdN1ODMemtz5SPowlJ7uAhLZxCYlQ2oTweX-zb4EqZET2OgZvH6-KrtiqQXbHImiO-u-PfsUAqsGWsO1_19cuLrZq_FdTPA2Yr0O-0av/s1600/Tiras+Malvados+13-05-30+escravo+da+Internet.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCv9RK0akvxkCoIrrj8KbCcoxUiF1i6_mfdvWlKo0umLlQL325cABPB2t0JgsyBO1PwSJ8GPGDSK4cAgRioFu3lDjhC9iOJw0kMDLGGnx0o09iT0cGf-EHd6XsukY8_HRlS3AZzk_aZGq/s320/Tiras+Malvados+13-05-30tl+escravo+da+Internet.jpg" ALT="André Dahmer: Escravo da Internet." TITLE="André Dahmer: Escravo da Internet."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEd9t98yQXXcJ4IwYoklx4PRei4-5vYLSnGLwIdN1ODMemtz5SPowlJ7uAhLZxCYlQ2oTweX-zb4EqZET2OgZvH6-KrtiqQXbHImiO-u-PfsUAqsGWsO1_19cuLrZq_FdTPA2Yr0O-0av/s1600/Tiras+Malvados+13-05-30+escravo+da+Internet.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bdJpy8vK9EPkYCB9-AT8BLb6K5tfZaZcDgs1cqDDUT78Tk7FNP1-kupk2ZzXF4H6-6uOwlI4ZBMXPH1Q24us4o0pTC3YAOzonltuyqVCWgBhOWE1OLC8kiPRfd3J2QCnVF1pq78Yf2Pd/s320/Tiras+Malvados+13-05-30tm+escravo+da+Internet.jpg" ALT="André Dahmer: Escravo da Internet." TITLE="André Dahmer: Escravo da Internet."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEd9t98yQXXcJ4IwYoklx4PRei4-5vYLSnGLwIdN1ODMemtz5SPowlJ7uAhLZxCYlQ2oTweX-zb4EqZET2OgZvH6-KrtiqQXbHImiO-u-PfsUAqsGWsO1_19cuLrZq_FdTPA2Yr0O-0av/s1600/Tiras+Malvados+13-05-30+escravo+da+Internet.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqV40te8b9n8No4kG9wlfxHXONxjjoKPYpn77OaZUdgwfFrkVoYcVCclNc_Th9DXCgm8ukSHwU9Dk_r8bY55WPBrNuhMdpyl5GMURBKc5NQ0Hp04LAozNRRAiKS3-r89qNCKrAaS6y9pL/s320/Tiras+Malvados+13-05-30tr+escravo+da+Internet.jpg" ALT="André Dahmer: Escravo da Internet." TITLE="André Dahmer: Escravo da Internet."></a><br />
Dad just wanted to find a good recipe for rice dumplings.<br />
Isn't that terrible? Just a simple recipe for rice dumplings can create ...<br />
... another Internet slave.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrUhWUNTRd2jbLylEMlpbbtmmKM01xTlGrtUlFBJ7MccQVnBLHaanXvn4ZPTSdyDX1XTsf7qOzkm95_7EuATMb8CEmiVj_gOycckZA1NuYpR7hlp3M90VlX23RfHNolkSKdolHBMly3xX/s1600/Tiras+Malvados+13-07-11+bobo.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgTs_niy70GQVDsK9tv2rlvFTNdk_FMT04RJqnnAJEpLL38LssDWxWDEHjD_0YwcTzWqiRbmFbFOO_yT6O7ElnV-xIfq0eIAHf0E7Dl0bIuoPDoHRicuMI8il3TvBCKRpQbKIAp-7r-qd/s1600/Tiras+Malvados+13-07-11t+bobo.jpg" ALT="André Dahmer: Bobo." TITLE="André Dahmer: Bobo."></a><br />
You're driving me crazy. / That's impossible. / You were born like that.<a NAME="SiabgrS14a"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#SiabgrS14" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobqyBIqBdeXiU7wIzFZN-b_N5hKZf774-esWmJQxyhOxSsAkp4a1RUMLifCXLPWHXh2226DljsVxCEUeLeLxPTWBrqQsoKWZB0jKpAdok4b_4qC8PNvZdn3SiBSnQIenWQCn5wl6iTuSs/s1600/girl+Sonya+N+e1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-GZpAgrhrZQk4fB4GlOCyG58Mhui9YpvBcd4Yw5JwDTu6qJw4vJ8_pEzr7qb9zf4q-saECE-AY3HRpfVXCa69eFrZNFS121zOzEt2NaWcKWQGBY82BGArimAwJ5tQe6ikma7oHwO3rSoQ/s250/girl+Sonya+N+e1t.jpg" ALT="Sonya N." TITLE="Sonya N." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifaGMurfQrWeWnsRZctGjBy2O8KybZ0lBPLsD_wGx7GHNHfyZVJ-UTnKX7COqyOU8Oa2yTOxMUIKoTnMz_JTHUe0yCQNNcYyYoYr7sfj-bcDJDqkfCx_76DfO5COIQLsPjshH-SyndDh-A/s1600/girl+Sonya+N+e2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 10PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsK91j69rgsV5XehicBzmB4mkSrsOBhQCoGXb97y3HQaQw2DcDaFtJ9yRvmxJmQqP4OJywT7L7Sw8neqE4-eve2oNJdcpREQ92CuGLGm6qc6avyXm2BVVPEqDrYIIGPGSeUjEeyZjOhjSM/s250/girl+Sonya+N+e2t.jpg" ALT="Sonya N." TITLE="Sonya N." ALIGN=LEFT></a><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><div ALIGN=RIGHT><b>... OK, here you go then.</B></DIV><b>This is what you <i>want</I>, right?</B><br />
<br />
Sonya N. She is a porn star.<br />
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Something in an image I saw of her got to me; a certain authenticity (ridiculous notion in the context I know); a (probably chimærical & spurious) vulnerability. (But the categories are useful eh?)<br />
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She reminded me of that 80s movie '<a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiane_F._%E2%80%93_We_Children_from_Bahnhof_Zoo" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b><i>Christiane F. / Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo / We Children from Bahnhof Zoo</I></B></A>', and the girl in it, Christiane Felscherinow, and her fate - as much as I know of it from <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiane_F." TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Wikipedia</B></A>. It looks like there are still some copies of <i>Christiane F.</I> on <a HREF="http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=%22Christiane+F.%22" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="IsoHunt - be careful of links."><b><i>IsoHunt</I></B></A> (if you go there be careful where you click); and there are probably copies in the video stores or <i>Netflix</I>.<br />
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But on looking it over, what can be quickly seen of it; I think the story of Sonya N. has not much in common with that of <i>Christiane F.</I> - different kind of jeopardy altogether, American style. I could be wrong.<br />
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Sonya is marketed for her unshaved armpits - if you want to see more of her Google 'Sonya hairy porn' for images and fill your boots.<br />
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When my father died and I went to deal with his belongings I was (almost) surprised to find a cache of skin books in the top drawer of his bureau - half-hidden under clothes. Old men like to look at young women, naked or not - it's a fact. There's a lot that could be said about this - I'm not even gonna try to say any of it.<a NAME="SiabgrS14"> </A><a HREF="#SiabgrS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>The images underneath these thumbnails are explicit so if you don't want to see 'em, don't click on 'em:</SPAN><br />
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<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8fM5DorxGxo5XgJaKar5VmqByacItCAPwpPA50XLQIPmdbk0eIJ0Z191UxjojPAHDydq5FZvytKVQ_-2URiX-RkfBU26r71dnldVzBzgo42bfDnSlr8AHtuyuiYa-ORWAL1_QrL5_r-D/s1137/girl+Sonya+N+b2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:0PX 0PX 0PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYrP2t2UmYA6OPyMmLptc6n-07LnlLWEhFb2OCDLqzc7YvdP9uVmRnbo4hgnzutknOHO_JDiBEZLQKs_mAInYsYcqPlOA0rBl0cD9qJRpgDVAFl4xSMxsY0LKiYtabcj7ABWfJQosNcDA6/s320/girl+Sonya+N+b2t.jpg" ALT="Sonya N." TITLE="Sonya N."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtfNAvCJ0x60JH0M2qSlbYGflhB0bbfCQ30s80EdviL-4NYS9pJ1MBr0BTpUaew8DI_XX1oIkLPUSAzOx54uAxn-fmR38yUEQwHmBNoclt67_X8vNrkUUZ4BXHyVE2rGibpdtaNmSGwB5/s1600/girl+Sonya+N+c1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:0PX 0PX 0PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7NqiU8olaQSmV9WtHnPgKRctujdi7MUgLQw0JFwGOhorFfBFM2qu0witZ3m3mn6OvkJW4BuDnGhycj8VTnX8KXTov1VZW3snzaxIEs0EBr-ixTxJmom8pvBvONQuoCpyeoEMdBksXptZ/s320/girl+Sonya+N+c1t.jpg" ALT="Sonya N." TITLE="Sonya N."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8fXoEQptNpfEqdteX7kxOb6P-3dSaSyctSXeCT6NeBGwPziv7AkOOqFIfj7GzwTH68t11OmNA_FW2mwkMPlMATB76-k1loKzAEm8UY9tkE3-rKg9y-nZ_U2VLX-D4s9CqQ0JIo316hPs/s1447/girl+Sonya+N+c2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:0PX 0PX 0PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVVKGc9xatZdvokSOhQ8u3BaihhrQ8zg5kQUQD1zpFeFFk6XywB9787Pwc0qK2qsQG-JzGvpd3j63gRJ1Cz2WK5GtP8j6iIIoia3rzX6fxkkNhcqTOmOG3QNswQN-H2WSDKaBlNew4KISY/s320/girl+Sonya+N+c2t.jpg" ALT="Sonya N." TITLE="Sonya N."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUv8OG5JUeCblPVfIZ6LKelXAw2BpOOVlnuLS8OFSfMgvSS18A3TR1nl9bBlUsNHQmD9uzA6kTURw2xnmzIQC-VNEI603ZtFIwjbWxiEUbybrBtEGnJ_TLpNRixANIzUTIQnsfpRuJv-y/s1600/girl+Sonya+N+c3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:0PX 0PX 0PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lKY1fAvQ4l4Zy_USSkBs4LVBa1bxf6Ge2AxNRttKFM4YOVyhVXofh7IChF2GqIfBpxZjpRNZbZ5byTLPwxLZmx11OrkrD-Jwvgu8qIPXeadMUmBsLit4M6LUknfH8eSWltOc8hekyq8T/s320/girl+Sonya+N+c3t.jpg" ALT="Sonya N." TITLE="Sonya N."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9yKQfPUW2gH3GU1EKsU-6UFi268JAJtmmYtqcCI-X4SncPmnmMeY9zBKfr1xM3ExrTzFBvLRvlj9fb11u0WyyRBbAGepf2GCKpJeBew95QfbbVcow6uXTC1Fnsky7kXQSODAC-Eh9Eqf/s1341/girl+Sonya+N+c4.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:0PX 2PX 0PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4tdBcOKaIlr8TuIgcibma89p9UzIe20iXJbiBVBYRtV52MjtYW-yPEJ1nTIlA1RemrZrTj7stR_KFPKMc2U8KhxJ86duDPHtYaZUwbMtSEVK5N3hhyphenhyphen06BR-ff1WCbQg4hPOG-bXc3WBK/s320/girl+Sonya+N+c4t.jpg" ALT="Sonya N." TITLE="Sonya N."></a></TD></TR>
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</TBODY></TABLE></SPAN><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">Except to say: this is the driving engine of the Internet. This is 'the force that through the green fuse drives the flower' and so on ... Dylan Thomas writes "drives my green age;" I would have said 'drives my dull age', there you go ... no respect.<a NAME="SnS02"> </A></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;"><a NAME="SiabgrS99"> </A><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/07/im-sorry-its-bust-gentle-reader.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%; COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/07/continence.html" TITLE="Continence ... incontinence ... you know ..."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN></DIV>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-83978455715448962502013-07-03T17:06:00.000-04:002013-07-14T10:37:05.421-04:00Continence ...<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:60%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/07/continence.html#" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; FONT-SIZE:140%; COLOR:#CC6600;">... incontinence ... you know ...</SPAN></A> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/07/im-sorry-its-bust-gentle-reader.html" TITLE="I'm sorry. It's a bust gentle reader. or: One-sided conversations eventually stop."><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/07/canada-day.html" TITLE="Canada Day"><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN><a NAME="CiykS00"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#CiykS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">Canada Day, bummer, yeah ... I later came across this: '<a HREF="http://nb.referata.com/wiki/Canada_Day_2013" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Referata dot com."><b>A day of mourning for the lost country of Canada</B></A>' which at least let me feel a little less crazy & isolated (thanks to the <a HREF="http://www.greenspiration.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Greenspiration dot org."><b>Greenspiration!</B></A> newsletter for that).<br />
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A clear line of thought in a NYT opinion piece by Mark Bittman helped too: <a HREF="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/lets-not-braise-the-planet/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: Let’s Not Braise the Planet, Mark Bittman, July 1 2013."><b>Let’s Not Braise the Planet</B></A>; even if he still thinks some kind of electoral revolution will do the trick. He says, "Let’s make working to turn emissions around a litmus test for every politician who asks for our vote." Unfortunately the next Canadian federal election will be 2015 - too late.<br />
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The kickoff to Rob Hopkins' quandary (see <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/gu-ru.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>here</B></A>) was an anonymous confidante who concluded,<blockquote STYLE="MARGIN-LEFT: 50PX;"><b>"Give it another 18 months, 2 years at most, and then the funding and political effort will shift from mitigation and into adaptation and defence."</B></BLOCKQUOTE>"<i>Will</I> shift"?! Bollocks! This fricken shift has been underway for years already. Witness Stephen Gardiner's rejection of 'radical abatement' (see <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2012/08/back-to-future.html#BttfS02" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>here</B></A>). I asked him to consider Cuba's Special Period ... but he never answered.<a NAME="CiykS01"> </A><a HREF="#CiykS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>Nonetheless, Mark Bittman's use of the word 'ethics' reminded me to catch up again with our Stephen: he keeps two information web pages at The University of Washington in Seattle: <a HREF="http://www.phil.washington.edu/people_gardiner.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="University of Washington."><b>here</B></A> and <a HREF="http://www.phil.washington.edu/POV/stephengardiner.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="University of Washington."><b>here</B></A>. Why two I wonder?<br />
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In one of his recent essays ('<a HREF="http://www.phil.washington.edu/POV/documents/Gardiner__Schizophrenia_DRAFT_Web.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>Geoengineering and Moral Schizophrenia: What's the Question?</B></A>', undated but probably written late in 2012) is this nugget:<blockquote STYLE="MARGIN-LEFT: 50PX;"><b>"For example, the Royal Society’s landmark report on geoengineering explicitly declares that “decarbonisation at the magnitude and rate required [to avoid global average temperatures exceeding 2 degrees C above pre-industrial levels this century] remains technically possible” ..."<br />
</B></BLOCKQUOTE>This report came in 2009 - getting long in the tooth, but competent climate scientists are still telling us that until 2015 we have a chance (tiny but real) to stop CO<sub>2</SUB> emissions short of a 2°C average global temperature increase.<br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 0.4in; text-indent: -0.4in; margin-bottom: -2.0em; COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.1126" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim?</B></A>, James Hansen <i>et al</I> April 2008;</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 0.4in; text-indent: -0.4in; margin-bottom: -2.0em; COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/PageFiles/480942/Point_Of_No_Return.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Greenpeace: Point of No Return - The massive climate threats we must avoid, Ria Voorhar & Lauri Myllyvirta, January 2013."><b>The massive climate threats we must avoid</B></A> (pdf), Ria Voorhar & Lauri Myllyvirta, January 2013;</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 0.4in; text-indent: -0.4in; margin-bottom: -2.0em; COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v3/n4/full/nclimate1758.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Nature: 2020 emissions levels required to limit warming to below 2 °C, Joeri Rogelj, David McCollum, Brian O’Neill & Keywan Riahi, December 2012."><b>2020 emissions levels required to limit warming to below 2 °C</B></A>, Joeri Rogelj <i>et al</I>, December 2012;</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 0.4in; text-indent: -0.4in; margin-bottom: -1.0em; COLOR:#000000;">And a note of mine <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/01/totally-different-not.html#TdnS05" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>previously in this blog</B></A>.</P> <a NAME="CiykS02"> </A><a HREF="#CiykS03" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Let's just glance at the menu again:<div ALIGN=RIGHT>Abatement, Mitigation, Adaptation, 'Technological Miracle'.</DIV></B><br />
Abatement (is vague but) solves the problem. Mitigation is no more than appeasement. Adaptation & resilience are strategies for what to do if the struggle is lost. Technology is a wet dream for little bourgeois boys and girls (who don't know shit from shinola).<br />
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The use of words like 'mitigation' shows our Stephen Gardiner's moral schizophrenia in practice. <b>Mitigate:</B> To render (a person, his mind, disposition, or mood) milder, more gentle, or less hostile; to appease, mollify; alleviate (physical or mental pain); to lessen the violence of (a disease); to lighten the burden of (an evil of any kind). Using a vague term to slide along the menu without making any decisions. ... and so on ...<br />
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And then there some words that nail it unequivocally - <b>Continence:</B> Self-restraint, in regard to impulse, appetite, or desire; and <b>Incontinence:</B> Want of self-restraint; inability to contain or retain, with particular reference to bodily appetites especially sexual passion; and, inability to retain evacuation especially of urine. That they carry with them tinges of celibacy, a certain resonance with nonsense right-wing fundamentalist exhortations to 'remain a virgin' and so forth ... is, to me, perfectly apt :-)<br />
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The thing about these zeitgeist ailments (moral schizophrenia, remember?) is that they are shared: people like Richard Nixon and Stephen Harper are epitomes not exceptions; and this makes the diagnosis into a moral boomerang. Uh oh!<br />
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But nevermind guilt and shame - and anyone who is not feeling one or the other or both is simply not listening - the only question worth asking is this: <b>What are the necessary and sufficient actions which will possibly help bring about an acceptable outcome?</B><br />
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And split hairs as you will there is really only one answer - continence. QED.<a NAME="CiykS03"> </A><a HREF="#CiykS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>Back in the 80s the United Church was earnestly wringing its hands over homosexual ordination. There was a right-wing group, the COC (Committee of Concern) headed by Allen Churchill who happened to be the preacher at the church where I minded the crèche. He gave a sermon one Sunday that I happened to catch in which continence figgured largely - and every time he spoke the word his mouth twisted up tight and he looked as if he was sucking lemons. Luckily for us, continence does not have to be that way ... but I am laughing today to remember this, and laughing again to be so strenuously proposing it as the solution. :-)<br />
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I will paraphrase that famous Christian guru - 'The yoke is easy and the burden is light.' (<a HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Mat&c=11&t=KJV#30" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blue Letter Bible, KJV: Matthew 11:30."><b>Matthew 11:30</B></A>)<br />
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Truth be told gentle reader I turned my face to the wall some time ago. Interesting that my son saw it almost right away and eventually told me - what a good son he is! Since then, each post here is a temporary re-turning, more-or-less hypothetical and contingent on some clue that has blown across my vision. That said, I am neither desperate nor resigned, no fatalism here; but yes, I am tired and sick.<div ALIGN=RIGHT>Be well.<a NAME="CiykS99"> </A></DIV></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/07/continence.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>They let one of her killers go - after eight years of a 27 year sentence ... she might approve.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikcm_tHFH8Mkwhoy7CNHx88il0QCpo8-qPc7V7i_wWWusIzWXlpcu4txkF9bBrPKNYVeiVNSODGcTPfINnpC5a0LcNBYf7GxPkJnNbiYLeW9iWzkayAFM8x0KURBavFIxp8N-5dQmCgB6D/s956/Dorothy+Stang.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:3PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAoLBlpWtz1IZd8vSY4fmmc_UfEsmxYNVe7h5miYKEEpTLvo1id3XIa-uiuq5WOBJqe6XnHyD8NZylAozSoKVeyreEDoK5VTpf4dL43JfbtUNEzkbfi1qNR4AizX9V6kYhedAJpyHwlYER/s708/Dorothy+Stang+t.jpg" ALT="Dorothy+Stang." TITLE="Dorothy+Stang."></a><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%; COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/07/canada-day.html" TITLE="Canada Day"><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN></DIV>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-71639671957533866612013-07-01T10:24:00.000-04:002013-07-03T17:08:01.036-04:00Canada Day<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:20%;"> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/07/continence.html" TITLE="Continence ... incontinence ... you know ..."><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/stop-enbridges-line-9-in-beverly-swamp.html" TITLE="Stop Enbridge's Line 9 in the Beverly Swamp / Flamborough (!) SWAMP LINE NINE ! DRAW THE LINE !"><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN></DIV><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:3PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOS0CAdv1vyhx1lvYTO8ScQxYfb9CtqDbVk1RuWqr3wvL481eh1DvslaR3SyT7Ii2KyYTp5Pn7c8pVJROVvo01AhZsahbd7cI6LXP2k8MWyqdqRApJrrVxTyt8sXbCFiQ_bvKf2mMIhVg/s1600/Tiras+Aislin+12-06-30+Canada+Day.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' SRC="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNLTK-JxE4N2ZPlydB70H90w-mBquFKIlhr5arbFsTFQ0BjwCtQaOig98mcc2Z7SJBddTGmECRaD0PVuulyxVheXJ2UX9yky2RAy0lAITDeT-laXsOWWVGNLKrpPy2-fRUbrhjuedraw/s320/Tiras+Aislin+12-06-30t+Canada+Day.jpg" alt="Aislin Canada Day 2012." title="Aislin Canada Day 2012." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-DzjRb03rbAXF7IXFaMmwXvYQcHTlR1E65IPcM7pGyiI3xef_tHYTPCGLl3Ghawguv5BsA8ZvnL6jR0TEMAESQvjwjjDOtg-ZeMOAgRQlNY-wBIrbkrHeSq5lhlmclg8vfE9U1SzjTFs/s400/Tiras+Aislin+13-07-01e+Canada+Day.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 5PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiayHdlPZMMqclxu14ZZrfVXak2KOh3zR1RUU0wpGIGy3w-DaXTVj019vYJ96zEQE0kJy2e_WAoTFe6PCNA_Ya3Fo5_ScnlmY07rjvS5_l5fclTCcdJEyHPzigB5zw9rJZEUJx-czMYlzw6/s200/Tiras+Aislin+13-07-01et+Canada+Day.jpg" alt="Aislin Canada Day 2013." title="Aislin Canada Day 2013." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7h0Kzy9YDK1E5uU5YzmIyaGcoC43uqIJikCkBu3pqYzZSd9apFdjZYmdz_W2VVBAAL4PrCR9JK245bPyWYK_ZRwtTp_ijIn9i30_-0oYKXfC9051H_8H4ubGEAGdJGHaV8wRslxpWbjc/s1600/Bittersweet.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 3PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitt_YTTWKsCD2ITmJTtlB3-89uf_dWTzD7jV1wzmj_s2KoLzyW3bnONWM-6KoEn-9ST_N9GJ7FREARTs4WNjGTQsBEw2WsjiAn6wPKxkZacTfuvn3_hERkm9YhAnBnEOy8VEvxSSR-l5mz/s196/Bittersweet+t.jpg" alt="Solanum dulcamara, Bittersweet Nightshade." title="Solanum dulcamara, Bittersweet Nightshade." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:140%;">Again this year Terry Mosher's <i>Aislin</I> achieves a subtle equivocation.<br />
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If the Enbridge occupation at Flamborough were ongoing there would be reason for celebration; reason to pull out the last few stops and go down there to share in something authentic. So it goes.</DIV><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:20%;"> <br />
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<div ALIGN=RIGHT>Be well.</DIV><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:3PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%; COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/stop-enbridges-line-9-in-beverly-swamp.html" TITLE="Stop Enbridge's Line 9 in the Beverly Swamp / Flamborough (!) SWAMP LINE NINE ! DRAW THE LINE !"><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN></DIV>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-27927272920186065092013-06-26T00:05:00.000-04:002013-07-25T23:25:37.711-04:00Stop Enbridge's Line 9 in the Beverly Swamp / Flamborough (!)<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:60%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/stop-enbridges-line-9-in-beverly-swamp.html#" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; FONT-SIZE:140%; COLOR:#CC6600;"><b>SWAMP LINE NINE ! DRAW THE LINE !</B></SPAN></A> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/07/canada-day.html" TITLE="Canada Day."><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/birds-of-feather-continued.html" TITLE="Birds of a feather continued ... NASTY monkey!"><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN><a NAME="SelifS00"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#SelifS00a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>As of 9 AM today (Wednesday 26th) the Hamilton Police (bought and paid for by Enbridge) arrested the occupiers - details on the <a HREF="http://swampline9.tumblr.com/archive" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Occupiers' Tumblr blog."><b>occupiers' Tumblr blog</B></A> (which is the best place for news of these events).</B><br />
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This fat old fart is proud of the group that occupied the pumping station and salutes them and applauds them - unfortunately that's about all he can do, for today anyways ...<br />
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This <a HREF="http://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/3855319-we-must-act-on-enbridge/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Occupiers' Tumblr blog."><b>statement by David Prychitka</B></A> in the Hamilton Spectator sums it up nicely: <b>"We must act on Enbridge. ... The decision to act should be obvious." </B></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:0%;"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lvTl_4BV5V8jvdBPS8cCWN34Wws4MAHjd0vUQpU_G-naz3TblKSVjqtd-6YLHlkQ9Su1lKQxtJonWC9iOgydSjODWnY4Y04GO5GZTNQRILsunBqFdfRSXV889gFaufND8yJCbkixPEZn/s1600/Flamborough+00at+Swamp+Line+9.jpg" ALT="Swamp Line 9." TITLE="Swamp Line 9."><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwcudlJbWjEmKHSuVhoqA9YuFhWk5R5Sm0MnITTAfQhHZHcxJ4urRow70REj4lbm0H1okwquOzDSj7_u5YFwwSfG_lvZct7zBSQCieSLo_9OBhSfczHa2zCUmrdjaAas-PRk1kSs4hLafi/s1600/Flamborough+00bt+Draw+the+Line.jpg" ALT="Draw the Line." TITLE="Draw the Line."><a NAME="SelifS00a"> </A><a HREF="#SelifS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></DIV>(Quoted from the participant's website):<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><br />
<center><b>USING DIRECT ACTION TO STOP ENBRIDGE'S LINE 9 PIPELINE</B></CENTER></SPAN><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b>(AKA DEFENDING ONTARIO'S WATERSHED FROM GREEDY SOCIOPATHIC MONSTERS)</B></SPAN><br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><p STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in; text-indent: -0.8in; margin-top: -0.0em; margin-bottom: -2.0em; COLOR:#000000;"><b>The Location:</B> Westover Road & Concession Road 6 West near Hamilton - <a HREF="https://www.google.com/maps?q=Westover+Rd+%26+Concession+Road+6+W,+Hamilton,+Hamilton+Division,+Ontario+L0R+1V0,+Canada&hl=en&ll=43.307692,-80.009308&spn=0.333271,0.794449&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=40.545434,86.044922&geocode=FSI3lQIdmAI6-w&hnear=Westover+Rd+%26+Concession+Road+6+W,+Hamilton,+Hamilton+Division,+Ontario+L0R+1V0,+Canada&t=m&z=11" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Map: Westover Rd & Concession Road 6 W, Hamilton, ON L0R 1V0, Canada ."><b>map</B></A>. Enbridge calls it the 'North Westover pumping station'; in the former town of <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamborough,_Ontario" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Flamborough</B></A> aka Flamboro; near Hamilton, Ontario.<br />
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Google Maps are easy to mistake: The map above looked to me to show Highway 5 coming off 403, but the <a HREF="https://www.google.com/maps?q=Westover+Rd+%26+Concession+Road+6+W,+Hamilton,+Hamilton+Division,+Ontario+L0R+1V0,+Canada&hl=en&ll=43.307692,-80.009308&spn=0.166636,0.397224&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=40.545434,86.044922&geocode=FSI3lQIdmAI6-w&hnear=Westover+Rd+%26+Concession+Road+6+W,+Hamilton,+Hamilton+Division,+Ontario+L0R+1V0,+Canada&t=m&z=12" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Map: Westover Rd & Concession Road 6 W, Hamilton, ON L0R 1V0, Canada ."><b>next magnification</B></A> makes it clear that it is Highway 6. And you can get to the corner of Westover Road & Concession Road 6 West (which is where the arrow points) and still not know where the pumping station is. (It is just a tch west from the intersection on the north side of the road.)</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in; text-indent: -0.8in; margin-bottom: -1.2em; COLOR:#000000;"><b>The Participants:</B> They keep a <a HREF="http://hamiltonline9.wordpress.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wordpress: Hamilton Line 9 - No Line 9 Reversal — Confronting the Tar Sands in Hamilton."><b>website</B></A> and a <a HREF="http://swampline9.tumblr.com/archive" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Tumblr: Swamp Line 9."><b>news site</B></A>. A loose coalition by the looks of it - possibly taking to heart the recent Brazilian chant: '<i>O povo, unido, não precisa de partido!</I>' / The people, united, do not need a party!</P><a NAME="SelifS01"> </A><a HREF="#SelifS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><p STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in; text-indent: -0.8in; margin-top:0.0; margin-bottom:-2.0em; COLOR:#000000;"><b>Videos:</B> <a HREF="http://vimeo.com/56842880" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Vimeo: Rachel Deutsch."><b>Overview & background</B></A> from Rachel Deutsch; June 6 - <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2WiHGeahpQ" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube, CBC Hamilton: Enbridge line 9 pipeline police protest, June 6."><b>1</B></A> (police protest); June 20 - <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=qGnBMnuHhfQ" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube, Hamilton Spectator: June 20."><b>1</B></A> (locking it up), <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTa_uCPa9oU" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube, Hamilton Spectator: June 20."><b>2</B></A> (with Elysia Petrone), <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DuqLVaCSFA" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube, Hamilton Spectator: June 20."><b>3</B></A> (the site), <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCQ826g0ynw" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube, CBC Hamilton: Danielle Boissoneau talks about the line 9 protest, June 20."><b>4</B></A> (with Danielle Boissoneau), <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaNYdMVklQ" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube, CBC Hamilton: Enbridge protest in Flamborough , June 20."><b>5</B></A> (overview); June 22 - <a HREF="http://www.chch.com/enbridge-protest-continues/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="CHCH TV: Enbridge protest continues, June 22."><b>1</B></A> (with David Prychitka).</P> <br />
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<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b> May 06:</B></SPAN></TT> <a HREF="http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2013/05/06/hamilton-enbridge-line-9-protest.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="CBC: Enbridge pipeline protesters close Ontario highway, Adam Carter, May 6 2013."><b>Enbridge pipeline protesters close Ontario highway</B></A>,<br />
<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b> :</B></SPAN></TT> <a HREF="http://www.desmog.ca/2013/05/07/blockade-ontario-highway-protest-line-9-tar-sands-pipeline" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Desmog Blog: Blockade of Ontario Highway in Protest of Line 9 Tar Sands Pipeline, Derek Leahy, May 7 2013."><b>Blockade of Ontario Highway in Protest of Line 9 Tar Sands</B></A>;<br />
<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b>June 05:</B></SPAN></TT> <a HREF="http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2013/06/05/hamilton-enbridge-police-line-9.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="CBC: Group protests Enbridge donations to Hamilton police, Adam Carter, June 5 2013."><b>Group protests Enbridge donations to Hamilton police</B></A>;<br />
<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b>June 20:</B></SPAN></TT> I got the news of the Westover occupation from <a HREF="http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f134ea6ed7d1c7d2a5d1d7462&id=b91fb279cd&e=04b2263f0d" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Rising Tide Toronto."><b>Rising Tide</B></A>,<br />
<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b> :</B></SPAN></TT> <a HREF="http://www.thestar.com/business/2013/06/20/protestors_halt_enbridge_project_in_flamborough.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Toronto Star: Protesters halt Enbridge project in Flamborough, Jeff Green, Thursday June 20 2013."><b>Protesters halt Enbridge project in Flamborough</B></A>,<br />
<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b> :</B></SPAN></TT> <a HREF="http://www.guelphmercury.com/news-story/3849839-protesters-lock-gates-at-enbridge-pumping-station/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Guelph Mercury: Protesters lock gates at Enbridge pumping station, June 20 2013."><b>Protesters lock gates at Enbridge pumping station</B></A>,<br />
<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b> :</B></SPAN></TT> <a HREF="http://aptn.ca/pages/news/2013/06/20/ontario-anti-enbridge-occupation-just-the-start-of-widespread-actions-says-tuscarora-woman/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="APTN National News: Ontario anti-Enbridge occupation just the start of widespread actions, says Tuscarora woman, June 20 2013."><b>Anti-Enbridge occupation just the start says Tuscarora woman</B></A>,<br />
<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b> :</B></SPAN></TT> <a HREF="http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2013/06/19/hamilton-enbridge-line-9-protest.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="CBC: Enbridge protesters hope to be in 'for the long haul' at Hamilton site, June 20 2013."><b>Enbridge protesters in 'for the long haul' at Hamilton site</B></A>;<br />
<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b>June 21:</B></SPAN></TT> <a HREF="http://www.thespec.com/news-story/3850105-enbridge-pumping-station-locked-down/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Hamilton Spectator: Enbridge pumping station remains locked down, Rosie-Ann Grover & Daniel Nolan, June 21 2013."><b>Enbridge pumping station remains locked down</B></A>,<br />
<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b> :</B></SPAN></TT> <a HREF="http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2013/06/21/hamilton-enbridge-protest-update.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="CBC Hamilton: Protesters still holding Hamilton Enbridge pumping station, Adam Carter, June 21 2013."><b>Protesters still holding Hamilton Enbridge pumping station</B></A>,<br />
<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b> :</B></SPAN></TT> <a HREF="http://metronews.ca/news/hamilton/714815/flamborough-enbridge-pumping-station-remains-locked-down/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Metroland News Service: Flamborough Enbridge pumping station remains locked down, June 21 2013."><b>Flamborough Enbridge pumping station remains locked down</B></A>,<br />
<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b> :</B></SPAN></TT> <a HREF="http://www.chch.com/enbridge-protest-continues/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="CHCH TV: Enbridge protest continues, June 21 2013."><b>Enbridge protest continues</B></A>,<br />
<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b> :</B></SPAN></TT> <a HREF="http://www.flamboroughreview.com/news/enbridge-officials-dispute-environmentalists-charges/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Flamborough Review: Enbridge officials dispute environmentalists’ charges, Dianne Cornish, Friday June 21 2013."><b>Enbridge officials dispute environmentalists’ charges</B></A>,<br />
<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b> :</B></SPAN></TT> <a HREF="http://www.thecornwalldaily.com/news/hamilton/story.aspx?ID=1989719" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Cornwall Daily: Natural Resources Minister watching Enbridge protest, Jen Watson, Friday June 21 2013."><b>Natural Resources Minister watching Enbridge protest</B></A>,<br />
<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b> :</B></SPAN></TT> <a HREF="http://warriorpublications.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/enbridge-line-9-station-near-hamilton-shutdown-by-protesters/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Warrior Publications: Enbridge Line 9 station near Hamilton shutdown by protesters, Friday June 21 2013."><b>Enbridge Line 9 station near Hamilton shutdown by protesters</B></A>;<br />
<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b>June 22:</B></SPAN></TT> <a HREF="http://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/3850973-protesters-must-still-respect-the-rule-of-law/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Hamilton Spectator: Protesters must still respect the rule of law, Howard Elliott, June 22 2013."><b>Protesters must still respect the rule of law</B></A>;<br />
<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b>June 23:</B></SPAN></TT> <a HREF="http://www.thespec.com/news-story/3852869-quiet-occupation-of-enbridge-site-carries-on/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Hamilton Spectator: Quiet occupation of Enbridge site carries on, Stacey Escott, June 23 2013."><b>Quiet occupation of Enbridge site carries on</B></A>;<br />
<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b>June 24:</B></SPAN></TT> ... still there :-)<br />
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<tt><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:115%;"><b> </B></SPAN></TT> ... to be continued ...<br />
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Google News Search for 'Flamborough Enbridge' <a HREF="https://www.google.ca/search?safe=off&hl=en&gl=ca&biw=1538&bih=741&tbs=sbd%3A1&tbm=nws&q=Flamborough+Enbridge&oq=Flamborough+Enbridge&gs_l=serp.12...7699.12016.0.19648.2.2.0.0.0.0.101.200.1j1.2.0...0.0...1c.1.17.serp.zsnHOqP8tR4" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google News Search by Date."><b>by date</B></A> and <a HREF="https://www.google.ca/search?q=Flamborough+Enbridge&safe=off&hl=en&gl=ca&tbm=nws&tbas=0&source=lnt&sa=X&ei=5bfFUdqgDsmfrAGThYHYBA&ved=0CCIQpwUoAA&biw=1538&bih=741" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google News Search by Date."><b>by relevance</B></A> (why should these give different results?).</P><a NAME="SelifS02"> </A><a HREF="#SelifS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>Enbridge ran this pipeline east-to-west as part of the fuck-over of Aamjiwnaang; now they want to reverse it and participate for profit in the fuck-over of the climate and ecology of the whole country, continent ... planet. 'Sociopathic' doesn't even <i>begin</I> to cover it.<br />
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<b>Galleries:</B><div ALIGN=RIGHT><b>May 6 - blockade of Highway 6:</B></DIV><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:0%;"><table BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5iC3zgSmht5nDSUPbyVv3zWo9KIkO0K1yYyF63HcGhG1PPKiR_8fgneDTRO1CV1W6aNt77kxgBSAYm6hj3dtsRMir2x6Cy9DaB25V5ubktb79XROPZPvRUqFccxvZQofs8I29_tcmj5c/s1600/Hamilton+Enbridge+5+Highway+6.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9CNxJRofMInS6qv_Pp8zQVxX2YB-fgAp-lLYOrfVqenQ3PFKOQOkFNmTJTcGJ-gvfuneHXJJ2Sn9NlxKMu4fTAnUDRsSyCACe0fEG45c0ECap_kxHIbQ9ENq8wRFSE5XZEGIwYNi7YeT/s320/Hamilton+Enbridge+5t+Highway+6.jpg" ALT="Highway 6 blockade, May 6." TITLE="Highway 6 blockade, May 6."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpEDO0tHJNp5jCgP-GEOxAJd-l-Y80Ug-lCqjBJ3d28HJXXGVKqRIRDjKscm-GTtILpXi_ovtlhtO0ly5xfl2Wjrv4XatL0aXhPCD_KlRcO7GaW7moyIgkuP-LXHmUXrAhWwMIisFfzjk/s1600/Hamilton+Enbridge+6+Highway+6.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipeDzG5mT7AvgiE2GeRPF0QTjNirTJLr5fYl52Q4jgZB5D7crs-yhSpJYAN2IqEGoXOVw4RJkzTq4Gl1XE8YuRJWiZoLy8ObvF1CoRZSO_uqfRNsj2_ev5F1B0dj3EQI6epaCdKj2hhYJ5/s320/Hamilton+Enbridge+6t+Highway+6.jpg" ALT="Highway 6 blockade, May 6." TITLE="Highway 6 blockade, May 6."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FRzBr6xrAfmwuFhZwJfGjWMWQna266DXH1qd2b-j7hR3TiovfwAYM-v-isiPYJMCpGomDe988vnedq-YoluVRfNzXggfmlx5DUc4Ktl21m0fNdi25gfiHBPXHjASA-jvYvt76kkUXXuZ/s1600/Hamilton+Enbridge+7+Highway+6.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQ35eBkX7xY-JGGBe7g7lDoZCcw2SoKGrVFfZrFAIsvvimMfnMFsXzbWefqPGjTQAsgfYolISVitZ-TLfQAifUvZDPJLmOInUyLx-QBeoD3rkKg9xpfoALE7PqmDYOMN4OhhPyqBjTDMV/s320/Hamilton+Enbridge+7t+Highway+6.jpg" ALT="Highway 6 blockade, May 6." TITLE="Highway 6 blockade, May 6."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD73YHzoVafTMBY_Svto2GwTzSgMyAPeSOjX-vux18iJn6uw_R3MUtBbyewuQ3FPtQICdxuChqbEEQcYoUjpPUdFyVcj-Fk12BxIdGNOKlMutKAf2SZv6fpZVy-qjuA4FEsOF68AQyv0Rt/s1600/Hamilton+Enbridge+8+Highway+6.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98iUrodpGyOvwXFhl-gCni-YjXpiawBuNWvMhTkaT5lYVU8rUlA2l1vcfS0aJCYMgG5TwQfavzBwf5RO9f2zKItbqTi8cJkDaFFOsTCoLa688R-U9vtkYjR7HgjbHvg36e9UXF0e5W52y/s320/Hamilton+Enbridge+8t+Highway+6.jpg" ALT="Highway 6 blockade, May 6." TITLE="Highway 6 blockade, May 6."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyK7OzpxbY_fLAJfm0In9VWyTPDHIn4-l4BiBoQexxlmwBU7OsTQpTPK7mZD4UGS9X8y1gJWTMOyRfKJ0kcfEWrghHhV7BIk2QoF-a6i2ZC4NEwxIXywgFWFaqq89y_IoJECNK5d_UrK1f/s1600/Hamilton+Enbridge+9+Highway+6.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZyk5HG-tIoUOUNjcGtd0bZVbMzXxAaJS9-u69kKl3uebYep8CB91EiaLAHXolfuxFn3L9rP8_RULP82rK0ErCFO9GCfQRWbXCC0CmNW4rd9d2RoHaQfD4dgFxDkw2yx1Ghl1NxCg5Lb1q/s320/Hamilton+Enbridge+9t+Highway+6.jpg" ALT="Highway 6 blockade, May 6." TITLE="Highway 6 blockade, May 6."></a></TD></TR>
</TBODY></TABLE></DIV><div ALIGN=RIGHT><b>June 5 - protest Enbridge police buyoff:</B></DIV><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:0%;"><table BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWeJK_NAzLUSE7LNo8Ly4aOKoPC4pfQmxGJTsUk5JStOQisuQtF9cFAYebaKR5Ihsr5kGVDTWHqN6cuCICjjHCIRmKWb0xci4jVWw32cdu-5VmL6OrmRyBPHA44MwJPtItXCMwrvCrJ53/s1600/Hamilton+Enbridge+0+police.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5-1jIG6q5wMUjeKKa7HxKi0AVWlaHHdraie6-EoqSEfRskhjxu9hfDHrW_shhQGIET2cZ6EyoYR4Ib6KgZZU6N4bb68HxlXJ6XSV23xkz00bVKP50EJDwl0Jt6xv3uvQO1BHELVN5otx/s320/Hamilton+Enbridge+0t+police.jpg" ALT="Hamilton police buyoff protest, June 5." TITLE="Hamilton police buyoff protest, June 5."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRIp5UIOPIGrK_MheZhz1XipBk4vUgkFsK0u-iY3J08DZT4iBQbCdDBd-qTbqTnPam2ijXNvuzCOZHTX3khc5OEGJlGqk__JqnkXf7PEX1ovkwESY-NQUkaloVlW0ZZWW2ZP40dobwcnB/s1600/Hamilton+Enbridge+1+police.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_CcBPgCuXxUtARC6aT1j17IgEgCmfScE6A_jjZxF9PrG7oEoOID9P6rzBE7h6F5k6osNZ6GtWUtd-i1NYjsnO4TI2n7oUJJQqjH_tbuoqoHu7vNMxgcB0RddXmoPHuRH7Lj57_zfMl9IZ/s320/Hamilton+Enbridge+1t+police.jpg" ALT="Hamilton police buyoff protest, June 5." TITLE="Hamilton police buyoff protest, June 5."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQyLs2ytWeExW0xiq75Mjl8kbHlCRIoBAg4dem2XO0RukGiSM3bn8gXZkyK_FQBc6UZDOu_pYuOdhwoWd8YZVmKnt7aACDmXQOzU9fysenJJZvBOru17zEBmcHQATxOXK5WB_0Un685-X/s1600/Hamilton+Enbridge+2+police.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLGx6ckSkkDyYMe0Tn2lVXsLw5uVqgTCJevr_FOdAz_DUu9cXrpZYsysEiLcXbbfbldEFbNjImC7Ej77r62rz7TWmmAcqToWxj_XgTJsd-qzjkr_HA-Zehq1_df96SjADKFZqUv-4ty8AF/s320/Hamilton+Enbridge+2t+police.jpg" ALT="Hamilton police buyoff protest, June 5." TITLE="Hamilton police buyoff protest, June 5."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRO9BqISBg_q2pj0kDt9mHDCQjnJHfjhlks7Bf220mphx1epI-BCIDudd2qV28G0Ej9U0tTRn7SGI2TNTzL3mFZy38QsnGOAOwYyHHdzW716_9qRMvOggpIffDQmS7rVDF0S5xKcPsp6M/s1600/Hamilton+Enbridge+3+police.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgq_EIGUdL8Df_xJmqyhm7g_HWUNHuKw9Fmm0IrRE9THy_gZNuTVMdRsnr-nq7xRdULPWO6R_PF7AM0l0_uEKIuKUPf1c8CAI8f7F7lCwQCzrN8bEsQN08zTlyWSWrKGdnzndthcz6MzBC/s320/Hamilton+Enbridge+3t+police.jpg" ALT="Hamilton police buyoff protest, June 5." TITLE="Hamilton police buyoff protest, June 5."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ur7zXFE3td6izTsKDYCNNRDcIiZEhn11QX5lqAatHbPWidR9Y_fj3CbQWl2lrI1dTa9f7MpVeQqto2T_YWEBPFGlgUPegytrC5mugJBq8II-IgVxhnmje9SxnjMW5oPCc04hEzLao1VH/s1600/Hamilton+Enbridge+4+police.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRucqQsndVy2B6Jalrd8zHG8FWGVEaWJZFQCvnHL4ucdFpeYq9-u9Ji3p-4yqh_4B2-uLmNvsQPmA02LxBxLba7Mok2A9hfW-pBG6JuqdVS1JOuBZQPH3_7nTfGo5PdKTih3_PwP-O7ecb/s320/Hamilton+Enbridge+4t+police.jpg" ALT="Hamilton police buyoff protest, June 5." TITLE="Hamilton police buyoff protest, June 5."></a></TD></TR>
</TBODY></TABLE></DIV><div ALIGN=RIGHT><b>June 20 Flamborough occupation:</B></DIV><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:0%;"><table BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6qa0QuzB6YplfyW-IsDHeeJr_IQQwtBVF5-wLIbPgkZCt0WVskDQnqq-3Y9C36GxXpJVdEVzMV_FOjP8gv8enb05Qy_JhFou7PnKEUkc9rYB_aDOd-X3hz9wWg8IfAhr_yik2eV7U008U/s1600/Flamborough+01.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxRASNxZgTu-Hv8aMZ9zVqphyphenhypheny7EzF53qyYVsFdxDo2csXmtGfyyMVjpEkfoeZxuVlo6EbFrKD5a0jpSLmZK1Xklpdj3JSsD4qHz9hpq2OaNOfhTbYFxGXqKcVOrZBMIEQkXUYTSq-zFG/s200/Flamborough+01t+Don't+fall+for+Enbridge's+lines.jpg" ALT="Flamborough: Don't fall for Enbridge's lines." TITLE="Flamborough: Don't fall for Enbridge's lines."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60BdWBIrHqMiSW30sLgKqVeMXi5FBTob1IoKDs6VzsqSHoX1VbWgMlGYqblnhjagVrngmakLWW87pnf97lMZ7ybKNE_Km3iE5MpprkE504F8hfWwa9PsTuPhvEqpmSmf7NNiCnGeeiqYQ/s1600/Flamborough+02.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoasJATIiiIz0cstZyiSYNBekxTh4idB1_wNh-4W7Fwwymdj5ZUqg9ivfu_8pvc8Y8rhKYez5EcfnHbkrEDcMhzfjOaIrZQ_BNAzM7AXoGEF8_z2zKCoVvZsQ012WuD7CxaTzZLh5vc-4K/s200/Flamborough+02t+Tell+future+generations+it+was+good+for+the+economy..jpg" ALT="Flamborough: Tell future generations it was good for the economy." TITLE="Flamborough: Tell future generations it was good for the economy."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghDir95m7LTA-P2_qM_QrQ-itIwWB-8Xt_Bgm-37hGa0SFguTgT4RvvKvZH1Q21owecW2dC3cJMUp0TgUObPutM58jpni3bGOi0tuVm0zx6A1dw4cyWjy8sPfc09wZfCJzxEM1aYbsKFz/s1600/Flamborough+03.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-2JMbZdbRc4BDXIB8hpgzA3WoZZPtMDqBd_9pZYicFViRjZEd5npoeu_3nuxuIliHJhcW6Ii6HMpUWKBm6CWC2wXF8FZXy7unDpFOQQyN4aUu-jL2F9hyb2e9DKbrXDKcMiVCjTiU5e-/s200/Flamborough+03t+Stop+Line+9.jpg" ALT="Flamborough: Stop Line 9." TITLE="Flamborough: Stop Line 9."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV5M9yn-aZJqlDet14rNJbtMYX5gmoOV3S6_gDioF1YD7jCc1ER5gq6lo_TLhSUNhEdxGTXPn2FkitUjR5nPp1_wCcHfDYBd6XbkNd20L_pNJuqs-9CdDSZXEXtO-pjDQ2Khe72FbzA8u2/s1600/Flamborough+04.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkpWDlDsckgQkSVaasRCPxbV2zhmqxL2kOxx3rISudMVxqD9dqBKsGtVP0pnZPLTcRejBAbZkCq5xrGYWn5HISOTFO6Z7J3C45cZdDklrk5TmtOVu7gzpkjIZCRiDCkNyfoagCzK6mN71/s200/Flamborough+04t+Water+is+life.jpg" ALT="Flamborough: Water is life." TITLE="Flamborough: Water is life."></a></TD></TR>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQL7L1Al-SYFOPsRcF5dPNftGySodJWkLM2z5X7pjUiBtEwOAF7s5iHf56LoixIg06nJb8cUAIVCEneMDy-8uGsN0YYLW1ho7myrY0jwn2ICIQjxdneoiq-4Vbw5o99xTZ79elhZ0U5_0Z/s1600/Flamborough+05.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN: 0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKdGud_EwzfDc-sa11jES_JYthBU4KUqjBnCkmWvSZr1hnGzHqILr-v22f3tnYM1RukIoZHPTx6VS-89GhcOCJtN5OKAH5QovAxd4lvU0GmVUQTl_frZFIEjz32fDID_Sq_O0auOO95GZ/s200/Flamborough+05t+Hamilton+Police.jpg" ALT="Flamborough: Hamilton Police." TITLE="Flamborough: Hamilton Police."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8uGIZ-xil2PpLA6zpblySD2wJobfATTyLPI01PupF8C6jb75SvUg9anBrEbILWnEd9B9ImohpR_C24WbZOn_rmtdhBt2dP5cTWsESgmEZx4XKOZry6sfOgn05gOA9fgPMH1VcxnXwfs_P/s1600/Flamborough+06.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN: 0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4OumdqI9rUhq3jXVKNge4XgBmbGQTSlp7kesmxOsth6aLzYr3NAS7cxApQGIUoXCAjinT4Nz1ozTI_uFooNwDPBZG40yyBEUaTp5dyeB4v-RvKyjAGV3NLDtjXh6myGjzEBiOqiVpDSK/s200/Flamborough+06t+meeting.jpg" ALT="Flamborough: meeting." TITLE="Flamborough: meeting."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdAIwRvraT_6BRLUm-RvOZpHFkIUkDbiq22rl4Co4NQqOOFskUbKCcbWY-giAo4Rpmi4PlSUj8yg4QJeF7-nQnTrdNr4dAV6FtEmoWuMjktXu1Mu-DO2977WcN5VGQeqSYRsm_6I1p0enx/s1600/Flamborough+07.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN: 0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_2JlzA3mRXUbbtxGwBPJrjatLMXTFF3jnB6MH3tXSR7JWiQZn8wGAcgPuTrfD6Ktek9V-LAd1i6nu9eIdg-Q7NqQjAjd9ZcWgdMWl11NaSnhgzh6PT8njwcTTbXD31CsGVYk6IfITcNkh/s200/Flamborough+07t+Stop+line+9.jpg" ALT="Flamborough: Stop Line 9." TITLE="Flamborough: Stop Line 9."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKEO8Hxd-YNn7F7SUaQTUwaMKOM6lYNcoN3XqfZarMpsy_zTnj3NHmdti79tx6N7hPMcgs9fOG30l_68H4bYZ7EoArBkfQfPlU33WONOJ2HeSi1GgaetljYxYvQZHuyZjcwCqPNK2g5Up/s1600/Flamborough+08.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN: 0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZNZsXSHB2gHjKJLm3309jbT88Womb5CdSRchNx1Swd5HFEKKdZDY65hVYLltXneO2t6bsc_4-bAmp_IOlrh7VrOXZKhJwFnV-uLPBE3-0wh7cP0n3bfP58T1Wt3ojCLADe9E6A9ZmLCP/s200/Flamborough+08t+gathering.jpg" ALT="Flamborough: gathering." TITLE="Flamborough: gathering."></a></TD></TR>
</TBODY></TABLE></DIV>Articulate, imaginative, courageous, committed, and <i>RIGHT ON!</I> <b>Good on you!</B><div ALIGN=RIGHT>Be well.<a NAME="SelifS99"> </A></DIV></SPAN><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/stop-enbridges-line-9-in-beverly-swamp.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><center><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:250%;COLOR:#D80000;"><b>Noon on Tuesday June 25 in Toronto</B></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"> <br />
</DIV><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:350%;COLOR:#D80000;"><b>Swamp the Courthouse!</B></SPAN></CENTER><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:ARIAL BLACK;FONT-SIZE:200%;COLOR:#000000;"><center><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:40%;"> <br />
</DIV><b>In solidarity with Swamp Line 9!</B><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:40%;"> <br />
</DIV><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:85%;"><b>Where: Ontario Courts, 361 University Ave, Toronto (<a HREF="https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=361+University+Ave,+Toronto,+ON&hl=en&sll=43.656877,-79.32085&sspn=0.633889,1.536713&oq=361+University+Ave,+Toronto&hnear=361+University+Ave,+Toronto,+Ontario+M5G+1T3&t=m&z=16" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Maps."><b>map</B></A>).</B></SPAN></CENTER></SPAN>Other solidarity events are being organized in other cities.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutbxum058d0hqUVsipJDkguZI4awUwkiXuyf5QBFmCXQr1e_7Ab3wqCE8t-JL5Apg5Lh9mMfqIuh-BwgL4L8aP536KXN8rXszB2pHiqYb_Pw9ssEe9LDncTotG0b56rRTws7bwmOyKVYe/s1600/Flamborough+17.JPG" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 30PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutbxum058d0hqUVsipJDkguZI4awUwkiXuyf5QBFmCXQr1e_7Ab3wqCE8t-JL5Apg5Lh9mMfqIuh-BwgL4L8aP536KXN8rXszB2pHiqYb_Pw9ssEe9LDncTotG0b56rRTws7bwmOyKVYe/s320/Flamborough+17.JPG" ALT="Moe & David in Flamborough." TITLE="Moe & David in Flamborough." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">I will tidy this up later sometime and add some photos of the Toronto Solidarity demonstration ... for now I have just about enough jam left to show that we made it down there.<br />
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I meant to give the Tim DeChristopher salute for that picture and then forgot, oh well. I think we helped them along a bit, hope so, they certainly deserve it. Heroes!<br />
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</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%; COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/birds-of-feather-continued.html" TITLE="Birds of a feather continued ... NASTY monkey!"><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN></DIV>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-54379866552672478922013-06-21T05:00:00.000-04:002013-06-22T11:00:48.487-04:00Birds of a feather continued ...<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:40%;"> <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/birds-of-feather-continued.html#" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; FONT-SIZE:140%; COLOR:#CC6600;"><i>NASTY</I> monkey!</SPAN></A> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/stop-enbridges-line-9-in-beverly-swamp.html" TITLE="Stop Enbridge's Line 9 in the Beverly Swamp / Flamborough (!) SWAMP LINE NINE ! DRAW THE LINE !"><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/birds-of-feather-flock-together.html" TITLE="Birds of a feather flock together."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN> <b>Longest Day</B><a NAME="BoafcS00"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#BoafcS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Canterbury-west-Winter-Highsmith.jpeg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVdqZXPlc6k75xSLD09T9AYn0mRfVFmz6bwfoFNJ9dfTX4afDSrGmjANlebwmbhJReKoEJtpgr2S1lI-425auTnptF9T-XPboJiHOVjXxWmuKjMin2qk-TZ9nehBdhuyU7QOOUSxVkAXB/s1600/Chaucer+Canterbury+Tales+Ezra+Winter+1939+tl.jpg" ALT="Canterbury Tales mural by Ezra Winter, 1939." TITLE="Canterbury Tales mural by Ezra Winter, 1939."></a><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">English Grade 12 in Quebec in the early 6o's is some kind of middle ground (in many dimensions - it's Montréal's West Island). University-style lectures for English Literature in a large steeply-sloped room and the <i>Norton Anthology</I>, a huge book to carry around. Our teacher is a white-haired lady who knows how to speak Middle English - one of the first actually 'educated' people I (ever) meet. She reads aloud to us some of the prologue to <i>The Canterbury Tales</I> and I will never forget the sound of her voice. She also knows how to properly perform public speaking with no microphone required. Another one I remember is:<br />
<b> Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll!<br />
Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain.</B><br />
</SPAN>(From <a HREF="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/5131/5131-h/5131-h.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Gutenberg dot org."><b><i>Childe Harold's Pilgrimage</I></B></A> fourth canto verse CLXXIX (179) 1812-1818, Lord Byron.)<br />
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<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">She rocks the place ... but that's another story ...<a NAME="BoafcS01"> </A><a HREF="#BoafcS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>Chaucer doesn't write about the Great Rising which must be going on at about the time <i>The Canterbury Tales</I> are being written & performed in whatever way they're disseminated. He is the king's bureaucrat and a 'moneyer', and it just wouldn't do. And the likes of Wat Tyler & John Ball don't ride to Canterbury with good pilgrim burghers either I guess.<br />
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Readers of this blog will know that I have been looking at the holocaust a bit over the last few years - there are tags: <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Holocaust" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog Label search."><b>Holocaust</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Rwanda" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog Label search."><b>Rwanda</B></A> ... There is a section on my bookshelf with Primo Levi, Henry Kreisel, Hannah Arendt, Georgio Agamben, Zygmunt Bauman ...<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHS1YYea6lA5gTDTUCXl2Q_xWjnD7_WHcTmiwVs0s_ZBofdNq6QxnsvEmblTXtaB6yFuurTr1iWlTjFSsb7AE_VqR95mCiMTsIaBxB_KZf8YKO-1ImxrWuqwZ8PojgiGVD2e4naNkcYmQQ/s1600/Jared+Diamond+after.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBK8LXylpzu5M0vBrPlO7nTlc3_pS-bp0ZrIBBO_viT9lsTfSscbye7lfdl9x_JXdXxaOO0eQVU3QQruNARmOKDWA-5t_yyhOU19ZcqgMbeKIhvyaNK-vsUBsmCi-nUA-m_3K5HjjI2iLL/s320/Jared+Diamond+after+t.jpg" ALT="Jared Diamond, 2013." TITLE="Jared Diamond, 2013." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tN-3AbZQ4kFrLuUnKOpvzCFCvaZ1cpfjZ5bZ0o49R4EyHqaEGAW-bqUE_SScnnS36aFBPU1jOQX3xRjcxUH822V0VxEz3jZiMls3t3hmfOCNw-oKqS0hktdZYwSEj4ohNYcn-v-EAF0t/s1600/Jared+Diamond+before.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidfSfO4lr8AqWkHO1xruUphwLqSxeFM2aLO45-oSDDAw9PcKjNWd5mqMPYZ0qE2FuSWQvH9vy8cClM_EZMuqn0qlFlNDajWFr4swAWjCtwAHp1m1GiWOv5xkui4ufoN8ZOtZbNDpEYcmZV/s320/Jared+Diamond+before+t.jpg" ALT="Jared Diamond, sometime in the 80s or 90s." TITLE="Jared Diamond, sometime in the 80s or 90s." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>But by a coincidence I don't read Jared Diamond's take on it. Last week, after his <a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/15599.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda: The Third Chimpanzee, 10: Agriculture's Mixed Blessings, Jared Diamond, 1992."><b>notions on agriculture</B></A> shake me violently up and down, the very next (or so) chapter in <i>The Third Chimpanzee</I> is <a HREF="http://miscellaneousmaterial.blogspot.ca/2013/06/jared-diamond-third-chimpanzee-16-in.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda: Jared Diamond, The Third Chimpanzee, 16: In Black and White, 1992."><b>16: In Black and White</B></A> ... on genocide.<a NAME="BoafcS02"> </A><a HREF="#BoafcS03" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>I plod along, slowly coming to realize that genocide perpetrators are ordinary folks; wondering how that could be? And then <b>BOOM!</B> It is frequent if not continuous if not structurally necessary to human development and history; the 1994 Rwanda genocide has antecedents, an extended context, background; species kill their own kind as their capabilities permit.<br />
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<i>The Third Chimpanzee</I> is published in 1992 and mentions Hutus & Tutsis but not the 1994 case. Diamond subsequently brings his thinking up-to-date in Chapter 10 of <i>Collapse</I> - <a HREF="http://www.ditext.com/diamond/10.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Andrew Chrucky's version of Addenda. "><b>Malthus in Africa: Rwanda's Genocide</B></A>.<br />
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I won't belabour it - like I said before he is not trustworthy. Read these things and digest and absorb them if and as you will.<br />
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... consider that torture is a high art, refined, subtle, technologically advanced - and has been ... forever; or Chinese <i>lotus feet</I> and infibulation (both male and female); or that 90% of Nazi death camp commandants were nominally Catholics.<a NAME="BoafcS03"> </A><a HREF="#BoafcS04" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>The idea that human nature has fundamentally (as it were) changed very much since Chaucer's time is simple nonsense. The bourgeois bromide <i>'Life is Sacred'</I> ditto. How did I get this old and have no clue?<br />
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My son asks several times in the last few years why I bother trying to raise consciousness of the environmental debacle which is coming down - and my reasons really come (again beginning in that Øth chakra, the kundalini fundament) through some women I meet in Brazil, and Oxum and Iansã and Iemanjá, and a reaction I have to knowing that the first hard rain will fall upon them and people much like them and their kids.<br />
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(Anyone who don't know that men relate to the world through their pricks don't know much. Not the one-and-only, neither the be-all nor the end-all; but certainly right up there among the very first of objective correlatives. With respect to my mother for her part in teaching me this.)<br />
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I am surprised at the quickness of these jagged pieces falling so certainly into place in the jigsaw ... click.<br />
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Bottom line gentle reader is that looking at the humanity I see these days doesn't show much reason to be striving for climate- or eco- or any other kind of justice. Is this the cockeroach in the ointment? Is this why the 'movement' is not... moving?</SPAN><div ALIGN=RIGHT>( Just askin' y'unnerstan' ... ) <span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">Be well.</SPAN></DIV><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:0%;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Canterbury-west-Winter-Highsmith.jpeg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-U14TYWW2id3CkDXX0NTBiDlfkAwJawuWvZNCV0b_7bbAyoxWcCo2xgvQ6a18H8szHyssu11re47LXFEaqvwrU3vfdDG-TEBVAEB9iTlqqpOaeLgEoEl4JoeTLZa3QkvnPgXjw1mn4r8y/s1600/Chaucer+Canterbury+Tales+Ezra+Winter+1939+tr.jpg" ALT="Canterbury Tales mural by Ezra Winter, 1939." TITLE="Canterbury Tales mural by Ezra Winter, 1939."></a><a NAME="BoafcS04"> </A><a HREF="#BoafcS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>Later on sometime:</B> ... Sure it's personal.<br />
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How not to wonder and ask the obvious questions: What is my share in deserving oblivion? How much of this is mine? Who needs this species and what is it good for beyond some sentimental attachments to the music of Bach & Handel?<br />
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<i>Homo erectus</I>, <i>Homo sapiens</I> ... <i>Homo grǽdum</I>? <i>Homo agapiens</I>? Which will it be and, who can say?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6lGsEy9d-TjlWDQFWBHDeek27p4Fb_aLKLiLJDiAZG29dR-xxtjVe9DmU_9IyuDXvhpgUpEHEOzQ2RO78_PAzZmtiJNjozZrbMd9mtXPOJBdWMcjS4ZRFWN-8qC0VKPB2s62sLLlve4/s1600/Pogo+Earth+Day+1971+We+have+met+the+enemy+and+he+is+us.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:3PX 0PX 0PX 5PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBII4X0RBoulbPptO-JEqMYywBKgnJ2UUhtlhzC-0zmVmTRHAIN5Smcx7YyMzv862mwNHocqs5JAPIPqEaL_KCjxYXMRKeOgQH55cln9gyXdSFoDaMp-p7CDmT3RUXx984raMD834ars/s400/Pogo+Earth+Day+1971t+We+have+met+the+enemy+and+he+is+us.jpg" ALT="Walt Kelly: Pogo, Earth Day 1971." TITLE="Walt Kelly: Pogo, Earth Day 1971." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><br />
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It becomes less difficult to understand transcendental end-runs: inventing gods and devils; putting it all more-or-less comfortably 'out there' to be dealt with 'objectively' (or trying to). And too, understanding that (vain? futile?) temptation compassionately (or trying to).<br />
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It is never pleasant to be faced with another's pain & suffering; less to have to cut into your own existence for any reason.<br />
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Anyway, it's not 2015 yet. There's still time to turn it around. And we're not quitters are we? That's what I say to my son as we sit looking out into an urban land- socio- spirit-scape which we agree there is no good reason to preserve.</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />[Lamer than usual gentle reader; oh well ... "How're ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've seen Paree?"]<a NAME="BoafcS99"> </A><br />
<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/birds-of-feather-continued.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%; COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/birds-of-feather-flock-together.html" TITLE="Birds of a feather flock together."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN></DIV>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-16105952896650474002013-06-14T05:37:00.000-04:002013-06-19T08:31:16.319-04:00Birds of a feather flock together.<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:40%;"> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/birds-of-feather-continued.html" TITLE="Birds of a feather continued ... NASTY monkey!"><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/brasilia.html" TITLE="Brasília."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN> <b>Great Rising 1381</B><a NAME="BoafS00"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#BoafS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>[Unrelated, but I strongly recommend a close look at the <a HREF="http://www.policymagazine.ca/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Policy Magazine: The Great Canadian Energy Puzzle, June-July 2013."><b>latest issue of 'Policy'</B></A> (freely-downloadable pdf <a HREF="http://policymagazine.ca/pdf/2/PolicyMagazine-June-July-webready.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Policy Magazine: The Great Canadian Energy Puzzle, June-July 2013."><b>here</B></A>) <b>'The Great Canadian Energy Puzzle'</B> including articles by Elizabeth May, Jim Prentice, and Joe Oliver (our very own Alfred E. Newman, direct from <i>Mad</I>) among others.]<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><b>In 2011, somewhere in the vicinity of </B><a HREF="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Rancho+Mirage,+CA,+United+States&hl=en&ll=33.740329,-116.411133&spn=1.457143,3.177795&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=44.204685,101.689453&oq=Rancho+Mirage&hnear=Rancho+Mirage,+Riverside,+California&t=m&z=9" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Maps."><b>Rancho Mirage</B></A> ... the Koch brothers hold a summit:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvBJYfdxRrdQE4HO5I3gXn0-uBn-jNNgFsPcaPkvEuuyxlHLfbmNV-XjtfOzRObGS_vwHCh6skYEXzYa5LOQMpqClBGIn8LzoqC7WV6G_otxAIhthgn0rdqF9Do9l7M57wwX9tp-c1W3F/s1600/Koch+Brothers+Dirty+Money+Rancho+Mirage.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9c4og5N1yN7taW_ObPowNtoVTdzWiWHgqsSxnyNqvgOg3pa2-Y0pSHoTNEFXvGHAegGUBmc1l1K7IVizNb_zz5bCCkRpiExXVzD60F-WfGE7xijmG3ekNOe0Xj4K4djv9ylmCcUwaEhLs/s320/Koch+Brothers+Dirty+Money+Rancho+Mirage+tl.jpg" ALT="Greenpeace blimp in the vicinity of Rancho Mirage." TITLE="Greenpeace blimp in the vicinity of Rancho Mirage."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvBJYfdxRrdQE4HO5I3gXn0-uBn-jNNgFsPcaPkvEuuyxlHLfbmNV-XjtfOzRObGS_vwHCh6skYEXzYa5LOQMpqClBGIn8LzoqC7WV6G_otxAIhthgn0rdqF9Do9l7M57wwX9tp-c1W3F/s1600/Koch+Brothers+Dirty+Money+Rancho+Mirage.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitP5-tzqCJe27sHQjA_nz8-JAe34p7xNZNrJY4IuQ_Ht4C9BzRY-DELzlGwJ-z4u2I5IsJ3OyGIsTBOyvizD6ylIWnbFyItF9uvKSxd2lwz_BrP4-mNA-uf9pE0oAkZXrrNBxgiOAnH-4i/s320/Koch+Brothers+Dirty+Money+Rancho+Mirage+tm.jpg" ALT="Greenpeace blimp in the vicinity of Rancho Mirage." TITLE="Greenpeace blimp in the vicinity of Rancho Mirage."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvBJYfdxRrdQE4HO5I3gXn0-uBn-jNNgFsPcaPkvEuuyxlHLfbmNV-XjtfOzRObGS_vwHCh6skYEXzYa5LOQMpqClBGIn8LzoqC7WV6G_otxAIhthgn0rdqF9Do9l7M57wwX9tp-c1W3F/s1600/Koch+Brothers+Dirty+Money+Rancho+Mirage.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDcPXDs0aBXfuVDq0HF71CVlusVKQSmSFBoS7E_zUYkqbIiX5vnDUhhVqvrE0F8zqSjnDIiGqH7HPULx_6bZ-4nYzOwT2rpVQ9mf9zeAuwa0nrcguh_W_81UK7zNqwwepZbw3rxrLDZE2f/s320/Koch+Brothers+Dirty+Money+Rancho+Mirage+tr.jpg" ALT="Greenpeace blimp in the vicinity of Rancho Mirage." TITLE="Greenpeace blimp in the vicinity of Rancho Mirage."></a><br />
<b>Coke, Koch, Koch, Koch, Pet, Petcoke, Koch:</B><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6D5l-iEQlzj4lFbe5EX_5wnBeVzg5tbHXOlfH0UEC5J7b-rwrqtH1FnTeyjrg27UjgCVse5_elTGQQjGmwBqfQOSAqoWOm7gBbAcxbkgcvpSJFngXtIve6_YmCjsR9iqRDjFsvRrBHY5/s1600/Coke+Coca-Cola.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOJGlCS90aLtNBHV075IqRPZivYzIgWJ5OrxVqJb808_osJftCpPu5ZnqNtHoZDc9IlhOFf4migf2yrzcpic58GsGXkBNQifeHwzTEFXfaVovNQi1HMsTlgnDtTE7PEOZ04z6jP2v8KEH/s320/Coke+Coca-Cola+t.jpg" ALT="Coke." TITLE="Coke."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_UBlUTYYPwNV1YfkQhcW7166BmR_WZ7D0gVpsTE7v-T92e4AW2JP_xbv7JbnOL6pPGwHgF5SHRY-RZvfgLzQrprv0bUsxYP2qISBvRKPo8CA3gJhSj-buYoE6M4RtOIJ8pX4B-hBM8LJ/s1600/Coke+Bill+Koch.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7k-WlQSQiIL9EOsaAZrF7ZrYUVmI7QmT34F8eETpib32clFb0CrAeQQK1lbIonX4M2IlEW8w-YFpSqfz5XwVEXc56hycI8l_fso85ChYA_aqenPB-h52FKuIwNTrr3IjoWZLVK7_PMMue/s320/Coke+Bill+Koch+t.jpg" ALT="Bill Koch." TITLE="Bill Koch."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WLveJJRDoeABH1hdms0cRh0WM0yhTr0GmXOEdYqCMPaaFEMc5W6C1D3BK0nroN0rVmCuDEpzecf5gfOa9n8O5JkkKFxGQjJ6YlR52FIPoSwctBWZVTVK1CT_oFnUxF5-d_u5kjwVX2b_/s1600/Coke+Charles+Koch.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjF3RSGaukd0EUmWupzepRBPsmPUXifjC4DRuSnNFalLijl8Tu9cVX2kaqloTEwoY4pFHq8WbBcvHEb_iW1v6KtxLnNFiXYBMb9gHkiCeHr1PGeAi90KGKC3oZIuZbOctPM9bMh4ragZ1/s320/Coke+Charles+Koch+t.jpg" ALT="Charles Koch." TITLE="Charles Koch."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSf9W6EerJHsPgnbqSppbZ2bmZUxygHQOx3AXDVO7_rMor2FBTx6FubzMySB7pglKQwqDtR9JbG9mFp2pGYOoLcnX83QKp_0YFI2BLBlwaloFo8oY3_KGwongibQuQrRO8vvCVy9kAJGo/s1600/Coke+David+Koch.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqsn6X7XYOLo7u4l9Pz9T034w8XeD3RgMwm311noOWQyHyjNscjez-WRrhGIa_eRvH7ECXUcmOPRJaKcIb7SoVaW_mNtCoqmWvXJRfuvVCeujliTFXKfzTMlRSih9XXGP-mGZiSD0Lu-R/s320/Coke+David+Koch+t.jpg" ALT="David Koch." TITLE="David Koch."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfIVV8l6cQ3PiwAsFEAChR7BEzgfN8QDR0QQ8edbHURug1NrjvuHcKHfYpmVBqqm396N3_4vGoh1uYAlVPpqS02a7p_vizF-KROxK6MM7tlg46VraSXDbltpsfv7_qOmqpkNkc3Qs8ZPR/s1600/Coke+Julia+Koch.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBV9VM1ZA1UX99kph55XgtMIb-i3z1J8E-wehqv0AlZh9-3dlOIG9RQwPt8jpDtE9M8pwbCYS01y5tbNySEs2MUbzzJhxd87Z1Nb69oaDmrO_5gxfSIiNb4wLe-fys0QPcOcLKkOcEU3E/s320/Coke+Julia+Koch+t.jpg" ALT="Julia Koch." TITLE="Julia Koch."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuRmVMv6JWioxsQ9zvU-QR-5CMqslRsiBpmK1l5FbQN9vmaNzYQAg9MFlcyaL8jmAKxiI7r6Gb9m43xTsPcaOxnlUT3HfmaHdF7EGVw4Nvjc_EaLtGveFGRxuqlZ6wV6sv-F6vwR0HGVf/s1600/Coke+Detroit+petcoke.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_Mn2FnlWR1wUYOU8HwLwT_s8C_EVTAqAcWhHcsp-JPG-cauYXV-mwvhuYcMLslZXXqp9oUrV6Z_y665YevtDnv0Mwh16Un3KUtIRtoBzJ5bZqRWRXx9Qx4_D65LHUWw_8MaowZt4yswS/s320/Coke+Detroit+petcoke+t.jpg" ALT="Petcoke, Detroit." TITLE="Petcoke, Detroit."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQGz0wn12c2WVALVqwvYEHzYWwE8rkxrYlPTvXVa84WH7LLdviPLtD1-l1NR243ZKL_gSKOKs2c4IQCsy6JFw99ddqGbkaAQZgkNO6usUlJZuF7_emElfYxxP9pfRzYxZJVB2eoc15IxI/s1600/Coke+Koch+Industries+logo.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGr8ZPcW78mtVQ7ug6cM6aLjlAbnTH66FrUaojr3aGqsE720vuSsKiiWdZyT0lwTUIvQUse3gnyDsp48HXs29x2bikdln0_jhBrfqAMZSoMh2P5twgOl_A2dtcEm0cW7zkOs3MLfTaPBvR/s320/Coke+Koch+Industries+logo+t.jpg" ALT="Koch Industries." TITLE="Koch Industries."></a><br />
<b>Bankety bankety bank</B> ... with help from <a HREF="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bankers-are-just-like-anybody-else-except-richer" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Poem Hunter: Ogden Nash, Bankers Are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer"><b>Ogden Nash</B></A> (1902–1971):<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:0%;"><table BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvyHptmxWjIAqTJmtUezTX-FP1dqS3noXXztf3QdI6iD9xmrTCM9AxhyAxG8T1CLQ190nim6uq-AOR3vT7YrPMCNsdGI7ShkoylNWs7caxb0uIXVdwFKzT_JNATIYJvKVaKB44xGwIUS7/s1600/Bankers+1+Jamie+Dimon+&++Lloyd+Blankfein.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 0PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBQjDltCOlZJKo1Kc8BodBQfbctWqDXMjy3xLyOisnhLwuBJM1RhgOYYD8RGL1szCfby0GFwmALHKFulsI58wc6AMTXrhQV_VCKIoS3KaG3kPEO6c5jqChpyleQ6UoVQJL436uObn_wqh/s320/Bankers+1t+Jamie+Dimon+&++Lloyd+Blankfein.jpg" ALT="Jamie Dimon & Lloyd Blankfein." TITLE="Jamie Dimon & Lloyd Blankfein."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYptm8MBYagartUVjqCkwJyy6CNHEBcrtH_m6xVYwtRt7Few34Asy1Zahq3NNXTUjlYjd8fLnoNJmJ8mFhNY_ODHk-XdUP8ollkKoP3QEMiHPs_c2oIgJixHcGArlk1XV6aJLoem-UgHkc/s1600/Bankers+2+Jamie+Dimon+&++Lloyd+Blankfein.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 0PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdITin0sfEgDG1jhZ9Px5IzODTswk6UYHxj2i_L6H3rSNPlB9SIBrLPKz3InoUr7pf_8KJbuf0gVZhlRmU_Z7GlW8cMAlB0dGID-lK4WFTg9BH3ulj8Fms8Z7ZJ0nfwP815nEg_gDNwfXc/s320/Bankers+2t+Jamie+Dimon+&+Lloyd+Blankfein.jpg" ALT="Jamie Dimon & Lloyd Blankfein." TITLE="Jamie Dimon & Lloyd Blankfein."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUg2dVZC4hJj18eZuUABOyVJCypsc_lvfH-2CojBy4-wghrrF7eO8xW8F0OowyHwpKZqBIe-EyPgETt2dQYETqN2sRtP1SfojAH81BY_7fnXCoex0DBELyeCAyl6gHFNYUDV1l1ucG63E3/s1600/Bankers+3+Jamie+Dimon+&++Lloyd+Blankfein.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 0PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-w9RW3Kq4FJ0IlpRyGTG0nqnj1JBEVf_R1DO5KI3LpL1TlH-OBBMHq3V4IBcFbj40CN_Ym0TvpZO0E375q4SjH2P7x5FS93mFoM-j_sfDLEvPsSAbObjlo_AcBOYDP7XQ2IQOBabOwFZ/s320/Bankers+3t+Jamie+Dimon+&++Lloyd+Blankfein.jpg" ALT="Jamie Dimon & Lloyd Blankfein." TITLE="Jamie Dimon & Lloyd Blankfein."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9orjV-7PRgNt_rFbJGhnbcy0cEyUaQ3U0S5cgrDyB96Qf_ZCGu5UPXqBPmOtTmCs3xzTV4vgAYwo29SaOF8tKvL2XQ8hxZfAaIGf0MZpjeLXsZbRF8lX8FKqSM1yjHC7zT-aLaBQKwvHY/s1600/Bankers+4+Jamie+Dimon+&++Lloyd+Blankfein.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 0PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPfYUhAG5OctnkEMQ872bKQ8caWwWrDkh_Qyc01FvlMDsgST6-V9AMwUn0veIc7olqp-HUBN73kFi5dGGsQQNpG8iZ7m4tMYMwhoSr0b_yKdrO6yEbxDBYFshPjIEwTz110Cj3M6BmdRi/s320/Bankers+4t+Jamie+Dimon+&+Lloyd+Blankfein.jpg" ALT="Jamie Dimon & Lloyd Blankfein." TITLE="Jamie Dimon & Lloyd Blankfein."></a><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 0PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGo-xIQw0Hb6kheQOEKXarGcYVX_VFZ-abl3QlfwV2g8rnF79TDOmqBE1WaD_8fvQmWM5gccVbWPvRnDysYQqmFAnF3JmO2hTcOVwlM5EDTGyxg2UASuF7xCYpob9_k5nb6xvKCqcdcND/s320/Bankers+8ttt+Goldman+Sachs+JP+Morgan+Chase+logo.jpg" ALT="Goldman Sachs/JP Morgan Chase & Co." TITLE="Goldman Sachs/JP Morgan Chase & Co."></TD></TR>
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<tr><td><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9KGTELz-yxHrxvsOCMh5VXUPJhuefxKwKGzAiGu8ZJWbHoBNLvI7pXZWITMZ2GoT3vOtmrGarSeV0D6iOmZzhDOjmfVTrdTKEkjZUV-DGFnj2vFZ0RVSt3SHmpWKIJl-wYZ5yiEQcdkK/s320/Bankers+8tt+Goldman+Sachs+JP+Morgan+Chase+logo.jpg" ALT="Goldman Sachs/JP Morgan Chase & Co." TITLE="Goldman Sachs/JP Morgan Chase & Co." ALIGN=LEFT><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-u7h7L1_BrqUA10PseW8MKVgaZreD_v8yzhPa9pYJSgrYUxX3vSppk7IhAURvq7rBqlXNsMbm6deYRbH516yoJyztmekpG70qNSvVwScyBdJbgdMuZ7lckKlG_sjKzsIJJ8nuNsdpFoMu/s1600/Bankers+5+Judith+&+Jamie+Dimon.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3Zy-zf4LI2taw_337ASi3c-JqUYKfK3VsDoUTg3cjG2iIoPKu4masDZKajMNi9iEqBNr8Ot-bYJkKCpc2DCZcfzCHAdIGEAB_ln2Dgg3zGXPBI73xhiOyJvNJKkC2_KqqD-j4pqpYbQj/s320/Bankers+5t+Judith+&+Jamie+Dimon.jpg" ALT="Judith & Jamie Dimon." TITLE="Judith & Jamie Dimon." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEW5jFiSBXVn-w1jVECJfZmYBPQAoqmnBzmcvakgQaqkRoZMyvfELjyWhZQicNMXxftnmFtcIP1BgC-1ci5fUf19CFRxNIjcnaxWybEB3dUidT6VTPwPZ3qKVxLlMhXUce6iIw_cjf-qqv/s1600/Bankers+6+Judith+&+Jamie+Dimon.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLZXN_BkzI4XkkQ0gnNMs_bkJ8wbdvxIfALaZyR-h97N5Hz5IAqVv51wRNQVyqdf8N6bdU0gVNYnIAlQxglf6n5U4WIWXZdP3A3Wc2FnWzUmVox-PkwDcfcAzZLTts6oOi9elWoN2GhJF/s320/Bankers+6t+Judith+&+Jamie+Dimon.jpg" ALT="Judith & Jamie Dimon." TITLE="Judith & Jamie Dimon." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIujKB05YtvSW8sWimTppP1ghTnKt9NtN7FbP77fD3Qs6kN4jcSl5oyr2oSYQL9yTlStfy-tYqklk3yxGr2hUAXkuw8oeSICoH0UF7BNATBQ1kk7ygDb0AFwfx8pjpINS7SNYuuBcIE55S/s1600/Bankers+7+Laura+&+Lloyd+Blankfein.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 1PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAab-6QLEzxiQROBLxwdrGfxQMM7mqkFkX8CZrWGRWayPqHa9U3JwayfNJWQYLHrxdE6_yY893JmEyp49We57FSX2aE7_JRR4AehW7L0UZHLQ_TB2_TIgg9A4qDnk8MCMDdNJNOQhI_NNN/s320/Bankers+7t+Laura+&+Lloyd+Blankfein.jpg" ALT="Laura & Lloyd Blankfein." TITLE="Laura & Lloyd Blankfein." ALIGN=LEFT></a><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:105%;">... they deserve our appreciation and thanks, the jackasses who go around saying that health and happiness are everything and money isn't essential, because as soon as they have to borrow some unimportant money to maintain their health and happiness they starve to death so they can't go around any more sneering at good old money, which is nothing short of providential.</DIV></TD></TR>
</TBODY></TABLE></TBODY></TABLE></TBODY></TABLE></DIV><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:50%;"> </DIV><b>With silver bells and cockle shells and pretty maids all in a row:</B><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJ3lP05Sd2TqEDbKu4dMP5dKEGymz8GtENIiUiHH9Uqvw716GsqQQ-M61Kiwez9P_M0NxmpcOSTEMrpdlq-ku6zC7SrHGnWWiz4pw-LBX4MgCHOBWFZq5r3EnkYWiyGvCzwWBiDLMg_i3/s1600/Bankers+0+Mark+Carney,+Christian+Noyer,+Alex+Weber,+Ben+Bernanke,+Mario+Draghi,+Masaaki+Shirakawa.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdfsrRVCDWXmg88s9iImAVZx9g4aC-AqxZC6pynvZIjwQ2N6Y7B2o-o6Lf0jSuq1MmZJXFs_zINYKu57s2k0PVgSD8s_yDM6_K4hP3iBZl2-ECrkS0BAmWJXjhU-KD0PzYaPb4XizXuNz/s320/Bankers+0tl+Mark+Carney,+Christian+Noyer,+Alex+Weber,+Ben+Bernanke,+Mario+Draghi,+Masaaki+Shirakawa.jpg" ALT="Mark Carney, Christian Noyer, Alex Weber, Ben Bernanke, Mario Draghi, Masaaki Shirakawa." TITLE="Mark Carney, Christian Noyer, Alex Weber, Ben Bernanke, Mario Draghi, Masaaki Shirakawa."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJ3lP05Sd2TqEDbKu4dMP5dKEGymz8GtENIiUiHH9Uqvw716GsqQQ-M61Kiwez9P_M0NxmpcOSTEMrpdlq-ku6zC7SrHGnWWiz4pw-LBX4MgCHOBWFZq5r3EnkYWiyGvCzwWBiDLMg_i3/s1600/Bankers+0+Mark+Carney,+Christian+Noyer,+Alex+Weber,+Ben+Bernanke,+Mario+Draghi,+Masaaki+Shirakawa.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90NTGu9zxqNFc6dMdVvjlkF2OSZ_Xe6fY3VVrPqSSYliuxzjaDRBYtgd4VhmiaHYQzhOdG7fdxvR86R0wC5F9AYdUBIyRprf0sGBdtEqcfw3QG_tYk0gdydeI0Bzd1mAVBtZuKGGUeo2a/s320/Bankers+0tm+Mark+Carney,+Christian+Noyer,+Alex+Weber,+Ben+Bernanke,+Mario+Draghi,+Masaaki+Shirakawa.jpg" ALT="Mark Carney, Christian Noyer, Alex Weber, Ben Bernanke, Mario Draghi, Masaaki Shirakawa." TITLE="Mark Carney, Christian Noyer, Alex Weber, Ben Bernanke, Mario Draghi, Masaaki Shirakawa."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJ3lP05Sd2TqEDbKu4dMP5dKEGymz8GtENIiUiHH9Uqvw716GsqQQ-M61Kiwez9P_M0NxmpcOSTEMrpdlq-ku6zC7SrHGnWWiz4pw-LBX4MgCHOBWFZq5r3EnkYWiyGvCzwWBiDLMg_i3/s1600/Bankers+0+Mark+Carney,+Christian+Noyer,+Alex+Weber,+Ben+Bernanke,+Mario+Draghi,+Masaaki+Shirakawa.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxnletnD2UO-DuOjPIfX-jZNA_dsmuShLFsXXbHMQ9lvdcesxgMVqRXfkRGbpCa-HNA-rfysO3CAXJd7NjGF2s7qQ1P-56ePEsDyAoKpUduGHcd3Z8c8dNPpIioEvLLz2m3ilX49qT2XKU/s320/Bankers+0tr+Mark+Carney,+Christian+Noyer,+Alex+Weber,+Ben+Bernanke,+Mario+Draghi,+Masaaki+Shirakawa.jpg" ALT="Mark Carney, Christian Noyer, Alex Weber, Ben Bernanke, Mario Draghi, Masaaki Shirakawa." TITLE="Mark Carney, Christian Noyer, Alex Weber, Ben Bernanke, Mario Draghi, Masaaki Shirakawa."></a><br />
<b>In 2013 at the Annenberg Retreat, Sunnylands</B> (also somewhere in the vicinity of Rancho Mirage):<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:0%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtyKbTKX0k88UPgtZXsLGii4eH0sQTJoZZVdWDQLyZNFEviQJqHKYohWTvo9nF3iw9lN_eCPU2Ad4zxqaaD-OovDpkRz6XImWf9MBbdzqwumWqIwmoavFIBQ0sXIXZNJUyFwHfoSTJX5F/s1600/Xi+Jinping+Barack+Obama+3+Rancho+Mirage.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtd1l_7XXlfk59FFglABi0y_bVdUyORUPCFLISlv7EhGkMq2d8qH-vd54Dj6vWj1rV4GUBcnjLXVTdcwCrdcSUlqa7UlRe5TqXN8qrIORZhYrcEaG9xhMX1Zug_pzsdJ6_ZxxE6k4GbZi_/s320/Xi+Jinping+Barack+Obama+3t+Rancho+Mirage.jpg" ALT="Xi Jinping & Barack Obama at Rancho Mirage." TITLE="Xi Jinping & Barack Obama at Rancho Mirage."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjly3C_GeVPI4LudUwu-v2uXKSLjLbIQrsn5C3Fllmk2RUONyJjypUrM0QLwhyphenhyphenG5KFb81h3rxxJVz58mjCAe5ol2-s7S8EPWmveD7yr_l21HnRFxSdIwiAvUukSGnmTlmrPt9STW58MpV25/s1600/Xi+Jinping+Barack+Obama+4+Rancho+Mirage+Pooh+Tigger.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJd7GvrjYQ2QgKNl_kKiJc_m-UClQ9k1MspNfADvlh2EpU-QwJhAQN45TLn1u1RY8w78QMykX6C081zYhza2HayAhy8vNWkp9kgZM4RmaOvqsasFIe01051ClxpAUUOLyTEGuesO26IAwI/s320/Xi+Jinping+Barack+Obama+4t+Rancho+Mirage+Pooh+Tigger.jpg" ALT="Xi Jinping & Barack Obama at Rancho Mirage." TITLE="Xi Jinping & Barack Obama at Rancho Mirage."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjly3C_GeVPI4LudUwu-v2uXKSLjLbIQrsn5C3Fllmk2RUONyJjypUrM0QLwhyphenhyphenG5KFb81h3rxxJVz58mjCAe5ol2-s7S8EPWmveD7yr_l21HnRFxSdIwiAvUukSGnmTlmrPt9STW58MpV25/s1600/Xi+Jinping+Barack+Obama+4+Rancho+Mirage+Pooh+Tigger.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0kCkPlOiu84CEk7mG53jzt1DxcLKgPCKfHdUiwV74bGA2zjGQ9CKH5wvOjKefZg4AxPhhxmVwGVC5cNM6al6j8uMroKaK-3NGTxSBwXXZQryFiLajFtpNkvUmEjmVR69iWlw2faOkYSt/s320/Xi+Jinping+Barack+Obama+4tt+Rancho+Mirage+Pooh+Tigger.jpg" ALT="Xi Jinping & Barack Obama at Rancho Mirage." TITLE="Xi Jinping & Barack Obama at Rancho Mirage."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqCB4NQtOWXQdcHM5DRcXPjg5DC8Kc51aiYguLiTpLYANb3LkTHU8Em5Sk8Cw2LxBXCNrlw4VNuiswg8NVbPm6hDmo5xF2kJUbKStL7gRzzn5FKniK_Z5VGgUACQyn28tAIKml6o9tRj_/s1600/Xi+Jinping+Barack+Obama+6+Rancho+Mirage.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUX8bB8gZrS8hjVStNP17_suBLia1U0RkcgS9pSSisM72dq9jCtWkxQEPp214oqwGClD1HXVWw6ko6elHs25gdHdy4xsc4yx_IAJfalkfjSGJsU4OuhN_GrIni4gYSDpAbAozhXSmJHcq-/s320/Xi+Jinping+Barack+Obama+6t+Rancho+Mirage.jpg" ALT="Xi Jinping & Barack Obama at Rancho Mirage." TITLE="Xi Jinping & Barack Obama at Rancho Mirage."></a><a NAME="BoafS01"> </A><a HREF="#BoafS01a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>中国梦</B> 'Chinese Dream'. The translation coming via Google Translate (and keep in mind that someone like me who does not even know if Chinese is read right to left or up and down is not to be trusted).<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcji8Yh3Jox_tXa1bkmr59jie7LFb0tNEOGHEoEOPEmMH__vFo7666HX-2MU361qLvTWSG5Mx8ovgMPY8sKizL8E2Y8nF9Jd7x5TH4CumIo-YFqvCNIm4eW9fL1ShhCa5ibVAOL5thoQs/s1600/Jared+Diamond+2010.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 15PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2R-8CQ3X0Ve00693pDD-sjvbfeEMRSWgAx4T7gACEIyioB-DNaGK5qiBoZNEs0jAMWO12Be6pNq540qHU_Sza6PbnAImIyQW7PUTunEEFpSwtTG8AAAq5gjR8bdZLqNbNOEZXWodiKbo/s320/Jared+Diamond+2010+t.jpg" ALT="Jared Diamond in 2010." TITLE="Jared Diamond in 2010." ALIGN=LEFT></a>Jared Diamond is not to be trusted either. A strange looking fellow - no harm in that. I was with him until Chapter 15 of his book 'Collapse' - Big Businesses and the Environment: Different Conditions, Different Outcomes - at which point the whitewash/greenwash of Chevron in Papua New Guinea left me ... gobsmacked!<br />
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But times are tough - I am running out of books to read and can't afford to buy more - so 'The Third Chimpanzee' finds its way to my bedside table and in a few days I get to Chapter 10 - Agriculture's Mixed Blessings. IT SHAKES MY CONSTELLATION! I sleep and have nightmares.<a NAME="BoafS01a"> </A><a HREF="#BoafS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2FoIqDSn-ZfjJ2gWEXwqxHq5jM8ljb1m_nQvhYQ4cXKMlVDZHpxER8GbqON74yQJ3wPS9NiPE5XMJB7hgsaaBAKQlz9XNl5HnLSHX7FEm4coPCcSLmS44hdn7D4hO88seSxS8FJhWbXs/s1600/Yoni+0a+Olknitz.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvhb5Fmx2Q769TxFsD_RJB8NPwrUaA1VvZOGlScB0jQ2IUiROiluURWTSz6NoDuX4nuhJ1Kfj7uezr2m56hxVi-go7Tu6XtPj0NmKdiJA8LtRXUPyZzRjahw2kJSeAB8e3KIl873zQPmx/s320/Yoni+0at+Olknitz.jpg" ALT="Paleolithic Female Triangle, Ölknitz." TITLE="Paleolithic Female Triangle, Ölknitz." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>Next morning I am still breathless. Not because of the scholarship - which I am unsure of (anyway, how would I know?); and not the cogency of the arguments which are not particularly ... more like the day when some little girl finally lifts her dress and you catch your first glimpse of coochie.<br />
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Ah, a <i>bona fide</I> translation: <b>和悦梦想</B> 'Harmonious Happy Dream' (with at least one ideogram in common) at Peggy Liu's <a HREF="http://juccce.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Juccce dot org."><b>JUCCCE</B></A> (Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy).<br />
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<img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 5PX 0PX 0PX;' SRC="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRfPGTYiadsg79zuKeYqeeSbXXbxTwgpLy24gvKcGOCgCmKIm0chKC8IXymxC8AYz8ErL59NllU6hScLqQPPq8QugIrKyEg9-pe0nxqJJ4dm2WKFZa8gg5AXqf5Or__l3-WDTLXoOMk-lL/s200/Candide+Garden.jpg" ALT="Candide's Garden." TITLE="Candide's Garden." ALIGN=LEFT>My own (simpleminded and sentimental) harmonious dream runs to a meadow, a cabin, a brook, a garden in which to dig & delve, very <i>Thoreau</I>, and as anima an Abishag who at least occasionally smiles. Never to be gentle reader ... once upon a time I offer an onion farm in São José do Norte to a beloved friend and she says "Sou preta mas não escrava / I am black but not a slave." Oh well ...<br />
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This notion of Diamond's strikes directly at that garden eh?<br />
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There is <a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/15599.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda: Jared Diamond, The Third Chimpanzee, 10: Agriculture's Mixed Blessings, 1992."><b>a copy posted on-line</B></A> to read and think about maybe. That's it.<div ALIGN=RIGHT>Be well.<a NAME="BoafS02"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#BoafS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>Even Paul Krugman <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/opinion/krugman-sympathy-for-the-luddites.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: Sympathy for the Luddites, Paul Krugman, June 13 2013."><b><i>almost</I> gets it</B></A> - but not quite. A 'strong social safety net' he says. Yes, he's got that right; but he is addicted to corporate ideology (has to be because for him it is an existential condition); and he still thinks some policy committee or other armed with tax money can accomplish good - which is nonsense.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wRi3PNiNg3c9Ce6svyJnFeDB7Jv9hznMvixWwqxrJ_PewbLBnqkJx87It6PNOCiUUNRCPqQ-kLGvjXMHnx3QgotXO1qoGRXE_4aXGOSye1r5eHsg_9ptCdLNlsvsUo9EwYAvjTV1eORA/s1600/Brasilia+13.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 0PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8f0GjnyDkER9jiqd2zjZbkDyQzoEJWIeky3bZh9g6ZM7LAbx45S5l3xNdg96zvrrxkowJwO_3pa5WD-rx7GhHDXI8tXqHn_Mu-JrmyBVm1QicXW97pBCYN-gPvJljHIsyKsDNDVgTUobP/s320/Brasilia+13t.jpg" ALT="Valdenir Munduruku & friend leaving Brasília." TITLE="Valdenir Munduruku & friend leaving Brasília." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>There are important clues (as to what a real safety net might look like) in the behaviour of Valdenir Munduruku and his friends and colleagues over the past several months as they confront the infernal machine that builds the likes of Belo Monte.<br />
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They are getting safely home again after a struggle in which they risked all - in this I heartily rejoice. Sadder but wiser - and it isn't over yet.</SPAN><a NAME="BoafS99"> </A><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/birds-of-feather-flock-together.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9uvwX2NrmF3-ziW3ydPN3Iz863-rjKyyzJVurvbTrOqCjFN20JBI9-hbduh5kyiEt4sHNhETLzVi2bbdYhfy_rnEbfpsPjgETcPAUN7-ba70wfsI0-FB0UV7JZ795lJCJyPCBcIM-ftg/s1600/Brasilia+10.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkm8e5uxTxAOXfkb9UBTnqWjpp-RwmGGOAfqGVe6hCTHjPTxc3j9S22ZGydsw8nb1bknnM56l3xgozXrW71Ry2RwvY0o70n4OH7ulQ5qDyE8r_E8MPwVVQ960UIJIMB_K2N0jiWkYSb8W/s320/Brasilia+10t.jpg" ALT="Cena de crime / Scene of the crime. Munduruku in Brasilia, June 11." TITLE="Cena de crime / Scene of the crime. Munduruku in Brasilia, June 11."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-fVou_c_NFc1GTn9G1WmJWkp6uSTTF5DsDoAlXIXRzhfTbuT2LLTesgxKqiBR0i8XxOJjpDJlbS0SSFgSKOCl4b8U_w5Am29UVSOob6KaEYzl7Twyd3RQQiizz4m3m6JZ6KcBY7ou9kK/s1600/Brasilia+11.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGXN7VlM0RjFPl3UCGy5zIyWVkgH1xZQyu5ztDZ9MnoEJA4lM3okU8-hNK4lSCm1B0b5d6cw9l2RkCNcF-NskCUbphQHDy5nlHjmUgakz14GafxyBZsgrSPDl-0DHs_9Ce2LaghvBLvUOF/s320/Brasilia+11t.jpg" ALT="Cena de crime / Scene of the crime. Munduruku in Brasilia, June 11." TITLE="Cena de crime / Scene of the crime. Munduruku in Brasilia, June 11."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8y5Ptm2lqiJ9nO0m1GpdbW_Pz-Wsxk57xA7ChyhqGxWJ_N29r1__aeS1ZU4w9T7-6wA6WZWaaCqR0r6sS1QeOh0SjTNJholoGPlsUwacFkyGdhMWLBQVMATHQpXis0qjTPb2QdCq92D1/s1600/William+Morris+A+Dream+of+John+Ball+1888.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCTW1YFHXEfiiVvwXUBIZzxfI91xl4XGnAqyDWfedmhYnCTcFXypGvk9au4RhpD8Kb1Om2HFskz7wdITdDZWUazIMHkzkBnB2KgCpkhvAy0GYkO1CluUsfB5tUY3SYDIX2p7BiMTq5x_4/s320/William+Morris+A+Dream+of+John+Ball+1888+t.jpg" ALT="William Morris - A Dream of John Ball 1888." TITLE="William Morris - A Dream of John Ball 1888."></a><br />
<span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%; COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/brasilia.html" TITLE="Brasília."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN></DIV>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-70546522748946544962013-06-09T09:31:00.000-04:002013-06-16T07:21:05.777-04:00Brasília.<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:40%;"> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/birds-of-feather-flock-together.html" TITLE="Birds of a feather flock together."><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/gu-ru.html" TITLE="gu-ru. ... all the dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy ..."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN><a NAME="BrasS00"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#BrasS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFPNYcm6jMqz8Z8K1nVmV-qJGlAQHygGmCDg3WTYJxVd06vM5oWjER09zeZpf-m24p1jyrlc6sAJlxBCPfBtdqa55_tI047W9LjSexCohF8siePnAYXyHHW7Nqt4DK7AvYgc43bGM-ILKe/s1600/Brasilia+plan+by+Lucio+Costa+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 15PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFPNYcm6jMqz8Z8K1nVmV-qJGlAQHygGmCDg3WTYJxVd06vM5oWjER09zeZpf-m24p1jyrlc6sAJlxBCPfBtdqa55_tI047W9LjSexCohF8siePnAYXyHHW7Nqt4DK7AvYgc43bGM-ILKe/s400/Brasilia+plan+by+Lucio+Costa+1.jpg" ALT="Brasília, plan by Lúcio Costa." TITLE="Brasília, plan by Lúcio Costa." ALIGN=LEFT></a><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">During an all night flight to Brazil in the early oughts I wake briefly and look out the window and see the image of an aeroplane outlined in streetlights ... can't believe it! No one awake to talk with but can't get back to sleep for a long time.<br />
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The designer, <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BAcio_Costa" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Lúcio Costa</B></A>, teaches geometry :) and interns Oscar Niemeyer (nobody's perfect).<br />
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What I remember seeing is not so symmetrical as the plan at the left, more like a child's drawing.<a NAME="BrasS01"> </A><a HREF="#BrasS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>Evidently mixed feelings about the meeting in Brasília. A very understandable split among the occupiers looks like. Who can blame them for wavering in the face of annihilation? Eldorado dos Carajás is just 300 miles away and memories of the massacre in 1996 ... linger. Not much of a choice. Unfortunately it's the only card they have to play - as long as work at Belo Monte is stopped the pressure is on the bankers and their politicians; when they leave the problem's essentially fixed.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkHYOkqA192H_BhfdK3yZMJl82Kl2gTfazoaIeQLzBTeL7DIQzN78GEwLRsaZaxT10AMbaPDVWdccDwxBglvq3vVuc2Cn3tDQXkdmaVegAsFbvUEJ9apsiMYFMoha7e9JYb7cLsVQKMpp/s1600/Brasilia+0.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUb92Ys86Q9QDGI2qBbX2qyLwlvZ9m_tdMTlQjjRz2FXbMv5lPKabakOaIBrk_tTaMIWFeR5yQCYnO7Q5ZpYsLarqzIWETof_13wlzFzJuWcgznEZ9F50a-1gaSWC3O0hQuguyp83_zwE/s320/Brasilia+0tl.jpg" ALT="Munduruku arriving in Brasília." TITLE="Munduruku arriving in Brasília."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkHYOkqA192H_BhfdK3yZMJl82Kl2gTfazoaIeQLzBTeL7DIQzN78GEwLRsaZaxT10AMbaPDVWdccDwxBglvq3vVuc2Cn3tDQXkdmaVegAsFbvUEJ9apsiMYFMoha7e9JYb7cLsVQKMpp/s1600/Brasilia+0.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1XzeEz9ZzeM1clpRBuYXZVN8H0yFrcmA4ifTN6BXzmHNlbWuhxwio4UIhx3Yj9-20J5Sm9lOFoTtGY6CO-ghIs04mOdKk2ECL8opiK0ue4jpe4xkOX2txlQVKjVuXej0zuYPRHoSU2in/s320/Brasilia+0tm.jpg" ALT="Munduruku arriving in Brasília." TITLE="Munduruku arriving in Brasília."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkHYOkqA192H_BhfdK3yZMJl82Kl2gTfazoaIeQLzBTeL7DIQzN78GEwLRsaZaxT10AMbaPDVWdccDwxBglvq3vVuc2Cn3tDQXkdmaVegAsFbvUEJ9apsiMYFMoha7e9JYb7cLsVQKMpp/s1600/Brasilia+0.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZUU-i5r69JLzQjY8xe3Jz7nzDiHcswvdvuFgRlhRrltSgmBbLIbbXyTED1JMeZKbHT2k_DjR40tWXyHjKn3PcDds61hk5He6PNqvcHLYluJ_u8Ks8dKaZGFIDqhDRNR-n40pLWj2bh8W/s320/Brasilia+0tr.jpg" ALT="Munduruku arriving in Brasília." TITLE="Munduruku arriving in Brasília."></a><br />
They get to Brasília and are grossly disrespected, no surprises there.<br />
<a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7447/8974461070_160e89ff77_o.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoVtNcQLEs75IFNiUfbKeaLCLsIHJx8Xk-PxudfVRKRloYOvHvJ7X0wVpMh_g8qRpUM9nBNyeEfD1Vx-xxGlKgmQ6_clMv4vsPc4bCPBTGZ5GwK_oXn_40BD_RzwUYgBFt87nVJr_wzcR/s320/Brasilia+1t.jpg" ALT="Munduruku in Brasília, June 6 2013." TITLE="Munduruku in Brasília, June 6 2013."></a><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8537/8974461090_2cfafd4df1_o.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RWLLK2-gd-5N9jvax6Nqd93LtsFV0wA5_asVSh6MYaTNcQu9eOecfXl3NB7iprJfRsIqVwzsKlXBQmKHR2cPjjiQY-OKplbFJpGTKuS9sqSVBBg5uYR9lDB3jQIuP80c7lmmxcHHFagl/s320/Brasilia+2t.jpg" ALT="Munduruku in Brasília, June 6 2013." TITLE="Munduruku in Brasília, June 6 2013."></a><a href="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3725/8974460662_900685e5e7_o.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_87yRkp4MWUDqylpDe2aG2bx7Dl4Eb6OKbmhuDOO9lCsDgRjoeS8Cjj-rILQQhFTA5ZeDqrvNGJDIdGbRTugUEzzMLQIzsUEgz4mK-EbOL4PZFhEkr4RUYzzQORYzsC_OOsaqGo_qizB/s320/Brasilia+3t.jpg" ALT="Munduruku in Brasília, June 6 2013." TITLE="Munduruku in Brasília, June 6 2013."></a><a href="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5468/8973268979_7269d6c15a_o.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfzNgWyq_b2fH_gxAV7LQzX0YldYHek69bL2EWaDbZVd6a5ipJ6a5jIn1GlpsQNCbe0PAB-xH5E_VSy-gDL-8n0QZcAb1BZaCsbAQzhBzBUsx-5iG06FUpZRk6cm0te_lqx9lx82kVoru/s320/Brasilia+4t.jpg" ALT="Munduruku in Brasília, June 6 2013." TITLE="Munduruku in Brasília, June 6 2013."></a><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8266/8973268923_38767554cf_o.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6S0FTdsYbCId2ZUpiO_fIvdCmfOnMEfXOkqCofb1IMpWB31l-1r2IBXM-R7F-zfg6bd-_7U2IFem3GVE6z7qS9fphdh9pOgFHe-8Wbpy20zCverv0tpurCMcoxHzXrEHAYOAK2kRXb1XP/s320/Brasilia+5t.jpg" ALT="Munduruku in Brasília, June 6 2013." TITLE="Munduruku in Brasília, June 6 2013."></a><a href="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3753/8974461308_97a07bdac6_o.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCX-xV1ZNhd711wRs_2VYErZwGGdDJ5QsGrBFTDP5G4R5D_vs-1HYF1Dd7Q_NtXJJIHhkYCA2QQwSqgaD9y4SmDUnVzRLZelEQA0jc6lq-f-tpUt9tVwsBW9mL9uKJ-NLwWbEZvEaadOx9/s320/Brasilia+6t.jpg" ALT="Munduruku in Brasília, June 6 2013." TITLE="Munduruku in Brasília, June 6 2013."></a><b>Ai ai ai!</B><a NAME="BrasS02"> </A><a HREF="#BrasS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>The tone of the <a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wordpress: Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte"><b>blog</B></A> changes right away: silence, then equivocation about the reasons. Eventually there is a new format - some IT guru has got their hands on it I guess. Not an improvement.<br />
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<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiukNaQCyHcAP9ZqWaCIoTL2sGmC5Eod7LzwZ1dzOyGn_kiPscMC0Rds3cZAH-E2nrFB5P5aQqtd0TpLqttZBG7KdunUZnLfiTFpB4rbmt-M33rx_cfw0NCebFqci3_sORMPtzLlRpr06R/s1600/Eldorado+dos+Carajas+4.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWNEZ476JBwJFs64lycvAzQRV35qxdOuA5OhKilwFGG0JUhZPL6-PoS5YsTboLIHWBF3WnjBNAH2tUxKv8KkYtMJg5sTELOkJOFXUYt4btb42HdgThJewBjbvFub4cRbjg4E7fWxlmMu7/s320/Eldorado+dos+Carajas+4t.jpg" ALT="Eldorado dos Carajás near Marabá, Para State, Brazil." TITLE="Eldorado dos Carajás near Marabá, Para State, Brazil."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgq_O6XnNzRHacQ4h2X6Epz9Wn3Ur69rgvOJKwt3Xo7d0PKAqAxtiMWVXe8OvKxmK_mEyx_uB6M6-c7miTl9CMMRXuFLycUaCU8TFor-IhAByRzfrJPZvbAmGsvdznWmynAVB8Lba-8MtU/s1600/Eldorado+dos+Carajas+5.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviHel3iozOUP6xrgOeeLZXsal-4bLsV53j_cLT1dby9iLWqkq0Ft417HiTMcGNF8KlH70FlWJezFD-geNBC7mifJKrnygi8_ULddYe6fiVZOWLiEyggZNt9I1C2Vsuw_bjBDvaGAzcux8/s320/Eldorado+dos+Carajas+5t.jpg" ALT="Eldorado dos Carajás near Marabá, Para State, Brazil." TITLE="Eldorado dos Carajás near Marabá, Para State, Brazil."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtw_5Kl_ZR86KMguRnCPJrSGod8gY3FeqwHoZcSLa3tSzosg8mw1JZ0tQ_mrWxYu6553uJdn51C_IS3SbJlzil8-MttTDb_XV3X8KirO9_GvvgiIFuKcbEddK4F_lETaeHravfCkGd11S/s1600/Eldorado+dos+Carajas+6.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbFdAn3sGDo9MqYiRSJ9e1vA4zd-0WM6AuWVpZRG06puSu0R5sWmQgXUjx4Nhf1EkJltjygRmcZrbNs2ecbnbqf7D02VE5NopmH5Bmvh2Mt13gx6duEs7a3h-kytVn9OPZJ-bbIyU8Ocb/s320/Eldorado+dos+Carajas+6t.jpg" ALT="Eldorado dos Carajás near Marabá, Para State, Brazil." TITLE="Eldorado dos Carajás near Marabá, Para State, Brazil."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oKPzl_Aw1mpw38nPJvYUfa9rf5pMhAvMg4X1P47BvT1L-sqXsH_zpV18ePKeujxBucY1cg1qYcvLb9U2ekKXTqqdg6ScTQBMxhYAveBuRR0IuAMSV1kHl3VeBlw5LnGYKT9zAsCXvXDh/s1600/Eldorado+dos+Carajas+7.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZ5gozHrKFjTlyof9wxvyw-yRG4aX-At6bPBXbONE9DKgNu_vh3V8SepWb2j1qJGxkPxpCIiHJA4WdIxA6QNsR5eZ0FXyszzvszGSJMjyiqu8MoBWLjMdF7UrgKhUi_pUUKopm4-5Kzh9/s320/Eldorado+dos+Carajas+7t.jpg" ALT="Eldorado dos Carajás near Marabá, Para State, Brazil." TITLE="Eldorado dos Carajás near Marabá, Para State, Brazil."></a></TD></TR>
</TBODY></TABLE></DIV>Gwynne Dyer has <a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/14842.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Georgia Strait: The peaceful world, Gwynne Dyer, May 27 2013."><b>some good words</B></A> on violence; <a HREF="http://stevenpinker.com/publications/better-angels-our-nature" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The better angels of our nature: why violence has declined, Steven Pinker, 2011."><b>Steven Pinker</B></A> too. But when it comes to guages, indices, rules of thumb around violence, straight counts of the dead may be misleading eh? Nineteen were killed at Eldorado dos Carajás in 1996. <i>'Only'</I> 19; <i>'just'</I> 19. A massacre. What does that mean? One is killed in the village of Teles Pires, Adenilson Kirixi, and another, Oziel Gabriel in Sidrolândia; Chico Mendes, Dorothy Stang, Zé Cláudio & Maria do Espírito Santo, so many. Or is it 'not so many'? Not 'millions'.<br />
<br />
If the coalition stays at Belo Monte and it is left up to Gilberto Carvalho & José Cardozo and the bankers and their judges, then some will be killed. Between a rock and a hard place; between the flames and the sea.<br />
<br />
And there're just 150 on the <a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wordpress: Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte"><b>Ocupação de Belo Monte</B></A> email subscription list (?). What's that about?<div ALIGN=RIGHT>Be well.<a NAME="BrasS99"> </A></DIV></SPAN><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/brasilia.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;"><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%; COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/gu-ru.html" TITLE="gu-ru. ... all the dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy ..."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN></DIV>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-89404271425414990162013-06-04T09:02:00.000-04:002013-06-14T09:49:48.495-04:00gu-ru.<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/gu-ru.html#" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; FONT-SIZE:140%; COLOR:#CC6600;">... all the dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy ...</SPAN></A> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/brasilia.html" TITLE="Brasília."><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/utopiaeutopia.html" TITLE="Utopia/eutopia ... feral."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN> <b>Tiananmen 1989</B><a NAME="GuruS00"> </A><a HREF="#GuruS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></DIV><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZWEPlElcd-50iMTmv5duRYwIuN9oYnqMXlN6ICur24mUvzTe1PmTr0tl-rwuB_3AdItpi6bbwCuw5i5Tn6v3HBGtm7WTbMM6dzd5yvnSvATCyxo8fW6ryWeTP6ZU8_VPpGx49ZcGDQEl/s1600/Rob+Hopkins+2+w+Bill+McKibben.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEnwzUmIJ1ZfU-wTM-b6i7BoqSG5NnHWz6css_DFG192cthaZijtn9lJu7hHfAqMOPcOVjbFy_hyhxbAWrlSRZGj9LBarjzCTKFyMehPNWS5AxgsH1zy98mQHysVOL7jspcNwqaxno1Gj/s320/Rob+Hopkins+2t+w+Bill+McKibben.jpg" ALT="Bill McKibben & Rob Hopkins." TITLE="Bill McKibben & Rob Hopkins." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">A link to <i>'a provocative blog post'</I> came to me by email from <a HREF="http://justearth.net/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Justearth dot net."><b>JustEarth</B></A>. I know a few of them in the Toronto chapter: ex-MPs, ex-Judges and the like; none remember my name when I meet them again, all good. I get their newsletter and read it. The <a HREF="http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/how-rob-hopkins-gave-giving-flying.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="TreeHugger: How Rob Hopkins Gave Up on Giving Up On Flying, Sami Grover, May 28 2013."><b>provocative post</B></A> turns out to be second-hand. The original seems to be: <a HREF="http://transitionculture.org/2013/05/16/why-im-marking-passing-400-ppm-by-getting-back-on-an-aeroplane/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Transition Culture (Rob Hopkins' blog): Why I’m marking passing 400 ppm by getting back on an aeroplane, Rob Hopkins, 16 May 2013"><b>Why I’m marking passing 400 ppm by getting back on an aeroplane</B></A>; which is worth a careful read including the comments. <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Hopkins" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Rob Hopkins</B></A> (in case you don't know, I didn't though his book is on my shelf) is an instigator of the <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Towns" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Transition Town</B></A> movement in <a HREF="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Totnes,+Devon,+TQ9+5HN&hl=en&ll=50.830228,-3.048706&spn=2.314213,6.355591&sll=50.433017,-3.685913&sspn=1.166916,3.177795&hnear=Totnes+TQ9+5HN,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=8" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Maps."><b>Totnes, Devon, UK</B></A>, and the author of <a HREF="http://transitionculture.org/shop/the-transition-handbook/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Transition Culture dot org."><b><i>The Transition Handbook</I></B></A> (which seems to be out-of-print) - there are pdf copies <a HREF="http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~sme/CSC2600/transition-handbook.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="A Toronto site (?)."><b>here</B></A> & <a HREF="http://www.sethink.com/transitiontownbroadcasts.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Transition California."><b>there</B></A> ... <br />
<br />
... but getting back to the 'provocative post', the key phrase both to me and to himself is <b>"Give it another 18 months, 2 years at most, and then the funding and political effort will shift from mitigation and into adaptation and defence."</B><br />
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Which comes on like a punch in the heart.</SPAN><a NAME="GuruS01"> </A><a HREF="#GuruS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><table BORDER="0" CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><tbody>
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,<br />
<br />
<a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxePKps87k" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube, Vevo: WATCH OUT FOR THE DAMNED AD!"><b><i>Red Right Hand</I></B></A>, 1994.<br />
<br />
<span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW; COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:185%; LINE-HEIGHT:100%;"><b>take a little walk to the edge of town <br />
and go across the track<br />
where the viaduct looms<br />
like a bird of doom<br />
as it shifts and cracks<br />
where secrets lie in the border fires<br />
in the humming wires<br />
hey man you know<br />
you're never coming back<br />
past the square past the bridge<br />
past the mills past the stacks<br />
on a gathering storm comes<br />
a tall handsome man<br />
in a dusty black coat with<br />
a red right hand<br />
<br />
he'll wrap you in his arms<br />
tell you that you've been a good boy<br />
he'll rekindle all the dreams<br />
it took you a lifetime to destroy<br />
he'll reach deep into the hole<br />
heal your shrinking soul<br />
but there won't be a single<br />
thing that you can do<br />
he's a god he's a man<br />
he's a ghost he's a gu-ru<br />
they're whispering his name<br />
through this disappearing land<br />
but hidden in his coat<br />
is a red right hand<br />
<br />
you don't have money?<br />
he'll get you some<br />
you don't have no car?<br />
he'll get you one<br />
you don't have no self-respect<br />
you feel like an insect<br />
well don't you worry buddy<br />
cause here he comes<br />
through the ghettos and the barrio<br />
and the bowery and the slum<br />
a shadow is cast wherever he stands<br />
stacks of green paper in his<br />
red right hand<br />
<br />
you'll see him in your nightmares<br />
you'll see him in your dreams<br />
he'll appear out of nowhere but<br />
he ain't what he seems<br />
you'll see him in your head<br />
on the TV screen<br />
hey buddy I'm warning<br />
you to turn it off<br />
he's a ghost he's a god<br />
he's a man he's a gu-ru<br />
you're one microscopic cog<br />
in his catastrophic plan<br />
designed and directed by<br />
his red right hand</B></SPAN></TD><td VALIGN=TOP><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3Fjfym_3KwWHiLUkg_mLqYU6kAd23fAlQlT-YekPTrYroO44fjcJMa_L2vFMjRqmYGOp2VIr_L0-6nv7iDfSNSPID9Y27DRnBJvV9u7oKo5k2gUT5bQSATj9yGMRB60rnioFzVrP7Hpw/s1600/Nick+Cave+1+Push+the+Sky+Away.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='DISPLAY:BLOCK; PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:3PX 3PX 0PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-EpWja7Py-9JVUdE9HvFt2Y3E2ywpXmBihfoF2a8vQi2kFpqWNRRM9rED08GGBbtU9gGZl7FSymoFhiHjbK6tpX5JyVRR6j9qu0VA_uT0mzeW_uWzJmztGmOd2MLEuN43JyYPFq_-RGR/s320/Nick+Cave+1t1r+Push+the+Sky+Away.jpg" ALT="Nick Cave & The bad Seeds." TITLE="Nick Cave & The bad Seeds." 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<i>Red Right Hand</I> is a hit not long after Leonard Cohen's <i>The Future</I> (1992) & Dylan's <i>Man In The Long Black Coat</I> (1989) - please imagine that all of the obvious literary exercises have been ... accomplished, incorporated.</SPAN></TD></TR>
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</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">But this guy is bringin' in the <i>zeitgeist</I> sensibility on a Sid Vicious wave length (!) or maybe I am easily impressed by heroin addiction, bourgeois twit, whatever. Nonetheless, seems like the right way to me, appropriate, apt, symmetrical - to mourn the final bourgeois victory.<br />
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I am late coming here ... not as close to my children as I was; they used to keep me abreast. But having a beer with my son the other day the topic came up and I sensed interest.<br />
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This is despair gone on to nihilism (articulate nihilism mind you), and apparently beyond that again to unself-concern & outright self-destruction. Be that as it may be, a day spent listening has been at least as 'provocative' as Rob Hopkins' (fundamentally silly) hand-wringing.</SPAN></TD><td VALIGN=TOP><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXdCBSl-mSzYDBVHgMg5QvgUZcXhB8iD4LdJ3-oHq7GPuHceVMbbaIDaDcY4y-IgOzhoxDzibTnRzsxH5cQds_ZfnhBL75is8BeoG2T3EVHBfu3tLLOpC_dGFEiNitHoEtCtevC4B__A3/s1600/Nick+Cave+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='DISPLAY:BLOCK; PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRSv_IAX8naEdTTYPsW0MsosJWmkRPW3a-m9MO26KwMVQAzceYPZT0Mqy3cLEI_TlQka2jf9rKGsbriGY8Y1q5x2-ZPddg9ORHKq8rSwjlJhrw3cAXHnDdpVwQ7HnesuzfGWKiy7vaA59/s320/Nick+Cave+3t2r.jpg" ALT="Nick Cave." TITLE="Nick Cave." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXdCBSl-mSzYDBVHgMg5QvgUZcXhB8iD4LdJ3-oHq7GPuHceVMbbaIDaDcY4y-IgOzhoxDzibTnRzsxH5cQds_ZfnhBL75is8BeoG2T3EVHBfu3tLLOpC_dGFEiNitHoEtCtevC4B__A3/s1600/Nick+Cave+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='DISPLAY:BLOCK; PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:3PX 0PX 0PX 3PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 1PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim32oT24DaQTP3mE14i20ujsT_jUqmOskixeRDtx1hMrMXBM2FfH9CX6GhhmddtfUsTqrJ_VguR6a86x30rNrWXtPnJg9PJIs9eYOIzu5c-p7Qk9Tn4E0vAGjI45AHZPCWXrFfU2H_icU_/s320/Nick+Cave+3t2l.jpg" ALT="Nick Cave." TITLE="Nick Cave." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXdCBSl-mSzYDBVHgMg5QvgUZcXhB8iD4LdJ3-oHq7GPuHceVMbbaIDaDcY4y-IgOzhoxDzibTnRzsxH5cQds_ZfnhBL75is8BeoG2T3EVHBfu3tLLOpC_dGFEiNitHoEtCtevC4B__A3/s1600/Nick+Cave+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='DISPLAY:BLOCK; PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:0PX 0PX 0PX 3PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 1PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvmvML_LEr-xoNHwrr85d2GWybUFH-2JcEv32r02Re34D7iv2AE5YNQWM3VaXcA4ZvR8ZEKMy_fEbVT3NfygT6goll5aCuK7xAaMuZepOg2VfvatXE_aLdEyq-19yVOEFleH4clZCqCQV/s320/Nick+Cave+3t3.jpg" ALT="Nick Cave." TITLE="Nick Cave." ALIGN=RIGHT></a></TD></TR>
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<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">I have mentioned before what I call Leonard Cohen's 'untrustworthiness' - Nick Cave is not trustworthy in any degree, not at all, simply does not pretend to it. And then there is a book, <i>The Death of Bunny Munro</I>, which is awful embarrassing dreck ... so ...</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><br />
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</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><div ALIGN=RIGHT>Esteja bem.<a NAME="GuruS99"> </A></DIV></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/gu-ru.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>And just in case you think I embrace this (or any other) brand of nihilism, fatalism, any'a that ...<br />
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</DIV><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL BLACK; FONT-SIZE:350%; COLOR:#FFFFFF;"><center><b>Is that what you're sayin'?</B></CENTER></SPAN><br />
<span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL BLACK; FONT-SIZE:170%; COLOR:#FFFFFF; LINE-HEIGHT:120%;"><center><b>How lame is that? To accept such a thing quietly?<br />
Mitigation?! Adaptation!? Resilience!? Civil Defence!?<br />
Are you kiddin' me?</B></CENTER></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;"> <br />
</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#FFFFFF;"><b>Anyway we're not fucked, not quite, not quite yet. We have until 2015 to stop CO<sub>2</SUB> emissions. It will take thousands upon thousands of actions like that of Tim DeChristopher: imaginative, thoughtful, courageous, weighing the consequences and accepting them, but it can be done.</B></SPAN><br />
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<b>This is <i>Lucky '13</I> - the year we turned it around.<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:40%;"> <br />
</DIV></SPAN><span STYLE="COLOR:#FFFFFF;">so ... let's get our thumbs out ...</B></SPAN></CENTER></TD><td> </TD></TR>
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</TBODY></TABLE>Trustworthy or not he sure writes some wonderful lines:<br />
<b>"I'm stubborn as those garbage bags that time cannot decay,<br />
I'm junk but I'm still holding up this little wild bouquet."</B><br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%; COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/utopiaeutopia.html" TITLE="Utopia/eutopia ... feral."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN></DIV>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-73621365681179121482013-06-01T04:19:00.001-04:002013-06-04T09:04:43.167-04:00Utopia/eutopia<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;"> <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/utopiaeutopia.html#" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; FONT-SIZE:140%; COLOR:#CC6600;">... feral.</SPAN></A> <b>Happy Birthday Babe!</B> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/gu-ru.html" TITLE="gu-ru. ... all the dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy ..."><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-ii-de-novo.html" TITLE="Occupation of Belo Monte de novo."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN> <b>Marilyn, 1926.</B><a NAME="UeS00"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#UeS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ducnYVOYjrHj_ZvvrAdO5V6LYWe-uHAqFZzMMN_MFFsspjd25v-VCjZ5_2qBLTOeNETIczqr8KlTvDwFh3hvMuwCtvXkezdKQSmCt6KX5E5QDD0PUbV3oL-NoYMKRywjsiu60LITAFym/s1600/Tiras+Doonesbury+13-05-19+peers.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdym1av7jahA8m6bV1DmuJq8OCEpI6DOTvhLNL1i3istczkQKwo4HJbgQpPskaWvxLXayl_2TkClg7lqMGTnYX9Yd3EH6GfNWSOM7tVGXkX_XVK8VbSvlw31WxVTpF_KjwwKkuixSDr_V/s320/Tiras+Doonesbury+13-05-19tl+peers.jpg" ALT="Doonesbury: These people are my peers?" TITLE="Doonesbury: These people are my peers?"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ducnYVOYjrHj_ZvvrAdO5V6LYWe-uHAqFZzMMN_MFFsspjd25v-VCjZ5_2qBLTOeNETIczqr8KlTvDwFh3hvMuwCtvXkezdKQSmCt6KX5E5QDD0PUbV3oL-NoYMKRywjsiu60LITAFym/s1600/Tiras+Doonesbury+13-05-19+peers.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYSyUzPdZorerq9gIub9rn7ptMFP0f7IDMmYsXSwC_ePBK7yPEew_otWl41zVSrdYpGgNGnBtxngtdJ9j7B0_gB6fDEA1PmrzNyX19V3U6kJIuLslRQrrNtyEGm3SM3qRgsAX-LNUKxy9/s320/Tiras+Doonesbury+13-05-19tm+peers.jpg" ALT="Doonesbury: These people are my peers?" TITLE="Doonesbury: These people are my peers?"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ducnYVOYjrHj_ZvvrAdO5V6LYWe-uHAqFZzMMN_MFFsspjd25v-VCjZ5_2qBLTOeNETIczqr8KlTvDwFh3hvMuwCtvXkezdKQSmCt6KX5E5QDD0PUbV3oL-NoYMKRywjsiu60LITAFym/s1600/Tiras+Doonesbury+13-05-19+peers.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBx3POVdusjtQwXBAKnqKA_OVGrZy1WP6FcX2hsJhM1G0Q0FU_tpdQIRSy0sNCLi1X_7yhcvhN7Zp4UvTRT0MzGPN9nHCiSfwcpbYlrqbaqWghWS9uuU9NQ3ojYX4cZh1GTKdEvgnjcHX/s320/Tiras+Doonesbury+13-05-19tr+peers.jpg" ALT="Doonesbury: These people are my peers?" TITLE="Doonesbury: These people are my peers?"></a><br />
<b>Contents:</B> <a href="#UeS01" title="Brian Gable & Greg Perry."><b>Cartoons</B></a>, <a href="#UeS02" title="And tOad the cartoonist."><b>Ok-lahoma!</B></a> (you know that tune), <a href="#UeS03" title=""><b>The Meat of the Matter</B></a>, <a href="#UeS04" title=""><b>How can it be?</B></a> <a href="#UeS05" title="Tim DeChristopher & Bill Moyers."><b>K'bye</B></a>.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">George Monbiot has published a book called '<a HREF="http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781846147487,00.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Penguin."><b><i>Feral: Searching for enchantment on the frontiers of rewilding</I></B></A>' which I will not likely read but seeing it advertised on <i>The Guardian</I> website reminded me of what I know about the feral condition. '<i>Rewilding</I>' is redolent of teen spirit correctitude; moreso when coupled with 'enchantment'.<br />
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I keep this photograph of an <a HREF="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnJN2tKKUgoAqsLuX12zhSAZXHctrDTRiD3Hli1QWdqJy2grpZVUVYaffT0RXUu1nENMrA-2t-Lkqzb8pZE_AdJTU6RNOWLu6lfsn9smwNCiWTBhjCxsKPmOmdTSKQiznNkkCmYsvjDE/s1600/Araquem+Alcantara+Onca+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>onça pintada</B></A> taken by Araquém Alcântara as my desktop background to remind me of what feral means, and of what it does not mean. Alvaro noticed it.</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><br />
[Christy Clark the cute Liberal B.C. premier seems to have kiboshed the Northern Gateway. <b>(?)</B> Who can believe a word these people say? Here's <a HREF="http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/media-room/news-release/2013/7176" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Natural Resources Canada: Minister Oliver Comments on Government of B.C.’s Submission to the Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel, May 31 2013."><b>Joe Oliver's lame response</B></A>.]<a NAME="UeS01"> </A></DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><a HREF="#UeS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>I wonder sometimes if the Globe's editors slide some of Brian Gable's insights off to the side for use another day (which never comes); but in May there are five that stand out. Maybe they have spent long enough polishing Stephen Harper's turds, and have decided not to pull so many of their punches. (Mind you, the last one has no signature. Could it be a guilty conscience?)<br />
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Greg Perry's stands out even more.</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><table BORDER="0" CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><tbody>
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</TBODY></TABLE>[Originals: Greg Perry: <a HREF="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorial_cartoon/2013/05/17/greg_perry_may_17_2013.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Toronto Star."><b>Employee of the Month</B></A>; Brian Gable: <a HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/incoming/article11698820.ece/BINARY/w620/web-satedcar04co1.jpg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Globe."><b>Canada Appreciation Day</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/incoming/article11823565.ece/BINARY/w620/web-friedcar10co1.jpg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Globe."><b>Justin Trudeau</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/incoming/article11896640.ece/BINARY/w620/web-tueedcar14co1.jpg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Globe."><b>Green Period</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/incoming/article11964324.ece/BINARY/w620/web-friedcar17co1.jpg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Globe."><b>Banana Republic</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/incoming/article12039490.ece/BINARY/w620/web-wededcar22co1.jpg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Globe."><b>Titanic</B></A>.]<a NAME="UeS02"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#UeS02a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">When Lula commented after the tsunami hit Aceh in 2004 that it was a <i>'what goes around comes around'</I> kind'a thing he showed his lack of understanding - he later corrected himself as I remember. A-and scientists are properly careful not to make direct causal connections between specific weather events and 'the environmental apocalypse' in its climate warming/changing aspect.<br />
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Nevertheless and notwithstanding all'a that ...<br />
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</TBODY></TABLE>Consider f'rinstance the numbers of shelters constructed in a zone which has been badly hit many times - in recent memory: May 3 1999 & May 8 2003 & now, May 19 2013.<a NAME="UeS02a"> </A><a HREF="#UeS03" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 10PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDVSzgtaNUBXPVv7lHPAKMu4JasyygdJoX6q_nUsMuEtzrXWS4Y6Y0Bo3DyTLoNwGTcUbErlxVcro3Jmv8sO0SrLibWwm-M_GaeszLuC5YGDqjhgRXV-K08Wp0j3jOpGM4QaaoJuUpf4o/s320/tOad.jpg" ALT="tOad." TITLE="tOad." ALIGN=LEFT>The French cartoonist tOad is coming up in my estimation to a position beside André Dahmer. There are two sites I follow: a collection of what look like <a HREF="http://telex.blog.lemonde.fr/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Le Monde."><b>daily cartoons</B></A> in a blog at <i>Le Monde</I>; and an ~weekly collection of <a HREF="http://www.unsitesurinternet.fr/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="UnSiteSurInternet.fr."><b>magazine illustrations</B></A>.<br />
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With the latter he sometimes includes cryptic rhyming couplets (which my French is insufficient to make sense of). The <a HREF="http://www.unsitesurinternet.fr/Carte.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="UnSiteSurInternet.fr: Carte, mardi 7 mai 2013, par tOad."><b>one above</B></A> with the eloquent red line carries:<img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ7RJSKmQ9XIhGaAhsz31IEIYc6lqNgkDHp-q2qBMmDi6RUCGzbuZoeuoj8ZVLAO8u-hHz_EsnfEyPQLaUoptMgYZHqIF_f4xnG8CaJ57KbNev_QhIuIQ2e7XzgUVQgLbZykjHHMsHqaN0/s320/tOad+b.jpg" ALT="tOad." TITLE="tOad." ALIGN=RIGHT><br />
<i>Du dessin qui décrit à celui qui décrète</I><br />
<i>Il y a un pas pris sur des lignes de crête.</I><br />
With the help (?) of Google Translate the best I can make of it is:<br />
From the drawing that describes to the one who decrees<br />
A step is taken on rising lines.<br />
Which is not very good I know ...<br />
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He put out an eloquent series on the UNFCCC fiasco ... just a sec ... <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2012/11/doh-doh-doha.html#DddS01" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>here</B></A>. Many of the daily ones are topical and go completely over my head, but some of the images stick firmly and I return again and again to look at them. This one: <a HREF="http://www.unsitesurinternet.fr/Violences.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="UnSiteSurInternet.fr: Violences, vendredi 24 mai 2013, par tOad."><b>Violences</B></A>, with a caption (sort of translated by the author this time) blows me away:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMdI7dSIBaxk7HiFDdd2rMnlfDvpvd_z-AS9Pv-SDGl3VLjMfG-mNI-xSU7X0HmgaPSYr_Q8cBkXckM-VABZdx1B6SC17ewN3W86jEFVVtnXVPN1gKUqYAyJX2WzJrIVrfcaeIyZQrzYV/s1600/Tiras+tOad+13-05-28+Violences.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6GB8R2O3jsDPCWnSvkkX0RsACzkOCMr6PgBKqoisqQJgLo67A2SCS5XJ7mJNfQGFdgFEEGgIELZgekZrMxU6pBb2uc_lvHyQXybGtU8LBOdlr2aO7IQAfI8ZJSL_2SWDrM7Efy5EbVy7/s320/Tiras+tOad+13-05-28t+Violences.jpg" ALT="tOad: Violences." TITLE="tOad: Violences." ALIGN=RIGHT></a> <i>Personne ne répond, n’a rien contre ni pour,</I><br />
<i>Sur le champ du social les plus durs coups sont sourds.</I><br />
Society fears outbreaks of violence<br />
It nestles and steers with unflinching silence.<br />
I make it:<br />
No one answers, there is nothing for or against,<br />
On the social field the hardest hits are deaf.<br />
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<div ALIGN=RIGHT><a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYrK464nIeY" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube: Leadbelly, Black Betty."><b>Black Betty</B></A> <b>had a baby. BAM-BE-LAM. (!)</B><a NAME="UeS03"> </A></DIV></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><a HREF="#UeS04" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecykdHVtB-JHDMFzLIh6VABcuzDVs9TJyqcGhAURCjgEsfaR2ylMpQ9uzUBn81FIvqV0MR5oEOJU9rlKYjJpvzHyohtu1i-RlIsDqaE68xV9D_x4sAnI7lu8CIDsMjboc2TZtCqSLBbMh/s1600/Tiras+Malvados+13-05-14+Utopia.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_GrJl9EwKpBDAmS4VrTj-GhVWYPRvPQQZ7zojd146XJvTCOg_gPjb82smkjwuRIYCl8uwRRA3G8XRChuQTOtmqhT-opUQr1n4LucPFQYfCDWds8v4xO3f-Rm7gYf8vnDo16PUM18QlrL/s320/Tiras+Malvados+13-05-14tl+Utopia.jpg" ALT="André Dahmer, Malvados: Utopia." TITLE="André Dahmer, Malvados: Utopia."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecykdHVtB-JHDMFzLIh6VABcuzDVs9TJyqcGhAURCjgEsfaR2ylMpQ9uzUBn81FIvqV0MR5oEOJU9rlKYjJpvzHyohtu1i-RlIsDqaE68xV9D_x4sAnI7lu8CIDsMjboc2TZtCqSLBbMh/s1600/Tiras+Malvados+13-05-14+Utopia.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNJ3sUyFe29un9Vv3tspQN8SNy71Oujz6Iusgg0k2mqDrh4s69MyU1QcqucylssjhZYafxJzCaU-TLFKecn1RfpqOl-FB3LHRJdfTzdUDDj7a5PIHxy0qBC_XTQORiaRVdxySvI75Eu05P/s320/Tiras+Malvados+13-05-14tm+Utopia.jpg" ALT="André Dahmer, Malvados: Utopia." TITLE="André Dahmer, Malvados: Utopia."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecykdHVtB-JHDMFzLIh6VABcuzDVs9TJyqcGhAURCjgEsfaR2ylMpQ9uzUBn81FIvqV0MR5oEOJU9rlKYjJpvzHyohtu1i-RlIsDqaE68xV9D_x4sAnI7lu8CIDsMjboc2TZtCqSLBbMh/s1600/Tiras+Malvados+13-05-14+Utopia.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJVPmWMYJQOMhRNubdpA1eoDSNBg42D9iaX_4L7MHAwHXuLjG3zTimkO0KbsCve2PcL9r8PlABrN8gZcw1WDQ2rX2LJell7YETE2ALR3sUWIU9rG0lFlr5Fviq3EXDTRoHJa5SxQpF7Y9/s320/Tiras+Malvados+13-05-14tr+Utopia.jpg" ALT="André Dahmer, Malvados: Utopia." TITLE="André Dahmer, Malvados: Utopia."></a><br />
[Utopia is for old folks. Young people like money.<br />
You don't think about changing the world?<br />
If they pay me well ...]<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>The meat of the matter:</B> <b>Eutopia:</B> (another one'a them eu- words) from Greek <i>εὐ</I> (a form of <i>ἐύς</I>) 'good' + <i>τόπος</I> 'place' = 'a good place'. <b>Utopia:</B> <i>οὐ</I> 'not' + <i>τόπος</I> 'place' = 'not a place'. Neither the same nor opposites.<br />
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Northrop Frye mentions utopias as category five (or something) of comedy/satire in 'Anatomy of Criticism' (1957), <a HREF="http://northropfrye-theanatomyofcriticism.blogspot.ca/2009/02/third-essay-archetypal-criticism-theory.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda blog."><b>Third Essay: Archetypal Criticism: Theory of Myths</B></A>. He treats the subject more fully in '<a HREF="http://miscellaneousmaterial.blogspot.ca/2013/05/northrop-frye-varieties-of-literary.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda blog."><b>Varieties of Literary Utopias</B></A>' (1965).<br />
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He doesn't take on Doris Lessing anywhere that I can find. I am sort of surprised that he didn't demolish her somewhere along the line. Here is her preface, <a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/14541.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>Some Remarks</B></A>, to <i>Shikasta</I> (1979). Make of it what you will. That she claims Old Testament antecedents is a stunner - beyond some superficial echoes of certain stories I guess that part must'a went over my head. She is awarded a Nobel prize for literature in 2007. Imagine! Read her <a HREF="http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2007/lessing-lecture_en.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Nobel dot org."><b>acceptance speech</B></A>.<br />
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The term 'space cadet' comes to mind, possibly coined for Lessing herself. Also 'air head'. How far can you go on sentiment & superstition? Far. Consider <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_%28novel%29" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b><i>Cloud Atlas</I></B></A> f'rinstance.</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><br />
[Also try <a HREF="http://fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca/2013/05/30/frye-orwell-hoggart-on-popular-culture/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Educated Imagination (blog): Frye, Orwell, Hoggart: On Popular Culture, Brian Graham, May 30 2013."><b>this</B></A> for some crit-lite. If I were going to frame a myth around endings it might be more like Byatt's <i>Ragnarök</I>. (I have noted some shortcomings of Byatt's <a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/9946.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda blog."><b>take on Abishag</B></A> <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2012/12/what-ever.html#WhevS10" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>elsewhere</B></A>.)]<a NAME="UeS04"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#UeS05" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8A3msGMVA_KvREQg0Udo7JZiNf7sQmHbKTsvpzswT3Y3kRa1fq52NgxSHFbQHYHYHGlFjHFgFx9of2RIPt30S9U-mBlpVpJJtuMnYo8_G-qGhDyfkC-hzcexn8WVKG8y01RPql8GYEgb/s1600/John+Wesley+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjqot5ZGFu9Gbwf3Hl49KEK0D7StUDEc2rFBHP-7nX4majypgtNCmpImcI2YRBkqIPHcVPsMYXAaZsG172L8ef2o9L1wvT8dVSXoooOJhMA8-YtmTsXOakOldQY4aaycFwT9fmVtvcdzM/s320/John+Wesley+1t.jpg" ALT="John Wesley." TITLE="John Wesley." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsdsoGt8GVU2whkcSZ5DGwdWpaMebdecmVCF6zB0taToN8yqoXnE7FGOrsGKym80yFp2Cyu9WJDfx42JKjT7fTl8TV77qI8dqI6Q6fKa_A3c1kzKV4-QT_IXXavyjXeQGZoeOMGbmaZkP/s1600/John+Wesley+2+by+George+Romney.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVRJGVsxkzs9ssrQEUqYX0FiOY-TZAa8aTJVMG3lvI04qLdjNx9ix6sSUOP9Wr9VW9DQG2dFcVk8w6Td1dLS3pAVzsSgKS0Je5DLb7IIc9JJvP-cmdivWFvTR57trS0o_hcSfG9fcz-HT/s320/John+Wesley+2t+by+George+Romney.jpg" ALT="John Wesley." TITLE="John Wesley." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgnv-6lrUgYkTTxWk-85R8ldgOTPYDOq2W82UXcL6miUmF4G51b9rwGEpshaNQDX_f7iWwyC8W8HuqEXhlQPU763FZ-tcV8WXz800KwRiAk_NZnf0xeF6wSsmTqVJuki-Z7FHqa9oAkMk4/s1600/John+Wesley+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oSXvTAqGmFc5RHEbZ2Cevhyyzi9K8CNrJsasqmnOSElszFQG9dwnDYz2DMoAIiuPWAFzmNPjap9BDETSVNQDpsrqf-0EXSw73tWb-s7E86U70WWjU1ZLB2hC3q5wKEsMU-hRXgV76BXP/s320/John+Wesley+3t.jpg" ALT="John Wesley." TITLE="John Wesley." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>How can it be?</B> This phrase by John Wesley (1703-1791) has <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2010/03/how-can-it-be.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>appeared here before</B></A>. It's a rhetorical device, a ploy; sure, and maybe that's all that it is. <br />
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There are (at least) three settings: two found on-line (these are Midi files and will play with Windows Media Player) - <a HREF="http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/142778" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Hymnary dot org."><b>Sagina</B></A> by Thomas Campbell 1777-1844, and <a HREF="http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/139483" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Hymnary dot org."><b>Surrey</B></A> by Henry Carey 1687-1743; and a third, Peniel by Josiah Booth 1852-1930, not found but mentioned in the 1930 edition of the United Church hymn book.<br />
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I've sung these tunes with all my heart; but it's the single phrase - <i>How can it be?</I> - that makes it believable, that connects it; not as a matter of truth but like a joke you can understand whether you find it funny or not. An objective correlative in human terms (and also of course, possibly, a rhetorical device).<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmA7e07iBB-b4J0JuUzHG2136VOsJQGxpqUN7RocvfLUrtSpA_Z8kgvvZH7qIstXLprhcphAb1avJ2A0VsAw3YiQkUh1j76v1isgB3zfwRY__o1mH4gpcZQuxvKDRS04I2cQSQgyUnojY/s1600/Candide+garden.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 10PX 0PX 0PX' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7pRb9Po0Q4eUQCYueqVZR4EDa9sXKl5UGFcwFYIsmfOkM48dCmjh69f2v8EOPmPBTLtTcwrNjUQh96-L8TJyoMy5ozwlsyihXyucxGD_dBQtqrwnFuRQHKI45Y23eDhyphenhyphen6oPKpehzp_njM/s200/Candide+Garden+t.jpg" alt="Voltaire, Candide & Cunegonde in the garden." title="Voltaire, Candide & Cunegonde in the garden." ALIGN=LEFT></a>Another phrase - "necessary & sufficient" - which comes (as I remember it) from Voltaire poking fun at Leibniz in <i>Candide</I>. This is exactly what I have been thinking about the environmental justice movement: What are the necessary & sufficient actions to stop the madness? And it blows my mind that not a single person will speak to me about it.<a NAME="UeS05"> </A><a HREF="#UeS05a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>Here's Bill Moyers interviewing Tim DeChristopher: on <a HREF="http://vimeo.com/66874475" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Vimeo/Moyers & Company: Why Tim DeChristopher Went to Prison for His Protest, May 24 2013."><b>Vimeo</B></A> or <a HREF="http://billmoyers.com/segment/why-tim-dechristopher-went-to-prison-for-his-protest/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Moyers & Company: Why Tim DeChristopher Went to Prison for His Protest, May 24 2013."><b>Moyers' website</B></A>. Tim is on his way to Harvard Divinity School in the fall, to become a Unitarian minister he says (somewhat uncertainly) ...<br />
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<span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:350%; Line-Height:92%;"><b>?</B></SPAN></SPAN></CENTER>It's funny because after watching <i>Bidder 70</I> I poked around for a Unitarian church to attend some Sunday; test for effect, suck it and see - decided against it for no particular reason.<br />
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It's not my place to be second guessing Tim DeChristopher ... still ... can't help but wonder. Didn't the phrase <i>noli illegitimi carborundum</I> originate in some divinity school somewhere? Is another preacher necessary? Sufficient?<a NAME="UeS05a"> </A><a HREF="#UeS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>In <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roe22oK9COY" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b><i>Higgs Boson Blues</I></B></A> Nick Cave sings, "Who cares? Who cares what the future brings?" Good question(s). A heroin addict apparently, with a decent version of <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t22wGvzdi8g" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Black Betty</B></A> too ...<br />
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And a tip of the hat to Alvaro in San Salvador who tells me that <a HREF="http://upsidedownworld.org/main/el-salvador-archives-74/3863-mining-for-gold-in-el-salvador-a-pact-with-the-devil-" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Upside Down World: Mining for Gold in El Salvador: A “Pact With the Devil”? John Cavanagh & Robin Broad, Friday 14 September 2012."><b>dirty gold mining</B></A> (by Canadians) there is even worse than in Brasil because <a HREF="https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=El+Salvador&hl=en&ll=13.795406,-88.890381&spn=6.803324,12.293701&sll=43.656877,-79.32085&sspn=0.633889,1.536713&oq=el+salvad&hnear=El+Salvador&t=m&z=7" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Maps."><b>El Salvador</B></A> is so much smaller - which I do not understand at first, but then, yes.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />Nothing to do with Tim DeChristopher or the 'movement', certainly not Alvaro & El Salvador; but it suddenly pops into the forebrain entire:</SPAN><blockquote STYLE="MARGIN-LEFT: 50PX;"><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">Their brief history is characterized by incessant defeat. The very name of the tribe, A----, is the word for corpse in the language of all the neighboring tribes. There is no record that this unfortunate people ever won a single battle, while the songs and legends of its enemies are virtually nothing but a sustained howl of triumph. </SPAN>(Leonard Cohen, <i>Beautiful Losers</I>.)</BLOCKQUOTE><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">Must be a fugal thing ... life is increasingly one <i>non sequitur</I> after another.<br />
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The wasps have started coming in again and getting trapped against the window. After a day or so they slow down enough to be caught with a draft glass and a piece of paper and I put them out. An annual ritual of some kind. Here's Bob with <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mns9VeRguys" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b><i>Duquesne Whistle</I></B></A>: "You're like a time bomb in my heart." Feral too in his way. Maybe it's a condition of age.<br />
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The copyright maggots have taken down the <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLynM-GI_Mk" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube scratch."><b><s>clip</S></B></A> of the ending of Terry Gilliam's <i>Brazil</I>. Don't they know clips like that work <i>for</I> them? If selling movies is what they want that is - must be something else they want then. See what I can do later on. Here: <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CPlvA_uQ_8" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>last two minutes</B></A>.<br />
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Short answer: There's too many books already! Let's burn some! (kidding :-)<div ALIGN=RIGHT>Esteja bem.<a NAME="UeS99"> </A></DIV></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/06/utopiaeutopia.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKql6XyYxUXmhmwWB6_6r4owq4o7pUUfsk3xliy93fKRR2mNW_AZ9YLPUP1GFp4yjQvPh1ZbajWhWqc1C76DSxv63C19kIJIBJ5W9cmNPVNr9LW6knONGdmO4tWE5jZliiF9J2NyMCii1/s1600/Tiras+Laerte+13-05-26+technicamente+estou+livre.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGk2qAHTadWREF1D_aTV6V3U9Ej8k6_SlKFJhQZuds-_JN9wt8DC51D3x5VzwSFr3hxMup4w_OWHurAIFlEdYPxciIbf2uELJb9fASuhtWPnvafNnEK4IYC9QdJFms2CIZYfy7sKGtwdU/s320/Tiras+Laerte+13-05-26tl+technicamente+estou+livre.jpg" ALT="Laerte Coutinho, Piratas Do Tietê: Technicamente estou livre / Technically I am free." TITLE="Laerte Coutinho, Piratas Do Tietê: Technicamente estou livre / Technically I am free."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKql6XyYxUXmhmwWB6_6r4owq4o7pUUfsk3xliy93fKRR2mNW_AZ9YLPUP1GFp4yjQvPh1ZbajWhWqc1C76DSxv63C19kIJIBJ5W9cmNPVNr9LW6knONGdmO4tWE5jZliiF9J2NyMCii1/s1600/Tiras+Laerte+13-05-26+technicamente+estou+livre.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXXn_JiTbguQLVcuvLOW91S9XzVyyC3NAf8Afs_DSO2dh4NmjkB8NyqMvYVJ0M9IGFQ_YoAgAYfUH62-FxS17dkB1hydS7cfVkK-p8vQ__BX5UppK56J04I5mUmPlllyelM_u-ldZo9dB/s320/Tiras+Laerte+13-05-26tm+technicamente+estou+livre.jpg" ALT="Laerte Coutinho, Piratas Do Tietê: Technicamente estou livre / Technically I am free." TITLE="Laerte Coutinho, Piratas Do Tietê: Technicamente estou livre / Technically I am free."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKql6XyYxUXmhmwWB6_6r4owq4o7pUUfsk3xliy93fKRR2mNW_AZ9YLPUP1GFp4yjQvPh1ZbajWhWqc1C76DSxv63C19kIJIBJ5W9cmNPVNr9LW6knONGdmO4tWE5jZliiF9J2NyMCii1/s1600/Tiras+Laerte+13-05-26+technicamente+estou+livre.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPT7RMd7w2Px0qpQLD9qrHQq4BdQ99XfNmS1NOSZH4R8spggEA-KQPZrTZYXjA8EREC6m8X_pM0wxSUWCFxKI5KNH8kjmLdK-f1LraJRvmA6ZdddVyYUgRCcUP9CXmQ-Oh0KkBCqAVGCuU/s320/Tiras+Laerte+13-05-26tr+technicamente+estou+livre.jpg" ALT="Laerte Coutinho, Piratas Do Tietê: Technicamente estou livre / Technically I am free." TITLE="Laerte Coutinho, Piratas Do Tietê: Technicamente estou livre / Technically I am free."></a></DIV><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90430648@N04/8873784294/" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:3PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5OFdHkK4u36mVfkGVSNVJF7_WOAT_lHzKZ23dQF1sPU1jljq6fl_Vsq-J6fFBtxRVFzzS3KXHLoyvrGztrhUmzcdEFn0g_lgejFIM0MyAVBHPJDUT9Lu6gQUG-iz8oZjvSq06KCojkHM/s320/Ocupa+07tl+Belo+Monte.jpg" ALT="Belo Monte, Monday May 27 2013." TITLE="Belo Monte, Monday May 27 2013."></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90430648@N04/8873784294/" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:3PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf81y3VHP11ab34lYKTNedYKRwWq_C25LuJE65OIwT-n5f5ynxqqayaPBvmRkImD8IS-wPNPyxq9cAs9jBZeSxUr4rv8gRQ4RGoVziXFT7j6jz8aBZbrrli24EyRgp_l5pJ9L-bMB38yH2/s320/Ocupa+07tm+Belo+Monte.jpg" ALT="Belo Monte, Monday May 27 2013." TITLE="Belo Monte, Monday May 27 2013."></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90430648@N04/8873784294/" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:3PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitqGG_PpGGPtzYAE5X9-o_sWQKvwnQBPbvSGGGBK4OCbit3KDSfgfKt0ydhC6f55kmiihPjL-fcQx4SSmXCg58WVUn9UNM489cdAVlqmFRWindYu53GoUkwdwXXm5X_R2RW2RbXwNZQGr0/s320/Ocupa+07tr+Belo+Monte.jpg" ALT="Belo Monte, Monday May 27 2013." TITLE="Belo Monte, Monday May 27 2013."></a><br />
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</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#FFFFFF;">"This is not an ideological revolution. It is driven by an authentic desire to get what you need."<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;" ALIGN=RIGHT><a HREF="http://torontojungle.com/forum/showthread.php/75227-Time-for-Outrage!-Indignez-Vous!-St%C3%A9phane-Hessel" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Time for Outrage! Indignez Vous!"><span STYLE="COLOR:#FFFFFF;">Stéphane Hessel</SPAN></A>.</DIV></SPAN></TD></TR>
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The news is posted on <a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte"><b>Ocupação Belo Monte</B></A> first, with English translation of important documents. More English coverage at <a HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nina-wegner/indigenous-demand-meeting_b_3343891.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Huffington Post: Indigenous Demand Meeting with Brazilian President Over Dams, Nina Wegner, 05/28/2013."><b>Huff Post</B></A>.The works were re-occupied on the 27th. The government threatened force after a 24 hour grace period which has expired with no indications yet that they have carried out the threat.<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;"> <br />
</DIV>Meanwhile the suits at the International Hydropower Association, bankers and developers (Scheisskopfs & Minderbinders) have wrapped up <a HREF="http://www.iisd.ca/HYDRO/IHA2013/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="IISD coverage of International Hydropower Association (IHA) World Congress on Advancing Sustainable Hydropower 2013."><b>their UN conference</B></A> in <a HREF="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Sarawak+Malaysia&hl=en&sll=1.515936,110.34668&sspn=13.978873,25.422363&oq=Sarawak+Malaysia&hnear=Sarawak,+Malaysia&t=m&z=7" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Maps: Saraak."><b>Sarawak</B></A>, stating, "... <b>energy is the only proven path to growth</B> ..." There will be no more growth so flapping your fat lips over prosperity, sustainability and flourishing coupled with growth is utter nonsense <b>and you know it</B>.</SPAN> [ See Psalms <a HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Psa&c=12&t=KJV#3" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blue Letter Bible, KJV."><b>12:3</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Psa&c=17&t=KJV#10" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blue Letter Bible, KJV."><b>17:10</B></A>, & <a HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Psa&c=31&t=KJV#18" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blue Letter Bible, KJV."><b>31:18</B></A>.]<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:40%;"> <br />
</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><div ALIGN=RIGHT><b>Esteja bem companheiros e companheiras.</B></DIV></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;"> <br />
</DIV><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;">Other sites: <a HREF="http://forestrivers.wordpress.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Indigenous Brazil: by Forest Rivers."><b>Indigenous Brazil</B></A>, <a HREF="http://cimi.org.br/site/pt-br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Conselho Indigenista Missionário: Catholic church."><b>Cimi</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.xinguvivo.org.br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="O Movimento Xingu Vivo para Sempre (MXVPS)."><b>Xingu Vivo</B></A>, <a HREF="http://stopbelomonte.tumblr.com/archive" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Maíra Irigaray's blog."><b>Stop Belo Monte</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.prpa.mpf.gov.br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Ministério Público Federal, Procuradoria da República no Pará (PRPA)."><b>MPF/PA</B></A>, <a HREF="http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Empresa Brasil de Comunicação S/A (EBC)."><b>Agência Brasil</B></A>, <a HREF="http://agenciapara.com.br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Agência Pará."><b>Agência Pará</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.altamirahoje.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Altamira Hoje."><b>Altamira Hoje</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.socioambiental.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="ISA - Instituto Socioambiental."><b>ISA</B></A>, <a HREF="http://amazonia.org.br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Amigos da Terra – Amazônia Brasileira."><b>Amazônia</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90430648@N04" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Flickr: MundurukuDenuncia."><b>Flickr</B></A> ...</SPAN><a NAME="OobmiiS99"> </A></DIV><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-ii-de-novo.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><table CELLPADDING="0PX" CELLSPACING="0PX"><tbody>
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</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#FFFFFF;">"This is not an ideological revolution. It is driven by an authentic desire to get what you need."<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;" ALIGN=RIGHT><a HREF="http://torontojungle.com/forum/showthread.php/75227-Time-for-Outrage!-Indignez-Vous!-St%C3%A9phane-Hessel" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Time for Outrage! Indignez Vous!"><span STYLE="COLOR:#FFFFFF;">Stéphane Hessel</SPAN></A>.</DIV></SPAN></TD></TR>
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David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-83307060989418748612013-05-25T00:05:00.000-04:002013-06-12T07:26:17.412-04:00This little light of mine.<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;">or: <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/this-little-light-of-mine.html#" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; FONT-SIZE:140%; COLOR:#CC6600;">The answer is 42 (or possibly 70).</SPAN></A> <b>Flower Moon</B> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-ii-de-novo.html" TITLE="Occupation of Belo Monte de novo."><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/do-math.html" TITLE="Do the math. or: Walk around THIS!"><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN> <b>Towel Day</B><a NAME="TllomS00"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#TllomS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:130%;"><table CELLPADDING="0PX" CELLSPACING="0PX"><tbody>
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<b>Tim DeChristopher: [</B><a href="#TllomS01" title=""><b>Bidder 70</B></a>, <a href="#TllomS01a" title=""><b>Quotes</B></a>, <b>k-k-Canada?:[</B><a href="#TllomS01b" title=""><b>Joe & The Boys?</B></a><br />
<a href="#TllomS01c" title=""><b>Harper?</B></a> <a href="#TllomS01d" title=""><b>Justin?</B></a> <a href="#TllomS01e" title=""><b>Counterforce?</B></a><b>]</B>, <a href="#TllomS01f" title=""><b>More Quotes</B></a><b>]</B>,<br />
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<b>Other (sort'a related) stuff: [</B><a href="#TllomS02" title=""><b>NYT Nonsense</B></a>, <a href="#TllomS03" title=""><b>Brazil/Bolivia Border</B></a>, <a href="#TllomS05" title=""><b>Uphill</B></a>,<br />
<a href="#TllomS06" title=""><b>An Enigma</B></a>, <a href="#TllomS99" title=""><b>Light for a Troll</B></a>, <a href="#TllomS99a" title=""><b>Tiny Story</B></a><b>]</B> ...<div ALIGN=RIGHT>... <a href="#TllomS99c" title=""><b><i>Dénouement</I></B></a>.<a NAME="TllomS01"> </A></DIV></DIV><a HREF="#TllomS01a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqcEEREKJc0zXDIYfCJk22uIrq-6u6AkVoJslaAviBFv5cmyAqKgYltQkwZE4rcM7Cj3aKIKwyHq_Klm_4cH4cuVEEWqWh4iZFy8tTgbgIg1a8qDxQOUVF8dCV2wGC_hbtMqLYx2DAmKH3/s1600/Bidder+70+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ElJMWFjj-4ogMXOZcc-72p8f4w4t_qpLRkeFEjxzo4X6OKDR2eappW5bwIHlmwCVV7sbL5n3PFzG1taQWaFifz_v2j3ASIHMYigkF8M1ZQeswSiOkoIzEsq-NdfKO_hi0EatyC4b44ty/s320/Bidder+70+2tl.jpg" ALT="Tim DeChristopher in Utah after judgement, March 2010." TITLE="Tim DeChristopher in Utah after judgement, March 2010."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqcEEREKJc0zXDIYfCJk22uIrq-6u6AkVoJslaAviBFv5cmyAqKgYltQkwZE4rcM7Cj3aKIKwyHq_Klm_4cH4cuVEEWqWh4iZFy8tTgbgIg1a8qDxQOUVF8dCV2wGC_hbtMqLYx2DAmKH3/s1600/Bidder+70+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9o8bt-_lCUT7kVMPPWCwNu5IAib9q_DAUhue9-ubZ3kS1u_B8I9_wb08fr1nliVDJJc13Og-lF1qU5184fyrw0zB88maxYuwC3t9ekoUpTi9zq4rLdh3XLdQbEpCGx8ZkmHXJkrTdVL2/s320/Bidder+70+2tm.jpg" ALT="Tim DeChristopher in Utah after judgement, March 2010." TITLE="Tim DeChristopher in Utah after judgement, March 2010."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqcEEREKJc0zXDIYfCJk22uIrq-6u6AkVoJslaAviBFv5cmyAqKgYltQkwZE4rcM7Cj3aKIKwyHq_Klm_4cH4cuVEEWqWh4iZFy8tTgbgIg1a8qDxQOUVF8dCV2wGC_hbtMqLYx2DAmKH3/s1600/Bidder+70+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDQ9VCGKqg_cxHN1M0QtTs8Wc0ECDNBY5YRoZ2wBqRn9pS-2HjalZzUSge6C_PjIDHAN7zf3u7Bb7iZGlYUT4jkhNgO02XKziOzRH98zRzLb5-7_WxAGaz8PJp8K1SvEYF4LzphQ8cd0r/s320/Bidder+70+2tr.jpg" ALT="Tim DeChristopher in Utah after judgement, March 2010." TITLE="Tim DeChristopher in Utah after judgement, March 2010."></a><br />
<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>Bidder 70, Tim DeChristopher:</B> Here's the <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27vl_VbehIs" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>trailer</B></A>; and the <a HREF="http://www.bidder70film.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="'Bidder 70' film website."><b><i>Bidder 70</I> film website</B></A>. You can purchase a copy for $25 plus $10 (US$) shipping <a HREF="http://www.bidder70film.com/#!store/cdy6" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="'Bidder 70' film website."><b>here</B></A>. You can get to know Tim DeChristopher a bit better watching his <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81EZUkYzrxU" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube, 8 minutes."><b>speech at Power Shift in 2011</B></A>, and by digging and delving into the <a HREF="http://www.peacefuluprising.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Peaceful Uprising dot org."><b>Peaceful Uprising</B></A> website. He has figured here often enough to get his own <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/search/label/Tim%20DeChristopher" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Other posts in this blog on Tim DeChristopher."><b>tag</B></A>.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><b>Why is this film important?</B> Even unwilling actors such as Sierra Club US are finally coming around to the reality that peaceful civil disobedience is necessary, now. Tim's action is an exemplar, an epitome. This kind of thing is not easy; neither in the execution nor in bearing the consequences, so it is a very good idea to have a close look beforehand - and this film permits such a close look. There are important lessons to be learned here.<br />
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For me three aspects are key: <b>1)</B> the <b>manner</B> of it - peaceful and firm, spur-of-the-moment yet prepared for; <b>2)</B> the <b>thoughtful integrity</B> of it - which also has to do with firmness; and, <b>3)</B> the <b>fearlessness</B> of it - I almost say 'righteousness' but that has religious connotations I would not subscribe to; but sure, say 'humble & selfless righteousness'.<a NAME="TllomS01a"> </A><a HREF="#TllomS01b" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCilBpPd5VdVXv_bfAx6XQI_t7LFIgeyLPZFSqj-yWxEvlvkdMPnl6qIKtfBm1j9-zgw1WBLIIhjm61rcO8fJ5AK4QauC6PR5ABpiDjaGghjKVMtdpg9e_-p3SbDgyumsgKvhlI6sZCzm8/s1600/Tim+DeChristopher+at+the+moment.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-vnFJSLiAZrbD8exGZGgS44bRXww15SUWbFYeqoY3hf4swarNqdbSgGFSpDw2a1vEO7bHf0xNCoUFMPHnwJBoPrtH1E56dzU_Nu0f3WT685rtkFKiyMrqFJ-YbxbRegBpsXNhcbDIKE08/s320/Tim+DeChristopher+at+the+moment+t.jpg" ALT="Bidder 70." TITLE="Bidder 70." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><b>And there are some necessary conditions:</B> One bears special attention - support. In this action (as in Theresa Spence's fast on Victoria Island) the evidence is everywhere of the importance of support. At one point in the film he says, <b><i>"The support ... has really been the only thing keeping me going through this. I definitely would have cracked and gone crazy if it weren't for them. Those people are carrying some of that emotional burden for me."</I></B> </SPAN>[46:20]<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"> Got that right.<br />
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A bit earlier he says, <b><i>"It's kinda where I'm at with the larger climate movement. I know that we're probably fucked. ... It's probably far too late to defend anything close to a liveable future. The value in what we've done is that we're building this network of people willing to fight for a better world despite the odds and when things fall apart that's the kind of people we're gonna need. And that's what we've got."</I></B> </SPAN>[43:40]<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"> This is where groups like Transition Town pick up with 'building resilience' (which is very very good, I am not denigrating it). Except that it starts in on adaptation before we have properly tried abatement - as if there were no hope at all; accepting second (more like 3rd or 4th) best without having travelled all of the first mile.<br />
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<b>Watch this movie, think about it.</B><br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSqQLqzIBie7Fbb5ELqGTMM6g1YcO3M5m_DCd_I_pzn6Ov5sAYnMRvXNLlVA4IkgqW7K0gG-YzC0KX2ZEk3nNOsmnErrlHxBIP1QyJH_HtOQux4yjhYh0-xwkmddhRK-aKsihGdLGCH71N/s1600/Bidder+70+Judge+Dee+Benson+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7PfI2GCUCY2_wimeYOAyzn_CcV12VA1ZzCgNwewcsBSBQq21kBxWZ9zDoruv8lxbqJdIILDnA2px_882d6OnQ3Q5G7i5s8sV8E-BoJN9kb1G8ussUBa3bUVcI5-dre0GkpHDLIOu1TUGV/s320/Bidder+70+Judge+Dee+Benson+1t.jpg" ALT="Judge Dee Benson." TITLE="Judge Dee Benson." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vmQmq5ScH8vIyAM3WPtdIMl3Mj1l6RSpci1J5p-fZalyxNyE4IBlvMVm0rmjgXRXr80XlpbnOYKY8IgM_C_0Qmbepm3UducwAn6RiXb_97Ws3rW6P1AsAWhPK1ANVyjzE8TW-w5oQ9fH/s1600/Bidder+70+Judge+Dee+Benson+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjp0vNmbKx4-jRaZyFk4H3xpZjHHL4ub50Usq4BDVhPtGBG_Zv56e10xt2auhVLCH403cmfS3SKnEmFEgZBwkS1GG5QYPRggJTNLH_norDwxCfjQvoyJaY8T1sCxOe1ckucaJBi2UYwwzo/s320/Bidder+70+Judge+Dee+Benson+2t.jpg" ALT="Judge Dee Benson." TITLE="Judge Dee Benson." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0FMq_RQD6z9KV90fC5OvRA2uUJyYERnoqBjzfpIpBs4nrAV-77SEnVf7VrUftZAVwpDxFaPIxxtCsl4ME83ne0G31SwjlAmnW7frbo8oRdN74xqtXvR5k8FSid89y7i7XciR3cFzNvc/s1600/Tim+Dechristopher+5+Judge+Dee+Benson.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILqzOfkUqgP5FOxuRMjw0RmMt98xb8-ZV3rZyBPE-0t226pzoLjf1CFK07xJv9yMHyLAIaafCwpgQOCmHucPVfc6LTSCt2e0-SA1wnA8DYjOcG4h8GarB48PzOt3c_3s_bmhcmvEHgdaU/s320/Bidder+70+Judge+Dee+Benson+3t.jpg" ALT="Judge Dee Benson." TITLE="Judge Dee Benson." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>Utah District Court Judge <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Benson" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Dee Vance Benson</B></A> only appears here because I think his profile should be raised in the same way that Invisible Children want to raise the profile of Joseph Kony - he and his minions must be driven out from under their rocks - and there were no images of him in the film, must'a bin a deference thing.<a NAME="TllomS01b"> </A><a HREF="#TllomS01c" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Meanwhile back at the ranch the cabinet is all wanking in public:<div ALIGN=RIGHT>Joe Oliver & (piece of) Kent in Europe, and Stephen Harper in New York.</DIV></B><br />
The closest I see to anything approximating commentary is Jeff Simpson in the Globe: <a HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/bitumen-needed-statesmen-not-salesmen/article11833001/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Globe: Bitumen needed statesmen, not salesmen, Jeffrey Simpson, Friday May 10 2013."><b>Bitumen needed statesmen, not salesmen</B></A>. Beside a NYT article of about the same vintage (<a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/business/energy-environment/a-call-for-quid-pro-quo-on-keystone-pipeline-approval.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: Foes Suggest a Tradeoff if Pipeline Is Approved, John Broder, May 8 2013."><b>Foes Suggest a Tradeoff if Pipeline Is Approved</B></A>) it looks ... sort'a good ... but they are all lame-as-fuck-useless jizz artists.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaA9fV1Uo5q43M-7RFng7q9SBWMmEWyxILMpjL6D1KfUt6irnHEo-i_60EcsYiwvUd20GIhindsPTGZdWja2gXkyR6eyjQqVWBcDg9QirYQD8vzj3JmBOpBWIlSf3bu5vs7y1KkFRnAusr/s1600/Joe+Oliver+2+deer+in+the+headlights.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgekwsMhH3VlwZavrBN7zGl32qTKp6rmTt8vKl4mRgyatoYqq3Q-pdWY_kM8g8TTqpud78JhMW-SOL68QMP_-UdUgiFfPoK0u6eAeDn794-YCaHmyHa-tG8iJT_gImX9pTA_BjJky2_WZ/s320/Joe+Oliver+2t+deer+in+the+headlights.jpg" ALT="Joe Oliver - deer in the headlights." TITLE="Joe Oliver - deer in the headlights." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>The politicians are doing their jobs as they see them, with a gold plated pension waiting at the end of the rainbow. I guess there is a pension in it for Jeff Simpson & John Broder too then. Play it out for whatever it's worth boys!<br />
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Although Joe Oliver does look a bit like a deer in the headlights sometimes, stretched; a cross between a deer and a sheep maybe. When he quits and takes a fat job somewhere like Jim Prentice did, everyone will say what a well-respected man he is, well liked, personable.<br />
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Rick Salutin has some thoughts in this general zone: <a HREF="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/05/10/death_of_the_salesmen_salutin.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Toronto Star: Death of the salesmen - From Willy Loman to Joe Oliver, Rick Salutin, Friday May 10 2013."><b>Death of the salesmen - From Willy Loman to Joe Oliver</B></A>.<div ALIGN=RIGHT><b><i>"I'm for hiya, please don't call me a liya."</I></B></DIV>He and his idiot <i>compañeros</I> trash Jim Hansen, Al Gore; impugn the IPCC; stonewall the Canadian scientists who call them on their nonsense - it's all bullshit bluster but their constituency either does not understand or doesn't care - they seem to <i>thrive</I> on vegepap. (False) anger is a cover for guilt too I guess. I still assume that these guys are smart enough to know better. Who knows? Maybe that's it. Maybe they aren't. Maybe you can be smart enough to win an election and still not be able to read the writing on the wall. Hard to imagine.<a NAME="TllomS01c"> </A><a HREF="#TllomS01d" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdHV2XTejb9bjK1oAk110O7cxvScDs6BHqO2aYKok-gk9aZuTO0zOUyeUA-lKn2jlUUNi5OCaVLHJfh7_5I_6lGizLsaOENIoanl1IBOIjX8R4KwnlmpQNQexRFuedSXnGCPA5G0u-aZJu/s1600/Basquiat+2+Dustheads.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7tiiSNruKPcOlsXQwl5gNK1Z-xR1RHmgahxacRKVlWYUX0cHurWPAFujY-r0LDjn84-xhMM0np4W_XJK0Nd305c5GQJWR9qoVyFwLYoADnJWZSkcmLbbWHH7egyqcsoq1FqHuBGL8Ltq/s320/Basquiat+2t+Dustheads.jpg" ALT="Jean-Michel Basquiat, Dustheads, 1982." TITLE="Jean-Michel Basquiat, Dustheads, 1982."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLHFuQGyKOo7EpbCsNNye2Mt4CfTLd46ZTCbfSo0kukbGcFnwq-At9FoTRBh5uzbDdm1N8mnHt3WKi2L0Mg6R9brvr71JjYeYOqGE90VEC1MmbLl0BXiY0EIFgDbEwfHpDgqV9NLzI2DS/s1600/Basquiat+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeq1Z8feqN0HprV9jUEYdiDh7u62ZDQ4TT_glmGsGOOjc78Z71aiLd1eBXAT0-IRtfSgkOnzaQ7EKrmu888sr8MjBphyRyMB7IPGsiQFNYcWhreISxSxpDH8AygOW5IdZn2cIDZGnREgTl/s320/Basquiat+1tl.jpg" ALT="Jean-Michel Basquiat, Philistines, 1982." TITLE="Jean-Michel Basquiat, Philistines, 1982."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLHFuQGyKOo7EpbCsNNye2Mt4CfTLd46ZTCbfSo0kukbGcFnwq-At9FoTRBh5uzbDdm1N8mnHt3WKi2L0Mg6R9brvr71JjYeYOqGE90VEC1MmbLl0BXiY0EIFgDbEwfHpDgqV9NLzI2DS/s1600/Basquiat+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJGPESRexGSbxmxiVhSyYTfNrjFrk7_msRiE5JZpBERaQytB8s34h8LXkBvOPplXUdmCkPCZKMkiVAcYSWKk7YvD5VUrDcLVGnPJASTI1MS5LYCeH7C0FMcsrtJWblyQb5SyJz5Ki7UE7/s320/Basquiat+1tr.jpg" ALT="Jean-Michel Basquiat, Philistines, 1982." TITLE="Jean-Michel Basquiat, Philistines, 1982."></a><br />
Except that ... Stephen Harper may be a Philistine, almost certainly is, but he doesn't look like a dusthead in this Q&A session at the <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=Wy1Ms2vX45k" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube, CFR: A Conversation with Stephen Harper, May 16 2013."><b>Council on Foreign Relations</B></A> in New York City recently (action starts at minute 13 and goes for just over an hour); sourced at <a HREF="http://www.cfr.org/canada/conversation-stephen-harper/p30715" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Council on Foreign Relations: A Conversation with Stephen Harper, with Robert Rubin, May 16 2013."><b>CFR</B></A>. Twisted lies & dissembling sure, but competently delivered (and more), unless the questions were scripted (but it doesn't look that way to me). Something to think about.<br />
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Brigette DePape is at it again. What a good girl she is! Here's her plea for coinage (which worked on me): on the <a HREF="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-shitharperdid-ca-kick-the-harper-government-right-in-the-tv" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="'Shit Harper Did' website."><b><i>Shit Harper Did</I></B></A> campaign page, and on <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=Lz5v7wZpkj0" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>YouTube</B></A>.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqXlHHBifJl1SBLbjUn5bgOFZSIPuWk6-6SxFx2-SmxBmhSo84EdMM3YMBg8r1mvrBLWq_UKBObvnNK1c-az1k_q7sMhjcO_rKafcMEmaNZZai-2CGq-JNm3jCyGF1HQw6j4WSbGgeDirv/s1600/Tar+Sands+ad+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 0PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG23RzM46T7QOp3vRg5o4UkByYke7XHyC20yRGG8iCdBngNzPLcJ5J9jl62sCfDFjlxbwBdgDRh66c4htoqV847fm_MqYX3hGT9lnJ42GNiPsTJsOzhkepXDNPoVkJ7_QRzrBENutIqfPo/s320/Tar+Sands+ad+1t.jpg" ALT="Canadian government tar sand ad in US papers." TITLE="Canadian government tar sand ad in US papers." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwau03kCxuh9QJuaTLilkBkd_Eki81xOTvU5z2Gk9e0sZQJ39u9ID1tSR-bSSufFvP1aLEs3-UX8b4jbOEw9vENJPyW8aSrK-bqC1_mizTHlZe6e8ivsO5y80T65_zRb4gWqwWrxZrZOZ/s1600/Tar+Sands+ad+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 0PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wFj32KOeW4PLS-Q_9R3L3YWE9LI7s77b8QZVsnCOI_AuXrnddJmRO1z2lCTQ-yqOVt6sSEwvcSkgKUTwQSXQicG32OQ4VHDHKbktJdFJspVGrMskEapGXl8BwMFVL2GUZdb5hkuClAWY/s320/Tar+Sands+ad+2t.jpg" ALT="Canadian government tar sand ad in US papers." TITLE="Canadian government tar sand ad in US papers." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>Anxious & insecure Canadian governments are running full-page ads in the Washington papers they figgure are read inside the Beltway at $5-10 grand a day per page. The papers tell (<a HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-keystone-teams-target-audience/article11904734/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Globe and Mail: The Keystone team’s target audience, Shawn McCarthy & Paul Koring, May 13 2013."><b>A</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/inside-canadas-keystone-campaign/article11904712/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Globe and Mail: Inside Canada's Keystone campaign, Shawn McCarthy & Paul Koring, May 13 2013."><b>B</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/16/canadian-government-doubles-advertising-spend-tar-sands" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Canadian government doubles advertising spend on tar sands, Suzanne Goldenberg, Thursday 16 May 2013."><b>C</B></A>) but don't show.<br />
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<b>So?<br />
Where's the counterforce?</B><a NAME="TllomS01d"> </A><a HREF="#TllomS01e" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHEb2_WjfHw0h11DivXelEqocaw5IThizZZxSQ5ySXxysOTNql3_rSYD2DE6QljExWgnyyJsEROoyk859_LjuPR-m0YiuAT2hhdABGaojnUsBBNfqn0354gajPlXXIJJeSH-vxw5s4dB4/s1600/Justin+Trudeau+7+Patrick+Brazeau.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZXyo_hdpyiBd4Bz0seG2hc34NQTaN33JJnoz4AEEy8sa4QC0BTuvY9syN_WFUZ-_iRdsOhc7fGHUzcLstZGmWsBTbHYkjYLcO8CfCUOSOleqXMu6gDVKdoM7QI4ibAfsaMSIxUOYiJTw/s320/Justin+Trudeau+7t+Patrick+Brazeau.jpg" ALT="Justin Trudeau & Patrick Brazeau." TITLE="Justin Trudeau & Patrick Brazeau." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOrAHcU6Ed9LtKsXhyqdXZ8U8M6eXglTlshOlLoHjmRCTNAiklxWJkKo3Dx9a-v8cWm2vMLkAAJPORdVCO-U1h-cG0LUa-ycwvyZqmBiN6JIRvPt8BZ91YGx8BtEHxHBdzu6Wq9kYO4l9/s1600/Justin+Trudeau+8+piece+of+Kent.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTGPqnnWMYZCGC74fcIgsrLzWvcuVe57uizSXHEEMi9Di9rWNW5bqX8k4z1_VfNNr3r4fx0Ad8DbpTd1MbZiaeySd3pbUcifTuVlMmcGfqM3EMapZW8av3w9motV6zQyd-sSPfjaDE-eQ/s320/Justin+Trudeau+8t+piece+of+Kent.jpg" ALT="Justin Trudeau & piece of Kent." TITLE="Justin Trudeau & piece of Kent." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><b>Could it be our k-k-<i>Captain Canada</I>?<br />
Is it ... Justin Trudeau?</B><br />
<br />
<b><i>YES!</I></B> He defeats Patrick Brazeau even before the good Senator is proven a scallywag. <b><i>YES!</I></B> He properly names Peter Kent - lookin' all the while like the anonymous star of <i>V for Vendetta</I>. <b><i>YES!</I></B> He rides smoothly over Stephen Harper's scurrilous girly-boy attack ads.<br />
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<b><i>YES!</I> He's a fricken <i>HERO</I>!</B> Sensible substance? Not so much ...<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKz__H_z-IsG7CNUbtQi6mr_0lrAJG8kE2wZMJDpRyeln2Ioq-Y4cjFG-pxQBAMfXs-lgDxLEDPUlMZQPVaNfjkgkTP7Zu2vQj3lSiVM1xSt8Yd4vD_i3g5dqqptgIj0HvPj4E_c1PgNa/s1600/Justin+Trudeau+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8aq2YAY-Os-jakHbElilu0kWsivx659xJPsDZcbyPjHfX7qF3u5knjWF9l6Ava-z_eGLpg9LAxvihH23D6FUI7BsxlYXUobKh5GV1Od4gN8hMYBNMZOQUp58uCj5Etrz9KQ7HHQbYUhh/s320/Justin+Trudeau+2t.jpg" ALT="Justin Trudeau on Keystone." TITLE="Justin Trudeau on Keystone."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZ81oEgSORnAMYdOwkQae1XrkIKE9XVrLitLPgX9oOBpDIGCv5IAVXQ_crgm5hbsXD6L7CZiFMWlP0o5LYwTNgrjktGBFlA7shMWoa-0IH6zwEmcTWqh1XrsLXfejZjCm1WnOYU-xuwJy/s1600/Justin+Trudeau+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1qJxsMXksZy5b7cRMJ0Y1dAPfvIMm_Pizzy_1DdeaJyAw4OtgEqgbYjU3ZwzmnRhekOwcwLOcmywJwkGdyOsdoBrJORqX357hrAO2sZXFqU1SspGKHkVdf6PGUr57RphGMyNCAWUprHz4/s320/Justin+Trudeau+3t.jpg" ALT="Justin Trudeau on CNOOC." TITLE="Justin Trudeau on CNOOC."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_YvYwN96kRnGO3MMQaHAsrPn8jU7Wwrt0Zeu_Lb9mFYDd9MU7ZljTTlZ8A3QlSUQY-cXp5rOEfyx5f1ITSUIkpSSTdf6ZDEfmvWRi3NKluQaST8ywZ06ID47T0cNatW57hfMjM08Ai3zp/s1600/Justin+Trudeau+4.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0eN9ArLlDyrkYnhfRZOlVZ_8fzwlTjAi0_2qIgUYXP93PPzDgMY00c29gIuKXdtm8zn_EC3J2z43YiIZKM7jaHVPiIJPUOdCADAphyxmGvvPhyphenhyphen_hi2g-1V4MlyrHTklf3DAUUsfKukW3E/s320/Justin+Trudeau+4t.jpg" ALT="Justin Trudeau on FIPA." TITLE="Justin Trudeau on FIPA."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQyehFV3TmUNdI5NPnTOl5BHpOQaT0JCLFIINhhCq6bdRGCmXcckiakwMxk2a69RPWh4-LLPPTd3yRLsDRlEUud126Oqe8UigI14rASyFvJsP3DEXzprYsf2-S40C_-oORR_i1HGi1HxV/s1600/Justin+Trudeau+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zS87G2sGJhFCm6yV1iCh9kuq_5JPKdGL2V7MwR55mRLu5QPFEkUU2VodxFH_iK47qQpndthCjxx14qeul2htPpSQjFob8Rc4WGXj4BTJ60c-8Ya9Paj8HY_AWljk8QDYd0AdypKot3-k/s320/Justin+Trudeau+1t.jpg" ALT="Justin Trudeau on Growth." TITLE="Justin Trudeau on Growth."></a><br />
You can read a more-or-less even-handed critique: <a HREF="http://thecanadian.org/item/2066-justin-trudeau-more-dangerous-stephen-harper-politics-keystone-xl-fipa-nexen-damien-gillis" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Common Sense Canadian (blog): Why Justin Trudeau May Be More Dangerous than Harper, Damien Gillis, Monday 6 May 2013."><b>Why Justin Trudeau May Be More Dangerous than Harper</B></A>; or you can read his own words: <a HREF="http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/OpEd+CNOOC+Nexen+deal+good+Canada+says+Justin+Trudeau/7572765/story.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Calgary Herald/Edmonton Journal: CNOOC-Nexen deal is good for Canada, Justin Trudeau, November 19 2012."><b>CNOOC-Nexen deal is good for Canada</B></A>. Only thing we agree on is that it would be better to fix the Senate than scrap it. But who really cares about the Senate?</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><br />
[In case you don't feel like Bing'ing it: FIPA is the Canada/China Foreign Investment Protection Agreement; and CNOOC is China National Offshore Oil Corporation. A-and Damien Gillis is so polite in his critique ... Justin had a father, but he has a mother too, and she was a Sinclair before she was a Trudeau, eh?]<br />
<br />
</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">Oh, and Justin, there's not going to be a 'next wave of growth for the middle class'. We had one of those already and it is not clear yet that civilization or humanity or the planetary ecosystem will survive it.<a NAME="TllomS01e"> </A><a HREF="#TllomS01f" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Is it with the public intellectuals?</B> Two letters from Mark Jaccard and a growing list of knowledgeable & respected people. In February it was six: <a HREF="http://canadianclimatepolicy.org/2013/02/24/climate-scientists-and-policy-experts-say-canada-not-making-progress-on-climate-change-concerned-oil-and-gas-regulations-will-likely-allow-greenhouse-gases-to-go-up/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Mark Jaccard's blog: Climate Scientists and Policy Experts Say Canada Not Making Progress on Climate Change, February 24 2013."><b>a letter</B></A> with John Abraham, John Stone, Danny Harvey, Bill McKibben, & Tzeporah Berman; now it is a dozen: <a HREF="http://markjaccard.blogspot.ca/2013/05/a-letter-to-minister-oliver-from.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Mark Jaccard's blog: A letter to Minister Oliver from climate scientist and energy experts, Wednesday 8 May 2013."><b>another letter</B></A> with Jim Bruce, James Byrne, Simon Donner, James Drummond, David Keith (a surprise?), Damon Matthews, Gordon McBean, David Sauchyn, John Smol, John Stone, & Kirsten Zickfeld. Ostensibly heavyweights.<br />
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OK ... so I sent them all an email, a message telling it as well as I am able to:<blockquote STYLE="MARGIN-LEFT: 50PX;"><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:100%;"><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#000099;FONT-SIZE:90%;">Friends, (I say 'friends' though I do not know you; for what are I hope obvious reasons.)<br />
<br />
I read your recent letters with Mark Jaccard with interest and applause (<a HREF="http://canadianclimatepolicy.org/2013/02/24/climate-scientists-and-policy-experts-say-canada-not-making-progress-on-climate-change-concerned-oil-and-gas-regulations-will-likely-allow-greenhouse-gases-to-go-up/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Mark Jaccard, Canadian Climate Policy dot org."><b>here</B></A> and <a HREF="http://markjaccard.blogspot.ca/2013/05/a-letter-to-minister-oliver-from.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Mark Jaccard, Sustainability Suspicions blog."><b>here</B></A>). Clearly you all understand the profound crisis facing not just Canada but the planet; however, with great respect, I do not believe this kind of effort is enough to bring about the changes we all know are necessary.<br />
This morning I am thinking of the example of Tim DeChristopher. I watched a film of his story over the weekend, 'Bidder 70' (available <a HREF="http://www.bidder70film.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Bidder 70 film website."><b>here</B></A> - they were quite quick in sending me a copy - or if you give me a mailing address I will send one, I do not really think he will object to this small breach of copyright).<br />
Look at what he accomplished with the sacrifice of two years of his life. Not a small sacrifice. Not a small accomplishment.<br />
What actions might be undertaken in Canada at this scale and this level of creativity? I do not have your kind of position or authority; and indeed, looking down the barrels of this particular shotgun for as long as I have has largely unnerved me so I am ... about half-crazy (as you can see from my writings <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="This blog."><b>here</B></A>); but I still do believe there is time to stop the madness if enough like Tim with imagination and savvy commitment, will step up and act.<br />
If you are willing to consider this question (or even if you are not but have any thought at all on what I have said here) then I would gladly think about it with you; and will appreciate any reply.</SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>Have to wait now and see what comes of it. </SPAN> [See '<i>Dénouement</I>' <a href="#TllomS99c" title=""><b>below</B></a>.<div ALIGN=RIGHT>... and some days I do wish hope would die.]<a NAME="TllomS01f"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#TllomS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b><i>"I think in the next couple of years the climate movement is either gonna succeed or it's gonna end because it'll be too late."</I></B> </SPAN>[19:00]<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"> <br />
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"My job as I see it is to keep you out of jail. To me you would be much more effective in doing what you've been doing during the last two years of being an activist, speaking out, getting other people to join." (Patrick Shea)<br />
<b><i>"I don't feel like that's been very effective and it's part of that lack of results that drives me to use this opportunity with the trial for as much as I can get out of it."</I></B> </SPAN>[33:50]<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><br />
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A foreshadowing of, <b><i>"The democratic party, liberals are clearly choosing to be the party of cowardly chickenshits that are afraid to fight for their values."</I></B> </SPAN>[42:20]<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"> perhaps. See if you can find Parick Shea in the photograph below.<br />
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<b><i>"The way the environmental movement has been for the past thirty years ... it's not working. Our team is getting slaughtered. The refs have been paid off. And the other side is playing with dirty tricks. And so it's no longer acceptable for us to stay in the stands. It's time to rush the field and it's time to stop the game."</I></B> </SPAN>[59:34]<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;" ALIGN=RIGHT><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihn8h4Zlu3_9fR6R0DyQ7h9WB-qzZAEnFKAo4EClnlV8sYHUrfJXsH9NeCOLUitcKc57HVvU6i7polVuePdJXmLl_GMS8x02tbDldcdPWcsWWL_8Qut_6Dk1cluZuy-lnOxIQMousnt4td/s1600/Tim+DeChristopher+after+judgement+-+the+salute.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZwk6Ea5GsJefk_Xydh1ode88eKsNfSPCkmGcdPTCJrwwBk4MbcnY__L8D-QbDsrOPSbhUN0LeAhYX-ISMsgLE8DLkgHqa9PAV9fcNlFYt2S6uUcwhMqqLINMRMxxdjI3SZ0UtE6-bGnI/s320/Tim+DeChristopher+after+judgement+-+the+salute+tl.jpg" ALT="Tim DeChristopher salute." TITLE="Tim DeChristopher salute."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihn8h4Zlu3_9fR6R0DyQ7h9WB-qzZAEnFKAo4EClnlV8sYHUrfJXsH9NeCOLUitcKc57HVvU6i7polVuePdJXmLl_GMS8x02tbDldcdPWcsWWL_8Qut_6Dk1cluZuy-lnOxIQMousnt4td/s1600/Tim+DeChristopher+after+judgement+-+the+salute.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJlOHSu5CvZMEcTwmQsZwTxzPvxvJAn8m7DXFrO5soCMXQqIJTHdm_drRoGGBQYC6_XwC082cmrD2cFJAc1F6MMhvcjYu7cZOLM8DqxuCtElvNxH-CtBxXIcEGZhcSizHsxWf7huVRG9M/s320/Tim+DeChristopher+after+judgement+-+the+salute+tm.jpg" ALT="Tim DeChristopher salute." TITLE="Tim DeChristopher salute."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihn8h4Zlu3_9fR6R0DyQ7h9WB-qzZAEnFKAo4EClnlV8sYHUrfJXsH9NeCOLUitcKc57HVvU6i7polVuePdJXmLl_GMS8x02tbDldcdPWcsWWL_8Qut_6Dk1cluZuy-lnOxIQMousnt4td/s1600/Tim+DeChristopher+after+judgement+-+the+salute.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6EdR8n34jo4rL3IuN3ie2b4ASiNzMhLL8_ZIHlLfeos5Gr9DhTfSL8ftIl4S-qx_T73Vwvt7y7EzJ10rHvqB-xfxpokYYFxE-jx01GuHxCm4u5vYqki63bPVpN6SDUXRUiG7CwFM-vP72/s320/Tim+DeChristopher+after+judgement+-+the+salute+tr.jpg" ALT="Tim DeChristopher salute." TITLE="Tim DeChristopher salute."></a>[<b>Yup.</B>]<a NAME="TllomS02"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#TllomS03" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>A not-quite-random selection of NYT articles:</B><br />
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<b>1)</B> <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/world/africa/outcry-over-military-tactics-after-massacre-in-nigeria.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: Massacre in Nigeria Spurs Outcry Over Military Tactics, Adam Nossiter, April 29 2013."><b>Massacre in Nigeria Spurs Outcry Over Military Tactics</B></A>;<br />
<b>2)</B> <a HREF="http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/05/02/cop_killer_is_first_woman_on_fbi_most_wanted_terrorist_list.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: Cop killer is first woman on FBI most wanted terrorist list, David Jones, Thursday May 02 2013."><b>Cop killer is first woman on FBI most wanted terrorist list</B></A>;<br />
<b>3)</B> <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/health/suicide-rate-rises-sharply-in-us.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: Suicide Rates Rise Sharply in U.S., Tara Parker-Hope, May 2 2013."><b>Suicide Rates Rise Sharply in U.S.</B></A>;<br />
<b>4)</B> <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/business/economy/government-spending-cuts-contribute-to-slower-growth.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: U.S. Spending Cuts Seen as Key in Slowing Growth, Nelson Schwartz, May 2 2013."><b>U.S. Spending Cuts Seen as Key in Slowing Growth</B></A>; and,<br />
<b>5)</B> <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/opinion/who-can-take-republicans-seriously-on-the-budget.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: Who Can Take Republicans Seriously?, Editorial, May 12 2013."><b>Who Can Take Republicans Seriously?</B></A> and they allowed my <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/opinion/who-can-take-republicans-seriously-on-the-budget.html?comments#permid=228" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: Who Can Take Republicans Seriously? comment, May 12 2013."><b>comment</B></A>.<br />
<br />
A better question might be "Who can take Democrats seciously?"<br />
It was Obama & Salazar who charged Tim DeChristopher remember, not W.<br />
Or, "Who can take <i>The New York Times</I> seriously?"<br />
Or, "Who can take any part of America seriously?" Or ... "Who can take k-k-Canada seriously?" Or ... or ... <i>ANYTHING!</I><br />
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<b>There is an ELEPHANT in the room folks.</B> Yes there is. You can dither and dally as much as you like over whatever pissant & picayune fancies appeal to your sensibilities. Fill your boots. Makes no nevermind.</SPAN><table BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"><tbody>
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be naieve in night nigh wor(l)ds (o hum)<br />
an perhappenings the whirld's end<br />
with a sigh tuuuuuuuuus that breath <br />
outlet with all my ploysuns in again</I></B><br />
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</SPAN>From <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2012/03/one-would-have-to-call-it-bust.html#Owhtciab02" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b><i>Umwelt Preface</I></B></A>, Keith Ecclestone 1969.</TD></TR>
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<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">(<i>You can't say yes and you can't say no but you'll be right there when the whistle blows.</I>)<a NAME="TllomS03"></A> <a HREF="#TllomS05" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXEmBH-e8bR5Op1XtWEYJN2iDZy__Vi2vB5V2AgM3PUtoqKZsrjxJOHZ0SCHKMzptYnBtR8YPbSq6ekJaACM0qbuWVtWg6EFW9MVqfZAm2vB7lVbZGm6zISFl3UWOBiRw1b7bj9FyH1G9J/s1600/Brasil+Bolivia+1e+NASA+PIA16991.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshK9UFJnEOb-xLE7RJYtJknYzLkGrUolRFpie1_VYBkysH2YhvE16jCVqnYVHGyc4CwGGaiSvZD9DuWPlc3PEtCo6LI0HdW_OURNDZMn7dg7zcoVphfGx90FfQSx_jnQZfKG10u_ktCN4/s320/Brasil+Bolivia+1t+NASA+PIA16991.jpg" ALT="NASA: Brazil/Bolivia border along Madeira River." TITLE="NASA: Brazil/Bolivia border along Madeira River."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwhu4s3IQr9710dwUfCMMz1_tPr-ObO7JYo06O7P0Xu-2ZCQ_TAfLXl7FwDxksUqs343u7CJ2_c1wLb3jhkBZcy73-iy3_9MAud1N0UGRXgDlpMvd_v2RxNG40V9EDc-HB3AENFacBcm_/s1600/Brasil+Bolivia+2+Google+Earth.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vHLoR7z2x-FSVASRdhLb2agvUo5PxoVvQUNSJd8ALxLO7WUk_MXpKDrBEdzV2tghWIxx65_PuK8KUGpZXXvKVIDm-afSWrnLpY3rAFNeqp7-P7d7oxSu4dIOxQXzFLAQgUJHHYE79vpr/s320/Brasil+Bolivia+2tl+Google+Earth.jpg" ALT="Expanded view of Pando Department of Bolivia from GoogleEarth." TITLE="Expanded view of Pando Department of Bolivia from GoogleEarth."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwhu4s3IQr9710dwUfCMMz1_tPr-ObO7JYo06O7P0Xu-2ZCQ_TAfLXl7FwDxksUqs343u7CJ2_c1wLb3jhkBZcy73-iy3_9MAud1N0UGRXgDlpMvd_v2RxNG40V9EDc-HB3AENFacBcm_/s1600/Brasil+Bolivia+2+Google+Earth.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNE3cmUxf4Y8XeaEgToVoIS_EzVUvAAQnoExTRCj-MASoWRUqbcDzopMnNNrfWwwZauFo6XyAEyrudvAG0eobEoRShuu9uyKy9f2orFJLQ4HKUK5uuoxp5MmFDkyozo9V14p-aj90E_nWC/s320/Brasil+Bolivia+2tr+Google+Earth.jpg" ALT="Expanded view of Pando Department of Bolivia from GoogleEarth." TITLE="Expanded view of Pando Department of Bolivia from GoogleEarth."></a><br />
<b>Brazil cf Bolivia:</B> Once a month or so <i>The Guardian</I> publishes a collection of satellite photographs. This month one of them caught my eye: <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2013/may/09/satellite-eye-on-earth-in-pictures#/?picture=408440962&index=14" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Satellite eye on Earth: April 2013 – in pictures, Eric Hilaire & Toby Chasseaud, Thursday 9 May 2013."><b># 15</B></A>, with the caption, "The river-delineated border between western Brazil's Acre province (upper left), and northwestern Bolivia's Pando department (lower right), demarcates a remarkable difference in land use."<br />
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The photograph is <a HREF="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/?IDNumber=PIA16991" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NASA: PIA16991: Brazil-Bolivia Border, July 2008."><b>NASA #PIA16991</B></A>. It was taken in 2008. Who knows why it is published now? Or why the description does not name the rivers that feature so prominently? <a HREF="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pando+Department,+Bolivia&hl=en&ll=-11.802835,-66.005857&spn=6.857165,12.711182&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=44.204685,101.689453&oq=Bolivia%27s+Pando&hnear=Pando+Dept,+Bolivia&t=m&z=7" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Maps: Pando Department, Bolivia."><b>Google Maps</B></A> doesn't help to identify the rivers, but <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira_River" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Wikipedia</B></A> does: between the (northern) Madeira and (southern) Madre dos Dios rivers is a relatively undeveloped zone - most of the Pando department of Bolivia.</SPAN><div ALIGN=RIGHT STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><br />
[And a beard in her ear that tickled and said: "Have some madeira, m'dear."]<br />
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</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">An accident of history rather than any policy of the Bolivian government or Evo Morales, that's my guess - but still, a nice symmetry showing up there there don't you think?</SPAN><div ALIGN=RIGHT>[I did try <a HREF="http://www.raisg.socioambiental.org/mapa-online/index.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Raisg."><b>Raisg</B></A> (as promised) and got nowhere - some kind of technical glitch I think. Oh well.]<a NAME="TllomS05"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#TllomS05a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>An uphill struggle, standing watch and constantly on guard:</B> Call it trying to sweep water or herd cats - both internally & externally, exhausting in either landscape. It's like ... hoping against hope for a substantive positive sign ... and the silly concupiscent BC voters <a HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/editorials/globe-editorial-bc-voters-choose-economic-growth-in-historic-general-election/article11935330/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Globe: B.C. voters choose economic growth in historic general election, Editorial, Wednesday May 15 2013."><b>opt for economic growth</B></A> instead; and it begins to looks as if the outrageous lies of Harper and his cabinet <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/15/uk-signals-support-eu-import-tar-sands" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: UK signals support for EU import of Canadian tar sands oil, John Vidal, Wednesday 15 May 2013."><b>may be paying off</B></A>. <span STYLE="COLOR:#D80000;"><b>UNBELIEVABLE!</B></SPAN><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKrkC0oAthKqM8qVMYYN2wivR720-JX-kpRP8q9nebtDHXrev98XvZgTefGWI1jImfftVzfED8KdIlhDkkhyphenhyphene7vX4zGZKfDeZNJGOFxJgGcT9rqwsyO22XTz8xuOxw0ziuUrYci3XL0mfK/s1600/girl+finger.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 0PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiguESOt7a_YjjifyR8vcaTuQOUPnmVGsUYNJlXlwnayXBEedo-F0AG_uDO_nq1fwS6Mb71uzBWQvmqZy2LpQmXjbtdjbLqP-J8Xy583mOrqR6Rgqhl1iUNcSyBsisH7dwdy81R-Ipsq_dA/s320/girl+finger+t.jpg" ALT="My anima signals ¡Ya basta!" TITLE="My anima signals ¡Ya basta!" ALIGN=RIGHT></a>"And I wanna let go and I can't let go no more." (Mis-quoted perhaps, but it don't look like very <a HREF="http://www.bobdylan.com/us/songs/solid-rock" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Bob Dylan dot com."><b><i>Solid Rock</I></B></A> to me anyway.) Dig deep, unwrap the heavy-duty spells: Dylan's <i>Solid Rock</I>, <a HREF="http://vimeo.com/15007038" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Vimeo."><b><i>This Little Light of Mine</I></B></A>; aces from <a HREF="http://davidleewilson.blogspot.ca/2006/05/spells.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>Tyrone Slothrop</B></A> and <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lwdgkG8j7Y" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube: Treme excerpt."><b>John Goodman</B></A>. The Stones, <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B51A6bcMeDY" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b><i>All Down the Line</I></B></A> & <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhRjvYO-WsI" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b><i>Last Time</I></B></A>. Spells that work as well as they do. <b><i>Cheer up, things could be worse - so he cheers up and sure enough, things get worse.</I></B><br />
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Lightweights like Jørgen Randers in his '<i>2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years</I>' tell us: "don’t teach your children to love the wilderness ... better to rear a new generation that find peace in the megacity." George Monbiot embraces (closely I hope) nuclear energy. Mark Lynas goes for GMO & nuclear. Al Gore indulges (what I have to imagine is) an extended and purposely over-complexified & opaque defence reaction in '<i>The Future: Six Drivers ...</I>'. <span STYLE="COLOR:#D80000;"><b>VEGEPAP!</B></SPAN> </SPAN> [But not Gwynne Dyer & Jim Hansen, see <a href="#TllomS05a" title=""><b>below</B></a>.]<br />
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<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">Who can blame them? It is all straight uphill once you take the blinkers off, and it is tough, very tough. No surprise if people just wear out - they deserve compassion.<br />
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I sit here hypnotized & enervated by one of the heads of the very snake: a troll - turned to stone beneath the bridge, not by sunlight this time but by some other thing, whatever you call the light that comes from an LCD screen, ghost light. <span STYLE="COLOR:#D80000;"><b>BAD JUJU!</B></SPAN><a NAME="TllomS05a"> </A><a HREF="#TllomS06" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYl39NKqttk_wIpUD1gUj7B6Z8WE-gWWqKLCXoBa-cA6nJDnhniKPxyvGU5HGVzYAX9_G5E5F1PSyo3ueIBLAbByfcKTm-iLnHM0pVVp7V2DbfKFj40s0YXsEu-11fLn0gGmDXQ8Y4tbL/s1600/Long+Harbour+Sandy+Pond+3+Map.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' SRC="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNroKyaqON8x61Ly152wAkc3p53cDc4-XPR4Yzo3XWqlMhBt7vEa5Pb1HL8MSKBL2hyphenhyphenOxCUzFrwRtuRn9ZIBaQXtonYlpi1Ubovhyphenhyphen1UyoP3wjzprudSxTAQACV26T8_oxl0bA4rUhzf2gn/s400/Long+Harbour+Sandy+Pond+3t+Map.jpg" alt="Long Harbour Newfoundland." title="Long Harbour Newfoundland." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>There is sporadic activity on a blog I follow, <a HREF="http://sandypondalliance.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Sandy Pond Alliance: The Official Site of the Sandy Pond Alliance to Protect Canadian Waters."><b>Sandy Pond Alliance</B></A>:<blockquote STYLE="MARGIN-LEFT: 50PX;">In March came: <a HREF="http://sandypondalliance.org/2013/03/21/tailings-pond-regulations-draw-a-wave-of-protest-2/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Sandy Pond Alliance: Tailings Pond Regulations Draw a Wave of Protest, Chad Fraser, Tuesday March 19 2013."><b>Tailings Pond Regulations Draw a Wave of Protest</B></A> (from <a HREF="http://resourceinvestingnews.com/52327-tailings-pond-regulations-protest-newfoundland-canada-sandy-pond-vale-taseko.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Resource Investing News: Tailings Pond Regulations Draw a Wave of Protest, Chad Fraser, Tuesday March 19 2013."><b>Resource Investing News</B></A>).<br />
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And in April (belatedly since the letter was published on March 26) came: <a HREF="http://sandypondalliance.org/2013/04/08/full-speed-ahead-letter-to-the-editor-the-telegram-2/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Sandy Pond Alliance: “Full Speed Ahead”, Letter to the editor of The Telegram, April 8."><b>Full Speed Ahead</B></A> pointing out a Letter to the Editor - <a HREF="http://sandypondalliance.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/sandy-pond-coc-the-telegram-26-mar-20131.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Sandy Pond Alliance: Letter to the editor - Full speed ahead, Ken Kavanagh & Maude Barlow, March 26 2013 (pdf)."><b>pdf</B></A> & on the <a HREF="http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2013-03-26/article-3207514/Full-speed-ahead/1" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The (Newfoundland) Telegram: Letter to the editor - Full speed ahead, Ken Kavanagh & Maude Barlow, March 26 2013."><b>Telegram's website</B></A>.</BLOCKQUOTE>I know Long Harbour, I've been there. It's not just in tar sand country that there are tailings ponds eh? The good people of Long Harbour were glad to see Vale comin' - new roads, new Fire Hall, jobs - just like the folks in B.C.'s recent election. Vale has gone ahead of whatever the court's decision may be and 'prepared' the pond to receive their local donation so it's 9/10ths fucked already. This tends to take the wind out of the sails of the protestors, understandable. The touted 'wave of protest' has not reached me - but then, nothing does.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />Most reports are exaggerated, dramatic, wishful, uninformed - the struggle goes on there too, trying to sort wheat from chaff, constant, unrelenting.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />Of course Gwynne Dyer supports GMO & nuclear too - but he talks such sense otherwise ... see <a HREF="http://www.straight.com/news/374681/gwynne-dyer-looming-carbon-bubble-means-both-financial-and-physical-meltdown" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Georgia Strait: Looming carbon bubble means both financial and physical meltdown, Gwynne Dyer, April 23 2013."><b>Looming carbon bubble means both financial and physical meltdown</B></A>. And Jim Hansen stamps his approval on nuclear in 'Storms of my Grandchildren' but knows (I think) that the financial side does not compute in the time available.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />If there's nothing left in here but ... <span STYLE="COLOR:#D80000; FONT-SIZE:135%;"><b>Defiance!</B></SPAN> & <span STYLE="COLOR:#D80000; FONT-SIZE:135%;"><b>¡Ya basta!</B></SPAN><div ALIGN=RIGHT>... that's just how it goes.<a NAME="TllomS06"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#TllomS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>Sure, I follow the 'Stats' tab on the Blogger dashboard. It doesn't give details of specific visits like <i>Site Meter</I> (which I removed following a discussion with my son) but gives an indication of where visitors are coming from in general terms and what they may be looking at (its the titties!).<br />
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Then suddenly a few weeks ago there are hundreds and hundreds of hits from a URL called current.com, which turns out to be a FOX/CNN wannabe recently acquired by Al Jazeera ... (?); that traffic disappears after a while but then it's the same story from vk.com, the Russian version of Orkut ... (?) Seems to stop but soon returns: now it's topblogstories.com, tkdot.com ... the list goes on (now that I am paying attention) all redirecting & funnelling into flf-course.com, some weight-loss shill. (?)<br />
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Can't help but wonder wtf is going on? I can't see a benefit? For anyone? Overall visits to this blog are ~200 per day and haven't changed much for years (by far most wanting t&a like <a HREF="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp79lS8UJCqSX7mA4PbAO4kExryZLZlC5KfI6-wnXFA_aKOWrT77-66mW0bpgnz7PY3Z9Yefk-R7x0gvThT1udHwOr_PwuVFEUWdOX96tnGFGcrFStEB71F-98hpS1R2sCOellhpQlBWU/s1600/girls.jpg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Naked girls mostly smiling."><b>this</B></A>).<br />
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Wassup? No idea. None. Mist-e-fied.</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />[How many L's in 'funnelling'? OED search gives four for 2 and one for 1; Google gives 400k for 2 and 1¾ million for 1. Wikipedia looks like it settles for 1. Call it a draw then.]<a NAME="TllomS99"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#TllomS99a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">It's OK for a woman of 80 to be more-or-less in this state; look here, in May 1st's Globe: <a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/14090.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda: The Globe and Mail: I'm a sexually liberated woman, finally - at age 80, Laurie Lewis, May 1 2013."><b>I'm a sexually liberated woman, finally - at age 80</B></A>. Well ... I'm not 80 but there have been some hard miles eh? She gets approbation, gets to be 'lovely' and I get to be a dirty old Internet troll - it's not fair!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIkeJnOfz_phvW50oMRKe2DGfwfp3XSwoK88Axic-McnwCGoUaqAde9jYkhIRQA9zMuBsOjDmAepaPW_a_eikpa9dIWfW5eiazkNQm1VopXgjU977RGHnVBBdXZYKLNRhJrsxbCuLgUOX/s1600/Fannie+Lou+Hamer+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrq4RnXVuPlgtMqKuOlgFwJT-YqkUKVa1k-KPlwIDh5tf4NOZttBAnLY9Q2bshM2TvLfzKhiMKcOIITd9B22Jmy2phtNMc0HKDjABuK_nCy1VlfFLF5X2JM26ARX1Rtt7dr8tqGcNEygU4/s320/Fannie+Lou+Hamer+1t.jpg" ALT="Fannie Lou Hamer." TITLE="Fannie Lou Hamer." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizK7JPKkV_CPhoGjGhONUdeCyOoZSwLHh6WI4ngZRk_EwSTPjNM3aWxqVMkvNDTtgNF_i69QVqlpQH6ZZe8OjhG7eMdq6MF1PQ5-lSqFnW4MQkpGPsAqSoFFb0nGIRH-azTWB3hSdGqOVD/s1600/Fannie+Lou+Hamer+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvZGqdCs_DE8wzH0DBIIeF40xHoHklkgsyrQtPmchp9lB_ZhiSe5CpBP9qV400B_sZZ6esS7slGhp5zkH8PdfH2z85DF7OBwq_I66CMpaWpMBPD9N7lrOWrGFO5nKrpsOc3DSWfKRtPke/s320/Fannie+Lou+Hamer+2ttt.jpg" ALT="Fannie Lou Hamer." TITLE="Fannie Lou Hamer." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdCBn0qQhYtkjNme23QKr7fq3KcxmHBLKW5VM09aCM9Q3uxxerYn5XZhtE8kktYVoO4b1Zl2FOCPz3F9O2AH_3Ot7ejfvnhVaShxvx1OpzORsLzeipevykX2uYmQTBRT20mMzbeCsuic5/s1600/Fannie+Lou+Hamer+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0r5lNNkrvINRHWQEU_Trf392XeEM2pdxKQq1LrZKtpFcW4A6q6O8OakIvFyerYGcx8PwuIluey2b4M4bKICOOB1WYFBQB6gF7FN-sIqv73CU_veEu8jIElXaI0Qkr9NlYmEvaCUj_bBm/s320/Fannie+Lou+Hamer+3t.jpg" ALT="Fannie Lou Hamer." TITLE="Fannie Lou Hamer." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>If it's crazy madness for me to think there is some kind of grace in this logorrhœic blogging nonsense; something useful even, some inkling provided for someone I know nothing about somewhere somewhen, so be it; and if it's not grace, that's OK too.<br />
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All of which makes very small potatoes beside the likes of Fannie Lou Hamer; for a man who lived through the times and never heard of her until today (while looking into the tune below).<br />
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<tr><td>This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.<br />
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine<br />
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. <br />
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(A version by <a HREF="http://vimeo.com/15007038" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Vimeo."><b>The Lower Lights</B></A>.)<br />
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The artist who sang it in the film is <a HREF="http://youaremyflower.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elizabeth Mitchell dot org."><b>Elizabeth<br />
Mitchell</B></A> which she recorded on a Folkways/<br />
Smithsonian Album, <a HREF="http://www.folkways.si.edu/TrackDetails.aspx?itemid=49433" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>Sunny Day</B></A>.</TD></TR>
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"Architects are people who eat light."<br />
(Glen Milne)<br />
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I have watched <i>Bidder 70</I> five or six times already (and may watch it several more times if I am successful in bringing it to Toronto) with no slackening of interest. This is (to me) solid proof of its merit.</SPAN><a NAME="TllomS99a"> </A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><a HREF="#TllomS99b" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#CC6600; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></SPAN><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:160%;"><b>Old Lady:</B> He is supposed to be in the creche minding the babies but they are asleep and there are others there to watch over them. He slips in to listen to the sermon, under the balcony at the back, behind the pews.<br />
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An old black lady is sitting in the last pew; not alone - the church is nearly full that Sunday - but not quite beside anyone either. Her shoulders are shaking so stealthily that at first he cannot make it out. There are few blacks in this congregation so he recognizes her but does not know her name - an old lady in a flowery dress and hat with her purse on her knees.<br />
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And she is sitting in the very last pew, silently weeping.<br />
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And he thinks, "If I just put my hand out now onto her shoulder she will be comforted and it will make all the difference," but he is afraid.</SPAN><br />
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<div ALIGN=RIGHT>{155}<a NAME="TllomS99b"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#TllomS99c" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#CC6600; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>And another joke my father used to tell:</B><br />
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A little boy at the breakfast table is about to eat a stack of pancakes. He says to his father, "Pass the 'lasses, please." His mother corrects him, "Don't you mean molasses son?" To which the boy replies, "How can I have mo'lasses, when I ain't had no lasses yit!"<a NAME="TllomS99c"> </A><a HREF="#TllomS99d" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b><i>Dénouement</I>:</B> A long wait; a dozen days (which explains the more than usually over-worked punctuation & HTML). I soon realized there'd be nothing. Mark Jaccard published my comment on the <a HREF="http://markjaccard.blogspot.ca/2013/05/a-letter-to-minister-oliver-from.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Mark Jaccard's blog: A letter to Minister Oliver from climate scientist and energy experts, Wednesday 8 May 2013."><b>second letter</B></A> and that was it. Not one reply. (<i>Can't say yes and you can't say no.</I>) So then ... <b>Short answer: There is no counterforce.</B><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1V_OWhUs8lTT83pk2n8xKRR7toAZsQWnZM_d7B-yqrgzypv7ZSdmRhQGJhQBnZt6a-fbn_h6RdTpChT6AjG_8guqXv2Yx2nnQ-0bqAZhUIB85l5raHuCJaiEkmlsTTK3cXK7m5fF9-jM-/s1600/Tiras+Sargent+13-05-24+Fossil.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg661d5Al0XtUComXtHm9xSW2d3JANtxXjhtjZFhlT5R35GPNOaatgUn67bWvLspdd68axVrRE0kFWMYqKQRHm9iHjHXgl9Zk-fXtLrfy0Zp_yPPKWFMatthmwwO37YdT7aKBizkQZ2Bs34/s320/Tiras+Sargent+13-05-24t+Fossil.jpg" ALT="Ben Sargent: Extinct Creatures." TITLE="Ben Sargent: Extinct Creatures." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/joe-oliver-the-end-of-fossil-fuels-would-be-an-economic-and-social-catastrophe/article12046198/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Globe: The end of fossil fuels would be an economic and social catastrophe, Joe Oliver, May 21 2013."><b>Joe Oliver's response</B></A> is ... perfect; you'd have to call it perfect - he's a fossil.<br />
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It's OK, waiting is good; fits into that Buddhist 8-fold path thing somewhere or other. What to do? ... Keep waiting. What else?</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />[Here, this might make you laugh: Bill Maher with <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=Ykx65aqO-Co" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Lost Cats & Condoms</B></A>. And on the up side, <a HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/markets/stocks/summary/?q=BSX-T" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Globe stocks."><b>Belo Sun is tanking</B></A> (take the 'year' view) - a bad 'prefeasibility' study (whatever <i>that</I> is?) apparently.<br />
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And anyway, the important thing about the B.C. election was that the professional pollsters screwed the pooch; the very last bit of this <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9n8EqE91uk" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>Rick Salutin rant</B></A> tells it: "Something's going on in the public mind that none of the experts expected or has an explanation for. I love it when that happens."]<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">Then again ... who knows? I do a tour of a few Toronto activist websites: <a HREF="http://www.stopline9-toronto.ca/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Stop Line 9."><b>Stop Line 9</B></A> & <a HREF="http://www.tcan.ca" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="TCAN: Toronto Climate Action Network."><b>TCAN</B></A> f'rinstance; an' there ain't much happ'nin' there ... maybe everyone has been utterly defeated & undone by despair and I just never heard about it - there's no there there - and I'm the last one standing (or sitting as the case may be).<br />
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<img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:1PX 1PX 1PX 5PX;' SRC="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqzIPtTohzwX9-RhOQ_jK_jBQGKoDZ-hTLTIgKu7nszjbDKw-h8xrPdaqjuWQ8hsVGRA-sHe7jql2AHPDTD9JlVnYqXqobLqlbetyJxzOoZ-T_pZ2pEWoNoVHHxdpnStk7mPUYI_WYM2_F/s200/Smiley+2.jpg" alt="Rir par não chorar. :-)" title="Rir par não chorar. :-)" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465553869651675074" ALIGN=RIGHT>How would I know? It would be hilarious if in the end it is forebearance that does us all in. Truth be told gentle reader: I'm just as happy this way; relieved let's say.<br />
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As pessoas costumam estar fora, e aprendam eventualmente a gostar o que costumam.<div ALIGN=RIGHT>Esteja bem.<br />
</DIV></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">[That is if you credit a salutation from a dimwit who only learned today that Black Death is 'bubonic' plague not 'dubonic' (thanks to <a HREF="http://www.straight.com/news/374926/gwynne-dyer-are-pressure-cookers-weapons-mass-destruction" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Georgia Strait: Are pressure cookers weapons of mass destruction?, Gwynne Dyer, April 24 2013."><b>Gwynne Dyer</B></A> & the OED for that).]<a NAME="TllomS99d"> </A><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/this-little-light-of-mine.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6D5l-iEQlzj4lFbe5EX_5wnBeVzg5tbHXOlfH0UEC5J7b-rwrqtH1FnTeyjrg27UjgCVse5_elTGQQjGmwBqfQOSAqoWOm7gBbAcxbkgcvpSJFngXtIve6_YmCjsR9iqRDjFsvRrBHY5/s1600/Coke+Coca-Cola.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 1PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOJGlCS90aLtNBHV075IqRPZivYzIgWJ5OrxVqJb808_osJftCpPu5ZnqNtHoZDc9IlhOFf4migf2yrzcpic58GsGXkBNQifeHwzTEFXfaVovNQi1HMsTlgnDtTE7PEOZ04z6jP2v8KEH/s320/Coke+Coca-Cola+t.jpg" ALT="Coke." TITLE="Coke."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_UBlUTYYPwNV1YfkQhcW7166BmR_WZ7D0gVpsTE7v-T92e4AW2JP_xbv7JbnOL6pPGwHgF5SHRY-RZvfgLzQrprv0bUsxYP2qISBvRKPo8CA3gJhSj-buYoE6M4RtOIJ8pX4B-hBM8LJ/s1600/Coke+Bill+Koch.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 1PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7k-WlQSQiIL9EOsaAZrF7ZrYUVmI7QmT34F8eETpib32clFb0CrAeQQK1lbIonX4M2IlEW8w-YFpSqfz5XwVEXc56hycI8l_fso85ChYA_aqenPB-h52FKuIwNTrr3IjoWZLVK7_PMMue/s320/Coke+Bill+Koch+t.jpg" ALT="Bill Koch." TITLE="Bill Koch."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WLveJJRDoeABH1hdms0cRh0WM0yhTr0GmXOEdYqCMPaaFEMc5W6C1D3BK0nroN0rVmCuDEpzecf5gfOa9n8O5JkkKFxGQjJ6YlR52FIPoSwctBWZVTVK1CT_oFnUxF5-d_u5kjwVX2b_/s1600/Coke+Charles+Koch.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 1PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjF3RSGaukd0EUmWupzepRBPsmPUXifjC4DRuSnNFalLijl8Tu9cVX2kaqloTEwoY4pFHq8WbBcvHEb_iW1v6KtxLnNFiXYBMb9gHkiCeHr1PGeAi90KGKC3oZIuZbOctPM9bMh4ragZ1/s320/Coke+Charles+Koch+t.jpg" ALT="Charles Koch." TITLE="Charles Koch."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSf9W6EerJHsPgnbqSppbZ2bmZUxygHQOx3AXDVO7_rMor2FBTx6FubzMySB7pglKQwqDtR9JbG9mFp2pGYOoLcnX83QKp_0YFI2BLBlwaloFo8oY3_KGwongibQuQrRO8vvCVy9kAJGo/s1600/Coke+David+Koch.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 1PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqsn6X7XYOLo7u4l9Pz9T034w8XeD3RgMwm311noOWQyHyjNscjez-WRrhGIa_eRvH7ECXUcmOPRJaKcIb7SoVaW_mNtCoqmWvXJRfuvVCeujliTFXKfzTMlRSih9XXGP-mGZiSD0Lu-R/s320/Coke+David+Koch+t.jpg" ALT="David Koch." TITLE="David Koch."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfIVV8l6cQ3PiwAsFEAChR7BEzgfN8QDR0QQ8edbHURug1NrjvuHcKHfYpmVBqqm396N3_4vGoh1uYAlVPpqS02a7p_vizF-KROxK6MM7tlg46VraSXDbltpsfv7_qOmqpkNkc3Qs8ZPR/s1600/Coke+Julia+Koch.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 1PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBV9VM1ZA1UX99kph55XgtMIb-i3z1J8E-wehqv0AlZh9-3dlOIG9RQwPt8jpDtE9M8pwbCYS01y5tbNySEs2MUbzzJhxd87Z1Nb69oaDmrO_5gxfSIiNb4wLe-fys0QPcOcLKkOcEU3E/s320/Coke+Julia+Koch+t.jpg" ALT="Julia Koch." TITLE="Julia Koch."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuRmVMv6JWioxsQ9zvU-QR-5CMqslRsiBpmK1l5FbQN9vmaNzYQAg9MFlcyaL8jmAKxiI7r6Gb9m43xTsPcaOxnlUT3HfmaHdF7EGVw4Nvjc_EaLtGveFGRxuqlZ6wV6sv-F6vwR0HGVf/s1600/Coke+Detroit+petcoke.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 1PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_Mn2FnlWR1wUYOU8HwLwT_s8C_EVTAqAcWhHcsp-JPG-cauYXV-mwvhuYcMLslZXXqp9oUrV6Z_y665YevtDnv0Mwh16Un3KUtIRtoBzJ5bZqRWRXx9Qx4_D65LHUWw_8MaowZt4yswS/s320/Coke+Detroit+petcoke+t.jpg" ALT="Petcoke, Detroit." TITLE="Petcoke, Detroit."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQGz0wn12c2WVALVqwvYEHzYWwE8rkxrYlPTvXVa84WH7LLdviPLtD1-l1NR243ZKL_gSKOKs2c4IQCsy6JFw99ddqGbkaAQZgkNO6usUlJZuF7_emElfYxxP9pfRzYxZJVB2eoc15IxI/s1600/Coke+Koch+Industries+logo.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 1PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGr8ZPcW78mtVQ7ug6cM6aLjlAbnTH66FrUaojr3aGqsE720vuSsKiiWdZyT0lwTUIvQUse3gnyDsp48HXs29x2bikdln0_jhBrfqAMZSoMh2P5twgOl_A2dtcEm0cW7zkOs3MLfTaPBvR/s320/Coke+Koch+Industries+logo+t.jpg" ALT="Koch Industries." TITLE="Koch Industries."></a><br />
<b>Coke, Koch, Koch, Koch, Pet, Petcoke, Koch.</B><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicb8ePip_CgTu5h8ScMAa3-HwnWF6wUOz30v1aJ69G_RL8Ua2GflQDbc9oEEDQcDOA4BSPDeiEHXnIvFvxlXJzhrQdc6tmus8sWmcEiDzN2b0OjtjDXrL7sqMMoliCSVpRkEcHsDjUlQiY/s1600/Tiras+Malvados+13-05-15+buscar+alegria+em+lugares+tristes.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:3PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_BE3Om78SedR5oioQAaOPA7cYmfHkAvScLJEcz4qjfvumYPMTpHqzxnENWLU3Oj81GVEokTBkFEPTCC1eeYLeKX6N-iPPMyDiLtZUEiglKmaET8q3JArDBKkCWvZrOFIKFqnWuZZoobk/s320/Tiras+Malvados+13-05-15tl+buscar+alegria+em+lugares+tristes.jpg" ALT="André Dahmer/Malvados: buscar alegria em lugares tristes." TITLE="André Dahmer/Malvados: buscar alegria em lugares tristes."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicb8ePip_CgTu5h8ScMAa3-HwnWF6wUOz30v1aJ69G_RL8Ua2GflQDbc9oEEDQcDOA4BSPDeiEHXnIvFvxlXJzhrQdc6tmus8sWmcEiDzN2b0OjtjDXrL7sqMMoliCSVpRkEcHsDjUlQiY/s1600/Tiras+Malvados+13-05-15+buscar+alegria+em+lugares+tristes.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:3PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUJQf8rvo45kU1Po9GhbZzYpqFPZkg-Ay4LV1MaMHqpRQnRAMmzEJaVb2KYaaw628g4TKOdS7ewwxjVOFqoM-oQgiBEpeD0ovXzJFJRGrfYuWPkmHooPr3CpRzELzFaUUMATDedg_5Erx/s320/Tiras+Malvados+13-05-15tm+buscar+alegria+em+lugares+tristes.jpg" ALT="André Dahmer/Malvados: buscar alegria em lugares tristes." TITLE="André Dahmer/Malvados: buscar alegria em lugares tristes."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicb8ePip_CgTu5h8ScMAa3-HwnWF6wUOz30v1aJ69G_RL8Ua2GflQDbc9oEEDQcDOA4BSPDeiEHXnIvFvxlXJzhrQdc6tmus8sWmcEiDzN2b0OjtjDXrL7sqMMoliCSVpRkEcHsDjUlQiY/s1600/Tiras+Malvados+13-05-15+buscar+alegria+em+lugares+tristes.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:3PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqoUR6iIJ3k8QulJ8Htm5BqfCNmnC_Eo-XlG3cO2bSpA90kMLqFV8E2DHDneOoLJVW2Ta7Rjeqc00vEwskHoHPGYbnlQP3a9NoVTpqm3Ojjg5o2i-mE9S_z5tv3Q7IJ9xPHocsp8gvj9Y/s320/Tiras+Malvados+13-05-15tr+buscar+alegria+em+lugares+tristes.jpg" ALT="André Dahmer/Malvados: buscar alegria em lugares tristes." TITLE="André Dahmer/Malvados: buscar alegria em lugares tristes."></a><br />
I wasted another day sharing cute links on <i>Facebook</I>.<br />
And you think this is normal?<br />
People get used to looking for happiness in sad places.<br />
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</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#FFFFFF;">"This is not an ideological revolution. It is driven by an authentic desire to get what you need."<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;" ALIGN=RIGHT><a HREF="http://torontojungle.com/forum/showthread.php/75227-Time-for-Outrage!-Indignez-Vous!-St%C3%A9phane-Hessel" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Time for Outrage! Indignez Vous!"><span STYLE="COLOR:#FFFFFF;">Stéphane Hessel</SPAN></A>.</DIV></SPAN></TD></TR>
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</TBODY></TABLE><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%; COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/do-math.html" TITLE="Do the math. or: Walk around THIS!"><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN></DIV>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-27524019438285528402013-05-10T11:30:00.000-04:002013-09-06T12:46:43.221-04:00Do the math.<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/do-math.html#" TITLE="">or: <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; FONT-SIZE:140%; COLOR:#CC6600; LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><b>Walk around <i>THIS</I>!</B></SPAN></A> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/this-little-light-of-mine.html" TITLE="This little light of mine. or: The answer is 42 (or possibly 70)."><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html" TITLE="Occupation of Belo Monte, May 2, 2013. Ocupação no canteiro de obras de Belo Monte."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN> <b>Solar Eclipse</B><a NAME="DtmS00"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#DtmS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:130%;"><table ALIGN=RIGHT BORDER="0" CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><tbody>
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<tr><td>In the same hour came forth fingers of a<br />
man's hand, and wrote over against the<br />
candlestick upon the plaister of the wall<br />
of the king's palace: and the king saw the<br />
part of the hand that wrote. Then the king's<br />
countenance was changed, and his thoughts<br />
troubled him, so that the joints of his loins<br />
were loosed, and his knees smote one<br />
against another.<br />
<a HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Dan&c=5&t=KJV#1" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blue Letter Bible KJV."><b>Daniel 5</B></A><br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,<br />
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit<br />
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,<br />
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.<br />
<a HREF="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/246/246-h/246-h.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Gutenberg."><b><i>Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám</I></B></A><br />
Omar Khayyám (1048–1131)<br />
Edward FitzGerald (1809–1883)<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />The writing on the wall -<br />
Come read it, come see what it say.<br />
<i>Thunder on the Mountain</I></TD></TR>
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</TBODY></TABLE> </DIV><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:128%;">Going to and fro in the Internet (where one can cancel lines as one chooses) and walking up and down in it. Complicated I know, and misleading in so many ways - silly biblical fol-de-rol; but it takes this kind of stimulus these days to achieve a fugal state and get the wheels turning. (The Daniel story is about humility too eh?)<br />
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One more thread, from <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-0lV5qs1Qw" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube Vevo: BEWARE OF AD!"><b><i>Closing Time</I></B></A>: "There's a voice that sounds like God to me declaring ... that your body's really ... you." Keep in mind that Cohen can't quite be trusted on this. Handel was confused about bodies too; taking 'the dead shall be raised incorruptible' from <a HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=1Cr&c=15&t=KJV#53" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blue Letter Bible, KJV."><b>First Corinthians</B></A> without really ... knowing. A thread too much to be sure. Oh well. Sorry.<br />
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For the love of God y'all take pity on yourselves.<br />
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<i>Cheguei aí faminto, meio fechado meio durão, marrento. Elas me deram as mangas pra chupar e o coração virou mais jovens, se tornou quase novo; e sim, renovado e mole, mas esquisito. É assim que falam os velhos safados, gordos e fedorentos e feios; cada um, no final, em sua propria solidão.</I><a NAME="DtmS01"> </A></SPAN></DIV><a HREF="#DtmS01aa" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>First,</B> <span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:120%; COLOR:#000099;"><b>WATCH THIS FILM!</b></SPAN> <b>-</B> <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsIfokifwSo" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube 350: 45 minutes."><b>Do the Math, The Movie</B></A> <b>-</B> a mere 45 minutes.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZi60eFaehOiyIHj10L6p8hX_r5EjMfFLBbbuiSCY_ONU8tCTP6QMRc_UHv2bfccDNeS0IYEQcu_jzIVde9Ry8HUnopiCTTLasdDifu-tEzW8kb89Q2duhqOnP3vOdC6g8AWHNCPoXyTy7/s1600/Do+the+Math+3+numbers+b.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2Ky4YmfETrX0mwGJkg1s0a1tzsjeyUIMz30YfmSRR0vIN1lKutHMaVKfL6UEGE9RCKHii_qLROLnWi5mt9ESKcm85z12YJXb-AoaubVLbsJ6P8KlS22W8IN-WCkkYXsPmwuDB8lEy2Ee/s320/Do+the+Math+3+numbers+btl.jpg" ALT="Do the Math." TITLE="Do the Math."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZi60eFaehOiyIHj10L6p8hX_r5EjMfFLBbbuiSCY_ONU8tCTP6QMRc_UHv2bfccDNeS0IYEQcu_jzIVde9Ry8HUnopiCTTLasdDifu-tEzW8kb89Q2duhqOnP3vOdC6g8AWHNCPoXyTy7/s1600/Do+the+Math+3+numbers+b.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsnZBVX85C1jlQfg_gIJUT84EgzeAK5iCgCyAnkuygxRREzZ0G-9j6uKLT8HOMINhWX4Pf8lcxH3HuYUhtFztSN3tKqFN2E13zNvvXx8qnyjC7lewQC4K6HWnt43iQn8MzR-EaJtuS6GM/s320/Do+the+Math+3+numbers+btm.jpg" ALT="Do the Math." TITLE="Do the Math."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZi60eFaehOiyIHj10L6p8hX_r5EjMfFLBbbuiSCY_ONU8tCTP6QMRc_UHv2bfccDNeS0IYEQcu_jzIVde9Ry8HUnopiCTTLasdDifu-tEzW8kb89Q2duhqOnP3vOdC6g8AWHNCPoXyTy7/s1600/Do+the+Math+3+numbers+b.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcw_x_2iH2MCM5wF7TcNycZ9ORtgnVgzdR5gECN17qkYa0Nr1tknCqBWUyPPTfTMwBp1aOo-qImUz3FBN9PTjxFDbNMgqZXFUduirh50OM7udyITmII3H2uafkzVTIuIHe0XPCXlgQz-GL/s320/Do+the+Math+3+numbers+btr.jpg" ALT="Do the Math." TITLE="Do the Math."></a><br />
I grabbed what seems to me to be the central image and added a few details - click on the image above to see it. These are difficult numbers to walk around. What I find even more difficult to walk around is:<center><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:120%; COLOR:#000099; LINE-HEIGHT:160%;"><b>Continuous human growth <i>CAN NOT FIT</I> upon a finite planet.</B><br />
<span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:140%; LINE-HEIGHT:50%;"><b>The very most important number is 350!</B></SPAN></SPAN></CENTER>I had an optimistic <a HREF="http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2013/20130509_TarSandsEmail.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Jim Hansen's website."><b>message</B></A> from Jim Hansen this morning by email (God bless 'im), he wrote, <b>"So don't despair re the tar sands. There are sensible alternatives."</B><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXYAVn_5ADsbygXpLzI_FPXP1kkNoE0FrhWGniS7zv6L6vss4rE9KNC_0_AuTiqW_tKfn9kfIXlroWa1bSrhW_wyTyoAhpLGaxGwK26fwe66FHTFX4ATuxGph6__TT9ko7RtSRRsJHwMZ/s1600/350+Bundestag+Berlin+Germany+July+2009+o.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46NORyYWAE3U1oi6kG4PcqQiKTVqjJgski9Bup0pB-dQMY67dXlNQxSmVCmlwxNqjM9rJUspN5Qj6gnCOO_26L6aW2nA7dPsW-y8oYrtiIIzpJyI2uLoT41yHjInvvfZ3aIaeegeM8o_4/s320/350+Bundestag+Berlin+Germany+July+2009+tl.jpg" ALT="Euro 350 on the steps of the Bundestag, July 2009." TITLE="Euro 350 on the steps of the Bundestag, July 2009."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXYAVn_5ADsbygXpLzI_FPXP1kkNoE0FrhWGniS7zv6L6vss4rE9KNC_0_AuTiqW_tKfn9kfIXlroWa1bSrhW_wyTyoAhpLGaxGwK26fwe66FHTFX4ATuxGph6__TT9ko7RtSRRsJHwMZ/s1600/350+Bundestag+Berlin+Germany+July+2009+o.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMtixR9sCNYhUwE_GAZXozsKREVIcd9LJ-1-9W8-iElpiiaJJ-C1deWFJFBUXNQwTatJZBSbLPkfqJedSbIz7zPUEWHkAQ3qeWI0St6xUZx100uAZpFxgK1oP4JkoxHEaffTREiurgeAt/s320/350+Bundestag+Berlin+Germany+July+2009+tm.jpg" ALT="Euro 350 on the steps of the Bundestag, July 2009." TITLE="Euro 350 on the steps of the Bundestag, July 2009."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXYAVn_5ADsbygXpLzI_FPXP1kkNoE0FrhWGniS7zv6L6vss4rE9KNC_0_AuTiqW_tKfn9kfIXlroWa1bSrhW_wyTyoAhpLGaxGwK26fwe66FHTFX4ATuxGph6__TT9ko7RtSRRsJHwMZ/s1600/350+Bundestag+Berlin+Germany+July+2009+o.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-MhGksE_KPv3Sfrw4b7STXrHYn4WXlZQAJHNcpUTMVmi3luD8owBdlhMVQ8HKck43jzzFY5qPdSWmc_n7sqJsOCx1oQWmw9bTYDMRWRYt6LJ0IL4rP9R9Ted6qQKhjg6XD7uzmjBTth4/s320/350+Bundestag+Berlin+Germany+July+2009+tr.jpg" ALT="Euro 350 on the steps of the Bundestag, July 2009." TITLE="Euro 350 on the steps of the Bundestag, July 2009."></a></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">[This image is not in the film ... ho hum ... but thinking of '350' always brings it to mind.]<a NAME="DtmS01aa"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#DtmS01a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">There have been many such impassioned, rational, & coherent expressions on the Internet over the years. I made a short list a while ago here: <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/diehard.html#DiehS00b" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>from Severn Suzuki to Naderev Sano</B></A>. Each one takes us a tiny step closer towards breaking the spell (as Michael Brune calls it) that has been spread over the smug & complacent multitudes. Watch it, think about it, and tell your friends about it. We have quite a way to go.<br />
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We had 40,000 recently on the Washington Mall. There were 100,000+ there in 1969 but it still took years to end the war in Vietnam. Time is short, it may be too short, but there is only one way to find out.<br />
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I wonder how metrics such as YouTube hits translate into action? <i>Kony 2012</I> had a million hits in a few days last year - and then vanished like the morning dew when Jason flamed out. As I watch this film there are ~40,000 hits on it on YouTube - what does this mean? Hard to say.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />Oops, I had it wrong: There were 250,000 with Martin Luther King in 1963 and legislation came in 1964 and 1968 (he had to die to achieve half-measures); the war in Vietnam had 200,000 & 600,000 in 1969 and the war ended in 1975 (how many died for that, two million?). You can check it out starting <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_protest_marches_on_Washington,_D.C.#1950.E2.80.931999" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia: list of demonstrations on the Washington Mall."><b>here</B></A>.<a NAME="DtmS01a"> </A><a HREF="#DtmS01aaa" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><center>[<b>IF I THOUGHT CRITICISM WOULD HURT THE MOVEMENT I WOULDN'T DO IT. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS THEN SKIP OVER IT. I AM TRUELY SORRY IF IT OFFENDS YOUR SENSIBILITIES. IF YOU DO READ IT AND DON'T LIKE IT THEN START A CONVERSATION - THERE IS A COMMENT FEATURE ON THIS BLOG AND I PUBLISH EVERYTHING BUT SPAM.]</B></CENTER></DIV> <br />
<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>350:</B> We were training to get arrested in a church in Washington; lined up in rows and marching. I suggested a group Tim DeChristopher salute as I had seen in photographs of the previous days. Some woman (a certified 'trainer' of some kind, one of the leaders) said no, they wanted it respectful: suits and ties and no rude gestures. Rude? I didn't want to argue with her. We did it anyway in the event. Why does this memory stay with me?<br />
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The photograph (above) of the kids on the steps of the Bundestag is labelled (on the <a HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/350org/3968030875/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Flickr."><b>350.org Flickr</B></A>) as "sending the message, a little aggressively." Look at it. Look at them. Do they seem aggressive? WTF is that about? Is this a Christian sunday-school thing?<br />
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Why is Bill McKibben still claiming to have written 'the first book'? He didn't. Why is this film so much about him? One of my red-neck friends tells me the thing he <i>really</I> dislikes about leftards and tree huggers and Greenpeace enviro-nutbars is that it is always "All about me!" Unfair criticism, sure; untrue & unreasonable, sure; but understandable, yes.<br />
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I tried to have a conversation with them years ago - on their blog, via comments - and they ditched it, deleted it, gone. All good.<br />
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Someone said to me that my criticism of 350 is unjustified - that I ask for too much. She may be right, there was no room for conversation at the time so we didn't get through it. Nonetheless, I put out for them big-time and got no help in return: money, demos, <a HREF="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUMp5UpWFkrjeq-dLaUOGq6yl-wMj0Lvq3VyGctuSqieTfc-hWRxiR7ttIMeIKZG5OD9DXFYKujozwXdrLeVNNmrRL77ZnZr7Igtkcznh7xbcIxo3dZ4zP35AcJ-DjxHhHEOVtZrpAQE/s1600/Aug+31s+1st.jpg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Photograph: Ma an' Officer Watkins."><b>arrest in Washington</B></A>, anything I could do to help, anything. If I am now somewhat bitter it is no surprise, or at least not unreasonable ... or at least understandable. Isn't it?</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><br />
[It is May month and I keep my windows open and the screens off because I like it that way - the may flies come in, sometimes (briefly) in numbers - but I do not put up the screens. It was the same in Rio when the flies might carry Dengue. Crazy stubborn motherfucking old curmudgeon. OK. All good.]<a NAME="DtmS01aaa"> </A><a HREF="#DtmS01b" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>[I need a dump truck mama to, unload my head.]<br />
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</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">And if I often wonder what makes 350 less effective than it might be (than it <span STYLE="COLOR:#D80000;"><b><i>HAS</I></B></SPAN> to be, <span STYLE="COLOR:#D80000;"><b><i>MUST</I></B></SPAN> be) - this should be no surprise either - I do it because I care. Mostly it comes in uncomfortable memories and (possibly ugly & 'impertinent' and definitely) unanswered questions.<br />
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Man! The talking points are so good, <b>SO GOOD!</B> The film is generally so well constructed. Then why doesn't it equal <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Youtube, 29 minutes."><b><i>Kony 2012</I></B></A>? Not in terms of counting hits (which does seem to be something both Invisible Children and 350 obsess about - the numbers of hits, and the numbers of fricken '<i>Facebook</I> Likes' and the numbers of email addresses on the mailing lists are simply neither true nor meaningful metrics; useful maybe in a minor way, but never the main game) but as a film artefact, as a communication.<br />
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Do the exercise, watch both films back-to-back (here: <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Youtube, 29 minutes."><b><i>Kony 2012</I></B></A> & <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsIfokifwSo" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube, 45 minutes."><b><i>Do the Math</I></B></A>), download 'em with <a HREF="http://keepvid.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="KeepVid."><b>KeepVid</B></A>, take notes, analyse, consider, deconstruct if that's what it takes - look at them straight and figgure it out.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />Towards the end of it Bill McKibben says, "I think we can win this fight. I think we can win it if we act as a community; if we do not do anything that would injure that community but instead build and knit that community together in a way that allows it to take powerful action." Why does he mention this I wonder? Is there a fifth column at work?<br />
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I have to imagine what he means by "if we do not do anything that would injure ..." We? Injure? Unless ... he is talking to the likes of me. I guess it depends on what you mean by 'knit that community together'. We could duke it out with duelling scriptures but it might end in a draw, equivocally; or ... <a HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Mat&c=18&v=1&t=KJV#15" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blue Letter bible KJV."><b>Matthew 18, v15 ff</B></A> might be an ace in the hole. The Amish knitted up a strong community based in part on that one I believe and I am here doing my part.</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><br />
[All that said I would give the little that remains to me in a moment if they called.]<a NAME="DtmS01b"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#DtmS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>True humility:</B> (As if I knew what that is.) But that's where my analysis of the two films fetches up. (Remember that <i>Kony 2012</I> didn't work in the end - the actions largely evaporated - so this is not about good/better/best either.) Jason is humble but was unsupported; Bill is vain and unsupported; sure, it's more complicated than that.<br />
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Nevermind for a sec if I actually know how to distinguish degrees of humility: no one will deny there are such categories will they? However approximate and relative and qualified they may be?<br />
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We get so used to thinking of the likes of Martin Luther King and Mohandas Ghandi as <i>great</I> people (and Bill McKibben and Jason Russell) that we may lose sight of them as <i>human</I> people, with OEM supplied feet of clay. And it should also go without having to be stated that they did not start out as great as they ended; everyone makes mistakes, maybe the great learn more from them and more quickly.<br />
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Were King and Ghandi humble (nevermind truely or falsely)? Each of them had every reason not to be; but yes, I think so.</SPAN><div ALIGN=RIGHT>[My father was humble too - I am quite sure - but that's another story.]<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></DIV><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUqkJQOWOCZKzgjqIIqqvWTtP4vn9b8KuVfskOqekNuZiCqVu69l681_6JDEqceUBTBeEl8ZkX7pD-2zc_kJyU_eF-jg2Macc1NPGoiLfNmWGiTkwrtkTzSY0E_tAh9Yo8qTn9BJBXBbN/s1600/Do+The+Math+350+founders+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4tHTZ8k8BFvMbXhq_ewAuaHv7uuklAZ3z28u0fZ8wjV0dkjgeec8N1OU5VN6gNHQQeX4sVQi6xGPYegD2ZEwhQbA2nuNwzLu7R46FHixhRIU0vndY-7oxieSD9YpnXI5Cy3dT7zhKTTN1/s320/Do+The+Math+350+founders+1t.jpg" ALT="350 founders: Jamie Henn, May Boeve, Jon Warnow, Will Bates / Jeremy Osborn, Bill McKibben, Phil Aroneanu." TITLE="350 founders: Jamie Henn, May Boeve, Jon Warnow, Will Bates / Jeremy Osborn, Bill McKibben, Phil Aroneanu." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUb9UA8RldLEzYxNTaJe_kkSIIgwv1wsSJ4d2KD3JU2qombW-c2CicLgnvqanG2kAIkWA_5-0xWXQZCwAXQlVE1wLue4xgcp5Ri4UoV-7nxHtwMr4opOH6gYZThze6jn-NTILDarRguMS/s1600/Do+The+Math+350+founders+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidv3e0FQuWGwAwI0q9py181OLEgdumkfE71J4gY2VYWqTgjkn7cSQYnOznyJVJhL2ZCA92Bk6MYyeYkmiHAdRn_7xQAFP8wRENLiuwwjGX7k9-xkc6FMsIR-Bly8VYdlfYYxh9yxZ9HNuN/s320/Do+The+Math+350+founders+2t.jpg" ALT="350 founders: Will Bates, Jeremy Osborn, Kelly Blynn, Jamie Henn, Phil Aroneanu, Jon Warnow, May Boeve." TITLE="350 founders: Will Bates, Jeremy Osborn, Kelly Blynn, Jamie Henn, Phil Aroneanu, Jon Warnow, May Boeve." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">Trying to see where 350 came from I wanted to get to know the founders a little better. Somewhat easier said than done - except for Bill McKibben they seem almost not to want to be known. Eventually I found a video: What's Next for the Climate Movement? <a HREF="http://vimeo.com/11242764" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Vimeo: Solution Seminar/350.org Organizers: What's Next for the Climate Movement? February 2010, PART I, 40 minutes."><b>Part 1</B></A> & <a HREF="http://vimeo.com/11242951" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Vimeo: Solution Seminar/350.org Organizers: What's Next for the Climate Movement? February 2010, PART II, 40 minutes."><b>Part 2</B></A> in which each of them speaks (though generally without introduction); brief bios at <a HREF="http://350.org/en/our-team" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="350: our team."><b>350: Our Team</B></A> for all but Kelly Blynn; the two photographs at the top of the post and (approximate, tentative) names to the faces in them. They are: Jamie Henn, Will Bates, Phil Aroneanu, May Boeve, Jeremy Osborn, Jon Warnow, Bill McKibben, and Kelly Blynn.<a NAME="DtmS02"> </A><a HREF="#DtmS02a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Jokes my father used to tell:</B> (about the way he told them)<br />
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Two guys work together; one is French, the other black. Before starting work the French guy always runs his finger underneath his nose saying, “Ah, Fifi!” He does this every day until eventually the black guy asks why he does it. He explaines that Fifi is his wife and her smell reminds him of her. The next morning the French guy sniffs his finger as usual saying, “Ah, Fifi!” Then the black guy drags his whole arm under his nose and says, “Aaahhh! ... Sapphire!”<br />
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Two little black boys, Rastus & Remus, are playing near the railroad tracks. Rastus climbs up on the fence beside the tracks and is sitting there when they hear the whistle of a fast-approaching train. Remus says, "Rastus! You get down off'a that fence right now, you hear? That train gonna come 'long an' suck you right off!" To which Rastus replies, "C'mon train!"<br />
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Three little boys are discussing riches as they oogle a new Corvette and a new Thunderbird parked at the curb. One says, "I want to be covered all over with gold, and if I want that car, why, I'll scratch off a little gold and go buy it." The second says, "I'd rather be covered all over in diamonds and if I want that car, why, I'll scratch off one'a those diamonds and go buy it." The third says, "I wann'a be covered all over in hair." "What?!" say his friends. "Yes," he says, "My sister only has a patch of hair about this big (making a triangle with his thumbs and forefingers), and she <i>owns</I> both'a those cars.<br />
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A farmer is complaining about a new mule who will not pull the plow. His friend says he knows just what to do. "Ask him politely and he'll pull." The farmer does not believe this so they go for a demonstration. They come into the barnyard and his friend picks up a piece of two-by-four and whacks the mule over the head. Then he just says, "Giddap," and off they go with the plow. The farmer is taken aback: "Is that what you call politely?!" "Well," says his friend, "I ask him politely - but first I have to get his attention."<a NAME="DtmS02a"> </A><a HREF="#DtmS03" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbgmsFAgu7uQO0uIsDLM0Xpzp9A5mBblkQ9T8hnyG-4_YoK1dekNoZ6iZy5z6AveBiMeHaupUOCg9vxQ3Ip4OHymMwIB2ykD34fItdPJgWE4gGlmL7w-eYVk8H8qoEOP9bPrREoPxOL1t/s1600/Joe+Oliver+CSIS.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAiPeAJ9xk1FA4Y-F-vFZ6klFefs6UQOewWDzAwVJWrqf4zfFhoL6M2L6spxWj3qIa6WKcy6eaP3tB08j0h5Z5myk31m_nWGAc_DpwXFkr1MBbfmVtCkJvSY8XXPn8Ig3LD7a7EqFlAh-C/s320/Joe+Oliver+CSIS+t.jpg" ALT="Joe Oliver speaking at CSIS in Washington, April 24 2013." TITLE="Joe Oliver speaking at CSIS in Washington, April 24 2013." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><b>Speaking of jokes: Take Joe Oliver ... please!</B></SPAN><div ALIGN=RIGHT STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">[I got the news from <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/24/canada-joe-oliver-attack-james-hansen" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Canadian oil minister Joe Oliver condemns climatologist James Hansen, Suzanne Goldenberg, Wednesday 24 April 2013."><b><i>The Guardian</I></B></A>.]<br />
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</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">Oliver spoke in Washington recently and tried to discredit Jim Hansen. (Doh!) A description of <a HREF="http://csis.org/event/us-canada-energy-relationship" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="CSIS: The U.S.-Canada Energy Relationship, Wednesday April 24 2013."><b>the event at CSIS</B></A> (Center for Strategic and International Studies), a <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=mADTbHHYX5o" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="CSIS: The U.S.-Canada Energy Relationship, Wednesday April 24 2013, video (55 minutes)."><b>video of Oliver's remarks</B></A>, and a short excerpt of <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNo0rbl3XIc" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="CSIS: The U.S.-Canada Energy Relationship, Wednesday April 24 2013."><b>what he actually said about Jim Hansen</B></A> and the laughter that followed. (Which he interprets as praise of course. He wants to grow up and be John Diefenbaker I think - you can tell by the way he nods his head all the time.)<br />
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Needless to say the attempt backfired and discredited Oliver instead. This is a man willing to drink water from tar sand tailings ponds - maybe that will help make sense of it.<br />
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Later on he spoke <a HREF="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/04/24/joe-oliver-keystone-pipeline-hassen.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="CBC: Joe Oliver slams scientist's oilsands claims as 'nonsense', April 24 2013."><b>with CBC's Evan Solomon</B></A> (here is a <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg7C6T3wKl4" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube: Joe Oliver on James Hansen (with Evan Solomon, CBC April 25 2013)."><b>screen-grab of that conversation</B></A>). He sticks to his (guns?) but admits, "That's the point, he [James Hansen] <i>does</I> know his stuff ..." (?)<br />
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Oliver cites Andrew Weaver as <i>his</I> scientific authority, but Andrew Weaver demurs: <a HREF="http://www.ipolitics.ca/2013/04/29/climate-scientist-hits-back-at-oliver-for-citing-his-study/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="iPolitics: Climate scientist hits back at Oliver for citing his study, Colin Horgan, April 29 2013."><b>Climate scientist hits back at Oliver for citing his study</B></A>, saying “What Mr. Oliver has critically failed to grasp here is that although some scenarios are indeed much worse than others, these are all nightmare scenarios that we must not allow to happen. To prevent 2 degrees of warming, which is the stated goal of this government, we know that most of the world’s proven oil, coal, and gas reserves must be left in the ground.”<br />
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Another pre-eminent Canadian scientist, David Schindler, is <a HREF="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/joe-oliver-making-canada-look-country-full-jerks-160842779.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Joe Oliver is “making Canada look like a country full of jerks” says a top Canadian scientist, Andy Radia, Thursday 25 April 2013."><b>reported saying</B></A>, "By acting like this, he is actually jeopardizing Keystone, not promoting it, and making Canada look like a country full of jerks."<a NAME="DtmS03"> </A><a HREF="#DtmS04" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Solar eclipse of May 10 2013:</B> Details from <a HREF="http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2013.html#SE2013May10A" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NASA: Annular Solar Eclipse of May 10."><b>NASA</B></A>, and <a HREF="http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2013May10Agoogle.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NASA: Annular Solar Eclipse of May 10."><b>more here</B></A>.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizI77O8AZPPG1Yf7ZFbmg-C_qNVs2Fonq4wtk6toBylGoHJAJRG-qLi_5C8wWeLlMqK76XMGbIQi5yS97PMy3qEXb7s9_QW6m8sXtUWNzozO6kI5XRD19-kwxxsEpjQdOToh9DxwuRPsTo/s1600/Kiribati+map+0+Annular+Solar+Eclipse+May+10.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHf9rOOmNLRuGTOvh5suDVT81vf4rXzhC7DZD5-ziO1-7nEyHfFWEKzgBoNJqN2qP8ubIsTJyJLkqE3v0-_ADHPzFwZz98wW84YmqrZOl7guNA-_xpv1N6KQaVfqA90X2UjlcTYTK2tfJ/s320/Kiribati+map+0tl+Annular+Solar+Eclipse+May+10.jpg" ALT="Path of eclipse visibility over Kiribati." TITLE="Path of eclipse visibility over Kiribati."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizI77O8AZPPG1Yf7ZFbmg-C_qNVs2Fonq4wtk6toBylGoHJAJRG-qLi_5C8wWeLlMqK76XMGbIQi5yS97PMy3qEXb7s9_QW6m8sXtUWNzozO6kI5XRD19-kwxxsEpjQdOToh9DxwuRPsTo/s1600/Kiribati+map+0+Annular+Solar+Eclipse+May+10.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEUDuColtllXBdoInH_1VlZmKHdilhi7qW2l5Rgp8FXSNKrQWW-pTInQNBjHTkJ47i8elHo7b6IsQnOzBUrnCzByEwjCBYXatLN8dnrczOye6dIg6bQUfTqow7PSxF_vpZr2hvpC_xdFWm/s320/Kiribati+map+0tr+Annular+Solar+Eclipse+May+10.jpg" ALT="Path of eclipse visibility over Kiribati." TITLE="Path of eclipse visibility over Kiribati."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGkbG_XaVQ0N1qqj-wxI0lzhkKs58YKOfcT9-CeK0ytWYvhy518_AES4IJ27j7MYlfMEFE0vMKMd7iIBkUmGmDbItxaav0OJkedJvZnQMZZSeOz_K7eLshBF8kTO17Mz2g_lEpXvsg6sw/s1600/Kiribati+map+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATu9FYo48TVsl8R8aG3v3jCbeSSufzj3f7LoLTr8RYFoqDIYoxLRMJQ54wC-ozD5lVrBYTc9IvfkVNls_K7FWRggftdjqzKNkGQKiSCwD6n1NO1qzSqa3LWC8N7Kx7PGPiDDFXA92qPUc/s320/Kiribati+map+1tl.jpg" ALT="Kiribati in Pacific context." TITLE="Kiribati in Pacific context."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGkbG_XaVQ0N1qqj-wxI0lzhkKs58YKOfcT9-CeK0ytWYvhy518_AES4IJ27j7MYlfMEFE0vMKMd7iIBkUmGmDbItxaav0OJkedJvZnQMZZSeOz_K7eLshBF8kTO17Mz2g_lEpXvsg6sw/s1600/Kiribati+map+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjGo-LXtCtcljHBjtxRVWA-nw0L2uQHoSxUNwn_lTlo2OFvGtzfBQOoViA6VAqEWqegWTQzAiMCTC8vAs5g7DpuQkx_N8f3F99WoE2FVfDGTWXMrnx-KPqmL5qmRpjWsxrRYf9f1lJPmi/s320/Kiribati+map+1tr.jpg" ALT="Kiribati in Pacific context." TITLE="Kiribati in Pacific context."></a><br />
The green circle-thing on the left map indicates GE - Greatest Eclipse. The yellow lines are 10-minute intervals and the complete annular portion of the eclipse lasts just over 6 minutes so there won't be much to see from Tarawa. Still ... They get a front row seat for sea-level rise and almost a front row seat for the eclipse - some kind of symmetry in that.<br />
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This <a HREF="https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=1.506327,173.007202&spn=0.875848,1.588898&t=m&z=10" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Maps."><b>map</B></A> puts you in the zone and shows Bonriki & Bairiki. They turn out to be parts of <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarawa" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Tarawa</B></A> which is Kiribati's capital & largest island city (50,000). Looks like <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Nauru</B></A> the world's smallest republic (10,000) misses the eclipse altogether.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9s5gypcTHfn_EurTQHTQ0Kkrx9cpUMlxrVrZMrdV9QUH6AvnV5GkR2r8J9rJrfm7H65MHuIBIdri9fSVI5I4pt05ZanOJ6eL0LqHIL13ewSln4tAh1Uh6oemBFK9wykv4MGXUzgy6NFaa/s1600/Kiribati+Tarawa+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFc_8cnp5r7hHe3gW9v4skMZDmCcXw1BIL2E8PblkeN-fESwgbnWtHZtakAljyJqy7hq9tRtmCcqz12hlQO7C3VsTrZ_RpQ0qsIJE8ioTVWVr-0EykHqmZimkBj_Oa1ed1gfAmD6SWCvGV/s320/Kiribati+Tarawa+1tl.jpg" ALT="Kiribati, Tarawa." TITLE="Kiribati, Tarawa."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9s5gypcTHfn_EurTQHTQ0Kkrx9cpUMlxrVrZMrdV9QUH6AvnV5GkR2r8J9rJrfm7H65MHuIBIdri9fSVI5I4pt05ZanOJ6eL0LqHIL13ewSln4tAh1Uh6oemBFK9wykv4MGXUzgy6NFaa/s1600/Kiribati+Tarawa+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1O-CrAgHd9H1C1HxdJF8Snbwo163IeSFAZl4GKZgXgx5S8Z6XlclLaerTWNhlch3F40Gi5Xve1p_eGqOmGKRYeO4XpNsHN72ceJrOAHpz2yrKEcOm2Le_gOaApCGWx2yVuNH9VM1i2G0I/s320/Kiribati+Tarawa+1tr.jpg" ALT="Kiribati, Tarawa." TITLE="Kiribati, Tarawa."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6X4AQojtIwlD76qLB17qZSgKkZKT6oBr256SRy7Nx3KEeUDHRrcPplwne3iZksznI82kwmQ-PVFjuMwgoKer4h0khT9feJbb7j7-g0RDpFHzcvVfSjrmkNfcAEjrehgVCg-QsKJw4wmC3/s1600/Kiribati+Tarawa+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstQEHj5uOYF39alk1iwIqQGR4zBiymubOjsY6ABmrTxmbGSDM9msp6CfNvtWckUgDs15A5jIj53-LKfFubyo4diOs1R1oVn07EGWtAFZfvU2ZBEdk7t9HpQkU_e7TuiAhGpN1NsA6i6wu/s320/Kiribati+Tarawa+2t.jpg" ALT="Kiribati, Tarawa." TITLE="Kiribati, Tarawa."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9rR4uAPzSrLTPBp8l-MSD9HWKtzDXJNI_o74mVGKFSgSxy-evwEbBZ4tLR815tQ_4ogNwoKSGJZrhYwa1tMcJP2uso-ISmg0m5h-1PkYb3Njbt91rJHsfNczO7BwvOjtVyz2TjBbDp4u/s1600/Kiribati+Tarawa+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4nMQM-fOE7j-cH44qglENytH3ZMoFCe3BCuHyk8DF8kdv06i32PeupBknUzWRD6ZvN5lcQmo8RCsLIB_ebCCtGv4_77ms1T-Bgut0LT90oVDoiZ7cpJsJUi37Ab93IbNnUkRNNUoQ_wT/s320/Kiribati+Tarawa+3t.jpg" ALT="Kiribati, Tarawa." TITLE="Kiribati, Tarawa."></a><br />
Highest elevation in Kiribati (<a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_belonging_to_Kiribati" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>comprising some 30 islands</B></A>) is 3 metres, ten feet, not very high; and there is population pressure there too. We all remember Ian Fry at Copenhagen in 2009 eh? <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUyZOgcHn-Q" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube 3.5 minutes."><b>Here he is</B></A> speaking for Tuvalu (which is not far away). A-and some recent photographs of Kiribati from <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2013/apr/16/kiribati-end-game-climate-change-in-pictures" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Kiribati enters the end game against climate change, Mike Bowers & Bernard Lagan, Tuesday 16 April."><b><i>The Guardian</I></B></A> to keep y'all entertained.<a NAME="DtmS04"> </A><a HREF="#DtmS04a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGdBChaqxfHND24e_wrP7YQV0TySIPVoCnpLoSWjRq8EBiTdnt2Lpca2h53ibuql2P_3Q7GQ-8Iv9kxP-W7__Y7tEtheoppoovnWYvcbOmMvZxyGJVowr-0FGjl0c9_BwGx78fj_t1-k4/s1600/Tiras+Pudles+12-12-03+Planet+Roast.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrMoszm-zAEfJnC9sLhzZNOvrxiUT77hDZSHnvgTngcweTTlIL18ow5S5hQL4M7DQfxYzXb2IY8nHxPkcRRgxZlaDv-NGEuT3nXKEBj1NJoX10JpvV75oH_SPXnCt8Jkzl2HTK2LGOegR/s320/Tiras+Pudles+12-12-03t+Planet+Roast.jpg" ALT="Daniel Pudles - planet roast." TITLE="Daniel Pudles - planet roast."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJPnVCnfMvrB4hEKskNp2WO01hdILpyj_iM4XEYoMkuVJPT3-7OLnDEYyVeIAUQcDKBPnkjBgcrFGBkWD7gevKoa0OTOGcxys4Owxvye8G74fb1s8AIv1lIs6-xkQUoeojrlFOEk-Ifvk/s1600/Pudles+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNEpfJCN_E11pvt48J6itLwj0ZTMjyXpVTMF9RuhQjpJot2IdvBWOwCHTZ8fLo-DwYt-kG8BQTou_5l223mKSqGchV1IwVVTA_hezubUqvjOHlOAg5vcquFMI-iO1UE7TjRRFMZZBdRYpw/s320/Pudles+1t.jpg" ALT="Daniel Pudles - the horror." TITLE="Daniel Pudles - the horror."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMsYAAn7GBcwiCzhMaomkRd2Ptw9bz5KQHb9VXUhZN3EEbBKQu8HA60FBfhiVgdJVzbJ7i0czbjHV1Os1dTJPYwgBv-XZAC_6mLHnKEPnT1oAtazcQpa8dTilyhSglM7jwoaz6lBHYyIWr/s1600/Pudles+2+complicit.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyRJgfGXds4t5eZKTlwCDjXR3y5HPF_evX_Kp5IHo6LWjoj15wZxomZr4wZgsvTvcmExrKNDilVTmencxlEgHTRAdMI7uxYfC1pGnaoAZoUF8-OoJ_g7k_ESDpQ6MbXMN6wVIv0UqjWUR/s320/Pudles+2t+complicit.jpg" ALT="Daniel Pudles - keep it under your hat." TITLE="Daniel Pudles - keep it under your hat."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hCiYTusaOH2uAeP91vzXbOJquYa9vZur8b_nitrNGa92CVO7vTrWQMMV5G7j8Cil7NfZvxfdWO-8xs2gsqHuqQIxSS8xXzwc-miWerGOk-ffQTIG_9ZnQq2G3DVYyfJy3RoN9qUXkNKD/s1600/Pudles+6+yee+haa.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXk3xaT_VCrQyN0e7uk5kyz1Gq1vjb2b8URMyV0aJi9LMsDrHbl671bcS2wMcWEMtmW7OLlypopvfhrGlLjDylBKH7uH3mmgp75JkPMPlEt__MLoIx6F6J1G86UXmUlstFUfZH40DM-aM1/s320/Pudles+6t+yee+haa.jpg" ALT="Daniel Pudles - yee haa." TITLE="Daniel Pudles - yee haa."></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL6iU7FbRiIlbHKuPVyb2C5zOXJRx0K1Giplq-TEDFZIKmXV-zZkeZCQxtr4fcG8CWSRUisx-ynOzgDAi7PZjXh4q_m3Wzh4MPhVefuVMaVNZmAbgRFAFTYf5znN606jFNMTuXVOoprgz7/s1600/Daniel+Pudles+0.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:3PX 0PX 0PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkczdHZMrIitmySdAaJJ9AX49lnx_SlSgVdp2gO0DyJcfN13B-ZVjl45S76yA3MJr9pUomxB6dsEZjTONxkGFhDFL7oyz-hNAL8lL3ajJDw04bqzVPbtIQZGqQ0amH_TsCL9GTQxsI672f/s320/Daniel+Pudles+0t.jpg" ALT="Daniel Pudles." TITLE="Daniel Pudles." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>Daniel Pudles must be doing alright - he keeps two websites: <a HREF="http://www.danielpudles.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Daniel Pudles dot com."><b>this</B></A> & <a HREF="http://www.danielpudles.co.uk/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Daniel Pudles dot com UK."><b>this</B></A>; but neither shows his illustrations time-ordered so it's difficult to find the 'latest' without a bit of poking around. In the end this <a HREF="https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Daniel+Pudles%22+Guardian&safe=off&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&tbas=0&source=lnt&sa=X&ei=llyDUcqHN62n4AOzrIDgBg&ved=0CEcQpwUoAA&biw=1538&bih=741" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Image Search."><b>Google</B></A> works (though not very well). Imaginative and eloquent. Well worth the effort to find 'em.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThNhg5oFdFb2qX9wgv0DSdrFWjBLHdLIF9aiz7QPNOX6jdI5_3HPYWRQvxH4FiBdL5f4vZ4TPjyRjBNX-qbiebcBFT0ewL0nVfqutvgI0zAgVhayCbKdZReA9yLkP35XRzpnMDvrNdIld/s1600/Pudles+3+captains+of+industry.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56udaK6kcb7cb9siZvy5wbYzxTDh0BhZipRyCv2LE5_KjrbqQGMwQE25P9Cmfk5QjHyhEHgYKJQdWp0Biuy_twfPQxunjkd0KZjmpfkhhRIGDYdNh3Rayp3l_Q4u_iMCpC5X5BwT3IEf9/s320/Pudles+3t+captains+of+industry.jpg" ALT="Daniel Pudles - captains of industry." TITLE="Daniel Pudles - captains of industry."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQh5K25ZKYr6wrofWGykci_bpHuwAeKWGWliE1ozjZ5pKn6ZbRQyWnDtbLbASOzjlVmrvTeHkJJXrQpMcJSuhXxNiSBnjm63ug4GSJFz0qkWOsWyiAeeoDCSAR7YSSdNSttqEky5a4-PD/s1600/Pudles+4+christian+doctrine.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pTb47iCa1SzQ2NZVfQjru4VO8EKyxyP7-GaMCLBgCqUcmdO1B0jFoQA_PWwRDjGyzmt5901zk-qEfjoZYOJ7bgq80GkF32jp92uLWQN9KAIq7tPB5gWiJ-pzhWAJfRAfp0sBIeSWA80F/s320/Pudles+4t+christian+doctrine.jpg" ALT="Daniel Pudles - christian hypocrites." TITLE="Daniel Pudles - christian hypocrites."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwz_vMG346JcdNuc9JkyjNzAYE8kuJWv_HX3XCx_I4znwSc77QkEI5HdHV-i9V1uvYwa_XxncagEB1lTV6hO5Q7gM3NSxka9n9aYEmG6tZzy5O6dhGutf7reg_wyJcwoel7gth3Ao53K6/s1600/Pudles+5+glorious+leader.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_x9CUKTECzP734nltXYp9HTpLt6eeo2ZoPv67UkiE5oeSHVQDez8SZorgEVnn6hswEb2r-_Dz7vfiVP5mijSS8pP6VnriY66momk46beQDjMRJuH1WKuSpUo3aotHY4oIf7hHH57F-MO_/s320/Pudles+5t+glorious+leader.jpg" ALT="Daniel Pudles - progress." TITLE="Daniel Pudles - progress."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8EXM0JZIIxAx3dyLDUJeIIS3IlPHloCLPfj07m5nTqJZwemmb568M9d5VhI4JvaSGzZuL9yf5feOEja66aDj6F1CqP1Z8STyCt0ePosSHgjjczfFCuhIaQqnBP60fz0ClIKibOUOvW94/s1600/Pudles+7+the+various+savours+of+coffee.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKnNn8tdbaOp-Bkc41tUPodn7uqdnEIPScuQO6vj49AsZySScyVKxSHr72k2DEzzwQ9v0gJ0g_BZ2Bz-2do1eLTfF6mtKuXR6I4fxVhdys28lEP7gysoTlMHP4J3Nw0IMqhMv8ON8Jd0V/s320/Pudles+7t+the+various+savours+of+coffee.jpg" ALT="Daniel Pudles - the various savours of coffee." TITLE="Daniel Pudles - the various savours of coffee."></a></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">[No way to get rid of this %$#@!!-ing line that I can find with this wretched HTML.<br />
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On the other hand, Blogger sometimes makes improvments that actually improve: images now load in order, and 'Preview' looks more-and-more like a post looks when it is 'Published'.]<a NAME="DtmS04a"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#DtmS04b" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglC7rc4r2y368VW86mxtVwjBoA6mUum5r8KjTzt2oPXck1wQKhyphenhyphenqERLk5VvbekN0x_i6qNj7_iSHRWHA5sgctFzUYHXYSRcW1tPnpgPNlhQ-taNAxOghoMk7AGLTz8Lp7ejId0NAYc7ow/s1600/Michael+Wolf+40+stories+showing.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 0PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBU6GvANjDnDUwbIeNceBbC1MOJNMvVid5sORgWjYTpkQ5zDAUdJO4xF78E5fhkBsSuMdPQ_0kywbC57iYP6iIXJIEKpn57WmPja5p0xUx3VixqtkeBRIjdWmBnMDYYbxiB3NOcAWV6xK/s320/Michael+Wolf+40+stories+showing+t.jpg" ALT="Michael Wolf: Hong Kong - 40 stories showing." TITLE="Michael Wolf: Hong Kong - 40 stories showing." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamOvMTZyHUUFbPlzQiowDptJkD8-pzuu42wg5CMnoBbFe0OiHu74vXSUiC7_c1PKYYEszy2tI22ubCFMJm5pROWXquJRyrcaqEkNN_9F2ARtEUUJYZU5yFCbjZ3hnwUuWC7pDdskBrCVN/s1600/Michael+Wolf+53+stories+showing.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 0PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrxCSezg0lZHfzEtczK1PuMhH4zH0cS5yDlOKDk1HIukTKt-x1AiU7-ZnNA-iVeii7CFO2giaHKL1eAkBn7-6FQNX2Hb7hcQWf5IZd6OObMvoehB-zBb9rD1QY-fqN03H2L1ATBvQt7Vj/s320/Michael+Wolf+53+stories+showing+t.jpg" ALT="Michael Wolf: Hong Kong - 53 stories showing." TITLE="Michael Wolf: Hong Kong - 53 stories showing." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>Michael Wolf:</B> These thumbnails look as if the digital copies are gibbled somehow, or maybe bar codes. At higher resolution they at first seem cobbled, possibly Photoshopped. (Can't be real!) Go to the website of <a HREF="http://photomichaelwolf.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Michael Wolf.com."><b>Michael Wolf</B></A> for a photographic vision of how the middle class lives in Hong Kong. Not fun as his portraits make very clear. Daemonic.<a NAME="DtmS04b"> </A><a HREF="#DtmS04c" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-Vd2GjP4dhsD77Yzg_Bz4UiSglkUYPxBKT24orQyXvYjxaA3HnkJ-a0Q8i4Gtm9xXp8CjK2Mim2j0uq9ekh80jUwdJE7fQFbO29ydezH321uXibUkdTUL1j3HeGc0fL6CeQ26Enq5aPz/s1600/Tiras+Pearls+Before+Swine+10-05-23+Computor.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_eh2KYD4din1TRKFAbK2J_0-3SY7Xz0VIU09g0BHIy1fsefRUqIz6IaWK6A155maz3P8jOe4DoEH-PVeOv9mvOWHHw5_mZcit7EIz8Hh82HzWI8iOXqJvKfmWiMQPyzx29M-PhQEDkLV6/s320/The+Shallows+Pearls+Before+Swine+10-05-23tr+Computor.jpg" ALT="Pearls Before Swine, May 23 2010." TITLE="Pearls Before Swine, May 23 2010." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-Vd2GjP4dhsD77Yzg_Bz4UiSglkUYPxBKT24orQyXvYjxaA3HnkJ-a0Q8i4Gtm9xXp8CjK2Mim2j0uq9ekh80jUwdJE7fQFbO29ydezH321uXibUkdTUL1j3HeGc0fL6CeQ26Enq5aPz/s1600/Tiras+Pearls+Before+Swine+10-05-23+Computor.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzWvfRCCSbAnOeNdyYwWu1qK_YlkNDreCldVm5ShZWz7QKaUVMkGdihkwP5yj-dDFUWOoqADUzZWb3wH8uzjcftBoDTr_bUYb4BDfdlGShccIRpDREQT1la8ybX5m9wg_yJYG89jbPGf5/s320/The+Shallows+Pearls+Before+Swine+10-05-23tl+Computor.jpg" ALT="Pearls Before Swine, May 23 2010." TITLE="Pearls Before Swine, May 23 2010." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>BookOS seems to have gone for a long lunch ...<br />
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So here's a short but telling excerpt from Nicholas Carr's 'The Shallows': <a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/13705.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda blog."><b>a digression on the writing of this book</B></A> (pages 199-200). He ends with, "I'm not sure I could live without it." Profound.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgf9OCPtYlOVrRXHRoJjmoT6eY7ZLUI4UKkwwUDC3eOWw2lz9S2rkbSsyTXLZPwGf_rIHRGgJTskWvSoq6nxgyL7Rrv6Pgi07Om1UXiKsCxfmCpIj3GXjhyphenhyphen5V_pBZesXj8kogVuBJVih_l/s1600/The+Shallows+Nicholas+Carr+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZCb7H1ZVhQrwdW7BUa_8JmKRuGoKCvxdJAN2RktjyLTO8xmWIzpuBDLsemNU3pO1Aq5wegdkqH2757P16QBCQDMBTurFHfjXzklA6Zfuy8qR7Cvhb6Wa8b_VntDlje0h4Tg2nMCr8-Cw/s320/The+Shallows+Nicholas+Carr+1t.jpg" ALT="Nicholas Carr." TITLE="Nicholas Carr." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLAJ84TQHJq6N2a94lGs8avBQNtweZZZwL8JPhuaG6Qjmz8F0YNrCmFE3hE5yu4I8kiLB-GPH0v_p2Oh8tWp9RJv1E-MhkA13Psk6yxmXAKU1_YuK_t1rBjEMTGmCLiflrSJtl9N5tpliB/s1600/The+Shallows+Nicholas+Carr+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 10PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrd_-bgyxdfmio2Si_9yOIlqUgrbPRCBRTTaTu2y8w1FDFmeZcuFEUNqNCyuNfgVvKPcW4hnDcdZ2xiSCx8Az9YtaIUAZ7oeD8AK9T-TkxdKEmBeoEyJYE3DpoIFUVFJXW7hERkm6avsK/s320/The+Shallows+Nicholas+Carr+2t.jpg" ALT="Nicholas Carr." TITLE="Nicholas Carr." ALIGN=LEFT></a>You can visit a <a HREF="http://www.theshallowsbook.com/nicholascarr/Nicholas_Carrs_The_Shallows.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Shallows website."><b>website calling it</B></A> "a '<i>Silent Spring</I>' for the literary mind"; or read his <a HREF="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Atlantic: Is Google Making Us Stupid?, Nicholas Carr, July 1 2008."><b>2008 Atlantic essay</B></A>, it's still online; and you can find all the links you need on <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_G._Carr" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Wikipedia</B></A>. No cheap copies at <a HREF="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Nicholas+Carr&sts=t&tn=The+Shallows" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Abe Books."><b>Abe's</B></A> yet. Won't be long, wait for it.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2VTuUiAvE-ieblqudWs0CeSLIb87UMsQXlW_EjXOVUGS3iZxONcbWYeF2TX4UgTzoOADSKlWbHX8aB-jNreH9ukSx0paAJWeNNKiniOHx7-cVJ_80Ge1k64qQpOqUZzljt1pM3wGUoph/s1600/The+Shallows+Nicholas+Carr+3.jpeg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 0PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO23VF0i9EbqRTnwYfl6Ru1MCFY280kMsU-wBjNo49-rotb0HdAnDZui53lAUTCzRvCyshyphenhyphenrg7lIi0W9zIt6TIQFNJCByDg5zgIg_vV5CaBTgFu7DiEAPpYYAlEYzzYJB8ywLFQRDlBGb_/s320/The+Shallows+Nicholas+Carr+3t.jpeg" ALT="Nicholas Carr." TITLE="Nicholas Carr." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>The very last line (not counting the Epilogue) is "We are welcoming the frenziedness into our souls." Not far off Cohen's "The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and it's overturned the order of the soul."<br />
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Good on 'im - a place on the lecture circuit for a few years, hope he sells lots of books and makes a pant-full and treats his family well.<a NAME="DtmS04c"> </A><a HREF="#DtmS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>...<br />
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"Let's in" saith then that Fool.<br />
(the wreather wretches<br />
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[From <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2012/03/one-would-have-to-call-it-bust.html#Owhtciab02" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>Umwelt Preface</B></A> by Keith Ecclestone.]<a NAME="DtmS99"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#DtmS99a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>Wayne, Mr. Hollywood, is gone:</B> Not a word about him that I can find. I haven't seen him for a while so I ask the checkout lady at the supermarket and she tells me.<br />
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He was the very best person I met on this street, in this city for that matter since I came back. I liked him. He deserves a proper obituary. I don't know enough to write one; except that he had diabetes and numerous other ailments that kept him in and out of hospital. I guess he didn't fall through the cracks in the social safety net; but he told me he had a sister so maybe she was looking out for him, running interference.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigf8goaMPcd-IIv2cT1J24RXRC4-vrEsQydM5kQHWmt6Q0ny0T33uBXItBClmEueITlAAmiR3hjjJv6MjLMUTXk_1cQeXuln4z3KZNfJkxoAfswwM6UXQpt-vY8uFu35QxteRwqDH3cAAY/s1600/Wayne+Mister+Hollywood+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:13PX 0PX 0PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYmsvBWOIxXJxUcwtOfi7JC1NAVD4X_fT7Slt4qsTBBYWyqyA4w0Y9kO3zgFoqbrIT_eKkYz9rRVDoz5p3zBGx3ntbdv1fjLUhvZnklxCKtkNCtGG9kN_xkBlH-S5OuMb5BgxfzLuDx-j/s320/Wayne+Mister+Hollywood+1t.jpg" ALT="Mister Hollywood, Wayne." TITLE="Mister Hollywood, Wayne." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><br />
I will miss him and his cheerful song - he was always singing, making up the lyrics as he went along; or offering to marry every woman who came by - calling all of them 'Marilyn'; selling pens, taking donations. He called me 'Robert Redford' as he did all the men; said, "Hey Robert Redford, let's go to Hollywood!" Paul Quarrington <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVWSYNqI6sI" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>wrote this song</B></A> about him; a bit condescending but that's no matter now.<br />
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When he wanted something - when it was cold and he wanted a coffee - he would ask for it straight out, and you had to go and fetch it too, he didn't like to walk very much.<br />
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<b>Important Update:</B> I met someone begging in Wayne's old spot who tells me that Wayne is still on the go - over close to the Toronto General somewhere according to the report. I will go over there and see if I can find him one of these days. Very pleased at this news if it is true, very pleased indeed.<div ALIGN=RIGHT>Be well.<a NAME="DtmS99a"> </A></DIV></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/do-math.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a HREF="http://gilmar.blogosfera.uol.com.br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="UOL.com.br."><b>Gilmar</B></A> is back on-line:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIUApi3DJFR4NJ4HqXXMOKLau-5WlrJ2WecR3RjcK_oo7LS9FB7n5ZI7323q5G-qXczK5Ugswm0cBjyrZhrqw5CV3yGiPmV1CbT9PY5_z0m_N_2n3nuysj922o5HJ0rMrx0eC9a3jx-K5/s1600/Tiras+Gilmar+13-05-04+viagra+finasterida.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMraB0Myk8ziZIhkTvDVgY7wk6yxXi1bqgm7yH9ERtjV_K7axjDWkcDYI3PvsJaGFHAgW0t1U-F1JfoaSaHlwnGEQup13JvGL70XJPVGFvJMyuOguSTMTlTVVLZGcHlySnRycoBcfjRRqr/s320/Tiras+Gilmar+13-05-04tl+viagra+finasterida.jpg" ALT="Gilmar Barbosa." TITLE="Gilmar Barbosa."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIUApi3DJFR4NJ4HqXXMOKLau-5WlrJ2WecR3RjcK_oo7LS9FB7n5ZI7323q5G-qXczK5Ugswm0cBjyrZhrqw5CV3yGiPmV1CbT9PY5_z0m_N_2n3nuysj922o5HJ0rMrx0eC9a3jx-K5/s1600/Tiras+Gilmar+13-05-04+viagra+finasterida.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikF6ME454gI2t8wXHBduA1wfwff9TAkCDwmu1OC_J231dJHtO5hs6qaEvHLcvDwnngl6rQ7pBcNycKuzmq-rU4nAiV3L9MnBOybue8D7D20RY5FeeqYAnC_emqQ5eK9CJHwo_xBuPVyTFC/s320/Tiras+Gilmar+13-05-04tm+viagra+finasterida.jpg" ALT="Gilmar Barbosa." TITLE="Gilmar Barbosa."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIUApi3DJFR4NJ4HqXXMOKLau-5WlrJ2WecR3RjcK_oo7LS9FB7n5ZI7323q5G-qXczK5Ugswm0cBjyrZhrqw5CV3yGiPmV1CbT9PY5_z0m_N_2n3nuysj922o5HJ0rMrx0eC9a3jx-K5/s1600/Tiras+Gilmar+13-05-04+viagra+finasterida.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhao7SbL2Qpph0oQbblfiQIRjJ3_jRhxNl18SS9xI0qK9rXTnDptglVohjaXs44PIjKNkoJwet_QgywQ9PZ_GNLbouufHZAAMmzBSX_Sm5yFEYlvAVvsAwHdNtsQLlt_ZAFQ4Yrn0zSnjS4/s320/Tiras+Gilmar+13-05-04tr+viagra+finasterida.jpg" ALT="Gilmar Barbosa." TITLE="Gilmar Barbosa."></a><br />
<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;">So! Are you just going to sit there looking? Take it easy. / I want to see which will come out on top - the finasteride or the viagra ...</SPAN> [See <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finasteride" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>finasteride</B></A>, a chemical treatment for enlarged prostate.]<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html" TITLE="Occupation of Belo Monte, May 2, 2013. Ocupação no canteiro de obras de Belo Monte."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN></DIV>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-51735551132119880832013-05-06T00:08:00.000-04:002013-05-29T11:05:23.583-04:00Occupation of Belo Monte.<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html#" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; FONT-SIZE:140%; COLOR:#CC6600; LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><b>Ocupação no canteiro de obras de Belo Monte.</B></SPAN></A> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/do-math.html" TITLE="Do the math. or: Walk around THIS!."><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/certainties.html" TITLE="Certainties? "... pettiness that plays so rough ...""><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN><a NAME="OobmS00"> </A> <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-ii-de-novo.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>Continued ...</B></A></DIV><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:150%;"><a HREF="#OobmS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprnY5HmJs4qavQZkUXMCcXTK5SGwTjY3wRsXB5B-lMTV6wOdwageKUGNxnsVStjSq7UZ_N1Th-ALfxjWdS3h3dlFuxJ0Vrzmoyj_CmZ2NOqExhIF8096_6ld-w5u7o5uIvkiCSR2PzUy-/s1600/Belo+Monte+Guerra+2+Belo+Monte+de+Merda.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9h7ocXs5FU8Q1WpxF7pTlW6MTWnOLgIHKKd1QI31o8LGTOhQKVR-wH7lMsQw753yKpzgzBZt6_uqbNzg-YMdR7Mk5hrpoPpxk9sNXvH0qq6XzOW7h7NjKXhsqTt19NHG614788ahIyjz0/s320/Belo+Monte+Guerra+2tt+Belo+Monte+de+Merda.jpg" ALT="Belo Monte de Merda." TITLE="Belo Monte de Merda." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQkEKc0vBjC4NLEPVgPNkSza-nTrdk7mPrNY-QH12SrQzJ81xUQOgpGyrRS7Fq_Hees9jHsAp-SNXOKQaszvrdwXKUc8cvNg-itU2B6eeVVwCuQ3vmrXDULLBVcHreluCpxeQBINq1LTQ-/s1600/Belo+Monte+Guerra+4+mao.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEktkCxmyY_ZwhN8Wy38kJDjbMzE8Wv-jpjf-SWg-pJSGqrCAFTJksa6tsMijBI6kSfe2gd6HrFKWkbXKIlbMiLn1A5s71lHrd2jzGbPfS_HqmhL0qwHZLGHWu4CWUre5x9qe5XSAe2Djs/s320/Belo+Monte+Guerra+4tt+mao.jpg" ALT="¡Ya basta!" TITLE="¡Ya basta!" ALIGN=RIGHT></a><b>Contents:</B> <a href="#OobmS01" title=""><b>News</B></a>, <a href="#OobmS02" title=""><b>Announcement of a War</B></a>,<br />
<a href="#OobmS03" title=""><b>Letters from the Occupation</B></a>, <a href="#OobmS04" title=""><b>#1</B></a>, <a href="#OobmS05" title=""><b>#2</B></a>, <a href="#OobmS06" title=""><b>#3</B></a>, <a href="#OobmS07" title=""><b>#4</B></a>, <a href="#OobmS08" title=""><b>#5 Help us!</B></a>, <a href="#OobmS09" title=""><b>#6</B></a>, <a href="#OobmS10" title=""><b>Gilberto Carvalho</B></a>, <b>Funai:(</B><a href="#OobmS11" title=""><b>José Eduardo Cardozo</B></a>, <a href="#OobmS12" title=""><b>Marta Azevedo</B></a><b>)</B>, <a href="#OobmS99" title=""><b>News Updates</B></a>, <a href="#OobmS99a" title=""><b>Media Devolution</B></a>.<br />
<b>Sites:</B> <a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte: by the occupiers."><b>Blog</B></A>, <a HREF="http://forestrivers.wordpress.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Indigenous Brazil: by Forest Rivers."><b>Indigenous Brazil</B></A>, <a HREF="http://cimi.org.br/site/pt-br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Conselho Indigenista Missionário: Catholic church."><b>Cimi</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.xinguvivo.org.br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="O Movimento Xingu Vivo para Sempre (MXVPS)."><b>Xingu Vivo</B></A>, <a HREF="http://stopbelomonte.tumblr.com/archive" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Maíra Irigaray's blog."><b>Stop Belo Monte</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.prpa.mpf.gov.br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Ministério Público Federal, Procuradoria da República no Pará (PRPA)."><b>MPF/PA</B></A>, <a HREF="http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Empresa Brasil de Comunicação S/A (EBC)."><b>Agência Brasil</B></A>, <a HREF="http://agenciapara.com.br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Agência Pará."><b>Agência Pará</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.altamirahoje.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Altamira Hoje."><b>Altamira Hoje</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.socioambiental.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="ISA - Instituto Socioambiental."><b>ISA</B></A> ...<a NAME="OobmS01"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#OobmS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCwsdDUX-Arhoc0T7BAGoNFRZxFHQ1mAyLP8_pzFqXFVoS1VxaXtKgZ9xr3QHxm94NUfwIFbPpvQuavvHkMsUSJox6Tq11ILsrhYaKbhuDJmgmDp7H3c8RpnILaWQysWj3dGzMop5SZOh/s1600/Belo+Monte+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjDZh-C51SHA2PMgl328XIntwLnrONG69orsAbwiQTq-DP4sGOc-XxCwLk9X1f7zvg985xXja_hW7QSrvoDhvCOBccejfn01-0yQvQGE4RTotoYqYB05mxkDWWGtAjCaSPORmbuQw2wWB/s320/Belo+Monte+1tl.jpg" ALT="Occupation of Belo Monte, Day 3 May 5 2013." TITLE="Occupation of Belo Monte, Day 3 May 5 2013."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCwsdDUX-Arhoc0T7BAGoNFRZxFHQ1mAyLP8_pzFqXFVoS1VxaXtKgZ9xr3QHxm94NUfwIFbPpvQuavvHkMsUSJox6Tq11ILsrhYaKbhuDJmgmDp7H3c8RpnILaWQysWj3dGzMop5SZOh/s1600/Belo+Monte+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJX4deLFkWJ8E_Jl3xVAaxLOUx1T_9PPna00G6h8KA3LZ6rEwFzXU67O_mRWzxCUk7ao7So43UDQEIok7l4y_AXPw2GZldjaOEDfUn93kb9vGbvR5ZLilKln11iOSZtDa_hAURFbX1O_ML/s320/Belo+Monte+1tm.jpg" ALT="Occupation of Belo Monte, Day 3 May 5 2013." TITLE="Occupation of Belo Monte, Day 3 May 5 2013."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCwsdDUX-Arhoc0T7BAGoNFRZxFHQ1mAyLP8_pzFqXFVoS1VxaXtKgZ9xr3QHxm94NUfwIFbPpvQuavvHkMsUSJox6Tq11ILsrhYaKbhuDJmgmDp7H3c8RpnILaWQysWj3dGzMop5SZOh/s1600/Belo+Monte+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-zpxUj2S6aufsvUhrf05gbKUqTlGJOuU1vAD_2uUmviWo5-7hyphenhyphenNaBPWCWPsOEpx605uCzHzUoLCHrAEw2NZTRA-9s424sZYT5nBwwPp7z3DusMHWhG8WYfb5FnzQwPAMQhqcOd_RU1Yo/s320/Belo+Monte+1tr.jpg" ALT="Occupation of Belo Monte, Day 3 May 5 2013." TITLE="Occupation of Belo Monte, Day 3 May 5 2013."></a><br />
<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>Occupation of Belo Monte:</B> The occupation began on May 2. English Google is full of the story just a few days later: <a HREF="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=ca&tbm=nws&q=belo+monte&oq=belo+monte&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i53.3779.3779.0.8375.1.1.0.0.0.0.101.101.0j1.1.0...0.0...1ac.1.wEAAjMYN8yM" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google News Search on 'Belo Monte'"><b>Google News Search on 'Belo Monte'</B></A> - I am not sure to what extent the parameters in the URL determine the outcome, 'English' and 'Canada' obviously (presumably interpreted from my own URL) but just a month or so ago this search would come up empty.<b>(?)</B></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><br />
[Provenance: I got the news from <a HREF="http://amazonia.org.br/2013/05/ind%C3%ADgenas-mant%C3%AAm-ocupa%C3%A7%C3%A3o-no-canteiro-de-obras-de-belo-monte/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Amigos da Terra – Amazônia Brasileira: Indígenas mantêm ocupação no canteiro de obras de Belo Monte, Luana Lourenço, 6 de maio de 2013."><b>Amigos da Terra</B></A> (as usual), who got it from <a HREF="http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/noticia/2013-05-05/indigenas-mantem-ocupacao-no-canteiro-de-obras-de-belo-monte" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Agência Brasil/EBC: Indígenas mantêm ocupação no canteiro de obras de Belo Monte, Luana Lourenço, 05/05/2013."><b>Agência Brasil</B></A>.]<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfDbPGrsZQ_o8BAmr1TZtZea_QgPPPJzyMTtTIx43XfavGyIdp-S1nyC7nXOwwdNGZPH8Z39W1wxmp88blvKJjHL8ETFHXAlMjJYDOHoRRkbsFVCanAURhyNBpYfZCPWcYAasQPsYWfY8/s1600/Belo+Monte+6+Sergio+apoio+de+Munduruku.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTznuD-Ihcm014PZJRRTsGv3Oz7tYkzM-TA5PI9jMtEDrUnMxCZjvApvfIuNKacXuZ1-uWZIHMj1Do3AVNwcy5HxP8tAMarfQUb9sa_8fKTdrq_D5gxSoxdPhDhmXmJ7F9nK_LIS1zlx2X/s320/Belo+Monte+6t+Sergio+apoio+de+Munduruku.jpg" ALT="Belo Monte Occupation - support from Valdenir Munduruku." TITLE="Belo Monte Occupation - support from Valdenir Munduruku." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUB-p-a4satgN93e5StqIe3nHwoaz06RZ2Ez5o_GRlNpx-C2vIes2zgx97HyDLRJcBO27lntteANhTE_JYyTgpFi1aqXDpZMv1bYqynXTRjUj3VeOUeDKCl3OVep_WaODVhdZvLsQ5sRL/s1600/Belo+Monte+7+Sergio.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNeJSPOwutTNqf1d3TjUb6KkMDE0At69Df4Pcczh_UhNjW7aqSf7pcXzVOmLGTpUMwiY3mnXs4EBC97zWdZlZBmZk7FNndtWaOxbIKkoFmKxXj8jmUgsWsRUcteyNlCE5AV5bPZUZi7U6v/s320/Belo+Monte+7t+Sergio.jpg" ALT="Belo Monte Occupation - meeting with the lawyer Sérgio." TITLE="Belo Monte Occupation - meeting with the lawyer Sérgio." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36jd9IcyR_onriS8uFCMDeu67OzmfXWTGh3CbGQCRZblJb5UzfTE-fj5o697Qyn3EQP0ljTwkODQCdNHhCpq3IHkarvQkJ1eS088omYTeNW-KJVJtr3SLwV6sCEQwXVXn3UfS86yaklsd/s1600/Belo+Monte+8+Sergio.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBf7Bgsy3z6cwOdT1q37811q0mREIofQwkAWBeYSgiWnkP7AGj-R6vG5Rs60vC2Yql1A8OGdE98WLoXMUvUgDT2zNIZQENcaj8Hw24_v9HolUae8MdOUlzd1vnyey4uM8yGIX6gbADgmNP/s320/Belo+Monte+8t+Sergio.jpg" ALT="Belo Monte Occupation - meeting with the lawyer Sérgio." TITLE="Belo Monte Occupation - meeting with the lawyer Sérgio." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-uu9G3X9pQDnmLoHSyRR3CmDpqKKQ66R-ExZbPAHtUOQiIGubyIOF3-HoluljtmrCgksbbPIr7AMtcITzZd6uWqRpxSIkk6tgWkGvQ-OC9JqBwqYzrzJwuUD0-6j20T879W-TpRjkajog/s1600/Belo+Monte+9+dia+a+dia.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8gieqZyQiovLJm_XgXx68VsBLRJhn-e48g9NWKsUQw4B7oHSsCKY-FjHa_0yCjZTd4zdjuCLb3bv5BvcZ55jktRFJUR-yPcxru6BAw54dBkDURWQw75M8Fj_Y6Gg7uVkrb3zVhg_YP75/s320/Belo+Monte+9t+dia+a+dia.jpg" ALT="Belo Monte Occupation - day-to-day." TITLE="Belo Monte Occupation - day-to-day." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><br />
</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">A (partly) English blog to bookmark: <a HREF="http://stopbelomonte.tumblr.com/archive" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>Tumblr: Stop Belo Monte</B></A> by <a HREF="http://stopbelomonte.tumblr.com/aboutme" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>Maíra Irigaray</B></A> of Amazon Watch; and her post on the troops/police & Sergio the flunkey lawyer sent by the government: <a HREF="http://stopbelomonte.tumblr.com/post/49774352794/visita-do-advogado-sergio-by-mundurukudenuncia-on" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Tumblr: Stop Belo Monte, Visita do advogado Sérgio, May 6 2013."><b>Visit by lawyer Sergio</B></A>.<br />
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I see that Valdenir Munduruku (mentioned in this blog before) is not the only strong leader among the occupiers - there are many, young and old. This is good.<br />
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The central source for information is <a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte."><b>Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte</B></A>.<a NAME="OobmS02"> </A><a HREF="#OobmS03" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlF9lpxCqrtniTMfVG0GL5ST731Q4eZ4o9vcWG0pjjyu5qbqrd6fEfvp9LV_YCNMJebUCL-Zfo9xR38Mft86Xli-Nl0Cz2DmcLZPC1oYcj-qy1k3n188HMIViDyyr4wOoIKzbx6xOd3321/s1600/Belo+Monte+2+apoio+de+trabalhadores.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGHJ_cif0bvKrBbKWeMNMRUii_I3_caVwONy6OGuycwN6tSb6aJh4tKKdBU7HAjs1AapOkRCzBztdUNjVZTR9Oq1aDz8EuCjdikQojdNTuHxqNFIypttChtORlCKoMhQl5Wz08hkMem4a/s320/Belo+Monte+2t+apoio+de+trabalhadores.jpg" ALT="Belo Monte Occupation - support from the workers." TITLE="Belo Monte Occupation - support from the workers." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuX1_h_bazX85iKYFenpA8vgY8FMkbL9yt4AiGRPw54YYbcMWT8r_ka9xAgEBZn6MTGFYAPnG9u_pe7TW9_jmmD2YdU7nNH_RM4HrN6Lf4N3YnQqcdlz06TnNRP4blQfrH7bIJxmHWJZRB/s1600/Belo+Monte+3+apoio+de+trabalhadores.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQ8UQQP_QgmS_SmtrD7j_BHSkETCakHQ_oFGcAP7kbBjigGItxtHnPnwuQvrs685MO2EyyuFp-Qhvc6VMXV5iiy98ILseGkak1wBzdq9AYw2_Q-GRyHLe0vhAHr8uH0qNhXKHNt7vfkR4/s320/Belo+Monte+3t+apoio+de+trabalhadores.jpg" ALT="Belo Monte Occupation - support from the workers." TITLE="Belo Monte Occupation - support from the workers." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMCD6gsR-46_aRdOzp-yVEWUyVb89PhmMcPJZzonZuBPicpdMfBXO-r9_rjBl0JlpfzNKTNtuHVZd8EvFycyfw-XtibZSxxRbJTsMCHiMMnX-rSe9-0RjUS5KwYZyrrwMs0INwfQmGM5x/s1600/Belo+Monte+4++apoio+do+governo.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUStldp1rR7PkpCjn6dJ74y4ep_7b2e2aubgqJi0O9-eKL1qsIrvXDQ-VkSQ5C46oULPcZH_aqtM6RNggFSHakti8xVPFF23jSiwtLXI1V7TiU5DQbX5GdXjYWKXoAylll0E6K1Lf3Zts/s320/Belo+Monte+4t++apoio+do+governo.jpg" ALT="Belo Monte Occupation - support from the government." TITLE="Belo Monte Occupation - support from the government." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBTxcrAFQRHQ-u5yACf6ZqG3piHwu2b-g3aEzBcWG-jyw48QlKXsO1OdZKgzEe9YIXcpx0k2FCKmTe7hGeoXSWOao47wZDW3a9YqNZVA1PWKR8Tc4eTb5xr03d8ec4WHsB0EhaRGctTCK/s1600/Belo+Monte+5+apoio+do+governo.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 15PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_JQC-YnZA4tvGo-pI1fd0nRYUDSx2SHBxAv0AO8MZ11GKv7NpCtBK5a-YOl0mV9e4FX9B3L_LhHvKp_R5U49hyphenhyphenPY2zENVV4uZMQDT0B3x3BftPj-F74V4bzQhNNlpOzA408-vU1bDBwX/s320/Belo+Monte+5t+apoio+do+governo.jpg" ALT="Belo Monte Occupation - support from the government." TITLE="Belo Monte Occupation - support from the government." ALIGN=LEFT></a>For photographs: <a HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90430648@N04/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Flickr: Munduruku Denuncia."><b>Munduruku Denuncia</B></A>; and <a HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/internationalrivers/collections/72157618008856873/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Flickr: International Rivers."><b>International Rivers</B></A>.<br />
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The government is ejecting reporters: <a HREF="https://knightcenter.utexas.edu/blog/00-13810-journalists-fined-and-kept-entering-occupied-belo-monte-dam-construction-site-brazil" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="University of Texas at Austin - Knight Center for Journalism: Journalists fined and kept from entering occupied Belo Monte dam construction site in Brazil, Natalia Mazotte, 2013-05-06."><b>Journalists fined and kept from entering occupied Belo Monte dam construction site in Brazil</B></A>. Lunaé Parracho (Reuters), Ruy Sposati (CIMI), & François Cardona (RFI).<br />
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Watch this 2012 film, in English, and longish (an hour & 45 minutes), but worth it: <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoRhavupkfw" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube, BeloMonteOFilme."><b>Belo Monte Announcement of a War</B></A>, or in Portuguese: <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=091GM9g2jGk" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube, BeloMonteOFilme."><b>Belo Monte: Anúncio de uma Guerra</B></A>. The government claims 11 gigawatts for Belo Monte - the real number is 60% (or less) of that. The government claims it is a one-off - but their actual plan is for many many dams. The government has done this before in <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucuru%C3%AD_Dam" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>Tucuruí</B></A> - and learned nothing from it apparently.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprnY5HmJs4qavQZkUXMCcXTK5SGwTjY3wRsXB5B-lMTV6wOdwageKUGNxnsVStjSq7UZ_N1Th-ALfxjWdS3h3dlFuxJ0Vrzmoyj_CmZ2NOqExhIF8096_6ld-w5u7o5uIvkiCSR2PzUy-/s1600/Belo+Monte+Guerra+2+Belo+Monte+de+Merda.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 15PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwieppeB6LnhFunwyGIqR9oQ-3UXoNbcLz0AZWunn-8fEnGs8g4GDScjXEeGfpPwwUPle97CnPejoyY3QkRKU5CL9Ms84k_qosX7CWiVV7yN0Br2BuNI0n3XBfX_Mq5FU6cvjIHmgV5N9O/s320/Belo+Monte+Guerra+2t+Belo+Monte+de+Merda.jpg" ALT="Urban Grafitti: Belo Monte is shit." TITLE="Urban Grafitti: Belo Monte is shit." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQkEKc0vBjC4NLEPVgPNkSza-nTrdk7mPrNY-QH12SrQzJ81xUQOgpGyrRS7Fq_Hees9jHsAp-SNXOKQaszvrdwXKUc8cvNg-itU2B6eeVVwCuQ3vmrXDULLBVcHreluCpxeQBINq1LTQ-/s1600/Belo+Monte+Guerra+4+mao.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0V55IC4ZmAeoVdNr5RffOc9-sYruxtjUl-30hpnbl9Tl-u2kC8aFG7hqbdNr765fUhOMAjue59_yQ4nt7NefOKIa8i3MvP3t5Niw06tVu7_XcU6yCkwheop35Y-x68mgF-5gOoI620Fd/s320/Belo+Monte+Guerra+4t+mao.jpg" ALT="¡Ya basta!" TITLE="¡Ya basta!" ALIGN=RIGHT></a><b>Why does it excite me?</B> I know native motivations are complex and run from accepting bribes of various degrees to primarily wanting to protect and save the planetary ecosystem; but for some reason what I hear from Brazil puts them to the right on that scale from Theresa Spence and her diamond mine.<br />
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But ... if I compare my superficial bourgeois hand-wringing nonsense with <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2012/08/room-101.html#RoooS06" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>the balanced views of Barbara Zimmerman</B></A> ... there's no comparison is there?<a NAME="OobmS03"> </A><a HREF="#OobmS04" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>Oh well, I can cobble up some translations of the letters issued by the occupiers at least.<br />
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Source: <a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte."><b>Belo Monte Occupation blog</B></A> (in Portuguese).<br />
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Map showing <a HREF="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Vit%C3%B3ria+do+Xingu+-+Para,+Brazil&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=-2.88818,-51.998291&spn=3.499644,6.355591&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=44.204685,101.689453&oq=Vit%C3%B3ria+do+Xingu&hnear=Vit%C3%B3ria+do+Xingu+-+Par%C3%A1,+Brazil&t=m&z=8" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Maps."><b>Vitória do Xingu</B></A>.<br />
</TD><td WIDTH=2%> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=51%><b>Leia os documentos dos indígenas na íntegra:</B><br />
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Fonte: <a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte."><b>Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte</B></A>.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=47%><a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/carta-da-ocupacao-de-belo-monte-numero-1/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte"><b>Letter #1, May 2 2013</B></A> (also at <a HREF="http://www.cimi.org.br/site/pt-br/?system=news&action=read&id=6848" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Conselho Indigenista Missionário (Cimi): Indígenas ocupam canteiro de obras de Belo Monte contra hidrelétricas na Amazônia, 02/05/2013."><b>Cimi</B></A> and <a HREF="http://www.advivo.com.br/blog/mpaiva/carta-da-ocupacao-de-belo-monte-02052013" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Brasilianas.org: Carta da ocupação de Belo Monte (02/05/2013), sex 03/05/2013."><b>Brasilianas</B></A>).<br />
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<b>Letter about the Belo Monte Occupation</B></TD><td WIDTH=2%> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=51%><a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/carta-da-ocupacao-de-belo-monte-numero-1/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte"><b>Carta no. 1, maio 2 2013</B></A> (também a <a HREF="http://www.cimi.org.br/site/pt-br/?system=news&action=read&id=6848" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Conselho Indigenista Missionário (Cimi): Indígenas ocupam canteiro de obras de Belo Monte contra hidrelétricas na Amazônia, 02/05/2013."><b>Cimi</B></A> e <a HREF="http://www.advivo.com.br/blog/mpaiva/carta-da-ocupacao-de-belo-monte-02052013" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Brasilianas.org: Carta da ocupação de Belo Monte (02/05/2013), sex 03/05/2013."><b>Brasilianas</B></A>).<br />
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<b>Carta da ocupação de Belo Monte</B></TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>We are the people who live on the rivers where you want to build dams. We are Mundurukú, Juruna, Kayapo, Xipaya, Kuruaya, Asurini, Parakanã, Arara, fishermen and river-people. We are from Amazonia and want the forest standing. We are Brazilians. The river is our supermarket. Our ancestors are older than Jesus Christ.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Nós somos a gente que vive nos rios em que vocês querem construir barragens. Nós somos Munduruku, Juruna, Kayapó, Xipaya, Kuruaya, Asurini, Parakanã, Arara, pescadores e ribeirinhos. Nós somos da Amazônia e queremos ela em pé. Nós somos brasileiros. O rio é nosso supermercado. Nossos antepassados são mais antigos que Jesus Cristo.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>You are pointing guns at our heads. You raid our territories with soldiers and war machines. You make the fish disappear. You rob the bones of the old who are buried in our land.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Vocês estão apontando armas na nossa cabeça. Vocês sitiam nossos territórios com soldados e caminhões de guerra. Vocês fazem o peixe desaparecer. Vocês roubam os ossos dos antigos que estão enterrados na nossa terra.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>You do this because you are afraid to hear us. Afraid to hear that we do not want the dam. Afraid to understand why we do not want the dam.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Vocês fazem isso porque tem medo de nos ouvir. De ouvir que não queremos barragem. De entender porque não queremos barragem.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>You pretend we are violent and want war. Who kills our relatives? How many whites have died and how many Indians have died? It is you who are you killing us, quickly or bit by bit. We're dying and each dam kills more. And when we try to talk you bring tanks, helicopters, soldiers, machine-guns and stun guns.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Vocês inventam que nós somos violentos e que nós queremos guerra. Quem mata nossos parentes? Quantos brancos morreram e quantos indígenas morreram? Quem nos mata são vocês, rápido ou aos poucos. Nós estamos morrendo e cada barragem mata mais. E quando tentamos falar vocês trazem tanques, helicópteros, soldados, metralhadoras e armas de choque.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>What we want is simple: you need to regulate [make regulations for] the [existing] law governing prior consultation with indigenous peoples. Meanwhile you need to stop all works and studies and police operations in Rio Xingu, Tapajos and Teles Pires. And then you need to consult us.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>O que nós queremos é simples: vocês precisam regulamentar a lei que regula a consulta prévia aos povos indígenas. Enquanto isso vocês precisam parar todas as obras e estudos e as operações policiais nos rios Xingu, Tapajós e Teles Pires. E então vocês precisam nos consultar.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>We want dialogue, but you are not letting us speak. This is why we occupied your jobsite. You need to stop everything and just listen to us.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Nós queremos dialogar, mas vocês não estão deixando a gente falar. Por isso nós ocupamos o seu canteiro de obras. Vocês precisam parar tudo e simplesmente nos ouvir.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Vitória do Xingu, Para State, May 2 2013.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Vitória do Xingu (PA), 02 de maio de 2013.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=47%><a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/carta-da-ocupacao-no-2-sobre-a-pauta-da-nossa-ocupacao-de-belo-monte/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte."><b>Letter #2, May 3 2013</B></A> (also at <a HREF="http://www.cimi.org.br/site/pt-br/?system=news&action=read&id=6850" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Conselho Indigenista Missionário (Cimi): Belo Monte - governo pressiona indígenas com força policial; trabalhadores da usina prestam solidariedade, Ruy Sposati de Altamira, 03/05/2013."><b>Cimi</B></A> and <a HREF="http://www.brasildefato.com.br/node/12817" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Brasil de Fato: Trabalhadores de Belo Monte apoiam indígenas que ocupam canteiro de obras, Ruy Sposati de Altamira, 04/05/2013."><b>Brasil de Fato</B></A>).<br />
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<b>On the agenda of our occupation of Belo Monte</B></TD><td WIDTH=2%> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=51%><a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/carta-da-ocupacao-no-2-sobre-a-pauta-da-nossa-ocupacao-de-belo-monte/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte."><b>Carta no. 2, maio 3 2013</B></A> (também a <a HREF="http://www.cimi.org.br/site/pt-br/?system=news&action=read&id=6850" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Conselho Indigenista Missionário (Cimi): Belo Monte - governo pressiona indígenas com força policial; trabalhadores da usina prestam solidariedade, Ruy Sposati de Altamira, 03/05/2013."><b>Cimi</B></A> e <a HREF="http://www.brasildefato.com.br/node/12817" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Brasil de Fato: Trabalhadores de Belo Monte apoiam indígenas que ocupam canteiro de obras, Ruy Sposati de Altamira, 04/05/2013."><b>Brasil de Fato</B></A>).<br />
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<b>Sobre a pauta da nossa ocupação de Belo Monte</B></TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>We are not here to negotiate with the Belo Monte Construction Consortium. We are not here to negotiate with the utility company Norte Energia. We do not have a list of specific requests or claims for you.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Não estamos aqui para negociar com o Consórcio Construtor Belo Monte. Não estamos aqui para negociar com a empresa concessionária Norte Energia. Não temos uma lista de pedidos ou reivindicações específicas para vocês.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>We are here to dialogue with the government. To protest against the construction of large projects that permanently impact our lives. To require regulation of the law guaranteeing prior consultation - ie before study and construction! Finally, and most importantly, we occupy the jobsite to require that there be prior consultation about building projects on our lands, rivers and forests.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Nós estamos aqui para dialogar com o governo. Para protestar contra a construção de grandes projetos que impactam definitivamente nossas vidas. Para exigir que seja regulamentada a lei que vai garantir e realizar a consulta prévia - ou seja, antes de estudos e construções! Por fim, e mais importante, ocupamos o canteiro para exigir que seja realizada a consulta prévia sobre a construção de empreendimentos em nossas terras, rios e florestas.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>And for this the government needs to stop whatever it is doing. It needs to suspend work and studies on dams. It needs to remove the troops and cancel police operations in our land.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>E para isso o governo precisa parar tudo o que está fazendo. Precisa suspender as obras e estudos das barragens. Precisa tirar as tropas e cancelar as operações policiais em nossas terras.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>The Belo Monte construction site is occupied and paralyzed. Workers living in dormitories support us and have made dozens of testimonials about problems living here. They are sympathetic to our cause. They understand us. Both they and we are at peace. Both they and we want workers to be taken to town. The Belo Monte Construction Consortium must enable workers to be removed for the short term and secure shelter for them in town.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>O canteiro de obras Belo Monte está ocupado e paralisado. Os trabalhadores que vivem nos alojamentos nos apóiam e deram dezenas de depoimentos sobre problemas que vivem aqui. São solidários a nossa causa. Eles nos entendem. Tanto eles quanto nós estamos em paz. Tanto eles quanto nós queremos que os trabalhadores sejam levados para a cidade. O Consórcio Construtor Belo Monte precisa viabilizar a retirada dos trabalhadores a curto prazo e garantir abrigo para eles na cidade.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>We will not leave until the government pays attention to our claim.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Nós não sairemos enquanto o governo não atender nossa reivindicação.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Belo Monte Jobsite, Vitória do Xingu, May 3, 2013.<br />
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Signed by the native chiefs and leaders, fishermen and river-people of the occupation [?].</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Canteiro Belo Monte, Vitória do Xingu, 3 de maio de 2013.<br />
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Assinam os indígenas caciques e lideranças, ribeirinhos e pescadores da ocupação pela consulta.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=47%><a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/carta-no-3/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte."><b>Letter #3, May 4 2013</B></A> (also at <a HREF="http://stopbelomonte.tumblr.com/post/49774017131/carta-no-3-deixem-os-jornalistas-aqui" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Stop Belo Monte, Maíra Irigaray blog, Carta no. 3 Deixem os jornalistas aqui!, Monday May 6 2013"><b>Maíra Irigaray</B></A>).<br />
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<b>Let the journalists stay here!</B></TD><td WIDTH=2%> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=51%><a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/carta-no-3/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte."><b>Carta no. 3, maio 4, 2013</B></A> (também a <a HREF="http://stopbelomonte.tumblr.com/post/49774017131/carta-no-3-deixem-os-jornalistas-aqui" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Stop Belo Monte, Maíra Irigaray blog, Carta no. 3 Deixem os jornalistas aqui!, Monday May 6 2013"><b>Maíra Irigaray</B></A>).<br />
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<b>Deixem os jornalistas aqui!</B></TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Yesterday the government sent an aide to present a proposal to those of us who are occupying the construction site. Along with him came 100 military police, civil, federal, Shock Troops, Rotam (Ronda Tática Metropolitana) and National Forces.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Ontem o governo enviou um assessor para apresentar uma proposta a nós que estamos ocupando o canteiro de obras. Junto com eles vieram 100 policiais militares, civis, federais, Tropa de Choque, Rotam e Força Nacional.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>We do not want aides. We want to talk with people in the government who can decide. And without their armies.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Nós não queremos assessores. Queremos falar com a sua gente de governo que pode decidir. E sem seus exércitos.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>The aide wanted us to leave the jobsite, and that only a small group would speak with people in the ministry. We do not accept. We want them to come to the jobsite and talk to all of us together.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>O funcionário queria que saíssemos do canteiro e que só uma pequena comissão falasse com gente de ministério. Nós não aceitamos. Nós queremos que eles venham para o canteiro e falem com todos nós juntos.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Yesterday the court issued a preliminary injunction taking power only over whites. With this decision, the police and bailiff expelled two journalists who were filming and interviewing us, and fined a journalist 1,000R$´[$500 CAD]. And expelled an activist.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Ontem a Justiça expediu liminar de reintegração de posse apenas para os brancos. Com essa decisão, a polícia e o oficial de justiça expulsaram dois jornalistas que estavam nos entrevistando e filmando, e multaram um jornalista em mil reais. E expulsaram um ativista.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>News coverage helps a lot. We demand that the judge remove the injunction, not apply fines, and allow journalists, academics, volunteers and organizations to continue witnessing what we go through here, and help convey our voice to the world.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>A cobertura jornalística ajuda muito. Nós exigimos que a juíza retire o pedido de reintegração de posse, não aplique multas e permita que jornalistas, acadêmicos, voluntários e organizações possam continuar testemunhando o que nós passamos aqui, e ajudar a transmitir nossa voz para o mundo.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Belo Monte jobsite occupation, Vitória do Xingu, Saturday May 4, 2013.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Ocupação do canteiro de obras Belo Monte, Vitória do Xingu, Sábado, 4 de maio de 2013.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=47%><a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/carta-no-4/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte."><b>Letter #4, May 7 2013</B></A> (also at <a HREF="" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b></B></A><a HREF="http://stopbelomonte.tumblr.com/post/49882478446/letter-n-4-the-government-lost-its-mind" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Stop Belo Monte blog."><b>Maíra Irigaray</B></A> & <a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/letter-n-4-the-government-lost-its-mind/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte."><b>Blog da Ocupação</B></A> - both in English).<br />
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<b>The government has lost its mind</B></TD><td WIDTH=2%> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=51%><a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/carta-no-4/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte"><b>Carta no. 4, maio 7, 2013</B></A> (também a <a HREF="http://stopbelomonte.tumblr.com/post/49883295869/carta-n-4-o-governo-perdeu-o-juizo" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Stop Belo Monte blog."><b>Maíra Irigaray</B></A>).<br />
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<b>O governo perdeu o juízo</B></TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>We read the note from the General Secretariat of the Presidency.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Nós lemos a nota da Secretaria Geral da Presidência da República.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>The government has lost its mind. Gilberto Carvalho is lying. The government is completely desperate. Do not know what to do about us.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>O governo perdeu o juízo. Gilberto Carvalho está mentindo. O governo está completamente desesperado. Não sabe o que fazer com a gente.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>You are the bandits, rapists, manipulators, the insincere and dishonest. And still, we remain calm and peaceful. You do not.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Os bandidos, os violadores, os manipuladores, os insinceros e desonestos são vocês. E ainda assim, nós permanecemos calmos e pacíficos. Vocês não.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>You banned journalists and lawyers from entering the construction site, and even sitting members of your own government.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Vocês proibiram jornalistas e advogados de entrar no canteiro, e até deputados do seu próprio partido.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>You sent National Forces to say that the government will not talk with us. You sent people asking for wishlists. You militarized the area of occupation, search people who come and go, search our food, take pictures, intimidate and give orders.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Vocês mandaram a Força Nacional dizer que o governo não irá dialogar com a gente. Mandaram gente pedindo listas de pedidos. Vocês militarizaram a área da ocupação, revistam as pessoas que passam e vem, a nossa comida, tiram fotos, intimidam e dão ordens.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>We understand that it's easier to call us thugs and treat us like criminals. Looked atthat way, the discourse of Gilberto Carvalho might make some sense.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Entendemos que é mais fácil nos chamar de bandidos, nos tratar como bandidos. Assim o discurso do Gilberto Carvalho pode fazer algum sentido.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>But we are not criminals and you'll have to deal with it.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Mas nós não somos bandidos e vocês vão ter que lidar com isso.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Our claims are based on constitutional rights. In the Federal Constitution and in international law. And we have the support of society and even the workers who work for you.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Nossas reivindicações são baseadas em direitos constitucionais. Na Constituição Federal, nas lesgislações internacionais. E temos o apoio da sociedade e até dos trabalhadores que trabalham para vocês.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>The government is getting more violent. As reported by the press, and also here at the jobsite with their army.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>O governo está ficando mais violento. Nas palavras na imprensa, e também aqui no canteiro com seu exército.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>It is the government that does not want to cooperate with the law. And manœuvres to try to discredit our struggle, inventing stories for the press.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>É o governo que não quer cooperar com a lei. E faz manobra para tentar desqualificar nossa luta, inventando histórias para a imprensa.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Today makes six months since you murdered Adenilson Mundurukú. We know well how you act when you want something.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Hoje fazem seis meses que vocês assassinaram Adenilson Munduruku. Nós sabemos bem como vocês agem quando querem alguma coisa.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>The bad faith comes from Gilberto Carvalho. And despite that, we want him to come and talk with us at the jobsite. We are waiting for you, Gilberto. Stop sending police with guns in their hands to deliver empty proposals. Stop trying to humiliate us in the press.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>A má-fé é do Gilberto Carvalho. E apesar de tudo, nós queremos que ele venha no canteiro dialogar conosco. Estamos esperando por você, Gilberto. Pare de mandar policiais com armas na mão para entregar propostas vazias. Pare de tentar nos humilhar na imprensa.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>We are on your jobsite and we will not leave until you leave our villages.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Nós estamos em seu canteiro e não iremos sair enquanto vocês não saírem das nossas aldeias.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Belo Monte jobsite, Vitória do Xingu, May 7, 2013.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Belo Monte, Canteiro de obras, Vitória do Xingu, 7 de maio de 2013.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=47%><a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/letter-n-5-we-need-your-support-urgently/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte."><b>Letter #5, May 8 2013</B></A> (in English).<br />
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<s>To those who support us</S><br />
<b>We urgently need support</B></TD><td WIDTH=2%> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=51%><a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/carta-n-5-para-aqueles-que-nos-apoiam/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte"><b>Carta no. 5, maio 8, 2013</B></A>.<br />
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<s>Para aqueles que nos apoiam</S><br />
<b>Precisamos de apoio urgente</B></TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Today we write to those who support us. Whoever believes in our struggle and agrees with our point of view.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Hoje escrevemos para quem nos apoia. Quem confia na nossa luta e concorda com nosso ponto de vista.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>We are the people who live on the rivers where they want to build dams. We are native people - Mundurukú, Juruna, Kayapo, Xipaya, Kuruaya, Asurini, Parakanã, Arara - fishermen and river-people. The river is our supermarket. Our ancestors are older than Jesus Christ.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Nós somos a gente que vive nos rios em que eles querem construir barragens. Nós somos Munduruku, Juruna, Kayapó, Xipaya, Kuruaya, Asurini, Parakanã, Arara, pescadores e ribeirinhos. O rio é nosso supermercado. Nossos antepassados são mais antigos que Jesus Cristo.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>We have now occupied the Belo Monte construction site for seven days. We are against the construction of huge projects that destroy our lives. We want dialogue with the government on this. But they do not want dialogue.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Ocupamos o canteiro de Belo Monte faz sete dias. Somos contra a construção de grandes obras que destroem nossa vida. Queremos dialogar com o governo sobre isso. Mas eles não querem.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>The law guaranteeing consultation before studies and construction has to be regulated.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Tem que ser regulamentada a lei que vai garantir e realizar a consulta prévia antes de estudos e construções.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>The government must stop all that it is doing. It must suspend work and studies on dams. It must take the troops out of our land.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>O governo precisa parar tudo o que está fazendo. Precisa suspender as obras e estudos das barragens. Precisa tirar as tropas da nossa terra.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>They took the journalists and lawyers out of here. For five days only we have taken pictures inside the construction site.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Eles tiraram os jornalistas e os advogados daqui. Faz cinco dias que só nós tiramos fotos de dentro do canteiro.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>They want to intimidate us with many police. It is the National Forces [army] that is negotiating with us and they say that the government is not coming. The government also said in the newspaper that it is not coming.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Eles querem nos intimidar com muitos policiais. É a Força Nacional quem está negociando com a gente e falam que o governo não vem. No jornal o governo também disse que não vem.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>They are making it difficult to get food in. Neither nurse nor deputy [member of lower house] can enter here. We are worried about what may happen to us.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Estão dificultando a entrada de comida. Nem enfermeira nem deputado entra direito aqui. Estamos preocupados com o que pode vir a acontecer com nós.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>We need help. Organizations which disagree with the government's intimidation need to support the occupation - writing in public saying they are on our side.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Nós precisamos de ajuda. As organizações precisam apoiar a ocupação. Escrever em público dizendo que estão do nosso lado. Que não concordam com a intimidação do governo.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Journalists need to continue talking to us, even if it is outside or by phone. We are very happy with all the coverage.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Os jornalistas precisam continuar falando com a gente, mesmo que seja do lado de fora ou por telefone. Estamos muito felizes com toda a cobertura.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>People need to support us; need to report on the Internet. You can also come and help if you cannot send a contribution through the Internet or a bank.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>As pessoas precisam nos apoiar. Precisam denunciar na internet. Você também pode vir e ajudar, se não puder você pode mandar uma contribuição pela internet pelo banco.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Caixa Econômica Federal [name of bank]<br />
Mutirão pela Cidadania [name of account, Collective action by Citizens]</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Caixa Econômica Federal -<br />
Mutirão pela Cidadania</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Branch: 0551 – Account: 1532-7 – OP 003 – CNPJ: O1993646/0001-80</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Agencia: 0551 – Conta: 1532-7 – OP 003 – CNPJ: O1993646/0001-80</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Any amount is very important to us. Help if you can. We are putting a lot of hope in this.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>É muito importante para nós qualquer valor. Ajude se puder. Nós temos muita esperança dessa vez.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Wednesday May 8, 2013, occupation of the Belo Monte jobsite.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Quarta, 8 de maio, 2013, ocupação do canteiro de Belo Monte.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=47%><a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/letter-6-for-society-to-understand-our-occupation-the-struggle-continues/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte."><b>Letter #6, May 10 2013</B></A>, in English (and another translation by <a HREF="http://stopbelomonte.tumblr.com/post/50133712266/letter-6-for-society-to-understand-our-occupation" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Stop Belo Monte."><b>Maíra Irigaray</B></A>).<br />
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<b>So that society may understand our occupation; the struggle continues</B></TD><td WIDTH=2%> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=51%><a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/carta-n-6-para-a-sociedade-entender-nossa-ocupacao-a-luta-continua/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte"><b>Carta n. 6, maio 10, 2013</B></A>.<br />
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<b>Para a sociedade entender nossa ocupação; a luta continua</B></TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>For 8 days we occupied the main construction yard of the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant. We want prior consultation and since we were not consulted we want construction and studies for dams on the Xingu, Tapajos and Teles Pires rivers stopped.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Nós ocupamos por 8 dias o principal canteiro de obras da usina hidrelétrica Belo Monte. Queremos a consulta prévia e a suspensão de obras e estudos das barragens nos rios Xingu, Tapajós e Teles Pires, sobre as quais não fomos consultados.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>We were forced from the jobsite yesterday by a court judgement.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Nós fomos retirados ontem do canteiro por uma decisão judicial.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>During the occupation, you stopped people coming in, censored journalists, impeded lawyers, did not allow entry of charcoal for cooking our food. Cars with health workers were locked out and they had to come in on foot. You did not let us put up our radio to talk with our relatives, and our families were worried.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Durante a ocupação, vocês barraram pessoas, censuraram jornalistas, impediram advogados, não deixaram entrar carvão para cozinhar nossa comida. Carros com agentes de saúde fora bloqueados, tiveram que entrar a pé. Vocês não nos deixaram montar nosso rádio para falarmos com nossos parentes, e nossas famílias ficaram preocupadas.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>You besieged us with Military Police, Rotam, Shock Troops, National Forces, Federal Police, Civil Police, Army and Federal Highway Police the whole time. Managers and executives of Norte Energia and the Belo Monte Construction Consortium assailed, intimidated, and pressured us.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Vocês nos sitiaram com a Polícia Militar, Rotam, Tropa de Choque, Força Nacional, Polícia Federal, Polícia Civil, Exército e Polícia Rodoviária Federal o tempo todo. Gerentes e chefes da Norte Energia e Consórcio Construtor Belo Monte nos assediavam, intimidavam e pressionavam.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>You tried to smother us with lies in the press, threatening journalists and partners with intimidating phone calls. As always, you intimidated and manipulated our families, trying to pit us against one another.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Vocês tentaram nos sufocaram com mentiras na imprensa, com telefonemas pressionando e intimidando parceiros e jornalistas. Como sempre, vocês pressionaram e manipularam parentes nossos, tentando nos colocar um contra os outros.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>We are afraid of what could happen; already we have seen the deputy chief of the Federal Police (responsible for the report on which judge Selene Almeida's horrible decision was based) whose husband is the lawyer for Norte Energia, the very party trying to get us out of there.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Nós sentimos medo do que poderia acontecer, já que a delegada-chefe da Polícia Federal (responsável pelo relatório no qual foi baseada a decisão horrível da desembargadora Selene Almeida) é esposa do advogado da Norte Energia, autor da ação que queria nos retirar de lá.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>We were removed from the building site by a force even greater than the weapons of your army. Reintegration was not suspended. The court gave us 24 hours to leave the job site, and we only heard about it when we arrived in Altamira, escorted by Federal Police.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Nós fomos retirados à força do canteiro. Uma força maior ainda que a das armas do seu exército. A reintegração não foi suspensa. A Justiça deu 24 horas para sairmos do canteiro, e só soubemos disso quando chegamos em Altamira, escoltados pela Polícia Federal.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Our departure was peaceful because we decided that it would be peaceful. It was clear that the government would do whatever was necessary to get us to leave. We left because we were forced. We waited a week for the government to arrive, and nothing. We understood then, that the government would never come - but would keep sending police. We saw the cops screeching their tires, fingering their guns and bombs and shields in front of us. We know what that means.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Nossa saída foi pacífica porque nós decidimos que ela fosse pacífica. Ficou claro que o governo faria o que fosse necessário fazer com a gente para nós sairmos. Saímos porque fomos obrigados. Nós esperamos uma semana a chegada do governo, e nada. Entendemos, então, que ele não iria vir de qualquer jeito – mas ia continuar mandando policiais. Nós víamos os policiais cantando pneu coçando suas armas e bombas e escudos na nossa frente. Sabemos o que isso significa.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>We left unsatisfied.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Nós saímos insatisfeitos.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>You tried to force our agenda to just be about a dam in the Tapajós River. Our struggle is with a dozen dams on three rivers, and it did not end because we were taken out of the construction site.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Vocês tentaram forçar nossa pauta como sendo apenas sobre uma hidrelétrica no rio Tapajós. Nossa luta se refere a uma dúzia de barragens nos três rios, e ela não acabou porque fomos retirados do canteiro.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Our struggle is beginning again, and this is a victory. A victory that is ours alone - it did not come from the courts or the government. The government does not know how to govern natives. Things are bad in Brazil. We will change that.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Nossa luta está recomeçando, e isso é uma vitória. Uma vitória que é só nossa – não é da Justiça e nem do governo. O governo não sabe governar indígenas. As coisas estão ruins no Brasil. Nós vamos mudar isso.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Altamira, May 10 2013.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Altamira, 10 de maio de 2013.</TD></TR>
</TBODY></TABLE><a NAME="OobmS10"> </A><a HREF="#OobmS11" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1h1mn2FWkU_lQSZtOKkiqqDa8vxgm5Cl5VTNzf9XyV4Y6GjHshY6GZDBWUtanzSaNocrmMA1FyCXJmnRJIcu_DTmJw4x-XdZq1W0ciXwedhtx8-j-oiDh_Aa1EdpEWw6iJ2wbet9HJl1/s1600/Gilberto+Carvalho+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5SLVG6CUusWTq6TIzz1KsPAQZf44x8WsIsFcvinl0XPlhyl2vjtn19n7IloANaFlpPtG5bF8aAQgOxaXgkol67mv4qRWWe0P7E8I-crEDpwgFsa1vc0RrvykX8-YvInnsomgg0OCIj3m/s320/Gilberto+Carvalho+1t.jpg" ALT="Gilberto Carvalho." TITLE="Gilberto Carvalho." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeT41Hq5ieeJdR-h4_ngfuvoDfm5Icsv7XcqiVIc8Hf7vcicNg_zuI8nvt3GHrRUqip9xT1XHKD06rFscSmEjPYxDoWjfblG1ETxlhd-B_XsAHq8rgB9qVaf7PS8zuD6yBCpb-nhtbi-Vd/s1600/Gilberto+Carvalho+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 10PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQY_5fVUfAZ_9KUoehrxYFaOWY1-VLAhBI5BHKiEg03tzK3cfIiOkzmC2eVwrULFxhmcaMkkB1g_uRVVbxTiM9GIxQmpnCXttZOXS3uRN3SxaZ9hnIg8J4AvbUZhyEZv5WaE6XdKmzq79/s320/Gilberto+Carvalho+2t.jpg" ALT="Gilberto Carvalho." TITLE="Gilberto Carvalho." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxHmAaBOEpS56Uf5GWt78bpoGRzpMhVA-d17050MvDQcKwRrxRc78VdcnGEjL9qXp8kEsVDaBRoXXIVDxSDE4JhmIhAhcgIj3xILQBb134qfmBrAmWvcymOERrnSD7iF4ctbSIPkaThPQp/s1600/Gilberto+Carvalho+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 10PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSF2Uk0Ajy2TvawItiYUS9d7L1gU5MyPcRzzOXzk2SuRMzhDdyp4oM8WlQ3zo0nYp4aSwh65e9P7lv6KtA1Qoo6S838-MQtogiUninPdWaeUwDY7WREPnotQ6auS7cfj-xNeEOJmeO_sSx/s320/Gilberto+Carvalho+3t.jpg" ALT="Gilberto Carvalho." TITLE="Gilberto Carvalho." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_rSouBpXX437P5kW4O9DjWqqL4wKOiJwbfcebwfRe7jzJ5hPocYnZvC_9ajLJBG5WTPmujiHYzgINw1iwtIaBkVUowLDNTqLK4_KIg991KEt_BO2dR-jxCyCNjjECHJaVuhFTUuA-aq8M/s1600/Gilberto+Carvalho+4.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 10PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLARBWR1rlz-tVcFQA2zBCL71bXolmOg1o3CddEcHmc2u8gYGO3GSwo45nI2hAtj7XLBKZDouUSaaTs9UYfs2dmw9ALwRYami_tdOrCoje1WqBp3kCOdsN_kiUugKHA8ozcXTAAFAPyxX/s320/Gilberto+Carvalho+4t.jpg" ALT="Gilberto Carvalho." TITLE="Gilberto Carvalho." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAVhkUPURT5D79O6YY5cToLS0vjuMXn4kF8h_2qnSHXVO3sz-vmQoJtOsuekrc9htCMHk98UbicKOgn_IciEcEYZdt00GWSOrJieLzqOO2X3ylaiNJcuDRSkC3K-2xqRddEbiMg_9E_wAv/s1600/Gilberto+Carvalho+5+with+Dilma+Rousseff.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 10PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkFuXyYkf2mqIrgp9cH08WlJG8Wlcyckq8qKJyKGMIKyJiemXhgLzVEd5HYbCFeHzZ-WsoBiYULVAFhEAJYAPj9Lx64vVibelOUTbar5M9FRq4P7hLsgOqzjridl7QvmApk6TPgx9fEsw/s320/Gilberto+Carvalho+5t+with+Dilma+Rousseff.jpg" ALT="Gilberto Carvalho & Dilma Rousseff." TITLE="Gilberto Carvalho & Dilma Rousseff." ALIGN=LEFT></a><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTbHA3kwnRLG5olxhHX97_mR2zBxq65_e7WCgXVr9iey2kaBc0_uUMV3XE4e_jxVDNndjxvhmYT_Bgmrs7h1VkZBy1HVJE6CG522iR_2eqsm7e6PDTQURduOkV-WbXQxuXfe3KiKyTMvO/s320/Gilberto+Carvalho+0+spacer.jpg" ALIGN=LEFT><a HREF="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilberto_Carvalho" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Portuguese Wikipedia"><b>Gilberto Carvalho</B></A>: His role as secretary general of the presidency is to negotiate with the social organizations of civil society. Not a tall man.<br />
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What the occupiers say he said - is about what he did say in this <a HREF="http://www.secretariageral.gov.br/clientes/sg/sg/noticias/ultimas_noticias/2013/05/06-05-2013-esclarecimentos-sobre-a-consulta-aos-munduruku-e-a-invasao-de-belo-monte/view" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Secretaria-Geral da Presidência da República: 06.05.2013 - Esclarecimentos sobre a consulta aos Munduruku e a invasão de Belo Monte."><b>statement</B></A>: <i>"as condições apresentadas pelas autodenominadas lideranças mundurukus são insinceras e inaceitáveis"</I> / the conditions presented by the self-appointed Munduruku leaders are insincere and unacceptable, and <i>"essas pretensas lideranças mundurukus têm feito propostas contraditórias e se conduzido sem a honestidade"</I> / these so-called Munduruku leaders have made contradictory proposals and conducted themselves without honesty.<br />
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Of course he is a competent politician, this conversation from February shows him well: <a HREF="http://oglobo.globo.com/economia/gilberto-carvalho-tem-dialogo-tenso-com-indios-contrarios-usina-de-teles-pires-7642233" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Globo: Gilberto Carvalho tem diálogo tenso com índios contrários à usina de Teles Pires, Catarina Alencastro e André de Souza,21/02/13."><b>Gilberto Carvalho tem diálogo tenso com índios contrários à usina de Teles Pires</B></A>. The government <i><b>must</B></I> do what it does, the natives and the rest of us <i><b>must</B></I> be exterminated; it's that simple. <b>Or is it?</B> ... What if ... the 14 billion (of public money) for Belo Monte went to renewables?<a NAME="OobmS11"> </A><a HREF="#OobmS12" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUHICQ2n7yyEOM-yh1wqfC7a9OECHDr4Im2xSppft4Qks7kDbjwWAkL3la9cXox05NeMYElKOzfTVwYdh9Nw1df_lwKRXRHvSUc6HMHLIsitcEAXlWXvMSz5-ElysYt3FuqjJgFiOWEHW/s1600/Funai+0a+Jos%C3%A9+Eduardo+Cardozo,+Dilma+Rousseff.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAvw8aGNLIqVJO_qyU-_tU4HWBg3yu4Qx9fFArWkYhyphenhyphenk0aNcRXC581Bz2V7rxRjSUSlb3VL7tstJ7H_nRZ4dC0AphkRApa2ZeLUSWcuX2BWpr0U07EIHFxyB6D_LBBiiktN6-UYFtQrQJ/s320/Funai+0at+Jos%C3%A9+Eduardo+Cardozo,+Dilma+Rousseff.jpg" ALT="José Eduardo Cardozo & Dilma Rousseff." TITLE="José Eduardo Cardozo & Dilma Rousseff." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8_G9KROZnkS6MXW9M0lSAik9L9kW2FH1QdiusyCwvq5jhMWxDWRBVsmOPdexjVoRSPt7bQm7IyVlA1wPpXMIHRA6YD1nlIVFPKH4fqpy9qIlZtVg7xFGacVDnYasImRGvjiEb0rJJYZL/s1600/Funai+0b+Jos%C3%A9+Eduardo+Cardozo.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2VOE9sw8vnX9bDkPo99Jm1X9A6f3VZs7yQpuHKQ1edoUok0z_WDRVmHQnFHudMsn6ZErOSl644JSOFwv4UeqTexLa36sl-YKunnICZnFrsFL_p90pmvmR3pT05djyk8YniSZFglfdvzNH/s320/Funai+0bt+Jos%C3%A9+Eduardo+Cardozo.jpg" ALT="José Eduardo Cardozo." TITLE="José Eduardo Cardozo." 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ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0AFqNYfAVvZIHAc-hqINX7-FKPtHGHLcIAzOlRej0CNwKOAesl9LdUZsMpX3Xp8SUCTGNYTWqshyvIukKMUPt97Xw2GjJSe8dZIhR8jbHWW07Xj5cgnIg33fRpsJvC94J29xU2upcxhO2/s1600/Funai+1b+Jos%C3%A9+Eduardo+Cardozo,+Marta+Azevedo.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIxdqkX8SCbK1ncPFqDIoUJDgOEi6ybMOBkV5uzuCXADwy09H2ECvahIY1loIS84K5kgeK4z6c3a7XJ2uyygFM804_aVBqO1U88K43wfPV5KdIYxZVh3NwRLWErsOsszqrreEUl0MwISdq/s320/Funai+1bt+Jos%C3%A9+Eduardo+Cardozo,+Marta+Azevedo.jpg" ALT="José Eduardo Cardozo & Marta Azevedo." TITLE="José Eduardo Cardozo & Marta Azevedo." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYM5U1ByyH7Kdle_jqhFnwpyFFZK-1VYLsZot5In4zjrKD5J6jwdvmea81qk4nNSBtx2DWXNXFGypYN0ZAZrJFU94I9oJv88Hn3XHfsYIC4UN9AxD0LAxP83OqfO7c6HYZtDTawr3KMiE/s1600/Funai+3a+Marta+Azevedo+e+ex-presidente+Marcio+Meira.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 7PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgPIXihB4TBFV04qcml5wmTzd5AL4R9BDxq1WxCJOPN_wUYDuahI1OmTyJUqNMnAa-s2qNspA20VIaTpPBf2fg653ePR7mimcJTCOdeQ8GK3ODaBNWDeGU4XyCea7jV1HysjOuNtDLIij/s320/Funai+3at+Marta+Azevedo+e+ex-presidente+Marcio+Meira.jpg" ALT="Marta Azevedo & ex-presidente Márcio Meira." TITLE="Marta Azevedo & ex-presidente Márcio Meira." ALIGN=LEFT></a><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTbHA3kwnRLG5olxhHX97_mR2zBxq65_e7WCgXVr9iey2kaBc0_uUMV3XE4e_jxVDNndjxvhmYT_Bgmrs7h1VkZBy1HVJE6CG522iR_2eqsm7e6PDTQURduOkV-WbXQxuXfe3KiKyTMvO/s320/Gilberto+Carvalho+0+spacer.jpg" ALT="" TITLE="" ALIGN=LEFT>The current runs from Dilma; partly through Gilberto Carvalho, the <i>Secretaria-Geral da Presidência</I>/cabinet secretary; and the Minister of Justice, José Eduardo Cardozo; to the <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUNAI" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia, English."><b>Fundação Nacional do Índio</B></A> (Funai) and its (current) president, Marta Maria do Amaral Azevedo. You can catch a glimpse of the previous Funai president, Márcio Meira, in the rightmost picture at the top; they all seem to have a haunted look. They don't always hold the position very long.<br />
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There is a war between the '<i>bancada ruralista</I>' which represents agribusiness (mining, logging, etc.), and anyone who can see the environmental writing on the wall. It was the <i>ruralistas</I> who gutted the <i>Código Florestal</I>/Forest Practices Code, who do not want to see the <i>Terras Indigenas</I>/Native Reservations expanded (or at all), who oppose legislation around slave labour and so on. Guess who's winning?<a NAME="OobmS12"> </A><a HREF="#OobmS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_C3HeI7mQQJKvO1ZDW40R2anTuQTzxBgttouuj93xRGBc4Kt6hzNfSCLS4nAkXAmJBlq-huWs-kDmohqi-ysCqPJfDQbWxg9AtP7u_8aHx6O8Dq3ZPdvrP69bBtXgd23PQWxD8nzphKOB/s1600/Funai+4c+Marta+Maria+do+Amaral+Azevedo.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgcM934veutpJe6AXanR4HYAtEAZ637Ec9lqByrtM7S3vrRFeaheVCFQLvCpkTQxITd4MnEke9Qmsu17rnxLXLVZS2BB6QZzHA2c0G59JDSS1Do_8vy7EMGfLsQh-9tNyEJ7dN1QYSf8V/s320/Funai+4ct+Marta+Maria+do+Amaral+Azevedo.jpg" ALT="Marta Maria do Amaral Azevedo." TITLE="Marta Maria do Amaral Azevedo." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9E9rQkPN4vb7-4BR3YplXoo7vm7Dwt8wnudQzHX-KD4rmeOwan-SfYuPZ_aG7GswKJoOcIYkkFNCz0tKd6Pph0yBUg7YMwDmsdLjUs7CzSOWuPyu8fDEMIIrS6PcWRf4eY84I_PIYeEq-/s1600/Funai+4a+Marta+Maria+do+Amaral+Azevedo.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_LhxM-Vm6UE3gfi3Jf231Rs3GSaL_Qftoy_7MctrWYxXUIT7VafMOkjxRfeEaC8vZzmLnDfAGbxhcjfLTkrX4F72p8HVO0S1D371ZskQTMry4KgjscC_LfBFCpF6QKLzLUeRB_k149nU/s320/Funai+4at+Marta+Maria+do+Amaral+Azevedo.jpg" ALT="Marta Maria do Amaral Azevedo." TITLE="Marta Maria do Amaral Azevedo." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-k8dzjeCcyWOehoquFwwrq7-e5hT1Wp4VxuqUIh_uf1tQjAdv8AmZsE7JQ5u1IpN_KcGS0CcwsAUNtv8_hWhw1w0OX-ZkY970vc4AfQG6e28i9XjXmfnicfL90vaeYJPfHtOLTCIGe6E/s1600/Funai+4b+Marta+Maria+do+Amaral+Azevedo.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2o7-kxDWRsxc00hXFaC02b_4-iCAyXI4rAXuv8fmCoKrYhBwcFQfQpIoCpBno2I_4tlndRmDhDFqgcy7yB5OfE7AAnB4qgcYA-pAMI6n1HPMN_Am4n039GSsI2SIcTfAmbSipinoPnmuW/s320/Funai+4bt+Marta+Maria+de+Azevedo.jpg" ALT="Marta Maria do Amaral Azevedo." TITLE="Marta Maria do Amaral Azevedo." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a HREF="http://www.funai.gov.br/portal/quem/presidente.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Funai: bio in Portuguese."><b>Marta Azevedo</B></A> is an anthropologist, demographer, women's rights advocate ... Her opinions put her straight up against the <i>ruralistas</I>, and ... she loses, <i>natürlich</I>. There are rumours that she won't be Funai president for long - not because of the Belo Monte occupation in Pará state, but because of recent ructions over defining native lands in several other states (though the occupation didn't help her).</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><br />
[I'm making this up y'unnerstan', and guessing. And anyway, who gives a fuck about Marta? One more hand-wringing bourgeois left-lib who would be better off somewhere else; making quilts or digging in the garden.<br />
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The REAL problem is that these politicians & bureaucrats EXIST. That their governments exist. That the nations they govern and the cancerous cities in them exist. That they make decisions affecting us all - AT ALL. But of course I'm crazy so ... and none of the opinions here hold water (or anything else). Three or four billion may soon perish, maybe more, but probably not soon enough to end the scourge they and their masters initiated from making everything but blue-green algae extinct, and them too a bit later on, good chance of that. Ho hum. Cyanophyta baby!<br />
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Dunno what to do? Not enough TV & porn to download (that's either watchable or lookable) to keep me properly anaesthetized.<br />
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The closest I have felt to anyone lately is to the occupiers of Belo Monte, translating their letters. Careful translation, even if it's not very good, is an intimacy. You get a feel for how someone thinks, how they <i>are thinking</I>. Oh sure, they wanted health workers on-site but then again there were young children and pregnant women there too eh? Beyond that I did not pick up a whisper nor a tinge of any longing for diamond mines (like our Theresa Spence) but I could be wrong. They were asking for charcoal to be let in to cook their food with, not to be fed.<br />
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Long story eh?]<br />
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</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">Just curious is all; wondering what channels the power flows through, what the personalities in it look like; idle curiosity ...<br />
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More to come here as the situation unfolds. Be well.<a NAME="OobmS99"> </A><a HREF="#OobmS99a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>News going forward:</B><br />
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<b>May 7:</B><br />
<a HREF="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/thomson-reuters/130507/amazon-indians-occupy-controversial-dam-demand-say" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Reuters: Amazon Indians occupy controversial dam to demand a say, May 7."><b>Amazon Indians occupy controversial dam to demand a say</B></A>.<br />
<b>May 8:</B><br />
<a HREF="http://cimi.org.br/site/pt-br/?system=news&conteudo_id=6856&action=read" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Cimi: Manifesto contra o preconceito institucionalizado do governo Dilma aos povos indígenas, from APIB - Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil, 08/05/2013."><b>O preconceito institucionalizado do governo Dilma aos povos indígenas</B></A>.<br />
<a HREF="http://www.ihu.unisinos.br/noticias/519936-jornalistas-repudiam-decisao-que-impede-cobertura-da-ocupacao-de-belo-monte" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="IHU - Instituto Humanitas Unisinos (Jesuits): Jornalistas repudiam decisão que impede cobertura da ocupação de Belo Monte, Quarta, 08 de maio de 2013."><b>Jornalistas repudiam decisão que impede cobertura de Belo Monte</B></A>.<br />
<b>May 9:</B><br />
<a HREF="http://cimi.org.br/site/pt-br/?system=news&conteudo_id=6858&action=read" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Cimi: Justiça determina reintegração de posse do canteiro. Força policial pode entrar a qualquer momento Ruy Sposati, 09/05/2013."><b>Força policial pode entrar a qualquer momento</B></A>.<br />
<a HREF="http://www.prpa.mpf.gov.br/news/2013/mpf-pede-continuidade-das-negociacoes-em-belo-monte" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="MPF (Ministério Público Federal): MPF quer continuidade das negociações com índios em Belo Monte, 09;05;2013."><b>MPF quer continuidade das negociações com índios ...</B></A>, reposted by <a HREF="http://cimi.org.br/site/pt-br/?system=news&conteudo_id=6859&action=read" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Cimi: MPF quer continuidade das negociações com índios em Belo Monte, 09/05/2013."><b>Cimi</B></A>.<br />
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The last (MPF) report indicates that negotiations were underway on the 8th at the jobsite with government parties - unclear with whom, maybe Funai & MPF - so the court order took everyone by surprise and the police seem to be holding off. Someone may have figgured out that the world is watching.<br />
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<a HREF="http://www.cimi.org.br/site/pt-br/?system=news&conteudo_id=6863&action=read" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Cimi: “Como entramos de maneira pacífica, decidimos sair de maneira pacífica”, disse grupo de indígenas ao desocupar canteiro, 09/05/2013."><b>“We came in peace, we leave peacefully”</B></A>, Cimi, May 9.<br />
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<b>May 10:</B><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6ZKk4cIwpOSV3pn1Sqe3k6tq82iwDAjkXVF0nRyZD1eNYp2CWFw6L4plZVCECJHjksnWzZc3DuNaJlanR97XwpJEmkhj5tWRTX-h5HFVQt3JdUNeC2Ndoyg9hEakdYaYfuXe4-zFV3c7/s1600/Belo+Monte+Thais+Santi+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHYcAg43dhalx_gnpDwNWAoyb90IKJ9771PY9cicu6lFuxkCpa0baO8xkeRmbwjdmUNSKOKNnYFwvJPULVyGeZWurJ2JxUY1QamCFgCph73iSPiaXuVIFhcNR36MwebqyFJOBzpitvujA/s320/Belo+Monte+Thais+Santi+1t.jpg" ALT="Thaís Santi." TITLE="Thaís Santi." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1f4z2K9g86tn7YTUJo7Y2GIqx5DPDYwhUfSvR7dQhGmJiNzsFaachfOQpR3YZXrF3jo75OXfYfN7nuUMGVtaV6oaBVJEDKLIjdpJVP4Bd0TAXGChX4241kcfGtvAuPQa9sM5mzrV49Gd4/s1600/Belo+Monte+Thais+Santi+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanUWie35FH7F5csDJ17aXknZKN2Ihll3kxdl09Y3JqdKBRjmrz10iFDC-jgGVFXGMxgFCMgl5VT3ZeolnfpORbakHyo0krj5CIVFg00qmry3vKP5bE6DYgxuWkSmhEx3hdFoNhGEbixLt/s320/Belo+Monte+Thais+Santi+2t.jpg" ALT="Thaís Santi." TITLE="Thaís Santi." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-mSaAePvEvzS0-ad6wOBpgQh-jY-CaRT5hovyWw9Kq9X9eqQorTN3-H223w0rmfXvgLv0GjOfTacmI2AEnKHpkYpgKcutbdgwwoD4olCj_vAbQA-JWhSDrJQBx-GM0csN4AHeq3ObCft/s1600/Belo+Monte+Valdenir+Munduruku+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 15PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6L5vDpMQma1t71gEwcn5Fif-gidUNeJGnu4_zrrNURkcrPPhVgHXEglbi3PDsXd6m9bDdv36qK3F8pELR8G8xArT3x2ucX2qXmnGCrN-7mLlzU82MXZFRxYhXUimuSaxc2XDRSrcsNF7/s320/Belo+Monte+Valdenir+Munduruku+1t.jpg" ALT="Valdenir Munduruku." TITLE="Valdenir Munduruku." ALIGN=LEFT></a>Two short video interviews (I will see about sub-titles after a while) as the occupiers were leaving the construction yard on Thursday evening/night: <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=dd9kuKFr9Tg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube SocioAmbiental: Entrevista de Valdenir Munduruku ao deixar o canteiro de obras de Belo Monte."><b>Valdenir Munduruku</B></A>, one of the leaders of the occupation; and <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=Ja4TPnKPSPw" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube SocioAmbiental: Entrevista da Procuradora Thaís Santi sobre a reintegração de posse "><b>Thaís Santi</B></A>, a <i>procuradora</I>/prosecutor from MPF/PA.<br />
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The videos are on the YouTube <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/user/socioambiental/videos" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="ISA channel."><b>YouTube ISA channel</B></A> from the <a HREF="http://www.socioambiental.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="ISA - Instituto Socioambiental."><b>Instituto Socioambiental (ISA)</B></A>. And another English site reporting these issues: <a HREF="forestrivers.wordpress.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wordpress, Indigenous Brazil"><b>Indigenous Brazil</B></A>.<a NAME="OobmS99a"> </A><a HREF="#OobmS99b" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwKpmiztbg1e4bW7YTnPrsHQfHQ32EMUU6t_71gla2JRwIwoSRIMLO5NRNMGnwR6pGz53jKpFf9IsoeVEIYqIQHnlFZ6IWd3x227ud2a3NjD9BF3j0veK1lcazu_TJcNyK6VNhvMsXQs/s1600/Belo+Monte+0.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' SRC="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLm254V6PRg89vBfQz3dwOi7hoIUY_Z37PCG6fPkRZToWyCVNOw1J2uZHI4-3_nbeM-3T3-c2hyuZLNq3M9i_KN1Iq2uxQHgPrdFZvPq7fMax4OeeGSUdJzhyphenhypheny0VNLA0cCJDtvLxAIuY/s320/Belo+Monte+0t.jpg" alt="STOP BELO MONTE! Xingu Vivo Para Sempre / Xingu Live Forever." longdesc="STOP BELO MONTE! Xingu Vivo Para Sempre / Xingu Live Forever." title="STOP BELO MONTE! Xingu Vivo Para Sempre / Xingu Live Forever." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><b>Media Devolution:</B> <br />
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Google serves up more hits from a 'Belo Monte' search than it used to, good; there are more English articles among the hits, also good; but unless I happen to know that Altino Machado writes for Terra (and value his opinions) and go there to look I miss these well-written articles:<br />
<a HREF="http://terramagazine.terra.com.br/blogdaamazonia/blog/2013/05/09/justica-determina-reintegracao-de-posse-do-canteiro-de-belo-monte/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Terra Magazine: Justiça determina reintegração de posse do canteiro de Belo Monte, Altino Machado, 09/05/2013."><b>Justiça determina reintegração ...</B></A>, May 9; and, <br />
<a HREF="http://terramagazine.terra.com.br/blogdaamazonia/blog/2013/05/06/indios-ocupam-e-paralisam-obras-de-belo-monte-imprensa-e-expulsa/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Terra Magazine: Índios ocupam e paralisam obras de Belo Monte; imprensa é expulsa, Altino Machado, 06/05/2013."><b>Índios ocupam e paralisam obras ...</B></A>, May 6.<br />
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Monga Bay reports <a HREF="http://travel.mongabay.com/news/2013/0503-web-site-traffic-sources.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Monga Bay: Social media beating Google as a source of web site traffic, Rhett Butler, May 03 2013."><b>Social media beating Google as a source of web site traffic</B></A>, but if you have ever tried to leave a comment at Monga Bay you will know it is impossible to do so without involving <i>Facebook</I> so it could be a case of Ouroborus eating its own tail.<br />
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John Berger publishes <a HREF="http://www.johnjberger.com/John_J._Berger,_Ph.D./Books/Entries/2013/3/1_ClimateMythsTheCampaignAgainstClimateScience.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="John Berger dot com."><b><i>Climate Myths: The Campaign Against Climate Science</I></B></A> but if you are not willing to use Kindle or accept a 'Print on Demand' edition - then you may have to wait until an electronic hack shows up on BookOS or IsoHunt.<br />
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<b>One very positive note:</B> the people running the <a HREF="http://ocupacaobelomonte.wordpress.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte."><b>Blog da Ocupação de Belo Monte</B></A> thoughtfully moderate the comments left on their site AND thank people for contributing translations. Imagine! <i>Civil</I> society operating on the Internet.<br />
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Canadian banks (specifically TD Bank) on the other hand will not cooperate in getting contributions to the <i>Mutirão pela Cidadania</I>/Collective action by Citizens account at the Caixa Econômica Federal in Brazil - this is no surprise, we know whose side the banks are on.<br />
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And Google is back to requiring a 'Brasil -Brazil' in its news searches if you want to see very much real coverage ... Oh well.<a NAME="OobmS99b"> </A></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/certainties.html" TITLE="Certainties? "... pettiness that plays so rough ...""><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN></DIV>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-38745077749342419372013-05-01T08:37:00.000-04:002013-05-09T10:11:43.957-04:00Certainties?<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/certainties.html#" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; FONT-SIZE:140%; COLOR:#CC6600; LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">"... pettiness that plays so rough ..."</SPAN></A> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/occupation-of-belo-monte-may-2-2013.html" TITLE="Occupation of Belo Monte / Ocupação no canteiro de obras de Belo Monte."><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/wake-up-canada.html" TITLE="WAKE UP CANADA! (A-and good news from Tim DeChristopher.)"><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN> <b>May Day</B><a NAME="CertS00"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#CertS00a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_Afs6LZvLoht0jHX7PuYXO_1EtMzCJjCVWikmxbYBxQhTSDMttU1PIyeySxSyXsLIqxGGScxLVKrpg-QizvNyTAKUF7b2Yr3lMmJCN7qFKkDkxOZiBtr1b3WhUf978hR2-QiNVJBbYZw/s1600/Yoni+Holi+1+Krishna+Radha+Amritsar.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0vLsCVmjpwZZfX1VWGvE5rp157J804P4lTYgrgp68ueSO3blIrsa23dILkffOgsi7HK7scJuRJNfWh3iDwzpmgmfKYBEreA0cY6Gi6aRNvNrBROEJvfRus-TX8nzJqaa1bD8T1AFcvM6/s320/Yoni+Holi+1tt+Krishna+Radha+Amritsar.jpg" ALT="Krishna & Radha, Holi, Amritsar." TITLE="Krishna & Radha, Holi, Amritsar." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><b>Contents:</B> <a href="#CertS00a" title=""><b>Certainties</B></a>, <a href="#CertS01" title=""><b>Uncertainties</B></a>, <a href="#CertS02" title=""><b>Complicity</B></a>, <a href="#CertS03" title=""><b>The Public Square</B></a>, <a href="#CertS04" title=""><b>How To Live?</B></a> <a href="#CertS05" title=""><b>Dysfunctional Stories</B></a>, <a href="#CertS06" title=""><b>Yoni Yum</B></a>, <a href="#CertS07" title=""><b>Misgivings</B></a>, <a href="#CertS08" title=""><b>Raisg Amazônia GIS</B></a>.<br />
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<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;">Nothing here but megrims gentle reader, somewhat bitter & confused, best left shut unless you are piqued at 'yoni-yum' or appreciate the boobage presented as an example of dysfunction. I'm sorry. This is what's left: bottom of the barrel, dregs, 'swish' the old lads call it; now sold as <i>Screech</I> & the NLC make money & <a HREF="http://miscellaneousmaterial.blogspot.ca/2011/08/joel-hynes-right-away-monday-22-screech.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Miscellaneous Material blog."><b>bogus myth</B></A> out of it. <i>London Dock</I> is the real rum, or was.<a NAME="CertS00a"> </A></SPAN></DIV><a HREF="#CertS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>Certainties:</B> "Nothing is certain but death & taxes," they say. Maybe it's more like "eating shitting death & taxes," or even "eating shitting fucking and death," (knowing how easily the rich avoid taxes anyway).<br />
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Northrop Frye mentions primary and secondary concerns in 'Double Vision (<a HREF="http://northropfrye-thedoublevision.blogspot.ca/2009/02/chapter-one-double-vision-of-language_11.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda blog."><b>Chapter 1</B></A>):<blockquote STYLE="MARGIN-LEFT: 50PX;"><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">Primary concerns are such things as food, sex, property, and freedom of movement: concerns that we share with animals on a physical level. Secondary concerns include our political, religious, and other ideological loyalties.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>He rolls in property - 'place' might have been better; and freedom - of a kind and to a degree, but it has been well proven experimentally that slaves do not die from lack of freedom <i>per se</I>, stories of animals gnawing off their limbs to escape traps notwithstanding; food & sex in the same order at least ... He goes on:<blockquote STYLE="MARGIN-LEFT: 50PX;"><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">We want to live and love, but we go to war; we want freedom, but depend on the exploiting of other peoples, of the natural environment, even of ourselves. In the twentieth century, with a pollution that threatens the supply of air to breathe and water to drink, it is obvious that we cannot afford the supremacy of ideological concerns any more. The need to eat, love, own property, and move about freely must come first, and such needs require peace, good will, and a caring and responsible attitude to nature. A continuing of ideological conflict, a reckless exploiting of the environment, a persistence in believing, with Mao Tse-Tung, that power comes out of the barrel of a gun, would mean, quite simply, that the human race cannot be long for this world.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>If you read it carefully you may see some ... holes in the secondary part, but you may also see why I remember the paragraph.<br />
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'Would' mean that the human race cannot be long for this world? There's no 'would' about it sir. It is <b><i>CERTAINLY</I></B> happening already. <b><i>WAKE UP CANADA!</I></B><a NAME="CertS01"> </A><a HREF="#CertS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Uncertainties:</B> The latest Greenspiration newsletter mentions a documentary to be shown by Cinema Politica at UofT at the end of the month about the <a HREF="http://www.cinemapolitica.org/film/weather-underground" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Cinema Politica - Screen truth to power: The Weather Underground."><b>Weather Underground</B></A>; which I download from <a HREF="http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/429107441/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="IsoHunt."><b>IsoHunt</B></A> and watch (can't wait for a whole month!) and which segues nicely into ongoing meditations about where to draw the line between say, Michael Brune, Tim Dechristopher, and such as the Weather Underground & Earth Liberation Front ... since ... you know ... something has to be done eh?<br />
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Revolution becomes increasingly unrealistic and meaningless to me - relative to a planetary population of seven-plus billion humans more-and-more of whom are spending more-and-more of their time & energy with the 'eating' primary concern.<br />
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Resistance not so much; and distinguishing violence & non-violence, if only in terms of some relatively short-lived legacy. How will one be remembered by whatever generations follow? Even given that most are convinced the problem can only be realistically approached globally, top-down through political leaders (whose legacies will be the only ones remembered anyway) it is still worth considering (or seems to be) the ethical continuum from passive non-violence, up through monkey-wrenching and property damage, to the degrees of risk of injuring someone, or many, and how badly ... and so on.<br />
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If I were CSIS I would have a web robot and AI tool (designed perhaps by my friend Martin) sifting email & blog posts to distinguish individuals at risk of going off the rails anytime soon. So let me say that despite a lack of Quaker or Amish roots I am firmly at the non-violent end of this continuum - and anyway I can hardly walk anymore nor lift anything much; a feeble feckless & lame old fart idly speculating. (Please don't hurt me!)<br />
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"Do not go gentle into that good night," says our Dylan Thomas - and he doesn't - but it gives me no comfort in the night I am looking at. Thinking of Bokonon on a mountain top giving God the finger does; and more comes to me lately from a contemplation of humility, equanimity, mindful Buddhist equanimity even. </SPAN>[Surprised to find myself saying this.]<a NAME="CertS02"> </A><a HREF="#CertS03" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>Complicity:</B> Someone gave me a mouse-pad with "Punk Billionaire Genius" and a picture of Mark Zuckerberg. I rejected Facebook years ago for other reasons. Last week he let slip his support for Keystone & drill-baby-drill - you can follow that story here (in the order I found it): <b>1)</B> <a HREF="http://understory.ran.org/2013/04/26/youve-got-a-facebook-request-from-mark-zuckerberg-support-keystone-xl/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Rainforest Action Network: You’ve Got A Facebook Request From Mark Zuckerberg: Support Keystone XL, Scott Parkin, 26 April 2013."><b>Report</B></A>; <b>2)</B> <a HREF="http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-political-group-promotes-oil-and-gas-2013-4" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Business Insider: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Group Is Trashing Obama And Obamacare And Promoting Wildlife Oil Drilling, Henry Blodget, April 27 2013."><b>Report</B></A>; <b>3)</B> The <a HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/04/26/1925921/mark-zuckerbergs-new-political-group-spending-big-on-ads-supporting-keystone-xl-and-oil-drilling/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Think Progress: Mark Zuckerberg’s New Political Group Spending Big On Ads Supporting Keystone XL And Oil Drilling, Josh Israel & Judd Legum, April 26 2013."><b>source</B></A> (apparently); <b>4)</B> <a HREF="http://www.fwd.us/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="FWD.US (root organization)."><b>FWD.US</B></A> funded by Zuckerberg; <b>5)</B> Subsidiary <a HREF="http://www.americansforaconservativedirection.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Americans for a Conservative Direction - ACD (subsidiary)."><b>ACD</B></A> and their <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=3Iih8K0U27k" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube ACD: Our Back - Senator Lindsey Graham stands up for South Carolina values."><b>YouTube ad for Lindsey Graham</B></A>; <b>6)</B> Another subsidiary <a HREF="http://www.councilforamericanjobgrowth.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Council for American Job Growth - CAJG (subsidiary)."><b>CAJG</B></A> and their <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=YHuJkHge-sw" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube CAJG: North to the Future - Senator Mark Begich is fighting for Alaska's economic future."><b>YouTube ad for Mark Begich</B></A>; and, <b>7)</B> The only defence I could find, on a <a HREF="http://pleasecutthecrap.typepad.com/main/2013/04/zuckerberg-is-not-a-right-winger.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Please Cut the Crap blog: Details Matter - Zuckerberg is NOT Trashing Obama, Supporting Keystone, April 27 2013."><b>blog</B></A> (but it doesn't wash to me).<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><a HREF="http://invisiblechildren.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Invisible Children website"><b>Invisible Children</B></A> are now <a HREF="http://shop.invisiblechildren.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Invisible Children shopping website."><b>flogging</B></A> handbags and cheap jewellery for Mother's Day. I guess W got through to them. I'm sure glad I figgured <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#CbddbS01e" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>my way out of that one</B></A> by another route before this showed up in my inbox. Sure, they're doing their best, I know they are - they have good Republican friends like Senator Inhofe and they think we can shop our way out of this problem? - but (like my own) their efforts are ... lame. Sorry.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />And then there are the vast complacent multitudes (remember, I live in North America not Nigeria) who go along as if this environmental apocalypse were either: "It's a done deal (which it's not). Let's Party Hearty!"; or "They'll figgure something out (which they won't). So Let's Party Hearty!". And the senseless celebration of greed & power does us in.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />I have found these two clues:</SPAN><blockquote STYLE="MARGIN-LEFT: 50PX;"><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000; FONT-SIZE:160%;"><b>"We must love one another or die."</B></SPAN> [W.H. Auden in '<a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWtVYYoJFl4" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>September 1, 1939</B></A>']</BLOCKQUOTE><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">and,</SPAN><blockquote STYLE="MARGIN-LEFT: 50PX;"><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000; FONT-SIZE:160%;"><b>"Not until we have a plan to heal the planet that also heals our broken selves and our broken communities do we have a hope."</B></SPAN> [Naomi Klein <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=viyv2b7zpJ8" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube, 30 minutes."><b>at Powershift 2012</B></A>]</BLOCKQUOTE><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000; FONT-SIZE:140%;">That's it. That's all I am saying (repeating, whatever).<a NAME="CertS03"> </A><a HREF="#CertS04" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>This Internet thing is now the public square:</B> but the feedback loop is broken somehow; the messages don't get through and the glue don't stick.<br />
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It's like the posties, bus and streetcar drivers, librarians, even police, who once knew who you were as you knew them - but now they are union workers with Internet tools who don't need to know anyone but their shop steward and don't listen or care or answer, nor do their masters. They are all good consumers. But ... identity is a two-way street.<br />
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May Day? You must be jokin'! More like Mayday! Mayday!<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />I mentioned Nicholas Carr's essay from <a HREF="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Atlantic: Is Google Making Us Stupid?, Nicholas Carr, July 1 2008."><b>2008</B></A> and his 2011 book <a HREF="http://www.theshallowsbook.com/nicholascarr/Nicholas_Carrs_The_Shallows.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Shallows website."><b><i>The Shallows</I></B></A> a short while ago - the <a HREF="http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM2644019&R=2644019" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Toronto Public Library: Nicholas Carr, 'The Shallows'."><b>TPL got it for me</B></A> quick as a wink. It doesn't take long to read either. When he dispenses with Marshall McLuhan in a few facile paragraphs up front you know more-or-less what you're in for. Indeed, there are ample clues in the Atlantic essay already. <i>The Shallows</I> is about perfectly symmetrical.<br />
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Too many books making too good a living for too many mediocre authors. And nobody reading the worthwhile ones cuz they're too hard? Is that it? Someone must be reading them or they would not be available. So where are the conversations happening?<br />
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'Paradigm' & 'zeitgeist', even 'hierarchy'; words I learned long ago, now turned on their heads, co-opted & devalued by (Internet?) knuckleheads - some 75¢ words are just to show off with: 'egregious', 'exegesis'; but the first three there are essential tools. Aren't they?<br />
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When I question a consultant colleague (years back) about his pocket handkerchief he says, "It's for show not blow."</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><br />
[I warned you up front gentle reader. Maudlin nonsense. Best to let it slide right on by.]<a NAME="CertS04"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#CertS05" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>How to live at all?</B> Still wondering at the Buddhist youngsters (<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/if-it-were-up-to-me.html#EbnlS02" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>previously</B></A>) who vote with their feet and simply ... check out. <i>That</I> certainly irritates the political masters. Why does China hate Tibet? Because their power, vast and overwhelming as it is, is not complete - some (numbers of) Tibetans would rather die than submit. And their deaths are witnessed:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ZM2qtFz4yQjwzvCXDnmN2U4fYwdk-XsQJcpnuZ5pNT56XA4TMSBMxwxsYx6J0_JVTPkuv-SlN4Rq5t7BI8-JpIp8aqMzy7G2BMp3OElp3kC90ooF0BcuRXis1erdobW6wzq-SDdvmGwh/s1600/Tibet+Tsesung+Kyab+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMyrmo58D6p-5uxopdjHVFhF2rC_vugTsexRTsuF6Ny_DrSl8ZwlHSVjZYaNmZ4yemZ2GZxFZctr_A4jutajHzdPO9iJslbtbvED94HIAZ3q9rbwXo_EWit_jxPF2ck2hHPEE6qEetA7g/s320/Tibet+Tsesung+Kyab+1t.jpg" ALT="Tsesung Kyab." TITLE="Tsesung Kyab."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvndrDBUEd83E4SsB5jgTIRMfziksW0nQpaFdnGRKz56yORkSKSaOok7szVZBJLpDrSz3-TJSvcT-wkMiukjVI3sHbPgvEyzMCWB5AW395Yq5obCZAlJjk1iSw_3RUJWnw9qwTwo48BDQl/s1600/Tibet+Tsesung+Kyab+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX;BORDER-COLOR:#000000;BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUYXO3fFUceN1xFuu5nXQnV6taSLpLrxNUg0n1jAEUvVlke49jp3kJlgKF1t93fccZUrSO0i7hutxLbY6v8K7J5UObQeg8RGnbO94gcIZNU4gFvrK7HScdNRSeQn02rGBykiX2G7K979eX/s320/Tibet+Tsesung+Kyab+2tl.jpg" ALT="Tsesung Kyab." TITLE="Tsesung Kyab."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvndrDBUEd83E4SsB5jgTIRMfziksW0nQpaFdnGRKz56yORkSKSaOok7szVZBJLpDrSz3-TJSvcT-wkMiukjVI3sHbPgvEyzMCWB5AW395Yq5obCZAlJjk1iSw_3RUJWnw9qwTwo48BDQl/s1600/Tibet+Tsesung+Kyab+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX;BORDER-COLOR:#000000;BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-gDnpP2mLW7BAks_XpRpjKiwa8dmeLTpZSrdwGwZ-qXDqrqqhGWZZwdX7RrirymIsx95FFEWIws0hyV0k__2TRKFZr9usxxU1Jw6LI4p01WMFacAzSDChBdcC_v1JsNix05Lm9N9iG-t/s320/Tibet+Tsesung+Kyab+2tr.jpg" ALT="Tsesung Kyab." TITLE="Tsesung Kyab."></a><br />
Not necessarily noble neither: my (very) limited & tentative & dilettante experience makes it seem more of a constitutional issue like ... an allergy or being constipated - one simply <i>must</I> deal with it.<br />
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There are of course the long shots: the canny drunks who continue to evade the road blocks and drive decade after decade undetected; or the victims who resist (say, gun crime as <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/nyregion/robbed-at-gunpoint-some-bronx-victims-resist.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: Robbed at Gunpoint, Some Bronx Victims Resist, David Goodman, April 28 2013."><b>in the NYT a few days ago</B></A>) and are miraculously spared.<br />
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Who knows?<a NAME="CertS05"> </A><a HREF="#CertS06" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Dysfunctional stories:</B> It may not be clear that TV stories don't work unless you watch 'em as I do: download a whole series and take the lot, back-to-back, in one go. You can see the creative juices wane & dry up (on purpose?) til there is nothing left and it stops. <i>Boardwalk Empire</I>, <i>Wire in the Blood</I>, <i>Homeland</I>, even David Simon's <i>The Wire</I> - they all start as good as they get and slide into ... dreck. It's not just in the US either - some similarly popular European series follow the same path - <i>Engrenages</I>, <i>Broen-Bron</I>, <i>Forbrydelsen</I>.<br />
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Even porn is (almost entirely) less than even skin deep:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1GsQgq_fARlEPDnnrlP7Ivy5FnsblbodoqZumsj6Gyvk8JQWsJNG0xOAQL5YOa2OX7MnpZaoo821IOVpCkEZjGoXu-uZ1ETRwstCRKsZazhUm8lEgXISEwD6h_YDdVNqlobWeSrShdwHZ/s1600/girls+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBjMMRVbEfPenJ92LwIW5tsgpqYimbkgJNToCWIrSwXLHUdjr0kf9eu1CbZT1zs0VcXlFB-v9yOfFkzZheIEchOJOoBSLyFXA-SV1dYBW-D-Xr7Ae1yY5Hk3kWLCkKu2ikFZUgkyLmxdl/s320/girls+1tl.jpg" ALT="Girls." TITLE="Girls."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1GsQgq_fARlEPDnnrlP7Ivy5FnsblbodoqZumsj6Gyvk8JQWsJNG0xOAQL5YOa2OX7MnpZaoo821IOVpCkEZjGoXu-uZ1ETRwstCRKsZazhUm8lEgXISEwD6h_YDdVNqlobWeSrShdwHZ/s1600/girls+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1yntIoyXBUtLhn_0SYiy7U1tpLLR5R8iO2T0ju38OniTbvt9eFmoPTr_rtF3MXinPJrRRvUsCnVSdKeCt5HVFT2zvOkpeNEd2EhGs1YU5rgntw37iFEbjM7us409Zw5jf_7FuSmH97PTI/s320/girls+1tm.jpg" ALT="Girls." TITLE="Girls."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1GsQgq_fARlEPDnnrlP7Ivy5FnsblbodoqZumsj6Gyvk8JQWsJNG0xOAQL5YOa2OX7MnpZaoo821IOVpCkEZjGoXu-uZ1ETRwstCRKsZazhUm8lEgXISEwD6h_YDdVNqlobWeSrShdwHZ/s1600/girls+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-J-lHcBCxMkpNASOVYReDUf8aujlilcoBVaOS-p25IBMHWAwjVeXfRsyTHEEb47x1KOD1o6I_tq67t1oAwUlBN_FoSf5wTNqA-dcZbjciT_2g5jeiOi8LLi74iBuo0P-5OUUrz-2MFx9/s320/girls+1tr.jpg" ALT="Girls." TITLE="Girls."></a><br />
I find the image above. An embodied yin-yang! Wowzers! And erotic! So I grope about and come up with a series of about 30 photographs of what is supposed to be a tryst; but looking (closely :-) it begins to seem complete fakery - no desire, no connection, nothing - just an interesting arrangement of bodies and limbs. As the fakery comes to the fore the yin-yang ... recedes, and I think: if I <i>really</I> wanted to do this these are the perfect models and setting but ... something is missing in the execution, neither the girls nor the yin-yang quite comes off. (Though of course, I could have it all wrong.)<br />
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Intentional? Who knows. An object lesson in Internet passive-agressive correctitude? A tiny window into the realities of actresses & photographic production? The epitome of hollow sexual exploitation? Or, 'Look! This is how cold it can get'?<br />
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It is exactly what it looks like - a photograph and no more - it's that kind of art. Plug the URL of the expanded image into the Google Images camera icon if you want to follow it up. Too skinny by far these girls.<a NAME="CertS06"> </A><a HREF="#CertS07" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Yoni Yum:</B> Holi, festival of colours, passes recently (March 27), and I am reading 'Ice Age Art' by Jill Cook (source of the first image below), and I find the last one on the right, of Holi in the Philippines, a few years ago (while listening to the Stones <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg1F3Py6lwk" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b><i>She's A Rainbow</I></B></A>, "she comes in colours everywhere" etc.) and connect the dots and remember it.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2FoIqDSn-ZfjJ2gWEXwqxHq5jM8ljb1m_nQvhYQ4cXKMlVDZHpxER8GbqON74yQJ3wPS9NiPE5XMJB7hgsaaBAKQlz9XNl5HnLSHX7FEm4coPCcSLmS44hdn7D4hO88seSxS8FJhWbXs/s1600/Yoni+0a+Olknitz.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvhb5Fmx2Q769TxFsD_RJB8NPwrUaA1VvZOGlScB0jQ2IUiROiluURWTSz6NoDuX4nuhJ1Kfj7uezr2m56hxVi-go7Tu6XtPj0NmKdiJA8LtRXUPyZzRjahw2kJSeAB8e3KIl873zQPmx/s320/Yoni+0at+Olknitz.jpg" ALT="Paleolithic Female Triangle, Ölknitz." TITLE="Paleolithic Female Triangle, Ölknitz."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ezpX1Q_RcsLYivaCkaXUz2IhozIYHnC7ZZlJXhw60482jvDsIEuK8mVUS3Vc0vFygOWmimfMU6QF_KAywpcOixfrcvUW-ieC5UZ2B38pI_QaPQN_8x7NEM8UXew4cXGGwZ8a7Nl9x42f/s1600/Yoni+0b.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xUbg7Q7qGMtVa56lrhAhm8t0kVDVPCSFiqM9v2lN-wAU7z6hQOnoHjwks2k4QHgi47LLOAM-eADNSLZJjMsaO5YT1CCbUYin7Zj-iSnm1JR_wRoKezSK7ixpzfuwLLaj3MATOrLofXHb/s320/Yoni+0bt.jpg" ALT="Paleolithic Female Triangle." TITLE="Paleolithic Female Triangle."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_Afs6LZvLoht0jHX7PuYXO_1EtMzCJjCVWikmxbYBxQhTSDMttU1PIyeySxSyXsLIqxGGScxLVKrpg-QizvNyTAKUF7b2Yr3lMmJCN7qFKkDkxOZiBtr1b3WhUf978hR2-QiNVJBbYZw/s1600/Yoni+Holi+1+Krishna+Radha+Amritsar.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-vKB3QrvpGChtB_IydnPd1OZqVaDkf8hAZwSC2VnwUfbiVyMSG8NIdYgGKcaU0OY8LzBo3v5ko7AoEZzNELGfgD-km0AsxWyr0X_VyQYRQxsPbqY_DXtks5ICfuzWAvQN3gN5bCFVkMr/s320/Yoni+Holi+1t+Krishna+Radha+Amritsar.jpg" ALT="Krishna & Radha, Holi, Amritsar." TITLE="Krishna & Radha, Holi, Amritsar."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6teqgR2QTTEhKX7cFE1qcq5I0KhSQcrAqLpCMFTdfWqsqRkWwmLibSSLr5B4C932wFqzGqjKW1pdNGX65Pdcb_hNGHiF9_Y6Lme0apTL5dGigatVXIGIlBb5GlwuJ2IB2DCP4orfWSXG/s1600/Yoni+Holi+6+Manila+Philippines.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HTSgoShkyA-h7yvbgMS4wd04uAUPfm8xd2g3kdo0eaBsVnFwIZsn-p3tEGvOHqbc2Mfa6bicWVE7dofKgcrIKdSnUk4XPWQCUPxTCLlQg9YympHlthqRpFvbo6XaiDuUjiE8wRf5WUNO/s320/Yoni+Holi+6t+Manila+Philippines.jpg" ALT="Holi, Philippines." TITLE="Holi, Philippines."></a><br />
The rest is the merest speculation gentle reader around bindis & tilakas - marks on the forehead in the general zone of the pineal eye or the 6th or 7th Kundalini chakra (what you will) - which (to me) represent vulvas & clitorises (what else?).<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />I followed up on the girls in the yin-yang photograph - just about 99% projection on my part :-) - in other encounters pictured on the web they appear much more enthusiastic. It may still be fakery, and probably is, but they are not quite faking indifference as I imagined.<a NAME="CertS07"> </A><a HREF="#CertS08" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>I have a distinct urge not to publish this post, misgivings <b>(?)</B> but I can't quite give it up. Have I missed something? Too much nonsense? Half-baked nonsense? Nonsense open to interpretation as prurient? obsessive? misogyny? Is that it? (But the porn doesn't even show nipples.)<br />
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If it comes clear I will either explain ... or it may disappear. I'm sorry if it offends in the meantime. (If anyone were talkin' back it might be easier t'know.)<br />
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Someone says to me, "It's over," and I say, "No it's not, quite - the global economy could tank tomorrow and save us, planet and all, some of us at least."<br />
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Someone else says, "Why do you care? What part of this is worth saving?" and I say, "Dunno ... curiosity? I'm still interested, still glad sometimes." Just before dawn at this time of year the birds begin to sing in the darkness. It was the same in Rio sometimes ... <i>passarinhos</I>.<br />
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Musak at the end for you: <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkkA-iyOd3c" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Chimes of Freedom</B></A> - "The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder."<br />
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Be well gentle reader.<a NAME="CertS08"> </A><a HREF="#CertS08a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>A detailed GIS of Amazônia!</B> For a moment there I thought I would get to use the 'Good News' tag again (but it's not quite that good, yet):<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqZN1bpiRtS4a0in2sQqNOeApdxxTFODIPe3pe9OibdDUqm7Z3spsVzvtCkKmPDYqNX-Sh_z6EeOPVvehrbZCJou5_IZ2KdFXdBfyRBMS9IYDl_tDzIktXPW1TOAMP7oMkgF867yIuctk/s1600/Raisg+Marajo+0+US+Army+Topo+from+Wikipedia+%2526+UTexas.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcqhkdde6KDRsq7WSBbKIyUYXHmuSA0-IX-C4zuRsCuBcqNwaiMd49oYODYFJG1mHY-pmJflQkF6miZej5wfp8pStRnHAmZ8JXas6Z5pJQknK6BbEYG1ep1UuLqw3AlVwmbLRHIcQfAaaY/s320/Raisg+Marajo+0t+US+Army+Topo+from+Wikipedia+%2526+UTexas.jpg" ALT="Ilha de Marajó Topographic." TITLE="Ilha de Marajó Topographic."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7xE196ijU9zA-6DfmlbGU6jyJKAlxWHNwZRLFVTfOaeSP_i4kpzUdwJxaIN-d5AL36KhxEv3AxCUq5OB_p5qeEwvcNMupLu62foXWWqaa3-HUN2aHXeeCJBmvx_a6uFQCOQ4_1hzggNr4/s1600/Raisg+Marajo+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89p7One2b_JlTVUvEAkQ-LfT2GOBFGgRjFbd-19bKDKfvXYG1z93fMIr0fBD4lHwtOtmZBdh0PIFIumxyGNpvcK2SkK1RxtU6ARqkQ1qXKuo8a9jOXJ3K6nBQ3dpL6ebd1HAyj0Xe36uD/s320/Raisg+Marajo+1t.jpg" ALT="Ilha de Marajó Raisg view 1." TITLE="Ilha de Marajó Raisg view 1."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_ssBD4b2X77knVF7JMBWm_EzRSlJV16K0IherN0aFQn9HkgyjwrwTTVnP28UWKAVFpGkiJlJJS5BKj7kxd61z6sMOs6QJc0AmuPQzefadjuF2jhHsH5_pv_iAoJlysnyHTSfEAln3z8T/s1600/Raisg+Marajo+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Wp9XgEYXd2HfjbDtERtZeF00UlYHAjqg-gfpP31xATcQ5efqTuDfwVxct6U4SnaVOC83bhzPF-Rkc_LjgmkrBIbtnbY7P0LdSRDPQG6x3XvlC9c_98poQNtROZWdwwu9r7eWLuyag6w0/s320/Raisg+Marajo+2t.jpg" ALT="Ilha de Marajó Raisg view 1." TITLE="Ilha de Marajó Raisg view 1."></a><br />
I have complained here before about how GISs (Geographic Information Systems) are so powerful that they must be kept out of the hands of the <i>hoi polloi</I> lest the great unwashed start getting a few correct notions of things above their station. GIS platforms (such as ESRI ArcGIS that this is based on) are big, cumbersome, very expensive computer systems. GIS is taking a long time to reach the Internet. More on that below.<br />
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Unfortunately I picked Ilha de Marajó to practice on - not much GIS action happening there even with Belém fairly close by. Should have gone looking for Belo Sun around the Grande Volta on the Xingu river - another day.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMuqOPqho2gBgVpYPi4rItL6wGkzyk4fRKrDiDi612xl7-dJAiSJbbq7KyMP540UvYsJH786kul35GPvMSO0XcLZz3L8j9MeH_w4VuVdsZkUm_3I_arjV9_QAIirsduWpxu8oGM8qM_qp/s1600/Cognitive+maps.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 15PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlLP2OBT1zgJz0iNjefLhr0aG_Z-4xgODYuiI5dAx3n4SaGsy9tFqVSdBP_KCvaM2dGg-zQwPrh4RfNp-MR0ko_9_hXB69_XLoJQ0TtWdHUeeM9hKV_hqpuZyoMfcL-s7MOM-71XtOK1dP/s320/Cognitive+maps+t.jpg" ALT="Neuroscientific Rat." TITLE="Neuroscientific Rat." ALIGN=LEFT></a>The New York Times is <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/science/may-britt-and-edvard-moser-explore-the-brains-gps.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT, Profiles in Science: A Sense of Where You Are, James Gorman, April 29, 2013."><b>telling me something related</B></A>: May-Britt & Edvard Moser, behavioral physiologists, neuroscientists, "speculate that the way the brain records and remembers movement in space may be the basis of all memory." A physiological basis for cognitive maps! ...<br />
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The rats are probably, or possibly (depending on technique) much less enthusiastic - maybe the Mosers will expand their research to humans and use bankers & politicians?<a NAME="CertS08a"> </A><a HREF="#CertS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>In the Amazônia newsletter it looks like a typo:</B> <a HREF="http://amazonia.org.br/2013/04/atlas-amaz%C3%B4nia-sob-press%C3%A3o-da-raisg-ganha-vers%C3%A3o-em-portugu%C3%AAs-e-ingl%C3%AAs/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Amazonia: Atlas Amazônia sob Pressão da Raisg ganha versão em português e inglês, 30 de abril de 2013."><b>Atlas Amazônia sob Pressão da Raisg ganha versão em português e inglês</B></A> / Raisg 'Amazon Under Pressure' Atlas now available in Portuguese and English (source: <a HREF="http://www.socioambiental.org/pt-br/noticias-socioambientais/atlas-da-raisg-ganha-versao-em-portugues-e-ingles" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="ISA - Instituto Socioambiental: Atlas da Raisg ganha versão em português e inglês, sexta-feira, 26 de Abril de 2013."><b>ISA</B></A>.) It was released in Spanish last fall.<br />
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Raisg turns out to be the acronym for <i>'Red Amazónica de Información Socioambiental Georreferenciada'</I> / Amazonian Network of Georeferenced Socio-Environmental Information. Their <a HREF="www.raisg.socioambiental.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Raisg / Red Amazónica de Información Socioambiental Georreferenciada."><b>website</B></A> is mostly in Spanish with some essential bits in English & Portuguese, specifically: an <a HREF="http://www.raisg.socioambiental.org/mapa" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Raisg."><b>overview</B></A> page, where you can download a pdf of the <a HREF="http://raisg.socioambiental.org/system/files/Amazonia%20under%20pressure26_04_2013.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>English Version of this year's report</B></A>, and six jpg's of some of the maps - which are ~5,000 pixels square and in focus, approximately legible even, unlike much of the pdf).<br />
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There is also an <a HREF="http://www.raisg.socioambiental.org/mapa-online/index.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Raisg."><b>on-line version</B></A> (which is where the two top-left images come from. The Ilha de Marajó topo comes from <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilha_de_Marajo" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Wikipedia</B></A> (originating at the <a HREF="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/imw/txu-oclc-6654394-sa-22-2nd-ed.jpg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="University of Texas maps."><b>University of Texas</B></A>).<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><b>So why not Good News then?</B> The real object of the exercise is to make up-to-date information readily available to non-experts. You can tread on their good will a little, but if the system throws more than a very few curve balls you lose them. Oh sure, eventually it may all get straightened out but in the meantime what you've got is yet another bureaucracy of some 1,000 or so people who must either make it on self-congratulation or lose their positions (and wages).<br />
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GIS is particularly difficult because while some of the questions that may be posed are obvious and evident - How much has deforestation progressed? How much of the area is officially native property? Where are the large agribusiness plantations? - some are not. As an example of an end-user try this <a HREF="http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0921-raisg-amazon-map.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Monga Bay: New forest map shows 6% of Amazon deforested between 2000 and 2010, September 21 2012."><b>Monga Bay article from last year</B></A>.<br />
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No. No, I haven't got this right. Haven't thought it through, sorry. Later ... Nonetheless, it is good to see this effort. I will practice with it some more and report again.</SPAN><a NAME="CertS99"> </A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/certainties.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/wake-up-canada.html" TITLE="WAKE UP CANADA! (A-and good news from Tim DeChristopher.)"><b>Down</B></A>.</DIV></SPAN>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-19207356921213296032013-04-27T00:09:00.000-04:002013-05-01T08:39:45.704-04:00WAKE UP CANADA!<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;"><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;"><b>(A-and good news from Tim DeChristopher too - <a HREF="#WucS03" TITLE="Tim DeChristopher free on Earth Day in Salt Lake City."><b>below</B></A>.)</B> </SPAN><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/05/certainties.html" TITLE="Certainties? '... pettiness that plays so rough ...'"><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/compos-mentis-or-not-and-home.html" TITLE="Compos mentis (or not) and home. 'Gimme a string bean, I'm a hungry man. Shotgun fired and away I ran.'"><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN> <b>Good News!</B> <a NAME="WucS00"> </A><a HREF="#WucS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">I got this yesterday (by email) from the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition: <a HREF="http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=53c6959fab03a7c669e6d6c6f&id=9d037d0899&e=b47d33af57" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Canadian Youth Climate Coalition."><b>It's Time to Wake Up Canada!</B></A> You can visit their <a HREF="http://ourclimate.ca/campaign/wakeupcanada/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Canadian Youth Climate Coalition: Wake Up Canada campaign."><b>website</B></A> to <b><i>Sign Up NOW!</I></B> as the banner urges you to do; and there is a <a HREF="https://www.facebook.com/WakeUpCA" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Facebook."><b>Facebook page</B></A>.</SPAN> [you may note that there has never been a link to Facebook previously on this blog if that means anything.]<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><br />
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What can be done to support them in this excellent endeavour?<a NAME="WucS01"> </A><a HREF="#WucS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>The email mentions Melina Laboucan-Massimo and Sam Harrison - you might want to get to know them a little better:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UUwdNUpVzZx14qgw3q-8wyWPnS1dwRDKgn4heDwF2fw0bqTCVYWabaxuSyKW0jkORf67Ej2GMZfzlhhQdoy3Oq5O-AW-BspmTwOc2UGfOWVJHFa71_eo3yI0ZmKd34CKGMt2I-1foOej/s1600/Wake+Up+Canada+11+Melina+Laboucan-Massimo.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOb2qkD-aai-dItHrsIiGcTljU-Qq9A2AdzI4OuENtfAR6oMsyZ5t3mOZHW_slp737IWiPhIkO-csm77fQCxto5F0pnkWRtzqfJKOSX8Xkecu5xknCS3jPEfvKW108ir8h9WRgNI7rLdZq/s320/Wake+Up+Canada+11t+Melina+Laboucan-Massimo.jpg" ALT="Melina Laboucan-Massimo." TITLE="Melina Laboucan-Massimo." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2-6vnsaMXCTCib9kKufsbEuiCaFUHtfU2OJdvi88XeQWMpo4g2ofHDWt_wJJBLJSWazcsXxbg9XcDO3U5zAjCFPZjUi3o8qCqfw3N5vpwgjy8Pf9wgVPYAL_TQUGVp39AI_Faoyud1kd/s1600/Wake+Up+Canada+12+Melina+Laboucan-Massimo+w+George+Poitras+&+David+Schindler.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 15PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggriPwEOfmUljEH-BJBw7Qp4dUWKoeHaUVnVudawVYuWEf2N2tF2_RcbqZ8LVuayb6UUZrVhXpOig0f6rRaHdkWfYMfIBFx3ct5jEYtN4KMK1-ro_hRdDTjSzRuHWoojrxA8qBCeMGKIv3/s320/Wake+Up+Canada+12t+Melina+Laboucan-Massimo+w+George+Poitras+&+David+Schindler.jpg" ALT="Melina Laboucan-Massimo with George Poitras & David Schindler." TITLE="Melina Laboucan-Massimo with George Poitras & David Schindler." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zy8e6wuDGqZDzKzn7p6JIUHRyLYh9JLSkJBYOqcarPCmVapyEb8wm3lXY9BqdsPWveAtOLlJlIgnurXLlFcVJ5ZFRpbJWqAmefgbJS63uTyOMJopeEs9xRBeOvMDTLR6PPyfVDbdoFSN/s1600/Wake+Up+Canada+16+Sam+Harrison.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKok6Fs3dNePWexp9dweL0iZukGqmEYIbGioLKQVF9mAPlD-uVE8Sm3ar_HhkRC58KvlVTkKBwqvJA2V83MTMqVD4NzfQFfaDN6-Fy2cwZnCJsPwtd2KuZF2QaBZGGDVwVeMykocEJt7D/s320/Wake+Up+Canada+16t+Sam+Harrison.jpg" ALT="Sam Harrison at JRP in 2013." TITLE="Sam Harrison at JRP in 2013." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV0wryxSJE794mi-VmGLiwI9_ZYg8SDpSdtrP75baNIZeUYsVLTbph8N0B4-jTPzFBlsXhQAfrnPtPBIO0aSEw-TXg_YtiLJSrMs1zL31y3oev5JNykmuLTTxQgrqSAebuUvtXj7PjZxXQ/s1600/Wake+Up+Canada+17+Sam+Harrison.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_hMgnHhEVv-Cu3F8HZV__TkwlsRaA-uMnStTLHBdAIEghahx7dvdwH4WqYM_aEt6EWMXiYhTrNee42mhIJQc1OjP3DtoXbs4pA5_1l1F7y7W9M4iLXH_RXy5Xi9MOOp6op4ZD8-ZuKax/s320/Wake+Up+Canada+17t+Sam+Harrison.jpg" ALT="Sam Harrison at JRP in 2013." TITLE="Sam Harrison at JRP in 2013." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><br />
A video of <a HREF="http://vimeo.com/58767940" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Vimeo: What the hell were you thinking?"><b>Sam Harrison at the JRP</B></A> earlier this year; and a <a HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/transcript-teen-envisions-bleak-future-in-statement-to-pipeline-review-panel/article8280054/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Globe Transcript: Teen envisions bleak future in statement to pipeline review panel, Sam Harrison, Tuesday February 5 2013."><b>transcript</B></A>. He is quite a remarkable 16 year old.<br />
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A video of <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou4Hro1trtg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube, NRDC: Voices Against Tar Sands from a Lubicon Cree First Nation Member."><b>Melina Laboucan-Massimo</B></A> speaking briefly about the tar sands & Keystone; and <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wiq5VI9LhtE" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>speaking at the rally in Victoria</B></A> in October 2012.<br />
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There were more than 8,000 Ontario high school students at the WFCU Centre in Windsor on Wednesday to kick it off - that's what 8,000 people look like:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDsQbLBxBbhMdVMwT2TBBuadNklwpPmmp34DWBJGfxaMO_eJzUxb5RYdKERcVKIM_0oy0J20jJaBd7IhgXVgoiwSvESRWEDAKMYPeBSuvMNWCuGhQmNf0CcYolsBJrsZK7zxk0G3FS-kMV/s1600/Wake+Up+Canada+07b+David+Suzuki.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWaWfHg9QlwsmWZOxny2oadoqngt_nLtVJkczrs9ou1RqwyYj5Mtipjim9VeuXU29_47FBxTDael0F419c33ekZNAtwKo7iyCQFxRVLC-S5dAulPXNmG3l7fIqsHpPrvm0HgiMJLTEbND0/s320/Wake+Up+Canada+07btl+David+Suzuki.jpg" ALT="Wake Up Canada David Suzuki April 25 2013." TITLE="Wake Up Canada David Suzuki April 25 2013."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDsQbLBxBbhMdVMwT2TBBuadNklwpPmmp34DWBJGfxaMO_eJzUxb5RYdKERcVKIM_0oy0J20jJaBd7IhgXVgoiwSvESRWEDAKMYPeBSuvMNWCuGhQmNf0CcYolsBJrsZK7zxk0G3FS-kMV/s1600/Wake+Up+Canada+07b+David+Suzuki.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IDTcccy4f4NmaHRqIe_WzIJ43WRSONXYMsYm3VUN8RDL1YgSDkbCZAbgJtfnEZFIiwqTi6egV1fFnzMi20j0hdGe7s41n8XE1vKuFv1geCjoxrGrpoC5Vr4OAkreJpFxZgCJzVlyVbzN/s320/Wake+Up+Canada+07btr+David+Suzuki.jpg" ALT="Wake Up Canada David Suzuki April 25 2013." TITLE="Wake Up Canada David Suzuki April 25 2013."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGyEpzWow3lGi6Fe9QIxOofhaYBmRNeIxNV9If1_Jms94UU0zGR54L69__4B8d9F4WjnxO4eLt6WiJHhyphenhyphen8rCmoTHJQw9-o9qwcBdWMUdmeGJUOBW0_LmVz50Bg6lMNrlCRV0c-GgPfe3d/s1600/Wake+Up+Canada+07c+David+Suzuki.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPfChrD3bKCLr_sVE_S80c_QsHdSDRmvsAUtPJOlGGSUb8oiqpLv-B4wtrpzso1sY_Hakwj272kVaOU-37bnpbLt9T7DTEazJcjyVU9vg1-7G-20VRHuM7HC9TMUvKSxkfsJAVfFuqKKY/s320/Wake+Up+Canada+07ctl+David+Suzuki.jpg" ALT="Wake Up Canada David Suzuki April 25 2013." TITLE="Wake Up Canada David Suzuki April 25 2013."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGyEpzWow3lGi6Fe9QIxOofhaYBmRNeIxNV9If1_Jms94UU0zGR54L69__4B8d9F4WjnxO4eLt6WiJHhyphenhyphen8rCmoTHJQw9-o9qwcBdWMUdmeGJUOBW0_LmVz50Bg6lMNrlCRV0c-GgPfe3d/s1600/Wake+Up+Canada+07c+David+Suzuki.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJOW7xlulqNmEURFRMvk3ikRHzsQbCduQM6lZp8TcnkQ3po_G5kiQvMmgdtCqAjwDv_3e1p5GSiF_NC6I_1OAaiNbj-3fWLJutpCbx4m0Z1YtDjMGwbv_zAJxCiJLr2rZRj6JkHOOzeuF/s320/Wake+Up+Canada+07ctr+David+Suzuki.jpg" ALT="Wake Up Canada David Suzuki April 25 2013." TITLE="Wake Up Canada David Suzuki April 25 2013."></a><br />
You can see a few minutes of the event <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=MBQsD-jEADQ" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="TV Cogeco Ontario: David Suzuki at WFCU Centre in Windsor, April 25 2013."><b>here</B></A>; and a report in the local newspaper: <a HREF="http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/04/25/dr-david-suzuki-rallies-students-to-fix-the-environment/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Windsor Star: Suzuki rallies local students to fix the environment (with video), Don Lajoie, April 25 2013."><b>Suzuki rallies local students to fix the environment</B></A>.<a NAME="WucS02"> </A><a HREF="#WucS03" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>We know some of these courageous young people already. The brave souls who turned their backs on Peter Kent in Durban; the beautiful (and tiny) young woman who held up her STOP HARPER! sign in the House of Commons:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiioZFToHLMPZY-nFdm2HPZrdgim3nQvr1MRqpi61-O6LXurnQ6LypF_dqhanjQZK4G-6p4iYMKHnVUqpKq8MDA60CKOEf0xQ_W-7tOHcUn2XKfOTMJ53BKADkfZyuxcJ-p8RxYCoE7paU/s1600/Durban+CYD+1+Matthew+Chisholm+Karen+Rooney+James+Hutt+Sonia+Grant+Brigette+DePape+Meghan+McCarthy.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGyNUwgyJAYCT-AfXMgdDfj1xACN3qyjlEwGQTnYS74Wknry4Ou8FV3zWrKyA7kToxGEqY8URm_mzQTd0RTUOlkjhjwdCVZmuJvsHGnl92QNT4KPdp6mrlYDZvfqeCVi5GCvvcZ87g9FOP/s320/Wake+Up+Canada+09t+CYD.jpg" ALT="CYD in Durban 2010." TITLE="CYD in Durban 2011."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9HOdQ85rMz6mADD2OpcfR3-N96c8Bl4ncMLk5h5vSn22ZJnmvzx3xsiOOgBPxHlDiVALIlN6IbkZ7TsoXcTtK84faamzasrr68sVn1SAMNV2cN3yjyW3veoWbG1DDJAmqhmDek8JvvVI/s1600/Durban+CYD+3+Matthew+Chisholm+Karen+Rooney+James+Hutt+Sonia+Grant+Brigette+DePape+Meghan+McCarthy.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPkOcHbKuYF-P285HZjlQ64CBcYsIVyNVqil6iH2ErqLB7lnMAz8Yjw6ipDrlGEJzk0L8TW0K5dFCwGE3Y4vqYc3Yr-eelkGPY38R3KDiTQhLOEqAXR3kY7mBr3AA4ALQYJvtuTaoV_eJV/s320/Wake+Up+Canada+10t+CYD.jpg" ALT="CYD in Durban 2010." TITLE="CYD in Durban 2011."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fSWHu7eYOIU-BjHil6qeVcmmZ45Ju6OifL-ekfkJotMPJXup14Qnp9Of7nhulfZBXqty6eNEI5w00xOSmaW7OBGx1qOAEApK6mBsDHibKcBTQyuFRRu3U8sHVRPl_SR2QVi3ASNW7E4/s1600/Brigette+DePape+7.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjywIyGWmwaX3_ysVc8bIw0MM8IrETe5fIMA7NRc5I3GjOmkgijLY9e3s4dm7i1uEF0CJmwE0y2ISTGTX6yVpzaAPZWS_nmt_CeqJmPj5RA8deT6IHdAl1E3IqN_VXfOG5UGiWBzKeCzEyx/s320/Wake+Up+Canada+08t+Brigette+DePape.jpg" ALT="Brigette DePape in the House of Commons 2011." TITLE="Brigette DePape in the House of Commons 2011."></a><br />
There are many more - and they are showing us the way. I am also thinking of the kids in Waglisla in April fasting to protest the JRP hearings there (see these short videos: <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRamEEmHCCk" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Day 1</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_d5bxZj38U" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Day 2</B></A>, and <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co4Z5u5ER8E" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Day 3</B></A>).<br />
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We must do all that we can do to help prepare them and ourselves to <b>WAKE CANADA UP on May 30th.</B> It's <i>Lucky '13</I>, yes!<br />
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God bless 'em! </SPAN> [And I don't say that very often anymore either.]<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><br />
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Be well.<a NAME="WucS03"> </A><a HREF="#WucS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStN7t6MZidiuUqK-dw6LISnTd8vd6447gL-5TnSVeoEXVsahczIRfZVwGNQuT_CrP52RDWMYLmDeHNtvhQMDkMoU0oL8x2NNQU2jh-1dasXZhBGHnznhI7JKqMdMew9IkmyH1wpTRqd3w/s1600/Tim+DeChristopher+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilbRKu9zDk_bsOTPu2YJ6znnfAw3xXzGOx7rrAeVxvoEnAkDLeqqwvLPwt6R4PjI37Jnj-9g-0sOT0X8aGBMS7Dqyd2_W3qitPIdqjS4ec8SZQZg6T4UeafT-u5ypA4io-bqGkfHDeQLYM/s320/Tim+DeChristopher+1t.jpg" ALT="Tim DeChristopher." TITLE="Tim DeChristopher." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9STepb965KILjByldh-itmR60iWJY9BgHcfcufY4sSg2SPjdKuibqGGvhC2A8Y_YUELo4wq3KRXNu3hG4A85O6hu0IIbQs-e1lEkiSWulVIchj3OfzsUgofOz7G7U5lXR4RJF5T8cQHhu/s1600/Tim+DeChristopher+2+Earth+Day.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 15PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXkdktTLytbPflqQ1abI9rX7Vw2Tnar-msbAt6cUcUWNdFPsdk4221G-Y0At7vJrJvROhMIjmZVPQwD8WQ46RCEpGaQe_GNcEB-bc5BVUUP5v_zVh6cAtsmpRBZaHq6UuQe7Y34y8yzjp/s320/Tim+DeChristopher+2t+Earth+Day.jpg" ALT="Tim DeChristopher on Earth Day in Salt Lake City." TITLE="Tim DeChristopher on Earth Day in Salt Lake City." ALIGN=LEFT></a><b>This seems too important to save:</B><br />
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Tim DeChristopher's <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81EZUkYzrxU" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>speech at Powershift 2011</B></A> is an inspiration to me - that the movement is broken and must be fixed and indeed can easily be fixed when the will arrives.<br />
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He was released from prison the day before Earth Day and gave <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg51e6BePBs" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube, 15 minutes."><b>this interview</B></A>.</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1NDXMfs8rV9feDn40Y_L88LQD5OtGwS7CaoHwVPfgNxJA-LoC3d8T9GshXYgzZ3OJ-0F15K0Meu1KsfNI7-blVIUvYdt_Qpf1cYZinaniwB26PMh2dEr7KB9SWFXzpQ0vSFghhyphenhyphenZg2Ww/s1600/Tim+DeChristopher+3+Earth+Day.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 0PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWowFs-Hzk2VsPZI25axK_0gnTtbFhRhI9qafMJSNpUo56EP5H2UAfZKLHBjSjfprnSvqxo1Jkr6LQ2Tp6SBHyRlUYJI6uhnSse0yWuSxLTnAvMC_Qx-tycnH6sBqI3I6_tns23YNjf90/s320/Tim+DeChristopher+3t+Earth+Day.jpg" ALT="Tim DeChristopher on Earth Day in Salt Lake City." TITLE="Tim DeChristopher on Earth Day in Salt Lake City." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Nl_pUtV-wL0yojH5QFuXvoEFcYRWIF92NgQbqPjulM9ocYDlJwvjWC-ohrFhe5n6qOfyxD88CQbOX9ycE2vOJp4sAdUTKAtULM8RT2TArNMFwMp6yykcEOubhotxqAL_1QX9X2TWNmyt/s1600/Tim+DeChristopher+4+Earth+Day.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 0PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1cAfZEM_B1lu1o4IkQtvobcpmmvO8F1RNYWUhJ-zHhyXlHCJNbjaD34KkddSqPa0ptoXTqLunPtYGK35YB9dYr8UlM_WNAZBEnOZfTbxrlPpad3z8qjd5Kv-9jMXOopcb9DgMsJIhtY3x/s320/Tim+DeChristopher+4t+Earth+Day.jpg" ALT="Tim DeChristopher on Earth Day in Salt Lake City." TITLE="Tim DeChristopher on Earth Day in Salt Lake City." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>[I don't appreciate <i>Democracy Now</I> very much so it is a 3/4 excerpt of <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT1U7C4qxiY" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube Democracy Now, original, 20 minutes."><b>this</B></A> - the rudeness in the closing is still evident.]</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><br />
A movie, <a HREF="http://www.bidder70film.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Bidder 70 film website."><b><i>Bidder 70</I></B></A> is now available; the <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7mBpsvAvlk" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube, 5 minutes."><b>trailer</B></A> looks good; for some reason the website is slow to answer (?) but perseverance eventually took me there to buy a copy; the movie was streamed on Earth Day apparently but I didn't know about it.<br />
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This 'not knowing' is worthy of comment since it seems to me to be one of the major deficits of the 'movement'. The Internet is mostly compost but it <i>IS</I> good for communication particularly through email - so why didn't I know? I'll leave it with you.<br />
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A possibly useful link to <a HREF="http://www.peacefuluprising.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Peaceful Uprising website."><b>Peaceful Uprising</B></A>.<br />
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I am <i>some</I> glad to see him out (<i>some</I> is a modifier used in certain maritime dialects to indicate really-really-REALLY). <b>Yes sir!</B><a NAME="WucS99"> </A></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/wake-up-canada.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/compos-mentis-or-not-and-home.html" TITLE="Compos mentis (or not) and home. 'Gimme a string bean, I'm a hungry man. Shotgun fired and away I ran.'"><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN></DIV>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-39890677266613710152013-04-25T17:37:00.001-04:002013-04-29T08:03:27.194-04:00Compos mentis (or not) and home.<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/compos-mentis-or-not-and-home.html#" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; FONT-SIZE:140%; COLOR:#CC6600; LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">"Gimme a string bean, I'm a hungry man.</SPAN></A><br />
<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/compos-mentis-or-not-and-home.html#" TITLE=""><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; FONT-SIZE:140%; COLOR:#CC6600; LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">Shotgun fired and away I ran."</SPAN></A> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/wake-up-canada.html" TITLE="WAKE UP CANADA!"><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-pre-ach.html" TITLE="Occupy the Spirit (pre-ach). Three days smoakless."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN> <b>Full Moon</B><a NAME="CmonahS00"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#CmonahS00a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJyi3s4buVYDI3AVBknHNA2a2girwuLsBKUS5yal6pQGdTUtszBcXm2kGO2tG6vrNN1fVE6qkUUVp3XSYqmetYFdYHMj-KWfFnjXT1h1ILq5vDno6Yha1aaLp4y-ULQJz558pjLLmnb2x/s1600/Huntsville+Earth+Day+Snowdrops.JPG" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyD8cePh411HTRkgD0LF9lJsrWwINIW1AyNxr8e9A5_aSgFr52RfV3HdllZD7s1lrBfzZuryIEnUyoardqJmmqyre2Cc3bEQKpAMM_bbEY5Kb7eCV-dS2ghClnInkejLM3csiQvcZFs7_r/s320/Huntsville+Earth+Day+Snowdrops+t.JPG" ALT="Snowdrops, Galanthus: Greek gála/milk", ánthos/flower." TITLE="Snowdrops, Galanthus: Greek gála/milk", ánthos/flower." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><b>Contents:</B> <a href="#CmonahS00a" title=""><b>Boto</B></a>, <b>Watershed:(</B><a href="#CmonahS01" title=""><b>Cognitive Maps</B></a>, <a href="#CmonahS01a" title=""><b>Muskoka Watershed</B></a>, <a href="#CmonahS01b" title=""><b>Internet Odyssey</B></a>, <a href="#CmonahS01c" title=""><b>Try Again</B></a>, <a href="#CmonahS01d" title=""><b>Bala Falls</B></a>, <a href="#CmonahS01e" title=""><b>Layers</B></a><b>)</B>, <a href="#CmonahS05" title=""><b>Home</B></a>, <a href="#CmonahS06" title=""><b>Tar Sand Terrorist</B></a>, <a href="#CmonahS99" title=""><b>Cracked Pot</B></a>.<br />
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<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;">The April full moon (with a <a HREF="http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2013.html#LE2013Apr25P" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NASA."><b>partial eclipse</B></A> this year but not visible from North or South America - I wish I were clever enough to understand such wrinkles) is known as Pink Moon, Sprouting Grass and Egg Moon - spring in full swing imagery; that lovely & desireable 7-ball, the pink one, coming just before the dreadful black one. <i>Shoures soote</I>/sweet showers.<a NAME="CmonahS00a"> </A></SPAN></DIV><a HREF="#CmonahS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUB574Mi7W70iNTA2jlRzpJYC87_xqJpXX8Ql4XDb5ZDiZ6U_zxu4CdRh59MNPmxP65CPphDV-iwPVGSVCrg6iO1GIoA25KjM3yQ1g1zXAvRk_TfNDIydhX8wXkOcFlJLtwi54p7h1A5A6/s1600/Boto+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 2PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUeZ_OMFO9ft_fSQE0G6ZXTW1Y7yiaetknadoXJVRdHcPG0cegIIekCReytCo9zUlM5v2CG18Z9Lpq89DMcI1aFwcqSEzrfzkXu5NpgI5rBWvVrZ87dPzWR6H5BNVljwK62j0cd75NCNUQ/s320/Boto+1tl.jpg" ALT="Boto, river dolphin." TITLE="Boto, river dolphin."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUB574Mi7W70iNTA2jlRzpJYC87_xqJpXX8Ql4XDb5ZDiZ6U_zxu4CdRh59MNPmxP65CPphDV-iwPVGSVCrg6iO1GIoA25KjM3yQ1g1zXAvRk_TfNDIydhX8wXkOcFlJLtwi54p7h1A5A6/s1600/Boto+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 0PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8OLtvlVFvYWLVg7bM2T3vJWS-6JQU2w5nsUV75UltP0LhwSOjGHtDX1Wp6memllhNgwnFpGztIRUjSgMY4Wu4UxyW9EUWPUHlhqS59c6sqChmaaU4-YT5RDe4wVnxsCMUDLhVe3Ml0KeO/s320/Boto+1tm.jpg" ALT="Boto, river dolphin." TITLE="Boto, river dolphin."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUB574Mi7W70iNTA2jlRzpJYC87_xqJpXX8Ql4XDb5ZDiZ6U_zxu4CdRh59MNPmxP65CPphDV-iwPVGSVCrg6iO1GIoA25KjM3yQ1g1zXAvRk_TfNDIydhX8wXkOcFlJLtwi54p7h1A5A6/s1600/Boto+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:2PX 2PX 2PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGWGJbqZZnjMu7NTBu8DhvGdJGwedy4U2xqrVA3eNtBMYYsfs1foFH3sKerUfAh7VnS5ZrxXEx_fpw-VKauZ9Puf0sCYFuxSjC-xMpSGlCraW4d9NE7Xb7lRZhw-pqOZoEUFFT6gr0PTk/s320/Boto+1tr.jpg" ALT="Boto, river dolphin." TITLE="Boto, river dolphin."></a><br />
<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">Sometimes we found a dolphin had gotten into our cod trap (in Placentia Bay) and not been able to get out again. Rarely they were OK and we would let them go but mostly they had beaten themselves up so badly on the twine that they were exhausted and near death. Surprising to learn how delicate their skin is. We called them 'puffin pigs' and when we brought one in there was celebration because in a community with a limited diet they were a delicacy.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />Little ditties like: "You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."</SPAN> ["Abraham Lincoln said that. 'You can be in my dream if I can be in yours,' I said that." :-) ] <span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"> have a certain symmetry; there is a name for this kind of figure somewhere I am sure.<br />
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Join that up with 'feet of clay' and the ubiquitous foolishness (stupidity) in human lives if you can - that's the exercise here today.<a NAME="CmonahS01"> </A><a HREF="#CmonahS01a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Cognitive maps:</B> It was a new and powerful paradigm when I learned of it from Glen; and I have embroidered it just a little since then to a view of how sense comes to be - that there is stepwise integration involved.<br />
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When it comes to a 'watershed' (which is of itself a largeish notion) the essentials (it seems to me) are naming the beginning and end; preferably recognizable names for where the water comes from and where it goes to. 'Algonquin Park' & 'Georgian Bay' are a start to be sure, even sufficient, but they (seem to me to) need qualification, specification. Since there are at least several sources in Algonquin Park and two outlets into Georgian Bay, four names are a minimum; and not in the descriptive text - on a map, in a picture (given that it is now the 21st century).<br />
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'From sea to shining sea', '<i>do Oiapoque ao Chuí'</I>; from Islet & Rain lakes; from McRaney, West Harry, Little Joe & Burnt Island lakes; from Big Porcupine Lake; to Moon & Musquash rivers and Go Home Lake (and if 'Moon River' isn't evocative then perhaps you are too young to know the film <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_at_Tiffany%27s_%28film%29" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b><i>Breakfast at Tiffany's</I></B></A> or Audrey Hepburn singing <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7SI7N22k_A" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>the tune</B></A>).<a NAME="CmonahS01a"> </A><a HREF="#CmonahS01b" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Muskoka watershed object lesson:</B> From a rich '<i>umwelt</I>': comprising travels with my father into many of its corners, and on my own, and a family anchor in the midst of it; I set out to follow the 'Friends of the Muskoka Watershed' thread mentioned in Peter Sale's presentation on Saturday; an Internet Odyssey ...<br />
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Well to consider Nicholas Carr's essay from <a HREF="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Atlantic: Is Google Making Us Stupid?, Nicholas Carr, July 1 2008."><b>2008</B></A> and his 2011 book <a HREF="http://www.theshallowsbook.com/nicholascarr/Nicholas_Carrs_The_Shallows.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Shallows website."><b><i>The Shallows</I></B></A> before casting off. I like to think I find some of the best of it ... but then, cocaine addicts often talk that way too eh?<br />
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It does quickly turn up the <a HREF="http://www.muskokawatershed.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Muskoka Watershed Council."><b>Muskoka Watershed Council</B></A> website where the 'Watersheds' drop-list takes me to the <a HREF="http://www.muskokawatershed.org/watersheds/muskoka-river-watershed/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Muskoka Watershed Council."><b>Muskoka River Watershed</B></A>, and two maps: an overall '<a HREF="http://www.muskokawatershed.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2EB_Map1.jpg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Muskoka Watershed Council."><b>impression</B></A>; and a <a HREF="http://www.muskokawatershed.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/MuskokaRiverWatershed-Basins1.jpg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Muskoka Watershed Council."><b>schematic</B></A> - but neither sheds much actual light and less heat.<a NAME="CmonahS01b"> </A><a HREF="#CmonahS01c" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Odyssey:</B> Following their link to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Muskoka River Water Management Plan <a HREF="http://www.muskokawaterweb.ca/water-101/water-quantity/mrwmp" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Muskoka River Water Management Plan."><b>List of Documents</B></A>, and assuming (incorrectly) that <a HREF="http://www.muskokawaterweb.ca/images/mnr/mrwmp/3_PhysioBioEnvironment.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Muskoka River Water Management Plan."><b>Section 3 - Physical and Biological Environment</B></A> (.pdf) will have the best maps ... download and 19 pages in come three large-scale, low-resolution, out of focus (what to call them?) images? - shedding almost no additional light or heat. Illegible.<br />
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So Google around until some <a HREF="http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/map/southindexpdf.shtml" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Ontario Ministry of Transportation."><b>Ontario Ministry of Transportation road maps</B></A> emerge - large-scale, high-resolution AND the rivers and lakes are mostly named. Here they are:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSQJ6N1vtjFxvx2zJHbiQGKELTHziF0s9t8CxknnekIJyJEfGs2YcyQ195U0wPUpqoS80O5dSb6WGshgE0rz9VFITTjCgkZVG7odJRwC151mBE0Ib7-qGx6XvUWHlZkKB089kWAv2h45u/s1600/Muskoka+River+Map+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNez5dco2B6hipYkCKn17DxWgwIMWxXnlu6PTl5iX5blr9Hxg5-b6y4bNGCelllDGgmPdnmu2Sp4BWAUcSA2Ew-aVcVU99cd0a76nRjtous9FMsksdQYJj8tTak1vNp-_zSWmjEf74A-J2/s320/Muskoka+River+Map+1t.jpg" ALT="Muskoka Watershed Council map." TITLE="Muskoka Watershed Council map."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0p9Nfq9kUmZScx4k3Zg0BSAIW5WNbC8gPlBTak0NYEiE77AG_qpiL8UkruB5oBKquMEjBvg6TwbxoERGprja_Cj4dRM5CIKAVK11K70orwyO7pbhyvQCb2E3ZopMdOe4-R4EqaKB13cl/s1600/Muskoka+River+map+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepidHe4c5UdUFKVhxd2mBboCsJXOrzgazEK7dQ5tehU7f1mI1cL4GFBt-PNszgJdY3HtFFLrxHm2ntnY1atqMoKl-EHUEqdrjvZUBiGaRHIR7fksEKzOX9gD7Dw7zME0CPNU_9ZL1b9hx/s320/Muskoka+River+map+2tl.jpg" ALT="Muskoka Watershed Council schematic." TITLE="Muskoka Watershed Council schematic."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0p9Nfq9kUmZScx4k3Zg0BSAIW5WNbC8gPlBTak0NYEiE77AG_qpiL8UkruB5oBKquMEjBvg6TwbxoERGprja_Cj4dRM5CIKAVK11K70orwyO7pbhyvQCb2E3ZopMdOe4-R4EqaKB13cl/s1600/Muskoka+River+map+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mAA0KIsoH_J4z8QNn9SAie-NjpRzwxyfxNH8GbC2sTVGBZ9ey-sm6dPr8P4De0vs1J5xDsr3lUepghJEE4Nc-Eoft5pr39od2x4I0NPKla4RI1XiOZeNynHOXayRaNFUqY4ZfeySWpfx/s320/Muskoka+River+map+2tr.jpg" ALT="Muskoka Watershed Council schematic." TITLE="Muskoka Watershed Council schematic."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGRHrKmz8Q2-yiA4y6_N5gYp3IibpPCtdYlVRQNKHWtzDLdR2nTNjQbnQ-_scitVGkg6PGT922Cp9VXePTP7WmbgtaDcKK2Js2hCAvcSmm1_DWHPLkiq5uZV31dRuztEE5dhQv07uRVOY/s1600/Muskoka+River+map+3+south+branch+watershed.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijs_v5Rx5VBSBp-dunuYwhHvo5VluqNoccN8J9zf0vUYX9RJOkjaPH8cVTT4WqVcD47cFZOVPWCN2a8Nae1Kx34qPS17mF3TQDg5QKuzAztQm-xQXYAQqHuoGkzxxmZiH3R5XPj_JOWIcg/s320/Muskoka+River+map+3t+south+branch+watershed.jpg" ALT="Muskoka River Water Management Plan sample." TITLE="Muskoka River Water Management Plan sample."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo3qip3lz_QBSGhXRPJfmTuKZUDP7QM0ilnLpCIcI68tkT56hUPdl-23cOesTByiYHbSYkGdwBClriiYchy-kdv9k7QLWwZOQd_rkISpCmGAXJItQ4wxupaMv3o0T4E2TMq4dvogdmOQKt/s1600/Muskoka+River+map+4.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRYL8LD3tL7J9BRz0KU_l1CVkB8R1eN_nemGIx7dr8ZkI_wzrqIRa72Wc9xqvZJ3N8U9c3QY9exDUBq_XauEsf-PtiQbo7U_107eOxJanx-zcpE8pqZ0GY3lEcvpZ83AbNrB5MQ1U10Xn/s320/Muskoka+River+map+4t.jpg" ALT="Ontario Ministry of Transportation road map." TITLE="Ontario Ministry of Transportation road map."></a></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">[But assumptions taken for granted, even apparently elementary ones, are always dangerous.]<a NAME="CmonahS01c"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#CmonahS01d" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>Choked and frustrated</B> (but lucky); only going back to the <a HREF="http://www.muskokawaterweb.ca/water-101/water-quantity/mrwmp" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Muskoka River Water Management Plan."><b>List of Documents</B></A> looking for provenance: authors and dates and the like, just to tidy up the crumbs that had fallen out; turns up <a HREF="http://www.muskokawaterweb.ca/images/mnr/mrwmp/2_Introduction.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Muskoka River Water Management Plan."><b>Section 2 - Introduction</B></A> containing what follows as well as the original schematic from above:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yi3gSG3nGxH8vfeN6QjFxvJXgb9FPUmB63hmWGyBJH25WaYdBUsG99Fm8hDKFBMxIzJyObLAsWBkRMx5bVsirJnd5eing_Xq-PuMWb9B0_CmpJAWaJZmYXXl7B6BBqJtke-mrMf6Tymw/s1600/Muskoka+River+map+8a.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhm8XmkZU7fNvmYSJG2ml5XZCpX8bAwRlrXrL9UqvVp5Qk_axu4qSI17F7DIIBz-WR8hC3l2sjZ8JLsN88yabqWPsGnX-4MJtfifNTBxiReZUGwMZ3funs-XlN60y8f3D17GOH5O4a9JS/s320/Muskoka+River+map+8at.jpg" ALT="Muskoka Watershed key." TITLE="Muskoka Watershed key."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsbazGFRFdvSvakbDtxUNYbzMAZjepojxXyIzlkBWYSDvukYcaJmwXnS34f1O6-Bj0ONhdVxpLREXZ0HKEKNRiqmLwKeApkdM31vkZviCkAllhNsx5WqxUOnKSgkgbIbaanMNoJMjzA4k/s1600/Muskoka+River+map+8b.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIC26zFGtVoBo58kTYOeAJlOHAzUlRg1Uw3gdW_bJ_Hr_YkwMIctmGTfGmRbLDOSiUBAer342_M6Ng5BwJRlIxqnkYKrDpIxsagfyin2WNw7oQ50-Ga44JRGazv1NmaZkt9Ev0MM0hX-ST/s320/Muskoka+River+map+8btl.jpg" ALT="Muskoka Watershed map." TITLE="Muskoka Watershed map."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsbazGFRFdvSvakbDtxUNYbzMAZjepojxXyIzlkBWYSDvukYcaJmwXnS34f1O6-Bj0ONhdVxpLREXZ0HKEKNRiqmLwKeApkdM31vkZviCkAllhNsx5WqxUOnKSgkgbIbaanMNoJMjzA4k/s1600/Muskoka+River+map+8b.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKLHh4-B_Nmg8UQ_uFswSISjXrt6mxOaASanAtHjz5tR_sDeoaVKw-vD9zJk2ck7wkckSG20W4XkGBUPuFpxXKYAo56BsMy0njitmgoX-cc6YH1HIBvzXWvrVOKhg7Hpfo5udArTlHc35/s320/Muskoka+River+map+8btr.jpg" ALT="Muskoka Watershed map." TITLE="Muskoka Watershed map."></a><br />
Taken in order: <a HREF="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yi3gSG3nGxH8vfeN6QjFxvJXgb9FPUmB63hmWGyBJH25WaYdBUsG99Fm8hDKFBMxIzJyObLAsWBkRMx5bVsirJnd5eing_Xq-PuMWb9B0_CmpJAWaJZmYXXl7B6BBqJtke-mrMf6Tymw/s1600/Muskoka+River+map+8a.jpg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Image: Muskoka Watershed key."><b>key</B></A>, <a HREF="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0p9Nfq9kUmZScx4k3Zg0BSAIW5WNbC8gPlBTak0NYEiE77AG_qpiL8UkruB5oBKquMEjBvg6TwbxoERGprja_Cj4dRM5CIKAVK11K70orwyO7pbhyvQCb2E3ZopMdOe4-R4EqaKB13cl/s1600/Muskoka+River+map+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Image: Muskoka Watershed schematic."><b>schematic</B></A>, and <a HREF="" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Image: Muskoka Watershed detail."><b>detail</B></A>; they now tell an almost sensible story (if the north arrows were all pointing the same) and comprise a set of inputs to a plausible cognitive map.<br />
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Many hours - about a full 10-hour day - spent digging and delving to find the little that is here gentle reader; and another hour or two translating it into more-or-less presentable HTML. My daughter says such things are done 'for yourself' (she views it as a sort of 'journaling' activity, a diversion) but it ain't so; and for all the closeness we share I cannot get this point across.<br />
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I mentioned this the last time I remember. Is there is a Karma? A magical balance cosmically enforced as a reward for adherence to the Golden Rule? It just doesn't seem to me to work like that. "Kicking at the darkness till it bleeds daylight," (as Bruce Cockburn says) is more like it.<a NAME="CmonahS01d"> </A><a HREF="#CmonahS01e" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a HREF="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0p9Nfq9kUmZScx4k3Zg0BSAIW5WNbC8gPlBTak0NYEiE77AG_qpiL8UkruB5oBKquMEjBvg6TwbxoERGprja_Cj4dRM5CIKAVK11K70orwyO7pbhyvQCb2E3ZopMdOe4-R4EqaKB13cl/s1600/Muskoka+River+map+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Image: Muskoka Watershed schematic."><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 10PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGY4guOoT_JMOVhlAvZWKsgdz_sY-k2AZPa5M7Rylynyd3PKxGMjpNy5lL6WSCXv7Fo8-To6ocBd1pc6e2YOyj9RMAVdKA3EM6pAVSepYLFpx5iUdabK8fh9cNdmfvjoLeiYNg-0YHv3DB/s320/Muskoka+River+map+2+Bala.jpg" ALT="Muskoka Watershed Council schematic, Bala detail." TITLE="Muskoka Watershed Council schematic, Bala detail." ALIGN=LEFT></A><b>Bala Falls:</B> What the loop around Bala (on the <a HREF="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0p9Nfq9kUmZScx4k3Zg0BSAIW5WNbC8gPlBTak0NYEiE77AG_qpiL8UkruB5oBKquMEjBvg6TwbxoERGprja_Cj4dRM5CIKAVK11K70orwyO7pbhyvQCb2E3ZopMdOe4-R4EqaKB13cl/s1600/Muskoka+River+map+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Image: Muskoka Watershed schematic."><b>schematic</B></A>) means I am unable to clearly understand. Nothing anywhere corresponds to it for me. A diversion of some kind possibly? A mistake?<br />
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I digressed briefly into finding out what's up with Bala falls: a 3-5 megawatt power plant near the south end of the existing north dam; I have paddled across and around the immediate area and still can't picture it. Imagine! (But I was drunk at the time. :-)<br />
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These aerial photographs make some sense of it:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IeBv_IqcTmyl5vUxjnnc4RrPhBeV0J2KO1LgknuZnjDo5kL5h2ZmOfyq8w0317zd7YDhpLyMNIwHmxLHRv7u1Ha3niAx8VEmpyDIvvtU1gOyYSbdGVD13BZbwDi1-F_YBIg-D0Yjw0_S/s1600/Bala+Falls+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_ymflMizdn-YByjWr0g3t6zTi-bUSkkhbg_qBnemZitQF6oDF8BrOG0qpAexnMrcUCnvtr7mDzUoRh5mIVGQYPUOeXHTfHOrag1ge2PuN1Tlp3bVBMApYrETdS84is3aUuSHimtagX6-/s320/Bala+Falls+1tl.jpg" ALT="Bala Falls." TITLE="Bala Falls."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IeBv_IqcTmyl5vUxjnnc4RrPhBeV0J2KO1LgknuZnjDo5kL5h2ZmOfyq8w0317zd7YDhpLyMNIwHmxLHRv7u1Ha3niAx8VEmpyDIvvtU1gOyYSbdGVD13BZbwDi1-F_YBIg-D0Yjw0_S/s1600/Bala+Falls+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiySKjaSkgzAi85Fhbojc4OnLJtTFEr1IQn46YTOWcJTTlO9uhz4q2ju-9dzhyphenhyphenGGCw3V6aQDbMxoidCrvUZJpdfcocz7yU6U11zi2GQ-4i6YNvAjcQSG7gPcoB34lNGxxQ0mZrQnEwNm6cO/s320/Bala+Falls+1tr.jpg" ALT="Bala Falls." TITLE="Bala Falls."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrhbHa8Z9svbhG3V9pXRk7LnejQ_4GuYK2-HPAoqldHfXCsA0EC2cm1T9zlOKjk4QPUeE3HoCs3cGHTD8JjQ8c0-oMrDzySKR3OqDWtU_3zZ59FSvje2JFNBV1u8cWHoW_gwbr3YtC3ju/s1600/Bala+Falls+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtiacKlS6i7EUyPQDkm1lKUZ_UZWvvDEqQuDccd7DAqB30LMowJfq8MxPMaai6rkjtfRE2Y0sYnhe-IezRoWA6lZfmVN5WVAm3Cq2bcL3aYyKJo1l0yqv_3UUmfUMJkieKpdA8ipnBKJ1/s320/Bala+Falls+2tl.jpg" ALT="Bala Falls." TITLE="Bala Falls."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrhbHa8Z9svbhG3V9pXRk7LnejQ_4GuYK2-HPAoqldHfXCsA0EC2cm1T9zlOKjk4QPUeE3HoCs3cGHTD8JjQ8c0-oMrDzySKR3OqDWtU_3zZ59FSvje2JFNBV1u8cWHoW_gwbr3YtC3ju/s1600/Bala+Falls+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhan_E4CABceADNYlpZllFrMf7t1s-fxGMlh3iPABmGw1AFzdk9xPMGW52Zt5JECUVxKAHay0EqcLfi1CJHK0zlPiViFSCIIb21RAUMndaBl08FajKpmzaQSlLK4embC-rPRFttZVUZPzQI/s320/Bala+Falls+2tr.jpg" ALT="Bala Falls." TITLE="Bala Falls."></a><br />
<div ALIGN=RIGHT>Or (if you feel like some abuse) you can try consulting <a HREF="http://goo.gl/maps/UHSUc" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Maps: Bala, Ontario."><b>Google Maps</B></A>.</DIV> <br />
There has been (and continues) some political controversy around this issue. The best (nearly perfect) summing up I heard (in a conversation not on the Internet) is, <b>"If the palaces they are building on the shores of the lakes were mandated energy-neutral there would be no need for it."</B><br />
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Why would a legal lever even be needed? These people can certainly afford it.<a NAME="CmonahS01e"> </A><a HREF="#CmonahS05" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Layers of bafflement:</B> If the plant is unnecessary then one wonders how many ergs dynes and joules of (very well paid-for) mental energy have gone into deciding its fate?<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FYKU80nhPMsxEJvO0U4jn7sNEQO2O7aZ4et2zo135zHZpC-YwVUQ0N1ZDvLNPl6zextkH_5eDdKIPMw8W9CO2WjCeUHi0zyxIciYNiJpNb_yiOHAbp4jcQAKdpxf1OdSv_MxuphyJs9l/s1600/Layers+3+Alice+Murphy%252C+Tony+Clement.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6x5TnQvtzGvmMfrFCNBbWNv3BxgfEcyJaTRaXmt74s_ianzF8_KSBKilugjeXx4NwfYUmFl0JZIcS9Qlbp44gt0h2gn6CgNxdNzz_ayRA_xkOdS7SYlYgAw8IEwsTYPRaSNc9xZV_vjWj/s320/Layers+3t+Alice+Murphy,+Tony+Clement.jpg" ALT="Alice Murphy & Tony Clement." TITLE="Alice Murphy & Tony Clement."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKOipUYKs882EtozDn6czSSRy2pJu8HJAaetYRmGSIxJ6XE8RtIaepj5UxhFNmcFC92u6MgaUXS6FZ0EDPGe0uMFBllw1DUqIrTcjLYSbu0Rzi_UCVJEax_KmF-uJaJdlUKEuLaFd0JZ8j/s1600/Layers+4+Tony+Clement%252C+John+Klinck.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjKckUojadGcbOR_ycCm4MlWNvlbQ5YAz6M6PI3YI9FCxDwxmO6PgjIoGDKUjDkdGfdhflbfcT800w-xTQ-jon-x2tp2GPNilutzyJn3DYPMWcLZnW7G9u7AulDcZ2WyTUdz2Jxz6TSrN/s320/Layers+4t+Tony+Clement,+John+Klinck.jpg" ALT="Tony Clement & John Klinck." TITLE="Tony Clement & John Klinck."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmst3NHjyJxwpXEC9a513EI2vGjGAs5pL-UVy8JpqdKHGDszDARhMR_yR2QSWHf9I2lUv9ip4zzBk2vRLMuOQquVh7Hxdo1NvFkEIqlder4vxujexW4qyahvYfJeLj2qExKHdrEX7udEHg/s1600/Layers+5+Chief+Tabobondung%252C+Tony+Clement%252C+Norm+Miller%252C+George+Burton.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQ9MRQQbnLJxiqT0fR4ZBBE8fSHmVdTYeJSx8Ys3ZxsMaG7cCm5uhS7giNZ8eS546m5bPytVeht4AGlJhKPqAv0fdZfHg-5To6Bmqc0fwYLWC5GmQP2JnYYSHc67B3hnVeEVlMbPybEci/s320/Layers+5t+Chief+Tabobondung,+Tony+Clement,+Norm+Miller,+George+Burton.jpg" ALT="Tony Clement & Norm Miller." TITLE="Tony Clement & Norm Miller."></a><br />
There are layers upon (superfluous) layers: federal, provincial, county (district), and town (and township); not to mention various (competing) ministries on several of those layers, electoral boundaries, institutions to promote tourism, Chambers of Commerce, native communities & 'First Nations' <i>etcetera etcetera etcetera</I> ... each of them getting their 10%. I gave up in the end trying to make sense of it, not because I am unable but because (even for me) it is too depressing - except maybe for largely volunteer groups like <a HREF="http://www.muskokawatershed.org/fmw/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Muskoka Watershed Council/Friends of the Muskoka Watershed."><b>FMW</B></A>.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiygxtvwyeIkbSti8qf5ahz2Igac3gZkImU1W3fzI1Xx3UoY9hZAilPD5a60ZLnWw6oWUdvu9wwuTWePOBkM6QZDfYiHP5ZRCofzEwx3Ykp81hyphenhyphen_io9oCsd0kzKuDDKQ20wjQT2l3tAko/s1600/Layers+1a+Ontario+Counties.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhENDec6TeykmWrUY8Scae5WtoYuFzDzzLM-SxUzNciLW5llmsOfh0jJwdAKeKL6z8WLoLDJKBGesh7j_gbV4quekwYgkUsTVkDJtpJIv85-zURhNdG7GBDgsmXD9_lDDl8mx1-3iWp1JGD/s320/Layers+1at+Ontario+Counties.jpg" ALT="Ontario Counties." TITLE="Ontario Counties."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVu342H8IZxuIyr7uQj93KI9Jy83D5uZezI2aJ-ArECWuqd4Y-RC1Kk72XG-ORGSgvkV58lp0dJyw0pcsu57T78Xo7EWFVbpAx33ZHSShHnLLnep3Xzd2O1bbHUR7Tw7hXPipeuTSw_zkR/s1600/Layers+1b+Parry+Sound-Muskoka+provincial+electoral+district.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyV3hBNv9qiEI4r4cMFvnm2NydT_FvTYQUZC9tTHtLimW9v-btniIL6xJ9W4MmNVQbHEvhUnQxmqsRiThDD9N9VrjhVqrhdtxNKK0hE6wlehk8RjSY6qENYO3ujfOfJC7bgWyw7rzl4_Jw/s320/Layers+1bt+Parry+Sound-Muskoka+provincial+electoral+district.jpg" ALT="Parry Sound-Muskoka provincial electoral district." TITLE=""></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-qoJXmUjdHuUnP-xRgGYihGbt0tTgrtbDwTk0nmzZiWtuihytJWIPZU24f0XLO1EOfYPGJVyOcFV8A7Mgc99bxl5boZLYEYZ4A4sATHqlZFhb-Z7JQrcr0dg6AjwwBLU1wULB0KOOSQK/s1600/Layers+2b+District+Municipality+of+Muskoka.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdI2C-rjIttxOfB0xGmOnR_os0kjS-lELoC57N6aGKSBnOqDs6NxYvX7v0yEanzphMFGRXaO7cCOtkEsH4rWdc8h5dPvTTauP6__WGPRMImeCUMcbdD8Qe8k9KeMQNr1o4oDlYxHK_mso9/s320/Layers+2bt+District+Municipality+of+Muskoka.jpg" ALT="District Municipality of Muskoka." TITLE="District Municipality of Muskoka."></a><br />
</SPAN>A few links:<br />
<a HREF="http://balafalls.ca/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Swift River Energy Limited Bala Falls Small Hydro Project website."><b>Bala Falls Small Hydro Project</B></A>, Alice Murphy the <a HREF="http://mayormurphy.weebly.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Alice Murphy, Mayor of Township of Muskoka Lakes."><b>Mayor of Muskoka Lakes</B></A>,<br />
<a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_Municipality_of_Muskoka" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="District Municipality of Muskoka"><b>District Municipality of Muskoka</B></A> (Wikipedia), <a HREF="https://muskoka.on.ca/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="District Municipality of Muskoka"><b>District Municipality of Muskoka</B></A> (their website),<br />
and a rather good (and accessible) GIS of the <a HREF="http://www.muskoka.on.ca/siteengine/activepage.asp?PageID=138" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="District Municipality of Muskoka Geographic Information System"><b>District Municipality of Muskoka</B></A><br />
(on an <a HREF="http://www.icompasstech.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="iCompass Technologies Inc."><b>iCompass</B></A> platform - for a good slice of someone's 10% no doubt).<a NAME="CmonahS05"> </A><a HREF="#CmonahS05a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>“Home is the place where, when you have to go there,</SPAN><div ALIGN=RIGHT><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">they have to take you in.”</B> </SPAN><a HREF="http://www.bartleby.com/118/3.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Bartleby.com."><b>Robert Frost, <i>The Death of the Hired Man</I> ~1915</B></A>.</DIV><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidmXx72NqI393noYlaYroVgVWn4zsIUvBerZv0SaRdmZdgYWTQMUmtspRRJPcq49ZQPNpsPfPOtaEujCEjP-B5sv_7Puc4s37hAP7MQci23wVZayMoRog9vT3r-vgMG576Wv7YWfPClK8f/s1600/E80+table+3.JPG" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih4f5owH6RtI00MXgIcwWLtA1JGUDf1HaIGCvq4A1kD_HEJrpC_5gvwExDgMfPdiS4CVCax3XTQOM9e0BAbgkUMbzIKadvOXLd0bIqcPs4Dj5c8ZGdsjTJ8KTnrAjYcNnYYl_MR78qjpVO/s320/E80+table+3tl.JPG" ALT="Birthday party." TITLE="Birthday party."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidmXx72NqI393noYlaYroVgVWn4zsIUvBerZv0SaRdmZdgYWTQMUmtspRRJPcq49ZQPNpsPfPOtaEujCEjP-B5sv_7Puc4s37hAP7MQci23wVZayMoRog9vT3r-vgMG576Wv7YWfPClK8f/s1600/E80+table+3.JPG" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEgq3sEoNqgXq5FztV51T0ZLQ7NcgBE7FYCZGSnJOURrGOoEax5eZg-WJFO8tAXuJWhstf-YIYyCHi6Y_bJWtyCGyGJclDQSr_dqiozmvBiHOgWFDlQuSdqbLGA8UyeyEh7F68UNpk5EX/s320/E80+table+3tm.JPG" ALT="Birthday party." TITLE="Birthday party."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidmXx72NqI393noYlaYroVgVWn4zsIUvBerZv0SaRdmZdgYWTQMUmtspRRJPcq49ZQPNpsPfPOtaEujCEjP-B5sv_7Puc4s37hAP7MQci23wVZayMoRog9vT3r-vgMG576Wv7YWfPClK8f/s1600/E80+table+3.JPG" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GW4W1_0uJdb66OAhjwp6MPkTiAfZdqZZ0t-LVWNp3UKhibWL9YTAJkBynqaL6dl-0VDr73RGEcSbYfAjS9Xs5SCqRB9VyHSTAtgsl-zPqXQUb_EEFWO8iIMH01q2J6BqJ3qBeX3PzWP3/s320/E80+table+3tr.JPG" ALT="Birthday party." TITLE="Birthday party."></a><br />
<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">My father was an American, somewhere along the line he read Frost I guess, or his father did, probably both, and this was a central pillar in our family life, <i>the</I> central pillar for as long as he lived. He died one summer. I have a letter from him just before Christmas the year before; not to me, a copy of a letter to someone else.<br />
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He says, "Our children have been a tower of strength." This is such a lie. His children ignored him and abandoned him to his fate. He died alone on his birthday.<br />
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He would not come to our house for Christmas that year so we went to him - and it was a debacle: our dog illegally in the apartment, a fire so the dog was revealed, and finally, ructions that led to our leaving for home on Christmas afternoon. Desperate. He also says, "... the hope that in whomever you believe will shower his blessings upon you." This makes me smile because he himself imagined no 'whomever'.<a NAME="CmonahS05a"> </A><a HREF="#CmonahS06" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>These kinds of lies seem to have an affinity for bourgeois foundations. They migrate subtly to essential structural positions and await their moment to fail. I believed the one from Robert Frost; easy to do since like I said, it was true, he made it so as long as he lived. But it died with him and (such is the power of belief) it has taken thirty years to figgure out.<br />
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The poem may be misconstrued without some appreciation of subtlety: primarily the relief at the death, if not explicitly in the protagonists then in the reader - though how much of this is Frost's intention is unclear.<br />
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Or - taking a more cynical view - maybe that's the best to be expected: a place to die and nothing more. ... In that movie ... the samurai with the bamboo sword ... ? ... Ah! <i>Harakiri</I> 1962. I can't remember if he goes through with it ... (watched it again) ... sort of.<a NAME="CmonahS06"> </A><a HREF="#CmonahS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_tx6XAbt2h8k-_U_8-CgCa6YaOn6yHhc96frFreSVPpw_2DYDYIrHlRjNESIk8ugU9DKDgZQIgMaxwKI2Ys7yUqLZ-weS8vZwSRib8-n8Ba3zpnuNdnwXx2QXAuOR7_9ktlEOzz10xvg/s1600/Peter+Kent+&+Diana+McQueen.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbXM8nFTzgkFRISaEvsuCjwIabxvzqV28icQZMoOD1zmohVkwZDwcDfLRAnEuiLT_OmUKj4EdTUQt9w7s3QSbyoHpJYAJAusRnszccSerUg8bGlNdyPklyb573I3Zlvg8AIZ4aT3FbDob/s320/Peter+Kent+&+Diana+McQueen+t.jpg" ALT="Peter Kent & Diana McQueen." TITLE="Peter Kent & Diana McQueen." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>A report comes from the Vancouver Sun on Earth Day: <a HREF="http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Oilsands+pollution+levels+concern+federal+Alberta/8278661/story.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Vancouver Sun: Oilsands pollution levels not a concern say federal, Alberta governments, Mike De Souza, April 22 2013."><b>Oilsands pollution levels not a concern say Ottawa & Alberta</B></A>.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7h0Kzy9YDK1E5uU5YzmIyaGcoC43uqIJikCkBu3pqYzZSd9apFdjZYmdz_W2VVBAAL4PrCR9JK245bPyWYK_ZRwtTp_ijIn9i30_-0oYKXfC9051H_8H4ubGEAGdJGHaV8wRslxpWbjc/s1600/Bittersweet.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 10PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVuozN7AXNCR91qJty0Y6qkAR0gBq3lVBUbEbnLU28Ly93dxWRJ9S82J5QnJF9UW56AG_lHindPVWtD4-MKv_F5yvyZ8WxCIEENGWLYS4IklRwRovdqunKlG0UNxmAj06Mb_RXOGwORMLW/s320/Toxic+Canada+3t+Bittersweet.jpg" ALT="Toxic Canada, bittersweet." TITLE="Toxic Canada, bittersweet." ALIGN=LEFT></a>Peter Kent doesn't look very happy about it - maybe there is a vestigial scintilla of conscience still operating in there somewhere. He (or <a HREF="http://jointoilsandsmonitoring.ca/pages/latestdata.aspx?lang=en" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Canada-Alberta Oil Sands Environmental Monitoring Information Portal."><b>his minions</B></A>) say, <b>"Overall, the levels of contaminants in water and in air are not a cause for concern,"</B> with a wide range of weasel words in support.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrT3H4jJiMP3LK-w7xVZDx3zcH_2Ku6PG-7KyA8nI5MoUwzFAsnqeYuMeStRmtI8TO7p9oEVXahiG-JsD8V-1wI_wmyZyjyK5s8c0T2o2r_BajEWCTxrp8Og3nlzyQIPB-lCX_pXZaKIE/s1600/Canada.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-T3uShKjZZw1CAq8VlDHqpNqKNc3aFkdhODt2LpYYqllAYzZ3ChNaCOMMQUouM0TvmTl_Qxda9vdzCNVDTbLVs5BsDXjcB7wWd1eAZcJyNUjhW4ar7iQqIQ1UMJeRSWpcWfPFHAdrTYQ/s320/Toxic+Canada+1t.jpg" ALT="Toxic Canada, bittersweet." TITLE="Toxic Canada, bittersweet." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>I am a simple man so I just reply straight: <b>"That's a damned lie!"</B> I know it's a lie because I worked on a tar sands project - Kearl Lake - and all of the commissioning engineers I worked with knew. We didn't speak about it very often but sometimes we did.<br />
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Cooler heads provide better <a HREF="http://www.petersalebooks.com/?p=1120" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Peter Sale's blog."><b>scientific and rational analysis</B></A> of this ridiculous nonsense. While I weep because I know time is running out.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />There are more reports of terrorist activity by Canadians this year: the Amenas hostage crisis; and the recent 'planned derailment'. But for me they bring up memories of the RCMP blowing up a tool shack during their war on Wiebo Ludwig; and of the general incompetence of the 'Toronto 18' and nevermind Judge John Sproat on entrapment.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja70bfXr8WzpM8Ce9BzmtSAt2A6f-Lt_P6jBa_hsjfHqf2VYB95YKs-q2VwTMyF6CkVKHus6Wyb_1juPOLgP5rBOX7uRrdNpfJ6hSDpY6sTLs1D0qa0LONjwpXmoFIhFCcwJAWhF-V4W4/s1600/Toxic+Canada+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjputyfJ-y_UTo6pkuP53ueGlROAn9G0y4dyDt4U6GxY9KxPu1y19tmlc2xid6t1XA-gKDGObxO1wNJFB_IGK40mARHwLTmG9GafR2QxbOZVsn7Omdg3UySnXgaM0tGQvS2iYms7y_G71qL/s320/Toxic+Canada+2t.jpg" ALT="Toxic Canada, bittersweet." TITLE="Toxic Canada, bittersweet." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>I guess it is a matter of time for a zero-tolerance regime to bust me for posting images of our flag as a toxic symbol. Represented as it is by intellectual giants such as Joe Oliver who calls environmentalists 'terrorists' and is ready to drink the water from tar sands tailing ponds (I really wanna be there for that - the whole cabinet should do it). The mass media style book is coming back 'on message' - at the Vancouver Sun at least - to 'oilsands' from ' tar sands'; but, you know ... a rose is a rose eh?<a NAME="CmonahS99"> </A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:130%;"><a HREF="#CmonahS99a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUB574Mi7W70iNTA2jlRzpJYC87_xqJpXX8Ql4XDb5ZDiZ6U_zxu4CdRh59MNPmxP65CPphDV-iwPVGSVCrg6iO1GIoA25KjM3yQ1g1zXAvRk_TfNDIydhX8wXkOcFlJLtwi54p7h1A5A6/s1600/Boto+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixOObDvKAHiLA0baqblYq6L0ZsvxM0ARaFBSkw_e7RG3EX90UZI9_muUIDOv5swwFDVl34tbos-IU6qdnyLQr92h3UCG-D3FNXtHjsbs6JcmCKL3UxyzK7VVfJWM-E1qL644STn_5r8ave/s320/Boto+1t.jpg" ALT="Boto, river dolphin." TITLE="Boto, river dolphin." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ENdGKsUJFSjVvpm_8oJlk_YrjR8fJl70zEpwbOMZLFSNfLm5OiC1VLpdgio9ceCFIoIqaNriI4TDqckc_UIBibZLMKr_WXquBEyw1ZqXIkx8bqE4G0vYjk4F4S1aUIqDm_6r5VKW5zlQ/s1600/Boto+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 10PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgegNgtUM1Gi3EsOSIADb5nXGuW1hhTtNbOQxstPJvDB4SPSzLveyNLTZa1RUawm_bFIHqXJEETOa07kMeGeOyup-HSyVzB4JHVwLN4Wv3B854OsremXYvAd79FuFzzUxpJICF5ta6tenBi/s320/Boto+3t.jpg" ALT="Boto, river dolphin." TITLE="Boto, river dolphin." ALIGN=LEFT></a>A cracked pot gentle reader, my beloved aunt used to say, "Why you're nothing but a crank!" ... so sorry, but just possibly a tiny step up from ... spam? Can't say. And<img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 0PX 5PX;' SRC="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqzIPtTohzwX9-RhOQ_jK_jBQGKoDZ-hTLTIgKu7nszjbDKw-h8xrPdaqjuWQ8hsVGRA-sHe7jql2AHPDTD9JlVnYqXqobLqlbetyJxzOoZ-T_pZ2pEWoNoVHHxdpnStk7mPUYI_WYM2_F/s200/Smiley+2.jpg" alt=" :-)" longdesc=" :-)" title=" :-)" ALIGN=RIGHT>yes, I now identify with that river dolphin there.<div ALIGN=RIGHT>Be well.<a NAME="CmonahS99a"> </A></DIV></DIV></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/compos-mentis-or-not-and-home.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCurc_wenPY6FrOePxDuPCz0_hd6fOjeff5hu1RARA6Db8eCwDBzZLmVJLm7S-yo4uoqTMNLezzoKS0ZGvwsRM7d_R5cYd2kfYfH2YYuBX3BvWvZG8kHIdNl89NQI-9fgRiHfQ0Fd2KjP/s1600/Tiras+Malvados+13-04-26+Disfarco.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoAZchsE7qe2WqG1Wwe3gREBa4Kt564o_tePfoe5iv4IGpaG9gFenFWXP5F457A9ECIJ3f1196LJqcegmuWv9wiw3CSVMq-o-PZ2org8n1GEDFmm2AqxDCJfXKYBOwTs4pS2IA9FNiUuy6/s320/Tiras+Malvados+13-04-26tl+Disfarco.jpg" ALT="André Dahmer: Malvados." TITLE="André Dahmer: Malvados."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCurc_wenPY6FrOePxDuPCz0_hd6fOjeff5hu1RARA6Db8eCwDBzZLmVJLm7S-yo4uoqTMNLezzoKS0ZGvwsRM7d_R5cYd2kfYfH2YYuBX3BvWvZG8kHIdNl89NQI-9fgRiHfQ0Fd2KjP/s1600/Tiras+Malvados+13-04-26+Disfarco.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4dtruRpGv0svfuA4FtaIHc799c6cD5076ZyGooVwwSH5KIoitEyTj4XzL1kWj7UfTfakQeY0YAiIK26J3ZZRos25ViJbURZhpx8LvHBySUYD2pbAhgVX5wBZ5KceDIBdxlEMshE3uQqOr/s320/Tiras+Malvados+13-04-26tm+Disfarco.jpg" ALT="André Dahmer: Malvados." TITLE="André Dahmer: Malvados."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCurc_wenPY6FrOePxDuPCz0_hd6fOjeff5hu1RARA6Db8eCwDBzZLmVJLm7S-yo4uoqTMNLezzoKS0ZGvwsRM7d_R5cYd2kfYfH2YYuBX3BvWvZG8kHIdNl89NQI-9fgRiHfQ0Fd2KjP/s1600/Tiras+Malvados+13-04-26+Disfarco.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqtQbhjguwk4W-EhZjYtm7MknUwkXr0ZnMFempLAGqd6Q3BrAqwAlDJS1vzkla5zKl4r8ahFlN9JsouFb6CvcEJ5dXlO83Q7DfK2dqPqElbwZDeJpBsc5XvVhL5cdtkOtsveo5Cs8nlEY/s320/Tiras+Malvados+13-04-26tr+Disfarco.jpg" ALT="André Dahmer: Malvados." TITLE="André Dahmer: Malvados."></a><br />
<b>The life and work of Terêncio Horto:</B><br />
I am completely unhappy but I can manage a forced smile even in the worst moments of depression.<br />
I dissemble, right? Yes, but saying that causes me even more suffering.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/sink-sank-sunk-sibilant.html" TITLE="Sink sank sunk (sibilant). (There, that didn't take very long.)"><b>Down</B></A>.</DIV></SPAN>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-68944485522696721352013-04-22T00:02:00.000-04:002013-04-25T17:39:44.255-04:00Sink sank sunk (sibilant).<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/sink-sank-sunk-sibilant.html#" TITLE="Sink sank sunk (sibilant). (There, that didn't take very long.)"><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA;FONT-SIZE:140%;COLOR:#CC6600;">(There, that didn't take very long.)</SPAN></A> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/compos-mentis-or-not-and-home.html" TITLE="Compos mentis (or not) and home. 'Gimme a string bean, I'm a hungry man.
Shotgun fired and away I ran.'"><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-pre-ach.html" TITLE="Occupy the Spirit (pre-ach). Three days smoakless."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN> <b>Earth Day</B><a NAME="SsssS00a"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#SsssS00b" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><b>Contents:</B> <a href="#SsssS00b" title="Form & Content."><b>Bathetic</B></a>, <a href="#SsssS01" title="Another Buddhist? They are always sooo complicated."><b>Joanna Macy</B></a>, <a href="#SsssS02" title=""><b>Internet</B></a>, <a href="#SsssS03" title=""><b>Lot</B></a>, <a href="#SsssS03b" title=""><b>Jim Hansen</B></a>, <a href="#SsssS03c" title=""><b>Peter Sale</B></a>, <a href="#SsssS04" title=""><b>FAO Food Price Index</B></a>, <a href="#SsssS06" title=""><b>Uakti</B></a>, <a href="#SsssS07" title=""><b>Straight Talk?</B></a>  <a href="#SsssS07a" title=""><b>Anima</B></a>, <a href="#SsssS99" title=""><b>'Vantage #11</B></a>.<br />
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</DIV><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;">I did remember Kateri Tekakwitha on the 17th and am looking towards the full moon on the 25th. Two quick word games: alma/lama Portuguese for soul/mud; and the familiar god/dog (<a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnjHF_mO5ZI" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube: Ubu Productions."><b>Good dog</B></A>).</SPAN></DIV><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">Much of this post is lugubrious & mewling self-pity - that's just the way things are - but there have been two positive & enlightening developments come on the radar recently, three actually ...<br />
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<b>Positive Earth Day indications:</B><p STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom: -2.0em;"><b>1)</B> The <a HREF="http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipients/current" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Goldman Environmental Prize website."><b>2013 Goldman Environmental Prize recipients</B></A>. Notable as well because of the well organized website. Discovered via <i>The Guardian</I>: <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/15/azzam-alwash-goldman-prize" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Azzam Alwash wins Goldman prize - 'Saddam's marsh drainage project was war by other means', John Vidal, Monday 15 April 2013."><b>Azzam Alwash wins Goldman prize</B></A>.</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom: -2.0em;"><b>2)</B> A report from Real Climate: <a HREF="http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2013/04/thin-ice-the-movie/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Real Climate, 8 April 2013."><b>Thin Ice — the movie</B></A>; the movie website: <a HREF="http://thiniceclimate.org/watch-the-film" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Thin Ice Climate.org."><b>Thin Ice</B></A>; and the film itself on <a HREF="http://vimeo.com/57649986" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Vimeo."><b>Vimeo</B></A> (1 hour 13 minutes). An Earth Day gift from the climate scientists to all - and giving gifts on important occasions is a good habit to cultivate. A little optimistic for me, but not too much.</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom: -2.0em;"><b>3)</B> <a HREF="http://rabble.ca/books/reviews/2013/04/10-key-points-becoming-more-compassionate-activist" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Rabble.ca, April 19 2013."><b>10 key points for becoming a more compassionate activist</B></A>, part of the <a HREF="http://pdfcast.org/pdf/occupytheeconomy" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Pdfcast.org."><b></B></A><i>Occupy the Economy</I> handbook by Judy Rebick & Velcrow Ripper.</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom: -1.25em;"><b>Let's make it 4)</B> The <a HREF="http://tcan.ca/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Toronto Climate Action Network website."><b>Toronto Climate Action Network</B></A> (TCAN) schedule is beginning to be fuller - obviously more used. This could be the best news of all. Congratulations to the organizers.</P><a NAME="SsssS00b"> </A><a HREF="#SsssS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6lGsEy9d-TjlWDQFWBHDeek27p4Fb_aLKLiLJDiAZG29dR-xxtjVe9DmU_9IyuDXvhpgUpEHEOzQ2RO78_PAzZmtiJNjozZrbMd9mtXPOJBdWMcjS4ZRFWN-8qC0VKPB2s62sLLlve4/s1600/Pogo+Earth+Day+1971+We+have+met+the+enemy+and+he+is+us.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 5PX 15PX;' SRC="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBII4X0RBoulbPptO-JEqMYywBKgnJ2UUhtlhzC-0zmVmTRHAIN5Smcx7YyMzv862mwNHocqs5JAPIPqEaL_KCjxYXMRKeOgQH55cln9gyXdSFoDaMp-p7CDmT3RUXx984raMD834ars/s400/Pogo+Earth+Day+1971t+We+have+met+the+enemy+and+he+is+us.jpg" alt="We have met the enemy and he is us." longdesc="We have met the enemy and he is us." title="We have met the enemy and he is us." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>Pathos at least allows for compassion, bathos not so much. Caved in a limited way on day 5; day 6 back at it lookin' like nothin' ever happened. Smoking is a death-wish; simple as that.<br />
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For many months the dominant mantra here has been 'Sorry' (also an s-word). Oh yeah, the Tourette's is still 'Oh Fuck! Oh Fuck!' and so on ... 'Fuckin' Bitch!' as the stumbling dropsy gets to the point of ridiculousness and I have to laugh; but the centre core of the boil has been and is unworthiness. Distinguishing guilt and shame is a useful and in some ways rewarding meditation - but in the end they collapse & conflate into a totally unacceptable self-pity (notwithstanding the absurdity of the positive thinking ideology - which is anyway refudiated by 'the conditions that prevail' </SPAN>[Thank you Sarah Palin & Jimmy Durante.]<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">).<br />
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The last good word was from Gabor Maté (talk about a quick study). He said, "You have some work to do," or something like that - but the means he suggested have proven beyond reach and it's back to wazizname, Berger? ... in <i>Hair</I> singin' "I'm falling through a hole in the flag."<br />
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From an optimistic New Year's Day and <i><b>Lucky '13 - the year we turned it around!</B></I>; through Forward On Climate and <i><b>The spell has been broken!</B></I>; to stupid & ineffective activist emails - finally getting a hit and freaked out ditching it; and so inspired by Naomi Klein's <i><b>"... plan to heal the planet that also heals our broken selves ..."</B></I>, incubating, waiting with bated breath, and at the first positive sign ... on the verge of ditching that too. Bathetic. Sinking.<a NAME="SsssS01"> </A><a HREF="#SsssS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX34naK_m9066SlsWcquNuGMUK0sbH-UlE-oY0LmfjtjW7PZHcPsQxxUbRHO3Sy1nMkmHzToxYfv1M_hIJ1eYY4_CV8wPhKmL3tF9EwHyZqWtlKSiPFqczv917649NMAGUn0lDfmyLlAOc/s1600/Joanna+Macy+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjSLJPcHlL1kspxcFr-mRB5BlN9NdmJkUggPYUQGcGqCCI3WjvLyLtuc1CvxWrF9sVsnGBOESlJ9YTskaLw34EklcEY9WOwVSHqaNTylTXMi1Ok4C9os59Zc5biWS72jNycHqjjWGchny/s320/Joanna+Macy+3t.jpg" ALT="Joanna Macy." TITLE="Joanna Macy." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5zwLsJkBU1a82mbqvxkdHurQm4_PQ9uzVWDXj553oP7yXIyiiQUh5SmG6B0cUoPY24ZcdtP0nMbo58cLiE4tMYXXy0k_Yg0VvA0NzLI7IUDlr1ogkrgB4-V_tPocwqgXkOUcZlZZm3M4/s1600/Joanna+Macy+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjKmnmmZ3c4VaAPigCD3w14Y3dpHZw0gJ9m7T-2hWKw0GleRbl25oCD_KtFMXmLdZf7g-CIPjrh5yd6-1IOD9vtdYShBMr3tGTShI58ZmdXZbgYlNMziHx9mRziK8rfSBI0kLBHNkJryc/s320/Joanna+Macy+1t.jpg" ALT="Joanna Macy." TITLE="Joanna Macy." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEXrN6YX0MA87d75ko7ij0zfD83rGkjH1ZtuArZraAiyn0MBsUQowlDSKd0R_pj5Cgg_Re5p9fDEtZsPobDpZCu_I0DnM6VM3IgjdvLhwbaAyckLaVpCFMNtcaDU_E_PxmRgvdu2PFq2L/s1600/Joanna+Macy+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2o1ArKX2Zy7Esn5iPhkRFTUg0_gJwHPZVRVq2D5kAPQhaZ2BwMy19H2Ta-xTeP7OhL0LCpT_P50xTsnDVQvoL08_fDEXgFn-QbyPc78GMoyHjitfY1uHV7BIcv7ea6d73d-DhqnU0ikU/s320/Joanna+Macy+2t.jpg" ALT="Joanna Macy." TITLE="Joanna Macy." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><b>What to think about Joanna Macy?</B><br />
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Read the bumph on <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Macy" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Wikipedia</B></A> ... an old lady, early 80's, Buddhist, lives by selling her books looks like ... dunno?<br />
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Ram Dass hit Montreal in 67 or 68, not a buddhist grant you; and later on, <a HREF="http://profetadegentileza.blogspot.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blog."><b>José Datrino, Profeta de Gentileza</B></A>, a christian but still; and more recently our own k-k-Canadian Gabor Maté, definitely a buddhist and a very VERY clever fellow; ... but with experience over time my support for the messages of gurus wise or otherwise has changed. Not to mention <i>Iron John</I>, Jesus, (I am thinking of Tom T. Hall and 'Everything From Jesus To Jack Daniels' but I can't find it on YouTube).<br />
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So I have a look at her <a HREF="http://www.joannamacy.net/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Joanna Macy and Her Work."><b>website</B></A> and near the top somewhere it says, "... including despair work ..." and I am basically hooked.<br />
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At least deeply enough to take the next (tentative) step. And yet I am left wondering if at the end of the day I will find that it is me who should be giving the workshops on what to do about despair?<a NAME="SsssS02"> </A><a HREF="#SsssS03" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Uu61bjXD-bbePssoEtqPkhF9R1tdhfwzhnjsqJ8FiQ4dXNILUkKN61xlBc0k-sz9BEOk32smNthl896HQt_kK-OrFtreGTv-kf9tAlKSUjjyG3A4WLAC-SpSfR-MpEkqo0Dyu3e_AYLM/s1600/Internet+traffic+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyeT8cqeP-7r125Xns7C0e9Xl7Y2eHPU3195n5uqISWADuraYpG5MbZmH1i-dGZX6hyphenhyphenHhdxgkelnDhEXAbt5mEjtP__uvBB2oHw3palz5pVqbvJ5WcoR0q8qqckNd2gapnjjCS3XmnH8Em/s320/Internet+traffic+3tl.jpg" ALT="Global Internet traffic." TITLE="Global Internet traffic."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Uu61bjXD-bbePssoEtqPkhF9R1tdhfwzhnjsqJ8FiQ4dXNILUkKN61xlBc0k-sz9BEOk32smNthl896HQt_kK-OrFtreGTv-kf9tAlKSUjjyG3A4WLAC-SpSfR-MpEkqo0Dyu3e_AYLM/s1600/Internet+traffic+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAlPqjoGmD7zRbUbQJIe3PSFRsv2ZbDeSe1JhdwFhUBlx7MH-HJ46GSEP378_18lCnVRde8T-CuR2KDm-1SFv-yrY-ModXI6Uaw3DDVC2ykqlRATP6323uyVRSerqthyphenhyphenwssSAGB84STwQb/s320/Internet+traffic+3tm.jpg" ALT="Global Internet traffic." TITLE="Global Internet traffic."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Uu61bjXD-bbePssoEtqPkhF9R1tdhfwzhnjsqJ8FiQ4dXNILUkKN61xlBc0k-sz9BEOk32smNthl896HQt_kK-OrFtreGTv-kf9tAlKSUjjyG3A4WLAC-SpSfR-MpEkqo0Dyu3e_AYLM/s1600/Internet+traffic+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqdRZLLVWTIYuxrFsvWYd1dYoEIT2zbrnBLx1XyjQwo-s7xQTj9UkwH82W8X2EumWa4JRNoJP6Rof7qhZUH9e9qGa_61CppYn6l9tEt55pejn1Vf4x3TaUJNskxZncgy8B8XJA09EAhC4/s320/Internet+traffic+3tr.jpg" ALT="Global Internet traffic." TITLE="Global Internet traffic."></a><br />
Trying to get a feel for where the Internet is and isn't. This is where much of the modern life is lived: fossicking about on an information compost pile. Not difficult to view it as a disease, an epidemic even. That these images correspond to consumption patterns - close to the root of the 'problem' in other words - is no surprise. <b>The good part is that it can (and will) so quickly and easily vanish:</B> In a moment; in the twinkling of an eye; at the last trump; like the morning dew; like smoke. Just pull the plug; or cancel the phone.</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><br />
[Similes and metaphors from <a HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=1Cr&c=15&v=1&t=KJV" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blue Letter Bible, KJV."><b>First Corinthians 15:52</B></A> & <a HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Hsa&c=13&v=1&t=KJV" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blue Letter Bible, KJV."><b>Hosea 13:3</B></A>. I use these references only because they prove the ubiquity of Launcelot Andrewes' (and his colleagues of course) figurative language. Without the KJV gentle reader, English might require more ... salt.]</DIV><div ALIGN=RIGHT><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">And they call it the 'last' trump because? <b>:-)</B></DIV></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtACJ8a21FnQQqc1vfoUjQgJH3rXwlmADOcnfR8cQBZzp3wouL8bLnQ8NEopq7nuDhGy_Mu17C1bsO8Hq0d1ooFeZ27G7OjTlUGogrWZO61fgFwwBa5Z8_570tGhZvli-AgCGl-XYbfdj/s1600/Internet+traffic+4.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8CJw0Zob6OlyLuXv3w4oyIAP1ajLic0FQpJPjK1o4RWK0CnmX2w5VZJHJyciveJ-yjjR17vcuBLcU_CxhAYjODXvbSaKWSZuZkkNujzjh9ErhQASl8on8gIFEkhpTkWvO6Fjwjv0T4SAT/s320/Internet+traffic+4tl.jpg" ALT="Global Internet traffic." TITLE="Global Internet traffic."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtACJ8a21FnQQqc1vfoUjQgJH3rXwlmADOcnfR8cQBZzp3wouL8bLnQ8NEopq7nuDhGy_Mu17C1bsO8Hq0d1ooFeZ27G7OjTlUGogrWZO61fgFwwBa5Z8_570tGhZvli-AgCGl-XYbfdj/s1600/Internet+traffic+4.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimL2i-biQ-etwHLimX2aqLVJUJbs5-5EoaOFAPWy2NkoB7KLnyPlI67ok3Qv6U1oPt_ge-Uf6jlS4-e-gqwpMT5UF4YCzm9IWf-1bYMq55T3L5Jr_Y6AORO_sjUugAyWDAaWgf3M4u8XlR/s320/Internet+traffic+4tm.jpg" ALT="Global Internet traffic." TITLE="Global Internet traffic."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtACJ8a21FnQQqc1vfoUjQgJH3rXwlmADOcnfR8cQBZzp3wouL8bLnQ8NEopq7nuDhGy_Mu17C1bsO8Hq0d1ooFeZ27G7OjTlUGogrWZO61fgFwwBa5Z8_570tGhZvli-AgCGl-XYbfdj/s1600/Internet+traffic+4.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4YkJTo9VfOMsjKVdYlqBbwFEilHjxnZnxm1oAK_lppA2mle6ropyUsHvbVTWN3wcU4fGUpDau-fPSpMnhsdXVbUl6ewq_NiOURCKtlcIsXT-sndmXPUQCVXo7KCDs1ZL5mOHI20_53GNI/s320/Internet+traffic+4tr.jpg" ALT="Global Internet traffic." TITLE="Global Internet traffic."></a><br />
[Best of a bad lot: the top image is in fact a 'heat map' of the 2007-2011 malware infections by <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSChanger" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>DNSChanger</B></A> from <a HREF="http://www.team-cymru.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Team Cymru Research Not For Profit."><b>Team Cymru</B></A>; and the other is from <a HREF="http://internetcensus2012.bitbucket.org/paper.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Bit Bucket.org."><b>Carna Botnet Internet Census 2012</B></A>; all very sketchy.]<a NAME="SsssS03"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#SsssS03b" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWuCFLH64IZwTRxYJPUBVy4BQfJZb-Fjwr4LwT3XWZomhILDFIBmNg_yjsF0qCRvnv4QlvdC5sqtOpqDFvGwHCjIPkMvFd-WzGWtL9O9PBmzJxVgPiUOI91y4QR0M-AV48wTX0JMQgWB0/s1600/Lot+leaving+Sodom+Raphael+detail.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE475LrFR23PaZrf1n94IuaaIePdH_WbL29hfJHfSL8Ulm7ibsVxuVp7w9ZxaTzmSBYLrYy9hNZbiySs6wUZyTc57mV76i9gMvEZiSyAoAfpDLbgPJ-aw057lUUwMak0WFpTU24PoMPtLA/s320/Lot+leaving+Sodom+Raphael+detail+t.jpg" ALT="Lot leaving Sodom Raphael detail." TITLE="Lot leaving Sodom Raphael detail." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>Lot:</B> A long and complicated story; but a natural to consider in the context of collapse. <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_%28biblical_person%29" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Wikipedia</B></A> sums it up pretty well; or go straight to Genesis, chapters <a HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Gen&c=11&v=1&t=KJV#top" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blue Letter Bible, KJV."><b>11</B></A> to <a HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Gen&c=19&v=1&t=KJV#top" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blue Letter Bible, KJV."><b>19</B></A> (both the flight from Sodom and his son's begettings are in <a HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Gen&c=19&v=1&t=KJV#top" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blue Letter Bible, KJV."><b>19</B></A>).<br />
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Rendered almost incomprehensible with dangling questions: Why did he offer his daughters to the thugs? Why did his wife look back? How did he not catch on to his daughter's wiles? (to list just a few).<a NAME="SsssS03b"> </A><a HREF="#SsssS03c" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimEQinY4dUsfzwzHLMLOh0ln87C-cdiy-hfWfIcAg_RIe8SSbx7bTY5BT5TXRYdUfkDlYeP7V1mU2N5ad5Y6TLXrM11EYJPv9fApwLxIPnyr55_1BGRffRqJ_nowVJdguCB1x4DdOgTx0l/s1600/Jim+Hansen+retires.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 15PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM963L7FIpD2cvTr1gswTv9pwR6szSEUgM2RaqJZuGA7i54bEy1MjY4NI_try8iTJ_l8lhkh5frxS0y7S_Hl5NsUvhGeX61YmXIBvR97wcQ1KhUK5XJSCEYR_XC8PuS18yvq9fgA_lgpXJ/s320/Jim+Hansen+retires+t.jpg" ALT="Jim Hansen retires - photo by Michael Nagle with the NYT article." TITLE="Jim Hansen retires - photo by Michael Nagle with the NYT article." ALIGN=LEFT></a><b>Jim Hansen:</B> The last news was: <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/science/james-e-hansen-retiring-from-nasa-to-fight-global-warming.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: Climate Maverick to Retire From NASA, Justin Gillis, April 1 2013."><b>Climate Maverick to Retire From NASA</B></A> (published April 1 but no joke). He knows how to organize a website coherently; witness <a HREF="http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Columbia University."><b>his blog</B></A>. There is a mailing list - what a pleasure to receive regular emails from himself. The latest is this: <a HREF="http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2013/20130415_Exaggerations.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Columbia University: Making Things Clearer: Exaggeration, Jumping the Gun, and The Venus Syndrome, James Hansen, 15 April 2013."><b>Making Things Clearer: Exaggeration, Jumping the Gun, and The Venus Syndrome</B></A> (.pdf). I read it several times. The first time I kept thinking "he is 72 and a prostate cancer survivor, maybe he's tired too?" He ends it with "I am running out of steam for this present communication," and I am looking at the ghostly photograph that accompanied the retirement article.<br />
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But on second reading I decide I must be projecting.<br />
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He mentions an upcoming paper, 'Climate Sensitivity, Sea Level, and Atmospheric CO2' - advance information is here: <a HREF="http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.4846" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="ArXiv: 1211.4846, Climate Sensitivity, Sea Level, and Atmospheric CO2, James Hansen, Makiko Sato, Gary Russell, Pushker Kharecha submitted 20 November 2012."><b>abstract</B></A> & <a HREF="http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1211/1211.4846.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="ArXiv: 1211.4846, Climate Sensitivity, Sea Level, and Atmospheric CO2, James Hansen, Makiko Sato, Gary Russell, Pushker Kharecha submitted 20 November 2012."><b>download</B></A> (pdf).<a NAME="SsssS03c"> </A><a HREF="#SsssS03d" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Peter Sale:</B> I have praised his book here a number of times (<a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2012/01/persistence.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog: January 2012 - Persistence vs. gravity & the conspiracy of Murphy."><b>1</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2012/01/they-must-be-thinking-theyll-thread.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog: January 2012 - They must be thinking they'll thread the needle. (A-and win the Trifecta!)"><b>2</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2012/01/peter-f-sale-our-dying-planet.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog: January 2012 - Peter F. Sale - Our Dying Planet: An Ecologist's View of the Crisis We Face or (In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is King.)."><b>3</B></A>) and make comments on <a HREF="http://www.petersalebooks.com/?page_id=262" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Peter Sale's blog."><b>his blog</B></A> which he permits. And I have roots in Huntsville. I thought ... I'll go up there and listen to him on Earth Day! So last week I put up <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/#OtsachS07" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>a blurb</B></A> about it. It is true that I am feeling generally like a leper ... but I go anyway, a pleasant bus ride with a driver who stops to show us the flooding in Bracebridge, a motel overnight ...<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJNefNLhISYMIP1c_-A8EUvSZa9xGr66SmML-H7lUXzLriP27YTIHwLJJ-6YG8dSfkwrMDnDP_-ifmTmlW4uA8sRYYqGcgH2U7hPhV13BpEy6BJJ76b5vQelIc-J_HRuHgW-B5KERGOGW/s1600/Huntsville+Earth+Day+10+Rebecca+Francis+Muskoka+Sustainablilty+Coordinator+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnOLB6bYs9bFxp9LMhVX_i1G902-rDk-ZvX97gS0EZm-BYN6nPdwgQrlI6hFvpAfwIlljOGLVv9L6T5zn018s_vaR3JKk64dqyHh9zjFxu2KSdLFhu4N8-hHEacmznMVoa40U0hodaW8v/s320/Huntsville+Earth+Day+10t+Rebecca+Francis+Muskoka+Sustainablilty+Coordinator.jpg" ALT="Rebecca Francis, Sustainablilty Coordinator." TITLE="Rebecca Francis, Sustainablilty Coordinator." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4dTBDNsNy1DFPffEBKqQCS3JQY7I9tiwxfMR2_QZaL3n_iwBIQ-lWn62c1lFcy-c8TPAxOjJztmK1PnLMmiFQ1vQt-dLd44XQJ_q-f3QZXMTaI1nOpwHfkTEog_8B7rmPjdEzK93Wn5w_/s1600/Huntsville+Earth+Day+11+Rebecca+Francis+Muskoka+Sustainablilty+Coordinator+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJOuZhn_y639EyoCXrnZJIEYwtxGwU8uJae9gRhstD2jJS8RY6Zdwf-XbJ12ydORuZUWpLlYdGnFUwwd1_LWOBZOpXCQqpv7u1FCSTysYSTIHwJPsp0sMP4QNdqTGCX-fdDA_umG2lYO8/s320/Huntsville+Earth+Day+11t+Rebecca+Francis+Muskoka+Sustainablilty+Coordinator.jpg" ALT="Rebecca Francis, Sustainablilty Coordinator." TITLE="Rebecca Francis, Sustainablilty Coordinator." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>Grant you it snowed in Huntsville on Saturday morning, but I think very few turned out primarily because of a lack of publicity. The town forgave its fee for the venue but I'll bet single malt that the powers-that-be really want no part of such things. The nexus of inadequacy falls to <a HREF="http://www.huntsville.ca/en/living/Sustainability.asp" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Town of Huntsville website."><b>Rebecca Francis, the 'Sustainability Coordinator'</B></A> (to be shared with the organizing committee no doubt). I will send them an email - if anyone responds I will publish it here. Tony Clement didn't show up (no surprise there though he is the local MP and could have) - an email to him as well then and ditto on a reply.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8Jc-0aVpJ52f4XJV7dmjRiDUl9qwVFYGlr0j51e0uUVdzZ_1di5SyDIeyngCEKQOiM5Va07OVlv9vOCPk1cSf__UXpC864WYXO7W_UVa2PEEqHhLGPD_x83Mx2sfkUDHufdkLoSW10b9/s1600/Huntsville+Earth+Day+02+Peter+Sale.JPG" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 10PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPhDEazwOJNwx0lvhmoHnFnSsi4rmDo60NekgubP5TswAGM0zJuD2pKIICCTX4qpZiyuRknel5pmurNGNg_56A02J4Qaos6qtwz6kRXD8GiTPRJX6Eqdu3YVJPMTODcr0vq7uhPNjEOvt/s320/Huntsville+Earth+Day+02t+Peter+Sale.JPG" ALT="Peter Sale." TITLE="Peter Sale." ALIGN=LEFT></a>Peter is a good speaker; personable, charming and a professional - he prepares, thoroughly. Relating the global issue to the <a HREF="http://www.muskokawatershed.org/fmw/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Muskoka Watershed.org."><b>Friends of the Muskoka Watershed</B></A> (and here is their <a HREF="http://www.muskokawatershed.org/blog/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Muskoka Watershed.org."><b>blog</B></A>) complete with some well-explained science on the local situation is canny and effective. Two big ideas fall out of Saturday's experience for me:<br />
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<b>1)</B> The planet can support about two billion folks; there are now over seven billion; something's gonna give and it probably won't be pleasant (even if you are watching it from a relatively safe haven like Muskoka).<br />
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<b>2)</B> There is no guaranteed reward for righteousness. This is a big step forward from religious notions of a magically equivalent payback - Karma and the like; and a reason to get serious sooner rather than later, There are no reserved or VIP seats in the Elysian Fields and no reward-miles on the spiritual credit card - we must (all) get our thumbs out while there is still time.<a NAME="SsssS03d"> </A><a HREF="#SsssS04" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">[A friend tells me that it does no good telling people like Rebecca "You blew it!" My friend is probably right, but for now it is the way I know - except to say "Nothing personal. Maybe you will learn from this and do better next time if there is one."]<br />
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</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">Not enough publicity; no control of the AV equipment; no video record (that I know of) ...<br />
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That said - there is one very positive thing that can be said of the organizing committee: they may just all be church-goers and do it habitually, or maybe it was simply because of the low attendance - <b>but</B> - there were lots of greeters, and no shortage of opportunities for conversation with them. If they didn't all know what 350 represents, there was lots of room to explain. This 'greeting' is an essential activity and one that is often overlooked. Regardless of attendance, the vital results of any such event are the quality and strength of whatever relations are established. We are "l'armée des étoiles jetées dans le ciel" (Jacques et Raïssa Maritain).<br />
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A-and there was excellent coffee and lots of half&half if you like it creamy made by two women from <a HREF="http://www.soulsistas.ca/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>Soul Sistas</B></A> restaurant (thanks again - and who says soul sistas can't be white?).<br />
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There is a strong connection apparently with <a HREF="http://www.transitionhuntsville.ca/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Transition Huntsville website."><b>Transition Huntsville</B></A> (and also <a HREF="https://sites.google.com/site/transitionhuntsvilleont/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>here</B></A>).<a NAME="SsssS04"> </A><a HREF="#SsssS06" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrspfwYs8j0RCrdNRNJvGwZb6zRAa7_oy-OpTBMEukBRIFVhom-EgiH_we4B2d3HZ8rF7_0CSZ-jnDkK0SmAJ-5XnvgepmbZokxdp8UUWOicYX37wYa9aWYZ2Vy1NBfoAYyx9OAcskmVS9/s320/Fao+Fpi+to+March+2013.jpg" ALT="FAO Food Price Index to March 2013." TITLE="FAO Food Price Index to March 2013." ALIGN=RIGHT><b>FAO numbers edging up at last:</B> The <a HREF="http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/wfs-home/foodpricesindex/en/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="FAO."><b>FAO Food Price Index</B></A> is up a few points after a suspiciously long flat spot.<br />
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Two articles from John Vidal: <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/13/climate-change-threat-food-supplies" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian Observer: Climate change: how a warming world is a threat to our food supplies, John Vidal, Saturday 13 April 2013."><b>How a warming world is a threat to our food supplies</B></A>, and <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/apr/13/climate-change-millions-starvation-scientists" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian Observer: Millions face starvation as world warms, say scientists, John Vidal, Saturday 13 April 2013."><b>Millions face starvation as world warms</B></A>.<br />
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Lester Brown is on the case: <a HREF="http://www.earth-policy.org/book_bytes/2013/fpepch1" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Earth Policy Institute: Book excerpt - New Era of Food Scarcity Echoes Collapsed Civilizations, Lester Brown, February 07, 2013."><b>New Era of Food Scarcity Echoes Collapsed Civilizations</B></A>, and as usual he has it nicely pinned. Unless we mobilize in a way equivalent to the American effort following Pearl Harbour we're done here.<a NAME="SsssS06"> </A><a HREF="#SsssS07" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTW2UQmFOnq4M3K80LBgd7BxGHtToFfYCPie84MqNglUNZeA1q5I36X4eTY9InGeLxShU74U_Uugt6G49nwy43YMNSE-z4znMGAXx_J6p6crkusATMfTsdwRVC0OemkGk-NV6r0AOyU72/s1600/Uakti+Oiapok+Xui.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPS7qkBoCl7V1yoPEtgowcnDF8oTtn9a3Z21mUJCiXdbjE4XmrWMlPLLBEjd1P_faPY18gCLw0SEtD5K8iyzIDApLeXwprgtxHNowLk1D6z7VcvBSmRxtQTyQUyz7On7GnNnxQHL1X8tZE/s320/Uakti+Oiapok+Xui+t.jpg" ALT="Uakti, Oiapok Xui." TITLE="Uakti, Oiapok Xui." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTtPq2g1get_AKy4jYmFu9JcmYNfiHAvE3FSlfmyVEYrunOFxU-6VAqLQn7VLLrYb7qP-0hADw6MbaMLxPlcLyaG6Rpschy6Fyd6Jrf-FZ_Bm1OcSC5FUJzIf0VG-jCRnyjqotjyVlYONF/s1600/Uakti+6+Paulo+Santos,+Artur+Andres,+Decio+Ramos.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqryWp8Mt_CZIkEJTcEvtjmADQW1gagh5Z9i3vIjIRVZQF2u8iui7uC1FZlIguFd1OMFnt7mFfYlf1cRZpOyT62OOqoBV_KTQ5GE9-l3JW8RC9hfQMKF2Sli7SETOUh4v1e4RqKknX181y/s320/Uakti+6t+Paulo+Santos,+Artur+Andres,+Decio+Ramos.jpg" ALT="Uakti, Artur Andrés Ribeiro." TITLE="Uakti, Artur Andrés Ribeiro." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmv5m0xC5nJwqtvsLxabtZBlXpp72DAtbctMk4gXJBfg2qACItD0oriU87ruHZdaHtHnIdgugmrq6pPFrGXLTdGvgkWZas1tRbJa3KjMwQ3OeXa579C_b5sPia2xcXrJQLUHcbbFsP3IN/s1600/Uakti+5+Decio+Ramos,+Paulo+Santos.JPG" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsIXfigRNNW_Uqoy3kmOc5Hzt1Ms4CQ0EbQ3pdTRF9O7KuN_2P4xlom5IlFJY8fUJbEk1-zpy8mQGnGkUBka2QZOQ-R2Mbxo2Wj206DgEMB9RDLzDFvIpYpzTjrrAD72INxeLzflzChuv/s320/Uakti+5t+Decio+Ramos,+Paulo+Santos.JPG" ALT="Uakti, Décio Ramos." TITLE="Uakti, Décio Ramos." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQyt0_TeThUBAJ_rUbhe2e14qtmqqVHHyodIRsqtc7Bt2mkBM1iFfSDjJlE6S65eXRe4sWTwYRVnIc66-MEAv3Zev6bA2-J86mnfKchLjyHdJTrVAZcix74a5C_D0FEuQKBSrVseFvNQM/s1600/Uakti+4+Paulo+Santos,+Artur+Andres,+Decio+Ramos++Josefina+Cerqueira,+Regina+Amaral.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QGBSJ4cT_eSAhqFWsjKKkVU7gORIUZu3YQyTQCBfeSfOOEYrMttczAoDcTcDyugn94rHve6L_Xsqu74PJOGv3vBq14jYXaDdKWEh4w9sel9mMjcIilIWjscBJhg-RtYdEwNEkD3RCoL8/s320/Uakti+4t+Paulo+Santos,+Artur+Andres,+Decio+Ramos++Josefina+Cerqueira,+Regina+Amaral.jpg" ALT="Uakti, Regina Amaral." TITLE="Uakti, Regina Amaral." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvdGCQyezk0qg2O5WoMCbzOcD00VBh9YTEzhyKhhuX8SF_taVrvKEwPZ2sumQQaGjCXePOrojC2DpBzxrW9vkaKfIgCkOPubGwk1B9oZ7KCoo5m8BvXmXGduk-2nE7e-CKJgN8nlX7QCOo/s1600/Uakti+3+Paulo+Santos,+Artur+Andres,+Decio+Ramos++Josefina+Cerqueira,+Regina+Amaral.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGWlN-WRuAvBn3_09bDSdPbIBJelyi1SQhXB_PW38jODKgIc30qyw-39-17s1iVVfN77g79e4U0Dnfi7qDLmeq0aZbZ2Sqn39g_o3TBQrtWxBvgUWxyXHyB0dsi9LCwUIHMCpHJbJxYst/s320/Uakti+3t+Paulo+Santos,+Artur+Andres,+Decio+Ramos++Josefina+Cerqueira,+Regina+Amaral.jpg" ALT="Uakti, Josefina Cerqueira." TITLE="Uakti, Josefina Cerqueira." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEV1RUJdh-nVWQy2OYnBGasoz5BQSARQXyN0Wz-SSBLjGamJ9tNmAZHMhTROn9M9p4HWPAmbOapMoCNY0mQluv6f2lcq3O4qJ-ndTLaxL1ZcP072HJr9U1KZ7JOkR6i4AQX_VkWKFiGCi1/s1600/Uakti+2+Artur+Andres,+Decio+Ramos,+Marco+Antonio,+Paulo+Santos.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-c48m59P4YNV5htZH6K9j8KsQYL_8p4Btn6mb_OSPVJvoeYGt3Cygb3IKyI1rE0NPQBl4saXldqK-6tQKdUTd9NL0_shbQGyPsZtVaMA8ztLqbt967_VOiQhQVs3NilvgcR6yGRxAJ9c/s320/Uakti+2t+Artur+Andres,+Decio+Ramos,+Marco+Antonio,+Paulo+Santos.jpg" ALT="Uakti, Paulo Sérgio Santos." TITLE="Uakti, Paulo Sérgio Santos." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnnroOQ-l-mNN1WScjcYYU_prJfC4IuYaLs6U59kprdF9SGofz9j_kY84Hqr3OiMhW13B2gkeAoEdrM15HTY6ExIOcPH3ss8QmlYIbIbEkncTpBgYgbkYrnJ-FF_qOk-EsOtaAraV1cD6R/s1600/Uakti+1+Marco+Antonio+Guimaraes.JPG" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzkhUsGjNnIgrAqxfv3fT8qZ0tyYiL1o4rbr7rGBOe2EJMk6GlGtLaR_YtregsxiaSMj0pirRpXrxOj8omuZElcIIQha_sgkKwV21DVlbo5Z37TCd69aFKaWFXzUHuYmr62Q3DHkX7o83s/s320/Uakti+1t+Marco+Antonio+Guimaraes.JPG" ALT="Uakti, Marco Antônio Guimarães." TITLE="Uakti, Marco Antônio Guimarães." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><b>Uakti:</B> Can you really criticise music? Does it work at all? Yes and no: everyone knows about what you mean when you say to someone who likes The Beatles, "I like the Stones," but exactly & precisely not so much. Here's an <a HREF="http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n07/nicholas-spice/is-wagner-bad-for-us" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="London Review of Books: Is Wagner bad for us? Nicholas Spice, April 2013."><b>unrelated story</B></A> on related issues.<br />
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It looks like <i>Águas da Amazônia</I> was the high point. I got curious about them (naturally). They've been at it a long time. Either you are an <i>integrante</I>/member or not, so it was unusually difficult to find the names and pictures of the two women involved (they are not 'members' apparently). They have moved on to Beatles renditions as a main effort recently - the Beatles are always big in Brasil - which I could not be bothered to listen to; before that it was '<i>Oiapok Xui</I>' which is a slangy way of saying <i>Oiapoque ao Chui</I>/'sea to sea' so I listened, <i>Forró de Larra</I> (?!) ... forgettable. Maybe it's like writing in an invented language: Russel Hoban pulls it off in <i>Riddley Walker</I> but it often presents lame.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4CgYgoi266JI5jKY7GvZyNtOjruFzHOSLdV9SRLBmsZoAbzU7dmPSpex4jb09oss7LpRjznffRen_1qhOn1LrTrPkytVIyjxCi24gI2yw3yrb4l7AmRJ9Yd300uCyp1cUKErEyCMe-AS/s1600/Uakti+Philip+Glass+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDecNLKGgxflPyxDNOV5YLDoAJ0Pm8ifEAP6Xu68O1Z88CHMLg-Qat-7LAcd3mnEHHCIixSqkHbajZ17dl-08c0OqnCJKMdNH225tm6lWWzV43ZvQOO7kId_9i7JmkQ8Y6BZVclJ7MLNQg/s320/Uakti+Philip+Glass+1t.jpg" ALT="Philip Glass with Paulo Sérgio Santos." TITLE="Philip Glass with Paulo Sérgio Santos." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFDAtd0vA15X6P2saIMR1CQ1zqQLO4E5SUboipEaHpUkqgT3mPCi4hdDqH0YaOlxXH_kMns2Aeow7PGLi0NszU0XwNFLYBzUn74CyGLa17x27E32guIZIP9GJzi_oGGszYJObi8eKwJaF/s1600/Uakti+Philip+Glass+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeXYQJStDkTRfb87ScZHGGwA62b8a2uU7dcAperf1h5SI2bm45JPND9OLPOlOZUjrRDPNrqnMm6iT4UbxMvsDQ1ld45dl5p21YHWyQNrzfn-oCQmhKe4TU7eI3mdfAsMtHK-YF_uMf9GT/s320/Uakti+Philip+Glass+2t.jpg" ALT="Philip Glass with Artur Andrés Ribeiro." TITLE="Philip Glass with Artur Andrés Ribeiro." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgBOVn_5cV9jZvbBlka7ryiMjRZ1vcXN3q-pB1VTiRmT_Hk0QL7WWIeLHd5nt9wjizHMw8KQvaBYuDAXANkLoYet3DESpL7EKkWf14ywvNOeKmh3fpoxEMrPDoFIMcv8sRqND9ZRA26BP/s1600/Uakti+Philip+Glass+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 15PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4xasIwViiEBcSJslLcmSXAOsmtt7Qh3PkeUCjWzKIA7j4S-tmjfGY0SNWRkMeieozw9Logh7ZGY-UcfcKKZip7UYO8R7p5vy9tlZWRlfnMptHmp3-d0bS0J1_TYQE9g-wVbe3v7rN9Lp/s320/Uakti+Philip+Glass+3t.jpg" ALT="Philip Glass with Paulo Sérgio Santos & Artur Andrés Ribeiro." TITLE="Philip Glass with Paulo Sérgio Santos & Artur Andrés Ribeiro." ALIGN=LEFT></a>So then: the seminal moments between Uakti and Philip Glass must have been something to behold. <i>Águas</I> is so very strong.<br />
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These pictures come from Expo Guanajuato in Mexico taken by <a HREF="http://www.sylviocoutinho.com.br/diaadia_uakti_philipglass_mexico/index_2.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Sylvio Coutinho."><b>Sylvio Coutinho</B></A> sometime (can't find a date anywhere, late 90s or early oughts I am guessing).<br />
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Some details on <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uakti_%28band%29" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Wikipedia</B></A>, and more on their own <a HREF="http://www.uakti.com.br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Uakti website."><b>website</B></A> (where the pictures are numerous but too small for me to see very well). Maybe try listening to <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0yPo3nKCTw" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube: Águas da Amazônia, rios Tiquiê e Japurá, 2011."><b>this</B></A> & <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPYgs_c-3nQ" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube: Águas da Amazônia, rios Tiquiê e Japurá, 2012."><b>this</B></A> again.<a NAME="SsssS07"> </A><a HREF="#SsssS07a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>One way of looking at it is my compulsive (what passes for) honesty; that: a) I never learned how to play politely anyway; b) I am lazy and it is easier (especially as memories fade); c) playing it straight has some advantages when you are young and it can become a habit; d) every one says honesty is the best policy though they may not mean it; and e) it has become a tiny keyhole-full of light in the murk to believe that straight talk can make a difference. ... And f) I guess - just don't care much anymore.<br />
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"I seen pretty people disappear like smoke."<br />
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But what <i>do</I> you do when almost no one will talk to you anymore? When the conversations all dwindle to silence. What happens then painted bird? I guess I'll just have to go along and ... find out.<br />
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"I dreamed about you, baby. It was just the other night. Most of you was naked, ah but some of you was light. The sands of time were falling from your fingers and your thumb and you were waiting for the miracle, for the miracle to come."<a NAME="SsssS07a"> </A><a HREF="#SsssS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>If my imagination moves towards beautiful young women it is not (only) because I am a dirty old man gentle reader. Mostly I am just old and harmless and these forays have led me (over the years since <a HREF="http://davidleewilson.blogspot.ca/2005/10/amazonas-poder-de-deus.html#ApddAnima" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>2005</B></A>) to a doorway and towards an anima I didn't know I had.<br />
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These photographs (I tried to buy rights but got no reply so some are watermarked) come from Araquém Alcântara via <a HREF="http://www.terrabrasilimagens.com.br/site/home.php" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Terra Brasil."><b>Terra</B></A>:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5BQZiY462mpmE7iZnras1ZJ1rASfPFSgFR0n7yR8d_2HXN79XtW7wGnkOXO__-2AYeTY2srF6DcdbZGkJ9HaiiIqrjydg3rjmlsV0dvuxKtV0UMErrkziOaK8TTA4o4foD484rliCYj2V/s1600/Araquem+Alcantara+india+Caraja+am_ara040001.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavePfbnDbHFwu8wP9M3S1EomyPuOBHxfvc2Dusr5E1zFbfWoIjrp_T3s9qVMnI-vza00nvGUcpWsIsn9rTsxJu2zU7IQ4RPv2KrrxDqFfKhqqniSQ3qTBu-A4WLiNt7rLxRnh2ySjJtpk/s320/Araquem+Alcantara+india+Caraja+am_ara040001t.jpg" ALT="Araquém Alcântara, índia Carajá." TITLE="Araquém Alcântara, índia Carajá." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-eZ9hfWYwdvDFU2Jftb6zhnPqlKG8icn37POS3bFLyr6xIj-SNIjLJbpi4dUvnkakZsVq6xFQxWfHvcvYX9V_MqtQGCXRfq6XfPipqjyPP45-eMRr-86RqCmfRVYA51_rk8n-Lc-mmnep/s1600/Araquem+Alcantara+india+Caraja+am_ara040002.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 5PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2a2s0EjnRqQyWiBUnOGTJjEJIS2sKEZKfeppcrUb9Jq80HyDKY-Hn-AZ1C7p2GQM936IlcbWHQVr796iHBelpgmogooQUEP6pZqnVQaR_VDroexbclNZXorYFmlBnvHPJjJaWOD6FQhg/s320/Araquem+Alcantara+india+Caraja+am_ara040002t.jpg" ALT="Araquém Alcântara, índia Carajá." TITLE="Araquém Alcântara, índia Carajá." 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ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgeysdIPyPvIGEB9cglcYulNgq1eoj2hsXCAImYwyreandkRUoPBimwH7szdLC1aJ_wgIRYobN9yp3MTheDSD-0hWsVSOKlHcye3kah4bZWDZtcIV5otHy8Q4YoqmAULss3JFewCOCAGNq/s1600/Araquem+Alcantara+india+Caraja+am_ara040026a.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 5PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakAxqhImte0-bh7_CoGDvVHpKAukbpiln1u2zfwAerXvqTnaOZKmNqk16hcfuXuXCQeLwHeqGJLH6R1kqQbGDFKbx1qnSTgcg5mD91F0pmtrZZ2XbroKkdYP-zCadZk5p6SP6THb07NrC/s320/Araquem+Alcantara+india+Caraja+am_ara040026at.jpg" ALT="Araquém Alcântara, índia Carajá." TITLE="Araquém Alcântara, índia Carajá." ALIGN=LEFT></a><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjKmESvQ2BLx1h_RvfXM-gUhLWDVJDw1lGd4f3KvdjPsDtWmWbonZ__k-x3Iz8DZgZbjRjmaVJlTdXfJUt2L64CXYsHR2MBNCO4rmv7hf7Ktr-mFNVRfxBHjySk3QlZs-dSUhm0q4SxHjj/s320/White+10x64.jpg" ALIGN=LEFT>In the lecture I posted the link to <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/diehard.html#DiehS00a" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>a while ago</B></A> David Suzuki talks about a UN resolution proposed by Bhutan: "The purpose of government is not economic growth and more stuff. The purpose of government is to make sure that people are well and happy." The photographs of this girl look something like wellness and happiness (and security) to me.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjUJJHvQpcXQ3F-0Jh9g68zTMWJNPnvs_G3tsmgYpXIoIZZXujCpqydz8cYvst4UblCbYqpCqNxVPp1BpWnZf9_2U9k1TmA0lbw2jjLOZWJqigJv0wF2IfStqa3u0G87Tc_Bvg7Ub6al9L/s1600/Araquem+Alcantara+India+Caraja+Araguaia+4+Zala.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:10PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNpS6xowdActzu8Z7U3lj8QCY3Iw7GGuHJTxM9s0v0YsXG6nvWHTLQdbMi4YVdsY7sOjvqdzeqXJk7diHK0ZmFT391j_s-17yiuawJ9gDFqPYM6kF52pbkrsfb5CwMbyLQQhYVu9jANO2V/s320/Araquem+Alcantara+India+Caraja+Araguaia+4t+Zala.jpg" ALT="Araquém Alcântara, índia Carajá, modified by Zala." TITLE="Araquém Alcântara, índia Carajá, modified by Zala." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />And oh yes: the Internet does not know itself. This may be its largest and determining deficit.<a NAME="SsssS99"> </A><a HREF="#SsssS99a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>Walking along in the spring sunshine came to me <b>Alzheimer's</B><blockquote STYLE="MARGIN-LEFT: 50PX;"><b>'Vantage #11:</B> as memory fades the continual mental background chatter fades too and experience becomes more sensual, or more immediately so at least: visual, auditory, olfactory, the delightful touch of the air (to the extent that the receptors still work).</BLOCKQUOTE><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYhnja-25fezVEFKCIKyjfWb98iTAuILkPtcOeuO-uRVH5bO7tJkj2w4zEbwzl5YGlh6a2uxQYf8pd9XmXgdF-cCwyMe0aySd-0MNibUt3xEAl4QBYjJ9n3qQTeXUIWiJl5g5e9TqKuHe/s1600/Tiras+Peanuts+life.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 5PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKn3JRIapzDHeMtyhlCeCvuGpE0kUbjmdXTnIaWkt3rskHHeBg8pw-EnEc44Ukzb8SWDx4CnL02oPedlyFnmsfpwPjEDOjKadMFInA3AJ4igOdEMJ9eRebYZf3M2UoCYKUibcK7PJnx7sm/s320/Tiras+Peanuts+life+tl.jpg" ALT="Peanuts: What am I doing right?" TITLE="Peanuts: What am I doing right?"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYhnja-25fezVEFKCIKyjfWb98iTAuILkPtcOeuO-uRVH5bO7tJkj2w4zEbwzl5YGlh6a2uxQYf8pd9XmXgdF-cCwyMe0aySd-0MNibUt3xEAl4QBYjJ9n3qQTeXUIWiJl5g5e9TqKuHe/s1600/Tiras+Peanuts+life.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 5PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6P3VKwlKR1LvW1MzFtT0oQt4afxaOrXPsuOtOliOe5h91TIRnrrDOQwBnZOKs5H101ZR_toC4pFFU3NDwg3GMor3v1ah5lLnMBVcVFjNfBIBMoWkJXS8K3CmZvb8yFm_pmcoADwdiAnOJ/s320/Tiras+Peanuts+life+tm.jpg" ALT="Peanuts: What am I doing right?" TITLE="Peanuts: What am I doing right?"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYhnja-25fezVEFKCIKyjfWb98iTAuILkPtcOeuO-uRVH5bO7tJkj2w4zEbwzl5YGlh6a2uxQYf8pd9XmXgdF-cCwyMe0aySd-0MNibUt3xEAl4QBYjJ9n3qQTeXUIWiJl5g5e9TqKuHe/s1600/Tiras+Peanuts+life.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 5PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yJ_34afTuZzyt9oxddeGx55KVZG4DxR1kBei1Yd6HrWadQYMNPbvPnt31n2JyudG3VGxvDN-h8kdQVVV1ynuFWfsFLINrs26b-x8gpQGxhxd-aWAI_VfF7u4XorXKNOW9JCBEwwcppBa/s320/Tiras+Peanuts+life+tr.jpg" ALT="Peanuts: What am I doing right?" TITLE="Peanuts: What am I doing right?"></a>"I'm junk but I'm still holding up this little wild bouquet."<br />
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Here <b>LISTEN!</B> to <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPYgs_c-3nQ" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube: Águas da Amazônia, rios Tiquiê e Japurá, 2012."><b>this</B></A>, turn up the volume, and keep in mind that it is called <i>Águas da Amazônia</I> - maybe it will move you.<br />
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Be well.<a NAME="SsssS99a"> </A><a HREF="#SsssS99b" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioncxHzwjfNUdZxDOumLnSDCaeL5Pu_Kz6HVKsABwF-HoFlIC-sggJN2garzQ-B8wx-BB7_wVOpPFcxnn6Iqe1p2uvp7j9jjGeMs9ofDmu-anjQcQ8mw1bzyVDPSyws6xBWFLOwSr8mF_3/s1600/Tiras+Toles+13-04-01+subsidies.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmjoUEM9STZcQeKMblgeifV7wByjXYanFrg5kQMSSeuVOPa7gGkEMyygUlArY4PBEyra35y1sGicPgi1bqW6GNbNLu9i9EfOiPZBDrZBmNS6kcbCDMGPoWzqFBvsdlpCXnTN3WY_jGqSA/s320/Tiras+Toles+13-04-01t+subsidies.jpg" ALT="Tom Toles: Fossil Fuel Subsidies." TITLE="Tom Toles: Fossil Fuel Subsidies."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEjRdIJ7H_uyYC0umQoNf7kk016Z2TMUuPllp-SnLiMa4kgEx9-44EuJvRpPvbVA-Wx5DmqlHWTXIYmUYhx1ORAKBnEkHXZxl5_QBjeASsmbXxj9vLXJT3abYDogjNFliU4r7xDRijZB-C/s1600/Tiras+Moudakis+13-04-02+Harper+the+tyrant.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGcdJZEv9Znui32RjfrL1AQK-rZnJ6OWrM8b4PmwWCbjseYfiqnGF7XxyBALzWHqbKzCEf8u2MZAJ3vfluKXcffsE5wGg4wBpYR6amyDtphN48ToxDi81aVTKRX8hnKS7h03S2EC5W8G1/s320/Tiras+Moudakis+13-04-02t+Harper+the+tyrant.jpg" ALT="Theo Moudakis: Stephen Harper prefers Panda bears because they don't speak." TITLE="Theo Moudakis: Stephen Harper prefers Panda bears because they don't speak."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTSpNPrrtT84PICWqU4NDLSwDtQAff76xZqtDCOTNPSbBmF5ArUQrEnksfvIMSujVYvO02_Kff3ix3z15Y8WGlhRuvIJwl_GAH1om2bgJG2VsqIpEHDnCX1dGhxNwWxQRoQT4kl3PV_j8/s1600/Tiras+Pascal+13-04-03+scientists+muzzled.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdSczaZd1v25rEhkTpnikX8vvxGOP2t76A4B2OYWVzHs48Yb3yc9AbC-d4uNp35EdFGf9VdNZaz8tKpKXQhxO-dhzhvWRNgiarUDFdwpR0472xugIZUGR_Ku3ir-V54kfWRkh0Pm2gOb8/s320/Tiras+Pascal+13-04-03t+scientists+muzzled.jpg" ALT="Pascal: Canadian scientists muzzled." TITLE="Pascal: Canadian scientists muzzled."></a>And a few cartoons that simply had to be here.</SPAN><a NAME="SsssS99b"> </A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:80%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/sink-sank-sunk-sibilant.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-pre-ach.html" TITLE="Occupy the Spirit (pre-ach). Three days smoakless."><b>Down</B></A>.</DIV></SPAN>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-89200953114165500992013-04-12T18:22:00.000-04:002013-04-22T14:45:58.278-04:00Occupy the Spirit (pre-ach).<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-pre-ach.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA;FONT-SIZE:140%;COLOR:#CC6600;">Three days smoakless.</SPAN></A> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/sink-sank-sunk-sibilant.html" TITLE="Sink sank sunk (sibilant). (There, that didn't take very long.)"><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-prelude.html" TITLE="Occupy the Spirit (pre-lude). What it's like on this side of the mirror."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN> <b>Friday the 12th</B><a NAME="OtsachS00"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#OtsachS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><b>Contents:</B> <a href="#OtsachS01" title="Form & Content."><b><i>Ruach</I></B></a>, <a href="#OtsachS02" title="John Atkin, Syngenta."><b>Honeybees</B></a>, <a href="#OtsachS03" title="Solar Insolation."><b>Numbers</B></a>, <a href="#OtsachS04" title="Castelo dos Sonhos."><b>Amazônia</B></a>, <a href="#OtsachS05" title="South Africa."><b>Chris & Retha</B></a>, <a href="#OtsachS06" title="FFF - Fuck For Forest."><b>FFF</B></a>, <a href="#OtsachS07" title="Coming up: Peter Sale in Huntsville."><b>Coming up: Peter Sale</B></a>.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></DIV><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;">Surprising that dental surgeons don't advertise the no-smoking aspect - very easy to quit when threatened with a prospect of the dreaded dry-socket. Otherwise it's all very Toronto: <i>soi-distant</I> competence, greed & impatience.<a NAME="OtsachS01"> </A><a HREF="#OtsachS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></SPAN></DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">The word for this kind of weather really is 'unseasonable'? ... strange. Snow mid-April and later on a howling mid-nite storm on the beach. Wake elated, joyful into the noise of it.<br />
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<tr><td> Hebrew: <span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:200%;"><i><b>רוח</B></I></SPAN> ruach; Greek: <span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:160%;"><i><b>πνεῦµα</B></I></SPAN> pneuma; Latin: <span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:150%;"><i><b>spiritus</B></I></SPAN> </TD></TR>
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</TBODY></TABLE><a HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Jhn&c=3&t=KJV#8" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blue Letter KJV."><b>John 3:8</B></A> "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth ..."<br />
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Have a look at an <a HREF="http://biblesuite.com/hebrew/7307.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Biblos Bible Suite: 'ruach'."><b>Old Testament concordance</B></A> and you will see that the language roots go deep and wide. Not quite so simple as breath/wind/spirit ... or ... yeah, just that simple! As a noun <i>and</I> as a verb.<br />
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The title of this post is an intentional nonsense - one can no more occupy the spirit than the wind. There is a notion among Christians (and other religious types no doubt, but among Christians I know more of it) that one's soul is sacrosanct, inviolable, proof against even, say, torture; and it is true sometimes I am sure, in specific cases. This little ditty:<br />
It matters not how strait the gate,<br />
How charged with punishments the scroll.<br />
I am the master of my fate:<br />
I am the captain of my soul. </SPAN>(<a HREF="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/invictus/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>William Ernest Henley, <i>Invictus</I></B></A> ~1875);<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><br />
which I learned by memory at my mother's knee (incorrectly it turns out - she replaced 'punishments' with 'penalties') simply doesn't wash as a general principle. I (one?) could wish it did (or not).<br />
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So let's call the whole shebang '<span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA; COLOR:#CC6600;">Abandon the Spirit</SPAN>' instead; which is not so different.<br />
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A series then? Extending possibly to 'Occupy the Piffle', 'Occupy the Poffle & Pendicle' (unexpectedly related), Cafuffle? ... 'Occupy the Fuddle-Duddle'? ... and become a professional Buddhist?<a NAME="OtsachS02"> </A><a HREF="#OtsachS03" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>This is John Atkin. He is the Chief Operating Officer of Syngenta:</B><br />
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Here are three videos of him being interviewed (I presume you can distinguish between journalism & corporate propaganda - these are propaganda, straightforward 'tissue of lies' - so you can't see how he thinks but you <i>can</I> see how he pretends to think): <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQISS5-pDSc" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>2010</B></A> (5 minutes); <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LeuGlD8U-M" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>2012</B></A> (8 minutes); and, <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJHZsqSJku4" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>2013</B></A> (6 minutes), specifically on honeybees.<br />
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He goes on the record saying things about honeybee problems like, <b>“nothing to do with chemicals,”</B> </SPAN>(<a HREF="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-31/eu-proposes-2-year-ban-on-some-uses-of-neonicotinoid-pesticides.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Bloomberg: EU Proposes 2-Year Ban on Some Neonicotinoid-Pesticide Uses, Rudy Ruitenberg, January 31 2013."><b><i>Bloomberg</I></B></A>).<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000; FONT-SIZE:140%;"> Ph.D. from University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a Geordie then; and a supersized <i>Varroa destructor</I> as well perhaps?<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><a HREF="http://www.petersalebooks.com/?p=1107" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Peter Sale: Loss of pollinators and extent of overfishing – our impacts on the world are large and getting worse, April 10 2013."><b>Peter Sale</B></A> does a much better job on the bee science than I do.<a NAME="OtsachS03"> </A><a HREF="#OtsachS04" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Big numbers (again again):</B><br />
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Somewhere it says world energy consumption in 2010 was 510.551 quadrillion (10<sup>15</SUP>) BTUs. Unclear if that is a comma or a decimal point, looks like a decimal point so ... hours per year = 365 x 24 = 8,760 ... 0.0582820776255708 quadrillion BTU/hour, converts to 0.017080789025 quadrillion watts, divided by a quadrillion is 17 trillion watts; which is about what they say somewhere else, 18 terawatts.<br />
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Daily input from the sun is 1,366 watts per square metre, area of a circle (disc) with radius 6,350,000 m (πr<sup>2</SUP>) is 126,727,857,142,857 m<sup>2</SUP>, ... 1.73 x 10<sup>17</SUP> watts, or 173 petawatts (10<sup>15</SUP>), or 173,000 terawatts, about half of which reaches the ground, so ... ~5,000 times greater than 2010 world energy consumption; which is about what they say somewhere else.<br />
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Now ... it seems to me that 1 in 5,000 efficiency isn't much to strive for, is it?<br />
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</TBODY></TABLE>And I am sorry to still be unclear distinguishing energy and power; watts and kilowatt hours ... so it's all a nonsense eh? Oh well.<a NAME="OtsachS04"> </A><a HREF="#OtsachS05" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Castelo dos Sonhos</B> / Castle of Dreams, Creporizinho (which figured as a link on the TransGarimpeiro highway a while ago here), the five (or seven?) plants of <i>Complexo Tapajós</I> ... some of that is on this map somewhere - and some is not, the village mentioned in the Munduruku letter, Sawré Muybú, is nowhere to be found (by me).<br />
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These <a HREF="http://www1.dnit.gov.br/rodovias/mapas/index.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Gov.Br: Departamento Nacional de Infra-Estrutura de Transportes - DNIT."><b>State roadmaps</B></A> in .pdf foprmat are freely downloadable - and considerably more up-to-date than <a HREF="https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=-5.900189,-55.574341&spn=3.485541,6.355591&t=m&z=8" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Maps."><b>Google Maps</B></A> (even though they were published in the early oughts).<br />
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A story about <a HREF="http://amazonia.org.br/2013/03/em-castelo-dos-sonhos-uma-avenida-e-muita-viol%C3%AAncia/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Amazônia: Em Castelo dos Sonhos, uma avenida e muita violência, 26 de março de 2013."><b>Castelo dos Sonhos</B></A>, and another about <a HREF="http://amazonia.org.br/2013/03/lama-da-br-163-%C3%A9-alternativa-ao-caos-de-santos/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Amazônia: Lama da BR-163 é alternativa ao caos de Santos, 26 de março de 2013."><b>BR-163</B></A>.<br />
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Imagine! Naming a place 'Castle of Dreams'.<a NAME="OtsachS05"> </A><a HREF="#OtsachS06" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>It's an annual thing in South Africa to remember Chris Hani's death around and about April 10th.<br />
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1990: Nelson Mandela is released from Robben Island;<br />
1993: Chris Hani is murdered & a white neighbour, Retha Harmse, reports it to the police.<br />
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Bones of the story at <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hani" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia: Chris Hani"><b>Wikipedia</B></A>; a bit more at the 15th anniversary in 2008 from <a HREF="http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/the-assassination-of-chris-hani-1.395979#.UWkY6_lUqeZ" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="IOL Post: The assassination of Chris Hani, Janet Smith & Beauregard Tromp, April 10 2008."><b>Janet Smith & Beauregard Tromp</B></A> (but beware, they wrote the book on it). No Coetzee novel on this one, or maybe I missed it.<br />
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It is Retha Harmse and her husband Daan who interest me. They were driven out of the neighbourhood apparently.<a NAME="OtsachS06"> </A><a HREF="#OtsachS07" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>"Tous pourris!" / they're all rotten, "sauf moi."<br />
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Slowly, by tiny steps and degrees of alienation I am turning my face to the wall gentle reader. There it is.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />And then, just before the 'Publish' button turns up this: <a HREF="http://www.fuckforforest.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Fuck For Forest [dot] com."><b>Fuck For Forest [dot] com</B></A>; not quite Philip Glass but ... <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RU59_2jppw" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Marcin Masecki Plays Fuck For Forest</B></A>; and the kickoff found in <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/apr/11/green-sex-activists-documentary" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: The eco-sex activists who want to save the world, Steve Rose, Thursday 11 April 2013."><b><i>The Guardian</I></B></A>.<img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:1PX 1PX 1PX 5PX;' SRC="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqzIPtTohzwX9-RhOQ_jK_jBQGKoDZ-hTLTIgKu7nszjbDKw-h8xrPdaqjuWQ8hsVGRA-sHe7jql2AHPDTD9JlVnYqXqobLqlbetyJxzOoZ-T_pZ2pEWoNoVHHxdpnStk7mPUYI_WYM2_F/s200/Smiley+2.jpg" alt="Will Fuck For Forest! Yeah! :-)" title="Will Fuck For Forest! Yeah! :-)" ALIGN=RIGHT><br />
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Be well.<a NAME="OtsachS07"> </A><a HREF="#OtsachS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Coming up: Peter Sale in Huntsville (Ontario) on Earth Day:</B><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9I_HwZ0pmCGUuqTKhE4J0nNdjxZZ1dVqwwo8s8zkFFU7zkQgBw1jdnrVoEOsoQUppCqdCl8r7Vp2zG5P6NLcmIs37ZE3LI2m1g3JlZrqhoLnH8QCB_c5S6MSWbf4zusWxd-MVqpyPrmmN/s1600/Huntsville+Earth+Day+2013+Poster.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 0PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHFwe7nk74YFiH_0iF-bYp0A6iji_jOnKGlRtS4UP3ArJ66aCNeryR3iAMBmZWQohIAJWYiwR06dtXafC2VctoX6CH1UfHWzYrNcMeMZNVRJnsH9oWqBwTWawKCjdyNCkkYtbRhytkqRw/s320/Huntsville+Earth+Day+2013+Poster+t.jpg" ALT="Huntsville Earth Day 2013 Poster." TITLE="Huntsville Earth Day 2013 Poster." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>Not exactly on Earth Day but on <b>Saturday April 2oth</B> from 9:30am till 3:00pm. Peter speaks at <b>Noon</B> for an hour or so.<br />
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Some info <a HREF="http://www.petersalebooks.com/?page_id=295" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Peter Sale's blog."><b>on his blog</B></A>; more on the Town of Huntsville <a HREF="http://www.huntsville.ca/en/living/CurrentCommunityProjects.asp" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Town of Huntsville website."><b>Earth Day Huntsville 2013</B></A> page; a <a HREF="http://www.huntsville.ca/en/living/resources/SUSTEarthDayPoster-2013FINAL.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Town of Huntsville website."><b>poster</B></A>; a <a HREF="http://www.huntsville.ca/en/living/resources/SUSTEarthDaySchedule.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Town of Huntsville website."><b>schedule</B></A>; the necessary <a HREF="http://www.ontarionorthland.ca/index.php/en/passenger-trains-and-buses/bus-scheduled-routes/schedules-and-fares" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Ontario Northland/Ontera bus schedule."><b>Ontario Northland bus schedule</B></A> (about a three hour trip from Toronto); a-and cheap ($50 a night) accomodation at the <a HREF="http://www.huntsvilleinn.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Huntsville Inn website."><b>Huntsville Inn</B></A> which is a short walk (a f-f-few blocks and a bridge) from the <a HREF="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Algonquin+Theatre,+Huntsville&hl=en&ll=45.32919,-79.218464&spn=0.010062,0.024827&safe=off&fb=1&hq=Algonquin+Theatre,+Huntsville&hnear=Algonquin+Theatre,+Huntsville&cid=0,0,13524104845757908300&t=m&z=16" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Maps."><b>Algonquin Theatre</B></A> which is where the event is being held.<br />
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<b>Be there or be square!</B></SPAN><a NAME="OtsachS99"> </A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:80%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-pre-ach.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-prelude.html" TITLE="Occupy the Spirit (pre-lude). What it's like on this side of the mirror."><b>Down</B></A>.</DIV></SPAN>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-39877903711391829402013-04-05T16:42:00.000-04:002013-04-17T22:42:11.974-04:00Occupy the Spirit (pre-lude).<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-prelude.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA;FONT-SIZE:140%;COLOR:#CC6600;">What it's like on this side of the mirror.</SPAN></A> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.com/" TITLE="None"><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/occupy-spirit-preface.html" TITLE="Occupy the Spirit (preface). Beneath contempt is ... indifference."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN><a NAME="OtsPreS00"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#OtsPreS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><b>Contents:</B> <a href="#OtsPreS01" title=""><b>Hydroelectric</B></a>, <a href="#OtsPreS02" title=""><b>Tapajós & Valdenir Munduruku</B></a>, <a href="#OtsPreS03" title=""><b>Legends & Music</B></a>, <a href="#OtsPreS99" title="Translated."><b>Carta Mundurukú</B></a>.</DIV><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;">The music is not optional; either listen to it as you read or go away! Three ten minute pieces of Philip Glass' <i>Águas da Amazônia</I> played by Uakti: at <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPYgs_c-3nQ" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>SESC in Brasil</B></A> (2012); in <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0yPo3nKCTw" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Rome</B></A> (2011); and from the <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9jKb_sGT2w" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>album</B></A> (1999).<a NAME="OtsPreS01"> </A><a HREF="#OtsPreS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></SPAN></DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">This photograph of a Kayapó girl comes from an otherwise forgettable movie. I think she is ... me - but of course, things are not getting any less crazy around here.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQ7xLTrcB5NC6mL_WvqwM17TbBG1HYQw6p47aEqrzLdaJvS3Nid24CFxkMnh2_Y_H5Xfr3rw84oTH8cuMBY0ZL_WNvi_h3EeLtebaY_LlyzaUQK9kQ0DZYbHJJAR0bvxobYRPq4zPpDOb/s1600/Baraka+Kayapo.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8MquEg4V3ULpxlDGBXk2AP7FBWWX4gdziM2e3LmamVZYUbfGMgkyjplviiMiZj2XuVAO8qKgl8v9n1A1BIZsukH1eiRXHDjijtRIrLMlfuuaHjfpVRHeUTkUxvk-QWLrI-Qpx0zTYgKo3/s320/Baraka+Kayapo+tl.jpg" ALT="Índia Kayapó." TITLE="Índia Kayapó."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQ7xLTrcB5NC6mL_WvqwM17TbBG1HYQw6p47aEqrzLdaJvS3Nid24CFxkMnh2_Y_H5Xfr3rw84oTH8cuMBY0ZL_WNvi_h3EeLtebaY_LlyzaUQK9kQ0DZYbHJJAR0bvxobYRPq4zPpDOb/s1600/Baraka+Kayapo.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY9YD17Zky1D_jllJPqycQRCAbzfjoHXSvBQLewdpFIns6GHiTHpv7a6aT1g10aHqHVfWo9-bE3ARVIP4s-vl44jjd9rFcQyIBFl-cI2iI49aIbzpNc3Om9728wwNJyEdRnkirMQtnvaan/s320/Baraka+Kayapo+tm.jpg" ALT="Índia Kayapó." TITLE="Índia Kayapó."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQ7xLTrcB5NC6mL_WvqwM17TbBG1HYQw6p47aEqrzLdaJvS3Nid24CFxkMnh2_Y_H5Xfr3rw84oTH8cuMBY0ZL_WNvi_h3EeLtebaY_LlyzaUQK9kQ0DZYbHJJAR0bvxobYRPq4zPpDOb/s1600/Baraka+Kayapo.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnA-31lMrHBW-QAuWMKKgM0QvoluD102eUOWNEpbwiMSHQ-FVzuvEN6Yhkt2jNAhQSsO8078x-7uTL4fe3T6ebLkTjFHf95vYI1Jyc7983EBHGG_rZyiUJBWmha5rFJU1GUP0QVPBhVCXq/s320/Baraka+Kayapo+tr.jpg" ALT="Índia Kayapó." TITLE="Índia Kayapó."></a>I did a presentation in public school - first ever public speaking - on the Adam Beck hydroelectric plant in Niagara Falls. And as the water ran out of the tub and a renewable topography emerged I continued to believe that hydroelectric generation is clean, good.<br />
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I didn't realize how much that had been eroded until I was having a beer with a serious player in the BC hydro hierarchy and stupidly asked him why he didn't focus on renewables? He looked at me as if I had no head at all and said, "What do you think I am doing?" It was a drunken slip - but Freudian I guess. He sold up and cashed out a while later and disappeared from the radar so maybe he figgured it out.<br />
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In this blog at one point a few years ago I wondered about the opposition to Belo Monte - simply because I thought it was better to develop hydro resources than, say, nuclear.<br />
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So ... changes ...<a NAME="OtsPreS02"> </A><a HREF="#OtsPreS03" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKxet_eneD_K7jgHInNgwPWV4GRw8oPhciJiu5Po1iVp7vjZQorsQiJ6irl8HHMMiXW-pQYxpihbXQgpLfrgCQcUD-siyygfojQMnT4cWJT_7x_U6OZ2_hEtycHsjENf7u936bl7XxiCW/s1600/Amazon+river+basin+map.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQoAJYRPXlUJFl0TJNl8xWMRAzmVTFkltvyBe4e8KZWK1RxFpC9n66u_fsXYf0gMeRm9SonjiP8allh8NOF0qVvNCUUOHRtY94KuAzMpZoMmpcI0E6os0Kn0QsC-s26MBvzJUOtl-gkI2I/s320/Amazon+river+basin+map+t.jpg" ALT="Amazon river basin map." TITLE="Amazon river basin map." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddzZ3UftMD6Yi6snSHtgjh2YTJReSeEwgeLnmTV-gp7zLnSF2xSRrxzWyuePJM27ooDBCawdT5N7qVkvjCw0H1wPdf-O6EjCITKtTUq6A8si5l5WJbiRz7cO8NOKS7iQ8yoLN-Wo_VMm2/s1600/Complexo+Tapajos+map.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRO5PiVX5f_9FuxsZlcyjb31JP58dXHaJwJZaAHJk_AXSE4gJFEChrpKznoSiQjpEmaTCmHyz_GD927-G5ILBJoRbnk0T8FqhpLgSj2HG0SdghIba8ezMoE-rAmCogrYzM7VoU8qrqsEjT/s320/Complexo+Tapajos+map+t.jpg" ALT="O Complexo do Tapajós map." TITLE="O Complexo do Tapajós map." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0b2qAIPiw6txM3x2w_1zc0DQKAB6a8YW3eRKYmd-yfaJ7GK6pYcEyIZTU969Xh43b9LUR7uOqqmSNHz8hEBAhnJor_7Pv0ZvUKMffgpBSVv_S0cgxZrOLHgSlDo3SWDABBxmmDSyarLJ/s1600/Valdenir+Munduruku+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 8PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFIRc2ce1CzsjMaqOFycBnxyRKnrZagEUfMOU4kSbGJznWzhSUkGnd0wKYSR2Abk3W15ccS58Oo7U9PY8EiNKSfbD0MucU5rHL4dMYSyu0znqQlmHabOLgLb3iSNYcBIq_MeuHB99bRka/s320/Valdenir+Munduruku+1t.jpg" ALT="Valdenir Munduruku." TITLE="Valdenir Munduruku." 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ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipXmc-mOM0xOIriP8Yx1uxjg70LDho339s2-XC1DJk8ms0p3svjdb5EHK-f9HVGXB9l0cNcNno_epCqD85lm5OtZb9t8doI_M8W1QbbP6g_xolV4h5NLtV7M-tgAkGdTM-io0ybGxuPBtA/s1600/Valdenir+Munduruku+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 8PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqSDdO5AaldWQVzy40VqchPgZtwHyMeX-tglPm-FspUJO3JYqQCeMjiPhioUVaEx9atUZ0vkw7x0S8-83gt0h6kxyg43bN4UzpCvMKt_poSBOJkcEPVbhskuGt3hIjAPmiCDkzbsbf31M/s320/Valdenir+Munduruku+3t.jpg" ALT="Valdenir Munduruku." TITLE="Valdenir Munduruku." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2re22CbngUjmOETvXTbXsU1ViOSPhiWT8hQomgBgj2WYJNwxHKhsmEaX3EmKoIme7lpn42PyoUXifKWPtrOWHMUz_mn2uuljGUFXZaSN-KyizRTdLUZHBnPM6zJNs0InYyuGVhdi1hQdX/s1600/Valdenir+Munduruku+4.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 8PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbN1VaH4yqu2sY5UzqTS0cUNSDp40xev8AR9wRXqFhdRdIisg-4siBWNvw4PdULwfvQ7OihLsyRNKwGYsm3cSrkQwakDRjYSKLZuCzmhUlT4WZBkE-wZqfSTOsw_b30XtsCTn_01NoT2oD/s320/Valdenir+Munduruku+4t.jpg" ALT="Valdenir Munduruku." TITLE="Valdenir Munduruku." ALIGN=LEFT></a><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1imY3NkvUGFvyGJ3C3XauSVRafC4snWj4cFE8GqvlRfYGIkiG89Y3gNZa6a23VT0xD-C6PZZdT_E5DsQ78n1ntThqBw2jvi5RmJc8PE-zGqwAFHQb-yAIPWUIwwc0WMnuwOvrae-6hg9/s320/Boto+spacer.jpg" ALIGN=LEFT>Getting a grasp of what is going on in the Amazon basin is difficult. Huge. The struggle over Belo Monte is ongoing; and another struggle is coming to light around the <i>Complexo do Tapajós</I>. You can read about it in English here: <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/03/brazil-dam-activists-war-military" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Amazon tribe threatens to declare war amid row over Brazilian dam project, Jonathan Watts, Wednesday 3 April 2013."><b>Amazon tribe threatens to declare war amid row over Brazilian dam project</B></A> and follow it up as you care to. These two videos of Valdenir Munduruku are in Portuguese, watch 'em or not: <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qJr8cgC8gI" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>1½ minutes</B></A> & <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENQO7QKFoZ4" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>5½ minutes</B></A>.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6MWLdefs7ChyjxTVqx26zUlq5En8GcoUhO5Nmnqx_TyLVZUX6HWEN2-L0XUM3JALulNtzguL1586j-JTSvBgZGkxaMcrAEaLW-PHvcjuwy_OWpAR2ku8mgBA-HYadTg1X_a6nek7Lu2J/s1600/Itaituba+1+Policia+Federal+Operacao+Tapajos.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg58uJWbLbBHviJrSboHe7XxkNresYoY5EznQuCTKNQWz2exXFrHkghIrYwePlNyUTsPrR4WQtaAorkuEad5KC9m5xmw6xbzkPibwdOAlNqPQBxwTYLsbDOW0as69jk8ns6VTfaA_7FJuxZ/s320/Itaituba+1tl+Policia+Federal+Operacao+Tapajos.jpg" ALT="Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós." TITLE="Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6MWLdefs7ChyjxTVqx26zUlq5En8GcoUhO5Nmnqx_TyLVZUX6HWEN2-L0XUM3JALulNtzguL1586j-JTSvBgZGkxaMcrAEaLW-PHvcjuwy_OWpAR2ku8mgBA-HYadTg1X_a6nek7Lu2J/s1600/Itaituba+1+Policia+Federal+Operacao+Tapajos.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBanJ7TZwvupSH19-HqTC4OAudGHRzzMaggUYtd_VswbkrR2sBPBkMVW_H1cSpzcmluSMa8hCBA-1z8ulJrMQNoc1ABIPLrh5_OmBC4-aeIIY260bd3XsDeh92mrewITBFkDmjVT_D_LXG/s320/Itaituba+1tm+Policia+Federal+Operacao+Tapajos.jpg" ALT="Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós." TITLE="Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6MWLdefs7ChyjxTVqx26zUlq5En8GcoUhO5Nmnqx_TyLVZUX6HWEN2-L0XUM3JALulNtzguL1586j-JTSvBgZGkxaMcrAEaLW-PHvcjuwy_OWpAR2ku8mgBA-HYadTg1X_a6nek7Lu2J/s1600/Itaituba+1+Policia+Federal+Operacao+Tapajos.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFpvAQ6HFuRYK96quc3Y6Cd7U6mTMfMPqrbHp-i1I-rjiJpVdXsvsOfRI2TXvLm4jCuGowYvc9jemgy7Tbv11R3FVux31e5XDW0isv8DblLGDnLk6GyEg_nBpx24rSHgc_gEwaa1Gj-kfq/s320/Itaituba+1tr+Policia+Federal+Operacao+Tapajos.jpg" ALT="Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós." TITLE="Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós."></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZkuDBvZYw7IkDXJpGmQbO2OzdRGhhL2iKgz_4rOrIXBZjuvUhrsWrCCBzCQ3dHAQX7dVH4v2CTJJpnBTr4LPfR7d0Hk706-ucAtj3mdihn68M5LcUvtQbIt3vuSOc-2Ld8-aa1edIIu1M/s1600/Itaituba+2+Policia+Federal+Operacao+Tapajos.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcNRLy3SCmVLoGhoPZYxiMm6QgdNBksGwcPzd7cUugbZpNbmmNfDbz3e0wHp7AEQc6hOFTGiSr-UL2gXZ4l1hggYC9G3L0rWrkmE7YiOJd7VxrS3BfPXj8cQoQN3sO5iAA_kP-otDr-8j/s320/Itaituba+2tl+Policia+Federal+Operacao+Tapajos.jpg" ALT="Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós." TITLE="Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZkuDBvZYw7IkDXJpGmQbO2OzdRGhhL2iKgz_4rOrIXBZjuvUhrsWrCCBzCQ3dHAQX7dVH4v2CTJJpnBTr4LPfR7d0Hk706-ucAtj3mdihn68M5LcUvtQbIt3vuSOc-2Ld8-aa1edIIu1M/s1600/Itaituba+2+Policia+Federal+Operacao+Tapajos.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQieGV4lBV67Zu94dvyMPWCb9JZUxRHYOrU1_aPktBmGiznZAsOqQLD4NaDkg1wVK3TO2zENQ9iqr2boYn4jpQeiFEu-M2Alj1juUppDFpXMictP24gdwq-3RqQHiSgauUfa5-n3nyxsp6/s320/Itaituba+2tm+Policia+Federal+Operacao+Tapajos.jpg" ALT="Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós." TITLE="Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZkuDBvZYw7IkDXJpGmQbO2OzdRGhhL2iKgz_4rOrIXBZjuvUhrsWrCCBzCQ3dHAQX7dVH4v2CTJJpnBTr4LPfR7d0Hk706-ucAtj3mdihn68M5LcUvtQbIt3vuSOc-2Ld8-aa1edIIu1M/s1600/Itaituba+2+Policia+Federal+Operacao+Tapajos.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0IDyM1zFFtuVNS5w_MHGo38r_urFHm-j9LiqSXctj7Sx1hgyw4J1rLdfCPbSJEJ2EHh2X6bIuTkFj-Wpk2DO5Ny0PQRuXhll4Pzp4ZLAh_q5B2aH8BqkAOzNN4qfeJmmTx0KaGYNAyGgi/s320/Itaituba+2tr+Policia+Federal+Operacao+Tapajos.jpg" ALT="Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós." TITLE="Polícia Federal Operação Tapajós."></a><br />
Tim DeChristopher was dreaming that Obama would not call out the National Guard to defend mountaintop removal. No hesitation from Brazil's Polícia Federal.<a NAME="OtsPreS03"> </A><a HREF="#OtsPreS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6brC3mF-GBHo5D5iaOMq5tm39hNM68SJa0vnce6zbaVBbOUAduocD15nM9T2RnBtSN5UWM05ssTSYbX5zSNWIEnSRFnWK0mF7BU3spbyLm23riqxbo_xasl-iPaZTCT44JESWKUOY_lgh/s1600/Boto.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsS9n42F89SUm1enKD4l_W15wS4FIOcimSwaJtjv6vWSvtDz5NtQbgkxP3he41OiEY8EOBRXkXSY9g2Xlzmn1rXBF8DgnOSMASSjK8HYSP4gseQB22OYE3CB3Gnl5FfvVlslOVm-VH_jfd/s320/Boto+tl.jpg" ALT="Inia geoffrensis, Boto." TITLE="Inia geoffrensis, Boto."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6brC3mF-GBHo5D5iaOMq5tm39hNM68SJa0vnce6zbaVBbOUAduocD15nM9T2RnBtSN5UWM05ssTSYbX5zSNWIEnSRFnWK0mF7BU3spbyLm23riqxbo_xasl-iPaZTCT44JESWKUOY_lgh/s1600/Boto.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvUNLRTZGicFNGrMi0MwfUOjnh7AP7_Oe4_P76ERdXqjDpbvm9N0ZLCcSEht4me5lqYKlVyE7_rg_prmAZt0DsQdSVwpw7Kf-XWd1OH3ItTUQFUXOu_i_2O-UtAchdqcPSXHugdzm6Kv3b/s320/Boto+tm.jpg" ALT="Inia geoffrensis, Boto." TITLE="Inia geoffrensis, Boto."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6brC3mF-GBHo5D5iaOMq5tm39hNM68SJa0vnce6zbaVBbOUAduocD15nM9T2RnBtSN5UWM05ssTSYbX5zSNWIEnSRFnWK0mF7BU3spbyLm23riqxbo_xasl-iPaZTCT44JESWKUOY_lgh/s1600/Boto.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnFx-PCAVyCzFvQ1ZXrk8C5-dzdmGZrG1oy_5zA8Rymq24Drvfl4Nu_4B2iaveuX0aGNlVZCbX79itLnZcDDew_j9V2JQxKd7V4XbJCSwULtgHYJyu5r7x44InjSL9RDaOGkBYBB6O2a-/s320/Boto+tr.jpg" ALT="Inia geoffrensis, Boto." TITLE="Inia geoffrensis, Boto."></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpj46mtbarVcNqEUMP2Vm99dj7xJkH_0HbqX5exWSyH4P8djt9qbdJGGpWhYTPIKdQwI72hhoRqK1xlQO748Bw35dwryPN5YiWaz3juqM2ujG9NLi7o87ja17Heb0pjgSOzRKlNy5WOthI/s1600/Philip+Glass+Uakti+Aguas+da+Amazonia.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpj46mtbarVcNqEUMP2Vm99dj7xJkH_0HbqX5exWSyH4P8djt9qbdJGGpWhYTPIKdQwI72hhoRqK1xlQO748Bw35dwryPN5YiWaz3juqM2ujG9NLi7o87ja17Heb0pjgSOzRKlNy5WOthI/s320/Philip+Glass+Uakti+Aguas+da+Amazonia.jpg" ALT="Philip Glass Uakti Águas da Amazônia." TITLE="Philip Glass Uakti Águas da Amazônia." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>The <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_river_dolphin" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b><i>Lenda do Boto</I></B></A> is a powerful myth, as is the story behind <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uakti_%28myth%29" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Uakti</B></A>.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHN3TgZGEDwSUJU2u3WBY7K9T65lhBv8f0h4RoFhj6sO5FYUL9gyJVB10zSdhqi0-AWqJT6afqzpyIDVTZFbadu1cw2LGKxsloESiO3LdtbkWb5BljIb9kIbG5fiTfHkzl4Xp6DLOU_3Ow/s1600/Philip+Glass+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qprpgQxvaG3_ZsKt7UUhMZXYFSQ7ZNQRX3lAK7vvbDwgVjDW-p4tt5qFiYL5H5Q9yYBbignR4jZ489WlUhXvYDoRzhty0ejJJL_7o39EVwLBsHyrulABEI2H5JR5iX7iqTNZVd2bieQW/s320/Philip+Glass+1t.jpg" ALT="Philip Glass." TITLE="Philip Glass." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE5h-C9IihEOvOJnrAxcefh9rvHuJ2nsj1oyJDg17MRQhO6yNftZ928GDrbVkxlXtg8u97Ux-YYgeTrFDTZR3jlsMR8A1r7BtDudYzb3U7VPZbtC47oDgHSHFxEuNGAF5UBTukk0I7PNQG/s1600/Philip+Glass+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1P-O731mBZ_S2ICwcaCV_Yjq9QpsEcMClSH0xaycvqJZTbZK6IAd15cx_NmTwaMIuLQGkb4f7kdppuBirJPW4I4ZKbnJtMQPjIglpDvdUdJoKeTbHMRMu1IYqu_SFjHmKFiEnLw7triM/s320/Philip+Glass+2t.jpg" ALT="Philip Glass." TITLE="Philip Glass." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCTu96JncaFvh0cU48UAwRJFhwDBaqfZnarQy38N8o2zO_LYWjX08HzfbaVh-3Gp5k9VU_VnTsqU8BfK4GCH6Z4RPuS1uohEu4-kZQOuykimnvaxS4gFf4ZHjtgJ2QWFDUTKPNYZmv-Vn/s1600/Philip+Glass+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 10PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8SaeCzgXjkFm16rm7tIvxypXhZGl1wfXSxucL7qBFAG4oTS1EtSyMrNIwrEgee4GCZXgc54NA1iafMgFJSVNg_GBbvgu-m_DwIWdQ_mYwUtfvdZ-YXhcP9WyW3nvuGvZodxkvNzo5fuY/s320/Philip+Glass+3t.jpg" ALT="Philip Glass." TITLE="Philip Glass." ALIGN=LEFT></a>When all is said and done this <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aguas_da_Amazonia" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia: Philip Glass Águas da Amazônia."><b>music</B></A> may be what remains to us of the Amazon. Here, listen again: <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPYgs_c-3nQ" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>2012</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0yPo3nKCTw" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>2011</B></A>, and <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9jKb_sGT2w" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>1999</B></A>.<br />
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A-and, for the honeybee connection watch a few minutes of Grupo Corpo's 'Sete ou oito peças para um ballet' from <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=tdBtmHe7lsc" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube: Grupo Corpo - Sete ou oito peças para um ballet 1994."><b>1994</B></A>.<br />
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Be well.<a NAME="OtsPreS99"> </A><a HREF="#OtsPreS99a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Carta do povo Mundurukú / Letter from the Munduruku people:</B><br />
Source: <a HREF="http://amazonia.org.br/2013/04/%E2%80%9Cn%C3%A3o-somos-bandidos%E2%80%9D/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Amazônia: “Não somos bandidos” 5 de abril de 2013."><b>Amigos da Terra</B></A>.<br />
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=49%>Carta do povo Mundurukú para a justiçia, para o governo e para a sociedade mundial e os povos indigenas sobre a Operação Tapajós no território Mundurukônia.</TD><td WIDTH=2%> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=49%>Letter from the Munduruku people for justice, to the government and to world society and native peoples concerning Operation Tapajos within the Munduruku territory.</TD></TR>
<tr><td VALIGN=TOP><b>Aldeia Sawré Muybú, Itaituba, 29 de março de 2013.</B></TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP><b>Village of Sawré Muybú, Itaituba, March 29 2013.</B></TD></TR>
<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Nós, povos indigenas Mundurukú do médio e alto Tapajós estamos na Aldeia Sawré Muybú para reafirmar nossa aliança e dizer que o rio Tapajós é um só assim como o povo Mundurukú é um só.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>We, the native Munduruku people of the middle and upper Tapajos river are in the village of Sawré Muybú to reaffirm our alliance and say that the Tapajós River is one just as the Mundurukú people are also one.</TD></TR>
<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Denunciamos que o representante do governo Tiago Garcia e Nilton da Secretaria Geral da República e o governo todo não cumpriram com o compromisso registrado nos atos das reuniões de 15 de março de 2013. Não aguardaram a reunião das lideranças Mundurukú marcada para 10 de abril de 2013 para dizer como queremos ser consultados e depois reunir com o governo para comunicar nossa decisão.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>We denounce the government representative James Nilton Garcia of the Secretary General of the Republic and the government which did not fulfill the commitments recorded in the acts of the meetings of March 15, 2013. They did not wait for the meeting of Munduruku leaders scheduled for April 10, 2013 to say how we would be consulted and then meet with the government to communicate our decision.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Além disso comunicamos que estamos sendo humiliados e ameaçados pela operação das Forcas Armadas do governo criadas pelo decreto 7957 de 12 de março de 2013 que manda pesquisadores invadirem nossas terras junto com as Policia Rodoviária Federal, a Policia Federal, o Exercito e a Força Nacional por causa das hidreletricas do Tapajós. Denunciamos que as Forças Armadas estão espalhados sobre o rio Tapajós sobre o transamazônica e nossas territórios, intimidando e ameaçando as pessoas, impedindo de navegar pelos nossos rios e circularmos livremente pelas estradas nas terras e aldeias.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>We also announce that we are being threatened and humiliated by the actions of the Armed Forces of the government through Decree 7957 of 12 March 2013 that sends researchers invade our land along with the Federal Highway Police, the Federal Police, the Army and the National Forces to support the Tapajós hydroelectric plants. We denounce the Armed Forces scattered along the Tapajos river, the transamazônica highway and our territories, intimidating and threatening people, preventing us from using our rivers and roads to circulate freely in our lands and villages.</TD></TR>
<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Não podemos pescar, trabalhar, tomar banho no rio, caçar, andar livremente e viver nossa vida.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>We cannot fish, work, bathe in the river, hunt, or roam freely and live our lives.</TD></TR>
<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>O governo esta em nossas terras como bandidos, como ladrões invadindo sem avisar os nossos rios e territórios para destruir o rio Tapajós e explorar nossas riquezas.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>The government is on our land like bandits, thieves, invading our rivers and territories without warning to destroy the Tapajós river and exploit our riches.</TD></TR>
<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>E estar ameaçando nos ferir ou matar se reagirmos.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>And threatening to injure or kill us if we react.</TD></TR>
<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>O governo também estar tentando dividir o nosso povo Mundurukú para conquistar e destruir o rio Tapajós, mas o rio Tapajós não se divide, e o povo Mundurukú também não se divide.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>The government is trying to divide the Munduruku people in order to conquer and destroy the Tapajós river, but the Tapajos river is not divided, and the Munduruku people are not divided either.</TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Nada que o governo oferece paga toda a riqueza que temos.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Nothing the government is offering pays for all the richness we have.</TD></TR>
<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Não venderemos nosso rio e território, nosso povo, nossa história nem o futuro dos nossos filhos.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>We will not sell our river and our territory, neither our people, nor our history, nor the future of our children.</TD></TR>
<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Helicópteros e invadeiros estão circulando pelo rio e pelo ar desde 27 de março de 2013 (videos é em anexo). Os Mundurukú foram intimidados pela Policia Federal Rodoviario e pela Forca Nacional e na transamazônica e no Porto Buburí no Tapajós. Enquanto isso bandidos estão soltos pelas cidades do Brasil.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Helicopters have been circling and invaders going about by river and by air since March 27, 2013 (videos attached). The Mundurukú have been intimidated by the Federal Police Force and the National Highway Police on the transamazônica highway and in Porto Buburí on the Tapajos. Meanwhile bandits are loose in the towns of Brazil.</TD></TR>
<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Por isso exigimos que:</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Because of this we demand:</TD></TR>
<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Todos nossos direitos questionados pelo Ministério Público Federal na Justiça sejam garantido. E fazemos a mesma exigência do Ministerio Público de Santarém por nossos direitos violados pela usina hidreletricas de São Luiz do Tapajós.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>That all our rights questioned by federal prosecutors in the courts be guaranteed. And we demand the same of the state Ministry in Santarém for our rights violated by the hydroelectric plant of Sao Luiz do Tapajós.</TD></TR>
<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Pedimos ao MPF/PA e a Justiça Federal que esse documento seja anexado ao processo contra as barragens Tapajós. E informamos que nos vamos dizer como queremos ser consultados sobre todas as medidas legislativas e administrativa que afetam nossa vida. Com ajuda do nosso orgão, e instituições que escolhimos. A Convenção 169 da OIT garante aos povos indiginas esse direitos. Somos nós Mundurukú que decidimos como seremos consultados. Somos nõs que decidimos como mudar vida do nosso povo. Exigimos que as Forcas Armadas para imidiatamente de humilar e se retirem de nossas terras e rios e parem de voar sobre nossas aldeias.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>We ask the state MPF of Para and the Federal Court that this document be attached to the process against the Tapajos dams. We will say how we want to be consulted on all legislative and administrative measures that affect our lives. With the help of our committee and institutions of our choice. ILO Convention 169 assures native people these rights. We Munduruku will decide how we will be consulted. We will decide on changes to the lives of our people. We demand that the armed forces immediately stop humiliating us and withdraw from our lands and rivers and stop flying over our villages.</TD></TR>
<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>3°</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP> </TD></TR>
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<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Se isso não acontecer vamos agir do nosso jeito. Queremos dialogo com o governo e não queremos brigas e nem morte. Já perdemos em novembro passado nosso parente Adenilsom Kirioci assassinado pela Policia na aldeia Teles Pirez. Mas não aceitamos acordo para trocar nossos direitos por hidreletricas do Tapajós.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>If this does not happen we will act on our own. We want dialogue with the government not fights or death. We lost our relative last November, Adenilsom Kirioci murdered by police in the village of Teles Pirez. But we will not accept an agreement which exchanges our rights for the Tapajos hydroelectric plants.</TD></TR>
<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Por fim exigimos a homologação de todos territórios e que o governo cumpra essas medidas até dia 19 de abril de 2013 que é nosso dia.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Finally we require the ratification by all territories and that the government complies with these measures before 19 April 2013 which is our day.</TD></TR>
<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Pedimos que a sociedade brasileira que todos os povos indigenas do Brasil e do mundo se juntem a nós por essa causa e pela Amazônia. E contem com o apoio do povo Munduruku para essa e para todas as lutas dos povos indigenas do planeta.</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>We ask Brazilian society and all native peoples of Brazil and the world to join us in this cause for Amazonia. And count on the the support of the Munduruku people for this and for all the struggles of the native people of the planet.</TD></TR>
<tr><td VALIGN=TOP>Assinam esta carta: (41 assinaturas).<br />
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4°</TD><td> </TD><td VALIGN=TOP>Signed: (41 signatures.)</TD></TR>
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</TBODY></TABLE><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><b>Update:</B> As of April 17 the government appears to have backed down, at least temporarily, the military <i>Operação Tapajós</I> has been stopped, and the 'research' which it was defending/enforcing as well. This is a reprieve not a victory - but a step in the right direction at least.</SPAN><a NAME="OtsPreS99a"> </A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:80%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-prelude.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/occupy-spirit-preface.html" TITLE="Occupy the Spirit (preface). Beneath contempt is ... indifference."><b>Down</B></A>.</DIV></SPAN>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-64084321249673422092013-03-28T17:08:00.000-04:002013-04-12T18:26:06.531-04:00Occupy the Spirit (pre-face).<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/occupy-spirit-preface.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA;FONT-SIZE:140%;COLOR:#CC6600;">Beneath contempt is ... laziness & indifference.</SPAN></A> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/04/occupy-spirit-prelude.html" TITLE="Occupy the Spirit (pre-lude). What it's like on this side of the mirror."><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/big-famine-moon.html" TITLE="Big Famine Moon."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN> <b>Maundy Thursday</B><a NAME="OtspS00"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#OtspS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><b>Contents:</B> <a href="#OtspS00" title=""><b>The Gist</B></a>, <b>Details:(</B><a href="#OtspS01" title="Provenance."><b>I</B></A>, <a href="#OtspS02" title="Calculations."><b>II</B></A>, <a href="#OtspS03" title="Monga Bay & Cargill."><b>III</B></A><b>)</B>, <b>Plus More:(</B><a href="#OtspS04" title=""><b>I</B></A>, <a href="#OtspS05" title=""><b>II</B></A>, <a href="#OtspS06" title=""><b>III</B></A><b>)</B>, <a href="#OtspS07" title=""><b>Sermon</B></A>.<div ALIGN=RIGHT>I recommend (<i>urge</I> even) a musical warm-up with <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHa2fMpMBss" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube: Jimmie Rodgers - Honeycomb."><b>Jimmie Rodgers</B></A>.</DIV><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />[The photograph is by Jon Sullivan, his <a HREF="http://jonsullivan.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="JonSullivan.com."><b>website</B></A> is worth a visit. Click on the image for a higher resolution view.]</DIV><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkzvz_RCneLnrHk6fNgQJKlRpFWXSGBWoVFKXDQb9rf8FM1YIPIpP44zoc0iL5zddE-XyJ-oFXltF14lt94TQnUpeKeEt_thEfQ59OWH69XRpcLvqxpOamAl0RD34qqcy6bGJA5cS_pp3/s1600/Honeybee+foraging+Jon+Sullivan+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:3PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-SZ_3iWMZI2r_-R_VZWzgudV_J7bskKSqy4mNunVhjJ6s-frIdlYxNsSJpCo_eaQYQRLW5ZnqwS4PALTYfUB-CJgdzc6Bpfcn0fDT1XRHwnjoAE-ClFzqd-AwUxR9CtvxJG62YEL5PJ8/s320/Honeybee+foraging+Jon+Sullivan+1tl.jpg" ALT="Honeybee foraging Jon Sullivan." TITLE="Honeybee foraging Jon Sullivan."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkzvz_RCneLnrHk6fNgQJKlRpFWXSGBWoVFKXDQb9rf8FM1YIPIpP44zoc0iL5zddE-XyJ-oFXltF14lt94TQnUpeKeEt_thEfQ59OWH69XRpcLvqxpOamAl0RD34qqcy6bGJA5cS_pp3/s1600/Honeybee+foraging+Jon+Sullivan+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:3PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPxiKHDC6DfnlgwxsBVigUFDfjnOVMYgVv0L3ct6BKxeZuqu5AWAAh3OzluvNNzWA52WzanxUWa7JS4pF61nPMNYuTO9_XD1OJp6mp_Gwk78ShZeZIMdCRdW_QnfMpWmvG0V8OqCJ1m7x/s320/Honeybee+foraging+Jon+Sullivan+1tm.jpg" ALT="Honeybee foraging Jon Sullivan." TITLE="Honeybee foraging Jon Sullivan."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkzvz_RCneLnrHk6fNgQJKlRpFWXSGBWoVFKXDQb9rf8FM1YIPIpP44zoc0iL5zddE-XyJ-oFXltF14lt94TQnUpeKeEt_thEfQ59OWH69XRpcLvqxpOamAl0RD34qqcy6bGJA5cS_pp3/s1600/Honeybee+foraging+Jon+Sullivan+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:3PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1k4-ayMhjTTjuo2ryPEPvv0RKMibw37p3TC47ObI07CF3Mv6KSekU8qEmMSl2Kz0G7Fg83Kz8jliCNKj45gncZxKou6uya7Ocm-bx5YTXfrILHeW33ypjSAJlc6e9xrjDAvT6Z8_MhR-1/s320/Honeybee+foraging+Jon+Sullivan+1tr.jpg" ALT="Honeybee foraging Jon Sullivan." TITLE="Honeybee foraging Jon Sullivan."></a><br />
<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>Honeybees (again again):</B> Two additional scientific reports (links below) getting at the mechanism by which pesticides are weakening and killing off honeybees.<br />
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The thing about this photograph is that you can see individual grains of pollen. I compute (below) that one of these grains represents ~1 ppm of the weight of an average honeybee, and a thousandth of that ~1 ppb (doh!) which values bracket the range of sub-lethal toxicity in these reports. I have mentioned again and again that <5 ppb of BPA in their water stops brown trout reproduction (see <a HREF="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16159676" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine: Effect of bisphenol A on maturation and quality of semen and eggs in the brown trout, Salmo trutta f. fario, Lahnsteiner F, Berger B, Kletzl M, Weismann T., November 2005."><b>here</B></A>. This article <i>is</I> in <a HREF="http://booksc.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>BookSC</B></A>.)<br />
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So how much of this shit does it take to impair human memory then I wonder? Human reproduction? How much of it is around? (My guesses: not much, not much, and lots.) Probably only matters until you are say, 20 or 25 years old. Don't matter much to me then; but it adds a certain dimension to my closing salutation eh? Be well.<a NAME="OtspS01"> </A><a HREF="#OtspS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:120%;"><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>Provenance:</B><br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom: -2.0em; line-height: 110%; COLOR:#000000;"><b>1)</B> <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/27/pesticide-bees-scent-food-neocotinoid" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Pesticide makes bees forget the scent for food, new study finds, Damian Carrington, Wednesday 27 March 2013."><b>Pesticide makes bees forget the scent for food, new study finds</B></A>.</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom: -2.0em; line-height: 110%; COLOR:#000000;"><b>2)</B> <a HREF="http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0327-hance-bee-brains.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Monga Bay: Common pesticides disrupt brain functioning in bees, Jeremy Hance, March 27 2013."><b>Common pesticides disrupt brain functioning in bees</B></A>.</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom: -2.0em; line-height: 110%; COLOR:#000000;"><b>3)</B> <a HREF="http://www.dundee.ac.uk/pressreleases/2013/march13/bees.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="University of Dundee: Pesticide combination affects bees' ability to learn, 27 March 2013."><b>Pesticide combination affects bees' ability to learn</B></A>.</P> <br />
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<p STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom: -2.0em; line-height: 110%; COLOR:#000000;"><b>4)</B> <a HREF="http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v4/n3/full/ncomms2648.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Nature: Cholinergic pesticides cause mushroom body neuronal inactivation in honeybees, Mary Palmer, Christopher Moffat, Nastja Saranzewa, Jenni Harvey, Geraldine Wright, Christopher Connolly, October 8 2012."><b>Cholinergic pesticides cause mushroom body neuronal inactivation in honeybees</B></A><b>:</B><br />
Here, using recordings from mushroom body Kenyon cells in acutely isolated honeybee brain, we show that the neonicotinoids imidacloprid and clothianidin, and the organophosphate miticide coumaphos oxon, cause a depolarization-block of neuronal firing and inhibit nicotinic responses. These effects are observed at concentrations that are encountered by foraging honeybees and within the hive, and are additive with combined application. Our findings demonstrate a neuronal mechanism that may account for the cognitive impairments caused by neonicotinoids, and predict that exposure to multiple pesticides that target cholinergic signalling will cause enhanced toxicity to pollinators.</P> <br />
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<p STYLE="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-bottom: -2.0em; line-height: 110%; COLOR:#000000;"><b>5)</B> <a HREF="http://jeb.biologists.org/content/early/2013/02/04/jeb.083931" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Exposure to multiple cholinergic pesticides impairs olfactory learning and memory in honeybees, Sally Williamson, Geraldine Wright, December 7 2012."><b>Exposure to multiple cholinergic pesticides impairs olfactory learning and memory in honeybees</B></A><b>:</B><br />
The experiments reported here show that prolonged exposure to field-realistic concentrations of the neonicotinoid, imidacloprid, and the organophosphate acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, coumaphos, and their combination impairs olfactory learning and memory formation in the honeybee. Both imidacloprid, coumaphos and a combination of the two compounds impaired the bees' ability to differentiate the conditioned odour from a novel odour during the memory test. Our results demonstrate that exposure to sublethal doses of combined cholinergic pesticides significantly impairs important behaviors involved in foraging, implying that pollinator population decline could be the result of a failure of neural function of bees exposed to pesticides in agricultural landscapes.</P> <br />
<a NAME="OtspS02"> </A></SPAN></DIV><a HREF="#OtspS03" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">Keep in mind: a milligram (mg) is 1 thousandth of a gram, 10<sup>-3</SUP>; a microgram (µg or mcg) is 1 millionth of a gram, 10<sup>-6</SUP>; a nanogram (ng) is 1 billionth, 10<sup>-9</SUP>. That much is easy enough - delving into <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molar_concentration" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>molar concentration</B></A> (or trying to) not so much. :-) And there is the complex business of relating doses and length of exposure ... <br />
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Average weight of a grain of pollen? See <a HREF="http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/maize/1999-November/000599.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Bio dot net."><b>here</B></A>: looks like 125-250 x 10<sup>-9</SUP> g per grain; other reports say 30 x 10<sup>-9</SUP>; so let's say 100 billionths of a gram, 100 nanograms per pollen grain. An average honeybee (determined <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/diehard.html#DiehS00bb" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>previously</B></A>) is ~100 milligrams, 1/10th of a gram or so.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMev1GpGoJYy2fBlPdNIU_qrJ3Uj7KqHt-hqXUcr0O0wkjzLAg7kOxToQpG5JZNTZ4hBBJvVchiQoL8OJDMmY0RpJ7OyCRIo8gn0KC0CRXYGHw4utQf-ZH109iruMfiDwrUmT0tsPuVeB/s1600/Honeybee+concentrations+for+memory+loss.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgIpr7rhQxWFIhsMC88avJzhpjW83fQpTB1d6YrUF1EipS0WqY1F5g40ANRSzaedLgsDpWfJ8qaF5SVWResu6-gQvgaLLgSFtjoXAx0PV_el56AtgNSPBI8XWPBI7FXSNFAF7lD6KvIIn/s320/Honeybee+concentrations+for+memory+loss+t.jpg" ALT="Honeybee concentrations for memory loss." TITLE="Honeybee concentrations for memory loss." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>I cannot access the articles, but from the diagram at the right I glean that doses in the range between 1 ppm & 1 ppb do the deed memory-wise on honeybees. That puts it somewhere between 1 pollen grain for a 1 ppm dose and 1,000 times smaller than a pollen grain.<br />
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[At the time I wrote this I could not access the articles. Since then the authors have kindly provided copies which I have read as I am able to.]<br />
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But ... a serious <i>caveat</I>: I'm a knucklehead, no scientist and possibly entering the <i>Zone of Alz'</I> (at least it sure feels like it); so re-calculate these numbers for yourself, tell me I'm off by an order of magnitude or two.<br />
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And if I am mistaken, please to tell me gentle reader - it will be appreciated.<br />
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The object of the exercise is to somehow make the tiny amounts involved <i>real</I>, provide some objective correlative which can shoehorn these facts into the social imaginary.<a NAME="OtspS03"> </A><a HREF="#OtspS04" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></SPAN><table ALIGN=RIGHT BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"><tbody>
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<tr><td><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:125%;"><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:120%;"><b>Robert Frost - A Considerable Speck</B><br />
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A speck that would have been beneath my sight<br />
On any but a paper sheet so white<br />
Set off across what I had written there.<br />
And I had idly poised my pen in air<br />
To stop it with a period of ink<br />
When somethmg strange about it made me think.<br />
This was no dust speck by my breathing blown,<br />
But unmistakably a living mite<br />
With inclmations it could call its own.<br />
It paused as with suspicion of my pen,<br />
And then came racing wildly on again<br />
To where my manuscript was not yet dry;<br />
Then paused again and either drank or smelt<br />
With loathing, for again it turned to fly.<br />
Plainly with an intelligence I dealt.<br />
It seemed too tiny to have room for feet,<br />
Yet must have had a set of them complete<br />
To express how much it didn't want to die.<br />
It ran with terror and with cunning crept.<br />
It faltered: I could see it hesitate;<br />
Then in the middle of the open sheet<br />
Cower down in desperation to accept<br />
Whatever I accorded it of fate.<br />
I have none of the tenderer-than-thou<br />
Collectivistic regimenting love<br />
With which the moderm world is being swept.<br />
But this poor microscopic item now!<br />
Since it was nothing I knew evil of<br />
I let it lie there till I hope it slept.<br />
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I have a mind myself and recognize<br />
Mind when I meet wIth it in any guise.<br />
No one can know how glad I am to find<br />
On any sheet the least display of mind.</SPAN></DIV></TD></TR>
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</TBODY></TABLE><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">Two good things I found at Monga Bay in addition to the article mentioned above: <b>1) </B> A journal: <a HREF="http://tropicalconservationscience.mongabay.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Monga Bay."><b>Tropical Conservation Science</B></A> running back to 2008 and with no pay-wall to access individual articles; and, <b>2) </B> Recent (meaning since <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/trying-to-nail-down-blob-of-mercury.html#TtndabomS06" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>APP's promises of a moratorium</B></A>) <a HREF="http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/gallery-kalteng-2013.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Monga Bay."><b>photographs</B></A> from Indonesia showing deforestation in aid of palm-oil plantations.<br />
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I wish they could simply put links to articles they mention, for example: <a HREF="http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0326-oil-palm-cargill-indonesia.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Monga Bay: Cargill to boost investment in Indonesian oil palm plantations, March 26 2013."><b>Cargill to boost investment in Indonesian oil palm plantations</B></A> refers to this in the <i>Wall Street Journal</I> - <a HREF="http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2013/03/22/cargill-expanding-palm-oil-plantations-in-indonesia/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="WSJ: Cargill Expanding Palm-Oil Plantations in Indonesia, Sameer Mohindru, March 22 2013."><b>Cargill Expanding Palm-Oil Plantations in Indonesia</B></A>. Why not include a link?And in order to comment you must be on Facebook. Limiting.<br />
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I found this chart in a 2012 '<a HREF="http://www.panna.org/issues/publication/pesticides-and-honey-bees-state-science" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Pesticide Action Network."><b>State of the Science</B></A>' report by <a HREF="http://www.panna.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Pesticide Action Network."><b>Pesticide Action Network</B></A> of North America (PANNA).<br />
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<a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/22/us-government-sued-pesticides-bee-harm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: US government sued over use of pesticides linked to bee harm, Damian Carrington, Friday 22 March 2013."><b>US government sued over use of pesticides linked to bee harm</B></A>; and details <a HREF="http://www.panna.org/press-release/beekeepers-and-public-interest-groups-sue-epa-over-bee-toxic-pesticides" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="PANNA: Beekeepers and Public Interest Groups Sue EPA Over Bee-Toxic Pesticides, Thursday 21 March 2013."><b>here</B></A>. Videos by two of the plaintiffs are worth watching: <a HREF="http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/47377796#47377796" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NBC Nightly News: This is a global problem, May 10 2012 with Steve Ellis."><b>Steve Ellis</B></A> and <a HREF="http://vimeo.com/29419200" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Vimeo: Dan Rather, Bee Aware, September 20 2011 with Tom Theobald."><b>Tom Theobald</B></A> (beginning 1:30 in).<br />
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This remarkably equivocal report appeared today in <i>The New York Times</I>: <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/science/earth/soaring-bee-deaths-in-2012-sound-alarm-on-malady.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: Mystery Malady Kills More Bees, Heightening Worry on Farms, Michael Wines, March 28, 2013."><b>Mystery Malady Kills More Bees, Heightening Worry on Farms</B></A>; I guess this is what comes after dismantling their environment desk. A beekeeper who otherwise appears to be very actively involved in dealing with the issue, and who has suffered huge losses, is quoted saying, “I would have been insulted if you had called me that [an environmentalist] a few years ago. But ... a light comes on, and you think, ‘These guys really have something. Maybe they were just ahead of the bell curve.’” A backhanded bit of rhetoric wouldn't you say? What's up with the NYT?<br />
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It's in the language: something twigged when I saw <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholinergic" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>cholinergic</B></A>, but the penny didn't drop until the authors of <b>4)</B> & <b>5)</B> (above) kindly sent me copies and I made the connection with <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetylcholine" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Acetylcholine</B></A>.<a NAME="OtspS05"> </A><a HREF="#OtspS06" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Two videos:</B> <a HREF="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/silence-of-the-bees/video-full-episode/251/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="PBS: Silence of the Bees, October 28 2007."><b><i>Silence of the Bees</I></B></A> in 2007, and <a HREF="http://www.vanishingbees.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Hive Mentality & Hipfuel Films: Vanishing of the Bees, October 9 2009."><b><i>Vanishing of the Bees</I></B></A> in 2009. They are both available for download on IsoHunt: <a HREF="http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/95122321/'Silence+of+the+Bees'" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="IsoHunt."><b><i>Silence</I></B></A> (~2 gigs), and <a HREF="https://isohunt.com/torrent_details/284440033/'Vanishing+of+the+Bees'" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="IsoHunt."><b><i>Vanishing</I></B></A> (~1 gig).<br />
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<b>No silver bullet:</B> Maybe it's the Alz' but these films are informative and thought provoking rather than knee-jerk ideology (to me). With the exception of the lame suggestions for action at the end of <i>Vanishing of the Bees</I>; but maybe such optimism & hope were still currency in 2009? I can't remember.<br />
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<b>Symmetry with the overall environmental catastrophe:</B> A case where microcosm & macrocosm align: effects distanced from causes - only by 6 months instead of 5-10 years; the inertia of business-as-usual, bureaucracy; lagging social imaginary.<br />
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Not entirely: here there at least appears to be moral high-ground on all sides - how <i>do</I> you choose between a billion people and honeybees?<br />
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One well made point is that yields from organic farms are about equivalent to farming with oil. But in practice (for an old geezer who walks where he's going) there are no real organic alternatives, in Toronto anyway. A chain of <i></I> <a HREF="http://www.rowefarms.ca/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Rowe Farms."><b>Rowe Farms</B></A> outlets is appearing, but the quality is not there - and I don't mean spotted fruit; I mean very expensive food which is ... simply not very good: chickens gone bad, potatoes & onions dried out ... and so on. I tried, a number of times, but I just can't do it.<a NAME="OtspS06"> </A><a HREF="#OtspS07" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>How can these motherfuckers keep up the denial patter?</B> I ain't no saint. I am hurt and angry and I want someone to <span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:110%; COLOR:#D80000;"><b>blame</B></SPAN> gawdammit<b>!</B><br />
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Jay Vroom of their trade association sits there holding a copy of <i>Silent Spring</I>; <a HREF="https://connect.bayercropscience.us/2013/02/27/bayer-bee-care-tour-launches-in-corn-belt-states/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Bayer Cropscience: Bayer Bee Care Tour Launches in Corn Belt States, February 27 2013."><b>Bayer Bee Care Tour Launches in Corn Belt States</B></A>; Syngenta and Bayer CropScience propose <a HREF="http://www.syngenta.com/global/corporate/en/news-center/news-releases/Pages/130328.aspx" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Syngenta: Syngenta and Bayer CropScience propose a comprehensive action plan to help unlock EU stalemate on bee health, March 28 2013."><b>a comprehensive action plan to help unlock EU stalemate on bee health</B></A>.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxjvBKw2ycolXl1JFD1fhk5BzfLX8HCFkD_gd9px0xXELnP0KULzQgEfUI-BPucvKAaApywwe62MfTfl0l4sdoBD74gpSj_VP-o3czFBbJzcnEU4_2FcfP01XizjJf_65cxEOmmUUITYu/s1600/Norman+Borlaug+Our+Daily+Bread.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0yU_s6TWctkgjjBTBBO0lkhMti90uzcqEkqhTYWH5jc5uZo-Re2cSHCqSFd60LbwKBzWG2lz6hpVWfaGcsUEeDBvd5Idpy9Im-C0V0jMp43UEbNOB2FtKqL9vBdu7GadW70Lq7GzBATc/s320/Norman+Borlaug+Our+Daily+Bread+t.jpg" ALT="Norman Borlaug, Our Daily Bread." TITLE="Norman Borlaug, Our Daily Bread." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTMKFFVt9A8PKYB-98C7TgHwzD2wWw6a9cnkoexnMRyAFjNf_AUfP_ocwalMbJRcpP3HYQXId9wTBk9OdjEh-bN0Sgxm5A8AiMHhyphenhyphencg2ga4qOFdp7Tc3fSAs34sn7bHYhhgrIV7Sf3weY/s1600/Norman+Borlaug+2004+The+Man+Who+Saved+A+Billion+People.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 15PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjef3tMx__F56h9v9Q2Pvhu7tqOmsRWFcUG65xNDfUTOiOhBPp-wlEjNxFHqMeX6NeS4N8DGrE5kM-DkqjGydmccBJpsOi1hFMh0Tz5BvfqFJnNhvWN1uYG8Jog7mt26uwDyKXZ6F-Hmv5h/s320/Norman+Borlaug+2004+The+Man+Who+Saved+A+Billion+People+t.jpg" ALT="Norman Borlaug, The Man Who Saved a Billion People, 2004." TITLE="Norman Borlaug, The Man Who Saved a Billion People, 2004." ALIGN=LEFT></a>The architect - well, not architect exactly, maybe engineer and poster boy, 'How hard it is to keep from being King when it’s in you and in the situation.' - of the Green Revolution, monoculture dominance, input-intensive agriculture ... He saved a billion people! Except maybe a few thousand Indian farmers, suicide-by-pesticide (in several dimensions).<br />
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Mustn't speak ill of the dead. A tool then, of a social imaginary skewed by many forces over many centuries.<br />
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<b>Some of the honeybee poisoners:</B> (What else can you call them?)<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqB1QVpd2b-XveuKq2cHz29A1m-BuBLFIYXqYHTGUWBS4wSTCDDtCKiF2qp7J_uQ4DG2aqhOTOXP-vBXkYhhXigm52RLcMKVm80M37fg7NkkYZ-mIi461cEUed9r2tF_Bhs9hz5U-6Qcvu/s1600/Honeybee+poisoner+Bayer+Marijn+Dekkers+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:3PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCCfbNnLQumYx4KJYpOH2pG3ZyM5E9Po7sF2AsMkD-glfyphm9xAuMpnn-wor3v3mTpfN4Li0H_OQp0QCbtQkHN-uk6hmWLehqD0HyI-dtI28XKtMiuuaPXSWj1ibzRPZNwQV5KpKH2iIT/s320/Honeybee+poisoner+Bayer+Marijn+Dekkers+1t.jpg" ALT="Bayer, Marijn Dekkers." TITLE="Bayer, Marijn Dekkers."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKQ9ECLx-ElUqE5PJEB8IUVOSPajXaiW1DkfbuIsfWVJFHqbfzuV5tdBCo5p4L5p-V7tb-7pLPfe8Aa8ksqslrPlcumpM0yQSArmApjdFkff78FQdyax2WkI1jG4qRGMdRVQJFNxFBJ1T/s1600/Honeybee+poisoner+Bayer+Rudiger+Scheitza+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:3PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPmRD-PKbgUsGfnRJXi8wmcm_Yq_rfAwXaE1PDD7RZA166c5kHYUNIaroRaE8kYdKPDjUuAjxBX0xSA_CwFgNlY6lk1WgRFU600uyCG5qHhKpf2tAugFefYezC3eWwpYwifbuQJQ_H5RwY/s320/Honeybee+poisoner+Bayer+Rudiger+Scheitza+1t.jpg" ALT="Bayer, Rüdiger Scheitza." TITLE="Bayer, Rüdiger Scheitza."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjALstF_4Q5ebSRA2N74oXRa0W9wIyACwxxXYc-bBJb8VacrMLJU0YZX1_qPs4nVvrYoSJGlcvDrh2JRxu3HZz1aOtTsi2bq7SQH89aT5hTXiCE41Igx9wMsmxtAlMdekkMG7IkHO-UFb/s1600/Honeybee+poisoner+Syngenta+Martin+Taylor+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:3PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnUTnf_YIQ1H3MdUz_yweQZEEH6hw84jDq7Va0bejNTusogIRD5xNOy0jTiLwrgSmpeWHTE54SaEWsH0l9Wx3DqzrHfGcpmdZHhyMEivyeYJIjHgJJMRoNpsgaDFNTMp822hD8Wa9uXJX/s320/Honeybee+poisoner+Syngenta+Martin+Taylor+1t.jpg" ALT="Syngenta, Martin Taylor." TITLE="Syngenta, Martin Taylor."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXuE7glsr0inHHUi4298qc67Zl-QOvjwl-ESZOaCPnQQv6opfmZZG8mFL39Pw8AGoKhtr9-7LtE_ohOYscHUBZaEww4abe4ES70oe4gHy9yum7MJCSBTjJbqQS8L3C1g-gD7OGLuAlr6b/s1600/Honeybee+poisoner+Syngenta+Michael+Mack+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:3PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOcyX3ft2qO45KNOUZH7PnllkgqB8YZd0W6F77KFJgsWREyuAVpEEe6f8IQXo6feYIIZvV1pf1C9xqX9hvEhpApQGvf79el3vPJaBm57ed9eiD29_RxgnaBA_-RieaBC08T-n07XZMnLU/s320/Honeybee+poisoner+Syngenta+Michael+Mack+1t.jpg" ALT="Syngenta, Michael Mack." TITLE="Syngenta, Michael Mack."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfGBZ1pdu7ae6v57zSBqhleRqpbvkrv9zmrbGya7ZChV_HsZnDra6ubLplnVxmmdlMxaaKXQm23GmfACOwySd-nyTZ4k2cqumlIO_ojb88l_xE9foMLXZOWSUKmswMepx3wHzuFOAM_T2/s1600/Honeybee+poisoner+Croplife+Jay+Vroom+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:3PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSr2aBYnZublvB4qodz1L52dyH_WmiW-2AxEiDZiRplECTA8vHm5rzOta142NjPAmG_6jJ1PnayZeWiEcT6YqMxdVImcDVZBhdpra5DCYCnYU9KkgcB0RpPve8ptucJa_rDUDT0fbb0v5/s320/Honeybee+poisoner+Croplife+Jay+Vroom+1t.jpg" ALT="Croplife, Jay Vroom." TITLE="Croplife, Jay Vroom."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfQPH_WrxA93gsMw1qnZ9vy_ayh1oqLQCA5-3eeQKT6q7md17C0GtkitOJPm32xhoOjvsVc6-K9a9n_s_7uNlU2JVWTyNtJA50jgBtTSvnR2Y_xuBr9YtbOSM-7RMdP6U9KNfH4fvKFiiT/s1600/Honeybee+poisoner+Croplife+Jay+Vroom+2+Silent+Spring.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:3PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXKb3Zh2EcIjlzOPptxe8z8EWS2fLBOgNjaxnl-snS8RzEPUsFMxCfR80UKJSMCdyTT2Za4YwnA1gul7E1XYIC9jmQmELcBhbftGVRnoRRfFScZtVhLK4hyYjHFPU7SXQxmuh0T8Eldd2W/s320/Honeybee+poisoner+Croplife+Jay+Vroom+2t+Silent+Spring.jpg" ALT="Croplife, Jay Vroom." TITLE="Croplife, Jay Vroom."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTNdExISrZ1PiLszp7Vcprj2EH4ONBee-N-PutgYZSVwd7Z7Jep7gifLAfVhukjw_ChSige9cZCLWh9AoEgF7lulEKRKQJT-sxqUp2ErQ0nj9dDr2yMyvh9bJVBeKrbEOWXAQRA7iNLss/s1600/Honeybee+poisoner+EPA+Lisa+Jackson+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:3PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigudzRlFCv5Z9CXZV5LMo7L9Zmkd0Bt-OIhT-Q36IktSC1YsCjVlOGErrk3kL8UnHBr6VBYphmsgevaQO5rk0XCIocWO7A4v15cllCTGSGweee6vw-45J7MX2-AP04xKXgcjdLpVX8NuDF/s320/Honeybee+poisoner+EPA+Lisa+Jackson+1t.jpg" ALT="EPA, Lisa Jackson." TITLE="EPA, Lisa Jackson."></a><br />
I would have liked to include an EPA bureaucrat but they are (of course) nameless, faceless etc., Lisa Jackson maybe. Just a small sample from a very large group.<a NAME="OtspS07"> </A><a HREF="#OtspS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>Norman Borlaug is a hero to these people. That he is no hero to me, rather the opposite, means only that nothing I say will be listened to - obviously crazy! Oh well, all good.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />We have an intellectual environment in which many scientific reports are circulated by journals which keep the reports behind high pay-walls (for obvious reasons). The <i>hoi polloi</I> can freely read the abstracts, and a selection of secondary news reports. If the journalists do their job (of disseminating the information rather than promoting themselves and their organizations) then one can imagine that all is well - but they don't. Luckily the authors of the scientific reports are generally good people - it is my experience that if you go to the trouble of finding their email addresses and ask them politely for a copy they almost always come through. Nonetheless there is a stratification of information, particularly on the axis of confidence - that is, the confidence to say something like, "I have looked at the scientific evidence and honeybees are being driven to extinction by corporate greed and short-sightedness," in some forum where you expect to be taken seriously and where the evidence is freely available for inspection.<br />
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A grotesque case-in-point is the campaign against wind power undertaken by <a HREF="http://www.rootforce.org/2013/03/05/why-wind-power-is-a-sham/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Root Force (blog): Why Wind Power is a Sham, March 5th 2013."><b>Root Force</B></A> and parroted more-or-less verbatim by <a HREF="http://earthfirstnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/why-wind-power-is-a-sham/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Earth First (blog): Why Wind Power is a Sham, March 29 2013."><b><i>Earth First</I></B></A> (which is where I came upon it). The anonymous author, driven by some kind of misguided false-anarchist idealogy which says 'We must bring the system down and anything that makes the situation worse helps,' refers to a scientific study (which he or she has apparently not read) <a HREF="http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v3/n2/full/nclimate1683.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Nature Climate Change: Geophysical limits to global wind power, Kate Marvel, Ben Kravitz & Ken Caldeira, 9 September 2012."><b>Geophysical limits to global wind power</B></A> (via <a HREF="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120910143414.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Science Daily: Wind Power Not Enough to Affect Global Climate, Researchers Find, September 10 2012."><b><i>Science Daily</I></B></A>); an unspecified and yet to be published study via <a HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/9889882/Wind-farms-will-create-more-carbon-dioxide-say-scientists.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Telegraph: Wind farms will create more carbon dioxide, say scientists, Andrew Gilligan, 23 February 2013."><b><i>The Telegraph</I></B></A> - an acknowledged leader in environmental reporting; an article by David Keith (who of course has no axe to grind) from <a HREF="http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/8/1/015021/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Environmental Research Letters/IOPscience: Are global wind power resource estimates overstated?, Amanda Adams & David W Keith, 25 February 2013."><b>IOP</B></A> again via <a HREF="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225121926.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Science Daily: Rethinking Wind Power, February 25 2013."><b><i>Science Daily</I></B></A>; and other evidence - if you believe that wind turbines kill large numbers of birds you will lap it up no doubt. <b>Doh!</B><br />
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Happily, more and more scientific papers are available at no charge and the influence of rabid and/or misguided journalists & bloggers (such as myself) will perhaps (slowly) abate.</SPAN> [<i>Intellectual environment</I>? Who'm I tryin'a kid?]<a NAME="OtspS99"> </A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:80%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/occupy-spirit-preface.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/big-famine-moon.html" TITLE="Big Famine Moon."><b>Down</B></A>.</DIV></SPAN>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-57907837176826685342013-03-27T00:09:00.000-04:002013-03-28T17:21:03.017-04:00Big Famine Moon<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:70%;"> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/occupy-spirit-preface.html" TITLE="Occupy the Spirit (preface). Beneath contempt is ... indifference."><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/modern-mind.html" TITLE="Modern mind. (... Mind? ... Modern? ...)"><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN> <b>Full Moon</B><a NAME="BfmS00"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#BfmS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><b>Contents: Software:(</B><a href="#BfmS01" title=""><b>BookOS</B></a>, <a href="#BfmS01a" title=""><b><i>Caveat I</i></B> (Douglas Adams)</a>, <a href="#BfmS01b" title=""><b>Open Source</B></a>, <a href="#BfmS01c" title=""><b><i>Caveat II</i></B></a>, <a href="#BfmS01d" title=""><b>Handel</B></a><b>),</B> <a href="#BfmS02" title=""><b>ppm & ppb</B></a>, <a href="#BfmS03" title=""><b>Honey Bees vs Neonicotinoids</B></a>, <a href="#BfmS99" title=""><b>Confusion</B></a>, <a href="#BfmS99a" title=""><b><i>Beyond the Zero</I></B></a>, <a href="#BfmS99b" title=""><b>Bit of News</B></a>, <a href="#BfmS99c" title="Peter Victor, April 4th at UofT."><b>Coming Up Soon</B></a>.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></DIV><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;">Big Famine Moon will be full at 5am; aka Crow Moon, Crust Moon, Sugar Moon, Sap Moon, Chaste Moon, Death Moon, Worm Moon, Lenten Moon; & for Hindus, Holi.<br />
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</TBODY></TABLE>A simple confluence of two cosmic events, one solar and one lunar - spring equinox & the full moon ... one really, since every cosmic event has a full moon somewhere within a few weeks - and what do we get? (Another year older and deeper in debt.) Myths of death defeated and life renewed; some in anticipation: Tibetan New Year, Chinese New Year, Bahá'í annual fast and New Year ... (a long list ... Nowruz); some on the date: Holi ... and Easter of course, spanning the zone (or trying to put it in parentheses).<br />
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And a confluence of tendencies too: religious co-opting of human physiobiology - the bone-deep flavour of certain irrefutable psychology in our intimate relations with <i>Terra</I> spliced into (essentially Fascist) doctrine. A veritable <i>harmonic convergence</I>!<br />
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<tr><td><b>Romeo:</B><br />
Lady, by yonder blessed moon I swear<br />
That tips with silver all these fruit-tree tops—<br />
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<b>Juliet:</B><br />
O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon,<br />
That monthly changes in her circled orb,<br />
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.<br />
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<a HREF="http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=romeojuliet&Act=2&Scene=2&Scope=scene&LineHighlight=956#956" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Open Source Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet."><b>Act II scene 2</B></A>.</TD></TR>
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</TBODY></TABLE>The music is <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP8h6kelQ1o" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b><i>Outlaw Blues</I></B></A>; and then (another one from early days) <i>Sixteen Tons</I>: <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pfVvqLM_e4" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Merle Travis</B></A> in the mid 50s, and again in the <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcbn_unVhRU" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>70s or 80s</B></A> (he died in 83); and by <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIfu2A0ezq0" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Tennessee Ernie Ford</B></A>.<a NAME="BfmS01"> </A><a HREF="#BfmS01a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></SPAN></DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>BookOS!</B></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">[Some things do come clear in the murk, often too late to do any good - I should have followed through on Ryerson's system courses while I could still do them. :-) I let that silly woman put me off. ... Oh well.]<br />
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</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">A friend mentioned Philip Wylie, two books: <i>The Disappearance</I> and <i>Generation of Vipers</I>; and I wanted to follow it up and ... <b>Lo and Behold!</B> Google steered me to <a HREF="http://bookos.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="BookOS.org"><b>BookOS</B></A>. Two million books including most of Thomas Pynchon, Charles Taylor's 'A Secular Age', Stephen Gardiner's 'A Perfect Moral Storm', some Northrop Frye ... The interface has some limits - you can't search for all by a specific author easily f'rinstance - but the 'direction' of the interface seems right: towards simplicity, good pop-up window management, language support.<br />
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<a href="http://bookos.org/" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 10PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5lZHdvNa3NuA-paB7xxLPyjW__S1TPkWQg4UTiJvffEBFGQ6kjh_A8Cjww-G3y2smWzK1RUcU3b8D8vFMEoU3F3c7FKyCw5T4XbMhchuIjMckS5pyk_CJIszryCfjsf1gPzGQHmUYtvn/s320/BookOS.jpg" ALT="BookOS The world's largest ebook library." TITLE="BookOS The world's largest ebook library." ALIGN=LEFT></a>This ranks for me with Wikipedia. It almost makes me hold my breath waiting for the copyright bullies & tyrants to attack it.<br />
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And a companion site <a HREF="http://booksc.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="BookSC.org."><b>BookSC</B></A> (not so much, see <a href="#BfmS03" title="Honey Bees vs Neonicotinoids"><b>below</B></a> for a test).<br />
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It doesn't do to try to read things electronically, just doesn't - those people with e-readers on streetcars busses and trains are ... only pretending to read, and if anyone cared and measured comprehension we could all know this; but electronic copies make some of the very important secondary activity around reading orders of magnitude easier. Particularly quoting accurately during discussions; but also, for (possible) Alz' sufferers, a quick way to verify that some notion actually did come from some book.<a NAME="BfmS01a"> </A><a HREF="#BfmS01b" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b><i>Caveat I</I>:</B> (Good from far but far from good.) As I was writing this I took a break and came across something in the NYT: <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/world/europe/iceland-baffled-by-chinese-plan-for-golf-resort.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: Teeing Off at Edge of the Arctic? A Chinese Plan Baffles Iceland, Andrew Higgins, March 22 2013."><b>Iceland Baffled by Chinese Plan for Golf Resort</B></A>. Didn't baffle me: aside from the obvious oil & other commercial alignments, playing golf at the edge of an active volcano, or at least with a volcano in sight, makes perfect sense. I remembered Douglas Adams' 'The Restaurant at the End of the Universe' but unfortunately these books are no longer on my shelf so ... naturally, I went looking for it in BookOS. Here's some of what I found:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEae71zVBtJQ5RFkO7O6vObGr8eatEMeOGrVhzg1T0adr5cPoupcY7uLCKVlfAbh99-9zQ5Akuw7rxhSTDv1_M9OfXPI5nFlWnkkGjmO3gKAuEGzPi5c8pcZU7_bT6-8qlRDdb6l5W_ejo/s1600/Douglas+Adams+page+1+Hitchhiker's+Guide.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:3PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDS1okRgysVl0Q0iVrs6xF7DOxwsTdsYnG89Eh8jMpZsD4s0Fuktlz2T12c5IRraZ6jOM6Y1RuZUX90dy1Zc-RLkqoWXR3nEJeTRIxSca_wFghoNOGcMDyTGo5oRI1wDOCDsA4L6laH2kp/s320/Douglas+Adams+page+1t+Hitchhiker's+Guide.jpg" ALT="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the_Galaxy ~page 1." TITLE="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the_Galaxy ~page 1."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtKGUOf6faSVfKGxvkluj5zIKIE5-GrBh50WeASHRtvT-jCslpLUORdidR4EEjx2XhH7FdN7zUvVShppZ3HKmEcqWE72dXtLlkr8XRnVV5lobADTkReqqh1_hhfirnX7NI2utCGsa3FyX/s1600/Douglas+Adams+page+2+Restaurant.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:3PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNe6XZKN6XNbSE5P6Kbw0dZ3zk6QLygIovCShRv0NAJQ0Dcq_jsendAPPuBbN0rTTyGOaAvmaJp_1cZOPuDWAioEbHRNAADDGjgNYFfPD55fDHYl6ajMH-8Z__JbzIGg0fruEyzAU9BXj7/s320/Douglas+Adams+page+2t+Restaurant.jpg" ALT="The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ~page 1." TITLE="The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ~page 1."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZH0PsN_KLV0wYGxB2hGrtmRkKWF9gJJa44Qo3luwSVCWgTFbvqpbzI7Jqd5Oo-gxoU8JhucS0HCCucX_LqAf9B8n-NghXGI0QMdVl_k8i8j7ylDy5oNReCqrkI2hvtZ0hfvHYCaRrMN4c/s1600/Douglas+Adams+page+3a+Life+the+Universe.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:3PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4prJYLVJNU1voAr06TZ8ZZy146wzPuJNXD0BYwdejUQmgvsvnxhrgy9eOQVCc8NHkTT5xvSmWiaqbGtHINZZ21bT9ZlWjdSZCrMzsklUiaa2RgEU3AXGBURrd1GApcgnl-gBZCpAvJsrI/s320/Douglas+Adams+page+3at+Life+the+Universe.jpg" ALT="Life, the Universe and Everything ~page 1." TITLE="Life, the Universe and Everything ~page 1."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjQH7GH_o6Mo83Fbat0lzHFrEvwv4OiKHo6ObdF-DMpsIUw51AUxmw7hyphenhyphenCNd91o8rVwwR-sb2LvoX1dDPqOG9wCQZIqKuPkW2eT5tQ5pFYmpRGHbHydBdSgvANhQ4fZcdtfDXgl4QuR4U/s1600/Douglas+Adams+page+3b+Life+the+Universe.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:3PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjQfCz_GOqPrmyZpKcGClpb7jGkwV4_TKNaAi7zSPVkpVEtBR1ZhdFcrsuQ7TI8_wjxZTmRdEHvOmYjWN3Ib2Sk1HXoraJKm6hyphenhyphengtcesA3J-nEFOs0ULrQTjHG-q90nYrHib9gPKWIdoY/s320/Douglas+Adams+page+3bt+Life+the+Universe.jpg" ALT="Life, the Universe and Everything ~page 1." TITLE="Life, the Universe and Everything ~page 1."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4K81SgVN4TPMMQJFVJ_ZU1g7goUyex33nWz5zfkLSumC6758qBt-gpk74ooFykAo65EFXEGXJ_i5v8q6JZ6TlhUW6qoczw4ZI2nT7DzOs0msQnp-hIjUD3y7fM5klHCb3u9s10qohESf/s1600/Douglas+Adams+page+4+So+Long+and+Thanks.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:3PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsXvvNk_36rWQ8giqC6y_H-Sq8Th1YWU7FGCLRIysgKkuDXdfGWyEbO9_0dFk7yhMMxkKHL9Lk-OgxL-zTT7dHJH5WhyHNb8hx_hDLsO2BQb23FiBk98uQ2hP_QXWyCYxt3nN_bFo5j_Zq/s320/Douglas+Adams+page+4t+So+Long+and+Thanks.jpg" ALT="So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ~page 1." TITLE="So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ~page 1."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpcShyphenhyphen0KvGs1V1d9TxpV-KzqHseiGT5Vj_gQsQnlyVv3vS-saVufaMejPloBMi7hGMl8pjWLMX9-B-Bjjwbg5UtfBLpVLD_E_TjRBSjuui3snTFDAhQHg1i7Eq9FZ3rJLb1ZFS6CnpITR/s1600/Douglas+Adams+page+5a+Mostly+Harmless.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:3PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgr9Cv3E3bNnEjcr_DeiHQ_r5QEGisL7fcqIFiVYj3oSaQtflUU88t6e1zZAD9n2hPGlkwDPHQ-orlbmYw-Yf_stJ_o86qp00RJd0j42d1oxvM_h_6Ly4HXCdCtMdahyphenhyphenUCgq-1Q2K9wJzX/s320/Douglas+Adams+page+5at+Mostly+Harmless.jpg" ALT="Mostly Harmless ~page 1." TITLE="Mostly Harmless ~page 1."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPv8G0CA2ZU-sOv8PtvtGKw0UnsoiFlWZaEj61f5j2P1pVvVkj1V_hxNpPp688ovVzllCdzVB2hnJPAH4zH1Np4U8RwWgPjubmDx3xQWQtq4jQcwZOV-jwKI3RGEqfOlLzx13h-1eN0yRk/s1600/Douglas+Adams+page+5b+Mostly+Harmless.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:3PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgT1SPEFrDrlRT5mzFTeG_Z__aGiiqVrZHCw20_mOjYNnjRSXL5pufEOAunwcFQqavkYPjZcF090O_oTxui0OLOd9mKIoYJ8_E7rLhM-ZI-zPWNsc2i_fnd9CkE-trqpmblfId60Vz9xu/s320/Douglas+Adams+page+5bt+Mostly+Harmless.jpg" ALT="Mostly Harmless ~page 1." TITLE="Mostly Harmless ~page 1."></a><br />
That's the thing about pdfs - the severe conversion problems - and provenance. Not one of these BookOS offerings looks like it was scanned - they were all (almost certainly) converted from some other format, more-or-less successfully. So I thought ... Google Books! - they use scans surely. Here are comparable pages in some of what I found:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKn9pVx3xhM5kiswTOJxvPQw5GBMYNBHsuJ-H0x8A2_zxS_7sRfriPbyQnQuaK76cZFh1n9zgffM-cfE_HNvCamsMnijuPe426gfm5e5A78XF3rMxj7XkzCrqf6QdnuinU1ikVbH-goEIp/s1600/Douglas+Adams+page+6a+Hitchhiker's+Guide.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTOdLzXoVxP4AuCnlKvD8-JvnLLkE7hye-m6chq38_4AQcl6TlokUwOg44Pd7dBZQM30QM8v5FLtSn03LacNX-Ai7fLBouHn7zoxIkjgYmcWXhovzvbKYLg7_chmuJvEz6jhmRl_JpPTV/s320/Douglas+Adams+page+6at+Hitchhiker's+Guide.jpg" ALT="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the_Galaxy ~page 1." TITLE="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the_Galaxy ~page 1."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBgWJi-jqx1s1iY3paghCta50Ox52cgd3hPNLjhrmLZcDGie76umMQnOrOCqL5zjO4V5DBH67F9ke43CJFlSliOxOHLsKGiVBdmW1A1WfxqFtz9wyXuBys1-ZQGmIN3wl6tImgB5gabMr7/s1600/Douglas+Adams+page+6b+Hitchhiker's+Guide.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-wUO3gfNdGyMlIpGeU_n37-OXOpd8EJ3-hdRRFcNputcfbBcHIFM5aa0NRKy8B1np5jrdxA8bIvYp3Ck7-JCZ5uyaxmlW7G63TwKMRUtVPg8b9mV8Y70c5e-JA1DiQSa9OpByvDMv-Ul/s320/Douglas+Adams+page+6bt+Hitchhiker's+Guide.jpg" ALT="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the_Galaxy ~page 1." TITLE="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the_Galaxy ~page 1."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuwBRcc_bg2Z7Ui0XYG-5i2h6_-OkWZZ_P1Ii0N6DoelP0zOE3Z81qYTiK1P9HV0nMFFVhEwCFQbSKyain8LEJudi6EyAvaDVUNZ3h8EQ6Ki9hSsao8r36yJKYfkZMtFgUYeSd3ILqHVS/s1600/Douglas+Adams+page+6c+Hitchhiker's+Guide.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYS9vfQx_LtW6GUMRmDdT8dEv4wTEZPfI2cWdm-2bSGji2Cd3Wn5WaXRgxJeSNdKD3uqZ7bRU6QuZicsvloZdNjz5aUaz6t4_kH1s30N9WwpT7mWvsh2O4npYUTZFVTv0WY8UPdm-plhmp/s320/Douglas+Adams+page+6ct+Hitchhiker's+Guide.jpg" ALT="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the_Galaxy ~page 1." TITLE="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the_Galaxy ~page 1."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjif_9PzJyXe8MLZ2xNr0unRirm0_IC7oazk9MoJ-XW1DArmjRAyC0rl3CFObLBsxmkcQOOQMq7wxp0Rm0PQlsi9COeBe7E6-O4AnZqvdX2UecBuy07nPE5H7JVKtcWVhvGcr8obbZ_G9yU/s1600/Douglas+Adams+page+7+Restaurant.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYBTG36gXA23poTfuQ1MKhoZ_hL7P9h520RRpafkiQZAC9KGy3tv4WZqXNUOcTeV-f7ACfd3hqkhEJIcAQB6VV2brOkFhdl_b6_eEfDjgqfQntO4Qqb5zPMyQtaVI2li1KF9WcFyomgb4/s320/Douglas+Adams+page+7t+Restaurant.jpg" ALT="The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ~page 1." TITLE="The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ~page 1."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6V4J1BzHGOwzL4wbofRjhkNUOYIuFP63ba5CygUtKQ6rRbUzL3jLmN5XYY1mckv0F1IVEN3cjUG00limubCaijwyhw5ew107h_VNgVRMz1E3dZZp4aCWqHq1MV41OWXgIYCBi9f8KTGb8/s1600/Douglas+Adams+page+8+Life+the+Universe.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeaGnYhtz2VyEypUW0uU-n3JbF6eYhO36KJn63zvuaMwSCTQNG-gdqwdgZDoeYjHpIw2X5bkLWCRwPvAREWJ5iuQsApG10LjwKWdMQWOtE_iXF5qGHVKx0bKRtubWBIjEUeWj0FZycrb4b/s320/Douglas+Adams+page+8t+Life+the+Universe.jpg" ALT="Life, the Universe and Everything ~page 1." TITLE="Life, the Universe and Everything ~page 1."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Dz6ld3WaF4iLGpgkrZFOdvPnbngvNaNMFrDF4qj4JBNgsLtYFZrQEeOnVt3cUpPLmMtZpjaNWgjTmPSNCOp81l801fAQRct8b_gVQrGUJlIZ0kACws-_DeZMe7ClRJorgxIKI-hyheb6/s1600/Douglas+Adams+page+9a+So+Long+and+Thanks.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6b_D6vsqU6vitK-Y-o8v7Hjd4tZyNqr5QVXPifK487ch_wQdVAGDaHcnsJYakzlYjEW3JsPdi4B1ygyLgZTiprUH1Nj5wvLi4SJvddzOFdJ3SHNTfh8QIm2U6LJTvd2p4EM82RlLBGO7W/s320/Douglas+Adams+page+9at+So+Long+and+Thanks.jpg" ALT="So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ~page 1." TITLE="So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ~page 1."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJisi4CGd-0fFNyXmz7mMkzYwKmFubCUzMtJqXJVFKevv5E3tt2d_cYDbpLEmqCtdnsTmWxoZYBycnk42LcfvYZVFgQOxK45G4U7PvHI5dCmlf5maWfd-9U6CPUZfBEK0lyR8bRmpMB1M/s1600/Douglas+Adams+page+9b+So+Long+and+Thanks.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHR2lAA8B-Q1jrhKD_jmV9gApDMN_2cGPNViQ8sUo3-2RVKgE0Pj8KlaAXbCSNdQqzqJ0rYtanmyUOfiKhG6UfZFkDqoJFoZA91Pf7zHqjGs6_JmdclasNe18IcnBY5DGvMQFolVz8AD7T/s320/Douglas+Adams+page+9bt+So+Long+and+Thanks.jpg" ALT="So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ~page 1." TITLE="So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ~page 1."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQN9MQAapYU_tyjJUw4huA6tz3V8MWHC1XrykXUBKkTvegYRxVw5IOqmWff6Ltsv6CCxi0PjcRUX22Nw1ezsMDsl4LJNat7ZDWog8l2dS1kJsh-fpu7J1cOAC-gRgQNfDdfVVs8ePOM1G/s1600/Douglas+Adams+page+9c+So+Long+and+Thanks.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKH1Cf9sKybIJPY7UZZ3HCX7M1Zj1THmYmAiG4B9PoIP39aIIudhqQT4yzEB-4FTXQewVjan-UPn41vEjN33YHTnOMJqb8j7E-ZLux5vf45tteLX1u71KUAZuoKidiT68tIsbbrvq79leN/s320/Douglas+Adams+page+9ct+So+Long+and+Thanks.jpg" ALT="So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ~page 1." TITLE="So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ~page 1."></a><br />
Same schtick. There are no gross mistakes in what I have shown here - but trust me, you inevitably find fragmentary HTML showing up, usually in the vicinity of missing sentences, paragraphs ... who knows? Sometimes it works the other way too - you buy a 'print on demand' and find mistakes created by scanning software. And it is nothing new - there are lots of typos, some quite serious, in the KJV. <b>So what.</B><a NAME="BfmS01b"> </A><a HREF="#BfmS01c" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>And Open Source:</B><br />
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I have always disliked Adobe. Never quite on spec, difficult to Copy&Paste from, difficult to search, very expensive to modify ... In the experience with BookOS I came across several new formats - open formats with open readers to accompany. So I downloaded a few and played around with them.<br />
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All good ... and if you have nothing else to do, or if your energies are consistently directed at learning new (arcane & eminently forgettable) details, then ... even better.<a NAME="BfmS01c"> </A><a HREF="#BfmS01d" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b><i>Caveat II</I>:</B> A corollary of <i>Caveat I</I> possibly, or concommitant ... intimately connected let's say. <br />
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The advantage of a standard, even a <i>de-facto</I> one like pdf, is that you get to know it and don't have to re-learn it repeatedly. Efficient use of time and all that.<br />
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So, a tradeoff then: many open-source replacements, each with advantages - smaller file size etc. - but each with bugs and quirks and shortcomings too.<a NAME="BfmS01d"> </A><a HREF="#BfmS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><table ALIGN=RIGHT BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"><tbody>
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<tr><td>All we like sheep have gone astray;<br />
we have turned every one to his own way;<br />
and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.<br />
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<a HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Isa&c=53&v=1&t=KJV#comm/6" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blue Letter Bible, KJV."><b>Isaiah 53:6</B></A>.</TD></TR>
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</TBODY></TABLE>It begs an addendum to the background <i>Musak</I>® for this post: 'All We Like Sheep' from Handel's Messiah; a version on <a HREF="http://vimeo.com/3253381" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Vimeo: All We Like Sheep, Handel's Messiah."><b>Vimeo</B></A>, and one on <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxc94nL5avY" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube: All We Like Sheep, Handel's Messiah."><b>YouTube</B></A> showing the choir & orchestra.</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBylIXCXpE1ZroLdgdfNLRBnKg4S4ZcykY9e84nQEC17cpOYjsrOzuTtGuUWL13LsDc4rMzBeTx75f32Ctx-DWcRwl8i8Oyrm6iW8SM3V7G4OCx80msoXrpr0amzZAGidbBqrXBJkiqF45/s1600/Messiah.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 15PX 3PX 0PX;' WIDTH="140PX" HEIGHT="140PX" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1mvVaasBU70PqzXLfctSUzhtfEeLsVUP0nXNr3qPN1Wd4k5ubzGru0x31dU-JoalqM51-1K_-XD5yAgQC5nWWyGS_iCqBecrhmL2ADIzWsVDN8Yppxx7MLTO4b08e9Ck5ym69zjk1DdB/s320/Messiah+t.jpg" ALT="Messiah, Knox Presbyterian church." TITLE="Messiah, Knox Presbyterian church." ALIGN=LEFT></a>[And on the strength of that I go out to <i>The Messiah for Easter</I> at <a HREF="http://www.knoxtoronto.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Knox Presbyterian church website."><b>Knox Presbyterian church</B></A> over on Spadina. It is always thrilling to witness a choir and orchestra working together more-or-less humbly - and indeed, there are some sublime moments in this performance. Unfortunately the music and KJV texts are not enough for the leaders of the gig, Rev. Reinders and the choirmaster Roger Bergs. They have to interrupt with commentary throughout, paraphrasing and recapitulating - redundant sententious nonsense. Trying to understand why they are doing such a thing the best I can imagine is a hard-core Presbyterian fear of any un-certified aesthetic transcendence. (There is worse but I'll spare you.) But really - second guessing Handel & Lancelot Andrewes? Doh! No wonder these churches are empty and being recycled into condos.]<a NAME="BfmS02"> </A></DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><a HREF="#BfmS03" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>(Still) trying to find simple (minded) rules of thumb around ppm & ppb:</B><br />
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<b>Wikipedia gives a</B> '<a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_%28unit%29" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>drop</B></A>', and says, "in medicine, IV drips deliver 10, 15, or 20 drops per mL for macrodrip, 60 per mL for microdrip." A simple average makes it 25 drops/mL.<br />
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A million drops then is 40,000 mL, 40 litres, ~10 US gallons: so ... one drop in ten US gallons is ~1 part per million (ppm). And a billion drops is ~10,500 US gallons: so ... 3 drops in a tank car is ~1 part per billion (ppb). (A tank car is ~35,000 US gallons according to <a HREF="http://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/179.13" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Cornell University."><b>49 CFR 179.13</B></A> in the US Code of Federal Regulations on tank car capacity.)<br />
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<b>Another way to go after it is time:</B> 1 million seconds is ~11½ days, call it two weeks: so a second a week is ~2 ppm, or a second a month ~½ ppm. 1 billion seconds is about 32 years: so ... two seconds in a lifetime is something like 1 ppb.<br />
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<b>Or how many molecules of H<sub>2</SUB>O in a drop?</B> Goes by weight. The density of water is 1g/mL so a drop is .04g. Take the <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molar_mass" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>molar mass</B></A>, 18g/mol for <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Properties_of_water" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>water</B></A> and compute .04g/18g = .0022 <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_%28unit%29" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>moles</B></A> in a drop; multiplied by <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadros_number" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Avogadro's number</B></A> (6.022x10<sup>23</SUP> molecules per mole) to get 1.32x10<sup>21</SUP> molecules. 1 ppm is then 1.32x10<sup>15</SUP> - many, a lot, too many to count; and 1 ppb is 1.32x10<sup>12</SUP>; not intuitively useful numbers.<br />
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<b>What about drops in a human body?</B> An average human is 70 kg/150 pounds, close to the density of water makes it 1¾ million drops: so 2 drops is ~1 ppm and 1/500th of a drop ~1 ppb.<br />
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Getting there ... tiny amounts but very many molecules in 'em (and we have come full circle). I hope exercises like this are being done in high-school physics courses; probably not.</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">[If I told you how often I re-calculated these numbers to get even vaguely confident in them ... I won't. But don't trust me, do the sums yourself; and then consider that <5 ppb BPA in their water <a HREF="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16159676" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine: Effect of bisphenol A on maturation and quality of semen and eggs in the brown trout, Salmo trutta f. fario, Lahnsteiner F, Berger B, Kletzl M, Weismann T., November 2005."><b>stops reproduction in trout</B></A>. (This article <i>is</I> in BookSC.)]<a NAME="BfmS03"> </A></DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><a HREF="#BfmS03a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Honey Bee vs Neonicotinoid (again):</B> Last year it was news. In March a <i>Guardian</I> article <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/mar/29/crop-pesticides-honeybee-decline" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Pesticides linked to honeybee decline, Damian Carrington, Thursday 29 March 2012."><b>Pesticides linked to honeybee decline</B></A>, referring to two (then) recent studies:<br />
<b>1)</B> <a HREF="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/336/6079/348.abstract?sid=5a2c2f36-499c-4140-942e-c2ba3baa898f" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Science Vol 336: A Common Pesticide Decreases Foraging Success and Survival in Honey Bees, Mickaël Henry, Maxime Béguin, Fabrice Requier, Orianne Rollin, Jean-François Odoux, Pierrick Aupinel, Jean Aptel1, Sylvie Tchamitchian, Axel Decourtye, March 29 2012."><b>Pesticide Decreases Foraging Success and Survival in Honey Bees</B></A>:</SPAN><blockquote STYLE="MARGIN-LEFT: 50PX;"><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:110%;"><b>Nonlethal exposure of honey bees to thiamethoxam (neonicotinoid systemic pesticide) causes high mortality due to homing failure at levels that could put a colony at risk of collapse. Simulated exposure events on free-ranging foragers labeled with a radio-frequency identification tag suggest that homing is impaired by thiamethoxam intoxication. These experiments offer new insights into the consequences of common neonicotinoid pesticides used worldwide.</B></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>2)</B> <a HREF="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/336/6079/351.abstract?sid=4a171b96-09ae-481a-9914-5b8e10528d07" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Science Vol 336: Neonicotinoid Pesticide Reduces Bumble Bee Colony Growth and Queen Production, Penelope R. Whitehorn, Stephanie O’Connor, Felix Wackers, Dave Goulson, March 29 2012."><b>Pesticide Reduces Bumble Bee Colony Growth and Queen Production</B></A>:</SPAN><blockquote STYLE="MARGIN-LEFT: 50PX;"><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:110%;"><b>We exposed colonies of the bumble bee Bombus terrestris in the laboratory to field-realistic levels of the neonicotinoid imidacloprid, then allowed them to develop naturally under field conditions. Treated colonies had a significantly reduced growth rate and suffered an 85% reduction in production of new queens compared with control colonies.</B></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">And again in October: <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2012/oct/22/bees-pesticides" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Evidence of pesticide harm to bees is now overwhelming, Damian Carrington, Monday 22 October 2012."><b>Evidence of pesticide harm to bees is now overwhelming</B></A>, referring to an article in <i>Nature</I>:<br />
<b>3)</B> <a HREF="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature11585.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Nature: Combined pesticide exposure severely affects individual- and colony-level traits in bees, Richard Gill, Oscar Ramos-Rodriguez, Nigel E. Raine, 21 October 2012."><b>Combined pesticide exposure severely affects ... traits in bees</B></A>:</SPAN><blockquote STYLE="MARGIN-LEFT: 50PX;"><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:110%;"><b>Here we show that chronic exposure of bumblebees to two pesticides (neonicotinoid and pyrethroid) at concentrations that could approximate field-level exposure impairs natural foraging behaviour and increases worker mortality leading to significant reductions in brood development and colony success. We found that worker foraging performance, particularly pollen collecting efficiency, was significantly reduced with observed knock-on effects for forager recruitment, worker losses and overall worker productivity. Moreover, we provide evidence that combinatorial exposure to pesticides increases the propensity of colonies to fail.</B></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><a HREF="http://booksc.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="BookSC.org."><b>BookSC</B></A> was not much help in finding the source documents. <b>1)</B> is there; <b>2)</B> seems to be there but the download gives something else; and, <b>3)</B> is not there at all. So ... one in three. ... It may improve with use.<a NAME="BfmS03a"> </A><a HREF="#BfmS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>I eventually found them elsewhere: <b>2)</B> <a HREF="http://zembla.vara.nl/fileadmin/uploads/VARA/be_users/documents/tv/pip/zembla/2011/Moord_op_de_honingbij/Bees-Pesticides-Whitehorn-03-30-12-Science.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Omroep, Nl."><b>Neonicotinoid Pesticide Reduces Bumble Bee Colony Growth and Queen Production</B></A>, and, <b>3)</B> <a HREF="http://www.boerenlandvogels.nl/sites/default/files/Gill_2012_nature_Bumblebee_pesticides.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Henk Tennekes' blog 'boerenland vogel' / farmland bird, Dutch."><b>Combined pesticide exposure severely affects individual- and colony-level traits in bees</B></A>.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />What I really <b><i>really</I> REALLY</B> <span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:120%;COLOR:#D80000;"><i><b>REALLY</B></I></SPAN> do not understand is how most people go on about their lives as if none of this were happening? When I see friends and family getting onto airplanes to go south and get warm - it's not a judgement, I tell you true, but I am shocked, dismayed. As for the politicians and business people, successful ones, admired and respected, who must know what is happening - I am unable to imagine a scenario for them. Their bureaucrats may be driven and confused to stupidity - but Stephen Harper is not stupid; nor Barack Obama; nor these 'honourable' ministers: Peter Kent, Joe Oliver, John Baird; this woman in Alberta - Alison Redford; Rex Tillerson, the Koch brothers David and Charles ...<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:80%;"><br />
<center><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:160%;COLOR:#000000;"><b>WHAT THE FUCK'S GOIN' ON HERE?!</B></SPAN></CENTER> </DIV>I can understand some struggle over exactly what to do, how best to tackle this enormous problem of which the honey bees are a small part, sure. But ... short of rekindling a superstitious belief in evil and devils I am stumped. All I can come up with is the possibility of some tipping point within the 'social imaginary' (as Charles Taylor calls it) that may trip in their minds and permit them to begin to think properly. Soon I hope.<br />
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Lame I know. ... Some time ago I posted a link to the <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ah-t2ytR_Y" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube: Press conference as the UN Climate Conference (COP18) in Doha was beginning, November 28 2012."><b>video</B></A> of Elizabeth May saying, <b>"Any honest person who has looked at this science should be screaming from the rooftops!"</B>; yet she sits in Ottawa (as I sit here) ... doing busy work.<br />
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<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmynsh_RQugQjjAGxkwvRqC8KeXGFsttCM_IAUXonTT7CWGbO1bEqtcmMT_Vm0bg136iosmM_-c6tU1MR49O0YpiDipAxAr-a4x0yTv4mJ05lJsBnEvpkAUhWH7SfUaG0lzIsSp-1F2vC/s1600/Paul+Rose+1971.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsiHbRDd7XrD2EJMi4IPGLWwAJjqkyQD1y1K-8SAfkhDt15uVwipyCre2cUhCICFyVrz3UA2zDRzISnwIji1Cljz9Rer9S7uFXSyCRkhtZjQKoXgY1bKcyZqdLGZ-KJC1DIg5Rczwnhnq/s320/Paul+Rose+1971t.jpg" ALT="Paul Rose 1971." TITLE="Paul Rose 1971." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>Dissemblers, hypocrites, thieves, liars, even murderers, rapists, torturers; even the burnt ones with nothing left - I have some idea of how these things work, can work, could work, might work - but this makes so little sense I cannot fathom it. I don't understand kiddie-diddlers either gentle reader. So ...<br />
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Maybe Paul Rose understood. D'you think? He died a few weeks ago. Some of the dimwits are trying to lionize him now. You have to laugh.<br />
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Here, try the <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP8h6kelQ1o" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b><i>Outlaw Blues</I></B></A> again: "Don't ask me nothin' about nothin', I just might tell you the truth." 'Cept in this case I don't know a thing about it.<div ALIGN=RIGHT>Be well.<a NAME="BfmS99a"> </A></DIV></SPAN><a HREF="#BfmS99b" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;"><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:120%;"><b><i>Beyond the Zero</I>:</B> A few more words about 'Against the Day'. (I will have to re-read that last chapter again before I write this; hang on a sec ...)<br />
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One could expect to find important things in the last chapter - Deuce Kindred was summarily gotten rid of in the previous one, we do not see Lew Basnight again - what I pick out are four: 1) who remains - Merle & Dally, Dally & Kit, Reef & Yashmeen, Frank & Stray, Yashmeen & Stray, Ljubica & Jesse, The Chums of Chance & consorts, Pugnax & Ksenija ... all in pairs more-or-less, except Professor Heino Vanderjuice, an odd person to encounter (and he disappears, a version of the author perhaps); 2) Yashmeen's sexuality; 3) the cover image explained, <i>una picchiata!</I>; and, 4) Stray's (?) notion of 'good unsought and uncompensated'. There are more: simultaneity, technology, vegetarianism, the <i>Inconvenience</I> becoming its own destination ... but these four stand out for me (for various reasons no doubt).<br />
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A memorable sentence: "It is no longer a matter of gravity—it is an acceptance of sky." A-and the last paragraph goes like this:<blockquote STYLE="MARGIN-LEFT: 50PX;">Pugnax and Ksenija’s generations—at least one in every litter will follow a career as a sky-dog—have been joined by those of other dogs, as well as by cats, birds, fish, rodents, and less-terrestrial forms of life. Never sleeping, clamorous as a nonstop feast day, <i>Inconvenience</I>, once a vehicle of sky-pilgrimage, has transformed into its own destination, where any wish that can be made is at least addressed, if not always granted. For every wish to come true would mean that in the known Creation, good unsought and un-compensated would have evolved somehow, to become at least more accessible to us. No one aboard <i>Inconvenience</I> has yet observed any sign of this. They know—Miles is certain—it is there, like an approaching rainstorm, but invisible. Soon they will see the pressure gauge begin to fall. They will feel the turn in the wind. They will put on smoked goggles for the glory of what is coming to part the sky. They fly toward grace.</BLOCKQUOTE>Shekhinah perhaps, <b>שכינה</B>.<br />
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That's it gentle reader. The effort I put into editing the teasers for presentation in HTML may seem wasted, could be; at least what is there is more easily searched with CTRL-F and grabbed with Copy&Paste ... and I am more intimately acquainted with Pynchon's style - so it was useful in that way. And I did not notice one single typo. (!)<br />
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The collection of teasers:<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/10045.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>One: The Light Over the Ranges part 5 - Lew Basnight becomes a detective</B></A>,<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/10868.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Two: Iceland Spar part 12 - Lake Traverse marries Deuce Kindred</B></A>.<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/11371.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Three: Bilocations part 5 - Yashmeen Halfcourt & Cyprian Latewood</B></A>.<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/11569.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Three: Bilocations part 6 - Kit Traverse on the S.S. <i>Stupendica</I></B></A> (short excerpt).<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/11906.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Three: Bilocations part 12 - Lew Basnight encounters Lamont Replevin</B></A> (excerpt).<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/12255.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Three: Bilocations part 17 - Kit Traverse's choice</B></A> (excerpt).<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/12694.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Four: Against the Day part 4 - Yashmeen & Auberon Halfcourt</B></A> (excerpt).<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/12871.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Four: Against the Day part 7 - overture and possibility</B></A> (short excerpt).<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/13126.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Four: Against the Day part 11 - A trio</B></A> (an excerpt some may find salacious).<br />
A-and <a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/13334.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda: Thomas Pynchon, Entropy (with criticism by the author)."><b><i></I>Entropy</B></A>.<a NAME="BfmS99b"> </A><a HREF="#BfmS99c" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Gleanings from the Bin:</B> (Digging about in the oyster-shell midden near the shore.)<br />
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<tt><b>*</B> </TT><a HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/coast-guard-rescuer-describes-eerie-scene-where-queen-of-the-north-sank/article9973315/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Globe: Coast Guard rescuer describes ‘eerie’ scene where Queen of the North sank, James Keller, Tuesday March 19 2013."><b>Coast Guard rescuer describes ‘eerie’ scene where Queen of the North sank</B></A>.<br />
<tt><b> </B> </TT>Karl Lilgert is now on trial for criminal negligence causing death.<br />
<tt><b> </B> </TT>Previously: <a HREF="http://davidleewilson.blogspot.ca/2006/03/queen-of-north-sunk-in-wright-sound.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>March 2006</B></A>, <a HREF="http://davidleewilson.blogspot.ca/2006/06/queen-of-north-update.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>June 2006</B></A>, <a HREF="http://davidleewilson.blogspot.ca/2007/05/bride.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>May 2007</B></A>, <a HREF="http://davidleewilson.blogspot.ca/2008/03/queen-of-north.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>March 2008</B></A>.<br />
<tt><b>*</B> </TT><a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/15/windfarm-sickness-spread-word-australia" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Windfarm sickness spreads by word of mouth, Australian study finds, Alison Rourke, Friday 15 March 2013."><b>Windfarm sickness spreads by word of mouth, Australian study finds</B></A> (I knew that).<br />
<tt><b>*</B> </TT><a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/mar/19/world-bank-ethiopia-villagisation-project" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: World Bank told to investigate links to Ethiopia 'villagisation' project, William Lloyd George, Tuesday 19 March 2013."><b>World Bank told to investigate links to Ethiopia 'villagisation' project</B></A> (that too).<br />
<tt><b>*</B> </TT><a HREF="http://amazonia.org.br/2013/03/%C3%ADndios-e-ribeirinhos-fazem-nova-ocupa%C3%A7%C3%A3o-de-canteiro-de-obra-de-belo-monte/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Amazônia: Índios e ribeirinhos fazem nova ocupação de canteiro de obra de Belo Monte, 21 de março de 2013."><b>Índios e ribeirinhos fazem nova ocupação de canteiro de obra de Belo Monte</B></A> (source <a HREF="http://www.xinguvivo.org.br/2013/03/21/indios-e-ribeirinhos-fazem-nova-ocupacao-de-canteiro-de-obra-de-belo-monte/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Xingu Vivo: Índios e ribeirinhos fazem nova ocupação de canteiro de obra de Belo Monte, 21 de março de 2013."><b>Xingu Vivo</B></A>).<br />
<tt><b> </B> </TT>Natives and river-side people (fishermen) occupy Belo Monte work sites again. <b>Good on 'em!</B><br />
<tt><b>-</B> </TT>It looks like the cops grabbed one of the demonstrators: <a HREF="http://www.xinguvivo.org.br/2013/03/21/pf-prende-ativista-em-belo-monte-seu-paradeiro-e-desconhecido/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Xingu Vivo: PF prende ativista em Belo Monte. Seu paradeiro é desconhecido, 21 de março de 2013."><b>PF prende ativista em Belo Monte</B></A>.<br />
<tt><b> </B> </TT>Seu paradeiro é desconhecido. / His whereabouts are unknown.<br />
<tt><b>-</B> </TT>And they are bringing in the army to ensure that this Belo Monte abomination gets built.<br />
<tt><b> </B> </TT>(The Amazônia website is down at the moment - <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/technology/internet/online-dispute-becomes-internet-snarling-attack.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: Firm Is Accused of Sending Spam, and Fight Jams Internet, John Markoff & Nicole Perlroth, March 26, 2013."><b>ructions with Cyberbunker</B></A> apparently - ... link to follow.)<br />
<tt><b> </B> </TT><a HREF="http://amazonia.org.br/2013/03/for%C3%A7a-nacional-tenta-impedir-novas-paralisa%C3%A7%C3%B5es-das-obras-de-belo-monte/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Amazônia: Força Nacional tenta impedir novas paralisações das obras de Belo Monte, 26 de março de 2013."><b>Força Nacional tenta impedir novas paralisações das obras de Belo Monte</B></A>, source <a HREF="http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/noticia/2013-03-25/forca-nacional-tenta-impedir-novas-paralisacoes-das-obras-de-belo-monte" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Agência Brasil: Força Nacional tenta impedir novas paralisações das obras de Belo Monte, 25/03/2013."><b>Agência Brasil</B></A>.<br />
<tt><b>*</B> </TT>This: <a HREF="http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-03-25-sa-troops-killed-in-central-african-republic-why-mr-president/#.UVBjnPlUqeY" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Maverick: SA troops killed in Central African Republic: Why, Mr President?, Khadija Patel, 25 March 2013."><b>SA troops killed in Central African Republic: Why, Mr President?</B></A>, may appear parochial.<br />
<tt><b> </B> </TT>More from Reuters: <a HREF="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/25/centralafrica-rebels-un-idUSL2N0CH02720130325" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Reuters: U.N. chief condemns rebel seizure of power in Central African Republic, Sunday March 24 2013."><b>U.N. chief condemns rebel seizure of power in Central African Republic</B></A>, and<br />
<tt><b> </B> </TT>NYT: <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/world/africa/rebels-seize-capital-of-central-african-republic.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="President Is Said to Flee as Rebels Seize Capital of the Central African Republic, Adam Nossiter, March 24, 2013."><b>President Is Said to Flee as Rebels Seize Capital of the Central African Republic</B></A>.<br />
<tt><b> </B> </TT>Another failed state and it has been for quite a while (I didn't know that).<br />
<tt><b> </B> </TT>But nothing on Joseph Kony. What about him? Wasn't he active in Central African Republic?<br />
<tt><b>-</B> </TT>The thing about the <i>Daily Maverick</I> newsletter which distinguishes it from all others, puts it in a class by itself,<br />
is that it includes (up front, at the top) links to other news organizations with relevant stories.<br />
<tt><b>*</B> </TT><a HREF="http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-03-26-analysis-even-zimbabwes-new-constitution-is-waiting-for-mugabe-to-die" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Maverick: Analysis: Even Zimbabwe’s new constitution is waiting for Mugabe to die, Simon Allison, 26 March 2013."><b>Even Zimbabwe’s new constitution is waiting for Mugabe to die</B></A>.<br />
<tt><b>-</B> </TT><a HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21928152" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="BBC: EU suspends sanctions against most Zimbabwe officials, 25 March 2013."><b>EU suspends sanctions against most Zimbabwe officials</B></A>.<br />
<tt><b>-</B> </TT>(From 2011 mind you) <a HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14377215" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="BBC: Marange diamond field: Zimbabwe torture camp discovered, Hilary Andersson, 8 August 2011."><b>Marange diamond field: Zimbabwe torture camp discovered</B></A>.<br />
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</TBODY></TABLE><tt><b>*</B> </TT><a HREF="http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-03-19-marikana-commission-under-oath-phiyegas-bald-faced-lie-exposed/#.UVBmNflUqeY" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Maverick: Marikana Commission: Under oath, Phiyega’s bald-faced lie exposed, Greg Marinovich, 19 March 2013."><b><u>Marikana: Under oath, Phiyega’s bald-faced lie exposed</U></B></A>.<br />
<tt><b>-</B> </TT><a HREF="http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-03-26-marikana-commission-sangomas-death-and-phiyegas-understanding-of-truth" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Maverick: Marikana Commission: Sangoma’s death and Phiyega’s understanding of truth, Greg Nicolson, 26 March 2013."><b>Marikana: Sangoma’s death and Phiyega’s understanding of truth</B></A>.<br />
<tt><b>*</B> </TT><a HREF="http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-03-26-a-man-who-may-warn-ya-alarm-ya-and-disturb-ya-andile-mngxitama" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Maverick: A man who may warn ya, alarm ya and disturb ya: Andile Mngxitama, Rebecca Davis, 26 March 2013."><b>Steve Biko, Mamphela Ramphele, & Andile Mngxitama</B></A>, and the<br />
<tt><b> </B> </TT>offending piece by Jared Sacks: <a HREF="http://mg.co.za/article/2013-03-15-00-biko-would-not-vote-for-ramphele" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Biko would not vote for Ramphele, Jared Sacks, 15 March 2013."><b>Biko would not vote for Ramphele</B></A>.<br />
<tt><b>*</B> </TT><a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/business/economy/court-to-decide-on-pensions-in-stockton-calif-bankruptcy.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: Pension Funds Wary as Bankrupt City Goes to Trial, Mary Walsh, March 24 2013."><b>Pension Funds Wary as Bankrupt City Goes to Trial</B></A>,<br />
<tt><b> </B> </TT>(map showing <a HREF="https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=37.901949,-121.769714&spn=0.722763,1.588898&t=m&z=10" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Maps."><b>Stocton, California</B></A>). Bankrupt in one way ...<br />
<tt><b>*</B> </TT>... and bankrupt in another:<br />
<tt><b> </B> </TT><a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/us/los-angeles-frets-about-its-low-voter-turnout.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: Los Angeles Frets After Low Turnout to Elect Mayor, Jennifer Medina, March 9, 2013."><b>Los Angeles Frets After Low Turnout to Elect Mayor</B></A>.<br />
<tt><b> </B> </TT>Just 21 percent of registered voters turned out.<br />
<tt><b>*</B> </TT><a HREF="http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2013-03-15-franks-feet-of-catholic-clay/#.UVBlEPlUqeY" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Maverick: Frank’s feet of Catholic clay, Richard Poplak, 15 March 2013."><b>Frank’s feet of Catholic clay</B></A>. Last mention here of the new Pope I hope.<br />
<tt><b>*</B> </TT><a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/10/haiti-human-waste-recycle-cholera" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Haiti recycles human waste in fight against cholera epidemic, Isabeau Doucet, Sunday 10 March 2013."><b>Haiti recycles human waste in fight against cholera epidemic</B></A>,<br />
<tt><b> </B> </TT>and a link to the US NGO Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods <a HREF="http://www.oursoil.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL)."><b>SOIL</B></A>.<br />
<tt><b>*</B> </TT><a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/business/energy-environment/chinese-solar-companys-operating-unit-declares-bankruptcy.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: Chinese Solar Panel Giant Is Tainted by Bankruptcy, Keith Bradsher, March 20 2013."><b>Chinese Solar Panel Giant Is Tainted by Bankruptcy</B></A>.<br />
<b>And finally</B>, I don't know what to make of this:<br />
<tt><b> </B> </TT><a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/business/us-example-offers-hope-for-cutting-carbon-emissions.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: A Model for Reducing Emissions, Eduardo Porter, March 19, 2013."><b>U.S. Example Offers Hope for Cutting Carbon Emissions</B></A>. <b>(?)</B><a NAME="BfmS99c"> </A><a HREF="#BfmS99d" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Coming Up Soon:</B><br />
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<a HREF="http://www.scienceforpeace.ca/managing-without-growth-slower-by-design-not-disaster" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Science for Peace."><b>Peter Victor - Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, Not Disaster</B></A>, <b>April 4th 7pm at UofT.</B></SPAN><br />
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[I wonder if Joseph Kony is 'related' to <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleka" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Séléka</B></A>? They must know one another, or at least know of one another. What does Michel Djotodia think of Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army? It won't likely be a high priority for his 'government' to go looking for Kony anytime soon. How different are they, Joseph Kony & Michel Djotodia and his allies? How different are any of them from Francois Bozizé?]<a NAME="BfmS99d"> </A></DIV><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:80%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/big-famine-moon.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/modern-mind.html" TITLE="Modern mind. (... Mind? ... Modern? ...)"><b>Down</B></A>.</DIV></SPAN>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-26901335249478124862013-03-20T00:50:00.000-04:002013-04-14T11:35:35.298-04:00Modern mind.<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:90%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/modern-mind.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA;FONT-SIZE:140%;COLOR:#CC6600;">(... Mind? ... Modern? ...)</SPAN></A> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/big-famine-moon.html" TITLE="Big Famine Moon."><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/diehard.html" TITLE="Diehard, not. (I don' care'f I do die do die do die do ... Johnny Cash.)"><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN> <b>Equinox</B><a NAME="MmmmS00"> </A><a HREF="#MmmmS00a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Contents:</B> <a href="#MmmmS00a" title=""><b>Urban Consciousness</B></a>, <a href="#MmmmS01" title=""><b>Venus de Pedra</B></a>, <a href="#MmmmS02" title=""><b>Carbon Tax</B></a>, <a href="#MmmmS03" title=""><b>Connectivity Cost</B></a>, <a href="#MmmmS04" title=""><b>Updates</B></a>, <a href="#MmmmS05" title=""><b>Edward Burtynsky</B></a>, <a href="#MmmmS99" title=""><b>Rhyming Slang</B></a>, <a href="#MmmmS99a" title=""><b><i>Beyond the Zero</I></B></a>.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></DIV><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;">Did I say 'focus' last time? Idiot! And it's equinox not solstice you fool! After looking at it for several days, vaguely ... troubled but not aware enough to figgure it out?<br />
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<tr><td>If all the world was apple-pie,<br />
And all the sea was ink;<br />
And all the trees were bread and cheese,<br />
What could we do for drink?<br />
<br />
<a HREF="http://books.google.ca/books?printsec=frontcover&id=Ka0_AAAAYAAJ#v=onepage&q&f=false" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Books."><b>Gammer Gurton's Garland</B></A><br />
or, The Nursery Parnassus,<br />
1774, 1810 ...<br />
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If all the world was apple-pie,<br />
And all the sea was ink,<br />
And all the trees were bread and cheese,<br />
What should we have for drink?<br />
It's enough to make an old man<br />
Scratch his head and think.<br />
<br />
<a HREF="http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM1931396&R=1931396" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Toronto Public Library."><b>Harry's Ladder to Learning</B></A>,<br />
1849-1850, text at <a HREF="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24644/24644-h/24644-h.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Gutenberg: Harry's Ladder to Learning"><b>Gutenberg</B></A>.</TD></TR>
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</TBODY></TABLE>"Nobody knows you when you're down and out," sing <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MzU8xM99Uo" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Bessie Smith</B></A> and <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a-ZqD98w1Y" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Otis Redding</B></A>; which takes me back to the summer of ... 1963 in North Bay and (well before this tune came out) <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCmUhYSr-e4" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b><i>Dock of the Bay</I></B></A>.<br />
<br />
<br />
(Would you like some cheese with that whine? :-)<a NAME="MmmmS00a"> </A><a HREF="#MmmmS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></SPAN></DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">In Toronto it seems anything but the facts will do, any response but a true one. Sure, some try ... you can hear the anger and frustration of Danny Harvey in this <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQcUkHR86cw" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Science for Peace YouTube: Global Warming - Food and Water Security, October 2012."><b>video</B></A> (which does not seem to play properly?).<br />
<br />
In the video last time David Suzuki mentions the demographic shift in Canada from 80-20 rural to 80-20 urban consciousness over a period of less than 100 years. And what do these urban dwellers know anyway? Two or three generations seeing nothing but the sanitized margins of Algonquin Park. I'm just lucky, (like Edward Burtynsky) my father took me into the woods often enough to learn something.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmL43mCJiQUJvhhy02ROuEGPPN0cqIm8ShxQsxvXOSmPy4riIEEP_FYEf1R-HQIgv-BYxzlZhgMhmTyr3Y4Dg1kIpoj9Gy16kfZCVt1LFN1lCJR-cuJgv9OTnjOjD_K3TZUAAMf0aZJ4DA/s1600/Tiras+Ballard+Street+13-03-18+mountains.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 15PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheeWTBu7f_6xJEoqF5gIRGSM5POJ7R0jugkTEZO45ipgfYndzyUwPnl2wY9GDA2dt6Mi6XDfhFZch5heLOGLM3DkfEPAxe3E0XhVRR28czRDGelqllsQHhX-bvhlkoHZsFS-9q74Mwu4-J/s320/Tiras+Ballard+Street+13-03-18t+mountains.jpg" ALT="Jerry Van Amerongen, Ballard Street: 'My, but the mountains are wonderful this morning!'" TITLE="Jerry Van Amerongen, Ballard Street: 'My, but the mountains are wonderful this morning!'" ALIGN=LEFT></a>Last week I watched two Michael Cimino movies: <i>The Deer Hunter</I> and <i>Heaven's Gate</I>. Long movies, three hours, proof that the maker had sufficient discretion for full indulgence. But despite scenes of powerful clarity they each end ... in (to me) failure as stories. <i>The Deer Hunter</I>, which effectively completes at the moment in which De Niro does not shoot the deer, dribbles off instead into a tearful rendition of 'God Bless America'. <i>Heaven's Gate</I> (touching on some of the same issues as Pynchon's 'Against the Day') is too unfocussed to comment on, a nonsense.<br />
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The currency of urban consciousness is cinematographic stories, but they can't be trusted. A trite conclusion, sorry.<a NAME="MmmmS01"> </A><a HREF="#MmmmS01a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjKGsA45jpzh2F3FegFPbHYo1ZeNoBYtJ7TqQggXM4Oh7edpXiT7fKF-J7K1JSwjvu82y9GspzG5n52sPbB_sn2kx4IlivTxMyHlwGGZ7OfJeRxodUM8Vlx1BUSKYVjLbv_yQ5jLxuhdy/s1600/Venus+Willendorf+a.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 2PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie7TluXqZxGtPXCHfEynEHECdTQKaxJBekiRte2X4Db6wQTr8Yu7UIfJcfXOUNE8fDW-JcvsSI9WxNI-bglpuTTEKHy7OPqtxotNJ5ZHcU-SuC9R21GM2oKwBoBjRM0Wt9XyeIRwAyJW6u/s320/Venus+Willendorf+at.jpg" ALT="Willendorf." 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Oboy! Oboy! Naked women! Hyeuh, hyeuh, hyeuh ... (Pynchon fans may recognize the dulcet tones of Pig Bodine.) Palæolithic (gotta love those dipthongs); literally 'stone' age, so somewhere between 2½ million and 10,000 years ago - quite a stretch of time, far beyond my imagination. And 'art' so there are enough high-falutin theories on the go (floating around it, like milkweed seeds) to cramp your style if you happen to be trying to, say ... figure-skate on the head of a pin.<br />
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Identity - this art is me. Projection - maybe I can fly; maybe this art can fly too. Introjection - "When a child envelops representational images of his absent parents into himself, simultaneously infusing them with his own personality," (says Wikipedia approximately). Or as a defence mechanism; presumably assuming, "You won't hurt me - I'm you!"</SPAN><br />
[Nope, (close but) not quite like any of that.]<a NAME="MmmmS01a"> </A><a HREF="#MmmmS01b" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ7xdsMqDB3QpXspj9fs4_LUr8P-qt9bXBgTG0IW7VHPNQEgxDTRYXRCQBmshlYbfXynMIZSm9NgmZB1PDG0L-vAT8ELRniVpCasme1JIzL7jEo0QUgZJQI8inEqon0ZI5EKS_xxArF2zv/s1600/Venus+Hohle+Fels+a.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFtkQjrLGQaIHKij1lJMzadp4sWiG-fF1P7w4twYSqWUwYu17zKD0TTcFwl4UBFZ7WrdCk0zsIIZjxUnXj5vJqr_dihZaV0CeBAbey5dEQMNWiXyj4xukChfmwrnzNExjlVmMUDlWc-tt/s320/Venus+Hohle+Fels+at.jpg" ALT="Hohle Fels." TITLE="Hohle Fels."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ7xdsMqDB3QpXspj9fs4_LUr8P-qt9bXBgTG0IW7VHPNQEgxDTRYXRCQBmshlYbfXynMIZSm9NgmZB1PDG0L-vAT8ELRniVpCasme1JIzL7jEo0QUgZJQI8inEqon0ZI5EKS_xxArF2zv/s1600/Venus+Hohle+Fels+a.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 10PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHh3cWXBr4mX0HlBy7dE0Z0MTztYPkX-ERWskbHwhBg68LIJZe7tEB5ygTI45iP0OHiBqSzAxQJf9pvg-2-euIRQo6hW_w0sCP8eimD-xeoyKrUhyphenhyphenElqCXBwUdRDCMnnNnup4Lg3ecwcv/s320/Venus+Hohle+Fels+au.jpg" ALT="Hohle Fels." TITLE="Hohle Fels."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfB5XnE-0tp8PlAD_YKsT1_BDRp1i8f4qmawUwlCOpifMzPlYIMcLOyEx_U4yKnuiFd_PwZHAxZptD8DhNfUYFoztAm2R5JjtRRGawg0Hxmrzk0xLpDEgPXhhpd-UKCKwmJXbHD918qYD/s1600/Venus+Laussel+a.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qjjfuRSJEL4VpryhdtyI-TeAhyphenhyphenaMhBvEsIOPCn3DaJaOKw_OwvL5K2LVOPh9_P7vHRdOQtGvrGI0VYcloFjhZORFoN6XoDJi5LNcP1PXYyXEFRsZ_gb0GoOoImocEAqKP58qVV1VcT0N/s320/Venus+Laussel+at.jpg" ALT="Laussel." TITLE="Laussel."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OJCDlFRlKylXuZzUDDNssvErlsEviKLsIbBDUqZtp3qCA9cAQ2OmqlIdM1l7AWkzSJ-6nQ9WvuJwlnqkbVp7S9NOd9Vp2zHiwHmHjxpvvUaJbrkp2Jjz8v9jv-SyG5S3XOpOsHAaec_I/s1600/Venus+Laussel+b.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 10PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMbx2jq5V86mo0ZUNYckAOQgJ2sNvr_AtmEza97o1nqahORuoPnjsEn9HBu-r_4_9-xwiFrF9EK4R5f5Lb_ZoABszxhetln5v9Y_62jtIJAowqTz2x0SMd7MEbcdWh_y_fA_YXrnpmxzO/s320/Venus+Laussel+bt.jpg" ALT="Laussel." TITLE="Laussel."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4MtqBxlNH2IerO6hI-W7ztZib-eGAv3mSzBXrMqnhyphenhyphen2Pam8nG8lVhy9md0QUKQLuQDQ4m-OAdp8mXRR5GE3zpCdVfbmG3rN49BGy8Xmh49iff2nKB4HelGF67l18GpDwx9_8UACZMyd4/s1600/Venus+Kostienki+a.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3zQ2hfDlPyc3bRysRbP2OQ8TUVop28tXGosYlHiiRX8B7cPz4FgTxrPPbucoDXTUYUGF0ReLsOaRgHJ38gfPCPlQp8YqKiR4p8ZaGuYp4Q0E3TrYtgp4Gnhqgq1vrCV4w8rJnmWfVMeF/s320/Venus+Kostienki+at.jpg" ALT="Kostienki." TITLE="Kostienki."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zCr5BKvSYdI7yPc78Q5MmcsPrJ5n6k7mEeE6oiRc4ZFDCRkAmc1UHvkhCb0zTyipHXRg4AiUPTor3HosKpMRxzKF1ODQyzcAVll1-chYhKJZ4Re8t5KZQF-4vCHLUaqmuZRtZnFsb0hB/s1600/Venus+Kostienki+b.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gZz2ZQ6xQ4FlbMI_4BUNMaf8ZBFyeMAuOKKBgqRGP-vJbYNGOqXatT7VReLoZisNOIA9HuBBj7zntJaRzeeQ0zE_sZsrbyMefEH_43becUjjkNHiOMxOpj_5iqWyCSx5-LzVlgpIPfL0/s320/Venus+Kostienki+bt.jpg" ALT="Kostienki." TITLE="Kostienki."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zCr5BKvSYdI7yPc78Q5MmcsPrJ5n6k7mEeE6oiRc4ZFDCRkAmc1UHvkhCb0zTyipHXRg4AiUPTor3HosKpMRxzKF1ODQyzcAVll1-chYhKJZ4Re8t5KZQF-4vCHLUaqmuZRtZnFsb0hB/s1600/Venus+Kostienki+b.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcIkY3P28ZqiE68mAt9ID8Lx-xj9G98l7_UI8U0X69tiNVKIrqg-zijsaV0aFf2_dZPK5L0hU7fuW2a7H6ibmRvx7JfGcelRlfrnw8ZvqQkDKiWDMMnq3d0bz9iOc8yXJdGfS6eWEBM_e/s320/Venus+Kostienki+bu.jpg" ALT="Kostienki." TITLE="Kostienki."></a><br />
<span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">It all started in the free section at the London Review of Books (LRB): <a HREF="http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n06/tj-clark/lucky-hunter-gatherers" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="LRB: Lucky Hunter-Gatherers, T.J. Clark, 21 March 2013."><b>Lucky Hunter-Gatherers</B></A>; which captivated me from the first paragraph - something credible about it. This despite more than the usual full-fallible quota of slip-ups from Internet bad habits. I assumed early on (f'rinstance) that T.J. Clark is female. When I eventually saw my mistake I went back to try to see where it came from - and couldn't. And later on, trying to fit luck into it - and again, couldn't; until I meticulously re-read up to "‘Work’ was far from being a stable category, and certainly wasn’t an all-determining one. Lucky hunter-gatherers, at least in this respect," about half-way through. So, not to trust anything your read in <i>this</I> blog eh?<br />
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He praises "Jill Cook’s marvellous catalogue" which is available for purchase (pricey though) <a HREF="http://www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/exhibition-books/ice-age-art-arrival-of-the-modern-mind/invt/cmcf23332/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="British Museum: Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind, 7 February to 26 May 2013, catalogue."><b>here</B></A>. I trolled for the images presented here using this <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_figurines#Notable_specimens" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia: Venus figurines, Notable specimens."><b>list at Wikipedia</B></A>.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-zopFFkd-kJ4JXZ-ZMTTxbnTmr15qx4CwPoVRc9layA1rlflbum2Yt3tcPM_GyYlyq_8_I817NZOCP7lzD_Kou3U1tZC1r9uB2GpjCkz90aGnOlmos4lmwhMfdoHIrJOvLAR8awWxhtE/s1600/Venus+Mal%2527ta+a.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWszNAEhVZguJg-xerfqZrDOldNcvx0P792y3EOSCMIOvVD4krvyPa7rS4il5GQIKbrV8KJTZ6ruiylPwb_DB6ojVaMigOB8ys_ttNIfifhQr7drfFbjriNGPlbOyx_Qj-QgwKrKl3Bfd/s320/Venus+Mal%2527ta+at.jpg" ALT="Mal'ta." TITLE="Mal'ta."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirV7FgW9sdVsR6zrMRjFzhRO9PKMQYZnKT7nJCiEt23jniEfYc0d83N6gQF9AY71o6Jk4yAxmefSENFGKFSToCq3wTBjThE6upGkUWltqcC-AP2uQW4ptmKwXurDV6JnBcR5IPBX2VxuVa/s1600/Venus+Mal%2527ta+b.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYDPp2d90ssEL603WigyXSTSsPh4I91u5Hbren_IflpW-qCgR-eBI64keXWz5TyRkENmc8rUfdmWGyVfccmtUqWSiYLzj_y-_2pcD5h86_RGXhM1HyBmnHbMIIGzRPOAB6E_3hUegyiGA/s320/Venus+Mal%2527ta+bt.jpg" ALT="Mal'ta." TITLE="Mal'ta."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirV7FgW9sdVsR6zrMRjFzhRO9PKMQYZnKT7nJCiEt23jniEfYc0d83N6gQF9AY71o6Jk4yAxmefSENFGKFSToCq3wTBjThE6upGkUWltqcC-AP2uQW4ptmKwXurDV6JnBcR5IPBX2VxuVa/s1600/Venus+Mal%2527ta+b.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 10PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveLVOf5ORcdPE7WZZRuPVM0beOMyzlnAaY9ebbAQj806yZ5qw4fNCbT1VkFrQsxEHCPxQEIUHYoBiBHh8F_i-hYtHx_bwBeFDOqnWnCPMczhHYhkZ3klIB2YV0u3Sb0Zb4K00XkBZB2QH/s320/Venus+Mal%2527ta+bu.jpg" ALT="Mal'ta." TITLE="Mal'ta."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbIWGsoa465B2dwJg-dllnz9Jtvw_e6mRaWSDDso-35kKjI0viHv98KIiZa-ZM9uE-pFW1-diOmCTkz08yEPJRu3eKGy07UUUxwAMzgqTCfBmOPfoIO5Q5PIZdgcakXD_60tMpO04lOpAv/s1600/Venus+Monruz+a.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 10PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKdmsNzjS5YhoL5uF-SswpKNxwBJr2XHTfepidYfolVowrDagzqUgAhzxy9XPcxhnFvtPrMh7YhDscOKKvhQEqsmp1be2I_sG4kPnKgbuLA-fQLdEdJsrhUdxPvHhJm49qo_KsOuOUvMI/s320/Venus+Monruz+at.jpg" ALT="Monruz." TITLE="Monruz."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HQEH9tqJb5iyYGTXoPU_Ti6fbXS5ewlbqJ7ckm_e2hwErdBIU-X-5BKg1auG9tm594fkh63pd5VtJ4pE8c9rFTkHnMFWKvt-AC5X8-OEDBu8rgES7cehBsyKnSEyTOjFeM3f5XVLR5qo/s1600/Venus+Moravany+a.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 10PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2TwHuRN-71OExUoNgEnZ8aAcLIA6-3GXElNaJy_hrC-w2jdvBNlqrf-URQNZJpTpwyvxr6bLeHK1zhJezSXIsCfvxGqGyvD1_OdEYszEB2LavyCj8cnkztbD1FNfWcW0OQZXPkabOepvU/s320/Venus+Moravany+at.jpg" ALT="Moravany." TITLE="Moravany."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMFYwAldFakzz14Hu-yzmSfcYNL5TQRwbs-ybFB5JoVSAQshhwDFeVWPjiQqqe-DdFpKEoj5yh96dWyU0qV2HVHZ2Uke15vQxVqPrV88sN8gzjDv6iPkHzT1-ywRHwSrddTMqo1KX7Dhyphenhyphen/s1600/Venus+Rombo+Losange+a.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnHl1cbvJr69dQlJMi9bJePYsPe8kPszQIfzm1detjoMSvQ9prf9CbrQnSqVr2_5blhMybMsfi-RHTqA1M03V2E-3gJvaf64UzyeBDiIYEuItXO6gwmmwkLmomPr99HEd4uLY5UPyBEk1/s320/Venus+Rombo+Losange+at.jpg" ALT="Rombo Losange." TITLE="Rombo Losange."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQpCyCJOMbjA1Hy2II4h38GnW8SKSt36psQsouspCsSEP-pCQ4US8mGAddNE9PLE48qNLPkR4paR_j5qbwWDO1cUDY31vakNArkXmRgBwzLtizCe-ZhpdAj5iaCJjf_b0OYJrx2Vxe5tU/s1600/Venus+Rombo+Losange+b.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 10PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomFMo0bf_3VDeA9XJBLYgupz9SZCEwKvdM6kWQRoi_7ru4pnp_eLgl88AEXKJl-FpI46hwfqNZmct47I5okrvaVo99qsFwT-Y7a5kCqiywc78yEB3fDkwVU0nHLHbbxPJBs6XtMSmGYOM/s320/Venus+Rombo+Losange+bt.jpg" ALT="Rombo Losange." TITLE="Rombo Losange."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_pLYXYNV3TKm52X8O3mlUgUJHAO02VGsuPk1EeEGS0hidRUa1JMdAFBmBVF15HOL1nQRoMOBibFKRYNUiT1HkNFxlqxtuAFxgqAbuy3yFasmFPS76vs98oBrRsHDGQnuUOMdpuL-ozAH/s1600/Venus+Savignano+a.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzT_x4C9RNtIUvXwKOM0blrreA_QUZUSxzrwejjUtN0fKt40npeuopDmZ7r5XHwKOc7w1tawKi60xIlheJMaKaKQIC38-iKedZK5-akJ4xoGOy8vXdAgXiQ8Gv8yR7tFXMYwXsUpDvKfKT/s320/Venus+Savignano+at.jpg" ALT="Savignano." TITLE="Savignano."></a></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">[I might just as easily have reflected on it for a moment, thought "Yeah, like carrying a rabbit's foot ... and about the same size too!" and taken it no further (and nearly did).]<a NAME="MmmmS01b"> </A><a HREF="#MmmmS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnjOg3_B9mG2t3WzzTmmYzNAjI_nOt9VZGZlm4oiNXbVFz3QJa8J_5DUpwKfLzct5PjNCtH3Os3AM723_n-l5bgVFkqprxORBslD83jHtfSpFAWNEbq2yeyywJU6uT3jKo8fIHujLY80-/s1600/Tiras+Rodrigo+Chaves+13-03-16+conto+de+fadas.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvwYuYBL4iF-HejdV-pwY3pM2Hy3IZ42taAg58hLoX7Ox0pYxtoaKECO3huJ9OcAMYoMo26Tn2ju-h9ZFdqWLALKvBEYsQX6WxtywWafsw1Tmi9r30CkHcymQJcKohjMPfY2jbvDaeH5-T/s320/Tiras+Rodrigo+Chaves+13-03-16t+conto+de+fadas.jpg" ALT="Rodrigo Chaves." TITLE="Rodrigo Chaves." ALIGN=RIGHT></a></DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><i>Anyway, bullshitting began with the first man:<br />
"You know the hottie who lives in that cave?"<br />
"The other day I was passing by and ..."</I></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><br />
[The <a HREF="http://contratemposmodernos.blogspot.ca/2013/02/contos-de-fada.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Rodrigo Chaves, Contratempos Modernos: Contos de Fada, 12 fevereiro 2013."><b>original</B></A> carries a somewhat different message, but I like the play of 'contos de foda' (bullshitting) and 'contos de fada' (fairy-tales).]<br />
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</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">So ... the authors: Tim & Jill (went up the hill?). He is important enough to have a potted bio on Wikipedia: <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._J._Clark_%28art_historian%29" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>T.J. (Timothy James) Clark</B></A>; and both are readily available to see and hear something of how they think: <a HREF="http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/sculpture/jill_cook.php" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Interview with Dr. Jill Cook: Ice Age Art - Exploring the Deeper History of Art (relatively recently one assumes)."><b>Jill Cook interview</B></A> at the Bradshaw Foundation website, and <a HREF="http://vimeo.com/26234196" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Vimeo: T. J. Clark, Looking again at Picasso's Guernica, March 2011."><b>TJ Clark talking about Picasso</B></A> (there is lots more, these are just the ones that seemed best to me).<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl210vqycmNGaxzEjOyejYMyQOSw3QtV8GvZIqvJqPSkRXUwlZJTdiaTXFDNJ-l1PHH0nCaAebS3eC1huOJjAuPBMglUk3Exs5W58xM9GFSQI65Z9wYkLMbna7R7XIK7f7WCucmoyfHx1f/s1600/Timothy+James+(TJ)+Clark+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqp1UhrJkbGnM_eZ8Aah0eSWasJF6eRxbzRfvIiu2Ib39t39_TnRW-7rdMgfdE9wxiTjKVWSFYRD9XIFUdGJQRWYNqQ6V99ifVpzo__71MBWpuoZZgCmYeSIwVNpuCqVqoBScKyuts7tl/s320/Timothy+James+(TJ)+Clark+1t.jpg" ALT="TJ Clark." TITLE="TJ Clark."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5gUJSUKZTifCTJN_oWg20pk01aew3IAXPe1pUs5BtdD9iA7WrJHo6hhXfLCNY9HC43ixJMPiyW_sFD2w3nKfvc0vgngEDb3zHiDQ2kIWzNmIoGgmJPMAISZPglhs8MV4KHBV87x5MOoV/s1600/Timothy+James+(TJ)+Clark+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzHhB4tYeo3Aze0bd2MCrcT7hisO10hi0OauJ0JWp5UIyvfQblONaWopzpRLuzsILw0zeQRdcHlFJviMUpLXrNvl5hSPZuEHmEm3_IfR12l6GT-C2H1d79ZM589n4HG6dhxwmpm9IvL7I/s320/Timothy+James+(TJ)+Clark+2t.jpg" ALT="TJ Clark." TITLE="TJ Clark."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZnlVLX5joh-G5_xEBM9Rp28czSjqrd0oApte0Abx_urrWEsVWzEUNye9Ny5StCIL_PiAemS7Yh-qaIQ0AJ3gvRiqrGkrQwnz_arL92yZ5JyO6S4saYrg_iXbTtxjiEIX2wGIZIVQo_UB/s1600/Timothy+James+(TJ)+Clark+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSBaMD884kJxPTP9TgDDpsH3pKraP64iPOvNTFu2ZpgT69d93DWtGT_f7TcIhEBp6Yvb7eTvhz3z559orik1_Jj5Z11LSQC9B28g99n7u7WOUerQA6VchviWLDr0rpVRXmPfVNuAWvzoK/s320/Timothy+James+(TJ)+Clark+3t.jpg" ALT="TJ Clark." TITLE="TJ Clark."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmKqql6qoM7WkaZqCLgSna8fX4ORPtYK93bTmkT1jx9dYnhRuRre7lYneOL2-VDW2YeOOCZ7qz1j_2ETfdAwZdeyHsBJEqrxZfjK5cdz7diOA4mJbFr5t1au7pjCngDgGUNORvpz1pxtRa/s1600/Jill+Cook+4.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_tTcJktB1HclCtTTpW4QAYaDjFE6XqTHRSK8FkHWYglD54SFfhVvcExSHTdwoQElOvSQONHwhnhu8UuuSh8vXwzNAo1RQ7vwqAFIptTLGw0P9DhPaWlN0S0Ueqdoa_AkQuEMtXdN1Y-Mt/s320/Jill+Cook+4t.jpg" ALT="Jill+Cook." TITLE="Jill+Cook."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBydo2YT2ckAxqRCHcQB87ORnhJIWneIX9RrNjs7r5KpInrF7kGg4kuScjIcnUNf1OZFN9NHUoWzMg7WQSRITW_JIi8P3tLSxT0LaoI6gtycRbGP4HQwrVpLJJ3rj6-G7ktDgRD4dUnUH2/s1600/Jill+Cook+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgzAOIqjqXGhQ3xgf8kyUwL6Z3T6Yhe1kDo944yHiZZFMLeZGxjYYu7UnHlGG6nebHBkqq2SsxU2k63C_wUK1WJ7mdqkZ_rHWZ89uPfWXOHfvl8JaA1w8SHcwrQHmZCyZIeLz407Id-ct/s320/Jill+Cook+3t.jpg" ALT="Jill+Cook." TITLE="Jill+Cook."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMLTIVtQNj4TujZpfACd4FBg32DpX2B2m5tTGVqVW9yruJWFkJiwroRkTWsaK6ZdY56EeyFSaIrEOHM8Oip1ccfmnDQhYg44OQjutzQgLASVi-riXBMozsAVJDW8OUcm05v_6UpVjBRvU/s1600/Jill+Cook+5.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1wXXxsdf8zevicqOd-QzOakFypgKdcr8hECWCgG-hhyphenhyphenuyo_COenYVuyx1nLXw1ez8jRMId9dCm13dOmNSJlgw_AcMaZOIb-O2RiJ7dw4Cmgf16nGU64QxFa2mFqTvnq0F3fxmG9_MkEO/s320/Jill+Cook+5t.jpg" ALT="Jill+Cook." TITLE="Jill+Cook."></a><br />
So ... what have they got that moves me to all this enthusiasm?<br />
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Mus' be that <i>quality without a name</I> thang agin. D'you think? Edward Burtynsky same kinna way. (Slippin' into a hill-billy lisp to mask the obvious.)</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><br />
[Everyone knows the word 'Stonehenge'. 'Henge' is a word in its own right too. First, there are other places called henges: Dowth Henge, Monknewtown Henge, etc. - old, roughly circular, made of stone. And it's always worth plumbing the OED, in this case for a list of (generally obsolete) meanings: the ‘pluck’ of an animal; hanging, suspended, articulated ... stones; a hinge.]<a NAME="MmmmS02"> </A><a HREF="#MmmmS03" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBwlVIKaUNryBoqzVfXaM_eUmyWo_xgTjJ3xF-AiqtpCU41GFNSvkdDfZWj4jeeu-k5bPQj_ZI_ycOD6DOkYMt4674_mY1T49SpP63wMfbkfveOq3S40ZYjkA9rahob9OjndhulCASVS3/s1600/Tiras+Toles+13-03-16+carbon+tax.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 15PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmlTqoRLbpXeOldphxzhxEhpZwH0DA3z4sYKOS0VfJryE7aFp0Wa0-z96nTDyStrl0QMwXFoK9ruVz8uTbwzQsSQbGyy9pCGLY-K2aMG9SufOHlOaD9k0G1BCrYVD5Q0q0QxN1EUtz6fM/s320/Tiras+Toles+13-03-16t+carbon+tax.jpg" ALT="Tom Toles." TITLE="Tom Toles." ALIGN=LEFT></a><b>Carbon Tax:</B> Thomas Friedman says <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/opinion/sunday/friedman-its-lose-lose-vs-win-win-win-win-win.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: It’s Lose-Lose vs. Win-Win-Win-Win-Win, Tom Friedman, March 16, 2013."><b>It’s Lose-Lose vs. Win-Win-Win-Win-Win</B></A>.<br />
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Taxes go where? Well ... they go somewhere between: a) nowhere; b) a rich-man's pocket (or a rich woman's); c) a bureaucrat's pittance; d) a nonsense program; e) a minor benefit of some kind; and, f) back into the hands of the payer.<br />
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Friedman doesn't seem to understand the distinction (I'm an American! I don't <i>have</I> to be subtle!) - but give him credit, <i>any</I> sort of carbon tax is preferrable to none. Others, the left-lib hand-wringers like Paul Krugman prefer d) & e). Even though there is an inevitable <i>vigorish</I> fraction of c) involved in f) - entropy, perpetual motion machines and all that - I presume most tax payers would prefer it. That is if they could see it as a possibility and accept the notion that, yes, something revenue-neutral can have an effect.<br />
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Jim Hansen makes the case here for revenue-neutral Fee & Dividend carbon taxation schemes: <a HREF="http://miscellaneousmaterial.blogspot.ca/2010/06/james-hansen-storms-of-my-grandchildren.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda: James Hansen, Storms of My Grandchildren (2009), excerpt from Chapter 9, p 205ff."><b>An Honest Effective Path</B></A>. Quite convincing ...<br />
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... but the <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/02/dont-know-cant-say.html#DkcsS03c" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>last time I mentioned this topic</B></A>, the pundits at <i>The Guardian</I> didn't even list it as an option. Doh?!<a NAME="MmmmS03"> </A><a HREF="#MmmmS04" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>The cost of being cool in k-k-Canada:</B> (as compared with, say, Iceland.)<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqnT74EKeXQQ1a_asL9Ma7pqOtm9PkhXDP5CPEptX_hxJWZHqmw_QaNGbGD_AkaicZqsSTsB3c6QmI6jgMwuhyphenhyphenCCnttHvoX_8ujrR54LmeEHB8hbMzYtYMbQ-aVozhfL31IvTNrDc7QHA/s1600/Connect+1+cellphone+downloading+Michael+Geist.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTSfSOGPh6sTIR47u4qZ40UJDqaRoGMEcbFpL2vP_spaNMTXDsR2ZYBjn79KvamxwczM5tPvdhmiHjq4We_x_Z1V4OOclnhEiPQPwZ9aobQBBSH_GhQZn4qZri9mMxhNImSSgsHvY9VHG/s320/Connect+1tl+cellphone+downloading+Michael+Geist.jpg" ALT="Cellphone Downloading Charges." TITLE="Cellphone Downloading Charges."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqnT74EKeXQQ1a_asL9Ma7pqOtm9PkhXDP5CPEptX_hxJWZHqmw_QaNGbGD_AkaicZqsSTsB3c6QmI6jgMwuhyphenhyphenCCnttHvoX_8ujrR54LmeEHB8hbMzYtYMbQ-aVozhfL31IvTNrDc7QHA/s1600/Connect+1+cellphone+downloading+Michael+Geist.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQV5JwsgU06qEvHjAaWJbEZ0qRwy3ZJncHxkjHBJWOk3CPdHIS0qrCp4Mquf4DbTVc9e02DZ9xKBmco4_Ab-9J7mQQf5DSpObFJ7VF-qENww11oX5gwMX71a0klfPFVtWoFqJODiNJcaya/s320/Connect+1tr+cellphone+downloading+Michael+Geist.jpg" ALT="Cellphone Downloading Charges." TITLE="Cellphone Downloading Charges."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMZp7_npJQcjguUGY_YcsNpESOpJqA7k1I_hyWGDNJWpCRXsYCWt5Ne3WJg_Cv4Q7lUqtvz5WOItlPbKLYcCDH4cXzEqzB3uwSJrEgO8nOHZ6pzqcE0fkPh2UD28spDKthGc_t_Df1t2U/s1600/Connect+2+roaming+&+downloading+OECD.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoyqbWJXfw6Y0JMpte8XV-8PcV1puLzelTOIwQAFUBFQoTcWI7KV9EAJMqxQhwR9WUtCAzCDdUbhmb9eoO_Jnl7ZOwaUuAC1ezLsPgkqgQe_eIgTS-PyX6ni7nOs5Nl_geMuBuvTiUIRd/s320/Connect+2tl+roaming+&+downloading+OECD.jpg" ALT="Cellphone Downloading Charges when Roaming." TITLE="Cellphone Downloading Charges when Roaming."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMZp7_npJQcjguUGY_YcsNpESOpJqA7k1I_hyWGDNJWpCRXsYCWt5Ne3WJg_Cv4Q7lUqtvz5WOItlPbKLYcCDH4cXzEqzB3uwSJrEgO8nOHZ6pzqcE0fkPh2UD28spDKthGc_t_Df1t2U/s1600/Connect+2+roaming+&+downloading+OECD.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX; BORDER-COLOR:#000000; BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Dix4kPD__sXnxoSSQeAbV83z0unIgMbB_6qheojR8ZS37G0fXxR3k3ccfzPeQAXSWFQMJs_F8i3qhrXvpYxhZHZFFe1rzbE8KKSIa1ujndd53CNYbZnr4htw7OEr2LFygtRK4m3fG8Xp/s320/Connect+2tr+roaming+&+downloading+OECD.jpg" ALT="Cellphone Downloading Charges when Roaming." TITLE="Cellphone Downloading Charges when Roaming."></a><br />
A 2011 report from the OECD: <a HREF="http://www.oecd.org/internet/broadband/48127892.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="OECD: International Mobile Data Roaming, May 2011."><b>International Mobile Data Roaming</B></A>; and a recent post by Michael Geist: <a HREF="http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6803/125/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Michael Geist (blog): Canadian Wireless Reality Check: Why Our Wireless Market is Still Woefully Uncompetitive, Sunday March 10, 2013."><b>Canadian Wireless Reality Check</B></A>.<br />
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One of those graphs is in Gigabytes and one is in Megabytes - there are 1,000 Mb in a Gb so ... it looks to me like downloading while you are roaming is 1,000 times more expensive. I asked Michael Geist if this is a reasonable conclusion - and he answered the email but not the question - so I'm just guessing. PPP figures in the OECD report. It apparently means Point to Point Protocol - but they don't explain how it is relevant.<br />
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Bottom line message? "Trust us, we're experts." The good news is that Canadians are being screwed about proportionally to Icelanders (but from a starting point about six times greater).<br />
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<b><i>Kewel!</I></B> (Or maybe that should be <i>'Quewel!'</I> And no, I don't have a mobile telephone - gave 'em up when I realized Congolese women were being brutally raped to provide the tantalum.)<a NAME="MmmmS04"> </A><a HREF="#MmmmS05" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><table ALIGN=RIGHT BORDER="0" CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><tbody>
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</TBODY></TABLE> <b>Updates:</B> (<i>Bakatcha!</I>)<br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 0.4in; text-indent: -0.4in; margin-bottom: -2.0em; line-height: 110%; COLOR:#000000;"><b>No Dash For Gas:</B> <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/13/edf-lawsuit-environmental-activists-backlash" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: EDF drops lawsuit against environmental activists after backlash, James Ball, Wednesday 13 March 2013."><b>EDF drops lawsuit against environmental activists after backlash</B></A>.</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 0.4in; text-indent: -0.4in; margin-bottom: -2.0em; line-height: 110%; COLOR:#000000;"><b>Fuck the bees:</B> <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/15/bee-harming-pesticides-escape-european-ban" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Bee-harming pesticides escape proposed European ban, Damian Carrington, Friday 15 March 2013."><b>Bee-harming pesticides escape proposed European ban</B></A>. Oh well. Ralph Nader says one pound of plutonium will do in eight billion (are there even eight billion of us here yet?) but actual results are equivocal.</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 0.4in; text-indent: -0.4in; margin-bottom: -0.5em; line-height: 110%; COLOR:#000000;"><b>Cosmic endings:</B> <a HREF="http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/03/14/higgs_boson_particle_physicists_confident_god_particle_discovered.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Toronto Star: Higgs boson particle: Physicists confident ‘God particle’ discovered, Kate Allen, Thursday March 14 2013."><b>Higgs boson particle: Physicists confident</B></A> (not really, more equivocation). <b>AND</B> <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/science/space/on-the-watch-for-a-solar-storm.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: Sun Storm Forecast: Tiny Chance of Havoc, Kenneth Chang, March 18, 2013."><b>Sun Storm Forecast: Tiny Chance of Havoc</B></A>; see also <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia: Solar storm of 1859."><b>Carrington Event</B></A> & <a HREF="http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/seri/MNRAS/0020/0000013.000.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Harvard Archive: Description of a Singular Appearance seen in the Sun on September 1, 1859."><b>Carrington's report</B></A>. <b>AND</B> <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/11/superbugs-antibiotics-bacterial-diseases-infections" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: New wave of 'superbugs' poses dire threat, says chief medical officer, Sarah Boseley, Monday 11 March 2013."><b>Superbugs</B></A><b>!</B></P> <br />
<b>BUT</B> the only smart guy I know who still talks to me says: <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjbwCS_KKnw" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube: Monty Python, Waste of Time Theory."><b>Penguins</B></A><b>!</B> (Thanks for that Martin.)<a NAME="MmmmS05"> </A><a HREF="#MmmmS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>I saw this <a HREF="http://www.ted.com/talks/edward_burtynsky_on_manufactured_landscapes.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="TED: Edward Burtynsky: Manufactured landscapes, 2005."><b>talk</B></A> some years ago and thought <b>Edward Burtynsky</B> was already somewhere in this blog - but as usual I can't find it - so:<br />
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</TBODY></TABLE>If he sees this I hope he is not offended by the violence necessary (at my level of skill) to render thumbnails into HTML. He keeps a <a HREF="http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Edward Burtynsky website."><b>website</B></A>. I noted what looks like $10,000 for a print so ... you may understand some of the bourgeois urbanity (I was going to say 'Pollyanna positivity' but didn't) evident in the TED talk.<br />
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He gave a <a HREF="http://www.princeton.edu/pei/events/changingworld/schedule.xml" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Princeton Environmental Institute: Edward Burtynsky 'Vital Liquids: Oil and Water - A Visual Study', March 9 2013."><b>presentation</B></A> recently. Eventually it will turn up and I will try to remember to post a link.<a NAME="MmmmS99"> </A><a HREF="#MmmmS99a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>Rhyming slang, the impenetrable code of figurative language. I spent some years working around Geordies - and eventually I'd catch on when they muttered 'give it a butcher's'. It is a code without a key. As I think about it now I see every phrase spoken or written with a figurative dimension requiring personal history - a modicum of Good Samaritan energy, or at the very least some of Kant's 'good will' and Illich's 'conviviality' - to be ... comprehensible. Mostly not. Takes time.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />Human discretion has been hijacked by politicians (and their servants, the bureaucrats), and human spirituality has been hijacked by religions. It was well worth 1,000+ pages of Thomas Pynchon to find myself primed to catch this enlightening thought.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />Back in the day, facing final examinations, I decided (instead) to read every word of William Faulkner ... nothing changes very much :-)<br />
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Be well.</SPAN><a NAME="MmmmS99a"> </A><a HREF="#MmmmS99b" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;"><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:120%;"><b><i>Beyond the Zero</I>:</B> (Zermelo?)<br />
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I finished 'Against the Day' last week; and not wanting to overstate: <i><b>Wowzers!</B></I> (<i>!!<b>!</B></I>) (<i><b>¿</B>¿¿</I>)<br />
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Very possible to gush on about secular transcendence, time and times shifting and merging <i>cf.</I> circularity <i>á la</I> 'Finnegan's Wake', etc. so I won't; except to say ... Thomas Pynchon knows about wind, and many of its (nine billion?) names and what they mean and how they blow ... and this is mid-March in some country north of the tropics ... windy weather. Comin' up on Easter too eh? (In case you prefer your transcendence sanctified.)<br />
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A collection of teasers:<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/10045.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>One: The Light Over the Ranges part 5 - Lew Basnight becomes a detective</B></A>,<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/10868.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Two: Iceland Spar part 12 - Lake Traverse marries Deuce Kindred</B></A>.<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/11371.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Three: Bilocations part 5 - Yashmeen Halfcourt & Cyprian Latewood</B></A>.<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/11569.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Three: Bilocations part 6 - Kit Traverse on the S.S. <i>Stupendica</I></B></A> (short excerpt).<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/11906.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Three: Bilocations part 12 - Lew Basnight encounters Lamont Replevin</B></A> (excerpt).<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/12255.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Three: Bilocations part 17 - Kit Traverse's choice</B></A> (excerpt).<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/12694.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Four: Against the Day part 4 - Yashmeen & Auberon Halfcourt</B></A> (excerpt).<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/12871.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Four: Against the Day part 7 - overture and possibility</B></A> (short excerpt).<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/13126.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Four: Against the Day part 11 - A trio</B></A> (an excerpt some may find salacious).<br />
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[I thought of including Four: Against the Day part 20 in which Lew Basnight meets Lake Traverse & Deuce Kindred, and the whole of the last chapter, Five: Rue du Départ, which runs through at least several of the modes to be found in 'Anatomy of Criticism', but ... didn't, and won't - though I have them scanned and will gladly share via e-mail for the purposes of discussion with anyone who has a notion.]<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />First (to me) came 'A Journey into the mind of Watts' ... 1966 (oh look, it's <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/05/18/reviews/pynchon-watts.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: A Journey Into The Mind of Watts, Thomas Pynchon, June 12 1966."><b>on-line at NYT</B></A>) - maybe - 'V' was out in 1963 already, 'The Crying of Lot 49' also in 1966, so maybe somebody told me, can't remember - but it is <i>Watts</I> that stands out in my memory. Re-reading it this morning and some of that feeling comes back. 'Entropy' came to me about that time too; another bit of light for a white boy grew up in Toronto where there were no black people visible at that time, 50s; and no idea what a 'lease-breaking party' might be, nor a lease for that matter.<br />
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This ain't no hagiography gentle reader, nope.<br />
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Ah ... can't find 'Entropy' on-line ... have to remedy that ... here you go: <a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/13334.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda: Thomas Pynchon, Entropy (with criticism by the author)."><b><i></I>Entropy</B></A> 1958-59.</SPAN><a NAME="MmmmS99b"> </A></DIV><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:80%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/modern-mind.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/diehard.html" TITLE="Diehard, not. (I don' care'f I do die do die do die do ... Johnny Cash.)"><b>Down</B></A>.</DIV></SPAN>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-29104995277673605462013-03-15T00:01:00.000-04:002013-05-06T19:14:44.488-04:00Diehard, not.<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:80%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/diehard.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA;FONT-SIZE:140%;COLOR:#CC6600;">(I don' care'f I do die do die do die do ... Johnny Cash.)</SPAN></A> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/modern-mind.html" TITLE="Modern mind. (... Mind? ... Modern? ...)"><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html" TITLE="Deixe de bobagens! Cala boca! Vai embora ... G'wan! FCOF! STFU!"><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN> <b>Ides</B><a NAME="DiehS00"> </A><a HREF="#DiehS00a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Contents:</B> <a href="#DiehS00a" title=""><b>David Suzuki & Jeff Rubin</B></a>, <a href="#DiehS00b" title=""><b>Oratory List</B></a>, <a href="#DiehS00bb" title=""><b>All vs Honey Bees</B></a>, and <a href="#DiehS00c" title=""><b>Here's for the Pope ... uh?</B></a>.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></DIV><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2qvyMNSRk2GmfHC4uyuczMA5tcr_AezAXBEGJdQCAj1Y0tSD2wB19wVSn44bMf46LSwhXReE3OXpA2ZWmN8KNTcxN-vqprAQCqWqhXJ5jX8eKx4cos7DsDat9VDVYfDDrHQUUQf-ZLmk/s1600/Frog+Never+Give+Up+Frog.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:2PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 10PX;' WIDTH="141PX" HEIGHT="141PX" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi872hYEEYCZTN-ReVwtFeyOct9Y4-uYEwnynwgET1sfGYidD9RwP4HLxB07fsArzuVv0jFqCG299QfN3oySyBs6mXLukVSwiM4RTg1fEBBBibYh-d6GG7z9pIagwF2vKG7GjMtdqr75efK/s320/Frog+Never+Give+Up+Frog+t.jpg" ALT="Defiance! A refuge, and maybe not the last one neither." TITLE="Defiance! A refuge, and maybe not the last one neither." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;">Coming into focus (perhaps). So the <i>Musak</I><sup>®</SUP> from our Neil is the same, almost in focus: <b><i>Hey Hey, My My</I></B> with Crazy Horse in <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O1v_7T6p8U" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>1991</B></A> & this year in Australia, <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD9__Ajkaso" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>2013</B></A>; & <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhs5j7HN8wM" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube: Orange Blossom Special - Johnny Cash live at San Quentin."><b>Johnny</B></A>.<br />
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Luckily I have kids, some of whom still talk to me; a constitution which has survived considerable abuse; and an abiding willingness to laugh at it all (including myself) - accidents of birth and temperament for which I am humbly grateful.<br />
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Can't be posting on the Ides of March without a tip to Julius Caesar (from <a HREF="http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=juliuscaesar&Scope=entire&pleasewait=1&msg=pl#a1,s2" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Open Source Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar."><b>Act I scene 2</B></A>):<span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:105%;LINE-HEIGHT:95%;"><br />
Soothsayer: <b>Beware the ides of March.</B><br />
Caesar: <b>He is a dreamer; let us leave him. Pass.</B></SPAN><a NAME="DiehS00a"> </A><a HREF="#DiehS00b" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></SPAN></DIV><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFlJv-vhF8a_HlGEXiDOFDEReDQ5f0y5XDPqPUrQNsU8s32zdXQYhnFpAATBnW7iPGiZX5I-ezJVfUscoc1i096y9nwMrjH8mKN3Cxp9OM8o_NhE57G-Ikj241A6jvu_skxujoTQrDzFB/s1600/Uwo+David+Suzuki.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEN7Xbm6JXZmBdzaonldvhc-jDovIKbVNvjGnqX0rXlOKloI8xyVj64YYeBHaKKi6q3u-bkwyyGMYaJ_dGh28wA7a_w-tUjqCMI6gdE5QmpL4uuadAyeJMKX7NpSsKtZbfgdhCRDd5WC5E/s320/Uwo+David+Suzuki+t.jpg" ALT="David Suzuki." TITLE="David Suzuki." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTQywme3Mlj64u0qgMstTwD30ej11MEoSAu4l8b9EIdmh9RfI-od3kxkDvPhyphenhyphenTzZJT2OTiLNYT6dcrvV8iKfsPXY1AtXd_vAO5DUXeEX8Tc5QbFAtoSpj4ttcc4ehnhb3c7SCKZSI1-h5n/s1600/Uwo+Jeff+Rubin.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 15PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8VF9gmBX12LGQMJn-_5NYDUyAvg2kzn1STbHZ_DuXrBm6xVmczMivVIVtcnLMwhfQ0DfbOZKXH5tYzTTU-kuVk03HljzGANBnC8Tt72gX4zG3IaUGx1vpacYnrt0FYkwp_3zlpgfrPjQ/s320/Uwo+Jeff+Rubin+t.jpg" ALT="Jeff Rubin." TITLE="Jeff Rubin." ALIGN=LEFT></a><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>There's a lot of good straight talk in this:</B> <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU14fItHGgc" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>David Suzuki & Jeff Rubin at University of Western Ontario in October 2012</B></A> (45 minutes). If you just want the protein: they speak for 20 minutes each, Jeff Rubin begins at 4:30, David Suzuki at 24:30; followed by a <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5S3-hyxs2A" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>Question & Answer session</B></A> (45 minutes).<br />
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This <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kekGhJop-RY" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>short clip</B></A> from the Q&A is where the focus came from: <b>"We need to get down on the ground and actually meet living human beings and engage ourselves in discussion."</B> Yes. Easier said than done but, yes.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />But as I consider the audience these men are addressing in the light of the remarks by Gwynne Dyer (below) a light begins to dawn. It is too late to even bother trying to reach the bourgeois burghers and their good wives because the problem is now in the hands of the great unwashed - the under-educated in the West (including the shaken but still smug union members) and the huge numbers in China, India & Africa whose dearest wish is to grow up and somehow (any how) become just like them.<br />
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Someone I know, a climate scientist, gets on a plane to go south because the lengthening days in March have inspired him and he wants the warm sun, not when it comes to him, but <i><b>right now!</B></I> (Many in my family do the same.) <b>And CO<sub>2</SUB> be damned!</B><br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGYkuXaZRc2SZrcrDYOnVydYpvKGXFzEtQNem3Y__qmNmwqAYrJLLQwcGVdAUCYcSzAPdZqeD9iyhyphenhyphen1DnC3YRHPfWDMrrlQnKHKw_6UrIt03p1mlFvM4c6BRQm2PZkQVXURwnKkL_UWEY/s1600/Uwo+Keith+Marnock.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1OZslnkk3lp8Bl2YJiT0V-932aSQwqkURXUrQTFH_Qdrq6nTpaV3jFJ2HDSQKIqjCOX7YKL7Q0xc0fpoWApr8ooYkB69V7Eq0KLG83oMuWUgKuvkF6MsJL1fJLKpPPpGqIUrAVjdGEWv/s320/Uwo+Keith+Marnock+t.jpg" ALT="Keith Marnoch." TITLE="Keith Marnoch." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>Some revealing moments in the <i>gnocchi</I> from Keith Marnoch, the host, Director of Media at UWO, who says things like "entertaining and interesting," and "we're hoping for a really good show," and "we hope that you enjoyed yourself." He might have said, <b>"Maybe now you'll get your fricken thumbs out!"</B><br />
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An American pundit (who apparently believes in miracles) <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/science/in-search-of-energy-miracles.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: In Search of Energy Miracles, Justin Gillis, March 11 2013."><b>writes</B></A>: "But surely we would all feel better about the future if the full creative power of American capitalism were unleashed on the climate problem." Oh really?!<a NAME="DiehS00b"> </A><a HREF="#DiehS00bb" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><table ALIGN=RIGHT BORDER="0" CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><tbody>
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</TBODY></TABLE> Collection of good speeches:<br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: -1.0in; margin-bottom: -2.2em; line-height: 1.3em;COLOR:#000000;"><b>Severn Suzuki:</B> <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_O1Au8vZLA" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>UN Earth Summit</B></A> in Rio de Janeiro, June 1992.</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: -1.0in; margin-bottom: -2.2em; line-height: 1.3em;COLOR:#000000;"><b>Lula da Silva:</B> <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQzVjDp5WA8" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>COP15 Part 1</B></A> & <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGx8Ku08L_c" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Part 2</B></A> in Copenhagen, December 2009.</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: -1.0in; margin-bottom: -2.2em; line-height: 1.3em;COLOR:#000000;"><b>Ian Fry:</B> <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUyZOgcHn-Q" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>COP15</B></A> in Copenhagen representing Tuvalu, December 2009.</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: -1.0in; margin-bottom: -2.2em; line-height: 1.3em;COLOR:#000000;"><b>Noam Chomsky:</B> <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJUA4cm0Rck" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>How Climate Change Became a Liberal Hoax</B></A>, early 2010.</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: -1.0in; margin-bottom: -2.2em; line-height: 1.3em;COLOR:#000000;"><b>Gwynne Dyer:</B> <a HREF="http://a4.g.akamai.net/f/4/79195/30s/smb2.download.akamai.com/79195/4000/5469/5478/7241/Archive_2/default.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>Hot Hungry and Hostile: The Geopolitics of a Warming World</B></A> (skip to 'Keynote Address') at the BC Power Smart Forum, October 2011.</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: -1.0in; margin-bottom: -2.2em; line-height: 1.3em;COLOR:#000000;"><b>Anjali Appadurai:</B> <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeTfZQe7HYY" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>COP17</B></A> in Durban, December 2011.</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: -1.0in; margin-bottom: -2.2em; line-height: 1.3em;COLOR:#000000;"><b>Dennis Meadows:</B> <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2oyU0RusiA" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Perspectives on the Limits of Growth</B></A> during the Smithsonian Institution symposium, March 2012.</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: -1.0in; margin-bottom: -2.2em; line-height: 1.3em;COLOR:#000000;"><b>Jim Hansen:</B> <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWInyaMWBY8" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Why I must speak out about climate change </B></A> with TED, March 2012.</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: -1.0in; margin-bottom: -2.2em; line-height: 1.3em;COLOR:#000000;"><b>José Mujica:</B> president of Uruguay <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCEgcd7G9Bg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Rio+20</B></A> in Rio de Janeiro, June 2012.</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: -1.0in; margin-bottom: -2.2em; line-height: 1.3em;COLOR:#000000;"><b>Tim Jackson:</B> <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FxjDQtl90M" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Green Growth, Fairytale or Strategy?</B></A> at Technische Universität / University of Technology in Berlin, December 2012.</P> <br />
<p STYLE="margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: -1.0in; margin-bottom: -0.5em; line-height: 1.3em;COLOR:#000000;"><b>Naderev Sano:</B> <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OjAv4aBiqY" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>COP18</B></A> in Doha representing the Phillipines, December 2012.</P> <br />
I don't know if any of this does any good at all; and no way of knowing. No surprise anymore though that none of them speak to me eh?<a NAME="DiehS00bb"> </A><a HREF="#DiehS00c" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><table ALIGN=LEFT BORDER="0" CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><tbody>
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</TBODY></TABLE>We kept bees on the farm - through the propitious arrival of a swarm one day into a bush by the house, and a friend with the requisite knowledge & equipment being handy. And of course Jimmie Rodgers' hit <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHa2fMpMBss" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b><i>Honeycomb</I></B></A> in 1957 when I was 11 permanently spliced honey bees and yellow (Oxum) into the primary sexual circuit, the main bus.<br />
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So reports of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) touch me deeply (as it were). The latest political evilness of sacrificing the bees to expedient economics by Owen Paterson is here in <i>The Guardian</I>: <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/13/owen-paterson-ban-pesticides-bees" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Owen Paterson set to scupper EU plans to ban pesticides linked to bee harm, Damian Carrington, Wednesday 13 March."><b>Owen Paterson set to scupper EU plans to ban pesticides</B></A>.<br />
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This <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicotinoid#Link_to_bee_colony_collapse_disorder" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia: Neonicotinoid link to bee colony collapse disorder"><b>Wikipedia</B></A> paragraph includes the phrase "sub-nanogram toxicity". A nanogram is not very much - one billionth of a gram. I can hardly grasp the notions of parts per million (ppm) & parts per bellion (ppb) - they escape my imagination. A while ago I mentioned a study (abstract <a HREF="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16159676" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Effect of bisphenol A on maturation and quality of semen and eggs in the brown trout, Salmo trutta f. fario."><b>here</B></A>) showing that less than 5 ppb of bisphenol A (BPA) in the water more-or-less stops reproduction among brown trout. To make a comparison I (awkwardly) convert "sub-nanogram toxicity" into something less than 1 ppm by body weight (100 milligrams for a slightly above average honey bee worker apparently).<br />
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<b>These are infinitesimally small amounts!</B> The purveyors of this neonicotinoid poison should be prevented. That they are not - and that anyone sells or uses it at all, knowing what it does ... leaves me speechless.<a NAME="DiehS00c"> </A><a HREF="#DiehS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmb-Y_V_FyJRAA3HCyArHppHarXWJtbb9KL3gVW5fpbErslRyQExJvedFGcUv-hRNd1pWReo71WWp8LdVn8YRhdQz2_bH444ampZDf8EoBGlW-P64UezPIaUFBfD4lG0R-4iDwBBGOPHM/s1600/Tiras+Toad+13-02-28+white+elephant.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 1PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7Y4DoqjNn5weens55Q_bDwivI_7aSn7bAvwhllLSstIvlc8oplkN6itvkNefoJHLwHyCKoge74Dl-98U1Pz0H9z62L7X5ew2ozJsGCOnoFCvThT-Atlyx9uo2L9uZnRu5LOlTEq3MACw/s320/Tiras+Toad+13-02-28t+white+elephant.jpg" ALT="Toad: A white elephant departs." TITLE="Toad: A white elephant departs."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYXIRfpgoqq-AsFLHGP4kpuQB9gJYnQ5KUY227kfEj_-IZd-Is3d0NeKRfm3ad4n70KhUGXRX585uvvWOKZUW8nzBgR-Y89Lxa4hQVfpG8p7th2ig95DZkkJ_jt1mJPCFMNMbf1BNQ0cO/s1600/Tiras+Toad+13-03-11+complicit.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 0PX 1PX 1PX;BORDER-COLOR:#000000;BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0D7IO_w-dWdSOjDA8dESbZDcJgdgiD9Tm7fYLswQ056PQoQS8ct_9yflD-4t6Yi_MDTFt9q13B6KfI56HaR9EyykXM1Dq1ovlk6FC3N3upc82cS6dYKbmAtXck-SMX2FvFwCLULgwKIg/s320/Tiras+Toad+13-03-11tl+complicit+-+Copy.jpg" ALT="Toad: Pigs & sub-pigs." TITLE="Toad: Pigs & sub-pigs."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYXIRfpgoqq-AsFLHGP4kpuQB9gJYnQ5KUY227kfEj_-IZd-Is3d0NeKRfm3ad4n70KhUGXRX585uvvWOKZUW8nzBgR-Y89Lxa4hQVfpG8p7th2ig95DZkkJ_jt1mJPCFMNMbf1BNQ0cO/s1600/Tiras+Toad+13-03-11+complicit.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX;BORDER-COLOR:#000000;BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:0PX 1PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhveV2T_R1SUtHGO4xaBiOHHeWGHN0zMK40AfmucsklxZaWkMo8HkbRyGfOuffR7xm8axAnkGTokBX0x_9B1-uLcbnROJ5p1nNxEbDOBpn9gOkk33tzl8M_jBtk5OX7mXGD1kpoA2n4kPu/s320/Tiras+Toad+13-03-11tr+complicit.jpg" ALT="Toad: Pigs & sub-pigs." TITLE="Toad: Pigs & sub-pigs."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUeWk9_e5g8Rz_7R1vPMGX0QVxFxKkSDwILKw1fskmNoonEJROCiVON58hrz2SAIb7kYDSThvVcsx7iNyI9_5FNr3ItTx93dQF4QNmnmRM4wHBeXZa6C4KExiLcOw6KyRkbjh6fgg9qZc/s1600/Tiras+Aislin+13-03-12+Disneyfy+the+Vatican.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4aSOuhvKb31WYy6ZmSxYTwoDicG0RNKUpoVnXPCeLJu0sSCxNnRX2l2LZi9Pgcb0tRu2cNlFbLC1rWIZMqLJvaUQS5QLyqHqicFVYFu5dPDimHII3WxmDr12fK932scQScAcELGEHCemd/s320/Tiras+Aislin+13-03-12t+Disneyfy+the+Vatican.jpg" ALT="Aislin: Disneyfy the Vatican! Mickey Mouse for Pope!" TITLE="Aislin: Disneyfy the Vatican! Mickey Mouse for Pope!"></a><br />
Of course, making such infantile montages marks me as a yahoo ... so ...<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />I sent out one more email suggesting an action to follow up on Suzuki's remarks (short clip <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kekGhJop-RY" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>here</B></A>): sandwich boards in Dundas Square saying 'Ask Me." ... And had a response: at least two ready to go out together and more taking an interest.<br />
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<tr><td>Nature's first green is gold,<br />
Her hardest hue to hold.<br />
Her early leaf's a flower;<br />
But only so an hour.<br />
Then leaf subsides to leaf.<br />
So Eden sank to grief,<br />
So dawn goes down to day.<br />
Nothing gold can stay.<br />
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Robert Frost.</TD></TR>
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</TBODY></TABLE>"Diehard!" I thought.<br />
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But within a few hours it became too confusing, overwhelming. I was terrified to see them again, freaked; did not want to be myself anymore; cut my hair, shaved off the moustache & goatee and pulled out.<br />
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That's it I guess.<br />
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Be well.</SPAN><a NAME="DiehS99"> </A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/diehard.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A>Irritation at Daylight Savings Time lingers on (usually for months). Send the meddling bureaucrats responsible for it home! <b>Fire every last one of 'em!</B><br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />Ah! The problem with the keyboard is the built-in mousepad thingy. Too complicated to figgure out how to disable it in Windows7 so - duct-tape & cardboard have stopped the sucker and I am the happier for that. <b>:-)</B><br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html" TITLE="Deixe de bobagens! Cala boca! Vai embora ... G'wan! FCOF! STFU!"><b>Down</B></A>.</DIV></SPAN><br />
David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053065033880225297.post-57537477828440417102013-03-10T08:37:00.001-04:002013-05-02T14:09:55.050-04:00Deixe de bobagens! Cala boca! Vai embora ...<div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:90%;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA;FONT-SIZE:140%;COLOR:#CC6600;"><b>G'wan! FCOF! STFU!</B></SPAN></A> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA;FONT-SIZE:80%;COLOR:#CC6600;">(Ok.)</SPAN> <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/diehard.html" TITLE="Diehard, not. (I don' care'f I do die do die do die do ... Johnny Cash.)"><b>Up</B></A>, <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/if-it-were-up-to-me.html" TITLE="If it were up to me ... but everybody's busy & nobody's listenin'."><b>Down</B></A>.</SPAN> <b>Tibet 1959</B><a NAME="CbddbS00"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS00a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></DIV><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">I can do it in French too: <span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:GEORGIA;FONT-SIZE:140%;COLOR:#CC6600;"><b>Fou-toi Tabernac! Taisez-vous crétin! Va t'en ...</B></SPAN><br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;"><b>Contents:</B> <b>Diehard:(</B><a href="#CbddbS00a" title=""><b>Again</B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS00b" title=""><b>Again again</B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS00c" title=""><b>Again again again</B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS00d" title=""><b>Soup & a road trip</B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS00e" title=""><b>Cognitive dissonance</B></a><b>)</B>, <b>Keystone:(</B><a href="#CbddbS01" title=""><b>Sequestration</B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS01aa" title=""><b>José Mujica of Uruguay</B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS01a" title=""><b>State Department Report</B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS01b" title=""><b>Hand-wringing & Bleating</B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS01c" title="Bill McKibben is a fricken saint!"><b>Hagiography</B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS01e" title="Object Lesson - Jason Russell & Kony 2012."><b>Object Lesson</B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS01f" title=""><b>Wrinkles</B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS01g" title=""><b>Tzeporah Berman</B></a><b>)</B>, <b>Food:(</B><a href="#CbddbS02" title=""><b>FAO</B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS02a" title=""><b>China</B></a><b>)</B>, <a href="#CbddbS03" title=""><b>Perfect Moral Storm</B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS04" title=""><b>Bicycles</B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS05" title=""><b>Joan Baez</B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS06" title=""><b>Drat Google</B></a>, <b>Cadence:(</B><a href="#CbddbS99" title=""><b><i>Finis Kaputt Caput</I></B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS99a" title=""><b><i>Garden</I></B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS99b" title="Beyond the Zero"><b><i>Beyond the Zero</I></B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS99c" title=""><b>Choices</B></a>, <a href="#CbddbS99d" title=""><b>The Cat</B></a><b>).</B><br />
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More than usually discontinuous this time gentle reader, sorry about that. And the <i>Musak</I><sup>®</SUP> that has shown up is such awful dreck I hesitate to tell. ... it's ... Donovan, <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge5Gv7kJGUw" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b><i>Sunshine Superman</I></B></A>; and here he is again <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGLcXIrk6S0" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Guardian/YouTube."><b>more recently</B></A>. <b>Doh!?</B> (With an ad for "Beautiful Chinese Women for dating and marriage," included free.)<br />
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March 10 is a more-or-less arbitrary date in Tibet's recent history - see <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Tibetan_Rebellion" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Wikipedia</B></A> - but it'll do; either as an appropriate Lenten meditation if you are into that kind of thing; or as a reminder to seek clues to why young people who were not born when the Chinese began it are now ready to lay their new lives down for it.<br />
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Or one could celebrate Daylight Savings Time? Not likely. Send the bureaucrats who do it home. <b>Fire them all!</B><br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#CC6600; COLOR:#000000;" />Washing dirty laundry in public? Not a good idea? Like sending cash in the mail? Maybe so, in a world which is not facing obliteration; but it seems to me that straight talk, right or wrong, polite or rude, faces us in a direction which may ... save us. Not done without misgivings certainly.<a NAME="CbddbS00a"> </A><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#CC6600; COLOR:#000000;" /><a HREF="#CbddbS00b" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></SPAN></DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>Well <i>FUCK!</I> ... ... ... there I went and did it again. Some people <i>never</I> learn.</B><span STYLE="COLOR:#000099;FONT-FAMILY:ARIAL;FONT-SIZE:80%;"><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><br />
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</TBODY></TABLE>Friends, this has been sitting in my 'Drafts' folder for almost a year now - time to get it outa there.<br />
I am sending it to some of you who somehow connected with me (or not) during the Bella Bella fast - to pose what is for me a central question - so I hope you can temporarily suspend any bad email habits you may have and actually read it, think about it, maybe even respond, if for no other reason than that it has taken me some hours to compose.<br />
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The question is this: Where do we go from here? And how? And when?<br />
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I've seen the energy dissipate before - to quote Bob, "I seen pretty people disappear like smoke." I went to Washington in 2011, got arrested and then saw the energy wasted in premature claims of "Victory! We won! You won!" I went to Ottawa a month later to "climb the fence" (with my son) and saw the COC organizers squander the energy by sending us away when the police decided not to arrest us (because the clerks had all gone home at 3:30 PM - it's Ottawa :-). I participated in Occupy Toronto and watched, again, again, again, as the energy was frittered away to a rump.<br />
In October last year I got on the train and went to Victoria for the 'Defend Our Coast' rally - and about the same thing happened afterwards: nothing - though it was a great trip and I played with my grandkids for the first time in too long.<br />
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I am not blaming here (much as it may appear) I am just stating the facts as I know them - first hand.<br />
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I happen to believe that the only enduring good that comes out of actions like the ones I mentioned, and the Bella Bella fast, and even more generally, that comes out of being alive at all - is the strength of whatever connections are established between individuals. Unfortunately I seem to be particularly bad at such connections: I have no ongoing correspondence with the people I met in Washington, or Ottawa, or Occupy - but rightly or wrongly, this belief of mine persists. A hedgehog, but stubborn.<br />
This will be known in the history books as LUCKY '13 - THE YEAR WE TURNED IT AROUND. I am sure at least some of you agree with me that if CO2 emissions do not peak in absolute terms by about 2015 then the rest is ... the fat lady singing (maybe it's 2020 like Joeri Rogelj <i>et al</I> say in 'Nature', maybe she is already tunin' up). What I am doing now is trying to figgure out how to make that happen, make Lucky '13 ... lucky.<br />
We have a wonderful example recently with 35,000 showing up in Washington. WOWZERS! ... In Canada, not so much, 35 brave souls in Edmonton I heard.<br />
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So ... there's the question; and the best I have to offer in the way of a clue ... to a direction ... to an answer.<br />
<div ALIGN=RIGHT>Be well.<a NAME="CbddbS00b"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS00c" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></DIV></DIV></SPAN>I think for a minute about including a dedication, "In respectful and honouring memory of Wiebo Ludwig 1941-2012." Decide against and send it off to the dozen or so I have emails for who came out or discussed it with me at the time.<br />
<img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 1PX 5PX 0PX;' SRC="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80vRfJprI_xpx-5CwdNZkyPhZ8aZjf1ltBkdf7nUVokEBQcS-xe3WM66TS53a6kVm0NctVpHAlJKdrT_Wx5BAEf3a5OTOGLHEHUA7RUnP2KqUleQASseEmJyr_l6vKQeO045qoD65M5Q/s200/Bella+Bella+Community+School+1.jpg" alt="Bella Bella Community School." longdesc="Bella Bella Community School." title="Bella Bella Community School." ALIGN=RIGHT><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 10PX 5PX 0PX;' SRC="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oIpvX2CphF9aLLZjnSV7dMvbTtDrMqJvzhpGIcPhE58DbP__N3I0WEWNXWQjvA5vUXg_xpTGM5plAHR6UKqW1ec9VAEaOeK6nfzuCuTqpMb3A324x0EdMn2YTIhoqoU-LrrH4JpynrU/s200/Bella+Bella+Community+School+2.jpg" alt="Bella Bella Community School." longdesc="Bella Bella Community School." title="Bella Bella Community School." ALIGN=RIGHT><br />
Also at the time no one answered my (repeated) questions about the story behind the Bella Bella Community School logo; but I am not trying to shove anything up anyone's nose and don't mention it - and anyway, the thing is getting too long.<a NAME="CbddbS00c"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS00d" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><table ALIGN=LEFT BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"><tbody>
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</TBODY></TABLE><b>Replies? As close to none as makes no nevermind.</B> A few polite acknowledgements; not a single proposal or even a proposal to look for a proposal. No <i>"Let's"</I> in any of it ...<br />
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I hear that three old friends, or, say, an old friend and his two brothers, are up just south of Fort Mac somewhere buildin' pipelines & makin' a pant-ful. Good on 'em! I wish I'd had a brother. (And a pocket-ful would do me.)<br />
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And I've been thinking about that Muslim woman I talked to ... She must have it wrong. Have to wait until I can check it out with someone who knows the Quran. One is not enough because ... well, one person could always be simply, mistaken; two or three not so much. Scripture writers are surely savvy enough to know that.<br />
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So: <b>IF</B> I could be wrong, and <b>IF</B> there is no echo to be heard, <b>THEN</B> I must be wrong. It's the only conclusion I can reach. Good thing I am an asshole and not charismatic - think of the damage I mighta done. And the cognitive dissonance can only improve things. It's not despair that stops me, I can handle despair, it is the lack of conversation.<br />
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"Let the echo decide if I was right or wrong." (<i>Silvio</i>)<br />
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Fuck man! I had it made in the shade: beautiful women in Rio always glad to see me comin'; drinkin' beer with the aunts & uncles in favela <i>barzinhos</I>; flyin' kites in the lanes with their kids. How stupid was it to walk away from that? And the bridges back all burned.<div ALIGN=RIGHT>A slow learner?! Well I guess; and more: retarded, a dill!<a NAME="CbddbS00d"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS00e" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></DIV><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHURKMTi-FyGPJo42RNhfjwBTB2qMGzukeCbIjNFOka_M8j5CKc9dK2vbB7cntJBEsjuo9IHZo_tmKmzDi6IDH88hKgqnmNDAPyMxDi_k5nbo7JLFyxNVluIhe6uKjAaVnZTDlBEDTikpk/s1600/Sunset+Grill+3+David.JPG" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 15PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQ1HDX2ZSiCG1P5Y5BO6vTfT3S-6qqdw-z5t5wg-jIeMoPpgxOjFcq9syab9iln1WMs1KSWU-oy8n4S7M5BDLEZh3p0YfSx8Zp4IJhRkHJwf8TqvsxV47uxsz4HNqdhyphenhyphenla6ZUhqdz1c6S/s320/Sunset+Grill+3t+David.JPG" ALT="In the Sunset Grill." TITLE="In the Sunset Grill." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3QmYo0ojPcNmlv1ECZMx35OlRrUgm05SdwuYrItt6zbjMFbckL-yI2BqqEliASAF9uMwSmdVcp1Jw9_Mwz3kHL4JwZZF4RZFWN-rer2hgZ-NobOj-pHqXOvCM3GhZLPSL46nU6ynP80/s1600/Aug+54+Start+Loving+Jay+McGinley.JPG" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' SRC="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1DvSeyFjMLRqffVTNdX5gjR_yXh3fJEgTKeZ7297mGy1HYKXp_qHBfXm1yxwCxS4fJRWPdIBSSwMSh4SQ47q_OWKd-1FZ1LEMLWdEDKr7P19HPz6xBES21K6Ul5zX9bu6lrVKPJQEMo/s200/Aug+54t+Start+Loving+Jay+McGinley.JPG" alt="Start Loving aka Jay McGinley." title="Start Loving aka Jay McGinley." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><b>Doh!</B> And I <i><b>knew</B></I> there would be nothing. Not rocket science. Another penny down the well into as good as complete silence. Guilt ridden, hag-rid old fart with psychology written all over 'im warning everyone to "Stay the fuck away from <i>this</I> asshole!" That's the point with guys carryin' around "Repent, The End Is Near" signs. Sure, they know something, like Jay McGinley I met in Washington, Start Loving, good man; but they are always alone, atomized, easily dismissed, no way of telling for sure if the hunger strike is really goin' on or if it's just another solipsism.<br />
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Anyone could change all that. This blog accepts comments. Anyone could say, "No, that's not it! It's like this ..." But it doesn't happen and I have to wonder why not.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAcKDd4CsPHa9u2qM20fsgt0lWW8wjU4Lu2UDM2ScgNiZwfJTXtbM1SGCazzbmRpg0P0HeqaXdK7qrSv7IcExkoGCoWy6euq8fy6RLazaiHdfvBdE3geXt6AftVhw5vLdhjndJz48tQ6d/s1600/Tiras+Far+Side+83-00-00+What+dogs+hear.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 15PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAcKDd4CsPHa9u2qM20fsgt0lWW8wjU4Lu2UDM2ScgNiZwfJTXtbM1SGCazzbmRpg0P0HeqaXdK7qrSv7IcExkoGCoWy6euq8fy6RLazaiHdfvBdE3geXt6AftVhw5vLdhjndJz48tQ6d/s320/Tiras+Far+Side+83-00-00+What+dogs+hear.jpg" ALT="Gary Larson, The Far Side: What we say to dogs. What they hear." TITLE="Gary Larson, The Far Side: What we say to dogs. What they hear." ALIGN=LEFT></a>OK. <i>Finis.</I> <i>Acabou.</I> Maybe it's really done this time. I fuckin' well hope so. "Give what I got 'til I ain't got no more." Well I'm there. I gave it. Can I stop now? Some people never learn and maybe I'm one'a those.<br />
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Still make pretty good soup though. Four large pork chops in the food store on special for $1.99. Get two soups outa that. How can they sell it for that price? Ginger, cayenne, black pepper, onions & barley, bit of rice & corn, can of tomatoes ... brussel sprouts! Dunno why but I've got a yen for 'em lately?<br />
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Food for a week and more.<br />
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Have to find something else to do. Out to the street and turn left or right like in '93? No van this time, walkin' ... that might be a problem.<a NAME="CbddbS00e"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS01" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#CC6600; COLOR:#000000;" /><b>Cognitive dissonance reaches a</B> <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous%E2%80%93Paleogene_boundary" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia: Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary."><b>K-Pg</B></A> <b>boundary:</B><br />
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My friend told me a story about sled dogs among the Inuit. When they are puppies they are treated as members of the family with approximately full privileges; but at some point they are put outside and become dogs. It's quite a shock for them he said.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWjcBz16mFkFNEntwE61X4BvcAxc5z1UeCNPiIT4Ih1hGAojac2PxBXf53Mee11erdykbE_boCZ2MrUVTHtVkHagLxZTmjEmZunX_t9XMpS-H35eMKOfx3uLk7OWNAWMvV7LehXthz8vf/s1600/Bill+Brandt+1942+Bombed+Regency+Staircase,+Upper+Brook+Street,+Mayfair.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWjcBz16mFkFNEntwE61X4BvcAxc5z1UeCNPiIT4Ih1hGAojac2PxBXf53Mee11erdykbE_boCZ2MrUVTHtVkHagLxZTmjEmZunX_t9XMpS-H35eMKOfx3uLk7OWNAWMvV7LehXthz8vf/s320/Bill+Brandt+1942+Bombed+Regency+Staircase,+Upper+Brook+Street,+Mayfair.jpg" ALT="Bill Brandt ~1942: Bombed Regency Staircase Upper Brook Street Mayfair." TITLE="Bill Brandt ~1942: Bombed Regency Staircase Upper Brook Street Mayfair." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>How much of this is being immersed these days in the shifting landscapes & timescapes of Thomas Pynchon's 'Against the Day' I can't say; dunno.<br />
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Some kind of automatic keyboard shortcuts kick in periodically on this (piece of junk) laptop and make typing almost impossible - Oh, I wish I could figgure out how to pull their little tongues out! - or maybe it's part of the general 'dropsy'; again, dunno.<br />
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As the water seems to be receding - after a flood or just in the bath when the plug is pulled - what emerges is sometimes familiar but ... strange, new. For me it is often a renewed memory of building geometric models - polyhedra, tensegrities. Happened again yesterday. The first print-shop I approached turned me down (for no good reason). Maybe tomorrow I will try again. It would be good to pass some of these skills & techniques on.<a NAME="CbddbS01"> </A><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#CC6600; COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="#CbddbS01aa" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;"></A>This so-called sequestration is happening in the US - but the masters & mistresses & matrons are not cutting their own salaries are they?<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWNF1_yJzSeLKc0mNY24Ru9kWjIqVbAEIKLV7we2tVwv2sOkj1vA9wMH4wx3QrCsnOiVGoxfKcktf88yBZTp0n-iGIaly4k_7BEse7R3D1UY_EPRGzih5ZC0mXOWo0AUOLT-d_grF4dwo/s1600/Tiras+Toles+13-02-11+semi-automatic.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7fajC9Fbk9WlB7vWALnDTaKMrzbbZxMbwZN4ILNwAWohn8gIp_RnzldgOqPaukpINaOxhl_cvaTummJLoJWjoebFD_kNV4zf0euZMXKhyphenhypheni48XTH8j_-aiMwV6HvTXGp4rzInHq9RI1rI/s320/Tiras+Toles+13-02-11t+semi-automatic.jpg" ALT="Tom Toles: Coal plants as semi-automatic weapons." TITLE="Tom Toles: Coal plants as semi-automatic weapons."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75aL-zVL7WmBONxPLdimAB-0ICC6kiSGpmOdgF2pYb7zMwx7z4Q13dl0Qec2ZKQL8Cla3DshapiWW-ud0tNwUWpbwEu-zvUk-MN7gO0QcPSLiwko3-vpcJa3BCxJQe8HWUVu28UV3rYFq/s1600/Tiras+Toles+13-02-19+Climate.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjtFtULopSrq9ZaAe7R70d5bMKbIjGDCLB6-mYpLb0pTEHkY_isJiyLSDTQ-peXlWAfZIobowfw079tgxz2jjp5Hluj7vVM1OH7mi3ejlxwEOEvs8LV_HCGReDg-B8sV_s18sWcsUofG0/s320/Tiras+Toles+13-02-19t+Climate.jpg" ALT="Tom Toles: A sinking boat lifts all tides." TITLE="Tom Toles: A sinking boat lifts all tides."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fc9a5Xp8t3SWr7tRky29-4sHcQN4GBYoYTNnAG5lwLUsDmZ7OY3PQ1oNqn64Z3dzpFdIou73L5HPqxlcZXsfOPmL4WO97koQdxBNYL8gYGfnQHbLHCaruJnGtOcMigmVSyFhET7K3alk/s1600/Tiras+Toles+13-02-25+canary.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyJ5e0e44ks49em_EOCCZfXQ_ZLjpqAJbNcb47i-7bMsQkYjSlb1yqWjiYYGLD1IvDryDzmzE3p6d_LpoNE3uMqy1YX26MXeC_FkB0c-be_IPahIsJW0M7kKMkdsH-lgjZPa-HqwPWNSZ/s320/Tiras+Toles+13-02-25t+canary.jpg" ALT="Tom Toles: The canary died." TITLE="Tom Toles: The canary died."></a>If they were the 2% <i>décroissance</I> would ... raise hopes.<br />
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It's like the Pope, a white elephant in the room, a foregone conclusion, smoke but no heat or light, <i>toatelly</I> irrelevant to the issue that <i>really</I> confronts us.<br />
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Or in another dimension it's <i>The Tragedy of the Commons</I> played out upon <i>The Mighty Ship of State</I>: most bureaucrats & politicians just barnacles on the hull until it can no longer slide through the water at all and stops, stranded, mired. Perhaps recorded (though likely for no future generation to see) as another dinosaur in some Rancho La Brea on some <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Mile_%28film%29" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Miracle Mile</B></A> somewhere.<br />
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<b>Not all of 'em though ...</B><a NAME="CbddbS01aa"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS01a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;"></A><b>... <i>Yo no soy pobre.</I></B> (I am not poor, says José Mujica.)<br />
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TITLE="José Mujica & Lucía Topolansky."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPL24u9v2ZDzdVhZ-mLpiiZZeg8OE5gkQdEwJPewc2wErXz_R7awYJi_8NYreaR3QROSVP_-jqrNJX-q64SP9ki3pFElwEuKmoce3hZbeh8k6uErejw54eHHz5lONkOBVeAFiHlZCLHq2/s1600/Jose+Mujica+Uruguay+3+Lucia+Topolansky.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER-WIDTH:1PX 1PX 1PX 0PX;BORDER-COLOR:#000000;BORDER-STYLE:SOLID; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpmU3MXy39D1byag6xHiImKdGjOai7Y4Ge5ZS-2Mp1Hog7OODRHwnthEgp1Q4NpX3rjpt3YsBDk0iLErgXI5WwVUBZX_45iRifpGyk-DWCFrK_Z0WaGz_D3Rexu8txgxGgWNEt6VtvY9n/s320/Jose+Mujica+Uruguay+3tr+Lucia+Topolansky.jpg" ALT="José Mujica & Lucía Topolansky." 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TITLE="José Mujica."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdMaIEs7X2pgPRhzruOsrWBzoK4zOIfjjp53kquC1OnIu1Qh1dCwwHSw9FjGSAGHv123MlZ8sp5-IM8SCxYfdaCHRZwm6u-SYP7yNSJdRpJn9DeVIqyufEG7RaiYf9ueCqbBdhGJ30ux1/s1600/Jose+Mujica+Uruguay+5+Lucia+Topolansky.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Xt3U2q6LCWFWzBCQPQ-Swu4yd8iIcR5yzqBPSmedHzGzX4jDD617Oe86jEV1JtHLDKdpwS7n3dV_e_a4KDMsPiqIZq973xLSkLQ5TmK2L20EPJnKMcKN5_QQDfRCAjOm9CLHJfYTXm_T/s320/Jose+Mujica+Uruguay+5t+Lucia+Topolansky.jpg" ALT="José Mujica & Lucía Topolansky." TITLE="José Mujica & Lucía Topolansky."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-OAkxmAyTywH9rJaFfNtXcZ-Dcg9M21ERAa9CpM0olYT-ajYFkwxzwL8mM_9B4O6QXkjgSJ8qXy88XS8dcnHQfVs20sOAdlrVd8gYj5IPXLHXS8fFdk5MunXXFdmTQxhi9FLDp-poJE6F/s1600/Jose+Mujica+Uruguay+6.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ALNE5q0NJqTJAm2QJC45gyNbf0OhEySln_Mlqy7Bynt1RHy1znDFnjXTn3d2V486BjcwZpZaMlDvRQU-dCIQMFRnDEaWI_AO9jTUEsYOKIxm-F4MrTtAMD0OFIKm_xIdB9godCTEHsq1/s320/Jose+Mujica+Uruguay+6t.jpg" ALT="José Mujica." TITLE="José Mujica."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpD9bTdoQmlxWil9LHfDA0Se5LF8ILIPZ6JbYDFAuEYSPRcm9cHXgMnEWU6yIgSx2RTtt2Z1oQeuiKY8wGtk8HNoYsboCky2p6Z3PjBtLzhcknZzzp87KK1tfDbm232bBEfo78KqRKC-G/s320/Jose+Mujica+Uruguay+7.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcenvd3LOJw5n5Jf0_jv5r7OLPQ0ywEiaUA8VeRdbZzY93yYz6sMmCo119e0t85PjV5blBSTxANSWgaldKROGzyvJARCnnzZZjmGyxjDz0NYoyBD0-IOG2qD7cDn9CA8ut1362-t9gxrs/s1600/Jose+Mujica+Uruguay+7t.jpg" ALT="José Mujica." TITLE="José Mujica."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAvWkO1XXZqWChQ-USpGLme7lAnFfXUPr9ohspXBkMhygLvG-ZQUk5_bLCcUd69btHJ6fg6KT_wzPitTn0rj7iV9NpjAFt6XL0HrO3zlyZueSFbpm6ZkUcriwJsxWiKfOHijX70KfPJYQZ/s1600/Jose+Mujica+Uruguay+8.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfkqoqcVmiHgbWP3FT4glgEJn3SqfCSS3Fe2roDYhtSVPXevfYolvQAPP7kCDBvwJfN2bUlHrQC1cFF4ADJUtC5QLph7kOhalM866wFgQyMaFLYEaYSjVXbsBiG0Ro6PlcunFQrjn0JRc/s320/Jose+Mujica+Uruguay+8t.jpg" ALT="José Mujica." TITLE="José Mujica."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhynS2-UpD8Qdv0N8kGZM_IJ1VVgkP5xOl1MsdyOgWMlgLX0MVg3tkVyE5UIYyea1m4TcQemlMQdsBV6ieCKZsSz8XgKhUFfFs4GcZ2EFc9Fi2it0S2igy4M3D7hFBWzOpE-D5SAEVdHWH/s320/Jose+Mujica+Uruguay+9+Lucia+Topolansky.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtf_hFqhy4Ju3VYuif700F9VPRmGa8beTGloYwaIddEHArSheJWkX3saj2npRfj89Cknpi-Ke8OXCq4aOXGpXbBl10zOqaQGcuQ28bPR8CdobkIyXWcXZL64Yo3xkkD6gsgSav7MV4OvdZ/s1600/Jose+Mujica+Uruguay+9t+Lucia+Topolansky.jpg" ALT="Lucía Topolansky." TITLE="Lucía Topolansky."></a><br />
Worth getting to know something about <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mujica" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>José Mujica</B></A> and <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc%C3%ADa_Topolansky" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Lucía Topolansky</B></A>. He is the president and she is a senator in <a HREF="http://goo.gl/maps/X3a1o" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Google Maps."><b>Uruguay</B></A>.</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><br />
[Brasilians say <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2011/10/do-oiapoque-ao-chui.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b><i>do Oiapoque ao Chuí</I></B></A>, roughly equivalent to 'from sea to shining sea.' Chuí/Chuy being the town in which the southern end of Brazil stops and Uruguay begins.]<br />
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</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">I thought nothing good came out of Rio+20 - I was mistaken. Here, <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCEgcd7G9Bg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube, with English subtitles embedded."><b>watch and listen</B></A> (with English subtitles) to him, and visit <a HREF="http://thewanderlife.com/human-happiness-and-the-environment-address-by-uruguayan-president-jose-mujica-at-rio-20-summit/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Wander Life (blog): Human happiness and the environment – Address by Uruguayan president Jose Mujica at Rio +20 Summit, June 2012."><b>Verónica Pamoukaghlian's blog</B></A> for a complete English translation.<br />
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Truthful, eloquent & passionate, and with a personal life to back it up.<br />
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Yes gentle reader, I am so pleased to learn that José Mujica and Lucía Topolansky not only talk the talk, they walk the walk. Thanks to Gord for getting me started on this, and to Verónica Pamoukaghlian for her fine translation.<br />
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Now, if we could only find a way to house-train Barack Obama & Stephen Harper ... David Cameron, many others (Xi Jinping maybe not so much, see <a href="#CbddbS02a" title="Elsewhere in this post: China."><b>below</B></a>).<a NAME="CbddbS01a"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS01b" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zQ2_SCJmdHBN2TG2iKQFO_mBof2AbpfZktN0dJXbN6WTHF4Ki6R9DqPRhdZ4W67mYV_u2bgrI_ZsN9FbOAACrC4Es0_jAx7p74q-h5h9UAIufjdvTWKAmOYsPADMmEIRNj6BnaIeTj1W/s1600/Kerri-Ann+Jones+1.JPG" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLKo_UdTynpXECoX5jCtcFTNJ02mcKQtddisaYh__SXIiEAZNRkTFi3osq50DNCDpFohZIq8ybUisozbCpSUZKJsmte_2ECo9BVDNnffyCDJ9HmmzQLhvLDCERO6nqQ4T22UF45JIYo1u/s320/Kerri-Ann+Jones+1t.JPG" ALT="Kerri-Ann Jones." TITLE="Kerri-Ann Jones." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0LIZSsZwBRv0_r_mAj5Rqu9aXFI2jf0CYwKDrorL7UsvieEteK7n8FSO7IN-LW1JB_BvGnLLf5Rs1SmONv9Ba9ZabLJI4nw-8ruYPBPzlQjCdhnO_XxTroNbYm8EHL9_JfuSyzjK1Kd42/s1600/Kerri-Ann+Jones+2.JPG" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_LKzZoDUeRVFesvXj5iJHb1mHwg7lyMY_yks6C2lLg0EVGxhA2eXf5TihGYAbdPEGL-6kobaRLGB5f7nC-VgdWDmQrtNRqsLaNie946OBpvhzMDr9PmqGiKqVkqGPpuklkwM_rOX9fzj/s320/Kerri-Ann+Jones+2t.JPG" ALT="Kerri-Ann Jones." TITLE="Kerri-Ann Jones." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdl-NWeMFMnVRGC7r8O4GK5XjmVRRcyYA3rARddCpquALJONQ7T4fOJQ3hTsumlrmQ7wubYk8TLrtExd0jZMO_AAhF7NDXrMEphALRWusdmumhMdq9ekSWRm-shdXFvw_b7Cv07hpBz682/s1600/John+Kerry+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2SjETwvL4NeVyA1zQcN1tYrHmfW4kbnQhUfDT0Cv-8cb0iiEdbi762ht9wSdvbVa9sKM0FT6mrFZjWgYGe2cgS0bTKefTGcNYx1Q1GPBGR4Ey4UE8nI3nZXAIhuO0uiZzsUdVqBTWNpd4/s320/John+Kerry+1t.jpg" ALT="John Kerry." TITLE="John Kerry." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINDM67bw7yAlIeQReWrlMroilv8HI4I0UOmb_eUBvqVkbmF2AFq5rY9VnqHtfTLKYlvnp0zH2ETnXS1R2MlmlfPxWNpmaQcD_cBxJ6ilIHlcn0ShQKG2kMYR6BCdkUqbmCyt51ORXo_R-/s1600/John+Kerry+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxi-rM2rw7tbH1f80Wj_6uD-CRJGMdfG3kGfnPSOfQFFu9wNn8xegqPw2Xk3yRgqAjARmf4TY6qDu4wRVQ4awGKDAANAXScLyyc_wN5_bsgx8DSmvWmtm6af9V-0kxt9NFdEZ1dU0WSNDf/s320/John+Kerry+2t.jpg" ALT="John Kerry at UVA February 20." TITLE="John Kerry at UVA February 20." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>At Univerity of Virginia on the 20th John Kerry is introduced by no less than three eminent burghers; he baffles their brains with bullshit; and then towards the end makes several oblique remarks about climate (?). Worth watching on <a HREF="http://www.c-span.org/Events/Sec-of-State-Kerry-Gives-First-Policy-Speech-at-UVA/10737438192/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="C-SPAN: Sec. of State Kerry Gives First Policy Speech at UVA in Charlottesville, Wednesday February 20 2013."><b>C-SPAN</B></A> (hour & 5 minutes), not for any bearing on Keystone but to get to know the American political process better as it plays all sides at once.<br />
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The U.S. State Department environmental report is out: <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/us/us-report-sees-no-environmental-bar-to-keystone-pipeline.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: A 2,000-Page Lubricant for Keystone XL, Report May Ease Path for New Pipeline, John Broder, March 1 2013."><b>A 2,000-Page Lubricant for Keystone XL</B></A> says the NYT, KY Jelly for the rapists. The Globe is happy: <a HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/us-state-department-says-keystone-xl-wont-impact-global-warming/article9213065/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Globe: U.S. State Department says Keystone XL won't impact global warming, Shawn McCarthy, Friday March 1 2013."><b>U.S. State Department says Keystone XL won't impact global warming</B></A>. There was the (a?) <a HREF="http://keystonepipeline-xl.state.gov/archive/dos_docs/feis/index.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="U.S. State Department: Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) documents."><b>FEIS</B></A> (8 volumes) in 2011; now updated as the <a HREF="http://keystonepipeline-xl.state.gov/draftseis/index.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="U.S. State Department: Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) documents."><b>SEIS</B></A> (4 volumes); 45 days to review then it becomes a FEIS and goes on up the ladder. That some of the consultants hired to prepare this report <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/06/keystone-xl-report-oil-consultants" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Keystone XL: US government report drew on analysis by oil consultants, Lisa Song, Wednesday 6 March 2013."><b>have connections to big oil & the Koch brothers</B></A> (original <a HREF="http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130306/keystone-xl-eis-state-department-transcanada-oil-tar-sands-industry-ensys-energy-koch-brothers-exxonmobil-bp-obama" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="InsideClimate News: Critical Part of Keystone Report Done by Firms with Deep Oil Industry Ties, Lisa Song, March 6, 2013."><b>here</B></A>.) comes as no surprise.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjduciXzcf52wmSktViNOrl_p22q4645NhI20pfAht4ZtbHfkfJ-k0x7qWFwFJZo0GFl5CO6xgu930Trt6wZ0CiIna-0MYZsgEd8kNkkXwpEoUWK2p_G8HN3dPPQ7LNAOGtYnIFU96qrzM/s1600/Tiras+Aislin+11-11-19+Keystone.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 15PX 3PX 0PX;' SRC="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjduciXzcf52wmSktViNOrl_p22q4645NhI20pfAht4ZtbHfkfJ-k0x7qWFwFJZo0GFl5CO6xgu930Trt6wZ0CiIna-0MYZsgEd8kNkkXwpEoUWK2p_G8HN3dPPQ7LNAOGtYnIFU96qrzM/s200/Tiras+Aislin+11-11-19+Keystone.jpg" alt="Aislin: Keystone Kops." title="Aislin: Keystone Kops." ALIGN=LEFT></a>Ambiguity at all levels weighted (not too subtly) towards building the Keystone; but who knows? If another 35,000 show up for a rally with a thousand or so ready to be arrested for non-violent disobedience, or there are simultaneous rallies all over the country adding to, say, twice that, then Keystone <i>might</I> be cancelled <i>maybe</I>; or if Obama figgures more extreme weather events will make the decision look better sometime before the end of his 2nd term, maybe again (except, rising average temperatures can be predicted, weather not so much). <b>If ever there were a time to push hard it is now but I receive no invitations and it looks like an exceedingly long shot to stop it.</B><a NAME="CbddbS01b"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS01c" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Instead there is hand-wringing, whingeing & bleating?</B> (And not much of that.)<br />
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One sentence from James Hansen's statement: <b>"To say that the tar sands have little climate impact is an absurdity,"</B> is everywhere quoted and nowhere available in the original. Why is that? (See: <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/02/keystone-xl-pipeline-report-activists-scientists" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Keystone XL pipeline report slammed by activists and scientists, Paul Harris, Saturday 2 March 2013."><b>Keystone XL pipeline report slammed by activists and scientists</B></A>, and <a HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/01/state-department-keystone_n_2793160.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Huffington Post Green/Canada edition: State Department Keystone XL Pipeline Analysis Disspirits Climate Change Community, Lynne Peeples, March 1 2013."><b>Keystone XL Pipeline Analysis Disspirits Climate Change Community</B></A>.) Emails to the journalists go unanswered.<br />
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Bill McKibben bleats, with a dozen links to 350.org signups and no others, not even to the report itself. Why is that? (See: <a HREF="http://350.org/en/about/blogs/some-tough-news-keystone-xl" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="350: Some tough news on Keystone XL, Bill McKibben, March 1 2013."><b>Some tough news on Keystone XL</B></A>.)<br />
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At least there is <a HREF="http://sierraclub.typepad.com/michaelbrune/2013/03/keystone-xl-cynicism-on-the-potomac.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Michael Brune/Sierra Club: Keystone XL, Cynicism on the Potomac, March 1 2013."><b>something from Michael Brune</B></A> though I expected better. One more lame request to write to president Obama. So I write another one, sure. You can reach him (?) <a HREF="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="White House contact form."><b>here</B></A>, and if you tick the 'A response is requested' box you might get an answer - I've had two over the years (not from the man himself, some intern, but still).<br />
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Laughter is good at moments like these. A short clip from <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs48KAJ_1pc" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="CBC's YouTube."><b>Rick Mercer: Oil Rules</B></A>, 2008 or before apparently. (This is funny too, though not on-topic: <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=ef6ASyQtQX0" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="CBC's YouTube."><b>22 Minutes: Air Strip</B></A>.)<br />
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Otherwise the aficionados of growth and the deniers and the oil plutocrats are (understandably) full of glee and out in force. No need for links to find 'em. Surprising though to find this kind of shit about James Hansen in the NYT: <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/05/opinion/nocera-a-scientists-misguided-crusade.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: A Scientist’s Misguided Crusade, Joe Nocera, March 4 2013."><b>A Scientist’s Misguided Crusade</B></A>. <b>(?!)</B><br />
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This feels like Leonard Cohen territory. Where's that bit on Catherine Tekakwitha and the A___s? ... Yeah, here it is: some short excerpts from his <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2010/03/how-can-it-be.html#HcibTekakwitha" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b><i>Beautiful Losers</I></B></A>.<br />
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<b>Crouch at the bottom of the elevator shaft and wait for hubby to come home? Is that it?</B><div ALIGN=RIGHT STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:30%;"><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:150%;COLOR:#D80000;"><b>WTF'ingF ¿!¿</B></SPAN><a NAME="CbddbS01c"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS01e" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></DIV><b>Hagiography:</B> (Yeah but, who are these guys ... really?)<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkVsQkTq3dGLZ34oUE2lhfUu0C0EvxNBma076Ahh4sYpF0QRwtTB6zwGOlictDxM-tdsYG5vXtWMEUbOQDuNyg5EKpR9PpKxVIv8a069cBc1HwPqh2QyENFtber8-3MfTLvYUtZ39kjN_/s1600/Andrew+Revkin+2003.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhq_auUVR9yknAoW-U9PKEjoWmursAXsSkwK_RZnHCsa4TJg5uJjF0abMKKhkB-R6suDCEUP4DQuuTHf6gL8Om6gcSrNYWJks3WXa1Ty5zNr1CvCV4AGE2gH_NMSjwhjX_jXQ_Mf-XoNg2/s320/Andrew+Revkin+2003t.jpg" ALT="Andrew Revkin 2003." TITLE="Andrew Revkin 2003." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSzcAsAEI2EVqqlHPdMWTW1-Vfzqa6YkBEvNAEbQrfMs0vpXkgtzVVSlXNiux9D9tB2DcQ68MG378S1NHkFtj04GjmYez2CHeSd0S0-YapKEPXXPm8GT1GAgu-p7zVS6j82QmzKfDPtEx/s1600/Andrew+Revkin+2010+a+James+Hansen.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumpYDBla42atfg-pW8e2Q2AGMwmmSr4kW-OZkImAeiykUHg4t7dvp6iQzOdrcIwJsP69ZK3u0YVeQKQDO8hOpNmVg4G_VYg5hgQNYwIJC-VFueE5F6ruWivKTtE96t98YYAZqPntEBX1T/s320/Andrew+Revkin+2010+atl+James+Hansen.jpg" ALT="Andrew Revkin & James Hansen 2010." TITLE="Andrew Revkin & James Hansen 2010." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSzcAsAEI2EVqqlHPdMWTW1-Vfzqa6YkBEvNAEbQrfMs0vpXkgtzVVSlXNiux9D9tB2DcQ68MG378S1NHkFtj04GjmYez2CHeSd0S0-YapKEPXXPm8GT1GAgu-p7zVS6j82QmzKfDPtEx/s1600/Andrew+Revkin+2010+a+James+Hansen.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 15PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTu_JNJOxw1dqXsF66m4NLEdkNQI2Ica2ZcmvnwaOG0AHvN1M_sDslP-0BCyheW78nj3FoVsQkjW4O5EgUJJgBjmZsigd0p-SFkfQiMbYGuZsUlUYbA1ktQ96wUGeH5RMwtXHbomJu1A4/s320/Andrew+Revkin+2010+atr+James+Hansen.jpg" ALT="Andrew Revkin & James Hansen 2010." TITLE="Andrew Revkin & James Hansen 2010." ALIGN=LEFT></a>I am looking for James Hansen's statement on the State Department Keystone whitewash and come upon this: <a HREF="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/a-communications-scholar-analyzes-bill-mckibbens-path-on-climate/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT (Dot Earth blog): A Communications Scholar Analyzes Bill McKibben’s Path on Climate, Andrew Revkin, March 7 2013."><b>A Communications Scholar Analyzes Bill McKibben’s Path on Climate</B></A>. The scholarship in question (such as it is) is here: <a HREF="http://shorensteincenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/D-78-Nisbet1.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Joan Shorenstein Center: Nature’s Prophet: Bill McKibben as Journalist, Public Intellectual and Activist, Matthew Nisbet, March 2013."><b>Nature’s Prophet</B></A>. And of course, pretty much up front comes the "In 1989, at the age of twenty-nine, McKibben published 'The End of Nature' recognized as the first popular book about climate change."<br />
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A video of <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=owNBkStl2-o" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube, 15 minutes."><b>Revkin & McKibben</B></A> chatting (with statistics disabled) catches me amidships, t-boned in the intersection.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvJoVGyC-SC2TDFjR8H8nTiT6vEn26FP4bHCgHYuAukdxyTiB-JP6hJHPf2johwvizzhfpLrQowFr-AR3EqB1k-SAMi7gaYkglInLYW6aQ9887w9ub_ZDcgjUiDgtAoOSNKoq2PO7DMQ2/s1600/Matthew+Nisbet+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielrNDcwlrRilbwZqqQVnUjRDGEsDXnJHUJg00C07Hgd1H7Lh3xBWHWGdx8VqttIt97tGk-HWVoS90tbs4xTeSnu-X3KvZNJR0LOZGaeIJ0DaGpeGAmu1dsn59DqY4zaG9P8G53x0gFpez/s320/Matthew+Nisbet+1t.jpg" ALT="Matthew Nisbet." TITLE="Matthew Nisbet." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio1sRyUC3FLwQQKgv7Q59UTsdQnTJxqpl4P1T78tDk7cFBDyjsvp4qSU8kLC53QLVGtTYxfGC27SaRAmLgIfk9FeFi3bt8Z5p_Bk2A0Enpe5hHc-6h1sOpZd5_AmWxZDagoSoptrjhQY41/s1600/Matthew+Nisbet+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaBOhOZA7R2R6-Nv13PLFQnezbN7WEMc_UYm-TKnnUsysWWibxjAKUDF4tnXvQknH7MFOZmRkaqGwKRAvAX1nyuUjBqE2slCJIBynkll2yA9d2K7I25rDZB0hUMYTtIB1EUzgJ9Di9VtLH/s320/Matthew+Nisbet+2t.jpg" ALT="Matthew Nisbet." TITLE="Matthew Nisbet." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhhBmL6BEGLW6eriqY-13Qes4RDNVyBWIPZmUC92LSyrOcVRlO1TcxZAnPXqQoqX9U8TeX8p-16ZG60zBlU2U_Q7VClnXCvkDClkrRBcxEgbzGroXxo8gWnH5YumZ3tiPzccZVIz1AJP2B/s1600/Matthew+Nisbet+3.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSUCL5hf0i2tb7meYsTxiCqy2th9_3UCA3tz5GMB_iCwPw26nUYJPpmDXq7c8zBk5-23IJKqJTAL1IvDI5Y3CZty2Z-EZN_eO2nxgC5s3asdpqTHm8zOIrw20mORQH-4LZqbUDBHdc9FL/s320/Matthew+Nisbet+3t.jpg" ALT="Matthew Nisbet." TITLE="Matthew Nisbet." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>Matthew Nisbet looks like an opportunist - you can Google around and find all the dirt. I have to take him up on this 'first' thing, and in an <a HREF="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/a-communications-scholar-analyzes-bill-mckibbens-path-on-climate/?comments#permid=7" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT."><b>exchange in the comments</B></A> on Revkin's blog he admits "Others wrote earlier books, but ..." which is close enough to QED for the girls I go with.<br />
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I am left wondering if it's something in the culture, part of the American <i>way</I> - everything must always be in <b>BOLD CAPS</B>, superlatives - no more than this that these guys share and that turns me off. Is that it?<br />
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Still looks like opportunism & self-promotion to me. There you go.<a NAME="CbddbS01e"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS01f" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Object Lesson - Jason Russell & Kony 2012:</B><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50Xqw4Zrk8FnLR7jtPXZ1u2jYbFsA6ebkAz_BAtQ_RwsIONLnbEeX3js8lPc4HJCLc1uaUO_d016tVNQrtsPsP16fNa-uN7EIseLlbei7XdKTcRnN6-NkTJ3BCL-CLCVm_NJVVmENycQ/s1600/Kony+2012+Bobby+Bailey%252C+Laren+Poole%252C+Jason+Russell+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 5PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXe3vlSiegqik7UkMkYBevgMT0bodVf65IUMoXJQOhfyTvUBDIIu_FBHAeihN1HbnH3_Yu5gzq24t6GB1cNDuVOF4YCxq8wJmLU2TIAKI-8yCseiuAMHz6Ti98BZrub7qWZYeLsMNz3y_v/s320/Jason+Russell+2011-00t+Bobby+Bailey,+Laren+Poole,+Jason+Russell.jpg" ALT="Jason Russell sometime before March 2012." TITLE="Jason Russell sometime before March 2012."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii38V3xEW0KOzBhvdKfAtasc8t4uV4_ZfAGilboXcSfAhvot26WGajvOrnUcvfuek-33CM5FFVtpE434m3UvfXiBmf8gWvYntZ1ai62b9OKRsW-BYkGjcx_f2Tf4q5fG1KLxSqxt5070T1/s1600/Jason+Russell+2012-03a.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 5PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-515g8kRBLxvdJdqDGUqbWL7BKiwVK5iDc7wTaNec-akVo8HBtuecxCZdeqNJxVqtEctlAZ8LfJ_QnN1U2i8pP4Q3FkJo-6M1Jx4LiZrdE1L0j-eZQ9uU-tOxRtf4dRBK0XOo-fhH0H5f/s320/Jason+Russell+2012-03at.jpg" ALT="Jason Russell March 2012." TITLE="Jason Russell March 2012."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCY3sZQ_69C7RS-12zyMVfIPhaqLbvVl8EW0leZ3Z4_ZFIwkDbBnG4b6o5ff9hvlGoFV9gAhKQvHtkFThd52y56N9YNgmA8PxyiXXJvvQGYiyjth92LNgrG01Pb8redMWP9h-kHFOiwxy/s1600/Jason+Russell+2012-03b.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 5PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Yc4-Q_fWSQ4FK99HzBeJYpgze2hkPDF6RMLIADY-tje4a_D9VvwiUAoQtMpvCCIQuk1r10SgszEXfuZhyphenhyphenTaui2YSRjezBBXcFMLj7pa_j7dbyqssA3JU3m9LNwcDdN_kyEmJHdMtlpBP/s320/Jason+Russell+2012-03bt.jpg" ALT="Jason Russell March 2012." TITLE="Jason Russell March 2012."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0a86wk-eTkJ_CU_u03tXe1sbZZqyd0NawpoliKgygqoCIOJG7RVjFbLPcYZUimUjgRvBVj9toX1sDBtRW3CaCVZCD1-Y25TgR2faUdWzYzo_gNqmLqtpZjnNK_5Xwdmvl-NBTlv5Nindh/s1600/Jason+Russell+2012-03c.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 5PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXitWlRIkUb7j6hJk1tynNHzsbv2vgvQ3HL3dXKAYKWUmf3R98S4HQlSB5vi8Jebz7vlwA1-jtsCpYEjsuWHo8bwmFfoqzrh5ghnSuEr3hN5Y67OPHTtQo0I8Eb2eORnwdRQrZWtN-TcSE/s320/Jason+Russell+2012-03ct.jpg" ALT="Jason Russell March 2012." TITLE="Jason Russell March 2012."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6bh4e84vKbhZ9mm1WfHKC68CDbWSGKWhA-5QXlZ9cSBfSmHIEhYl1ByTzj_jHtnEJbKLvQbmPkOJ0J2iDJEnFfDfugy0KEbAkNtt7Ml2eLlEjm_CNijvJB0nxFEhg5JvqO27btgXBAwJ/s1600/Jason+Russell+2012-10a+Oprah+Danica.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 5PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3Npmt3q4ilXUyKUwDrW4gt2ThGGif18xaM1w3KLIloNCKW9hgO-rkYVdOx1tJgFRQZC4gU0DAwnJWSfVGT4Uv3qwNc0jPPgJtGhjRgRTe1LXpxSDhThJDlBbsUNNzQGMsDZK39mGiuGu/s320/Jason+Russell+2012-10at+Oprah+Danica.jpg" ALT="Danica Russell October 2012." TITLE="Danica Russell October 2012."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVjSw1Am6YbEcPFDI67LlMK_e7HupqFzrBBPgvTcb-g-zgOoZCPPnff3QZR_dGYGGi98D6XZ0O0xzsPV9Fd_4XKQ2BRG8k_Wbh295UtjavGlZVmFT-V-Y_YhPmcY6bWnYcu7M3XZGeRi4/s1600/Jason+Russell+2012-10b+Oprah+Danica.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 5PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_ehh5R0KSuUhk8XaKsbBLQzwVUJKnGWrDJc6KVZm4YTvPkNZ1D5Z1T02-_a7L7Fp85T0XEdOn6Jt3nDk3Z77OR8JhDYejthc5pKtxgN1A8I7wGPgpe7gzy5FgVM69k6KTSJzzRTIclMz/s320/Jason+Russell+2012-10bt+Oprah+Danica.jpg" ALT="Jason Russell October 2012." TITLE="Jason Russell October 2012."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaoK507AG4aU_SfvyGPSd2ETSf2ISwGMbSht6aXcsPSLEvDMt_ojPOGKtPBJ4nzUJugHf3cjMacO-ikXslUdEcFKUKjIIsGM2njvieLHvsYz_f7QppVsIk3HGrvbnXTiyyVeDVzxIER_bQ/s1600/Jason+Russell+2013-00.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 5PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0hE5IIYAYupXTqwcQgQNeKyPZJe41CdwYX5Hn0gFKvyf2G1FWTZhwJ4CkqZUzfGCS0uo5-Eu-wL23cUFECxMBg6ACqTGlfeH6LmjndfuiVFnQmu56nFKw8yEVxj38z_fDRW0sVPoSak-/s320/Jason+Russell+2013-00t.jpg" ALT="Jason Russell 2013." TITLE="Jason Russell 2013."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdSdLtE4mvP1aJ-tEi6J0wFc7LYNtxvTUBGYZ3DUOfDvfR814oj25iKVA6lueCoRWh_m7kdxx0h4mg_5Yx2VONNiGGvvqQV-6FhwaSG8XLnuXMDWxSKJTJqv77EA70d44AitxeGUCUxYX/s1600/Jason+Russell+2013-01.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 2PX 5PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYkOA8RhNX0GxzQVxqehGT_LJuaJ9JiBlDRvfXBb1rSzX2gQYv6q5cYdLh68q-Ei3SPxNufUvXHSytg0obTOm2268Mfm3qd0CeTN288Wp4S0E8p9alUUeBOUyYlr2fjxQl2XQzgXn3ytoH/s320/Jason+Russell+2013-01t.jpg" ALT="Jason Russell 2013." TITLE="Jason Russell 2013."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggbX3VH_GodHtuUmgK3xIVyKBBiknMnx0uDwjJAfRrcYc5sva0PJOn_O3vNNyzxWvso7_d_N202QpjatdFmsH-moHlNJ6nRnEWBo5a6PR8qlJMiAUwdM7e93rG_ReLKF8CHciwwu63olnA/s1600/Jason+Russell+2013-03.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:5PX 0PX 5PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dkdibGqnIgXBaDLR2cLQ627AuBYXzNZaLxhtIucARNLOAhnjzlnxXrxNRDg6Pd67yvhmYUsaZh6ZicKbIdvNCAbBuZQBKl0CHbVND0AfOcihynA8qwMxKE6a2DE2JV-G7eHtgYcOyYbw/s320/Jason+Russell+2013-03t.jpg" ALT="Jason Russell 2013." TITLE="Jason Russell 2013."></a><br />
Everybody knows the story of <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Russell" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Jason Russell</B></A> and the Kony 2012 campaign (Invisible Children: <a HREF="http://invisiblechildren.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>.com</B></A>, <a HREF="http://blog.invisiblechildren.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>blog</B></A> & <a HREF="http://invisible.tumblr.com/archive" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>Tumblr</B></A>) right? 100 million+ hits on <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Kony 2012 on YouTube."><b>YouTube</B></A> & <a HREF="http://vimeo.com/37119711" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Kony 2012 on Vimeo."><b>Vimeo</B></A> yadda yadda; Jason goes berserkers and the air comes out; Joseph Kony still on the go a year later. The pundits focus on what are to me trivialities, and two central questions seem to go unasked: <b>1)</B> How did his wife and colleagues just let him freak out like that? and <b>2)</B> What does it all say about the efficacy of YouTube, Facebook and the like?<br />
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My thoughts on <b>1)</B> are around the apparent inability of bourgeois individuals to either be aware of or deal with what is right in front of them, ever. I wasn't there, sure, but I have dealt with some freak outs in my time (and not dealt with some others, and been freaked out myself) I am just asking if anyone saw and said to him, "Whoa there Jason my friend, let's go somewhere for a ... milkshake and talk about this."<br />
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On <b>2)</B> we can estimate by results. The short answer is that the so-called social media are little more than superficial time wasters. They are touted as being the facilitators of Arab Spring, and ... I don't believe it (and I'm not the only one, but I wasn't there either).<a NAME="CbddbS01f"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS01g" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b><i>Think</I></B> about it and form some hypotheses of your own: If our networks fail our leaders then let's imagine what it would take to properly support them. And if the social media can't get from A to B then let's imagine what it would take to make them actually work.<br />
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(And I don't see any sign of any of this work going on.)</DIV><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />The other wrinkle that interests me is the role (if any) of fundamental Christianity in Jason's mis-step. Theoretically his brothers and sisters in Christ were there for him. Maybe it's no more than that they are bog-standard human beings, too busy celebrating what looked like a huge victory to be paying enough attention to the man himself. I'm sure they backed him up after-the-fact.<br />
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Of course now he's got himself on anti-depressants (look at his hands in that last photograph); so maybe ten years from now he wakes up one day, stops taking his pills (because of course something in him knows and he <i>hates</I> the pills), and dies of a heart attack (there is a well established connection - a friend of mine had the problem, check it out). I think he deserves better, way way better than that.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />Jason Russell is 34. My kids are just coming into that 35 year-old zone. I fear their educations were insufficient. We had nuclear armageddon to think about, what they are facing is orders of magnitude worse. Public institutions are generally so hollowed out; there is no public moral compass - and yet ... the morality is there, springing up like Topsy. It's a miracle!<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#CC6600; COLOR:#000000;" />The OED entry for 'dill' quotes Patrick White from 'Riders in the Chariot': "I am the same dill that always stuck around!"; I can't remember but I think that is Arthur speaking. He figures more in 'Solid Mandala' and his amazing dance (which I have mentioned here somewhere ... <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2011/03/barranugli.html#BarrS02" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>before</B></A>, and an <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2011/03/barranugli.html#Barr01" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>excerpt</B></A>).<a NAME="CbddbS01g"> </A><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#CC6600; COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="#CbddbS02" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><center><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b>- Tzeporah Berman -</B></SPAN><br />
<a HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/no-minister-oliver-the-oil-sands-have-not-become-green/article9503879/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Globe: No, Minister Oliver, the oil sands have not become 'green', Tzeporah Berman, March 8 2013."><b><span STYLE="FONT-SIZE:125%;">No, Minister Oliver, the oil sands have not become 'green'</SPAN></B></A><b>.</B></CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jHU9u8aG5AV2xh0gHFclWNpsxMQ1OmE_2FdArEh2vyDnt0dPUGVHlR4o_NvVO2aJOATclCuimlOUV0N6yQfKO8ByYDKFs2JqMaJtKIwLE8Jpd2DsCsUEwEBwma2pf5C8sdElJePyH9Av/s1600/Green+Joe+Oliver.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 15PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigw6jkTdUqgMvcUFVnrwAZ2LvFwNvHGzG_l8M16Fp7d6nOpp7Yo74KKbZWoOiEgSI3Jugw1UcNyo7Gm5D_b5PZLeVaTg2I9gDhETAcW-5K5Mj5ZwBl_-Bxu7yWObPZqT7b1EEDSzF9e_fg/s320/Green+Joe+Oliver+t.jpg" ALT="Joe Oliver." TITLE="Joe Oliver." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDs6jnlYMTm9TMA6YsJiUeBTTEi-FnT0B_YPRWsqrdSA_E1R2N0wTqSRO8-q8wfctj_vpCKicmHbtTRF75bAQXQvHBLxhOEent39_po-21rdTqSE7yCXmcV_DEPBCAsXd0egu-mYg0sdqk/s1600/Green+Tzeporah+Berman.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIAdBfNxYYLtLAva8mnrcv9fMipRpcKKNb2GBQRNJVX2k14dU8WtSyd1Vq6oyhZaCRO0iHtbC6IdK_bNbg38jxog5Pzys0-1Cz2WENofiPgZVEZWzb9j5jW_8GHGOZ7d0mYKICl_i4pBq1/s320/Green+Tzeporah+Berman+t.jpg" ALT="Tzeporah Berman." TITLE="Tzeporah Berman." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><br />
Stephen Harper pulls out all the stops: Joe Oliver, Alison Redford, Bairdy, wazizname ... Brad Wall; <b>SEND 'EM ALL SOUTH!</B> and convince <i>those people</I> they need our oil!<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#CC6600; COLOR:#000000;">Every day comes the newsletter from <a HREF="http://amazonia.org.br/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Amigos da Terra."><b>Amigos da Terra</B></A> with the latest environmental news from Brazil. They keep an archive, the tags work - select 'Belo Monte' and up come relevant articles in date order. Not rocket science. Maintained by hand of course.<br />
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Also arrive every week a dozen emails from a dozen Canadian organizations with my name cleverly woven into the fabric of the text (but very little news), urging me to email Stephen Harper and his ministers and my MP (which I do, though I get no responses), and always at the top a plea for donations.<br />
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I found this <a HREF="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/no-minister-oliver-the-oil-sands-have-not-become-green/article9503879/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Globe: No, Minister Oliver, the oil sands have not become 'green', Tzeporah Berman, March 8 2013."><b>article</B></A> by Tzeporah Berman only because I have a Google News Search shortcut with her name in it that I poll when I think of it. Powerful, factual (maybe a tich fuzzy on percentages but not to make much difference), worth reading two or three times.<br />
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Bill McKibben (in the video mentioned <a href="#CbddbS01c" title="Elsewheere in this post."><b>above</B></a>) touts his <a HREF="http://350.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>350.org</B></A> website - maybe he's right. Go there and have a critical look at it for yourself. One of my redneck friends says to me a few years ago, "The trouble with <i>those people</I> [meaning environmentalists] is that with them IT'S ALL ABOUT ME!" So take another look at that video and the 350.org site with that in mind. What we need is <a HREF="http://www.realclimate.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Real Climate."><b>Real Climate</B></A> for activists (an it ain't nowhere yet).<br />
<center><b>What ever ...</B><a NAME="CbddbS02"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS02a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></CENTER><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWK902r2fuW7eJlfc_NbRg-jU6qZssihq1FnvGc_vsQrJ4tCwR9030PLfNKIV-2T1-1rYe-xutXLHe_qUEzaeUJuaylw1fkL1DVumkbv88DA7zRIZlsBezu55XeiEhzE938ZOhpApPfbR/s1600/FAO+Food+Price+Index+to+13-02.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7zwNDebgJOkBXS1O179dCTVkFAx_4NU8Pei-Hgw-p3Kn08w28ayv3gAYhmd7G2r97lHSBT8WUfVeEnOrYzaZk9BqeBJFX-A1inJuZmDtDye2To_gtSxSdyVGfRtuoYA9KNUutZkiwXpWu/s320/FAO+Food+Price+Index+to+13-02t.jpg" ALT="FAO Food Price Index to February 2013." TITLE="FAO Food Price Index to February 2013." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0ihn8TWmcIZ-YKZadNkbDr3RXIHXmbIYXaZ3lHPUBGQjHpG3s1ugWf3K2FZOyBBVPnx77otRqvBIPwSciwuQMabyzZrlntd7HSR7ShxxYGwqoyXVq1iQI5IdFxzNunJAD3iktTplhE4F/s1600/Fao+Food+Price+Index+graph+to+13-02.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 15PX 3PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHq0Cdw8zphUedNo3k6XO3Cco9fnuNAXLza1_-5djewkSXsFs-lOUDR-7R0VPFTsJYjbJDJTgvKievq0qrBm53TdwegRUUYaEipesdF3jK2C9pbAFiy-WhsMB7KYIv3iEcdMTA-xAS5jG/s320/Fao+Food+Price+Index+graph+to+13-02t.jpg" ALT="FAO Food Price Index to February 2013." TITLE="FAO Food Price Index to February 2013." ALIGN=LEFT></a><b>Food:</B> The <a HREF="http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/wfs-home/foodpricesindex/en/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)."><b>FAO Food Price Index</B></A> (FPI) is steady as she goes at 210. This can't be right; or it's the lull before the storm.<br />
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The graphs are scaled by application of the World Bank's <a HREF="http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTDECPROSPECTS/0,,contentMDK:20587651~menuPK:5962952~pagePK:64165401~piPK:64165026~theSitePK:476883~isCURL:Y,00.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="World Bank: Manufactures Unit Value Index (MUV)"><b>Manufactures Unit Value Index</B></A> but the shape doesn't change. <br />
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When I started watching the FPI I thought Abdolreza Abbassian, the FAO economist, could be trusted, he sounded forthright. Now his comments are more to the ass-covering end of the spectrum (it seems), judge for yourself: "Things could still turn quite nasty with the weather, but everything else seems to be pointing to better prospects in the grains sector for 2013 (<a HREF="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/07/food-fao-idUSL6N0BZ6OS20130307" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Reuters: Food prices stable, wheat output to rise in 2013 -UN, Catherine Hornby, Thursday March 7 2013."><b>here</B></A>)," and "We should have a season ahead of us that could be a little more comfortable balance than the season in 2012-13 (<a HREF="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-07/world-wheat-output-may-rise-4-3-on-europe-russia-un-fao-says.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Bloomberg: World Wheat Output May Rise 4.3% on Europe, Russia, UN FAO Says, Whitney McFerron, March 7 2013."><b>here</B></A>)." He doesn't appear to issue complete statements or information releases or if he does I can't find them.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispbEHvHi-oYdmycwpwfOEnSwTbxiCDAzi_g4bk6WKP3zEXKbk0_qWPc75-rOzThzW-by4EUW7CNwuQMJn4LyjJSBTAoYkkuyF728RzYb9RPM-yJMGWkiWwUShHsfLPTuHNDmOfrQNT0ux/s1600/Nafeez+Mosaddeq+Ahmed+1.JPG" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 2PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMbeflL6fQl0Ivtg3VlDTUzUIWbAGK9o-xDolqpRyWM_TvKw7KVMxZtc_Io_lggnLfc-2Tvkj1xUCeMAZOEUOBKuQl8lB9hKi43xxM4dm-OOuPCr5dOxJXJRFuLqBHDQAMl2ZGBX7JZ1T/s320/Nafeez+Mosaddeq+Ahmed+1t.JPG" ALT="Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed." TITLE="Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW281RejRd8Nnc7iYI12Dc2h3sAgWyl11kUuEeMhbL5ZunSeCNLZH_D18h8f204MGlziI4ktkcEIIv4BhvYeNeJGQZxQcZxYYUUPd5gr7dx-172DIQUXmowC-Rzsd00-WDIK37X1LZMZYu/s1600/Nafeez+Mosaddeq+Ahmed+2.JPG" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 15PX 0PX 0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyswyVWqpHjJp8HEtGudr3cT3fImbGAvYlsL-xQx2gxYV0tqBZd2_z_iv_unjBj8RXMP-KAjnoRjp_dP0fgu047sE_7Okc3TpLg2W62WB1wobiUpxDWAEQVbRWjDSUBhNOcQ1zgMPrBdSp/s320/Nafeez+Mosaddeq+Ahmed+2t.JPG" ALT="Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed." TITLE="Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed." ALIGN=LEFT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9bnsYj1iEdkFmaj8EGb33rQS8Tgp0XnrZYK-aeK6_zigfi1pppA4jFg2nNNjKJii0Erq52Y6sBBaMBebLSubNuYqTogoEXNa7UGTD8BJyOnTbwLSexIVt-uWVs7OsjlMNgDsY0I3cs0do/s1600/Abdolreza+Abbassian+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 2PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KzeHGCzwbcCojnPF17Ilm2Y71MxHS770G_-ESTdUB7wo3YaHSL7G3TT5iWVOyh3ZSekGelwyj-mnF4ktHZgzzsw4XjJkE8cYvmSylpln2-vGpWV2rWdp9aTVZabiy5fLwNDD6S-VOB9U/s320/Abdolreza+Abbassian+1t.jpg" ALT="Abdolreza Abbassian." TITLE="Abdolreza Abbassian." ALIGN=RIGHT></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-jERWJ4JjKi_bG1T-GtG6amZv3nGsVwQuE5t0y01LYfjybmaIESyIOXeuUpidWqA1PHnNR9LvMDY7SyhptdzpgBx5IuaKGTPjewa1fYj-YVj_jcruprLzKB-EmWkm-CDYIw0Pg1lpPmj/s1600/Abdolreza+Abbassian+2.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 0PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwJarKb_FuOBtl3TUxt2MyR1FsnvYJbt2SkBgxWbsQRMFZ5f2Tn4UwKcqMuyAvmfhc_achMSNn67y_6GKwYRCJ0OCuJx6woUdK0_fYj2Da27qzcwLBKt_2BMGIT8lJMb0CEMmBFMCXxkXd/s320/Abdolreza+Abbassian+2t.jpg" ALT="Abdolreza Abbassian." TITLE="Abdolreza Abbassian." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>So now it's duelling pundits; all of 'em going for media market-share and/or career advancement. This from <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/mar/06/food-riots-new-normal" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Why food riots are likely to become the new normal, Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, Wednesday 6 March 2013."><b>Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed</B></A> (previously <a HREF="http://nafeez.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/although-governments-around-world.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Cutting Edge (his blog): Between Climate Catastrophe and Civilisational Renewal: How the Rural Poor Might Yet Save Us All, December 7 2012."><b>here</B></A>, and <a HREF="http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/pakistan%E2%80%99s-rural-poor-on-path-to-post-carbon-prosperity/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="United Nations University (UNU): Pakistan’s rural poor on path to post-carbon prosperity, Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, December 21 2012."><b>here</B></A>).<br />
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And I go off re-reading Thomas Pynchon's 1960 story <a HREF="http://davidleewilsonannex.blogspot.ca/2006/06/entropy-thomas-pynchon.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b><i>Entropy</I></B></A>.<a NAME="CbddbS02a"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS03" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>China:</B><br />
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Recently <a HREF="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-02/19/c_132178898.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Xinhua: China to introduce carbon tax, February 19 2013."><b>this</B></A> appeared in Xinhua talking about plans beginning in 2010 for a carbon tax: "In 2010, MOF [Ministry of Finance] experts suggested levying a carbon tax in 2012 at 10 yuan per tonne of carbon dioxide, as well as recommended increasing the tax to 50 yuan per tonne by 2020." 10 yuan at today's rate is $1.66 CAD; 50 is $8.28 CAD (from <a HREF="http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=50&From=CNY&To=CAD" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="XE Currency Conversion."><b>XE</B></A>); not quite at the $200-$1,000 level I have heard cited as effective, but OK - it's a start.<br />
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The report has been variously pooh-poohed and underestimated in the financial press: <a HREF="http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/taxing-carbon/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NYT: Taxing Carbon, Vikas Bajaj, February 20 2013."><b>NYT</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/21/china-may-soon-get-a-carbon-tax-but-will-it-make-any-difference/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Washington Post: China may soon get a carbon tax. But how effective will it be? Brad Plumer, February 21 2013."><b>WP</B></A>, <a HREF="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-04/china-carbon-tax-may-spur-u-s-climate-debate-trader-group-says.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Bloomberg: China Carbon Tax May Spur U.S. Climate Debate, CMIA Says, Mathew Carr, March 4 2013."><b>Bloomberg</B></A>, Bloomberg <a HREF="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-06/china-backing-away-from-carbon-tax-start-in-2013-official-says.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Bloomberg: China Backing Away From Carbon Tax Start in 2013, Official Says, Benjamin Haas, March 6 2013."><b>again</B></A>, <a HREF="http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/03/04/chinas-carbon-tax-not-so-quick" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Financial Post: China’s carbon tax: not so quick, Leslie Hook, March 4 2013."><b>FP</B></A> etc.<br />
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<b>BUT</B> Gwynne Dyer offers <a HREF="http://www.lfpress.com/2013/03/08/dyer-china-strong-voice-in-favour-of-carbon-tax" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="London Free Press: China strong voice in favour of carbon tax, Gwynne Dyer, Friday March 8 2013."><b>a more nuanced view</B></A> (and <a HREF="http://www.straight.com/news/358181/gwynne-dyer-why-chinese-government-wants-carbon-tax" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Georgia Strait: Why the Chinese government wants a carbon tax, Gwynne Dyer, March 4 2013."><b>here</B></A>) linking the discussion to food & the UN treaty.<br />
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Nevermind the quibbles (which seem very important to me, critical even) such as the distinction between Fee & Dividend and Cap & Trade schemes.<a NAME="CbddbS03"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS04" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Perfect Moral Storm:</B><br />
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<a HREF="http://www.phil.washington.edu/POV/StephenGardiner.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="University of Washington, Department of Philosophy."><b>Stephen Gardiner</B></A> has published a paperback version of 'A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change'. Available in Canada at <a HREF="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Perfect-Moral-Storm-Ethical-Tragedy-Stephen-M-Gardiner/9780199985142-item.html?ikwid=a+perfect+moral+storm&ikwsec=Home" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Indigo: A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change, Stephen M. Gardiner, Oxford University Press, February 5 2013, Paperback, $27.50."><b>Indigo</B></A> or from the <a HREF="http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Philosophy/EthicsMoralPhilosophy/EnvironmentalEthics/?view=usa&view=usa&ci=9780199985142" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Oxford University Press (US): $24.95."><b>publisher</B></A>.<br />
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Not much of a price advantage in the paperback (and no cheap copies showing up yet on <a HREF="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Gardiner&sts=t&tn=A+Perfect+Moral+Storm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="AbeBooks."><b>Abe's</B></A>) ... but hey! It's more compact to carry on the streetcar. And he fixed some of the typos.<br />
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He don't talk to me no more though, don't know why not: I thought the <a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2012/08/back-to-future.html#BttfS02" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Elsewhere in this blog."><b>question about Cuba</B></A> was a good one; dunno.<a NAME="CbddbS04"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS04a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Bicycles:</B><br />
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It's getting to be standard bollocks that you are not taking proper care of your kid unless she or he is wearing a helmet while riding a bike. It is good business for manufacturers of such bourgeois nonsense; and probably good for insurance companies somehow - another actuarial table for some coven of bureaucrats to maintain somewhere.<br />
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Good to see that Trevor Ward over at <i>The Guardian</I> has <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2013/mar/04/compulsory-helmets-charity-bike-rides" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="The Guardian: Compulsory bike helmets on charity rides is the 'thin end of the wedge', Trevor Ward, Monday 4 March 2013."><b>got it figgured out</B></A>.<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" />A girlfriend of mine came off her bike one day on a crushed limestone path in Vancouver. She was wearing a helmet as it happens but her face was largely scraped off. Not a small matter since she made her living at the time in the lobbies & bars of large hotels. Like all my stories these days this just gets too complicated to finish.<br />
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I also remember back when the Canadian mavens of correctitude began insisting on crash helmets for motorcycles. I got a speeding ticket one rainy morning on the 401 between Montreal & Toronto at 115 mph. There wasn't another vehicle in sight. It took three cop cars to simply get my attention - couldn't catch me and radioed ahead you see. I was wearing a helmet. The cop was a nice guy, let me warm up in his car for a while & shared his coffee with me (the fairing only kept me dry when I was moving). He said, "You know, at that speed I could have your licence taken away (he didn't). If you come off going that fast there's nothing left nevermind leathers and crash helmets." That was OK with me, still is. Going very fast I wore the helmet, and goggles, and gloves - they were a necessity - but most of the time I ... didn't want to, regardless.<br />
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A bicycle saved my life once; long story; no helmet involved. One might save it now with or without a helmet ... another time.<a NAME="CbddbS04a"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS05" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOxkCnFE28zJ6bFKD0wnxpbISN_2weLuBq8eNgYIBhJ8hoXsgoqe3a5Qsjb_K6y_YO_0QLl2INgyN9yA1NveuhdCrHKsz3gbvPeVhrSHjvjI-Sa7XiJt18mDKIi6HHQ0Vj2P-t1frIQS5E/s1600/Charlie+Brown+&+Lucy+&+the+football+1.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3NG9aTZNiZhUu6puHjC3uoqnSB7PgpFBPjmLqJ3Jh4zwv8o_nA9zZE2rDWtzbDdUp550zqbkBXMUBRIkwJb01g2xZcqvY_-Eu1pmYO9e79S8rEgYV8z5QArAsfC21rNzQh81AOJf_Z7zI/s320/Charlie+Brown+&+Lucy+&+the+football+1t.jpg" ALT="Schultz: Charlie Brown & Lucy & the football." TITLE="Schultz: Charlie Brown & Lucy & the football." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>If Charlie Brown could somehow be simultaneously himself <i>and</I> the football ... we would have AIG in a nutshell. <b>Or</B> ... could someone re-draw this please with Charlie on a bicycle, Lucy with a stick to shove into the front wheel spokes, and Charlie with a helmet? A-and a policeman standing by to give him a ticket if he doesn't wear it. Maybe a judge there somewhere in the back.<a NAME="CbddbS05"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS05a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></span><table ALIGN=LEFT BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"><tbody>
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<tr><td><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:120%;">Seems like only yesterday<br />
I left my mind behind<br />
Down in the Gypsy Café<br />
With a friend of a friend of mine<br />
<br />
Who sat with a baby heavy on her knee<br />
Yet spoke of life most free from slavery<br />
With eyes that showed no trace of misery<br />
A phrase in connection first that she averred<br />
That love is just a four letter word<br />
<br />
Outside a rambling storefront window<br />
Cats meowed to the break of day<br />
Me I kept my mouth shut<br />
I had no words to say<br />
<br />
My experience was limited and underfed<br />
You were talking while I hid<br />
To the one who was the father of your kid<br />
You probably didn’t think I did but I heard<br />
You say that love is just a four letter word<br />
<br />
I said goodbye unnoticed<br />
Pushed toward things in my own games<br />
Drifting in and out of lifetimes<br />
Unmentionable by name<br />
<br />
Searching for my double, looking for<br />
Complete evaporation to the core<br />
Though I tried and failed at finding any door<br />
I must have thought that there was nothing more absurd<br />
Than that love is just a four letter word<br />
<br />
Though I never knew just what you meant<br />
When you were speaking to your man<br />
I can only think in terms of me<br />
And now I understand<br />
<br />
After waking enough times to think I see<br />
The holy kiss that’s supposed to last eternity<br />
Blow up in smoke, its destiny<br />
Falls on strangers, travels free<br />
Yes I know now traps are only set by me<br />
And I do not really need to be assured<br />
That love is just a four letter word<br />
<br />
Strange it is to be beside you<br />
Many years the tables turned<br />
You'd prob'ly not believe me<br />
If I told you all I've learned<br />
<br />
And it is very very wierd indeed<br />
To hear words like forever please<br />
Those shifts run through my mind I cannot cheat<br />
It's like looking in a teacher's face complete<br />
I can say nothing to you but repeat what I heard<br />
That love is just a four letter word.</span></TD></TR>
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</TBODY></TABLE><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:130%;"><b>Love is just a four-letter word:</B><br />
<br />
They say Dylan wrote this for Joan Baez; and apparently never performed it himself. The lyrics at <a HREF="http://www.bobdylan.com/us/songs/love-is-just-a-four-letter-word" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Sony."><b>Sony</B></A> seem incomplete - maybe she wrote the last stanza herself.<br />
<br />
To the left is what I could make out of <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1fpDWXwfso" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>this</B></A> where she sings it as a princess. Here she is much later <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrZ0Ww7qXEA" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>as a doyenne</B></A> princess <i>senior</I> grade, more-or-less unchanged.<br />
<br />
There is something missing in this song. Now that I have it here all etherized upon the table I can't remember what I thought was the problem. It was quite a while ago (but not long enough to be out of Alz' range). I guess he knew her pretty well if he wrote it with her singing it in mind; if not I understand somehow why he didn't record it himself.<br />
<br />
Can't put my finger on it ...</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;"><br />
[I suppose it would be unkind to compare Steve Jobs & Bob Dylan to bookends?]<a NAME="CbddbS05a"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS06" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:130%;">Oh well, it's here now, maybe what's niggling will come back to me and I'll be able to fill this in later.<br />
<br />
She sings, "Yes I know now traps are only set by me." Is that true? No, I don't think so. I think it reflects a perverse & insidious ideology. Tell me how Congolese women set themselves up to be raped, or Indian kids to work in brick yards & coal mines. Pretty young things with nice tits (then) and all the appliances (now) spouting ... "It's all about me!"<br />
<br />
"There are no mistakes in life some people say, and it's true sometimes you can see it that way."<br />
<br />
<br CLEAR=ALL><div ALIGN=RIGHT>(But that's not quite it either ...)<a NAME="CbddbS06"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS99" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A></DIV><b>Drat that pesky Google:</B><br />
<br />
I keep noticing Noam Chomsky & Lennie Cone in my YouTube search results regardless of what I am searching for. Nevermind that the YouTube search is the worst of a bad lot - the experience lets me know I'm being watched and tracked. I don't like it. I am not impressed that they think I have some special interest in Noam & Lennie.<br />
<br />
What it does is make me shut down all browser windows (which clears the cookies - or sweeps up the mouse droppings as the case may be) and start again (if I can remember what I was doing).</SPAN><a NAME="CbddbS99"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS99a" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;"><b><i>Finis Kaputt Caput</I>:</B></SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:110%;">[Ah, another usage in the OED: <i>caput mortuum</I>, skull or death's head. One of those times that Wikipedia does not give up what you hope for, the OED & even Google Translate (severely limited as it is) are also essential tools.]<br />
<br />
</DIV><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">How is it that memories fade but habits not? Even relatively recent ones like this blogging - just coming up on 8 years. Not a habit really, more like an addiction; although not having anything else to do certainly contributes.<br />
<br />
Mona over at <a HREF="http://exileonmoanstreet.blogspot.ca/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Blogger."><b>Exile on Moan Street</B></A> seems to be trying to quit; give it some time and we'll see if she succeeds. I made it for 2½ months last year - went west hoping someone would make an offer; soneone did but then I put my back out and thought I might be a liability.<br />
<br />
There is narcissism, self-absorption, solipsism and so on to consider; and then discard - since blogging is (at least) an attempt at communication which rules out extreme forms of those. There are security issues - one wonders how closely CSIS and such monitor to see if citizens are hatching sedition. Conjures up visions of Terry Gilliam's <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_%28film%29" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Wikipedia."><b>Brazil</B></A>.<br />
<br />
If it worked as a communications tool it would be worth the trouble. But there you go, it doesn't. Email doesn't really 'work' very well either. In that case I think it is devolving standards of conviviality - but not just; more could be said. What the nitwits on Twitter & Facebook think they're doing is completely beyond me. Which segues into the whole gamut of interactions with computers. Ken Kesey's 'Sailor Song' </SPAN>[Fuck, is Kesey gone too?! 2001? I guess I knew and forgot.] <span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:140%;">gets at some of it. There is supposed to be a huge up-side but it is mostly for governments and other corporations. I am more-and-more coming around to viewing it as <i>negatory</I> - not necessarily but in practice. I remember joking in the late 60s that 'my' IBM 360 very dependably gave me its full attention whenever I needed it to, unlike family, lovers, friends ... other humans (even police).<br />
<br />
The scandals around e-health are symmetrical both with the notion of it <i>and</I> the medium? Is that it? Difficult to replace, thinking.<a NAME="CbddbS99a"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS99b" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmA7e07iBB-b4J0JuUzHG2136VOsJQGxpqUN7RocvfLUrtSpA_Z8kgvvZH7qIstXLprhcphAb1avJ2A0VsAw3YiQkUh1j76v1isgB3zfwRY__o1mH4gpcZQuxvKDRS04I2cQSQgyUnojY/s1600/Candide+garden.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX 10PX 3PX 0PX' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7pRb9Po0Q4eUQCYueqVZR4EDa9sXKl5UGFcwFYIsmfOkM48dCmjh69f2v8EOPmPBTLtTcwrNjUQh96-L8TJyoMy5ozwlsyihXyucxGD_dBQtqrwnFuRQHKI45Y23eDhyphenhyphen6oPKpehzp_njM/s200/Candide+Garden+t.jpg" alt="Voltaire, Candide & Cunegonde in the garden." title="Voltaire, Candide & Cunegonde in the garden." ALIGN=LEFT></a>Anyway, I'd be happier with a garden and books - my own copies so I could mark 'em up - and snail mail ... and a bicycle. The garden could be my own or not; don't matter. But I'm not holding my breath.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKrkC0oAthKqM8qVMYYN2wivR720-JX-kpRP8q9nebtDHXrev98XvZgTefGWI1jImfftVzfED8KdIlhDkkhyphenhyphene7vX4zGZKfDeZNJGOFxJgGcT9rqwsyO22XTz8xuOxw0ziuUrYci3XL0mfK/s1600/girl+finger.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:8PX 0PX 0PX 10PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiguESOt7a_YjjifyR8vcaTuQOUPnmVGsUYNJlXlwnayXBEedo-F0AG_uDO_nq1fwS6Mb71uzBWQvmqZy2LpQmXjbtdjbLqP-J8Xy583mOrqR6Rgqhl1iUNcSyBsisH7dwdy81R-Ipsq_dA/s320/girl+finger+t.jpg" ALT="Giving the finger! Defiance!" TITLE="Giving the finger! Defiance!" ALIGN=RIGHT></a>So. The specific details of <i>dénouement</I> will likely be determined by external events; whereas the hill I am sliding off was my own choosing to try climbing. Sounds like a complaint but it is not.<br />
<br />
The <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81EZUkYzrxU" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Tim DeChristopher salute</B></A> is good ... and John Goodman in <i>Treme</I>: <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lwdgkG8j7Y" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="YouTube."><b>Fuck you, you fucking fucks</B></A><b>!</B> is good too.<br />
<br />
All good. (But I am tired gentle reader, weary.)<br />
<br />
Be well.</SPAN><a NAME="CbddbS99b"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS99c" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:120%;"><b><i>Beyond the Zero</I>:</B> An hilarious encounter between Lew Basnight & Lamont Replevin in <a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/11906.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE=""><b>Three: Bilocations part 12 (excerpt)</B></A>. Parts 15 & 16 are also very good.<br />
<br />
Previously:<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/10045.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>One: The Light Over the Ranges part 5 - Lew Basnight becomes a detective</B></A>,<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/10868.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Two: Iceland Spar part 12 - Lake Traverse marries Deuce Kindred</B></A>.<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/11371.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Three: Bilocations part 5 - Yashmeen Halfcourt & Cyprian Latewood</B></A>.<br />
<a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/11569.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>Three: Bilocations part 6 - Kit Traverse on the S.S. <i>Stupendica</I></B></A> (short excerpt).<a NAME="CbddbS99c"> </A><a HREF="#CbddbS99d" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><b>Choices:</B> Easy to scoff at that line: "Yes I know now traps are only set by me." Not so easy to walk completely around it. The <a HREF="http://da1066.livejournal.com/12255.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Addenda."><b>last few pages of Three: Bilocations, part 17</B></A> begin with Kit's dream of his father Webb Traverse - and are about choices too, a choice.<br />
<br />
It is taken as given among the la-las that one is responsible for one's self. Roughly parallel notions - that one is born and dies alone f'rinstance - seem to augment and reinforce that evident nonsense. No good trying to blame some of it on your mother then; except that your mother may have been complicit (through unexamined feminism perhaps) in fomenting that very doctrine, delivered wisdom, & foundation block of correctitude and positive thinking.<br />
<br />
Like Bob says: "It's true sometimes, you can see it that way."<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVKXc_o3-xyY89qdDLy26WOZGEHVXwow5ejeHNHpRw5UgshkKg6zrfe-fkygf05QsbYpw4b96lpyCm3ET7P6dr4GZ4OSGZPLAWWvaLjw8dNlSTX3ugSytNqIbi5NkNCDCPHrtrpLbt4qD/s1600/Bob+Dylan+Cadillac.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:1PX SOLID #000000; MARGIN:0PX 0PX 3PX 15PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8ftPDH9fq1GkyiWqm4vZanIT1pm-4VEWp-ze6SplwU6tf8WODu-LFy_oqm7AR2a-IQOjsma3Ux4xK-mzd45-7-HggHG0LaoYHr9fdQLw5_K2KbEFgS6nOxA2kYlJbxqqdr0qaoEZG9hg/s320/Bob+Dylan+Cadillac+t.jpg" ALT="Cadillac, good car to drive after a war." TITLE="Cadillac, good car to drive after a war." ALIGN=RIGHT></a>"Standing next to me in this lonely crowd is a man who swears he’s not to blame," he sings; as usual leaving the choice of exactly what he means (graciously) up to us. (Joyce's <i>Stream of Consciousness</I> as a fictional mode - which has certainly caught on - may be a vain attempt to assume the undisputed authenticity of dreams. D'you think?)<br />
<br />
And of course, every choice I (choose to) reveal, here or anywhere, makes a choice for you too gentle reader: to hear, to read, to accept, understand & savour - or not. Mostly not.<br />
<br />
While the other, daemonic Bob - Bobbie McFerrin - sings, "Don't worry. Be happy." Or ... hum a few bars of 'The Little Drummer Boy'. (From 1941. Dig it!)<a NAME="CbddbS99d"> </A></DIV><a HREF="#CbddbS99e" TITLE="Skip Down"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#CC6600; COLOR:#000000;" /><span STYLE="COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:160%;"><b>The cat:</B> Riding a Triumph 650 with a willing & beautiful girl on the back (not willing enough but yes) through the summer night. Roaring around a curve on the Lakeshore Road and suddenly there is a cat. The front wheel catches it right in the guts. We stop and go back. I scoop it up in both hands, still alive (wearing heavy motorcycle gloves y'unnerstan'). It is the old part of Lachine, all stone walls and wrought-iron gates and the scent of Lac St. Louis in the warm darkness. She turns and goes back to the bike and I am alone there. I lay it in a corner and stamp its brains out with my boot heel, putting it out of its misery. (Or do I? I have told this story before and ended it that way.)<br />
<br />
The claws are flexing in and out in agony. The eyes are looking straight at me. They seem to say, "This is my end. Leave me to it."<br />
<br />
She writes some months later from somewhere west, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, to tell me she has met a guy who makes sex fun, makes her laugh.<br />
<br />
<b>A pome:</B> (first time in years :-)<br />
<br />
breathless indictment, complicit entire<br />
dread (and a laugh) on the wire<br />
midnite dance all past dawn's glance<br />
spin, pale pilgrim's grin, we're bound for fire.</SPAN><div STYLE="LINE-HEIGHT:120%;"><a NAME="CbddbS99e"> </A><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:6PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#CC6600; COLOR:#000000;" /><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/deixe-de-bobagens-cala-boca-vai-embora.html#" TITLE="Back To Top"><hr STYLE="HEIGHT:11PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#000000; COLOR:#000000;" /></A><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsce0pETiyJh2ZVHVgZU5rl0IZBMYvjZoLIuJ47_8Qin_VemZnpETU654bYhYHOnqmmKoTRc4YpzzidgPksd62m_JsnfTLQmfY3wQ8j5iREJlbMvZ6CwonhDacC3k-2EpllEa6qA-oXbXY/s1600/Tiras+Malvados+13-03-06+gargalhar.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy90otP6CzJCReRIkmpKgvW6Pa6gJphGc5vk4Kp7RVpHT57amqPhF8HCb9MorxYfajg8Sn_bBGZ41CM82g4FBe_p-qOm6CWbMFEyya8NtSUNhGAg9pNf5ShM-XfwYLfwV9_1TooN2I54Fu/s320/Tiras+Malvados+13-03-06tl+gargalhar.jpg" ALT="Malvados: gargalhar / laugh out loud." TITLE="Malvados: gargalhar / laugh out loud."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsce0pETiyJh2ZVHVgZU5rl0IZBMYvjZoLIuJ47_8Qin_VemZnpETU654bYhYHOnqmmKoTRc4YpzzidgPksd62m_JsnfTLQmfY3wQ8j5iREJlbMvZ6CwonhDacC3k-2EpllEa6qA-oXbXY/s1600/Tiras+Malvados+13-03-06+gargalhar.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEislVoYwLGkwhn8VCHmz8v_DXntsRZVAhjz8jMZ4Hoh7PUQeCWEEjbCRQLn1ZRgr71inJxOhkLHNHmvF3VQTxh5wrD-wfS4WIdf2SfN1b_RF-1zuU-svN-_a5OO_pbnUES6Ho7u0lUm8cxL/s320/Tiras+Malvados+13-03-06tm+gargalhar.jpg" ALT="Malvados: gargalhar / laugh out loud." TITLE="Malvados: gargalhar / laugh out loud."></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsce0pETiyJh2ZVHVgZU5rl0IZBMYvjZoLIuJ47_8Qin_VemZnpETU654bYhYHOnqmmKoTRc4YpzzidgPksd62m_JsnfTLQmfY3wQ8j5iREJlbMvZ6CwonhDacC3k-2EpllEa6qA-oXbXY/s1600/Tiras+Malvados+13-03-06+gargalhar.jpg" TARGET="_blank"><img STYLE='PADDING:0; BORDER:0PX SOLID #FFFFFF; MARGIN:0PX;' src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidsnQvNPIWu2d6qss9w52NzeybQ8TzFgL43hmeda_OW_Y1U9HjwdDwUXOQl-Xvojzv26GaDlOBV1sVnnUpZXvXzO2xKFYLEeXNrp9ZwPRAw5shcxLeTuCCoISghK1dOhFI0fhUiBBQxWUG/s320/Tiras+Malvados+13-03-06tr+gargalhar.jpg" ALT="Malvados: gargalhar / laugh out loud." TITLE="Malvados: gargalhar / laugh out loud."></a><br />
<b>My life and work, Terêncio Horto:</B><br />
I wept in the firm's washroom to be able to smile in the office.<br />
One afternoon in August the washroom was closed.<br />
That was the first time I laughed out loud in the office. (Original <a HREF="http://www.malvados.com.br/tirinha1662.jpg" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Malvados."><b>here</B></A>.)<br />
<hr STYLE="HEIGHT:2PX; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#CC6600; COLOR:#000000;" /><span STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:COURIER NEW;FONT-SIZE:100%;COLOR:#000000;"><a HREF="http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.ca/2013/03/if-it-were-up-to-me.html" TITLE="If it were up to me ... but everybody's busy & nobody's listenin'."><b>Down</B></A>.</DIV></SPAN>David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com0