lets play together

Privilege Sucks!

2008-12-04T21:53:00.002-07:00

Many of us talk about privilege but do we really think about what it is and the affect it has on our world?

Privilege is preferential treatment on the part of the system towards certain individuals based on identity traits such as the color of their skin, sexual orientation, gender, ethnicity or national origin, socio-economic status and other identity such traits. Privilege is generally invisible to the recipients yet starkly visible to those denied the same privileges. Privilege inherently means that some are offered these privileges while others are denied.

For privilege to sustain there much be some rational as to why the system of privilege functions in the way that it does. Generally these explanations are ubiquitous in all messages projected upon the populace. For example, the explanation of class privilege is that poor people could just pull themselves up by their boot straps, and therefore it is their fault and they are lazy, and thus wealthy people deserve to be on the top of the economic classes. One more example related to heterosexism privilege is that the bible states that homosexual relationships are immoral and thus it is acceptable to discriminate against such individuals.

As individuals who embody privilege, yet who acknowledge that the explanations are ludicrous and that the system of privilege leads to oppression and pain, we must speak out against the system and fight against the privilege that we are granted. The system of privilege certainly damages the lives of those who are denied privilege, but also wreaks havoc upon the lives of those who accept the privilege as well. An example of this is the concept of 'White guilt,' which is related to the long history of White privilege and has many negative effects including damaging the minds and souls of Whites, and strains relationships between Whites and People of Color.

The system of privilege is so ingrained in our thinking and in our lives that the privilege has infiltrated out laws and legislation for as long as laws and legislation have been around, at least in the USA. A current example of this is the fact that it is legal to discriminate against people who do not identify as heterosexual in housing and other realms of society. A more historic example is that we only valued Black citizens and African citizens two thirds of the value that we gave White citizens in the voting process. There were many more subtle forms of privilege related the voting process, but this was a clear and overt way to give White citizens more privilege than Black citizens.

Personally, I strive to fight privilege in my thinking, words and actions and despite my education and consideration of this issue, I still must work at it and don't always succeed at recognizing when am accepting privilege or when it is occurring in front of me. At other times, I recognize it, but due to the systemic qualities of the practices, I sometimes find it hard to fight. But I strongly believe that my actions make a difference in the world, and I am dedicated to use my times and energy to make a positive impact on the system and the world. I believe we must speak—no shout out—about the privilege that exists. We must fervently illuminate this oppressive system that damages our collective peoples, if that means not accepting the job promotion due to privilege, or if it means shouting about this important issue from the rooftops –we must not give up!

Mary J in Texas

2008-09-05T12:06:00.001-06:00

My friend and I saw that car on the way to Austin from La Grange.

new shred

2008-09-04T14:35:00.003-06:00

everyone should be able to post on the new blog. i think that there are invites you recieved long ago. you need to create a free wordpress account and then check this page : here here here for tips.

the set up is similar to this one, so if you could figure how to navigate blogspot, wordpress will be no prob

if anyone needs a new invite, leave a comment here along with your email and me or taka will send you one.

i sent out a bunch more, but if i missed you, TELL me

come play at the new and improved domain

love to you

Untz Yo FACE

2008-09-01T08:27:00.004-06:00

Get yoself ready for tatanka!

Camp Day 3

http://www.megauplaod.com/?d=t69xz1w7

email me if you'd like another 100 or so SBDs...already sent to tlt and supreme ruler of non-shred.

can't wait to see all you fine people at the end of the month..SEPTEMBER's already here!

manifestation celebration!!!

2008-08-26T18:26:00.001-06:00

let's manifest and celebrate together!!!!

ORGONE ART

2008-08-25T03:17:00.002-06:00

Support your local artists, will get back to you guys when the site is totally done <3

lets move together

2008-08-22T13:20:00.002-06:00

the shred at wordpress is way sicker and has plenty of ways to keep customizing.

love you. see you there.

http://shredsomething.wordpress.com/

B-Town

2008-08-20T18:47:00.001-06:00

http://www.tatankamusicfestival.com/

Gotta love Colorado

Sept. 27-28 see yall in Boulder

Try again

2008-08-20T09:36:00.001-06:00

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HB5YVK60

Rothbury

2008-08-20T09:34:00.000-06:00

tDB Ranch Stage

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HB5YVK60

Rage

2008-08-15T18:14:00.000-06:00

So this looks pretty cool...

http://tentstate.org/rage.htm

Question

2008-08-15T10:53:00.002-06:00

I posted about a week ago the new blog formed, which has all of these posts (except the last 3 I think). It is on Wordpress, which is an open-source organization that gives the opportunity to create really beautiful spaces.

I am going to write my thesis this year on Open Source/Wikipedia/Second Life systems which provide users with the ability to be the co-creators of content. In a metaphysical way, many have been saying that we are the co-creators of our reality...It doesn't to me seem a coincidence that we could also be the co-creators of our the way we operate in our culture, which at this point and time, and probably for a nice long stretch of time - is mostly through computers.

If you haven't seen it yet, check it out.

I am not sure the if this is what everyone wants to do, but I am throwing it out there. My vision is to eventually creation a shredsomething.com which hosts blogs using the Wordpress software (because they allow you to do that for free). Then we could all create our own blogs, like the one I have created here, while simultaneously sharing the collected space. We could have feeds from the various blogs we create, along w/ news, and myriad multimedia.

Web 2.0/social networking software is still in its infant stages, but there is no doubt in my mind that this is the future. Watch how Facebook morphs. It is becoming increasingly easier to share information in clear and coherent ways.

I want to up the ante I suppose, keep it better organized, and open for more people out in the world to see. Through Wordpress, people can Tag surf...We can incorporate the widgets of Digg, StumbleUpon etc...and start really putting some good stuff together. This has been a blast for me, I hope it has been for you, and if you would like to know more about Open Source, I will be posting stuff on my blog as I go along to help facilitate my research process.

Thanks for your time!

Nice Beards

2008-08-15T07:38:00.002-06:00

Is that karl marx? a bush? billy nershi? lookin foreward to the 18th

Awesome!

2008-08-13T19:20:00.002-06:00

Just a quick comparison... Joker most intriguing character since... Tyler Durden?

Peace out CO!

2008-08-11T23:00:00.003-06:00

I thought this was Fing hilarious. Anyways, it was sweet to see everyone while I was home for the last week or two. Don't think I won't be in CO every chance I get to fully r@ge faces with all of you, it may just have to be that sector9 weekend mentioned below. I'm thinkin WSP for sure b/c 5 nights in NYC would be quite pricey...unless GPate could hook that condo up. but I'm chillin for the time being and will no doubt continue to stay in touch. Also, let me know if any of you swing thru chicago at any point, would love to kick it. peace kids.

RASTA BUS!!

2008-08-11T12:48:00.004-06:00

Yo what up shredders? So me and the bison booked the rasta bus for the first night of sector 9 at red rocks. There are about 7/8 spots left and i was just seeing if anyone else wanted to get down. Its gonna pick us up in denver somewhere, bring us to red rocks, then to the after party at the ogden (shpongle/hallucinogen, pretty lights...) then back to where it picked us up. Its $30/person and includes a keg. I took this bus to phil last fall and it was fucking sick. So if anyone wants to get down, give me a call or just post on here and ill put you on the list. let me know...

ruda

America: Freedom to Fascism by Aaron Russo

2008-08-10T17:26:00.004-06:00

America: Freedom to Fascism is a compelling and troubling account of how the wealth of our nation was silently passed from its citizens to a handful of powerful bankers in 1913. That's the year the Federal Reserve Act and the 16th Amendment were introduced, giving a privately held corporation the means to control our finances while ensuring its interest payments through the strong arms of the newly-formed Internal Revenue Service.

Ever since then, Russo suggests, Americans have been gradually conditioned to accept fewer freedoms and a lower standard of living... all the while considering debt and servitude as distinctly American values.

Russo's first and most cogent point is simple: Americans are not required to pay a federal income tax. That's a bold statement to make, as few people believe that such a fraud could be perpetrated for so long. My father, himself an accountant, insists that the income tax is a very real thing. Russo takes that same belief to IRS employees and simply asks them to cite where it says an unapportioned income tax is required of us all. Guess what? They can't. In a telling segment Sheldon Cohen, former commissioner of the IRS, goes so far as to reject Supreme Court rulings and the Constitution as benchmarks over what is legal with regards to taxation. Russo also interviews members of the tax honesty movement as well as disenfranchised IRS agents who agree that no law on the books conjures up a requirement to send the government part of one's hard-earned paycheck.

Russo then showcases court cases where those accused of tax evasion have won precisely because the prosecution cannot provide evidence of a legal federal income tax law. It's shocking to have it hammered into your head over and over that you've thrown your money away for nothing, but repetition is good; it helps knock loose the deeply entrenched belief that we owe a portion of our livelihood to our government.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1656880303867390173

LEO's planet is the sun

2008-08-07T20:07:00.002-06:00

As a leo I thought this was SO COOL, notice the sun at the heart chakra of the sphinx. If you didn't know, our hearts emit the strongest electro-magnetism, not our brains.

http://www.ufodigest.com/hiddenrecords.html

Let The Birthdays Begin....7,8,12,18

2008-08-06T22:31:00.001-06:00

The New Shred

2008-08-05T18:44:00.003-06:00

There is a new shred out there.

"User-led content 'production' is build on iterative, evolutionary development models in which often very large communities of participants make a number of usually very small, incremental changes to the established knowledge base, thereby enabling a gradual improvement in quality which - under the right conditions - can nonetheless outpace the speed of product development in the conventional industrial model.

"Such modes of content creation - involving large communities of users, who act without an all-controling, coordinating hierarchy - operate along lines which are fluid, flexible, heterarchical, and organized as required by the ongoing process of development; they are more closely aligned with the emergent organizational principles in social communities than with the predetermined, supposedly optimized rigid structures of governance in the corporate sphere. User-led content creation in this new model harnesses the collected, collective intelligence of all participants, and manages - though in some cases better than in others - to direct their contributions to where they are best able to make a positive impact."

Axel Bruns - BLOGS, WIKIPEDIA, SECOND LIFE, AND BEYOND: From Production to Produsage.

Click here to learn more.

Earth

2008-08-03T21:21:00.001-06:00

http://www.breathingearth.net/

awards show or o face?

2008-08-02T18:52:00.002-06:00

Rare Photos of Banksy in Action

2008-08-01T11:06:00.001-06:00

You thought that the search for new pictures of the mysterious world-famous street artist Banksy had come to an end? It has not! Our earlier shot at digging up photos of the maybe-identified but still unseen artist turned out to (probably) not be him. But! A tipster has sent us a lovely present: three still shots of Banksy in action, taken from a UK documentary filmed in 2000, when he was less obsessive about hiding his identity. We also have two photos of Banksy that were featured in an article in the UK's Squall magazine (now defunct) back in 2000. And for the finale: two art prints that are reportedly drawings of Banksy in profile, dressed as the Queen of England. None are full-on face shots; but this is probably the first time all these rarely-seen images have been collected in one place.

Click the Link to see the pics

DJ PWR J.J. does the video

2008-07-31T02:44:00.000-06:00

My website

2008-07-31T02:42:00.001-06:00

Please vote for my live mix so that it get's re-aired on Public Access
http://www.denveropenmedia.org/node/6162

Preview/buy my photographic books
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=Preston+R

My website about the metaphysical sculptures I make (still in the works)
http://www.orgoneart.com

It is my 23rd birthday today and Quakecon is now beginning (Quakecon.org) we got press passes haha... Hope all is well everyone! :)

The EGG!!

2008-07-26T02:52:00.002-06:00

This is the same link from my original post below (the Egg), this time it's SendSpace so you don't have to sit through the countdown on mega^load. Holla.

www.sendspace.com/file/cpxjvz

Here is tDB Bonnaroo set again as well, this time all in 1 folder/file downlaod. again, much easier to download.

www.sendspace.com/file/bbw94x

the EGG!!

2008-07-26T02:05:00.003-06:00

Not sure if this has been posted yet but if it has it deserves another! I'm not a contributor to UntzYoFace (which btw I'd like an invite for) but here is an amazing half hour of music. The Egg live in London, these guys played CB7 just recently. Thank me later, get you're dancin shoes on!! Obviously off of good 'ol phantasy tour so some of you may already have this, but for those of you not obsessed with the plague that is PT, GOLD Jerry! GOLD!

http://www.megauplaod.com/?d=VJ3T7LYW

olympics soon

2008-07-25T06:54:00.002-06:00

the Olympics come to china in under two weeks (the above graphic is old, but from right up the street from my flat). its kinda a big deal. i dont know what the atmosphere has been like in the states of late, but i can tell you that it is a hot topic in the Tibetan section of dharamsala, india, home to the dali lama. i have met quite a few monks, Tibetans, Indians, fellow travelers and others who gravitate towards sharing their view on the issue. things have ranged from utter hatred for china, all the way to feelings of insult from the world community for what the Olympics stand for: peace and global participation.

every corner in dharamsala is covered in posters condemning the Chinese and encouraging a boycott of the upcoming games. and why not? china has killed thousands, ruined the culture of one of our most preserved spiritual nations, displaced thousands, turned Lhasa into Disneyland China, and spread misinformation about the dali lama and culture in general. Tibetans in exile have been away from home longer than they were there. the traditions are dying, the youth have no sense of roots and the Maoist communist machine is preaching its "religion is poison" rhetoric till the water Buffalo come home. its sad.

on the other hand, china is so poised to look good on the global stage that the games have made them reconsider some of their environmental policies and attempt to try to 'green' Beijing. this may be mostly a farce in attempt to con the world into thinking that they have altruistic intentions about environmental code, but none the less it has produced results including the removal of millions of cars from the streets of the capital city. it wont last most likely, but its a step.

these games come at a crucial time in the history of our modern world. there are real forces in conflict right now and many of the old ways seem to be dying. there is a revitalization in knowledge and understating, there is a grassroots effort on many fronts pushing for a better tomorrow, there are policies in the mix that could change our world. but as unenlightened creatures die, they always struggle the hardest to hold on. we are witnessing that with oil companies, the record industry, the bush administration and forces of evil everywhere. they are losing ground and are fighting back with a vengeance as often as they can.

when i look to china, i see them on the offensive so hard that there is no system to check them. the world at large fears china, and they own so much of the US's economic interests that we would never say anything directly to them. they are in danger of leaping ahead and yet learning nothing from the mistakes of the industrialized nations that came before. they are beginning to consume culture, even destroy other's cultures, on a rapid and uncontrolled pace like never before.

then the Olympics come. the spotlights turn on china and people begin talking. people protest the torch. leaders say that will skip opening ceremonies. Tibetans envision a return home after china breaks under the pressure.
and yet, i see nothing changing. all the countries of the world attempt to hide from their own mistakes by pointing the country that has made more than them. China have become the scapegoat for climate change and seemingly absolve us from our responsibility. they pretend to have talks with the dali lama's envoy, but nothing seems to be changing.

so what do we do? (besides not shopping at wal-mart)

i was talking to a monk about this very situation. he became quite heated as the discussion began and i played devils advocate to extract his entire view. he was borderline angry when we discussed him fleeing the country 40 years ago through the mountains, or his family being killed, or friends being jailed, or the fact that he cant travel to any other country because of his refugee status, or his sentiments for monks that get beaten in the streets, or that young Tibetans will not know their heritage, or that.... and yet when i asked him how he FELT about it, he said: "well actually, i am HAPPY!!" smiling and laughing as if to shake away the contempt that was ALMOST present in his voice during our previous dialogue. he giggled i understood that no matter what anyone does, this monk can always retreat to the place where we are all one, nothing is undone and bliss penetrates every pore. it was a powerful moment.

we cant change the past. we cant control the present. we cant predict the future. but we can always change the way we relate to everything and we can always find shelter somewhere.
as we move forward trying create and manifest a culture and world that plays by rules that are fair, loving, creative and just, always remember there is a place to go when the going gets tough. i will see you there. love to you all from india.

Funny

2008-07-24T20:58:00.001-06:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jETHy0MZHWY

check out untz ya face blog

2008-07-21T17:44:00.000-06:00

I posted alot of good music

Montreal

2008-07-20T09:23:00.000-06:00

Voyaging to DMT Space with Rick Strassman

2008-07-19T09:34:00.001-06:00

What up ya'll....I just got back from Camp Bisco, had to leave early to help out a friend, but it was a fantastic time...In the spirit of Sir Simon Posford and Divine Moments of Truth I wanted to share this article with everyone.

Reality Sandwich: Voyaging to DMT Space with Dr. Rick Strassman

This website, Reality Sandwich is a really cool community with many talented writers discussing some of the most interested aspects of our current space and time.

Dr. Rick Strassman is a clinical psychiatrist/zen buddhist practitioner/leading DMT researcher....aka total shredder.

He has done the only US government approved study on the effects of DMT and is starting up new work, especially regarding the effects of Ayuhuasca, which is termed as the mother of all healers.

If you have time, please do your self a favor and check out these links. Here I have posted on sendspace.com a pdf file of Strassman's first book, DMT: The Spirit Molecule....As well as a book by a native Peruvian shaman, or ayuhuasquero.

There is reason many of us have gravitated towards this. Let us not allow what happened in the sixties reoccur. There is a wonderful opportunity to let psychedelics emerge out of the dark, and its part of it lies in the responsibility that the psychedelic community wishes to take.

We are the future....In the words of Younger Brother, the world is ours.

Much love.

DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Dr. Rick Strassman
Ayuhuasca Visions by Pablo Amaringo
The Cottonwood Research Foundation - Give Donations!

I meant to put this on Phantasy Bisco but it won't let me post for seven days...If anyone wants to pass it on to any of those other boards, please feel free....We can together, help facilitate this project. Cottonwood needs support :)

What is your city's walk score???

2008-07-17T22:36:00.003-06:00

http://www.walkscore.com

And also I came across this today and tested it out. Yes gas prices are skyrocketing and i'm happy that someone is trying to make a point. BUT how accurate is this walkometer? It rated both my hometown Mount Prospect, IL and Fort Collins, CO the same : somewhat walkable. Let's just say my little NW Chicago suburb was constructed for automobiles, there aren't even sidewalks on any main roads, thus making it COMPLETELY unwalkable. Whereas the Fort we all know if walkable/bikable (that is if your purple bike doesn't get stolen from the side of your house). So great idea google or whoever is really flying on the wing of this masterpiece, but let's be realistic here at the same time. I don't doubt that San Fran is the most walkable though...too bad I can't afford to live there

A little love from Queestown, New Zealand

2008-07-17T22:30:00.002-06:00

I've been meaning to put this one up for a while, can't say I saw this and didn't think of you lovely shredders...

Rothbury

2008-07-17T14:57:00.001-06:00

For those in attendance, here is a bunch of sbd recordings from the festival, along with a bunch of other interesting recordings get em while you can...

http://phantasytour.com/wsp/boards_thread.cgi?threadID=1592148

pt is good for somethings

I never win anyting, help me out...

2008-07-16T13:23:00.000-06:00

Camp Bisco

2008-07-16T09:17:00.003-06:00

What up fellow shredders? so i just back into the states and im headin to the original shred, "camp bisco" tomorrow and was just thinking how much better it would be if all my fellow CO shragers were coming to throwdown. I wish you all could come and smoke deemz, take dips, pound PBR's and get down and dirty but oh well. The bison/water buffalo and I will be representing huge for the whole crew! ill be back in a few weeks and we will all kill it just like old times. miss all of you...UNTZ

If anybody is making it out there this weekend hit me up...

Tudd Larry

love

2008-07-14T22:25:00.003-06:00

i've been thinking about love a lot the last couple of days and it keeps coming up in various forms in different conversations with people. ideas about selfless vs selfish love and the different forms it can take, a friendly love, a love for someone you just met, a deeper love, family love, the list goes on and on. also the importance of really being able to love yourself before you can truly love another. the importance of being grounded and satisfied with yourself and the things that you are before you can branch out and start loving others. like a tree must root down before it can grow up and out. sometimes its much harder than it sounds and other times it seems to come so easily - just like all things in life.

i wanted to take a moment to tell all of you how much you mean to me and to thank you all for the various forms of love you have both given to and received from me. i feel such a pure, true, deep love for many of you that i have really come to understand and appreciate much more recently. before i left, while i was gone, and during my return so many of you have been there for me in ways that i don't think you are even aware of and i want to acknowledge that. i am so lucky to live the life that i do and so blessed to be surrounded by such amazing people. i guess what i'm trying to say is thank you for all that you are and everything that you do and for not only being a part of my life but also letting me be a part of yours.

i love you

Rothbury

2008-07-11T15:21:00.001-06:00

Stream of the entire DB performance, sound is terrible at the beginning but it sounds good after a bit...

http://www.timdanko.com/media/tdb2008-07-03_Rothbury_Festival.asf

Many mammalian species: sexual endowment or intelligence...

2008-07-10T01:45:00.004-06:00

Size Does Matter in Bats' Evolution By WILLIAM KATES, Associated Press
Writer

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - For some male bats, sexual prowess comes with a price:
smaller brains. A research team led by Syracuse University biologist Scott
Pitnick found that in bat species where the females are promiscuous, the
males boasting the largest testicles also had the smallest brains.
Conversely, where the females were faithful, the males had smaller testes
and larger brains.

"It turns out size does matter," said Pitnick, whose findings were published
in December in "Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Science," an
online journal.

The study offers evidence that males at least in some species make an
evolutionary trade-off between intelligence and sexual prowess, said David
Hoskens, a biologist at the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the
University of Exeter in England and a leading authority on bats' mating
behavior.

"Bats invest an enormous amount in testis, and the investment has to come
from somewhere. There are no free lunches," said Hoskens, who did not
participate in the study.

The relationship between the breeding system and relative brain size has
received little investigation, said Pitnick, who teaches evolution and
population biology and researches topics such as sexual selection and sexual
conflict.

Bats are the second largest group of mammals (behind rodents) with about
1,000 known species. Because of their exceptional navigational and flying
abilities, bats have been the subject of countless studies, providing
Pitnick and his colleagues Kate Jones of Columbia University and Gerald
Wilkinson of the University of Maryland with a bounty of data without
having to slink off into caves.

Pitnick's team looked at 334 species of bats and found a convincing contrast
in testes size. In species with monogamous females, males had testes
starting at 0.11 percent of their body weight and ranging up to 1.4 percent.
But in species where the females had a large number of mates, Pitnick found
testes ranged from 0.6 percent to 8.5 percent of the males' mass (in the
Rafinesque's big-eared bat).

"If female bats mate with more than one male, a sperm competition begins,"
Pitnick said. "The male who ejaculates the greatest number of sperm wins the
game, and hence many bats have evolved outrageously big testes."

Promiscuity is known to make a difference in testicle size in some other
mammals. For example, chimpanzees are promiscuous and have testicles that
are many times larger than those of gorillas, in which a single dominant
male has exclusive access to a harem of females.

Large brains, meanwhile, are metabolically costly to develop and maintain.
Pitnick's research suggested that in those bat species with promiscuous
females, the male's body used more of its energy to enhance the testes
giving it the greater adaptive advantage and lacked the energy it needed
to further develop the brain.

The study found that in more monogamous species, the average male brain size
was about 2.6 percent of body weight, while in promiscuous species, the
average size dipped to 1.9 percent.

rothbury fuck yea

2008-07-08T17:21:00.001-06:00

catch ya next year brah

all together now

2008-07-07T21:35:00.001-06:00

Declaration of Independence

2008-07-06T01:39:00.001-06:00

2008-07-05T04:00:00.001-06:00

from current

bizzzcutszzz

2008-07-04T09:37:00.003-06:00

so i just posted links for 104 biscuts shows spaning fron 98-02 on to the other blog, i guess there is a up side to not being at rothbury. enjoy

http://untzyoface.blogspot.com/

Happy Independance Day!

2008-07-04T02:18:00.003-06:00

In the spirit of revolutionary thinking...fighting the wars of tyranny of the mind...defying the spirit of gravity that says this physical existence is more than a mere virtual reality! I present to you a compilation of music combined with a Terence McKenna lecture titled Dreaming awake at the End of History. Throw it on your pod, burn it for a car ride, listen to it with your family!!!!

Setlist:

Nick Drake - Mogwai
Bela Fleck - Big Country
Pantha du Prince - Asha
Telefon Tel Aviv - Fahrenheit Fair Enough
Grant Green - California Green
Lotus - Colorado
Chris Thile and How to Grow a Band - The Beekeeper
Air - Talisman
Zuvuya - Track 2 (Starlight)
SCI - Bumpin Reel (11/25/06)

Cheers, love, light, three times over!

The square root of the universe is WHAT!?

I'm Voting Republican

2008-07-03T18:35:00.001-06:00

Check it out...

http://www.imvotingrepublican.com/

Watch the Weather Change...

2008-07-02T12:07:00.005-06:00

"Israel has said a strike on Iran will be "unavoidable" if the Islamic regime continues to press ahead with alleged plans for building an atom-bomb." (London Daily Telegraph, 6/11/2008)

"Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany joined President Bush on Wednesday in calling for further sanctions against Iran if it does not suspend its uranium enrichment program." Mr. Bush stressed again that "all options are on the table," which would include military force. (New York Times, 6/11/2008)
"What we have here is sort of a coincidencia oppositorum. Imagine if you walked into a woman giving birth and had never seen or even heard that situation before. You'd think it was a catastrophe. There's blood, screaming, agony. But what else is happening? A new being of infinite potential and experience is entering the world." Terence McKenna (Imagination in the Light of History 1992)

We are fast approaching the final six months of the Bush administration. The quagmire in Iraq is in its sixth painful year with no real end in sight and the forgotten war in Afghanistan is well into its seventh year. The "dead enders" and other armed factions are still alive and well in Iraq and the Taliban in Afghanistan again controls most of that country. Gas prices have now reached an average of $4.00 a gallon nationally and several analysts predict the price will rise to $5.00-$6.00 dollars per gallon at the pump by Labor Day. This, despite assurances by some major supporters of the decision to invade Iraq that the Iraq war "will pay for itself" (Paul Wolfowitz) or that we will see "$20.00 per barrel" oil prices if we invade Iraq (Rupert Murdoch).

One thing the Pentagon routinely does (and does very well) is conduct war games. Top brass there are constantly developing strategies for conducting any number of theoretical missions based on real or perceived threats to our national security or vital interests. This was also done prior to the invasion of Iraq, but the Bush administration chose not to listen to the dire warnings about that mission given to him by Pentagon leaders, or for that matter, by his own senior intelligence officials. Nevertheless, war gaming is in full swing again right now with the bullseye just to the right of our current mess – Iran.

It’s no secret that the U.S. is currently putting the finishing touches on several contingency plans for attacking Iranian nuclear and military facilities. With our ground forces stretched to the breaking point in Iraq and Afghanistan, none of the most likely scenarios involve a ground invasion. Not that this administration wouldn’t prefer to march into the seat of Shiite Islam behind a solid, moving line of M1 Abrams tanks and proclaim the country for democracy. The fact is that even the President knows we can’t pull that off any more so he and the neo-cons will have to settle for Shock and Awe Lite.

If we invade Iran this year it will be done using hundreds of sorties by carrier based aircraft already stationed in the Persian Gulf and from land based aircraft located in Iraq and Qatar. They will strike the known nuclear facilities located in and around Tehran and the rest of the country as well as bases containing major units of the Iranian military, anti-aircraft installations and units of the Revolutionary Guard (a separate and potent Iranian para-military organization).

Will this military action stop Iran’s efforts to develop nuclear weapons? Probably not. It will probably not even destroy all of their nuclear research facilities, the most sensitive of which are known to be underground, protected by tons of earth and reinforced concrete and steel designed to survive almost all attacks using conventional munitions. The Iranian military and Revolutionary Guard will most likely survive as well, although they will suffer significant casualties and major bases and command centers will undoubtedly be destroyed. However, since Iran has both a functioning Air Force, Navy (including submarines) and modern anti-aircraft capabilities, U.S. fighter-bombers will suffer casualties as well. This will not be a "Cake Walk" as with the U.S. led invasion of Iraq in 2003 when the Iraqi Army simply melted away and the Iraqi Air Force never even launched a single aircraft.

Not even close.

If the United States attacks Iran either this summer or this fall, the American people had better be prepared for a shock that may perhaps be even greater to the national psyche (and economy) than 9/11. First of all, there will be significant U.S. casualties in the initial invasion. American jets will be shot down and the American pilots who are not killed will be taken prisoner - including female pilots. Iranian Yakhonts 26, Sunburn 22 and Exocet missiles will seek out and strike U.S. naval battle groups bottled up in the narrow waters of the Persian Gulf with very deadly results. American sailors will be killed and U.S. ships will be badly damaged and perhaps sunk. We may even witness the first attack on an American Aircraft carrier since World War II.

That’s just the opening act.

Israel (who had thus far stayed out of the fray by letting the U.S. military do the heavy lifting) is attacked by Hezbollah in a coordinated and large scale effort. Widespread and grisly casualties effectively paralyze the nation, a notion once thought impossible. Iran’s newest ally in the region, Syria, then unleashes a barrage of over 200 Scud B, C and D missiles at Israel, each armed with VX gas. Since all of Israel is within range of these Russian built weapons, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and virtually all major civilian centers and several military bases are struck, often with a result of massive casualties.

The Israeli Air Force orders all three squadrons of their F-16I Sufa fighter/bombers into the air with orders to bomb Tehran and as many military and nuclear bases as they can before they are either shot down or run out of fuel. It is a one way trip for some of these pilots. Their ancient homeland lies in ruins. Many have family that is already dead or dying. They do not wait for permission from Washington, DC or U.S. regional military commanders. The Israeli aircraft are carrying the majority of their country’s nuclear arsenal under their wings.

Just after the first waves of U.S. bombers cross into Iranian airspace, the Iranian Navy, using shore based missiles and small, fast attack craft sinks several oil tankers in the Straits of Hormuz, sealing off the Persian Gulf and all its oil from the rest of the world. They then mine the area, making it difficult and even deadly for American minesweepers to clear the straits. Whatever is left of the Iranian Navy and Air Force harasses our Navy as it attempts minesweeping operations. More U.S casualties.

The day after the invasion Wall Street (and to a lesser extent, Tokyo, London and Frankfurt) acts as it always does in an international crisis – irrational speculative and spot buying reaches fever pitch and sends the cost of oil skyrocketing. In the immediate aftermath of the U.S. invasion of Iran, the price of oil goes to $200.00 - $300.00 dollars a barrel on the open market. If the war is not resolved in a few weeks, that price could rise even higher. This will send the price of gasoline at the pump in this country to $8.00-$10.00 per gallon immediately and subsequently to even higher unthinkable levels.

If that happens, this country shuts down. Most Americans are not be able to afford gas to go to work. Truckers pull their big rigs to the side of the road and simply walk away. Food, medicine and other critical products are not be brought to stores. Gas and electricity (what is left of the short supply) are too expensive for most people to afford. Children, the sick and elderly die from lack of air-conditioned homes and hospitals in the summer. Children, the sick and elderly die in the winter for lack of heat. There are food riots across the country. A barter system takes the place of currency and credit as the economy dissolves and banks close or limit withdrawals. Civil unrest builds.

The police are unable to contain the violence and are themselves victims of the same crisis as the rest of the population. Civilian rule dissolves and Martial Law is declared under provisions approved under the Patriot Act. Regular U.S. Army and Marine troops patrol the streets. The federal government apparatus is moved to an unknown but secure location. The United States descends into chaos and becomes a third world country. Its time as the lone superpower is over.

It doesn’t get any worse than this.

Then the first Israeli bomber drops its nuclear payload on Tehran.

David DeBatto is a former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent, Iraqi war veteran and co-author the "CI" series from Warner Books and the upcoming "Counter to Intelligence" from Praeger Security International.

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Water Car in Japan

2008-07-01T09:42:00.001-06:00

Last week, Oxfam and other global poverty groups met with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. At this meeting, we handed him a global petition with over 575,000 signatures calling on world leaders to take strong action against climate change.

The prime minister was very open to our calls for strong actionon climate change and tackling global poverty. We have you to thank for helping us deliver such a powerful message.

Now let's keep up the momentum! Can you forward this email to five friends and ask them to sign our petition?

Send your friends tohttp://act.oxfamamerica.org/campaign/2008_g8 .

While we delivered the initial petition to Prime Minister Fukuda, we want to grow the petition to ONE MILLION concerned citizens worldwide before the leaders of the eight richest countries (the G8) meet in two weeks.

Climate change is already exacting a severe toll on poor communities. Their homes and farms are the ones hardest hit when droughts, flooding, and storms strike.

Our growing petition has the power to put climate change and poverty at the center of the debate at the G8 Summit. The summit coincides with the famous Japanese Tanabata festival, where people tie written wishes to bamboo trees. We'll present the petition as our fervent wish: that the G8 leaders commit to ending global poverty and fighting climate change.

Thank you!!

dear rothbury why are you so far away??

2008-06-30T11:28:00.001-06:00

and so much $? any one got room for a sketch ball like me in their car??

Bonnaroooo!!!

2008-06-30T00:12:00.003-06:00

pretty shreddy little show here ladies and gents. enjoy.

Set I: Memphis>Helix>Ladies>Safety Dance, Nughuffer, Killing in the Name of, Rock Candy>Crix>Rock Candy, Magellan Reprise, Crystal Ball>Floes, Basis4Aday

Encore: Kitchen Mitts>Mulberry's Dream

booyah. sorry you have to download all separate, but what can ya do?

http://www.sendspace.com/folder/woxhck

peace.

This? This is nothing!

2008-06-29T12:53:00.002-06:00

Three weeks into the filming of the four horseman of the apocalpyse I realized, I DIDN"T EVEN HAVE THE RIGHTS!!!!

An appropriate honor for a truly unique president!

2008-06-26T10:43:00.002-06:00

Reagan has his highways. Lincoln has his memorial. Washington has the capital (and a state, too). But President Bush may soon be the sole president to have a memorial named after him that you can contribute to from the bathroom.

Get the full scoop here.

Dancing Honeybee Using Vector Calculus to Communicate

2008-06-25T01:39:00.000-06:00

Pretty Lights @ Bloom

2008-06-24T11:51:00.000-06:00

http://www.sendspace.com/file/9331lq

untz

News Updates

2008-06-23T13:24:00.002-06:00

Dangerous Crossroads: Congressional approval before attacking Iran is no longer required

Record corn prices mean more expensive meat, dairy

Unzz Yo Motha-Luvin Face Off

2008-06-22T17:22:00.002-06:00

Younger Brother Live, dig it, love it, live it.

Recorded on 5.17.08, Hollywood CA

http://www.sendspace.com/file/k8qea2

http://www.sendspace.com/file/pav1gn

http://www.sendspace.com/file/qjbm4q

http://www.sendspace.com/file/4d3386

http://www.sendspace.com/file/xq6cbk

http://www.sendspace.com/file/hj6snu

http://www.Sendspace.com/file/s0tbnw

Peace.

how do YOU measure culture?

2008-06-21T05:22:00.004-06:00

japanese toilet that washes your ass, heats your seat, plays music and tells you the exact time of your death....

my autorickshaw driver in delhi, inia pulled over while on the highway out of nowhere. i was confused about why we stopped. then i looked over and he and many other drivers were doing their buisness on the side of the road....

Pop a Titty for a Kitty

2008-06-20T15:34:00.001-06:00

you shud try this

2008-06-19T00:01:00.000-06:00

this es perty cool

The New Deal

2008-06-18T18:05:00.002-06:00

For all of us who missed this fabulous show at Langerado...here is a linky to get it.

http://bt.etree.org/?searchs=&cat=124

Support your local DJ

2008-06-18T16:01:00.001-06:00

Hope to see you guys there! :)

Terreform Treehouse

2008-06-18T11:20:00.001-06:00

As part of the ecological architecture nonprofit Terreform, Mitchell Joachim, Lara Greden, and Javier Arbona designed this living treehouse in which the dwelling itself merges with its environment and nourishes its inhabitants. Fab Tree Hab dissolves our conventional concept of home and establishes a new symbiosis between the house and its surrounding ecosystem.

In order to build the arboreal frame, the designers utilize “pleaching” - a gardening technique in which tree branches are woven together to form living archways. Trees such as Elm, Live Oak, and Dogwood bear the heavier loads, while vines, branches, and plants form a lattice for the walls and roof of the house. The interior structure is made of cob (clay and straw), a tried-and-true green building approach that lends itself to customized shaping of walls and ceilings.

largo luna

2008-06-17T15:47:00.001-06:00

Moon illusions...click above

one more

2008-06-17T15:31:00.002-06:00

more stuff

2008-06-17T09:16:00.003-06:00

FIRST POST!!

2008-06-17T01:38:00.002-06:00

GREETZ TO ALL. My name is Preston (some of you may know me). I arrived back in Denver today by bus and was greeted by a horrific display of ?military? training most likely for the Democratic national convention. Saw one even briefly land on top of a skyscraper...doubt they had permission to do that... Four all black choppers flyin' around (snapped the pic above w/ my (sometimes) handy cell phone)... Spinningsarah, one of the rav4 EV's was up on ebaymotors recently (they sell for around 80,000... Here is what Tom Hanks drives these days (he also has a Rav4 EV with many miles on it) http://www.acpropulsion.com/ebox/pricing.htm .. It's a modified Scion xB converted to fully electric and u can even plug them into a typical outlet.. cost is 55,000 for the conversion. My friend recently installed a hydrogen boost kit that he made for around 50 bux into his pick-up truck, he is still working on the tweaking, but right now is getting 10% better gas mileage. LET'S ALL PAY HIM TO INSTALL THESE ON OUR CURRENT GAS GUZZLERS.

Glucose and myself (DJ PWR) are playing a show on the 25th starting at 9. We have the ORIENTAL THEATER for the night, so i hope to see you cats there for a rowdy time. Only 5 bux. Who's stoked for Sonic Bloom, I've been the past two years, since it's beginning and always have a good time. Thanks for postin the goofy ass video of me dancing at last years Max :)

And finally here is a link that you guys can preview and/or buy my recently published photographic books, check em out --->http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=homad&x=0&y=0<---

EV1

2008-06-16T01:06:00.002-06:00

Someone recently told me about an electric car that GM released a few years ago called the EV1. This car was leased to about 200 people in Arizona and California. The owners were happy but after the 1 or 2 year lease was up GM took the cars back and destroyed them despite the interest of the owners in keeping the cars. They claimed that they wouldn't manufacture these cars because they wouldnt make a profit and instead sued the state of California to lower clean vehicle registrations

the technology is out there its just too bad that the interest is in financial profit rather than environmental benefit, but who needs a clean earth when you could have millions of dollars to keep you happy instead?

hello all

2008-06-15T18:26:00.002-06:00

havent posted in a bit but thought some of you might like this painting i did today. gonna be working hard on some others to help fund my sonic bloom weekend so i will post later peace

http://www.wuchess.com/

2008-06-12T20:59:00.002-06:00

Rapper and hip-hop producer RZA has launched a web site dedicated to teaching and encouraging people to play chess. In addition to his prolific music career, Bobby Digital is a champion chess player, and the social networking site offers user profiles, live games, and chess scholarships.

MarkWorks?

2008-06-12T13:00:00.003-06:00

Mark is your friendly Mac savvy neighbor - always up for helping other people love their Macs more. He has been helping friends and family befriend their Mac for years and has now teamed up with MacWorks to spread the love around Colorado. Mark has a MacBook named Emaline, and is an expert Mac teacher and troubleshooter. He also likes peanut butter, and gadgets (but not together).

Electric Sheep

2008-06-12T11:08:00.003-06:00

This total dominating rager from Devon, England told me about this awesome screen saver in the midst of a heavy (heady) convo yesterday. Click the title link to transport yourself there through the fractal tunnel of information known as the interweb. Much love to everyone, take a few extra drops for me at the Bloom. Untz.

"Electric Sheep is a free, open source screen saver created by Scott Draves. It's run by thousands of people all over the world, and can be installed on any ordinary PC or Mac. When these computers "sleep", the screen saver comes on and the computers communicate with each other by the internet to share the work of creating morphing abstract animations known as "sheep". The result is a collective "android dream", an homage to Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.

Anyone watching one of these computers may vote for their favorite animations using the keyboard. The more popular sheep live longer and reproduce according to a genetic algorithm with mutation and cross-over. Hence the flock evolves to please its global audience. You can also design your own sheep and submit them to the gene pool."

2008-06-12T10:39:00.001-06:00

6/4/08 - Trey wants Phish back
On the heels of widespread rumors that Phish had their first conference-call in four years last Friday (3pm to 420pm), prime lyricist Tom Marshall has told PopMatters.com that "Trey wants to come back" and "No one wants Phish back more than Trey", that he has written more than 15 songs with Trey over the last four months, that the two have "a new energy, a spark", and that they are "bright-eyed and bushy tailed" and "like we're in 8th grade again"

V2.0

2008-06-12T08:54:00.002-06:00

ISP’s have resolved to restrict the Internet to a TV-like subscription model where users will be forced to pay to visit selected corporate websites by 2012, while others will be blocked, according to a leaked report

ASS!!!!

2008-06-11T09:10:00.000-06:00

Why “Sendentary” Agriculture Happened (Or, Hunter Gathering at Home)

2008-06-09T08:35:00.000-06:00

hello lovers

2008-06-07T22:33:00.002-06:00

japan rocks

i hope you are all well

i created a new blog to share stuff from my trip in asia. give it look if you wish.

i love you

http://wanderworldwonder.blogspot.com/

Teen Decomposes Plastic Bag in Three Months

2008-06-06T16:33:00.003-06:00

http://news.therecord.com/article/354201

Can You See Preston?

2008-06-06T15:39:00.001-06:00

Claypool Talks Apricot

2008-06-06T15:10:00.000-06:00

Cellular Flash Memory Data Travellers

2008-06-05T13:17:00.002-06:00

"By appropriating and re-visioning communication technologies, the spiritual imagination often fashions symbols and rituals from the technical mode of communication it employs: hieroglyphs, printing press, the online database. By reimagining technologies in this way, new meanings are invested into the universe of machines, and new virtual possibilities emerge. The very ambiguity of the term information, which has made it such an infectious and irritating buzzword, has also allowed old intuitions to pop up in secular guise. Today there is so much pressure on information - the word, the concept, the stuff itself - that it crackles with energy, drawing to itself mythologies, metaphysics, hints of arcane magic. As information expands beyond its reductive sense as a quantitative measure of meaning, groups and individuals also find room to resist and recast the dominant technological narratives of way and commerce and to inject their fractured postmodern lives with digitally remastered forms of community, imagination, and cosmic connection...One thing seems clear: We cannot afford to think in the Manichean terms that often characterize the debate on new technologies. Technology is neither a devil or an angel. But neither is it simply a "tool," a neutral extension of some rock-solid human nature. Technology is a trickster, and it has been so since the first culture hero taught the human tribe how to spin wool before he pulled it over our eyes. The trickster shows how intelligence fares in an unpredictable and chaotic world; he beckons us through the open doors of innovation and traps us in the prison of unintended consequences. '

ERIK DAVIS - TECHGNOSIS

Balance is the key player in this binary universe. As cellular flash memory data travelers, we must find balance between the needs of the spirit and that of the soul. The spirit wishes to climb to the top of the mountain, while the soul rushes like a river through the valleys below.

All throughout our days we move through space, subject to entirely different sets of information. Our planet is moving through space, and on a small scale, we get to move through space as well. In our dreams, I suppose we get to travel the unbridled spiritual universe.

While it does not seem like it in our day to day lives, we are intergalactic space travelers and we are reaching the point in which we need to start understanding reality in three dimensions. A crystal expert, Brett Bravo, said that the Age of Pisces was defined by the symbol of the cross, but the Age of Aquarius will be symbolized by the crystal.

If we break down crystals, they are three dimensional geometric figures, while the cross is very much in 2d. If we throw a rock in a pond, and watch the waves cast by the impact, it is not unusual to think of it as two dimensional. This is our we think of our solar system, with each planet spinning around the sun. However, the wave has an element of curl to it, and so in fact it is actually creating a vortex. Waves are not just like sin,cosine, etc, etc...That is thinking in 2d. They are vortex's, and so again to go back to the solar system, we are traveling around the sun like a three dimensional wave, and thus we are never in the same place in space time again.

I think this is the true nature of three-dimensional reality, which I know at least for myself, is not solidified in my consciousness. Living on our current schedule of time while being often bombarded with the mundane side-products of a materialistic, patriarchal, backwards society, I think has influenced our operating systems, and not for the better. Spinning around as a planet, and spinning around the sun, week after week and year after year, hour after hour is two dimensional; and essentially keeping the operating system at a level of operation only concerned with the human experience.

Understanding three dimensions, I believe, is a courageous act of the spirit, and to counterbalance this, the soul wants to reconnect with the vastness, stillness, and infinite beauty that was prexistent before we got here. A book is two dimensional since it is published and supposedly does not change, whereas since the internet is dynamic, it is three. An unsustainable society is two dimensional since it does not give back as much as it takes, whereas since a sustainable one is dynamic, it is three.

I offer this potential explanation for our existence.

If you watch Paul Stamet's Ted Talk on how 6 ways mushrooms can save the world, he will fill you in that we are more closely related to the fungi kingdom than any other kingdom. In the aftermath of an asteroid 60-70 million years ago in which debris filled the atmosphere to the point where we could not see the sun, fungi were the kings of the earth. In this event they created a mycelium network through out earth's soil which transported and allocated resources to the various life forms on earth. If again for a moment think that as we travel through space we are being subject to different sets of information, that if the universe is expanding there is something contracting, everything is information. Mycellium, then, transports information through out the earth, and thus, the internet was perhaps a natural consequence of an already pre-existing model of technology to transport and allocate resources.

A possible theory of evolution according to Terence Mckenna is that in the plains of northern Africa, human beings's modes of consciousness and self-reflection (or perhaps an easy word: software) was catalyzed by the effects of psilocybin mushrooms. These humans who were fond of the hooved cattle of the region were more than likely exposed to the edible fungus which has for as long as we know, grown of out cow shit (See: Bill Hicks Drugs and Evolution).

As Stamset points out, as well as the television series Planet Earth, fungus can restructure the lives of ants. But it is important to note, that in order to do this they simply blast out of the ants head. I pose the question then, what do psilocybin mushrooms do to humans, other than break open their heads?

Here comes the heavy....I contend that we are the products of a higher intelligence which has existed within the fungi kingdom for as long as there has been life on earth. Spores can travel through space.

We are now at the point to potentially realize this...realize this reality of three dimensional space time travel. The fungus has for as long as its been here been a mechanism for symbiosis, and it has taught us what this means. In order for a mammal species to get to here, it took a long, long time, but we're here, so now what?

I believe we all have three eyes, and exist somewhere else in a spiritual universe. The underlying vibration, for lack of a better term, is love. Potentially we perceive reality with our eyes at 30 frames per second, in modes of adrenaline we can see it at higher levels, and thus time can slow down. What happens upon introspection however? Does time really exist?

We currently explode everything, but I think as a whole we are in a time of implosion. I think as a whole we may be crossing the event horizon, our vortex spinning faster and faster, and hopefully will be realized when our star passes our galactic equator, but if not...that's ok.

If you've been given love, you have to trust it...bjork

You can't trust your eyes if your imagination is out of focus...Mark Twain

If you can't see the fractal nature of everything all you have to realize is that PEOPLE COME OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE. It's freaky....Nassim Haramein

ultrasound......not just for babies

2008-06-05T13:08:00.002-06:00

Holosonic Research Labs..... Their incredibly cool Audio Spotlight technology fires a narrow beam of ultrasound that distorts in a predictable pattern through as it travels through air. The result is the sonic equivalent of a laser - an invisible ray of sound that can only be heard by someone standing directly in its path. sooooo.
Basically, Audio Spotlight turns the AIR into a loudspeaker that can only be heard by standing INSIDE of it. Sound can be projected like a beam of light, bounced off of surfaces, and manipulated in all kinds of other novel ways. The New York Times called Audio Spotlight "the most radical technological development in acoustics since the coil loudspeaker was invented in 1925," and with good reason...

GM Considers Selling Hummer Line

2008-06-04T11:16:00.003-06:00

Reacting to growing consumer sentiment, General Motors chief executive G. Richard Wagoner Jr. said yesterday that the world's biggest automaker will consider revamping or selling off some of the world's biggest passenger vehicles -- the Hummer line.

Is there any vehicle that so incites the ire, the anger, the reptile-brain rage of a group of people? Is there any other vehicle that has suffered as much defacement by eco-vandals?

Read the whole story here.

2008-06-04T03:51:00.002-06:00

This photo released yesterday depicts members of a tribe in the Amazon rain forest firing arrows at an airplane. Apparently, the tribe has never had any contact with humans outside of their own group. And there are likely many other "uncontacted" tribes in the region too. From National Geographic:
"We are very confident the photos are genuine," said Miriam Ross, a spokesperson for Survival International, which estimates that half of the hundred or so uncontacted tribes in the world live in the rain forests of Brazil and Peru.

Some experts say few, if any, tribes have had no outside contact. It's more likely is that previous generations had negative encounters, prompting social taboos that continue to drive clans deeper into isolation.

Due to their vulnerable immune systems, these groups are highly susceptible to diseases borne by outsiders such as missionaries, loggers, or oil workers.

live simply so that others may simply live

2008-05-31T18:13:00.003-06:00

Global Priority $U.S. Billions

• Cosmetics in the United States 8
• Ice cream in Europe 11
• Perfumes in Europe and the United States 12
• Pet foods in Europe and the United States 17
• Business entertainment in Japan 35
• Cigarettes in Europe 50
• Alcoholic drinks in Europe 105
• Narcotics drugs in the world 400
• Military spending in the world 780

And compare that to what was estimated as additional costs to achieve universal access to basic social services in all developing countries:

Global Priority $U.S. Billions

• Basic education for all 6
• Water and sanitation for all 9
• Reproductive health for all women 12
• Basic health and nutrition 13

Anyone down for a camping trip on June 11

2008-05-31T12:31:00.003-06:00

We were thinking of a camp trip up the Pouder for Torreys Birthday celebration. Maybe try and fit a raft trip on the river?!?! We could go on Wednesday and maybe stay for a couple of nights. We are open to suggestions (especially from Torrey) if there is any other places we should check out. I hope that everyone who is in town is able to make it!!!

coincidentally

2008-05-29T19:56:00.002-06:00

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.

Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln .

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln , was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln , was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln ' made by 'Ford.'

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe , Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

Moving Day

2008-05-29T11:12:00.001-06:00

Peace Ya'll

2008-05-28T14:34:00.001-06:00

free wheat

2008-05-27T18:46:00.001-06:00

Ecovillage

2008-05-27T18:19:00.000-06:00

There is an organization, The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN)that has more than 15,000 ecovillages registered worldwide.

Roast Beef Curtains?.....The Bear Trap?....No!!!.......A Real Life Hungry Vajay J

2008-05-27T12:11:00.004-06:00

Imagine the soft, glistening folds that open into the female vagina. Indeed, if you are male you probably imagine them quite often -- the wet, inviting warmth, the luscious sensuous sensations as you glide into your lover. Now imagine that hidden within these same supple folds lurk a ferocious array of teeth or fangs ready to devour the genitals of any man foolish enough to insert his member

healthcare not warfare

2008-05-27T09:44:00.002-06:00

sign petition if you wish:
https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/309/personal2.asp?newsession=1&formid=healthpet

gotta get some pills

2008-05-26T23:11:00.001-06:00

zabba what's a seashell?

2008-05-24T03:52:00.002-06:00

i know that animals live in them but where do they come from? what are they made of? does the ocean make them? why are they so pretty?

i dont know if you know the answers to any of these questions but i figured you were my best bet

p.s. australia has some pretty cool rocks, and a really big one called uluru...makes me think of you!

I Just Fell Asleep A Little In My Mouth

2008-05-23T09:30:00.000-06:00

In investigating the intricacies of the body's biological rhythms, scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have discovered the existence of a "food-related clock" which can supersede the "light-based" master clock that serves as the body's primary timekeeper.

Bacteria For Data Storage

2008-05-23T09:25:00.002-06:00

Quasicrystals

2008-05-23T09:22:00.002-06:00

Serenity In The Circle

2008-05-22T18:23:00.003-06:00

usurp power, i surp hope

2008-05-22T16:07:00.004-06:00

in a new homeland securty directive, bush has declared the right to martial law if any disaster come to fruition in the last few months of his POWER. we have talked about this on the blog before, but is seems as pertinant as ever. he has removed the constitution's call for a meeting with congress prior to taking control, and has virtually enabled himself to become a dictator. our "soft" media in this country would never covera story like this for fear of losing funding from advertisers. take a look: