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A strange thing happened during the October 2013 battle in the US Congress over a government shutdown and threat of default. The Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, denounced the Republicans as “anarchists.” So did Elizabeth Warren, one of the most liberal Senators. As did...
Wayne Price
This article is about every person who has ever ingested a mind-altering substance but didn't want to die from doing so.
Neill Franklin and Mikayla Hellwich
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The Right To Save Seed is an animated movie which explains when farmers can resow their seed in Europe. With the help of Magnum, Agata, Dali and Mona Lisa -- four varieties of potatoes that really exist -- the movie covers different legal situations with humour and a lot of...
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Here in India, even in the midst of all the violence and greed, there is still hope. If anyone can do it, we can. We still have a population that has not yet been completely colonized by that consumerist dream.
Arundhati Roy
The U.S. military, according to one former diplomat with a frontrow seat to its drone policy in Yemen, is creating new terrorists in that country at breakneck speed.
Jon Queally
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Still trust the mainstream media to bring you unbiased news? New research shows many so-called experts who appeared on television making the case for U.S. strikes on Syria had undisclosed ties to military contractors. A new report by the Public Accountability Initiative...
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Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman engages Russell Brand about voting, apathy, revolution and beards... and it's the most utterly fantastic clash between the old paradigm and the new paradigm I've seen condensed into 11 minutes.
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France's holistic, psychosocial approach to treating ADHD-type symptoms.
Marilyn Wedge
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For over two weeks now, a coalition of people including local Mi'kmaq residents, and anglophone and Acadian settlers, have blockaded the road leading to an equipment compound leased to South Western Energy or SWN. SWN is a Texas based energy company, that has been attempting...
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With some of the only video from behind police lines, subMedia.tv witnessed the brutal raid by the Royal Colonial Mounted Police on the Mi'kmaq blockade of fracking equipment. But the fierce response of the community in defense of the warriors was also captured on camera. We...
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Have a look at how photography is actually creating futures. Deep in the beautiful mountain kingdom of Lesotho, Picture Aid travels to meet one of the children that are supported with education through a picture hanging on a wall: A 15 year old girl who dreams of becoming a...
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Klemen Slakonja impersonating Slavoj Žižek. A tribute to Žižek, Inspired by his lectures (Je bella cesta, 17.10.2013, Pop tv) What's up with this music?! I am a philosopher, I like to provoke, we live in perverted times, so let me tell you a perverted joke!
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Well I’m in the working world again. I’ve found myself a well-paying gig in the engineering industry, and life finally feels like it’s returning to normal after my nine months of traveling.
David Cain
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It's really unbelievable what happened to Stella Liebeck. You just have to watch to see how the media turned on this little old lady who lived in Albuquerque. Obviously a villain, right? And at 5:00, prepare to see what the coffee actually did to her. It's not pretty. Well...
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is being negotiated in secret between more than 12 countries around the Pacific region. Find out why it poses a huge threat to your digital freedoms.
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StopWatching.us is a coalition of more than 100 public advocacy organizations and companies from across the political spectrum. This video harnesses the voices of celebrities, activists, legal experts, and other prominent figures in speaking out against mass surveillance by...
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Abby Martin speaks with ANSWER Coalition organizer, Mike Prysner, about a new documentary titled 'No Justice, No Peace', which exposes the rise of rampant brutality by police.
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We are in trouble, folks. If the record high temperatures, extreme droughts, and hi
http://sustainableman.org/author/chrisagnos/
To this day, a philosophical debate rages on as to the true nature of humanity. Is humanity at its core good or evil? Does the human species amount to no more than a parasite on the planet as Agent Smith says in The Matrix, “a cancer”, intent on devouring every last resource...
Sustainable Man
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Abby Martin speaks with BTS producer Manuel Rapalo about a few of the most shocking US government conspiracies that turned out to be true. LIKE Breaking the Set @ http://fb.me/BreakingTheSet FOLLOW Abby Martin @ http://twitter.com/AbbyMartin FOLLOW Manuel Rapalo @...
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Abby Martin calls attention to the gross underestimation of Iraq War casualties, and calls out the WHO over a report that blatantly covers up the connection between the use of depleted uranium by occupation forces and congenital birth defects among Iraqis.
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“The rich are different from us,” F. Scott Fitzgerald is said to have remarked to Ernest Hemingway, to which Hemingway allegedly replied, “Yes, they have more money.”
Chris Hedges
Debunking Government’s Justification for Mass Surveillance
Preface: The Bush and Obama administrations have claimed for more than a decade that spying on Americans was justified by 9/11.
Senator Diane Feinstein – head of the Senate Intelligence Committee – is now...
Washington's Blog
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About 60,000 African migrants have arrived in Israel since 2006, fleeing unrest in their home countries. But upon arrival in the ostensibly democratic country, the migrants have faced intense persecution and have been branded as "infiltrators" by right-wing politicians and...
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Abby Martin speaks with John Perkins, best-selling author of 'Confessions of an Economic Hitman' & 'Hoodwinked', about the corporate takeover of world governments and the need to eradicate the death economy.
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About 60,000 African migrants have arrived in Israel since 2006, fleeing unrest in their home countries. But upon arrival in the ostensibly democratic country, the migrants have faced intense persecution and have been branded as "infiltrators" by right-wing politicians and...
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The LEGO® BUILD THE CHANGE workshop took place at the EcoCity2013 World Summit, 24 - 29 September 2013.
Connect4Climate collected online submissions from around the world to be displayed at the event: http://www.connect4climate.org/competition/buildthechange
More than...
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A short film on differently abled. The protagonist in the film is Shekhar Naik, the captain of the Indian Blind Cricket Team, which won the inaugural World T20 Cricket Championship for the Blind, beating arch rivals Pakistan in the finals in 2012. Shekhar cannot see beyond 5...
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On December 16, 2012 a young woman and her friend travelling on a bus in South Delhi were physically assaulted. The young woman was raped and brutalized and fought for her life for days following. Unfortunately she lost her life, but her struggle galvanized millions in...
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This captivating documentary follows a National Geographic filmmaker who finds relief from pain and aches using the earth as a healing conduit source of free electrons. Helping his community in Alaska, he expands his circle of people who are eager to learn about the effects...
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For the past 18 months people all over Switzerland have been campaigning for the "Citizens’ Initiative for Unconditional Basic Income". Today the result of their efforts will be handed to the Federal Chancellery: 116,000 signatures (the minimum required number of signatures...
Ivan Botoucharov
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OSCE Side Event 26 Sept. 2013 hosted by Soteria International Institutional discrimination of religious and spiritual minorities; Italy and Romania with Willy Fautré (Director of Human Rights without Frontiers).
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OSCE Side Event 3rd Oct. 2013 hosted by Soteria International "Asylum and Human Rights challenged by EU directives" with Mihai Stoian (representative for Gregorian Bivolaru)
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Abby Martin cites a new report by the Arizona Republic about the Phoenix International Airport about TSA misconduct, highlighting instances where agents have abused the elderly and the disabled. LIKE Breaking the Set @ http://fb.me/BreakingTheSet FOLLOW Abby Martin @...
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Abby Martin speaks with former 'Public Enemy' member Professor Griff, discussing the de-evolution and corporatization of mainstream music, and how youth can reject escapism and fight the power. LIKE Breaking the Set @ http://fb.me/BreakingTheSet FOLLOW Abby Martin @...
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Abby Martin speaks with Han Shan, spokesperson for Ecuadorian Victims of Chevron Contamination about the decades-long legal battle between oil giant, Chevron, and indigenous residents of Ecuador's rainforest who suffered from a massive oil contamination. LIKE Breaking the Set...
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When the town of Sandy Springs, Georgia, spun-off from Fulton County and established a brand new government, it didn't sign a Declaration of Independence; it signed a contract.
PR Watch
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Abby Martin calls out the corporate media for its coverage of 16 year old Pakistani activist, Malala Yousafzai, highlighting her heroism promoting education against the Taliban, but omitting her important message to Obama about ending US drone strikes in her home country.
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The story of the building of Devil Ark, a breeding sanctuary set up by the Australian Reptile Park to save the Tasmanian Devil from extinction. Shown on CH 9 6/9/2013
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Bastion Point, at Mallacoota, in Victoria's Far East is under severe threat. For nearly thirty years residents have been engaged in a battle with their local council to try and stop the development of a massive break wall.
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The shooting on Capitol Hill of Miriam Carey, an unarmed woman who refused police commands to stop her car, was a familiar situation for any veteran of the Iraq War, with one significant difference — rather than moving through a progressive escalation of force while...
Jonathan Carp
Throughout the US government “shutdown,” Democratic politicians have compared their Republican rivals to “anarchists” and argued that the “shutdown” proves government necessary. A recent speech by US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on the Senate floor exemplifies this trend.
Nathan Goodman
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In this parody of "Beat It," GMO executives have taken over the food chain, so a group of dedicated citizens march to face them off in an epic battle, but something nefarious and unexpected happens...
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John Sinclair is best known as the Sixties marijuana activist who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for giving two joints to an undercover policewoman. He was eventually freed when John Lennon and Yoko Ono spoke out on his behalf
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When Alex Jones receives a call from a listener asking him about the Koch Brothers, his response is pretty interesting! He calls the Koch Brothers "apolitical" and says they're not all that big of a deal. Hmmm.....
For an in-depth review of Alex Jones, see Project...
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There are lots of reasons why we have to alter globalization. In Tunis, 2013 during one of the largest gatherings of civil society in the world, the World Social Forum, a broad cross-section of the world's social movements gathered to discuss key issues concerning the what...
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Abby Martin speaks with Michael Ruppert, investigative journalist and author of 'Crossing the Rubicon', about destructive energy policies, the global energy crisis and the potential for a collapse of industrial civilization as we know it unless people become more than just...
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Zumbara is a time-banking community that facilitates thousands of exchanges between people in Istanbul and in other cities in Turkey. Zumbara recognizes the opportunity to use the tool of time-banking to create a better connected community and an accessible way to start to...
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This is exactly the kind of civic revenge video that we condone, hilariously injuring yourself in the name of proving a point. - http://unlooker.com
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Abby Martin calls attention to the superficial PC debate about changing the name of the Washington Redskins, all the while avoiding the real issue of the dire state of Native American communities in the US. Abby cites the casino industrial complex as a contributing factor to...
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Abby Martin looks back on the tragic incident in 1985 where police firebombed a Philadelphia neighborhood in an attempt to punish members of the MOVE revolutionary political group.
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Kahsatstenhsera (gah-sad-sdanh-se-ra) is a Kanienkeha:ka (Mohawk) word that means Strength in Unity. This short documentary details contemporary Indigenous resistance to tar sands pipeline expansion, in particular the Line 9 and Energy East pipelines, which threaten the...
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Rainforests are being destroyed for palm oil and pushing the last wild orangutans to the brink of extinction. At Rainforest Action Network our goal is to collect 60,600 photo petitions - that's one person for each orangutan remaining in the wild.
TAKE ACTION TODAY TO STAND...
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Creating Gasfield Free communities: All over the Northern Rivers, communities are taking charge of their destiny via this grass-roots process. They conduct a thorough survey of people in their locality, asking “Do you want your roads and lands Gasfield Free?” After reaching...
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Right now, all around this mighty continent, the people are rising. We have united together in the greatest social movement this country has ever seen, and we are ready to stand up and fight for the future of this great big backyard of ours. For too long our Federal...
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Designing Healthy Communities is a 4 part series and companion book that takes a comprehensive look at the impact America’s built environment has on public health, and at the people and communities working to turn things around through innovative solutions. Many of today’s...
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Can a simple, 19th century technology change the world? For most North Americans, a bicycle ride or commute is a lifestyle choice. For countless others across the globe, each pedal stroke is progress out of poverty, toward an education, and over the mountains of social and...
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On every continent, women are taking the lead to protect and restore the natural environment, and are empowering others to respect the earth. Arise presents the stories of a diverse group of 13 women in five countries who have initiated solution-oriented environmental...
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In The Black Fatherhood Project, Jordan Thierry leads viewers through an honest and essential exploration of fatherhood in Black America, providing historical context and conversation for an issue at the core of the Black experience today.
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Aluminum is an integral part of our daily lives, from cooking pans and computers, to soda cans, cosmetics and vaccines. But how much do we know about its impact on human health and the environment?
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Remains of a River is an unforgettable story of friendship, adventure and environmental degradation. At turns inspiring and alarming, this will have you laughing, marveling, shaking your head, and maybe planning an adventure of your own.
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The film follows the dogsled run of former Minnesota State Representative Frank Moe, who mushed his team of 10 sled dogs from Grand Marais, MN to the Capitol in St. Paul in March, carrying with him nearly 13,000 petition signatures opposing sulfide mining.
Frank guides his...
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Award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt offers a fascinating exploration of the soul food tradition, its relevance to black cultural identity, and its continuing popularity despite the known dangers of high-fat, high-calorie diets.
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The Killing Screens urges us to think about the effects of the media in new and complex ways. In contrast to the relatively simplistic behaviorist model that media violence causes real-world violence, Gerbner encourages us to think about the psychological, political, social...
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Journalism is losing experienced reporters at a record rate. This means less in-depth and investigative reporting that help keep you informed.
This documentary introduces you to some seasoned reporters who were at the top of their game. They share their frustrations and...
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The Koch brothers must be terrified this will catch on.
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The first trailer of two recently released films from the Lock the Gate Alliance (Australia), 'Undermining Australia: Coal vs Communities' and 'Fractured Country: an Unconventional Invasion', were released nationally as part of our Week of Action in August 2013. These...
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Well, it's pretty funny, anyway. Can you think of a global warming song that's more funny?
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Tom Crothers, former Manager of Planning and Water Allocation in the Queensland Govt, lifts the lid on the groundwater impacts of proposed coal mining on the Galilee Basin. Cattle farmer John Graham shares his concerns. Music performed by Paul Robert Burton and Luke Vassella...
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The Hero Hatchery is setting out to crowdfund the best and brightest climate activists, connect us all with the world's most effective agents of change via Massive Open Online Trainings, share where and how to plug in, and radically amplify the stories of climate change.
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'Undermining Australia: Coal vs Communities' is a new film from the Lock the Gate Alliance about the impacts of coal mining on Australia. It features the personal stories of Australians whose lives have been changed forever and their courageous efforts to protect the country...
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'Fractured Country: an Unconventional Invasion' is a new film from Lock the Gate Alliance (Australia) about the risks to communities from invasive coal seam gasfields. There are six webisodes in the series with each one focusing on a different aspect of this issue.
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In the past three decades, says Michael Sandel, the US has drifted from a market economy to a market society; it's fair to say that an American's experience of shared civic life depends on how much money they have. (Three key examples: access to education, access to justice...
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Michael Mann, geosciences professor and author of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, deconstructs the manner in which skeptics deny evidence that points to rapid climate change. "Each argument becomes untenable because the science is pretty clear," says Mann.
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Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not...
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Who controls the future of your food? GMO OMG explores the systematic corporate takeover and potential loss of humanity's most precious and ancient inheritance: seeds.
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Herman Wallace passed away October 4th, 2013, three days after a judge ordered his release from prison. He had spent more than 40 years in solitary confinement.
In the 70’s a bullet was sent to kill Herman Wallace while in prison for his political activities as a Black...
Scott Crow
Mr. Soleimani pairs his slippers with pedantic care. The stationery items on his desk are arranged with ardent adherence to the laws of geometry and his employees are efficiently worked to the last drop of energy. He is a meticulous perfectionist, a reception hall owner, a...
Photographer and mother Jaime Moore searched high and low for creative inspiration to take photos of her 5-year-old daughter Emma but found most of the ideas were how to dress your little girl like a Disney princess. It got her thinking about some real women for her daughter...
Rossalyn Warren
The Bible and Nobel Prize Winning Economists Agree: “When The Sentence For A Crime Is Not Quickly Carried Out, People’s Hearts Are Filled With Schemes To Do Wrong”
Preface: If you are an atheist and believe that religion is crazy, please remember that some 85% of the...
Washington's Blog
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This is home to the largest hazardous waste dump this side of the Mississippi and to shockingly high rates of childhood cancer, birth defects and miscarriages - two facts residents believe to be connected.
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Abby Martin calls out the Obama administration for continuing the Bush-era practice of extraordinary rendition highlighting two recent US special operations raids conducted in Libya and Somalia targeting individuals who posed no immediate threat to the US.
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Abby Martin reflects on the recent self-immolation on the National Mall in Washington DC by discussing the political relevancy of self-immolations over the years and the corporate media's lack of coverage of these events in America.
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Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was ahead of his time. In his own words, he explains the universal appeal of Star Trek and why the people of this world "are ready for the 23rd century now, and are light years ahead of their petty governments and visionless leaders.
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A beautiful and inspiring lesson in sustainable Star Trekonomics featuring Charles Eisenstein, George Carlin, Martin Luther King Jr. and a couple captains of the Enterprise...
"We have it within our reach--now--to achieve nearly every dream of mankind." -Gene Roddenberry
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"If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear. " - Gene Roddenberry
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Are you the main character of your adventure? Step into your role as the Hero and Carpe Awesome! Listen to this episode with are awesome guest The Teafaerie for more inspirational insight on this game we are playing and how we can optimize our role within it as we...
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Conservative columnist Thomas Sowell recently declared, "The history of the 20th century is full of examples of countries that set out to redistribut
Paul Buchheit
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On March 11th, 2011 a 9.0 earthquake triggered a massive tsunami off the coast of Japan. This disaster resulted in an estimated 15,878 deaths and trillions of dollars in damage, including a partial meltdown at three reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
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Dr. Bill Skeen, Executive Director of Physicians for National Health Program, California explains why we need single payer health care.
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Learn about a new "superpower" that isn't being taught in 90% of US schools.
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Cory Doctorow, guest of honor at the upcoming FenCon science fiction convention in Dallas, notes (“During the shutdown, some scientists can’t talk about science,” Boing Boing, October 4) that some of his fellow speakers will be unable to speak if the government shutdown...
Kevin Carson
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Derrick Sweet shares some information about the environment, war, and some other challenges we're facing today. But it's not all bad news! There is one thing you can do today to start to have a positive impact on the planet, and in your own life. Enjoy!
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What started out as a film about a unique Inuit culture that relies on feathers, has turned into a global campaign to address cumulative impacts of hydroelectric projects on critical sea ice habitats. New York is the largest importer of Canadian hydroelectricity and our best...
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Buy buy Europe - a Belgian web documentary on the eurocrisis - in 5 episodes:
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What happened to Dad? As filmmaker, Jen Senko, tries to understand the transformation of her father from a non political, life-long Democrat to an angry, right-wing fanatic, she uncovers the forces behind the media that changed him completely: a plan by Roger Ailes under...
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The world's most successful video game has, once again, pushed women to the margins. It's time that it faced proper critical scrutiny.
So it's been a bad week. On Monday, I had to switch off Classic FM when it played Wagner, since he was an antisemite. Then I burned my copy...
Helen Lewis
The government shutdown is teaching us a lot about the “public sector” — mainly that it doesn’t exist.
Grant Mincy
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The Onion River Exchange is a 700-member time bank where members exchange goods and services instead of money. Exchanges are not reciprocal, meaning that one hour spent baking, cleaning, doing plumbing work or driving someone to the airport, can be exchanged for an hour of...
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During a quick visit to his home in Plymouth, New Hampshire, Steve Whitman tells me about his neat indoor composting toilet, and gives me a quick tour of his bio-shelter, where he explains the thermal battery design used for storing heat. He also talks about replacing his...
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