Making Noise

Today,

Find Rhythm

Poetry

Lately

The beginning , the middle, the end
an easy guideline yet
hard to follow.
Water down the dripping of time
water down the intensity still snares
a crash.
We ride along and coast
hard times equating merry ones
into an irremovable energy of
fate, free will or more?
An entanglement ensues
past and present;
time intervening into each other
for what?
This quickly glimpsed notion of security,
an outreach of love
to be shared
to be grown upon
and spread.

- Monique Hrabak

Websites

The Innocence Project

Too many are being incarcerated and put to death because of prejudice and faulty evidence. Educate yourself, help end this cycle now!

The West Memphis Three

DNA evidence could prove that three boys, now men, did not commit the crimes with which they have been charged. One is on death row, two are serving life sentences.

Zeitgeist Source Book

I wanted to alert you to my latest effort - I hope you enjoy it, and please feel free to pass it around.

In collaboration with Peter Joseph, creator of the "ZEITGEIST" series of films, I have composed a 105-page free ebook for your edification with many new sources backing up the first/religion part of the first ZG movie.

In fact, this brand-new document includes a bibliography with over 150 sources, nearly 350 citations, and some 80 illustrations! The sources are largely primary sources and the writings of credentialed authorities in relevant fields.

You can read about the source book and download your free copy here:

Enjoy!

- From Acharya S/D.M. Murdock

Articles

Oil Debate Spills Into Academe

Within three days of the BP oil spill, Joe Griffit was out in the Gulf of Mexico taking water samples to begin assessing the damage. As an assistant professor of coastal sciences at the University of Southern Mississippi, Griffit says he’s been eager to assist in the restoration efforts taking shape in the region. So when lawyers representing BP came to Griffit with an offer -- help us assess the damage and find a way to restore what’s been destroyed -- Griffit says the option was “initially very attractive” to him and some of his colleagues.

- Submitted by Tim Miller

Big Brother

Is Wal-Mart trying out products embedded with RFID tracking chips? Keep your eyes open... all three of them.

Events

Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez


A film about the impact of the Exxon Valdez oil spill will be shown Aug. 5 in downtown Pensacola. Directed by Robert Cornellier, "Black Wave, the Legacy of the Exxon Valdez" examines the impact of the millions of gallons of crude oil spilled near Cordova, Alaska, in 1989. The Alaskan Exxon Valdez spill was the largest environmental catastrophe in North America until it was eclipsed by the April 20 Deepwater Horizon spill. The free show is set for 7 p.m. Aug. 5 at Sluggo’s, a vegan restaurant at 101 S. Jefferson St. in downtown Pensacola.


Quotations

All tremble at punishment.
Life is dear to all.
Put yourself in the place of others;
kill none nor have another killed.

- Unknown, taken from Buddhist text

Calls to Action

They don't ALL own Casino's.

No more broken promises - Make a pledge to remember Native Americans.
No American Indian elder should live in isolation. No American Indian Child should go hungry. Generation after generation has broken this promise. Please join me in ending the cycle. No more broken promises - Make a pledge to remember Native Americans.


-Kirk

Art

Three in Evolution

-Eric St. Pierre


A Personal Note

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Allowing it to Happen

Today,

Allow it to happen

Art by James Blackburn

Spirituality, stripped of religion, is the urge to connect with something that is often referred to as a higher power. Once you take the -isms out, that urge is what you're left with. I don't personally refer to the sense of connectivity as a higher power because that suggests that it is something that is separate from us. I don't believe in a deity that dictates morality. The reason for this is that what is considered moral has fluctuated over time and has never been the same all over the world. The one thing that every human - and indeed every living thing - has in common is the drive to survive. Our ethics and morality and thus or spirituality should be based on this drive. It has been shown time after time that cooperation supports life while competition destroys it. This cooperation, or connection, is my form of spirituality because it can be measured. Pondering the abstract - things that cannot be measured - is fun and intellectually stimulating but in the end it doesn't add up to the tangible. I am more so concerned with "Now that we're here, what do we do?", rather than "How did we get here?"

-Eric St. Pierre

Websites

WolframAlpha

WolframAlpha's goal is to take all the world's information, make it all easily assessable to everyone in the world, and make it testable and computable by everyone in the world. While this tool is, for the time being, strictly mathematical in nature, it is the basis of Jacque Fresco's Venus Project. With WolframAlpha we have the beginnings of a holistic system that utilizes the scientific method to arrive at solutions and decisions. In the future, a system like this would allow anyone to test hypotheses on better social systems and structural organization in general. In the Venus Project, if the result is a better way to do things, then that new way is adopted. The "better" way to do things is not voted on, but instead scientifically tested to determine it's worth. This is an example of what can be done.

Equality Trust

Income inequality leads to poor physical and mental health, drug abuse, lower levels of education, imprisonment, and other undesirable social fallacies. This is true in human and nonhuman primate societies. Here is the proof.

HydroCopia

Organic, automated farming. This is a glimpse into the future of food with a focus on health and abundance.

Articles

A Life Without Fear

Read about Isabelle, the child who is unable to fear. Our society views this as a disorder - and it very well may be - but imagine if we all had this "disorder." Is this child sick, or has she evolved?

Draw Muhammed Day

May 20th is Draw Muhammed Day. The purpose is to water down the pool of targets that Islamists have their jihads set on. It's just an image, get over it. If we can't laugh at ourselves how can we ever make this world a better place? Oh, and here's a link to images of Muhammad from Medieval Times (no, not the restaurant)- thanks to Steve Walker for the link.

Quotes

"States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions."

-Noam Chomsky

"For one who mindfully develop

Boundless loving-kindnessSeeing the destruction of clinging,

The fetters are worn away."

- Itivuttaka 1.27

Action Alerts

Friends,

For now, I am not aware of any volunteers organized to help clean Pensacola nor Navarre Beaches or wildlife. BP has said they are not accepting any volunteer help. Anyone wanting to help with oil slick clean-up in Orange Beach should contact captain_lori@yahoo.com . More info below. This morning I received word that two more leaks have been discovered, and an estimated five-times more oil is escaping than previously thought (more than 275,000 gallons per day). Remember to contact your local, state and federal representatives, and tell them we don’t want drilling off our coasts.

Thanks,

Tim Miller

Other Links of Interest

Eric's Art

James' Book
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