Links by George

LIFESTYLE/ ARTS/ CULTURE/ ETC:




Maui Mystic Garden Party Feb12-15 excellent lineup
of artists and music





My friend Eric's excellent entheogenic blogspot






Eric's excelent interview with Martin Ball on "Entheogenic Evolution"







RAPTURE AND REVOLUTION-Discussions with John Lash on
Entheogens and the Planetary Shift.







Entheogenic Spirituality as a Human Right
Martin W. Ball






Cannabis users face harsher persecution in New Zealand






Holland gets tough on cannabis






Cannabis cafe mayors back current policy






Beaten, Tortured and Sentenced 25-to-Life for Minor Drug Offense






Obama and the "Drug War"






The Drug War in 100 Seconds





A Toke a Day Keeps Memory Loss at Bay






LSD Therapy Trials Underway in Switzerland






From my friend Eric: A case in defense of Salvia divinorum






Thicket to Paradise: Give thanks to plants






Television: The Most Dangerous Drug On The Planet






Mescaline Experiment on Human - Video by Dr. Osmond





Psychedelic Shamanism-a classic book by Jim Dekorne-web edition






Loompanics "drug" books access





The 5 Greatest Things Ever Accomplished While High






A Smarter Way to Deal with Pot Than Arresting 20 Million People






Maura Holden's art blends the divine mysticism in many dimensions






Lee Underwood in a good friend whose solo piano music will calm body and
mind and bring fresh joy to the spirit. Please check this site about ordering
his latest cd "Gathering Light" as well as reading his philosophical and
musical articles. He has interviewed many of the world's greatest
musicians and was the lead guitarist in Tim Buckley's band





Ravi's multi portal art and music site





Izwoz-creativity in art, clothes, etc.





Philip Rubinov Jacobson is not only one of the world's greatest artists,
but also a friend and a very spiritual teacher of life. His art workshops are
listed in his website. For anyone interested in reading about the spiritual
basis of art as well as a wonderful journey of self exploration and
inspiration with a technicolored background that moves through the 60's,
India and beyond, I recommend your ordering a copy of his book that I am
now reading called "Drinking Lightning"






The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky






GODDESS OF REALMS AND CREATURES yahoo group





When Daniel Everett first went to live with the Amazonian Pirahã tribe in
the late 70s, his intention was to convert them to Christianity. Instead, he
learned to speak their unique language - and ended up rejecting his faith,
losing his family and picking a fight with Noam Chomsky. Patrick Barkham
meets him





Ancient Group Believed Departed Souls Lived in Stone Monuments





Nepal's Buddha boy returns to jungle to meditate





Malaysian Islamic body bans yoga for Muslims





What Does Yoga Have to Do with Vegetarianism?





Food is a microcosm of the macrocosm. Eating the right food is
part of the solution to the problems of climate change and
global hunger





Food has a profound capacity for meaning and fostering community.






The cultural and spiritual significance of Ramadan.






Joyous court climax for Madonna of Orgasm





Edgar Mitchell Confirms UFO Visitations






140 years of UFO sightings





Predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey's stunning Gobekli Tepe upends
the conventional view of the rise of civilization






Were Neanderthals stoned to death by modern humans?





Clues to why modern humans migrated..





Mile-thick glaciers found on Mars





Alternative Energy Source Found ... For Your Brain





California Officials Unveil Plans to Turn San Francisco into
Electric Car Capital





Remedies From Native American Cultures





Incredible Innovations to Slow Down Aging





The strange story of dental amalgam






Do Flu Shots Work? Ask A Vaccine Manufacturer






Fluoride Added to Children’s Milk in Schools






Deceptive "Protein" Toxin is Becoming More Widely Spread in Your Food





Gut check reveals vast multicultural community of bugs in bowels





Fur Free Alliance





An impassioned anti-hunting piece by David Irving.





Video horrors of turkeys on "Thanksgiving"





How you can save the world forum






Do Good Lives Have to Cost the Earth?






Death Bloom of Plankton A Warning on Warming






Legal agreements that give hope for the future of the Amazon forests.





David Korten's Agenda for a New Economy: Beyond the Bailout




George Carlin's last interview





Have a break, a Kit Kat, and wreck rain forests





Police spy on climate activist while global warming goes unarrested






Help! Kidnapped Human Rights Observes on Hunger Strike:
A Plea for Help





Quantum of Solace: New Bond Film an Enviro Thriller?






GLOBAL:


Tibetan exiles gather to discuss future of Tibet






Israel Navy Kidnaps three International Officials and Fourteen
Palestinian Fishermen






UN: Gaza on Brink of Humanitarian Disaster




Long live Haiti!
Famine in Haiti Made In The U.S.A
By G. Dunkel
In Baie d'Orange, a community of 20,000 associated with the
municipality of Belle-Anse in southeast Haiti, 16 children and two
adults died from hunger in the last week of October.
Pierre Antoine Diléné, a doctor working in Belle-Anse, confirmed
the deaths and emphasized that many were also suffering from
dysentery, fevers and skin diseases.






Children dying in Haiti, victims of food crisis






Pakistan protests to US over deep missile strike






Peru's Army About to Attack Indigenous Tribes






Financial Crisis Shutting Down World Trade





The Smell of Suicide In The Air In The British Empire





G-20 farce means “Doomsday”






Homeowners could be forced to sell part of their land so travellers
and gypsies can have permanent sites






Ransom for Supertanker and Three More






Somali pirates transform villages into boomtowns






Record opium harvest in Afghanistan threatens new heroin
crisis in Britain





Carter, Annan, Others Refused Entry to Zimbabwe





Bush and Hu meet at Apec summit






NATIONAL:



Wildfires cause massive destruction in Southern California





The new edition of "Issues & Alibis!"






Child hunger in US rose by 50 percent in 2007






Big 3 carmakers beg for $25B, warn of catastrophe







Financial Bailout Costs More Than WW II
Financial Crisis Tab Already In The Trillions
By CNBC.com |
CNBC, has been keeping a running tally of actual spending as well
as the commitments involved. Try $4.28 trillion dollars.
That's $4,284,500,000,000 and more than what was spent on
WW II, if adjusted for inflation, based on our computations
from a variety of estimates and sources.






Financial giant Citigroup cuts 53,000 jobs





Dean Baker | Stopping Foreclosures: The Right to Rent




Gov't Finds Child Hunger Rose 50% In 2007






Critics in Uproar Over Federal Land 'Fire Sale'






Obama Plans to Create 2.5 Million New Jobs by 2011






Sun Setting on The American Century







Has the US become over-dependent on military force?
By Al Jazeera
Riz Khan speaks with Andrew Bacevich, author of The Limits
of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism.






US Power 'to Decline by 2025' : US National Report
By Al Jazeera and agencies
The current global financial crisis is the beginning of a weakening
of the US dollar to the point where it becomes "first among equals",
said the National Intelligence Council's (NIC) Global Trends 2025
report published on Thursday.






World Leaders Won't Shake George Bush's Hand






Dershowitz: I helped keep Carter silent
By Eric Fingerhut





Steve Weissman | Bill Ayers and the Demons to Come






Historic Victory Brings 'Racist Rats Out of Woodwork'







Obama election spurs race crimes around country






White Rage:
Rednecks Out to Kill Obama
By Andrew Gumbel
When millions watched Barack Obama give his history-making victory
speech in Grant Park on election night, one thing stood out starkly - the
bulletproof screen surrounding him. But just how serious is the threat of
assassination to the President-elect?





More Bad News For Obama






Obama’s “left” cheerleaders and the right-wing transition






Obama’s transition: A who’s who of imperialist policy






Obama Team Signals No War Crimes Prosecution






Clinton to Accept Offer of Secretary of State Job







Obama’s “seamless transition” to endless war






Hawkish Obama Cabinet 'Concerns' Anti-War Groups





How Did We Ever Let This Guy Get Away with Being a War President?






Cheney, Gonzales indicted for alleged prisoner abuse






Rand Clifford's latest, which is an attack (with a proposed remedy) for the
powerful ignorance and anti-intellectualism that permeates our 'culture'
in the USA





America the Illiterate
By Chris Hedges
We live in two Americas. One America, now the minority, functions in a
print-based, literate world. It can cope with complexity and has the intellectual
tools to separate illusion from truth. The other America, which constitutes
the majority, exists in a non-reality-based belief system. This America,
dependent on skillfully manipulated images for information, has severed
itself from the literate, print-based culture. It cannot differentiate between
lies and truth. It is informed by simplistic, childish narratives and clichés.







This Is Not A Normal Recession
Moving on to Plan B
By Mike Whitney
The global economy is being sucked into a black hole and most
Americans have no idea why. The whole problem can be
narrowed down to two words; "structured finance".






How Bush Tried to Bring Down Evo Morales
Orchestrating a Civic Coup in Bolivia
By ROGER BURBACH
Observers of U.S.-Latin American policy tend to view the
crisis in U.S.-Bolivian relations as due to a policy of neglect
and ineptness toward Latin America because of U.S.
involvement in the wars in the Middle East and Central Asia.
In fact, the Bolivia coup attempt was a conscious policy
rooted in U.S. hostility toward Morales, his political party
the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) and the social
movements that are aligned with him.






This Is Change?
20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in
Obama's White House
By Jeremy Scahill
Obama has a momentous opportunity to do what he repeatedly
promised over the course of his campaign: bring actual change.
But the more we learn about who Obama is considering for top
positions in his administration, the more his inner circle resembles
a staff reunion of President Bill Clinton's White House.






This Is Our Brave New World?
Confront the Delusions
By Jim Kirwan
In an age of images and entertainment, in an age of instant emotional
gratification, we do not seek or want honesty. We ask to be indulged
and entertained by clichés, stereotypes and mythic narratives that
tell us we can be whomever we want to be, that we live in the
greatest country on Earth, that we are endowed with superior
moral and physical qualities and that our glorious future
is preordained.






The Indian Wars Have Never Ended Killing Leroy Jackson







Are Pentagon Nerds Developing Packs of Man-Hunting
Killer Robots?







Could the First World War have been stopped?






In 'Eisenhower' s Death Camps': A U.S. Prison Guard Remembers
Martin Brech







James Shelby Downard’s ''Mystical War”
by Adam Gorightly
Mind Control, occult scenarios, conspiracy and ritual crimes…
In "James Shelby Downard’s Mystical War," author Adam Gorightly
chronicles the famed conspiracy researcher’s life long battles against
Masonic Sorcery as an investigator and exposer of the Science of
Symbolism, Onomatology (Science of Names) and Mystical Toponomy
(Science of Places). "James Shelby Downard’s Mystical War" picks up
where Downard left off and follows the bread crumbs down a rabbit
hole where only the brave (or crazy!) dare follow.






Stacks of dead presidents or flesh and blood companions?