Links By George July 19th

It's another rather large edition, but as I am only sending it out twice monthly now, there is double the time to skim articles, reflect on the fresh art and follow up on details. I have weaved the stories in a way that hopefuly has an appropriate and pleasing flow.
A nice week to you
George

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LIFESTYLE/ ARTS/ CULTURE/ ETC:





Mystic Garden Party-Ashland OR, July 23-26




Raw Health Expo, Santa Rosa, California July 25th and 26th





Plant Spirit Medicine retreat, Peru, Sept 12-27 and
next one in Feb





''How to Survive the Apocalypse''
On the San Francisco waterfront Oct 5-7 and 12-14.
''a freak fable that combines rock opera with a Dionysian revival show''.






Censored TV ad on marijuana taxes





Open Letter to Congress: End the Insane Drug War Now!






This Is Your Country on Drugs: How the DARE Generation
Got High





Job Opportunity II: Internships, Marijuana Policy Project,
Washington, DC






California Tax Authority Says Legal Marijuana Could
Generate $1.4 Billion in Tax Revenue a Year





California Legalizing Pot






CBS News Poll Has Support at 41% Nationwide





Copenhagen Ponders Cannabis Decriminalization,
Coffee Shops






Londoners Fined For Marijuana Possession
Are Tearing Up Their Tickets






Dutch Cannabis Commission Recommends
Making Coffee Shops "Members Only,"
Legalizing Cultivation for Supply






Inside Holland's "Half Baked" Pot Policy






'Prince Of Pot' Not Worried About Jail






Sadhus run wild, beat up cops in Mathura





Resin-extractor





Heffter Institute latest news on psychedelics,
cannabis and legalization





Sacred plants of the Maya forest





Mongolian Shamans Cure Modern Ills, for a Price






Martin Ball-excellent entheogenic articles and links
Check out his Entheogenic Evolution podcast and book






"This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of
Getting High in America," by Ryan Grim






''Psychoactivity: The Fountain of Culture”—a lecture
by CHRISTIAN RATSCH






Dr. LSD to Steve Jobs: How was your trip?






Kevin Spacey Is the Latest Pot-Puffing Shrink to
Hit the Movie Screens -- Why Is This a Trend?





False Shamans





Are Mind-Enhancing Drugs a Dangerous Fad or
a Great Way to Get Ahead?






2012 and Human DestinyEnd of the World or
Consciousness Revolution? by Stanislav Grof, M.D.






Macro: A meditation on the mystery of existence and evolution







Deciphering the symbolic language of "God"





In the Clutches of the Fallen





China Bans Electro-Shock Therapy for Internet Addicts






Disorderly genius: How chaos drives the brain






Mind Uploading and Mind Children






Drug War Chronicle Film Review: "The War on Kids"






Happy birthday Woodstock baby, if you exist






Double Rainbow Rainbow Gathering New Mexico July 4th 2009




Rainbow Gathering film "We Love You" trailer






Why Music Moves Us





Get Lennon & Plastic Ono Band: Vintage,
Just Released DVD, 2-fer Fillmore West





The Beatles - Anthology 1-9 (Documentary)-youtube







The Beatles-Revolution






Positive Timing-a wonderful band that mixes dance,
spirit and funk with reggae






Radio Free Amsterdam with John Sinclair






John Sinclair tv-youtube






Progressive Radio podcasts






Meditate and Destroy is a documentary about punk rock,
spirituality, and inner rebellion







The Golden Elexir - Taoism and Chinese Alchemy





Sun of gOd-the new book by Gregory Sams







Gregory Sams website- an artist, visionary, ecologist,
spiritual guide and friend





Son of Man






What if the Grays Show Up?






The castle on the moon-youtube






Fantastic art of Jose Roosevelt





Faerie Tale Theatre DVD Collection







Freemasons jailed in Fiji over sorcery claims: report






RITUALISM by TAMARA DEAN





Mystery School Hot Springs in Pai, Thailand. Highly
recommended as we have experienced these healing
waters and privileged to know Dave as our friend-
a man that walks his talk nicely and with heart and soul






Also in the Pai area of north Thailand, here is a
film clip of a Lisu mountain tribe village





Maha Deva: our friend Jitendra offers a healthy meal
and spiritual ambience in San Anselmo






An interview with Mata Amritanandamayi
When You Go Beyond the Ego You Become an
Offering to the World






Estonia's Bank of Happiness: trading good deeds






Henry David Thoreau





Fierce Light - NEW RELEASE!Gandhi called it
“Soul Force,” Dr. King called it “Love in Action,”
and now, acclaimed filmmaker Velcrow Ripper is
calling it “Fierce Light.”





Brother Paul and the fight for the
Peruvian rainforest-video





Repair the Planet Through Reforrestation !
TAKE ACTION !





How Angelina, Bono, Gisele and Madonna
Are Destroying the Planet





Pamela Anderson grows her eco-assets, and more






Neanderthals Were Few and Poised for Extinction





Detroit: The Post-Apocalyptic Future of
American Cities?





Sign Cluster Bomb Treaty ! TAKE ACTION





Australia's New Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Said
Prior to the Election That He Would Not Abide
Animal Cruelty ! TAKE ACTION







An excellent article on animal liberation
''To dam the torrential rivers of blood and to silence
the cacophony of their agonized cries..''






Swimming With Dolphins - BBC-youtube





Big Wave Surfing-video





The first The first kingdoms were the first
production-based economies. Kingdoms began with grain.






Soil: The Foundation of Civilization






Nanopillars Promise Cheap, Efficient, Flexible Solar Cells






FREE ENERGY Perendev Magnetic Motor 2







India's First Wal-Mart Draws Excitement, Not Protest






Britons Say They've Made Human Sperm







Food Inc. movie trailer




Devastating Documentary Exposes Toxic,
Destructive Monsanto Company. Staggering-film






Maj. Gen. Albert Stubblebine III &
Dr. Rima E. Laibow on Alex Jones Tv 1/5:
The Eugenics Wars!!






New flu "unstoppable", WHO says,
calls for vaccine






Dr A True Ott Prohibiting Mass Vaccination-youtube





VIDEO: The 1976 Swine Flu Pandemic and Vaccine
Government Propaganda Causes Many Deaths.
Transcript of CBS 60 minutes-video





View evidence of Flu (influenza) Vaccine Risk





"A UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF
RESISTANCE TO MANDATORY VACCINATIONS"!






Baxter files swine flu vaccine patent year
ahead of outbreak





Legal immunity set for swine flu vaccine makers






The Most Powerful Health Recommendation
of Dr. Andrew Weil






The Healing Power of Sunlight






Lethal drug cocktail in star's body





LaToya Jackson says Michael was murdered





DNA Evidence Is No Panacea for Solving Crimes:
Huge Backlogs, Inept Testing and Corruption
Stand in the Way





GLOBAL:




Rightist parties call for Final Solution in
Czech Republic and Hungary





Australia's overseas education 'a scam'





Russian activist Natalya Estemirova found dead







NATIONAL:





Walter Cronkite Dies at 92





McNamara dies at 93





Welcome one and all to "Uncle Ernie's Issues & Alibis."





Mourn On The 4th of July
By John Pilger
Liberals say that the United States is once again a
"nation of moral ideals", but behind the façade little
has changed. With his government of warmongers,
Wall Street cronies and polluters from the Bush and
Clinton eras, Barack Obama is merely upholding the
myths of a divine America.





Are Afghan Lives Worth Anything?





Army's Most High-Tech Infantry Unit Set to
Touch Down in Afghanistan





CIA Has Misled Us for Years





Bush Surveillance Program Was Massive





Is Texas Harboring Torture Decider?






Some Guantanamo Bay Detainees May
Be Held Indefinitely





Did the CIA Use Fire Ants to Torture Detainees?






Is Obama Continuing the Bush/Cheney Assassination Program?
By Jeremy Scahill
Congress is outraged that Cheney concealed a CIA program
to assassinate al Qaeda leaders, but they should also be
investigating why Obama is continuing-and expanding-
U.S. assassinations.





Bush's Hit Teams






Seymour Hersh
The Man Who Knew Cheney's Secret





Congress?s $1.2 Million a Day Drug Habit






Obama’s neocolonial mission in Africa





''The Crisis of Confidence"
Was Carter Right?Was it the greatest speech of his
presidency or political suicide?





Obama and Capitalism: Whither the American Left?






SUPERPOWER. Award Winning Movie.





Vanity Fair: Michael Lewis:
The Man Who Crashed the World







Unemployed and on the Verge of Losing Everything:
"I Don't Know How I'll Make It"







Liquidity Is Gone - Video -
STOCK MARKET MANIPULATION





Record pay and profits at Goldman Sachs





U.S. Budget Deficit Tops $1 Trillion for First Time






How the Mighty Have Fallen
By Robert J. Samuelson | NEWSWEEK
For many wealthy Americans, the world has turned upside down





Support parole for Native American leader and
political prisoner Leonard Peltier!





America's Aryan Nation is Not Just a Bunch of Skinheads;
They're in Senate





Comic Book That Exposes Michele Bachmann
as Religious Extremist





ANTHRAX WAR based on murdered scientist
David Kelly's work





Should we prepare for the worst?





Children and Pregnant Women Targeted in
U.S. Swine Flu Mass Vaccination Program"





Should linking be illegal?






Sen. Ensign is a Member of the Elite Fascist
Evangelical "Family"





Proof of the New World Order in under 11 minutes





General of all American Intelligence:
911 was a fraud-youtube






2 interesting short films on 9/11, take a look even if
you are already convinced.
The second one is primo.






John F. Kennedy Jr.
Born: November 25, 1960
Assassinated: July 16, 1999





Was John F. Kennedy Jr. Murdered?
Judge For Yourself







The Assassination of JFK Junior (107 minute video)







Who Killed John-John?
by Tom Flocco





Moon landing tapes got erased, NASA admits





Flesh-Eating Robots Developed for Pentagon





Michael Jackson to be buried without his brain





QUOTES FOR JULY 19:


"The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.": Frederick Douglass - [Frederick Baily] (1818- 1895), Escaped slave, abolitionist, author, editor of the North Star and later the New National Era
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"Man's character is his fate.": Heraclitus - (c.540-480 BC) Greek philosopher
"There have been periods of history in which episodes of terrible violence occurred but for which the word violence was never used.... Violence is shrouded in justifying myths that lend it moral legitimacy, and these myths for the most part kept people from recognizing the violence for what it was. The people who burned witches at the stake never for one moment thought of their act as violence; rather they thought of it as an act of divinely mandated righteousness. The same can be said of most of the violence we humans have ever committed": ~Gil Bailie
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"...needy men, and hardy, not contented with their present condition, as also all men that are ambitious of military command, are enclined to continue the causes of warre; and to stirre up trouble and sedition: for there is no honour Military but by warre; nor any such hope to mend an ill game, as by causing a new shuffle." Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, Part I, ch. 11
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"If the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the public good so much as for selfish or local purposes; corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the Laws; the public revenues will be squandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizen will be violated or disregarded.": Noah Webster - (1758-1843) American patriot and scholar, author of the 1806 edition of the dictionary that bears his name, the first dictionary of American English usage.
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"O for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade; Where rumor of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. "William Cowper - Source: Task (bk. II, l. 1)
"Without an unfettered press, without liberty of speech, all of the outward forms and structures of free institutions are a sham, a pretense -- the sheerest mockery. If the press is not free; if speech is not independent and untrammeled; if the mind is shackled or made impotent through fear, it makes no difference under what form of government you live, you are a subject and not a citizen": William E. Borah
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"If you think there is freedom of the press in the United States, I tell you there is no freedom of the press... " : Bill Moyers
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"Protection against government is now not enough to guarantee that a man who has something to say shall have a chance to say it. The owners and managers of the press determine which person, which facts, which version of the facts, and which ideas shall reach the public": Commission On Freedom Of The Press

Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?: Holly Near
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We kill because we are afraid of our own shadow, afraid that if we used a little common sense we'd have to admit that our glorious principles were wrong: Henry Miller, The Wisdom of the Heart, 1941
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The era of true peace on earth will not come as long as a tremendous percentage of your taxes goes to educate men in the trades of slaughter: Reginald Wright Kauffman
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The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle, but to make them long for it: Louis Simpson
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Have not I myself known five hundred living soldiers sabred into crows' meat for a piece of glazed cotton, which they call their flag; which had you sold it at any market-cross, would not have brought above three groschen?: Thomas Carlyle, "Sartor Resartus"


"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds": Samuel Adams

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"You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain -- but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life; that there's something wrong with the world; you don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?"

"The Matrix," Neo asks?

You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes; it is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth."

And Neo asks, "What truth?"

"That you are a slave Neo, like everyone else, you were born into bondage; born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch; a prison for your mind. Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to experience it for yourself." The Matrix (1999)

Links By George July 5th

A sunny week it has been in the rain forest giving us all a chance to thaw out and appreciate the sunshine. Leeches and snakes seem to be hibernating for the present and lots of wonderful community events to enjoy.

Starting with this issue, I will only be able to post the links and blog updates twice a month. Still full of lots of news, art and commentary.
A nice July to everyone
George


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LIFESTYLE/ ARTS/ CULTURE/ ETC:






ENJOY A REX MUSICAL CARAVAN EVENT IN INDIANAPOLIS
A VERY JERRY EVENING-August 1






Bhakti Fest 2009-Sept 11 to 13, Joshua Tree, CA






Video: Marijuana Expo in LA Draws 20,000






Medical Marijuana Moves Mainstream





Decriminalizing some drugs not a rash proposal






THIS IS YOUR WAR ON DRUGS





World Attention For Jointing-Smoking Speech-Giving Student






Old-Fashioned Medical Advertising: Cocaine,
Alcohol, Heroin, Amphetamines






This Is Your Country On Drugs: LSD Disappears
Exclusive Excerpt: This Is Your Country On Drugs






The Last Word: An interview with Terence McKenna (full!)





Tea As Soma





Nietzsche, the Overhuman, and Transhumanism





Tantraworks from Nik Douglas





Orthodox Church To Unveil Ark of the Covenant?





Oldest Human Settlement in Aegean Unearthed
on Limnos Island






'Oldest musical instrument' found





The magical world of artist Peter Marcek





Fascinating drawings of Jose Roosevelt





Deepak Chopra's tribute to Michael Jackson





Just Released Vintage DVD Footage of John Lennon
& the Plastic Ono Band





Johnny Depp website- info on Public Enemy movie





Les Miserables: The 10th Anniversary Dream
Cast in Concert in London: 2 DVDs





RIP! A Remix Manifesto





My friend in Canada Costas Lazarou has a website expressing
the uniqueness of each country and its people and its importance
in maintaining harmony on the planet and within the individual




Local Currencies Really Can Buy Happiness





Sustainability: The Five Core Principles






High-Tech Green Building Materials Are
Transforming Construction





Tell Nike, Adidas, and Timberland to Protect the Amazon
and the Climate ! TAKE ACTION





A Fight For The Amazon That Should Inspire The World
The uprising In the Amazon is more urgent than Iran's - it will determine the future
of the planet





The Dolomites and the Wadden Sea, have deservingly been
nominated as World Heritage Foundation sites






Hands Up For The Kimberley ! TAKE ACTION !






Save Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park !
TAKE ACTION !






Return the Marbles to Greece
The Guardian, a newspaper in the UK, is polling public
opinion on the return of Greek Marbles of the Parthenon to Greece.






US House passes historic climate change bill






EPA ‘suppression’ story grows, despite shoddy science in report





June Eco-Tidbits from Turkey





New Organic Rooftop Gardens in NYC





Climate efforts: Germany No.1, Canada last





Nearly a Third of Whales Killed By Japan in the Antarctic Were Pregnant






ACTION ALERT: Please Watch "Earthlings", PETA Vids, and Consider Going Vegetarian






McCartneys' Meat Free Monday CampaignRolls






Coca-Cola's Troubling History: Drug Addicts,
Nazis and MLK's Condemnation





Breaking the Organic Monopoly and the “Natural” Foods Myth
Whole Food Market and United Natural Foods, Inc.:
Undermining Our Organic Future





Dr. Bronner's Ups Ante in Lawsuit Against
'Organic' Personal Care Cheaters





World's Largest Refugee Camp Keeps Growing





World's First Ever 'Self-Watering' Plant Discovered in Israel





Brainy Echidna Proves Looks Aren’t Everything





Bats Hold Key to Fountain of Youth?





Big Pharma's Phony 'Gift' to Health Care Reform






Compounds from rosemary fight against
mutagenic effects of radiation





Anti-HIV and Anti-Cancer Drugs Derived From
Borneo Rainforest Progressing to Final Development Stages






6 Health Detoxification Facts You Must Know
BEFORE You Try It






The Gestapo Food Act, H.R. 2749, Must Be Stopped -
Reject HR 2749 and Clean Up Factory Farms Instead





Search tool shows what pesticides you're eating





Stop! Read This BEFORE You Get that Mammogram






Patrick Swayze 'Says Goodbye as Cancer Spreads'





The Lyme Disease Conspiracy






The Real Loss of Michael Jackson's Death







Len Watson is a long time friend and wonderful holistic
practitioner and expert in detox and raw food therapy






What's Your Best Advice for Dandruff?






Criminal and Legal Action Against Lost Coast Brewery
& Café for Hurting Hindu's Sentiments and Believes : Naresh Kadyan





Jesus, Now Appearing on Your Cat's Butt





Hitler And The New Age





For Many, Marriage Is Sexless, Boring and Oppressive:
Time to Rethink the Institution?






Getting Laid-Off Can Kill You




Paleontologists brought to tears, laughter by Creation Museum





Unprotected Sex: Abstinence Education's Main Accomplishment






GLOBAL:





Canada to Vaccinate Entire Population





CHINA'S DECISION TO BUY $80 BILLION
IN GOLD--COMMODITIES COMMENT





Lightning kills 35 in eastern India







NATIONAL:




Welcome one and all to "Uncle Ernie's Issues & Alibis."






Who sets the Middle East War Agenda?
The Banks and the Oil Companies





Obama Channels Bush: DOJ Shields Cheney Interview






Right-Wing Insanity: Former CIA Official Wishes
for Terrorist Attack on U.S. (!)





Velvet Revolution: updates on political activism





Support youth in challenging military recruiters this summer




$2,000 for a Dead Afghan Child
$100,000 for Any American Who Died Killing it.
By Jay Janson
Shocking? Shame provoking? Embarrassing that no Afghani or
Pakistani child or parent has any human right at all, including
the right not to be blown to pieces in a US drone air strike? - the
final insult being the value of their lives put at a mere $2,000 by
the wealthiest nation in history?





The Military Invades U.S. Schools: How Military
Academies Are Being Used to Destroy Public Education





Iraq's 'National Sovereignty Day' is U.S.-Style Hallmark Hype






Iraq to open up oil fields for first time in four decades







Soros, the CIA, Mossad and the new media destabilization of Iran





Mousavi, Celebrated in Iranian Protests,
Was the Butcher of Beirut





Iranian Elections: The 'Stolen Elections' Hoax





CIA has Distributed 400 Million Dollars Inside Iran
to Evoke a Revolution






Soros, the CIA, Mossad and the new media destabilization of Iran
By James Corbett





Iranian envoy: CIA involved in Neda's shooting?





ACLU Says Government Used False Confessions





Demand the release of the humanitarian activists
illegally detained by Israel!





Dilip Hiro, The Weeks of Living Dangerously






Scrambling for the Big Prize: Iraq's Sweet Oil






Crisis in Iran & Honduras






Coup d'Etat Underway in Honduras: OBAMA'S
FIRST COUP D'ETAT





Right Wing Military Coup in Honduras. See
"Innocent Voices" DVD






Honduras and the School of Americas: U.S. Coups,
Blood, and Shame





William Rivers Pitt | Made of Lies






Ignorance is Strength by Paul Craig Roberts






The Truth Alone Will Not Set You Free





'Free Gaza' Boats Stopped By Cyprus





Fresh water: Our 'sea of diamonds': Privatized
water in the US






Congress Members Grabbed or Dumped Stocks
as Market Crashed





Karl Denninger: Paranoid Rantings?






OBAMA VS. THE WORLD'S LARGEST COMPANY





Obama, They Want You to Fail





When DuPont Almost Overthrew the Government






Stephen Colbert Discusses Bohemian Grove






Minn. court rules for Franken in Senate fight






'Out of Control' Cop Raids Dem Fundraiser





The Coming Collapse Of The Middle Class (video 57:37)






A Message from the Average Black Person






Woman Must Pay Record Companies
$2 Million For File Sharing





Seizing War Protesters’ Assets





'A Comedy of Errors': Why It's Time to Get Rid
of the So-Called Terrorist Watch List





Kurt Sonnenfeld : Exclusive interview
9/11 FEMA videographer at Ground Zero goes public