LINKS BY GEORGE NEWSLETTER
Aloha from an off-grid rain forest cabin in Hawaii. For the past 7 years
I have lived in several places around the world and have been sending
my "links by george" newsletter, blog and facebook postings which I
describe as "an eclectic list of links of articles, music and quotes relating
to alternative lifestyles, culture, shamanism, spirituality, politics,
conspiracies, art images and environmental issues". I arrange the format
so as to flow from one story to another as well as have the option to find
out more details on any particular story.
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On the right column are images and videos. Once you scroll down the right
column until it ends, a new section of art starts again in the middle section
with my most recent additions featured first.
"LINKS BY GEORGE" DIRECTORY:
LIFESTYLE/ ARTS/ CULTURE/ ETC:
EVENTS
HIGH CONSCIOUSNESS
ARTS
MUSIC VIDEOS
ENVIRONMENT
SCIENCE
HEALTH
GLOBAL NEWS
NATIONAL NEWS
GENERAL INFO
WAR
POLITICAL
ECONOMIC
SURVEILLANCE/FRINGE POSSIBILITIES:
QUOTES FOR THE WEEK
LIFESTYLE/ ARTS/ CULTURE/ ETC:
EVENTS:
HIGH CONSCIOUSNESS:
Dad Saves His Little Dying Son From Brain Cancer With THC Oil
Sick Judge on Medical Marijuana:
"The power of Co-creating God with Unlimited Power focusing on
Distilled Liquids, the Pineal Gland, and how YOU are a 'Ball of Light."
Distilled Liquids, the Pineal Gland, and how YOU are a 'Ball of Light."
9 Great Free thinkers and Religious Dissenters in History
9 Great Freethinkers and Religious Dissenters in History
Bed Peace in Montreal -John and Yoko
Robin Gibb: He ‘Started a Joke,’ and Left Us in Tears
Scott Huckabay is one of the world's greatest musicians and
also my friend. Take a look at his website and also hisARTS:
9 Great Freethinkers and Religious Dissenters in History
Bed Peace in Montreal -John and Yoko
Robin Gibb: He ‘Started a Joke,’ and Left Us in Tears
Scott Huckabay is one of the world's greatest musicians and
performance schedule. I strongly recommend your seeing
him if you can and if not, at least check out some of his music.
ENVIRONMENT:
Arctic Melt Releasing Ancient Methane
"The history of totalitarian regimes is reflected in the evolution and perfection of the instruments of terror and more especially the police." - Carl J. Friedrich - Source: The Pathology of Politics, 1972
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag." - Huey Long
"If you think of humanity as one large body, then war is like suicide, or at best, self mutilation" - Jerome P. Crabb.
"If civilization has an opposite, it is war. Of these two things, you have either one, or the other. Not both" - Ursula Kroeber Le Guin
"All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family, and each one of us is responsible for the misdeeds of all the others. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul." - Mahatma Gandhi
"What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man? It is Love, Love for all humanity." - Sri Sathya Sai Baba
1967
"We're going to become guilty, in my judgement, of being the greatest threat to the peace of the world. It's an ugly reality, and we Americans don't like to face up to it. I hate to think of the chapter of American history that's going to be written in the future in connection with our outlawry in Southeast Asia." - Senator Wayne Morse - (D-OR) - 1967
"I believe that if we had and would keep our dirty, bloody, dollar soaked fingers out of the business of these [Third World] nations so full of depressed, exploited people, they will arrive at a solution of their own. And if unfortunately their revolution must be of the violent type because the "haves" refuse to share with the "have-nots" by any peaceful method, at least what they get will be their own, and not the American style, which they don't want and above all don't want crammed down their throats by Americans." - General David Sharp - Former United States Marine Commandant
"Our leaders are cruel because only those willing to be inordinately cruel and remorseless can hold positions of leadership in the foreign policy establishment... People capable of expressing a full human measure of compassion and empathy toward faraway powerless strangers...do not become president of the United States, or vice president, or secretary of state, or national security adviser or secretary of the treasury. Nor do they want to." - William Blum - Author of Rogue State
"Few of us can easily surrender our belief that society must somehow make sense. The thought that The State has lost its mind and is punishing so many innocent people is intolerable. And so the evidence has to be internally denied." - Arthur Miller - Playwright
Perhaps this is the bottom line to mental illness: incomprehensible events occur; your life becomes a bin for hoax-like fluctuations of what used to be reality. And not only that--as if that weren't enough--but you ... ponder forever over these fluctuations in an effort to order them into a coherancy, when in fact the only sense they make is the sense you impose on them, out of necessity to restore everything into shapes and processes you can recognize. The first thing to depart in mental illness is the familiar. And what takes its place is bad news because not only can you not understand it, you also cannot communicate it to other people. The madman experiences something, but what it is or where it comes from he does not know.
PHILIP K. DICK, Valis
PUNMASTER MUSIC NEWS-SELECTED ARTICLES
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gregg Allman is getting married for the seventh time.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member has told several interviewers this week that he's engaged to his 24-year-old girlfriend, Shannon Williams, and Allman's publicist and manager confirmed the news Friday morning.
Allman talked about the unexpected love he felt for Williams in an interview with The Associated Press earlier this year for a story about his memoir, "My Cross to Bear," but admitted he was leery about taking the relationship further because of his past difficulties in his love life. But Allman told Howard Stern, Piers Morgan and a SiriusXM town hall audience this week that he's taken the relationship to the next stage.
Little is known about Williams, who entered the 64-year-old rock pioneer's life after a liver transplant and a run of health difficulties. Allman told the AP in a love-struck voice he met her while in Florida on Friday, Jan. 13, and "I am totally in love."
Allman's failed marriages make up a significant part of "My Cross to Bear," a best-seller after its release May 1. He offers a rare glimpse into his private life, detailing the rise and collapse of his relationship with Cher, among other topics. It's clear his failed relationships haunt him. He told the AP he has a distrust of the institution of marriage and has been left with the feeling that few, if any, of his wives were actually deeply in love with him.
No date has been set for the marriage.
PAUL SIMON WON’T RECORD WITH ART GARFUNKEL AGAIN
The last time that Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel recorded together was for their 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water, and it seems that things will stay that way. Paul told the BBC that he won’t ever record with Art again. The pair was set to tour in 2010 but scrapped the trek due to a problem with Garfunkel’s vocal chords. Simon blamed that issue on thwarting any plans for a reunion in the future, adding that he “would just as soon not go back and visit the past.”
GRATEFUL DEAD MUSIC ADDED TO NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY
The Grateful Dead’s music has been added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry, which only includes recordings that helped shape the American cultural landscape. The band’s famous 1977 Barton Hall concert has been named a sound of cultural significance. It’s been cited as one of the band’s best performances and hailed for its sound quality. Drummer Mickey Hart spoke about his old group to the Associated Press, saying, “The Grateful Dead just touched a nerve, and it’s still relevant in many ways today.” Other artists with music going into the Recording Registry include Bo Diddley, Parliament, Donna Summer, Prince and Dolly Parton.
Learn more at LOC.gov.
SCIENCE:
Water Molecules Characterize the Structure of
Wind At Sea Is Strangely Van Goghish, Says NASA
GPS for the Brain: New Brain Map Developed
HEALTH:
Why We Cry:
The Fascinating Psychology of Emotional Release
QUOTES:
The Fascinating Psychology of Emotional Release
GLOBAL NEWS:
On Bill Maher Show, Dan Rather Slams Corporate Media:
"To Put it Bluntly, Big Business Is in Bed With Big Government"
"To Put it Bluntly, Big Business Is in Bed With Big Government"
Time for NATO to face new realities.
NATO's Core Function is to Advance US Global Interests
WAR:
POLITICAL:
ECONOMIC:
SURVEILLANCE/FRINGE POSSIBILITIES:
HUMOR:
QUOTES:
"The history of totalitarian regimes is reflected in the evolution and perfection of the instruments of terror and more especially the police." - Carl J. Friedrich - Source: The Pathology of Politics, 1972
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag." - Huey Long
"If you think of humanity as one large body, then war is like suicide, or at best, self mutilation" - Jerome P. Crabb.
"If civilization has an opposite, it is war. Of these two things, you have either one, or the other. Not both" - Ursula Kroeber Le Guin
"All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family, and each one of us is responsible for the misdeeds of all the others. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul." - Mahatma Gandhi
"What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man? It is Love, Love for all humanity." - Sri Sathya Sai Baba
1967
"We're going to become guilty, in my judgement, of being the greatest threat to the peace of the world. It's an ugly reality, and we Americans don't like to face up to it. I hate to think of the chapter of American history that's going to be written in the future in connection with our outlawry in Southeast Asia." - Senator Wayne Morse - (D-OR) - 1967
"I believe that if we had and would keep our dirty, bloody, dollar soaked fingers out of the business of these [Third World] nations so full of depressed, exploited people, they will arrive at a solution of their own. And if unfortunately their revolution must be of the violent type because the "haves" refuse to share with the "have-nots" by any peaceful method, at least what they get will be their own, and not the American style, which they don't want and above all don't want crammed down their throats by Americans." - General David Sharp - Former United States Marine Commandant
"Our leaders are cruel because only those willing to be inordinately cruel and remorseless can hold positions of leadership in the foreign policy establishment... People capable of expressing a full human measure of compassion and empathy toward faraway powerless strangers...do not become president of the United States, or vice president, or secretary of state, or national security adviser or secretary of the treasury. Nor do they want to." - William Blum - Author of Rogue State
"Few of us can easily surrender our belief that society must somehow make sense. The thought that The State has lost its mind and is punishing so many innocent people is intolerable. And so the evidence has to be internally denied." - Arthur Miller - Playwright
Perhaps this is the bottom line to mental illness: incomprehensible events occur; your life becomes a bin for hoax-like fluctuations of what used to be reality. And not only that--as if that weren't enough--but you ... ponder forever over these fluctuations in an effort to order them into a coherancy, when in fact the only sense they make is the sense you impose on them, out of necessity to restore everything into shapes and processes you can recognize. The first thing to depart in mental illness is the familiar. And what takes its place is bad news because not only can you not understand it, you also cannot communicate it to other people. The madman experiences something, but what it is or where it comes from he does not know.
PHILIP K. DICK, Valis
PUNMASTER MUSIC NEWS-SELECTED ARTICLES
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gregg Allman is getting married for the seventh time.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member has told several interviewers this week that he's engaged to his 24-year-old girlfriend, Shannon Williams, and Allman's publicist and manager confirmed the news Friday morning.
Allman talked about the unexpected love he felt for Williams in an interview with The Associated Press earlier this year for a story about his memoir, "My Cross to Bear," but admitted he was leery about taking the relationship further because of his past difficulties in his love life. But Allman told Howard Stern, Piers Morgan and a SiriusXM town hall audience this week that he's taken the relationship to the next stage.
Little is known about Williams, who entered the 64-year-old rock pioneer's life after a liver transplant and a run of health difficulties. Allman told the AP in a love-struck voice he met her while in Florida on Friday, Jan. 13, and "I am totally in love."
Allman's failed marriages make up a significant part of "My Cross to Bear," a best-seller after its release May 1. He offers a rare glimpse into his private life, detailing the rise and collapse of his relationship with Cher, among other topics. It's clear his failed relationships haunt him. He told the AP he has a distrust of the institution of marriage and has been left with the feeling that few, if any, of his wives were actually deeply in love with him.
No date has been set for the marriage.
PAUL SIMON WON’T RECORD WITH ART GARFUNKEL AGAIN
The last time that Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel recorded together was for their 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water, and it seems that things will stay that way. Paul told the BBC that he won’t ever record with Art again. The pair was set to tour in 2010 but scrapped the trek due to a problem with Garfunkel’s vocal chords. Simon blamed that issue on thwarting any plans for a reunion in the future, adding that he “would just as soon not go back and visit the past.”
GRATEFUL DEAD MUSIC ADDED TO NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY
The Grateful Dead’s music has been added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry, which only includes recordings that helped shape the American cultural landscape. The band’s famous 1977 Barton Hall concert has been named a sound of cultural significance. It’s been cited as one of the band’s best performances and hailed for its sound quality. Drummer Mickey Hart spoke about his old group to the Associated Press, saying, “The Grateful Dead just touched a nerve, and it’s still relevant in many ways today.” Other artists with music going into the Recording Registry include Bo Diddley, Parliament, Donna Summer, Prince and Dolly Parton.
Learn more at LOC.gov.
