LINKS BY GEORGE ~ FEB. 1st

     

  

Thanks again to everyone that attended our 35th wedding anniversary last Saturday night. Over 200 people danced and shared the magical moment with us. Several friends asked us to share the presentation we made after our friend Scott Huckabay invited us to express. Here it is: Aloha everybody and thank you for coming. People often ask us how we've stayed together for 37 years. There is no magic formula as everybody's relationship is wonderfully unique. For us, we never considered that there was any reason not to be always together. Like any good psychedelic trip, you take the divine mushroom and then enjoy the magical mystery tour of enchanted exploration. In our case, it has been a 37 year journey with every day a honeymoon. Maybe soon, if our kids let us, we will even elope. We've learned to cultivate patience and compassion with each others "right to be wrong". Whenever our stubborn minds cause temper tantrums, we are able to not be so attached. All the dramas pass just like clouds hiding the rainbows behind the stormy turbulence. We've learned that laughing at ourselves as well as laughing together whenever we get stuck in an argument or misunderstanding helps. Enjoying a good movie, song, and meal are also helpful and nicer than staying upset. Taking long hikes together are also fun as well as the basics such as trust, respect and responsibility in a relationship. And of course eating healthy food, having good friends and making lots of love are important. Just as taking our "meds" of several ceremonial doses of ecstasy a year.That has been what has worked for us all these wonderful years. Scott will again be performing here on the Big Island on Feb 23rd in Kalapana and we hope you can join us if you can. 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. YOUR DONATION OF ANY SIZE HELPS AND IS VERY APPRECIATED CLICK HERE TO DONATE OR CLICK ON THE PAYPAL ICON TO THE RIGHT. LIFESTYLE/ ARTS/ CULTURE/ ETC: EVENTS: Developing Psychedelics and Marijuana into Prescription Medicines: Cutting-Edge Research and Legal Cases, Stanford California Feb 7 Spiritual Emergency: Embracing Unexpected Transformations and Shamanism: An Exploration of Traditional Wisdom Feb 10-15, 2013 in Joshua Tree, California Little Planet, Big Island Kathleen Harrison and Momi Subiono teach botany, phytochemistry, herbal medicine, and shamanic healing. Feb 13-25, 2013 on the Big Island of Hawaii U.S. Drones Out of Africa and Everywhere! March and Rally at the White House  Saturday, April 13 Entheovision 5 Kongress Berlin,  Germany May 25 Women's Visionary Congress  Petaluma, California June 14 - 16, 2013 HIGH CONSCIOUSNESS:   High Times’ Cannabis Cup to be held in US for first time Souki Introduces Bill Legalizing Recreational Use of Marijuana Federal Court Denies Lawsuit Claiming Marijuana's Medical BenefitsThe U.S. Court of Appeals sided with the DEA's classification of marijuana as a medically invalid Schedule I drug Legalization's Biggest Enemies Meet the drug warriors working to roll back hard-won advances in marijuana policy Amanda Feilding, traveled to Guatemala last week for meetings with President Otto Pérez Molina and key members of the Government, to present our proposals for alternative drug policies aimed at reducing violence and corruption in Guatemala and the wider region The Second Coming of Psychedelics – Inside the Mind-Tripping, Soul-Changing, Ground-Shifting, 21st Century Therapy. Literary Review:  ‘Sisters of the Extreme’ by Cynthia Palmer and Michael Horowitz [Eds.] The Birth of Psychedelic Literature:  Drug Writing and the rise of LSD Therapy 1954 – 1964 Psychedelic Horizons Beyond Psychotherapy  Presented by Thomas B. Roberts, PhD and James Fadiman PhD,  Oakland, California, April 18 Memories of Myron:  The Passing of a Psychedelic Pioneer. On January 6, Myron Stolaroff peacefully passed away in his sleep. Jon Hanna reflects on Stolaroff's contributions to the entheogen-interested community. Includes video of his 1997 talk, "The Trained User: Deepening Meditation Practice and Forestalling Aging". Literary Review:  The Peyote Road by Thomas C. Maroukis Terence McKenna - The Challenge Terence Mckenna - Food Of The Gods.pdf I Understand Philip K. Dick by Trevor Smith Giving up the Green Bitch:  Reflections on Cannabis, Ayahuasca and the mystery of plant teachers.  By Graham Hancock Trickster and tricked by Erik Davis.  "All gurus try to undermine their followers' egos and expectations, so does it matter if the teacher is a real fraud?" LSD & HOLOTROPIC BREATHING."introduces you to Holotropic Breathing. Holo-breathing comes from Dr. Stan Grof’s discovery of how LSD can free us from the matrix of materialism, war and racism and hierarchy" New Site Satirizes Anti-Legalization Group Project SAM. Before drug warriors could claim their own web domain, legalization advocates jumped to make SmartApproaches.com a parody  The Lion-Throned Goddess in Phoenician Scarabs and Ancient Temples  Buddhism's Relation to Christianity Maha Kumbh Now a Harvard Case Study ARTS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2013, BELOVED VENOSA! http://vimeo.com/57869254 La Vallée. Light and Joy are our Birthrights ~ One of the very best movies everhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069451/?ref_=sr_1 45 YEARS AGO: JIMI HENDRIX RECORDS ‘ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER’ http://ultimateclassicrock.com/45-years-ago-jimi-hendrix-records-all-along-the-watchtower/ HEALTH:   As a 'Triple-Flu' Season Rages, Here is What You Must Do Now During One of the Worst Flu Seasons, is the Flu Vaccine the Answer? Evidence grows for narcolepsy link to GSK swine flu shot First Genetically Engineered Flu Vaccine Now on the Market Hailed as the Flu Cure Everyone's Been Waiting For - But It's Made with GE Insects Soybean Oil:  One of the Most Harmful Ingredients in Processed Foods  Non-surgical solutions to back pain Mycotoxins - The Surprising Mold You Eat Beware:  Many Vitamin C Supplements Contain These 6 "Red Flags" Honey, I killed the superbug.  AUSTRALIAN researchers have been astonished to discover a cure-all right under their noses -- a honey sold in health food shops as a natural medicine. Treats Cancer Without Chemo - And It's Not a "Crime"  After All...Case Dismissed! Texas Ends 15-Year Fight Against Cancer Doctor Burzynski   Group Finds More Fake Ingredients in Popular Foods Americans are Less Healthy, and Die Sooner Than People in Other Developed Nations. Is This Why the Europeans Don't Get Sick Like Americans Do? Why Do Americans Consume Such a Bad Diet? Are you a terrible person for eating quinoa?  The definitive take on the non-definitive debate about the booming global quinoa market.The quinoa debate has ravaged the internet these past few weeks — kind of like how selfish Westerners with a taste for gluten-free grains are allegedly ravaging the livelihoods of South American farmers US Health Worse Than Nearly All Other Industrialised Countries GLOBAL NEWS:   NATO: Proudly Delivering Death Since 1949 70th Anniversary: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Israeli Officials Confirm Blast at Iranian Nuclear Facility. Report cites intelligence sources who say Iran hasn’t evacuated area around Fordo plant; unclear if explosion was ‘sabotage or accident’ France, Qatar, and the New World Disorder By Gearóid Ó Colmáin  There are no words in any language to describe the atrocities NATO's contras are committing against the people of Syria. FKN NEWZ 2012 REVIEW By Design:  French Mali Invasion Spills into Algeria Prince Harry’s Mental Problem:  Murdering Afghans is Like a Video Game  With New Constitution, Post-Collapse Iceland Inches Toward Direct Democracy. When the global financial system crumbled over four years ago, Iceland played host to one of the most dramatic economic collapses in modern history. Now, its is making headlines for more positive reasons. Belgian MP Exposes War on Terror Lie and 9/11 False Flag Israel Admits Ethiopian Women Were Given Birth Control Shots.  "A government official has for the first time acknowledged the practice of injecting women of Ethiopian origin with the long-acting contraceptive Depo-Provera." NATIONAL NEWS GENERAL INFO: Martin Luther King Was a Radical, Not a Saint MLK's Vehement Condemnations of US Militarism  "By King's own description, his work against US violence and militarism, not only in Vietnam but generally, was central...to his worldview and activism, yet it has been almost completely erased from how he is remembered."  MLK Day: Occupy The Dream - Hilo, HI "A Mighty Stream": Martin Luther King Jr.'s Faith Guided Him to a Commitment to Economic Justice Reverend Sekou's review of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. focuses on MLK's yearning for economic justice and "a warless world, a better distribution of wealth and a brotherhood that transcends race or color." Reclaiming Our Imaginations from 'There Is No Alternative' Can a Paradise Be Built in Hell?  Rebecca Solnit has no patience for those who are paralyzed by despair and helplessness in an age of doubt about the human condition and the sociological/political situation in the United States. To be passive in the face of disappointment is to ensure that injustice prevails The Myth of Living Beyond Our Means. Reich writes:  "The truth is most Americans have not been living beyond their means. The problem is their means haven't been keeping up with the growth of the economy." Issues and Alibis Julian Assange on WikiLeaks Movie:  "It Is a Massive Propaganda Attack"The founder says "The Fifth Estate" "fans the flames to start a war with Iran." What Is an Assange?  Actor and activist John Cusack sits down with constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley and professor of economics, Kevin McCabe, to discuss the impact of WikiLeaks, the question of transparency in government and the future of independent media From Bradley Manning to Aaron Swartz -- The Government's Inhumane Persecution of Brave Truth TellersThe Justice Department’s legal assault on Swartz is one of many attacks on people who carried important information into the public realm. Anonymous Hijacks DoJ Website.  "Activists from the hacker collective known as Anonymous assumed control over the homepage of a federal judicial agency this morning." 4 Freedoms in America That Don't Exist Anymore Freedom seems to exist more in our minds than in reality. Texas Public School Teaching Kids That Jews Practice "Flawed Religion" and that Blacks Are "Descended from Ham"A Southern Methodist University religious studies professor found instances of students learning a literal interpretation of the Bible, and some racist obsessions of the religious right. The Confederacy Making a Comeback in the South?  KKK Grand Wizard Glorified, Civil Rights Heroes Ignored As Southern whites sink into economic despair, more and more are retreating into a fictional past. Father of Sandy Hook Victim Heckled by Gun Advocates Neil Heislin, whose son Jesse was killed at Newtown Elementary School, gave testimony at the Connecticut General Assembly but was interrupted by gun advocates. War Zone in America?  Mother Loses 4th Child to Gun Violence Ronnie Chambers was killed by gunfire in Chicago while he was driving in a van, the fourth child Shirley Chambers has lost. RFK children speak about assassination in Dallas. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is convinced that a lone gunman wasn't solely responsible for the assassination of his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, and said his father believed the Warren Commission report was a "shoddy piece of craftsmanship." 5 People Shot at 3 Different Gun Shows on Gun Appreciation Day.  "If the gun advocates behind this year's inaugural Gun Appreciation Day had hoped to use the day's festivities to build support for their anti-regulation platform, they are going to have to wait another year." Marijuana Arrests Now Exceed Arrests for Violent Crime. "Arrests for marijuana exceeded arrests for violent crime by more than 100,000, according to a report from the FBI." Marijuana Politics Hit the Nation's Capitol Victory in D.C. would be a symbolic statement, and weed activists have been successful with the initiative process there before. Mississippi Children Handcuffed in School for Not Wearing a Belt. Flatow reports:  "A recent Department of Justice lawsuit that called the criminalization of school disciplinary offenses as minor as dress code violations so arbitrary and severe as to 'shock the conscience.'" A Rape a Minute, a Thousand Corpses a Year. "Here in the United States, where there is a reported rape every 6.2 minutes, and one in five women will be raped in her lifetime, the rape and gruesome murder of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi on December 16th was treated as an exceptional incident." New Mexico Bill Would Imprison Rape Victims Who Receive Abortions.Shen reports: "Should a recently introduced bill in New Mexico become law, rape victims will be required to carry their pregnancies to term during their sexual assault trials or face charges of 'tampering with evidence.'"  When the Law Won't Call it "Rape" If there's confusion among the public (and politicians) about rape, baffling, conflicting state laws make it worse. GMO Scandal:  The Long Term Effects of Genetically Modified Food on Humans Scientific Tests Must Be Approved by Industry First Las Vegas Accused of Engineering Massive Water Grab:  Is This the Future of the West? [With Photo Slideshow] Climate change is going to make life harder, water scarcer, and decisions about the future tougher. Shocking:  Reporting Factory Farm Abuses to be Considered "Act of Terrorism" If New Laws Pass Three states are the latest states to introduce Ag-Gag laws and lawmakers in 10 other states introduced similar bills in 2011-2012. Big Pharma Buys Off The Senate An eleventh-hour loophole in the "fiscal cliff" deal confirms our worst suspicions about how Congress operates. Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant Rakes in $3 Million from Shares As Biotech Giant Continues Destroying PlanetMonsanto CEO Hugh Grant sold 30,000 shares of stock in Monsanto in January, netting over $3 million.   Who Owns The Federal Reserve?  The Fed is privately owned. Its shareholders are private banks. "Some people think that the Federal Reserve Banks are United States Government institutions. They are private monopolies which prey upon the people of these United States for the benefit of themselves and their foreign customers; foreign and domestic speculators and swindlers; and rich and predatory money lenders." Outrageous: Treasury Dept. OK'd Million Dollar Raises for Bailed-Out Wall St FirmsThe Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program authored a report that criticized the Treasury Department's approval of executive pay raises Untouchables:  How Obama's Administration Shielded Wall Street From Prosecutions."A new PBS Frontline report examines a profound failure of justice that should be causing serious social unrest." What "Running the Government Like a Business" Would Mean for Republicans WAR: List of Children Killed by US (Drone Strikes) in Yemen and Pakistan  By Jadaliyya Reports The following list was issued by Drones Watch on 20 January 2013.  US drone strikes amount to war crime: Political analyst Hey, Hey, Barack! What Do You Say? How Many Kids Have You Killed Today?  "As he spoke these uplifting phrases (during the inaugural address), US factories were cranking out, under the terms of billion-dollar Pentagon contracts, fleets of drone aircraft that daily are raining explosives down on innocent men, women and children in countries that the US is not even at war with" The Children Killed by America’s Drones.  "Crimes Against Humanity" committed by Barack H. Obama. ECONOMIC:   Most of Our Debt Is Fake - Let's Abolish It.  "The idea was dismissed because it would be a huge blow to the banks that have contributed lots of money to helping Obama keep his job." Steve Fraser, Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt The Politics of Debt in America. From Debtor’s Prison to Debtor Nation Global Inequality Skyrockets:  Report Says Top 1% Have Increased Wealth By 60% Over Last Two Decades A new report released by the anti-poverty group Oxfam is filled with staggering statistics that make clear the depth of the inequality problem. "We're Going to Kill the Dollar" The Fed's Plan By Mike Whitney. This is the Fed's plan: Bail out the banks, transfer the banks bad bets onto its own balance sheet, hammer the greenback, slash wages (via inflation), boost exports, and pump as much money as possible into the unproductive, overbuilt black hole we call the US housing market. Frenzy in the Gold Market:  The Repatriation of Germany’s Post World War II Gold Reserves