LINKS BY GEORGE NEWSLETTER ~APRIL 11, 2013

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LIFESTYLE/ ARTS/ CULTURE/ ETC:

EVENTS:

Nimbin Mardi Grass
 May4-5



HIGH CONSCIOUSNESS:

 

Poll: 

Most Americans Not Buying Feds' Drug War Propaganda 

As our views about marijuana's harm potential change, an historic majority of Americans say pot should be legal

 

Medical marijuana became legal Monday in the Czech Republic and is now available for sale in pharmacies. Monday was part of the Easter holiday there, so it didn't actually go on sale until Tuesday.

 

HAWAII MARIJUANA DECRIMINALIZATION BILL DIES

First marijuana legalization and now decriminalization. Marijuana law reform (except for medical marijuana) is dead this year in Hawaii, and probably next year, too

 

 

Under influences visual arts and psychotropics

 

 

Governments block research on using magic mushrooms to treat depression. 

"Magic" mushrooms grow naturally throughout the world. The psilocybin within magic mushrooms was used in ancient times for religious ceremonies and recreation. Today though, governments are frightening the population and are banning not only naturally-occurring mushrooms, but also the right to research their effect on human depression

 

Fantastic Fungi: The Forbidden Fruit

 

Jan Irvin writes on the connection between Gordon Wasson and the CIA: 

"These documents prove that the CIA paid for and funded the Life magazine article that was largely behind launching the psychedelic movement. We'll be doing a critical analysis soon to show how the CIA is misleading people by inserting the word "unwitting" while Wasson already worked with the CIA, CFR, and Century Club with Allen Dulles - as the other documents reveal. More documents will be released soon, but these are the core documents that should put anyone's doubt to rest"

 

"In the future, I’m right": Letter from Aldous Huxley to George Orwell over 1984 novel sheds light on their different ideas

ARTS: 

 

 

As Eri Davis writes about one of my favorite science fiction books and the first book that triggered by interest in Gnostic consciousness:

 "I'm thrilled to announce that the HiLoBooks edition of William Hope Hodgson's 1912 dying-earth novel 

THE NIGHT LAND, with an introduction by myself, has just been printed and will be available in bookstores by Amazon by mid-April. If you havent read it, you owe it to yourself to check out this abridged version, since the whole thing is a mighty slog of treacle but the best parts are about as good as it gets in cosmic horror."

 

 

Painting Jimi

 

 

STONES TO TOUR
It’s official: The Rolling Stones are hitting the road. The band announced the next leg of their 50 and Counting tour, which kicks off in L-A and the second show is in Oakland on May 5th. The Stones will move eastward until they wind down in Philadelphia on June 18th. They’ll also play at England’s Glastonbury festival in July. Get all the band’s dates and check out a video of the guys explaining why they’re touring at RollingStones.com.

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENT:

 

 

ACTION NEEDED Demand India Protect Old-Growth and Abandon Coal

 

Sea Shepherd's Win Is Japan's Loss: 

Whalers Have Worst Season Ever

 

 

Imani Altemus-Williams | Evicting Monsanto From Paradise. Williams reports:

 "The impacts of chemical testing and GMOs are immediate - and, in the long-term, could prove deadly. In Hawaii, Monsanto and other biotech corporations have sprayed over 70 different chemicals during field tests of genetically engineered crops, more chemical testing than in any other place in the world."

 

The Coconut Revolution. 

'The Coconut Revolution' is a 2001 multi-award winning documentary film about the struggle of the indigenous peoples of Bougainville Island. The movement is described as the "world's first successful eco-revolution" and has drawn parallels with the conflict depicted in the 2009 film, Avatar. The movie tells the story of the successful uprising of the indigenous peoples of Bougainville Island against the Papua New Guinea army and the mining plans of the mining corporation Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ) to exploit their natural resources. The documentary reveals how the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) managed to overcome the marine blockade strategy used by the Papuan army by using coconut oil as fuel for their vehicles.

 

"We’re Awake and We’re Standing Up": 

She’s only 11 years old, but she’s already been working for environmental justice for a few years now.

Here, she addresses the crowd at an Idle No More event in British Columbia, Canada

 

 

Ocean Cleanup Array 19-year-old Boyan Slat has unveiled plans to remove 7,250,000 tons 

of plastic waste from the world’s oceans

 

 

Under the guise of four imaginary nations, real-life crises such as war, poverty, climate change, and nuclear proliferation are presented to his fearless and eager fourth- and fifth-graders.

 

 

John Hunter: Teaching with the World Peace Game

 

 

Germany’s solar-power success: Too much of a good thing?

 

 

Seeds of Hope- a documentary from Hawaii
 

 

SCIENCE:

 

 

 

Humans Successfully Control Rats’ Movements Telepathically In Experiment

HEALTH:

 

A delightyful psychoactive plant. Rosemary Aroma May Help You Remember to Do Things

 

Attacks Your Bones, Organs, and Brain - Forced Upon Americans,

But Banned in Europe Call to Action as Portland, Oregon Readies to Vote on Water Fluoridation

 

How Big Pharma Gets You to Think a Drug is Safe. By Martha Rosenberg. 

Scratch the surface of many blockbuster drugs that went on to be discredited, or even withdrawn as risks emerged, and an elaborate "publication plan" emerges, developed by the drug company's marketing firm

 

Banned in Europe Since 2006, US Still Uses 30 Million Pounds a Year. 

Animal antibiotics

 

Aspartame is linked to Leukemia and Lymphoma in new Landmark Study on Humans

 

 

The Prescription Pill Epidemic Has Spiraled Out of Control -- Sheriff's Death Is an Alarm Bell

The death of a West. Va. sheriff should persuade the federal government to put the necessary 

resources into fighting this epidemic.

 

Undervalued Superfood Contains 30 TIMES More Nutrients Than Organic Fruits and Vegetables. 

Leafy Greens Essential for Immune Regulation and Tumor Resolution

 

 

Biotech lies exposed: 

Genetically-modified corn contains practically no nutrients but is loaded with chemical poisons

 

Medical announcement reveals: 

Almost everything you've been told about prostate cancer is wrong

 

 

 

Check out iDoctor Could a smartphone be the future of medicine

 - YouTube

 

 

Do You Eat These Disease-Ridden Foods? 

River of Waste Documentary. Avoid these foods, or risk exposing yourself to flu, superbugs, and more. 

Carefully veiled from public view to keep you in the dark... but they can take down your health. 

Are you living with this smoking time bomb?

 

Avoid This Drink Because It Can Wallop Your Liver Like Alcohol. 

Sugary Drinks Linked to Over 180,000 Deaths Worldwide

 

 

Is This the Worst Vaccine of All? 

 Anthrax Vaccine Testing Thousands of people have been exposed to the problem, and antibiotics were successful in preventing illness in 100% of those treated. So don't be the next sacrificial lamb - it's unproven and up to 35% of recipients develop adverse reactions - including death. Ethical Issues Related to Testing Anthrax Vaccine on Children

 

 

Fukushima meltdown appears to have sickened American infants 

 

 

DOWNWINDERS Chemical Drift & Growth Suppression

 

 

 

Is Juicing Raw Cannabis the Miracle Health Cure That Some of Its Proponents Believe It to Be? 

Fact-checking one of the newest trends in administering cannabis for therapeutic use

 

 

 

Could This Virtually Unknown Therapy Make Plastic Surgery Obsolete? 

Symptoms Relating to Breathing Problems, TMJ, Headaches and Other Common Ailments

 

 

Bad Knees? 

Don't Fall for This $7,000 Trap. Physical Therapy as Good as Surgery for Osteoarthritic Knees and Torn Muscles

 

 

The Orgasm Gap: 

The Real Reason Women Get Off Less Often Than Men and How to Fix It

The gap between men’s and women’s frequency of orgasm is impacted by social forces 

that privilege male pleasure

 

 

How America Breeds Mental Illness from Birth Until Death

The over-diagnosis and over-prescription that dominates the mental health care scene in the

US contributes to a system that is better at producing disorders than fixing them.

 

 

Marijuana's celebrity stigma goes up in smoke. 

Marijuana has moved from the Hollywood counterculture to the mainstream. Fueling the shift: the growing legalization movement. RIhanna, Lady Gaga and Kristen Stewart have been candid about their use. The trend emboldens the cannabis community, troubles the anti-drug camp. The toke torch is being passed in Tinseltown. It used to be that Hollywood potheads were grizzled and off-the-mainstream grid — think Cheech & Chong and Willie Nelson. Then edgy rappers like Snoop Dogg and Cypress Hill became the famous faces of marijuana, with a couple of mischievous Texans thrown in: Woody Harrelson and a naked-and-bong-playing Matthew McConaughey. Today’s stars caught with cannabis? Meet the mostly twenty-something toke turks

GLOBAL NEWS:

 

 

Selling solar power in India’s slums. 

The country is fast outgrowing its electric grid. Are small-scale solar projects the solution?

 

 

Peru Declares State of Emergency for Oil Contamination

 

 

Syrian Refugee Crisis: The View From the Turkish Border

 

No Exit? Greece's Ongoing Crisis

 

 

Margaret Thatcher Dies, Aged 87

The former premier, who led Britain from 1979 to 1990, suffered from dementia and has 

appeared rarely in public in recent years.

 

 

Margaret Thatcher's Criminal Legacy By Finian Cunningham

The praise, eulogies, wreaths and ceremonies are all self-indictments of association with one of the most ruthless and criminal political figures in modern times.

 

Margaret Thatcher and Misapplied Death Etiquette. Greenwald writes: 

"The dictate that one 'not speak ill of the dead' is (at best) appropriate for private individuals, 

not influential public figures."

 

Pius XII, the Nazis, and the KGB: How Saintly Was He? Weissman writes: 

"Will the new pope listen to the more liberal scholars still pleading for patience? 

Or will he follow the more authoritarian hardliners who want to sanctify 'loyalty to the Holy Father' while celebrating Pius XII as 'the veritable savior of Europe's Jews?'"

 

Russian War Games Send a Strong Message Against NATO Intervention in Syria? 

By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya. 

Is there a connection between events in Syria (maybe even US tension with North Korea) and Russia's impromptu Black Sea war games that started on March 28, 2013?

 

 

US Protection Racket Root of Korea Conflict By Finian Cunningham

The conflict emanates from Washington and is perpetuated by Washington. 

Why? To justify what would otherwise be seen as simply outrageous US militarism in the Asia Pacific.

 

 

Operation Destabilize Venezuela and the Secret US Embassy Cables:

 Infiltrate, "Divide Chavismo", "Isolate Chavez Internationally

"Would you believe that the United States tried to do something that was not nice against Hugo Chávez? Wikileaks has done it again. I guess the US will really have to get tough now with Julian Assange and Bradley Manning.

 

 

Chinese colonel says latest bird flu virus is U.S. biological weapon  

Well, not just the latest one -- all of them.

 09 Apr 2013 A Chinese Air Force officer on Saturday accused the U.S. government of creating the new strain of bird flu now afflicting parts of China as a biological warfare attack.

NATIONAL NEWS

GENERAL INFO:

 

 

Alternative news and view from Issues and Alibis

 

 

SUPERPOWER: 

See the Not-To-Be-Missed Documentary."a comprehensive film that asks tough questions and goes behind the scenes of America’s national security apparatus and military actions. Far from a conspiracy film about the dangers of government secrets and regime change, this well-balanced film straddles the philosophical divide and allows viewers to understand the US quest for global dominance through economic and military strategy that is exposed through review of historical events, personal interviews, and analysis of US foreign policy."

 

 

WikiLeaks Strikes Again: 

Website Publishes 1.7 Million Documents on U.S. Foreign Policy

WikiLeaks is calling the trove of documents the Public Library of US Diplomacy.

Lennard writes: "WikiLeaks late Sunday published the world's largest searchable collection of U.S. confidential, or formerly confidential, diplomatic communications. The over 1.7 million records released."

 

 

Taibbi: Politicians and Law Enforcement Have Trapped Too Many People in Jail for Life with Extreme Three Strikes Laws

A parade of politicians and law enforcement officials has created a Pandora’s box that’s trapped countless low-income offenders.

 

 

Ohio Is Illegally Throwing Poor People in Jail For Owing Money. 

A new report shines a light on a harrowing "debtors’ prison" system in Ohio — one that violates 

both the United States’ and the Ohio constitution.

 

 

How Big Pharma Is Bringing Forced Drug Tests To a State Near You 

Wonder why so many laws to drug test people who receive public benefits are cropping up?

 

 

Even the Tea Party is pissed about the ‘Monsanto Protection Act’. 

Good thing, because it's going to take a lot of political power to defeat Big GMO Ag.

 

 

Chemical Disasters, Agent Orange, and GMOs: 

Monsanto's Legacy Traced in Exposé

 

 

American Babies Born Right After Fukushima Show Elevated Rate of Abnormalities

A new study shows elevated rates of congenital thyroid illness among infants born on West Coast 

right after the meltdown in Japan

 

 

Exxon's Unfriendly Skies: 

Why Does Exxon Control the No-Fly Zone Over Arkansas Tar Sands Spill?

 

 

Monsanto Protection Act: 

A Post-Mortem for Our Legal System By Clay Rossi

There are certain facts that need not be forgotten for the next time (and there will be a next time) big business buys itself judicial immunity from Congress.

 

 

Monsanto’s Dark History. 

Excerpt: "People need to know about Monsanto's history as a heavy industrial chemical manufacturer; a reality at odds with the environmentally friendly, feed-the-world image that the company spends millions trying to convey."

 

 

What Every Parent Should Know About Monsanto. 

Nagy writes: "Keeping our children from harm in today's chemically-saturated world is one of the great challenges of modern parenting.

 

 

Monsanto vs. Mother Earth. 

It’s unbelievable, but Monsanto and Co. are at it again. These profit-hungry biotech companies have found a way to exclusively ‘own’ something that freely belongs to us all -- our food! They’re trying to patent away our everyday vegetables and fruits like cucumber, broccoli and melons, forcing growers to pay them and risk being sued if they don’t.

 

The Great Cyprus Bank Robbery By Ron Paul

The elites in the EU and IMF have openly talked about using Cyprus as a template for future bank bailouts. This raises the prospect of raids on bank accounts, pension funds, and any investments the government can get its hands on.

 

 

Obama Wants More Green Jobs? Let's Start with HempHemp could bring back sorely needed employment in the American heartland. But the drug warriors stand in the way

 

 

It's Official: 

A Democratic President Proposes to Cut Social Security. Mark this day. For the first time in history, a Democratic president has officially proposed to cut the Democratic Party's signature New Deal program, Social Security:

 

WAR:

 

 

The Dangers of War: What is Behind the US-North Korea Conflict?

 

 

America's Hired Death Squads and Torture Teams Are Still Operating in Iraq A 15-month investigation exploring war crimes long denied by the Pentagon lays out the tragic truth 

 

'US-trained death squads' organized torture sites across Iraq

 

 

Documentary Exposes US Role in Iraq Sectarian Conflict

 

 

Leaked Cable Reveals Bush's War on Chavez.

 Roller reports: "WikiLeaks released a State Department cable from 2006 detailing the efforts of former president George W. Bush's administration to aid opposition to Venezuela's now-deceased president Hugo Chávez."

 

Hollywood’s Dangerous Afghan Illusion. 

A newly discovered document undercuts a key storyline of the anti-Soviet Afghan war of the 1980s – that it was "Charlie Wilson’s War." A note inside Ronald Reagan’s White House targeted the Texas Democrat as someone "to bring into circle as discrete Hill connection," Robert Parry reports

 

 

 

SURVEILLANCE/FRINGE POSSIBILITIES:

 

 

US Navy is deploying the HAARP platform SBX-1 to hit North Korea with earthquakes

-you tube

 

Lunatic Head of Gun Organization Says 'It's Time to Hunt Democrats 'Colorado right-wing nut Dudley Brown outdoes himself with inflammatory statement.

 

 

Mass Incarceration + Silence = Genocide. 

Michelle Alexander's book The New Jim Crow takes us in the right direction to understanding mass incarceration -- but it doesn't go far enough. "It is essential to not fall into seeing the necessary resistance movement being a rerun of the movement that broke the back of Jim Crow."

 

 

Top scientists to Obama: Ban mutation experiments that will make avian flu more infectious

 

HUMOR/WEIRD STUFF:

 

 

Florida Man Kills Girlfriend As Astrology-Motivated ‘Sacrifice’