LABOR DAY~SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

LINKS BY GEORGE NEWSLETTER

For the past 9 years 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. My early influences included

 networking articles from the 60's counterculture where a truly holistic newspaper

included perspectives of a new age and cultural renaissance as well as the need

 for political activism and environmental awareness.

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LIFESTYLE/ ARTS/ CULTURE/ ETC:

EVENTS:

The Grateful Dead Tribute Weekend 2013~Sept. 20th-22nd NY

Stanislav and Christina Grof in Basel Switzerland Anomalous Phenomena Observations from Consciousness Research Challenging the Current Scientific Worldview, Sept 27

HIGH CONSCIOUSNESS:

Scientists Uncover Evolutionary Past of Hallucinogenic 'Magic' Mushrooms By Catherine Griffin

Entheogenic EsotericismWouter J. Hanegraaf, AcademiaFor a carefully reasoned discussion of the entheogenic uses of psychedelics.

A Revolution in Consciousness by Beau Deeley Experiential journalist Rak Razam talks with journalist and filmmaker Charles Shaw (the Exile Nation) about the consciousness revolution and the value of the psychedelic and shamanic experience in today's culture–on the point of global collapse.

Psychedelic Science 2013 conference videos are beginning to be uploaded.

Psychedelics Don't Cause Mental Health Problems—And They Might Keep You Sane New study concludes psychedelics do not increase the risk for mental health problems—and links their long-term use to decreased psychological problems

LSD and Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous

                                                             

Philosopher Gerald Heard on LSD

                                                                     

At 82, he's the world's most eminent pot scientist

What is Wrong With Our Culture [Alan Watts]

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

Why Not Ecstatic Culture? Bill Pfeiffer, Reality Sandwich Humankind has the capacity and know-how to create Earth-honoring cultures. We did this successfully for at least 100,000 years so why not do it again in a new way for new times?

New Realities

Petition Appeal to Revoke the1493 Papal Bull Inter Caetera. Papal Bulls are decrees or "solemn edicts" granted by the Vatican. The bulls we are concerned with essentially sanctioned 15th century Portuguese and Spanish genocide campaigns into Africa and the Americas. These decrees established Christian dominion and subjugation of non-Christian "pagan" peoples and their lands (Newcomb, 1992).

Giving Everyone a Million Dollar Education Hugo de Garis, H+ Magazine The internet now allows books and journal articles to be downloaded for free using file sharing sites and the conversion of paper format documents into electronic format documents

Life Without War by James Vincent. An emerging evolutionary perspective suggests that nature and human nature are less "red in tooth and claw" than generally acknowledged by a competition-based view of the biological world. War is not always present in human societies Be nice. Evolution will punish you if you’re mean and selfish, says study Selfish people have short-term advantage, but co-operation and communication win out in the long term

Peace Drone Liz Stinson, Wired Drones have a lot of uses, but spreading peace and distributing drugs are typically not among them. Axel Brechensbuaer’s Peace Drone would deliver Oxycontin instead of Missiles

VAMACARA TANTRA 

         

 ARTS:

Icons of Compassion and Service

The Holy Alternative: Art as Medicine, Ritual, and Environmental Activism

The Source Family (2012): Documentary as cultural analysis

Paul McCartney with Carl Perkins: My Old Friend [Rare documentary] 1993                                                                

                                                                                                                                                 

ENVIRONMENT:

3,000 Arctic Reindeer Face a Mighty Water Crossing

Mind Your Mushroom by Aimee Ginsburg, Open Call them just another form of fungi if you want, but here is someone who expects them to save the world. In India with mycologist Paul Stamets

What Must be Done to Save Fukushima and the Pacific Ocean

New Fukushima Radioactive Leak Worst Since Original Accident. Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority now says a leak of radioactive water from a tank at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant Monday is a "serious incident" not just an "anomaly" as it was originally classified on an international scale

A Safe Place for Bees: Will US Follow Europe in Banning Hive-Killing Pesticides?

Russia Denies Greenpeace Ship Entry to Arctic Sea Route

Ecuador Allows Oil Drilling in Yasuni National Park Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has approved oil drilling in Yasuni National Park, signaling the collapse of an innovative trust fund that would have conserved this biodiversity treasure trove.

SCIENCE:

Nearly 20 Percent Of Scientists Contemplate Moving Overseas Due In Part To Sequestration

Probing the Brain’s Final Moment skelly Servick, science mag. What people experience as death creeps in – after the heart stops and the brain becomes starved of oxygen – seems to lie beyond the reach of science.

HEALTH:

7 Ways Booze Is More Dangerous Than Pot Pot is statistically less harmful than alcohol, and it's time to treat it that way.

Gokhale Method: Banish Pain by Relearning Proper Posture

Did You Know that Viruses are Saving Your Life Right Now?

Chaga, the Clinker Fungus: This Mushroom Looks Scary But Can Benefit Health

Millions Now Addicted to Dangerous Drugs for This Very Common Childhood "Disorder". ADHD Drug Emergencies Quadrupled in 6 Years. Misuse of Behavior-Modification Drugs Is Rising Dramatically

Causes Cancer in Lab Animals, But They Want You to Consume It Anyway to Slim Down Why Coke is a Joke—New Ad Campaign Defends Aspartame

Nutrition Labels Aimed to Dupe Consumers—And How to Tell What You're Really Eating When a sugary cereal like Count Chocula appears to be a healthy choice, you know something has gone terribly wrong with nutrition labels

How GMO Foods Will be Eradicated The Exciting Groundswell That's About to Topple Monsanto
                    

Be happy: Your genes may thank you for it. Be Happy: Your Genes May Thank You for It Mark Wheeler, UCLA In the first study of its kind, researchers examined how positive psychology impacts human gene expression.

       

10 Fascinating Things About Sex, Lust and Love You Probably Didn't Know Science has come a long way in understand sexuality. Here are some very interesting facts.

GLOBAL NEWS:

Fukushima Leaks Prompt Government to ‘Emergency Measures’ wresting control of the disaster recovery from the plant's heavily criticized operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co. "We've allowed Tokyo Electric to deal with the contaminated water situation on its own and they've essentially turned it into a game of 'Whack-a-Mole,'" Trade Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters today at Fukushima. "From now on, the government will move to the forefront."

Meet The Saudi Prince Who Finances the Murderous Egyptian Military, and Crushes Democracy in the Middle East.  The head of the Saudi Intelligence Agency helped finance the Egyptian military’s crushing of the Muslim Brotherhood and is a key source of arms for Syrian rebels

Who Is Evo Morales, The Man Offering Snowden Asylum. Morales rose to prominence as a leader of the Movement for Socialism (MSM) after he was popularly elected the country's first President of indigenous descent in 2005. He played a key role in national protests against the privatization of water supplies in Cochabamba in 2000 and similarly against the privatization of the country's robust gas resources in 2003.

French President Maintains Monsanto GMO-Corn Ban. For years now, France and other nations in the EU have taken a stand against Monsanto and GMO crops alike.

The Shutdown of ERT and Greece's Media Landscape: a Modern-Day Wild Wild West Michael Nevradakis, Truthout: The history of Greek broadcast media relations with the Greek government - including the latest scandalous closure of public station ERT - reflects troubling conflicts of interest and attempts at authoritarian control that predate and have continued through the present crisis

GMOs in water supply may be behind Fronterra botulism scare in New Zealand 

The Coming Global Revolution

Noam Chomsky | How Revolutionary Pacifism Can Preserve the Species Chomsky writes: "Can we proceed to at least limit the scourge of war? One answer is given by absolute pacifists, including people I respect though I have never felt able to go beyond that.

'Britain sold nerve gas chemicals to Syria 10 months after war began'

NATIONAL NEWS

GENERAL INFO:

Issues and Alibis

Before its news

"Lies the imperialists told us "The unspoken assumption behind the U.S. war plans against Syria

George Galloway on Syria - 2013

Did Putin Stop Obama? Putin to (Nobel Peace Prize Winner) Obama: 'Think About Future Syria Victims' The Russian president has expressed certainty that the strategy for a military intervention in Syria is a direct response to the Syrian government's recent combat successes, coupled with the rebels' retreat from long-held positions.."a large majority of scientists are receiving less federal help than they were three years ago, despite spending far more time writing grants in search of it. Nearly one-fifth of scientists are considering going overseas to continue their research because of the poor funding climate in America"

People of the World are Fighting Back By Finian Cunningham What the deluded Americans do not seem to realize is that they are on their own. The only entities willing to support their aggression on Syria is Saudi Arabia and Israel. 

Why Aren't Americans Fighting Back?

A CIA Hand in an American ‘Coup’? The U.S. government decries leaks, but the other side of the story is that key chapters of American history are hidden from the public for decades and maybe forever. The CIA has just admitted its 1953 Iran coup and may never acknowledge a role in ousting Jimmy Carter in 1980, Robert Parry reports.

Warnings of President Obama's Fast Tracking to Global Trade Zone. Under fast-track authority, there is no provision for Congress to modify the agreement by submitting amendments. Fast-track authority also treats the FTA as if it were trade legislation being negotiated by the executive branch, not as a treaty that would require a two-thirds vote from the Senate. The purpose is to assure foreign partners that the FTA, once signed, will not be changed during the legislative process.

The Conspirosphere has been buzzing about FEMA camps - mass incarceration/relocation centers - for some years now

Obama explains the FEMA Camps

The 11 Most Bizarre SWAT Team Raids The proliferation of SWAT team raids has resulted in a string of outlandish incidents.

Drug Agents Use Vast Phone Trove, Eclipsing NSA's. Shane and Moynihan report: "For at least six years, law enforcement officials working on a counter narcotics program have had routine access, using subpoenas, to an enormous AT&T database."

African American Amputee Assaulted and Mocked by Cops in Nebraska Police forced the man out of his car at gunpoint and assaulted him, he alleges in court.

Video released of Georgia guards beating prisoners with hammer

Civil Rights Leader Gloria Richardson Reflects on the 1963 March on Washington Richardson, who spoke - briefly - at the first march reflects on the movement, women's role and the continued struggle.

The US government has said it will not sue to stop the states of Colorado and Washington from legalizing recreational use of marijuana. This unprecedented decision steers federal priority away from the longstanding, reactionary U.S. war on drugs.

Marijuana Reforms Continue to Sweep the Nation at a Blistering Pace2013 has been an extremely busy year at the state level for marijuana.

Why the Elderly Should Get Marijuana Elders are the fastest growing population of medical cannabis users in the U.S, but questions have arisen over the use of the medicine within assisted living facilities.

13 Lies GMO Labeling Opponents Are Pushing to Keep People in the Dark Like bad robots, they’re spitting out the same old, tired lies, designed to scare voters into voting against their own best interests. Here's the truth behind their lies

Offshore Fracking Uproar Grows in California In Wake of Truthout Report Three weeks after a Truthout investigation revealed the approval of two hydraulic fracturing operations in federal waters off the Santa Barbara Channel, California lawmakers have demanded a federal investigation, and environmental groups discovered fracking has occurred in state waters, as well.

UPI: Fukushima plume to reach U.S. West Coast in months; Measurable increase in radioactive material — Study: Prolonged exposure for California lasting 10 years

West Coast Senators: Investigate the ongoing danger from the Fukushima nuclear reactors

Our Banks Own Airports, Control Power Plants and Much More -- How Can We Stop Them from Controlling the Lifelines of the Economy? Aren't there rules against that? And where are the banks getting the money?

North Carolina Charity Threatened with Arrest for Feeding Homeless People. A group that for years has handed out food to the homeless in Raleigh every weekend was threatened with arrest if they continued their charity work. This past Saturday, Rev. Hugh Hollowell and other members of Love Wins Ministries (LWM), a Christian organization based in Raleigh, shuttled over hot coffee and 100 breakfast sandwiches to feed the needy downtown 

There Are 24 Empty Houses for Every Homeless Person in America

West Virginia Woman Has Home Foreclosed On By Accident, All Furniture Trashed by Contractors The bank sent repo man to the wrong house, at the wrong address

One Day after 50th Anniversary of March on Washington, Record Number of Fast Food Workers Strike Nationwide 

A Dream Deferred: Minimum Wage Higher in ’63 than Today

America Is No-Vacation Nation The US is the only developed economy without legally mandated vacations and it’s costing our country more than just money.

WAR:

Lying war criminal confirms missile strikes against Syria but wants Congress to cover his back

Russell Brand Blasts Syrian War Disinformation

Chemical Hypocrisy: U.S. Aided Iraqi Nerve Attacks Decades Before Outrage At Syria Attack CIA documents show that the U.S. was complicit in chemical weapons attacks launched by the Iraqi military in the 1980s.

Syria: If US Attacks Us, We'll Attack Israel: By David Lev A coalition consisting of Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria would respond to any attack against Assad with a response against Israel. In addition, terrorist groups in Syria and Lebanon would attack Israel with full force.

Mindless and Extravagant "Support Our Troops" Display Doesn't Help Soldiers, But Does a Lot for Those Who Profit From War It's time to examine the "support our troops" rhetoric and understand it does little for those whose lives are at risk.

Drugs, steel, and MKULTRA: engineering the super-soldier

POLITICAL:

7 Outrageous and Downright Horrific Statements From the Right-Wing Fringe Just This Week "I'm against homosexuals pretending like they’re married." Will the homophobic, racist, sexist conservative noise never cease?

ECONOMIC:

Confidential Memo at the Heart of the Global Financial Crisis. Greg writes: "The Memo confirmed every conspiracy freak's fantasy: that in the late 1990s, the top US Treasury officials secretly conspired with a small cabal of banker big-shots to rip apart financial regulation across the planet."

SURVEILLANCE/FRINGE POSSIBILITIES:

Russell Brand Blasts MSM Lies in Mind-blowing Interview

It’s Time for Americans to Admit That We’ve Had a Coup d'état. The American people have suffered a coup d’etat, but they are hesitant to acknowledge it. The regime ruling in Washington today lacks constitutional and legal legitimacy. Americans are ruled by usurpers who claim that the executive branch is above the law and that the US Constitution is a mere "scrap of paper." . . . Like serfs in the dark ages, American citizens can be picked up on the authority of some unknown person in the executive branch and thrown in a dungeon, subject to torture, without any evidence ever being presented to a court or any information to the person’s relatives of his/her whereabouts.

9/11 Conspiracy Solved: Names, Connections, & Details Exposed!

Thirteen Things the Government Is Trying to Keep Secret from You By Bill Quigley Whether people are lying or do not know what they are doing, either way, this is a significant crisis.

Snowden Files: NSA Paid Millions to Cover Prism Compliance Costs for Tech Companies. MacAskill reports: "The National Security Agency paid millions of dollars to cover the costs of major internet companies involved in the Prism surveillance program after a court ruled that some of the agency's activities were unconstitutional."

It is 2015 -- Hello from Camp FEMA! A tongue-in-cheek tale from a future FEMS detention camp for malcontents -- no, it is not really funny, it is a terribly sad time for America.

The ploy to turn America into a giant walmart. Walmart's Latest Scheme to Replace the Middle Class With an Underclass Forced to Buy its Shoddy Goods Walmart's planned takeover of urban markets threatens to cut off other viable economic development options

Obama is bringing Martial Law to America in 2014!

US civil war is coming (E22) US Government "getting ready for civil war"; the experimental vaccines in your dinner; and that virus on your computer – the army now linked to systematic black ops against ordinary citizens.

                                                                                

   

This Is The Most Dangerous Time In Modern History – intelligence insider update—DOUG HAGMANN

              

 HUMOR/WEIRD STUFF:

McNugget Rampage - Security Cam