Nothing Left to Steal

SUBHEAD: Shortly thereafter everyone realizes that the chips they are holding are not all that valuable any more.By Dmitry Orlov on 18 March 2011 in ClubOrlov - (http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2011/03/nothing-left-to-steal.html)Image above: Ceramic poker chips for sale at 67¢ a piece. From (http://www.pokerchiplounge.com/poker-chips/ceramic-poker-chips.html).Michael Betancourt is an intellectual:

Interview with Ellen LaConte

SUBHEAD: Eco-economies are local and regional, place-based, functionally self-reliant, interdependent, mutually supportive, regenerative, restorative and resilient.By Robert Jensen on 8 March 2011 in Energy Bulletin - (http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-03-08/listening-life-it%E2%80%99s-too-late-interview-ellen-laconte)Image above: "Mother Earth" by Stephen Alcorn (2005). From (http:/

Unsustainable Modern Capitalism

SUBHEAD: An interview with John Perkins, author of "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man".By Anthony Wile on 27 February 2011 in The Daily Bell -(http://www.thedailybell.com/1791/Anthony-Wile-with-John-Perkins-on-His-Best-Selling-Book-Confessions-of-an-Economic-Hit-Man-and-the-Unsustainability-of-Modern-Capitalism.html)Image above: Still from video of John Perkins interview. See below.Introduction:

2011 – A Pivotal Year?

SUBHEAD: The denials that significant change is coming continue.By Tom Whipple on 29 December 2010 in Falls Church News-Press - (http://www.fcnp.com/commentary/national/8133-the-peak-oil-crisis-2011--a-pivotal-year.html)Image above: The senior 2011 class at Duke University. From (http://www.dukemagazine.duke.edu/dukemag/issues/111207/depobs.html). Wall Street is getting nervous. As oil prices

2012 - Crossroads for Humanity

SOURCE: Jonathan Jay (jonathan@dakauai.com)SUBHEAD: The banking elite are designing a no growth economy to follow industrial consumer capitalism to be controlled by carbon credits.[Editor'd note: This is a long article but worth the read. It is a work in progress leading to a book titled "2012 - Crossroads for Humanity". This version was posted this past February but an ongoing edited source can

America, y ur peeps so dum?

SUBHEAD: America's cultural ignorance and the need for courage in the age of Lady Gaga.Image above: Ignorant and proud of it. The gang from MTV's "Jersey Shore". From (http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Jersey-Shore-Season-1/13628).By Joe Bageant on 7 December 2010 in Joe Bageant.com -(http://www.joebageant.com/joe/2010/12/america-y-ur-peeps-b-so-dum.html#more)If you hang out much with thinking

The World Liberals Made

SUBHEAD: The death of the liberal class cuts citizens off from the mechanisms of power.Image above: Liberals have their heads on upside-down. Mashup of John Kerry. From (http://www.freakingnews.com/John-Kerry-Pictures-65253.asp).By Chris Hedges on 25 October 2010 in Truthdig - (http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_world_liberal_opportunists_made_20101025)The lunatic fringe of the Republican