Friday 27 September 2024
Monday 2 September 2024
Why All The Home-less? What Can We Do?
Hoisting the canoe
Onto my shoulders
Wobbling to the lake
Splash! It plunges into the water
Paddling in clear clean water
A relief
A re-lease
Bliss
Landing on the island
Setting up my home: my tent
Protected from the rain
And bugs
But not from bears, coyotes, foxes...
Or the bull frog that pounds on the "door" at 3 a.m.
"Let me in" or maybe he said
"Get off my land" lol
On the way home across the lake
I, again, see all the huge cottages
Better labelled as "second homes"
I am astonished and disgusted every time
At the in-justice, the greed, the unconsciousness
Especially when I arrive in the city
Riding my bike, I'm surrounded by tents
Ripped, dirty, in need of repair
Just like those that occupy them [and all of us]
Perhaps they lost their jobs
Or couldn't exist on the parenthetically low minimum wage
Or are refugees of the climate emergency
Or maybe I'm in Gaza: look at all the tents [that don't stop the water from coming in!]
Where the entire population has to keep moving
Or they will be murdered by the IDF
By the way, they still will be!
Even after moving to "safe zones"
Relocating even 15 times!
Or the 15000 Palestinian homes that have been stolen and demolished
In the West Bank by armed settlers and the IDF
They are worse than "just" home-less
10,000 from West Bank imprisoned
Home-less: and tortured, raped yet not charged!
We can watch on our big screen TV's in our warm homes.
We need a system change: not charity
A livable minimum wage, unions run by the workers,
Less capitalism and cops and more social programs
Less bombs and more food
The home-less "are Jesus" and Jesus is the home-less:
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat,
I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,
I was a stranger and you invited me in,
I needed clothes and you clothed me,
I was sick and you looked after me,
I was in prison and you came and visited me.
...Whatever you did for one of the least
Of these...you did for me."
Matthew 25: 35-36 NIV
Thursday 11 July 2024
Peace Not NATO - It's Time To Fight For Peace And Disband NATO
The food bank line
Seems to never end
The manager says the clients
Have more than doubled in the last year
My illiterate Afghani adult students
Struggle to write their names
Glad to be in Canada
They gush with gratitude to their teachers
NATO destroyed their country
Trudeau assures Canadians today [July 10, 2024]
That "we" will meet the 2%
Handing over of OUR money to the hate machine
More like stealing OUR
"Hard earned dollars" - which they are
We need to say enough is enough
Demanding OUR labour is for good - not profit and destruction
Complacency is finished
We need to educate
And devour the lies
That NATO/military are 'forces' of good
The world [including nature] suffers
As profiteers cheer with glee
As stocks soar
Along with Gazan body parts at another school attack
It's time to fight back
No time for hope-less-ness
It's time for act-i-on
In words and deeds
The over $1.2 trillion spent on murder
Needs to satisfy OUR needs
As the climate emergency scarily escalates
We need to hound our politicians
The media that reassures that all is well
Must be countered
We need to be thorns in the sides
Of the profiteers and liars
We need to be en-gaged citizens
But I wonder why my MP never returns my calls
Let us still persevere and encourage others to as well
For all is not well
But it can be
Don't lose hope
Stay engaged
Fight back!
Peace not NATO!
More hope is found in the words of the Jewish prophet Micah:
But as for me, I am filled with power,
with the Spirit of the LORD,
and with justice and might
to declare to Jacob his transgression,
to Israel his sin.
Hear this, you leaders of the house of Jacob,
you rulers of the house of Israel,
who despise justice
and distort what is right;
who build Zion with bloodshed
and Jerusalem with wickedness.
"I am planning disaster against this people,
from which you cannot save yourselves."
Micah 3
Saturday 30 March 2024
Friday 22 March 2024
WAR Is A Racket
In the game of war
It's played like a game
Lives tossed in to the furnace
Of profits
The companies know well
The share holders jump with glee-full sounds
At the sounds
of bombs dropping
The companies win
As stocks sky rocket
As rockets burst through the sky
As rockets burst into the child lining up for a little morsel of food
The profiteers sit back
With full stomachs
Belly aches from so much excess
Sore backs from sedentary lives, minds, and hearts
They don't go to war
No - the poor are sent off
No jobs
No choice [you know: cut social programs, keep wages low, move factories for cheaper labour]
The media, which the rich own
Which owns us
Our minds and
Therefore our souls
Convinces us
That we are good
And those over "there" - wherever "there" is
Are bad
It might be Gaza, Iraq, Iran, Russia, China, Mars
But we are all-ways right-eous
We all-ways know best
And, of course, we want to help/save those poor bastards [so we are so easily convinced]
For we don't believe in sin
We are beyond sin
We are pure
And, of course, we bring "demo-crazy"
With "the rule of law"
As our guide
We will save you all
You will thank us one day
Our minds are bleached
Our hearts are filled with gadgets
And denied pain
If only we could see the mad-ness
Of murdering
If only we had com-passion [feel with]
Instead of moral superior-ity
Judging instead of be-ing with the suffer-ing
The mom who holds her dead baby
A baby who starved because we dropped bombs and not food
Did she profit?
She screams in agony
She weeps
Oh Gaza, dear Gaza [or fill in with other]
Why do they hates us?
Forgive me my child I could not feed you
My breasts dried up
I have not eaten for months
I have not had a drink of water
My mind and body and heart and soul are traumatized
They have taken away our food, water, land and re-placed with bombs
They must have no eyes
No ears
No heart
Or is it they have no soul?
As they go on in their busy petty self-indulgent circles
Tuesday 23 January 2024
Creating Soil: Cover Crops And Wormies Will Help You!
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| Cover crops provide a home for extremely beneficial "insects" and more! |
We all want "better" soil or at least to maintain the wonder-full soil we have - if we do. As crops are taken out of the soil, they remove soil, nutrients and water from the soil. So we need to continually [key word] add these and more to the soil.
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| Field radish [daikon]grown to loosen subsoil |
- to protect the soil from 'the elements'
- to build the soil through the addition of nutrients and organic matter
- to smother/kill weeds through the dense growth of the cc - and the allelopathic actions of them
- to loosen/break up the soil via deep rooted cc's,
- fight erosion
- maintain moisture
- radiation protection
- prevent leaching and volatilization of nutrients
- scavenge nutrients [especially N, P]
- carbon sequestation/fight the climate emergency
- provide home for predatory insects
- provide pollination for bees, butterflies, others
- fight pests/diseases
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| Fall rye planted in rows of Rau Ram |
The grower needs to determine which 'actions' are the most needed. Some farmers, like local organic grain producer Ray Halma cover all bases by planting mixes - consisting of 14 different plant seeds. I am also experimenting with General Seed Company's Nitro Winter Cocktail . Their website is also a wealth of information of any cover crop your heart and soil! may dream of.
A few examples for growing in the Northeast include, but not limited to:
N source: red clover, hairy vetch, berseem, sweet clover, alfalfa, peas
Soil builder: rye grass, sweet clover, sorghum-sudan grass, rye
Erosion fighter: rye, rye grass, white clover, oats
Subsoil loosener: sorghum-sudan grass, field radish [daikon], sweet clover, alfalfa
Weed fighter: sorghum-sudan grass, rye, ryegrass, buckwheat
Pest fighter: rye, sorghum-sudan grass. One audience member suggested that wire worm can be killed using black sesame.
More areas to consider include: the impact on the soil: we can look at subsoil impact, freeing up P & K and loosening the top soil. Looking at the soil ecology we should consider both the present condition of the following along with what we want to accomplish in the area of nematodes, disease, allelopathic effect and choking of weeds. Other important considerations include the attraction of beneficials, how well the cc's bear traffic and the length of the growing window.
The cost of seed also needs to be considered. It also should be noted that grasses produce much more organic matter than legumes do. And while grasses take up/scavenge N left over from previous crops, N is less likely to be released for a crop grown immediately after the cover crop is grown.
Mixing grasses with legume cc's in your cropping systems helps alleviate the N-immobilization effect. This can lead to more dry organic matter and erosion control due the different growth habits of the species.
For more information, see the classic Canadian Organic Growers "Organic Field Crop Handbook". The Organic Science Cluster work is also a valuable resource.
For a totally different and, in some ways, complementary approach, Carolyn Merchant notes in The Death Of Nature that Renaissance behaviour treated nature as a "person-writ-large". And American-Indian tribes, like the Columbia Basin Tribes opposed the Europeans attitudes in the mid-1800s [prevalent today]. Smohalla [p.28] is quoted as saying:
You ask me to plow the ground! Shall I take a knife and tear my mother's breast? Then when I die she will not take me to her bosom to rest.
You ask me to dig for stone! Shall I dig under her skin for her bones? Then when I die I cannot enter her body to be born again.
You ask me to cut grass and make hay and sell it, and be rich like white men! But how dare I cut off my mother's hair?
Tuesday 17 October 2023
Tuesday 10 October 2023
Sunday 27 August 2023
Shhh! Listen... The Forest Is Calling...
The trees are whispering
Come
Come
Join us
I heed the call
The chatter continues
I listen
I collapse with joy
The soil smells gorgeous
Life begins here
I am honoured to touch creat-i-on
The trees clap with joy
I meet an Albanian girl
Gathering nuts as I am
Shhh! Listen... chirping?
High in the trees we hear life calling out to us
"What's that?" I ask her
"An eagle" she responds...
"It's a tree frog"
We leap with joy along with the trees
Talking to frogs with suckers on their feet
Talking to insects
The forest is so full of life
Come play with us!
Wednesday 6 April 2022
Covid Authoritarianism: The Liberals, "The Left" Smugly and Gladly Get In Line
*warning 1: this is neither pro or anti vaccination
*warning 2: this is non-partisan
*warning 3: I am very smug, LOL {why is it "wrong" to use LOL in "real" writing?}
The "liberal", "left wing", "progressive" narrative about Covid is so extremely smug, self-righteous, arrogant, unquestioning, silencing of opposing ideas and science, etc. ad nauseum! Yet, may I ask who has even looked at the vaccine trials? Isn't it presumptuous to say you are "pro-science", "evidenced based" etc. ad nauseum [google translation: BARF] when you merely follow claims you heard from CDC or WHO [btw, both are funded by BigPharma!] or some "liberal" pharmedia?
To see the trials, follow these links:
Should "journalists", "science writers", "scientists", "doctors" etc. not be open and want to hear a different perspective? Shouldn't there be open debate? Shouldn't governments and pharmaceutical companies be questioned? Is not the ideal of "science" to present a hypothesis and to prove/disprove it - and continue to do so?
"Science" has never been about truth - rather about what the funder determines. It used to be mainly for the war machine and now Big Pharma/Big Ag etc. has funded and taken it over - see, for example, The Real Anthony Fauci by the environmental/human rights lawyer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. This book is #1 on Amazon despite all the censorship.
The only science that is not biased toward industry, war, consumerism, profiteering may be climate science and perhaps biology. But what good has the reality of climate chaos done to alter the violence of industry/colonialism/empire/profit/war/.... domination of "man" over nature [including fellow humans]?!
What happened to the adage All Governments Lie [I.F. Stone]? And, yet, a major participant in the film, Democracy Now silences questioning of the pharmedia narrative - even mocks anyone who does. The hostess Amy Goodman, blames/puts down the unvaccinated with glee. Any mention of non-BigPharma therapies, such as Ivermectin are shot down in true dogmatic evangelistic style.
Isn't it "odd" that Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson, and others allow voices to speak - with respect?! Rogan has interviewed pro-vaccination "medical professionals" who describe alternative therapies to prevent and treat Covid. Peter McCullough, the most published cardiologist in the world [over 1000 publications] is one of them. He cites over 60 studies that support using Ivermectin and 30 double-blind trials also. Should not the lame-stream media [thanks Trump, lol] at least consider these studies and have him on their show? Yet, "critics" [selective] like Jesse Brown condemn journalists for not being "investigative", which he is correct about, yet he is also glee-full to join Amy in invalidating any questioning of the Covid "narrative". All of CIUT and CBC fall into line - though CBC has a "science" show - "Quirks" and a "medical" show also. Lazy and dogmatic media reps are not journalists but ideologues.
Instead, pussies [quoting South Park - so don't sue me] like Neil Young and Joni Mitchell boycott Spotify for such "fake news". Isn't it wiser to examine the evidence - you know, "evidence based" ... "science based". NO - these lazy smug celebrities, media elites follow what told - without question. They follow organizations - not trials, studies, etc. How is this evidence based if you have not examined the evidence [even if it IS controlled by the one selling their product [hmmm - shouldn't that make one question - in of itself?!
And what is authoritarianism? Well let's consult the "authority" [wikipedia]:
Authoritarianism is a form of government characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in the rule of law, separation of powers, and democratic voting.
Hmmm. Sound familiar?
Finally, let's sum the smugness described earlier with the depiction of hybrid fueled car owners [EV cars today] on South Park. Infatuated with them-selves - smelling their own farts - so "full" of "them-selves" - literally and figuratively!
Smug alert people!
Thursday 1 April 2021
TRANS - FORM Society Not/And Your Wee Wee?
Chop
Bye Bye Wee Wee
So long old friend
What makes a boy?
What makes a girl?
Why can't a boy wear a dress?
Why can't a boy like dolls?
Why can't a boy be like a doll?
Why can't a doll be a boy? [not a military tough guy]
Do girls really like pink?
Can't real men talk about feel-ings?
Who cares?
It all fits in-to the stereo-type/boxes
Of boy/girl
Of one or the other
Going to the job interview
The man says he feels like a wo-man today
So he wears a dress and heels
Let's just say, he didn't get the job
Is this not in-sane?
A society built on image
No sub-stance
No know-ing [of the feel-ings/thoughts/body/spirit/soul]
[why all the se-par-a-tions?]
"I wanna keep my wee wee", says the ________
But I still want to wear a dress and earrings
You might not like my wee wee
But can't you look past that?
But why can't we value depth?
Character over some society-sanctioned "value[s]"?
Just an-other robot con-forming
With-out making connect-i-on-s
Commodify-ing our bodies - minds - spirits - soul
Be this - Do that - Follow - Obey
"Be like _____ "
Where's my MAKE - UP?
May-be I feel like a girl
But what is a girl?
Can't a boy like to be gentle, caring and may-be
"God forbid" - even CRY?
I still have my wee wee
And I can cry
And I can connect
And I can love
"Mommy, can I please keep my wee wee and still be a girl?"
"Only if you're a good boy, Johnny."
Sunday 17 January 2021
It's Not The Cow - It's The How!
The animals are confined and fed mainly soy and corn that are grown off site, and hauled great distances to the "farm" [or jail some would say]. These cows fart a lot as the corn and soy cause digestion problems - increasing e-coli in the gut. Ruminants were 'made' to roam and eat grasses - not GMO grains/beans. The 'food' is sprayed with glyphosate, which causes cancer, disrupts the microbiome and also damages the microbiology of the soil Nice! See other posts for a more detailed discussion, along with references.
The 'waste' from the animals pollutes the land, water ways and leads to algae blooms and destruction of fish habitat.
To grow the soy and corn, fossil fuels are the source of pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers and transport which emit more carbon. But there are better ways. And when the soil is tilled, more carbon is released.
Enter 'regenerative farming'. Briefly, this system, when following 'holistic management' practices, moves the animals around the land. "Mob grazing", as bison and others naturally did/do - pulling on and chewing perennial grasses. The pulling stimulates growth and the animals' saliva, pee and pooh [excuse the technical terms] add bacteria, organic matter and nutrients to the ground. Rotating the animals before they completely devour the plants ensures the plants continuing growing.
There isn't tilling of the soil, which would release the stored carbon and disrupt the soil structure and ever important bacteria/fungi balance in the soil. The plants transport carbon to the soil through extensive root systems [some, such as alfalfa, can go down 7 meters!], nourished and stimulated by the animals. Since these plants and soil are not disturbed through tilling, the carbon is stored in the soil.
Such farms actually build soil. And this soil sequesters carbon from the atmosphere - unlike the 'conventional' farm which produces dire amounts of carbon! The soil/life is regenerated. The micro-organisms in the soil - the key to all life - multiply and "are very happy, indeed!". [I know, they told me so!]
A good example of a farm practicing regenerative farming and reducing carbon is White Oaks Pastures in Georgia, USA. Their research quantifies both the release and storage of carbon on the farm. [chart used with permission].
This system is a very viable way, not only to stop carbon emissions at site, but to reduce world emissions. It can be done now and throughout the world. No other known 'carbon capture' system can perform such a function. Most capturing presently employed is used to get more fossil fuels from the ground - which then cause more carbon - rather than actually reducing/storing carbon.
For more information about beneficial growing practices, along with some issues of growing soy for the "Impossible" burger, veganism and/or a plant based diet, see this site and also here.
Friday 21 August 2020
Israel Continues To Oppress The Palestinians. Thanks be to Trump and The Silent World.
The UAE is working out a deal with "Israel"
To stop further annexation of Palestinian land
Or so they pre-tend
It's all an imaginary world
More like a night-mare
Canada remains silent like a fear-ful abused child
While Trump and the US continue
Biz as usual [all US leaders unabashedly give $billions]
Apartheid in Palestine
Too bad the Jews
Are not real Jews
They are mere national-ists
Stealing land
Plowing down homes
Confining a nation behind concrete walls and barbed wire
Requiring permission [from armed soldiers] to come and go
What does the Jewish religion say
about Israel's violence, greed, deceit, oppression .... ?
"Their evil deeds have no limit;
They do not plead the case of the fatherless...
They do not defend the rights of the poor.
Should I not punish them for this?" declares the Lord. - Jeremiah 5
Not very affirming to the past nor the present oppression!
And there's lots more where that came from!:
"They trample on the heads of the poor
As upon dust on the ground
And deny justice to the oppressed. ....
Now I will crush you
As a cart crushes when loaded with grain. ...
They do not know how to do right", declares the LORD,
"Who hoard plunder and loot in their fortresses."
An enemy will overrun the land;
He will pull down your strongholds
And plunder your fortresses." -Amos 2,3
Wednesday 29 July 2020
Tuesday 14 April 2020
COVID19 Wakes People Up To Domination By The Rich
Get in lineTime to vote
So: once every 4 years
Some-body 'might' listen
We'll vote in
One MAN
To lead us
For we are help-less
Districts will be redrawn in U.S.
Gerrymandering will keep the poor
As poor
The rich in power
But we all feel good
We live in a demo-crazy
We are so 'free'
Unlike those chumps
In Russia
At least they get a day off
To vote
For Putin
As the old are dying from COVID19
The poor have no where to 'physical distance'
The factory farm workers
Are packed in like the pigs 'they' murder
For you
For cheap meat
We hu-mans are so superior
Exceptional
Americans are not ex-ceptional
Thought they claim other-wise
With 1000 military bases around the world
"The most power-ful nation"
Not the most just
With the most prisoners
Not the most loving
With 1 in 4 [at least] in poverty
Isn't it time to re-volt
Isn't it time to MAKE
OUR countries
OUR own?
Capitalism is about profit
At any cost: enslaving all
Including [devouring] the air, land, water
Never satisfied
The lack of 'public' health "care"
Which the rich don't need
Should wake us up
To bring down the rich
As Trump and his team
Lower migrant workers' wages
And increase Tyson's murder speed of killing chickens
From 145 to 175 per MINUTE
The sanctity of LIFE
Is crushed --------------- murdered
Time to rise up
Time to crush this system....with God's approval:
Thursday 9 January 2020
Soil Essentials: Feed, Cover and Make The Worms Happy!
Without life-filled soil we are all dead.
Today's Big Ag, civilization, war, cars etc. are covering and destroying the soil/earth.
So how do we ensure good soil? And what is good soil?
Take 2 handfulls - you now have more micro-organisms in your hands than all the people on the planet [if it's good soil!]! Good soil can be described as 'loam' - avoiding the extremes of sand and clay. Full of fungi, bacteria and micro-organism: it is an entire world unto itself.
1. We need to feed the soil. Organic matter is essential to add to all soil types. These can be leaves, cover crops, manure, humanure [see previous post on how to make], blood meal, bone meal, ... basically any "organic" matter. Minerals can also help the soil. These all build the structure of the soil and some, like manure, provide needed bacteria, along with nutrients.
Because few farms have animals on them, providing precious manure, soils in Southern Ontario and NE U.S. are losing and compacting their soil. Looking at the fence line, farmers see it is much higher that the field, farmers attest at a recent EFAO conference. This is bad news and the obvious consequence of excluding animals from the system.
The type of soil plays a role in what is needed but these are general guidelines that will help most if not all soil types.
2. Cover the soil. Like our skin in the hot sun, it needs protection. The sun, wind, rain can all damage and wash away the precious top soil. Mulches and cover crops are essential to protect the soil. These are also key in weed and pest control.
Gardeners should keep the soil covered with leaves or straw all year. Moving the material to make way for rows ensures food for the earthworms all year. If planting plants, just move the material, put the plant in, then bring the material to the base of the plant. You will be amazed how quickly the soil improves and love the weed free gardening. The "No Work Garden" as Ruth Stout proclaimed years ago in her book. This will save you more work than anything you can imagine, while building the soil too!
While most earthworms are not native and destructive in the wild, they do most of the work for the gardener/farmer. They eat the organic matter, poop it out, tunnel, aerate, turning the "waste" into "gold".
Lastly, a soil with lots of organic matter hold water up to 20x than those without. With the climate catastrophe upon us, this is vital. It also prevents over-watering which can bring up salts from the earth which degrade the soil. So, again, you can save work by doing the above suggestions!
Healthy soil = healthy plants = healthy humans/non-humans. If the plants are strong they can withstand many weeds and pests. And plants do produce natural deterrents to fight off these. They also produce chemicals that attract others also! And guess what? Good soil is an amazing carbon sequester! Manure is essential to building great soil: demonstrating the need for them in the cycle of life, as organic farmer Joel Salatin attests through practice.
Saturday 28 September 2019
Climate Dis-ruption: Youth Demand Change While The World Drives By
Listen!The youth have spoken
As they teach their elders
Who are lulled by convenience and greed
Protest around the world
We need to change
No more status quo
No more flights of self-indulgence
Yet the politicians
Are the fossil fuel and corporate executives and lawyers
Thanks Trump, Ford, Brazil....
Mean-while we cry help-less-ness
But the youth say
Stop fucking around
They know they will starve, gasp, ...
But we can't accept any more empty lame promises
In Canada, the lies continue as an election approaches
Andrew Sheer is not sheer at all [not transparent, but is unqualified and full of non-sense]
Wider highways will reduce congestion and pollution
WTF?
Trudeau uses OUR money
To build a pipeline {at least $5,000,000,000}
And uses the LAW to force it through
LAW and ORDER, indeed [all ways on side of corporations, the rich ... let's be honest, made by them, for them....lobbyists, judges {who are part of them}]
Dem0-CRAZY!
The fat lady at the pool
Re-fuses to NOT fly to Florida
"I'll be dead before things get really bad"
some say: "Canadians aren't as bad as Americans". What???
It's time WE all change. But what change? Try these on a personal level but corporations/governments need massive overhauls. Remember the US military is the largest polluter [and killer] in the world!
- Don't drive [or at least do multiple stuff during trips if "have to drive" [i.e. plumbers etc.] And get smallest more fuel efficient car: hybrids/electric a little better.
- Don't fly. Check out your own area instead. And preserve your area from destruction by building more highways, houses, dumps, ...
- Buy organic and/or sustainable agriculture food. Local is best too. Grass fed meats/milk build the soil and make world better. See this blog and food site for more on this topic.
- Use public transit, bike, walk, car pool, etc.
- Get involved in community to make #4 more possible.
- Grow your own food. If you don't have land, join or start a community garden.
- Get rid of grass and plant native plants to feed the bees, birds, humans.
- Don't invest in any corporations. They all rape the earth and workers. Share your wealth and put money into local projects. Search "sabbath economics".
- Buy less. Buy used or share with others! Don't get the latest phones, pc's etc. Wars continue to get the rare minerals for devices; e.g. in the Congo, etc.
- Fix stuff - or start a community fix things group.
- Oppose war. [and, of course get involved politically]. War murders, pollutes, and is all ways about more resources for some and less for most. You don't "spread democracy and freedom" by murdering. Time to see through the corporate lies.
But do something NOW.
Tuesday 6 August 2019
Hiroshima: 74 Years Ago: What Has Changed?
Devouring our minds, spirits, souls
Demanding hatred
Embracing exceptionalism
Condemning others while doing/be-ing worse
Like good sub-missive whimps
The "leaders" obey the U.S.
"God forbid" they ask their people
Oh yea, democracy in action!
Isn't it time for corporations to stop making weapons
Shouldn't we be making the world better?
But what about the share holders?
I don't want to give up my 2 homes [so many have cottages!], my cars, my trips
Time to heed:
Monday 15 July 2019
Composting Toilet: Turning Turds Into Tomatoes: Save 20000L Water Too!
Is this an advisable and lofty design of our cities in the face of much more than 10% of world not having potable water? The flock of people leaving places like Honduras to go to the U.S., is largely due to the lack of water and droughts, brought on by Climate Disruption! Many in rural Canada and the U.S. also only have limited water. Much of the world has toxic water! So we should be grate-ful and ACT to protect and save ours.
"Waste water" systems are massive, very expensive structures. The composting toilet uses no water - so you don't pay for water - or "waste" it. "Waste" is no longer "bad" but a valuable "resource"! Instead of damaging water, land, you will now be making it better. And you will have free gold. Created by your-self!
The great thing is that you can easily [and not stinkily!] compost your poop. What's needed? Well you can buy "high tech" units which are self-maintained - so all you do is poop and enjoy the water savings! Some can be expensive but so are "regular" water-hogging toilets.
Here's how to do it for FREE! And the great thing with either route is you end up with wonder-ful compost you can grow food in or spread outdoors somewhere even if you don't have land.
Needed:
1. A pail [preferably around a 23L size - grape/wine do-it-yourself places have these; check grocery stores, etc]
2. Some absorbent material [for the smell - which is mainly from urine!]: leaves, wood chips, or sawdust all work well.
3. Something to sit on. Books work well - 1 under each cheek! Or you can use a reg toilet seat. You can also build a unit with a seat on it. I use bibles as the bible says the body is the temple of God. So this is a sacred place! :)
4. Somewhere you want to poop in. Beside your reg toilet is a great place. You can use the old one to stack your books on!
How?
1. Put about 5cm of the leaves, chips etc in the bottom of pail. Then do your stuff: 123PoopItOut! Wipe [if you like!]. Then add a couple of cm more of the chips etc. Put the lid on. Done!
2. When about 3/4 full, it's time to empty. Have a designated spot and dump it. It should only smell a little for a few hours. So don't put right on the edge of the property. The more chips etc. in it - the less the smell.
3. Rinse: fill 1/10 full or so and swish around. Repeat at least 5x. You can use detergent but don't necessarily need to. Any marks on side can be cleaned with leaves, grass etc. Or you can use a hose etc.
4. Try to leave in the sun for at least a few hours. Then put chips etc on the bottom and take back inside. Easy!
You have now saved about 20000L of water per person per year! It's a good idea to leave the pile for about a year if you live in the Northern Hemisphere. Experiment with size of pile [# of dump[ings] on it!]. 5 or so is good. You can get compost thermometers to be sure it reaches 140C to kill pathogens. But this isn't really necessary. Or just use after a year and don't grow leafy or rooting veg in it. Tomatoes etc love it!
It may seem scary at first: our cult-u-r-e of fecalphobia. But, like most habits, it's no big deal soon.
One thing that helps to reduce smell, but is NOT necessary, is to pee into a jug or small pail [if you don't have a pee pee]. This can be put directly on the roots of growing plants.
En-joy the "fruits" of your "labour"! :)
Saturday 29 June 2019
We MUST Defend The Poor And The Earth
So much of "spirituality", religion, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, etc. ignores both the poor and the devastation of our home: the earth. Yet, Judaism is to be founded on social justice principles as the prophet Jeremiah [ch. 5-6] demanded. Caring for Creation, of course, is protecting the poor. For the poor are the ones with the toxic landfill dumps, factories, carcinogenic air, land, water under, around, and over them.
Yet 'business as usual' is the trance.
Gotta work hard
Gotta buy that car
Have a kid
Governments, military and biz happily
Skip along.
Hand-in-hand.
Hidden hands.Hidden hand-shakes.
More money for bombs
Less for schools, hospitals, regulations, ...
And don't forget to cut funding for women's health-care
And control over THEIR OWN bodies. See last post and also here
Yet the Jewish scriptures reveal a contrary view of the world and God's demands on us:
God is 'pissed'. Israel, then, as now, ignore the demands for social justice.
[Breaking International Law to build 'settlements', oppress the Palestinians]
Likewise biz and governments, especially conservative right-wing ones follow suit.
Church, synagogue, mosque, temple, ... goers....pass by such demands.
How can they?
Then, and now, people want liars - from the pulpits
The biz head-quarters/pulpit
The military head-quarters/pulpit
Don't think/question/rebel!
Hiding behind cliches of God's chosen people
Most nations chant such empty and deceiving blurbs
Uniting the nation, the team, the ...
Against the enemy "the evil one".
Note the values
No talk of balanced budgets
Military contracts
Jobs
But justice: care for the poor
Freedom for the oppressed
Bad news for the oppressors
Bad news for exploitative economic/political/social/environmental 'systems'
But Good News: hope for the oppressed.
Let our lives be dedicated to fight oppress-i-on
To struggle with all life forms that the Creator entrusts to us
But this requires that the oppressor must be brought down.
Monday 20 May 2019
Men Still OWN Women's Bodies OR Do What I Say Or Go To Jail.
Men are still trying to tell women
What to think, do, feel, speak...
Controlling their bodies, minds, spirits, souls. [or so they think!]
Yet these men have no soul.
They say all life matters.
Except for the women [well, actually, anyone/thing out-side of them-selves].
She must obey.
Or suffer.
Life im-prison-ment for doctors who honour a woman
Docs can not even suggest abortion!
Free speech, my ass!
You can carry a gun
You can say you hate Jews, Blacks, ....
Second amendment or ?
But shut up, women .... or reason
We know best
We tell you.
We don't ask you.
We keep you out of OUR decisions
These men, clearly with little pee pees
Say "smaller government"
The market will solve everything
It's done wonders for pollution, climate disruption, 1 Billion starving, 6 people have 1/2 world's wealth
Yet they want government to control
Sex-u-ality and re-production
The bigger the military, the true killer of life
The better
No sex education in schools
Hmmm, wonder why girls get pregnant then?!
And it's evangelicals who very oft do
Or they use some other orifice so it's not a "sin"
Abortion is "biblical" see here , not that it matters necessarily
But these men hate life
They do all they can to wipe out every living organism
Climate disruption is not real, they decry.
Rape the forests
Rape the earth, water, air...
Rape the woman
Rape your 11 year old daughter
Rape and incest victims
Have to keep the organism alive
Thanks Dad
You're a good Family Man.
These men, and brain-washed women won't dia[2]logue.
Not listening or caring, they thrust their will on the "inferior" sex
Is this really a democracy where most of the population are silenced or ignored?
The lobbyists smile, "it sure is" la la la la...
Don't kid yourself
The rich and religious will still get great health care [which includes abortion]
The poor women, and oft poverty = coloured, will not be able to afford it
They will join the many women who die giving birth [u.s. one of world's highest infant and maternal mortality "rates" in "developed" world]
Isn't it time for revolution.
Keep the guns at home.
Put down the phone and u-n-i-te
Stop submitting!
Tuesday 12 February 2019
Canada: The 51st State Of The United States
As the Canadian government holds Huawei executive Meng Wanzhau, "China" retaliates by imprisoning Canadians. A Chinese official, clearly 'unhappy' says Canada is just part of the U.S. How true. While obeying the extradition law with the U.S., the U.S. does nothing as China retaliates. But good old Canada submits like a good servant. Leading the way is Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Chrystia Freeland, proclaiming how we must be a nation under law. Liberal MP John McKay, Chair of the Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, puppets the same: “It’s hard to make a trade deal with another country that doesn’t respect the rule of law,” McKay declared.
Yet "Canada" loves relations with Israel, that the 4th Geneva Convention, for example, has declared are breaking "the law" with its settlements. And since when does "Canada" care about the Yemenese starving and dying. Selling arms to wipe out another country are "a ok". Go Saudi Arabia!
Then we look at "Canada" [note the parenthesis: for the government does not represent the people! Why don't we have referendums on issues??? Oh yea: democrazy!] working with the U.S. to overthrow a democratically elected government in Venezuela! The Carter Center has declared their elections are fair and without corruption. Oh, but both Trump and Bush got in without the majority of votes. Hmm. Not to mention, it's the rich who influence the election...along with suppression of votes, gerrymandering, etc.It's okay for "us" but not for them.
Sure - install a right wing government that will allow U.S. oil companies to take their oil. Ah, oil. And the U.S. has out-rightly said that is what they want! Well, I suppose they are growing up and realizing it's better to be "honest". Ok: no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq...but we will destroy you with them!
Isn't it time to make Canada "great again". More pipelines are the answer. Forget pollution, climate change. Increase profits for the rich. Keep wages low. Follow other "world leaders". Don't ask or follow what your constituents want. And they call this democracy. "Representation" democracy is a sham. The well paid dictocrats do not represent us. We need participatory democracy where we have "a say". With tech we could! And we should! Short terms would keep them from getting too cozy! They should have problems sleeping at night - worried what "the people" might do.
A whole different system where WE run our countries could exist. Anarchism means that we are all equal and SHARE power. What a crazy idea! Now get back in line! Get back to work! Shut up! Don't think! Don't act! Let's go shopping! :)
Sunday 27 January 2019
Climate Change Proposal To Doug Ford, with love
A lame 'plan' from the Ford government is up for comments till January 28, 2019. So write them [up till 11:59pm]. The link has a comment 'button' for commenting. Here's a few key ideas taken from The People's Climate Plan.
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Commit to and invest in 100% renewable energy by 2030,
and stop spending taxpayers’ money on expensive, dirty energy sources.
Take advantage of low-cost electricity options, including the adoption
of energy conservation strategies and the purchase of Quebec water
power.7
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Do not misuse public money. Account for the money
that was raised in cap-and-trade auctions, which was earmarked for
things like public building retrofits. Do not spend $30 million in tax
dollars taking the federal government to court to fight a carbon fee
that will be returned directly to Ontario’s schools, hospitals and
households (an average family will receive $300 in 2019).8
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Create jobs and save Ontarians money by
accelerating the adoption of renewables, significantly increasing energy
efficiency programs, and restoring incentives for building retrofits
and the adoption of solar, heat pump and geothermal energy. Modernize
the building code to ensure new buildings achieve net-zero emissions by
2020.9
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Ensure that green transportation choices are accessible and affordable
for Ontarians, including reliable low-carbon public transport, electric
vehicles, supporting grid systems, and safe, active options like
walking and cycling.10
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Ensure Ontario’s long-term prosperity by taking full advantage of green tech opportunities and our skilled workforce.
Build infrastructure to help skilled workers in construction,
manufacturing and transportation secure long-term employment in clean
tech, rather than in polluting, fossil-fuel dependent industries that
are unreliable job providers.11
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Account for the social cost of carbon and choose an
effective way to fund green initiatives. Reconsider using our tax
dollars to pay polluters in a system that already failed when adopted in
Australia.12 Any system chosen should show reduced emissions in line with ambitious climate targets.
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Conserve and protect our cherished wilderness and green spaces
including Ontario’s Greenbelt. Protect at least 17% of lands and inland
waters by 2020; they are our most effective carbon sink.13
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Create a plan that is SMART - Specific, Measurable,
Accountable, Relevant and Timebound - including short and long-term
targets, concrete details, clear timelines, and a system to
transparently and frequently measure progress. Include ongoing
meaningful public consultation, e.g., a working group comprised of
academics, scientists, front-line workers and city representatives.
Tuesday 15 January 2019
Prolifers Are Not Pro-life And How To Convert Them
Listening to today's broadcast of We Are U of T , the show discussed the disgust with the anti-abortionists. Sadly, the argument is all-ways framed with respect to a women's right. While this may be true, such an argument, or more of a slogan, does not penetrate the 'pro-lifers' ears/minds/heart.
Why not? In a word: indoctrination.The pro-lifer has been told a dogma and steps in line to follow the leader - be it parents, church, mosque, politicians, etc. It is quite the task to get someone to listen who has such a 'solid foundation' of indoctrination.
Then comes the pro-choice woman, clearly full of privilege - a student of the University of Toronto - one of the most difficult schools in Canada to enter. She is full of herself. She is right. The others are wrong. While playing a victim, as many of the show's guests do, mainly claiming only Whites have privilege, she lauds her 'rightness' and their 'wrong-ness'. She does bring up some good points. But the 'attitude needs to go'! She is filled with hate for her 'enemies'...just as her enemies hate her.
So how can she reach and 'convert' the pro-lifers? Well, first, she should read the bible. That is what the pro-lifers supposedly use as a basis. The bible actually clearly states that abortion is right and the will of God. See my discussion, here. They will be shocked but still,"good luck with that". It is very difficult to discuss when someone thinks he/she is right.
And that includes the smug pro-choicer. [Not saying all - but the ones on the show certainly are]. We all need to listen, try to under-stand the "other". But if both "sides" think they are right...I'm sure the reader knows how that goes.
Perhaps a better approach is to focus on the fact that most pro-lifers are not pro-life at all. One third of Americans identify as evangelicals . If you want to dialogue with them, you need to understand the psyche and the bible. Like Eric Hoffer, in The True Believer states, all groups have unifying agents, such as hate, imitation, self-sacrifice, etc. This is true of both parties discussed above. But with the bible being mainly a social justice, anti-authoriatarian, anti-self-indulgence text, the pro-lifer is obliged to know and obey these principles. In fact, Jesus demands we die to our selves and for our neighbour. See my many articles for support .
Most pro-lifers support war. They support TAKING the life of fetues, children, women, men, animals, ... yet are against abortion! What? 2,000,000 dead in Iraq for U.S. imperial "interests". Well, gosh darn it, that is just fine! Driving, flying is just fine too. Devouring your neighbour, the Earth, all...just fine. Remember that driving is the #1 killer of kids in Canada/U.S. The list goes on - all fine. But don't kill the cells in a woman's body. Don't! Come on.
Oh, and don't take anti-biotics [anti-life] as they kill billions of bacteria = life. Oops...we need to be selective in what we 'classify' as 'life'. And let's forget that the body rejuvenates - literally rebirths itself - every 7 years. The amazing body is a war zone killing off living organisms without end: or we will end. But somehow the cells called 'fetus' are different.
They/we all need to make system changes that support all life. With over 50% of the U.S. budget spent on the military = death instinct = insanity = anti-life = * . It's time both sides: all strive for life. That means sacrifice. What? Take the bus? What I can't fly to Florida, Europe, ....?
Don't we all NEED to be truly pro-life? Most on the left and wherever they are wandering around, expect the government and corporations to change. But they take no personal responsibility. See other post here to see how to do better. We need serious structural changes so that the poor are not dying... so that the air is not dying...so that the insects are not dying...so that our gut biome is not dying [billions of life forms,again]...
We need to live as the punk band Flux Of Pink Indians said: "Striving To Survive Causing The Least Suffering Possible".
The end. Or is it? If we don't change it will be soon. Good luck everybody else, as the Asian woman driver says as she switches 7 lanes without signaling. Oops.....blame Family Guy for that one! Such insensitivity. That should be censored. I think Asians are the best drivers! Should that be censored for mentioning race? Oh yea, it's only ok to criticize the 'whites'. Oops again. Sorry about that. Where's Jordan Peterson when you need him?
Wednesday 5 December 2018
What Makes A Man?
It's really quite simple There's a little box
If you can fit through the little door
You are a [real] man
Most men make it through the little door
Sadly, so do many women
It's like a club
A real sad, dysfunctional club
In the box you find there are a lot of rules
A LOT! If you break any
You are instantly shamed, beat up, cast out, labeled
Maybe even raped
Strong
Tough
Leader
Stoic
It's okay and lauded to show anger
Violence is just and just-i-fied
Big trucks and fast cars are accessories [so are 'hot' 'girls']
Taking up a lot of space is mandatory
Domination is a great goal and character trait
Dominate nature with your truck, boat, plane, big house, big steak, ...
Dominate your girl friend
Dominate your kids
Be in control
Control others
But you don't need to show self-control
You can let that temper fly - a sign of strength and man-hood
Remember, many women are part of the boys club too!
Those that get ousted might show 'feminine', whimpy things like
gentle-ness
com-passion
empathy
vulner-ability
'soft-ness'
need
sad-ness
care
But who needs them in our club?
Even though many 'real men' battle depression
Even though they have no intimate friends
They won't reach out
That's what booze is for
That's what violence is for
"Let's go beat up that 'fag'/activist/'nigger' [remember lynching?!]/trans/["illegal"] immigrant/poor country/nature...."
Keep moving - keep running - from your-self
"I just wish I had someone to share my pain with"
"Why can't I touch an-other man without being condemned as 'gay'
"Why can't I cry?"
"Why must I amputate vital parts of my-self [so that others will accept me]?"
Living in fear
Living in fear of emotions other than happiness and anger
Living in fear of getting close
Living in fear of my real pain and lone-liness
Why can't I be authentic?
Why can't I like colours?
Why do you shame me when I tell you your words hurt me?
Why don't you call me when sad?
It takes more strength to be real
It takes more strength to show empathy
It takes more courage to be 'soft'
I won't let you control me
So let's go to the game
Let's yell as our team hits, beats, smashes the other team
We can bond through violence
Even better: let's go to WAR! - the ultimate show of strength and violence
Sunday 14 October 2018
Climate Change Is NOT The Problem: It Is A Symptom
Worse are those that proclaim everything is just fine. Proclaiming that we will still have enough food and that the world population will level out at 11 Billion results in more passivity. On "A Day In The Life of Earth" episode of The Nature Of Things we are assured that everyone is "moving up" the economic ladder. We are told there are 1 Billion rich. Hmm, actually things get worse every year. There are 6, yes SIX who own as much wealth as the other 3.5 Billion, according to Oxfam.
More people live in cities now than those in the countryside. That means less food grown by the majority. That means fewer hold control of our food supply. That means more toxic chemicals used and more destruction to the soil. Soil is life. Without nourishing the soil, the plants and animals "naturally", they deteriorate and become life-less and sick. And when we eat them, we become sick. C-A-N-C-E-R.
But how can the 9 Billion people [year 2050] be fed? What land will be left? Do we need to farm every possible mm of land? Farming devours the natural landscape which is essential to clean the air and water. There are OTHER non-human animals that deserve to live aren't there? Well, they can't live on farmed land. Organic or not! Though organic doesn't devour all the microbes in the soil, it still means wiping out forests, plains, etc. to grow food for humans. The rest of the eco-system suffers.
The world IS over-populated. This is the real problem. Look around. Is there drinkable water near you? Do the rivers flow to the ocean? Can you hear the frogs at night? Are you taking responsibility for your food, waste, transportation, etc.? Is the soil improving or becoming deserts? Are the animals healthy? Are the humans healthy? Is the air clean?
Humans - "civilization" - has invaded and shaped the geography of the land more than "nature" has. According to the same Nature Of Things show, 75% of the earth has been changed by humans.Where are 11 Billion people to go? Few people, who do have land, in Canada/U.S.even grow their own food. When asked why, many say, "it's so cheap in the store"..."I can't be bothered"... Sure you can get the Mexican to be your slave labourer. But is this fair? Is this just? Many just want to "play" in their retirement. Ignorance is bliss. I deserve.
I am entitled
I am narcissistic
Serve me
Jesus/Buddha/Mohammad/the universe will make it all better
Magical thinking
Everything is fine
Come with me
Let's fly to that beauty-full beach
Let's go for a Sunday drive
Life is good
I worked hard
I deserve
I
Me
It's all about ME
Tuesday 4 September 2018
Where Do The Children Play?
Friday 17 August 2018
Priests Rape : Who Needs To Go To Confession Now?
Finally the raping of kids by priests has hit the mainstream press. What do we expect of priests when they are "ordained by God" [as all religious/political leaders claim]? We must blindly obey them.
We MUST submit. Submit to God
Submit to "his representatives on earth"
Submit to priest, iman, guru, "spiritual" "leader"
Submit to parents
Submit to king
Submit to cops
"and so on"
Don't trust the kids
When they report uncle Billy touching them
Don't say such things
He is a christian/good man/party leader/....
Don't THINK such things!
Victims doubt them-selves
Trauma SILENCES
Parents silence
Religion silences
Military silences
Don't cause trouble
"Be" "nice" and quiet
Be a good boy/girl/worker
Go a-long
Trust authority
You must be wrong
You have a wild imagin-ation
Maybe it's time to see a psychiatrist
To avoid the pain
Johnny drinks and yells
A LOT
He's told to not feel
Especially as a man
"Be a man"
"Big boys don't cry" [or report]
"Get over it"
"Move on"
"It is what it is"
"Have a nice day"
Quoting the bible, koran, .....
"The authorities are appointed by God"
"Thou shalt not question"
"Thou shall submit"
Caesar, Hitler, Trump declare the same:
Obey - conform - fight for your NATION - hate - WAR [We Are Right]
Even the text [the bible] that authority say they obey, condemns them and what they do/represent:
Meanwhile Scott Pruitt told the American people to obey authority, "quoting" the bible...
Convenient!
Authority loves power - not justice - not love - not doing the right thing.
Let's hear these quoted from the pulpit - church/mosque/state/school/twitter....
Saturday 30 June 2018
Ford: Guess Who's Subsidizing Polluters Now?
The first thing Doug Ford, Ontario's 26th premier did was to end Ontario's cap and trade and emission reduction programs. Yet he says he knows we want clean water, air....Connection, Doug!Just like Trump, Ford is attacking the people. We are part of the air, land, water....We are dependent, like children on our environment: our habitat. You are not for the people when you attack and support those destroying our habitat. Let's remember we share it with infinite other beings - to whom we are dependent and should be grate-ful for.
The elimination of cap and trade will "cost" Ontario between $2 and $4 Billion!!!
So where will this lost money come from? He did not account for this - or much - but was still elected. Duh! What an uneducated public! Did Mike Harris and Harper not do enough damage?
Oh, but we need more attacks: let's reduce the price of gas by 10 cents. Hmm. Who will pay for that then?
That's about $1.19 Billion . So the taxes that were going toward roads, social services, etc. will be lost. They will be made up through cuts to social programs. "Oh, but I'm here for the little guy [sic]". Lies.
The car is the major polluter today [well, the drivers are, really]. Not only do we have 2000000 dead in Iraq for the oil, ISIS as a result, 4-5,000,000 refugees [Iraq alone!]....but drivers kill 1,300,000 people yearly worldwide. And that is not talking about the wiping out of entire eco-systems for roads, mines for resources for the roads, oil spills, Tar Sands devastation, water, land, air pollution.... When will it end?
Time to at least get out of the car, support other forms of transportation....get involved politically....locally and nationally. See other posts for ideas. Time to defeat the old adage: Give me convenience of give me death