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Roger J. Wendell - Urumqi, Xinjiang, China

Here's me (the one with grey in his beard) visiting the Agricultural University at Urumqi, Xinjiang, China

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(Photo permission Chip Hedgcock)

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Welcome to the Anthropocene epoch!
Human activity has significantly altered/damaged planet Earth...

"Without major catastrophes like an enormous volcanic eruption, an unexpected epidemic, a large-scale nuclear war, an asteroid impact, a new ice age, or continued plundering of Earth's resources by partially still primitive technology (the last four dangers can, however, be prevented in a real functioning noösphere) mankind will remain a major geological force for many millennia, maybe millions of years, to come. To develop a world-wide accepted strategy leading to sustainability of ecosystems against human induced stresses will be one of the great future tasks of mankind, requiring intensive research efforts and wise application of the knowledge thus acquired in the noösphere, better known as knowledge or information society. An exciting, but also difficult and daunting task lies ahead of the global research and engineering community to guide mankind towards global, sustainable, environmental management"

- Paul J. Crutzen, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, Division of Atmospheric Chemistry

Scientists:
'No question' that man-made warming exists

Peak Oil:
"No amount of corn is going to save the Happy Motoring utopia..."

"Evidence now conclusively shows that Saudi Arabia's oil production was down 8 percent in 2006 over 2005, even while the number of oil rigs went up substantially -- indicating that the Kingdom is drilling as fast as it can and still losing ground. (Production slipped from 9.9 million-barrels-a-day to about 8.4 mm/b/d.) Mexico's Cantarell field is crashing (minimum 15 percent annual decline and possibly much steeper rate, meaning in a year or two the US will cease getting oil imports from its number two foreign supplier). The North Sea is crashing, too. Russia is about to show steep decline. Iran is past peak. Iraq, as every six-year-old knows, is the world's clusterfuck poster child. Indonesia (OPEC member) is now a net oil importer. Venezuela is past peak and full of loathing for the US. Nigeria is collapsing politically. No amount of corn is going save the Happy Motoring utopia, and that's really all our economy is now based on."

- Jim Kunstler
Singing the Vegetable Opera - March 5, 2007

USA Patriot Act
CNN, March 9, 2007: "The FBI is guilty of 'serious misuse' of the power to secretly
obtain private information under the Patriot Act, a government audit said Friday."
(It's okay, I wasn't using my Civil Liberties anyway...)

War is Over (If You Want It)

"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men -- not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular."

- Edward R. Murrow from his March 9, 1954 broadcast in regards to Senator Joseph R. McCarthy.

Cost of the War in Iraq

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23 Year old American Rachel Corrie crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer

A BIG "Thank You!" to Dominican Sisters Jackie Hudson, Carol Gilbert, and Ardeth Platte for their work, here in Colorado, at promoting peace and stopping nuclear weapons! (Jonah House)

Quarter Change
Stuff I change every quarter!

(My apologies to nonnative speakers as this little phrase is yet another
example of the subtle ambiguities that vex the English language...)

Quote Quiz:

Which famous person said this?
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
(Click Here for the answer)

Quote of the Quarter:

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"Those of us who knew him best talk about him often. I swear, the stuff he pulled. It always makes us laugh. Sometimes it makes me sad, though, Andy being gone. I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are just too bright... and when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice... but still, the place you live is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend."
- Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding (Morgan Freeman) talking about Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) in the 1994 movie Shawshank Redemption

Real Bumper Stickers:

Did You Know?

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After E. coli 0157:H7 from bagged spinach killed three people and sickened nearly 200 in 2006, some producers of bagged leafy greens, among them Dole and the Chiquita subsidiary Fresh Express, developed proprietary standards known as "supermetrics" that require farmers to keep their fields totally free of wildlife. Less than one percent of wildlife carries E. coli, but up to 50 percent of cows do, and denuded soil allows dust from tained manure to blow onto cropland.

Source: Sierra, March/April 2009, p. 27

United Nations

My favorite!

Home Sweet Home

Rainbow Family of Living Light, Flag Waiving

Rainbow Tribe

When the Earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people shall come unto the Earth from many colors, classes, creeds, and who by their actions and deeds shall make the Earth green again. They will be known as the warriors of the Rainbow -- Old Native American Prophecy

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Welcome to the Anthropocene epoch! Human activity has significantly altered/damaged planet Earth...

Scientists: 'No question' that man-made warming exists

Peak Oil: "No amount of corn is going to save the Happy Motoring utopia..."

Welcome to the Anthropocene epoch!
Human activity has significantly altered/damaged planet Earth...

Scientists:
'No question' that man-made warming exists

Peak Oil:
"No amount of corn is going to save the Happy Motoring utopia..."