| Our latest travel photos: LIFESTYLE/ ARTS/ CULTURE/ ETC: OOOPS! Correction: The World Psychedelic Forum website is: "Peter Stafford Author and Psychedelic Investigator Dies -- Memorial to Be Held August 26 in Santa
Cruz" "Netherlands consider ban on 'magic' psychedelic mushrooms after teen's death" "Orange Sunshine -- YouTube Video Trailer from Upcoming Documentary on the Brotherhood of Eternal Love" "Woodstock's famous farm on the market"
"Has ‘The Man’ Infiltrated Burning Man?" Fenario Gallery featuring Robert Venosa "November painting workshop" Nov 24 to 30 My friend Aurora has a very interesting blog. Have fun checking out the livable tree and mud art. “Life Force” from the upcoming album 'Excelsior' by Samadhi and Merkabah "Bogota Shows How to Reinvent Cities" "Space-Borne Sensors Help Africa Tackle Water Shortage Problems" "Beyond Mesopotamia: A Radical New View Of Human Civilization" Hiroshima Peace Declaration 2007: Aim
for a Nuclear Weapon-Free World http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/06/3015/ "Is Tea a Powerful Health Tonic?" "Le Magazine August 2007 - Report: The Hidden Dangers Of Cell Phone Radiation" "Controversy swells over chemical in some plastics" "The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's At Stake for American Power" "Foot and Mouth Virus Released From Government Lab" "Russia Guided By International Law In Its Polar Shelf Probe" Perceptions "Dr. Bronner’s Magic Media Soap Opera" "Hare Krishna Hardcore" Youtube: Weird Al Yankovich - Amish Paradise GLOBAL: "Chinese Prosperity Will Set Off Global Food Inflation" Fiji: Public sector workers strike against junta's austerity measures http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/aug2007/fiji-a08.shtml NATIONAL: Sept 15 March on Washington "US Political Climate Ripe for Grassroots Groups" House Approves Record $460B Pentagon Budget http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080507Y.shtml "Iraq: Over 1 Million Killed Since U.S. Invasion" : The number is shocking and sobering. It is at least 10 times greater than most estimates cited in the US media, yet it is based on the only scientifically valid study of violent Iraqi deaths caused by the U.S.-led invasion of March 2003. http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html "The Bloody Failure of 'The Surge'': A Special Report http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/07/3029/ "The Secret Behind the Sanctions: How the U.S. Intentionally Destroyed Iraq's Water Supply" http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0808-07.htm http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Middle_East/10144346.html "Chirac knows what killed Arafat, says ex-aide" "Today's New York Times Headline: Bush Signs Law to Widen Legal Reach for Wiretapping" "House Passes Changes in Eavesdropping Program" http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080507Z.shtml "Freedom or Totalitarianism, The Choice Is Yours" by Sgt. Kevin Benderman The apathetic American public needs to pull their heads out of the comfortable little hole in the sand where it has been for far too long and do something about the way our country is being stolen from us by an administration that has its well-being and only its well- being in mind. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18126.htm "Buzz Editorial: The GOP Three-Pronged Effort to Permanently Control America" 9/11 Firefighter Witnessed Multiple Explosions, Ignored http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/9/102411/9443 "Bush Plans to Rob from the Poor Again and Give to the Rich" "State Dept. says hush to 2008 candidates on diplomatic issue" "What the Democratic Leadership Enables By Cowering Before a Bunch of Crooks"
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2261.shtml "The criminal cover-up of Ohio's stolen 2004 election sinks to the fraudulent, the absurd, the pathetic" By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman Online Journal Guest Writers US Arms Sales Preserve Israel's
Edge http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/05/2993/ "The Bombing of Nagasaki August 9, 1945: The Untold Story" by Gary G. Kohls 62 years ago, on August 9th, 1945, the second of the only two atomic bombs (a plutonium bomb) ever used as instruments of aggressive war (against essentially defenseless civilian populations) was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, by an all-Christian bomb crew. The well-trained
American soldiers were only "doing their job," and they did it efficiently. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18149.htm "Hugo Chavez: Oil, Politics, and the Challenge to the U.S. (Paperback)" "The Utah mine disaster: A tragic consequence of government-industry collusion" http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/aug2007/utah-a08.shtml Charles E. Anderson | Life in New Orleans' 9th Ward http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080707R.shtml Part I: New Orleans's Children Fighting for the Right to Learn http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080907A.shtml "MIKE RUPPERT IN CANADA" "President Bush's To-Do List" Keeping the torch of political satire bright LIFESTYLE/ ARTS/ CULTURE/ ETC: Gaia Media Foundation World Psychedelic Forum21-24 March 2008 - Congress Center, Basel Switzerland http://www.psychedelic.info/index_2_eng.html "Nov 24 - 30 Visionary art classes with my friends Martina Hoffmann and Robert Venosa in Boulder" Aug 10 NY "Burning Briefs: Tales of the Burning Man" "The Nation’s Borders, Now Guarded by the Net: A guard typed Mr. Feldmar’s name into an Internet search engine, which revealed that he had written about using LSD in the 1960s in an interdisciplinary journal. Mr. Feldmar was turned back and is no longer welcome in the United States, where he has been active professionally and where both of his children live." "Smoke Pot: Lose Your Right to Vote|" Beckley Report 12 - Prisons and Drugs. The latest report from the Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme describes the high rates of drug problems in all prison systems, summarises the current state of global knowledge and research evidence, and provides a guide for policymakers on how to develop effective policies and programmes in this area."Jungle Medicine" "The second edition of our friend Robert Venosa's book, 'Illuminatus', is now available again". Where art reaches the realm of magic. "Keith Richards releases his memoirs" Grateful Dead made Vancouver headlines in 1967 Neal Hall, Vancouver Sun http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=c6ae136d-a1e5-49fe-a97 7-506d22f9e320 http://www.mikebloomfield.com/ One of the great guitarists of all time. Happy Birthday Michael Bloomfield My friend Alicia Bay Laurel has been making sublime, delighful and inspirational music for a long time. A true muse and whose site I encourage you to explore Our friends on Maui Will and Kalima send us this beautiful and inspiring video Chris is a friend that we met in our Southeast Asia travels. Check out his beautiful and functional handiwork. "The Amphibia
Project at Burning Man" "Alignment 2012" "Everything You Know About God Is Wrong" "The Ark, the Shroud and Mary" "Spectacular UFO Overflight: Is It a Signal?" "A new way to understand extraterrestrials: Overview of current status of field of EXOPOLITICS"
"Odd Skull Boosts Human, Neanderthal Interbreeding Theory" "Authors and Scientists to Meet and Rewrite History" "Harnessing the Power of the Moon" "Organic Farming Increases Crop Yields" "Dennis Kucinich talks to Grist about his sustainability vision" Become an Urban Homesteader http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modul es/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=149&qid=3046 "Hoxsey's Herbs Heal Cancers article by Richard Walters|" "Arctic Wealth And Why Countries Are Jockeying Over The Roof Of The World" "Surprising New
Species Of Light-Harvesting Bacterium Discovered In Yellowstone| "Genetically Modified Foods -- What to Know Before You Eat Them" "The world according to the FDA and Big Pharma" "Genetic Modification: Theory, 'Therapy' and Vaccines" "The shocking link between psychiatric drugs, suicide, violence and mass murder" "Thom Hartmann's The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight" GLOBAL: "South Asian monsoons displace millions" "Firefighters Struggle To Contain Blazes In South Europe" United States warns Spain over Cuba policy Hundreds die in eastern Europe heat wave http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/jul2007/heat-j28.shtml Iraqi team wins Asian Cup, captain condemns US occupation http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/jul2007/socc-j31.shtml German army and air force deployed against G8 summit demonstrators http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/jul2007/germ-j31.shtml Japanese government suffers major defeat in upper house elections http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/aug2007/japa-a04.shtml NATIONAL: The Threat Of Martial Law Is Real By Dave Lindorff "The looming collapse of the US military in Iraq, of which a number of generals and former generals, including former Chief of Staff Colin
Powell, have warned, is happening none too soon, as it my be the best hope for preventing military rule here at home." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18080.htm "The Death Mask Of War U.S. Marines and Soldiers Have Become Socialized To Atrocity." by Chris Hedges The American killing project is not described in these terms to a distant public. The politicians still speak in the abstract terms of glory, honor, and heroism, in the necessity of improving the world, in lofty phrases of political and spiritual renewal. Those who
kill large numbers of people always claim it as a virtue. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18082.htm "Nearly a third of the population of Iraq is in need of immediate emergency aid" "Video, Report Details Evangelism at Highest Levels of US Military" http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080307A.shtml "Bush IS "The Worst Disaster Ever" Democrat Barack
Obama spells out his foreign policy: "I will not hesitate to use force" http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/jul2007/obam-j28.shtml Obama calls for US attack on Pakistan in warmongering address http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/aug2007/obam-a03.shtml "Moore's Challenge to '08 Candidates" Bush Appointee Blocked Surgeon General's Report http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/072907Y.shtml Christopher Lee and Marc Kaufman of the Washington Post report in Sunday's edition that a 2006 report urging Americans to help tackle global health problems was kept from public view largely because it did not promote White House objectives. "Health Care Greed Drives Economy" "Big Brother is Watching You -- And Being Outsourced to Private Companies" http://www.buzzflash.com/store/reviews/715
Robert F. Kenndy Jr's "Crimes against Nature" Scientists Hack Voting Machines to Prove Tech Weaknesses http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/072807Y.shtml Voting Machines Can Be Hacked http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080107J.shtml "In Violation of Federal Law, Ohio's 2004 Presidential Election Records Are Destroyed or Missing" "Democrats back down on ending tax windfall for hedge-fund billionaires" http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/aug2007/hedg-a04.shtml "American Axis: Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of the Third Reich" The Minnesota bridge collapse: One more indictment of the profit system http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/aug2007/minn-a04.shtml |