The Importance of Quiet Time
[Spiritual] The Importance of Quiet Time by Alan Lightman Posted August 29, 2018 The destruction of our inner selves via the wired world is an even more recent, and more subtle, phenomenon. The loss of slowness, of time for reflection and contemplation, of privacy and...Our New, Happy Life? The Ideology of Development
[Spiritual] Our New, Happy Life? The Ideology of Development by Charles Eisenstein Posted August 19, 2018 In George Orwell’s 1984, there is a moment when the Party announces an “increase” in the chocolate ration – from thirty grams to twenty. No one except for the...After long career bailing out big banks, Obama Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner
[Spiritual] After long career bailing out big banks, Obama Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner by Jake Johnson Posted August 17, 2018 “Your economy, rigged to redistribute wealth to the top.” After a lengthy government career defined by his central role in...A Mexican Town Overthrew Their Local Government And Things Are Going Great
[Social] A Mexican Town Overthrew Their Local Government And Things Are Going Great by Mac Slavo Posted August 13, 2018 The town of Cherán was once plagued by people claiming the right to rule over them and now they live peaceful lives free of violence. After the town...Our New, Happy Life? The Ideology of Development
[Spiritual] Our New, Happy Life? The Ideology of Development By Charles Eisenstein Posted August 7, 2018 In George Orwell’s 1984, there is a moment when the Party announces an “increase” in the chocolate ration – from thirty grams to twenty. No one except for the...Electronic Frontier Foundation
Quotable Sayings
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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You do not become a billionaire through labor. You become a billionaire through inheritance, corruption or economic rents – or, in most cases, some mixture of all three.
Grace Blakeley
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Mainstream American liberals think they’re clear-eyed because they can see the propaganda strings being pulled by Fox and Donald Trump, and mainstream American conservatives think they’re clear-eyed because they can see the propaganda strings being pulled by MSNBC and the Democrats, but the propaganda strings on both trace back to the same puppet master. And seeing that is just the beginning.
Caitlin Johnstone
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You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.
Deepak Chopra
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It is obvious that the US government is destroying Assange to signal to journalists the consequences of publishing information. It is therefore also obvious that any journalist who fails to use whatever platform they have to speak out against Assange’s persecution has no intention of ever publishing anything that the US government doesn’t want published. Their silence on or support for what is being done to this man can and should be taken as an admission that they are nothing other than state propagandists.
Caitlin Johnstone
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It’s quite fitting that the – imperially pre-determined – judicial fate of Julian Assange is being played out in Britain, the home of George Orwell.
Pepe Escobar
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
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