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Vancouver Mayday 2013:
The Vancouver 2013 Mayday rally was unusual for who was absent and who was present. The small rally and march stirred up a lot of controversy and tensions.
0Nuclear Blackmail 2013
There have been a few instances in history after WWII where we have come within a hair's breadth of nuclear war. One was during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The question is; Is the N. Korea threat real?
8International Interconnectedness, Globalizing of Torture
Most of us tend to think in terms of sovereign nation states that function more or less independently of one another. This is far from the real truth. There is an international conspiracy of torture.
0Fluoridation and Biological Magnification
In concentrated form Fluoride is very toxic. It is diluted considerably in domestic water supplies, but it builds up in body tissues over the years, increasing a personal toxic load. This is a standard WMIS label describing in detail the chemical....
0High Tech Eugenics
Have we become too dependent on computers? They are pervasive and many people now carry them in the form of sophisticated cell phones that can interact with the computer cloud, the internet, view content, post content and submit text to the net or to another user. Unknown to most people is that there are a host of issues with computers that can threaten their privacy and security. Contrary to popular opinion, computers are not perfect. They are only as good as the writers of code can achieve,
6Culture of Surveillance
A new form of war is brewing out of the convergence of many technologies. It will be unlike anything humanity has experienced in living history. Inside our culture lurks an unconscious fear of a hostile takeover where we experience the fate that many peoples have already met in imperialist wars that have been the norm in history.
1All Pervasive Social Engineering
Social engineering is so pervasive that we hardly even notice it. Whenever some new technology comes in and influences people, many then think that the new influence is the focus of change, when in fact it has been with us all along from deep in history. The social internet is just the latest of a whole string of so called influences. Social engineering is as old as class society itself.
3Video Idle No More Against Bill C-45
Idle No More (INM) is just the latest protest against injustice in a half millennium history of injustice and genocide where the First Nations have ended up becoming defeated enemy combatants in their own land. INM is in response to Bill C-45 in Canada, an omnibus bill that removes protection from a vast array of formerly environmentally protected zones, to the ending of the reservation system and full assimilation of the First Nations into greater Canada.
0Understanding Interest Accumulation
This graph attempts to portray how one can get wealthy by investing in the economy through banking and insurance. But in order for someone to win, someone else has to work all the harder while gaining very little. This sign tells it all and how we...
0The LIBOR Scandal
Since the banking scandal broke in Barclays and HSBC, we have learned the the problem is far wider in scope, involving banks around the world. They were for the most part involved in interest fixing through the LIBOR which is supposed to set interests for banks around the world. The result of secret interest fixing created higher profits for lead bankers and austerity for the rest of the world. Whistle blowers exposed this and other scandals that has the world in an uproar.
0Creating a Virtual Magnetic Monopole
While scientists and physicists spend plenty of time and money searching for the elusive magnetic monopole, there is a way to create a virtual magnetic monopole by using existing principles known to physics. Having access to a magnetic monopole can be a very useful tool.
0The Necrotizing Fasciitis of Credit Card Default
There is a building wave of mass credit card default that could wind up creating severe problems in the economy. The sub-prime collapse created world wide problems with bailouts to businesses and banks too big to fail and austerity for the people. An accumulating credit card mass default could be round two of a sluggish and poor economy leading to an ever deeper recession.
4Iceland: Chilling the Capitalist Agenda
The financial and political revolution in Iceland has not been televised! In order to find out anything going on there, one has to dig for the information. Though being a small country, Iceland set an example that others are starting to wake up to. Not only did they not bail out the three top banks and let them collapse, the arrested the top CEOs for fraud and jailed them. Then the set about to become energy independent by becoming 100 percent geothermal to supply all their electrical needs.
1The Mystery of the Blue Turban
There has been speculation in Nostradamus' works about someone in a blue turban who would cause plenty of misery in the world. There is even an astrological configuration described for the timing of the event as well as a length of time. But this is just the surface of things and the whole business runs much deeper than surface impressions.
26WTC 1, 2 and 7, 9-11-2001 and Pre-Planning
A hypothesis is presented that suggests that the World Trade Center was rigged beforehand in order to bring it down demolition style when required, whether that requirement was caused by an earthquake, a war, or some other reason such as it outliving its usefulness. Was the WTC actually scuttled on September 11th, 2001? Is it possible that the real "terrorists" were developers and financiers?
1Nostradamus, Mabus and the Illuminati
Mabus as mentioned in Nostradamus' quatrain of century 2, verse 62 may well be an acronym for a business established in the 18th century by a senior Rothschild. He had dealings with the early Illuminati as well as the Freemasons.
0The New Genocide
Despite saying "Never again" at the end of WWII when the holocaust become public domain, genocide raged before and after. The potential for a world wide genocide looms and the emergence of super weapons of all kinds suggests that a horrific future is near at hand.
0Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)
In the rush to develop nuclear superiority, the US and USSR ran headlong into a policy of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), which meant one thing. If either the US or the USSR detonated a hostile nuclear weapon on the others territory, global thermonuclear war would ignite. It almost happened on Oct. 28th, 1962 during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. 50 years later, we are apparently building up for a repeat with Iran as the center of focus.
0Cuba, Fidel Castro and the Concept of the Permanent Revolution
Since the Cuban Revolution of 1959, there has been an intensifying blockade of trade on that country. But instead of Cuba caving in to US wishes, the blockade has had an unexpected turn insofar as causing Cuba to develop into the greenest country on the planet. Thus, a positive development has come out of a negative situation. Cuba now leads the world on being bio-diverse and green as well in other areas despite enforced poverty due to an economic blockade. Cuba has found solutions!
6Bringing Babies & Children into Misery
With the world in such a mess on so many fronts, it has to be asked,why would we bring a helpless infant into the mess when we ourselves cannot handle it. Children everywhere are traumatized by the events swirling around them over which they have no control. Would it not be better if we concentrated on making a better world first?
2The Imperial Capitalist & Neo-Feudalism/Industrial Feudalism
By all appearances, we have gone full cycle from an earlier period of history of feudalism under monarchy to a latter day era of industrial feudalism. As in those bygone days to the current era, we see a lot of illiteracy and the emergence of superstitious beliefs as opposed to science. We also see the emergence of witch trials and spectral evidence. Most important is that we live in an era of high tech with robots doing jobs while the masses are relegated to the simplest repetitive tasks.
1Unknown History
The history of civilization is far different than most people are led to believe. There is plenty of evidence littering the entire planet on land and under water. Archaeologists have uncovered a lot of unusual finds in the last two decades alone.
0Electrostatic Influence of the Sun on Earthbound Occurrences
A natural chain of events flows from the sun to the earth and manifests in a variety of ways. It varies by the solar cycle and from other influences. The result of the sun interacting with the earth creates an electrostatic potential that increases with height. We see this effect most pronounced in electrical storms. The sun also has bursts or energy that can have surprising effects on all kinds of technology beyond the electrical. Tesla was able to harness the natural electrostatic gradient.
2One Hundred Thousand Times More Rogue Planets than Stars
Astronomers now tell us that planets not associated with any star roam in interstellar space. They also say that there are 100,000 times more rogue planets that there are stars in the galaxy. Hints such as MACHOS at the galactic fringe and microlensing of stars betray their existance.
0Deforestation and Climate Change
The loss of forests is much greater than the loss of trees. It means the loss of bio-diversity, the loss of a carbon sink and the loss of oxygen production. Who knows what the ultimate cost will be in the end with weather weirdness as one of the spin-offs. As it stands in 2012, some 80% of natural forests are already history. This rivals great extinctions of the past such as the KT event.
1Dialectical Materialism
Dialectics is not well understood by many people. The principles are easy and once a grasp of these is achieved, it becomes easier to see how dialectics operates in the material world, in politics, economics, history and culture
2Perpetual Apocalypse
Apocalypse is often on the tongue and in the pages of the news and on the internet. Over the last several decades, we have survived one apocalypse after another, some of which were disastrous for some people and virtually unnoticed by others. Apocalypse may be natural or man made or a combination of both. One thing is clear, many prophecies fail while some apocalypses occur without warning.
10Blasphemy: Medieval Nonsense
History is full of strange incidents that play on the ignorant. One such irrationality is the confusion over the sin of blasphemy that in many circumstances even today, can result in the death penalty. In the war of Christendom versus Islam, to convert one way or the other is a sin of blasphemy. To be irreverent, even to an idol can be considered blasphemy and can result in the death penalty. Under the microscope of scientific empirical examination, these contradictions are shown as nonsensical
7Rothschild Banking Cartel and Iran
There are a lot of stories recorded in history and they are mostly unconnected and disjointed. Suppose we connect a few of these disjointed stories. What comes out is amazing, making some people say "Gee wiz; why didn't anyone say this before even though its been in plain sight all along? Such is the case of the apparent separate stories of Iran in 1979, the Rothschilds, Islam and the historical struggle for dominance by various factions.
2The Future of Housing
Today, it is virtually impossible for an individual to build a house from scratch. In simpler times they could but they were limited to the resources that were available. Housing today is complex complete with plumbing, electrical circuits and a host of other materials that often involve the use of money or credit to get them. But in order to get money, one must work, leaving little time to build a house. In other cultures people house themselves in tepees, wigwams, igloos and shanties.
0Stockholders and Control of Corporations
In order to have any sway in a company that is listed in the stock exchange, you would have to form the controlling majority interest. Any ideas of buying up stock with the idea of controlling the direction of a company or persuading minority investment holders to do likewise if futile and doomed to failure. This is something of a built in safety mechanism for the really big companies owned and directed by a single corporate manager or CEO
0Considerations of the Planck False Vacuum and the Higgs Field
There is after all, now a high degree of certainty that the Higgs boson or "God particle" does indeed exist. this goes a tremendous way to explain how the universe gets mass and why we are so affected by gravity, why we experience life as solid among plenty of other natural phenomenon well and not so well known.
2Yoga: Mysteries of Pain Control
Yoga contains many secrets that most contemporary practitioners are not even aware. Yogi adepts can do phenomenal feats. There is some speculation that Jesus Christ was a yogi adept and could perform his miracles based on this superior knowledge. He even promised his disciples that greater things could be done by them. Was Jesus a yogi adept? Much information was lost, particularly concerning the 18 missing years of his life.
21Jesus: Death, Resurrection and Voodoo
A hypothesis is presented that suggests that the crucifixion and resurrection was a well planed high science psy-op designed to spook the Romans and to trigger a new movement. Both worked, but Israel payed dearly less than 40 years later and Christianity went on to become a world shaking belief.
2The Upcoming Super Nova of Betelgeuse
Some people are expecting a supernova for sometime very soon and the candidate seems to be Betelgeuse. But a careful look at the existing information suggests that the super nova is still at least a thousand years off.
0Relative Value Form
The value of any two commodities varies in a relative way by the amount of labor required to produce it. Some commodities are not labor intensive, while some are. Metal and raw materials are not as valuable as a car that is made from resources that come from a wide variety of sources. Relative value also tends to rise and fall due to the extent of surpluses the exist at any moment.
0Form of Value, or the Exchange Value
The more labor that is put into something, the more value it accrues, unless of course, production is such that a huge overproduction that the value falls due to a surplus that can't be moved.
0The Twofold Character of Labor Embodied in Commodities
Labor embodied in commodities that represent surplus value has the character that the less commodity there is, the more value it has and the more commodity there is, the less value each one has. Mechanization tends to replace labor so that a laborer can do more with a machine than man without. Mechanization tends to produce more commodity as as labor is also a commodity, its value goes down with an increase in surplus. Also, the more labor that is required tends to increase value in commodities.
3Marx's Analysis of Use and Labor Value
When Marx wrote Das Kapital, he was placing capitalist economics under scrutiny and wound up describing how capitalism works in great and careful detail. Here we examine the role of value we place on things, whether natural resources or manufactured items in the modern setting.
0A Dialectical Naturalism Gem
Dialectics comes to us in the modern and post modern era from philosophers like Hegel, Marx, Engels and their followers. However, Dialectics comes to us from far more ancient sources. Marx and Engels both suggested dialectical naturalism in the context of important works, but this was altered by Plekhanov to dialectical materialism and then later by others to the materialist dialectic. But as we shall see, the term dialectical naturalism is the better term.
2Dreams: Our Closest Link to a Parallel and Alternate Realities
Dreams are our connection with the unconscious and to the mind, alternate realities. All cultures have ideas about what dreams are all about and we are not excluded, considering that major psychological thinkers were all deeply involved with dream analysis. There are those who are into lucid dreaming and dream control.
4Nikola Tesla, Electrical Genius
Tesla is now considered one of the greatest geniuses that ever lived. The technological foundation of the 20th and 21st centuries rest squarely on his ideas. But not all of his ideas are given free reign. Some are tightly controlled. Tesla, though a genius in the electrical engineering field, was not so smart when it came to financial manipulation. But then again, no one is a genius at everything!
14Giants of Old (Nephilim)
Giants form a large part of myth from ancient times to the modern era. Today, we hear a lot about the nephilim, the ananuki and giants of old. Though people do come in a range of sizes, there is question as to whether there were any human giants that range from 13 feet to 36 feet tall. The limits of the laws of physics places very real constraints on animal size in a gravity well.
2The Prognostications of the Maya and Aztecs
There is plenty of confusion over the Mayan Calendar and its ability to predict. What is is really good at predicting are celestial events. Anything else comes from myth, tale spinning and speculation. However, there is such a thing as an astrological influence, but it takes an independent view to break out of preconceived ideas about what is going to happen. There is also the reality of self fulfilling prophecy and engineered fulfillment.
4The Ultimate Compliance and Crowd Control Technique
Though the business of torture is gruesome and frightening to experience, whether physical or mental, it is not so much about the person who is experiencing the suffering as it is about scaring everyone else. Torture pure and simple is ultimately about mass crowd control. We have something of a perverse curiosity about this control method, something akin the hypnosis that freezes the prey animal the moment before the deadly strike of the predator.
0Future Tech Possible Right Now
There is a technology explosion going on right now. If you think you are in touch with all the latest, consider that that is far more going on that is unnoticed by the general public than that which is known. Current developments include invisibility, nano technology, super lasers, devices controlled by thought and a lot else.
0Cosmic Lights
There some UFO occurrences seen by many thousands of witnesses and then there is the odd on where tensions are high enough to cause a military response. One such event occurred in Feb. 1942 when anti-aircraft artillery engaged one of these light formations. After the dust settled, no downed scrap was ever found. These light occurrences are frequent enough to warrant investigation and there seems to be a link between them and planetary alignments.
6How a Faraday Cage Works
The principle and construction of an effective Faraday cage is so simple, that almost anyone can make one. This could make a good school science project and a valuable storage place for your electronics in times of trouble.
0A Banker's Utopia
As old banks prove to be corrupt, there is a new line of bankers in the wings ready to take over the reins of finance for the world based on what they define as new values. What was left out was that the banking sector runs on a cyclic program of expansion and shock doctrine contraction, fractional reserve banking versus value based and real commodity banking.
3The Mother of All False Flags
Suppose for a moment that an EMP strike is done as a false flag. Why would anyone do this? There are reasons why the powers in the world might consider such a course of action. This reasoning is definitely not for the faint of heart. False flags are a fact of history and we have to face up to the potential of more. Here then is a suggested mother of all false flags.
0Waging The New War
War is being waged right now all over the planet. It is not about bombs and killing in most cases. It is a war for minds and control by terror of all kinds. Much of the battle is conducted in our minds. Thus, the tern pay-ops has become part of our modern language.
1A Hypothesis Concerning Contradictions of Warming Vs Freezing
Aside from checking all the claims yourself, it is hard to prove who is correct as far as climate change is concerned. Each side has its proofs that can be verified to a certain extent. There are natural causes to global climate change and a few examples in history where humanity changed the climate in the short term. With the consensus is divided as to the nature of climate change.
4incipient Fascism, Then and Now
Are we beginning to see a repetition of an earlier pattern in history where undesirables are registered, identified and selected to be liquidated in an eugenics based program?
5Horizontal Wind Turbines
Who says that wind turbines have to be of all one type of design. The typical windmill will only work when the wind is blowing, which leaves them useless when it isn't. Suppose there is a way to create ones own wind and have a wind turbine so constructed that it will run continually even when there is no wind outside.
0Building the Interstellar Space Vehicle
We began to build large structures in space with to advent of the International Space Station. This is just the first step in many more to come if humanity is to mount a mission to the planets and the stars.
11A Manned Mission to the Stars
Humanity has already made tentative steps into space, but we have to go a lot further if we are going to mount missions to planets and to the stars. Two spacecraft are now essentially in interstellar space; the Voyagers launched in the mid 70s of the last century.
3Useless Eaters
Life eats! It is true for all of life. Plants eat sunlight. animals eat plants and some animals eat other animals. Yet in human society, we are confronted with the term useless eaters and the need for sustainability. A useless eater by definition is someone who uses food resources without contributing any productive value to society. These same people suggest that useless eaters should be terminated to preserve and sustain the environment.
2Adulterated Fast Foods, Convenience Foods, Water
Not everything that is advertised as wholesome and good for you measures up to the claim. there is almost a limitless list of additives to food. Virtually noting is exempt, Some foods of course are worse than others and it usually is the processed ones that are the worst. Fast food is also problematic.
0Occupation: 1930s and 2010s
A repeating pattern is emerging. A pattern seen in the 1930s is being played out once more in a seeming repetition of history. There was an occupation in the 1932-33 period and again in the 2011-12 period. There are also other similarities, some of which point to a disturbing possibility if the repetitive pattern continues intact.
3Legislating Morality
Legislating morality has not worked in the past and it is not working now. Some people have the view that morality shapes history while others say it is the economy. The truth is both are linked together and as long as we treat them separately, that is as long as we will repeat the errors and patterns of history.
1Avoiding Cross Contamination
Keeping things clean is not as simple and straight forward as many would think. Cross contamination means that you have to take stringent and extra care to avoid touching anything previously contaminated with dirt or pathogens with your freshly washed hands. Ways to avoid cross contamination involve the use of latex of nitril gloves that can be peeled and replaced on a per need basis. This is crucial if you are a first responder rendering first aid.
2Art Appreciation 101
Art comes in a huge variety of types today and this selection is increasing with every new twist and turn of materials, media and technology. The question is, "Is it art or not?" becomes more paramount as technology increases its influence on all the arts. At one time, taking a photograph was considered not to be art, but as artists took to the medium, that has changed. Then there is electronic painting and 3D sculpting printers that can interpret an artist 3D rendition on a 2D medium .
0Foreknowing Life
By overcoming ignorance, being aware of all around us, we can learn to avoid doing harm to ourselves and more importantly, to avoid doing harm to others. The essence of spiritual practice is summed up in how we respond to the needs of others in all aspects of life.
0Company Town to Company Planet
The company town used to be more common and some still exist. They are more or less a completely closed entity managed and owned by one person who is boss, banker, landlord and everything else to the workers. The company town boss/owner is a virtual god who controls life and death itself in the closed economy. Increasingly, the world is drifting toward this model of economics.
4Fascism-101
There are distinct signs in any political situation that will allow you to see if a society is drifting toward totalitarianism. Everyone who likes the idea of freedom should become familiar with the signs and be prepared to challenge this drift to a rigid militarist society.
9The Occupy Movement
The occupy movement began in the Middle East at the beginning of 2011. By the fall of 2011, occupy Wall Street was born to address serious issues in the US at the financial center of the country. Since then, it has mushroomed to some 1,500 locations, but it is now under fire with new draconian laws including being listed as terrorists ranking with Al Quada though the occupy movement is a peaceful protest movement.
6Collective Ignorance
Ignorance is not bliss and especially if it encompasses the breadth of human civilization. It is well said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. We are not taught the real history so we are busy repeating past mistakes.
1Sirius
Sirius is a star that has figured importantly in many cosmogonies of human history. It used to line up to events in Egypt at certain points of the year. Around the time of Egypt's 4th dynasty, it signified the flooding of the Nile River. But due to the precession of the equinoxes and the stars own movement, this no longer applies. However, the legends and myths about the star persist to the current epoch.
3Life, Death and Cosmic Conditions
Life and death is universally accepted as the reality of our existence. It pervades all of our myths, legends and religions. Life, death and change are woven into the fabric of the cosmos. For the physical realm, eternal life is impossible, unless you happen to be a master of the total universe.
9The Cult of Violence
Violence is pervasive today. In the past, television has been blamed for the promotion of violence and today, it is video gaming. But these cannot be isolated from bullying the is pervasive in society and our own natural tendencies to commit violence.
2Chaos and the Disintegration of the New World Order
All societies are subject to the laws of chaos and non linear dynamics. Many factors operate simultaneously to affect a single individual and a society. Some of them are known and some unknown. It is the surprises that can be the most devastating if we are not prepared for them.
4Cosmic Dangers Faster than a Speeding Bullet
Most micro-micrometeorites are small, but they move very quickly. The laws of mass tell us that the faster something moves relative to you, the greater its mass. Thus, a particle the size of a pinhead could have fatal consequences it it hit you in space, moving at 30,000 to 70,000 kilometers an hour. This is much faster than any man made ordinance of war and therefore, has much more mass of motion.
2False Armageddons vs Real Catastrophe
There are many end of the world scenarios that predict the end of the world. In fact some are now in the past and we are still here. But, there are endings that are never predicted and many people have their ending there.
3Progress; Illusory Advancement & Cycles
We are lulled into believing that progress is a natural occurrence and will go on indefinitely. In the context of recorded history, others thought the same; that things would go on just the way they are forever. However, more civilizations have disappeared altogether than the number of countries that exist today.
15Why We Don't Have Available Teslian Technology
The Genius of Nikola Tesla began to unfold in the late 19th century and continued well into the 20th century. Nikola Tesla gave the world polyphase electrical motors, AC current and the foundation of wireless transmission. Yet, most of his genius remains hidden away. Anyone who wants to bring his gifts to humanity must fight against ignorance, poverty and suppression due to greed and the desire for profit.
10Bears: What You Need to Know
If you go into the woods today, you may be in for a surprise. Not all surprises are the pleasant kind and you have to be careful. Bears are among the most successful of species owing to their universality of location all over the planet with the exception of Antarctica.
2Harmonics & Dissonance
The solar system has some very subtle things going on, which most astronomers have overlooked. However, we are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of not only harmonics, but of dissonance. Harmonics helps to build planets. Dissonance allows them to co-exist in the presence of each other without chaotic consequences.
0Tidal Influences & Perturbation
The earth and moon interact on one another. The moon causes tides on earth and the moon gradually moves away from the earth over a long period of time.
7Our Responsibility to One Another
The Bible teaches us to be responsible for one another, to help in the time of crisis as we would like to be helped in our own crisis. We have been misled concerning what is important, such as not to lend at usury or interest. We have been told to concentrate on standing against secular humanism and gay people and not to question foreign policy that results in mass murder.
3Harmonic Spectroscopy
Any organized stellar system that has a central star or binary stars with a barycenter with planets in orbit will sort the planets via gravity according to a balance between resonance and dissonance. Planets cannot orbit in a stable manner if their orbital periods are in resonance. Thus, planets will clear out paths around the star that are not in the same path as the planet's orbit. This is seen very clearly in the rings of Saturn and the complex dance with the moons.
2The Eight Limbs of Yoga
There are eight main branches to yoga. Most people in the west are familiar with hatha yoga and to a lessor extent, bhakti yoga. In India and nearby regions, practitioners of yoga know that it is a way of life encompassing all aspects thereof.
0The Real Meaning of Spirituality
The question of spirituality means a lot of different things to differently believing people. There is however an acid test to determine what is really spiritual and what is mere fakery. Fakes can be clever in the extreme, but even these can be exposed quickly if you know what to look for and the kind of questions to ask. If you cannot see that everything around you and yourself to, are natural miracles, then you need to dig a little deeper. You also need to look at attitudes toward others.
1Growing an Indoor Garden
No outdoor garden space? Then try some of these ideas to grow some of your own food!
7Quantifying Evil
Everyone has some sort of definition for evil and these differ from person to person and region. But there are acts that few can dispute as being evil. We can actually measure a society by scientific and mathematical statistics to quantify the level of evil therein.
3Paradise Earth
Earth us unique among the known planets in that it has complex life and all the conditions that are required in order to support it. Considering what exists on other planets, earth by comparison is a paradise planet.
4Key Verses in Understanding Nostradamus
To understand Nostradamus, one needs to have certain keys. These keys are found in some of his quatrains, his epistles to Henry II and to his son Caesar. These keys help us to interpret other stanzas.
5Nostradamus on the coming mega famine
Nostradamus was a curious seer of the Renaissance who forecast many events, some of which have come true. There is one about a huge famine that seems to be building in the current period, as it has happened before. He was an astrologer with keen insights concerning the unseen.
72011 Post Games Riot
Riots can often have unforeseen tragic results, especially to those who are not part of the riot. Homeless people 0ften find themselves in the way of a riot mob and suffer as a result.
7False Flags
Perhaps the most infamous false flag in history is Hitler's burning of the Reichstag in 1933 which he blamed on a transient found nearby. But there have also been other false flags not so well publicized. Many consider the attack on the WTC to be a false flag operation.
1The Precession Problem
How do we know exactly where the sun is in relation to the background stars. As the sun is so bright, this is no easy task. However, we have ways of finding out and what we have found is that the apparent movement of the sun is not as straight forward as many have thought. The earth is affected in its orbit by the other planets and wobbles on its axis of rotation. Precession is defined by the solar position against the background stars at key points of the year and they vary.
5Economic, Social and Psychological Reasons Behind Rioting
Rioting does not happen "out of thin air". There is usually a cause behind people going on a mass riot where anarchy and destruction prevail. Causes such as economic prevail today, but people will also riot over sporting events, injustice and other reasons.
5Extremophiles
Not all life exists in the narrow band where humans, animals and plants live. There are some that live in bizarre environments once thought impossible to support life. Some complex forms can live in searing temperatures near deep sea volcanic vents. Ice worms actually live on ice searching of algae to eat. Penguins live for months on end in brutal cold without eating and raising their young. These are just some of the many variations in the world of extremophiles.
3The Impact of Modern War on the Animal Kingdom and Nature
We know how hard war is on people, but what is not expressed at all is the trauma caused to animals caught in the crossfire. This is true of both domestic and wild animals, many who are killed and mortally wounded as a result of gunfire, selling and bombing. Further, anywhere where war rages, is a devastation to nature. It is the worst of all pollution.
4Preparing Sauces
The secret of good cooking is in the preparation of sauces that give the meal its zip. A good chef must also be familiar with making sauces.
0Peak Performance and Location
We all have our on days and off days. Some have the privilege to be allowed off days while others are expected to have nothing but on days. This however, is a denial of cycles that affect all of us. In addition to this, location serves as an important regulator of function. A person with jet lag cannot expect to perform as another who loves at the location the other has flown too.
3Vegan Pizza & Other Vegan Dishes
Being a vegetarian or vegan does not mean you have to give up on favorites like pizza and other dishes you enjoyed in the past. With a little imagination and cooking skill, you can create dishes with taste that are virtually indistinguishable from the traditional ones.
4Insects as Food
Many people do eat bugs. In a world of shrinking food supplies and growing population, the concept of eating insects is becoming a viable option. There are ways to prepare them for eating other than coating them in chocolate.
4History of Hockey: Canada's Love Affair with the Game
Hockey has a long history. The game in its structure originates in ancient Rome. Since then, it has been played in various forms and has evolved to what we see now. Ice hockey got its start in Canada in the late 19th century by borrowing ice skates developed in Holland.
5The Theoretical Possibility of Artificially Induced Earthquakes
There is theoretical as well as increasing evidence that human beings can create earthquakes. This is based on the theory and understanding or resonance. It is said the Tesla understood this and developed an earthquake making device. Well placed atomic explosions are also know to create earthquakes.
13The Rapture has Ruptured
There exists groups who believe in the rapture of the believers and those who do not believe in this. There are even variations among various groups of believers as to how the rapture is to occur. Many prophecies have been made and all of them have thus far failed.
1Mining: A Trip into Hell
If you ever wanted to know what hell might be like, there are few places that are closer to that than a mine. Yet, millions go into these dark, damp, cold and close places everyday and risk their lives for coal, metals or diamonds. Some mines are so deep that they are actually hot like some descriptions of hell.
2Sexual violence
Though we hear a lot about sexual harassment against women by men, the reverse is also true. Some women use harassment and violence to get their way with men of their choosing. There are many stories where a woman wants a man to approach her sexually and when he fails to follow through, she accuses him of rape and lands him in a heap of trouble.
4Food Deserts
People do not starve from famines as much as the result of monoculture cash crops that occupy space that was once used for growing food. Whole vast regions that were once home to countless species and bio-diversity have been reduced to virtual deserts.
1Why Humanity Should Fear Impacts
Like any other celestial body in space, the earth is subject to impacts from comets and asteroids. There are tales and legends handed down from ancient times that tell of us that earth endured huge catastrophes due to comet and asteroid encounters. Since 1994, we have had to acknowledge that this is possible.
0Earth Lights and Real UFOs
That UFO you just saw. Are you sure it is really a flying saucer or it it something else that can be quite natural. There are many things that can cause strange sightings in the sky, on the earth and even under the sea.
0Engineering Prophetic Fulfilment
Have you ever given though to the possibility that those who are in power create a prophecy and then organize events in order to fulfill it? This is what can be called engineering prophetic fulfillment and it can have a huge impact on the populations under the control of a power elite. One thing is certain and that is they as a class have far more understanding of history, economy, physics and natural cycles than the rest of us.
1The Stellium of 23 Sept. 2010
Major alignment of planets appear to have an effect on the affairs of history and on how nature functions on the earth. We know now that changes on the sun effects all the planets and the arrangement of planets have an effect on the sun in a feedback loop. There is objective science and then there is the fringe fear mongering over things like comets.
1The Ages According to the 13 Unequal Zodiacal Constellations
If we look along the ecliptic and the constellations of the zodiac, one thing becomes apparent and that is they are not all 30 degrees in extent. some are more and some less. Only a few are actually 30 degrees. In addition, there is a 13th constellation that intersects the ecliptic and that is Ophiuchus located between Scorpio and Sagittarius. As a result, the precession of the equinox marks out ages of differing lengths and not at the times popularly considered.
8Transitional Program to Becoming Vegetarian
Many people are making the move to become vegetarian, but this should be done carefully so as not to place yourself in a state of shock. A gradual program of transition is recommended, plus gaining understanding of nutrition is recommended.
5Age in Psychosis
The pressures of the modern world and the lust for wealth and power drive large numbers of people into psychosis. Those who have studied the characteristics of psychotics can readily see the symptoms of psychosis in many businesses that have large influence in finance and politics.
33Animals an Average Person Eats in a Lifetime
In a world of eat or be eaten, many are unaware of how many animals must give up their lives in order for us to live another day. We must ask ourselves, are we worthy of that massive sacrifice over the extent of a lifetime?
3Orbital Analysis of the Solar System
The orbits of the solar system planets are a good deal more complex than is presented in most texts. For one thing, the figures that most people use are derived from the orbit of the earth around the sun, which is itself inclined by about 7 degrees to the solar equator, a figure greater than the moon's inclination to the earth's equator. This reality means that we have to rethink the orbits of the other planets.
1Chilam Balam (Jaguar God)
Chilam Balam, the Jaguar god who was a Mayan warrior - king - high priest made some predictions that have come down to haunt us in the modern era. But much of the account reads like an eye witness account of a huge cataclysm that occurred in the distant past. Horrific accounts are written of earth shattering catastrophes that modern science is waking up to. There are parallels accounts from ancient Persia and the Bible.
2the Drake Equation & Catastrophe
The famous Drake Equation for calculating the number of inhabitable planets with intelligent civilizations is in need of revision given new understanding of how the cosmos operates.
3Greed for Oil
Greed for oil is literally killing us and the planet. This fact is made all the worse by the fact that there are alternatives to warring for oil and polluting the atmosphere with the combustion products of oil. Accidents such as the BP oil spill are also hard on the planet.
5Fear Mongering
Fear is one proven way to control large numbers of people. The state and law rely on this to keep people in line. There are those who exploit fear in order to make a killing in the market.
1Ancient Earth Friendly Ideas for Modern Times
In a world view increasingly obsessed with being green and sustainable, there are ways long since used that can go a long way to protecting the environment. Many of these ideas are easy to implement right now at minimal cost. One idea about refrigeration allows you to cool and preserve food entirely without electricity.
3Virtual People
Will the real people please stand up, please stand up, please stand up! In a world of advancing software, enter the virtual person who has no real existence outside of the virtual world of the internet. You and I may be unwitting hosts and friends of virtual people to ends that we do not know.
2Dealing with Fallout or Detonation Irradiation
Radiation comes in several forms, some relatively harmless and some of it deadly. Knowing what type you are dealing with and how to protect yourself are important if you want to survive any kind of substantial radiation increase. Alpha and Beta radiation can be easily stopped, but this is not true for gamma radiation.
3The Mysterious Toltec
This mysterious, little known MEsoamerican civilization left its share of monuments over a small territory. Yet, it is believed that they were one of the two influences of the incredible Maya as well as the Aztec.
4Understanding Mayan Counting and Math
The very basis of Mayan counting is a vegismal (twenty based) system. This was found by interpreting books like the Papal Vuh and their marvelous calendar. It crops up mainly in their counting of astronomical cycles, but is also found elsewhere.
3The Natural Source of the 260 Day Sacred Calendar
The Maya have a 260 day calendar and it does have a source in observable celestial dynamics. At about 15 degrees north or south of the equator, the period of time between times when the sun is directly overhead is 260 days. The Maya hold two days sacred where the sun is overhead at that latitude and they are 260 days apart. As far as we know, there are no Maya cities located at 15 degrees N. latitude, but the Olmecs may have had such a city in Africa before they arrived in Yucatan in 1500 BC.
113 or 14 Zodiacal Constellations
Most people know of 12 constellations that make up the ecliptic zodiac. Bu, there are two more that are often left out. Ophiuchus is one of them and is located near Scorpio and Sagittarius. The other is Orion that almost intersects the ecliptic at the border of Taurus and Gemini.
6Geothermal energy: The How Too
Recently we have seen an upsurge in volcanic activity around the world. Many places around the world are active, showing us a source of geothermal energy. Yet we do not pursue this form of energy vigorously enough, so most of it goes untapped. Iceland is the only country on the planet that takes this form of energy seriously and powers more than half of its energy needs from the heat of volcanism.
3Event Clustering and Stochastic Processes
Stochastic processes govern a lot of phenomenon, much more so than most people realize. The study of randomness has evolved to understand such things as the emergence of order out of chaos and the underlying chaos in ordered systems. Stochastic processes also heavily influence economics.
0Amazing Orchids; The Closest Life Gets to Breathairianism
Orchids come in a huge variety. In their natural setting, they live on the branches of trees and gather nutrition from the mists of the steaming jungles or near waterfalls where they proliferate. People have become fond of orchids, prizing them for their unique, long lasting blooms. These plants live like others, but have roots designed more for holding than feeding.
5Animals Are Among Our Best Friends
Human beings have a lot of animal friends. Among them are the ever popular dog, cats, horses, elephants, oxen, cows, chickens, pigeons and many others that are raised as pets or as work companions.
5Behind Closed Doors; Out of Sight, Out of Mind
What we don't know can definitely hurt us. Ignorance is not bliss, especially for the animals that many of us use as food. Hidden from the average eye is an archipelago of excruciating torture unknown to most people. To the hundreds of millions of animals living life for inevitable slaughter, life is noting but hell on earth. Show some mercy and swear off meat!
6Mind and Brain
Mind and brain are not the same. The existence of the brain does not mean that there is a mind. The mind requires the brain to function just as software requires the computer in order to function. Mind and brain are inextricably bound together and the mind needs the brain in order to function and give us what we call sentient consciousness and thought.
4Milton Friedman: A Sales Pitch
Milton Friedman, winner of the Nobel Prize for economics in 2006, is the philosophical head of the Chicago School and the shock doctrine. As a philosophy, the shock doctrine believes in absolute capitalism with no government control and no social programs backed by taxes taken from entrepreneurs. It is a cult of individual capitalist expansion that does not rely on fractional reserve banking, which this philosophy is also against. The shock doctrine has been deployed around the world.
0America's 4th Revolution
The Tea Party arose as a result of the popular dissatisfaction with the economy and the performance of the Republicans and the Democrats. The Tea Party is a large band of ultra conservative fundamentalists who want to run the government. They have a large base of support.
0The Sacred 52 year Calendar Round
As we near the 520th year of the incursion of the Europeans into the First Nations, ten full sacred calendar rounds will have been completed. That will occur late in 2012. The Maya have many co-running calendars working together all at once and all of them are tied to the sky and planetary movements one way or another.
2Constructing a Medicine Wheel
Building one's own medicine wheel is one of the best ways to become familiar with the earth - sky relationship. To build an effective medicine wheel, one needs a flat and isolated stretch of ground in which to begin mapping out important transits of the sun, moon and stars over the years. This construction can then serve everyone who knows how to use it thereafter.
3The Measure of the Precession
As far as precession of the equinoxes are concerned, there are many opinions, but almost all of them are inaccurate. Further, we do not have a real handle on the problem considering that modern observation has only been going on for a short time. There are many sources that indicate different times for the lengths of a precessional "year".
3Understanding Our Place in the Galaxy
To get a grasp of where we are in the cosmos involves plenty of research over a long time and educated guesswork along the way. Today we understand our place in the galaxy and at this time, the peculiar alignment between our solar system and the heart of the galaxy.
0Lag Time
Just when you thought you were really confused about what cause produces what effect enters the phenomenon of lag time. Lag time is a very real factor that separates cause and effect. When several things are going on simultaneously, it is hard to determine what cause is associated with what effect. Some things like tides are straight forward, or are they?
12The Sacred Diamond Back Rattle Snake
The Mayans held the diamond back rattle snake in high regard. The pattern on its length exactly recapitulated one of their sacred counts in the number of scales in each individual pattern. The snake also had a connection to Kukalcan, their chief deity, their equivalent to Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent god.
0The Very Best Gift You Can Give Your Child
Teach you children to be critical thinkers who just don't accept pat answers on what is taught. Teach them to "think outside of the box". Do this from an early age. Don't hesitate to answer honest questions. If you don't have an answer, be honest and both of you seek out the answer.
3Sir Isaac Newton: Scientist, Bible Scholar, Astronomer
Isaac Newton is known for his insights into astronomy, but what is not as well known is that he wrote far more on the history of the church and the Bible. In fact, work on has Biblical studies is being completed on a multiple volume resource library.
3Venus; Its Curious Orbital Relationship to Earth
Earth and Venus are in a curious orbital relationship that is described as phase locking. In the immediate term, Venus and Earth affect each others orbits causing various cycles to manifest on earth that in turn have influenced human perception of time cycles. There are other affects as well that have manifested in religions around the world.
0Implications of Backscatter Millimetre Wave Imaging
Air travel now has a new "companion" by way of a virtual strip search. It is a device that uses "soft x-rays" to reveal any weapon that might be hidden under clothes. But there is a cost by way of ionizing radiation that is required to do an electronic strip search that can be detrimental to health.
0Time Defined as Commodity and Property
In the current economic reality, everything has been turned into a commodity. We see this when the boss talks about his or the companies time versus the worker's time. When the employee is on company time, it's as if the employee has no time of his own and while on company time, the employee becomes a time commodity of the workplace.
1Uranium: It's Creation, Use and Misuse
Uranium is a natural element with several isotopes. It comes in two main types; uranium 238 and uranium 235. the rarer isotope is used for making bombs, while the more common form is used in the so called "depleted uranium bombs". There is plenty of controversy over the use of uranium in any fashion.
5Understanding the Galactic Alignment
As the year 2012 comes upon us, there is some speculation as to what the alignment of the sun to the galactic center during the winter solstice is supposed to cause. Due to the intersection of the ecliptic with the milky way, there are two points that align with the solstices. In Mayan cosmology, these are the heart of sky and the great rift, which is the galactic center. The current alignment is rare, occurring only once every 13,000 years.
4The Thirteen Maya-Olmec Constellations
Unlike our zodiac, the Maya described 13 constellations. They had two groups of 13; one of which approximates our zodiac, but with 13 divisions, and 13 clustered around Orion and around Sagittarius - Scorpio. More importantly, they had a "cosmic tree" tied with the milky way.
6Limits and Differences of Perception
Do we see colors differently from person to person? Do this simple experiment. Close one eye and look at a colorful scene. Then close the other eye and open the one that was closed formerly. Look for differences in color perception. You may well be surprised. Color blind people can be proven to see differently with a simple color blindness test.
4The American - Indian Wars 1540 to 1783
In the era of European conquest of the "New World" many First Nations got caught up in the wars over territory formerly held by them. Various European nations vied against one another for growing space at the cost of the natives. Many natives were recruited or forced into alliances with various European nations fighting for each others conquests. In the end, the natives paid dearly, especially in the American revolutionary war that completed in the Peace of Paris between Britain and the new US.
10Earthquake Storm
Due to internal changes, there has been a recent upsurge in the number of large earthquakes. Associated with that is an increase in volcanic activity. Scientists have detected some major changes going on deep in the earth that will have profound changes in store for all of us.
4Chaos, Astronomy and Astrology
Contemporary chaos theory tells us that out of the chaos of the cosmos, order comes in the form of galaxies and planetary systems. There are laws of complex order at work that determines the very structure stellar systems will take.
8Magnetic Levitation
Magnetic levitation is a fact and is used in many applications around the world, from toys, to experiments to modes of rapid ground based transportation, it is everywhere. But this is far from the end as far as magnetic levitation is concerned.
5On the Occassion of the Paasing Away of My Sister Margaret Anne
Everyone alive has someone close to them that has passed on. This fact alone makes many ask why. This poem was inspired by and it is for my sister who was close and loving beyond a friend.
5Reasons to Begin the New Long Count From Dec. 22nd, 2010
After long and considerable debate as to how the Mayan-Olmec calendar linked to the cycles of time, a crucial event revealed the true synchronicity between the measure of time cycles and the real sky. That event, which occurred on Dec. 21st, 2010 has since been vindicated with plenty of other synchronous events in history matching calendar to sky.
8Heart of Sky Lunar Eclipse
In Mayan cosmology, the region of sky between Taurus and Gemini located in the upper part of Orion that almost intersects the ecliptic, is known as the heart of sky. IT is this precise location where the winter solstice lunar eclipse occurred in 2010. This sky event, which is important in Mayan thinking, marks the most likely start of the new long count for the firth age of the great year of precession.
8Conditional Stability and Apocalypse
The solar system is conditionally stable at this time in its evolution. There are those, such as Velikovsky wgi suggest that there were big changes in the solar system within the recorded memory of humanity. Astronomers now consider that there are plenty of rogue planets near enough to the solar system that can wreck havoc at some point in the future. Now the solar system exists in a delicate state of balance because the planets exist in a state of orbital period dissonance with one another.
3Hi-Rise Agriculture
In a world fast running out of horizontal growing space, taking gardening into a vertical mode is starting to make a lot of sense. We have the means to grow a huge variety of food in any climate if we resolve to do it. However, instead of waiting for corporations to do it, individuals can begin at home.
7The Formidable Challenge of Interstellar Travel
There are tremendous challenges in space travel. A trip to the stars offers a seemingly daunting challenge that is clearly impossible with current technology. There are so many barriers to overcome that it seems to us impossible. But recall that less than 110 years ago, flying was thought to be impossible for man despite lighter than air balloons and what Da Vinci might have thought.
1The Art and Science of Streaming Action Transmission Holography
Holography has advanced significantly over the last few decades. No longer do we have to rely on a film substrate, but can project full color, real time streaming holographic videos in virtually any environment without the need of a screen.
0Astrology: Established Scientific Proofs
Though astrology is condemned by many scientists, few have delved into the subject. Almost all cultures have an astrological system that is founded on what is observed in nature that is in sync with the starts and planets.
2Just What is Zero Point Energy?
zero point energy is that which can be directly created from the quantum Planck false vacuum state. Tentative experiments demonstrate that this can be tapped to drive nano technology.
2Intuition and Science
Sometimes when the problems of science are too complex to solve by ordinary means, intuition has to play a role to find an answer. Intuition also plays a role in pointing a way to a solution to a problem. At other times a scientist will come to a sudden flash of insight based on intuition.
0The Astounding Truth of Self Organization out of Randomness
A grand mystery is that order comes out of chaos. Yet, that is what happened and that can be explained using the four fundamental forces and something called an energy gradient in a turbulent cosmos. On the other hand, we can subjectively see meaningful patterns in random arrangements.
6Understanding Magnetism
magnetism is part of a three fold quantum electrodynamic system that permeates the cosmos on all levels. By understanding the nature of quantum magnetism, we can know how various systems function and respond to the electromagnetic field. Understanding magnetism is essential if we are to use it for our technology and day to day lives.
5The Articles of War
Most of us are familiar with civil law, but many are not familiar with martial law. In times of war or insurrection, martial law is enacted with its companion, the articles of war. We need to be familiar with both as under martial law, the whole of society is militarized.
6Hidden History
There is a history that we are told and then there is the history hidden from view. But, looking carefully enough, we can first get glimmers of suppressed history and this leads to further revelations as to the parts that have not been told. The truth is often shocking and can shatter cherished paradigms.
0Dynamical Astrology
Astrology is in need of updating now that the science of chaos has entered into our understanding. The formula book approach to astrology is no longer valid in a cosmos that is always in change.
3Eco-Tourism and Nature Reserves
There is a rapidly growing concern for the environment and the Eco-tourist industry answers it with low impact and environmental vacations. There are many locations and types of vacations available.
1Eternal Return and Complexity
The idea of eternal return is based on the idea of cycles such as the seasons. Though there are cycles, they do not repeat themselves exactly each time, which is where complexity is involved.
1Biblical Myth, Astrology & Astronomy
If one understands that the Bible is a sky and sun book and also understands astrology, then the stories therein will open up. This is particularly true of mysterious books such as the Revelation. There is unfortunately a lot of fear mongering centered on the Bible.
2Chiron and Other Transitional Solar System Bodies
Chiron is a large comet like body of approximately 100 km in diameter that is caught in a phase locking orbit with both Saturn and Uranus. The ultimate result is that Chiron will pass from the Uranian family of objects to the Saturn family. This transition will take many thousands of years.
4The California First Nations
The Californian First Nations were composed of several main groups. When the Spanish arrived, many were forced into crowded and filthy work camps. Eventually, the Californians rebelled, driving the Spanish into the sea and to the south. In the process, they acquired horses and firearms which then spread east by trade to the plains nations.
2Mixed Cultures from Different Worlds
When cultures from two regions across the ocean collide, certain rectification result. When Europeans penetrated the First Nations, there was trade and there were children born of two cultures. These children are neither European nor First Nations, but a separate breed often called Metis. Some rose to fame due to radical politics resulting to conflict between conquerors and the conquered.
3Do We Require Forced Conscription?
In an age of international combat and war, the question always arises if forced conscription is necessary. In the Us, the last time this happened was during the unpopular Vietnam War.
16Rape of the Last Primeval Ecosystem
The Amazon contains tribes that have not yet been contacted by the modern world. As development encroaches in the Amazon, how long do these people have before they are subjugated or destroyed in the contact with developers? These people, seen from the air are some of the last remaining non contacted indigenous peoples who represent real freedom and humanities best chance of survival of a cataclysm.
2The Metaphysical, Physical, Science and Faith
There is more to existence than meets the eye. New discoveries only serve to deepen the mystery of existence and our place in the cosmos. Many people still cling to religious faith in the face of empirical science. Others believe that science has dealt the death blow to religion, as a growing atheist movement seems to attest. Religion without science devolves to mere superstition and science without religion becomes callous, sterile and cold.
2Big Kahuna Meets the High Seas European
Hawaii was invaded relatively late by the Europeans owing to its isolation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. But, it was invaded following Captain Cook's "discovery" and the indigenous people suffered there as on the mainland.
2The Woe of Residential and Parochial Schools
Residential schools were created for the deliberate purpose of breaking the continuity of learning between adults and children of the First Nations. This had tragic consequences over the generations of children who were raised in the school prisons run by the church. The children were punished severely, raped and according to First Nation accounts, some 54,000 children died in the schools in Canada alone.
9Impact of Geomagnetic Reversal and Chaos on Migratory Species
It is an established fact that some species migrate using the earths magnetic field. That field is now changing and its causing havoc in the migratory patterns of some species. This can have fatal consequences for whole populations of animals. Some could even go extinct with this added pressure upon all the others.
3First Nations' Vision and Practices
We rely on the news and science to obtain our long view, but the First Nations had their vision quest. The vision quest was a practice to seek a view of one's role in life and what the future had to portend. Many methods were practiced to induce a state to create visions.
4Ghost Dance Spooked the US Government
The ghost dance was performed for the memory of ancestors who had been killed in the preceding Indian Wars. However, due to the time of the event and the fact that the last of the Indian resistance was being finalized, this dance spooked the US army and it lead to a mass slaughter that was to thereafter reverberate through history as Wounded Knee that came out of the ghost dance.
4Organic-wash
Does organic food even exist anymore? There are so many pollutants, GMO foods and pesticide applications done in the non fruiting period, it is hard to tell of that organic label is anything more than public relations.
5The Fierce and Proud Plains Peoples
The plains First Nations were a resourceful, mobile nation that followed the mighty bison herds from which they sustained a living. Contact with the Europeans came primarily in the 18th century when the war of three conquering nations was active and the war of independence was in full swing.
8The Potlatch Ceremony (to Give Away)
All along the west coast of N. America up until the 20th century, First Nations from northern California to Alaska gathered for three months to share and trade in the Potlatch ceremony over the winter months. Both Canada and the US made the ceremony illegal until recently where it is being allowed again under conditions.
1European Incursions into the Cree First Nations North
Europeans made their first contact with the Cree, Huron and Iroquois First Nations via the East coast of the maritime states, the St. Lawrence River and the Hudson Bay. From troubled beginnings, disease and some peaceful trade, the Europeans were to have a huge impact over a few centuries.
3East Coast Algonquian Nation
In North America, the Algonquin First Nations were among the first to see the first European arrivals. Relations were peaceful for a short period, but the question of Roanoke still haunts us to this day with mysteries.
6The Inuit, Last Holdout of a Dying Nation
The northern most First Nations were able to hold out against European incursions due to the inhospitable conditions of the high north. But with all the attempts to find the North West Passage, even the Inuit suffered in the end with the arrival of the Europeans. They adapted to a harsh environment with innovations such as the igloo and the kayak.
6The Anasazi a.k.a. Ancient Pueblo People
The Anasazi or Pueblo people were able to have an agricultural existence on marginal land close to the desert. They also developed cities on the sides of cliffs and had a natural time keeping system.
16The Olmec: Precusors to Mesoamerican History
The Olmec were as many think, the precursors to the Maya. They were an unusual First Nation as they carved statues of incredible sophistication that depicted people of African appearance. The Aztecs called them "rubber people" and the Maya who were the closest neighbors wound up with their calendar and pyramid building skills. The Aztecs were also quick to adopt many Olmec ideas.
6History of the First Nations: The Inca
The Inca were once a mighty civilization, but were ultimately crushed by the Spanish under Pizzaro. The Inca were noted by a Spanish padre as being largely collectivist and virtually free of crime. The superior technology of the invaders and disease ultimately collapsed this once proud people who made artifacts like MAchu Pichu that defies our understanding as to how they achieved such a work.
8History of the First Nations, the Aztecs
From a small tribe that was driven south in wars with others, the Aztecs settled in what is now called Mexico City. They built one of the most complex and advanced societies in the west before any European set foot in the New World. The arrival of the Europeans had a huge impact on the Aztecs, bring an end to the empire in a few short years from 1519 to 1522.
3History of the First Nations
For thousands of years, the First Nations existed independent of the rest of the world. There is evidence that visitors arrived from Asia, Africa and by the Vikings before the Europeans arrived. But since 1492, the world of the First Nations changed forever. For many it was the road to genocide and extinction.
3Civilization, Theocracy, Revolution and Gay History
Gay rights have been a contentious issue since people have been fighting for them. Some people are adamant against what they say are special rights, when in fact it is about human rights. To the defense of gay people is the observation of gay expression in many species beside humanity, but there are some who contest this and even say it is a lie of the devil.
1Catastrophic Weather Cycles
There have been periods in geologic history where the earth's weather was wild beyond what we are familiar with. Today we see trends toward more weather catastrophes on unheard of scales.
3Wild Mushrooms I Have Known
Mycology; the study of mushrooms and fungi is an interesting and vast subject. Many people love to eat mushrooms and some, such as the chantrelle, have excellent flavor. If you are going to hunt for some wild ones for your own use, you have better learn as much as you can as many types are poisonous. The golden chantrelle has a mimic called jack-o-lantern which is poisonous. Some people take psychoactive mushrooms for vision quests, but here you also have to be careful.
10The Existence of Atlantis and Piri Reiss
There is plenty of controversy over the existence of Atlantis and plenty of ideas as well. But increasing evidence is pointing to a civilization that existed and flourished 12.600 years ago that met its fate in a sudden cataclysm. More and more underwater cities are being found the world over, lending substance to a global scale flood.
1A Brief History of Flight
Human flight has been around for little more than a century for heavier than air flight, but longer for balloons. In the modern era, advances in flight occur almost on a daily basis. The latest advances are mushrooming in the drone flying machines that have dozens of designs, some almost indistinguishable from birds and insects.
4Dementia Cost to Top 1 Percent of GDP, Threatening Profits
In a world full of stress, a faltering economy and pollution, dementia that comes from a variety of causes is on the rise. It is costing the economy a lot in a time when the economy is sensitive.
4What is Sharia Law
Sharia Law is supposedly an outgrowth of Islam, but is it really Islam according to the Koran? Not all Muslims practice Sharia Law just as among Christian sects there is a diversity of expression. But like Christendom, the various expressions believe that they are expressing the true form of belief. Thus Sharia Law practitioners believe that they are doing the will of Allah in their extreme measures such as stoning women for adultery and severing limbs for theft.
0Loan Shark
Difficult economic times drive many people to desperate measures. Unfortunately, there are unscrupulous people ready to take advantage of this desperation by offering loans at extremely high interest. If you fall behind in loan repayment, they will in not way be as civil as a bank, often relying on violence to get the money out of you.
2Eugenics
Eugenics has a long history. Ideas of population modifications go back to Plato, but the modern idea traces back to Galton. Eugenics has been practiced in the US and in the context of Nazi Germany and other totalitarian states. Eugenics has part of its foundation in improving animal stock by selective breeding.
