Month: December 2016
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Chris Hedges | The Mafia State
Originally posted on Rise Up Times: These profits are counted as economic growth. But this is a fiction, a sleight of hand, like unemployment statistics or the consumer price index, used to mask the speculative shell game. By Chris Hedges Truthdig December 4, 2016 Mr. Fish Systems of governance that…
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Standing Rock DAPL Protesting
Here is a classic example of people coming together and protesting the unchecked and unregulated greed that drives corporations to ever larger annual profits. The entire pipeline is largely complete except for the 1-mile stretch that would tunnel under Lake Oahe and threaten sacred lands. I’m incredibly impressed with the…
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Weekend “Would You Rather?” 7
After playing an interesting round of “Would You Rather?” with the family, I thought it would be fun to get into the game of a weekly blog post. Feel free to join in on your own blog and be sure to give an answer to the question of the week.…
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Holiday season relief for an introvert
It’s no secret, yup, I’m an introvert. I prefer long stretches of time where it appears to an uninformed person that I may in fact be catatonic and unresponsive to external stimuli. I’ve never drooled on myself and why should I, I’m actually rather quite busy inside my own head.…
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Three Things Thursday – 12/1/2016
Inspired by Ms. Emily’s Home for Full-Grown Nerds Bring the happy! Reusing What’s Available We’re in the process of updating our home since moving in this past June. It’s been a struggle to say the least and has resulted in lots of heated debate in color choices, how to add…
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