Treat Mental Illness
Region: United StatesWhen will we recognize the need to treat individuals who suffer from severe mental illness? With each tragic mass shooting, I think – maybe now we’ll do something. I was especially optimistic after the Newtown tragedy as legislators talked about gun control and addressing mental health reform. The gun legislation has been defeated in the U.S. Senate, but there is still an opportunity to focus on untreated s... more
Views: 1303Transform Your Life: Suggestions from an ex-Workaholic
Region: United States
Now available for your listening pleasure, enjoy the current talk given by Marilyn Redmond on April 28, 2013 that is on her web site at Angelicas Gifts/lectures. The title of her speech is “Ego to Heart”. After a hilarious introduction, she talks about moving from the ego's fear in your head into your heart. She shares personal stories, quotes from the "Course in Miracles", and inspiration to change y... more
Views: 509Infowars: Terrorism by Conspiracy
Region: United States
“There is an irony that the most anti-gay [groups] are Al Qaeda and the American Right-Wing” Former U.S. Congressman Barney Frank The above quote doesn’t really have much to do with Infowars, Alex Jones and their conspiracy theories, but it does draw an interesting connection. And, after all, it’s just funny. Sometimes it's good to start out with a little humor before we add... more
Views: 860On Voluminous Trance Channeling, Camouflaged Dire Outcomes and Things that go Bump in the Light
Region: IowaTheme song, I Wish I Knew, from defunct early 1990s TV series, The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, starring Sharon Gless: Livin' in time, and feelin' every moment Should I walk into tomorrow, and never look behind? In a perfect world, everyone's dreams would all come true What will the future hold? I wonder, what will the future hold? How will it all unfold? I wish I knew ... more
Views: 979Are You Aware The Apostles Receive The Holy Spirit Twice?
Region: United States
The Christian celebration of Pentecost, the day that Jesus sends down the Holy Spirit to be with His apostles and to later be received by mankind if man chooses to accept Jesus as redeemer, is about 3 or 4 weeks away. As Christians this is the third most important celebration in the Christian Liturgical Calendar. Pentecost is derived from the Greek Language referring to the fiftieth day, the Feast of Weeks for the pro... more
Views: 692What is a Real Education?
Region: United States
To “deliver information” as described by recent educators and Gates is the opposite of the meaning of education. This is the intent of a controlling manipulative group who in our society wishes to govern. To allow that inner person to come alive with imagination, inspiration, and feelings creates real people. Free thinkers do not accept tyranny, laws that deprive freedom, and thought control. A... more
Views: 563"scorned beauty/comes up/from behind: preverbs" by George Quasha
Region: New York
Even the title of this book is demanding: from behind ... more
Views: 330Jock Sturges in "Poetry Northwest"
Region: New York
My friend Lynn threw out the magazine Poetry Northwest (Volume 1, Number One, Spring 2006) so I stole it from her recycling bin. I don't like any of the poems, but the photographs by Jock Sturges, of nudist camps, are milky and involving. The editor, David Biespiel (or whoever made that decision) was exactly correct: a naked person (for example "Vanessa; Le Porge, France, 2003") is a poem, as she lies beside a ... more
Views: 349Pussy Riot, Set Them Free!
Region: New York
British reporter Phil Black stood outside the courtroom on August 17, 2012 just after the court handed down the Pussy Riot verdict: "A great many people agree that their performance was tasteless... but a large number of people believe that this was a statement of free speech, perhaps even an artistic statement." All great art strikes us as "tasteless," because it is, before our eyes, revising the dictates of ... more
Views: 539Greed Continues to Fuel Patrick Lumumba's Hatred Toward Amanda Knox
Region: United States
One week from today, the long awaited book “Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir,” written by Amanda Knox, will hit bookshelves across America. Knox’s first interview, conducted by Diane Sawyer of ABC News, will air on the evening of the book’s release. In a recent interview with John Follain of the Sunday Times, Patrick Lumumba stated that Amanda Knox’s book deal was dirty money. Like ... more
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