September 2011
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Chapter 7.1
Previously
Chapter 1: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Chapter 3: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 Chapter 4: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 Chapter 6: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
Song: Detroit – Fireworks
The car sped along with traffic on Interstate 96. Oliver and Trot passed through the vast seemingly endless suburban maze of Novi and Redford. As...
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“Cease being intimidated by the argument that a right action is impossible...”
– Aldo Leopold
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“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man...”
– Abraham Lincoln
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This month's charity - September 2011
Since 1987, Wildlife Forever has provided funding to more than 800 projects in 50 states plus Canada through private special interest conservation groups, state game and fish departments and federal agencies.
Wildlife Forever projects target research, management, land acquisition, and educational purposes. Special emphasis is placed upon grassroots programs. (Discover some of the projects done...
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Book of the Month, September 2011
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
The narrator of this extraordinary tale is a man in search for truth. He answers an ad in a local newspaper from a teacher looking for serious pupils, only to find himself alone in an abandoned office with a full-grown gorilla who is nibbling delicately on a slender branch. “You are the teacher?” he asks incredulously. “I am the teacher,” the...
Toxicologist: Oil spill far more toxic than... →
“It’s not just a simple pipeline break or a rig blow out. It’s America’s energy future, the politicians have no exit strategy off oil,” she says. “So they minimize the costs in sick people, lost babies, it doesn’t matter. That’s what we’re seeing. Battle Creek is a pawn in this giant bid for Alberta tar sands. It doesn’t matter that it happened in Battle Creek … there will be countless communities...
August 2011
16 posts
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The Election March of the Trolls - Chris Hedges →
leftish:
Here’s a small excerpt from this excellent post by Chris Hedges that I found on Truthout.org and I hope you take the time to read:
“A society is in serious trouble when its political pariahs have at the core of their demands a return to the rule of law. This inversion, with our political and cultural outcasts demanding a respect for law, highlights the awful fact that the most radical...
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Chapter 6.4
Previously
Chapter 1: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Chapter 3: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 Chapter 4: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 Chapter 6: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Song: The Gray Race – Bad Religion
“What’s your damn hurry?” asked Trot.
“Look behind us.”
“Oh,” said Trot after quickly looking at the crowd.
“It does explain the...
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Chapter 6.3
Previously
Chapter 1: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Chapter 3: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 Chapter 4: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 Chapter 6: 6.1, 6.2
Song: I Sell Society — Godhead
“You wanted a strawberry, correct?
“Yes, a strawberry. Me.”
“Ok, hold out your arm,” said Oliver. The man held out his arm, Oliver grabbed the...
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Chapter 6.2
Previously
Chapter 1: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Chapter 3: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 Chapter 4: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 Chapter 6: 6.1
Song: Americana – The Offspring
The young men crept to the wall and peered around the corner. A pounding beat and flashes of multicolored lights came from the second floor. As they...
From Jesus’ socialism to capitalistic Christianity →
Just because I’m such a fan of hypocrisy.
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Chapter 6.1
Previously
Chapter 1: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Chapter 3: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 Chapter 4: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
Song: No News is Good News – New Found Glory
Oliver and Trot entered the large dark space. The only light emanated from a few sky lights. A fountain surrounded by benches and fake plants sat before them. A...
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“These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the...”
– Abraham Lincoln
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“Our society’s values are being corrupted by advertising’s insistence...”
– John Arbuthnot Fisher
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Chapter 5.5
Previously
Chapter 1: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Chapter 3: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 Chapter 4: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4
Song: The Western World – Pennywise
A long hall stretched before the young men, doors lined the walls. They looked into an open door. Inside a group of children, some in ragged clothes others bald, cried in a...
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Conservative Media Downplay Extreme Heat Wave →
Rush Limbaugh declared that “almost no temperature records were broken”
Limbaugh’s remarks echo a Newsbusters post in which Noel Sheppard claims that “almost no temperature records were actually broken.”
Here’s the data (from NOAA) on the number of U.S. records broken or tied in the month of July so far:
All-Time Highest Maximum Temperature: 70
All-Time...
“We’re seriously talking about defaulting on our debt, and cutting Medicare and...”
– Matt Taibbi (via paxamericana) 