A timely piece. "So, if it is action that binds us together and if we are not short of common goals, what are we waiting for?" Sadly it will be agreed that earning a living for most fails to honour individual creativity. We find ourselves imprisoned in ...
A timely piece. Preoccupation with online social media invades the present moment and all that it has of poignancy, meaning and subtlety. Our hominid ancestors relied on being present and alert for survival. Much value there is (I believe) in the ...
“…..and let’s have a report of daily movement on kindness, just as we listen to movements in our financial statements on radio and other media”. Agreed, the “good sorts” and other broadcasts of kind action under increasing publicity will empower the ...
Too true as reiterated for many years by Chomsky, Pilger, Medialens, The Intercept et al
Amazing the Herald gives her so much space for a long-winded self indulgent 'confession.'
Don’t you love the leisurely pace of the old cheese ad ‘good things take time’? We lose much in our compulsively accelerating world. Match highlights? I hate them, - little burst of canned action. All the tension, excitement and build up of atmosphere of ...
Touche ;)
If anyone stomached reading to the end of the article..... " Here is the real reason I find Gayford problematic. I feel disquiet about his jolly japes because I worry for him. Clarke honey, please don't love all the shits and giggles too much. " ...
I think there was a doco on Yunus ten or so years back? Makes huge sense as all people have talent and ability (often in obscure not readily marketable areas). Within highly competitive job environments relatively few get to mobilize them and are consigned...
Surely click-bait, but also related to the age-old ploy that if you wish to spread a false conception make sure the 'lie' is blatant and outrageous.
The implication is shocking beyond words, - imagine the educational 'climate' in class knowing the teacher is armed and ready to shoot. Sudden scuffle at the back of the class, someone drops a book, an unexpected sneeze.....
Bill” We have to stem the Jacinda effect.” Steven: “ I have a dead cat here, - I’ll chuck it on the table” Bill: “Don’t you think people will want to know how you got it?” Steven: “Not really, the cat’s the diversion.” Bill: “But what if people ask me what...
"A UBI gives us a real chance, for the first time in a long time, to reconnect with our true nature ...." Agreed. Humanity has ever been dual: competitive and self-seeking on the one hand, altruistic and aligned with planetary well-being on the other. The ...
"Destruction of the planet, so profoundly achieved through rampant capitalism and out-of-control greed will be replaced by cooperative endeavour as the incentive to “get ahead” is eclipsed by self expression through any one or more creative activities ...
Did Kipling prevision UBI? “…….and no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame, But each for the joy of the working, as each in his separate star, Draws the Thing as he sees It, for the God of Things as They are.” One of the objections to ...
Trivial trivia: "Visibly moved, the President....." If it was not "visible" how would the journo have known he was moved? Even stranger (on a bottle of contact lens cleaner) ".... this solution is visibly tinted." Mischievously I asked the chemist "if it ...
"I don't agree with any murder" Neither do I nor any civilized person. Murder as I understand it stems from an intense motive of wanting to get rid of someone either for money or because of hatred, jealousy etc. Murder does not help the victim, nor is it ...
At birth we choose all kinds of procedures (including medications) to speed, slow or mechanically aid parturition to relieve a mother's prolonged suffering as well as trauma to the new born. People have stressed the value of personal choice in the ...
"......Mr English is our wisest PM to date" No difficulty pairing wisdom with lies?
Heat off Golriz? Also yesterday's news. Quin has already apologised for wrongly labelling her a genocide supporter and the Law Society has upheld the integrity of her actions.
Agreed; not only has Jacinda Ardern endorsed 'kindness' but the speaker made a plea for more of it in his inaugural address. (Asked what religion he actually practiced the Dalai Lama replied "loving kindness.") CV (above) seems concerned too many ...
Teenager Robin lee Graham, youngest person to sail single handed round the world in 1965 (National Geographic, Oct. 1968), stopped off for supplies on a remote Pacific island. Impressed by the simple life-style of his hosts and far from the affluent USA ...
It is consistently overlooked, perhaps because of aversion to having to contemplate the possibility of a “sky fairy”, that humans have the capacity for a mode of being that brings fulfilment and a sense of purpose through cooperative living rather than ...
".....or just trying to make our little election seem more exciting and intriguing than it was?" Exciting news - (fake or otherwise) sells. "a fully public funded commercial-free media for presentation of all views for all people on their government ...
"The truth of corporate journalism, and the great irony of its obsession with 'fake news', is that it is itself utterly fake. What could be more obviously fake than the idea that Truth can be sold by billionaire-owned media dependent on billionaire-owned ...
No, that's forcing the change. I had more in mind being proactive participating in our new government's socialistically oriented initiatives. Taking practical steps that epitomize optimal climate change life style. Participating in forums where negatives ...
Donne's majestic poem is exemplified today as we all find ourselves affected,willingly or not in the trials of the world (and a few triumphs) through hyper-efficient news dissemination. Unlike a few decades ago we currently stifle in a seething miasma of ...
"I want the government to bring kindness back." People have lauded her warmth , speaking naturally fro a level of consciousness that's not busy filtering verbal output through a screen of caution and conditioning which fits the dialogue to the long ...
Great sketch, steeped in wisdom. Agreed, when the Nats last came to power the populous got the government it deserved, - blatantly ignoring dirty politics and hugely funded spin. Thanks for your tireless work.
Actually I was referring primarily to RW blogs, as headed up by the subject of this post. ;) "For these reasons I think we have to bypass MSM and develop new channels, networks, and ways." Yep, that I mentioned in the thread. I do agree MSM have long bowed...
Right wing forums will retain power and influence whilst we give them oxygen through counter-attack. I'd prefer to support the new, so eloquently articulated by Jacinda Ardern, through media input, daily action and attitude. Favourable memes that germinate...
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