Special Needs Kids and Bullying

Bully Stuff

The fact that this website is needed demonstrates a whole new level of depravity. Period. 

Check it out. 

A Read...

Going to extremes to ignore climate change

Global Warming is Real

A real picture

Here's why I think so. 

We are running a grand experiment on ourselves. Is climate change real? Is it man made? Or is it all a grand hoax by people like Al Gore? I'd answer yes, yes and no. How about a little reading first? 

1. Has good links and a reasonable source. 

2. Good overview.  

3. Global Warming.

4. Failed media. 

The reason I know global warming is real is science and my own built in bullshit meter. It is through science, we build knowledge. Scientists overwhelmingly agree this shit is real, WE are changing the climate (Direct link). Yes, they could be wrong. That is not impossible. But why run such a high risk? Are we willing to doubt the best way we have developed for learning, the scientific method?  If your doctor, for some reason, told you "I do not believe in science." Would you not get a new doctor?  I pretty sure I would. Perhaps it is his wallet that precludes his faith in science. Somebody is paying him to say science is bullshit for their own reasons. If they pay enough, he may do it. Our beliefs are tied directly to our wallets. Which brings me to my bullshit meter. 

I like to always ask, "Why is someone telling me this?" I also consider the following. Do they have my best interest at heart? What do they have to gain or lose? If one is truly a "scientist," they seek unbiased knowledge. I accept the scientific community as a whole is basically unbiased. So when they tell me something is real and happening, I can accept it. I don't see a politicization of plate tectonics as an explanation for earthquakes. This is a pretty well universally accepted explanation. The same can be said of theories in biology and physics. Is the Big Bang Theory a hoax because some don't believe it? Then why is there SO much anti-global warming material out there? If you follow the link, you may want to read here about the founder's wallet. His linked in profile says what he does "Approvals and Compliance Consultant at Australia Pacific LNG Pipelines." No conflict of interest there. I know that alone does not disprove whatever he says. I'm sure he's bright sincere guy. But is does make me wonder why he thinks the way he does. What if you're a player like Exxon, with profits in the BILLIONS at stake? You are legally bound to maximize profits for shareholders, and if Global Warming is true, that could impact the bottom line. You have to deny it. 

Next time, we'll take a look at how this plays out and who is affected.         

A Read 10.10.13

Hot, Hot, Hotter!!

Climate Change as Slow-Violence

Cyclone Catrina in the SOUTH Atlantic 2004. Yes, the South Atlantic

I read this good article on Asia Times, and it got me thinking on the idea of Slow-Violence.  The article on AT does a much better job of explaining how this happens than I could. I'll let it do the talking for now. Just remember always follow the money. I'll put my own spin on it soon.

Carry on.

-P.  

Dark Money

I live in North Carolina, USA. We have undergone a far right-wing take over of state government. While over all this is a Conservative state, all of the larger municipal areas are left leaning. But you would not know that by looking at the actions of our State Legislature, and governor. Some of the legislative wreckage includes: 

• Cutting Federal Unemployment Extensions off via re-writing the state's Unemployment Laws.
• Cutting the weekly unemployment benefit amount.
• Cutting teacher pay, and promoting the further privitazation and comodification of k-12 schools. 
• Needless Voter ID laws. 
• Chronic Chronism - Hiring politically connected people for positions they are not qualified for, AND overpaying them. 
• Repeal of the Racial Justice Act
• Abortion restrictions.
• "Anti-Muslim fear-mongering."
• Denying Medicaid coverage to half a million low-income people.
• Tax cuts for the wealthy.
• Etc Etc...

...And it is another year to the mid-terms. 

I think some of this would even make the old right-wing Senator Jessie Helms blush. This in not following the will of the people of North Carolina. Let's keep in mind we are NOT the customers Governor Pat Mccrory speaks of when referring to North Carolina Citizens, and residents. The real customers are those that bought and paid for this election. Arthur (Art) Pope is a customer. According to this article, one of the biggest. We have been lead astray when the US Supreme Court in Citizens United, made money free speech. We are seeing the result here in North Carolina. Reform = Cut. What kind of business will want to relocate to such a state? A state that refuses to recognize same-sex couples, devalues education, devalues diversity, and refuses to safeguard it's mist vulnerable citizens, AND is anti-science cannot attract the top-tier companies looking for a highly skilled work force.  

I'm not a big fan of the Democratic Party either. I see them as Republican light. How can they be different when they too are also paid by many of the same "Customers?" Both parties support the only party that seems to matter anymore, The Business Party. Our challenge is to get money out of politics in an environment of shrinking individual freedoms and increasing domestic spying.    

Back on

too much weirdness to stay quiet any longer...

more very soon.

P.