Anarcho-primitivism. History[edit] Origins[edit] Anarchism started to have an ecological view mainly in the writings of American individualist anarchist and transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau.
In his book Walden, he advocates simple living and self-sufficiency among natural surroundings in resistance to the advancement of industrial civilization.[2] "Many have seen in Thoreau one of the precursors of ecologism and anarcho-primitivism represented today by John Zerzan. Philly mayor hopes curfew plan brings back the love. Philadelphians react to teen 'flash mob' attacks Police commissioner vows enforcementEarlier curfew in some parts of town follows rash of mob attacksThe mayor delivered a tough sermon on the attacksThe fight against teen violence also targets parents (CNN) -- Philadelphia has been plagued by teen violence, but the City of Brotherly Love is fighting back.
Mayor Michael Nutter announced this week a robust initiative that began with a stiff curfew at 9 p.m. Friday. Gov. Rick Snyder signs redistricting bills designed to give GOP political edge. With little fanfare Gov.
Rick Snyder signed into law today new political maps for Michigan, redrawn by his Republican allies in the Legislature without Democratic interference. In a statement, the governor avoided the political reality that Republicans carved out for themselves. The GOP now has a 61-49 advantage in the state House, according to political analyst Bill Ballenger, a 23-15 edge in the Senate, and a 9-5 advantage in Michigan’s delegation to Congress. Michigan medical marijuana law set for fall legislative review. AP File PhotoAttorney General Bill Schuette The legislative push to place tighter controls on medical marijuana will begin in the fall and one change could make it a felony for a physician to authorize use of the drug by falsely certifying the applicant has a debilitating condition.
Attorney General Bill Schuette, law enforcement officials and lawmakers said today the 2008 voter-approved law is intentionally vague, so as to allow profit-oriented marijuana dispensaries to openly sell the drug to customers who can now obtain a certificate with minimal effort online. US railway blocked phones to quash protest - Americas. A rail transit provider in the United States disabled mobile phone services to prevent a planned protest on Thursday, attracting criticism and unflattering comparisons to crackdowns on dissent in the Middle East.
Demonstrators in northern California's Bay Area had planned a protest to condemn the shooting death of Charles Hill, who was killed on July 3 after Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officers responded to complaints about a drunk man at a station in the city of San Francisco. Hill was fatally shot in the torso - police said he had lunged with a knife - and protesters responded eight days later with a demonstration that shut down three San Francisco BART stations. BART's police force had been criticised before, in 2009, after a white officer responding with several colleagues to a complaint restrained an unarmed black man on the ground of a train platform and then fatally shot him in the back.
'Corporations are people, my friend...' Thank God for Mitt Romney.
In a moment of candour he likely thought would win him much needed support from the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party, the presidential candidate explained his thinking to a heckler - who asked why he didn't feel corporations should share more of the economic burden of reducing the deficit: How America Could Collapse.
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Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. The following article first appeared on the Web site of The Nation. The Simian Line: Depression, Mental Illness. Note: Other quotation sections to consider are Suicide, Self-Injury, and Misery/Despair/Anxiety/Grief.
Depression Why do you want to shut out of your life any uneasiness, any misery, any depression, since after all you don’t know what work these conditions are doing inside you? Why do you want to persecute yourself with the question of where all this is coming from and where it is going? Since you know, after all, that you are in the midst of transitions and you wished for nothing so much as to change. Alanis Morissette - Hand In My Pocket. The Best Newspaper Headlines of 2000. INFOGRAPHIC : Software Piracy The Untold Tales.
Piracy and illegal file sharing is a curse for any developer and software company.
As soon as the new version of a popular piece of software hits the streets, it is pretty much being pirated before you can say “o-arrr!”. Same with games, music and movies. FedEx and Pepsi Are Top Defense Contractors? 5 Corporate Brands Making a Killing on Americas Wars. September 3, 2011 | Like this article?
Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Chances are, if you’ve ever sent a package overnight, bought a PC or a can of soda, you’ve paid your hard-earned money to a major Pentagon contractor. While large defense corporations that make fighter jets and armored vehicles garner the most attention, tens of thousands of “civilian” companies, from multi-national corporations hawking toothpaste and shampoo to big oil behemoths and even local restaurants scattered across the United States, all supply the Pentagon with the necessities used to carry on day-to-day operations and wage America’s wars.
In 2001, the massive arms dealers Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Northrop Grumman ranked one, two and five among Department of Defense contractors, raking in $14.7 billion, $13.3 billion and $5.2 billion, respectively, in contracts. America’s recent wars have obviously been good to these companies. Why the Breakfast Most Americans Will Eat Today Is a Corporate Scam. September 2, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Breakfast in America is a corporate scam. E Ink promises thinner, lighter, higher resolution, and color e-paper displays New Tech Gadgets & Electronic Devices.
E Ink is already doing swift business in the growing e-reader market, but just like any technology company, it can’t sit still for fear of being overtaken or made redundant. With that in mind, the company has used IFA 2011 to show us some future products and the latest updates to its displays that are coming to market. E Ink’s biggest success to date has to be the monochrome display found inside the best selling e-reader on the market: the Amazon Kindle . Protests Erupt in the US and Bolivia Targeting 'Progressive' Presidents Who Are Failing to Protect the Environment. September 6, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: List of electronic music genres. This is a list of electronic music genres, consisting of genres of electronic music, primarily created with electronic musical instruments or electronic music technology. A distinction has been made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology.[1] Examples of electromechanical sound producing devices include the telharmonium, Hammond organ, and the electric guitar.
Purely electronic sound production can be achieved using devices such as the Theremin, sound synthesizer, and computer.[2] Genres[edit] See also[edit] Notes[edit] Jump up ^ T. Wikileaks Provides Proof that UK is Eradicating Turks and Caicos Islanders Since Early 2000s. With the help of confidential Wikileaks cables from 2004-2009, and after, we discover that the UK has been plotting to remove Turks and Caicos Islanders from power in their country. For years, Turks and Caicos has been targeted for corruption by the UK, even though the UK has been "over seeing" the territory for decades. The Turks and Caicos government had repeatedly informed the UK of the threat of foreigners and illegal immigration from Haiti. Its Time We Stop Underrating Doug Fister.
Turkey Crisis: Unconditional U.S. Backing Has Helped Israel to Isolate Itself. Should Israel be in Bush's back seat? Should the Eurozone Become a United States of Europe? - The Curious Capitalist - TIME.com. Iran's Potentially Fatal Temptation - Jeffrey Goldberg - International. UN Report on Flotilla Incident Exonerates Israel. Toto's Sound Princess still running strong. Updated Tuesdays and Thursdays Archive Last Night. Noam Chomsky on the Dangers of American Empire and Why the US Continues to be Bin Laden's Best Ally. September 6, 2011 | Tigers' Jackson best on D in August - SweetSpot Blog.
A three-team trade that paid three ways - SweetSpot Blog. The Horrific Labor Practices Behind Your iPhone. September 1, 2011 | How Rick Perry Has Been on the Public Dole His Whole Life. Hamas: Government or Terrorist Organization? 5 Surprising Upsides to Getting Married. Why Eminem Needs to Find Something New to Rap About. Nation Would Rather Think About 9/11 Than Anything From Subsequent 10 Years. Area Man Obsessed With Knowing If Kevin Spacey Asshole In Real Life. How For-Profit Colleges Can Save Themselvesand Higher Education - Andrew P. Kelly - Business. Does suppressing the urge to toot endanger one's health? Resistance Bursts Out All Over the World, While We Do Nothing to Fight Corporate Takeover. China's Making Everything in the US From Bridges to Civil Rights Memorials: That's a Huge Problem and China's Not to Blame. John Kennedy Toole A Confederacy Of Dunces - Spike Magazine. 6 Scientific Reasons Your Girlfriend's Father Hates You.
Drugstore.Cowboy.DVDrip.Xvid-MrPink. How Prozac sent the science of depression in the wrong direction. 8 Reasons Nirvana's 'Nevermind' Is The Most Important Rock Album of All Time. 11 Reasons Why the Unemployment Crisis Is Even Worse Than You Think. The Decline and Fall of the American Empire.