Why feel patriotic when it is corporations who are controlling our world? Don't let your feelings of deep love for your land and communities be used against you. It sucks to despise yourself but that is exactly what they want.
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The low down on the kombucha recall and other interesting information on the benefits of kombucha as well as what it is exactly.
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I discovered this, written by a Shaker while I was studying at the Culinary Institute of America. One of the most fantastic aspects of that school is the huge library they have of culinary works from across the centuries. I was writing a paper on the Shakers. When I first read this I got goose [...]
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When US forces invaded Haiti in 1994, they drove straight to the offices of the brutal paramilitary groups, hauling away photos, videos, and other material that contained extensive evidence of the egregious abuses of these forces.
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These excerpts are from Dr. Paul Farmer’s book Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor , written in 2004. I am putting up a series of posts from this book, because Dr. Paul Farmer is well respected in the mainstream as well as in the Christian community. He has [...]
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The US has broken international law for years in regard to helping Haiti. Jean-Bertrand Aristide was Haiti's first democratically elected president and was overthrown by a US backed coup.
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This week I was finally able to send in my application for Health Insurance in Canada. It has been 4 years since I had coverage, and during this period I was the unhealthiest that I have ever been (so typical eh?). In one of those synchronistic events a friend also sent me the link to [...]
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This is such a beautiful train ride. All up and down the West Coast is gorgeous and we all know, the train is the way to go. They have fantastic windows in the train. We go through Tacoma and past Boeing, it is a really interesting ride–a pretty good glimpse into the All American Hometown [...]
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Backbone of The Wild Wild West I haven’t got much money I don’t like to make a show But when it comes to real good friends I love to share my ‘dough’ -By Hal ‘Lucky Luke’ Lucas Some of you may remember passing round Alaskan Sourdough Starters to your friends and family along with your [...]
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A small collection of some of my favorite seed saving companies in the US. They all collect heirloom varieties many of which are becoming more scarce because of the monoculture and terminator seeds promoted by Monsanto.
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