I COULDN’T pass this one up! Enjoy and pass around to your friends – and enemies.
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80s Blast::The Clash
(anyone who thinks otherwise can go jump in Lake Minnetonka)
Pay close attention to the symbolism here. The band shines a light on the connection(s) behind seemingly disparate images and references.
Now the king told the boogie men
“You have to let that raga drop”
The oil down the desert way
Has been shaken to the top
The Sheik he drove his Cadillac
He went a-cruisin’ down the ville
The Muezzin was a-standin’
On the radiator grille, owShareef don’t like it
Rockin’ the Casbah, rock the Casbah
The Shareef don’t like it
Rockin’ the Casbah, rock the CasbahBy order of the prophet
We’ll ban that boogie sound
Degenerate the faithful
With that crazy Casbah sound
But the Bedouin they brought out an electric camel drum
The local guitar picker got his guitar pickin’ thumb
As soon as the Shareef had cleared the square
They began to wailShareef don’t like it
Rockin’ the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Shareef don’t like it
Rockin’ the Casbah, rock the CasbahNow, over at the temple
Oh, they really pack ’em in
The in-crowd say it’s cool
To dig this chanting thing
But as the wind changed direction
And the temple band took five
The crowd caught a whiff
Of that crazy Casbah jiveShareef don’t like it
Rockin’ the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Shareef don’t like it
Rockin’ the Casbah, rock the CasbahThe king called up his jet fighters
He said, “You better earn your pay
Drop your bombs between the minarets
Down the Casbah way”
As soon as the Shareef was chauffeured outta there
The jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare
Soon as the Shareef was outta their hair
The jet pilots wailShareef don’t like it
Rockin’ the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Shareef don’t like it
Rockin’ the Casbah, rock the CasbahShareef don’t like it, he thinks it’s not kosher
Rockin’ the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Shareef don’t like it, fundamentally can’t take it
Rockin’ the Casbah, Rock the CasbahShareef don’t like it, you know he really hates it
Rockin’ the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Shareef don’t like it, really, really hates it
Generally, I shy away from political messages veiled in music but The Clash are a major exception; and they were always spot-on when it came to delivering political and sociological commentary. (Not to mention I have a serious crush on Mick Jones.)
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WAR
♫♪ One song leads to another… ♫♪
War, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And love means nothing
In some strange quarters
War, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And I heard them banging
On hearts and fingers
(War)People fill the world
With narrow confidence
Like a child at birth
A man with no defense
What’s mine’s my own
I won’t give it to you
No matter what you say
No matter what you doNow we’re fighting in our hearts
Fighting in the streets
Won’t somebody help meWar, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And love means nothing
In some strange quarters
War, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And I heard them banging
On hearts and fingers
(War)Man is far behind
In the search for something new
Like a Philistine
We’re burning witches too
This world of fate
Must be designed for you
It matters what you say
It matters what you doNow we’re fighting in our hearts
Fighting in the streets
Won’t somebody help me(War war war war war
War war war war war
War war war war war
War war war war war
War war war war war)After the bird has flown
He walked ten thousand miles back home
You can’t do that to me, no
You can’t do that to me
You can’t do that to me, no
You can’t do that to me(War
War)In this heart of mine
I’ll find a place for you
For black or white
For all the children, tooWar, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And love means nothing
In some strange quarters
War, war is stupid
And people are stupid
And I heard them banging
On hearts and fingersNo more war
(War, war is stupid)
Said no more war
(And people are stupid)
Said war
(And love means nothing
In some strange quarters)
I said war
No more war
(War, war is stupid)
Said no more war
(And people are stupid)
Said war
(And I heard them banging
On hearts and fingers)Said no more war
(War, war is stupid
And people are stupid)
I said no more war
(And love means nothing
In some strange quarters)
Senso hant-ai
(War, war is stupid
And people are stupid)
Senso hant-ai
Say no more war
(And I heard them banging
On hearts and fingers)
Say no moreNo more war
(War, war is stupid)
Say no more war
(And people are stupid
And love means nothing)
Say no more war
(In some strange quarters
War, war is stupid)
And no more war
(And people are stupid)
Oh, war
(And I heard them banging
On hearts and fingers)
I said no more war(War, war is stupid)
And no more war
(And people are stupid)
Oh, war
(And love means nothing
In some strange quarters)
Brother will kill brother
Spilling blood across the land
Killing for religion
Something I don’t understand
Fools like me, who cross the sea
And come to foreign lands
Ask the sheep for their beliefs
“Do you kill on God’s command?”
A country that’s divided
Surely will not stand
My past erased, no more disgrace
No foolish naive stand
The end is near, it’s crystal clear
Part of the master plan
Don’t look now to Israel
It might be your homeland
Holy wars…Upon my podium as the “know-it-all” scholar
Down in my seat of judgement, gavel’s bang, uphold the law
Upon my soapbox, a leader out to change the world
Down in my pulpit as the “holier-than-thou-could-be-messenger” of GodWage the war on organized crime
Sneak attacks, rappel down the rocks, behind the lines
Some people risk to employ me, some people live to destroy me
Either way, they die… they die!They killed my wife and my baby, with hopes to enslave me
First mistake… last mistake!
Paid by the alliance to slay all the giants
Next mistake… no more mistakes!Fill the cracks in with judicial granite
Because I don’t say it, don’t mean I ain’t thinking it
Next thing you know, they’ll take my thoughts away
I know what I said, now I must scream of the overdose
And the lack of mercy killings
Mercy killings, mercy killings, killings, killings, killingsNext thing you know, they’ll take my thoughts away
WARS: Courtesy of the Khazarian Jewelry.
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Earth Day 2023 Part 1: Frac(k)tures, EVs, and the search for functioning brain cells
Earth Day takes place each year on April 22nd. The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. The event was organized by Gaylord Nelson, a United States Senator from Wisconsin. He was inspired to action after witnessing the damage caused by an oil spill in Santa Barbara, California in the year 1969.
Like many (if not all) attempts at evoking positive change through coordinated efforts of like minds, the conservation movement has been co-opted by big business. I suppose this is appropriate because GREEN is the color of GREED.
Jealousy and greed have the power
to destroy that which is good.
– Masaru EmotoEarth Day should focus on one’s community – taking care of your own backyard – WITHOUT lining the pockets of some politician or corporation. Cleaning up trash along a beach or planting trees in a park come to mind, but the possibilities are endless. I challenge you to do something this Earth Day that speaks to you, your family, and your lifestyle – whatever that may be. Make it personal and not part of someone else’s AGENDA.
Now that I got my PSA out of the way, let’s get down to business…so to speak.
FRACKING is the injection of a fluid at high pressure into an underground rock formation to open fissures and allow trapped gas or crude oil to flow through a pipe to a wellhead at the surface. This technique is used in natural gas and petroleum production.
List of additives used for fracking
In the US, about 750 compounds have been listed as additives for hydraulic fracturing, also known as ingredients of pressurized fracking fluid, in an industry report to the US Congress in 2011 after originally being kept secret for “commercial reasons”. The following is a partial list of the chemical constituents in additives that are used or have been used in fracturing operations, as based on the report of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, some are known to be carcinogenic.
- Dioxane
- Acetone
- Benzene
- Carbon dioxide
- Formaldehyde
- Kerosene
- Tar bases, quinoline derivs., benzyl chloride-quaternized
- See full list at Wikipedia
Sky-High Levels of Fracking Chemicals Detected in Children’s Bodies (March 2, 2021)
The actual levels of biomarkers for fracking chemicals in the bodies of children living near fracking wells far higher than in the general population. One nine-year-old boy had biomarkers for toluene, which can damage the nervous system or kidneys, 91 times higher than the average American. Another had biomarkers for ethylbenzene and styrene, 55 times higher than the average American.
Studies of fracking communities throughout the country have found that living near fracking wells increases the risk of premature births, high-risk pregnancies, asthma, migraines, fatigue, nasal and sinus symptoms, skin disorders and heart failure; and laboratory studies have linked chemicals used in fracking fluid to endocrine disruption—which can cause hormone imbalance, reproductive harm, early puberty, brain and behavior problems, improper immune function, and cancer.
Physicians Group Uncovers Evidence that ‘Forever Chemicals’ (PFAS) Have Been Used Extensively in Fracking Unbeknownst to Public (July 12, 2021)
Oil and gas companies including ExxonMobil and Chevron have used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and/or substances that can degrade into PFAS, in hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) for oil and gas in more than 1,200 wells in six U.S. states between 2012 and 2020.
Due to the lack of full disclosure concerning chemicals used, PFAS could have been used in additional states and in drilling and other extraction techniques that precede the underground injections known as fracking. PFAS have been linked to cancer, birth defects, pre-eclampsia, and other serious health effects. Toxic in minuscule concentrations, they accumulate inside the human body and do not break down in the environment – hence their nickname, “forever chemicals.”
There’s a potential for [PFAS] to contaminate a huge amount of water or soil or sediment if it were to spill on the surface.
The report is available to be downloaded at www.psr.org/frackingchemicals.
If the term “forever chemicals” rings a bell, it might be from the 2019 fillm Dark Waters or the 2018 documentary The Devil We Know – both of which documented lawyer Robert Bilott‘s battle with DuPont, a battle he is still waging 24 years later.
PFAS/PFOA/PFOS are forever chemicals that are found in 99% of the blood of EVERY LIVING THING on this planet; and are also found in the water and soil of the entire world.
The world needs more tenacious and honest people like Robert Bilott.
♫♪ California Frackin ♫♪
During our current YEARS-LONG drought period, while we were all told to cut-back on watering lawns and taking long showers and urged to RAT on our neighbors, who do you think was given a PASS on conserving water? Yep, the fracking industry.
The average fracking job uses roughly 4 million gallons of water per well – or about as much water as New York City uses every six minutes and about 1.3 percent of the water used by the country’s car washes every day.
Fracking has been documented in 10 California counties: Colusa, Glenn, Kern, Los Angeles, Monterey, Sacramento, Santa Barbara, Sutter, Kings and Ventura. Oil companies have also fracked offshore wells hundreds of times in the ocean near California’s coast, from Seal Beach to the Santa Barbara Channel. In Kern County, California’s major oil-producing county, 50 percent to 60 percent of new oil wells are fracked, according to estimates by Halliburton.
And fracking may have been done elsewhere in California, since state officials haven’t monitored or tracked the practice until recently.
Today’s fracking techniques are new and pose new dangers. Technological changes have facilitated an explosion of drilling in areas where, even a decade ago, companies couldn’t recover oil and gas profitably. Fracking also increases earthquake risk. The more oil companies frack and drill, the more wastewater they inject into disposal wells near active faults, which can trigger damaging earthquakes.
‘Kayso, the issue of fracking isn’t exactly at the forefront of the average U.S. citizen’s concerns. Here’s one, however, that is making tons of money for PR and Marketing firms who are pushing this “Green Agenda” HARD. This is called GREENWASHING.
Greenwashing is a form of advertising or marketing SPIN in which green PR and green marketing are deceptively used to persuade the public that an organization’s products, aims and policies are environmentally friendly. It also creates more $$$ for the companies whose products we consume. This includes Electric Vehicles…and this is where my search for functioning brain cells begins…
ELECTRIC VEHICLES (I will included Hybrids.) These are being marketed to the general public as a means to “cut climate change brought on by human-made greenhouse gas emissions”.
Climate Change is an Agenda being pushed by governments and corporations to milk more $$$$ from us. If you don’t get this, you only have ONE brain cell left. Perhaps you only had one to begin with, but that’s not my problem.
So let’s break this down for the intelligent-impaired.
- What type of energy is being used to manufacture EV/Hybrid vehicles? Too hard? OK, the plants that manufacture these products run on…electricity/gas just like every other manufacturing plant in the entire world.
- This one should be easy: What type of energy is used in transporting said vehicles here and there (to car dealerships and the like)? If you said, EV semi truck you’d be wrong. The correct answer would be old-fashioned trucks/cargo ships/planes which use…gasoline.
So basically, fossil fuels are being used to both manufacture and ship these products which are supposed to curtail our use of fossil fuels which contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, which contribute to climate change. WTF!! Now let’s move on to the subject of EV/hybrid batteries. Lithium-ion batteries, to be exact.
Like the vehicles themselves, lithium-ion batteries are manufactured in plants that use fossil fuels to run those plants and create those products. So – additional “greenhouse gas emissions”. But wait, there’s more!!!
Here in California, the Salton Sea is soon to be mined for lithium – because the greedy car manufacturers are SALIVATING over the katrillion dollars they will make from the sales of their EV/hybrid vehicles. But wait, aren’t we “in a drought”? The lithium extraction process uses a lot of water – approximately 500,000 gallons per metric ton of lithium. No worries, though, they will get a PASS just like the fracking companies have. Meanwhile…
Lithium Extraction Environmental Impact (December 31, 2021)
Since [lithium] contains dangerous substances, the mining process also contaminates the local water basins. So, lithium extraction exposes the local ecosystems to poisoning and other related health problems. Overall, large amounts of water pollution might create a severe imbalance in the local ecosystems and adversely affect the environment.
The entire lithium extraction process contributes to an increase in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
SHIT – stop the presses! The actual process of mining lithium for EV/hybrid vehicles’ batteries CONTRIBUTES to the very thing (greenhouse gases) that the vehicles are supposed to curtail? (Imagine my “shock”.)
FUN FACT:
Green plants and trees remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis.Lithium miners cut down trees and remove all other life forms from their targeted mining areas to eliminate obstructions. They also use heavy machinery that consumes a lot of energy and produces various toxic gases, including carbon dioxide. The production of an EV battery weighing 500kg emits over 70% more carbon dioxide than a traditional car in Germany. Overall, lithium extraction and production of electric car batteries contribute to the increase in global temperatures and unpredictable climatic conditions.
Another unfortunate reality is that large-scale lithium extraction requires plenty of land. As a result, lithium extraction is responsible for the onset of desertification in several parts of the world.
Lithium contains chemical substances that cause respiratory problems in humans and animals. (But we don’t really give a shite about this, do we? Not when we can have the latest shiny toy to play with. Too harsh? Keep reading.)
Produces Massive Mining Wastes
Lithium extraction causes surface water contamination. It also destroys other water sources. So, it’s partly responsible for the creation of toxic rain. Since lithium is mined in hot, dry and mountainous areas, the water cycle largely depends on the limited forests. The trees extract underground water and release it into the atmosphere for this process to continue. Therefore, lithium mining hinders the water cycle from providing adequate rainfall in the affected areas. The impacts are severe. (Who needs man-made droughts when we can cough up a little lithium mining instead, right?)
Lithium: Not as clean as we thought (January 14, 2022)
While electric cars reduce fossil fuel emissions once they are on the road, the production of the lithium-ion batteries [and the cars themselves] that power them causes more displacement and CO2 emissions than the production of regular gas-powered cars. Disposal of the batteries at the end of their life cycle is also a growing concern.
Cumulative energy demand (CED) measures how much energy is expended in the production of car batteries. According to scientists measure CED, production of the average lithium-ion battery uses three times more electrical energy compared to a generic battery.
While lithium-ion batteries power some common items like cars, scooters, vapes and phones, the notion that they don’t pose a threat to the global climate crisis is misleading. Mining, extraction, production and improper disposal all play a role in the encroaching threat of climate change, especially given the volume of these batteries’ life cycles. (Hmmm, imagine that.)
A dead battery dilemma (May 20, 2021)
Batteries differ widely in chemistry and construction, which makes it difficult to create efficient recycling systems. And the cells are often held together with tough glues that make them difficult to take apart. That has contributed to an economic obstacle: It’s often cheaper for batterymakers to buy freshly mined metals than to use recycled materials.
The Environmental Impact of Lithium Batteries (November 12, 2020)
In May 2016, dead fish were found in the waters of the Liqi River, where a toxic chemical leaked from the Ganzizhou Rongda Lithium mine. Cow and yak carcasses were also found floating downstream, dead from drinking contaminated water. It was the third incident in seven years due to a sharp increase in mining activity, including operations run by China’s BYD, one of the world’ biggest supplier of lithium-ion batteries. After the second incident in 2013, officials closed the mine, but fish started dying again when it reopened in April 2016.
South America’s Lithium Triangle, which covers parts of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, holds more than half the world’s supply of the metal beneath its salt flats. But it is also one of the driest places on earth. In Chile’s Salar de Atacama, mining activities consumed 65 percent of the region’s water, which is having a large impact on local farmers to the point that some communities have to get water elsewhere.
China is among the five top countries with the most lithium resources and it has been buying stakes in mining operations in Australia and South America where most of the world’s lithium reserves are found. China’s Tianqi Lithium owns 51 percent of the world’s largest lithium reserve in Australia, giving it a controlling interest. In 2018, the company became the second-largest shareholder in Sociedad Química y Minera—the largest lithium producer in Chile. Another Chinese company, Ganfeng Lithium, has a long-term agreement to underwrite all lithium raw materials produced by Australia’s Mount Marion mine—the world’s second-biggest, high-grade lithium reserve.
It is estimated that between 2021 and 2030, about 12.85 million tons of EV lithium ion batteries will go offline worldwide, and over 10 million tons of lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese will be mined for new batteries.
Cobalt is found in huge quantities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and central Africa where it is extracted from the ground by hand, using child labor, without protective equipment. China owns eight of the 14 largest cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo and they account for about half of the country’s output. While China has only 1 percent of the world’s cobalt reserves, it dominates in the processing of raw cobalt. The Democratic Republic of Congo is the source of over two-thirds of global cobalt production, but China has over 80 percent control of the cobalt refining industry, where raw material is turned into commercial-grade cobalt metal.
Well, well, well. What have we learned? “But buying a Tesla is a status symbol! When people see me driving one, they know I’m rich.” This individual is very sad indeed, but actually has a couple more functioning brain cells than those who cry “But everyone is doing it/has one! I want everyone to see that I’m supporting _____ [insert Agenda here].”
I swear every time we are on the roads around here there’s a Tesla in front of us. I should keep track of the license plates to determine if they are the same ones we are seeing over and over. In any event, for me it’s fecked up. In the meantime, I’m giving the fracking industry and the EV pushers a well-deserved:
(I you’re REALLY concerned, ride a bike. Use mass transit. Carpool or Uber. Walk. THINK! That grey matter between your ears is there for some reason.)
None of us are immune to self-deception.
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Jefferson, Gardening, Electroculture – and Chemtrails!
Thomas Jefferson was an architect, dinosaur bone collector, inventor, voracious reader and book collector, linguist, vegetarian (!), the third President of the United States, and is considered to be the father of American forestry. Jefferson was born April 13, 1743 and died on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. He was 83.
Thomas Jefferson was also a botanist and an avid gardener. As a farmer, he was obsessed with new crops, soil conditions, garden designs, and scientific agricultural techniques. His Monticello plantation is famous for its gardens which include a flower garden, a fruit orchard, and a vegetable garden. Jefferson, a connoisseur of trees, flowers, and gardening techniques, was highly interested in experimental planting and directed the design of the gardens, which contained many exotic seeds and plants from his travels abroad. (A seed saver!!!)
No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth,
and no culture comparable to that of the garden.
– Thomas Jefferson
‘Kayso, today is Jefferson’s birthday. TOMORROW is National Gardening Day and April is National Garden Month. See where I’m going with this?
I am doing Spring cleaning in the Concrete Jungle. Moving some plants around and very soon I will dismantle the stair steps next to the fence so I can refigure the whole set-up. It appears my African Blue basil is dying. It was quite old so perhaps its time has run out. I also lost the Japanese pieris, and my beloved Aristolochia fimbriata has not awakened from its winter slumber. I am heartbroken over this last loss. I was fortunate in stumbling upon the plant five or so years ago at Yamagami’s and have not seen another since. I am hoping they can help me replace it.
On a happier note, Boris (the borage I grew from seed last year) is still blooming, and the arugula is growing like mad – in partial shade! Who knew? Dot (the Datura) has spring two flowers and my Pinellia tripartita (aka Green Dragon) is already filling its container with 3-parted leaves and flowers that resemble Sarracenia pitchers. The hanging fuchsia is dripping with blossoms, as are the abutilon and ivy geranium – and you should see the pots full of bright blue bacopa! They bloomed all through the winter. Happy days.
Boris has had his day in the sun and will be put out to pasture (so to speak). I will be growing three pots of borage this year. I’ve also got Scarlet Runner Bean and Nasturtium seeds to plant this month, along with more arugula. (Because one can never grow too much arugula…) After binge-watching Jamie Oliver these past months I have ventured into the wonderful world of chiles and found two plants that I’m very excited to grow: “Calabrian Chili” (a spicy, fruity pepper from Italy) and Italian Pepperoncini (which matures to bright red although the flavor is best while still green).
After the obvious first success I had using crystals when planting both the borage and arugula seeds, I plan to do the same this year for both seeds and the pepper plants. I’m also going to dip my toe into Electroculture, which basically harnesses the earth’s energy to help grow healthier and stronger plants, even houseplants.
When using electroculture
there is no need for the use of pesticides, manure, or fertilizers.
This is primarily why this information was suppressed.
– Matt Roeske
I was totally on board with the concept to begin with but when I saw a video of a gardener showing how a sky covered in chemtrails magically cleared away in the sky above his garden I got even more excited!
Here’s the video: tinyurl.com/2nj2zzej
Since there are companies that are now openly stating they are involved in “cloud seeding”, I think we can put to bed the claim that chemtrails are a conspiracy theory.
The difference between a contrail and a chemtrail is that the former dissipates almost immediately after a plane dispenses it, while a chemtrail does not and proceeds to expand across the sky until the atmosphere is covered with haze. It was very apparent when I was up North and saw the whole process from a panoramic viewpoint, but I’ve been watching this shite happen for decades right here in the Bay Area.
Funny story…last Tuesday I was hanging in the Concrete Jungle with Ramses, enjoying an ice-cold adult beverage. Although the wind was blowing it wasn’t especially cold. I sat there sipping my drink and watching the plane zig-zag across the sky laying down layer upon layer of chemtrail. Minutes later the wind was blowing all that crap out of the sky. When last I saw the MOFO, Mother Nature was blowing the chemical trail away as fast as he was spitting it out. He finally gave up. LOL.
So while I was wishing for his plane to fall out of the sky, Mother Nature was taking care of the problem HER way. Goddess Bless Her.
If employing electroculture can help clear the air of whatever chemical concoction is being sprayed over our heads – and it’s happening all over the country – imagine what an impact each of us might have in this war against our health and the health of this Planet if we all used it. It’s easy-peasy to do. All you need is a natural stake (no plastic or metal) of some kind, copper wire, and zinc wire. That’s it. One can use a chopstick on indoor plants.
If anyone is interested in checking this out, this website is a great place to start: tinyurl.com/54tphndw
In any event, I will journal my progress using both crystals AND electroculture this year. Happy Gardening!!
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