Planet of the Humans

Michael Moore presents Planet of the Humans, a documentary that dares to say what no one else will this Earth Day — that we are losing the battle to stop climate change on planet earth because we are following leaders who have taken us down the wrong road — selling out the green movement to wealthy interests and corporate America. This film is the wake-up call to the reality we are afraid to face: that in the midst of a human-caused extinction event, the environmental movement’s answer is to push for techno-fixes and band-aids. It's too little, too late. 

Removed from the debate is the only thing that MIGHT save us: getting a grip on our out-of-control human presence and consumption. Why is this not THE issue? Because that would be bad for profits, bad for business. Have we environmentalists fallen for illusions, “green” illusions, that are anything but green, because we’re scared that this is the end—and we’ve pinned all our hopes on biomass, wind turbines, and electric cars? 

No amount of batteries are going to save us, warns director Jeff Gibbs (lifelong environmentalist and co-producer of “Fahrenheit 9/11” and “Bowling for Columbine"). This urgent, must-see movie, a full-frontal assault on our sacred cows, is guaranteed to generate anger, debate, and, hopefully, a willingness to see our survival in a new way—before it’s too late.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk11vI-7czE

this is why i hate republicans

this article from commondreams about republican leaders president trump and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, the chinless wonder from kentucky, denying a modest increase in federal food aide in this time of pandemic economic depression, when a sharp increase in such aide is called for (or better yet, how about a universal basic income?)... this is why i hate republicans. their leaders are such hardass assholes who don't give a flying flock about the downtrodden and the poor. they don't care if millions go hungry while many are obscenely wealthy. they don't give a shit, as a whole, about the environment or climate change, which many of them don't believe in. they generally support all kinds of wars, imperialist wars, false flag wars, wars on drugs and other forms of 'vice', war on obscenity and 'immorality'... they're anti-choice fascists and religious fanatics, not all of them of course but many of them.

it's scary to live in a country in which such a cruel, ignorant, stupid, and corrupt political party is wildly popular in many places, mostly rural.

i wonder if there's a purposeful method to their madness. perhaps by placing the burden of addressing social problems stemming from widespread poverty and gross economic inequality, like hunger, primarily on to private individuals and charities in this time when the problem is huge... perhaps a foreseeable result will be to foster class resentment and division, as the strain becomes too great. divide and conquer...

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/04/23/lowest-low-mcconnell-and-trump-ripped-blocking-food-assistance-covid-19-package

here's another article about how mindless militarism is fueling climate change. again, the stupidity and cruelty of american political leaders is unbelievable! not to mention the stupidity and cruelty of the american sheeple who support this regime of infinite stupidity, waste, greed, and destruction.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/04/23/no-warming-no-war-report-details-how-us-militarism-and-climate-crisis-are-deeply

DEATH ROW STORIES

'the wages of sin is death' -romans 6:23

it's no wonder that the american south, the 'bible belt', is where capital punishment remains very popular to this day. with a sick and evil 'holy book' like the bible as their guide

there's a series of shows that airs on the headline news network titled DEATH ROW STORIES. each hour long episode highlights a different capital murder case that involves shady or maliciously corrupt dealings within the american criminal (in)'justice' system. police, prosecutors, and judges sometimes all conspire to frame an innocent human being with a capital murder charge. subsequent independent investigation reveals the truth, but the system is inured to that. it seems designed only to protect itself from any and all accusations of wrong doing, no matter how strong the evidence against it. it is, iow, purely dogmatic, just like religious conservatives!

there's an old popular song from the 70s whose lyrics capture this dynamic. once again, professional art shows itself to be a greater fount of truth than any profession more closely associated with the establishment!

'That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
'Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrQvOvu_eRc

https://www.cnn.com/shows/death-row-stories

'the most hated woman in america'

seeing how it's easter weekend, it's an appropriate time to post this link to an interview of madalyn murray (o'hair) published by playboy magazine about 55 years ago. ms. murray (o'hair) became the self styled 'most hated woman in america' a few years prior to that when she successfully sued to prevent organized prayer from continuing to go on in american public schools. in this very interesting interview, she details her vehement anti-theist views (which i share!) and the price she and her family was forced to pay for the very public stance she took in favor of separation of church and state. here's a quote from it:

"But the most heinous crime of the Church has been perpetrated not against churchmen but against churchgoers. With its poisonous concepts of sin and divine punishment, it's warped and brainwashed countless millions. It would be impossible to calculate the psychic damage this has inflicted on generations of children who might have grown up into healthy, happy. productive, zestful human beings but for the burden of antisexual fear and guilt ingrained in them by the Church. This alone is enough to condemn religion."

besides this interview, this link goes to a website blog with lots of other interesting stuff to peruse!

http://antitheist-atheist.blogspot.com/2012/02/madalyn-murray-ohair-playboy-interview.html

jesus, the father and son

a bit of hilarity at the expense of christianity, courtesy of FAMILY GUY:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W81oDqHU5iU

happy birthday, leslie parrish!

i only know of leslie parrish thanks to her ex husband/lover, the famous writer richard bach, who wrote a lovely love story based on his search for a soulmate and the relationship that subsequently developed between him and leslie in the 1970s. that book is titled THE BRIDGE ACROSS FOREVER. i've read it 2 or 3 times now. sadly, their love story didn't endure...

anyway, after the last time i read it this past year i became curious to learn more about leslie parrish, which i did thanks to wikipedia. it turns out that besides being a fairly successful and famous film and tv actress in the 1960s, she was a very active and prominent antiwar and environmental activist, credited with coining the famous phrase 'what if they gave a war and nobody showed up' and with, along with richard bach and a few other dedicated environmentalists creating a model document to prevent clearcut logging operations in the pacific northwest. today is her 85th birthday. so happy birthday, leslie, and thanks for being a heroine!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Parrish

https://www.amazon.com/Bridge-Across-Forever-True-Story/dp/0061148482/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1SET5SNNKM33P&dchild=1&keywords=bridge+across+forever&qid=1584534803&s=books&sprefix=bridge+across%2Caps%2C205&sr=1-1

american election hijinks

below's a link to a good discussion on american election hijinks, focused on 'super tuesday' and how the establishment tilts the playing field to favor establishment friendly candidates like patriot joe biden. too bad more sheeple aren't savvy to the surreality that american 'democracy' is a joke. a bad, unfunny one. i don't know what good it would do, but if by some miracle enough become savvy, maybe something good comes out of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsNInmJ8G3I

greg palast has written some excellent exposes of other recent past american election hijinks including republican party voter suppression. the devil's always in the details!

https://www.amazon.com/s?crid=329JCR5ZXK09N&i=stripbooks&k=greg%20palast&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_10&sprefix=greg%20palas%2Cstripbooks%2C174&url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks