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paul bain martin lives in a different world than most, where he sees disparity, overshoot, and drawdown of the natural resource base as serious challenges to a dynamic homestatic symbioses (‘nature”) conducive to quality life for Homo sapiens.  He aches for a time in the few years left in his life-time in which there will […]

(in the crazed quest for more behind walls and in ecologically costly vehicles mesmerized by corporate propaganda from the pcs  smartphones  androids  and the likes stuff! we are too occupied  hypnotized  complacent  foggy-minded with self-induced ignorance to listen  to think  to act  to be humane beings … social justice?  ecological justice?  address global climate change?  […]

HOPE_Legislative_Agenda_for_2013 (wordpress.com) *********************** I very much appreciated the presentation by Joey Cardenas* last eve at the Seguin LULAC Council 682 meeting! (*Chair, Hispanics Organized for Political Education https://stacemedellin.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/hope_legislative_agenda_for_2013.pdf ) …………………. However, “stubborn and generally out-spoken” as I am, I must make a “couple” of comments re yesterday’s session.   1.I do have some understanding of […]

1.We have always had a problem in critical thinking & decision-making … and I am certain that in these times of a greedy, selfish, artificial, chaotic anthropocentric world of ca. 8 billion humans and their abundance of plastic & other stuff, … and with we Haves transforming 275,000+++ kilocalories per capita daily (up from 2,000+ […]

    1.We live on a globalized Eaarth seriously infected with the propaganda and political power of transnational corporations and neoliberal capitalism … and indoctrinated with greed and a clutter of meaningless stuff, … AND a lack of solidarity and an ethic of reciprocity & adherence to the Precautionary Principle.  There is an imbalance of […]

the plan was to develop disdain … in his grandkids … for rampant artificialization, stuff, cars, plastics, large air-conditioned homes, agrilogistics, exotic imported foods, too much order, … fossil material/energy, Neoliberal Capitalism borne of genocide, slavery, socio-ecological injustice and destruction, and usury … and militarism and War.   they would understand disparity, biocapacity, carrying capacity, […]

my god/good is dynamic homeostatic symbioses* including quality life for humans and other species. do i believe in your god?  (power? capitalism? the almighty buck? stuff? … Trump? … biblical? quranic? a mystery?) probably not!!!  but i don’t know!  explain your god/good to me. let’s communicate on your take on all this.   what is […]

(20+) Facebook We are very ignorant … even when collective knowledge is considered.   And of course some are considerably more ignorant than others.   Because of this ignorance … and arrogance … (and related & unrelated reasons), maintenance of some semblance of homeostatic symbioses including humans is very messy.   Therefore, yes, I do […]

I do realize that I am not really prudently secretive/closed-mouth enough to meet “accepted norms” and do share too much about my life; however, for me this video* (* https://youtu.be/xzr4PMJYH54 ) with Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Brown, et al. made aware to me by Dr. Darryl Birkenfeld, was tearfully powerful and culturally enriching.  And it pulled out many […]