Brilliant lecture that should be essential viewing.

Please watch all eight clips. Each one has valid information about your future.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY&feature=related

Why don't we do this?

In a letter to Joseph Milligan on April 6, 1816, Thomas Jefferson explicitly suggested that if individuals became so rich that their wealth could influence or challenge government, then their wealth should be decreased upon their death. He wrote, "If the overgrown wealth of an individual be deemed dangerous to the State, the best corrective is the law of equal inheritance to all in equal degree..."

I wonder... as the republican/ conservative mindset continues to narrow, at some point does it become invisible, or pop right out of existence or relevance? Is there some sort of sideways gravitational pull in there? If so do too many "facts" cause narrow black holes? Maybe it's not a sideways gravity but a compression due to resisting the pressure of reality.

A note to the narrow minded

Attention zealots, republicans, fundamentalists, and all other right wing extremists. The more narrow minded you get, the closer you are to disappearing into your own black hole of ignorance and irrelevance.

Some cherry pickings from my fbook postings.

http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2011/05/art-intrinsic-to-science-pendulums.html?spref=fb
http://www.ted.com/talks/sam_richards_a_radical_experiment_in_empathy.html?awesm=on.ted.com_SamRichards&utm_content=awesm-bookmarklet&utm_medium=on.ted.com-static&utm_source=twitter.com
http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2011/04/impressive-balancing-act.html?spref=fb
http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2011/05/in-defense-of-nontheists.html?spref=fb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KEaas1N71I&feature=player_embedded
http://www.care2.com/causes/environment/blog/bolivian-law-grants-nature-equal-rights-with-humans/
http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2011/04/philosophy-referee-signals-explained.html?spref=fb
http://www.y100.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=104668&article=8404920
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nndEZBQ9bds
http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/what-dr-suess-books-were-really-about
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bwv1Ufulos
http://videosift.com/video/Para-skiing-down-Mt-Superior-in-Utah-Awesome
http://www.theonion.com/articles/embarrassed-republicans-admit-theyve-been-thinking,19248/
http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2009/04/ted-talk-how-bacteria-communicate.html?spref=fb
http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2009/04/ted-talk-how-bacteria-communicate.html?spref=fb
http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2008/03/why-bottled-wat.html
http://www.gizmag.com/volkswagen-261-mpg-xl1-prototype/17682/
http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2011/01/humanity-hanging-from-cross-of-iron.html?spref=fb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbCtHQsOXe8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LA-S64QY3o&feature=share
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiJeHHGqSSw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yM9bU5FzT8&feature=player_embedded
https://www.facebook.com/notes/amy-lawrence/11-step-program-for-those-thinking-of-having-kids/488740192859
Don't watch this link unless you are concerned about overpopulation. Parents will be offended.

A tear for Stephen hawking

This made me shed a tear for Mr. Hawking, as I believe that heaven and hell are states of being.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/16/stephen-hawking-heaven-is-a-myth_n_862394.html

United Nations

Japan has over 50 nuclear plants that all have a high chance of contaminating on a global scale. The world needs to apply pressure on Japan to close all of them. Whose job is that? the United Nations?
As the situation in Fukushima is still not under control after all this time, we obviously are not in a position to control nuclear power installations. They are demonstrated unsafe time and time again.

Heaven and Hell

The Bible is so full of contradictions, I am astounded that people believe that it originated from one entity. It is so obviously a collection of PEOPLES writing. Heaven and hell are in you, right here, right now. You decide where you want to be!
Apologies to those who are unable to choose.

I empathize, therefore, I am.

Portapotty slogan

We're the cream of the crap.

Cracked

The cracked people let the light shine through.

D's the day!

D's the day? Steese the day!

Consent

Ignorance of the masses does NOT equal consent.

Nukes?

Someone added me on Fbook to a group called Canadians for Safe Nuclear power. Sounds like an oxymoron to me, so I added the following comments to their page and got sucked into a debate with a person who doesn't listen.
Nuclear power is a steam power system, similar to coal. In my opinion steam systems are inherently inefficient and unsafe. Exception being solar/ steam. Candu reactors are 31 percent efficient, and coal\oil plants are 33 percent. Why would we want to dump 69 percent of the heat we're creating into the atmosphere completely unused, when we have a global warming problem? Thorium reactors might be more efficient and have a few other things that are less bad about them, but my bottom line is they will still be dumping over half of the heat created as waste. Not good. We also need to get rid of coal fired plants as they contribute to acid rain. Acid rain has killed countless lakes, and nearly killed off all of the Sugar Maple trees in North America decades ago. This could have had global consequences!
Things I'm for-
More more energy conservation. It's win win.
More hydro power. Very few draw backs
More wind power. Has some drawbacks, which are way overblown by nimby people who carry more political power than they deserve.
More solar power. Has potential to be the cleanest power available.
Things I'm against-
Nuclear power. It's too expensive on many levels.
Coal and other fossil fuel power plants. They have great potential for ecological disaster.
Excessive entitlement.

A little more perspective on the catholic church

"The Christian resolve to find the world evil and ugly, has made the world evil and ugly."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

http://brokenhearted.us/mimchrist.htm