O Lord, why is it so?
Why has man gone this way? What is the meaning for all this suffering, all this chaos?
Why ia it so that the evil in man prevails? From heaven it must appear that we are the most depicable things in all creation. From Heaven, we have created hell.
We have been blessed with great intelligence, and a seemingly limitless ability to learn and create and grow. We have evolved oh so fast, my Lord.
We have been blessed with consciousness, the most subtle and sublime gift of all.
This is what makes our plight the worst and least excusable.
We have the power to care, to love, to give. To share and adapt and make the world a beautiful place.
Yet our species is in shambles. We stand at the very edge of damnation, allowing ourselves to be led by those with a thirst for greed and power and blood.
When men become pawns in a game of greed and war and terror and starvation and suffering, well there are no words for it.
I feel great sadness, great anger and fear, Boss. I have finally learnt what the world has become, and suddenly it isn't the beautiful thing I always thought it was.
The beautiful place it should be. And, given time, can and will be again.
For many thousands of years, the people of Earth lived in harmony with the planet and each other.
Sure, men have probably always killed men, but nowadays things are different. At least I hope so.
I believe still in the good in man. In the greater good. Inherently human beings are just and fair and compassionate.
Of course there is the exception to the rule, when evil controls the heart of a man.
I wonder if it is a thing that is there inherent, in the genes and the soul since birth,or if it the world that instills it.
It is also a wonder that these are the people who inherit the power over the rest of us. They are strong, deadly and malicious.
They dominate those with good hearts through fear and lies, with a vast array of tricks and well thought out schemes and the illusions of absolute power.
They say that absolut power corrupts absolutely. Does one come to a position of absolute power without being corrupt to begin with?
I believe that there are those among us without a price, who are stong enough and smart enough to beat these people.People with heart and will and courage who can wrest power from the hands of those who would enslave and kill us all.
It is written my Lord, that the meek shall inherit the earth. This may be true,but it must be the brave and the strong and the humble and true that carry the fight to bring it home for them.
A hundred of the meek can be roused into a strong and proud group, with a collective voice and collective power. A million would be unstoppable.
Strength through unity. we outnumber them a hundred, a thousand even, to one.
right now they have us stranded in a state of apathy, a state of laziness and ignorance.
They are slowly stripping us of the essential things that ultimately make us human.
We are kept from a sense of togetherness by the promotion of senses of difference.
Fearing those who appear to be different from us, but are ultimately the same.
We all want the same things from life. To be free, to be fed, to be loved, to share and give and be happy. We just wanna live.
All of this is possible. All of it. The world can be ruled by Love. It is well within our means to have peace and forgiveness and fairness and rights for all peoples..
It is not too much to ask, it is possible and it is not crazy to think so.
Our big beautiful bright new future will probably not happen in our lifetime, matter of fact it definately won't.
But it has to start somewhere. And indeed it has already begun. People all over the world have had enough of tyranny. People are out on the streets marching for freedom. From Libya to London, even America.
If you don't fight for your rights, there are people who will take them from you and laugh all the way to the bank as they do so.
We're all in this together. Worldwide. We have to be smart and strong. All you need is love kids.
Peace.
Good Lord, bless this house, Selah.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Plastic Fantastic
Plastic. It really is everywhere. Possibly one of man's most important inventions. It has undoubtably been a huge part of our development in the 100 or so years that it has been around, allowing us to move forward in leaps and bounds, in terms of technology and the goods that we use in our day-to-day lives.
As incredibly useful this stuff is, it has it's downsides. Huge downsides really. Considering that no organisms on Earth have the capacity to break the stuff down, a simple plastic bottle is estimated to have a life span of around 450 years. Even cigarette butts can take up to 20 years to decompose, given the fact that they are largely created from plastic. According to some, styrofoam apparently lasts as good as forever, and glass bottles up to a million years. In essence, just about every single piece of plastic that has ever been made, except for stuff that has been burned, still exists today. Most of it makes it's way over the course of it's lifetime to the place that is downhill from everywhere, the ocean. The UN released some statistics a couple of years ago that blew me away more than a little. They estimate that for every square mile of ocean in the world, there are around 46,000 peices of plastic in it on average. Either floating or on the sea bed. Nasty stuff dudes.
Only around 46 percent of the plastic we dispose of actually gets recycled here in Australia. While this is indeed a pretty good figure in contrast with most of the world, especially in comparison to the US's shocking 5 percent, a lot of what we actually throw away makes it's way to landfill or the sea.
It's all pretty bad and fucked up for the planet, but it's actually not all doom and gloom. There are several new sciences devoted to the relatively new technology of biodegradable plastics, which are being created with all kinds of materials, from orange peels to chook feathers, marking a separation from the current methods, with which plastic is created using fossil fuels, most notably crude oil and natural gas. Finite resources with a limited lifespan. Even Sony, one of the technlogogical superstars of our world, who pruduce plastic goods on a tremendous scale, have begun to get on board and are utilising the new degradable plastics in the creation of their TV's and Playstation 3's. One of the world's leading innovators in renewable plastics is actually an Australian company, named Plantic. The dude who makes it even eats it to show that it is non toxic and completely biodegradable. This is great news!
But there is a long way to go, and the battle is not yet won. There is still alot of near indestructible plastic being pumped out, still a lot of waste. Truth be told, it will get a lot worse before it get's better. All that we can do as consumers is to be watchful and clever about it. Always try to recycle, take your reusable bags shopping, chuck your butts in the bin, etcetera etcetera. You know the drill. It's imporant though. The old adage still stands. Don't shit where you eat. So let's all try not make a mark as long as we can help it.
Good ol' Clean Up Australia have put together a little fact sheet with a bit of extra information and some tips to cut down on your waste. You should look into it! Riiiiiight here,
http://www.cleanup.org.au/PDF/au/cua_plastic_recycling_fact_sheet.pdf
And guess what? Another supersweet doco for you freaks! Bonus Bonanza! Huzzah! This one is actually pretty good. A Canadian bloke goes all over the world finding out the story of plastic and the effects of it. He also uncovers some of ways that it is being reused and recycled, and spends some time on the new technologies and stuff. Recommended.
Here's a few more video's for those interested, courtesy of my friend Danica, specifically to do with the giant garbage patch floating out there in the middle of the Pacific.
http://www.tedxgreatpacificgarbagepatch.com/category/watch-our-videos/
.... And thanks to Frazzy for this Awesome VBS special
http://www.vbs.tv/en-gb/watch/toxic/toxic-garbage-island-1-of-3
Peace.
As incredibly useful this stuff is, it has it's downsides. Huge downsides really. Considering that no organisms on Earth have the capacity to break the stuff down, a simple plastic bottle is estimated to have a life span of around 450 years. Even cigarette butts can take up to 20 years to decompose, given the fact that they are largely created from plastic. According to some, styrofoam apparently lasts as good as forever, and glass bottles up to a million years. In essence, just about every single piece of plastic that has ever been made, except for stuff that has been burned, still exists today. Most of it makes it's way over the course of it's lifetime to the place that is downhill from everywhere, the ocean. The UN released some statistics a couple of years ago that blew me away more than a little. They estimate that for every square mile of ocean in the world, there are around 46,000 peices of plastic in it on average. Either floating or on the sea bed. Nasty stuff dudes.
Only around 46 percent of the plastic we dispose of actually gets recycled here in Australia. While this is indeed a pretty good figure in contrast with most of the world, especially in comparison to the US's shocking 5 percent, a lot of what we actually throw away makes it's way to landfill or the sea.
It's all pretty bad and fucked up for the planet, but it's actually not all doom and gloom. There are several new sciences devoted to the relatively new technology of biodegradable plastics, which are being created with all kinds of materials, from orange peels to chook feathers, marking a separation from the current methods, with which plastic is created using fossil fuels, most notably crude oil and natural gas. Finite resources with a limited lifespan. Even Sony, one of the technlogogical superstars of our world, who pruduce plastic goods on a tremendous scale, have begun to get on board and are utilising the new degradable plastics in the creation of their TV's and Playstation 3's. One of the world's leading innovators in renewable plastics is actually an Australian company, named Plantic. The dude who makes it even eats it to show that it is non toxic and completely biodegradable. This is great news!
But there is a long way to go, and the battle is not yet won. There is still alot of near indestructible plastic being pumped out, still a lot of waste. Truth be told, it will get a lot worse before it get's better. All that we can do as consumers is to be watchful and clever about it. Always try to recycle, take your reusable bags shopping, chuck your butts in the bin, etcetera etcetera. You know the drill. It's imporant though. The old adage still stands. Don't shit where you eat. So let's all try not make a mark as long as we can help it.
Good ol' Clean Up Australia have put together a little fact sheet with a bit of extra information and some tips to cut down on your waste. You should look into it! Riiiiiight here,
http://www.cleanup.org.au/PDF/au/cua_plastic_recycling_fact_sheet.pdf
And guess what? Another supersweet doco for you freaks! Bonus Bonanza! Huzzah! This one is actually pretty good. A Canadian bloke goes all over the world finding out the story of plastic and the effects of it. He also uncovers some of ways that it is being reused and recycled, and spends some time on the new technologies and stuff. Recommended.
Here's a few more video's for those interested, courtesy of my friend Danica, specifically to do with the giant garbage patch floating out there in the middle of the Pacific.
http://www.tedxgreatpacificgarbagepatch.com/category/watch-our-videos/
.... And thanks to Frazzy for this Awesome VBS special
http://www.vbs.tv/en-gb/watch/toxic/toxic-garbage-island-1-of-3
Peace.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Fracked.
Right now we have a whole new environmental war spilling over onto our shores. State and Federal government have recently approved applications from major gas and energy companies, which enable these companies to have access to a vast amount of land, right across Australia, including thousands of properties, national parks, the lot. These lands are to be used for the development of the new goldmine for mining and energy, coal seam gas.
It is being pushed forward under the guise of being a new fix-all green energy, when in fact this statement could not be further from the truth. It is also marketed as being carbon-free, and therefore supposedly the way to reduce the effects that current fossil-fuel technologies are having in terms of global warming. Also a misleading statement. Though indeed carbon-free, the problem is merely replaced with another problem gas, methane, which is a byproduct released into the atmosphere in tremendous quantities during the process. Methane is also a greenhouse gas, equally as nasty as carbon dioxide.
This gas lies under a vast amount of land, deep below the earth. Several companies, such as QGC, AGL and Origin Energy, amongst others, share private ownership of these resources, which lay deep below the earth and rock. This in itself is a travesty, as all natural resources in our soils should be held in the public domain. In many, many cases, the gas lies directly beneath farms and communities.
Many farmers are being offered seemingly lucrative "compensation" packages by the companies to be allowed onto the privately owned properties and extract the gas below. Quite often the spokespeople of the companies offering said compensation, are doing so with a great deal of misinformation and non-disclosure of important information.Smoke and mirrors and persuasion.
The gas itself is mined by setting up a bore to dig a well deep down into the earth, where coal seams are located. The gas is extracted from the surrounding rock by pumping huge amounts of water in combination with, in a lot of instances, a combination of salt and chemicals specifically designed to fracture the rock, known as "fracking fluid", to shatter the rock below in order to release the gas.
A vast amount of water is required for the process. The project in Queensland alone will reqire the use of 45,000 gigalitres. That is 450,000,000,000 litres of fresh water. Four hundred and fifty billion litres. Only half of this water will be returned to the water cycle. This will lead to a MASSIVE drop in the water table, most notably in the Great Artesian Basin, which provides the vast majority of fresh drinking water for the people of Queensland. And we wonder why the water companies have recently annonced a planned hike in the price of drinking water. The other half of the water is permanently infused with the multitude of chemicals used in the fracking process. These chemicals do not break down naturally, and are highly poisonous.
These chemicals are used to dissolve and shatter rocks. They are terribly dangerous for humans and wildlife. Many of these chemicals are carcinogenic and present in high doses. The waste water, or as the industry has tagged it, "produced water", is pumped back into the earth, where it runs the very dangerous risk of intermingling with the groundwater and thus entering the natural water system. Needless to say this is potentially very very dangerous for the ecosystem, and people and communities in the areas affected. Quite often excess waste is dumped in fields and streams, which is even worse. It is all pretty horrifying stuff and I am not making this up.
In quite a few instances, the gas itself has been escaping through the water system. Some farmers, who's lands have been used as sites for the wells and gas pipelines, are able to actually set their tapwater alight as it comes out from the tap. The gas itself has various extreme health problems associated, such as cancer on the brain, amongst other things.None of this is disclosed to the public of course, and the companies are in a state of denial and inaccountability.
So how can all this be happening? It just shows how weak courts and governments are in comparison to big business. These companies have successfully forced new laws to be passed exempting themselves from normal standards regarding to drinking water standards and those regarding the environmental impact of the project. There are not regulated at all, and their chemicals are not up to any real scrutiny. They almost have complete impunity from the law or regulation, and do not recognise normal laws of disclosure. It is ugly and has to be stopped. Our whole backyard, beautiful Australia, stands to be raped beyond recognition, and our farmers are set to be pushed out of their livelihoods forever. Our health and way of life is at threat.The air we breathe and the water we drink will be poisoned.
There are plans for around 40,000 wells in Queensland alone, and a similar amount in New South Wales, indeed no state will be unaffected. A site is even proposed merely 20 kilometers from Warrigamba Dam, which is the prime water supply for Greater Sydney itself..
A couple of weeks ago, 4 Corners did an expose on the subject, which you can and should watch online HERE,
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20110221/gas/default.htm
The indusrty is a carry over from the United States, where the industry has been going on across the nation for quite some time now. The situation over there is grim, and stands as a dire warning for what may be to come here, if the goldrush for Coal Seam Gas gains full flight here in Australia. There are some real lessons here that we simply cannot ignore.
The following movie shows how the Natural Gas battle is having some horrific effects on the people of rural America. It was even nominated for an Oscar, apparently. It's well made and is absolutely essential viewing. It's Called Gasland. You should watch it.
THIS IS SERIOUS!
So tell your friends and your government or your local member how you feel. http://www.directory.gov.au/quicklinks.php?agency
TAKE ACTION, SIGN A PETITION OR TWO!
QLD: https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/EPetitions_QLD/Confirmation.aspx?PetNum=1592&lIndex=-1
NSW: http://huntervalleyprotectionalliance.com/
This just in! I've just been sent a link to another blog with heaps of further information... go here.
http://frackedagain.blogspot.com/2010/11/no-worries-fracking-down-under.html
It is being pushed forward under the guise of being a new fix-all green energy, when in fact this statement could not be further from the truth. It is also marketed as being carbon-free, and therefore supposedly the way to reduce the effects that current fossil-fuel technologies are having in terms of global warming. Also a misleading statement. Though indeed carbon-free, the problem is merely replaced with another problem gas, methane, which is a byproduct released into the atmosphere in tremendous quantities during the process. Methane is also a greenhouse gas, equally as nasty as carbon dioxide.
This gas lies under a vast amount of land, deep below the earth. Several companies, such as QGC, AGL and Origin Energy, amongst others, share private ownership of these resources, which lay deep below the earth and rock. This in itself is a travesty, as all natural resources in our soils should be held in the public domain. In many, many cases, the gas lies directly beneath farms and communities.
Many farmers are being offered seemingly lucrative "compensation" packages by the companies to be allowed onto the privately owned properties and extract the gas below. Quite often the spokespeople of the companies offering said compensation, are doing so with a great deal of misinformation and non-disclosure of important information.Smoke and mirrors and persuasion.
The gas itself is mined by setting up a bore to dig a well deep down into the earth, where coal seams are located. The gas is extracted from the surrounding rock by pumping huge amounts of water in combination with, in a lot of instances, a combination of salt and chemicals specifically designed to fracture the rock, known as "fracking fluid", to shatter the rock below in order to release the gas.
A vast amount of water is required for the process. The project in Queensland alone will reqire the use of 45,000 gigalitres. That is 450,000,000,000 litres of fresh water. Four hundred and fifty billion litres. Only half of this water will be returned to the water cycle. This will lead to a MASSIVE drop in the water table, most notably in the Great Artesian Basin, which provides the vast majority of fresh drinking water for the people of Queensland. And we wonder why the water companies have recently annonced a planned hike in the price of drinking water. The other half of the water is permanently infused with the multitude of chemicals used in the fracking process. These chemicals do not break down naturally, and are highly poisonous.
These chemicals are used to dissolve and shatter rocks. They are terribly dangerous for humans and wildlife. Many of these chemicals are carcinogenic and present in high doses. The waste water, or as the industry has tagged it, "produced water", is pumped back into the earth, where it runs the very dangerous risk of intermingling with the groundwater and thus entering the natural water system. Needless to say this is potentially very very dangerous for the ecosystem, and people and communities in the areas affected. Quite often excess waste is dumped in fields and streams, which is even worse. It is all pretty horrifying stuff and I am not making this up.
In quite a few instances, the gas itself has been escaping through the water system. Some farmers, who's lands have been used as sites for the wells and gas pipelines, are able to actually set their tapwater alight as it comes out from the tap. The gas itself has various extreme health problems associated, such as cancer on the brain, amongst other things.None of this is disclosed to the public of course, and the companies are in a state of denial and inaccountability.
So how can all this be happening? It just shows how weak courts and governments are in comparison to big business. These companies have successfully forced new laws to be passed exempting themselves from normal standards regarding to drinking water standards and those regarding the environmental impact of the project. There are not regulated at all, and their chemicals are not up to any real scrutiny. They almost have complete impunity from the law or regulation, and do not recognise normal laws of disclosure. It is ugly and has to be stopped. Our whole backyard, beautiful Australia, stands to be raped beyond recognition, and our farmers are set to be pushed out of their livelihoods forever. Our health and way of life is at threat.The air we breathe and the water we drink will be poisoned.
There are plans for around 40,000 wells in Queensland alone, and a similar amount in New South Wales, indeed no state will be unaffected. A site is even proposed merely 20 kilometers from Warrigamba Dam, which is the prime water supply for Greater Sydney itself..
A couple of weeks ago, 4 Corners did an expose on the subject, which you can and should watch online HERE,
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20110221/gas/default.htm
The indusrty is a carry over from the United States, where the industry has been going on across the nation for quite some time now. The situation over there is grim, and stands as a dire warning for what may be to come here, if the goldrush for Coal Seam Gas gains full flight here in Australia. There are some real lessons here that we simply cannot ignore.
The following movie shows how the Natural Gas battle is having some horrific effects on the people of rural America. It was even nominated for an Oscar, apparently. It's well made and is absolutely essential viewing. It's Called Gasland. You should watch it.
THIS IS SERIOUS!
So tell your friends and your government or your local member how you feel. http://www.directory.gov.au/quicklinks.php?agency
TAKE ACTION, SIGN A PETITION OR TWO!
QLD: https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/EPetitions_QLD/Confirmation.aspx?PetNum=1592&lIndex=-1
NSW: http://huntervalleyprotectionalliance.com/
This just in! I've just been sent a link to another blog with heaps of further information... go here.
http://frackedagain.blogspot.com/2010/11/no-worries-fracking-down-under.html
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Reasons for Ranting
I tend to rant pretty heavily about Governments and Corporations and the Banks. Between these guys and market economists they have deivised and incorporated the current system of "growth" and money that dictates every single facet of the way our society works, hidden behind a web of lies and trick and decietful language and flat out social engineering. It's no help that the own the Law, too. It's ugly stuff. And unless we wake up and realise it and do something about it, its going to end badly. I don't know what is to be done, but it has to be soon and it has to be done by the numbers. Otherwise our kids will beat the shit out of us for being so fucking useless probably just before the whole world goes straight to hell. Anyway, I just want everybody to know all this stuff and be aware of it and be angry about it. It's serious shit we're talking about here. Life seems pretty good here in Australia, but it will get worse and worse and worse if it keeps going the way it is. It cannot get better unless we change the whole fucking system. Do yourself a favour and watch this video. It's important. it pretty much covers EVERYTHING. Gotta fight for our right to party yo. Sooner or later we're going to have to hit the streets. Fuck these clowns, let's take it back!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
The Gap
We've all heard about poverty in various parts of the world, seen the images of the starving kids and felt terrible about it. It usually comes to us in the ad-breaks and is soon forgotten when the mainshow comes back on. Just about anybody in possession of a soul feels terrible when confronted with it. Because it is fucking terrible. More than half of the population of our Earth is in real poverty. This number is on the increase, and steadily and still the rich get richer.
How did all this mess come about?
In short it is the long-lasting legacy of colonialism and the enforcement of the bogus worldwide monetary system which cripples the world. Governments around the world are kept in line through their ever-growing debts to the World Bank and the IMF. It may seem like Bank-Bashing is a recurring theme around here, and I'm on some sort of moral crusade to tear it all down. The fact that they can be held accountable for most of the worlds problems might have something to do with this. The System is the whole reason why the whole world's up to shit and I'm sure as buggery not just going to sit on my hands and shut up about it or ignore it because we're all suffering for it while they stuff their pockets and laugh as they treat the whole world as a giant concentration camp. Slavery still exists, it is worldwide and is going on under our very noses.
We are lucky here in Australia that we possess a wealth of resources and an exceptional infrastructure. Also we are lucky that we too are a colonial power. The Aborigines, not so lucky. Indeed, great numbers of them fall into the same position of those in the poorer, "less developed" countries in Asia, South America and especially Africa where poverty is rife and damn near inescapable. Places where governments are easily bought and sold and the people pay the price. They have lost their ancient far superior ways of life to work too hard for scarce peanuts and are forced to rape their lands (or have them stolen from them) of all available resources to meet the needs of the greedy consumers in the Capitalist West and line the pockets of corporations and bankers. It is a well oiled machine of debt, bribes, threats, starvation and death that will continue to worsen as long as the current system remains in place.
You may have noticed that it is getting tougher for a lot of people in your country also. Does it look like improving or worsening? But anyways. This here below is a really good documentary, and Martin Sheen tells the story much better than I do, so cook up some popcorn and take an hour and a half break from the TV and Facebook and check it out...
"And yes I'll recognise the irony,
the system I oppose
affords me the luxury
of biting the hand that feeds.
That's exactly why
privileged fucks like me
should feel obliged to whine and kick and scream,
'til everyone has everything they need".
-propagandhi.
How did all this mess come about?
In short it is the long-lasting legacy of colonialism and the enforcement of the bogus worldwide monetary system which cripples the world. Governments around the world are kept in line through their ever-growing debts to the World Bank and the IMF. It may seem like Bank-Bashing is a recurring theme around here, and I'm on some sort of moral crusade to tear it all down. The fact that they can be held accountable for most of the worlds problems might have something to do with this. The System is the whole reason why the whole world's up to shit and I'm sure as buggery not just going to sit on my hands and shut up about it or ignore it because we're all suffering for it while they stuff their pockets and laugh as they treat the whole world as a giant concentration camp. Slavery still exists, it is worldwide and is going on under our very noses.
We are lucky here in Australia that we possess a wealth of resources and an exceptional infrastructure. Also we are lucky that we too are a colonial power. The Aborigines, not so lucky. Indeed, great numbers of them fall into the same position of those in the poorer, "less developed" countries in Asia, South America and especially Africa where poverty is rife and damn near inescapable. Places where governments are easily bought and sold and the people pay the price. They have lost their ancient far superior ways of life to work too hard for scarce peanuts and are forced to rape their lands (or have them stolen from them) of all available resources to meet the needs of the greedy consumers in the Capitalist West and line the pockets of corporations and bankers. It is a well oiled machine of debt, bribes, threats, starvation and death that will continue to worsen as long as the current system remains in place.
You may have noticed that it is getting tougher for a lot of people in your country also. Does it look like improving or worsening? But anyways. This here below is a really good documentary, and Martin Sheen tells the story much better than I do, so cook up some popcorn and take an hour and a half break from the TV and Facebook and check it out...
"And yes I'll recognise the irony,
the system I oppose
affords me the luxury
of biting the hand that feeds.
That's exactly why
privileged fucks like me
should feel obliged to whine and kick and scream,
'til everyone has everything they need".
-propagandhi.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Food, Glorious Food!
Ah food. Without it we die. And since we are largely restricted from practising the hunter-gathering traditions of our ancestors by our modern-day surrounds and society, we rely on other people to do all that groundwork for us. And that's all cool, it's easier and smoother and saves us our spare time and everybody wins. Provided, of course, that the food we are given access to is legit and good for you and the world we live in. Not too crazy a request, surely. That the food we eat be natural and Good in general. I mean, it's important. Eat well, feel well, live well. It's pretty interesting to see where all our supermarket tucker comes from, not to mention downright scary.
The food industry is a massive business, and believe me their main intersts are sure as hell not always with the health of the consumer or the welfare of the animals it processes. Crops and animals are loaded with all kinds of crazy additives and hormones and chemicals and God-knows-what that appear on the "Ingredients" column on the side of the packet as a list of strange unknown-things. I mean, what the fuck are "maltodextrin" and "dextrose", and why are they in my Fully Loaded can? Everything is geared towards efficiency and profit to the head corporations above all else.
It is important to know what you are eating and where it comes from. There is a really good documentary about all this that has come out recently, called Food, Inc. It's a bit crazier in America than it is here in Australia obviously, but the story still rings true, and we need to make the right choices to ensure that the same doesn't happen here. It's as easy as buying organic and natural goods. Vote with your dollar at the supermarket or wherever it is that you do your shopping. Too easy. Anyways, I highly recommend watching it here, it paints the full picture and tells it how it is. No bullshit.
All these years of work by the World Health Organisation, in the supposed aims of making our food safe and healthy for us, and for what? We are fat,depressed and sick. New diseases seem to be popping up all the time. Good job, WHO
More good news! The WHO is currently pressing new guidelines to "Better" our health. Does the term Codex Alimentarius mean anything to you? No? In essence it is a group of delegates in Europe, sponsored by the WHO and the UN, who are in the business of making regulations in terms of the vitamins, nutrients and supplements we are provided with. In Europe in the last few weeks, a mass ban is being implemented on a huge range of natural remedies, vitamins and dietary supplements. Er.... What? You can't tell me that Echinacea is more harmful than prescribed antidepressants. Get out of my house with your bullshit. It's base is in the Pharmaceutical Industry, and it has some pretty serious implications. Please read and watch This Video, it explains it in proper detail. To get an idea of how this may affect us here in Oz, read a full report Here. Pretty fucking grim, dudes. Brave New World kida shit. This is our HEALTH at stake.
You are what you eat, yo.
The food industry is a massive business, and believe me their main intersts are sure as hell not always with the health of the consumer or the welfare of the animals it processes. Crops and animals are loaded with all kinds of crazy additives and hormones and chemicals and God-knows-what that appear on the "Ingredients" column on the side of the packet as a list of strange unknown-things. I mean, what the fuck are "maltodextrin" and "dextrose", and why are they in my Fully Loaded can? Everything is geared towards efficiency and profit to the head corporations above all else.
It is important to know what you are eating and where it comes from. There is a really good documentary about all this that has come out recently, called Food, Inc. It's a bit crazier in America than it is here in Australia obviously, but the story still rings true, and we need to make the right choices to ensure that the same doesn't happen here. It's as easy as buying organic and natural goods. Vote with your dollar at the supermarket or wherever it is that you do your shopping. Too easy. Anyways, I highly recommend watching it here, it paints the full picture and tells it how it is. No bullshit.
All these years of work by the World Health Organisation, in the supposed aims of making our food safe and healthy for us, and for what? We are fat,depressed and sick. New diseases seem to be popping up all the time. Good job, WHO
More good news! The WHO is currently pressing new guidelines to "Better" our health. Does the term Codex Alimentarius mean anything to you? No? In essence it is a group of delegates in Europe, sponsored by the WHO and the UN, who are in the business of making regulations in terms of the vitamins, nutrients and supplements we are provided with. In Europe in the last few weeks, a mass ban is being implemented on a huge range of natural remedies, vitamins and dietary supplements. Er.... What? You can't tell me that Echinacea is more harmful than prescribed antidepressants. Get out of my house with your bullshit. It's base is in the Pharmaceutical Industry, and it has some pretty serious implications. Please read and watch This Video, it explains it in proper detail. To get an idea of how this may affect us here in Oz, read a full report Here. Pretty fucking grim, dudes. Brave New World kida shit. This is our HEALTH at stake.
You are what you eat, yo.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
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Hello all, as you may have noticed things have dried up a little round here lately. I've recently moved house and things have been a little hectic, but I'm good to go now and ready to get back amongst it. You may have heard a bit about the Egyptian Revolution, and not know really what to make of the mixed reactions in the media. Once again Al Jazeera has delivered the goods on this one, take some time and watch the interview and it will change your whole perspective on shit. I say good on Egypt, shame on the USA and long live democracy.
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