Sunday, 17 January 2016

Plane with freed Americans leaves Iran; U.S. imposes new sanctions - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/plane-leaves-iran-with-post-reporter-other-americans-in-swap/2016/01/17/5dc7095c-bd21-11e5-9443-7074c3645405_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_rezaian-1124am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

Must-read: Paul Krugman: "Oil Goes Nonlinear" - Equitable Growth

http://equitablegrowth.org/must-read-paul-krugman-oil-goes-nonlinear/

Russia and Nato 'actively preparing for war' - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11797351/Russia-and-Nato-actively-preparing-for-war.html

Russia accused of clandestine funding of European parties as US conducts major review of Vladimir Putin's strategy - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/12103602/America-to-investigate-Russian-meddling-in-EU.html

Dangers of Wi-Fi & the iPad

http://drsircus.com/medicine/dangers-wifi-ipad/

Global markets turmoil echoes 2008 financial crisis, warns George Soros | Business | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/07/global-markets-turmoil-echoes-2008-financial-crisis-warns-george-soros

Why are we looking on helplessly as markets crash all over the world? | Will Hutton | Opinion | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/17/china-economic-crisis-world-economy-global-capitalism?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H&utm_term=151449&subid=11218&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

Vote all you want. The secret government won’t change. - The Boston Globe

https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/10/18/vote-all-you-want-the-secret-government-won-change/jVSkXrENQlu8vNcBfMn9sL/story.html?p1=Article_Recommended_ArticleText

Extreme Weather and Global Growth by Kenneth Rogoff - Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/extreme-weather-impact-global-economy-by-kenneth-rogoff-2016-01?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=edb349387c-Fukuyama_Chinas_Development_Model_1_17_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-edb349387c-93479177

Saturday, 9 January 2016

Stonehenge may have been first erected in Wales, evidence suggests | UK news | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/dec/07/stonehenge-first-erected-in-wales-secondhand-monument?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU%20Today%20main%20NEW%20H&utm_term=141997&subid=2465317&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

Stonehenge stones may have been first erected in another country | Fox News

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/12/07/stonehenge-stones-may-have-been-first-erected-in-another-country.html?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_811213

Why Economists Took So Long to Focus on Inequality - Bloomberg View

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-01-04/why-economists-took-so-long-to-focus-on-inequality

AW Lake / Wuh Lax

http://woohs.blogspot.ca/

Local Sobeys Refuses to Post Notice on World Religion Day yet Posts Notice on Philosophy. Should Religion be renamed as World Philosophy Day

Lynn, et al ...

Funny strange and disturbing story .. I am ... 

As some people know, I volunteered to work on the advertising for Partners in Learning and also set up a shared Facebook page. My approach has been to work out a route by which all the notices, flyers and bulletins can be distributed easily without crossing roads. I also said that I would run round flyers for World Religion Day. 

In my first attempt, I listed all the entities that I found on the East side of Highway 21 that  had public bulletin boards that non profits could display. My outcome was that I could not find such boards at NoFrills and Sobeys. This fact irritated me so I asked Anne what her experience was. She said that both groceries had bulletin boards. I was mystified. How had I missed them.

This morning, I returned to NoFrills and found a board that I had earlier decided was user unfriendly. I left without discovering another board even though I went through the checkout. I am now thinking I made a mistake because the Librarian told me that there was one at the exit. She said it was user friendly, then proceeded to advise me on all the boards in town. 

Now Sobeys was interesting and for me disturbing. I found a glassed-in bulletin board there hidden in the busy entrance way behind five feet of fresh gluten bread and quite user unfriendly. A smokes shop would have loads of advertising of addictive bad things, but no board showing how or offering advice on to escape the addictions. What I saw as Sobeys' bulletin board did not meet my standards of lowest community user friendly.

I asked for the manager at Sobeys and a tall man appeared. I showed him the brochures that I wanted posted. He glanced at the two of them. Partners passed the test, but he said he would not, repeat not, post the flyer promoting World Religion Day on the 17th. I was in a state of extreme shock. I told him that I would tell everyone that Sobeys had refused to post the notice. He asked "who". I repeated, "everyone".  Then, I added that I was an activist. (What a stupid thing to say, but probably true given I just love swimming against the stream.. It's in the name ...) 

The Independent in Exeter was a completely different story. Everything is allowed, but on the maturity date the brochure is removed. The manager of facilities there offered me a splendid well lit room saying that Partners could use it for free as we are a non profit. We just need to book with her. It has a kitchen and small TV and tables arranged in a circle, a regular King Arthur's room with supplies for coffee! It's just above the Joes sign. 

So, me being me, has gone all quiet for a while. I am plotting. SOBEYS is my target and I am considering how to get my ethics across. My point is that while they will post a brochure clearly advertising philosophy, and Everyone is a Philosopher, they won't allow one to advertise World Religion Day which is all about philosophy. I imagined an image with a NAZI sitting at a desk deciding my fate. Philosophy "ya", religion "nein". Please follow the left side passage where all the music is playing and work makes one free. 

So there it is ... my Saturday morning ... I am drawing up my list of everyone ... Who is the GM/CEO of Grocers Magazine, not my old boss Garfield "W"? 

Arthur




On 8 Jan 2016, at 8:10 pm, Lynn <lynn.larouche@hay.net> wrote:

 

Friday, 8 January 2016

This little guy is reminding me to slow down and...

If you can reach Facebook ...

https://www.facebook.com/uncutvideosofficial/videos/1657954307803840/?theater

The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/magazine/the-lawyer-who-became-duponts-worst-nightmare.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

George Soros sees crisis in markets that echoes 2008 - The Economic Times

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/george-soros-sees-crisis-in-markets-that-echoes-2008/articleshow/50490526.cms

Will China's problems cause a global crisis? Here's the good & bad news - The Economic Times

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/will-chinas-problems-cause-a-global-crisis-heres-the-good-bad-news/articleshow/50498405.cms

Privilege, Pathology and Power - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/01/opinion/privilege-pathology-and-power.html

House Republicans ready Volkswagen bailout vote

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/1/4/1466041/-House-Republicans-ready-Volkswagen-bailout-vote

Russia's Reserve Fund could run empty in 2016

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/27/russias-reserve-fund-could-run-empty-in-2016.html

Republicans Would Rather Be Shot Than Agree with Obama - The New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/poll-republicans-would-rather-actually-be-shot-by-gun-than-agree-with-obama

This Commercial For An Australian University Is Flat-Out Brilliant - Airows

http://airows.com/creative/this-commercial-for-an-australian-university-is-flat-out-brilliant

Wednesday, 6 January 2016

Giant earthquakes are shaking Greenland — and scientists just figured out the disturbing reason why - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/06/25/giant-earthquakes-are-shaking-greenland-and-scientists-just-figured-out-the-disturbing-reason-why/

Greenland has lost a staggering amount of ice — and it’s only getting worse - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/12/16/greenland-has-lost-a-staggering-amount-of-ice-and-its-only-getting-worse/

Greenland might be contributing more to sea level rise than we thought | Grist

http://grist.org/science/greenland-might-be-contributing-more-to-sea-level-rise-than-we-thought/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily-horizon

Russian Strategy Seeks to Defy Economic Decline With Military Bravado | The Jamestown Foundation

http://www.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=44937&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=4603a0dfada52c44cfc8b7a7565c363c#.Vo1Xxq_sGrU

Forget Putin's global posturing – Russia's biggest challenges for 2016 are domestic

http://theconversation.com/forget-putins-global-posturing-russias-biggest-challenges-for-2016-are-domestic-52340

Paul Krugman shows us what life would’ve looked like had Obama lost in 2012 - Salon.com

http://www.salon.com/2016/01/04/paul_krugman_shows_us_what_life_wouldve_looked_like_had_obama_lost_in_2012/

Thursday, 3 December 2015

Solar energy options boosted by better battery technologies | SBS News

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/12/03/solar-energy-options-boosted-better-battery-technologies

If Trump wins nomination, will GOP elite bolt to a third party? - CSMonitor.com

He is pretty toxic, almost luny toon, and that sets the stage for something momentous within the GOP ...

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Decoder/2015/1203/If-Trump-wins-nomination-will-GOP-elite-bolt-to-a-third-party

news.sky.com: IS Still Gaining Ground Despite Airstrikes

So what really is the point? It would seem that we played right into the hands of the terrorists and Russian bombing just takes us closer to potential world conflagration as their bombing now aids ISIS and disturbs Turkey a sleeping pandora's box. Wars of the old flavour just do not work in our favour, so why continue to make terrorism grow and sour what remains of peace potential. 

IS Still Gaining Ground Despite Airstrikes
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Tuesday, 24 November 2015

What Is the Free-Market Solution to a Liquidity Trap? Higher Inflation! - Equitable Growth

The problem resides in not examining appropriately the effect of money supply growth on key markets where inflation runs rampant. We have seen recovery in the equity and housing market, but we have not seen the recovery in household balance sheets that would allow for a normal yield curve. Rather, we see the economy sitting in the liquidity trap permanently and the problem building more and more ... will we survive this? probably not, and it is worse than the climate change issue.

I despair that I am the only economist that actually talks about the 'real' problem. the others receive a 'D' including our former governor of the Bank of Canada ...

http://equitablegrowth.org/what-is-the-free-market-solution-to-a-liquidity-trap-higher-inflation/

Monday, 9 November 2015

Saturday, 31 October 2015

Exploding radioactive waste warning: Keep it above ground | Huntington News

The opposite of what is proposed within 70 miles ...

http://www.huntingtonnews.net/124793

First electric vehicle charges up at VBDS | Vulcan Advocate

Time for our esteemed council to get moving on something like this ...

http://www.vulcanadvocate.com/2015/10/31/first-electric-vehicle-charges-up-at-vbds

The Mexican Government Reveals Mayan Documents Proving Extraterrestrial Contact | Collective-Evolution

I always thought some of us were strange ...

http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/12/18/the-mexican-government-reveals-mayan-documents-proving-extraterrestrial-contact/

Denmark Just Produced 140% Of Its Electricity Needs Via Wind Power

And, and, and, and, the excess was stored ....

Can Ontario do the same?

http://www.trueactivist.com/denmark-just-produced-140-of-its-electricity-needs-via-wind-power/

Arthur Lake

Permaculture News, Information, Forums, Courses and Worldwide Reports

Time to get started ..

http://permaculturenews.org/

Arthur Lake

Bill Gates: The private sector is completely inept - Salon.com

http://www.salon.com/2015/10/29/bill_gates_the_private_sector_is_completely_inept_partner/

Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Reed Bed Installations - WaterWorld

So we can use what we have so much of .. a comparative advantage that makes for sound technology development ...

http://www.waterworld.com/articles/wwi/print/volume-30/issue-4/technology-case-studies/reed-bed-installations.html?cmpid=EnlWaterwastewaterintlOctober202015&eid=296396769&bid=1210383


Some ideas about thinking, reacting and behaviour ...

"Reading what follows will put you into a more adult state of mind from which you can make better decisions. Thinking and calculating is sure to slow you down and help to burn more calories, but the tiredness that results will make you more irritable." Arthur Lake 2015
"You know far less about yourself than you feel you do" Daniel Kahneman
"Often when the sun shines, the wind don't blow. Often when the wind blows, the sun don't shine. Occasionally, the sun shines and the wind blows and the combination sometimes works so well that we forget the balance." Arthur Lake 2015
"We often know more than we can tell .." MIchael Polanyi
"We 'always' know more than we can tell others or ourselves ..." Arthur Lake 2015
"Your actions and emotions can be primed by events of which you are not even aware." Daniel Kahneman
"Act calm and kind, regardless of how you may tell yourself otherwise to feel." Saint Allmind
"Be aware that the effects of unconscious priming can reach into every corner of your life." Johnny Besmart
"Thinking of money primes individualism. You won't do as much to help others?" Daniel Kahneman
"We are primed by symbols .. " Freud, Jung, and the advertisers ...
"Trivial manipulations of context can have very large effects." Daniel Kahneman
"You are mostly a stranger to yourself, and misunderstood by others." Arthur Lake

Monday, 19 October 2015

Secret tunnel found in historical castle - ARCHAEOLOGY

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/secret-tunnel-found--in-historical-castle-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=90026


Some ideas about thinking, reacting and behaviour ...

"Reading what follows will put you into a more adult state of mind from which you can make better decisions. Thinking and calculating is sure to slow you down and help to burn more calories, but the tiredness that results will make you more irritable." Arthur Lake 2015
"You know far less about yourself than you feel you do" Daniel Kahneman
"Often when the sun shines, the wind don't blow. Often when the wind blows, the sun don't shine. Occasionally, the sun shines and the wind blows and the combination sometimes works so well that we forget the balance." Arthur Lake 2015
"We often know more than we can tell .." MIchael Polanyi
"We 'always' know more than we can tell others or ourselves ..." Arthur Lake 2015
"Your actions and emotions can be primed by events of which you are not even aware." Daniel Kahneman
"Act calm and kind, regardless of how you may tell yourself otherwise to feel." Saint Allmind
"Be aware that the effects of unconscious priming can reach into every corner of your life." Johnny Besmart
"Thinking of money primes individualism. You won't do as much to help others?" Daniel Kahneman
"We are primed by symbols .. " Freud, Jung, and the advertisers ...
"Trivial manipulations of context can have very large effects." Daniel Kahneman
"You are mostly a stranger to yourself, and misunderstood by others." Arthur Lake

John Kerry: Global Warming Played a Role in Syrian Civil War | National Review Online

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/425740/john-kerry-lays-blame-global-warming-syrian-civil-war-tom-s-elliott


Some ideas about thinking, reacting and behaviour ...

"Reading what follows will put you into a more adult state of mind from which you can make better decisions. Thinking and calculating is sure to slow you down and help to burn more calories, but the tiredness that results will make you more irritable." Arthur Lake 2015
"You know far less about yourself than you feel you do" Daniel Kahneman
"Often when the sun shines, the wind don't blow. Often when the wind blows, the sun don't shine. Occasionally, the sun shines and the wind blows and the combination sometimes works so well that we forget the balance." Arthur Lake 2015
"We often know more than we can tell .." MIchael Polanyi
"We 'always' know more than we can tell others or ourselves ..." Arthur Lake 2015
"Your actions and emotions can be primed by events of which you are not even aware." Daniel Kahneman
"Act calm and kind, regardless of how you may tell yourself otherwise to feel." Saint Allmind
"Be aware that the effects of unconscious priming can reach into every corner of your life." Johnny Besmart
"Thinking of money primes individualism. You won't do as much to help others?" Daniel Kahneman
"We are primed by symbols .. " Freud, Jung, and the advertisers ...
"Trivial manipulations of context can have very large effects." Daniel Kahneman
"You are mostly a stranger to yourself, and misunderstood by others." Arthur Lake

Sunday, 18 October 2015

Bill Gates, UN say malaria could be eradicated by 2040 - MorningJournalNews.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Lisbon, Ohio - The Morning Journal

http://www.morningjournalnews.com/page/content.detail/id/568600/Bill-Gates--UN-say-malaria-could-be-eradicated-by-2040.html?nav=5006


Some ideas about thinking, reacting and behaviour ...

"Reading what follows will put you into a more adult state of mind from which you can make better decisions. Thinking and calculating is sure to slow you down and help to burn more calories, but the tiredness that results will make you more irritable." Arthur Lake 2015
"You know far less about yourself than you feel you do" Daniel Kahneman
"Often when the sun shines, the wind don't blow. Often when the wind blows, the sun don't shine. Occasionally, the sun shines and the wind blows and the combination sometimes works so well that we forget the balance." Arthur Lake 2015
"We often know more than we can tell .." MIchael Polanyi
"We 'always' know more than we can tell others or ourselves ..." Arthur Lake 2015
"Your actions and emotions can be primed by events of which you are not even aware." Daniel Kahneman
"Act calm and kind, regardless of how you may tell yourself otherwise to feel." Saint Allmind
"Be aware that the effects of unconscious priming can reach into every corner of your life." Johnny Besmart
"Thinking of money primes individualism. You won't do as much to help others?" Daniel Kahneman
"We are primed by symbols .. " Freud, Jung, and the advertisers ...
"Trivial manipulations of context can have very large effects." Daniel Kahneman
"You are mostly a stranger to yourself, and misunderstood by others." Arthur Lake

Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Stephen Harper is the last remnant of George W Bush in North America | Marie-Marguerite Sabongui | Comment is free | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/12/stephen-harper-last-remnant-george-w-bush-north-america


Some ideas about thinking, reacting and behaviour ...

"Reading what follows will put you into a more adult state of mind from which you can make better decisions. Thinking and calculating is sure to slow you down and help to burn more calories, but the tiredness that results will make you more irritable." Arthur Lake 2015
"You know far less about yourself than you feel you do" Daniel Kahneman
"Often when the sun shines, the wind don't blow. Often when the wind blows, the sun don't shine. Occasionally, the sun shines and the wind blows and the combination sometimes works so well that we forget the balance." Arthur Lake 2015
"We often know more than we can tell .." MIchael Polanyi
"We 'always' know more than we can tell others or ourselves ..." Arthur Lake 2015
"Your actions and emotions can be primed by events of which you are not even aware." Daniel Kahneman
"Act calm and kind, regardless of how you may tell yourself otherwise to feel." Saint Allmind
"Be aware that the effects of unconscious priming can reach into every corner of your life." Johnny Besmart
"Thinking of money primes individualism. You won't do as much to help others?" Daniel Kahneman
"We are primed by symbols .. " Freud, Jung, and the advertisers ...
"Trivial manipulations of context can have very large effects." Daniel Kahneman
"You are mostly a stranger to yourself, and misunderstood by others." Arthur Lake

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Sketches from scratches is a provocative blogspot that has grown out of the Wuh Lax experience. It is eclectic, which means that it might consider just about anything from the simple to the extremely difficult. A scratch can be something that is troubling me or a short line on paper. From a scratch comes a verbal sketch or image sketch of the issue or subject. Other sites have other stuff that should really be of interest to the broad reader. I try to develop themes, but variety often comes before depth. ... more!