John James Newsletter Number 116 Give me control of a nation’s money, and I care not who makes its laws. Mayer Rothschild All creatures are required by nature to make constant effort. Effort is a fundamental requirement for survival. Yet we try to make life uniformly easy, so our ability to survive is compromised Hilary Continue Reading →
The John James Newsletter 115 23 April 2016 The many stories during this week show we are now reaping the whirlwind. The seeds were plated by greed and watered by apathy. Over the past 18 months global warming has hit us – savage, unstoppable and uncaring – and will now continue to the bitter end. Continue Reading →
The John James Newsletter 114 16 April 2016 In the darkest hours of existence we grasp tight, no matter how illusory, to the starry gleams of hope Milton Washington’s game plan for Iraq was to shock and terrorise the entire country, deliberately ruin its infrastructure, do nothing while its culture and history were ransacked, and Continue Reading →
The John James Newsletter 113 10 April 2016 I am so proud of these young people. I hope they will be successful for all of us Blogger Historic Victory in Court The US District Court in Oregon, in a ruling that may reverberate in history, denied the request of the US and co-defendants (American Petroleum Continue Reading →
The John James Newsletter 112 9 April 2016 Terrorist don’t try to win through direct confrontation; they attempt to break public morale with spectacular. televisual displays that at once expose the enemy’s vulnerability and their own capacity for cruelty Naomi Klein The Kogi Fight to Preserve Their Ancient Wisdom The Kogi consider themselves the “elder Continue Reading →
The John James Newsletter 111 2 April 2016 Hope is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for whosoever hopes has within him the gift of miracles Samuel Smiles Study Confirms World’s Coastal Cities Unsavable If We Don’t Slash Carbon Pollution We still could limit sea level rise to two feet this century Continue Reading →