Bob Morris @ Jan 19th 2007 12:57 - Category: Uncategorized Tags: Armenian genocide;
Hrant Dink, an Armenian-Turkish newspaper editor who had received death threats from nationalists for questioning Turkey’s denial of an Armenian genocide, was shot in the head and killed today.
Emphasis added.
Bob Morris @ Jan 19th 2007 00:23 - Category: Unfiled ;
From Davis-Kramer-Thompson.com, the three remaining members of the legendary MC5, comes news of Michael Davis’ new foundation, Music is Revolution.
Here are a few pleasantly surprising facts about music, including that much-aligned rock and roll rubbish…
Did you know…
Music education has been proven to raise cognitive ability and test scores in students? Yes.
Musical knowledge reduces absenteeism and drop-out rates? Yes.
If you answered Yes to the questions above (and we did it for you so you have no excuse other than to read on), then it’s a great time to tell you about MUSIC IS REVOLUTION, the new non-profit organization founded by Michael Davis and Angela Davis. MUSIC IS REVOLUTION was created to support music education in public schools and it’s busy raising money to offer mini-grants to teachers in public schools all over the U.S. to bring a variety of musical experiences to students.
Helping with the cause are volunteers you might know, like singer Handsome Dick Manitoba, deejay/indie-label man Steve Aoki, pro-skater Corey Duffel, artist Shepard Fairey and many other generous artists and scholars around the United States.
Remember, 100% of profits are going directly to the teachers and students.
Go to MusicIsRevolution.org and let the kids see a sea of hands.
Davis details why he started the foundation.
In the late 60’s, my band, the MC5, adopted a stance that challenged the status quo of our social system. While we were striving to make people aware of the need for reform, we were not tuned in to the correct method of reaching our goals. We chose to make confrontations with the old order and got blown out of the water. Now I realize that the police and the government are usually merely doing their jobs, and the real issues can only be dealt with by the next generation. This is our greatest resource and our closest ally.
I feel good about this. So, let’s get down with it and kick up a little Music Is Revolution out there. Brothers and Sisters, the time has come for each and every one of you to be a part of the solution: MUSIC IS REVOLUTION.
For those more-Left-than-thou who might bemoan that Davis is not overtly political any more, the MC5 did indeed pay a serious price for their rebellion, while their Kick Out The Jams remains one of the best rock and roll albums ever made. They paid some serious dues and his foundation deserves much support.
[tags]MC5, Mike Davis, Music is Revolution[/tags]
Bob Morris @ Jan 19th 2007 00:15 - Category: Renewable energy ;
Heat generated in the core of the earth travels upwards where it can be used to generate electricity as well as for heating and cooling via highly efficient geothermal heat pumps. Geothermal energy is clean, renewable, and we won’t run out of it for millions of years.
The photo shows one of The Geysers geothermal plants in northern California, which generates more electricity than any other geothermal plant anywhere.
The Geothermal Energy Association lists sites in California and explains how it works.
Bob Morris @ Jan 19th 2007 00:08 - Category: Climate change, Renewable energy ;
As predicted here when the Dems swept Congress, that while they won’t be much different on the wars, they will be sharply better on domestic issues and the environment. This new Senate committee on global warming demonstrates that.
Now issues of global warming will be discussed freely and receive the attention they should. The repressive junk-science hoisted upon us by the Flat Earth Society in the White House will be consigned to the trash bin of history where it belongs.
The Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, its full name, implies a maybe jingoist freedom from Mideast oil. But it can and should be much more than that. Full energy independence means electricity is homegrown locally from multiple sources, that consumption drops because all parts of the system are smarter and more efficient, and maybe most importantly, the internal combustion engine becomes a relic of the past.
What better way can there be to be free of dependence on foreign oil than by stopping use of the internal combustion engine? Because, in the final analysis, that’s where we’re going and that’s what’s needed.
The political and economic dislocations this will cause will of course be massive. Dinosaurs like ExxonMobil will fight until the end and then die. Other oil giants, like BP, are more enlightened and have already said their future lies in renewables not petroleum.
BP on Renewable and alternative energy
About 40% of the world’s CO2 emissions come from power generation, twice as much as from the transport sector. But almost half of the power plants that the world is expected to need by 2020 have not yet been built. As pressure mounts for action on climate change, we believe national and regional governments and local utility companies will increasingly look to build plants that use alternative, low-carbon, technologies.
ExxonMobil, meanwhile, funds global warming junk science with millions each year and does little if anything on renewables. It’s obvious that companies like BP will be the ones to survive. This also applies to other businesses, cities, countries, etc. The weather is getting freakish, so will economic and political conditions. Those who can change with the times will survive and thrive. Those who can’t, won’t.
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