Kill the Messenger

Based on the story of Gary Webb.


Focus Films

What would Mike Ruppert make of the movie?

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Michael Ruppert, RIP

He died of an apparent suicide last Sunday. iirc, he was a lapsed Catholic; he embraced some sort of New Age spirituality, which also included some sort of Gaia worship/veneration. But while the Earth may be harmed because of our sins, it has not died so that we may be redeemed. I don't know if his spirituality could be considered pantheist; at times he thought like a materialist, with respect to collapse and population "overshoot" - nothing transcending material reality, no providence. Did he think there was a spark of the divine within us? Or was he engrossed with a bleak outlook? A sad death at the beginning of Holy Week. Kyrie eleison.

In memoriam: Michael C. Ruppert
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Mike's Suicidal Tendencies

Items of Interest, 16 April 2012

The Sexual Revolution and the Will to Disbelieve
Uncanny Tales of the Moral Imagination

The Downside of Cohabitating Before Marriage

Patrick Deneen, At Home in a World Made Strange

In Pursuit of Happiness and Good Government

Ron Paul: Professor Obama Gets an F

The Celtic Mind (on Adam Smith and Edmund Burke)

Legal Atrocities by Chase Madar

Mark Mitchell, Gender Matters

A review of Jack Donovan's latest (mp3)

JHK on race relations: A Kid with Skittles
Derbyshire, Weissberg, And Dog-Whistling: Conservatism Inc's Uneasy Balancing Act

Norway mass-murder suspect admits to killing 77, claims self-defense.


Dave Walker Guest hosting CNBC’s Squawk Box

The Occupy Movement’s Vacuous Critique of Inequality by Carson Holloway
OWS Critique: Grasping for Straws?
Inequality of persons may be a fact of life, but inequality of wealth can be mitigated, instead of allowing the wealthy to amass more wealth at the expense of those who do not have economic freedom. Mr. Holloway seems to be more of a good Republican than anything else.

Economics:
Nothing Grows Forever
How San Francisco Can Lead the Sharing Economy
Voice of an Innovator: Sustainability Makes Sense

Relocalization:
The Economics of Happiness Conference and The Rise of The Localization Movement

In Transition 2.0 - a story of resilience and hope in extraordinary times DVD

Karen De Coster, “Ingredients” Documentary on Local Food Systems - official site

The Big Lunch, a one-day get-together for neighbors

Permaculture:
The Permaculture Revolution Takes Root in Cities
Open Source Permaculture – help to build the most comprehensive free resource for Permaculture education (indiegogo)

Catholic:
Vatican Hoping to Make SSPX Announcement Early Next Week
The Catholic Bride
Traditional Catholicism Is Winning

Orthodox:
Orthodox Christians take steps toward unity
Iconography of the Bright Resurrection of Christ.
Orthodox Easter - in pictures
Ethiopian Orthodox Easter
Capella Romana: For Orthodox Easter, Music That Faces East
Gillibrand: Blessing of House by Orthodox Priest
Trusting God Rather Than Seeking Miracles

Diet and Health:
Karen De Coster, Benefits of the Paleo-Primal Lifestyle and Great Health

Paleo, Low Carb and Gluten Free Chain Restaurants: eating out while traveling

What’s Your Walk Score? by Tom Vanderbilt
The company that puts a number on walkability.

(Part 2: Sidewalk Science)

Jimmy Moore’s n=1 Experiments: ‘Safe Starch’ Sweet Potato

Music:


SFCV: Musica Poetica: The Baroque Before Bach

Waylon Jennings: 'Goin' Down Rockin' by Joe Leydon

Sleepy Man Banjo Boys - Blackjack


Earl Scruggs Tributes Archived at WSM Online

Ashley Campbell Hits the Scene (MS)

Ava Aston


AVALANCHE AND EARTHQUAKE – Michael Ruppert and the Lifeboat Hour

Jane Austen:
Lizzie Bennet Diaries: Monday Multimedia: Modern Stuff Edition(too Uhmerican)

ECD:
HWS Learns English Country Dance
Playford Ball_2012_Ricki and Donn in two-hand turn



Misc:


How one mathematician’s angry blog post led to 9,000 scientists starting a revolution

Ohio journalist trains with Ottawa County Special Response Team: “SWAT training is adrenaline rush” (video).

Modern-Day Battle Axe

Items of Interest, 4 March 2012

Forecasting a Collapse (an article on Michael Ruppert)

Connecting the Dots on Fast and Furious

Jack Donovan recommends:
How to End the Culture Wars
The Demise of Guythink

A paper that has been cited in various places in the manosphere:
How Dramatically Did Women's Suffrage Change the Size and Scope of Government?

John R. Lott, Jr. and Larry Kenny1
It is not really surprising that this welfare state should breed a
politics not of “justice” or “fairness” but of “compassion,” which
contemporary liberalism has elevated into the most important civic
virtue. Women tend to be more sentimental, more risk-averse and
less competitive than men—yes, it’s Mars vs. Venus—and therefore
are less inclined to be appreciative of free-market economics, in
which there are losers as well as winners. College-educated
women—the kind who attend Democratic conventions—are also
more “permissive” and less “judgmental” on such issues as
homosexuality, capital punishment, even pornography.


Dave Pollard, Not Ready to Do What’s Needed

Paul Gottfried, Hard Questions for Romney, Paul, and Santorum

Farming:
Joel Salatin: "Holy Cows & Hog Heaven" (mp3)


article

Education:
Dr. Helen: “[T]oday’s college degree is the equivalent of the 1950′s high school diploma…”

Music:
Music in the Modern Age by Peter Kalkavage (a review of Surprised by Beauty: A Listener's Guide to the Recovery of Modern Music by Robert R. Reilly)



Catholic:




Diet and Health:
Carbohydrates are Good; Dogma is Evil!
Cycling: 12 Common Century Ride Mistakes

Misc:




Identical twins adopted from China by two different Ontario families grow up 400 km apart

Items of Interest, 6 July 2011

Harmonia Early Music: Who Is Shakespeare’s Dark Lady? (mp3)

William Oddie, The Ordinariate's Liturgy is Beginning to Emerge(via Ordinariate Portal)

NPR: Service Just One Reason To Join The Military (An interview with Dr. Bruce Fleming, who wrote "The Academies’ March Toward Mediocrity.")

This interview was way too short.

30 Under 30: Futurist Foodies

Arrival of the post-petroleum human (Michael Ruppert interview)
Janaia Donaldson, Peak Moment Television (EB)

Toward a Post-Growth Society by James Gustave Speth
It’s business as usual that’s the utopian fantasy, while creating something very new and different is the pragmatic way forward.

What would happen if control over capital were redistributed, and the ability to purchase capital were curtailed. What would the wealthy do with their money? Would they spend it on consumer goods? If they didn't, would the currency that they hold lose its value in effect?

From the Wilderness: Michael C. Ruppert's Speech at Green Life Eco Fest 2011

Another Michael Ruppert interview

A world in trouble (Michael Ruppert interview)
by Karen Rybold-Chin (EB)



The interview was originally intended to be a part of The Nation series on peak oil/climate change, but The Nation declined to use it. Michael Ruppert was too much for it?

Robert D. Steele on the CIA

wiki
His review of Dark Alliance.



Seven Stories Press
Dark Alliance
Columbia Journalism Review article

Perhaps Michael Ruppert has something to say about the book. He did. He is not without some controversy viz-a-viz Gary Webb.

Mike Ruppert's latest

He is certainly continuing to put his reputation on the line with these videos.

Transition Voice interview with Michael Ruppert

Michael Ruppert: To protect and serve

Having grown up Catholic, Ruppert says he’s read the Bible several times. He quoted from scripture in our talk in a way that revealed his enduring respect for messages that resonate, wherever they originate. And in a quiet, personal way Ruppert says he has long had his own vivid spiritual life and perspective over the years. It’s nothing he’s talked much about. It’s his private journey experienced—again—with that broader, non-sectarian perspective that he’s drawn to. But it’s one where he feels he has a purpose, a purpose guided by his connection to his spiritual life.

Michael Ruppert Interview by Suzie Gruber

Parts 1 and 2 (mp3).

An alert from Michael Ruppert

EMERGENCY ALERT: STANDING AT THE EDGE OF CHAOS from CollapseNet.com on Vimeo.

The video can't be embedded, so if you would like to watch it, click on the link that is provided.

Let's see how good his reading of the times is...

CollapseNet

Michael Ruppert on NY PIX

Documentary 'Collapse' Explores Peak Oil/Energy's Effects On Economy (via Michael Ruppert)

Center for Media & Democracy: Michael Ruppert

(via Carolyn Baker)

If the Chinese leadership is aware of peak oil (how can it not be), does its short- and long-term planning reflect this?

From 2006: Michael Ruppert, THE PARADIGM IS THE ENEMY: The State of the Peak Oil Movement at the Cusp of Collapse