Posted in Philosophy & psychology

Positive Deception

Positive deception is when you change the parameters so that you don’t have to lie. Throwing the ball easy to a little kid so that he succeeds and develops a good attitude toward the game. Giving every kid a trophy so they don’t get discouraged. Putting everyone in the school on the Honor Roll so […]

FEMA Concentration Camps

Rex 84 – From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Exercises similar to Rex 84 happen regularly.[5] Plans for roundups of large numbers of persons in the United States in times of crisis are constructed during periods of increased political repression such as the Palmer Raids and the McCarthy Era. CIVIL SECURITY PLANNING Since WWII, the U.S. […]

TFTD: Kay Jamison quote

“I believe that curiosity, wonder and passion are defining qualities of imaginative minds and great teachers; that restlessness and discontent are vital things; and that intense experience and suffering instruct us in ways that less intense emotions can never do. I believe, in short, that we are equally beholden to heart and mind, and that […]

The Nightmare is Almost Over

The Bush administration has plunged us into a moral and spiritual abyss, one that has separated us from our allies and friends. It is this same moral vacuum that has created the toxic business climate in the US.

Palin’s Ethics – Computer Hacking

Sarah Palin: The Nuclear Option? • View topic – Sarah’s ethics – computer hacking The above forums are new, but I’m going to get on there and fill them with Truth. After the recent discovery that Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s Yahoo! account had been hacked, all I could think was “what goes around comes around.” […]

Crocs As Feminist Statement

I recently joined a Facebook group called “I Don’t care How Comfortable Crocs Are, You Look Like A Dumbass” and quickly sent out invitations to like-minded friends. From: Facebook Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 5:37 AMTo: JxxxxxxSubject: Lxxxxx invited you to join the group “I Dont care How Comfortable Crocs Are, You Look Like A […]

TFTD: Self-reflection

Byron Katie Newsletter: June 2008 The following quote is exactly what I have been going on about, the need to have an objective observer, one who pushes the ego out of the way and takes a good long look at who we are. The first step to healing is to know what has to be […]

TFTD: Hallucination

RealMagick Article: The Seven Shaman Principles by Serge Kahill King Thought for the Day: Hallucination means “your dream doesn’t match my dream.”

3D Spam

Responsible Nanotechnology: 3D Spam? In the “just one more thing to worry about” category, the Committee for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN) blog has an article about what might happen if spammers figure out how to control the 3D nanofactories we will all have on our desks someday. As if faxed travel ads aren’t bad enough.

TFTD: Religious Extremists

The common dogma [of fundamentalists] is fear of modern knowledge, inability to cope with the fast change in a scientific-technological society, and the real breakdown in apparent moral order in recent years…. That is why hate is the major fuel, fear is the cement of the movement, and superstitious ignorance is the best defense against […]

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