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“…10 Examples of Literary Nonfiction That Make Facts Compelling…”
“..Even small details matter: – - journalists must be honest about what they see and don’t see. Anything less exhibits a lack of respect for the places and people whose stories they tell – and who they tell them to. … Continue reading
must listen to interview…kim hill…nicole foss..
“…Senior editor of TheAutomaticEarth.org, which chronicles and interprets the ongoing credit crunch, and former editor of The Oil Drum Canada, where she wrote on peak oil and finance. She is an international speaker on energy and global finance and is … Continue reading
“..Must Watch Video: Let Your Life Be a Friction to Stop the Machine..” (ed:..i have posted this video before..and cannot recommend highly enough..)
(ed:..it is a 22min history of the united states..) go to source/story>>> Must Watch Video: Let Your Life Be a Friction to Stop the Machine.
”…Inside Job…” (vid:..1hr 48min..)
“…Narrated by Matt Damon – Inside Job is the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown – at a cost of over $20 trillion – resulted in millions of people … Continue reading
“..the american myth..” (ed:..i don’t often say ‘must-watch-video’..but this is one time i will..22 mins..)
“..Nightmare and insanity are akin: mysterious and involuntary states that skew and distort objective reality. One wakens from nightmare; from insanity there is no awakening. Whether Americans live in the one state or the other is the paramount question of … Continue reading
“…Crises of Capitalism…” (ed:..this is an animation of a speech…(11 mins..)…and is most excellent…and will make you the wiser…)
“..David Harvey asks if it is time to look beyond capitalism – - towards a new social order that would allow us to live within a system that really could be responsible, just, and humane?..” go to source/story>>> Crises … Continue reading
“…How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’…”
“..Scandinavian workers realized that electoral “democracy” was stacked against them – - so nonviolent direct action was needed to exert the power for change…” (cont..) go to source/story>>> How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’ | … Continue reading
“…Bill Maher’s First ‘New Rules’ Of 2012: ”Not Romney’ Is An Even Bigger A**hole Than Romney’…” (video..)
“…Bill Maher wrapped up his first “Real Time” of 2012 with a fresh batch of “New Rules” – – and a look back at all the important political stories that occurred since his last show of 2011. Maher’s new rules … Continue reading
The Year in Review:…January | 2011 | whoar.co.nz…
ed:..over the next twelve days i will take you through the year according to whoar… ..month by month… ..here is january… ..happy scrolling…! ..and of course don’t forget that the archives here at whoar go back to feb ’05… ..so … Continue reading
comment@whoar:…if you only listen to one interview this year..make it this one…
“…Professor of economics at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, and the author of the 2008 book, The New Golden Age: The Coming Revolution against Political Corruption and Economic Chaos. (48?06?)..” (this person/professor …thirty years ago..predicted the timeline/reasons for the fall of … Continue reading
“…Are We Killing Drug Addicts Like Amy Winehouse?…” + comment@whoar..a personal-recommendation…
(ed:..i pride myself on the quality of the stories/links i select..(the selector..heh..!..) ..but this is one that i wd describe as a must-read.. ..what might give my recommendation more heft is the fact that i spent a couple of decades … Continue reading
“…Go Vegan or Go Home…(Where others see gray, animal advocate Gary Francione sees black and white…)…” (interview…)
“…In the 1980s he was an indefatigable and high-powered young attorney who worked on prominent animal rights court cases with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). In the early 1990s he broke from PETA and from the organized … Continue reading
“…Dr. Oz 4/27/11 Forks Over Knives…”
(this video could well save your life…and i don’t say that lightly..) go to source/story>>> YouTube – Dr. Oz 4/27/11 Forks Over Knives.
comment@whoar…the leaders’ opening speeches on the first day of parliament…
(what follows is notes/bullet-points i scrawled down in what was a far more interesting exercise than i anticipated…) key:.. he opens by blaming the last labour govt…(and introduces his most recent new word..’unsettledness’…the context escapes me…) he then blames labour … Continue reading
comment@whoar:..crikey..!…that phil wallington has an impressive ouvre…eh…?
as part of feeding this whoar/gorilla news-beast….i start working earlier than most would like to comprehend… ..and as i am hunting stories..i have bbc on tvone running… ..and sometimes when tvone takes back control of the screen…some older/obscure tv shows … Continue reading
comment@whoar….the (alphabetical)-year in politics…
a:..is for absent… ..as in an absent opposition party… …we hear rumours of big-direction/policy/personnel changes going on in labour… but you have to ask…really…?…most of the year they have been on their backs….limbs waving weakly in the air… ..and a: … Continue reading
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“…NHS told to end culture of overprescribing…” + comment@whoar…the baby-boomer generation don’t so much ‘boom’ … as rattle…
“…NHS patients are being prescribed too many drugs with detrimental effects on their health and the loss of millions of pounds from the health budget, the head of Britain’s drug safety regulator has said. The average 80-year-old patient is taking … Continue reading
“…The Veg Edge…”
“…The Veg Edge journeys the country unearthing a new breed of vegetarians. From a punk rock vegan in L.A. to vegetable-loving firemen deep in the heart of Texas, to a kick boxing chef who serves up meatless Mondays at his … Continue reading
comment@whoar:…(the beneficary-bashing campaign continues….)…”Fraudsters rob pensions of the dead”
(at a time when we have failed finance company owners sitting back..laughing…their vaults full of other peoples’ cash… …getting away with it/scott-free…. …and coming from a newspaper that has spent most of the last decade fawning over these scumbags…. ..on … Continue reading
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“…The Rise of the Power Vegans…”
“…Steve Wynn, Russell Simmons, Bill Clinton and a comparable cast of heavies are now using tempeh to assert their superiority. A look at what gives.. It used to be easy for moguls to flaunt their power. All they had to … Continue reading
comment@whoar..hilarious..!…the nz herald..in an editorial…invokes one of the main arguments for legalising pot…in their ‘case’ against prohibitions on tobacco…(!)
“…it is fair to assume that sharply restricting the supply of tobacco would create a black market. Demand would have to be filled illegally. That, in turn, could invite the participation of organised crime…” (‘holy having it both ways..!..batman..!’..) ..i … Continue reading
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comment@whoar:…”..Chris Carter pulls his Labour candidacy…” (and i reckon a ‘deal’ has been done…)
“…Yet another chapter in the long-running Chris Carter saga has emerged, with the banished Labour MP finally withdrawing his candidacy for the Te Atatu seat he has held for more than a decade. Mr Carter issued a kind of mea … Continue reading
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hickey recants:…rightwing-pundit has (economic) road-to-damascus revelations…and spurns decades of dogma…as ‘a great fraud’…(‘They privatised profits for themselves … and socialised the losses for us all’)…
“… By Bernard Hickey “..I feel like a priest who has been wrestling with his belief in god and has now decided god does not exist. It’s time for me to recant and to say what I’ve been thinking for … Continue reading
why the term ‘animal welfare’…is in the main…an oxymoron…
“..Light Gentle World co-founder Like many people, I used to consider animal welfare reform a positive step on the road to animal rights. After all, it would be better if animals weren’t confined to cramped cages, or subjected to torture, … Continue reading
comment@whoar:…len brown creams john banks in the mayoral debate on tv3′s ‘the nation’..
not being a sth auckland resident…my exposure to len brown has been sporadic at best.. ..and to me he had always appeared uncomfortable in his skin..and uncomfortable before the media… ..so it was with some trepidation i watched the re-run … Continue reading
Rev. Jesse Jackson: “…An Open Letter to Our Nation’s Leaders…” (+comment@whoar:…)
“…Today’s US Census report on poverty in the United States is a clarion call to our nation and our elected leaders. We in the United States possess the greatest resources and wealth ever known to humankind. So to have over … Continue reading
“…Our Menace Isn’t Insane Right-Wingers … It’s Unrivaled Corporate Power … and the Decay of Our Democratic Institutions…”
“… Don’t fear Glenn Beck or Sarah Palin. Fear the underlying corporate power structure. There are no longer any major institutions in American society, including the press, the educational system, the financial sector, labor unions, the arts, religious institutions and … Continue reading
‘gentle world’…a new zealand/hawaii-based vegan community….has a cool new website..
check it out..! go to source/story>>>Gentle World
“…Ellen DeGeneres on why she went vegan…” (video..)
“…Books like Diet For A New America, Skinny Bitch and the film Earthlings had a profound effect on Ellen’s decision to avoid animal products…” (recommended-watch..) go to source/story>>>Ellen DeGeneres on why she went vegan – Vegsource.com
comment@whoar:…why is sean plunkett/the nation…being such a pussy…?
i am just watching the re-run of ‘the nation’… and sean plunkett starts up with a follow-through from a previous week.. ..in that plunkett had been ‘hard’..on some leftys…(much as labour likes to be seen to be ‘hard’ on benificiaries..and … Continue reading
“…The Unmaking of a Company Man: An Education Begun in the Shadow of the Brandenburg Gate…( The exercise of power necessarily involves manipulation … and is antithetical to candor)…”
“…Worldly ambition inhibits true learning. Ask me. I know. A young man in a hurry is nearly ineducable:… … He knows what he wants and where he’s headed;… … when it comes to looking back or entertaining heretical thoughts … … Continue reading
“…Interview With a Vegan: Jack Norris RD…(‘The idea behind ethical veganism is not only to remove one’s self from support of animal cruelty … but to be part of a growing movement … that will one day become the norm’)…”
“… Jack Norris and Matt Ball started Vegan Outreach in 1993 to fill a void they saw in animal activism at that time. With the help of volunteers, they now distribute over 1 million pamphlets about the practices of modern … Continue reading
“…The baby boomers … and the price of personal freedom…”
“…As the postwar baby boomer generation begins to enter comfortable retirement … their children face a future of massive debt and uncertainty. The baby boomers. Born between 1945 and 1955 … they are busy ignoring the biblical calculus that a … Continue reading
“…The Flower…”
“…What happens when a bland, grey society discovers a plant – a flower in this case – – that turns their life into a perfect Utopian society … … where the populace is happy, productive and energetic? Why, the government … Continue reading
i am on twitter…
being somewhat opinionated on a regular basis…i have succumbed to the lure of twitter… my twitter-name is vegandogs50
“…Lowering the Flag on the American Century…” By Chalmers Johnson..
” — In 1962, the historian Barbara Tuchman published a book about the start of World War I and called it The Guns of August. It went on to win a Pulitzer Prize. She was, of course, looking back at … Continue reading
“…Vegans “Significantly Less Polluted…( ‘egg consumption “was associated with in increased odds of cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx, esophagus, upper aerodigestive tract (includes oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, larynx), colon and colon and rectum combined, lung, breast, prostate, bladder … and all cancers combined)…”
“…Every five years, the U.S. government measures the amount of toxic waste in our food supply. Dioxins are a class of industrial pollutants spewed into the atmosphere … … that “accumulates in the fatty tissues of humans and food animals … Continue reading
“…10 ways vegetarianism can help save the planet…”
“…The average British carnivore eats more than 11,000 animals in their lifetime … … each requiring vast amounts of land, fuel and water to reach the plate. It’s time to think of waste … as well as taste If we … Continue reading
John Armstrong: “…Huge numbers only part of benefit story…” (+ comment@whoar…)
“…John Armstrong writes that the working group’s prescription for change may be blinkered by ideology such as time limits. There it sits, a very large and seemingly very juicy statistic buried in the back pages of this week’s discussion paper … Continue reading
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comment@whoar:..david farrar..at kiwiblog…has started his black-propaganda campaign against sole-parents/benificiaries…and gareth morgan talks ‘sense’..
for those who don’t know him…farrar is a widely-read rightwing-blogger… he is also the one who does much of the polling/focus-groups for national..(an ‘insider’..by any measure…) ..and he worked in shipleys’ office when she was prime minister.. and on his … Continue reading
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