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Agrilogistics*–“It’s an agricultural program that has been running without much change–only upgrades to more intense versions of itself–since about 10,000BC, when it began at the start of the (warmer) Holocene. The basic elements of the program are: settle down (stop hunter-gathering), farm grains. There is an implicit logic to this program. Sometimes it’s directly stated, […]

“The action that has meaning for the living has value only for the dead, finds completion only in the consciousness that inherit and question.”1   THE LAW The Second Law of Thermodynamics?2 There is no free ride, no free lunch. Energy cannot be recycled. There will be no … … No perpetual motion machine! As […]

I believe we all Need to hustle. It’s an aspect of that Which gives meaning to life. And I do admire Many, many successful hustlers Here on this Eaarth … Some who are young; Some who are old. …………………. But this Trump guy is a “SORRY-ASS hustler”. He’s “bad to the bone” In the most […]

Because … well … perhaps it’s because I’m just a little bit lardy. But I am hardy and I do persevere. Persevere for rights … Sometimes through nasty fights including through the nights, But always with rights in my sights. The fights are for equity, for justice, for fairness for all … But especially for […]

A buen hambre no hay pan duro.1 Anything tastes good when you’re hungry. Leí incorrectamente como … A bueno hombre no hay pan duro. O … Pan duros son buenos hombres. Being tight can be okay. ……………………. They called me tight. Hard bread. Pão duro. No car for two years. Despite the super (capitalistic) OEA2 […]

Thoughtways. Ethos? Hopefully not Groupthink? Perhaps some Critical Thinking?? Paths in the Savanna … Leading to a warmed (but doomed) Northwest Passage. It’s all about inputs/throughputs/… And especially outputs, About energetics And embodied human appropriated net primary productivity. (Life, thoughts? Dynamic homeostatic symbioses? They are matter Organized with inputs Of free available energy.) And critical […]

“Once upon a time, there was an old man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach every morning before he began his work. Early one morning, he was walking along the shore after a big storm had passed and found the vast […]

“Lavandera mala no encuentra jamás buena piedra. A bad washer doesn’t ever find a good rock.”1 (These bad washers blame the system!) ……………………… El sistema smells bad! The system tastes muy mal. It feels bad. The system appears to be … So sad!! ……….. “Those Illegal Immigrants who can no longer be legally held (Congress […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2S46evll8I&fbclid=IwAR08E93Ec2cBPgS_mtxyer8hFnAzJm8uoMhOjDFUQksq03sS9jQubXdxmj0 After viewing this ca. hour-long YouTube presentation by Dahr Jamail this morning, I felt strongly that I had to share it via email, http://www.paulpeaceparables.com/blog/ , and https://www.facebook.com/paul.b.martin.54 before tackling other matters I had planned for this terça-feira, March 20, 2019. Dahr’s talk is very powerful for many reasons in terms of discussion of the […]