this is a repost of some posts that were made over on the derrickjensen forum.

Probably the most frequent question I get is "how much time is left?" My reply for the past four plus years has always been "I don't know, a few days, a few months, a few years, maybe longer, maybe not. I wish I knew." Well, Ken Deffeyes just published an analysis at his blog that gives us some type of rough idea. His conclusions appears to be that oil at $300 a barrel will produce, more or less, a total econo... read more

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The Information Awareness Office ("IAO") was established by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ("DARPA"), the research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense, in January 2002 to bring together several DARPA projects focused on applying information technology to counter transnational threats to national security. The IAO mission was to "imagine, develop, apply, integrate, demonstrate and transition information techn... read more

It's no secret that the US educational system doesn't do a very good job. Like clockwork, studies show that America's schoolkids lag behind their peers in pretty much every industrialized nation. We hear shocking statistics about the percentage of high-school seniors who can't find the US on an unmarked map of the world or who don't know who Abraham Lincoln was.

Fingers are pointed at various aspects of the schooling system—overcrowded classrooms, lack of funding, teachers who can't pass c... read more

On account of the reality of the authorities, (inspired) by the spirit of the father of truth, the great
apostle - referring to the "authorities of the darkness" - told us that "our contest is not against flesh
and blood; rather, the authorities of the universe and the spirits of wickedness." I have sent this (to
you) because you inquire about the reality of the authorities.
Their chief is blind; because of his power and his ignorance and his arrogance he said, with his
power, ... read more

"Tell me, Choegyal Rinpoche, about the coming of the Kingdom of Shambhala."

Among the Tibetans I had been hearing references to this ancient prophecy, and conjectures
that, after twelve centuries, it was coming true in our time. "Can you please
tell me in your own words?" I asked. And slowly, with pauses to reflect, he
did. Watching his face, I listened to every word. I was arrested by his description
of the Shambhala warrior, for this was clearly a metaphor for the bodhisattva -
th... read more