“History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new.”--Ecclesiastes 1:9, New Living Translation. Tyndale House: 2007.
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Free and open source list of free market names
Click now to get a coupon, open source, word, just words, freezing acid rain, trans-elation, like a good neighbor, capital ISM, capi TALLism, spring growth, step-on-a-crack, jack in the crack, saran dipity, sam ‘n ella, all lies and queers, fuck pocket, trembulence, meaningless complaints dept., middle-aged rhymers, sticks and stones, break my bones but, queer telepathic engineering company, the only one, first international piece of bullshit, pictures of whom, confucius the cat, pickled passivity, the diasporic looting post, gibberfish, crack! (a mirror store?), bar code (a bar), like a tree, meta 4, turn it over to the heathens, it’s time to blank, become somebody, suck-cess, success pool, gene pool, check to make sure, “just say ‘yes’”, deus ex machina, anglish is still evolving (and that’s ok with me), purists elitists and the bourgeoisie, faggots unite it’s the 80s!, tossed salad melting pot, the winning scratch-off, suicidal lottery, sin and guilt serving the populus since the biblical dawn of men, pee in a cup, snarky’s, all over twist, rotten uh-ohs, lithium ion powered bipolar people, information underload, go ask your mother, pimple poppers, balls aren’t funny, probable babble, you are the walrus, offensive languages, macrosquish, powder paste gel and other interactive tooth media, teletubby xmas, cop circles, crap circles, empty mug, ad infinitum, wheat germ welfare, the world before i die, human branch sap, il purgatorium, the archetypes, nice to know jah.
Capi's Currency Express Gift Delivery Service
Capi's Currency
Express Gift Delivery Service
Est. 2011
Currency: 1657, "condition of flowing," from L. currentum, pp. of currere "to run" (see “current”)
“All knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market.”—I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou
As a full-time urban explorer and mystic making Portland his home, Capi can be seen on his daily walks through Portland’s lovely and multifaceted neighborhoods perusing free boxes, stopping methodically to take notes on random ideas and observations, meditating with trees, searching sacred spaces, and in general, appreciating the diversity in the "ordinary."
For over a year Capi has been insisting on living a materially simple life, freely receiving an abundance of small kindnesses shown him and freely extending an abundance of small kindnesses to others, learning and constructing as he goes. He explores the beauty in all things he observes, from ideas to humans, and, perhaps for this reason, is generally appreciated and adored by all who get to know him.
Subsisting in such a way has its challenges, to be sure. At times malnourished, impoverished, exhausted, and discriminated against, Capi resiliently persists in his committed lifestyle, emanating mindfulness, tranquility and love, doing no harm and asking that others do no harm.
When you see Capi, please give him something. Give him something to give. Give him an errand to run. A job to do. A new place to explore. Give him something to nourish and inspire him—could be a juicy pear, could be some constructive thoughts, could be some art, could be a book or zine, could be a letter, could even be paper or metal currency or other precious and sacred objects. Give him something to give back to the person who gave him something to give to you. With such gifts, he acts as a willing vehicle of service, inspiring a gift-based economy, to keep the kindness express running, flowing, forever going.
Like Capi, keep it current.
Photo courtesy Fox News Corp., posted on kptv.com, Oct. 12, 2011
Express Gift Delivery Service
Est. 2011
Currency: 1657, "condition of flowing," from L. currentum, pp. of currere "to run" (see “current”)
“All knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market.”—I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou
As a full-time urban explorer and mystic making Portland his home, Capi can be seen on his daily walks through Portland’s lovely and multifaceted neighborhoods perusing free boxes, stopping methodically to take notes on random ideas and observations, meditating with trees, searching sacred spaces, and in general, appreciating the diversity in the "ordinary."
For over a year Capi has been insisting on living a materially simple life, freely receiving an abundance of small kindnesses shown him and freely extending an abundance of small kindnesses to others, learning and constructing as he goes. He explores the beauty in all things he observes, from ideas to humans, and, perhaps for this reason, is generally appreciated and adored by all who get to know him.
Subsisting in such a way has its challenges, to be sure. At times malnourished, impoverished, exhausted, and discriminated against, Capi resiliently persists in his committed lifestyle, emanating mindfulness, tranquility and love, doing no harm and asking that others do no harm.
When you see Capi, please give him something. Give him something to give. Give him an errand to run. A job to do. A new place to explore. Give him something to nourish and inspire him—could be a juicy pear, could be some constructive thoughts, could be some art, could be a book or zine, could be a letter, could even be paper or metal currency or other precious and sacred objects. Give him something to give back to the person who gave him something to give to you. With such gifts, he acts as a willing vehicle of service, inspiring a gift-based economy, to keep the kindness express running, flowing, forever going.
Like Capi, keep it current.
Photo courtesy Fox News Corp., posted on kptv.com, Oct. 12, 2011
"The Myth of Scarcity"
There is no real scarcity in the world; quite the opposite...Between 1970 and 1990, the population of Canada grew 25% while the GDP expanded 647%. The population of Britain rose 3.2%, while the GDP swelled 964%. In the United States...the population increased 20% while the GDP climbed 440%.3
One might think that such massive increases in wealth...would result in a generous rise in the standard of living, including universal access to medical care...(but) wealth is socially produced but privately owned, so only a privileged elite benefit from rising productivity...The combined wealth of the richest 200 people in the world is close to one trillion dollars...greater than the combined wealth of the bottom half of the world’s population...
Modern Malthusians
The State protects the “right” of the rich to privately own the social wealth and propagates the ideas that justify this arrangement....Since the 18th century, Malthus’ theories have been used to defend social inequality. All social ills, from poverty and disease to famine and environmental degradation, have been mistakenly attributed to the problem of too many people wanting too much.44
Malthus was wrong.
The development of science and technology has made agricultural land so productive that farmers in rich nations are paid not to grow crops while mountains of stored food are destroyed or left to rot every year. The problem is not too many hungry bellies. The problem is that food is sold for profit, and too many people can’t afford to buy it...
Modern Malthusians fill the mainstream media with cries of scarcity. Instead of praising the aging population as a medical and social success, they blame improved longevity for straining the system.... Discussions of what is medically effective are submerged by arguments about money. The myth of “never-ending crisis” is a deception practiced by all nations to promote public acceptance of rationing.45
The myth of scarcity is needed to reconcile the obscenity of growing wealth alongside growing poverty. According to the World Health Organization, around 300 million people live in 16 countries where life expectancy actually decreased between 1975 and 1995. Fifty percent of deaths of children under age five are associated with malnutrition. At least two million child deaths a year could be prevented by existing vaccines and most of the rest could be prevented by access to clean water and other basic necessities. Nearly 1.3 billion people live in absolute poverty, and more than 15 million adults aged 20 to 64 die every year from preventable causes.46
The myth of scarcity insists that such suffering cannot be prevented, because there is not enough to go around. This argument hardens our hearts, erodes our humanity, negates centuries of human progress and reinstates the law of the jungle, where only the strong can hope to survive.
We are expected to accept the unacceptable: beggars in the streets of the world’s most prosperous cities; an abundance of food, while millions starve; treatments for disease that the poor cannot afford; one part of the population being overworked, while the other part is desperate for work; surplus wealth growing alongside, and at the expense of, destitute populations. As American author John Steinbeck wrote in 1939,
“There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success…In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.”47
The goal of modern Malthusians is to ensure that the grapes of wrath are never harvested, to justify the dominance of the few and the misery of the many, to obscure what would otherwise be obvious: that ordinary people create all of society’s wealth and deserve their share of it. The elite who rule society can never accept this account of the matter. If they did, they would have to abandon their system of private ownership and competition; they would have to acknowledge the inhumanity of depriving millions to enrich a few. Since they cannot deny reality, they promote the myth of scarcity.48
--Susan Rosenthal (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4812203)
One might think that such massive increases in wealth...would result in a generous rise in the standard of living, including universal access to medical care...(but) wealth is socially produced but privately owned, so only a privileged elite benefit from rising productivity...The combined wealth of the richest 200 people in the world is close to one trillion dollars...greater than the combined wealth of the bottom half of the world’s population...
Modern Malthusians
The State protects the “right” of the rich to privately own the social wealth and propagates the ideas that justify this arrangement....Since the 18th century, Malthus’ theories have been used to defend social inequality. All social ills, from poverty and disease to famine and environmental degradation, have been mistakenly attributed to the problem of too many people wanting too much.44
Malthus was wrong.
The development of science and technology has made agricultural land so productive that farmers in rich nations are paid not to grow crops while mountains of stored food are destroyed or left to rot every year. The problem is not too many hungry bellies. The problem is that food is sold for profit, and too many people can’t afford to buy it...
Modern Malthusians fill the mainstream media with cries of scarcity. Instead of praising the aging population as a medical and social success, they blame improved longevity for straining the system.... Discussions of what is medically effective are submerged by arguments about money. The myth of “never-ending crisis” is a deception practiced by all nations to promote public acceptance of rationing.45
The myth of scarcity is needed to reconcile the obscenity of growing wealth alongside growing poverty. According to the World Health Organization, around 300 million people live in 16 countries where life expectancy actually decreased between 1975 and 1995. Fifty percent of deaths of children under age five are associated with malnutrition. At least two million child deaths a year could be prevented by existing vaccines and most of the rest could be prevented by access to clean water and other basic necessities. Nearly 1.3 billion people live in absolute poverty, and more than 15 million adults aged 20 to 64 die every year from preventable causes.46
The myth of scarcity insists that such suffering cannot be prevented, because there is not enough to go around. This argument hardens our hearts, erodes our humanity, negates centuries of human progress and reinstates the law of the jungle, where only the strong can hope to survive.
We are expected to accept the unacceptable: beggars in the streets of the world’s most prosperous cities; an abundance of food, while millions starve; treatments for disease that the poor cannot afford; one part of the population being overworked, while the other part is desperate for work; surplus wealth growing alongside, and at the expense of, destitute populations. As American author John Steinbeck wrote in 1939,
“There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success…In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.”47
The goal of modern Malthusians is to ensure that the grapes of wrath are never harvested, to justify the dominance of the few and the misery of the many, to obscure what would otherwise be obvious: that ordinary people create all of society’s wealth and deserve their share of it. The elite who rule society can never accept this account of the matter. If they did, they would have to abandon their system of private ownership and competition; they would have to acknowledge the inhumanity of depriving millions to enrich a few. Since they cannot deny reality, they promote the myth of scarcity.48
--Susan Rosenthal (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4812203)
Our Right for Freedom from Pollution
We must demand our right to be free of pollution. To take a stand for our health and the health of the planet. We will write proposals that reflect our intelligent demands, so that our kids and all within our community may share and participate in an abundant and prosperous world. Let us dispel the myth of scarcity and reclaim our planet. We are the 99%. We make the decisions now that will affect the course of the entire planetary community.
pollution: introduction of contaminants into the environment that cause instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem which includes its inhabitants.
forms of pollution: air, water, soil litter, radioactive substances, noise, light, visual, thermal, GHGs, chemical and synthetic food additives.
BOLIVIA’s UN RESOLUTION “Harmony with Mother Earth...seeks recognition of the Earth as a Whole and the interaction of human beings with that system of which we are a part.”
presented by Bolivia to the UN 12.11.09
co-sponsored by 22 countries: Algeria, Benin, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cape Verde, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Eritrea, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mauritius, Nepal, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Seychelles and Venezuela. (from http://www.slideshare.net/wdk/universal-declaration-of-planetary-rights)
pollution: introduction of contaminants into the environment that cause instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem which includes its inhabitants.
forms of pollution: air, water, soil litter, radioactive substances, noise, light, visual, thermal, GHGs, chemical and synthetic food additives.
BOLIVIA’s UN RESOLUTION “Harmony with Mother Earth...seeks recognition of the Earth as a Whole and the interaction of human beings with that system of which we are a part.”
presented by Bolivia to the UN 12.11.09
co-sponsored by 22 countries: Algeria, Benin, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cape Verde, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Eritrea, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mauritius, Nepal, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Seychelles and Venezuela. (from http://www.slideshare.net/wdk/universal-declaration-of-planetary-rights)
Your fellow human, So-and-So
6 October, 2011
Dear friends at the United Nations: My name is So-and-So. As I have observed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as it has been mounted to your website, I would first of all like to......(fill in the blank). Also, I have a quick question. Have you ever considered the irony of the abbreviation of your institution’s name?
Yada, yada, yada,
Your fellow human,
So-and-So
Dear friends at the United Nations: My name is So-and-So. As I have observed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as it has been mounted to your website, I would first of all like to......(fill in the blank). Also, I have a quick question. Have you ever considered the irony of the abbreviation of your institution’s name?
Yada, yada, yada,
Your fellow human,
So-and-So
Voices of the 99%
Some have posited that the Great Wall was reflective of imperial paralysis--Should I attack the Mongols? Should I trade with them? I dunno. Maybe I’ll just build a really big wall. And, of course, the Chinese are very fond of walls....But this wall, unlike most in China, was not ultimately effective....It was simply a huge, pointless wall that went on and on and on. So they took the bricks, built homes, shops, and wells until some enterprising official discovered that there was good money to be made with the Great Wall, that tourists would flock there wanting camel rides and bird whistles, and they could combine a trip to the Wall with a visit to the Traditional Medicine Center. And a jade factory, too. Build it and they will come, he thought, and so he took pen to paper. The Great Wall which be created by the human being will be your nice mind forever!
And so it is.
J. Maarten Troost, Lost on Planet China: One man’s attempt to understand the world’s most mystifying nation, 81. Broadway: 2009.
Crucial ideas and possibilities can vanish completely for a time--even for an entire generation--before they return with a new force and impetus, to start a new turn on the spiral.
Daniel Pinchbeck, “The End of Money?” essay originally published on www.realitysandwich.com, March 2008, republished in Notes from the Edge Times: Penguin, 2010.
In consensus organizing, community organizers learn all they can about the ‘downtown interests’ (the local powerholders) and about the community and its grassroots leaders. The downtown interests and grassroots community leaders often oppose each other and tell stereotypical stories in which their opponent plays an ineffective or malevolent role.
Consensus organizers try to identify a project, such as a job training program, that is of interest to both the community leaders and downtown interests. Then they engage the parties in real dialogue about the program only, leading to productive collaborations and new relationships. Later, those relationships can be used to make real progress on other community issues, since the stereotyped us-vs-them stories have been replaced with a belief in the possibility of shared exploration and shared benefits.
Tom Atlee, The Tao of Democracy: Using co-intelligence to create a world that works for all. The Writers Collective: 2002.
“There is a time for everyone to find out what’s up there,” he said as he pointed to the sky. “This is your time.”
Nevit O. Ergin, “The Unemployed Shaman,” from Tales of a Modern Sufi: The invisible fence of reality and other stories. Inner Traditions, Vermont: 2009.
And so it is.
J. Maarten Troost, Lost on Planet China: One man’s attempt to understand the world’s most mystifying nation, 81. Broadway: 2009.
Crucial ideas and possibilities can vanish completely for a time--even for an entire generation--before they return with a new force and impetus, to start a new turn on the spiral.
Daniel Pinchbeck, “The End of Money?” essay originally published on www.realitysandwich.com, March 2008, republished in Notes from the Edge Times: Penguin, 2010.
In consensus organizing, community organizers learn all they can about the ‘downtown interests’ (the local powerholders) and about the community and its grassroots leaders. The downtown interests and grassroots community leaders often oppose each other and tell stereotypical stories in which their opponent plays an ineffective or malevolent role.
Consensus organizers try to identify a project, such as a job training program, that is of interest to both the community leaders and downtown interests. Then they engage the parties in real dialogue about the program only, leading to productive collaborations and new relationships. Later, those relationships can be used to make real progress on other community issues, since the stereotyped us-vs-them stories have been replaced with a belief in the possibility of shared exploration and shared benefits.
Tom Atlee, The Tao of Democracy: Using co-intelligence to create a world that works for all. The Writers Collective: 2002.
“There is a time for everyone to find out what’s up there,” he said as he pointed to the sky. “This is your time.”
Nevit O. Ergin, “The Unemployed Shaman,” from Tales of a Modern Sufi: The invisible fence of reality and other stories. Inner Traditions, Vermont: 2009.
poetry
coincidental thoughts flying light-speed through hidden orifices attempting to induce a subtle state of instability, of shock to the systems, distortion of the world through meditation, psychotic restructuring, restoration of the species through meltdown, enough of the eternal internal infernal crisis, moving toward a living state of beings who, for one thing, do not let us down when they introduce “the belief project,” which turns out only to be a new phone plan, insulting many of us so-called counterculture folk who probably aren’t even paying attention, and subliminally imploring those who are to associate all their hope and freedom with something of the same old dying corporate machine.
get out of her, my people, get out of babylon, wash your hands clean of her, and forgive her. forgiving her is forgiveness of yourselves. just keep writing and don’t look back. keep jamming your eyebrows and talk about something you know. entertain us. destroy the world by writing the last revelation while they’re in the room laughing at themselves. kiss the sun and make all automobiles extinct red. assist a massive movement coming through as the kid spins with the rock on a string through the past hundred years of globalblabification. a mass movement of brain activity popping through the bubble of fake importance and possibility. give me liberty or give me death! is not just a slogan anymore but heartfelt again.
Letter from the editor
I run out of stuff to say sometimes. As soon as I quit, someone unrelated to me (at least, directly) says, chuckling, "Happy Birthday." I’m pulling an all-nighter at the Southeast Grind, a twenty-four hour coffee house in my roomy home, Portland, Oregon (Cascadia). In the past two days, I’ve heard songs playing in public places that show us a vision, that reinforce our prayer, our knowledge that we are the 99: “Babylon is falling,” at the Kennedy School in Northeast Portland and “All we are saying is give peace a chance,” at Powell’s Books downtown.
Thanks, everyone!
Love,
Capi
Thanks, everyone!
Love,
Capi
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