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August 20, 2013

Bitcoin Bites: Germany recognizes digital currency as 'private money'



RussiaToday·Published on Aug 19, 2013

Bitcoin is slowly joining the big league of currencies. Germany has become the first country to accept the digital money as legal tender - recognized in law and for tax purposes. Katie Pilbeam from RT's Venture Capital program explains.

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- It would seem that the drain is now unclogged.....

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August 19, 2013

Me and the Big Guy (Or, How To Use Obsequiousness As A Weapon Against The State)



- In the end, it will be the nerds who save us all. And the meek shall inherit the Earth......
August 18, 2013

Einstein's Circle of Compassion | Brainwash Update



breakingtheset·Published on Aug 15, 2013

Abby Martin gives a heartfelt remark about Einstein's 'Circle of Compassion' by reflecting on how to balance personal stability with the plight of humanity by establishing a sense of global empathy.

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- She gets it.
August 17, 2013

4 Year Olds Bucket List - Water is Life



TheGiftOfWater·Published on Aug 1, 2013

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There's a 1 in 5 chance Nkaitole won't reach the age of 5 due to unsafe drinking water. So we helped him complete his bucket list.

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August 15, 2013

Gold Gone? Germany baffled as Fed bars access to bullion



RussiaToday·Published on Aug 15, 2013

The world is losing trust in the dollar as a safe haven. A major blow came after Germany's Bundesbank demanded the repatriation of a big chunk of its gold being held in the US. Because as RT's Gayane Chichakyan reports, some are concerned the assets of foreign nations in the Federal Reserve are not secure or even there.

The Germans were infuriated when the US Federal reserve didn't even let them examine their own assets properly. Peter Boehringer, the founder and chairman of 'German Precious Metal Association', says that's a bad sign.

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August 15, 2013

Children of the Sun Foundation ~ News Update: Syria and Egypt



- I like their vibe.....
August 13, 2013

US tests laser defence system on ship



AlJazeeraEnglish·Published on Aug 11, 2013

The US Navy is equipping one of its ships with a weapon once only seen in science fiction movies. It is testing out a cannon that can shoot deadly laser beams. Military scientists have figured out how to improve lasers' power so that they can destroy enemy ships, incoming missiles, or aircraft. Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan reports.


August 13, 2013

Saudi prince defects: 'Brutality, oppression as govt scared of Arab revolts' (EXCLUSIVE)



RussiaToday·Published on Aug 12, 2013

In recent weeks Saudi Arabia has launched an offensive against anti-regime activists arresting many and sentencing some to years in jail. Total number of political prisoners has now surpassed 40 thousand according to some reports. The crackdown has even forced a member of the ruling family to defect. RT Arabic spoke exclusively to Saudi prince Khaled Bin Farhan Al-Saud - who accuses the monarchy of corruption and silencing all voices of dissent. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/ln5nec
August 12, 2013

Global Crises As Therapy

- Submitted without comment because I'm not sure where to start nor how to end -- but it seems apropos to the moment.....


[font color=gray size=3]>> Humanity >> Survival >> Consciousness >>Awareness >>[/font]

“First of all, as a race, in the context of normal usage, you have considered yourselves as apart from the rest of nature and consciousness.

Your own survival as a species was your main concern. You considered other species only in the light of their use to you. You did not have any true conception of the great sacredness of all consciousness, nor of your relationship within it. You were losing your grasp of that great truth.

In the present circumstances you are carrying that idea forward–of racial survival regardless of the consequences, the idea of changing the environment to suit your own purposes; and this has led you to a disregard of spiritual truths.

In physical reality, therefore, you are seeing the results. Now those personalities who are returning are doing so for various reasons. Some of them are drawn to physical life again because of these attitudes. They are those who in the past, in your terms, strove for physical existence without consideration for the rights of other species. They are driven to return because of their own desires.

The race must learn the value of the individual man. The race is also learning its dependence upon other species, and beginning to comprehend its part in the whole framework in physical reality.

Now: Some individuals are being reborn at this time simply to help you understand. They are forcing the issue, and forcing the crisis, for you still have time to change your ways. You are working on two main problems, but both involve the sacredness of the individual, and the individual’s relationship with others and with all physically oriented consciousness.

The problem of war will sooner or later teach you that when you kill another man, basically you will end up killing yourself. The over population problem will teach you that if you do not have a loving concern for the environment in which you dwell, it will no longer sustain you–you will not be worthy of it. You will not be destroying the planet, you see. You will not be destroying the birds or the flowers, or the grain or the animals. You will not be worthy of them, and they will be destroying you.

You have set up the problem for yourselves within the framework of your reference. You will not understand your part within the framework of nature until you actually see yourselves in danger of tearing it apart. You will not destroy consciousness. You will not annihilate the consciousness of even one leaf, but in your context, if the problem were not solved, these would fade from your experience.

The crisis is a kind of therapy, however. It is a teaching method that you have set up for yourselves because you need it. And you need it now, before your race embarks upon journeys to other physical realities. You must learn your lessons now in your own backyard before you travel to other worlds. So you have brought this upon yourself for that purpose and you will learn.”

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    ''Everyone sits in the prison of his own ideas. A human being is a part of the whole called by us "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest- a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.''

    ~Albert Einstein

August 11, 2013

China Syndrome at Fukushima, Melted Cores Moved Into the Earth, Japan Gov't in Chaos



MsMilkytheclown1·Published on Aug 10, 2013

Very likely some of Fukushima's melted cores have moved into the earth — "It's beyond containment right now"

Paul Gunter director of the reactor oversight project at Beyond Nuclear: Indications are right now that the reactor structures themselves have been breached.

It's very likely that some of the radioactive material — the melted cores — have moved into the earth.

So it's beyond containment right now.

I think that's the tragedy that we see unfolding as Fukushima's radioactive water crisis is only beginning.

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