Occupy organic vegetable gardens – Rebirth of the Victory garden

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

community victory gardens, Boston MA

community victory gardens, Boston MA (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

by: JB Bardot, as posted on ‘Natural News’ linked here.

(NaturalNews) During World Wars I and II, private citizens were encouraged to plant Victory gardens in an effort to support the war effort and take the strain off the food industry, providing more food for citizens living at home. Little gardens popped up all over the country and they were called Victory gardens because people envisioned a victorious end to strife, sadness and hardship. Victory gardens in the U.S. produced a staggering 40% of the food supply. The Victory garden campaign resulted in 5 million gardens tended by over 20 million Americans, providing over $1.2 billion in food by the end of WWII.
Victory gardens were planted on every available plot of land — whether postage-stamp sized or covering several acres. The gardening campaign took the country by storm, with people being empowered by raising their own fresh, organic (because there wasn’t anything else back then) fruits and vegetables; coupled with the hope of victory over adversity and better times to come.
Recently, a renewed interest in creating organic home vegetable gardens has arisen in the U.S., especially with the advent of genetically modified (GM) seeds and foods taking over shelves in grocery stores across the country. Gardens of all kinds are sprouting and flourishing in containers, on backyard fences, on decks, pallets and even in the earth. Many of the new gardens are being grown with organic, heirloom seeds to avoid the suspicious pitfalls of GM seeds. Creative methods of watering and fertilizing complement new garden ideas.
What’s all the excitement about? The concept of victory over adversity in an economy that has broken millions of citizens and torn apart age-old communities still straining with the burden of war, has again reared its hopeful head from under the trash heap of discarded junk food and processed packages of chemicals and crap.
Backyard gardens promise natural foods that fortify and nurture the body and the earth; along with the freedom to choose what to plant and what to eat — offering a new version of an old way of living.

How to occupy your vegetable garden

How can you participate in this grassroots side of the occupy movement? Plant a garden! Even if you only have a small patio hanging 30 floors above street level in the middle of a smog-filled city, get a few containers and some good dirt and plant organic heirloom seeds to grow tomatoes and herbs.
Learn about companion planting for natural pest control. Companion planting not only helps manage insects and other bothersome critters; it’s a platform for planting seeds that help each other grow stronger and increases overall yields.
Compost, compost, compost. Throw your garden and cooking leftovers (fruits and veggies only, please) in an organic, bio-degradable compost pile and make your own dirt.
Teach your kids how to garden and grow their own food so they don’t have to be dependent on the corrupt system.
If you don’t want to garden yourself, offer some of your property to your neighbors for a community garden. Help them buy supplies in trade for some of the bounty they grow on your land.
Learn about biodynamic gardening, organic composting, heirloom seeds, raised beds, vertical gardening, natural irrigation methods, rain water collection and ideal areas for planting and pasturing fruit trees.
It doesn’t take much to plant seeds in your garden. It’s your right to choose what you put on your dining table and in your mouth, Plant a Victory garden and occupy your vegetable patch with earthly delights — big or small. Add real fruits and vegetables to your diet and put health back into your life.
Sources for this article include:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_garden
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/victorygarden/
http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe40s/crops_02.html
http://www.victorygardeninitiative.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_movement
http://www.yesmagazine.org
About the author: JB Bardot is trained in herbal medicine and homeopathy, and has a post graduate degree in holistic nutrition. Bardot cares for both people and animals, using alternative approaches to health care and lifestyle. You can find her on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001364941208&ref=tn_tnmn or on Twitter at jbbardot23
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/035834_victory_garden_vegetables_war.html#ixzz1ucbkc4VC

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Vaccinations – Measles – UNICEF

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

Nothing to add! Just please read the story.

The Vaccine Xchange

UNICEF (the United Nations Children’s Fund) launched a program asking people to “Give Your Mum Measles This Mother’s Day.” As the press release explains:

For less than the cost of a postage stamp, you can help save a life this mother’s day. Measles kills 450 people every day, yet can be easily prevented with a 31-cent vaccine. A gift of fab jabs from UNICEF will protect 100 kids from measles for just $31.*

The article goes on to state that “UNICEF is the largest procurer of vaccines in the world.”

Unsurprisingly, as the biggest consumer of vaccines, UNICEF partners with the very same companieswho sell them: Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, and Pfizer, to name a few of the organization’s “major corporate partners.” However, what should come as a shock to people is the fact that the vaccines UNICEF provides are not always the safest ones. UNICEF still uses the

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World Energy and Population – Trends 2007 to 2100

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

This introduces a gem of a post on a subject of global importance, one on which civilization itself, depends.

Not a new article – Original text: World Energy And Population, by Paul Chefurka, October 2007, it is an extensive, in-depth study of the resources, reserves, utilization of the world’s energy production, together with the directly related global population.

One needs to be a keen student to handle all the ramifications, it might satisfy some readers just to skim through the original text and get the gist. Anyone who is seriously interested will find a wealth of research and commentary.

There may be areas open to interpretation and debate, in which case, questions are best put to the author.  Here are two extracts, the beginning and the ending:

“Remarks: The causal link between energy and population in this paper is essentially intuitive. While it seems reasonable, “proving” that causality is difficult. However, if the linkage is valid,  the consequences for humanity of any overall decline in energy supplies are too dire to be ignored.

For conclusions on medium term global energy supplies you can consult the later article “World Energy to 2050” .

Abstract

Throughout history, the expansion of human population has been supported by a steady growth in our use of energy. Our present industrial civilization wholly depends on access to a very large amount of energy of various types. If the availability of this energy were to decline significantly it could have serious repercussions for civilization and the human population it supports. This paper shows production models for the various energy sources we use and projections of their likely evolution out to the year 2100. The full picture is then translated into a population model based on an estimate of changing average per-capita energy consumption over the century. Finally, the impact of ecological damage is added to the model to arrive at a final population estimate.

This model, known as the “World Energy and Population” model, or WEAP, suggests that the world’s population will decline significantly over the course of the century.


Introduction

During the global industrialization, the level of human population has been closely related to the amount of energy we have used. Over the last forty years, the per capita energy consumption has averaged about 1.5 tonnes of oil equivalent (toe) per person per year, rising from a global average of 1.2 toe per person in 1966 to 1.7 toe per person in 2006. As the global energy supply tripled over that time, the population has doubled.

Figure 1 shows the close relationship between global energy consumption, world GDP and global population and implies that an overall increase in the energy supply has supported the increase in population.


Figure 1: World Energy, GDP and Population, 1965 to 2003″

“Conclusion

All the research I have done for this paper has convinced me that the human race is now out of time. We are staring at hard limits on our activities and numbers, imposed by energy constraints and ecological damage. There is no time left to mitigate the situation, and no way to bargain or engineer our way out of it. It is what it is, and neither Mother Nature nor the Laws of Physics are open to negotiation.

We have come to this point so suddenly that most of us have not yet realized it. While it may take another twenty years for the full effects to sink in, the first impacts from oil depletion (the net oil export crisis) will be felt within five years. Given the size of our civilization and the extent to which we rely on energy in all its myriad forms, five years is far too short a time to accomplish any of the unraveling or re-engineering it would take to back away from the precipice. At this point we are committed to going over the edge into a major population reduction.

However, this does not mean that we should adopt a fatalistic stance and assume there is nothing to be done. In fact nothing could be further from the truth. The need for action is more urgent now than ever. Humanity is not going to go extinct. There are going to be massive and ever-growing numbers of people in dire need for the foreseeable future. We need to start now to put systems, structures and attitudes in place that will help them cope with the difficulties, find happiness where it exists and thrive as best they can. We need to develop new ways of seeing the world, new ways of seeing each other, new values and ethics. We need to do this with the aim of minimizing the misery and ensuring that as many healthy, happy people as possible emerge from this long trauma with the skills and knowledge needed to build the next cycle of civilization.

October, 2007

In agreement with the author a few phrases in the text above have been shortened. – Rudo de Ruijter.

© Copyright 2007, Paul Chefurka

 

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Demand your liberties before they are taken

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

This article by Greg Barns, ABC News, DRUM (Australia) is a very bad omen for our (Australian) future. Of course I mean its contents, not the article itself.

Last week was a busy one for Attorney-General Nicola Roxon and a dangerous one for the citizens of this nation.

Ms Roxon announced on May 4 that she wanted to give law enforcement agencies the power to bug phones and intercept emails for up to six months, and on the same day she, and her junior minister Jason Clare, announced a series of agreements with the US secretary of homeland security Janet Napolitano on data sharing.

These two announcements ought to alarm Australians because both potentially involve major incursions into, and erosion of, liberties. And without Australia having the protection of a national human rights law, there will be no chance to declare any such laws unconstitutional or inconsistent with human rights.

Ms Roxon has requested the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence and Security look at changes to existing national security laws so that ASIO and other agencies like the Australian Federal Police can intercept telecommunications for six months before having to renew their power – currently it is a 90-day limit.

There would also be super warrants, so called because they allow a single warrant to intercept a person’s phones, computer and any other communication tool. The Attorney-General will also get the power to vary the terms of warrants.

There is also a proposal to give government the opportunity to impose a heavy hand on telecommunications providers, with Ms Roxon asking the committee to “consult on measures to address security risks posed to the telecommunications sector, and whether the Government needs to institute obligations on the Australian telecommunications industry to protect their networks from unauthorised interference”.

Ms Roxon boasts that the public will have a say on national security laws, but given that the last attorney-general not to be captured by ASIO and the law-and-order control junkies in the attorney-general’s department was Whitlam government minister Lionel Murphy back in the 1970s, one can assume that Ms Roxon’s boast is a hollow one.

This announcement got little airplay last week, yet if the proposals become law, they will have a major impact on our rights.

Imagine, for example, how a Julian Assange would have been dealt with under these laws. It would have been ridiculously easy for ASIO and others to surveil every device Mr Assange used – his mobile phone, laptop, iPad and whatever else.

If he were found to be getting his hands on some decent leaks which the government did not want to see the light of day, then the attorney-general could vary the warrant to ensure such materials were captured. There would be no scrutiny by a court for six months.

To make it easier for the Australian government to keep tabs on you, Ms Roxon is also proposing that telecommunications companies keep data for two years. This means that if someone comes to the attention of the law enforcement agencies, they can trawl through every email, text message and phone number.

All of a person’s life can be exposed to a curious ASIO agent, and the subject of the warrant will never know.

Alarming stuff indeed, and it is now coupled with vaguely worded statements made by Ms Roxon and her US counterpart Ms Napolitano last week. Two of those statements should elicit questions from the media and those with an interest in liberty.

One was a joint statement on countering transnational crime, terrorism and violent extremism “which commits Australia and the US to share law-enforcement data to combat crime and expand information sharing to counter violent extremism”.

What does “violent extremism” mean in this context, one might ask? Environmental groups and the Occupy movement might fall into this category if seen through conservative eyes. And should an Australian government be handing over to the US data about its own citizens without their being judicial safeguards in place?

The second statement related to Australia “working more closely with the US on information and intelligence sharing. In particular, targeting and risk assessments to combat transnational organised crime, including terrorism”.

This is phenomenally and worryingly broad. Would Julian Assange‘s WikiLeaks have come within the realm of transnational organised crime? Our Prime Minister seems to think so. And what if the Australian government provides information about an individual who is completely innocent of any association with organised crime or terrorism and that person is refused entry into the United States? Will that person have any redress?

When it comes to national security and sharing data with other nations, the need for protections, safeguards and redress by individuals wronged should be of paramount importance because the consequences for them and their family of being entangled in that shadowy and brutal world can be life-threatening.

Yet both of Ms Roxon’s announcements seem not important enough for the media to pursue. They are too interested in the short-term low-hanging fruit of former Labor MP Craig Thompson and the Speaker Peter Slipper.

No doubt, however, when Ms Roxon has her way and there is a scandalous case of abuse of power by ASIO, the AFP or their American counterparts the media will get interested. By then it will be too late to awake our community to the fact that the curtailment of liberty in this country is marching along without any real check or scrutiny.

Those readers familiar with this blog will understand the degree of concern this raises in regard to citizens’ rights being rapidly destroyed, in relation to the emerging influence over all countries from a centralised government agenda.

It is becoming increasingly obvious that the Julia Gillard government, {from the time Julia rudely ousted Kevin Rudd, (after saying she was more likely to be a football coach than challenge the leadership), and campaigned for and is introducing a carbon tax, (after her statement that “no government she leads will introduce a carbon tax”),  to her aligning herself (and unfortunately, our country) with Obama and approving US military presence in Australia}, are not running this country but are being told what to do from higher above.

Here we have more such evidence. Australians, be aware!

It is heartening to see this appearing in the media, well done Greg, and the ABC!

Source article here.

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Fukushima Radiation Concerns

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

This is more of a summary but does add some new information. A degree of comment and speculation provides some extremely scary outcomes and recommendations. I think the possibilities are real so here they are. It would be very satisfying if the future is not as gloomy as predicted here.

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A Perfect Storm of Planetary Proportions

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

The approach of the solar maximum is an urgent reminder that power grids everywhere are more vulnerable than ever to geomagnetic effects

This post by John Kappenman,  ref. http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/the-smarter-grid/a-perfect-storm-of-planetary-proportions/0

Photo: Solar Dynamics Observatory/NASA

Flare Up: The sun emits an M-class (moderate level) flare, as captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory on 25 September 2011. Solar flares and coronal mass ejections are the primary ways in which the sun can trigger geomagnetic storms here on Earth. With solar activity expected to peak in late 2012 or 2013, concerns rise that a geomagnetic superstorm could disrupt power grids all over the world.

Luminous fingers of intense red, green, and violet light flicker and pulse across the northern and southern skies like a vast cosmic conflagration. Within minutes, millions of people are tweeting, texting, and blogging about the wondrous sight. But then the sky turns a deep blood red, and fascination turns to panic.

Linked to the celestial spectacle are enormous fluctuations of the magnetic field in Earth’s magnetosphere, which are causing immense flows of electric current in the upper atmosphere over much of the planet. Those huge currents disturb Earth’s normally quiescent magnetic field, which in turn induces surges of current in electrical, telecommunications, and other networks across entire continents. Streetlights flicker out; electricity is lost. A massive planetary blackout has occurred, leaving vast swaths of North and South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia without power.

Within a few months, the crisis has deepened. In many areas, food shortages are rampant, drinking water has become a precious commodity, and patients in need of blood transfusions, insulin, or critical prescription drugs die waiting. Normal commerce has ground to a halt, replaced by black markets and violent crime. As fatalities climb into the millions, the fabric of society starts to unravel.

Of course, no geomagnetic storm has ever wreaked such global havoc. But the last time we had a truly powerful storm was in 1921—decades before developed economies became utterly dependent on electrical infrastructure. The doomsday scenario described above is based closely on the warnings of numerous government panels and industry studies I’ve participated in during my more than 30 years of investigating the problem that extreme space weather poses to power grids. A 2008 U.S. government report prepared for the Federal Emergency Management Agency put the yearly financial impact of such an event at more than US $1 trillion. And like other reports before and since, it predicted catastrophic damage not just to electricity grids but also to oil and gas pipelines, undersea communication cables, telephone networks, and railways. Repairing that critical infrastructure would take months or even years.

Now is a good time to consider the awesome and cyclical tempestuousness of our star: Solar activity tends to occur in cycles that peak in frequency and intensity every 11 years, and the next peak is expected later this year or early the next. To be sure, not every peak—also known as a solar maximum—brings a killer storm; the last notable one occurred in March 1989. It took down Quebec’s entire grid within seconds, leaving 6 million customers without power for 9 hours. A later surge in the storm destroyed a large transformer at a New Jersey nuclear plant and nearly took down U.S. power grids from the mid-Atlantic through the Pacific Northwest.

Continued here: 

H/T Clare JustMe in T

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Vaccinations – Measles – Necessary, or profit making?

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

Simply adding more ‘fuel to the fire’, as the evidence of profiteering grows, and the possibility of population control agenda being implemented increases.

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Confession of the soul (Christof Lehman), and me too!

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

This is Christof Lehman’s confession, but it almost entirely describes my outlook and beliefs. My one uncertainty is the heretic definition. I may well be a heretic but I have no thoughts on the claimed Dalai Lama treasonable activities. Christof is almost invariably correct in his assessments (IMHO) but this is outside my knowledge area.

(Reference http://nsnbc.wordpress.com/ )

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I am an anti-semite: because I am telling the truth about the fact that Germany 2012 de facto is still under occupation; under administration by a government that is dependent on the Supreme Allied Command; Governed by a construct that is at best a Germany Ltd. while my compatriots are prevented from negotiating peace, because all who try to establish a true legal representation of Germany are denounced as Neo-Nazists.

I am an anti-semite: because I oppose the illegal occupation of Palestine, the daily war crimes, and the systematic genocide on the people of Palestine.

I am a terrorist: because I was not with Bush and his criminal wars on Afghanistan and Iraq, water-boarding, Guantanamo Bay, torture. I am a terrorist because I am calling the “war on terror” for what it is; a war of terror on the populations of Europe and Northern America; a pretext for waging terror…

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From Hell to Veins

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

From Hell To Veins

Editor’s Note:
Let’s face it. The ONLY vaccine injury cases the pharmacological industrial complex can NOT weasel their way out of are the cases where the VICTIM is having convulsions directly after taking the shot. This same medical establishment could care less about vaccine injury cases that occur weeks or even days after a vaccine is given. By that time, the vaccine pushers can claim everything BUT, the vaccine is at fault.

Even with the vaccine pushers legally protected from MOST prosecution once the vaccine VICTIM leaves the doctors office, the number of vaccine injuries right after a vaccine is given, is still quite high. The Gardasil vaccine alone has pushed those numbers (people) into the stratosphere.

I have been waiting for the medical establishment to pull this very crap right out of their legal department’s ass. It doesn’t take a doctor with a Phd to see the REAL reason…

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Heart Surgeon Speaks Out On What Really Causes Heart Disease

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Ken McMurtrie

From Sott.net, something to seriously think about.

Dr LundellBy Dr. Dwight Lundell, PreventDisease

 
We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong. So, here it is. I freely admit to being wrong. As a heart surgeon with 25 years experience, having performed over 5,000 open-heart surgeries, today is my day to right the wrong with medical and scientific fact.
I trained for many years with other prominent physicians labelled “opinion makers.” Bombarded with scientific literature, continually attending education seminars, we opinion makers insisted heart disease resulted from the simple fact of elevated blood cholesterol.
The only accepted therapy was prescribing medications to lower cholesterol and a diet that severely restricted fat intake. The latter of course we insisted would lower cholesterol and heart disease. Deviations from these recommendations were considered heresy and could quite possibly result in malpractice.
It Is Not Working!
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