I was walking home from Thai Town, and I noticed this poster. Apparently Rockstar, is no longer the most patriotic energy drink...
WTF Army National Guard? Really, Energy Drinks? Why do you keep trying to convince me to join your army?
You persuaded me with Citizen Soldier by 3 Doors Down. It inspired me to sign up. So stop trying to sell me energy drinks, when you know from the application that I’m already loyal to Lil Jon’s CRUNK!!!!
Selling mind-altering beverages under the guise of patriotism, sounds like dystopian science fiction, but this is the planet we live on.I was walking home from Thai Town, and I noticed this poster. Apparently Rockstar, is... more
You would think that after waiting well over 40 years before finally submitting to a makeover that the iconic ketchup company would make sure that their new tomato condiment packaging reflects a leaner, greener sensibility........
When we're ready to recycle our unwanted electronics, we can pay $15 for a clear eco-conscience, but at the end of the day, our junk ends up polluting the bodies and environment of our global neighbors. These photos capture how our reckless consumerism has forever altered their lives.
Making green lifestyle adjustments can sometimes be challenging, especially when we're convinced that there are huge stumbling blocks in the way. Behold the 4 top excuses that people give for not being able to take the eco-plunge...and an explanation of why it's really a case of mind over matter.
a book written in 99 by the tiqqunsters of france, attacking the "cookie cutter" pseudo-persons created in accordance with the so called "YoungGirl," a "blueprint-person" which acts as a universal model in human relationships, lifestyles, body image, etc., and brings the empire ever closer to full physical domination over every human being ...even to their very genitals!
an attempt to describe the war zone's contours, the work, has been translated for an amerikan audience. The 'YoungGirl' FIGURE is a non-gendered one, not a sexualized concept but a chilling, disembodied ghost haunting the ruins of sexuality.
The back cover:
Concepts made for war don't need to be unanimous. And it's only natural that they'd be reproached for those aspects of them in which they are slanderous of the realities that they make visible. And as for those who have successfully blinded themselves to the nonetheless massive fact of the YoungGirl, that's not all they're blind to. It's not the theory of the YoungGirl that is the product of misogyny, but the YoungGirl herself. Open any women's magazine and you'll see. The YoungGirl's not always young, and she's not always a girl; she is but the figure of total integration into a social totality that's disintegrating. When fools protest against the evidence that "the world isn't a commodity" and by the way that they aren't either, they're feigning a virginity that only justifies their powerlessness. We want none of that virginity nor of that powerlessness. We propose a different emotional education.
"Don't worry...be happy." "Don't sweat the small stuff." Sure, both sayings are great advice except when you happen to be an eco-worry wort who has difficulty shutting off all of the world's environmental problems at the end of the day (in your head). Could it literally be GOING to your head in the form of wiry white strands?
NARCOTIC SALE - Ever more and increasingly younger people define themselves through their material possessions. Their motto: "You are what you buy." Trend and brand consciousness not only determine their consumer behaviour but serve as measure of their self-esteem. Gone are the days when the individual endeavours to distinguish himself through intrinsic values such as character, intelligence, virtue or modesty. "The more, the better" is the new credo, ostentatious display the new chic. Mindless consumerism is not only the order of the day, but also raison d'être of a rampantly capitalistic society which has supplanted "being" with "having" while bankrupting itself of all content and thus hardly offering anything in the way of ideals. Even those who could ill afford to do so, succumb to the enticements of the embarassment of purported riches on offer and to the tantalising mirages of advertising claims. To read and see more, do use the following link: http://www.unikatfabrik.de/en/leinwand/new_sequences/322.html.http://www.unikatfabrik.de/en/leinwand/new_sequences/322.html
NARCOTIC SALE - Ever... more
You may see a cast aside shopping cart and think "oh....big deal", but one artist-designer demonstrates that there can be infinite possibilities for the consumer items that we think we no longer have a purpose for. Creative eco-inspiration at its finest....
She may enjoy a life of privilege, but perhaps Ozzy's youngest daughter is finally growing up, at least regarding how her role as a consumer is intrinsically connected to the planet.
Despite an international ban, the trade in endangered animals to the Middle East is flourishing. This exclusive report tracks the dealers, buyers and government officials who protect them.
In January 2005, a crate containing six baby chimpanzees and four monkeys was rescued from a flight from Cairo. The animals had been denied food and water for days and one soon died. Scouring flight records, animal investigators linked the shipment to a notorious wildlife smuggler. It's believed this smuggler traffics an average of 40 chimpanzees a year, bribing airport officials. Despite a wealth of evidence against her, she has never been prosecuted.
There is NO EXCUSE for this horror. As a compassionate and smart consumer, know where you 'stuff' comes from!
Please do not add to the environmental devastation and ethical atrocities taking place.
Climate change (global warming) already threatens these magnificent beings with extinction. Deforestation, mining and "exploration" in the DRC (& surrounding African nations) is driven by CONSUMERISM.
Please visit my blogger page http://julesrs007saveanimals.blogspot.com/ for links and other information on how to help this magnificent & endangered being, the Mountain Gorilla.- FULL LENGTH FILM -
Despite an international ban, the trade in endangered animals... more
You like freedom of choice, don't you? It's part of the priviledge of being a global citizen. While it's great to exercise free will in our shopping decisions, imagine if all of us had just TWO choices at the store....could that actually help our planet?
Author, Commentator, and l'enfant terrible of the New Urbanism movement, James Howard Kunstler, welcomes the New Year with a dispatch titled "The Futility Economy" from his Blog Clusterfuck Nation.
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This post builds upon the author's extensive previous observations on the state of the nation. Namely, that we face grave threats not just from climate change, but other issues such as natural resource depletion (i.e. oil, water). He further illustrates that our physical infrastructure and the way we live (auto-centric, consumerism) perhaps is the strongest driving factor behind our path to ruin.
It's not an easy message to swallow, even Kunstler notes, but it is perhaps useful to keep in mind as even the latest activism over the environment may simply amount to "green" band-aids unless we consider the deeper, driving forces behind the many issues we face as a nation and a planet.Author, Commentator, and l'enfant terrible of the New Urbanism movement, James... more
The Republicants are at it again. Trying their damndest to make a dirty word out of CFPA (Consumer Financial Protection Agency). Their mantra is the same ole, same ole from the Party of NO.
"Not good for Business, Not good for profits… NOT GOOD FOR AMERICA... F**K THE PEOPLE, ENOUGH SAID... !"
Why there are any Americans who still identify with this party is beyond me. The other day Chris Mathews of Hard Ball asked one of these Republicants this question.
What have the Republicans done for America lately? Or in the past couple decades?
That's what Chris Matthews pressed Republican strategist Todd Harris about during Hardball on Wednesday.
Matthews repeatedly asked for examples, while citing negative examples like Bush-era spending bills, Katrina, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Harris tried to keep the focus on the 2010 elections and expressed hope that Democrats would keep going after Bush so the GOP could stay on message about being a balance against the current Democratic leadership.
Matthews suggested one answer, which Harris latched onto. "The Bush administration kept the country safe," said the guest.
"Except the one big day," the host shot back.
"YouTube is watching," he told Harris. "You're the Republican consultant. One of the best in the country. Tell me what the Republican party has done for this country in the last ten to 20 years."
Harris stayed silent.
"Thank you," Matthews said to his recurring GOP guest as he closed the segment. "We'll have you back with the answer."
Even a Republicant strategist could not give a straight answer to WHAT HAS THE REPUBLICANT PARTY DONE FOR AMERICA? Video Below:
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GOP, Warning of a 'New EPA', Oppose Independent CFPA
by Ryan Grim
Senate Republicans are determined to prevent the creation of an independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency because they consider it as threatening as their current arch-nemesis regulator: the Environmental Protection Agency.
Sen Richard Shelby (R-AL) pauses while taking questions at the Reuters Financial Regulation Summit in Washington, in this April 24, 2009 file photo. (REUTERS/Stelios Varias)
Consumer advocates, meanwhile, say the CFPA must have strong, independent authority to craft and enforce rules. Anything less, they argue, would be too much of a concession to banks that have gotten enough already.
"From the Republican point of view, the idea of a separate agency is still anathema," said Sen. Robert Bennett of Utah, a senior Republican on the banking committee. An independent agency, he said, can go too far in the direction of tight regulation without taking into account the effect of the rules it creates on business and the economy. He said he's seen it happen before.
"Can you say EPA?" he asked, lifting his eyebrows. The Republican Party has regretted for years that President Richard Nixon made the EPA independent.
There's been some movement: Republicans who once pushed for total elimination of the CFPA are now ready to back a compromise solution that would make the CFPA subservient to a larger financial regulatory agency, whose leadership could modify or eliminate any protections deemed hurtful to business.
REPUBLICANT
–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an organization of liars.
2. favoring control of the masses at any cost up to but not past destroying all non-republicants as long as there are enough slaves to do the grunt work.
3. Raping the natural and arificial resources of the known galaxy for their own means and ends, regardless of cost in human lives...as long as they are brown skinned and not wealthy.
4. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Republican party.
–noun 5. a person who favors a fascist form of government.
6. (initial capital letter) a member of the Republican party.
7. a clone like being who does exactly as the message dictates, even to the exclusion of reality andThe Republicants are at it again. Trying their damndest to make a dirty word out of... more
Do you believe that our planet is experiencing a meltdown or not? Are your personal lifestyle needs more important than doing what you can to offset your carbon footprint? Are planet Earth's people too selfish to step up to the plate?
Trying to forecast the future of global healthcare is an ambitious undertaking, to say the least. Even trying to discuss the future of health insurance leads to heated debate and disagreement, as we've seen over the past few months. Not to be deterred, the team at Ergonomidesign took on this task, and created a short video outlining their vision of an Integrated Health Care Ecosystem.
The good news for our readers is that in this future scenario there seems to be plenty of work for product and interaction designers, in addition to actual healthcare professionals.
Check out Ergonomidesign's website, its full of enlightening information. http://www.ergonomidesign.com/Default.aspx?ID=1685Trying to forecast the future of global healthcare is an ambitious undertaking, to say... more
