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That seditious activity: being alive

Fukushima en 2 Minutes ou Pourquoi Dire Non Au Nucléaire

by Pier Marton | Sep 18, 2013 | Asia, Care, Death, Eco, Food, Future Tech, Now, Peace, Sci/Nat

Comprendre la situation à Fukushima en deux minutes. Fukushima in two minutes: why and how everyday radioactive water leaks out of it (while you were watching, 132 gallons have done so). Related: Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Leak: What You Should Know (National...

Progress = Rebellion (in China)

by Pier Marton | Sep 17, 2013 | Asia, Care, Food, Human Rights, Politics

From the NYTimes: Leaving the Land [Slideshow] Picking Death Over Eviction Articles in this series look at how China’s government-driven effort to push the population to towns and cities is reshaping a nation that for millenniums has been defined by its rural life....

Cairo 672

by Pier Marton | Sep 16, 2013 | Afri, Care, Human Rights, Middle-East, Review, STL, Women

by Mohamed Diab, 2012, Egypt, 100 min. My Review: Based on real events, the film follows the separate lives of three Cairo women – played by three compelling actresses. At first each story is presented as a single strand; slowly though, as through the...

Bill Moyers: Justice & Fairness Against the Lottery!

by Pier Marton | Jul 22, 2013 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Food, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Ideas, Media, Native, Now, Politics, Quotes, Racism, US, Women, Youth

The fundamental conclusion I’ve reached after 79 years and a lot of work is that life is lottery. I don’t buy this argument that people are self-made; our opportunities are presented to us – how we resolve them, how we exploit them, how we respond to...

Cancer & Ayurveda

by Pier Marton | Jul 20, 2013 | Asia, Cancer, Care, Death, Doc, Film, Food, France, Health, Humor, Mystery, Popular, Sci/Nat, Shoah

English Speakers Please use Google Translate in the right column to translate various articles. At the bottom of this page there is a TEDx Talk in English by Dr Indulal on Ayurveda and Cancer. Finally, the film has enough English to be understood by English speakers...

Fight Hard the NRA!

by Pier Marton | Apr 18, 2013 | Care, Death, Highlights, Human Rights, Now, Politics, Popular, Wars, Women

[UPDATED WITH A PETITION] “Thoughts and prayers” or real action to stop gun violence? Locate and Contact Those Senators Who Voted Against Gun Control! From Mayors Against Illegal Guns “A Senate in the Gun Lobby’s Grip” by Gabby Giffords in the...

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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus