Wednesday, 16 September 2026
Being Gentle With Ourselves
This doesn’t mean that we don’t accomplish anything. Instead, it’s about honoring ourselves on an ongoing basis and taking care of the needs of our bodies. This means different things to different people. For instance, it could be having a session with a healer; taking a remedy, herbs, or vitamins; or getting extra sleep. Putting our energy into ourselves in this way helps create space for a more positive, loving, and accepting view of our lives. By setting the intention to do so, we’ll start to become cognizant of our energy levels on a daily basis and increasingly able to replenish them as needed.
The more we treat our bodies with gentleness, the more tenderness and compassion we’ll call forth into our lives. Learning to pay attention to and understand what we need will allow us to fill our lives with unlimited loving and healing energy — and to truly take care of the things that mean the most to us. (Daily OM)
Music May Aid Recovery From Acute Stress, Study Finds
The research examined how people recover from acute stress. Investigators compared recovery while participants listened to relaxing music versus a calming natural sound, and used functional MRI to track brain activity during the recovery period, the report stated.
According to the report, music produced a greater improvement in positive mood and a faster return of heart rate and nervous system arousal to normal levels. The findings were described as an examination of whether music has a specific effect on stress recovery or whether any pleasant, calming sound works similarly....<<<Read More>>>...
Bob the Builder Spreads “Net Zero Propaganda” in Solar Advert
The cartoon character is seen trading in his construction yard for fitting solar panels and low-carbon heating in an eco-friendly reboot for E.On, the energy company.
In his first screen appearance in 15 years, the original stop-motion animated Bob, voiced by Neil Morrissey, encourages viewers to sign up for a “Net Zero training academy” to meet the Government’s target of a decarbonised electricity system by 2030.
The advertising campaign sparked outrage among critics of the policy, who accused the energy provider of turning the animated builder into a “woke commissar of climate” and spreading “eco-zealotry”....<<<Read More>>>....
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Strange bedfellows: What palmistry and medicine have always had in common
Signs of the future are marked in our hands, or so any palmist will declare. But do hands also hold signs of the past? Do they have a history? Over decades of research as a historian of medicine and of human bodies, I'd never imagined such a niche question. And then it was sparked in an instant, between one second and the next, in the time it takes to open a manila folder. For another project altogether I was in the UK to research the papers of Charlotte Wolff, a physician trained in Berlin in the 1920s and living in London in the late 1930s, a Jewish refugee. Opening a file labelled 'Zoo, 1938', I came across a massive, delicate palm print: it belonged to Mok, a lowland gorilla at London Zoo. Two days after Mok's death, the keeper had granted Wolff special permission to enter the morgue and collect a pattern that had been too dangerous to acquire in life.
Mok's palm print was both forceful and touching. Indeed, I was tempted to literally touch, to hold hands across time, across species, and across the worlds of the living and the dead. The emotive power was unmistakeable, yet for all my training as a historian, it was inscrutable to me. I was also puzzled why Wolff, an exceptionally clever physician, seemed to be practising palm-reading, which today is associated with magic and the occult. Could there be such a thing as medical palmistry? ...<<<Read More>>>....
You Need to REFUSE Reincarnation — What the Archons Do When You Say NO
In this video we'll talk about reincarnation through a Gnostic lens, the role of the Archons, forgetfulness, gnosis, and what it may really mean for a soul to refuse the cycle.
Is there something sinister behind Christian churches in the UK going up in flames?
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The 135-year-old Kilburn Methodist Church in Kilburn, England, United Kingdom, burned down in the early morning hours of Friday, 11 September.
Firefighters were called to the scene, and nearby houses had to be evacuated. Six fire engines battled the flames for hours before the fire—which locals have described as an ‘inferno’—was put out around 4 am. Locals were then allowed to return to their homes.
The church building was in the process of being converted into an apartment complex when the fire broke out. An initial investigation by local police and the fire department was unable to determine the cause of the fire due to the extensive damage it caused to the structure. The building was thought to be in danger of collapsing, which prevented authorities from properly examining it. As of now, however, the church building in Kilburn is still standing.
It is yet to be determined if this was a case of arson, failure of the electrical wiring, or a natural accident. Thankfully, no person was injured in the church fire....<<<Read More>>>....
Exposing the AI Doom Psyop: Why METR and Anthropic Want to Gatekeep Your Mind
The AI doom narrative currently saturating the news cycle is not a spontaneous scientific concern. It is a coordinated, funded, and carefully timed psychological operation designed to achieve one objective: regulatory capture of artificial intelligence before the public ever gets its hands on the technology.
Decentralized open source AI is fundamentally good for humanity, while centralized, censored AI is a tool of enslavement. The institutions pushing the loudest about existential risk -- METR, Anthropic, and their network of affiliated nonprofits -- are not independent safety evaluators. They are financial beneficiaries of the very companies they claim to police.
The current wave of AI doom stories, from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's "We Must Pace the Frontier" essay to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's overnight warnings about an "extremely dystopian" future, follows a familiar playbook. [1] [2] First, manufacture fear. Then, offer the solution: centralized oversight run by the same people who created the problem. The real stakes here are access to cognition itself -- who gets to decide what you are allowed to know, ask, or build. This is not about safety. It is about power.
I have watched this pattern repeat across my career covering the corruption of centralized institutions. The same people who profit from a crisis always volunteer to regulate it. The AI safety ecosystem is no different, and the financial incentives prove it beyond any reasonable doubt...<<<Read More>>>....
Why Are White British Pupils a Minority at Grammar Schools?
This story, based on data from the DfE, has been reported on in various forms since June this year, but has now been picked up again by the press, and reposted by various people online, like Restore leader Rupert Lowe.
What though is going on? Why has the proportion of white British students dropped so much? Having experienced grammar-schools both as a pupil and as a teacher, I feel I am well positioned to talk about this subject.
My secondary education was at Lawrence Sheriff in Rugby, a free state grammar for boys. When I left in 2016, the school was 74% white British, today that figure is around 34%.
The same is true for Reading School, where I taught from 2020-23. Data on school applications show the proportion of white British children falling from 49% to 7% in 2024, before recovering slightly to 15% this year.
The Headmaster, Dr Chris Evans, described the demographic change as “spectacular” in a Daily Mail article, and Reading School has been exploring ways to funnel a more diverse range of children towards applying to the school, particularly focusing on areas of socio-economic depravation. This, notably, has included workshops and outreach in primary schools so that children from all backgrounds see that they can apply to the academically rigorous school....<<<Read More>>>...
Monday, 14 September 2026
Labour to Make Lentils Compulsory in School Dinners – and Ban Fish and Chips
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Labour is to make lentils and chickpeas compulsory in school dinners and ban traditional fish and chips and other fried food in its latest killjoy move as headteachers warn the pricey health drive will lead staffing cuts. The Mail has more.A new healthy eating diktat for school dinners could result in staffing cuts and further “divert money from teaching” as budgets are squeezed, headteachers warned today.
Schools across England will have to cut down on serving pupils sweetened baked desserts under the first new school food standards for more than a decade.
The desserts must contain or be served with fruit as part of the Department for Education’s sweeping overhaul aimed at tackling childhood obesity and tooth decay.
Sugary drinks and foods such as ice cream will also be restricted, while deep-fried foods are cut. Foods high in fat and salt such as pizzas will also have to be limited.
More fibrous wholegrains and pulses such as lentils and chickpeas will be required on menus alongside main meal options at least once a week – while a portion of vegetables or salad should accompany, or be incorporated into, every main meal.
But leaders have warned schools will need additional funding to comply with the new rules, given a kilogram of chicken nuggets costs the same as two chicken breasts.
Pepe Di’Iasio, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: “The current funding rate for free school meals is not enough to cover costs.
“Many schools have to divert money from teaching and learning in order to afford this vital provision. It is a case of having to rob Peter to pay Paul.”...<<<Read More>>>....
9/11’s True Legacy: The Constitutional Collapse Engineered by the Deep State
Eddington, the author of "The Triumph of Fear," drew on his experience serving on Capitol Hill during the final four years of President George W. Bush's administration. He wrote that he witnessed the post-9/11 era from the vantage point of a senior House staffer on the Intelligence Committee, where Holt's efforts to halt the expansion of surveillance programs frequently failed because colleagues refused to join....<<<Read More>>>...
Extreme experiment: Woman spends 500 days alone in a dark cave
She had almost no contact with the outside world during her impressive feat of human endurance. For 500 days, she documented her experiences to help scientists understand the effects of extreme isolation.
One of the first things that became apparent on April 12 2023 when she emerged from the cave was how fluid time is, shaped more by your personality traits and the people around you than a ticking clock.
When talking to reporters about her experiences, Flamini explained she rapidly lost her sense of time. The loss of time was so profound that, when her support team came to retrieve her, she was surprised that her time was up, instead believing she had only been there for 160-170 days....<<<Read More>>>...
The Moment You Realize This World Isn't Real
What if the world was built by an intelligence that eventually became mistaken for God?
What if the deepest spiritual problem was never sin, failure, or separation from God?
What if it was forgetting?
In this Awakened Soul Archives transmission, we enter the Gnostic mystery of spiritual amnesia—the ancient idea that something within the human being belongs to a reality deeper than the visible world, yet becomes buried beneath identity, fear, distraction, desire, and survival.
Eventually, we may forget that we ever forgot.
And that may be the most powerful prison of all.
There are moments when something inside you seems to recognize a truth your conscious mind cannot explain.
A strange homesickness.
A feeling that this world cannot possibly be the whole story.
A quiet suspicion that beneath your personality, memories, fears, and conditioning, something ancient is still waiting to be remembered.
Choosing Happiness
On one day, we may find happiness in a momentous, life-changing event such as a marriage or the birth of a child. On another day, it could be the simple pleasure of a well-brewed cup of tea or the way the sun shines on a leaf. If we discover that we literally cannot call to mind a single happy element of our existence, we should examine the cause of the blockage standing between us and experiencing joy. Keeping a happiness journal is a wonderful way to catalog the delights unfolding all around us so that joy has myriad opportunities to manifest itself in our lives. Writing about the emotions we experience while contemplating joy may give us insight into the factors compelling us to resist it.
Happiness may not always come easily into your life. You have likely been conditioned to believe that the proper response to unmet expectations is one of sadness, anger, guilt, or fear. To make joy a fixture in your existence, you must first accept that it is within your power to choose happiness over unhappiness every single day. Then, each time you discover some new source of joy, the notion that the world is a happy place will find its way more deeply into your soul. On this day, find one thing to be happy about and let it fill your heart. (Daily OM)
Sunday, 13 September 2026
Apple insists the new Apple Watch cannot be used for secret surveillance
Live Rewind is launched with a double-press of the Digital Crown and shows the previous 15 seconds of a conversation as text on the watch face. The capability is meant to help when a wearer misses a remark and cannot easily ask for it to be repeated. Its existence, however, implies the watch is continuously capturing nearby speech, often without others knowing.
Apple says users cannot secretly tap that audio stream. The company states that activation produces an unmistakable chime that cannot be turned off, along with a full-screen animation. Even the required double-press, Apple argues, makes the action visible to people nearby....<<<Read More>>>...
Climate Alarmists Are Making False Claims to Derail Approval of Jackdaw and Rosebank
Previous Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has described the decision to issue a development licence to Rosebank as “climate vandalism.” But now new Prime Minister Andy Burnham and new Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh have vowed to take a more “pragmatic” approach to the North Sea. The decision to approve both fields has allegedly been pushed back to this month because of the “optics” of approving new oil and gas licences during a heatwave. Stop press: the decision might now be postponed beyond the Holborn and St Pancras by-election because of pressure from the Greens.
Sensing weakness in the Government, the green industrial complex has ramped up the rhetoric with the Guardian claiming a new analysis calculated that £119 billion to £336 billion of economic damage would be caused by burning the hydrocarbons produced by Rosebank and Jackdaw, or £170–483 billion under a high production scenario. This article looks at the source of those claims and tests their veracity....<<<Read More>>>....
The far-left will import Europe’s methods of suppressing free speech to the USA
A similar “playbook” is currently being tested in Europe, where governments have used legal actions, home raids and ballot exclusions to suppress political dissent and speech.
Shellenberger warns that these European trends, including pressure on social media platforms to moderate content, represent a growing threat to free speech that is intended to be imported to the United States.....<<<Read More>>>...
Nutmeg: A spice with a touch of wellness
It is now cultivated in tropical regions like Indonesia and Grenada. The process involves drying the seed to produce the familiar spice, with both the seed and its covering, mace, utilized in cooking and traditional medicine.
Nutmeg is rich in antioxidants like myristicin, which combat free radicals. It also exhibits anti-inflammatory properties, supports brain health, aids digestion, improves skin texture and may help manage blood sugar levels and reduce stress.
It is available in various forms as a supplement, including capsules, tablets and liquid extracts. It is recommended to start with small doses, around 100- 200 mg daily, and choose high-quality, organic products.
The spice's benefits extend beyond culinary use, encompassing traditional medicine, skincare and modern health trends, making it a versatile and valuable ingredient in both food and wellness applications.
Nutmeg, a beloved spice with a rich history, is making waves in the wellness world as more people discover its numerous health benefits. Derived from the seed of the Myristica fragrans tree, nutmeg has long been prized not only for its culinary uses but also for its therapeutic properties.
This vibrant red-brown spice, with its warm aroma and slightly sweet, nutty flavor, has a fascinating journey from ancient trade routes to modern health trends...<<<Read More>>>>...
Saturday, 12 September 2026
Hidden CIA document detailing potential cure for cancer declassified after 60 years
A newly surfaced CIA document suggests US intelligence once reviewed research that hinted at a possible cancer treatment more than 60 years ago.
The document, produced in February 1951 and declassified in 2014, summarizes a Soviet scientific paper that examined striking similarities between parasitic worms and cancerous tumors.
The report describes how researchers believed both organisms thrived under nearly identical metabolic conditions and accumulated large reserves of glycogen, a form of stored energy.
The research also highlighted experiments showing that certain chemical compounds were capable of targeting both parasitic infections and malignant tumors.
One drug, Myracyl D, was reportedly effective against bilharzia parasites as well as cancerous growths, hinting that treatments developed for parasites might also attack tumors.
Other compounds were found to interfere with nucleic acid production, a process essential for the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells.
Experiments on mice even showed that tumor tissues reacted differently to certain chemicals than normal tissues, further reinforcing the perceived biochemical overlap between parasites and cancers.
Although the document was declassified more than a decade ago, it has recently resurfaced online, fueling outrage among some Americans who say it raises troubling questions about why Cold War research hinting at possible cancer treatments sat in intelligence archives for decades.
'The Americans knew. They read it, classified it CONFIDENTIAL, and locked it in a vault for 60 years,' one person shared on X, including the CIA documents in the post.
Another X user said: 'The CIA knew from 1951 that cancer was parasites.'...<<<Read More>>>...
Killed to Order: Inside China’s forced organ harvesting industry
On this episode of Rose Unplugged, Jan Jekielek, senior editor at The Epoch Times and host of American Thought Leaders, discusses his book ‘Killed to Order’ and the evidence surrounding allegations of forced organ harvesting in China.
They examine the victims, the alleged involvement of hospitals and state institutions, the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and other vulnerable groups, Western medical connections and why this issue has received so little attention....<<<Read More>>>....
The Shocking 1357 Manuscript That Reveals Tartaria’s Buried History
An entire lost empire history exists inside a single 1357 manuscript. See how this forgotten civilization was erased from existence.
This investigation examines the mystery of a book that should not exist. We analyze the contents of this rare 1357 manuscript to understand how an entire civilization could vanish from historical record. If you are interested in historical mysteries, this examination of erased history provides a look at how fragile our knowledge of the past truly is.
By comparing the claims of this text against known records, we piece together what happened to this lost empire history. We focus on the evidence regarding why this account was meant to remain suppressed and what it implies about our understanding of ancient manuscripts. This is for viewers who prefer evidence-based historical inquiry over speculation.
The Pandemic Preparedness Narrative Gets a Reality Check
While much of the debate around pandemic preparedness takes place behind closed doors, RCR had the opportunity to take part in that conversation at Australia’s Parliament House in June.
In June, RCR’s Head of Legal, Katie Ashby-Koppens, joined international experts at Parliament House in Canberra for a series of briefings with Australian Senators and Members of Parliament at the invitation of Senator Alex Antic.
The briefings focused on one of the most significant international public policy changes currently underway: the World Health Organisation’s pandemic reforms and what they mean for Australia....<<<Read More>>>....
Cedarwood: The timeless essential oil for holistic health
With roots in ancient civilizations, cedarwood oil is typically extracted through steam distillation from the heartwood of the cedar tree, offering a potent, woody scent and therapeutic benefits.
Cedarwood oil boasts antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and anti-stress properties. It can be used to treat infections, reduce inflammation, alleviate stress and improve respiratory and skin health.
Widely available in health stores and online, cedarwood essential oil is primarily used topically or in aromatherapy. Internal use should be avoided unless advised by a healthcare professional.
For safe use, adhere to recommended dosages: topical application (two to three drops mixed with carrier oil), diffusion (five to 10 drops), or aromatherapy (three to five drops). Always perform a patch test before topical use.
Essential oils have long been revered for their therapeutic properties and profound impact on our physical and mental well-being. Among these, cedarwood (Cedrus atlantica) stands out as a powerful ally in promoting health and balance. With a rich history and diverse array of benefits, cedarwood essential oil is a must-have in any wellness arsenal.
Cedarwood is a coniferous evergreen tree native to the Atlas Mountains in Morocco and Algeria. The oil is extracted from the wood of the cedar tree through steam distillation. This process captures the rich aromatic compounds that give cedarwood its distinctive, woody scent and therapeutic properties...<<<Read More>>>...
Friday, 11 September 2026
In 536 AD, The World Went Dark for 18 Months — They Buried It From Every History Book
In 536 AD, the sun vanished. Volcanic ash blocked the sky, temperatures collapsed, and a 124-year climate catastrophe erased civilizations on four continents. This is the worst year in human history, and most people have never heard of it. The Dark Ages weren't vague. They had a start date, a cause, and a body count.
In 538 AD, a Roman statesman named Cassiodorus wrote a letter describing blue sun, no shadows at noon, and seasons that had collapsed into one long winter. Historians dismissed him for fourteen centuries. Then in the 1990s, a scientist in Ireland cut into an ancient oak tree, and the rings confirmed everything. Cassiodorus had been telling the truth.
Ice cores drilled from a Swiss glacier revealed the chemical fingerprint: a massive Icelandic eruption in 536, followed by two more in 540 and 547. Three eruptions in eleven years. Summer temperatures dropped by over five degrees. China recorded summer snow. Ireland went three years without bread. Gold couldn't buy grain. The coldest decade in 2,300 years had begun.
Five years after the sky darkened, the Justinian Plague arrived. Yersinia pestis, the same bacterium behind the Black Death, tore through a world already weakened by famine. At its peak, thousands died daily in Constantinople alone. Justinian's dream of reunifying Rome died with them.
In Mexico, the people of Teotihuacan burned their own temples. In Scandinavia, half the population vanished and elites buried gold hoards in the ground, not as treasure but as prayers for the sun to return. After the catastrophe, the sun symbol disappeared from Scandinavian art entirely.
Researchers now argue these events directly inspired the Norse myths of Fimbulwinter and Ragnarök.
The Late Antique Little Ice Age lasted 124 years, reshaped every civilization on Earth, and did not receive a name until 2016. The evidence is peer-reviewed, ice-core confirmed, and tree-ring corroborated. The question isn't what happened. It's why a catastrophe this well-documented stayed invisible for so long, and what else in the historical record has been dismissed as exaggeration because the truth didn't fit.
Microsoft Adds Age Verification System to Windows
According to a report from Reclaim The Net: Free Speech, Privacy, Digital Rights, the company has published developer instructions for an application programming interface that is not yet live. Once activated, the API will let Windows 11 apps learn a user’s age bracket and whether that age has been confirmed by an identity provider.
The brackets are blunt: under 10, 10 to 12, 13 to 15, 16 to 17, and 18 and over. Verification status arrives as one of five results — Verified, Unverified, OptedOut, TemporarilyUnavailable, or NotApplicable.
Microsoft has not named the identity providers that will carry out these checks, nor has it said what proof they will demand. The company states only that the second value returned by the interface will show “whether the user’s age has been independently verified by the identity provider.”
Redmond presents the tool as a privacy safeguard, a way for apps to learn an age range without receiving a date of birth or other personal details. Microsoft describes it as a privacy-preserving mechanism meant to help developers satisfy child-safety rules. The same report argues that legislation demanding this kind of technology in operating systems is really about making age checks, and the identity checks that follow, a routine feature of digital life.
An age signal does not hand over a user’s exact age. It instead lets an app change content, features, or access based on the reported range and verification status. Microsoft lists uses that include user-generated content, social and communication tools, in-app purchases, virtual currencies, and maturity-rated media.
The interface is still dormant. Microsoft says it will not return usable data until it is turned on later in the year and is releasing the documentation now so developers can prepare. Anyone who calls the API today will be told the user’s age is unknown and that verification is unavailable.....<<<Read More>>>...
Twenty-five years of “temporary”: how 9/11 built a surveillance state Americans never voted for
What began as a promise to hunt down nineteen hijackers metastasized into a standing machinery for watching, cataloguing, and controlling the American public itself. The uncomfortable truth, twenty-five years on, is that the terrorists succeeded in one respect the history books rarely admit: they goaded the United States into dismantling pieces of its own constitutional order, and the country did the rest of the work willingly.....<<<Read More>>>....
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UK government is covertly medicating the public through this common food product
Existing additives like inorganic iron, niacin and thiamine, along with the planned addition of synthetic folic acid starting in December 2026, pose significant health risks, including the masking of vitamin B12 deficiency and potential links to various chronic diseases.
We should refuse to comply and protect our health by scrutinising food labels for fortified ingredients, avoiding products that contain them and, for example, baking our own bread using organic flour....<<<Read More>>>....
Assisted Suicide Bill Falls
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was opposed by 270 votes to 286 in the Commons on Friday afternoon, following a five-hour debate.
MPs had voted in favour of the assisted dying bill last year when it was introduced by Kim Leadbeater, only for the legislation to run out of time in the Lords.
On Friday, Lauren Edwards, a backbench Labour MP, introduced a near-identical bill, in the hope of allowing adults in England and Wales with less than six months to live to seek medical assistance to end their lives.
But now it has been rejected by MPs, supporters of assisted dying could find themselves waiting years for another chance to change the law.
Two former Labour health ministers used the Commons debate to urge their colleagues to vote down the proposals.
Ashley Dalton, who is terminally ill, accused supporters of the bill of “scaremongering”, while Dr Zubir Ahmed warned that the NHS was not ready for the introduction of assisted dying.
During the debate, proponents of the bill including Liz Kendall and Hilary Benn, two former Cabinet ministers, argued that it was needed to relieve human suffering for the terminally ill....<<<Read More>>>....
Thursday, 10 September 2026
Consciousness: The Fundamental Fabric of Reality
What if our waking reality is similar—not a fixed, physical stage, but a construct of consciousness?
Science
has leaned on a materialistic view, asserting that the physical world
is primary and consciousness is merely a byproduct of brain activity.
Yet,
emerging evidence from physics, consciousness studies, and ancient
wisdom suggests that consciousness is fundamental, creating our
perceptions of the physical world, including the laws of General
Relativity and Quantum Mechanics.
Modern physics rests on two monumental theories: Quantum Mechanics, which governs the behavior of particles at the smallest scales, and General Relativity, which describes gravity and the structure of space-time at the largest scales....<<<Read More>>>...
Leaving the Earth a Better Place
If we enjoy environmental activism, we might feel moved to clean up beaches or to plant trees. But we needn’t feel limited in our ability to contribute positively. There are many ways to leave a legacy of love. We might begin by radiating affirmative thoughts and feelings about how magnificent the earth truly is. We could create and tend a special garden, one that provides an abundance of food and herbs for ourselves and our loved ones, or one filled with sweet-smelling flowers to uplift our hearts. We may even honor the earth simply by trying to be the best person we can be while we are here. Such good will can have a domino effect, inspiring others to contribute in their own way.
We spend our lifetimes being nourished and enlivened by the rain, sun, soil, and wind. Our experience is blessed by other living beings, from plants and insects to birds and humans. We receive so much; giving back just naturally feels good. When we live our lives with the intention of leaving this temporary home a better place for generations to come, we are perhaps leaving behind the best gift of all. (Daily OM)
Britain’s Speech Police: How the State Learned to Fear its People
Many of us in Britain still flatter ourselves that we live in a free country. Although the UK isn’t quite a police state (not yet anyway), neither is it a country in which the individual can any longer speak without glancing over his or her shoulder. The old compact of a liberal society was simple – the state punished genuine criminality, while opinion was left to the rough justice of argument, satire and public disagreement.
That compact has now been comprehensively torn up. Across Britain, speech that would once have been answered by rebuttal or humour is now treated as a matter for police, regulators and secretive Whitehall machinery. A report published this week by civil liberties and privacy campaigning organisation Big Brother Watch states that more than 62,000 people in the United Kingdom were arrested for communications offences over a five year period, with at least 18,500 charged and 12,292 convicted. These numbers should alarm anyone who still believes the citizen is master and the state is servant....<<<Read More>>>...
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