Stuart Noble

Former President, 93, Dies at Home

Ford was the only occupant of the White House never elected either to the presidency or the vice presidency.

High Times in the US

Marijuana is now the biggest cash crop grown in the US, exceeding traditional harvests such as wheat, corn and soy beans, says a new report.

I’ve posted a related articlehere.
Go here to read more about the human side of The War on Drugs. In all wars there are losses and casualties. The casualties here are innocent people and non violent offenders. The losses are civil liberties and human rights. Nearly 40 years of “war” and no victories to claim, no battles won. Only causulties, losses, and human suffering.

Rebildselskabet

It has come to my knowledge, that many don’t know anything about Rebildselskabet. That’s really a pity, because this community tries to cultivate and improve the friendship between Denmark and USA – which is in my opinion the most noble case at all.

And by the way – friendship between nations begins with friendship between peoples – this is really the way to change the world.

Furthermore I’m absolutely conviced, that knowledge is the best way to cure anti-Americans. So have a look at the homepage of Rebildselskabet. Couldn’t find a better pasttime in the holidays…

The pictures I have taken here are from this summer (2006) – among others my daughter, a minister of justice, a nephew and a princess. Gues who is who.

Brave New World…

“It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.”
~REM~

It’s a brave new world out there, and this is only the beginning. Of course, I couldn’t be more thrilled. This marks nothing short of a truly democratic social revolution. The implications for how we create social communities, political activism, governance, transnational security and cooperation etc. are staggering. Viva la Revolución!

As a piece of pop futurism, EPIC 2014 is both brilliant and brilliantly self-subverting (at once inevitable and preposterous). But what’s remarkable is how many of its ten-years-out predictions have already come true—if not materially, then de facto: the mass migration of everything to the Web, the explosion of blogging, the near-instant embrace of social media…

the evolution of oppression

Katrina Begets a Baby Boom by Immigrants

Don’t miss this article from the New York Times. I don’t have time to write on it now but feel free to make comments.

NEW ORLEANS — First came the storm. Then came the workers. Now comes the baby boom.

In the latest twist to the demographic transformation of New Orleans since it was swamped by Hurricane Katrina last year, hundreds of babies are being born to Latino immigrant workers, both legal and illegal, who flocked to the city to toil on its reconstruction.