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Pescatarianism (eating fish and no other meat) has been interesting so far, I’ve been striving for vegetarianism for a month now, but falling short on some amazing free range chicken, and later some salmon burgers. Every diet’s different, but I encourage you to become aware of what goes on to get that meat on your…
Hello, my name is Carl Rittenhouse Larson, but that’s just a name that was given to me, I’ve been dissolving my ego lately, and it’s either gone or I can’t tell it’s there. A person’s name is part of the ego. I am the universe. The universe is Carl. Why should you listen to me?…
Pre-disclaimer: The disclaimer is pretty harsh, try not to be offended – if you’re reading my blog, odds are, I already think you’re the shit. Disclaimer: If you’re the type of person that exclusively prefers powerpoints over “long blocks of text,” then shield yourself from the following spoonful of truth, you pitiful ignorant shitfuck. If…
It’s as if we’re in an eternal monsoon, but we’re dying of thirst, because we’re holding a thimble out into the deluge, filling it, drinking from it, repeating, and wondering why we’re thirsty. The concept that our world is an energy-poor place, with limited, scarce resources which beg our competition, is totally wrong, existentially dangerous,…
February 13, 2012 I recently made a post to my Facebook profile that was promptly un-posted, by Facebook. Whether it was a human, a flagger, an algorithm, or a silver unicorn with an impaled tiger on its horn, bellowing more loudly than a blue whale, at the Sunrise, from a mountaintop, underwater, in space…
Podcast February 8, 2012 This election year, don’t vote for politics as usual. Instead, let’s amend the constitution. Amendment 28: Uncensored internet access is a human right.
Online Democracy Now! Real freedom is equality, unity, harmony, growth, and the many singularities of our world that will manifest in 2012. Collectively, we feel a Jungian energetic counterweight to the many generations of people who in some way thought this year, 2012, this time, was a special time, where singularities were likely to occur.
January 13, 2012 Regardless of whether your elected politicians are in favor of or opposed to SOPA & PIPA (aka the internet censorship bill), odds are that they’ve arrived at their position because they think it’s best for the economy. The internet censorship bill protect the livelihoods of middlemen, who depend on the ability…
January 13, 2012 There are many reasons why SOPA & PIPA, (aka internet censorship) would hurt our world. You could become a felon for streaming the wrong video! Here are the two biggest and most dangerous reasons: 1.) An unelected government official will have absolute power in censoring the internet. The USA will be China,…
December 15, 2011 In September of this year, Nicholas Kristof sat down with Iran’s President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The interview has a startling excerpt: N.K.: So I just want to make sure I understand the outline of that deal. If western countries provided 20 percent enriched fuel for the Tehran reactor, then Iran would stop all further enrichment….
November 8, 2011 Oakland, Calif. – A once obvious assumption for some, but recently under attack from Fox News is the thought that buying American actually helps America. John Stossel quotes a supposed “economist” named Henderson who urges us to “buy things where they’re cheapest. That frees up more of our resources to buy other…
November 3, 2011 Hit and run shatters lives. A traffic ticket is not enough – hit and run needs to be punished at least as severely as driving under the influence of intoxicants. No one who intentionally hospitalizes people with their car should be allowed to drive away – ever.
November 2, 2011 – 11:30 pm Pacific Two #occupiers were hit by a car tonight in downtown Oakland – one was dragged 30 feet and sustained an “obviously” broken leg, photos of the other victim are below. Eyewitnesses say that after hitting the pedestrians, the car accelerated, but was unable to break through a wall…
Official soundtrack of this post: Earth Intruders by Björk on Grooveshark October 31, 2011 – Carl Larson We’ve just finished the warmest decade in history. The 25 warmest years ever recorded have occurred after 1980. The 10 warmest years have come since 1996. 2009 was the second warmest year ever recorded. The Earth is…
October 25, 2011 A group of 1,000-2,000 protesters confronted police at Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland, California tonight. Police blocked the entrance to the primary park in which #occupyOakland protesters have been living after evicting the protesters earlier in the day. Tear gas was fired multiple times by police after many verbal warnings to protesters.
October 18, 2011 Massachusetts is revolutionizing healthcare by providing cash to hospitals through periodic lump sums instead of pipelines with continuous access. Lump sum incentives are fascinating, because they align the incentives of the giver and the receiver. The same state cutting costs in new ways recently set a different health precedent, by extending coverage to citizens of Massachusetts.
October 15, 2011 Wall Street has issued a formal response to the protesters. A recent article from the WSJ, which is exemplary of Wall Street consensus opinion, argues condescendingly that the protesters fundamentally misunderstand the financial crisis, and have enthusiastically swallowed the lies of the current leftist government. Nothing could be further from the truth. “Reckless government policies, not…
October 3, 2011 WASHINGTON DC – In a bipartisan effort to reverse the nation’s chronic unemployment problem, lawmakers in Washington today announced a plan to add 500,000 jobs to the economy by 2012. “Technology has killed more American jobs than any other factor, including all combined outsourcing losses. It’s time we take a stand against…
September 30, 2011 12:30 am 8 hours ago, we occupied the financial district of San Francisco, and marched past Wells Fargo, Charles Schwab, Bank of America, Chase, and the Fed’s West Coast outpost. All the marching left me with some time to think, and the topic for this article is why we protest.
September 29, 2011 American democracy is a myth, and when we proselytize our form of government to other countries like Iraq, we arrive on their sandy shores like a headless horesman, more macabre warning than helping hand.
September 21, 2011 MOGADISHU – Pirates active in the East Africa region have been reportedly pumping food out of the stomachs of starving famine victims and then selling the product at local markets. Famine victims are routinely given food by aid distributors in refugee camps, and journalists from the west will often even photograph the…
September 1, 2011 For those of you concerned about the Solyndra bankruptcy, I can explain it in a sentence: The Chinese have outcompeted the USA, yet again, in manufacturing, and as a result, another American company shuts down because it cannot compete with the dropping price of, in this case, solar energy.