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2015/04/172015/04/17

Robert Steele: Looking for a Good Conversation about a Non-Partisan Non-Violent Revolution? Like & Join Coffee Party — Engage with Joan — … Please!

Access, Civil Society, Collective Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics

I have finally found two places where intelligent people can come together across all moral and intellectual boundaries — one of them is the Coffee Party, the other is Joan Blades' new initiative, Living Room Conversations. Below are some links — I encourage anyone who believes in America the Beautiful and the US Constitution to treat the Coffee Party as a non-partisan second home, and to engage as deeply as possible in Joan's new offering.

Like this Page: https://www.facebook.com/coffeeparty
Join Here: http://www.coffeepartyusa.com/join
Engage Here: http://www.livingroomconversations.org/

2015/04/162015/04/15

Yoda: From Fast Food Strikes to Social Justice

03 Economy, 09 Justice, 11 Society, Civil Society, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Officers Call

Minimum wage is on the margins — electoral reform is root.

Fast-food strikes widen into social-justice movement

Central to Wednesday's strike is the evolution of its scope. What began two years ago as a fast-food workers movement has propelled into something wider, with Wednesday's protests including a range of workers workers from adjunct professors to home care and child care providers to Walmart employees.

See Also: Open Power / Electoral Reform

2015/04/162015/04/15

Howard Rheingold: Online Course on Cooperation Theory

Advanced Cyber/IO, Civil Society, Collective Intelligence, Ethics

The meta-learning here — in addition to the course material — is about cultivating a co-learning community online. I’m planning the sixth iteration of Introduction to Cooperation Theory May 20-July 10. You can find out about it at http://bit.ly/cooperationclass. If you are interested in how I’ve approached co-learning in my years at UC Berkeley and Stanford, I’m doing a Hangout on Air with eight of my best former students to talk about co-learning then, now, and in the future, April 30, 9 AM http://connectedlearning.tv/co-learning-hybrid-environment.

2015/04/092015/04/09

On the Issues: Jeb Bush versus Rand Paul

Civil Society, Ethics, Government

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) announces his presidential candidacy today, and if you`re interested in where Rand Paul stands on the issues, there`s only one place to go — OnTheIssues.org — our website, our new book, and our App — because the mainstream media will talk all about the horserace and the politics.

OnTheIssues.org is a non-partisan website developed to counter the mainstream media`s lack of focus on issue-based coverage. We send out periodic newsletters during election campaigns to people who subscribe on our website.

Differences & Agreements Itemized Below the Fold

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2015/04/052015/04/05

Owl: Martial Law & Foreign Troops in the USA? Jade Helm — Comments on JFK versus Kent State verus Repression Today

05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, Civil Society, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government, Idiocy, Ineptitude, Law Enforcement, Military

Article (link only) is pretty good, but see the even better acid reply (in full below the fold) from a reader.

What Would Happen If Martial Law Was Declared In America?

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2015/04/042015/04/03

SchwartzReport: Muslims to Outnumber Christians by 2070 (55 Years – 1 to 2 Generations)

Civil Society, Cultural Intelligence

No developed Christian country has a sustainable birthrate, and just as many White people are freaked out at America becoming a majority minority nation, so the freak out becomes all the greater when they learn that Christians will soon be a smaller group than Muslims, as this report describes. And here is the kicker: As the U.S. has repeatedly injected itself into the Muslim world, often with violence and death as a result, how do you think the people who live in Islamic countries, and who are still offended by the 13th century Crusades will feel about the U.S. in the future?

Study: Muslims To Outnumber Christians Worldwide At 2070

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2015/04/022015/04/02

SchwartzReport: Peter Thiel on the Death of American Democracy – Where He Is Right — And Wrong

Access, Civil Society, Commerce, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government

This is about as clear a statement of the noncarbon generation high tech mogul perspective as I have read. The article also gives an accurate, I believe, critique as to where he is in error. Most fundamentally I think Thiel has confused process and specific circumstances. I think democratic government can work very well. It certainly does so in many other countries. There is a reason why Danes are happy, and Americans are not. It is not working well here because of corruption, unlimited money in politics, and the Republican gridlock that has produced, and the compromised nature of our regulatory agencies. There is nothing wrong with the Founders' vision, and everything wrong with its execution. American politics is to the Founders' democratic republic as Fundamentalist Pre-millennial Dispensationlist Christianity is to Jesus' teachings.

Why PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel thinks American democracy is dead