Worth a Look: Books on Mexico and the United States — DHS, NAFTA, Border, Immigration, Merged Cultures & Bandit Zones

Worth A Look
Amazon Page
Amazon Page

2015 A Narco History: How the United States and Mexico Jointly Created the “Mexican Drug War”

The “War Against Drugs”: who started it, and why? What are its consequences in real terms, not mere statistics, for the people most affected by it? One hundred thousand deaths later-with the vast majority of those killed innocent citizens, such as the 43 teachers college students murdered in Guerrero-the solution to peace requires a radical rethinking of how America, and its neighbors, approach the illegal drug trade.

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CounterPunch: The Perfect Earth Storm

03 Environmental Degradation, Earth Intelligence

counterpunch goodThe Perfectly Nasty Ocean Storm

The oceans of the world are currently experiencing a “perfect storm” that is nasty, real nasty with too much warming, too much acidification, too much CO2, too much fishing, too many chemicals, too much Ag runoff, too much radiation (Fukushima), and too little ice (Arctic Ocean) bringing on too much methane (CH4). Whew!

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Yoda: Dubai – City of Gold in Four Dimensions?

Advanced Cyber/IO, Collective Intelligence, Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence
Got Crowd? BE the Force!
Got Crowd? BE the Force!

Possibilities, we see.

Dubai to become first ‘four-dimensional city’ in the world

A group of technology companies in the UAE have launched a project to make Dubai the world’s first four dimension city, according to Al Arabiya News channel. The project, called “D4D” or Dubai 4 Dimension, will create a digital replica of the city in the shape of three-dimensional imagery and will allow users anywhere in the world to roam through the city in real time using tablets such as iPads.

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Michel Bauwens: CultureShift – I Am What I Save

Cultural Intelligence
Michel Bauwens
Michel Bauwens

Climate Change, Values Change, Social Change (1): Art and Energy

In the coal energy culture – a culture of workers and production – you are your job. “I am what I make.” In an oil and gas energy culture – a culture of consumption – you are your possessions. “I am what I buy.” But in a renewable energy culture, you are what you conserve. “I am what I save and protect.” We aren’t used to thinking like this, because we can’t see where the money will come from. But in a culture of renewables, money will not be the only measure of wealth

Berto Jongman: Water into Fuel for Motorcycle

05 Energy, 12 Water
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

Includes excellent links to other water into fuel projects.

500 Kilometers On 1 Litre: Brazilian Man Shows Us Why We Don’t Need Gas Stations

… the design includes a combination of water and a single, external car battery that’s used to produce electricity, and spark the process that separates the hydrogen from the water molecule. As a result, the necessary energy to power the bike is created.

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