Body Peace

Jess Weiner - May 11 at 11AM

Dear Moms: (And Stepmoms, Grandmas, Aunts, Mentors and Sisters)
I was 11 years old when I went on my first diet with my mother. I became her diet buddy.

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Being a mother is not always pretty

Susan Kaiser Greenland - May 11 at 4AM

The place where I get my car washed also sells greeting cards. While waiting for my car last week, I went inside to buy a birthday card for a friend. When I first saw the mother’s day cards on display my reaction was to turn away and look at something else. I had no idea that I have an obvious aversion to Mother’s Day cards.

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Lebanon & Ten Fundamental Mega-Trends in the Middle East -- Potential for Multiple Black Swans?

DK Matai - May 10 at 11PM

Future TV under attack, Beirut

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USD 200 Oil Super Spike: What Consequences?

ATCA - May 10 at 10PM

Global Oil Super Spike

Dear Friends, most analysts laughed when Goldman Sachs predicted that oil would go to USD 100 a barrel more than two years ago. Brent crude is around USD 124 a barrel at present.

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Weekly Intent - Roslynn Webb Cady

Intent - May 10 at 9PM

What do you really intend?
Intentions are created from thought; it can be no other way. Are you aware of your stream of consciousness, your thought? Your reality is the product of your thought, conscious or not.

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The Second Burma Black Swan -- Nargis -- A Wake up Call for The World? Global Risk Management

ATCA - May 10 at 9PM

Cyclone Nargis, Burma

Dear Friends, the second grotesque tragedy unfolding in Burma in less than a year post the political turmoil -- with 60,000+ dead and millions left homeless post cyclone Nargis -- is just one of the many examples...

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To save lives, is it justified to invade Myanmar?

Mallika Chopra - May 10 at 9AM

Time Magazine asks, Is it Time to Invade Myanmar? With reports of up to 100,000 people dead, and no signs of relief from the after effects of the cyclone, the humanitarian crisis is unraveling. Meanwhile, the government is blocking aid because of fear of letting foreign entities in. "If we let them get away with murder we may set a very dangerous precedent,"

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Pain and Suffering - A Holistic Scientific perspective: Part 2 Ego – An Enemy or Friend?

Avtar Singh - May 9 at 4PM

Ego is founded on its illusory friendliness of the true self or consciousness. After all, it helps us in our evolutionary struggle for survival and/or dominance over others. It helps us accumulate wealth, power, and fame perceived as the successes of the material world.

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The Pressure To Be Good

Deepak Chopra - May 9 at 1PM

In a recent interview for his new book on democracy, Bill Moyers presented the bleakest face of goodness that one could imagine. He is too gentle to mount a jeremiad, yet Moyers' recent career has been one long lamentation. He says, "Politics can create problems that politics can't solve," citing the frightening rise of lobbyists, special interests, and ideological factions. The moneyed classes ride roughshod over the poor.

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Current Feelings

Grace Wilson - May 9 at 2AM

Anybody else feel like giving up? I’m going through some major unpleasantness in my life, and I’m just tired of it. I’m so uncomfortable; it really sucks to be me. I’m missing all of my deadlines, can’t keep up with my blogs, etc. I’m completely distracted.

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What is ups, my virtual buttercups?

Guru Pitka - May 8 at 10PM

What is ups, my virtual buttercups? It is I, his holiness, the Guru Pitka, gettin' jiggy with another blog entry. Think of these as a sort of breakfast for your soul: you shouldn't miss them, and they are the most important part of your day. Except for pooping. (the only people that like backed-up pipes are Roto-Rooter, and they have their own web site)

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Trust in me..

Suchitra Krishnamoorthi - May 8 at 1PM

Hsssss....Remember Ka-the snake in jungle book? What a guy. Gorgeous! I even loved his sinus...Oops. I'm digressing already. But thats the way the mind goes.

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Meditations on Mom

Alison Rose Levy - May 8 at 6AM

A bouquet of roses, a box of candy, a long distance phone call? What will you give your Mom this Mother’s Day? And more importantly, what will you really feel as you make your ritual obeisance? Will your heart overflow with love and gratitude? Or will you be gritting your teeth, plastering a smile on, bracing yourself for Mom’s next number?

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Pain and Suffering - A Holistic Scientific perspective: Part 1

Avtar Singh - May 7 at 5PM

Evil is often (mis)understood as the root cause of pain and suffering, which are nothing but symptoms of the ego disease. Dogmatic religion has devised an illusive enemy – “Evil” to mislead humanity away from the root cause of pain and suffering. In order to understand the root causes and remedies of pain and suffering, one must understand the underlying universal laws that govern the universe and life in it.

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Hamstrung by Objectivity part 2

Carter Phipps - May 7 at 4PM

Anyone who enjoyed the previous blog entry might find this link interesting.

http://www.wie.org/j37/phipps.asp?ifr=hp-art

Hamstrung by Objectivity

Carter Phipps - May 7 at 8AM

The Fourth Estate. Murrow. Kronkite. The New York Times. CNN. All represent the great media pillars of American culture. Some might even say that the media is the last great bastion of objectivity in American culture, the great protector of an open society. But spend a few hours watching any cable news show cover the Presidential campaign and then try to say that with a straight face.

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Guru Pitka, giving you a big High Five!

Guru Pitka - May 7 at 4AM

Howdy Doody, internet cuties! Guru Pitka, giving you a big High Five, because this is my 5th blog entry! It seems like only four blogs ago I started this whole thing. Where does the time go?

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One Universe or Multi-Unique & Parallel Universes?

DK Matai - May 7 at 2AM

One Universe: Multi-Unique & Parallel Universes

Dear Friends, in response to "Is the World Really Flat?" Vernon Collins from New York has written, "DK, its neither flat nor round nor in a parallel dimension ... its a universe that each individual lives in and plays and exists within..."

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Open Thread

Intent - May 6 at 10PM

May 07, 2008

Politicians and the Cycle of Lying

Intent - May 6 at 4PM

An article in the Washington Post by Deepak Chopra in response to their question:
The percentage of voters who find Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama "honest and trustworthy" is declining as the campaign wears on. Why? From a moral standpoint, how important is this quality in a president?
Politicians and the Cycle of Lying