Rev. Danny Fisher

Dr. Miles Neale, a friendly acquaintance, recently gave a lecture “combining psychodynamic theory with Buddhist meditation” at Ethan Nichtern’s Interdependence Project. The I.D. Project has kindly made the lecture available online for free download in podcast form. Check it out here, and don’t forget to support the work of the I.D. Project so that they can offer more things like this.

This from The Peace Team:

Now, we return to an issue we have been fighting for, from the very beginning when it was first introduced, H.R. 676, Single Payer Medicare For All. It is time for the American people to have what all other first world nations already have, and we will save massive amounts of money as a country in doing so. Instead of being gouged by greedy medical corporations, with H.R. 676 we will finally pay an affordable, fair market price for our health care.

When the Bush administration used to declare that all options were on the table, it was always an ominous threat that something bad was going to happen. And when a Democratic leader in the House would say that a particular option was off the table, you know THAT was the thing that most needed to be done. So what is Senator Max Baucus doing, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, now that we have the votes to pass real medical reform, what is he doing saying that it is not on the table?

Please tell Senator Max Baucus, and all your members of Congress, that H.R. 676 is not only on the table, but that no other option is acceptable.

Send a personal message to all your government representatives, with the subject “Pass H.R. 676 Medicare For All Now,” along with comments to the editor of your nearest local daily newspaper if you like, here.

Noelbynature over at SEAArch – The Southeast Asian Archaeology Blog writes to us with an update to that Preah Vihear re-opening story:

Cambodia has announced that the gate to Preah Vihear will remian closed until the situation has returned to its pre-conflict state.

For more, check out Noelbynature’s post here.