In the surah titled Jonah in the Koran it assures us that there is, in fact, free will. Behold,
Indeed, in no way does God wrong people, but people wrong themselves
Archive for July, 2009
The Koran Proves The Existence of “Free Will”
Posted in Religion, tagged Free Will, God, Koran, Religion on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Get Well Now Soup
Posted in Organics on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Red Lentils
Garlic
Lemon
Ginger
Dash of Salt
Boil and Eat
Better!
Story from North America and Love + Solidarity to the Struggle in Honduras
Posted in Film and Video, Music, Politics, tagged Animation, Coup, Honduras, Kirsten Lapore, Spider, The Other, U.S. Imperialism, Zelaya on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Confront the Mouth and its red thirst with this too relevant and brilliant animation.
On the same note, sister, rejoice in this splendid tune.
With the most natural love and solidarity to the struggle in Honduras from New York. Watch this poignant coverage of the coup in Honduras with Amy Goodman.
Talk about Honduras [...]
O, Happy Day: Indian Court Overturns LGBT Sex Ban
Posted in Politics, Sexuality, tagged Constitutional Rights, Delhi, Gay Sex Ban, India, LGBT Rights, Same-sex, Sexual Identity on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Check out coverage by the New York Times here with an awesome picture of LGBT activists celebrating. CNN has semi-cool coverage (semi being the too serious look of the reporter, cool being the exhilarating footage of the streets of Delhi packed with people celebrating). Apparently the world seems to be in the midst of a [...]
History is a Weapon: Frederick Douglass and the Fourth of July
Posted in History, Politics, tagged Fourth of July, Frederick Douglass, History is a Weapon, Independence Day, July 4 on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No, Independence Day does not mean the same thing for everyone. Read, what Frederick Douglass has to say about the Fourth of July. Then, watch Brian Jones, read an excerpt from his speech. Happy Chinese Fireworks Day!
La Mano White with Cocaine
Posted in Latin America, Organics, Politics, tagged Argentina, Buenos Aires, Cocaine, La Mano, Marijuana, Pipo Lernourd, THC on July 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the corner of Jorge Luis Borges and Paraguay in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo at a cafe, I found the most curious magazine. The publication is called La Mano (The Hand) and the April 2009 issue sported, on its cover, a splendid photo of Miles Davis in all of his musical glory. Amongst [...]
From the notes of Sir. J. Lubbock
Posted in Organics, tagged Ants, Darwin, Evolution, Notes, Sir. J. Lubbock on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is Sir. J. Lubbock
This is one of his quotes,
Among others a dead blue-bottle fly was pinned down, and after vain
efforts at removal the selected ant hied home, and emerged with
friends who slowly, and evidently incredulously, followed their guide.
The latter starting off at a great pace distanced them, and they
returned, again, however, to be informed, [...]
