"Bonsai People" (Muhammad Yunus)

Muhammad Yunus (Bangladeshi Nobel Laureate), BonsaiPeople.com; Wisdom Quarterly

"Poor people are bonsai people. There is nothing wrong with their see. Society never allowed them the space to grow" (Yunus). Using the power of microcredit and social business to unleash human potential. A documnetary by Holly Mosher.

THE VISION OF MUHAMMAD YUNUS - What if the power of the free market could be harnessed to solve the problems of poverty, hunger, and inequality?

It may sound impossible. But Nobel Peace Prize winner Yunus (pronounced Eunice) is doing exactly that. "Bonsai People" is an emotionally compelling look at Yunus' visionary work.

Yunus is one of seven people in history to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Congressional Gold Medal.

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The new Pharoah: Egypt's Morsi

Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells, Seven, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly

Africa's Great Pyramid and Sphinx pre-MSG destruction (trekearth.com)

 

White House congratulates Morsi (politico.com)

I never liked Morrissey, except that one song in which he says, "Sweetness, I was only joking when I said by rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed" (The Smiths' "Bigmouth Strikes Again"). Mohamed Morsi is sort of the same.

What is the best way to a stable democracy? Set up a police state. For "the price of freedom is eternal vigilance," a slogan beloved by American and Israeli militants of all stripes, particularly underground moles in nuclear mountain vaults and secret subterranean military installations ready to push The Button(s). Marines, grunts, death-from-above squadrons, and the cavalry in league with paramilitary city squad cars, they love this slogan. This is constant vigilantism, and they are paid vigilantes opposing all who question and agitate.

Outrage over police troopers beating Blue Bra Egyptian protester unconscious during Arab Spring that deposed Mubarak (and Zahi Hawass) and saw the rise of Morsi (myweku.com)

 

Girls of Egypt Rally (NP)

A new hope, a new Mohamed for Egypt, Morsi came in with the potential of making a real change. But real change simply cannot be tolerated. The current set up is too profitable and too strategically advantageous to alter. The Israeli government is laughing to have the spotlight taken off it.
  
Oh, Mo, you bigmouth. Do you know how Joan of Arc felt? The Arab Spring was supposed to be different, but we maintain that it could never have actually happened without MIC (military-industrial complex) approval and complicity.

Freedom post Arab Spring? Not yet.

Protesters do not run Facebook and Twitter, the alleged new social media "little guys" that enabled this revolution; the CIA and NSA do.

G-Ogle it. (A G-Man, according to John B. Wells, is a Government Man, code for a clandestine federal agent, and ogle is to look or watch intently, as in leer, and it is well known that Google is a CIA spying platform, likely from the start, possibly by infiltration as it started to dominate and control Web searching).

  

But it's just "temporary"?
Reuters via Huffington Post (Nov. 25, 2012)

Rioting in Cairo over Morsi's decrees (AP)

The Egyptian presidency said on Sunday [today] it was committed to engaging "all political forces" to reach common ground on the constitution and stressed the "temporary nature" of a decree expanding President Mohamed Mursi's powers [something Morsi himself decreed by fiat].  "This declaration is deemed necessary in order to hold accountable those responsible for the corruption as well as other crimes during the previous regime and the transitional period," the presidency said in a statement. [In other words, using our handy cereal box Decoder Ring, "Morsi may have to burn the village to save the village," War on Vietnam style.]

The Blue Bra Incident Contest (allpoetry.com)

• PHOTOS: Rioting in response to yet another dictator
• The Fall of Pharoah Zahi "Indiana Jones" Hawass
• VeteransForPeace.org
• WarIsALie.org

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What do Hip Hop and Islam have in common?

Michael Rass (TheWorld.org); Seven, Boo, Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly

"When I can finally drive and have my own car, I'm going to trick it out!" FEMEN protest advocates for women's rights for drivers in Islamic countries (cryptome.org)

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - We have already seen that one can be a Buddhist and a gangsta rap fan, even going to extremes enjoying heavy (death) metal. But what do Hip Hop and Islam have in common? The World's Marco Werman speaks with passionate radio host Big Hass (Hassan Denawi), who has made it his mission to bring “true” Hip Hop to his country.

  

First of all, What does "Hip Hop" mean? Hip means "to know," to be hip, to be in on it. Hop means "to move," to dance, to get involved. So Hip Hop is quite literally about "conscious movement," at least it was originally. These modern rappers, who are more about the money and conspicuous consumption, are almost the antithesis of Hip Hop.

  

"Get hopping if you're hip to this jive, my b@#$%)(s!" (ABCNews/AP)

  

Jesus was Black says Bible (Rev 1:12-18)

Rooted in the poverty created by the USA's unspoken class-warfare, class-consciousness arose. American Islam in the Black community had more than a little something to do with that. Hip Hop's astounding popularity worldwide owes something to artists who are now more about bling-bling than the original thing. (We're looking at you, Kanye). So it goes both ways. 

  

There is still room for elevating consciousness, remembering Tupac and senseless Black-on-Black violence that supports the status quo, reading Michelle Alexander, modern slavery in America, and not caving in to the caricatured mass media representation of Black and urban culture in America.  

Asian Buddha statues with African features?

Buddhism, with its emphasis on freedom, wisdom, and compassion for our fellow beings -- and Islam, originally a religion of peace, have much in common. Of course, one would never know that watching TV or FOX News. Fortunately we still have the street, each other, and public radio like Pacifica and Public Radio International and its offshoots.

"Can you believe this brother, sister?"

(TED Talks in English) Big Hass on Hip Hop culture and Islam

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