SCRAPs, AD.2008.04.29.ICT - EcoBuddhism?

As I filed out with the excited, chattering, and very young crowd, I felt the kind of heart-stopping pity that makes it hard for me to be hard on my students. After all, I’m not going to be around for that much longer. But these bright young beings, full of energy—do they think they can inherit the economy, but not the earth?

-- Wendi Adamek, of Columbia's Green Tara Dialogues, in The 'Economics of Climate Change' Koan, 2007.Jun.10

Dear Wendi,
"Officer d-d-down, I'm afraid!"

This day in IndoChina, the "NotAble NotIons" section evolved into "NotIons from the NotAbles", since it usually includes the most interesting, amusing or frightening SCRAPs from the most authoritative sources of the day. The "Pic" section became "The Pic".

And... the Climate Cull continues: more epidemic fears, more oil-addiction cold turkey, rich humans fearing they too may face feed shortages, more Asian rain-forest slashing for feeding more humans, another earthquake, in Okinawa this time, etc, etc, etc, ad nauseum.

Concurrently, humanity's over-stuffed, affluent oldies have been offered new software to counter senility. Canada's conservatives are outed on their attempt to sabotage the Obamanon. Iraqi children weep over Saddam Hussein's birthday. And Chinese kids are sold into slavery "like cabbages".

On the lighter side, there may have been "Crystal Meth[od]" in the madness of CNN's Richard Quest -- when he tied his balls to his neck with a friend in New York's Central Park. "Real" solutions to the Climate Cull are proposed. Buddhism has some suggestions, too. The Worldometer puts "real-time" stats online so we can all supposedly gauge global hope versus despair, whenever we want. Canadian strip club polecats complain they're losing work to Net porn. And the Stitch n' Bitch appears! (See knithappens.com ;))

And also today, some 22,347 unique Web SCRAPs have been saved to disk since March 2007. Each is linked to the location it was saved from by this blog. See BeLow. For more on method/madness, see right.

The Pic

From one of the Web pages SCRAP'd, BeLow

NotIons from the NotAbles

• Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software That Makes You Smarter
• Sweden's carbon-tax solution to climate change puts it top of the green list
• Why the Discredited Right Still Sets the Agenda and Dominates the Debate
• Untold Story of How Canadian Government Sabotaged Barack Obama
• Global Warming; When Food Shortages Hit the Richest Countries
• Climate change could force 1 billion from their homes by 2050
• Crapware: Superior Alternatives to Crappy Windows Software
• Asia's rainforests vanishing as timber, food demand surge
• Surging cost of fuel, food drives 1.1% jump in retail sales
• 5.2 earthquake jolts Okinawa; warning system fails
• Weeping schoolgirls wish happy birthday Saddam
• The Crystal Method to Richard Quest's Madness
• Chinese children sold like cabbages into slavery
• How much your groceries will cost in 10 years
• Oil majors rebuked for lack of transparency
• How to Win the War on Global Warming
• Worldometers - real time world statistics
• Strippers can't compete with Internet
• Real Solutions to the Climate Crisis
• Global warming: What can we do?
• UN chiefs hold food crisis summit
• Bird Flu, Rice and Gas Guzzling
• "Climate Cull" - Google Search
• Opec says oil could hit $200
• Hunger in a world of plenty
• No Impact Man
• Wendi Adamek
• Stitch 'n Bitch

SCRAPs

• 20080429182821: SCRAPs4DM: SCRAPs, AD.2008.04.29.ICT - EcoBuddhism?
• 20080429182127: Environmental News and Humor | Grist | 29 Apr 2008
• 20080429175939: Obamanon - Google Search
• 20080429175918: "Climate Cull" - Google Search
• 20080429175909: The Green Tara Dialogues
• 20080429175902: Wendi Adamek | Barnard College Department of Religion
• 20080429171839: No Impact Man
• 20080429165328: Vietnam Climate, Country and People, Religion & Belief
• 20080429165323: A Buddhist Response to Global Warming
• 20080429165315: The Center for Buddhist Studies Weblog: The 'Economics of Climate Change' Koan
• 20080429165307: Buddhism and Climate Change - Bodhisattvas - tribe.net
• 20080429165300: a buddhist perspective - Journal - A Buddhist Response to Climate Change, Epilogue
• 20080429165253: A Buddhist approach to climate change - How the World Works - Salon.com
• 20080429165244: climate buddhism - Google Search
• 20080429150246: Father confesses in Austrian abuse case
• 20080429150222: BBC NEWS | Health | Scientists make weight loss claim
• 20080429150210: Crapware: Superior Alternatives to Crappy Windows Software
• 20080429150201: BBC NEWS | Business | US rates tipped for one more cut
• 20080429150150: Getting married for health insurance - Los Angeles Times
• 20080429150141: VN Index surges, HaSTC Index slumps -- Intellasia
• 20080429150134: Nearly 1,200 children sickened, 20 dead from virus in eastern China : Asia World
• 20080429150120: BBC NEWS | Europe | UN chiefs hold food crisis summit
• 20080429150110: Chinese children sold like cabbages into slavery | U.S. | Reuters
• 20080429150100: Weeping schoolgirls wish happy birthday Saddam | U.S. | Reuters
• 20080429150050: Tesco trials climate-change labels on groceries | Markets | Markets News | Reuters
• 20080429150041: Real Solutions to the Climate Crisis | Environment | AlterNet
• 20080429150029: Climate change could force 1 billion from their homes by 2050 - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent
• 20080429150020: Sweden's carbon-tax solution to climate change puts it top of the green list | Environment | guardian.co.uk
• 20080429150009: Global warming: What can we do? | csmonitor.com
• 20080429145909: VietNamNet - Cham community celebrates Thap Ba festival in Nha Trang
• 20080429145900: VietNamNet - Textbooks to be 10% more expensive
• 20080429145851: VietNamNet - Rice price storm over
• 20080429145843: VietNamNet - Tightening monetary policy: tragedy and paradoxes
• 20080429145834: VietNamNet - Vietnamese farmers can benefit from food price storm?
• 20080429105521: Dr. Michael J. Breus: How Many Years Can You Sleep Off? - Huffington Post
• 20080429105454: How low will lake levels go? - Michigan, Great Lakes Environmental & Conservation Issues - MLive.com
• 20080429105327: Chuck Norris Facts
• 20080429105236: one red paperclip
• 20080429105016: Behind the Memes With ROFLCon's Biggest Cewebrities
• 20080429104939: windmill hill graffiti on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
• 20080429104903: CANOE -- CNEWS - World: UN officials blame market speculation for food price jump
• 20080429104850: Insurance based on genetics: a questionable proposition
• 20080429104840: AFP: Vietnam readies for Olympic torch relay, security tight
• 20080429104823: Vietnam prepares to welcome Olympic torch for international relay - International Herald Tribune
• 20080429104800: The Associated Press: Exercise-heart study casts doubt on 'fit but fat' theory
• 20080429104739: White House candidates offer plans to curb high gas prices | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News
• 20080429104722: BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | 'Free Tibet' flags made in China
• 20080429104652: Adam Davie: How Going Green Can Save Your Soul... Or At Least Buy You Some Time - Huffington Post
• 20080429104618: BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Bird flu: Indonesia's trial run
• 20080429104441: Linux guru Hans Reiser convicted of first-degree murder | The Register
• 20080429104359: Hong Kong couple commits suicide with their four dogs : Asia World
• 20080429104341: BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Warming 'affecting poor children'
• 20080429104329: Greenbacks get the love -- Intellasia
• 20080429104318: Central bank won't change rates on inflation -- Intellasia
• 20080429104308: Banks rush to make financial investments -- Intellasia
• 20080429104253: Removing ceiling deposit interest rate is logical: central bank's official -- Intellasia
• 20080429104241: Plastics industry generates US$200m in Q1 -- Intellasia
• 20080429104224: Asia's rainforests vanishing as timber, food demand surge -- Intellasia
• 20080429104205: Oil majors rebuked for lack of transparency -- Intellasia
• 20080429104153: UNDP finances US$3.5m for Vietnam's financial policy analysis -- Intellasia
• 20080429104130: Olympic torch arrives in Saigon -- Intellasia
• 20080429104108: Schism Grows Between Obama and Liberal Bloggers | Threat Level from Wired.com
• 20080429104051: Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software That Makes You Smarter
• 20080429104028: Money: O.C. Register to cut 80-90 jobs | OCRegister.com
• 20080429104007: James Boyce: Is This The Last NewsPaper Stand? - Huffington Post
• 20080429103955: Strippers can't compete with Internet - UPI.com
• 20080429103925: FT.com / In depth - Opec says oil could hit $200
• 20080429103910: Vietnam will cancel baby-adoption agreement with U.S. - International Herald Tribune
• 20080429103840: BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Vietnam to end US adoption scheme
• 20080429103823: When Young Teachers Go Wild on the Web
• 20080429103811: 50 Ways to Use Bacon > Start Cooking
• 20080429103801: Worldometers - FAQ
• 20080429103746: Worldometers - real time world statistics
• 20080429103731: Obama Asks Supporter: "Will You Be My Running Mate?" VIDEO - Huffington Post
• 20080429103720: The Institute For The Future
• 20080429103706: Institute for the Future seeks Collaborative Media Designer - Boing Boing
• 20080429103643: Daily Kos: Untold Story of How Canadian Government Sabotaged Barack Obama
• 20080429103621: How much your groceries will cost in 10 years - Times Online
• 20080429103600: kansascity.com | Loss of fuel economy from ethanol-blended gasoline hits motorists
• 20080429103542: Behind the Memes With ROFLCon's Biggest Cewebrities
• 20080429103528: How to Win the War on Global Warming - The Environment - TIME
• 20080429103511: Hunger in a world of plenty | The Japan Times Online
• 20080429103457: Luxury fashion finds a friend | The Japan Times Online
• 20080429103442: 5.2 earthquake jolts Okinawa; warning system fails | The Japan Times Online
• 20080429103422: Surging cost of fuel, food drives 1.1% jump in retail sales | The Japan Times Online
• 20080429103403: Arianna Huffington: Probing a Political Paradox: Why the Discredited Right Still Sets the Agenda and Dominates the Debate - Huffington Post
• 20080429103347: Chez Pazienza: The Crystal Method to Richard Quest's Madness - Huffington Post
• 20080429103333: TECH SOURCE FROM BOHOL: Girls Love Linux
• 20080429103321: Deepak Chopra: A Test Case for Obama's Idealism - On Faith at washingtonpost.com
• 20080429103301: John Cleese visits Laughing Club in India - Boing Boing
• 20080429103205: Laurie Garrett: Bird Flu, Rice and Gas Guzzling - Huffington Post
• 20080429103122: New York Times Circulation Plummets - Huffington Post
• 20080429103110: Canuck faces life sentence for nude girl webcam scheme | The Register
• 20080429103058: Global Warming; When Food Shortages Hit the Richest Countries » Celsias
• 20080429103048: BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Vietnam to end US adoption scheme
• 20080429103031: Glenn Hurowitz: Exclusive -- Obama in 1995: "We Live in a Land of Strangers" - Huffington Post
• 20080429103021: Stitch 'n Bitch
• 20080429103011: A stitch in time ... | Fashion and style | Life and Health
• 20080429102957: Sew In Again: Why Crafts Are Making A Comeback - The Huffington Post
• 20080429102943: Morgan Stanley’s March Internet Trends Report: Social Applications Dominating
• 20080429102925: BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Nature's carbon balance confirmed
• 20080429102914: Caracas, Colombia, and Cocaine - Council on Foreign Relations
• 20080429102903: MySpace.com - Marijuana - 28 - Hombre